I would appreciate it if my kid's school would tell me what he was eating or if he was eating.
But they're not. They're telling you what your kid put on his plate. Do you trust your kids to eat everything on their plate? Even my more than average disciplined son would try to escape his last couple bites of vegetables if he knew I wasn't going to be watching. Every school I've ever gone to or know someone that's gnoe to has sent home a menu saying what they would be serving for lunch each month. What does assigning the children a PIN, making them memorize it and monitoring what they put on the plate have to do with education? If you're really concerned send them off with lunch.
I'm not arguing in favor of this investigation and don't believe the allegations, but you're wrong about the monopoly thing. A monopoly doesn't have to be complete, nor does there have to be a lock-in in order to fall afoul of anti-trust law. Standard Oil was not the only oil company, and had minor players. People were always free to buy from them. Windows was not the only operating system, you could always use Linux or buy a Mac.
Standard Oil used its dominant position to stifle its competition. Microsoft used its dominant market share in Windows to snuff out Netscape. I don't think anyone can doubt that Google could decimate a web-based business by demoting them in search rankings.
I don't entirely agree with your analogy. Standard oil owned more than 85% of final sales of oil, a natural resource. They also gobbled up transportation industries so were able to move their product around at their own cost. That gave them the ability to give massive discounts to those that played their game, or undercut competition to drive them out. Yes people could buy from others, but most people don't have the luxury of voting with their wallet - whatever is cheapest is all they can afford. Microsoft forced retailers with price discounts/hikes, and then also deceiving coding practices, to ensure their browser would be used by default if they purchased a PC. If I recall Microsoft even threatened Dell who was installing linux that they would lose their discount if they continued to install linux. Again PCs were a lot cheaper then Macs, and most people had some experience with a PC.
To say Google acted like Standard Oil they would have to be price fixing their product specifically to drive away competition. They would also have to be gobbling up companies from industries that support their product, like ISPs, giving their traffic priority.
To say Google acted like Microsoft they would need to be price fixing their product and threatening higher prices for those that did not bundle. They're doing neither of these to my knowledge.
I grew up with an Atari 2600 and I could engross myself in that just as easily as kids engrossing themselves with todays gaming systems. The real difference are the parents. I wasn't allowed to sit in front of the tv all day. I had to spend the majority of daylight outside running with other neighborhood kids. I'm sure there are parents of yesteryear that allowed their gaming systems to babysit their kids, any of you big honed slashdotter care to comment? Was it the video games fault, or your parents for allowing you to sit around your childhood.
Always worked fine for me. Including several flash games off websites I've wanted to waste a little time on. Maybe this guy needs a better provider if his videos load to slow. Reminds me of all the people who bought new computers in the late 90's early 00's only to complain that it was 'just as slow downloading stuff as the old one'.
This was also in Alien (1979) before the other two movies. When the commercial towing vehicle Nostromo self destructs with a brighter explosive ring along the ecliptic.
IANAL but it would seem to me that the pharmaceutical companies that benefit from this (and yes if no one paid attention to spam it would go away, the fact it's still here means people respond to it) should have responsibility in the computer crimes taking place here.
$270 is a lot of money for little girls. I applaud a court system for a fair punishment and let's just hope their parents enforce it by making the girls pay for it.
In the U.S. the girls would've been charged no less than $27,000 and been permanently kicked out of school.
It's not really a surprise. To begin with 99% of commercial games don't even have a Linux version, so there's nothing to sell to Linux gamers.
Have you tried installing them? I duel boot, but I also have Steam installed in linux with WINE. About 75% of the games I install run flawlessly, including all the source games.
Steam won't have a linux client until Source is ported to linux.
Portal was one of the funnest games I have played in a long long time. Very creative and original. And Funny. And free! (I got it on the Steam free weekend giveaway)
So he disobeyed the orders of the officers appointed over him and violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice, why shouldn't his ass be sitting in a cell?
because of the line you posted: and domestic
We are breaking international law in the way we conduct things, not to mention constitutional violations. It's his sworn oath protect it. Unless you want to wave your hand and say the laws don't apply in this war, which is what the U.S. has said.
A democracy is exactly a mob. Democracy is 5 people telling 4 other people what to do. Democracy = mob rule.
I completely agree with you though. I think only in extreme times, like war, should information be secret. Unfortunately the government agrees with me and keeps us constantly at war.
One of the things I like about the prequels are that the Sith aren't just evil for the sake of being evil. Palpatine believed the Jedi to be just as evil as they believed him to be.
Palpatine knew he was evil. He was a master of deception and was sowing seeds of confusion into Anakins mind. Never once did Darth Sidious think he was on the 'good' side.
I would never suggest buying a mined diamond but this idea I thought was amazingly cool. Make a diamond out of your wifes remains: http://www.lifegem.com/
It might sound creepy, but I think it's one of the most beautiful things you could do to someones shell.
What else should politicians spend their time on if not listening to their constituents? They only have one job - speak on behalf of the constituents, and they can't do that properly without listening to them.
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But they're not. They're telling you what your kid put on his plate. Do you trust your kids to eat everything on their plate? Even my more than average disciplined son would try to escape his last couple bites of vegetables if he knew I wasn't going to be watching. Every school I've ever gone to or know someone that's gnoe to has sent home a menu saying what they would be serving for lunch each month. What does assigning the children a PIN, making them memorize it and monitoring what they put on the plate have to do with education? If you're really concerned send them off with lunch.
How is Cri-Cri short for Cricket? They're both two syllables and both 7 characters long ...
Apparently the engineer, Michel Colomban, no longer sells the plans for this craft. Probably because he's involved in a defense contract through EADS.
I don't entirely agree with your analogy. Standard oil owned more than 85% of final sales of oil, a natural resource. They also gobbled up transportation industries so were able to move their product around at their own cost. That gave them the ability to give massive discounts to those that played their game, or undercut competition to drive them out. Yes people could buy from others, but most people don't have the luxury of voting with their wallet - whatever is cheapest is all they can afford. Microsoft forced retailers with price discounts/hikes, and then also deceiving coding practices, to ensure their browser would be used by default if they purchased a PC. If I recall Microsoft even threatened Dell who was installing linux that they would lose their discount if they continued to install linux. Again PCs were a lot cheaper then Macs, and most people had some experience with a PC.
To say Google acted like Standard Oil they would have to be price fixing their product specifically to drive away competition. They would also have to be gobbling up companies from industries that support their product, like ISPs, giving their traffic priority.
To say Google acted like Microsoft they would need to be price fixing their product and threatening higher prices for those that did not bundle. They're doing neither of these to my knowledge.
I grew up with an Atari 2600 and I could engross myself in that just as easily as kids engrossing themselves with todays gaming systems. The real difference are the parents. I wasn't allowed to sit in front of the tv all day. I had to spend the majority of daylight outside running with other neighborhood kids. I'm sure there are parents of yesteryear that allowed their gaming systems to babysit their kids, any of you big honed slashdotter care to comment? Was it the video games fault, or your parents for allowing you to sit around your childhood.
How are all us slashdotters supposed to find nude modelling gigs now?
Always worked fine for me. Including several flash games off websites I've wanted to waste a little time on. Maybe this guy needs a better provider if his videos load to slow. Reminds me of all the people who bought new computers in the late 90's early 00's only to complain that it was 'just as slow downloading stuff as the old one'.
Justice by credit line
Why don't we toss junk into the sun?
This was also in Alien (1979) before the other two movies. When the commercial towing vehicle Nostromo self destructs with a brighter explosive ring along the ecliptic.
Why make something that is only going to fade with time until it itself dies again.
I'd rather have my remains made into a Diamond
IANAL but it would seem to me that the pharmaceutical companies that benefit from this (and yes if no one paid attention to spam it would go away, the fact it's still here means people respond to it) should have responsibility in the computer crimes taking place here.
$270 is a lot of money for little girls. I applaud a court system for a fair punishment and let's just hope their parents enforce it by making the girls pay for it.
In the U.S. the girls would've been charged no less than $27,000 and been permanently kicked out of school.
E.T.
Have you tried installing them? I duel boot, but I also have Steam installed in linux with WINE. About 75% of the games I install run flawlessly, including all the source games.
Steam won't have a linux client until Source is ported to linux.
Portal was one of the funnest games I have played in a long long time. Very creative and original. And Funny. And free! (I got it on the Steam free weekend giveaway)
because of the line you posted: and domestic
We are breaking international law in the way we conduct things, not to mention constitutional violations. It's his sworn oath protect it. Unless you want to wave your hand and say the laws don't apply in this war, which is what the U.S. has said.
A democracy is exactly a mob. Democracy is 5 people telling 4
other people what to do. Democracy = mob rule.
I completely agree with you though. I think only in extreme times, like war, should information be secret. Unfortunately the government agrees with me and keeps us constantly at war.
Palpatine knew he was evil. He was a master of deception and was sowing seeds of confusion into Anakins mind. Never once did Darth Sidious think he was on the 'good' side.
I would never suggest buying a mined diamond but this idea I thought was amazingly cool. Make a diamond out of your wifes remains: http://www.lifegem.com/
It might sound creepy, but I think it's one of the most beautiful things you could do to someones shell.
The brake
Next they'll ruin R2 by making him fly with tiny rockets.
Thanks now that tune will be in my head all night ...
One step progress
Two steps congress
What else should politicians spend their time on if not listening to their constituents? They only have one job - speak on behalf of the constituents, and they can't do that properly without listening to them.
I hope you're right.
Start a blog, please. It makes me feel a lot better to know there are awakened vets.