Really? Looking at countries world wide, capitalism seems to be the most dominant system. I don't see any other country out there with a significantly effective alternative economic model to challenge capitalism.
Communism and it's siblings (socialism) don't seem to be growing.
I don't see how people can keep something running that was designed for mainframes back in the early 70s! The last time I saw OS2, it was running under VM on an old IBM 4341.:)
I wish apple would change the pop-up that asks for your administrator password so that the box IS BRIGHT RED, and says something like "A program is asking for SUPER user priviledges on your computer. DO NOT click YES unless you initiated this action and understand it's consequences"
Make the default NO and that would scare just about any grandma or newbie computer user into protection.
"In general, Godwin's Law does not apply in situations wherein one could reasonably expect Hitler or Nazis to be mentioned, such as a discussion of Germany in World War II."
In this situation there is a direct comparison of companies doing buisness based on local laws that caused great Evil(TM). I think the comparison is direct enough to say Godwin's Law does not apply.
It's been established for some time that capitalism is the best economic system (thus far) for providing growth and prosperity.
It's also been established that without some sort of ethical laws governing a capitalistic system it will steamroll over anybody on it's way to the singular goal of profits.
We have laws in the U.S. designed to limit the behavior of corporations (within the country) based on the ethical and moral will of the people as represented through government (mostly...don't start the hypocracy thing).
I see NO reason why a company that is based in a U.S. should NOT have to follow the same laws when setting up shop in another country (Obviously things like minimum wage would have to be modified to suit local circumstances).
If it's good for people in the U.S. then it's good for people in China. If the corporation can't set up shop there because the local government will not let them then it's THEIR loss.
Many people who say the U.S. should not tell the Chinese what to do always have a "bag" of examples of how the United States is Hypocritical when dealing with countries like China/North Korea/Iran, ect.
It's easy bog a discussion/argument down by obscuficating details each one of which could be argued ad nauseum forever with people debating statistics and what not.
I don't think it's an unreasonable assumption to say that the United States for all it's faults and hypocracy is a better country when it comes to protections for it's citizens than China. I also don't think it's unreasonable to expect that a company based in the United States should be required to adhear to some basic American ideals. They are representing the U.S. with their business.
The United States and the Countries of Europe (along with other western democracies) are not perfect but the underlying ideas behind the U.S. constitution, declaration of independence, and other democracies like France and Britain are worth holding up to the rest of the world as something better that what has come before.
To stay quiet and not insist that we at least try to live by our own ideals is to give in, give up and abandon hope.
Yesterday google's vice president said
"Is a half-truth better than no truth? Is it better to have results that are misleading than to have no results at all? That is a very appropriate question to ask and one I don't have an answer for you today," Schrage, Google's vice president, replied."
I have an answer. "Half-Truths" are lies. No results are better than lies.
I happen to be in the camp that says "Show me a virus on OS X". It's debatable if this is a virus or a Trojan, but in some ways it would be nice to just get a virus and be done with it. Then all the neigh-sayers can jump up and down in Glee saying "I told you...I told you...nananana"...I can then ignore them finally and get back to using a my Mac, a system that even if one virus/trojan is found is STILL a better more secure system than windows.
Many people who say the U.S. should not tell the Chinese what to do always have a "bag" of examples of how the United States is Hypocritical when dealing with countries like China/North Korea/Iran, ect.
It's easy bog a discussion/argument down by obscuficating details each one of which could be argued ad nauseum forever with people debating statistics and what not.
I don't think it's an unreasonable assumption to say that the United States for all it's faults and hypocracy is a better country when it comes to protections for it's citizens than China. I also don't think it's unreasonable to expect that a company based in the United States should be required to adhear to some basic American ideals. They are representing the U.S. with their business.
The United States and the Countries of Europe (along with other western democracies) are not perfect but the underlying ideas behind the U.S. constitution, declaration of independence, and other democracies like France and Britain are worth holding up to the rest of the world as something better that what has come before.
To stay quiet and not insist that we at least try to live by our own ideals is to give in, give up and abandon hope.
Today google's vice president said
"Is a half-truth better than no truth? Is it better to have results that are misleading than to have no results at all? That is a very appropriate question to ask and one I don't have an answer for you today," Schrage, Google's vice president, replied."
I have an answer. "Half-Truths" are lies. No results are better than lies.
I can tell you that in OS X if you have encrypted file store on and you've forgotten your password and have not set a master system password...well...you are deep trouble because as far as I know nobody has hacked it yet. Unless the U.S. gov has backdoor access to OS X.
You can't buy standalone OS X - only upgrade
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You can only buy an UPGRADE of OS X. Every apple system comes with a license to the OS and restrictions in the EULA which says you can only run it on the system it was bought for. Buying the upgrade only entitles you to upgrade/re-install OS X on an apple system that already has the license to OS X.
So until they release a full copy stand alone version of OS X there is no legal right to use the upgrade you might purchase separately for anything other than the apple system you already own.
The bottom line is where does motivation for $$$ stop and motivation for standards/beliefs begin? One of the reasons why (it seems to me) the almighty $$ is the common denominator for corporate behavior Is that our country has gotten TOO BIG for anybody to agree on a common set of moral standards that would be enforced (in this case companies practices overseas).
I'm a believer in democracy, but I think we are seeing that it does not scale well without disenfranchising MANY people of different political slants. Thus causing almost NO commonly recognized set of moral beliefs that society can enforce among themselves (one primary reason societies come together because of a shared set of beliefs)
Personally I'm of the opinion that we should have a MUCH weaker central government and leave things up to states, that way if one state wants to have legalized gay marriage and leagal use of pot, then they CAN! And if one state wants to make abortions illegal then they can. If you don't like your state then MOVE.
Is there ANYTHING that 99% of Americans nowadays can agree upon which is common to everybody?
yea...practically speaking it aint gunna happen but continuing down this road will only lead to a further fracturing of society in the U.S. until one side says f**ck you to the other and ether 1)tries to kill the other side or B) sticks their new flag in shared territory and declares it theirs.
Where you draw the line is dependent on what a society deems it should draw the line. If a company like google decided to move it's headquarters (and base of operations) to some small south pacific island because they refused to say "we will NOT employ child slave labor" that would probably get people's attention. The cynic in me says people wouldn't care a hoot, but you can always HOPE.
Sounds like a good idea, but seeing as the only organizations that would be interested managing it would probably be the UN, WTO, ect.....Having them as part of the answer would probably do more harm than good.
My cynical opinion for the U.S. gov is only eclipsed by my cynicism for International organizations like the U.N.
Since I'm a Free market capitalist republican with Libertarian tendencies I would, most of the the time ask congress to keep their hands off of what a company does. But...after thinking about this I REALLY do think that if a company is based the U.S.A. it should have to abide by minimum standards that represent what our country stands for (regardless if you think the U.S. is hypocritical or not!). Some of the things they should have to abide by if they still want to be based out of the U.S.
I wouldn't expect them to have to obey ALL of the laws of the U.S. in the locality where they are setting up shop, but going to another country should not give a company a way around laws here (in the U.S.).
If they refuse then they can base their company in the Bahamas or some other country and take whatever fallout comes.
Since I'm a Free market capitalist republican with Libertarian tendancies I would, most of the the time ask congress to keep their hands off of what a company does. But...after thinking about this I REALLY do think that if a company is based the U.S.A. it should have to abide by minimum standardars that represent what our country stands for (reguardless if you think the U.S. is hypacritical or not!). Some of the things they should have to abide by if they still want to be based out of the U.S.
1. Child Labour laws 2. Free Speech 3. Environmental regulations
I would'nt expect them to have to obey ALL of the laws of the U.S. and the localality where they are setting up shop, but going to another country does should not give a company a way around laws here (in the U.S.).
If they refuse then they can base their company in the Bahamas or some other country and take whatever fallout comes.
I don't care about any of the other cosmetic stuff. PLEASE up the resolution to at least NTSC standard. 320x200 (or 240) sucks big time when watching it on a big screen. And I'm NOT about to pay 1.99 for low resolution video!
I find it amazing that that not one mention of Peter Lynds is on any of these pages, since he seems to be the main proponant of a fairly new theory about time/space/movement which has been getting some press lately.
It is postulated there is not a precise static instant in time underlying a dynamical physical process at which the relative position of a body in relative motion or a specific physical magnitude would theoretically be precisely determined. It is concluded it is exactly because of this that time (relative interval as indicated by a clock) and the continuity of a physical process is possible, with there being a necessary trade off of all precisely determined physical values at a time, for their continuity through time. This explanation is also shown to be the correct solution to the motion and infinity paradoxes, excluding the Stadium, originally conceived by the ancient Greek mathematician Zeno of Elea. Quantum Cosmology, Imaginary Time and Chronons are also then discussed, with the latter two appearing to be superseded on a theoretical basis.
I was thinking the same thing. Somebody should tell the researchers to KEEP the activation at the UV light range. That way it's safe until the janitor flips the UV switch (safely locked when not in use).
I suspect there would be a market for portable UV lights for when you'd need to use that truck stop.
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hmmm.....would that nessessarily be a good thing?
Really? Looking at countries world wide, capitalism seems to be the most dominant system. I don't see any other country out there with a significantly effective alternative economic model to challenge capitalism.
Communism and it's siblings (socialism) don't seem to be growing.
Examples?
I know....It was a lame attempt at humor. Way back when I was a computer operator the computer instructor would call it OS2 :)
I don't see how people can keep something running that was designed for mainframes back in the early 70s! The last time I saw OS2, it was running under VM on an old IBM 4341. :)
I wish apple would change the pop-up that asks for your administrator password so that the box IS BRIGHT RED, and says something like "A program is asking for SUPER user priviledges on your computer. DO NOT click YES unless you initiated this action and understand it's consequences"
Make the default NO and that would scare just about any grandma or newbie computer user into protection.
From Wikipedia: -
"In general, Godwin's Law does not apply in situations wherein one could reasonably expect Hitler or Nazis to be mentioned, such as a discussion of Germany in World War II."
In this situation there is a direct comparison of companies doing buisness based on local laws that caused great Evil(TM). I think the comparison is direct enough to say Godwin's Law does not apply.
It's been established for some time that capitalism is the best economic system (thus far) for providing growth and prosperity.
It's also been established that without some sort of ethical laws governing a capitalistic system it will steamroll over anybody on it's way to the singular goal of profits.
We have laws in the U.S. designed to limit the behavior of corporations (within the country) based on the ethical and moral will of the people as represented through government (mostly...don't start the hypocracy thing).
I see NO reason why a company that is based in a U.S. should NOT have to follow the same laws when setting up shop in another country (Obviously things like minimum wage would have to be modified to suit local circumstances).
If it's good for people in the U.S. then it's good for people in China. If the corporation can't set up shop there because the local government will not let them then it's THEIR loss.
John...I keep TELLING you!! Puff Puff PASS..Puff Puff..PASS. It's not fair.
Many people who say the U.S. should not tell the Chinese what to do always have a "bag" of examples of how the United States is Hypocritical when dealing with countries like China/North Korea/Iran, ect.
It's easy bog a discussion/argument down by obscuficating details each one of which could be argued ad nauseum forever with people debating statistics and what not.
I don't think it's an unreasonable assumption to say that the United States for all it's faults and hypocracy is a better country when it comes to protections for it's citizens than China. I also don't think it's unreasonable to expect that a company based in the United States should be required to adhear to some basic American ideals. They are representing the U.S. with their business.
The United States and the Countries of Europe (along with other western democracies) are not perfect but the underlying ideas behind the U.S. constitution, declaration of independence, and other democracies like France and Britain are worth holding up to the rest of the world as something better that what has come before.
To stay quiet and not insist that we at least try to live by our own ideals is to give in, give up and abandon hope.
Yesterday google's vice president said
"Is a half-truth better than no truth? Is it better to have results that are misleading than to have no results at all? That is a very appropriate question to ask and one I don't have an answer for you today," Schrage, Google's vice president, replied."
I have an answer. "Half-Truths" are lies. No results are better than lies.
I happen to be in the camp that says "Show me a virus on OS X". It's debatable if this is a virus or a Trojan, but in some ways it would be nice to just get a virus and be done with it. Then all the neigh-sayers can jump up and down in Glee saying "I told you...I told you...nananana"...I can then ignore them finally and get back to using a my Mac, a system that even if one virus/trojan is found is STILL a better more secure system than windows.
Many people who say the U.S. should not tell the Chinese what to do always have a "bag" of examples of how the United States is Hypocritical when dealing with countries like China/North Korea/Iran, ect.
It's easy bog a discussion/argument down by obscuficating details each one of which could be argued ad nauseum forever with people debating statistics and what not.
I don't think it's an unreasonable assumption to say that the United States for all it's faults and hypocracy is a better country when it comes to protections for it's citizens than China. I also don't think it's unreasonable to expect that a company based in the United States should be required to adhear to some basic American ideals. They are representing the U.S. with their business.
The United States and the Countries of Europe (along with other western democracies) are not perfect but the underlying ideas behind the U.S. constitution, declaration of independence, and other democracies like France and Britain are worth holding up to the rest of the world as something better that what has come before.
To stay quiet and not insist that we at least try to live by our own ideals is to give in, give up and abandon hope.
Today google's vice president said
"Is a half-truth better than no truth? Is it better to have results that are misleading than to have no results at all? That is a very appropriate question to ask and one I don't have an answer for you today," Schrage, Google's vice president, replied."
I have an answer. "Half-Truths" are lies. No results are better than lies.
I can tell you that in OS X if you have encrypted file store on and you've forgotten your password and have not set a master system password...well...you are deep trouble because as far as I know nobody has hacked it yet. Unless the U.S. gov has backdoor access to OS X.
You can only buy an UPGRADE of OS X. Every apple system comes with a license to the OS and restrictions in the EULA which says you can only run it on the system it was bought for. Buying the upgrade only entitles you to upgrade/re-install OS X on an apple system that already has the license to OS X.
So until they release a full copy stand alone version of OS X there is no legal right to use the upgrade you might purchase separately for anything other than the apple system you already own.
The bottom line is where does motivation for $$$ stop and motivation for standards/beliefs begin? One of the reasons why (it seems to me) the almighty $$ is the common denominator for corporate behavior Is that our country has gotten TOO BIG for anybody to agree on a common set of moral standards that would be enforced (in this case companies practices overseas).
I'm a believer in democracy, but I think we are seeing that it does not scale well without disenfranchising MANY people of different political slants. Thus causing almost NO commonly recognized set of moral beliefs that society can enforce among themselves (one primary reason societies come together because of a shared set of beliefs)
Personally I'm of the opinion that we should have a MUCH weaker central government and leave things up to states, that way if one state wants to have legalized gay marriage and leagal use of pot, then they CAN! And if one state wants to make abortions illegal then they can. If you don't like your state then MOVE.
Is there ANYTHING that 99% of Americans nowadays can agree upon which is common to everybody?
yea...practically speaking it aint gunna happen but continuing down this road will only lead to a further fracturing of society in the U.S. until one side says f**ck you to the other and ether 1)tries to kill the other side or B) sticks their new flag in shared territory and declares it theirs.
Where you draw the line is dependent on what a society deems it should draw the line. If a company like google decided to move it's headquarters (and base of operations) to some small south pacific island because they refused to say "we will NOT employ child slave labor" that would probably get people's attention. The cynic in me says people wouldn't care a hoot, but you can always HOPE.
Sounds like a good idea, but seeing as the only organizations that would be interested managing it would probably be the UN, WTO, ect.....Having them as part of the answer would probably do more harm than good.
My cynical opinion for the U.S. gov is only eclipsed by my cynicism for International organizations like the U.N.
I would argue that anybody who uses the word "Fumcrult" is probably more flakey than me!
Since I'm a Free market capitalist republican with Libertarian tendencies I would, most of the the time ask congress to keep their hands off of what a company does. But...after thinking about this I REALLY do think that if a company is based the U.S.A. it should have to abide by minimum standards that represent what our country stands for (regardless if you think the U.S. is hypocritical or not!). Some of the things they should have to abide by if they still want to be based out of the U.S.
1. Child Labor laws
2. Free Speech
3. Environmental regulations
I wouldn't expect them to have to obey ALL of the laws of the U.S. in the locality where they are setting up shop, but going to another country should not give a company a way around laws here (in the U.S.).
If they refuse then they can base their company in the Bahamas or some other country and take whatever fallout comes.
just an opinion
Since I'm a Free market capitalist republican with Libertarian tendancies I would, most of the the time ask congress to keep their hands off of what a company does. But...after thinking about this I REALLY do think that if a company is based the U.S.A. it should have to abide by minimum standardars that represent what our country stands for (reguardless if you think the U.S. is hypacritical or not!). Some of the things they should have to abide by if they still want to be based out of the U.S.
1. Child Labour laws
2. Free Speech
3. Environmental regulations
I would'nt expect them to have to obey ALL of the laws of the U.S. and the localality where they are setting up shop, but going to another country does should not give a company a way around laws here (in the U.S.).
If they refuse then they can base their company in the Bahamas or some other country and take whatever fallout comes.
just an opinion
Actually....there is a better argument that it actually does not exit.
http://cdsweb.cern.ch/search.py?recid=622019
How would this affect open source/freeware implementations of standardized codecs like H.264?
I don't care about any of the other cosmetic stuff. PLEASE up the resolution to at least NTSC standard. 320x200 (or 240) sucks big time when watching it on a big screen. And I'm NOT about to pay 1.99 for low resolution video!
I find it amazing that that not one mention of Peter Lynds is on any of these pages, since he seems to be the main proponant of a fairly new theory about time/space/movement which has been getting some press lately.
http://cdsweb.cern.ch/search.py?recid=622019
Abstract:
It is postulated there is not a precise static instant in time underlying a dynamical physical process at which the relative position of a body in relative motion or a specific physical magnitude would theoretically be precisely determined. It is concluded it is exactly because of this that time (relative interval as indicated by a clock) and the continuity of a physical process is possible, with there being a necessary trade off of all precisely determined physical values at a time, for their continuity through time. This explanation is also shown to be the correct solution to the motion and infinity paradoxes, excluding the Stadium, originally conceived by the ancient Greek mathematician Zeno of Elea. Quantum Cosmology, Imaginary Time and Chronons are also then discussed, with the latter two appearing to be superseded on a theoretical basis.
It was tough. But once we standardized on english, communication was MUCH easier.
I was thinking the same thing. Somebody should tell the researchers to KEEP the activation at the UV light range. That way it's safe until the janitor flips the UV switch (safely locked when not in use).
I suspect there would be a market for portable UV lights for when you'd need to use that truck stop.