Do you realistically think our leadership doesn't have a contingency for open war with China, even just a trade war? The current administration notwithstanding, you're accusing our top military strategists, economists, financiers, and industrialists of outright incompetence. Somehow I doubt you're qualified to make that assessment.
We "need" China only in the way an illegal immigrant needs a DVD player from Wal-Mart.
That is not civil disobedience; it's breaking the law.
Just what do you think civil disobedience is, then? Writing a strongly worded letter to your senator?
The most effective way of avoiding a "tyranny of the majority" situation is to make it clear that enforcing an unjust law will be more trouble than not having it in the first place.
The article's link shows the Armadillo-500 board running Android full-screen on a desktop LCD, and at least one of the Zaurus models mentioned has a 640x480 display.
Apparently, even when shoe-horned into untested hardware, Android has no trouble adapting the UI to the dimensions of the screen that Linux reports. So why are people whining about screen size, and why is it being mod'ed up?
Yeah, that's what killed the iPhone - totally failed because it doesn't run at VGA resolution.
At least the Android simulator can be configured to launch in VGA mode (or any resolution), as well as the default QVGA and HVGA modes. I hope the iPhone dev-kit is as forward-thinking.
Oh, sure, it's all from the goodness of their hearts until viable grain finds it way onto local fields, and then Monsanto shows up with a bill.
Intel has demonstrated their intentions for joining the project, why should we assume Microsoft would be any cynical?
Or, in more general terms, why are people quick to criticize prudent reasons for refusing charity as "ideology" while simultaneously dismissing the actual motivations behind the ideology of "charity"?
Boys have always fawned over soap opera emo trash. Name any popular superhero who hasn't spent time drowning in angst and self-doubt. What would you expect in the wish-fulfillment fantasies of the awkward and outcast?
No, they'll read anything if there is fighting involved and nothing that threatens their sexual self-image.
Well, you convinced me. I guess we should start locking up Christians.
Ok, seriously, the difference is, to a child, Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy deliver. Their existence is verified by physical evidence and the predictability of the phenomenon.
As if hypothetical examples of non-repeatable events for which no evidence exists and a naive definition of "knowledge" aren't begging the question. Your experience isn't knowledge. Your experience isn't even necessarily real. Please quit invoking Godel, or I'm going to ask you to demonstrate how his theories are germane to this discussion.
religion has come a long way from "Magic Man dunnit"
The complexity of someone's fantasy does not make it any less fiction.
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I came here to ridicule the people who tagged this article "flamebait", who, in their delicate minds, confuse righteous anger and unabashed criticism with meaningless name-calling. The article is factual and its point is razor sharp. Since when are we worried about hurting Microsoft's self-esteem?
Now, my post and the above is more accurately accessed as "flamebait". His point is lost inside a wall of meandering text, which is really just a a vehicle for his ineffectual expression of contempt for "FOSSies". Here's some advice - don't hide like you're afraid of losing your precious karma, and don't be so stupidly wrong. If you want evidence of consumer choices and Microsoft's growing irrelevance, look at the list here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/pc/
They're not going to cede the living room to Sony while the PS3's only selling point is being the cheapest Blu-ray player. They might start licensing the platform to third party manufacturers (Vista Console Edition?), but they will never abandon it. The future is not in PCs.
Don't trust Comcast, they'll take those channels away if they think it'll get them more digital box subscriptions. Now the only true HD channels I get are PBS stations.
Java and Netscape became open source PDF became an open standard Google and Akamai are heavily dependent on open source software AIM and YM became relevant when open source and freeware cross-platform clients were developed Exchange and Outlook would not be relevant without their ability to function with standard email C# and ASP.NET (and.NET in general) have pretensions of being open standards, and while Microsoft might hold the strings, neither would exist without considerable community involvement and standardization processes
Nothing is created in a vacuum. This subject of this article is a whiner. He claims innovation doesn't happen when source code is shared, when in reality open source software is created the exact same way as all other software - that is to say, somewhere between a lone genius cranking away in obscurity to huge committees slogging away at a snail's pace. The only meaningful difference is, in the end, the source is released no single entity can control the software. The model resembles the scientific process far more than he would ever likely admit.
lolwut? How does one write an "emulator" for a suite of libraries and a virtual machine?
The second paragraph makes me question whether you actually know what J2ME is, or have any understanding about the relative specs of feature phones, smartphones, the iPhone, and desktop computers. (And it's pretty moot, anyway, considering the fact that Apple has locked out third party development until february, and depending on the control they leverage with their signing process, could continue to lock out competing platforms such as J2ME and Android.)
In the US, cops are seen as reckless thugs who are drunk on power and out of control. And yet, given the choice between being ticketed by a cop and ticketed by a machine, the very people who hate cops most get pissed about the machine.
The problem isn't that the machine is faulty, it's because it is always on. Cops can't be everywhere, but the camera is. The people destroying these things aren't anarchists or vigilantes, they're just dumb thugs who want to live in a world without rules and want to continue to risk others' safety with impunity.
I wonder, are there groups intent on catching these people and thrashing them within inches of their lives? Lawlessness sounds like much fun.
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Right, because if there is any industry that exemplifies market efficiency over government bureaucracy it's the phone company.
I've been on hold with both AT&T and Comcast for times longer than the longest I've ever been in line at the DMV.
Do you realistically think our leadership doesn't have a contingency for open war with China, even just a trade war? The current administration notwithstanding, you're accusing our top military strategists, economists, financiers, and industrialists of outright incompetence. Somehow I doubt you're qualified to make that assessment.
We "need" China only in the way an illegal immigrant needs a DVD player from Wal-Mart.
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That is not civil disobedience; it's breaking the law.
Just what do you think civil disobedience is, then? Writing a strongly worded letter to your senator?
The most effective way of avoiding a "tyranny of the majority" situation is to make it clear that enforcing an unjust law will be more trouble than not having it in the first place.
The article's link shows the Armadillo-500 board running Android full-screen on a desktop LCD, and at least one of the Zaurus models mentioned has a 640x480 display.
Apparently, even when shoe-horned into untested hardware, Android has no trouble adapting the UI to the dimensions of the screen that Linux reports. So why are people whining about screen size, and why is it being mod'ed up?
Yeah, that's what killed the iPhone - totally failed because it doesn't run at VGA resolution.
At least the Android simulator can be configured to launch in VGA mode (or any resolution), as well as the default QVGA and HVGA modes. I hope the iPhone dev-kit is as forward-thinking.
Oh, sure, it's all from the goodness of their hearts until viable grain finds it way onto local fields, and then Monsanto shows up with a bill.
Intel has demonstrated their intentions for joining the project, why should we assume Microsoft would be any cynical?
Or, in more general terms, why are people quick to criticize prudent reasons for refusing charity as "ideology" while simultaneously dismissing the actual motivations behind the ideology of "charity"?
Congratulations, you're a one-trick pony. And you're actually advocating learned helplessness.
Because children in a third-world country really need to be able to run Quicken to be competitive in a global marketplace.
Of course their masculinity is threatened. What psycho-sexual complex do you think something like this springs from if it weren't?
Boys have always fawned over soap opera emo trash. Name any popular superhero who hasn't spent time drowning in angst and self-doubt. What would you expect in the wish-fulfillment fantasies of the awkward and outcast?
No, they'll read anything if there is fighting involved and nothing that threatens their sexual self-image.
Well, you convinced me. I guess we should start locking up Christians.
Ok, seriously, the difference is, to a child, Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy deliver. Their existence is verified by physical evidence and the predictability of the phenomenon.
Religion asks why.
No, the religious ask, but religion tells. And it tells self-serving lies.
As if hypothetical examples of non-repeatable events for which no evidence exists and a naive definition of "knowledge" aren't begging the question. Your experience isn't knowledge. Your experience isn't even necessarily real. Please quit invoking Godel, or I'm going to ask you to demonstrate how his theories are germane to this discussion.
religion has come a long way from "Magic Man dunnit"
The complexity of someone's fantasy does not make it any less fiction.
I came here to ridicule the people who tagged this article "flamebait", who, in their delicate minds, confuse righteous anger and unabashed criticism with meaningless name-calling. The article is factual and its point is razor sharp. Since when are we worried about hurting Microsoft's self-esteem?
Now, my post and the above is more accurately accessed as "flamebait". His point is lost inside a wall of meandering text, which is really just a a vehicle for his ineffectual expression of contempt for "FOSSies". Here's some advice - don't hide like you're afraid of losing your precious karma, and don't be so stupidly wrong. If you want evidence of consumer choices and Microsoft's growing irrelevance, look at the list here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/pc/
They're not going to cede the living room to Sony while the PS3's only selling point is being the cheapest Blu-ray player. They might start licensing the platform to third party manufacturers (Vista Console Edition?), but they will never abandon it. The future is not in PCs.
What is better for everyone is for Sony to lose. Or have you forgotten?
Don't trust Comcast, they'll take those channels away if they think it'll get them more digital box subscriptions. Now the only true HD channels I get are PBS stations.
Java and Netscape became open source .NET in general) have pretensions of being open standards, and while Microsoft might hold the strings, neither would exist without considerable community involvement and standardization processes
PDF became an open standard
Google and Akamai are heavily dependent on open source software
AIM and YM became relevant when open source and freeware cross-platform clients were developed
Exchange and Outlook would not be relevant without their ability to function with standard email
C# and ASP.NET (and
Nothing is created in a vacuum. This subject of this article is a whiner. He claims innovation doesn't happen when source code is shared, when in reality open source software is created the exact same way as all other software - that is to say, somewhere between a lone genius cranking away in obscurity to huge committees slogging away at a snail's pace. The only meaningful difference is, in the end, the source is released no single entity can control the software. The model resembles the scientific process far more than he would ever likely admit.
lolwut? How does one write an "emulator" for a suite of libraries and a virtual machine?
The second paragraph makes me question whether you actually know what J2ME is, or have any understanding about the relative specs of feature phones, smartphones, the iPhone, and desktop computers. (And it's pretty moot, anyway, considering the fact that Apple has locked out third party development until february, and depending on the control they leverage with their signing process, could continue to lock out competing platforms such as J2ME and Android.)
Mercedes? The iMac is a Toyota Camry. Maybe you're thinking of the G5?
In the US, cops are seen as reckless thugs who are drunk on power and out of control. And yet, given the choice between being ticketed by a cop and ticketed by a machine, the very people who hate cops most get pissed about the machine.
The problem isn't that the machine is faulty, it's because it is always on. Cops can't be everywhere, but the camera is. The people destroying these things aren't anarchists or vigilantes, they're just dumb thugs who want to live in a world without rules and want to continue to risk others' safety with impunity.
I wonder, are there groups intent on catching these people and thrashing them within inches of their lives? Lawlessness sounds like much fun.
That would be a reverse Uwe Boll.