Your one vote doesn't count, your one letter doesn't count, you don't have much influence, if any, on politics. And, for that matter, politics on the whole doesn't effect your daily life enough to make it rational to participate and, for all intents and purposes, waste your time.
But that right there is the whole thought of it all, most people are naturally pessimistic and believe their vote does not count, and in an American typical electoral system it make's it even more so the fact, but if they band together those 3000 all of a sudden can have a united voice which is more than there is now. But say one of those decides to quit, you left with 2999, big deal right? Well slow leak that and in one month you can have 1000 left. Besides being active for something just takes a few minutes, like the couple of minutes to read this, people just chose to do something else. It comes down to choice-and most people choose to bitch rather than make a difference. As a matter of fact that's what I'm doing right now, bitching about other people bitching when I could be writing another letter.
What not illegal to have a monopoly? Maybe not the board game, but an actual monopoly is a no-no; well unless you're a union then you can have a monopoly.
These people seem to be forgetting that they exist because of us, the customers
Interest groups, that's all it is. These businesses are interest groups with a hell of a lot of money to get the government to see things their way. There are barely any interest groups for consumers. Do you know why?
People just want to bitch a little and that's it. It takes the average Joe/Jane too much time to get active; they would rather sit down and surf, watch TV, or even just vegetate rather than driving somewhere for a meeting or to even write a damn letter. I bet more than half the people here will bitch all they want, mod people up or down-but writing a letter takes too much time. This is where abrasive idealists like Stallman come in trying to rally up the masses and get moving. If you look at it we are an interest group here, how many people are here? I'm sure there are enough to really get some things done if we just banded together and tried it out, hell we can see how fast we can bring down a web site after the article is posted, just imagine if we did this on a constant basis.
Ring-ring-ring-ring.....OH crap I'm late for work.....clunk!
Anybody who clicks on these things should quickly realize that they are ad banners disguised as error messages.
This is a big misconception. My own wife has been using computers for three years now and hasn't seen one untill now, and clicked it. With a bunch of follow-on adds to boot. Not eveyone surfs the internet the same way. It's like an mechanic telling a non-car savy person that the oil bad because he can smell it, and it needs to be changed now. And after they click it the damage will be done, so the mechanic will have your car jacked-up with the oil filter out.
Well what is amazing is in Italy there is a company the has probably illegaly. You see it on the infomercials at night, some little system with all the build in games like Mario bros and such in a small package for around $50-$80. To bad the computers over here are still expensive though.
Well chalk me up with the other paranoid people, but I don't like this one bit. Some might think that the normal consumers might not buy it because they want backwards compatibility. Well allot of main-stream users just do internet, games, and office stuff. It's easy for office to accept older version BUT make it mandatory to convert them (they did it with the move from Access 97 to Access 2000). SO people can still import their office stuff, and move their ICQ number and address book over and their you go. After the whole 9-11 most mainstreamer are scared, through in the whole ID theft in America consumers are starting to scream for security, and here is MS promising all that, but in order for them to do it they need to take control of the Hardware to ensure we get quality products and the best security. Who do you think would be the best target for this? Maybe the new Home Land Security Department-170,000 people that need to communicate and share classified data. Yes I am scared, all MS need is to get the big 5% in Americas technology department Head Hanchos and you have a good start.
Well Mr. AC obviously you want everyone to share in your dull life, personally I like a lively-vivid life. Choice is great is it not, so why would you want to take my choice away? So don't try to oppress me with you communistic browser options!
In fact before AMD started hounding Intel in the x86 market they made a wide range of processors and chips! I do electronic repair work for the military and I see plenty of older and newer boards with chips from AMD, Motorola, and TI. Not too many from Intel. I understand the vision they have about future computing, if you try to shove a AMDXP or PIV in ever piece of hardware you will limit your capabilities greatly. There are times when a RISC processor will do a better job then a chunking x86. Sure their stock took a hit, but those damn investors always freak out when change is in the air.
A small military incursion in Somalia, some bombing in Iraq, some bombing in Serbia leading to another small military incursion in the Balkans, and some missiles lobbed out in Afghanistan.
1) Do you know how many military people are involved to get those done? Most people think that if you send 20 aircraft somewhere you only need 100+ people, when the truth is you need about 100/aircraft.
smaller military is encouraged to avoid military interventions AND THAT IS GOOD
2) In a democracy yes, we can you politics until we turn blue. Obviously that isn't working with Israel and Palestine.
The military is an insurance policy
3) In America where we mix capitalism and democracy you are right, we just but other countries businesses.
Where was the proof that Saddam has WMD and their use was imminent? Where was the proof that Saddam was running Al Queda?
4) Well since we haven't had weapons inspectors or any other sort of observation we don't know, we do know they had them during the gulf war, but America could not go in at that time to get them. No one ever said he is running the al-Queda, just that he is helping them with shelter and money.
Since it looks like the Bush administration does not know where to pick its fights.
5) well blame the American people more than Bush, because that is what he has. IN all of the polls the people support him. If they wouldn't he would tone down his energy for attacking. But then again it is all political.
And as far as being the worlds policemen, well if we would have let the Balkans get out of hand they would still be fighting.
We can in a way blame our selves for the whole Afghan thing because we gave them bombs, missiles, and guns to fight the Russians, and when it was over we just left them in destruction and helplessness. Not like the other wars we were involved with when we helped to re-build and Iraq is not a case because we are still at war with Saddam.
I mean this ideology has been in the military for years...well since the 80's and the draw-downs. They claim that the military is more stream lined, yet they have put our military in the Middle east, Kosovo, Korea, and in Africa. They are doing more now then during the Cold War with a hell of a lot less people. Some might complain that the military has been getting some phat bonuses, but do you know the President Bush also cut about 75,000 people from the military to do this? I just ask that you don't forget the military when is comes to these issues.
Seems like the could have tracked him down a lot sooner if they knew what they were doing.
And that is why he got caught, he kept going. They just threw him the rope and wanted to see how much he would take. Besides he might have some "friends" they could catch too.
Well to that logic than Neverwinter Nights and UT2003 can't have the name Atari on it because Atari made the hardware for the 2600, and the 8bit 800XL, let us not forget the Atari ST Either, hell Atari originally owned Amiga, but thought it was worthless and sold it to Commodore! So I see no reason why it can't be called an Amiga.
If there is one thing about the internet I have learned, that is to have more than ONE email account, and to make my "Buisness" one different from my ISP. Specially since ISP's change thier plans like MCI or AT&T.
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Your one vote doesn't count, your one letter doesn't count, you don't have much influence, if any, on politics. And, for that matter, politics on the whole doesn't effect your daily life enough to make it rational to participate and, for all intents and purposes, waste your time.
But that right there is the whole thought of it all, most people are naturally pessimistic and believe their vote does not count, and in an American typical electoral system it make's it even more so the fact, but if they band together those 3000 all of a sudden can have a united voice which is more than there is now. But say one of those decides to quit, you left with 2999, big deal right? Well slow leak that and in one month you can have 1000 left. Besides being active for something just takes a few minutes, like the couple of minutes to read this, people just chose to do something else. It comes down to choice-and most people choose to bitch rather than make a difference. As a matter of fact that's what I'm doing right now, bitching about other people bitching when I could be writing another letter.
Ciao.
What not illegal to have a monopoly? Maybe not the board game, but an actual monopoly is a no-no; well unless you're a union then you can have a monopoly.
These people seem to be forgetting that they exist because of us, the customers
Interest groups, that's all it is. These businesses are interest groups with a hell of a lot of money to get the government to see things their way. There are barely any interest groups for consumers. Do you know why?
People just want to bitch a little and that's it. It takes the average Joe/Jane too much time to get active; they would rather sit down and surf, watch TV, or even just vegetate rather than driving somewhere for a meeting or to even write a damn letter. I bet more than half the people here will bitch all they want, mod people up or down-but writing a letter takes too much time. This is where abrasive idealists like Stallman come in trying to rally up the masses and get moving. If you look at it we are an interest group here, how many people are here? I'm sure there are enough to really get some things done if we just banded together and tried it out, hell we can see how fast we can bring down a web site after the article is posted, just imagine if we did this on a constant basis.
Ring-ring-ring-ring.....OH crap I'm late for work.....clunk!
Anybody who clicks on these things should quickly realize that they are ad banners disguised as error messages.
This is a big misconception. My own wife has been using computers for three years now and hasn't seen one untill now, and clicked it. With a bunch of follow-on adds to boot. Not eveyone surfs the internet the same way. It's like an mechanic telling a non-car savy person that the oil bad because he can smell it, and it needs to be changed now. And after they click it the damage will be done, so the mechanic will have your car jacked-up with the oil filter out.
So was Win2K around in 1997? What am I missing? Hell 2.4.0 wasn't around that damn long either, so this is pure FUD.
Why not just become a hermit and accept only the e-mail from the addresses you know? It's not that hard to interface with a pop3.
Maybe MS should hookup electrodes to the developers and shock them everytime there is a big security whole! ;-P
Well what is amazing is in Italy there is a company the has probably illegaly. You see it on the infomercials at night, some little system with all the build in games like Mario bros and such in a small package for around $50-$80. To bad the computers over here are still expensive though.
Well chalk me up with the other paranoid people, but I don't like this one bit. Some might think that the normal consumers might not buy it because they want backwards compatibility. Well allot of main-stream users just do internet, games, and office stuff. It's easy for office to accept older version BUT make it mandatory to convert them (they did it with the move from Access 97 to Access 2000). SO people can still import their office stuff, and move their ICQ number and address book over and their you go. After the whole 9-11 most mainstreamer are scared, through in the whole ID theft in America consumers are starting to scream for security, and here is MS promising all that, but in order for them to do it they need to take control of the Hardware to ensure we get quality products and the best security. Who do you think would be the best target for this? Maybe the new Home Land Security Department-170,000 people that need to communicate and share classified data.
Yes I am scared, all MS need is to get the big 5% in Americas technology department Head Hanchos and you have a good start.
average revenue per user (ARPU)
I have something else that is average per user, but I don't think I can say it here.
Well Mr. AC obviously you want everyone to share in your dull life, personally I like a lively-vivid life. Choice is great is it not, so why would you want to take my choice away?
So don't try to oppress me with you communistic browser options!
-Don't get mad...get Evil(E)!
So not all things are available unless you use the classic theme-that sux.
In fact before AMD started hounding Intel in the x86 market they made a wide range of processors and chips! I do electronic repair work for the military and I see plenty of older and newer boards with chips from AMD, Motorola, and TI. Not too many from Intel.
I understand the vision they have about future computing, if you try to shove a AMDXP or PIV in ever piece of hardware you will limit your capabilities greatly. There are times when a RISC processor will do a better job then a chunking x86.
Sure their stock took a hit, but those damn investors always freak out when change is in the air.
www.evisa.com get your electronic visa anywhere around the world. Maybe the INS should get involved and sue Visa for taking the name.
To never keep back-ups in the same physical location.
A small military incursion in Somalia, some bombing in Iraq, some bombing in Serbia leading to another small military incursion in the Balkans, and some missiles lobbed out in Afghanistan.
1) Do you know how many military people are involved to get those done? Most people think that if you send 20 aircraft somewhere you only need 100+ people, when the truth is you need about 100/aircraft.
smaller military is encouraged to avoid military interventions AND THAT IS GOOD
2) In a democracy yes, we can you politics until we turn blue. Obviously that isn't working with Israel and Palestine.
The military is an insurance policy
3) In America where we mix capitalism and democracy you are right, we just but other countries businesses.
Where was the proof that Saddam has WMD and their use was imminent? Where was the proof that Saddam was running Al Queda?
4) Well since we haven't had weapons inspectors or any other sort of observation we don't know, we do know they had them during the gulf war, but America could not go in at that time to get them. No one ever said he is running the al-Queda, just that he is helping them with shelter and money.
Since it looks like the Bush administration does not know where to pick its fights.
5) well blame the American people more than Bush, because that is what he has. IN all of the polls the people support him. If they wouldn't he would tone down his energy for attacking. But then again it is all political.
And as far as being the worlds policemen, well if we would have let the Balkans get out of hand they would still be fighting.
We can in a way blame our selves for the whole Afghan thing because we gave them bombs, missiles, and guns to fight the Russians, and when it was over we just left them in destruction and helplessness. Not like the other wars we were involved with when we helped to re-build and Iraq is not a case because we are still at war with Saddam.
I mean this ideology has been in the military for years...well since the 80's and the draw-downs. They claim that the military is more stream lined, yet they have put our military in the Middle east, Kosovo, Korea, and in Africa. They are doing more now then during the Cold War with a hell of a lot less people.
Some might complain that the military has been getting some phat bonuses, but do you know the President Bush also cut about 75,000 people from the military to do this? I just ask that you don't forget the military when is comes to these issues.
Seems like the could have tracked him down a lot sooner if they knew what they were doing.
And that is why he got caught, he kept going. They just threw him the rope and wanted to see how much he would take. Besides he might have some "friends" they could catch too.
Hell don't you mean sponsor it like M&M sponsored the new Milinium, even if they were a year off.
Yeah but they more over pinned most of the stuff on good Ol Oli North.
Not only is it FREE, but it also prolongs the useful life of your CPU, unlike other OS's that require a system upgrade as well.
Well to that logic than Neverwinter Nights and UT2003 can't have the name Atari on it because Atari made the hardware for the 2600, and the 8bit 800XL, let us not forget the Atari ST Either, hell Atari originally owned Amiga, but thought it was worthless and sold it to Commodore! So I see no reason why it can't be called an Amiga.
The problem was they were billing the "suspects" not the criminals in jail with phat bank accounts!
If there is one thing about the internet I have learned, that is to have more than ONE email account, and to make my "Buisness" one different from my ISP. Specially since ISP's change thier plans like MCI or AT&T.
O.k. you are right.
I got confused on my crusade with pure electric cars.