My favorite quote: 'At the end of the day, I still wish we had a viable alternative. There isn't one -- yet. We'll keep looking.' - Sure
If people don't consider Linux a viable alternative, the problem lies with Linux, not with said people. Attitudes such as this will do nothing to help Linux.
Stupid patent/copyright laws, the department of homeland security, total^H^H^H^H^H terrorist information awareness, patriot act, patriot act II, and cute girls with British accents made me move to London.
There is a lot of authoritarian crap going on in America at the moment I agree, but have you any idea how much power the authorities here (UK) have? Under the Terrorism Act 2000 the Police are allowed to break up a meeting of three or more people without *any* sort of court order if they believe it is for terrorist purposes. There are cameras everywhere. The authorities (Police, Customs, Inland Revenue and a few others) can see who you've been emailing without a court order (RIP Act 2000). There's talk of introducing a compulsory ID card (smuggled in through the back door as an 'entitlement card'). I hope you don't drive or smoke, because you'll pay through the nose for it (unless you bring it in from abroad). But this is turning into a rant, so I'll stop now. And yes, I like our girls very much as well.
Read this. The number of anti-RIAA comments is huge. Could almost be slashdot. Ok I realise that the people who post on BBC website aren't a representative sample, but it's still interesting to see such hostility to the RIAA on a mainstream website. (Oh and I'm slightly drunk so excuse me if I'm not making much sense).
(And before you laugh at me for using Yahoo! Mail, can you access your mail at any web browser anywhere? How many times have you changed addresses in the last 5 years? I haven't at all.)
My ISP (Blueyonder) and Pair Networks (who incidentally also host my website) both allow me web access, but I can also get at them with IMAP, so if I want the added functionality of an email client I can have it.
and it would take an extraordinarily stupid government to levy a tax that loses, rather than raises, money
Within Britain, I can think of at least two: Inheritance Tax (which is IMHO spiteful and immoral) and the Congestion Charge very nearly make a loss. As Nigel Lawson (whatever his other faults) said - "a good tax is low, compulsory and easy to collect".
There are plenty of places where you can safely break the posted speed limit (which as often as not is set by people without a driving license), just as there are some places where the posted speed limit is too high to be safe. Personally, I'd rather encounter someone doing 90 on the motorway than someone doing 60[1] - I know (in general, of course there are exceptions) which driver is paying closer attention to what's going on around him/her, and which driver is less likely to cause traffic to bunch.
should be aware that there is a group of people who think that because they are better than average drivers (doesn't everybody ?), then speed limits shouldn't apply to them
Yes, this group of people being the 80-90% of drivers in Britain who regularly break the posted speed limit.
[1] For those of you not from the UK, the limit on motorways is 70mph. I suggest that interested parties do some serious research into how that limit came about - it might surprise you, it certainly did me.
Anyone interested in issues surrounding driving in the UK, esp. the anti car madness which is around at the moment, should have a look at SafeSpeed. Lots of interesting information regarding cameras, police targets, why driving fast isn't necessarily dangerous, etc.
I don't know, what many people don't realise is that there are *huge* cultural, social, economic and political differences between the member states of the EU. What does Britain have in common with Greece, for example? Look at the problems the Euro is causing - trying to merge 12 very different economies together with one central bank and one interest rate is stupid.
Sealand has a couple of guys with shotguns (if that). If Sealand irritates anyone sufficiently, they're toast.
Actually they have some more modern military hardware (20mm cannons if rumours are to be believed, and certainly automatic weapons), but I agree with the point you're making - they'd have trouble dealing with what is still one of the best trained armies/navies in the world.
You want to hear something evil? In Mexico they have a national sales tax of 15% *AND* they have an income tax that goes all the way up to 35%. Talk about double taxation.
In Britain, we have a sales tax (VAT) of 17.5% and an income tax of 40% on everything over (I think) £26,000. (25% for between £4,500 and £26,000). Now our government is set to raise that, thinking it's not high enough. On top of that, we pay absurd amounts of duty on petrol and tobacco. In many ways, this country sucks.
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That's never stopped the UN trying to interfere in the past...
You know why they only get paid $2 a day? Cause a loaf of bread costs $0.05
In terms of wages vs bread prices, that's still a lot more than you'd pay in a western country.
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) just released its 2003 World Robotics survey.
Makes me feel better about paying taxes, knowing that they're going to such a noble cause.
The key phrase is in the Wired story...
No, the key phrase is this is too good to be true
My favorite quote: 'At the end of the day, I still wish we had a viable alternative. There isn't one -- yet. We'll keep looking.' - Sure
If people don't consider Linux a viable alternative, the problem lies with Linux, not with said people. Attitudes such as this will do nothing to help Linux.
I've just found it quite funny that Intel decided to code-name their Pentium 5 after a man most famed for building a bus lane on the M4...
Is Prescott 64-bit?
Is Prescott 64 yet?
the effectiveness can vary widly from machine to machine.
Should that be wildly or widely?
Stupid patent/copyright laws, the department of homeland security, total^H^H^H^H^H terrorist information awareness, patriot act, patriot act II, and cute girls with British accents made me move to London.
There is a lot of authoritarian crap going on in America at the moment I agree, but have you any idea how much power the authorities here (UK) have? Under the Terrorism Act 2000 the Police are allowed to break up a meeting of three or more people without *any* sort of court order if they believe it is for terrorist purposes. There are cameras everywhere. The authorities (Police, Customs, Inland Revenue and a few others) can see who you've been emailing without a court order (RIP Act 2000). There's talk of introducing a compulsory ID card (smuggled in through the back door as an 'entitlement card'). I hope you don't drive or smoke, because you'll pay through the nose for it (unless you bring it in from abroad). But this is turning into a rant, so I'll stop now. And yes, I like our girls very much as well.
Read this. The number of anti-RIAA comments is huge. Could almost be slashdot. Ok I realise that the people who post on BBC website aren't a representative sample, but it's still interesting to see such hostility to the RIAA on a mainstream website. (Oh and I'm slightly drunk so excuse me if I'm not making much sense).
read slashdot and have the benefit of all this occasionally thoughtful discussion
You might find some of the comments on the BBC website given in the story text quite interesting.
(And before you laugh at me for using Yahoo! Mail, can you access your mail at any web browser anywhere? How many times have you changed addresses in the last 5 years? I haven't at all.)
My ISP (Blueyonder) and Pair Networks (who incidentally also host my website) both allow me web access, but I can also get at them with IMAP, so if I want the added functionality of an email client I can have it.
Give a woman an inch, and she'll try and park a car in it.
and it would take an extraordinarily stupid government to levy a tax that loses, rather than raises, money
Within Britain, I can think of at least two: Inheritance Tax (which is IMHO spiteful and immoral) and the Congestion Charge very nearly make a loss. As Nigel Lawson (whatever his other faults) said - "a good tax is low, compulsory and easy to collect".
There are plenty of places where you can safely break the posted speed limit (which as often as not is set by people without a driving license), just as there are some places where the posted speed limit is too high to be safe. Personally, I'd rather encounter someone doing 90 on the motorway than someone doing 60[1] - I know (in general, of course there are exceptions) which driver is paying closer attention to what's going on around him/her, and which driver is less likely to cause traffic to bunch.
should be aware that there is a group of people who think that because they are better than average drivers (doesn't everybody ?), then speed limits shouldn't apply to them
Yes, this group of people being the 80-90% of drivers in Britain who regularly break the posted speed limit.
[1] For those of you not from the UK, the limit on motorways is 70mph. I suggest that interested parties do some serious research into how that limit came about - it might surprise you, it certainly did me.
It was in the Sunday Times yesterday. But I'm too lazy to find the link.
Anyone interested in issues surrounding driving in the UK, esp. the anti car madness which is around at the moment, should have a look at SafeSpeed. Lots of interesting information regarding cameras, police targets, why driving fast isn't necessarily dangerous, etc.
"if we should ever figure out what everything means, it will instantly be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable"
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
I don't know, what many people don't realise is that there are *huge* cultural, social, economic and political differences between the member states of the EU. What does Britain have in common with Greece, for example? Look at the problems the Euro is causing - trying to merge 12 very different economies together with one central bank and one interest rate is stupid.
The Server version is WORMWOOD
And the Advanced Server version is Screwtape?
Sealand has a couple of guys with shotguns (if that). If Sealand irritates anyone sufficiently, they're toast.
Actually they have some more modern military hardware (20mm cannons if rumours are to be believed, and certainly automatic weapons), but I agree with the point you're making - they'd have trouble dealing with what is still one of the best trained armies/navies in the world.
Q: Why are the streets of Paris lined with trees?
A: The Germans like marching in the shade...
Great, my first post for 5 months and it's to make an un-PC joke. Ah well, goodbye karma.
You want to hear something evil? In Mexico they have a national sales tax of 15% *AND* they have an income tax that goes all the way up to 35%. Talk about double taxation.
In Britain, we have a sales tax (VAT) of 17.5% and an income tax of 40% on everything over (I think) £26,000. (25% for between £4,500 and £26,000). Now our government is set to raise that, thinking it's not high enough. On top of that, we pay absurd amounts of duty on petrol and tobacco. In many ways, this country sucks.
Hmm...
Latin is a dead language, something something.
First it killed the Romans, now it's killing us!
Any banana for me? (or at least three quaters of te banana)
Imagine how easy it will be to put in goatse links when IPv6 becomes standard!