The other thing is that, with most people just snagging a song or two from an album because they heard it on the radio, they will never really know if they like the rest of the band's work. I've bought cds for one or two songs and ended up liking the rest of the album.
Lucky you. I bought Right Said Fred.
Putting a disk in my player for a 3 minute song is NOT worth it, especially when the other songs are so intolerable that one can't bear to listen for even a moment. I junked the whole disk.
I suppose I'm glad. That one bitter experience cured me of my foolish habit of spending $15 to $30 for plastic disks encoded with useless nonsense. I'm not supporting the RIAA anymore.
I'm too sexy for the RIAA. To sexy for the RIAA. Too sexy for lawyers...
You can play your CD all day every day and not have it go bad.
The act of playing a vinyl record will damage it. Just like with clothing, your favorites will quickly be destroyed but the icky ones live in your closet forever.
Oh, jeez..... these people have been in government too long. Compartmentalized information is certainly appropriate, but in an educational setting, where people are not doing sensitive work? Come on now, if you are involved in classified work, you have to pass background checks and *obtain* clearance, particularly for compartmentalized projects.
Lots of classified stuff is done at universities. Lots more stuff which ought to be classified is done there as well.
It's everything from actual weapons-related stuff to things which we'd not like to have sucked up by some economic espionage program.
Says who? Linus himself has said that the whole GNU/Linux thing is stupid, and the Lignux thing before that.
People gathered around Linus to make an OS. An FTP admin in Finland chose the name.
I guess it was a mistake to use Stallman's trivial little tools. (and they really were trivial, even gcc, until the Linux people started supplying fixes) Who'd have thought back in 1991 that he'd try to take over, crowning himself King?
The kernel is the central part of the OS. Everything else just got dragged in bit by bit, most of it NOT from Stallman's gang.
If they are on a citizenship track, and unable to be booted out of the country if they report their employer for something or switch to a better job, then they will be able to demand more pay. That will reduce the number of them while increasing the quality.
Slaves are not good for the future of our country.
It's only Debian that caved into Stallman's desire to rename Linux for his own glory.
Lots of us Linux hackers are more or less peeved at the situation, especially Stallman's abuse of his control over the GPL preamble and the uname command to force the issue.
You always fear most the evils that you yourself would commit.
Thieves fear theft, liars fear that others are lying, backstabbers fear backstabbing... and the French fear economic espionage. Hmmmm. I wonder what the French might be up to?
You're still confusing the value of his labor with his value as a person. The world is more than just economics, and most people seem to realize that.
There isn't any better way to measure his value as a person.
Are you fine with living in a crappy housing project, eating government cheese (or apples and oatmeal), walking everywhere you need to go, patching your clothes instead of replacing them when they get worn out, etc.? If so, then I have to ask, why are you still working? Is health insurance really the only thing keeping you from quitting your job and going on the dole?
Pretty close!
Without trying all that hard, I support 7 people on $30000. (less than half my income) The rest goes into savings, which I tend to burn while being unemployed and not seriously looking for work. So in some ways I already am working half-time, as full-time in multi-year chunks because real part-time jobs in my field aren't so common. One of the biggest factors that pushes me into searching for a job is the health care issue.
So yeah, I'd be a damn lot less productive if my health care were subsidized. Maybe I'd work 2 years out of 5. Right now I work about 3 years out of 5.
BTW, we do patch the clothes, or just wear them with holes.
China already can hit a satelite. They've done it. BTW, can't you see the stars at night?
Regan wasn't proposing normal lasers. He wanted to use X-ray lasers. An X-ray laser has a tank of fluid which generates the beam when excited by X-rays. The X-ray source was of course a nuclear explosion. These were one-time-use devices that could fire numerous beams at once.
If you polled people and asked whether they'd rather save the life of their kid's teacher or a major league baseball star, I think the majority would choose the teacher. One conclusion is that people are only pretending to value teachers more.
The major league baseball player serves many more people. He may be worth $1 each to a million people. The teacher is worth $1000 each to 30 people. The player is thus worth more, in total, in society's judgement. To any one individual he is worth less than that individual's teacher. Insead of "their kid's teacher" try "some random teacher they don't know". The random teacher is worth $0 to them, which is less than the baseball player being worth $1 to them.
I'm talking about providing health care to people who need it, regardless of income, not "making things decent".
I don't see where you'd draw the line. You'll feed me too, and put a roof over my head, because I need those to live as well. I really don't need to keep up with the Joneses; I'm fine with not having the latest Mercedes.
Medical bills are a leading cause of bankruptcy. Can you see how that undermines our economy, our position as a civilized nation, and our basic human dignity?
I do agree with covering emergency treatment, because hospitals are rightly prohibited from refusing to provide it. I also agree with covering treatment for certain contageous diseses, mainly tuberculosis. If that is done, then it would be rather uncommon for medical bills to push people into bankruptcy. You'd get turned away before you could run up a major bill. (detail: might need to require pre-payment, to avoid hospitals just piling on the fees because they can)
I doubt we humans really have any dignity anyway, so nothing lost there!
Arrive high and fast. Lose the altitude and speed with that side slip maneuver the glider pilots use.:-) Yeah, I'm cool with the wing being near vertical.
Now let me ask you, do you value a baseball player over a teacher? Do you want a baseball player teaching you calculus or molecular biology? Because baseball players can sure afford a lot more health care than teachers or even brain surgeons.
Normally, molecular biology teachers make more than baseball players. (think "minor league") The rare exceptions are insignificant.
In some ways the highly-paid baseball players are actually worth more. Value to society is a judgement call. Judging by pay, the average person values the baseball players more. Oh well. There's no accounting for taste.
All right. So, homeless people get all the medical treatment they want for free, because any percentage of $0 is still $0.
I think I'd get a division by zero if I wrote out the equations. Clearly it would be a disaster to charge $0 for medical treatment. There is a limit to how far you can take this idea.
Not that I care for the idea in any case. I'm just agreeing that, for incomes between $0 and $infinity, the idea does solve the problem of people not needing to make personal decisions about the relative value of getting treatment.
If I can have things be decent without working my ass off, then I'm going to quit my highly productive nerd job or at least go part-time. (seriously) I'd much rather spend time with my kids. I'm not alone in this thought. Can you see how this kind of thing undermines our economy, and ultimately even health care?
You're right, I do find that offensive -- in fact, "offensive" is about the nicest description I can think of.
I'm sorry to hear that you either don't believe in evolution or don't mind people evolving away from the level of capability that we currently enjoy. I'm also sorry to hear that you don't value a brain surgeon over a homeless person; might you like the homeless person doing your brain surgery? (assume the theoretical homeless brain surgeon does not exist) Some people support others. Some, like the common criminal, harm others. It's best that society supports the most productive and supportive while wasting little effort on the harmful people.
Assuming this even counts as eugenics, isn't it the least offensive form? It's not active harm, and it's not picking some preferred race.
BTW, the price discrimination also favors lovable people over unlovable people. (friends and family, and even total strangers, may help you pay) Perhaps you are more lovable than me.:-)
why not price medical services as a proportion of income (or net worth)?
That works. (because it's still money) It works even better if people can't hide behind insurance.
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Lucky you. I bought Right Said Fred.
Putting a disk in my player for a 3 minute song is NOT worth it, especially when the other songs are so intolerable that one can't bear to listen for even a moment. I junked the whole disk.
I suppose I'm glad. That one bitter experience cured me of my foolish habit of spending $15 to $30 for plastic disks encoded with useless nonsense. I'm not supporting the RIAA anymore.
I'm too sexy for the RIAA. To sexy for the RIAA. Too sexy for lawyers...
You can play your CD all day every day and not have it go bad.
The act of playing a vinyl record will damage it. Just like with clothing, your favorites will quickly be destroyed but the icky ones live in your closet forever.
Lots of classified stuff is done at universities. Lots more stuff which ought to be classified is done there as well.
It's everything from actual weapons-related stuff to things which we'd not like to have sucked up by some economic espionage program.
Why would you? I never visit my mom or aunt.
History is littered with the corpses of those who entered into technology partnerships with Microsoft.
Some people learn from the mistakes of others. Some people need to learn the hard way.
Buying from a doomed vendor is often a bad move.
Says who? Linus himself has said that the whole GNU/Linux thing is stupid, and the Lignux thing before that.
People gathered around Linus to make an OS. An FTP admin in Finland chose the name.
I guess it was a mistake to use Stallman's trivial little tools. (and they really were trivial, even gcc, until the Linux people started supplying fixes) Who'd have thought back in 1991 that he'd try to take over, crowning himself King?
The kernel is the central part of the OS. Everything else just got dragged in bit by bit, most of it NOT from Stallman's gang.
It worked for me.
At another place, which initially hadn't noticed the OSS mention on my resume, it helped get me the job.
Trying to date your coworkers is trouble, but where else will you be spending time with tolerably intelligent young women?
If they are on a citizenship track, and unable to be booted out of the country if they report their employer for something or switch to a better job, then they will be able to demand more pay. That will reduce the number of them while increasing the quality.
Slaves are not good for the future of our country.
There are economic requirements for entering the EU.
Actually, right now the UK is having a major problem with people sneaking in.
It's only Debian that caved into Stallman's desire to rename Linux for his own glory.
Lots of us Linux hackers are more or less peeved at the situation, especially Stallman's abuse of his control over the GPL preamble and the uname command to force the issue.
You can't change the text itself.
You can add a wrapper. You say the code is under the Foo Public Licence. In that, you refer to the GPL.
You always fear most the evils that you yourself would commit.
Thieves fear theft, liars fear that others are lying, backstabbers fear backstabbing... and the French fear economic espionage. Hmmmm. I wonder what the French might be up to?
There isn't any better way to measure his value as a person.
Are you fine with living in a crappy housing project, eating government cheese (or apples and oatmeal), walking everywhere you need to go, patching your clothes instead of replacing them when they get worn out, etc.? If so, then I have to ask, why are you still working? Is health insurance really the only thing keeping you from quitting your job and going on the dole?
Pretty close!
Without trying all that hard, I support 7 people on $30000. (less than half my income) The rest goes into savings, which I tend to burn while being unemployed and not seriously looking for work. So in some ways I already am working half-time, as full-time in multi-year chunks because real part-time jobs in my field aren't so common. One of the biggest factors that pushes me into searching for a job is the health care issue.
So yeah, I'd be a damn lot less productive if my health care were subsidized. Maybe I'd work 2 years out of 5. Right now I work about 3 years out of 5.
BTW, we do patch the clothes, or just wear them with holes.
1. the $7,000 16MP Canon 1DSMkII
2. digital backs for medium format cameras in the 22-35MP range
Cost? Compared to buying and storing pricy film for 30 years, I think the answer is obvious.
In 5 years we'll have disposible 16MP cameras and the pro cameras will be 100MP.
You have different label law than we do.
Cane sugar is sucrose.
Corn sugar is naturally glucose, but there is a chemical process that can turn half of the glucose into fructose.
I'm surprised you're not getting sucrose up in Canada. WTF?
China already can hit a satelite. They've done it. BTW, can't you see the stars at night?
Regan wasn't proposing normal lasers. He wanted to use X-ray lasers. An X-ray laser has a tank of fluid which generates the beam when excited by X-rays. The X-ray source was of course a nuclear explosion. These were one-time-use devices that could fire numerous beams at once.
The major league baseball player serves many more people. He may be worth $1 each to a million people. The teacher is worth $1000 each to 30 people. The player is thus worth more, in total, in society's judgement. To any one individual he is worth less than that individual's teacher. Insead of "their kid's teacher" try "some random teacher they don't know". The random teacher is worth $0 to them, which is less than the baseball player being worth $1 to them.
I'm talking about providing health care to people who need it, regardless of income, not "making things decent".
I don't see where you'd draw the line. You'll feed me too, and put a roof over my head, because I need those to live as well. I really don't need to keep up with the Joneses; I'm fine with not having the latest Mercedes.
Medical bills are a leading cause of bankruptcy. Can you see how that undermines our economy, our position as a civilized nation, and our basic human dignity?
I do agree with covering emergency treatment, because hospitals are rightly prohibited from refusing to provide it. I also agree with covering treatment for certain contageous diseses, mainly tuberculosis. If that is done, then it would be rather uncommon for medical bills to push people into bankruptcy. You'd get turned away before you could run up a major bill. (detail: might need to require pre-payment, to avoid hospitals just piling on the fees because they can)
I doubt we humans really have any dignity anyway, so nothing lost there!
How do you like Mach 3 without any greenhouse gas emmisions?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto
I'm sure Big Oil killed it.
Full throttle all the way!
:-) Yeah, I'm cool with the wing being near vertical.
Arrive high and fast. Lose the altitude and speed with that side slip maneuver the glider pilots use.
A satellite can be seen from all over China. It can thus be hit, simultaneously, from all over China.
This is a simple matter. Make lots of lasers. Use them.
Normally, molecular biology teachers make more than baseball players. (think "minor league") The rare exceptions are insignificant.
In some ways the highly-paid baseball players are actually worth more. Value to society is a judgement call. Judging by pay, the average person values the baseball players more. Oh well. There's no accounting for taste.
All right. So, homeless people get all the medical treatment they want for free, because any percentage of $0 is still $0.
I think I'd get a division by zero if I wrote out the equations. Clearly it would be a disaster to charge $0 for medical treatment. There is a limit to how far you can take this idea.
Not that I care for the idea in any case. I'm just agreeing that, for incomes between $0 and $infinity, the idea does solve the problem of people not needing to make personal decisions about the relative value of getting treatment.
If I can have things be decent without working my ass off, then I'm going to quit my highly productive nerd job or at least go part-time. (seriously) I'd much rather spend time with my kids. I'm not alone in this thought. Can you see how this kind of thing undermines our economy, and ultimately even health care?
I'm sorry to hear that you either don't believe in evolution or don't mind people evolving away from the level of capability that we currently enjoy. I'm also sorry to hear that you don't value a brain surgeon over a homeless person; might you like the homeless person doing your brain surgery? (assume the theoretical homeless brain surgeon does not exist) Some people support others. Some, like the common criminal, harm others. It's best that society supports the most productive and supportive while wasting little effort on the harmful people.
Assuming this even counts as eugenics, isn't it the least offensive form? It's not active harm, and it's not picking some preferred race.
BTW, the price discrimination also favors lovable people over unlovable people. (friends and family, and even total strangers, may help you pay) Perhaps you are more lovable than me. :-)
why not price medical services as a proportion of income (or net worth)?
That works. (because it's still money) It works even better if people can't hide behind insurance.
You patent something.
Another guy then patents every damn possible use of your patented invention.
You're screwed. You can't use your own invention without working out some deal with the parisite.
Linux is becoming a microkernel. Linus might even get a passing grade.