Shouldn't that be "learn how to write?" They've already learned they need to write...right? Or was it a comment about me merely doing a simply typo, and leaving out a "p" in "competent?"
"If the really is how the game is played..."
Do you need to learn to write too?;)
Evidence has been presented, in clear, exclusively certain (versus no uncertain) terms. Nothing illegal occured, but we special-interest folk aren't saying a law was broken. We're saying something unethical occured.
just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they're not after you.
where's the option for if the other side really IS incometent, and really IS taking money from MS?
In the Land of Realistic Adults, we realize that there are more than 2 sides to a coin...but that sometimes 1 side is better. A side that has Britney Spears naked, for instance, is much better than one with Al Gore naked.
because you're buying the whole CD. McDonalds doesn't win when you go in and just buy the 29 cent burger - it costs more for the person to talk to you (factoring in lost sales, cost of land, etc) than they're making.
With a CD, you're increasing their margin. Instead of selling you 1, maybe 2 songs for $1 each, with a 35 cents per song margin, they're selling you 10 songs with the same margin. But on the cd, they get to have you buy 10 instead of 2, so...
its this little thing called "volume." Getting you to buy songs you wouldn't buy if you could pay for them individually.
[shrug] one of my 2 laptops is a p3 with 256M RAM. Works fine for me too, really. The point is that we should try to keep from having them associate "linux" with "the old slow computers someone threw away."
If someone showed you a picture of a bowl of ice cream right before punching your face, it would eventually (over time) affect your relationship with ice cream. Would it mean that the ice cream actually tasted any different? No. The ice cream would still be just as yummy. However, it would become associated with something unpleasant...
ok, yes. Linux will run well on an old comp. Ok! I agree!
But it seems like educators are going to associate linux with "that free software that's installed on those old free computers" or whatever.
Get 1 or 2 boxes in the lab that are relatively modern, so that they understand that the old p3 with 256M RAM is slower than the teacher's new G5 mac mostly because the old PC is, well, old?
beyond that, the software that is installed depends completely on the software they need. What do they need?
when I read stories about the German government effectively forcing unemployed women to become prostitutes, I gota wonder just what they're going to be filtering...folks who dislike being forced into the sex industry? Because if someone's 40 year old mother loses her job as a librarian, she can be forced to take a job at a brothel, or as a porn "actress," or whatever else.
Forbidden in Germany and restricting the freedom of speech are child pornography, certain other types of pornography (like bestiality), right wing extremist "hate" sites, incitement to commit crimes, race discrimination, treasonable conduct as an agent for sabotage purposes, glorification of violence, or offence against the law for the protection of the youth. For example, the game Wolfenstein 3D - a predecessor to Doom - was censored in Germany because of Nazi imagery. So were certain punk music albums popular with German teens.
At least the German google isn't suppressing that story from above.
uh, explain to me how you gleened anything remotely like that from what I wrote? I have no idea how good of a vice president he was. Do you think he's supposed to do *coding* in that group?
maintaining market position (or achieving it...) should be based on the product you have...not on forcing it upon someone. If you produce a quality product (Exchange, for example) then that should be reason for market gain. Oddly enough, there are alternatives to Exchange, and always have been, but no one other than MS can get it "right" for corporate America. They/we want the features Exchange has. Damn I'd love an OSS alternative...or even a commercial one that was anywhere near as good.
if they wanted to add it as a feature, that would be fine. Allow someone to opt-in to it, stop giving them pop-up bubbles every 30 seconds telling them about it until they finally do it just to make the bubbles stop, and allow someone to use whatever map provider they want. mapquest, yahoo maps, google maps...don't restrict them to MS's offerings.
THEN it is a feature.
Otherwise, its a hijack, and an exploitation of their market position.
methinks you put a weee bit too much S&M connotations into the word "forced."
Is he saying that he doesn't like his job? He's saying is that part of his job's requirement is that he uses windows. Not all that insane - its part of my job requirement. If I want to work here, then I too am *forced* to use windows. Its a condition that he'd rather not have, as part of a larger thing (employment) that he wants.
I want to have a comfortable, clean, house that I can live in. As part of that, I am forced to either clean it myself, or have someone else clean it. The fact that I am *forced* to either clean it or have someone else clean it doesn't at all mean I should burn down my house and go live in a cardboard box...it just means that not everything someone wants is 100% roses.
Since he is forced to use windows, as part of his job, and since a vast swath of folk are in the same boat, his concern still stands: its a captive audience that shouldn't have the smart tags *forced* on to them.
It does indeed offer the control. The link doesn't appear until you click the button to make it appear. In the case of maps, you can have it use yahoo maps or mapquest. It doesn't at all restrict you to google's maps.
I didn't assume that someone too dumb to know that 38.4% of the EU is not the same as 38.4% of the world was actually capable of sarcasm. Note too that there's more to sarcasm than just saying something wrong...there's a certain style to it that was definately lacking. And hey...some people like nasty weather. People move to Seattle on purpose, for example.
"The UK is known for many things, great food, a wonderful climate and beautiful women. However,"
wait...was that sarcasm? Or...does someone actually believe that? I found none of those things to be the case. The UK is *not* known for its food...at least, not known for it being good. Stuff pig stomach, etc...no. France, Thailand (thanks to France), Japan, Germany, and even the US - known for its food. The UK?...
Wonderful climate? Umm..you've never been to San Deigo, have you...72 degrees year round, rains only a couple times a year...that's a wonderful climate. The UK? Gets really cold, to the point of some transportation methods becoming impossible at times. Always messy, raining, etc.
And, the women...while some can be cute sometimes, the UK is definately not known for its "beautiful women." Southern California is. Sweden, France (again, damnit)...a few other places. But the UK?
The UK IS known for being incredibly strong (character, and power), blunt, honest, etc. They don't hold back - as far as the large-scale culture is concerned. Better traits than having good food, I'd think - food can be imported. I'd also rather have a fiery lover than a pretentious one, so they win there too. Weather? Well, can't have everything...
"according to a story on the Guardian, a new study puts the UK ahead in one more category: it leads the world in TV piracy, accounting for 38.4% of the world's TV downloads, with Australia coming in second at 15.6% and the US in third at a pitiful 7.3%"
What, precisely, is "pitiful" about having less piracy than the others? Since the internet kinda started here, most of the major mips are still here, and a very large portion of the traffic is here...one would think we'd have more of the piracy. Well, except for the insight someone gave about the UK and Australia having a (sometimes very long) lag on when they see TV shows from the US. If the shows were put out at the same time, then...yeah, I bet piracy from Australia and the UK would go down tremendously.
In the same week that I got sick, I got junkmail from homedepot trying to get me to sign up for a credit card.
So what?
Did the poster bother to read the link he supplied? That degree has nothing to do with stem cell research.
From the link: Biomedical Engineering is the application of all types of engineering to all types of problems in clinical medicine. Biomedical Engineers develop new robotic surgery procedures, non-invasive imaging modalities, diagnostic procedures analyzing heart signals, telemedicine programs, and a range of other technologies that help diagnose and treat disease better. Biomedical Engineering includes many application areas and approaches that do not require a foundation in modern biology, and thus there are many educational and research opportunities in the various School of Engineering Departments for students who have a strong interest in clinical medicine and in engineering but only a modest interest in biology.
Also note a snippit from further in the article that the poster gave the link to: "Biological Engineering as a Discipline, Distinct from the Applied Field of Biomedical Engineering." Important distinction? naaahhhhh....
There's no inconsistency here. He's against certain types of harvesting, and MIT is making robots. Wow, definately news, stuff that matters.
well...since that was only part of his remains (the ash from an entire corpse doesn't normally fit " into a vial the size of a lipstick holder") and since the "ashes will orbit the Earth for six years before they re-enter the atmosphere and burn up," I'd have to say that all the atoms that make up Gene's body when he died are in fact back here on Earth, with only minimal exceptions (hey, gota allow for strange occurances). That was April 21, 1997, after all - nearly 8 years ago, thus 2 years after the lipstick re-entered.
it's amazing how easily people will just ignore that fact. Yes - there are thousands upon thousands of threats that are made that are just noise. As Bush has said, as defenders we have to get it right *every time*, but the attackers only have to get it right once.
1) you asked what orbitz was. I told you to go to the site and see for yourself.
2) The best buy comment was an obscure shot - only idiots (or tech-uninformed) get computers from best buy.
3)I'm not sure where you're going with the Canada and Mexico bit...I don't know of anyone who thinks of Canada as "mini USA," and despite having lived 20 miles from the Mexican border for years, I don't know of anyone who thinks of Mexico as "South USA," or even Southern USA.
My post is sitting at a 1 - which means it hasn't been modded up or down (or if it has, then its been so equally). So again, you're clueless.
Yes, I think returning your computer may be the best bet.
they'd only have a chance of being "effective" if they could somehow make it a crime. That's the only reason the RIAA goes after individuals - the idea of making someone an example. In a civil trial, they could only be after one thing - money. They'd have to show that Joe Schmoe robbed them of XYZ amount of money due to posting something in his blog. And guess what - those damages would still be less than Orbitz would pay in court fees.
Sans something really odd happening and deep-linking to Orbitz becoming criminal, there will be neither suits against individuals, nor mega-corps. If any suits occur (versus threats of suits), they will be against mid-sized companies...or, against the select few that this was specifically targetted against (the data miners setting up their own offshoot travel sites, for example).
So really, no one will be harmed sans those that are being shmucks anyway. Them, and Orbitz themselves, due to the bad PR.
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Shouldn't that be "learn how to write?" They've already learned they need to write...right? Or was it a comment about me merely doing a simply typo, and leaving out a "p" in "competent?"
"If the really is how the game is played..."
Do you need to learn to write too? ;)
Evidence has been presented, in clear, exclusively certain (versus no uncertain) terms. Nothing illegal occured, but we special-interest folk aren't saying a law was broken. We're saying something unethical occured.
where's the option for if the other side really IS incometent, and really IS taking money from MS?
In the Land of Realistic Adults, we realize that there are more than 2 sides to a coin...but that sometimes 1 side is better. A side that has Britney Spears naked, for instance, is much better than one with Al Gore naked.
With a CD, you're increasing their margin. Instead of selling you 1, maybe 2 songs for $1 each, with a 35 cents per song margin, they're selling you 10 songs with the same margin. But on the cd, they get to have you buy 10 instead of 2, so...
its this little thing called "volume." Getting you to buy songs you wouldn't buy if you could pay for them individually.
if it bothers you so much, stop using windows.
If someone showed you a picture of a bowl of ice cream right before punching your face, it would eventually (over time) affect your relationship with ice cream. Would it mean that the ice cream actually tasted any different? No. The ice cream would still be just as yummy. However, it would become associated with something unpleasant...
we're not there to "out double talk," we're there to "win hearts and minds."
But it seems like educators are going to associate linux with "that free software that's installed on those old free computers" or whatever.
Get 1 or 2 boxes in the lab that are relatively modern, so that they understand that the old p3 with 256M RAM is slower than the teacher's new G5 mac mostly because the old PC is, well, old?
beyond that, the software that is installed depends completely on the software they need. What do they need?
BTW - the telegraph is a tabloid? Hey, what do I know from over here in the states...
Forbidden in Germany and restricting the freedom of speech are child pornography, certain other types of pornography (like bestiality), right wing extremist "hate" sites, incitement to commit crimes, race discrimination, treasonable conduct as an agent for sabotage purposes, glorification of violence, or offence against the law for the protection of the youth. For example, the game Wolfenstein 3D - a predecessor to Doom - was censored in Germany because of Nazi imagery. So were certain punk music albums popular with German teens.
At least the German google isn't suppressing that story from above.
uh, explain to me how you gleened anything remotely like that from what I wrote? I have no idea how good of a vice president he was. Do you think he's supposed to do *coding* in that group?
What we have here is not someone who is able to do it, but someone who is willing to direct others to do it.
"All chips will be supplied with 5v regardless of their original requirements, which I imagine will also improve the thermal output. "
doesn't matter that it has no merit. MAME will still need to hire an attorney to prove that, and that guy will still want to get paid.
maintaining market position (or achieving it...) should be based on the product you have...not on forcing it upon someone. If you produce a quality product (Exchange, for example) then that should be reason for market gain. Oddly enough, there are alternatives to Exchange, and always have been, but no one other than MS can get it "right" for corporate America. They/we want the features Exchange has. Damn I'd love an OSS alternative...or even a commercial one that was anywhere near as good.
THEN it is a feature.
Otherwise, its a hijack, and an exploitation of their market position.
Is he saying that he doesn't like his job? He's saying is that part of his job's requirement is that he uses windows. Not all that insane - its part of my job requirement. If I want to work here, then I too am *forced* to use windows. Its a condition that he'd rather not have, as part of a larger thing (employment) that he wants.
I want to have a comfortable, clean, house that I can live in. As part of that, I am forced to either clean it myself, or have someone else clean it. The fact that I am *forced* to either clean it or have someone else clean it doesn't at all mean I should burn down my house and go live in a cardboard box...it just means that not everything someone wants is 100% roses.
Since he is forced to use windows, as part of his job, and since a vast swath of folk are in the same boat, his concern still stands: its a captive audience that shouldn't have the smart tags *forced* on to them.
It does indeed offer the control. The link doesn't appear until you click the button to make it appear. In the case of maps, you can have it use yahoo maps or mapquest. It doesn't at all restrict you to google's maps.
If MS had implimented it in the same exact way, then...yeah, I would say the same if it was MS.
I didn't assume that someone too dumb to know that 38.4% of the EU is not the same as 38.4% of the world was actually capable of sarcasm. Note too that there's more to sarcasm than just saying something wrong...there's a certain style to it that was definately lacking. And hey...some people like nasty weather. People move to Seattle on purpose, for example.
wait...was that sarcasm? Or...does someone actually believe that? I found none of those things to be the case. The UK is *not* known for its food...at least, not known for it being good. Stuff pig stomach, etc...no. France, Thailand (thanks to France), Japan, Germany, and even the US - known for its food. The UK? ...
Wonderful climate? Umm..you've never been to San Deigo, have you...72 degrees year round, rains only a couple times a year...that's a wonderful climate. The UK? Gets really cold, to the point of some transportation methods becoming impossible at times. Always messy, raining, etc.
And, the women...while some can be cute sometimes, the UK is definately not known for its "beautiful women." Southern California is. Sweden, France (again, damnit)...a few other places. But the UK?
The UK IS known for being incredibly strong (character, and power), blunt, honest, etc. They don't hold back - as far as the large-scale culture is concerned. Better traits than having good food, I'd think - food can be imported. I'd also rather have a fiery lover than a pretentious one, so they win there too. Weather? Well, can't have everything...
"according to a story on the Guardian, a new study puts the UK ahead in one more category: it leads the world in TV piracy, accounting for 38.4% of the world's TV downloads, with Australia coming in second at 15.6% and the US in third at a pitiful 7.3%"
What, precisely, is "pitiful" about having less piracy than the others? Since the internet kinda started here, most of the major mips are still here, and a very large portion of the traffic is here...one would think we'd have more of the piracy. Well, except for the insight someone gave about the UK and Australia having a (sometimes very long) lag on when they see TV shows from the US. If the shows were put out at the same time, then...yeah, I bet piracy from Australia and the UK would go down tremendously.
So what?
Did the poster bother to read the link he supplied? That degree has nothing to do with stem cell research.
From the link: Biomedical Engineering is the application of all types of engineering to all types of problems in clinical medicine. Biomedical Engineers develop new robotic surgery procedures, non-invasive imaging modalities, diagnostic procedures analyzing heart signals, telemedicine programs, and a range of other technologies that help diagnose and treat disease better. Biomedical Engineering includes many application areas and approaches that do not require a foundation in modern biology, and thus there are many educational and research opportunities in the various School of Engineering Departments for students who have a strong interest in clinical medicine and in engineering but only a modest interest in biology.
Also note a snippit from further in the article that the poster gave the link to: "Biological Engineering as a Discipline, Distinct from the Applied Field of Biomedical Engineering." Important distinction? naaahhhhh....
There's no inconsistency here. He's against certain types of harvesting, and MIT is making robots. Wow, definately news, stuff that matters.
well...since that was only part of his remains (the ash from an entire corpse doesn't normally fit " into a vial the size of a lipstick holder") and since the "ashes will orbit the Earth for six years before they re-enter the atmosphere and burn up," I'd have to say that all the atoms that make up Gene's body when he died are in fact back here on Earth, with only minimal exceptions (hey, gota allow for strange occurances). That was April 21, 1997, after all - nearly 8 years ago, thus 2 years after the lipstick re-entered.
it's amazing how easily people will just ignore that fact. Yes - there are thousands upon thousands of threats that are made that are just noise. As Bush has said, as defenders we have to get it right *every time*, but the attackers only have to get it right once.
2) The best buy comment was an obscure shot - only idiots (or tech-uninformed) get computers from best buy.
3)I'm not sure where you're going with the Canada and Mexico bit...I don't know of anyone who thinks of Canada as "mini USA," and despite having lived 20 miles from the Mexican border for years, I don't know of anyone who thinks of Mexico as "South USA," or even Southern USA.
My post is sitting at a 1 - which means it hasn't been modded up or down (or if it has, then its been so equally). So again, you're clueless.
Yes, I think returning your computer may be the best bet.
Sans something really odd happening and deep-linking to Orbitz becoming criminal, there will be neither suits against individuals, nor mega-corps. If any suits occur (versus threats of suits), they will be against mid-sized companies...or, against the select few that this was specifically targetted against (the data miners setting up their own offshoot travel sites, for example).
So really, no one will be harmed sans those that are being shmucks anyway. Them, and Orbitz themselves, due to the bad PR.