Re:My one big issue with the film (SPOILER?)
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Minority Report
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In the short story, the character portrayed by Cruise actually ends up going through with the murder in order to preserve the system. The person he murders was plotting to bring down the system by showing that if someone is given the knowledge of their future crime, then they wont go through with it and won't have to be arrested after all. It is also pointed out at the end of the story that his is a unique situation, because he is in the position to get access to information that regular people dont, and that in fact all three pre-cogs submitted minority reports, just time-phased, and using the 'previous' pre-cogs report as input. It was just that 2 of them agreed that a murder was going to be committed - however they differed in the time, place and motive.
But then maybe the welfare (farm subsidies) given to american farmers can be used to grow biodiesel source product, instead of propping up inefficient (and excess) food crop production which kicks the crap out of efficient food producers like Australia and New Zealand (and probably Canada as well).
"But again, Bill Gates doesn't really lose on this one."
Oh, yes he does. First, there is the revenue lost because the potential new customer did not buy the Windows solution (which they would have otherwise if it were not for Linux). More importantly, there is one less slave to the treadmill that is the upgrade cycle of Microsoft products, and the revenue stream attached to that.
Customer: Hello, is this the help desk? Dogbert: No, that group got reengineered out of existance. I'm the new "no help whatsoever desk". My job is to make sure you never call again.
I recently bought a 'you-beaut' non-stick frypan made in Denmark
The multi-lingual instruction manual had (along with a variety of other languages) one page in English, and another page in American (as signified by little flags on the pages)
Your assupmtion is that MS makes the best-of-breed of each type of application, and will continue to provide the best-of-breed of those applications in the absence of any significant competition.
If MS makes it difficult for customers to remove and replace the audio CD player they supply with the customer's preferred audio CD player, then yes, they are illegally abusing their monopoly.
Actually, a corporation's purpose if defined by it's charter ie most incorporated bodies require some kind of statement of purpose when they register. Following that, it is required to do what the majority of its shareholders tell it to do. The fact that most shareholders in most corporations are only interested in increasing the value of their holdings, does not equate to 'Corporations are amoral. Their only purpose is to maximize shareholder value, i.e. sales and profits.'
You apparently haven't heard the term 'Ethical Investments'. Look it up some time.
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'My watch is accurate to 1 second in 1 million years'
'So what time is it now?'
'Uhh, about quarter past.'
You are quite correct. In fact, they only decided to join the United Nations earlier this year, despite being the European home to many UN bodies.
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In the short story, the character portrayed by Cruise actually ends up going through with the murder in order to preserve the system. The person he murders was plotting to bring down the system by showing that if someone is given the knowledge of their future crime, then they wont go through with it and won't have to be arrested after all. It is also pointed out at the end of the story that his is a unique situation, because he is in the position to get access to information that regular people dont, and that in fact all three pre-cogs submitted minority reports, just time-phased, and using the 'previous' pre-cogs report as input. It was just that 2 of them agreed that a murder was going to be committed - however they differed in the time, place and motive.
Personally, I prefer just one syllable - squeal.
On the other hand, I wrote a couple of programs to generate COBOL data-entry and report programs, in COBOL.
Pot:"Hey Kettle, you're black!"
a fine article on the value and benefits of hiring an MCSE
But then maybe the welfare (farm subsidies) given to american farmers can be used to grow biodiesel source product, instead of propping up inefficient (and excess) food crop production which kicks the crap out of efficient food producers like Australia and New Zealand (and probably Canada as well).
The optimist says the glass is half full.
The pessimist says the glass is half empty.
The engineer says the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
not quite defunct
"But again, Bill Gates doesn't really lose on this one."
Oh, yes he does. First, there is the revenue lost because the potential new customer did not buy the Windows solution (which they would have otherwise if it were not for Linux). More importantly, there is one less slave to the treadmill that is the upgrade cycle of Microsoft products, and the revenue stream attached to that.
Ball typewriters?
Couldn't stop them with a sledgehammer.
Hell, Hawking even made it onto STNG playing poker with Data
No! No! No!
*EVERY* day should be Towel Day
You would probably be the first thing in Celine Dions mouth for a long time.
Hmmmm - I always thought the Capitol (Building) was where the House of Reps and the Senate was located
He must have mis-heard you. He was obviously thinking of how long it takes for the sun to go around the earth.
They say the reason plants grow so well when fertilized with chicken manure is because the plants are trying to get away from the smell
Customer: Hello, is this the help desk?
Dogbert: No, that group got reengineered out of existance. I'm the new "no help whatsoever desk". My job is to make sure you never call again.
'Our main weapon is surprise... surprise and fear. Our TWO weapons are surprise, fear and ruthless efficiency. Our THREE weapons......'
I recently bought a 'you-beaut' non-stick frypan made in Denmark
The multi-lingual instruction manual had (along with a variety of other languages) one page in English, and another page in American (as signified by little flags on the pages)
Your assupmtion is that MS makes the best-of-breed of each type of application, and will continue to provide the best-of-breed of those applications in the absence of any significant competition.
If MS makes it difficult for customers to remove and replace the audio CD player they supply with the customer's preferred audio CD player, then yes, they are illegally abusing their monopoly.
Except it is possible to write your own implementation of the libc API, and replace the GNU implementation, because it is properly documented.
Try to do the same with the IE API, or any other MS API for that matter.
Actually, a corporation's purpose if defined by it's charter ie most incorporated bodies require some kind of statement of purpose when they register. Following that, it is required to do what the majority of its shareholders tell it to do. The fact that most shareholders in most corporations are only interested in increasing the value of their holdings, does not equate to 'Corporations are amoral. Their only purpose is to maximize shareholder value, i.e. sales and profits.'
You apparently haven't heard the term 'Ethical Investments'. Look it up some time.
Did they find diced carrots in there as well?