Uh, the same if not much more than people make from the whole ringtones rackett... huge market, almost non-existant developement time and costs compared to games for consoles, extremly accessible... so yeah, a good wad of cash or two.
Just think it's kinda cute how Google and Yahoo are getting the shaft from the US government for the whole China business, and now an antitrust lawsuit against Apple pops up.
Philosophy, religion, and epistemology have no problems with logic, only fools who cannot comprehend the meaning behind scripture do.
I swear, your brand of neuroscience has to be the most disgusting thing I've ever encountered. Only an incredibly banal and useless person could look upon the wondrous beauty of the human mind and body and see nothing but chemicals; it is as entrusting the whole of the majesty of the Louvre to someone who looks upon the works of Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, and Van Gogh only to see pigment smeared on cloth.
Hah, no, you're picking one part of my argument and presenting a response that ignores the rest of my statement. I was explaining why their is no land left to farm and why the peasantry is forced into sweatshops, including their children which they cannot support.
I'm trying to assert that capitalism and democracy should be done with an honorable and moral hand, one that creates a sustainable economy without environmental pollution so that nation can grow into a prosperous and productive place, one with a competitive economy and school system.
Read my bleeding post before you reply. Alot of the farmland is stolen for either landfills or factory space, but mainly, as I said in my previous posts, by large multinational food corporations that use it for cattle or chicken feed or to mass produce one crop while being able to use whatever pesticide they want because of the complete absence of environmental regulation.
No no, they did not sell their land, they were kicked off it. As in, the money goes to the government through kickbacks and the previous farmers are left homeless. And yes, in third world countries with corrupt governments, resisting gets you shot or arrested.
I'm not sure what crippling mental disease it is that spreads like wildfire through humanity that makes them incapable of seeing the world from an honorable and moral point of view, but I suppose it's nothing new.
And if these are such wonderful places of laissez-faire carnivals, why aren't cameras allowed inside, hmm?
It doesn't; I was merely pointing out that Google/Microsoft/Yahoo are not likely to actually be punished or reprimanded when other U.S. corporations are allowed to conduct much worse behavior around the earth.
Did you read the bloody paragraph before that? About being kicked off their land? Where exactly are they supposed to go, hmm?
Most suitable farmland in countries where the governments allow sweatshops has been bought by large farming multinationals.
Most communities that retain their land, that of their ancestors, such as in the deep mountains of Central and South America, aren't exactly running from the hills to get a nice job at a dangerous plant.
I'm not sure how completely ignorant you have to be of the world around you to think that my arguments support your ass-backwards imperialist logic, but just for your sake, let's look at some more simple logic, eh? At what point do you think running a traditional farm equates to 13-16 hours every day in a dangerous factory?
Right. You go on ahead believing that letting companies turn kids into wageslaves so you can buy your precious products for cheap is making the world a better place. That's reality.
No, sorry, I already wasted enough breath with one of you "little children should be happy to be working in deathtrap factories" assholes. Grow up and pay attention in political science class.
I can't believe I'm actually going to argue this. So, the war torn countries like Vietnam, now impregnated with unexploded ordinance and lands rendered almost unfarmable by chemical warfare (agent orange, anyone?) should be considered lucky to have to work 14 hour days every day of the week for pennies on the hour? And in countries where American produce and farming corporations took the land from the native people? Where are they supposed to get their food again?
Right, I forgot, the peoples of the world had no idea how to farm before American corporations came along, no idea how to feed themselves.
Lets not even get into the extremely dangerous working conditions of the factories, where limbs can be lost in an instant and chemical poisons are barely contained, and any injury gets you fired.
Exactly. I cannot express how sickened and frustrated I am at how modern day American corporations are allowed to behave in such extremely dishonorable manners throughout the world. As far as I can tell, privatized control over corporations is little about helping the economy and more about theiving power over society from the hands of the people into those of the powerful.
Every corporate entity needs to be held more accountable not only to the law and the courts, but to the people. If corporations act in a dishonorable manner, then they should not be allowed to do business in the United States, the same way we impose economic sanctions on dishonorable countries.
Quite frankly, I think the American public can stand to lose some commodities to increase the overall dignity of commerce in general. If you want to do business with American citizens, you should be held completely accountable to our code of ethics wherever your company does business. If you do not pay fair wages and treat your workers humanely, do not bother our markets with your wares.
What's the difference between Google and Microsoft censorship in China and the sweatshops established by almost every major industrial company in the U.S.? It's okay to force starving children to work for 13 cents an hour, but taking down some democratic journalist's blog in China is not?
What the fuck? Can we start with the worst that US companies are doing first, please?
While it would take some time to work out the fine points of the operation, one could dream something up where the patent in question was fairly specific, or perhaps place more than a few patents into the equation. Then one could dangle the lure of getting a piece of Microsoft's bank account in front of a few talented, greedy patent lawyers; or perhaps go to one of Microsoft's competitors for assistance, such as Google.
I could be wrong here, but I do believe that someone could fleece a few million out of Microsoft, if say, Company A makes an obscure patent that Company B knowingly incorporates into their product for Windows, but keeps it out of sight from Microsoft... Company A sues Company B, and Gates has to pick up the hefty tab. Those involved wait a few years, and then buy a small island in the pacific (or something).
You know, if for some bizarre reason, a group of people in the tech field had some manner of grudge against Microsoft (possibly for crushing or crippling their small company/dreams in days past)... not that I'd be so brazen as to imply anything.
Now that's some radio with good taste. Many, many thanks.:)
Guess I'll return the favor... if you haven't listened to it already, All Songs Considered is probably my favorite place to go for new and good music, with all previous shows archived.
If you have access to a computer with all of your mp3's on iTunes or whatever digital music player, why chew up bandwidth to listen to someone else pick songs you don't really want to listen to?
The only online radio stations I ever listen to, and barely at that, are playlists from David Byrne on his website cast as streaming audio.
Companies will pay top dollar to gather information about the public and their psychological habits to better advertise to them, but quite simply, are getting a bad taste in their mouth from spyware.
I predict they'll soon have their cheap security cameras routed through face recognition software under whatever security pretense bullshit so they can mark every face's buying habits.
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Uh, the same if not much more than people make from the whole ringtones rackett... huge market, almost non-existant developement time and costs compared to games for consoles, extremly accessible... so yeah, a good wad of cash or two.
Just think it's kinda cute how Google and Yahoo are getting the shaft from the US government for the whole China business, and now an antitrust lawsuit against Apple pops up.
Or, just maybe, it would help you to not only work faster, but get in shape for once.
Philosophy, religion, and epistemology have no problems with logic, only fools who cannot comprehend the meaning behind scripture do.
I swear, your brand of neuroscience has to be the most disgusting thing I've ever encountered. Only an incredibly banal and useless person could look upon the wondrous beauty of the human mind and body and see nothing but chemicals; it is as entrusting the whole of the majesty of the Louvre to someone who looks upon the works of Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, and Van Gogh only to see pigment smeared on cloth.
I do pity you, though.
"Hairy" as in "Ape-like"?
:)
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Agreed. Whoever wins buys the first round. :)
Hah, no, you're picking one part of my argument and presenting a response that ignores the rest of my statement. I was explaining why their is no land left to farm and why the peasantry is forced into sweatshops, including their children which they cannot support.
I'm trying to assert that capitalism and democracy should be done with an honorable and moral hand, one that creates a sustainable economy without environmental pollution so that nation can grow into a prosperous and productive place, one with a competitive economy and school system.
Read my bleeding post before you reply. Alot of the farmland is stolen for either landfills or factory space, but mainly, as I said in my previous posts, by large multinational food corporations that use it for cattle or chicken feed or to mass produce one crop while being able to use whatever pesticide they want because of the complete absence of environmental regulation.
No no, they did not sell their land, they were kicked off it. As in, the money goes to the government through kickbacks and the previous farmers are left homeless. And yes, in third world countries with corrupt governments, resisting gets you shot or arrested.
I'm not sure what crippling mental disease it is that spreads like wildfire through humanity that makes them incapable of seeing the world from an honorable and moral point of view, but I suppose it's nothing new.
And if these are such wonderful places of laissez-faire carnivals, why aren't cameras allowed inside, hmm?
It doesn't; I was merely pointing out that Google/Microsoft/Yahoo are not likely to actually be punished or reprimanded when other U.S. corporations are allowed to conduct much worse behavior around the earth.
Did you read the bloody paragraph before that? About being kicked off their land? Where exactly are they supposed to go, hmm?
Most suitable farmland in countries where the governments allow sweatshops has been bought by large farming multinationals.
Most communities that retain their land, that of their ancestors, such as in the deep mountains of Central and South America, aren't exactly running from the hills to get a nice job at a dangerous plant.
I'm not sure how completely ignorant you have to be of the world around you to think that my arguments support your ass-backwards imperialist logic, but just for your sake, let's look at some more simple logic, eh? At what point do you think running a traditional farm equates to 13-16 hours every day in a dangerous factory?
Right. You go on ahead believing that letting companies turn kids into wageslaves so you can buy your precious products for cheap is making the world a better place. That's reality.
No, sorry, I already wasted enough breath with one of you "little children should be happy to be working in deathtrap factories" assholes. Grow up and pay attention in political science class.
Pardon? Are you trying to be cute?
I can't believe I'm actually going to argue this. So, the war torn countries like Vietnam, now impregnated with unexploded ordinance and lands rendered almost unfarmable by chemical warfare (agent orange, anyone?) should be considered lucky to have to work 14 hour days every day of the week for pennies on the hour?
And in countries where American produce and farming corporations took the land from the native people? Where are they supposed to get their food again?
Right, I forgot, the peoples of the world had no idea how to farm before American corporations came along, no idea how to feed themselves.
Lets not even get into the extremely dangerous working conditions of the factories, where limbs can be lost in an instant and chemical poisons are barely contained, and any injury gets you fired.
You are the worst example of an American citizen.
Actually, I was referring to the sweatshops in third world nations around the globe, not China...
What exactly is this "one one child policy" you speak of?
Exactly. I cannot express how sickened and frustrated I am at how modern day American corporations are allowed to behave in such extremely dishonorable manners throughout the world. As far as I can tell, privatized control over corporations is little about helping the economy and more about theiving power over society from the hands of the people into those of the powerful.
Every corporate entity needs to be held more accountable not only to the law and the courts, but to the people. If corporations act in a dishonorable manner, then they should not be allowed to do business in the United States, the same way we impose economic sanctions on dishonorable countries.
Quite frankly, I think the American public can stand to lose some commodities to increase the overall dignity of commerce in general. If you want to do business with American citizens, you should be held completely accountable to our code of ethics wherever your company does business. If you do not pay fair wages and treat your workers humanely, do not bother our markets with your wares.
What's the difference between Google and Microsoft censorship in China and the sweatshops established by almost every major industrial company in the U.S.? It's okay to force starving children to work for 13 cents an hour, but taking down some democratic journalist's blog in China is not?
What the fuck? Can we start with the worst that US companies are doing first, please?
While it would take some time to work out the fine points of the operation, one could dream something up where the patent in question was fairly specific, or perhaps place more than a few patents into the equation. Then one could dangle the lure of getting a piece of Microsoft's bank account in front of a few talented, greedy patent lawyers; or perhaps go to one of Microsoft's competitors for assistance, such as Google.
:)
Just some creative articulation.
I could be wrong here, but I do believe that someone could fleece a few million out of Microsoft, if say, Company A makes an obscure patent that Company B knowingly incorporates into their product for Windows, but keeps it out of sight from Microsoft... Company A sues Company B, and Gates has to pick up the hefty tab. Those involved wait a few years, and then buy a small island in the pacific (or something).
You know, if for some bizarre reason, a group of people in the tech field had some manner of grudge against Microsoft (possibly for crushing or crippling their small company/dreams in days past)... not that I'd be so brazen as to imply anything.
Now that's some radio with good taste. Many, many thanks. :)
Guess I'll return the favor... if you haven't listened to it already, All Songs Considered is probably my favorite place to go for new and good music, with all previous shows archived.
If you have access to a computer with all of your mp3's on iTunes or whatever digital music player, why chew up bandwidth to listen to someone else pick songs you don't really want to listen to?
The only online radio stations I ever listen to, and barely at that, are playlists from David Byrne on his website cast as streaming audio.
Badly written article != news.
Just a hint.
is that Sony forgot to treat its game revamping as an optional expansion, but instead forced players to switch to new rules. Bad, bad, bad idea.
Companies will pay top dollar to gather information about the public and their psychological habits to better advertise to them, but quite simply, are getting a bad taste in their mouth from spyware.
I predict they'll soon have their cheap security cameras routed through face recognition software under whatever security pretense bullshit so they can mark every face's buying habits.
The virtual panopticon has begun construction.