To most people, "monopoly" means exactly what it's defined to mean. And "most people" couldn't find a computer OS vendor other than Microsoft if they tried. It's a literal monopoly, for all intents and purposes.
Exactly. They claimed the exact same things with Windows 2000, and I believe to some degree with Windows XP saying it was "completely revised" - we just forget it, since our day-to-day experience tells us that Win2k is basically NT with the 98 GUI control bolted on (or possibly rewritten and bolted on), and that WinXP is basically Win2k with marginal enhancements and new restrictive technologies.
They get away with saying this because the OS looks and feels drastically different. They'll change their VM scheduler a bit, and away they go...
Thanks. However, I have seen contradicting information in the last year or two, and the efficiency hasn't changed all that much in that time frame, either.
Precisely. You can't stereotype by what someone is wearing unless it's unreasonable.
However, behavior is something that should be stereotyped, in my opinion. If you're acting cagy and the other elements fall into place (say, backpack, etc.) then it seems entirely reasonable to me.
Actually, he should've had a handgun on him, and a longgun in his truck which he would've fallen back to as he was reloading. That is, unless you're one of the types that think the Bill of Rights needs restrictions put on it. (If you restrict one, it's only reasonable to restrict them all, say the beaurocrats and limo liberals.)
It's sad that my OP got the "flaimbait" mod. Not that I care, it's just I feel sorry for the children that would do such a thing.
Don't get stuck on 'stupid'. We're aware of the problems of the past. Now, how do we deal with them in the present? Do you have a reasonable solution, or simply "a reasonable proposal"?
From what I see, there is no way of backing out of the current situation at any time in the near future without drastic impact to the economies of the USA, Western Europe, China, and the rest of the (undeveloped) world which relies upon "imports" from us (such as "welfare aid" and various other monies and technologies). A drastic shift of agenda in the West (specifically the US) would result in irreperable damage to our livelyhoods.
What would happen if, over the next 5 years, the US and Europe were to become energy independant from the Middle Eastern countries? We would have inadvertantly launched the entire region into war, as they no longer have their - essentially sole - source of national incomes. This is largely due to corrupt governments in the region who take all the profit from the oil and allow their citizens to eck their own way through life through other means. To help avert this problem of widespread regional suffering, it's best to get stable, representative governments in place who are not as likely to abuse the livlyhoods of the "common citizen" as an unbenevolent dictator.
There are efforts underway to help relieve us of foreign oil demand. It's all in the "Plan" the the current administration has - Kerry was partial to this same plan as well, in case you didn't know. This plan involves retaining control of Middle Eastern oil assets for the immediate future (and beyond, as necessary) to both keep their society stable as well as our own, for as long as possible, and allow the gradual oil price increases and gradual decreases in supply to spur on development in other energy sources.
There's no other option right now - unless, of course, you'd like to see the Middle East in total war and the Western worlds in cultural, civil, and economic upheaval that the world has never seen before. (Don't kid yourself - China would never 'ease up' on oil consumption until forced to by a complete lack of supply. And they're fairly bent on actual conquest, as opposed to what we here in the US are doing.)
Current 'alternative energy' sources are not in the least bit viable, as their input/output energy is significantly lower, and in some cases (such as solar) negative. Wind is not even close to the energy output necessary for the US, even if we plastered the MidWest with the damn things - and they only have a lifespan of about 15 years costing millions to produce each. Most places that can support hydroelectric dams already are, or are in the process of being developed to meet current demands.
Research is being done into "electric" vehicles and hydrogen cells, but their energy efficiency isn't near substantial enough to even put into widespread production. Personally, I think the best thing is to gradually get rid of the widespread "suburban" communities we have and localize as much housing to the places of work. We're no longer an "industrial" society for the most, so this is much more practical (and safe) than it was 100 or even 50 years ago. Unfortunately, auto makers are so entrenched in our collective societies that they're likely to not disappear. (At the very least, I think substantial rail systems should be put in on the east and west coasts of the US, but there isn't enough population density to make that economically viable.)
Now, if you simply want to hate on America, fine. But you won't be solving any problems, and you will, more likely than not, be making things more difficult for the people that are actually trying to do some good. If you have a good and practical solution, speak up. We're looking for answers.
There's a difference between "citizen" and "subject" and while the distinction is somewhat small these days here in the US (with us being referred to as "consumers" more often than not), there still is a distinction in practice.
People rail on US politics and US citizens about our "stupid laws" but really, it all comes down to freedom to do what we want, and to be free from draconian restrictions put upon us by an illigitimate government.
(A democratic republic becomes illigitimate when it ceases to be a government for the people, by the people. I think we're getting close.)
Someone that isn't prepared for the likely isn't "completely sensible" in any stretch of the imagination.
If you live near a flood plain, on a coast, or near a river, and you are not prepared to evacuate or sit out a catastrophy for at least 3 days, you are not sensible at all. 100-year storms are common enough to be prepared for, even if it's only a once-in-a-lifetime affair.
Police squad cars are equiped with multiple instances of devices which are specifically designed to give a weaker - physically or tactically - person an advantage in a confrontation like that. They're called firearms.
In a situation like that, I see no reason why the rioters should not be shot when they refuse a direct order to stop beating the person.
It seems perfectly reasonable and possible to me for a cop to be able to stop his car, call on his loudspeaker to cease and desist, and when they do not, pull his rifle/shotgun up and point it out the window. If they decide to rush him, drive away - and come back and continue shooting. That is a situation of officer duress. Also, a police officer is the symbol of law and order: if they do not respect the lawful requests of an enforcement officer, they're breaking the law, committing a violent crime, and reasonable force can be exercised.
Am I a bit calloused? Maybe. But I also realize that someone, or a group of someones, that is endangering the lives of others are forfeiting their own safety by doing so.
So is this a request for a generic WXP emulator, for any WXP binary, or for a specific WinXP application?
The first is technically impossible, even with the WINE codebase to work with. The second is theoretically possible, with a large enough staff, and given the application - and might even be worth the effort. But it doesn't appear to be the case.
Thirty five years ago, scientists were predicting that the greenhouse gas emissions would increase in climate decrease. They had many complex scientific models how we would all be in an ice age by 2015.
We also know that the cattle on this planet offput more "greenhouse gas" through the methane in their farts and bowel movements, or the output from volcanoes.
I too love my thinkpad - an X30. It's at least several years old now.
It's got a Ti case "lid" on the flip-up part of the LCD. It's black. I've not had any "wear" problems for hte last two years that I've had it, and it looks brand new still.
Something to remember about the original report: Symantec has a vested interest in seeing Mozilla/Firefox fail.
Why? Because their line of products depends on Windows getting exploited and compromised. Firefox reduces the number of vectors through which that can (easily) happen.
Obviously we humans are drastically impacting the fate of mars through um... the rovers, yeah! and heating up its climate!
Oh, what's that you say? Both Earth and Mars have this fucking huge ball of plasmic gas burning not too far away from us, thousands of times the size of our planets? And its going through a cyclical "hot" season?
For instance, last night some condombreak drove by me as I was out for a walk and yelled, "Get a job!" I yelled back, "Bight off a chunk and suck, you clitpimple!"
It was quite satisfying (I've been in and out of temp jobs for the last year).
Sure they are. It just depends on what social environment you're in.
For instance, in some circles it's still pretty taboo to say things like "fricking". I went to a private school where the "real" curse words were strickly verboten, and so "frick" naturally took the place of "fuck", "shite" for "shit", "piss" and "bloody" were liberally used, etc.
What Todd said, as well as the fact that they're usually problems that have been known about for a while, and have been consistently exploited for a while. IE, there's no end in sight to the problems.
Funny, given only the statistics mentioned on the slashdot front page, I come to the opposite conclusion they do: firefox/mozilla is more secure.
Why? There will always be insecurities in code. The more insecurities that are both found and patched, the less there are to be exploited. As the very nature of software prevents there to ever be a complete lack of possible exploits (within reason), the more vulnerabilities found actually indicates a lower likelyhood of future vulnerability.
The chastity belt - provides for more erotic foreplay. The nuclear bomb - "look how big MY penis is!" The cotton gin - provides more time and energy for your maids to provide you with "services" The electric light - more time at bars and pubs at the evening in a more comfortable environment, allowing you to pick up more girls The electric can-opener - well, I'm sure some people... Deviled eggs - high-energy food source that helps maintain... something... for sex.
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Your doublespeak is good, but not that good.
To most people, "monopoly" means exactly what it's defined to mean. And "most people" couldn't find a computer OS vendor other than Microsoft if they tried. It's a literal monopoly, for all intents and purposes.
Exactly. They claimed the exact same things with Windows 2000, and I believe to some degree with Windows XP saying it was "completely revised" - we just forget it, since our day-to-day experience tells us that Win2k is basically NT with the 98 GUI control bolted on (or possibly rewritten and bolted on), and that WinXP is basically Win2k with marginal enhancements and new restrictive technologies.
They get away with saying this because the OS looks and feels drastically different. They'll change their VM scheduler a bit, and away they go...
Thanks. However, I have seen contradicting information in the last year or two, and the efficiency hasn't changed all that much in that time frame, either.
It's just sensational bullshit. They've got to try and justify their existance by looking busy.
Precisely. You can't stereotype by what someone is wearing unless it's unreasonable.
However, behavior is something that should be stereotyped, in my opinion. If you're acting cagy and the other elements fall into place (say, backpack, etc.) then it seems entirely reasonable to me.
I couldn't agree more.
Actually, he should've had a handgun on him, and a longgun in his truck which he would've fallen back to as he was reloading. That is, unless you're one of the types that think the Bill of Rights needs restrictions put on it. (If you restrict one, it's only reasonable to restrict them all, say the beaurocrats and limo liberals.)
It's sad that my OP got the "flaimbait" mod. Not that I care, it's just I feel sorry for the children that would do such a thing.
Don't get stuck on 'stupid'. We're aware of the problems of the past. Now, how do we deal with them in the present? Do you have a reasonable solution, or simply "a reasonable proposal"?
From what I see, there is no way of backing out of the current situation at any time in the near future without drastic impact to the economies of the USA, Western Europe, China, and the rest of the (undeveloped) world which relies upon "imports" from us (such as "welfare aid" and various other monies and technologies). A drastic shift of agenda in the West (specifically the US) would result in irreperable damage to our livelyhoods.
What would happen if, over the next 5 years, the US and Europe were to become energy independant from the Middle Eastern countries? We would have inadvertantly launched the entire region into war, as they no longer have their - essentially sole - source of national incomes. This is largely due to corrupt governments in the region who take all the profit from the oil and allow their citizens to eck their own way through life through other means. To help avert this problem of widespread regional suffering, it's best to get stable, representative governments in place who are not as likely to abuse the livlyhoods of the "common citizen" as an unbenevolent dictator.
There are efforts underway to help relieve us of foreign oil demand. It's all in the "Plan" the the current administration has - Kerry was partial to this same plan as well, in case you didn't know. This plan involves retaining control of Middle Eastern oil assets for the immediate future (and beyond, as necessary) to both keep their society stable as well as our own, for as long as possible, and allow the gradual oil price increases and gradual decreases in supply to spur on development in other energy sources.
There's no other option right now - unless, of course, you'd like to see the Middle East in total war and the Western worlds in cultural, civil, and economic upheaval that the world has never seen before. (Don't kid yourself - China would never 'ease up' on oil consumption until forced to by a complete lack of supply. And they're fairly bent on actual conquest, as opposed to what we here in the US are doing.)
Current 'alternative energy' sources are not in the least bit viable, as their input/output energy is significantly lower, and in some cases (such as solar) negative. Wind is not even close to the energy output necessary for the US, even if we plastered the MidWest with the damn things - and they only have a lifespan of about 15 years costing millions to produce each. Most places that can support hydroelectric dams already are, or are in the process of being developed to meet current demands.
Research is being done into "electric" vehicles and hydrogen cells, but their energy efficiency isn't near substantial enough to even put into widespread production. Personally, I think the best thing is to gradually get rid of the widespread "suburban" communities we have and localize as much housing to the places of work. We're no longer an "industrial" society for the most, so this is much more practical (and safe) than it was 100 or even 50 years ago. Unfortunately, auto makers are so entrenched in our collective societies that they're likely to not disappear. (At the very least, I think substantial rail systems should be put in on the east and west coasts of the US, but there isn't enough population density to make that economically viable.)
Now, if you simply want to hate on America, fine. But you won't be solving any problems, and you will, more likely than not, be making things more difficult for the people that are actually trying to do some good. If you have a good and practical solution, speak up. We're looking for answers.
There's a difference between "citizen" and "subject" and while the distinction is somewhat small these days here in the US (with us being referred to as "consumers" more often than not), there still is a distinction in practice.
People rail on US politics and US citizens about our "stupid laws" but really, it all comes down to freedom to do what we want, and to be free from draconian restrictions put upon us by an illigitimate government.
(A democratic republic becomes illigitimate when it ceases to be a government for the people, by the people. I think we're getting close.)
Someone that isn't prepared for the likely isn't "completely sensible" in any stretch of the imagination.
If you live near a flood plain, on a coast, or near a river, and you are not prepared to evacuate or sit out a catastrophy for at least 3 days, you are not sensible at all. 100-year storms are common enough to be prepared for, even if it's only a once-in-a-lifetime affair.
Police squad cars are equiped with multiple instances of devices which are specifically designed to give a weaker - physically or tactically - person an advantage in a confrontation like that. They're called firearms.
In a situation like that, I see no reason why the rioters should not be shot when they refuse a direct order to stop beating the person.
It seems perfectly reasonable and possible to me for a cop to be able to stop his car, call on his loudspeaker to cease and desist, and when they do not, pull his rifle/shotgun up and point it out the window. If they decide to rush him, drive away - and come back and continue shooting. That is a situation of officer duress. Also, a police officer is the symbol of law and order: if they do not respect the lawful requests of an enforcement officer, they're breaking the law, committing a violent crime, and reasonable force can be exercised.
Am I a bit calloused? Maybe. But I also realize that someone, or a group of someones, that is endangering the lives of others are forfeiting their own safety by doing so.
Here are some more gadgets for emergency situations that many people in NOLA either did or would have found useful in keeping themselves safe:
TaurusUSA
Also, I like what these guys offer: Rock River
Thanks.
I came up with it with my two friends - you might know one of them, his name is Jack Daniels.
So is this a request for a generic WXP emulator, for any WXP binary, or for a specific WinXP application?
The first is technically impossible, even with the WINE codebase to work with. The second is theoretically possible, with a large enough staff, and given the application - and might even be worth the effort. But it doesn't appear to be the case.
Thirty five years ago, scientists were predicting that the greenhouse gas emissions would increase in climate decrease. They had many complex scientific models how we would all be in an ice age by 2015.
We also know that the cattle on this planet offput more "greenhouse gas" through the methane in their farts and bowel movements, or the output from volcanoes.
I too love my thinkpad - an X30. It's at least several years old now.
It's got a Ti case "lid" on the flip-up part of the LCD. It's black. I've not had any "wear" problems for hte last two years that I've had it, and it looks brand new still.
Something to remember about the original report: Symantec has a vested interest in seeing Mozilla/Firefox fail.
Why? Because their line of products depends on Windows getting exploited and compromised. Firefox reduces the number of vectors through which that can (easily) happen.
Obviously we humans are drastically impacting the fate of mars through um... the rovers, yeah! and heating up its climate!
Oh, what's that you say? Both Earth and Mars have this fucking huge ball of plasmic gas burning not too far away from us, thousands of times the size of our planets? And its going through a cyclical "hot" season?
You're just not creative enough.
For instance, last night some condombreak drove by me as I was out for a walk and yelled, "Get a job!" I yelled back, "Bight off a chunk and suck, you clitpimple!"
It was quite satisfying (I've been in and out of temp jobs for the last year).
Sure they are. It just depends on what social environment you're in.
For instance, in some circles it's still pretty taboo to say things like "fricking". I went to a private school where the "real" curse words were strickly verboten, and so "frick" naturally took the place of "fuck", "shite" for "shit", "piss" and "bloody" were liberally used, etc.
Yeah, bitch. It's the most gratuidously vulgar and offensive film of all time, and it's still great.
:)
"What a fag."
I think I'll watch it tonight.
THat's not entirely true. A single swear word can be, well...
Rocco: Fucking... What the fuck. Who the fuck fucked this fucking... How did you two fucking fucks...
[shouts] FUCK!
Connor: Well, that certainly illustrates the diversity of the word.
(quote shamelessly stolen from The Boondock Saints)
What Todd said, as well as the fact that they're usually problems that have been known about for a while, and have been consistently exploited for a while. IE, there's no end in sight to the problems.
So, in other words: we're experiencing weather characteristics which are more likely indicative of global - or at least regional - cooling?
(Honest question.)
Funny, given only the statistics mentioned on the slashdot front page, I come to the opposite conclusion they do: firefox/mozilla is more secure.
Why? There will always be insecurities in code. The more insecurities that are both found and patched, the less there are to be exploited. As the very nature of software prevents there to ever be a complete lack of possible exploits (within reason), the more vulnerabilities found actually indicates a lower likelyhood of future vulnerability.
Yep.
The chastity belt - provides for more erotic foreplay.
The nuclear bomb - "look how big MY penis is!"
The cotton gin - provides more time and energy for your maids to provide you with "services"
The electric light - more time at bars and pubs at the evening in a more comfortable environment, allowing you to pick up more girls
The electric can-opener - well, I'm sure some people...
Deviled eggs - high-energy food source that helps maintain... something... for sex.