what we have now is a pre-corpratism economy. it is still largely capitalist, but corporations are slowly gaining influence and control over the lives of people.
the penalties for AT&T were to be broken up and they could not try to consolidate for a certain time period (which they followed) now we have low rates and technologies have flourished.. again, how is SBC buying AT&T illegal?
you are not giving a copy of a recording that you made of a BROADCAST... you are giving a copy of a product you purchased... there is a huge difference.
early adopters always get screwed... I got screwed by Time-warner cable with their service because it was up for about 4 days a month those first 8 months they had service in my area.
I was kind of pissed but they did not charge me for the lost time.
I wanted to get off my nasty cable monopoly so I got direct TV and DSL from SBC... I enjoy being cable free.
the OP said It seems like we don't ever enforce in a real way
what is there to enforce if there is no law broken?
if the OP had said that we need to change the law to make it harder for the formation of monopolies, then fine, but that is not what the OP said. the OP implied by that statement that some how this merger would be illegal.
the next economic model after capitalism will only take hold when capitalism can no longer support the population... however I do not think it will be communism like Marx says... i think that it will be corpratism.... no competition and one monolithic source of production.
if you look at the trends of economic development over the centuries, a slow and even evolution takes place... right now capitalism is being transformed into something else. people will no longer have property but will purchase all their needs from a central body, no, not the government like Marx said, but the corporation... a large monolithic corporation acts just like a communist government. it is responsible for all the welfare of the people who it serves and it serves the people because they all work for it. the government may get supplanted by the corporation at some point.
it sounds bad, but this form of economic system can either be good or bad. it will depend on the implementation... however, new economic transitions (real ones based on natural societal pressures) tend not to fall apart because they take so long to transition from one state to another, giving the society time to accept and learn how to support the system.
oh... now you are going semantic on me huh... it is still not a fair use right to take a recording that is for sale... make a copy and then give that copy to your friend... you want to share your purchased media.. that is legal... what your friend does with it is not your concern.
actually... the only difference is that the command key takes over the control functions used in windows.... and the alt and option key ARE THE SAME KEY!!!!
also, a novice doe snot right click so who the fuck cares if it is difficult for them to use a keyboard and a mouse in concert.
and an expert user should be able to move between platforms and not expect those platforms to operate the same way... I move between Windows, linux and OS X and I know all the different ways in which they are different from an interaction POV.
get over it... you want a right mouse button because you are a lamer loser who cannot accept differences. then get a fucking mouse with a right button.
actually, all the stuff in a context menu is accessible from the application menu... since the finder has one of those no one needs to right click o control click.. it is used by those who like the expedience of a contextual menu.
so... you want to promote the scientific method by restricting its use to areas that you deem to be worthy of it? get a clue... if human's took that view of the Scientific method then we would not be anywhere near where we are today.
the majority of people most certainly do not use multiple fingers on a mouse. perhaps power users, yes, but you are deluded if you think most people are even remotely capable to using a computer proficiently.
besides that, as I said, control click is as easy as clicking the right finger on a two button mouse.
how is it a pain except that you are not proficient with them? on a laptop the keys are so damn close together it took me all of 3 days to get use to just pushing control on the keyboard and using the up and down arrows with my pinky finger from the home position... my hands are always at the home position and I navigate with my index finger and click with my thumb.. modify (right click, alt click, cmd click... hmm two more functions than a right mouse key is incapable of doing) with my left pinky and go up and down and left and right with my right pinky.
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that will be NICE!!!
well he figured wrong.
because gigabit ethernet and FW800 are everywhere on the PC laptops of the same size.
go to the apple store and see... you might get lucky... but don't get ticked if you don't get lucky.
a Nash equilibrium... who would have thought that humans can be as dumb (collectively) as a basic hill climbing algorithm.
what we have now is a pre-corpratism economy. it is still largely capitalist, but corporations are slowly gaining influence and control over the lives of people.
the penalties for AT&T were to be broken up and they could not try to consolidate for a certain time period (which they followed) now we have low rates and technologies have flourished.. again, how is SBC buying AT&T illegal?
you are not giving a copy of a recording that you made of a BROADCAST... you are giving a copy of a product you purchased... there is a huge difference.
early adopters always get screwed... I got screwed by Time-warner cable with their service because it was up for about 4 days a month those first 8 months they had service in my area.
I was kind of pissed but they did not charge me for the lost time.
I wanted to get off my nasty cable monopoly so I got direct TV and DSL from SBC... I enjoy being cable free.
the OP said It seems like we don't ever enforce in a real way
what is there to enforce if there is no law broken?
if the OP had said that we need to change the law to make it harder for the formation of monopolies, then fine, but that is not what the OP said. the OP implied by that statement that some how this merger would be illegal.
the next economic model after capitalism will only take hold when capitalism can no longer support the population... however I do not think it will be communism like Marx says... i think that it will be corpratism.... no competition and one monolithic source of production.
if you look at the trends of economic development over the centuries, a slow and even evolution takes place... right now capitalism is being transformed into something else. people will no longer have property but will purchase all their needs from a central body, no, not the government like Marx said, but the corporation... a large monolithic corporation acts just like a communist government. it is responsible for all the welfare of the people who it serves and it serves the people because they all work for it. the government may get supplanted by the corporation at some point.
it sounds bad, but this form of economic system can either be good or bad. it will depend on the implementation... however, new economic transitions (real ones based on natural societal pressures) tend not to fall apart because they take so long to transition from one state to another, giving the society time to accept and learn how to support the system.
that will be great until SBC tightens its relationship with Cingular by purchasing them.
my SBC DSL experience was good.
umm... Monopolies are not illegal... only abusive ones are.
not if you read greek Philosophy.
oh... now you are going semantic on me huh... it is still not a fair use right to take a recording that is for sale... make a copy and then give that copy to your friend... you want to share your purchased media.. that is legal... what your friend does with it is not your concern.
then use the control click moron!!!
actually... the only difference is that the command key takes over the control functions used in windows.... and the alt and option key ARE THE SAME KEY!!!!
also, a novice doe snot right click so who the fuck cares if it is difficult for them to use a keyboard and a mouse in concert.
and an expert user should be able to move between platforms and not expect those platforms to operate the same way... I move between Windows, linux and OS X and I know all the different ways in which they are different from an interaction POV.
get over it... you want a right mouse button because you are a lamer loser who cannot accept differences. then get a fucking mouse with a right button.
actually, all the stuff in a context menu is accessible from the application menu... since the finder has one of those no one needs to right click o control click.. it is used by those who like the expedience of a contextual menu.
so... you want to promote the scientific method by restricting its use to areas that you deem to be worthy of it? get a clue... if human's took that view of the Scientific method then we would not be anywhere near where we are today.
science is about exploring EVERYTHING.
the majority of people most certainly do not use multiple fingers on a mouse. perhaps power users, yes, but you are deluded if you think most people are even remotely capable to using a computer proficiently.
besides that, as I said, control click is as easy as clicking the right finger on a two button mouse.
so do I which is why I use one all the time on my Mac you moron.
how is it a pain except that you are not proficient with them? on a laptop the keys are so damn close together it took me all of 3 days to get use to just pushing control on the keyboard and using the up and down arrows with my pinky finger from the home position ... my hands are always at the home position and I navigate with my index finger and click with my thumb.. modify (right click, alt click, cmd click... hmm two more functions than a right mouse key is incapable of doing) with my left pinky and go up and down and left and right with my right pinky.
ok... you don't like the one button mouse... USE A FUCKING TWO BUTTON MOUSE!!!!!
christ sakes..
oh, and if you like the one button mouse, you can use the control key to get a context menu.
Why the fuck don't people try LEARNING how to use computers that they are in front of rather than spend 5 seconds and declare them crap?
try using that second hand of yours to hit the control key on the laptop keyboard... ooooooooooooo that was hard.