That may be true. However, by 1999, most of the upgrades were already completed. The company where I work, (for instance), replaced all of our computer equipment in late 1997. All equipment purchased at that time was certified as Y2K compliant and handled the rollover without a hiccup.
"I, on the other hand, put more emphasis on fiscal policy. Call me greedy, old-fashioned, whatever, but having that same "Mayor" dropping by my house and taking a few thousand dollars from my wallet because the township decided that that money would be much better off in the hands of somebody else is an even more egregious violation."
That's called taxation (or perhaps, extortion:).
You and I just have to agree to disagree here; there is absolutely no way I would give up rights before cash.
I realize from your comments that you are not any more in favor of Hilary's stance on GTA than I am. I just wanted to point out that quoting out of context does nothing but harm your position.
The difference is fiscal as opposed to moral. I don't see a problem with telling people that there isn't enough money to spread around and that sacrifices need to be made. Personally, I prefer that she tells that to a room of rich folks instead of poor ones.
It's sort of like Daddy coming home and telling their kid, "No, you can't have extra allowance this week because we can't afford it - even though Mommy told you it would be ok". To me, that's a lot different than the town Mayor dropping by the house and taking away your x-rated DVDs because the township has decided that people should not have access to 'those' types of movies. I'd be moving out of that town post haste! Especially before they decide that I also can't paint my house bright green because that's also offensive to the majority, (yeah, those are ridiculous examples - but you get the idea).
The contextual difference here is that, with her GTA statement, Hilary has stepped over the line and entered the realm of moral issues. With that, I have a huge problem. As others have already stated in this thread, it's not the government's job to parent our children for us. GTA is already labeled as 'M' so Uncle Sam's job is already done, IMO.
Your out-of-context quote struck me as more of a personal attack on Senator Clinton - as opposed to an attack on her GTA/morality stance. Maybe that's not how you intended it, but that's how I read it.
No he's right. That was a moronic argument. Context is everything - especially in the 'soundbite' society that we live in today.
Quoting out of context, getting called on it, and then trying to say that context doesn't matter just makes you look, well... 'defensive' might be a better term than 'moronic'. But really, your argument is indefensible. At least in this context.
"If MS creates a new feature set that dramatically improves productivity and OSS falls behind, suddenly the money they saved is not as much."
Yes. But if that happens at least MS has been forced by competition to innovate. Something that most likely won't happen, (at least as quickly), without the market pressures currently being exerted by OSS.
Besides, there is always a leap-frog effect. Someone innovates - someone else builds a better mousetrap. Rinse, lather, repeat.
In the end, the consumers win. Which is a good deal all around, IMO.
I work in the custom luggage industry. Most combo-lock mechanisms that I see are 3-digit. Yes, you can get locks with more digits but three is most common, (which is why I put "(most common)" in my post - maybe you missed that part? I kinda doubt that since you quoted it in your reply). But to answer your question; No, I don't believe there is a number shortage in Sweden at present. They are probably just conserving and planning for the day when there might be an actual number shortage. (Don't ask; it's a Swedish thing:).
Also, keep in mind that most luggage has these things called 'handles'. If a thief really wants your stuff, they will grab it by the afore-mentioned 'handle', take it home, and drill the fucker open. IOW, luggage locks are only there to keep the honest people honest.
Another thing: here in the States, you aren't allowed to lock checked baggage anymore. Airport screeners require that luggage be left unlocked to facilitate spot-checking of baggage. (Don't argue with this or you may well be labeled a terrorist.)
(Cue swelling, patriotic music...) I, for one, sleep much better at night knowing that bags everywhere are unlocked and available for inspection by hordes of shiny-faced, wide-awake baggage inspectors all across this great land of ours. (Swelling patriotic music crescendoes...)
Well... he had some pretty nice luggage and I wanted him to be able to use it on his return trip.
OT side note: He owed me big for that, so when I dropped my boat motor bracket in the water at the dock the next day, he was the one that got to dive into the seaweed to retrieve it. To his credit, he did it without complaining.
You're lucky if you really have a 5-digit combo on your luggage. My cousin came to visit from Sweden a couple of years ago. He had locked his (most common) 3-digit combo lock before the 10-hour flight and then promptly forgotten the combination. It didn't take me long to start running through the 1000 possibles. Had it open in 10 minutes.
He sure was happy to get to a clean pair of drawers.:)
(Yes. I've seen Space Balls. And yes, the 1-2-3-4-5 combination joke is wearing pretty thin.)
Thanks for the real numbers. It was pretty funny to see the look on my friends face when the B-i-L opened his car; part relief, part horror at how simple it was. Not long after, he traded it in for a Dodge Dakota. Heh...
Your key analogy strikes me as funny - because it's (kinda) true of many GM cars from the 70's & 80's.
Case in point; A friend of mine locked his keys inside his ~1987-88 Chevy S-10 pickup. My brother-in-law pulled out his 1972 Chevy Suburban key and unlocked it for him. He then told us that you have about a 50-50 chance of a GM auto key working in any given GM door lock.
Personally, I use Firefox on Lee-nooks so IE7 is not on my computing horizon - although I'll probably try it out on the wifes XP SP2 box when it's available.
But with Firefox you have the choice to use tabbed browsing or not. In (the current) IE, you don't. If MS did include it in IE7, I'm sure they would give you the choice as well. So why not incorporate the feature for those of us who do like it?
"I believe that writing "please see id" on the back of a credit card is a perfectly valid signature..."
Yeah, I used to do this until I ran into a grumpy postal worker. He refused to accept my visa card to pay for a roll of stamps because "it wasn't signed on the back". This is a card that has my signature permanently printed on the front of it right next to my freakin' picture!! Obviously, the guy was just having a minor power-trip moment and I was the lucky one that he decided to play the game with.
I thought about asking for his supervisor, but he had the look of a guy who just might have a BFG9000 in his back pocket and who just might be willing to use it if pushed too far.
So I left the stamps there and picked some up at the grocery store where I can just swipe my card through the reader without having to hand it over at all. Which is like almost no security at all, is it?
"Twice as insightful would be the realization that 'doing away with patents' is equivalent to embarking on the road to corporate fascism, where the individual is powerless and the capitalist pigs own your life."
So how is that different from what's already happening in the US?
"...when the mandrake 10 installerdecided that it should reformat that windows partition without bothering to ask first."
Really? I just installed Mandrake 10.0 Official on two computers over the weekend and it asked about formatting both times. You did choose 'Custom Partitioning' didn't you? If not, IMHO it was your own doing and not the fault of the installer.
I'm glad you got your music collection back though...
Bah - I've got you all beat. My 1987 Atari ST still plays a mean game of DungeonMaster. Love the taste of worm-round and those little dancing tree/broccoli thingies.
I remember back in the day before these LAN parties you kids go to now got popular, I lugged that thing back & forth to my friends house (barefoot, in the snow, uphill both ways!!) just to play 'Empire' for a few hours.
That's right. The USA is not a true democracy. It never was. It is a Representative Republic. And sadly, the 'representative' part of that no longer seems to apply...
who read that headline as 14" Monitor Demo? I read that and thought, "Big Deal - I have a couple of those crappy things sitting unused on a shelf in the garage". Heck, these probably wouldn't even fit in my garage with all the other junk in there...
"Much of the younger generation spends its time on the internet now, and many just download their favorite TV shows."
Spot on. Another reason for the decline of television viewing is games. Personally, I'd much rather plug in something interactive instead of passively sitting in front of the tube.
If that's the price point you're waiting for - "Now is the time"...
I just bought an XBox Halo console two weeks ago at Wally-Mart. For $169.95, I got...
1 Green XBox
1 Halo Game
1 Green Halo Controller (small)
A third-party controller, (made in China like everything else at Wal-Mart), was $19. So, for under $200 (incl. tax) I was able to go home and play Halo in Deathmatch mode that afternoon.
BTW - You can also buy just the XBox with one controller and no game there for $149.95.
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That may be true. However, by 1999, most of the upgrades were already completed. The company where I work, (for instance), replaced all of our computer equipment in late 1997. All equipment purchased at that time was certified as Y2K compliant and handled the rollover without a hiccup.
Say what you will. I'm just glad they kept the 'r' in there. Otherwise, their mascot might've been John Madden dressed like Mariah Carey.
Yipes!!
"I, on the other hand, put more emphasis on fiscal policy. Call me greedy, old-fashioned, whatever, but having that same "Mayor" dropping by my house and taking a few thousand dollars from my wallet because the township decided that that money would be much better off in the hands of somebody else is an even more egregious violation."
:).
That's called taxation (or perhaps, extortion
You and I just have to agree to disagree here; there is absolutely no way I would give up rights before cash.
I realize from your comments that you are not any more in favor of Hilary's stance on GTA than I am. I just wanted to point out that quoting out of context does nothing but harm your position.
Yeah, I got that. I just plain disagree with you.
The difference is fiscal as opposed to moral. I don't see a problem with telling people that there isn't enough money to spread around and that sacrifices need to be made. Personally, I prefer that she tells that to a room of rich folks instead of poor ones.
It's sort of like Daddy coming home and telling their kid, "No, you can't have extra allowance this week because we can't afford it - even though Mommy told you it would be ok". To me, that's a lot different than the town Mayor dropping by the house and taking away your x-rated DVDs because the township has decided that people should not have access to 'those' types of movies. I'd be moving out of that town post haste! Especially before they decide that I also can't paint my house bright green because that's also offensive to the majority, (yeah, those are ridiculous examples - but you get the idea).
The contextual difference here is that, with her GTA statement, Hilary has stepped over the line and entered the realm of moral issues. With that, I have a huge problem. As others have already stated in this thread, it's not the government's job to parent our children for us. GTA is already labeled as 'M' so Uncle Sam's job is already done, IMO.
Your out-of-context quote struck me as more of a personal attack on Senator Clinton - as opposed to an attack on her GTA/morality stance. Maybe that's not how you intended it, but that's how I read it.
No he's right. That was a moronic argument. Context is everything - especially in the 'soundbite' society that we live in today.
Quoting out of context, getting called on it, and then trying to say that context doesn't matter just makes you look, well... 'defensive' might be a better term than 'moronic'. But really, your argument is indefensible. At least in this context.
"If MS creates a new feature set that dramatically improves productivity and OSS falls behind, suddenly the money they saved is not as much."
Yes. But if that happens at least MS has been forced by competition to innovate. Something that most likely won't happen, (at least as quickly), without the market pressures currently being exerted by OSS.
Besides, there is always a leap-frog effect. Someone innovates - someone else builds a better mousetrap. Rinse, lather, repeat.
In the end, the consumers win. Which is a good deal all around, IMO.
I work in the custom luggage industry. Most combo-lock mechanisms that I see are 3-digit. Yes, you can get locks with more digits but three is most common, (which is why I put "(most common)" in my post - maybe you missed that part? I kinda doubt that since you quoted it in your reply). But to answer your question; No, I don't believe there is a number shortage in Sweden at present. They are probably just conserving and planning for the day when there might be an actual number shortage. (Don't ask; it's a Swedish thing :).
Also, keep in mind that most luggage has these things called 'handles'. If a thief really wants your stuff, they will grab it by the afore-mentioned 'handle', take it home, and drill the fucker open. IOW, luggage locks are only there to keep the honest people honest.
Another thing: here in the States, you aren't allowed to lock checked baggage anymore. Airport screeners require that luggage be left unlocked to facilitate spot-checking of baggage. (Don't argue with this or you may well be labeled a terrorist.)
(Cue swelling, patriotic music...)
I, for one, sleep much better at night knowing that bags everywhere are unlocked and available for inspection by hordes of shiny-faced, wide-awake baggage inspectors all across this great land of ours.
(Swelling patriotic music crescendoes...)
</sarcasm>
Well... he had some pretty nice luggage and I wanted him to be able to use it on his return trip.
OT side note: He owed me big for that, so when I dropped my boat motor bracket in the water at the dock the next day, he was the one that got to dive into the seaweed to retrieve it. To his credit, he did it without complaining.
Me = butterfingers,( Heh heh).
You're lucky if you really have a 5-digit combo on your luggage. My cousin came to visit from Sweden a couple of years ago. He had locked his (most common) 3-digit combo lock before the 10-hour flight and then promptly forgotten the combination. It didn't take me long to start running through the 1000 possibles. Had it open in 10 minutes.
:)
He sure was happy to get to a clean pair of drawers.
(Yes. I've seen Space Balls. And yes, the 1-2-3-4-5 combination joke is wearing pretty thin.)
Stupid mods. That one had me laughing out loud.
Thanks for the real numbers. It was pretty funny to see the look on my friends face when the B-i-L opened his car; part relief, part horror at how simple it was. Not long after, he traded it in for a Dodge Dakota. Heh...
Your key analogy strikes me as funny - because it's (kinda) true of many GM cars from the 70's & 80's.
:-)
Case in point; A friend of mine locked his keys inside his ~1987-88 Chevy S-10 pickup. My brother-in-law pulled out his 1972 Chevy Suburban key and unlocked it for him. He then told us that you have about a 50-50 chance of a GM auto key working in any given GM door lock.
Makes me glad to be a Mopar Man...
Only if you choose to. :-)
Personally, I use Firefox on Lee-nooks so IE7 is not on my computing horizon - although I'll probably try it out on the wifes XP SP2 box when it's available.
But with Firefox you have the choice to use tabbed browsing or not. In (the current) IE, you don't. If MS did include it in IE7, I'm sure they would give you the choice as well. So why not incorporate the feature for those of us who do like it?
"I believe that writing "please see id" on the back of a credit card is a perfectly valid signature..."
Yeah, I used to do this until I ran into a grumpy postal worker. He refused to accept my visa card to pay for a roll of stamps because "it wasn't signed on the back". This is a card that has my signature permanently printed on the front of it right next to my freakin' picture!! Obviously, the guy was just having a minor power-trip moment and I was the lucky one that he decided to play the game with.
I thought about asking for his supervisor, but he had the look of a guy who just might have a BFG9000 in his back pocket and who just might be willing to use it if pushed too far.
So I left the stamps there and picked some up at the grocery store where I can just swipe my card through the reader without having to hand it over at all. Which is like almost no security at all, is it?
"Twice as insightful would be the realization that 'doing away with patents' is equivalent to embarking on the road to corporate fascism, where the individual is powerless and the capitalist pigs own your life."
So how is that different from what's already happening in the US?
"...when the mandrake 10 installerdecided that it should reformat that windows partition without bothering to ask first."
Really? I just installed Mandrake 10.0 Official on two computers over the weekend and it asked about formatting both times. You did choose 'Custom Partitioning' didn't you? If not, IMHO it was your own doing and not the fault of the installer.
I'm glad you got your music collection back though...
Shatner? Is that you?
Bah - I've got you all beat. My 1987 Atari ST still plays a mean game of DungeonMaster. Love the taste of worm-round and those little dancing tree/broccoli thingies.
I remember back in the day before these LAN parties you kids go to now got popular, I lugged that thing back & forth to my friends house (barefoot, in the snow, uphill both ways!!) just to play 'Empire' for a few hours.
Mmmmm.... worm-round... gghghhhhaaahaahhhhhh...
That's right. The USA is not a true democracy. It never was. It is a Representative Republic. And sadly, the 'representative' part of that no longer seems to apply...
who read that headline as 14" Monitor Demo? I read that and thought, "Big Deal - I have a couple of those crappy things sitting unused on a shelf in the garage". Heck, these probably wouldn't even fit in my garage with all the other junk in there...
Guess I need new glasses.
Yes but quarterly is more frequent than annually so it works out to twice as much per year.
"Much of the younger generation spends its time on the internet now, and many just download their favorite TV shows."
Spot on. Another reason for the decline of television viewing is games. Personally, I'd much rather plug in something interactive instead of passively sitting in front of the tube.
I just bought an XBox Halo console two weeks ago at Wally-Mart. For $169.95, I got...
A third-party controller, (made in China like everything else at Wal-Mart), was $19. So, for under $200 (incl. tax) I was able to go home and play Halo in Deathmatch mode that afternoon.
BTW - You can also buy just the XBox with one controller and no game there for $149.95.
Cool! I guess I didn't look closely enough at the TagZilla website. I'll scrutinize it more closely over the weekend when I (hope to) have more time.
Thanks for the tip!!