We're talking about space flight here, people. My guess would be that if doing business in the USA becomes too expensive or annoying, Mexico are right there over the border, closer to the equator and with plenty of land for launch facilities.
Leave it to the bureaucrats to hold back the economic and technological progress of the nation, they do it every time. This time, though, it might be AWFULLY tough to recover if we fall too far behind.
First, if you haven't used a joystick with Tux racer, you're missing out.
Next, check out Unreal Tournament 2004. The Linux binaries are included on the game DVD (or CDs, if you prefer), and the feel of the Unreal games has improved dramatically (in this ID fanboi's opinion). There is classic deathmatch available, but there are also a whole host of other game types, some including vehicles.
Finally, check out freely downloadable 'Enemy Territory', which is based on Return to Castle Wolfenstein. But this one is strictly multiplayer.
Oh, and of course, I played around with Cedega/Doom3 already, and found it to be a less than satisfactory experience on the one machine where I got the game binary to function, that being a 1.5 Ghz P4. For some reason I haven't yet gotten my Athlon 3000+ XP to give me anything other than an 'Error 21' when launching the game. This despite running a vanilla kernel on this box, but a Fedora Core 2 kernel on the P4. *shrug*
There are a tremendous number of half-truths and misstatements in what is, in reality, a very short interview.
From bringing up indemnification, to the implication that IBM can only implement Linux because it has so many wonderful techs to throw at a problem-child operating system, through the implication that IBM, Novell and Redhat will begine infighting over the code, this interview is pure Microsoft FUD. It's a rather well-done piece, though, and it is easy to get confuzzled by it all.
I'd just like to point out that this is a mighty interesting trio of players Microsoft is whining about... IBM, Novell, and Redhat... Gee, where are those three tied together again?
The only surprise, really, is that there was no sniping against Autozone in this piece.
If you're willing to spend a few hundred bucks, or better yet part with a grand and a half, there are some quite nice players available, with better quality for both audio and video than you get with the run-of-the-mill players. Try a higher-end Denon, for example, like a 2900 or (better yet) a 5900.
The problem isn't so much stupidity as complete and utter boneheaded ignorance. The vast majority of our lawmakers are simply very very far out-of-touch with the concerns of folks like us. Most of 'em don't grok what P2P networking really is, don't see any benefits to their lives from doing it, and frankly don't have a problem with allowing industry groups to own various playing fields which they've always owned.
I read a rather interesting report some months back, which attempted to explain the 'cold fusion' phenomenon through use of localized time-reversal zones, which were in fact proven a year or three ago. Essentially, the line of argument was that in a temporary time-reversal zone, the forces which keep nuclei apart would act to bring them together, and that when the time reversal went away, the combined 'supernucleus' (or whatever they called it) would spontaneously fuse. Of course, at the time I was following a variety of links, some quite reputable, some much less so, while reading on another topic. However, I can understand that ill-understood low-level physics could conceivably be doing something here we just don't understand.
I always go by the adage that when a distinguished scientist says something is possible, (s)he is generally right, but that if they say something is not possible, (s)he is generally wrong. To this end I am willing to be skeptical, not only of the looneys, but of the skeptics as well.
But you need to look at this over the longer-term to see the true picture. SCOX stock was way over a hundred dollars back in 2000. Take a look at this chart: 5 year chart of SCOX
Notice how the stock plummeted to essential valuelessness after the bubble burst, and stayed there right up until Darl and company announced the lawsuits early in '03? That right there was a profit bubble that I believe was part of the motivation for this lawsuit. A lot of people had to buy in at elevated prices, and were left high and dry as the truth became more widely known.
I'd imagine that the shaking would be rather similar to that experienced on open ground, or at least it would be on the ground floor of a small structure. As I understand it, the shaking may be disconcerting but not generally dangerous, as long as it's not shaking loose heavy things above you.
Of course, if a huge crack opens in the earth, taking you to the Land of the Lost, all bets are off.
So if one of these companies, such as oh, I don't know, let's pick, err, 'Microsoft' got into hot water by, oh, I dunno, let's say 'being found guilty of monopolistic trade practices', then the chief executive would be forced out?
I have, in various jobs, done coding in BASIC, C, C++, Visual Basic, Java, and a host of scripting languages and such.
If I stuck with what I learned first, I guess I'd be in trouble, because I kinda started out with interpreted BASIC, followed shortly thereafter by 6502 assembler...
Three simultaneous applications, and restrictions on network traffic are much bigger concerns of mine than screen resolution. Hell, I can do an awful lot at 80x25, without needing any graphics at all, but not if I'm going to find myself in a system with severe program launch restrictions.
It seems to me that it takes a form of cognitive damage, a defect in one's perceptions, to cause this anomalous behavior of working as hard as one can.
I guess I've been a superior being all along, what with my excellent slacking skills.
The only legitimate election is one in which the level of blatant fraud is kept low enough to ensure a generally correct result. Those who believe that partisan politics are responsible for people wishing to have accountability in their elections are sad, sorry excuses for human beings, who cannot see past the current election cycle to a time when THEY might be on the receiving end of that large anal dildo called electoral fraud.
Yes, what you say is accurate, taken individually... But I was painting a partial picture of a highly modified offroad-only vehicle, using the exotic term 'etc.' to indicate that perhaps there is more to this little package than I had listed.
In any case, I've seen oversized brakes (while shopping on the web for my own car) that purport to be non-street-legal, and for the racetrack only. There was no mention of this being due only to pad compounds requiring high temperatures for efficient function, either. Virtually anything which has not been approved by the DOT seems to be illegal in the US for use on the streets.
Of course, said modifications (say, a full-blown race suspension, blower, nitrous, etc.) might make your vehicle into something which cannot legally be driven on state roads, but there's nothing inherently illegal about the vehicle itself, or owning it, or indeed using it at a properly equipped racing facility.
Lots of things can be used for nefarious purposes. It tends to be only those things which elderly legislators and justices are unfamiliar with and for which they have no personal use that get outlawed.
I, for one, would rather live in a world where one is responsible for one's behavior, rather than a world in which one is responsible for everything anyone else has ever done with anything one has produced.
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We're talking about space flight here, people. My guess would be that if doing business in the USA becomes too expensive or annoying, Mexico are right there over the border, closer to the equator and with plenty of land for launch facilities.
Leave it to the bureaucrats to hold back the economic and technological progress of the nation, they do it every time. This time, though, it might be AWFULLY tough to recover if we fall too far behind.
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May I recommend a couple of things?
First, if you haven't used a joystick with Tux racer, you're missing out.
Next, check out Unreal Tournament 2004. The Linux binaries are included on the game DVD (or CDs, if you prefer), and the feel of the Unreal games has improved dramatically (in this ID fanboi's opinion). There is classic deathmatch available, but there are also a whole host of other game types, some including vehicles.
Finally, check out freely downloadable 'Enemy Territory', which is based on Return to Castle Wolfenstein. But this one is strictly multiplayer.
Oh, and of course, I played around with Cedega/Doom3 already, and found it to be a less than satisfactory experience on the one machine where I got the game binary to function, that being a 1.5 Ghz P4. For some reason I haven't yet gotten my Athlon 3000+ XP to give me anything other than an 'Error 21' when launching the game. This despite running a vanilla kernel on this box, but a Fedora Core 2 kernel on the P4. *shrug*
There are a tremendous number of half-truths and misstatements in what is, in reality, a very short interview.
From bringing up indemnification, to the implication that IBM can only implement Linux because it has so many wonderful techs to throw at a problem-child operating system, through the implication that IBM, Novell and Redhat will begine infighting over the code, this interview is pure Microsoft FUD. It's a rather well-done piece, though, and it is easy to get confuzzled by it all.
I'd just like to point out that this is a mighty interesting trio of players Microsoft is whining about... IBM, Novell, and Redhat... Gee, where are those three tied together again?
The only surprise, really, is that there was no sniping against Autozone in this piece.
What do you think would happen if Japan, one of the world's most powerful economic engines, were destroyed or knocked out of play for a while?
GM, Chrysler and Ford executives would spontaneously simultaneously orgasm?
No, not all... Just the affordable ones.
If you're willing to spend a few hundred bucks, or better yet part with a grand and a half, there are some quite nice players available, with better quality for both audio and video than you get with the run-of-the-mill players. Try a higher-end Denon, for example, like a 2900 or (better yet) a 5900.
The problem isn't so much stupidity as complete and utter boneheaded ignorance. The vast majority of our lawmakers are simply very very far out-of-touch with the concerns of folks like us. Most of 'em don't grok what P2P networking really is, don't see any benefits to their lives from doing it, and frankly don't have a problem with allowing industry groups to own various playing fields which they've always owned.
I read a rather interesting report some months back, which attempted to explain the 'cold fusion' phenomenon through use of localized time-reversal zones, which were in fact proven a year or three ago. Essentially, the line of argument was that in a temporary time-reversal zone, the forces which keep nuclei apart would act to bring them together, and that when the time reversal went away, the combined 'supernucleus' (or whatever they called it) would spontaneously fuse. Of course, at the time I was following a variety of links, some quite reputable, some much less so, while reading on another topic. However, I can understand that ill-understood low-level physics could conceivably be doing something here we just don't understand.
I always go by the adage that when a distinguished scientist says something is possible, (s)he is generally right, but that if they say something is not possible, (s)he is generally wrong. To this end I am willing to be skeptical, not only of the looneys, but of the skeptics as well.
But you need to look at this over the longer-term to see the true picture. SCOX stock was way over a hundred dollars back in 2000. Take a look at this chart:
5 year chart of SCOX
Notice how the stock plummeted to essential valuelessness after the bubble burst, and stayed there right up until Darl and company announced the lawsuits early in '03? That right there was a profit bubble that I believe was part of the motivation for this lawsuit. A lot of people had to buy in at elevated prices, and were left high and dry as the truth became more widely known.
Don't forget the avacado-color appliances.
I'd imagine that the shaking would be rather similar to that experienced on open ground, or at least it would be on the ground floor of a small structure. As I understand it, the shaking may be disconcerting but not generally dangerous, as long as it's not shaking loose heavy things above you.
Of course, if a huge crack opens in the earth, taking you to the Land of the Lost, all bets are off.
What kind of damage could Halle Berry and Billy Joel do with 'em?
So if one of these companies, such as oh, I don't know, let's pick, err, 'Microsoft' got into hot water by, oh, I dunno, let's say 'being found guilty of monopolistic trade practices', then the chief executive would be forced out?
Interesting.
*calls engine room* Put on more humans!
Owww! Stop poking me!
Hmmm.
I have, in various jobs, done coding in BASIC, C, C++, Visual Basic, Java, and a host of scripting languages and such.
If I stuck with what I learned first, I guess I'd be in trouble, because I kinda started out with interpreted BASIC, followed shortly thereafter by 6502 assembler...
Three simultaneous applications, and restrictions on network traffic are much bigger concerns of mine than screen resolution. Hell, I can do an awful lot at 80x25, without needing any graphics at all, but not if I'm going to find myself in a system with severe program launch restrictions.
You're not going to compete with Linux by crippling your operating system, Bill.
This is the PCjr. of operating systems, destined to be a laughed-at memory.
It seems to me that it takes a form of cognitive damage, a defect in one's perceptions, to cause this anomalous behavior of working as hard as one can.
I guess I've been a superior being all along, what with my excellent slacking skills.
That's what it comes down to: The product being bought and sold is YOUR attention, you are the product, you are being sold.
It's precisely the same for any form of advertising.
The only legitimate election is one in which the level of blatant fraud is kept low enough to ensure a generally correct result. Those who believe that partisan politics are responsible for people wishing to have accountability in their elections are sad, sorry excuses for human beings, who cannot see past the current election cycle to a time when THEY might be on the receiving end of that large anal dildo called electoral fraud.
My, my, pedantic, aren't we?
Yes, what you say is accurate, taken individually... But I was painting a partial picture of a highly modified offroad-only vehicle, using the exotic term 'etc.' to indicate that perhaps there is more to this little package than I had listed.
In any case, I've seen oversized brakes (while shopping on the web for my own car) that purport to be non-street-legal, and for the racetrack only. There was no mention of this being due only to pad compounds requiring high temperatures for efficient function, either. Virtually anything which has not been approved by the DOT seems to be illegal in the US for use on the streets.
Of course, said modifications (say, a full-blown race suspension, blower, nitrous, etc.) might make your vehicle into something which cannot legally be driven on state roads, but there's nothing inherently illegal about the vehicle itself, or owning it, or indeed using it at a properly equipped racing facility.
Lots of things can be used for nefarious purposes. It tends to be only those things which elderly legislators and justices are unfamiliar with and for which they have no personal use that get outlawed.
I, for one, would rather live in a world where one is responsible for one's behavior, rather than a world in which one is responsible for everything anyone else has ever done with anything one has produced.
I was waiting for this to start. Meritless lawsuits have taken the SCOmbags way further than they ever should have gotten.