So having the shareholders rise up and start a class action lawsuit against SCO's upper management for acts in violation of U.S. securities fraud laws wouldn't be good enough?
How about combining the goatse guy and Darl's likeness for a mascot?
Actually the one killer app for me I sort of hacked together myself. I'm a book collector some times I forget I already have it and buy it again now I keep the list on my palm and look it up, what I'd really like is an SD barcode reader!
I really see your points! but I'd like to comment on one of you previous statements:
The centralization of power in communist states were partly result of ideology and not economic theory. Though - 'sovieti' the basis of communist ideology - is just decentralized control of society
I am reminded of several recent events in the US:
The Union of Concerned Scientists has published a paper titled: "Scientific Integrity in Policymaking An Investigation into the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science" Their conclusions were that the Bush Administration "Suppresses and Distorts research findings at federal agencies" and "Undermined the Quality and Integrity of the Appointment Process" they go on to state: "There is significant evidence that the scope and scale of the manipulation, suppression, and misrepresentation of science by the Bush administration are unprecedented.". The motivations they give are that some topics are deemed sensitive and the reports "might provoke opposition from the administration s political and ideological supporters". as well as limit the administration's finical backers profitable endeavors.
Robert Cringely's current editorial "Fred Nold's legacy" which describes a 1982 paper on economic implications of criminal sentencing guidelines which contains conclusions which ran counter to the then current administration's ideology. For those that don't know or remember which administration: Ronald Regan took office in 1981
The requirement to show a government issued ID in order to travel within the US which apparently was surreptitiously passed in to law in 1996
Also the many example of the misuse of Anti-Terrorist laws in what I like to call the DOJ's version of embrace and extend where the apply these new laws to common criminals
Spam filtering was the first thing that popped in my mind, I'm surpirsed no one else has really mentioned it...I guess going outside sounds much worse than spam.
This whole thing interests me, really I think there is room for improvement in most societies (Although I'm currently really enjoying living in the EU as compared to the US, having moved last year)
Also I think that the greatest danger to American society (as mentioned in the article) is the Americans. Part of the points I was trying to make earlier is that I don't really think that Communism / Socialism / Capitalism are what makes a society fail or not (or define a society as being better) but rather Authoritarian aspect is the cause of these failures. And having said that I think that this is really the direction the US is beginning to take and so I wonder what effects it will have on the US economy / society. For example I think of Singapore as a fairly Authoritarian society which has a stable economy (but I have no idea how their banking system works)
That's exactly what I was looking for: command. So some of the differences between a successful centralized economy and one that is not are A: limited corruption (which I suppose is accomplished by changing management more frequently) and B: a lack of command (i.e. alter parameters like interest rates but don't make decisions for third parties).
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Provided you are selling your hardware at a profit no problem, but if you are using the hardware to subsidize the sales of services or consumables then big problem ala "iOpener"
In the the US they have a "Federal Reserve" system which makes various decisions on the US economy. This is a centralized system. What's different about the fed that the US economy hasn't collapsed? The extent of control? The US government is not authoritarian (yet)? Greenspan's good looks?;)
Or it could just be the nature of cultures Americans are freaky workaholics and despite the best efforts of the government everyone is still making money, where us eastern Europeans crave someone to really tells us what to do, but not many of us are interested in working a 60 hour work week.
I think it is just that authoritarian governments naturally create the corruption that causes their inevitable collapse. Just like corporations naturally don't have the societal responsibility and so are more likely to be evil.
Also is a heavily centralized economy a requirement for a socialized society?
Critiques of the US don't normally go so well on Slashdot but hey, it's a slow morning for me.
The abysmal failure of communism should be seen only as an abysmal failure of authoritarian government and not much more, certainly not as a success for the democratic capitalist system. The success (or failure) of the US capitalist system should be measured by it's own merits. This I think is where many Americans become confused. If the only metric used to determine the success of the US system is wealth and the exchange of wealth then American is the most successful nation on earth. But there is a lot more to life than wealth.
Consider the adult literacy rate, a crucial component to a true democracy. The US has a lower adult literacy rate (~97%) than all of northern Europe (100%).
Consider freedom of the press, another critical component of a democracy. Here to the US is ranked 17th again behind most of northern Europe.
The same with violent crime, murder, private & public debt and pollution output.
I'm a naturalized US citizen, and in the years that I have lived in the US, I have witnessed a slow erosion of many of the things that lured my parents to move to the US to begin with. Now I've moved back to the EU I've found that all governments could stand for a lot of improvement and no society really is significantly better than others but rather different.
So I guess it's a matter of finding a society to live in who faults don't totally offend you.
I don't know where you live but in my home town the most prolific creator of caches expects you spend at least a couple hours looking. Obviously he is a history buff (fine by me) and a math wizz which I suppose is tolerable but I live in mortal terror he's going to be taking trig in school.
At the rate that hard drives increase in capacity and access speeds and reduce the cost for both what will hard drive technology look like at this future date.
Still seems to me that the user who wants about a terabyte of storage is better with a firewire to SATA bridge if there is no room (or power or ports) to just put the drives in their computer to begin with. those folks who want more should look at FibreChannel. Speaking of that anyone know where I can get a FibreChannel to SATA RAID bridge board?
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How about combining the goatse guy and Darl's likeness for a mascot?
Actually I think the best use for the SCO name after all this is over is a SCO linux distro which helped former SCO users migrate.
Yep and the Internet provides them (the whiny hypochondriacs) no end of potential complaints!
Norm Abrams (sp?) would be proud!
Actually the one killer app for me I sort of hacked together myself. I'm a book collector some times I forget I already have it and buy it again now I keep the list on my palm and look it up, what I'd really like is an SD barcode reader!
As an Apple and iPod user I'm not so much pro-apple in this case as I am anti-real
The centralization of power in communist states were partly result of ideology and not economic theory. Though - 'sovieti' the basis of communist ideology - is just decentralized control of society
I am reminded of several recent events in the US:
The Union of Concerned Scientists has published a paper titled: "Scientific Integrity in Policymaking An Investigation into the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science" Their conclusions were that the Bush Administration "Suppresses and Distorts research findings at federal agencies" and "Undermined the Quality and Integrity of the Appointment Process" they go on to state: "There is significant evidence that the scope and scale of the manipulation, suppression, and misrepresentation of science by the Bush administration are unprecedented.". The motivations they give are that some topics are deemed sensitive and the reports "might provoke opposition from the administration s political and ideological supporters". as well as limit the administration's finical backers profitable endeavors.
Robert Cringely's current editorial "Fred Nold's legacy" which describes a 1982 paper on economic implications of criminal sentencing guidelines which contains conclusions which ran counter to the then current administration's ideology. For those that don't know or remember which administration: Ronald Regan took office in 1981
The requirement to show a government issued ID in order to travel within the US which apparently was surreptitiously passed in to law in 1996
Also the many example of the misuse of Anti-Terrorist laws in what I like to call the DOJ's version of embrace and extend where the apply these new laws to common criminals
Spam filtering was the first thing that popped in my mind, I'm surpirsed no one else has really mentioned it...I guess going outside sounds much worse than spam.
Also I think that the greatest danger to American society (as mentioned in the article) is the Americans. Part of the points I was trying to make earlier is that I don't really think that Communism / Socialism / Capitalism are what makes a society fail or not (or define a society as being better) but rather Authoritarian aspect is the cause of these failures. And having said that I think that this is really the direction the US is beginning to take and so I wonder what effects it will have on the US economy / society. For example I think of Singapore as a fairly Authoritarian society which has a stable economy (but I have no idea how their banking system works)
That's exactly what I was looking for: command. So some of the differences between a successful centralized economy and one that is not are A: limited corruption (which I suppose is accomplished by changing management more frequently) and B: a lack of command (i.e. alter parameters like interest rates but don't make decisions for third parties).
Provided you are selling your hardware at a profit no problem, but if you are using the hardware to subsidize the sales of services or consumables then big problem ala "iOpener"
Or it could just be the nature of cultures Americans are freaky workaholics and despite the best efforts of the government everyone is still making money, where us eastern Europeans crave someone to really tells us what to do, but not many of us are interested in working a 60 hour work week.
I think it is just that authoritarian governments naturally create the corruption that causes their inevitable collapse. Just like corporations naturally don't have the societal responsibility and so are more likely to be evil.
Also is a heavily centralized economy a requirement for a socialized society?
Is it just that all heavily centraliszed economies are doomed to fail?
or do you have a point related to capitalism?
Like the same way we "force" people to get license before they drive?
I've never seen such a concentration of good looking impressionable young ladies in my life. It's well worth the effort!
Reading that I wonder if the amount of water needed for cooling is related to the amount for potable comsumption...
NO!
The abysmal failure of communism should be seen only as an abysmal failure of authoritarian government and not much more, certainly not as a success for the democratic capitalist system. The success (or failure) of the US capitalist system should be measured by it's own merits. This I think is where many Americans become confused. If the only metric used to determine the success of the US system is wealth and the exchange of wealth then American is the most successful nation on earth. But there is a lot more to life than wealth.
Consider the adult literacy rate, a crucial component to a true democracy. The US has a lower adult literacy rate (~97%) than all of northern Europe (100%).
Consider freedom of the press, another critical component of a democracy. Here to the US is ranked 17th again behind most of northern Europe.
The same with violent crime, murder, private & public debt and pollution output.
I'm a naturalized US citizen, and in the years that I have lived in the US, I have witnessed a slow erosion of many of the things that lured my parents to move to the US to begin with. Now I've moved back to the EU I've found that all governments could stand for a lot of improvement and no society really is significantly better than others but rather different.
So I guess it's a matter of finding a society to live in who faults don't totally offend you.
No I don't thik this is what he needs either but the guy who writes what he needs could use this!
I don't know where you live but in my home town the most prolific creator of caches expects you spend at least a couple hours looking. Obviously he is a history buff (fine by me) and a math wizz which I suppose is tolerable but I live in mortal terror he's going to be taking trig in school.
Wait! this is Slashdot!
And a stranglehold over the financing!
At the rate that hard drives increase in capacity and access speeds and reduce the cost for both what will hard drive technology look like at this future date. Still seems to me that the user who wants about a terabyte of storage is better with a firewire to SATA bridge if there is no room (or power or ports) to just put the drives in their computer to begin with. those folks who want more should look at FibreChannel. Speaking of that anyone know where I can get a FibreChannel to SATA RAID bridge board?
Strings Man! Not Particles ;)
Ah... so now we know what's taking so long: DRM for analog