I think all of his argument goes out the window if one remembers that the Japanese are building a laser that will solve all of our free Hydrogen problems.
The problem here is that the Microsoft debate has watered down the word Monopoly.
You only have a Monopoly if you have exclusive possession or control. The word exclusive is key here. 73% is nowhere near exclusive, especially with something like online advertising where the product isn't shipped with any particular physical product and the market has a great deal of freedom to move around.
In consideration of our error, we are applying a credit of two weeks play time onto your account, in addition to crediting back the time that your account was locked. This comes to a total of twenty (2O) days credit, which should be visible on your account within the end of the week.
So they credited them two weeks, plus the six days they were banned. So if they are on the monthly plan($14.99) this comes to refunding the time they were physically unable to play and then saying I'm sorry to the tune of $7.50.
Keep in mind, they aren't even sending them a check for $7.50... they are just agreeing to take $7.50 less of their money this month. If any of them are so pissed off by this episode that they decide to cancel their account they get bupkus. Personally I think this is almost an insult.
"We called you a cheater, and banned your for nearly a week. Charging you $7.50 less this month should make everything right again."
"I've been told that Google is the company most like ours. That may be true. Well, we overlap in a lot of areas. We're both software companies, so we're competing on a lot of levels. They hire a lot of smart people, we hire a lot of smart people. Google Earth is fantastic; what they do is free and a huge benefit to all."
Yes, Google is the company most like Microsoft. Just like Superman is the person most like Bizarro Superman.
Slashdot! By... um... Google. And it will be bundled in with everything else and called YouGoogleDot Beta. It will be improved by parsing our comments and suggesting goods and services to us based on our thoughts and rantings.
Actually, I tried following your directions for setting up Google Talk in Gaim and they didn't work. So I googled for the information and found that Google actually has directions on getting Google Talk to work with Gaim here:
Nobody will pay that much for the pills -- you shouldn't attempt to make this into a class warfare thing. Insurance companies will pick up the bulk of the costs, as they do for most medicines these days, which is also why drug prices can inflate so easily.
Okay, I can't just let this one go by without a comment.
Insurance may "pick up the bulk of the costs" in your mind, but they are a business. What happens when a business has increased costs?
"Average premiums have risen 87% since 2000, while workers' earnings have risen 20%."
The amount I pay for health insurance for my family is the second largest item on our budget, right after rent. So premiums nearly double, which means more people simply cannot afford to pay them.
"Last year, the percentage of people who received health insurance through their jobs was 59.5%, Census Bureau data released in August show. That's the lowest rate since 1993"
"Nationally, nearly 16% of the population, or 46.6 million, are uninsured, according to recent Census estimates"
So tell me again why class doesn't matter with this? We aren't talking about welfare recipients, we are talking about hard working middle class families who will not be able to benefit from this because they can neither afford the pills nor the insurance you so flippantly take for granted.
> Then I'd suggest they give the $67 million to charity, instead of flushing it down the toilet.
Did it ever occur to you that investing millions of dollars (I think a lot of your numbers are unfounded so I won't use your exact calculation) into alternative energy might actually do more good than giving it to charity? The millions of dollars Google spends this year on solar panels could very realistically provide revenue needed to research better solar collectors which are much more cost effective.
Frankly, I don't see how anyone could call investing money in a technology that could eventually save lots of money and help the environment flushing it down the toilet. It is that sort of short-sighted stockholder thinking that has gotten us in trouble in the first place.
If you want to talk about amazing incentive for getting children to program, look no further than Lego. I remember loving Lego Bricks as a child when all they did was fit together. Now you can learn to make actual working robots from them, using a programming language which was designed for children!
What the hell is web-twenty? Is that the time of day when all the pot heads get off their asses and sit at their iMacs and work on their crappy Phish tribute GeoCities site with flying toasters and images of Jerry Garcia
The Navy uses a different procedure than that used on civilians -- grinding the cornea rather than cutting a flap -- out of fears that the flap could come loose in supersonic combat.
I wonder if this means that people who have had eye surgery in the civilian sector are also ineligible for flight school, or if the military has even considered asking people if they have had the procedure before admitting them.
I am really glad that someone pointed out this often overlooked side of the issue.
When I was a teenager I wanted to get extra money by babysitting. I couldn't. People weren't interested in hiring a teenage boy to babysit. I was told that boys don't babysit for money, they mow lawns.
Now I have nothing against someone mowing lawns for money, but personally I am ALLERGIC TO GRASS. I start itching in the same way I do when I have been in contact in fiberglass insulation. But that didn't matter.
I didn't matter that I was an honor roll student, or that I was on student council, or that I did volunteer work, or that I could have gotten many people to vouch for my character. I was a boy so I wasn't allowed to watch children.
The problem with the ESRB ratings is that it merely WARNS of potentially offensive content. The government "conducted undercover surveys into whether underage gamers can buy M-rated games" because they know they can't trust parents to make the right choices when it comes to deciding what games their kids should be playing. Hell, they know that most parents don't even know what games their kids are playing.
Personally, I don't know why they are going through all of this song and dance. We will all be much healthier and happier when our only videogame choices are good, wholesome Christian Games
Even if you discount the argument that having to provide information and fill out forms to see source code makes it not open (which I believe, but admit is debatable) you still have to admit that Microsoft has the option not to show you its source code no matter how many forms you fill out.
What do you think would happen if Steve Jobs showed up at a Microsoft's Headquarters and said, "I'm here to see the Windows Source Code. I'll fill out whatever forms you like." as you propose anyone can do?
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But I thought they were already using metric on space missions...
OH you mean ON PURPOSE this time!
I think all of his argument goes out the window if one remembers that the Japanese are building a laser that will solve all of our free Hydrogen problems.
The problem here is that the Microsoft debate has watered down the word Monopoly.
You only have a Monopoly if you have exclusive possession or control. The word exclusive is key here. 73% is nowhere near exclusive, especially with something like online advertising where the product isn't shipped with any particular physical product and the market has a great deal of freedom to move around.
This immediately brought to my mind a portion of the Essay The Cathedral and the Bazaar. The part I am referring to is:
13. "Perfection (in design) is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away."
Seems like a pretty reasonable answer to me.
So they credited them two weeks, plus the six days they were banned. So if they are on the monthly plan($14.99) this comes to refunding the time they were physically unable to play and then saying I'm sorry to the tune of $7.50.
Keep in mind, they aren't even sending them a check for $7.50... they are just agreeing to take $7.50 less of their money this month. If any of them are so pissed off by this episode that they decide to cancel their account they get bupkus. Personally I think this is almost an insult.
"We called you a cheater, and banned your for nearly a week. Charging you $7.50 less this month should make everything right again."
Yes, Google is the company most like Microsoft. Just like Superman is the person most like Bizarro Superman.
This does vary some based on What you consider Porn.
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Actually, I tried following your directions for setting up Google Talk in Gaim and they didn't work. So I googled for the information and found that Google actually has directions on getting Google Talk to work with Gaim here:
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http://www.google.com/support/talk/bin/answer.py?
So if anyone else is trying to use Google Talk with Gaim there you go.
Nobody will pay that much for the pills -- you shouldn't attempt to make this into a class warfare thing. Insurance companies will pick up the bulk of the costs, as they do for most medicines these days, which is also why drug prices can inflate so easily.
Okay, I can't just let this one go by without a comment.
Insurance may "pick up the bulk of the costs" in your mind, but they are a business. What happens when a business has increased costs?
"Average premiums have risen 87% since 2000, while workers' earnings have risen 20%."
The amount I pay for health insurance for my family is the second largest item on our budget, right after rent. So premiums nearly double, which means more people simply cannot afford to pay them.
"Last year, the percentage of people who received health insurance through their jobs was 59.5%, Census Bureau data released in August show. That's the lowest rate since 1993"
"Nationally, nearly 16% of the population, or 46.6 million, are uninsured, according to recent Census estimates"
So tell me again why class doesn't matter with this? We aren't talking about welfare recipients, we are talking about hard working middle class families who will not be able to benefit from this because they can neither afford the pills nor the insurance you so flippantly take for granted.
(Source of Quotes: USA Today)
Simply amazing concept. I wonder where on Earth this Oliver Curry could have found the idea for such a breakthrough theory.
I certainly hope he got a lot of research grants for this one.
> Then I'd suggest they give the $67 million to charity, instead of flushing it down the toilet.
Did it ever occur to you that investing millions of dollars (I think a lot of your numbers are unfounded so I won't use your exact calculation) into alternative energy might actually do more good than giving it to charity? The millions of dollars Google spends this year on solar panels could very realistically provide revenue needed to research better solar collectors which are much more cost effective.
Frankly, I don't see how anyone could call investing money in a technology that could eventually save lots of money and help the environment flushing it down the toilet. It is that sort of short-sighted stockholder thinking that has gotten us in trouble in the first place.
In Other News, this story proved that Slashdot is not alone in posting Duplicate Stories
By all that is holy, you have found him!
The Flying Spaghetti Monster!
I guess this means Linux has finally Jumped the Shark?
I think it is pretty much a universally accepted fact making something "In Space" is pretty much an undeniable jump the shark moment.
If you want to talk about amazing incentive for getting children to program, look no further than Lego. I remember loving Lego Bricks as a child when all they did was fit together. Now you can learn to make actual working robots from them, using a programming language which was designed for children!
All I have to say is: Single Cell Swiss Army Knife + Spore = Pwnage
*Slaps Forehead*
So THAT'S why they keep having to raise the price of a stamp. Uh, wait...
Don't you remember? O'Reilly owns the trademark for Web 2.0. So from now on we refer to it as Web 20, GOT IT? Web 20.
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The Navy uses a different procedure than that used on civilians -- grinding the cornea rather than cutting a flap -- out of fears that the flap could come loose in supersonic combat.
I wonder if this means that people who have had eye surgery in the civilian sector are also ineligible for flight school, or if the military has even considered asking people if they have had the procedure before admitting them.
I am really glad that someone pointed out this often overlooked side of the issue.
When I was a teenager I wanted to get extra money by babysitting. I couldn't. People weren't interested in hiring a teenage boy to babysit. I was told that boys don't babysit for money, they mow lawns.
Now I have nothing against someone mowing lawns for money, but personally I am ALLERGIC TO GRASS. I start itching in the same way I do when I have been in contact in fiberglass insulation. But that didn't matter.
I didn't matter that I was an honor roll student, or that I was on student council, or that I did volunteer work, or that I could have gotten many people to vouch for my character. I was a boy so I wasn't allowed to watch children.
The problem with the ESRB ratings is that it merely WARNS of potentially offensive content. The government "conducted undercover surveys into whether underage gamers can buy M-rated games" because they know they can't trust parents to make the right choices when it comes to deciding what games their kids should be playing. Hell, they know that most parents don't even know what games their kids are playing.
Personally, I don't know why they are going through all of this song and dance. We will all be much healthier and happier when our only videogame choices are good, wholesome Christian Games
Windows is not Open Source.
Even if you discount the argument that having to provide information and fill out forms to see source code makes it not open (which I believe, but admit is debatable) you still have to admit that Microsoft has the option not to show you its source code no matter how many forms you fill out.
What do you think would happen if Steve Jobs showed up at a Microsoft's Headquarters and said, "I'm here to see the Windows Source Code. I'll fill out whatever forms you like." as you propose anyone can do?
I wonder how long it will be before a law school (probably also in Florida) adds this to its book list.