who continues to treat the court which convicted them with contempt.
It just occurred to me that a good reason why Microsoft gets off so easy is that the judges and lawyers in the Justice Department don't want to face having to upgrade their Windows computers if Microsoft goes away. They are in a position of conflict of interest being a customer of the defendant.
except that MS probably STILL has more resources at hand.
True, but the OSDL companies represent huge markets that Microsoft has yet to break into successfully. Microsoft is sort of walled off from the world, in the business sense.
Well, it really isn't art, in the "fine art" sense, as it's really design. While design is often taught in the art department, art to design is a lot like math to engineering, IMO.
Instead of blowing wads of cash on a home theater system, why not give $100 to your local food bank this holiday season?
Because supporting the economy is the biggest act of charity there is. Allow some salesman to earn a living, get a TV. It's win-win.
Supporting the local food bank is nice and all (and it's certainly better than paying taxes), but it only feeds a man for a day rather than supporting a business that feeds people for a career.
many companies depend on them to survive, and walmart knows it.
Just say "no."
Seriously, businesses who get those big dollar signs in their eyes and become blind to reason are ripe for natural selection. This is how it always has been and always will be.
I'm sorry, american car racing is the dumbest spectator "sport" ever.
NASCAR and drag racing, for example, are primarily drivetrain and pit crew competitions. The driver is the figurehead of the team and does, well, the driving.
I hate to say this, but it's like ballet. I don't personally "get" either NASCAR or ballet, but there are obviously a lot of people who do. Those people develop an appreciation beyond the trivial aspects of driving in circles or jumping up and down like a monkey on a stage. At the least, it gives them a distraction from their everyday arbitrary lives. So, I suggest you be happy for them for finding something they enjoy, and, then, you should go off and find something that you enjoy. I'm open-minded, so if you enjoy barnyard masterbation or flatulence spectral analysis, then more power to you!
Most CS people didn't decide on that major until their sophomore year of college after a year of "undecided" and after majoring in basketball in high school.
are you simply pulling that 'fact' out of your ass to fit your own beliefs and prejudices?
Well, all I have is anecdotal evidence from what I've seen around me. There are strong correlations, however, between the Bible Belt and voting Republican, however. I've also heard a lot of very scary things from some Christains who really do put religious significance in Bush's election.
This isn't a matter of my own beliefs and prejudices; it's a matter of other people's prejudices coming around and making mine obselete.
This is the inevitable consequence of allowing representative government grow without checks. The Sixteenth Amendment is among the worst things to ever happen to this country.
Agreed. Actually this ART Prevention act is very much like farm subsidies and steel tarrifs, and will prove to be very bad for the economy. Unfortunately, most people will only realize this in hindsight, after the bill is passed and nearly impossible to repeal.
It never occurs to people like you that you might simply be wrong. No matter what the facts, no matter how thin or tenuous the 'pattern of evidence', no matter how ridiculous the conspiracy, you're just right and anyone who has a differing opinion is either stupid or 'in on it'.
Actually, it just boils down to complacency and sheepishness. You'd be suprised how many people support Bush simply because their parents said to or their preacher said to.
I assume I'm not the only one who didn't instantly know what UO-14 did.
You are the only one. All the rest of us have been using it to watch your life from the day you were born. We were shocked when it went out and thought you were dead, but you can't imagine our relief upon seeing your post!
Sorry to miss the joke. Well, one thing is that he doesn't physically look like or smell like one. A person has to get to know him to realize what lies under that humanoid exterior.
What do you mean? Depriving an artist of $1.25 is just as evil and heinous as carrying a few grams of pot! These people obviously need to be removed from society, because they are so dangerous and such a bad influence. It is certainly worth the $250,000 to put these losers away for three years! Who cares if it ruins their life and they can never get a job! If they don't deserve it then I don't know who does!
What a wonderful place for our nation to raise it's non-violent offenders. So enriching, that they are guaranteed to grow up to be world leaders, great composers, and Nobel-winning scientists. Yes, this is absolutely the best way to teach our children how to be responsible, polite, and articulate.
The underlying point, here, is that Windows is so opaque (binary, undocumented) that it is fundamentally unfixable in more situations, even with lots of training. Solaris and BSD are 100 times more transparent than Windows. Linux is only a pain in the ass, sometimes, due to the GNU/FreeLove folks occasionally going willy-nilly with their configuration files and tools.
Actually, the whole point to the Liberty Alliance was to avoid the centralization inherent to Microsoft's Passport. If Liberty Alliance succeeds, it's because it was developed by businesses who want to do business but don't necessarily trust eachother. Liberty Alliance has the potential to be a good compromise between the broken eggs that is Passport and the problem of multiple sign-ons.
I've generally never had a problem with multiple-sign-on, but I guess other people do. Alternatively, all this single-sign-on stuff could be a solution looking for a problem. I guess time will tell.
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who continues to treat the court which convicted them with contempt.
It just occurred to me that a good reason why Microsoft gets off so easy is that the judges and lawyers in the Justice Department don't want to face having to upgrade their Windows computers if Microsoft goes away. They are in a position of conflict of interest being a customer of the defendant.
except that MS probably STILL has more resources at hand.
True, but the OSDL companies represent huge markets that Microsoft has yet to break into successfully. Microsoft is sort of walled off from the world, in the business sense.
Well, it really isn't art, in the "fine art" sense, as it's really design. While design is often taught in the art department, art to design is a lot like math to engineering, IMO.
Instead of blowing wads of cash on a home theater system, why not give $100 to your local food bank this holiday season?
Because supporting the economy is the biggest act of charity there is. Allow some salesman to earn a living, get a TV. It's win-win.
Supporting the local food bank is nice and all (and it's certainly better than paying taxes), but it only feeds a man for a day rather than supporting a business that feeds people for a career.
many companies depend on them to survive, and walmart knows it.
Just say "no."
Seriously, businesses who get those big dollar signs in their eyes and become blind to reason are ripe for natural selection. This is how it always has been and always will be.
Actually, it'll be called MS Teamster, and step 3 is handled by a little man with a bat that comes in the box set.
They don't censor stuff, they just refuse to carry it.
So, instead of hard-core rap, they just carry country, where it's the same sex, adultery, alcohol, and prison but with a twang.
I'm sorry, american car racing is the dumbest spectator "sport" ever.
NASCAR and drag racing, for example, are primarily drivetrain and pit crew competitions. The driver is the figurehead of the team and does, well, the driving.
I hate to say this, but it's like ballet. I don't personally "get" either NASCAR or ballet, but there are obviously a lot of people who do. Those people develop an appreciation beyond the trivial aspects of driving in circles or jumping up and down like a monkey on a stage. At the least, it gives them a distraction from their everyday arbitrary lives. So, I suggest you be happy for them for finding something they enjoy, and, then, you should go off and find something that you enjoy. I'm open-minded, so if you enjoy barnyard masterbation or flatulence spectral analysis, then more power to you!
It's sad but a lot of CS people aren't hackers
Most CS people didn't decide on that major until their sophomore year of college after a year of "undecided" and after majoring in basketball in high school.
are you simply pulling that 'fact' out of your ass to fit your own beliefs and prejudices?
Well, all I have is anecdotal evidence from what I've seen around me. There are strong correlations, however, between the Bible Belt and voting Republican, however. I've also heard a lot of very scary things from some Christains who really do put religious significance in Bush's election.
This isn't a matter of my own beliefs and prejudices; it's a matter of other people's prejudices coming around and making mine obselete.
(under most people's noses)
This is the inevitable consequence of allowing representative government grow without checks. The Sixteenth Amendment is among the worst things to ever happen to this country.
Agreed. Actually this ART Prevention act is very much like farm subsidies and steel tarrifs, and will prove to be very bad for the economy. Unfortunately, most people will only realize this in hindsight, after the bill is passed and nearly impossible to repeal.
It never occurs to people like you that you might simply be wrong. No matter what the facts, no matter how thin or tenuous the 'pattern of evidence', no matter how ridiculous the conspiracy, you're just right and anyone who has a differing opinion is either stupid or 'in on it'.
Actually, it just boils down to complacency and sheepishness. You'd be suprised how many people support Bush simply because their parents said to or their preacher said to.
I assume I'm not the only one who didn't instantly know what UO-14 did.
You are the only one. All the rest of us have been using it to watch your life from the day you were born. We were shocked when it went out and thought you were dead, but you can't imagine our relief upon seeing your post!
Sorry to miss the joke. Well, one thing is that he doesn't physically look like or smell like one. A person has to get to know him to realize what lies under that humanoid exterior.
What do you mean? Depriving an artist of $1.25 is just as evil and heinous as carrying a few grams of pot! These people obviously need to be removed from society, because they are so dangerous and such a bad influence. It is certainly worth the $250,000 to put these losers away for three years! Who cares if it ruins their life and they can never get a job! If they don't deserve it then I don't know who does!
Don't you just love how they spin things
Yup, those shit-covered scumbags sure are a lovable bunch!
Also note they chose not to call it "Fine Art".
The article says that it, and the earlier "No Electronic Theft Act" (who's heard of that one?), make copyright infrigement a felony.
Congress should post a page on front of the bill, citing the financial interests of the person who introduced it.
The ART Prevention Act, sponsored by those who are in the greatest financial conflict of interest regarding its subject matter.
What a wonderful place for our nation to raise it's non-violent offenders. So enriching, that they are guaranteed to grow up to be world leaders, great composers, and Nobel-winning scientists. Yes, this is absolutely the best way to teach our children how to be responsible, polite, and articulate.
The underlying point, here, is that Windows is so opaque (binary, undocumented) that it is fundamentally unfixable in more situations, even with lots of training. Solaris and BSD are 100 times more transparent than Windows. Linux is only a pain in the ass, sometimes, due to the GNU/FreeLove folks occasionally going willy-nilly with their configuration files and tools.
What's so surprising about that?
That a website with the name "liberty" in it would be run by a man who would be like Pol Pot, differing in psychopathic ideology, if he could.
I accidentally typed libertyalliance.org into my location bar and what a suprise I recieved! Jerry Falwell is an asshole.
Actually, the whole point to the Liberty Alliance was to avoid the centralization inherent to Microsoft's Passport. If Liberty Alliance succeeds, it's because it was developed by businesses who want to do business but don't necessarily trust eachother. Liberty Alliance has the potential to be a good compromise between the broken eggs that is Passport and the problem of multiple sign-ons.
I've generally never had a problem with multiple-sign-on, but I guess other people do. Alternatively, all this single-sign-on stuff could be a solution looking for a problem. I guess time will tell.