The principles of capitalism which allow some to die because they cannot afford basic health care yet others have money to waste on cosmetic surgery?
Personally, I think I can manage without that principle.
Sorry, but most of this is rubbish.
"Hospitals" - Primarily funded by the tax payer with only some money for new facilities coming from PFIs.
"Public Transport" - There are government and local council subsidies to bus and train operators.
"State Pension" - Still here now and paid for by the government.
"Social secruity" - It may not be great but it is a large bill to the tax payer. It is not just the JSA, but many other benefits to different people.
"Police" - They are there and paid for by the tax payer.
"Courts" - The CPS, legal aid, judges, all the administration etc. Again, it may not be perfect, but our courts do overall do a pretty good job.
"Sports facilities" - No, PFIs do not provide the majority of funding. Local councils and central government provide large amounts of money providing, maintaining and running sports facilities.
What does the government do with the money?
- Hospitals
- Schools
- Public Transport
- State Pension
- Rubbish collection
- Subsidies to farmers (to keep food prices down)
- Social secruity (for when you can't work)
- Police
- Courts
- Fire brigade
- Sports facilities
Loads more stuff I have missed out...
Just wasted all that money isn't it!
(Of course there is wastage, but you did ask what was done with the money.)
So if the sample is representative, how many are Mac/Linux/non-Windows users? It also excludes several sectors such as under-13s and those that don't want to be monitored!
If you don't want companies to be able to make profit from your code then you should choose a more appropriate license. If you choose the GPL (or similar) then you choose to let companies profit from you code.
Hmmmm, difficult one this. I think the W3C might just be the people that invented the web. I might be wrong, but I think they have a reasonable right to talk about it.
That wasn't manual voting. That was an attempt at automating the system that didn't work very well.
Totally manual voting involving putting a mark in a box and counting by hand is almost totally foolproof. The only problem is that people can't count:)
AOL's customers don't use AOL because of the price. They use AOL because it is AOL. Most are probably unaware that there are other ISPs. They are probably unaware that they are connected to the internet - just that they connect to AOL.
(Of course this doesn't apply to all AOL users so don't complain to me if you happen to be one)
I think you'll find I was actually "bashing" the poster. Whatever you think of capitalism it is a selfish system. If you like capitalism you cannot complain when companies act selfishly.
Surely that would reduce the value of a google search. If you need to find out about something and the best source charges then it has to be good for google to list non-free sites.
If you expect to receive music for free, are you prepared to do what ever work you do for free?
Capitalism is by its very nature a selfish economic system. The media companies, Microsoft, etc. are captialist successes. They are very good at getting the money from consumers to the producers. You talk about capitalism being a good thing, yet at the same time time condemn greed, laziness and possession, which are all at the heart of capitalism.
I would suggest that if you believe that you deserve music for free then you are the one that needs to grow up.
The long-time policy of the FCC has been (and I believe is still the policy) that the interferer is the one who must solve the problem. That means that the cell phone user is in the same boat as the guy down the street from you whose ham rig interferes with your being able to watch Survivor. Just as the ham operator has to control his setup so should the cell phone user.
But until the cellphone companies do solve the problem, we are left with relying on individuals to turn off their phone. The safety of the aircraft is being put in the hands of individual passengers, which should never be the case.
So to prevent the airlines having to spend money, we have to be put at risk everytime we fly?
If mobile phones really pose a risk to the safety of an aircraft then something more needs to be done than simply asking people to turn off their phones.
Take note: the UK is not the US! AFAIA the MPAA is not involved in any way. Price fixing is illegal in the UK - simple.
EasyCinema will pay the same amount of money to the distributors as any other cinema. The ticket price is irrelevant. And they won't be making more from selling other products, they will be making more by charging higher prices at peak times and filling the cinema at off-peak times. They will save money by having the minimum possible number of staff.
Ultimately, it is likely to have little effect on the big Hollywood studios, simply because they have the power to make sure it doesn't. If it works, it will be good for consumers.
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But then it wouldn't have the gentle, relaxing qualities that you would want in your garden. The idea is that it looks to be flowing naturally uphill, not being forced up it.
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The principles of capitalism which allow some to die because they cannot afford basic health care yet others have money to waste on cosmetic surgery? Personally, I think I can manage without that principle.
Sorry, but most of this is rubbish. "Hospitals" - Primarily funded by the tax payer with only some money for new facilities coming from PFIs. "Public Transport" - There are government and local council subsidies to bus and train operators. "State Pension" - Still here now and paid for by the government. "Social secruity" - It may not be great but it is a large bill to the tax payer. It is not just the JSA, but many other benefits to different people. "Police" - They are there and paid for by the tax payer. "Courts" - The CPS, legal aid, judges, all the administration etc. Again, it may not be perfect, but our courts do overall do a pretty good job. "Sports facilities" - No, PFIs do not provide the majority of funding. Local councils and central government provide large amounts of money providing, maintaining and running sports facilities.
What does the government do with the money? - Hospitals - Schools - Public Transport - State Pension - Rubbish collection - Subsidies to farmers (to keep food prices down) - Social secruity (for when you can't work) - Police - Courts - Fire brigade - Sports facilities Loads more stuff I have missed out... Just wasted all that money isn't it! (Of course there is wastage, but you did ask what was done with the money.)
Open source software doesn't need a business model - it is not a business.
So if the sample is representative, how many are Mac/Linux/non-Windows users? It also excludes several sectors such as under-13s and those that don't want to be monitored!
If you don't want companies to be able to make profit from your code then you should choose a more appropriate license. If you choose the GPL (or similar) then you choose to let companies profit from you code.
Er, UnitedLinux isn't the parent company.
Quote from unitedlinux.com:
Perhaps the experiment could be repeated with an image with a large amount of almost solid colour.
Hmmmm, difficult one this. I think the W3C might just be the people that invented the web. I might be wrong, but I think they have a reasonable right to talk about it.
That wasn't manual voting. That was an attempt at automating the system that didn't work very well.
:)
Totally manual voting involving putting a mark in a box and counting by hand is almost totally foolproof. The only problem is that people can't count
I would guess that the "contest" only applies to US citizens/those that live in the US/something similar. Most similar things do.
How long will it be before the copy protection is broken and TV programs can be copied off? Two, maybe three days?
AOL's customers don't use AOL because of the price. They use AOL because it is AOL. Most are probably unaware that there are other ISPs. They are probably unaware that they are connected to the internet - just that they connect to AOL.
(Of course this doesn't apply to all AOL users so don't complain to me if you happen to be one)
Yes, but it'd be nice to make the kiddie porn pushers lives a little harder by not storing their data (or being able to trace & report them).
The problem is that as soon as the source or location of information is made available the system ceases to be anonymous and is rendered pointless.
I think you'll find I was actually "bashing" the poster. Whatever you think of capitalism it is a selfish system. If you like capitalism you cannot complain when companies act selfishly.
Surely that would reduce the value of a google search. If you need to find out about something and the best source charges then it has to be good for google to list non-free sites.
If you expect to receive music for free, are you prepared to do what ever work you do for free?
Capitalism is by its very nature a selfish economic system. The media companies, Microsoft, etc. are captialist successes. They are very good at getting the money from consumers to the producers. You talk about capitalism being a good thing, yet at the same time time condemn greed, laziness and possession, which are all at the heart of capitalism.
I would suggest that if you believe that you deserve music for free then you are the one that needs to grow up.
Well I don't need CSS support or spam filters, so maybe they should be removed too.
Negative comments doesn't necessarily imply trolling.
The long-time policy of the FCC has been (and I believe is still the policy) that the interferer is the one who must solve the problem. That means that the cell phone user is in the same boat as the guy down the street from you whose ham rig interferes with your being able to watch Survivor. Just as the ham operator has to control his setup so should the cell phone user.
But until the cellphone companies do solve the problem, we are left with relying on individuals to turn off their phone. The safety of the aircraft is being put in the hands of individual passengers, which should never be the case.
So to prevent the airlines having to spend money, we have to be put at risk everytime we fly? If mobile phones really pose a risk to the safety of an aircraft then something more needs to be done than simply asking people to turn off their phones.
What are the chances of that happening though? It will be "You need Windows 2005 to view this page".
Take note: the UK is not the US! AFAIA the MPAA is not involved in any way. Price fixing is illegal in the UK - simple.
EasyCinema will pay the same amount of money to the distributors as any other cinema. The ticket price is irrelevant. And they won't be making more from selling other products, they will be making more by charging higher prices at peak times and filling the cinema at off-peak times. They will save money by having the minimum possible number of staff.
Ultimately, it is likely to have little effect on the big Hollywood studios, simply because they have the power to make sure it doesn't. If it works, it will be good for consumers.
But then it wouldn't have the gentle, relaxing qualities that you would want in your garden. The idea is that it looks to be flowing naturally uphill, not being forced up it.
Is dynamic typing a good thing? Many would argue that it is not.
Also, you generally declare data structures once, but use them many, many times.