Perhaps as a nice first step towards curbing the EULA mania would be to make a law that says that if anything within the EULA is illegal (you must turn over your first born, etc.) then it voids the entire EULA. This should cause companies to be a lot less restrictive, and hopefully a lot less verbose, when writing their EULA's.
I'm surprised that no one has pointed out yet the reason for why they're declaring this. No, its not because Toyota a tree-hugger company that wants to do good for the world, and they sure don't think that Americans really do want nothing but hybrids either.
The reality is that its all politics. Government organizations like the California Air Resources Board have been for a long time on their high horses handing down mandates to the manufacturers about what they have to produce.
The latest kick is Zero Emission Vehicles, vehicles that don't produce ANY emissions, including CO2. That means they can't burn anything, but have to run on electricity (nevermind the fact that said electricity may come from coal plants). Why CARB has a problem with CO2 is beyond me, other than the possibility that our cars' production of it might cause global warming, but that's another story.
But fully electric cars aren't practical. They haven't been and they don't appear as though they will be in the near future. This is why the manufacturers have been doing everything they can to convince CARB and the like that they'll take any mandate as long as ZEV's aren't part of it. They can (and already do) make vehicles that have almost no other emissions (NO2 CO etc.), and they can make cars that are increasingly fuel efficient, such as hybrids. But electrics just aren't realistic.
So the manufacturers are doing what they can to sway everyone. Make the public think that hybrids are cool, they're the wave of the future, they're the way to go. Get public opinion and maybe even governmental opinion heading down the path they want, and hey, even make themselves look good in the process.
That being said, I'm not saying Toyota has some evil hidden agenda. They're just trying to fight the BS really. I just don't seem them going to full hybrids. Then again, a hybrid can be a loose term. As long as its got some semblance of electric propulsion, its a hybrid, right?
"Sorry for the rant, but I just wanted to say that I think you're insane to not be afraid of the US government."
The US government, sure, and I did say in my original post that such fears are not necessarily unfounded. But I do think its insane to be afraid of the Canadian government. They aren't any more likely than a corporation to try and kill me.
"Well, I trust my government more than I trust a corporation."
This has got to be one of biggest differences between Canadians and Americans. The American stance seems to be that government is bad, the smaller and less invasive they are the better. Conspiracy theories abound, and unfortunately I can't for surely say that they're unfounded. The irony is that instead of letting the government have any control, corporations have managed to gain control. The dollar rules much more in the states than here.
There seems to be a large Us vs. Them mentality between the Government and the People in the U.S. This isn't so in Canada. For one thing, the government is the people, not just in theory but in reality. If the government were to try and take over the country (a common reason for Americans needing their guns) how would they do it? Are you suggesting that my parents and sister (government employees) would take me (non-government worker) hostage? Its ludicrous to be afraid of the government.
So getting back to the main point, I too trust the government more than a corporation, as I think do most Canadians. Corporations have only one goal, and that's to make money, and that's bad. When people talk about privatizing things like jails it truely scares me. I work in private security, and its pathetic. No corner is left uncut. There's no conscience or social responsibility. This is much better left in the hands of government. I personally believe the same holds for most things, like utilities and such. After all, the goverment is basically a gigantic co-operative. Sure the government doesn't always do the right thing, but its rarely a big deal in the long run. My only real complaint about the government is the lack of efficiency that companies have to gain to stay afloat. Of course, a lot of that efficiency is gained through corner-cutting. The trick is to eliminate the bloat without cutting corners.
And he lives in Vancouver. The guy from Quebec you're thinking of is Jean Smith. People get those two guys mixed up all the time. Its a bit of a joke among us Canadians.
Yes, knives are the weapon of choice in Winnipeg. However, that has nothing to do with "outlawing" handguns. Knives are the choice of weapon because they're so readily available. You should know that most murders in the city rise out of petty disputes. "You spilled my beer" *stab, stab, stab* Which really begs the question; isn't it a good thing that these people only have knives and not guns?
To compare to American cities, I recently bumped into two people from Baltimore (700,000 people) who were astonished to hear that Winnipeg (650,000 people) had a murder rate of less than 300 people per year. Winnipeg, known for having the highest murder per capita ratio in Canada, had 18 murders last year.
Sure, there's places in the city I'd be hesitant to go. I don't think I'd like to stroll into the Ox or the McLaren unarmed, especially at night. But places like those are pretty few and far-between in this city. Just try and tell me that equivalent-sized American cities don't have the same problems.
And lastly, my grandmother does not and should not go anywhere near a firearm. Grandma vs. Gangsta Mallone in a gunfight means all kinds of innocent people dying. Shootouts are dangerous and unpredictable for even highly trained people, usually with plenty of unintended targets hit. I'd know, as I've been in one. That's precisely why guns are controlled. Stay safe using your head instead of leathal projectiles.
I actually typed that after putting my drops in, which causes temporary blurriness. So I must say, when I read your comment, and before I reread mine, you had me a little worried that I had totally messed up my post as a result.
So, having not read the article, just the comments (the short ones at least), if I follow correctly, large blocks of ice keep falling from the sky which are coming from giant meteors that are crying, but we shouldn't worry because Jesus is investigating this.
I just had LASIK surgery on both eyes on Thursday. So far I have experienced no problems at all. Granted, my eyes weren't very bad to begin with. I have another friend who had his eyes done at the same clinic and he also has not experienced any problems. No sands, halos, night-vision loss, nothing. I think the key is to find a reputable surgeon and to follow all the post-surgery directions properly. It's a long healing process, so we'll have to see how mine go.
So what will be missing from Phoenix that's still in Mozilla when Phoenix reaches, say, 1.0? It sounds to me like Phoenix will have all the same features as Mozilla, but will be lighter, and perhaps won't install all the bells and whistles by default. I just don't see where Mozilla will fit into the picture here.
Um... MS has a LONG way to go towards eliminating sysadmins. I think they should simply aim for eliminating enough to bring themselves on par with Linux etc. admins.
My tower was positioned so that my chair was right at the same height as the eject button on the drive. One day I sit down, pull the chair up and lean back. Well the pulling-the-chair-up part caused it to hit the button, so the tray ejected. The bad part was that it ejected underneath the front of the chair, which was raised because I was leaning back in the chair. So I immediately reach to close the thing, inadvertently leaning forward in the process, causing the chair to come down on the tray and break it.
So, I took it back to the local shop where I bought the computer and explained what happened. They sent it back to HP for repairs. Three weeks later I return to pick up the fixed drive, and was told that HP had fixed it under warranty. Go figure.
Recently I saw two pictures of the same region in Alberta (Jasper I think it was, or is that in BC? Well, you get the idea). One current and one was about 50 years old, both taken from the exact same location looking in the same direction. It showed that the area is much more forested now than it was 50 years ago.
The hypothesis is that stronger control of forest fires has allowed the forests to grow unhindered longer. Whether or not this would have an effect on the overall picture, or just around civilized areas, I don't know, but its something to think about.
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Uh, when was the last time you saw a PC running Mac OS?
Actually, 3,000,000 * 0.002% = 60.
Thus, to get 120 sales, that means irritating 6 million people.
Perhaps as a nice first step towards curbing the EULA mania would be to make a law that says that if anything within the EULA is illegal (you must turn over your first born, etc.) then it voids the entire EULA. This should cause companies to be a lot less restrictive, and hopefully a lot less verbose, when writing their EULA's.
I'm surprised that no one has pointed out yet the reason for why they're declaring this. No, its not because Toyota a tree-hugger company that wants to do good for the world, and they sure don't think that Americans really do want nothing but hybrids either.
The reality is that its all politics. Government organizations like the California Air Resources Board have been for a long time on their high horses handing down mandates to the manufacturers about what they have to produce.
The latest kick is Zero Emission Vehicles, vehicles that don't produce ANY emissions, including CO2. That means they can't burn anything, but have to run on electricity (nevermind the fact that said electricity may come from coal plants). Why CARB has a problem with CO2 is beyond me, other than the possibility that our cars' production of it might cause global warming, but that's another story.
But fully electric cars aren't practical. They haven't been and they don't appear as though they will be in the near future. This is why the manufacturers have been doing everything they can to convince CARB and the like that they'll take any mandate as long as ZEV's aren't part of it. They can (and already do) make vehicles that have almost no other emissions (NO2 CO etc.), and they can make cars that are increasingly fuel efficient, such as hybrids. But electrics just aren't realistic.
So the manufacturers are doing what they can to sway everyone. Make the public think that hybrids are cool, they're the wave of the future, they're the way to go. Get public opinion and maybe even governmental opinion heading down the path they want, and hey, even make themselves look good in the process.
That being said, I'm not saying Toyota has some evil hidden agenda. They're just trying to fight the BS really. I just don't seem them going to full hybrids. Then again, a hybrid can be a loose term. As long as its got some semblance of electric propulsion, its a hybrid, right?
Note to you: Its CowboyNeal and he doesn't write the polls.
Just look at all the posts in each article, obviously this is a hot topic to Slashdotters. If you're not interested, don't read it.
The US government, sure, and I did say in my original post that such fears are not necessarily unfounded. But I do think its insane to be afraid of the Canadian government. They aren't any more likely than a corporation to try and kill me.
This has got to be one of biggest differences between Canadians and Americans. The American stance seems to be that government is bad, the smaller and less invasive they are the better. Conspiracy theories abound, and unfortunately I can't for surely say that they're unfounded. The irony is that instead of letting the government have any control, corporations have managed to gain control. The dollar rules much more in the states than here.
There seems to be a large Us vs. Them mentality between the Government and the People in the U.S. This isn't so in Canada. For one thing, the government is the people, not just in theory but in reality. If the government were to try and take over the country (a common reason for Americans needing their guns) how would they do it? Are you suggesting that my parents and sister (government employees) would take me (non-government worker) hostage? Its ludicrous to be afraid of the government.
So getting back to the main point, I too trust the government more than a corporation, as I think do most Canadians. Corporations have only one goal, and that's to make money, and that's bad. When people talk about privatizing things like jails it truely scares me. I work in private security, and its pathetic. No corner is left uncut. There's no conscience or social responsibility. This is much better left in the hands of government. I personally believe the same holds for most things, like utilities and such. After all, the goverment is basically a gigantic co-operative. Sure the government doesn't always do the right thing, but its rarely a big deal in the long run. My only real complaint about the government is the lack of efficiency that companies have to gain to stay afloat. Of course, a lot of that efficiency is gained through corner-cutting. The trick is to eliminate the bloat without cutting corners.
Anyway, that's my CDN$0.02.
And he lives in Vancouver. The guy from Quebec you're thinking of is Jean Smith. People get those two guys mixed up all the time. Its a bit of a joke among us Canadians.
To compare to American cities, I recently bumped into two people from Baltimore (700,000 people) who were astonished to hear that Winnipeg (650,000 people) had a murder rate of less than 300 people per year. Winnipeg, known for having the highest murder per capita ratio in Canada, had 18 murders last year.
Sure, there's places in the city I'd be hesitant to go. I don't think I'd like to stroll into the Ox or the McLaren unarmed, especially at night. But places like those are pretty few and far-between in this city. Just try and tell me that equivalent-sized American cities don't have the same problems.
And lastly, my grandmother does not and should not go anywhere near a firearm. Grandma vs. Gangsta Mallone in a gunfight means all kinds of innocent people dying. Shootouts are dangerous and unpredictable for even highly trained people, usually with plenty of unintended targets hit. I'd know, as I've been in one. That's precisely why guns are controlled. Stay safe using your head instead of leathal projectiles.
Well, you asked for it...
Neither this, nor Pluto, should be considered planets, because otherwise we'd have bring Holst back from the dead.
That was one of the funniest things I've read in awhile. Thank you.
I actually typed that after putting my drops in, which causes temporary blurriness. So I must say, when I read your comment, and before I reread mine, you had me a little worried that I had totally messed up my post as a result.
So, having not read the article, just the comments (the short ones at least), if I follow correctly, large blocks of ice keep falling from the sky which are coming from giant meteors that are crying, but we shouldn't worry because Jesus is investigating this.
Well, good. I was worried for a bit there.
I just had LASIK surgery on both eyes on Thursday. So far I have experienced no problems at all. Granted, my eyes weren't very bad to begin with. I have another friend who had his eyes done at the same clinic and he also has not experienced any problems. No sands, halos, night-vision loss, nothing. I think the key is to find a reputable surgeon and to follow all the post-surgery directions properly. It's a long healing process, so we'll have to see how mine go.
Don't forget to poke out everyone's eyes and dig out their ears and chop off the fingers of those evil braille reading people.
So what will be missing from Phoenix that's still in Mozilla when Phoenix reaches, say, 1.0? It sounds to me like Phoenix will have all the same features as Mozilla, but will be lighter, and perhaps won't install all the bells and whistles by default. I just don't see where Mozilla will fit into the picture here.
Um... MS has a LONG way to go towards eliminating sysadmins. I think they should simply aim for eliminating enough to bring themselves on par with Linux etc. admins.
I've heard of a similar program that's great for detecting these viruses. Its called Windows. Works every time.
No dude, he's patenting the ability to patent something cheaply... That is, as soon as /.ers tell him how to do it.
Cassette players? In 1998? Are you serious? Why didn't they just play the song over the phone for the reviewer?
Obviously these issues don't stop Google, so why should it stop Slashdot?
Here's how I broke mine:
My tower was positioned so that my chair was right at the same height as the eject button on the drive. One day I sit down, pull the chair up and lean back. Well the pulling-the-chair-up part caused it to hit the button, so the tray ejected. The bad part was that it ejected underneath the front of the chair, which was raised because I was leaning back in the chair. So I immediately reach to close the thing, inadvertently leaning forward in the process, causing the chair to come down on the tray and break it.
So, I took it back to the local shop where I bought the computer and explained what happened. They sent it back to HP for repairs. Three weeks later I return to pick up the fixed drive, and was told that HP had fixed it under warranty. Go figure.
Recently I saw two pictures of the same region in Alberta (Jasper I think it was, or is that in BC? Well, you get the idea). One current and one was about 50 years old, both taken from the exact same location looking in the same direction. It showed that the area is much more forested now than it was 50 years ago.
The hypothesis is that stronger control of forest fires has allowed the forests to grow unhindered longer. Whether or not this would have an effect on the overall picture, or just around civilized areas, I don't know, but its something to think about.