Well, apparently the ignorant haven't yet been convinced by the wealth of data we already have that the earth is actually warming. So before we prove to them that we are actually the cause of the warming, we need to demonstrate the actual warming again.
Having one of the deniers eat his lunch about actual warming in 10 years is a delicious, albeit slow, result.
My apologies, I assumed/.ers would be relatively familiar with this idea. Sources should have been provided and I'll also retract 'studies' for articles. Also note that knock-off is different than counterfeit; I'm not saying the latter is helpful, just the former.
I think the basic point is that people who knowingly buy knock-offs were never going to be initial purchasers of the brand name goods. But they would buy them once the price became palatable to them. No sale was 'lost' by
Nobody says you *have* to change anything, just that the market would force more innovation.
There is still a pretty solid 'monopoly' when all the carriers in your area have the same set of rules...like not allowing tethering without an extra charge. This is slowly changing..but proves the point; 2 or 3 is not 'many choices'.
Are you daft? that was the small window I suggested was the evidence of them not moving as fast as they can. A six year gap on the consumer OS that is magically reduced to 2 years?
NT 3.1 1993
NT 3.5 1994
NT 3.51 1995
NT 4.0 1996
Win98 2000
WinME 2000
Win2000 2000
Win XP 2001
W2K3 2003
Vista 2007
W2K8 2009
Windows7 2009.
Studies have shown that 'knock off' sites actually create more demand for the 'legit' products. People buy the knock offs because they can afford them, and then when they can afford it, they buy the 'legit' stuff. By having knock offs in existence, it makes the legit stuff that much more attractive.
The fashion industry is rife with ideas being stolen...and yet it thrives. It forces the designers to make something new and exciting every year.
Imagine if software companies didn't sit on their past accomplishments, but continued to innovate such that they were selling *new* things every year? The idea that MS takes *years* between releases of Windows and Office is completely shredded with the speed that Windows 7 came out. Why? because Vista was such a dog that people weren't going to wait for another few years and MS would have lost market share. Hence they rolled out Windows 7 and by most accounts it is pretty stable. They can do it faster and better but were forced to in this instance.
yes I should have included 'extradition treaties not withstanding' in my explanation. Does the EU include England yet?
I still think my point stands though; barring something extreme, like the NAZI propaganda you mention, countries aren't likely to extradite you for something that they don't consider a crime.
You point out all the various different laws in different countries. Country A does not extradite someone to country B for a crime that isn't a crime in country A. Otherwise we're all pretty much criminals.
The broken condom is pretty much a non-starter. Things happen, they break. They *both* knew this was a possibility.
Telling a woman you're going to use one and then not using it - that can be grounds for assault (again depending on jurisdiction) since you could be infecting them with something. Likewise the "while she's asleep" charge is probably an extraditable offense for the same reason.
Trust me, one foreign terrorist flying a Cessna into *anything* successfully and you will see panties a bunchin' plenty.
I won't disagree with you on the effectiveness of it, but that's not what our security system plans around. It's security theater and bombs falling from the sky is a whole lot scarier than that white box truck you just passed.
How about Sean Hannity's blatant lying about Tea Party rally attendance ON THE AIR? He's clearly heard asking how many people are there, is told 3000-4000 and then directly goes live to say 25,000 people are there.
The examples of Fox being blatantly biased are legion...
I never really understood the appeal Fox News...until I started watching Keith/Rachel/etc on MSNBC. It does indeed make one feel better to hear 'your' side of the argument fed back to you.
I would suggest that the MSNBC viewership are more likely seek out other points of view in addition to their comfort zone sources.
flame on:
A 'facts based' presentation doesn't always fit your narrative. Fox, however, doesn't have this problem
flame off:
On a serious note, with a user name of 'admin', would that prevent an actual user account being created with 'admin' as the name?
Wonder if that might be a new check to run on vendor systems to weed out the truly stupid 'features' like this one. Run a script to create frequently used admin accounts and see if any fail due to them already existing.
I specifically said 9/11 to mean they won't be attacking us with planes again. That is because pretty much all the security measures being implemented are directed at flight born attacks (bombs on planes, etc).
My point was that said security measures are rendered moot by the door upgrades and passenger interference.
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Every accident would be avoidable if you drive at 5 km/hr, no matter what the conditions are.
Never dealt with ice have you? ;-)
and 2009 was the warmest on record. A single year does not mean anything. Trends are everything and they are clearly going up.
Smart money says "yes".
yes it does but this is Bastardi's money we're talking about.
rather than different types, I'd say they are at the well documented different stages of 'denial'.
The irony of a man who founded a 'weather' channel not knowing what he's doing about 'climate' is left to the casual observer
Well, apparently the ignorant haven't yet been convinced by the wealth of data we already have that the earth is actually warming. So before we prove to them that we are actually the cause of the warming, we need to demonstrate the actual warming again.
Having one of the deniers eat his lunch about actual warming in 10 years is a delicious, albeit slow, result.
Some where a duck is wondering why he's suddenly meowing...
If you don't think Hollywood would cut its nose to spite its face, you clearly haven't been paying attention.
'Crap' might be another consideration of things that no longer get to their intended destinations when buildings start moving...
Fair enough. Facts are always welcome :)
Nice smear there. Jerry Brown has exactly zero bearing on this case. He was sworn in (this time) *after* this decision was rendered.
perhaps you should talk to the other poster to claims that Win7 has been in development since 2004..
;-)
Can't be both 'just bug fixes' and a 5 year dev cycle. Though Vista did have a lot of problems...
My apologies, I assumed /.ers would be relatively familiar with this idea. Sources should have been provided and I'll also retract 'studies' for articles. Also note that knock-off is different than counterfeit; I'm not saying the latter is helpful, just the former.
http://www.techdirt.com/ for general stuff on this topic.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0909/p09s01-coop.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/business/05scene.html?ex=1333425600&en=bfb7593c76d8b819&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=faking-it This one is interesting as it provides a guilty conscience aspect that eventually would have people buying the brand names to feel better about themselves.
I think the basic point is that people who knowingly buy knock-offs were never going to be initial purchasers of the brand name goods. But they would buy them once the price became palatable to them. No sale was 'lost' by
Nobody says you *have* to change anything, just that the market would force more innovation.
There is still a pretty solid 'monopoly' when all the carriers in your area have the same set of rules...like not allowing tethering without an extra charge. This is slowly changing..but proves the point; 2 or 3 is not 'many choices'.
Are you daft? that was the small window I suggested was the evidence of them not moving as fast as they can. A six year gap on the consumer OS that is magically reduced to 2 years?
NT 3.1 1993
NT 3.5 1994
NT 3.51 1995
NT 4.0 1996
Win98 2000
WinME 2000 Win2000 2000
Win XP 2001
W2K3 2003
Vista 2007
W2K8 2009
Windows7 2009.
Studies have shown that 'knock off' sites actually create more demand for the 'legit' products. People buy the knock offs because they can afford them, and then when they can afford it, they buy the 'legit' stuff. By having knock offs in existence, it makes the legit stuff that much more attractive.
The fashion industry is rife with ideas being stolen...and yet it thrives. It forces the designers to make something new and exciting every year.
Imagine if software companies didn't sit on their past accomplishments, but continued to innovate such that they were selling *new* things every year? The idea that MS takes *years* between releases of Windows and Office is completely shredded with the speed that Windows 7 came out. Why? because Vista was such a dog that people weren't going to wait for another few years and MS would have lost market share. Hence they rolled out Windows 7 and by most accounts it is pretty stable. They can do it faster and better but were forced to in this instance.
yes I should have included 'extradition treaties not withstanding' in my explanation. Does the EU include England yet?
I still think my point stands though; barring something extreme, like the NAZI propaganda you mention, countries aren't likely to extradite you for something that they don't consider a crime.
You point out all the various different laws in different countries. Country A does not extradite someone to country B for a crime that isn't a crime in country A. Otherwise we're all pretty much criminals.
The broken condom is pretty much a non-starter. Things happen, they break. They *both* knew this was a possibility.
Telling a woman you're going to use one and then not using it - that can be grounds for assault (again depending on jurisdiction) since you could be infecting them with something. Likewise the "while she's asleep" charge is probably an extraditable offense for the same reason.
Trust me, one foreign terrorist flying a Cessna into *anything* successfully and you will see panties a bunchin' plenty.
I won't disagree with you on the effectiveness of it, but that's not what our security system plans around. It's security theater and bombs falling from the sky is a whole lot scarier than that white box truck you just passed.
Surprised? We don't do anything to stop something until it's already happened *at least* once.
The day after a foreign* terrorist uses a light aircraft in an attack is the day the general aviation industry dies.
*foreign because a US citizen has already done this...that somehow is different
You've been 'referenced' ;-)
How about Sean Hannity's blatant lying about Tea Party rally attendance ON THE AIR? He's clearly heard asking how many people are there, is told 3000-4000 and then directly goes live to say 25,000 people are there.
The examples of Fox being blatantly biased are legion...
I never really understood the appeal Fox News...until I started watching Keith/Rachel/etc on MSNBC. It does indeed make one feel better to hear 'your' side of the argument fed back to you.
I would suggest that the MSNBC viewership are more likely seek out other points of view in addition to their comfort zone sources.
flame on:
A 'facts based' presentation doesn't always fit your narrative. Fox, however, doesn't have this problem
flame off:
You sir win a prize!
but first we need your name, number, address....
On a serious note, with a user name of 'admin', would that prevent an actual user account being created with 'admin' as the name?
Wonder if that might be a new check to run on vendor systems to weed out the truly stupid 'features' like this one. Run a script to create frequently used admin accounts and see if any fail due to them already existing.
I specifically said 9/11 to mean they won't be attacking us with planes again. That is because pretty much all the security measures being implemented are directed at flight born attacks (bombs on planes, etc).
My point was that said security measures are rendered moot by the door upgrades and passenger interference.