What you call bias, I call experience. Congratulations on migrating to BSD from whatever you were using before, but that in no way means that the "age of proprietary software" is over. Are you giving away your in-house apps that you're developing for your own use? QED.
So far Apple has done open source as a publicity stunt
Linux weenies consistently miss the point of Darwin. It's not another BSD distro, it's ther for the convenience of Mac developers who have to work with kernel code, such as driver writers and third-party hardware manufacturers.
Apple's licensing is from an age that has (thankfully) passed us by: the age of proprietary software. What color are the little elves and pixies on your planet? Are they friendly?
The systems in use today in many jurisdictions record continuously to a hard disk, and mark time spans to keep, starting one minute before the flashers go on, to five minutes after they're turned off. The camera is always on, but to save disk space only certain parts of the recording are retained. -jcr
He knows that he can get a better price by not identifying himself, and it's his prerogative to do so. A billionaire is just as entitled to shop for a bargain as anyone else.
I'd say that Verizon is acting to protect their shareholder's interests, which is precisely what they should do. They have no obligation to do business with pedophiles, and just the PR impact alone could make it far too expensive to take their money.
Long and short: business decision, and a correct one.
y. Do you have any evidence of scientists acting inappropriately to other scientists due to differences of opinion on global warming,
Not so much the scientists, as the media and politicians. Google for Al Gore's bullying of Richard Lindzen, for example. Also, just googling for Lindzen's name will turn up all manner of vitriol aimed in his direction.
What right did US forces have to make judicial decisions on behalf of a sovereign government and people as to how they should dispose of their despots?
More a duty than a right, actually: The duty to help establish the rule of law. Sure, the trial was a circus, and that's because the defendants decided to use it for one last round of grandstanding and trying to look important. Saddam knew the jig was up and all he could hope for was to stall as long as possible.
When Ceaucescu and Mussolini were "dispatched," it was done by fellow countrymen without a superpower breathing down their necks telling them how to proceed.
Yeah, and we could have just let that happen this time too, but these days the US government is far more careful to see to the legalities of a situation.
Plus, one has to consider that this is a show trial,
Bullshit. It was a scrupulously fair trial, in which the defendant was not only able to defend himself, but even able to bully the judge, throw tantrums, preach at the cameras and try to intimidate the witnesses against him. Hell, he even got to employ attorneys with the proceeds of his decades of kleptocracy. (Ramsey Clark is a jackass, but I'll bet he's a well-paid jackass.)
The US forces insisted on the trial; if the Iraqis, Iranians, or Kuwaitis had their way, he would have been dispatched as quickly and efficiently as Ceacescu or Mussolini.
Yeah, well.. Apple had to have a near-death experience to get their act together. Good thing too, because if NeXTSTEP had vanished and Windows and Linux were all I had to choose from, I would have left the computer industry in despair.
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At $12 billion, I think it still falls short of MS's disaster of the last six years.
-jcr
And now they have to pull this stunt,
This is not a stunt, it's their fiduciary duty to the shareholders.
-jcr
I see your bias
What you call bias, I call experience. Congratulations on migrating to BSD from whatever you were using before, but that in no way means that the "age of proprietary software" is over. Are you giving away your in-house apps that you're developing for your own use? QED.
-jcr
So far Apple has done open source as a publicity stunt
Linux weenies consistently miss the point of Darwin. It's not another BSD distro, it's ther for the convenience of Mac developers who have to work with kernel code, such as driver writers and third-party hardware manufacturers.
-jcr
Apple's licensing is from an age that has (thankfully) passed us by: the age of proprietary software.
What color are the little elves and pixies on your planet? Are they friendly?
-jcr
The systems in use today in many jurisdictions record continuously to a hard disk, and mark time spans to keep, starting one minute before the flashers go on, to five minutes after they're turned off. The camera is always on, but to save disk space only certain parts of the recording are retained.
-jcr
For knowing that the study is unreliable, looking at the publisher is enough.
Well on that note, I will not bother to read anything else you wrote. Gee, I wonder if you had anything worthwhile to say?
-jcr
Don't you mean "nu Zland"?
-jcr
He knows that he can get a better price by not identifying himself, and it's his prerogative to do so. A billionaire is just as entitled to shop for a bargain as anyone else.
-jcr
This is f***ing arrogant.
You misspelled "fucking".
-jcr
I just couldn't be sure if they even knew that "you" is not spelled "u"
I'm sure they do. English is one subject that Indian schools are quite good at teaching.
-jcr
Glad to see you were modded funny, but there are people who actually believe what you just said.
-jcr
Verizon, being a large corporation, is not likely going to actually be held accountable to the laws.
Do the names "enron" and "worldcom" ring a bell? Law enforcement *loves* to take down a big fish.
-jcr
Can you be specific, or do you believe that denouncing the publisher suffices?
-jcr
I'd say that Verizon is acting to protect their shareholder's interests, which is precisely what they should do. They have no obligation to do business with pedophiles, and just the PR impact alone could make it far too expensive to take their money.
Long and short: business decision, and a correct one.
-jcr
y. Do you have any evidence of scientists acting inappropriately to other scientists due to differences of opinion on global warming,
Not so much the scientists, as the media and politicians. Google for Al Gore's bullying of Richard Lindzen, for example. Also, just googling for Lindzen's name will turn up all manner of vitriol aimed in his direction.
-jcr
Paint Texas white.
-jcr
they have drawn their "conclusions" in spite of the evidence and because of politics and/or finance.
Jumping right in with the character assasination, I see.
-jcr
What right did US forces have to make judicial decisions on behalf of a sovereign government and people as to how they should dispose of their despots?
More a duty than a right, actually: The duty to help establish the rule of law. Sure, the trial was a circus, and that's because the defendants decided to use it for one last round of grandstanding and trying to look important. Saddam knew the jig was up and all he could hope for was to stall as long as possible.
When Ceaucescu and Mussolini were "dispatched," it was done by fellow countrymen without a superpower breathing down their necks telling them how to proceed.
Yeah, and we could have just let that happen this time too, but these days the US government is far more careful to see to the legalities of a situation.
-jcr
I was under the impression that the science behind global warming predictions was considered sound by the scientific community.
Not surpising, considering how the scientists who have come to different conclusions tend to be marginalized and vilified.
-jcr
Funny, that you would believe a study published by a group run by Governor Pete du Pont.
Funny, that you would imply that the study is unreliable just because you don't like governor du Pont for some reason.
-jcr
Plus, one has to consider that this is a show trial,
Bullshit. It was a scrupulously fair trial, in which the defendant was not only able to defend himself, but even able to bully the judge, throw tantrums, preach at the cameras and try to intimidate the witnesses against him. Hell, he even got to employ attorneys with the proceeds of his decades of kleptocracy. (Ramsey Clark is a jackass, but I'll bet he's a well-paid jackass.)
The US forces insisted on the trial; if the Iraqis, Iranians, or Kuwaitis had their way, he would have been dispatched as quickly and efficiently as Ceacescu or Mussolini.
-jcr
He figures that in death he's at least some sort of martyr.
Martyrs are people who die for a just cause. Saddam's just a criminal overdue for his comeuppance.
-jcr
Whenever I use a Mac (sadly I don't own one) it stays responsive.
Well, the main thing is that it doesn't accumulate malware and degrade over time.
-jcr
Yeah, well.. Apple had to have a near-death experience to get their act together. Good thing too, because if NeXTSTEP had vanished and Windows and Linux were all I had to choose from, I would have left the computer industry in despair.
-jcr