I also have a GPS, a graphics tablet, a gamepad, battery, camera, storage, flash light, radio receiver/emitter, mini-computer, phone, USB multi-tool, flight sim, etc, all in my pocket.
Yes, the commercial speed of the TGV is 200mph, quite lower.
That said, the TGV is way older (research started in the sixties, first commercial run in 1981) and had time to be debugged to death. I wouldn't put my ass in that Chinese train before a few years.
As the saying goes, Linux was an idea whose time had come. If it weren't for Linus, someone else would have invented another similar OS, or one of the existing (Hurd, BSD, Minix) would have been used. All the people, the culture, the computers and the communication medium were there, ready to give birth to such a thing.
Still, Linus has been a great leader, and a tasteful (for some) architect. Thanks a lt for that !
I can tell you that while I myself do not live in Chicago, if I did and I ordered from Amazon they would also then be obligated to collect yet another sales tax. And that, you guessed it, Chicago also levies "sin taxes" on certain products including cigarettes, soft drinks and--don't ask me why--bottled water. And I can tell you that the tax rates are scheduled to change in July 2010.
That is, of course, one potential set of jurisdictions for one potential customer. Now multiply that ridiculous level of legal complexity for every possible combination of city, county and state that are applicable and you're quickly arriving at a system of rather ridiculous proportion. Better that we not bother, in my mind.
Gimme a break. Tax law is complex everywhere, not only in the US. All that sort of computations are exactly what a computer is made for.
The only problem I see for them is they'll compete more fairly with brick-and-mortar shops.
That's one thing the Interweb told us, by easy browsing of different online versions of various newspapers: they now just display the same news as everyone else they just bought from a common source. In fact they're just glorified RSS readers for the AP/Reuters feed.
And then they wonder why their business model fails.
Thanks to the Swedish equivalents of the MAFIAA, TPB has been innovating and now we have a more solid technology for P2P exchange. Let's have a few more iterations like that (I see no reason for it to stop nowadays) and soon P2P networks will be completely stealth except for the bandwidth they consume.
Moreover, I'm enjoining the process: I'm arguing that if I could directly have access to the MPAA's bank accounts, I could consume more of their goods legally, for their own benefit of course.
I'm living there. I even visited the place where they recycle, then store the ultimate byproducts. These things have half-life measured in centuries, and even when stored deep down in the ground they manage to emi some light heat you can feel !
So yes you can reuse some, but it's not a true "put it back in the cycle", you just reduce the waste. Without any clear plan to handle it, we just store it and let future generations think about it later.
So what the guy really says is that if they spoke about that Microsoft case aloud, it's because the other, softer ways of resolving the dispute couldn't work ?
Recycle the damn fuel, and you can reuse 93 percent of it.
The problem is that you can't recycle nuclear fuel. There are always residual byproducts that last for long and have a potential to pollute eveything around them.
Nowhere in the article (er.. blog post) it's said that there will be a binary component. It's just a guess from a comment from some random guy.
So no need to ague ad libitum on what will be Free software or not, let's wait.
Moreover their math is false: if 1/3 of participants gave the wrong anwser, it means 2/3 of participants couldn't tell the difference and choosed randomly.
... given a sufficient sample size, as you noted of course.
My take away from this is that it's just a press stunt to introduce new harsher behavior from the FBI agents, maybe backed by a new piece of legislation.
If iPhones are "defectivebydesign", that means that for people with other devices (say, Nokia N900 for example) without such defects, accessing the network will be a breeze.
Interestingly North American people are genetically unable to thank their governement for anything it does or decides. If it comes from the governement, it must be a trap, mean or just plain wrong.
Wake up guys. Your governement is yours, you elected it. Consistently criticizing its actions is childish at best.
I'd seriously like to see Washington put the smack down on them and see Microsoft pull up stakes and move to the nice repressive one party dictatorship that is China and see how Microsoft's execs really like it there if they actually have to live and work there. Or move to India and live in a tiny high tech pocket of affluence in a country with otherwise grinding poverty, serious ethnic and religious tensions and a near perpetual state of war with Pakistan.
... or move to Europe and enjoy nice infrastructure, nice level of education, but... ah sorry, not so much for tax break.
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It's called an N900.
Finally, an unlocked smartphone!
Buy a Nokia N900. It's the same price, it's unlocked, and it's a true Linux computer. Hey, you can just apt-get install whatever you want on it !
That said, the TGV is way older (research started in the sixties, first commercial run in 1981) and had time to be debugged to death. I wouldn't put my ass in that Chinese train before a few years.
Still, Linus has been a great leader, and a tasteful (for some) architect. Thanks a lt for that !
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I can tell you that while I myself do not live in Chicago, if I did and I ordered from Amazon they would also then be obligated to collect yet another sales tax. And that, you guessed it, Chicago also levies "sin taxes" on certain products including cigarettes, soft drinks and--don't ask me why--bottled water. And I can tell you that the tax rates are scheduled to change in July 2010.
That is, of course, one potential set of jurisdictions for one potential customer. Now multiply that ridiculous level of legal complexity for every possible combination of city, county and state that are applicable and you're quickly arriving at a system of rather ridiculous proportion. Better that we not bother, in my mind.
Gimme a break. Tax law is complex everywhere, not only in the US. All that sort of computations are exactly what a computer is made for.
The only problem I see for them is they'll compete more fairly with brick-and-mortar shops.
Then Dances with ThunderSmurfs it is.
Amazon has to collect taxes in countries where the law makes it mandatory, e.g. in the EU. So it's not so hard.
Because they're probably heavy music/movies "illegal" downloaders, so they inconvenience their friends the media moguls ?
.. there's the all-time-highest Hotbed of Malware !
That's one thing the Interweb told us, by easy browsing of different online versions of various newspapers: they now just display the same news as everyone else they just bought from a common source. In fact they're just glorified RSS readers for the AP/Reuters feed.
And then they wonder why their business model fails.
Thank you guys, in the name of technology.
No. Try Ubuntu.
"Fire Obama" because he obviously didn't put the content moguls into submission ?
Moreover, I'm enjoining the process: I'm arguing that if I could directly have access to the MPAA's bank accounts, I could consume more of their goods legally, for their own benefit of course.
So yes you can reuse some, but it's not a true "put it back in the cycle", you just reduce the waste. Without any clear plan to handle it, we just store it and let future generations think about it later.
So the next logical step is a lawsuit ?
Recycle the damn fuel, and you can reuse 93 percent of it.
The problem is that you can't recycle nuclear fuel. There are always residual byproducts that last for long and have a potential to pollute eveything around them.
Nowhere in the article (er .. blog post) it's said that there will be a binary component. It's just a guess from a comment from some random guy.
So no need to ague ad libitum on what will be Free software or not, let's wait.
Nokia is just angry that they are profits are down and Apple's profits are up.
Source: CNN Money [cnn.com]
An US info channel says an Euro company behaves badly against an Us company.
Articles about guns aren't censored in Europe, only the guns are.
My take away from this is that it's just a press stunt to introduce new harsher behavior from the FBI agents, maybe backed by a new piece of legislation.
Thanks Apple !
Wake up guys. Your governement is yours, you elected it. Consistently criticizing its actions is childish at best.
I'd seriously like to see Washington put the smack down on them and see Microsoft pull up stakes and move to the nice repressive one party dictatorship that is China and see how Microsoft's execs really like it there if they actually have to live and work there. Or move to India and live in a tiny high tech pocket of affluence in a country with otherwise grinding poverty, serious ethnic and religious tensions and a near perpetual state of war with Pakistan.
... or move to Europe and enjoy nice infrastructure, nice level of education, but ... ah sorry, not so much for tax break.