I don't know that I agree that they do it for fun and are sociopathic but there no doubt their tactics are scary. I think Mike Huckaby said, "People are more afraid of the IRS than being mugged!"
Why is it that some mathematical endeavors simply explain in complex terms what we all already understand in simple terms? Who in the hell didn't already know that breaking sequences on a congested freeway often causes a ripple effect throughout the traffic behind it? This is less about the accomplishments of mathematicians regarding traffic and more about a cleaver way of extracting grant money.
As others have said this is the RIAA killing itself in a mad dash to grab money. It's like Congress raising taxes during a recession. You suffer, not us. If this passes (and I doubt it will) every music station should have a day of reckoning. A day of no music and nothing but call=ins to discuss this with their listeners. We're simply not going to pay this and not going to placate an industry we helped create. The RIAA will lose even more money and continue to blame piracy.
It's more likely that "firefox.exe" is on a disallow key in the registry. To avoid this, the student probably changed the executable to foxfire.exe which allows it to run.
Mine was not a statement so-much of that they were actually doing that as to point out that there are flaws in the wiki post to start with. Thus the integrity of the wiki entry in general becomes suspect. I would agree such alterations as you pointed out are equally egregious.
Aren't we all grown up? Any evidence any of that happened? FWIW, a Democrat continguent went to Gitmo and returned to dispel the torture claims. Hardly a group in support of this administration, btw. Once it's "alleged" in the press a few times it pretty much becomes "fact."
Maybe they're trying to correct falsehoods like the US not allowing some Muslim prisoners to pray and not given a copy of the Koran. However, this would be odd when it's widely known Gitmo Muslims are allowed to pray, given a copy of the Koran, and even have an arrow painted on the floor of their cell pointing towards Mecca.
We've tried giving boat loads of rice for years. Why not give them some technology? Frankly, its a similar problem to what we've debated in the US for years: Give them food or give them the means to obtain their own wealth.
"Luckily Mr. Negroponte is an intelligent man who is not interested in profits, but in doing the right thing, and can happily tell them to fuck the hell off.
That's what I'd do anyway."
But will he? He's already struck a very odd deal with Intel. Unfortunately for Negroponte, he was thrown into the fray with MS and Intel when they decided to compete with OLPC. Both assume they're big enough to look that bad and they're right. Now Intel has joined OLPC and what becomes of AMD? How pissed must they be?
Many within the OLPC ranks may stomach a move to Intel but a wholesale move to MS would cause a mass exodus. I see a disturbing possibility: OLPC moving to Windows and Intel and the vacuum of fleeing engineers being replaced with MS techs. There's a reason Gates and Co. are compared to the Borg, Folks!
Listen to what you're saying and what the article is saying. It's "misinformation" from what perspective? A growing number of pediatricians have apprehension about vaccinations due to complications. We can dismiss many consumers as "uneducated" but we can't discount the warnings from doctors so easily.
Don't get me wrong, I think solid science teaches us that vaccination's benefits far out weigh their risks. Others, educated and uneducated alike, have some concerns.
One man's need to stifle "dangerous misinformation" is another man's "censorship, stifling of free speech, and suppression of valid information."
Freedom should always include one's freedom to do things that might harm them. It's not up to me, you, the NIH, let alone the government to inhibit that because in doing so we inhibit many other freedoms.
"I'm no longer a New York State resident, but Hillary Clinton has done more for New York in the few years she's had than most New York senators do in a lifetime. She can name the top issues for every county in the state and what she's done to try to address them. You can make a lot of arguments against her (I personally want her to stay out of my and my family's videogame-buying experience), but asserting that she hasn't done anything for New York is so untrue as to completely discredit you from and valid political opinion in my mind. My family in New York are all Republicans, but they all voted for her because of her ability to get things done for New Yorkers."
My name's Hillary Clinton and I approve of this message!
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I dunno there are plenty of $500 laptops out there that are pretty portable. $3200 doesn't justify "portability." Hell my Palm Centro is pretty damn portable at $99. This pricepoint is simply idiotic. The name should reflect that.:)
Haven't we the public shown that we don't want our data online this way? And they pursue it anyway. You hear all of these reports about Google becoming the next Microsoft. This sounds very Microsoftish.
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Given the propensity for flouros to induce headaches, OTC pain relievers should see boon.
I don't know that I agree that they do it for fun and are sociopathic but there no doubt their tactics are scary. I think Mike Huckaby said, "People are more afraid of the IRS than being mugged!"
Why is it that some mathematical endeavors simply explain in complex terms what we all already understand in simple terms? Who in the hell didn't already know that breaking sequences on a congested freeway often causes a ripple effect throughout the traffic behind it? This is less about the accomplishments of mathematicians regarding traffic and more about a cleaver way of extracting grant money.
Great! Now maybe someone in OSS can figure out how to route Netbeui!
What!?
As others have said this is the RIAA killing itself in a mad dash to grab money. It's like Congress raising taxes during a recession. You suffer, not us. If this passes (and I doubt it will) every music station should have a day of reckoning. A day of no music and nothing but call=ins to discuss this with their listeners. We're simply not going to pay this and not going to placate an industry we helped create. The RIAA will lose even more money and continue to blame piracy.
Is it me (and I only watch the first video, btw) but is there not too much symmetry in that model?
The obvious joke here is that its a lot of trouble to go after the 12 people still using Vista. Baddump-bump!
But seriously, this is a continuation of Microsoft's vendor-first, consumer-second approach.
It's more likely that "firefox.exe" is on a disallow key in the registry. To avoid this, the student probably changed the executable to foxfire.exe which allows it to run.
Mine was not a statement so-much of that they were actually doing that as to point out that there are flaws in the wiki post to start with. Thus the integrity of the wiki entry in general becomes suspect. I would agree such alterations as you pointed out are equally egregious.
Aren't we all grown up? Any evidence any of that happened? FWIW, a Democrat continguent went to Gitmo and returned to dispel the torture claims. Hardly a group in support of this administration, btw. Once it's "alleged" in the press a few times it pretty much becomes "fact."
Maybe they're trying to correct falsehoods like the US not allowing some Muslim prisoners to pray and not given a copy of the Koran. However, this would be odd when it's widely known Gitmo Muslims are allowed to pray, given a copy of the Koran, and even have an arrow painted on the floor of their cell pointing towards Mecca.
This is what happens when there's little choice in providers. Can we all agree Rogers is inherently evil? Between traffic monitoring and now this!?
We've tried giving boat loads of rice for years. Why not give them some technology? Frankly, its a similar problem to what we've debated in the US for years: Give them food or give them the means to obtain their own wealth.
Bravo..no really...pounding the anti-Bush rhetoric into a completely unrelated thread is awesome...
Okay, Folks, I'll hold him down, someone get his medication ready.
Ah! good point. They didn't eventually start charging for it. But oh do we still pay! :p
I've said it once and I'll say it again. Microsoft is inherently evil. Like kicking puppies.
"Luckily Mr. Negroponte is an intelligent man who is not interested in profits, but in doing the right thing, and can happily tell them to fuck the hell off. That's what I'd do anyway."
But will he? He's already struck a very odd deal with Intel. Unfortunately for Negroponte, he was thrown into the fray with MS and Intel when they decided to compete with OLPC. Both assume they're big enough to look that bad and they're right. Now Intel has joined OLPC and what becomes of AMD? How pissed must they be?
Many within the OLPC ranks may stomach a move to Intel but a wholesale move to MS would cause a mass exodus. I see a disturbing possibility: OLPC moving to Windows and Intel and the vacuum of fleeing engineers being replaced with MS techs. There's a reason Gates and Co. are compared to the Borg, Folks!
Agreed. It worked with IE!
Listen to what you're saying and what the article is saying. It's "misinformation" from what perspective? A growing number of pediatricians have apprehension about vaccinations due to complications. We can dismiss many consumers as "uneducated" but we can't discount the warnings from doctors so easily.
Don't get me wrong, I think solid science teaches us that vaccination's benefits far out weigh their risks. Others, educated and uneducated alike, have some concerns.
One man's need to stifle "dangerous misinformation" is another man's "censorship, stifling of free speech, and suppression of valid information."
Freedom should always include one's freedom to do things that might harm them. It's not up to me, you, the NIH, let alone the government to inhibit that because in doing so we inhibit many other freedoms.
"I'm no longer a New York State resident, but Hillary Clinton has done more for New York in the few years she's had than most New York senators do in a lifetime. She can name the top issues for every county in the state and what she's done to try to address them. You can make a lot of arguments against her (I personally want her to stay out of my and my family's videogame-buying experience), but asserting that she hasn't done anything for New York is so untrue as to completely discredit you from and valid political opinion in my mind. My family in New York are all Republicans, but they all voted for her because of her ability to get things done for New Yorkers."
My name's Hillary Clinton and I approve of this message!
And yes I realize that would have been far easier to read had I included the wraps. :(
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Should've gone diesel...I'm just sayin'... :P
I dunno there are plenty of $500 laptops out there that are pretty portable. $3200 doesn't justify "portability." Hell my Palm Centro is pretty damn portable at $99. This pricepoint is simply idiotic. The name should reflect that. :)
Haven't we the public shown that we don't want our data online this way? And they pursue it anyway. You hear all of these reports about Google becoming the next Microsoft. This sounds very Microsoftish.