Now MS is risking their place in the browser market... Microsoft have historically been excellent business people.
What browser market is that again? Remember MS wanted the "browser market" to put NS out of business -- and they did -- and after that, they let IE lay fallow for 5 years.
They can't *put* mozilla out of business. The only thing they are saying is "run longhorn, our browser is cooler".
Edison was stupid. He just tried to dumb luck into the right solution. If he had had ANY brains in his head he could have reasoned what he was looking for:
A metal with the some of the following properties: high tensile strength, high melting point and a low evaporation rate.
He then would have talked to a few chemists, who surely by 1900 would have had lists of the properties of chemicals, elements and alloys. He would have selected a few that looked promising, tested them, and hopefully tungsten would have been on the list.
Im not a troll at all. Im stating the simple reality that the rules are written by the people they are designed to benefit, and they make (a perverted sort of) sense in that context.
I'll do you a better turn then that, I remember your name:) We used to hang out in the public channel and compare notes since we weren't 'leet enough to be in the dev channel:)
I really don't understand what's up with you artsy types.
Well let me bridge the gap. I'm a programmer as well as a musician. I have contributed to several open source projects, *AND* was one of the original contributors to Gentoo, infact, I named Gentoo (with the leads approval of course).
I don't know where you get your ideas about open source, programming, or music, but all require a *HIGH* degree of organization. Songs take lots of planning, and careful consideration just like programming. You can't throw together a song or a program. And if you somehow manage to throw something together, thate haste shows in the end project. Yes I am meticulous whether Im programming a sampler or whipping up some python.
That all being said, Its cool they were able to get something together. Its still a victory for open source:)
No kidding. I can see this just from their licensing arrangements.
A couple of friends and I offered our services to them, and granted were not professionals, but frankly we blow them away. They gave us a *terrible* time. One very nice guy "got" me (name started with a V perhaps?) and he was nice and encouraging. But the organization wasn't there... I was given directions like, "write a song that has a lot of tableu and flutes" -- not enough info to write a song about. And there was ALOT of pretension. Oddly enough, the writers were the worst. They thought they were gods gift because they were writing background for the characters...
Long story short -- we both gave up on trying to work for free for them, they made it too difficult. Also I told them, that I *don't* relicense my music, ever. They could have a license to use it for their game, but the ownership remain entirely with me. That us unacceptable to them, which makes me think they had secret plans to sell the game in the future.
What about peoples right not to have a monstrosity built across the street from their houses?
The issue is, capaitalism, while the best economic system yet invented, is inevitably a race to the bottom. The person who abuses the most people, cuts the most corners, endangers the most people, makes the most money.
I was going to mod you down... but Im gonna do the manly thing and reply.
Walmart *IS* evil, and they deserve to die, and if people dont want them around, thats their choice.
In small community they built *TWO* Super Walmarts. "Main Street" here had gotten very raggedy when the first regular walmart was put in. Now the 6 or 8 grocery stores in town that *ACTUALLY PAY LIVABLE WAGES* will be slowly put out of business. Then the prices at the Super Walmart will skyrocket. Thats what they do.
Thats great advice...but for a lot of people the cat is out of the bag. I participated in discussion lists 5 years ago when spam wasn't on the radar... now those lists are open, my permanant email address is having the *CRAP* spammed out of it, and theres simply nothing I can do about it.
Also, it only takes one unscrupulious company to ruin your email address forever. I get 50 spams a day that use my *FULL* name and address on a private email i have never posted.
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I bought the VERY FIRST koolance case to run in my studio because they are pretty quiet. I was very happy with it, until the radiator died and dumepd water into my PC. Wasn't so bad though, only lost a stick of ram in the whole thing!
Flash forward a year... My PC is overheating all the time. The *ENTIRE* system is filled with this white stuff with the consistancy of phglem (even though I used the growth inhibitors). The pumps are jammed with it and barely moving any water...
Long story short... WATER COOLING IS NOT MEANT FOR PCs. I think the quality of the koolance product is high, but face it, the idea is TERRIBLE.
But you wireless isn't free in the sense that they have worked the fractional cost of operating their wireless service into the price of a cup of coffee. It only appears to be free because it is not explicitly printed on your receipt.
Of course I knew that. But I dont pay to walk on the floor do I? You know someone has to shine that fucker EVERY night. Its called infrastructure costs. Not ever cleaning the floor would surely keep customers OUT of the store. Buying 50$ a month for dsl and a linksys router brings a few INTO the store. Not exactly free, but not exactly not free. Yes, I run a small business.
Eh yes and no... I write music which is sort of the same as books but, in a 3 - 5 minute format:) People hear what they WANT to hear in music. And it can't be any different then books.
Ever had your identiy stolen? Its not a victimless crime and it is serious. Ever had your credit ruined by a repo in a city you've never been to, of a car you never owned? Ever tried to open a bank account for your business only to have 6 mexican surnames pull up under your SSN (and you're sicilian)? Ever had the IRS audit you because a bunch of illegal immigrants are working under your SSN?
It takes years to correct these things, so fuck you, your high horse, and your penal relativism:)
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What browser market is that again? Remember MS wanted the "browser market" to put NS out of business -- and they did -- and after that, they let IE lay fallow for 5 years.
They can't *put* mozilla out of business. The only thing they are saying is "run longhorn, our browser is cooler".
If people did that nothing would ever get built, made, etc.
A metal with the some of the following properties: high tensile strength, high melting point and a low evaporation rate.
He then would have talked to a few chemists, who surely by 1900 would have had lists of the properties of chemicals, elements and alloys. He would have selected a few that looked promising, tested them, and hopefully tungsten would have been on the list.
Im not a troll at all. Im stating the simple reality that the rules are written by the people they are designed to benefit, and they make (a perverted sort of) sense in that context.
Not if you're the one running it. Rapists: not a threat to your empire. People breaking laws which make you rich: a threat.
anyways, good luck to ya
I'll do you a better turn then that, I remember your name :) We used to hang out in the public channel and compare notes since we weren't 'leet enough to be in the dev channel :)
OK, but whats the reason for the rules? Are their plans to sell the game later? And if so, why not tell people up front?
I notice two years later you guys *still* don't have a music lead... is it any wonder? :)
Ok, explain to me why I should give away labor so they can resell it? It takes about 100 hours of work to produce a minute of audio.
Well let me bridge the gap. I'm a programmer as well as a musician. I have contributed to several open source projects, *AND* was one of the original contributors to Gentoo, infact, I named Gentoo (with the leads approval of course).
I don't know where you get your ideas about open source, programming, or music, but all require a *HIGH* degree of organization. Songs take lots of planning, and careful consideration just like programming. You can't throw together a song or a program. And if you somehow manage to throw something together, thate haste shows in the end project. Yes I am meticulous whether Im programming a sampler or whipping up some python.
That all being said, Its cool they were able to get something together. Its still a victory for open source :)
A couple of friends and I offered our services to them, and granted were not professionals, but frankly we blow them away. They gave us a *terrible* time. One very nice guy "got" me (name started with a V perhaps?) and he was nice and encouraging. But the organization wasn't there... I was given directions like, "write a song that has a lot of tableu and flutes" -- not enough info to write a song about. And there was ALOT of pretension. Oddly enough, the writers were the worst. They thought they were gods gift because they were writing background for the characters...
Long story short -- we both gave up on trying to work for free for them, they made it too difficult. Also I told them, that I *don't* relicense my music, ever. They could have a license to use it for their game, but the ownership remain entirely with me. That us unacceptable to them, which makes me think they had secret plans to sell the game in the future.
)ducks(
(anyone who has interacted with the planeshift team would know what im talking about)
Surely the thing has a camera that could take a picture of the dust devils?
What about peoples right not to have a monstrosity built across the street from their houses?
The issue is, capaitalism, while the best economic system yet invented, is inevitably a race to the bottom. The person who abuses the most people, cuts the most corners, endangers the most people, makes the most money.
Walmart *IS* evil, and they deserve to die, and if people dont want them around, thats their choice.
In small community they built *TWO* Super Walmarts. "Main Street" here had gotten very raggedy when the first regular walmart was put in. Now the 6 or 8 grocery stores in town that *ACTUALLY PAY LIVABLE WAGES* will be slowly put out of business. Then the prices at the Super Walmart will skyrocket. Thats what they do.
Also, it only takes one unscrupulious company to ruin your email address forever. I get 50 spams a day that use my *FULL* name and address on a private email i have never posted.
Flash forward a year ... My PC is overheating all the time. The *ENTIRE* system is filled with this white stuff with the consistancy of phglem (even though I used the growth inhibitors). The pumps are jammed with it and barely moving any water...
Long story short... WATER COOLING IS NOT MEANT FOR PCs. I think the quality of the koolance product is high, but face it, the idea is TERRIBLE.
Fucker... we're flying coach cuz we spent our money on that 17" 'portable' computer.
Of course I knew that. But I dont pay to walk on the floor do I? You know someone has to shine that fucker EVERY night. Its called infrastructure costs. Not ever cleaning the floor would surely keep customers OUT of the store. Buying 50$ a month for dsl and a linksys router brings a few INTO the store. Not exactly free, but not exactly not free. Yes, I run a small business.
It is possible.
I dont know what you call "stable"... Gaim eats a horrible death several times a day on windows for me. The linux version has been pretty stable thou.
Why? Seriously, if you've got stories, tell them.
Eh yes and no... I write music which is sort of the same as books but, in a 3 - 5 minute format :) People hear what they WANT to hear in music. And it can't be any different then books.
Actually, us old timers called that "Sneaker Net"...
It takes years to correct these things, so fuck you, your high horse, and your penal relativism :)