You're off base. Microsoft often tries to tie the OS to the computer. So if you sell your computer that has Windows 2000 on it you may as well send the Windows 2000 CD with the computer because it would be illegal for you to install it on another computer or to sell it.
"Actually, it goes beyond proposal -- and beyond paint, as it would allow vehicles to change camo patterns very easily, and would also repair micro-cracks and fractures without the need for service."
And crabs won't be the only thing our boys will have to worry about when overseas!
"Don't ride on top of that tank son or you'll be ichin' lick crazy tonight. You'll wake up with one hell of a tattoo and your butt sowed shut."
You're right. I didn't realize that they were based in Seattle. Everytime I order from them the tracking information always starts from somewhere back east so I just assumed that they were out of state.
"Currently the online retailer is not required to collect the tax since calculating the amount and paying to the various governments is too difficult. It is assumed that anybody purchasing an item online is paying the appropriate use tax for their state on their own."
Not entirely correct. According to Washington State law, any online retailer who sells items with a destination within the State of Washington is required to charge sales tax. I don't know if it's constitutional. Maybe it isn't but has never been challenged in court.
"The bottom line is we mere mortals will never have any serious effect on the planet. History has shown that mother nature always wins. Dinosaurs come and go, but the planet moves on. Get over yourself."
Yes, dinosaurs came and are gone. We're next. Get over yourself.
I'm not the one who brought religion in to this debate. I mentioned no God saving anyone. I believe that everyone will die. End of Story. Nature will slowly rebuild and maybe eventually give another race a chance to do what we should have.
In the US we did (for a time) conserve. But you are correct. We are beginning for forget and consumption is once again rising.
"Anyway, automobiles are not the only users of petrochemicals- power generation uses quite a bit and there are way more people needing way more power than there was in 1970, just like there are way more people driving cars."
Yes, there was more than one reason that the predictions didn't happen but I guess my point was that, at least in part, the predictions didn't come true because they were predicted. So belittling the message bearer as being inaccurate is not completely right.
"Uh-huh. And we use sooo much less gas today. BTW- have you noticed that oil prices have hovered around $20-$25/barrel for the past 30 years? I guess the supply isn't decreasing after all..."
"Oh no! A tree-hugger sitting at his computer thinks that our earth is close to its limits! Too bad he doesn't even try to back his statement up with any facts."
First, the fact that you have begun name calling indicates that you have taken my opinion personally. Don't. You can disagree without making yourself look like an ass.
As far as presenting 'facts', do the research yourself. There are LOTS of studies that show that we are destroying our environment one piece at a time. However, I suspect that even presented with a plethora of data, you would choose to humbug the entire body of evidence. You are one of the people that will help to destroy our planet.
Let's take a simple test to see if I'm right: Do you believe that greenhouse gases are effecting our environment? I predict that you will say no.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/co nt ent/climate.html http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/glob alwarming.nsf/cont ent/emissions.html http://www.globalwarming.org/ http://www.climatehotmap.org/ http://lwf.ncdc.no aa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming. html http://www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming/
Let's try another question: Do you believe that our planet has finite resources and that we are exhausting them?
http://www.greencrossinternational.net/site/Digi ta lForum/digiforum/articles/article2002/dirtywater.h tml http://www.gzmn.org/v0000006.htm
Do you believe that the Earth has an overpopulation problem?
http://www.overpopulation.org/ http://www.amonl ine.net.au/biodiversity/happening/ population.htm http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0, 3858,4017117,00. html
Given that the world population is growing and that more people means greater consumption and more waist and that THERE REALLY ARE FINITE LIMITS on what the Earth's environment can stand you position seems ludicrous. Perhaps you don't believe we have a polution problem?
http://www.doh.gov.uk/airpollution/airpol9.htm And on and on and on... But I don't seriously believe that you are interested in the real facts. Just keep you head in the sand because the truth although our only chance is sobering.
"Both predictions have proven to be wildly inaccurate..."
Not really. In 1970 cars were gas-guzzlers but the fears that those predictions produced caused change. As far as the population goes I think that environmentally we are close to the limits.
What scares me the most, more even than our situation, are people who refuse to see our situation. It is the chipping away at our eco system that will eventually doom the human race. Eventually we will chip away just a little too much and our eco system will collapse. It won't collapse all at once but rather in a cascade effect that may take years. But once started, it will be impossible to stop. It will be too late for the human race and many other species who will fall victim to our unbridled greed.
I believe that man-kind will spend all of its time gathering wealth until the eco-system starts to collapse. Then it will spend all of its gathered treasure in a search for a way to save itself but will only find a grave.
Welcome to the emerging world of the corporation. Where nothing is more important than profit.
Personally I think that the people who run the corporations that would allow people to die in order to bolster their bottom line are committing a crime against humanity. I also believe in making the punishment fit the crime. Hmmmm.... How about we have their ears surgically altered to make them look like the profit motivated Startrek race. The Farengee?? (spelling?)
I really like Mandrake but have only had it as my desktop of choice since 8.2. The biggest plus I see with Mandrake is that they have taken a lot of time and effort into making the install process very painless. Not just the basic install but all of the packages.
I run a home server and it was a snap to setup all of the services. Cups, MySQL, Postgres etc.
However, on the desktop what normally happens is that I install Mandrake, am very impressed with it's potential but have to fall back because of one or more bugs that I can't get around.
I usually have fallen back to Redhat. This is the distro on which Mandrake is based. However, version 8.2 has been rock solid for me. Well, as long as I don't try to apply the KDE 3.0 upgrade.
I'm very happy with 8.2 which is a good thing because I am a KDE user and Redhat has made KDE look very different in its newest version. A lot like Gnome I think. Although Gnome is excellent, I'm just not use to it and would rather stick with KDE.
I installed Mandrake 9.0 and ran it for a few weeks but I've fallen back to 8.2 because of some undesirable behavior. I'll wait and try it again at 9.1. But if I know Mandrake, they'll be on the leading edge with KDE 3.1 and other things so maybe I'll have to wait until 9.2 to get a bug-free platform.
I guess if you want all of the new toys you have got to expect some bugs. That's okay as long as they work out all of the bugs in point releases like they did in 8.2.
"The settlement allows Microsoft to charge for the communications protocols, but says they must be distributed "on reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms."
Well Jeez! That should be your first clue! When dealing with any kind of corporate giant you can NEVER use subjective words such as "reasonable." What Microsoft considers "reasonable" will most certainly be different from their competition.
Microsoft didn't get brought before the courts and convicted of its crimes by being "reasonable" so why believe that this corporation should be reasonable about ANY part of a settlement if given a choice???
As long as there is a nickel to be made the entertainment industry will try to extend copyright protection to maintain control.
If they find that they can no longer do that, they still have the DMCA. They simply ensure that all copies are encripted and that no unencripted broadcast goes out. That way if any copies show up someone is going to jail.
You seem to be in the habit of categorizing people.
"The 'generation' that is refered to, for the most part, is all the guys who thought they could learn HTML and have a porsche-mansion-gorgeoussupermodelwife by the time they were 25, and retire at 30 to travel the world."
And...
"The ones doing the loudest complaining are those who wanted to retire after only working 5-10 years, and spent those 5-10 years buried in booze, women, and various electronic play-toys."
And...
"I'm happy the market crashed, it weeded out a bunch of the people who were just trying to get rich quick off of vapor-skills."
Yet you seem to be oblivious to your own position:
"I'm in my 20's, and steadily employed with a job that is pretty much "guaranteed". I make a nice living, and don't PLAN on retiring. (The concept of it bores me.) But will be able to at a decent age, and expect to be able to live nicely after that."
The truly sad fact is that all of your generalities are mostly crap and if the economy takes another dump at the appropriate time you will be in the same boat as many of these poor hard working victims whom you so coldly ridicule.
"Microsoft has bowed to consumer pressure and pulled back from a controversial plan that would have encrypted TV shows recorded on forthcoming digital media PCs."
Relax RIAA. They can always add it back in with the inevitable security patch.
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You're off base. Microsoft often tries to tie the OS to the computer. So if you sell your computer that has Windows 2000 on it you may as well send the Windows 2000 CD with the computer because it would be illegal for you to install it on another computer or to sell it.
"Actually, it goes beyond proposal -- and beyond paint, as it would allow vehicles to change camo patterns very easily, and would also repair micro-cracks and fractures without the need for service."
And crabs won't be the only thing our boys will have to worry about when overseas!
"Don't ride on top of that tank son or you'll be ichin' lick crazy tonight. You'll wake up with one hell of a tattoo and your butt sowed shut."
You're right. I didn't realize that they were based in Seattle. Everytime I order from them the tracking information always starts from somewhere back east so I just assumed that they were out of state.
"Currently the online retailer is not required to collect the tax since calculating the amount and paying to the various governments is too difficult. It is assumed that anybody purchasing an item online is paying the appropriate use tax for their state on their own."
Not entirely correct. According to Washington State law, any online retailer who sells items with a destination within the State of Washington is required to charge sales tax. I don't know if it's constitutional. Maybe it isn't but has never been challenged in court.
"Well, there's a little thing called the US Constitution which specifically prohibits states taxing interstate commerce."
Interesting that Washington State law requires vendors like Amazon.com to collect sales tax. I wonder if the law has ever been challenged?
Washington State law already requires that vendors charge a sales tax on the full amount of the order. Including any gift wrapping etc.
"The bottom line is we mere mortals will never have any serious effect on the planet. History has shown that mother nature always wins. Dinosaurs come and go, but the planet moves on. Get over yourself."
Yes, dinosaurs came and are gone. We're next. Get over yourself.
"I live in oil country, and recently an abandoned oil well was revisited only to find that it had replenished itself!"
Maybe it was visited by the Oil Fairy.
"I predict you end up on my foes list."
LOL! I'm sure that I'm on a lot of peoples foes list.
I'm not the one who brought religion in to this debate. I mentioned no God saving anyone. I believe that everyone will die. End of Story. Nature will slowly rebuild and maybe eventually give another race a chance to do what we should have.
In the US we did (for a time) conserve. But you are correct. We are beginning for forget and consumption is once again rising.
"Anyway, automobiles are not the only users of petrochemicals- power generation uses quite a bit and there are way more people needing way more power than there was in 1970, just like there are way more people driving cars."
I totally agree.
Yes, there was more than one reason that the predictions didn't happen but I guess my point was that, at least in part, the predictions didn't come true because they were predicted. So belittling the message bearer as being inaccurate is not completely right.
"Uh-huh. And we use sooo much less gas today. BTW- have you noticed that oil prices have hovered around $20-$25/barrel for the past 30 years? I guess the supply isn't decreasing after all..."
"Oh no! A tree-hugger sitting at his computer thinks that our earth is close to its limits! Too bad he doesn't even try to back his statement up with any facts."
First, the fact that you have begun name calling indicates that you have taken my opinion personally. Don't. You can disagree without making yourself look like an ass.
As far as presenting 'facts', do the research yourself. There are LOTS of studies that show that we are destroying our environment one piece at a time. However, I suspect that even presented with a plethora of data, you would choose to humbug the entire body of evidence. You are one of the people that will help to destroy our planet.
Let's take a simple test to see if I'm right:
Do you believe that greenhouse gases are effecting our environment? I predict that you will say no.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/c
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/glo
http://www.globalwarming.org/
http://www.climatehotmap.org/
http://lwf.ncdc.n
http://www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming/
Let's try another question: Do you believe that our planet has finite resources and that we are exhausting them?
http://www.greencrossinternational.net/site/Dig
http://www.gzmn.org/v0000006.htm
Do you believe that the Earth has an overpopulation problem?
http://www.overpopulation.org/
http://www.amon
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0
Given that the world population is growing and that more people means greater consumption and more waist and that THERE REALLY ARE FINITE LIMITS on what the Earth's environment can stand you position seems ludicrous. Perhaps you don't believe we have a polution problem?
http://www.doh.gov.uk/airpollution/airpol9.htm
And on and on and on... But I don't seriously believe that you are interested in the real facts. Just keep you head in the sand because the truth although our only chance is sobering.
Could it be that the real reason they threw it out was that land masses covered in little else but ice don't really add much to the eco system?
"Both predictions have proven to be wildly inaccurate..."
Not really. In 1970 cars were gas-guzzlers but the fears that those predictions produced caused change. As far as the population goes I think that environmentally we are close to the limits.
What scares me the most, more even than our situation, are people who refuse to see our situation. It is the chipping away at our eco system that will eventually doom the human race. Eventually we will chip away just a little too much and our eco system will collapse. It won't collapse all at once but rather in a cascade effect that may take years. But once started, it will be impossible to stop. It will be too late for the human race and many other species who will fall victim to our unbridled greed.
I believe that man-kind will spend all of its time gathering wealth until the eco-system starts to collapse. Then it will spend all of its gathered treasure in a search for a way to save itself but will only find a grave.
There are anti-trust LAWs and if you break a LAW you are committing a CRIME. The were charged with the CRIME and found GUILTY.
Come on... It's not that hard of a concept.
Welcome to the emerging world of the corporation. Where nothing is more important than profit.
Personally I think that the people who run the corporations that would allow people to die in order to bolster their bottom line are committing a crime against humanity. I also believe in making the punishment fit the crime. Hmmmm.... How about we have their ears surgically altered to make them look like the profit motivated Startrek race. The Farengee?? (spelling?)
"...blah blah ... not convicted ... blah blah ... not charged with any crime ... blah blah ..."
Yes convicted and yes charged...
I really like Mandrake but have only had it as my desktop of choice since 8.2. The biggest plus I see with Mandrake is that they have taken a lot of time and effort into making the install process very painless. Not just the basic install but all of the packages.
I run a home server and it was a snap to setup all of the services. Cups, MySQL, Postgres etc.
However, on the desktop what normally happens is that I install Mandrake, am very impressed with it's potential but have to fall back because of one or more bugs that I can't get around.
I usually have fallen back to Redhat. This is the distro on which Mandrake is based. However, version 8.2 has been rock solid for me. Well, as long as I don't try to apply the KDE 3.0 upgrade.
I'm very happy with 8.2 which is a good thing because I am a KDE user and Redhat has made KDE look very different in its newest version. A lot like Gnome I think. Although Gnome is excellent, I'm just not use to it and would rather stick with KDE.
I installed Mandrake 9.0 and ran it for a few weeks but I've fallen back to 8.2 because of some undesirable behavior. I'll wait and try it again at 9.1. But if I know Mandrake, they'll be on the leading edge with KDE 3.1 and other things so maybe I'll have to wait until 9.2 to get a bug-free platform.
I guess if you want all of the new toys you have got to expect some bugs. That's okay as long as they work out all of the bugs in point releases like they did in 8.2.
"The settlement allows Microsoft to charge for the communications protocols, but says they must be distributed "on reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms."
Well Jeez! That should be your first clue! When dealing with any kind of corporate giant you can NEVER use subjective words such as "reasonable." What Microsoft considers "reasonable" will most certainly be different from their competition.
Microsoft didn't get brought before the courts and convicted of its crimes by being "reasonable" so why believe that this corporation should be reasonable about ANY part of a settlement if given a choice???
It just amazes me.
"The majority of America doesn't give a rats ass about DCMA...DAMC...what's it called?"
It's called the DMCA. It is easy to remember: Despicable, Malicious, Corporate Agenda
Both KDE and gnome are excellent. Perhaps the two large teams of people in some 'competition' is the reason why.
As long as there is a nickel to be made the entertainment industry will try to extend copyright protection to maintain control.
If they find that they can no longer do that, they still have the DMCA. They simply ensure that all copies are encripted and that no unencripted broadcast goes out. That way if any copies show up someone is going to jail.
You seem to be in the habit of categorizing people.
"The 'generation' that is refered to, for the most part, is all the guys who thought they could learn HTML and have a porsche-mansion-gorgeoussupermodelwife by the time they were 25, and retire at 30 to travel the world."
And...
"The ones doing the loudest complaining are those who wanted to retire after only working 5-10 years, and spent those 5-10 years buried in booze, women, and various electronic play-toys."
And...
"I'm happy the market crashed, it weeded out a bunch of the people who were just trying to get rich quick off of vapor-skills."
Yet you seem to be oblivious to your own position:
"I'm in my 20's, and steadily employed with a job that is pretty much "guaranteed". I make a nice living, and don't PLAN on retiring. (The concept of it bores me.) But will be able to at a decent age, and expect to be able to live nicely after that."
The truly sad fact is that all of your generalities are mostly crap and if the economy takes another dump at the appropriate time you will be in the same boat as many of these poor hard working victims whom you so coldly ridicule.
"Microsoft has bowed to consumer pressure and pulled back from a controversial plan that would have encrypted TV shows recorded on forthcoming digital media PCs."
Relax RIAA. They can always add it back in with the inevitable security patch.