I dig Google but Google is in transition. "Don't be evil" should probably be changed to "We do less evil than everyone else".
Why?
Google is a publicly traded company that's why and their only obligation is a return to their stockholders. If it means throwing money at both sides, they'll do it. If it means bowing to China, they'll do it. It's also why Apple should be using sweatshops to make their iPods.
And before you start screaming about that, there are places in the world where sweatshops would be welcome, like Niger.
Google and Apple are both cool(tm) but they aren't your buddy and they aren't your pal. They are publicly traded companies.
ChristianFascist. Is that now the appropriate term for the Republican majority? I think so.
It's very simple folks, just vote against ALL incumbents this year be they Democrat or Republican. Both sides are crooks and you need to have enough on each side to keep the other side "honest".
You should probably vote against the incumbent as a general rule anyway.
Here's another good reason eBay works...
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In bad times, people sell stuff. In good times they buy. Either way eBay is making $$$.
Same reason alcohol is great: drink to forget (bad times), drink to celebrate (good times).
For all of it's faults, the American Democracy(tm) does eventually correct itself. Karma is infallible and Senator Stevens has what he deserves coming in November along with most other Republicans.
Expose all these things while you can until our Democrat overlords take over in November barring any Republican tricks at the polls. Then start the process over again.
Remember the government serves the people, not vice versa.
Apple is a publicly traded company and as such here's what's important
to them.....
Making money for their stockholders.
That's it.
That means sweatshops for iPods and doing things like heading down the
dangerous path of closing off the Darwin source for development so
that OSS geeks can't find a way to make OS X work on commodity boxes.
Apple is going to do what is best in their corporate interest.
Surprised? Don't be. It's business
This has been anticipated and all the pardons have already been written and just awaiting a presidential signature at the right time.
Yeah yeah people have been talking about how f*cked the government has become but the nice thing about the United States is that it DOES eventually correct itself and justice usually comes.
The absolute and correct interpretation of how disastrous this presidency has been is now beginning. Worst administration ever and that has nothing to do with Republican or Democrat. It just IS.
Remember Clipper chip? Yeah ole Sammy wanted in then too but they changed their tactics by using patent law when that initiative failed.
For those who don't know, the DES patent is owned by N.S.A. so when you see that Verizon's latest gadget that is triple DES encrypted don't be impressed, Uncle Sammy can get right in.
Seems like what we need at this point is OSS encryption that can't be so easily cracked by N.S.A. It's just a matter of time before Skype/Vonage, etc are required to change their encryption to DES or something that the government can read.
It used to be that the government had better technology always, not so true anymore. So/. geeks, create a solution.
IBM was the Microsoft of it's day and they learned the lesson that a company ultimately has to transition from creating standards to contributing to them.
Microsoft seems to be slowly learning this but to say that they actually WANT OSS to succeed might be a bit of an overstatement at this point.
That CDs are generally a suck investment. Why? Even at 5%, you have to factor in inflation and taxes on your gains when you withdraw.
Drops that 5% down pretty quick don't it?
Nothing wrong with borrowing to invest, if you know what you're doing. I did exactly that in '99. Borrowed money to buy into 14 IPOs and cashed each one out after 90 days no matter where it was. Ka-ching!
Of course that's the exception not the rule. Only you can learn about investing and what is comfortable for you in a given market trend. Keep most of it in safe investments and maybe later use 10-20% for speculative investments that you understand. Don't lose what you can't afford to.
Otherwise also remember that most money managers can't beat the S&P 500, an index that isn't magical at all except it's the 500 largest companies. "Money manager" needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
I had one friend who wondered why she was suspended and it was simple, Google logs the IP of the address you check your account from and matches it up against the click throughs.
So if you're gonna commit click through fraud......
for the Trillian engineers! Seriously Instant Messaging needs to be opened up into SOME standard. I think MSFT/YHOO just got tired of being AOL's bitch. It isn't like they care about you you know.
whether or not you can basically take a knife to someone's work, reshape it to an audience and then make money from it. The answer quite clearly is no.
This is very important to remember: Your intention in violating copyright law is irrelevent.
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I dig Google but Google is in transition. "Don't be evil" should probably be changed to "We do less evil than everyone else".
Why?
Google is a publicly traded company that's why and their only obligation is a return to their stockholders. If it means throwing money at both sides, they'll do it. If it means bowing to China, they'll do it. It's also why Apple should be using sweatshops to make their iPods.
And before you start screaming about that, there are places in the world where sweatshops would be welcome, like Niger.
Google and Apple are both cool(tm) but they aren't your buddy and they aren't your pal. They are publicly traded companies.
ChristianFascist. Is that now the appropriate term for the Republican majority? I think so.
It's very simple folks, just vote against ALL incumbents this year be they Democrat or Republican. Both sides are crooks and you need to have enough on each side to keep the other side "honest".
You should probably vote against the incumbent as a general rule anyway.
In bad times, people sell stuff. In good times they buy. Either way eBay is making $$$.
Same reason alcohol is great: drink to forget (bad times), drink to celebrate (good times).
For all of it's faults, the American Democracy(tm) does eventually correct itself. Karma is infallible and Senator Stevens has what he deserves coming in November along with most other Republicans.
Expose all these things while you can until our Democrat overlords take over in November barring any Republican tricks at the polls. Then start the process over again.
Remember the government serves the people, not vice versa.
I'd be all for any laws that depict or show any wish of Prince Charles wishing to be a tampon. No, really I WISH I were making that up
GNU/Kerala?
Seriously it probably doesn't hurt that RMS looks like an Indian Sadhu with that hair of his. Congrats RMS (or RMSji)
Bazaar!
For as much as I agree with Pluto's demotion (and I DO very much), the question becomes why not think of it as a planet for historical aspects?
The only reason I mention this is because there isn't really a definition of "continent" that makes any sense.
Apple is a publicly traded company and as such here's what's important to them.....
Making money for their stockholders.
That's it.
That means sweatshops for iPods and doing things like heading down the dangerous path of closing off the Darwin source for development so that OSS geeks can't find a way to make OS X work on commodity boxes.
Apple is going to do what is best in their corporate interest. Surprised? Don't be. It's business
could mean that businesses that assisted in the program are in for some serious legal problems
/.)
Good.
Karma's a bitch (and not the "karma" that's thrown around on
This has been anticipated and all the pardons have already been written and just awaiting a presidential signature at the right time.
Yeah yeah people have been talking about how f*cked the government has become but the nice thing about the United States is that it DOES eventually correct itself and justice usually comes.
The absolute and correct interpretation of how disastrous this presidency has been is now beginning. Worst administration ever and that has nothing to do with Republican or Democrat. It just IS.
Nope, it's even much easier than that. Republicans just have to keep f*cking up America. It's remarkably simple.
Terrorism is the new Communism(tm)
After some 20 years of work and five years behind schedule
Oh I thought they were talking about Duke Nukem forever for a moment there..... (Sure hope it runs on my brand spankin' new Amiga......)
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SOYLENT GREEN IS MADE OF PEOPLE!!!!!!!
</OVERACTING>
</HESTON>
Oh dear God, not Orrin Hatch again! Seriously, this idiot was the man who introduced the DMCA and look how wonderful that piece of legislation was.
As usual, follow the money....
Orrin Hatch received $126,918 from the entertainment industry in this last cycle. Not to be outdone, Leahy received $251,970
By my calculations that means that congressmen can be bought for less than $400K. My, my, my what an insanely great ROI.
America, the best government money can buy®
Remember Clipper chip? Yeah ole Sammy wanted in then too but they changed their tactics by using patent law when that initiative failed.
/. geeks, create a solution.
For those who don't know, the DES patent is owned by N.S.A. so when you see that Verizon's latest gadget that is triple DES encrypted don't be impressed, Uncle Sammy can get right in.
Seems like what we need at this point is OSS encryption that can't be so easily cracked by N.S.A. It's just a matter of time before Skype/Vonage, etc are required to change their encryption to DES or something that the government can read.
It used to be that the government had better technology always, not so true anymore. So
IBM was the Microsoft of it's day and they learned the lesson that a company ultimately has to transition from creating standards to contributing to them.
Microsoft seems to be slowly learning this but to say that they actually WANT OSS to succeed might be a bit of an overstatement at this point.
That CDs are generally a suck investment. Why? Even at 5%, you have to factor in inflation and taxes on your gains when you withdraw.
Drops that 5% down pretty quick don't it?
Nothing wrong with borrowing to invest, if you know what you're doing. I did exactly that in '99. Borrowed money to buy into 14 IPOs and cashed each one out after 90 days no matter where it was. Ka-ching!
Of course that's the exception not the rule. Only you can learn about investing and what is comfortable for you in a given market trend. Keep most of it in safe investments and maybe later use 10-20% for speculative investments that you understand. Don't lose what you can't afford to.
Otherwise also remember that most money managers can't beat the S&P 500, an index that isn't magical at all except it's the 500 largest companies. "Money manager" needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
This has serious implications for e-commerce websites whose functionality might be affected by any bugs in the software.
<SARCASM>
Seriously? Microsoft software can be buggy?
</SARCASM>
DVDShrink
Just copy them one after the other after the other and slide 'em into a disk wallet and when you get the urge just watch one.
I of course would never violate copyright law in such a flagrant fashion. Just saying...
I had one friend who wondered why she was suspended and it was simple, Google logs the IP of the address you check your account from and matches it up against the click throughs.
So if you're gonna commit click through fraud......
for the Trillian engineers! Seriously Instant Messaging needs to be opened up into SOME standard. I think MSFT/YHOO just got tired of being AOL's bitch. It isn't like they care about you you know.
MSFT has a market cap of 230-something billion. Substantial? Not really.
whether or not you can basically take a knife to someone's work, reshape it to an audience and then make money from it. The answer quite clearly is no.
This is very important to remember: Your intention in violating copyright law is irrelevent.
This sword cuts many different ways.