He also misrepresents the entire process of modern agriculture - namely, none of the inputs are implicitly dependent on the active production of more CO2
I think you forgot about tillage.
But there's no sense letting any of that get in the way of trying to co-opt global hunger as a perverse argument *against* doing anything about climate change.
I noticed quite a few stories about Chinese plants decimating the local environment producing "green" solar panels and windmills. I don't think anyone is saving the planet using solar panels in the US when sludge and hazardous chemicals are being dumped in rivers around China where the panels are produced.
For the sake of argument, let me concede for one moment that this is a private company that built its infrastructure without government assistance.
What scares me about net neutrality is that people actually believe a private company running a private network doesn't have the right to regulate its network traffic however they see fit.
Your question is your answer. This is not a healthy free market you're describing. A company doesn't care what you think if there is no real competition to which customers can flee. Most places in the US have 2 or fewer realistic options when it comes to broadband. Just like Microsoft can't stipulate certain conditions in contracts because of their monopoly position, so too must broadband provider deal with government involvment when they try to illegally leverage their monopoly position to enter into new markets.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Nobody in their right mind, yes. This judge just stated that $22500 per song shared is not, in his opinion, an excessive fine. Can we have him placed in a mental institution for evaluation since he is obviously a danger to himself and others around him?
I agree with WhatAreYouDoingHere. It's poorly worded and strictly speaking, 7 x 1.57% is approximately 11%. If I ask you 7 of what amount equals 11 pounds, are you going to tell me 64 pounds? No. If the answer is 64, then the question is "7 is 11% of what number." So, depending on who asked the question and the expected answer, someone needs to lrn2math, specifically in the neighborhood of formulating word problems.
How is this informative? It sounds like spin. Please provide examples of how the original law "was good legislation to help protect children." Thank you.
I would say insecure, not unsafe. Also, I have to point out that it's insecure against unauthorized neighbors and wardrivers
Anything that needs to be secure is over SSL. But there it is... the notion that my neighbors are somehow stealing the warmth from my campfire. My neighbors are welcome to use my wi-fi if they are in range.
Sure, I'd buy stuff occasionally as well, but if I had to buy every single thing I was using which was pirated I'd be broke and seriously in debt. Much better to hunt out legally free software and media.
Downloading and using "cracked" software from internet? You might as well open every SEX.EXE file you get in your inbox. Running executables you can't trust is not smart.
This law will really benefit the cable/dsl companies who stand to gain quite a lot if everyone is afraid to run open wi-fi. (Queue the random slashbot to tell me MY network is unsafe because it's open)
In no way does Apple fit into any of these categories
You have a very short memory. iPod had greater than 80% marketshare years ago before iPhones came along and canabalized them. Most of us would agree >80% == Monopoly, so stick your head in the sand if you'd like...
With that monopoly, Apple introduced a music store online with DRM'ed music files. RIAA required DRM to do business online, so Apple created Fairplay. Apple refused to license Fairplay to other stores and device makers so only iTMS files could play on the iPods that everyone had and only iPods could play the files sold at iTMS. Apple then rolled out more content... books, movies, and tv shows. Also encrypted with FairPlay
After a short period of time, the iTMS became the largest music store in the world. iTMS beat out traditional brick and mortar retailers like Wal-Mart. Next Apple rolled out iOS. Again, only iOS devices (iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch) could play these encrypted files. Although iOS is starting to face competition from Android in the phone market, it gave Apple another monopoly in tablets.
And iOS is where this anti-competitive behavior has really become blatant. Now, you cannot even write an app for these devices without getting Apple's permission. It's like Fairplay all over again, except it is for apps. If you compete with Apple, they shut you out entirely. Your app will never see the light of day. They have created a system that offers them complete control over the market for apps. And once again, they've creating a monopoly.
But you go ahead... stick your fingers in your ears and shout "I can't hear you!"
BTW, I'm typing this from my brand new 2011 Macbook Air. I've been using Macs exclusively since the dark days of Gil Amelio. I'm an Apple developer. However, I am not going to delude myself. Apple hasn't been playing fair for a while now. I enjoyed watching Apple smash the RIAA into bits, but ever since the iPhone I've had no more love for Apple. I don't worship them blindly the way you people do. I have and will never own an iPhone as long as they keep it locked down and rape developers of 30% gross at the App store.
Android is freedom. iPhone is for consumer slaves. Go Google! Smash the F'in iPhone!
I for one wonder how AAPL has avoided anti-trust litigation after extending an iPod monopoly into an iTMS monopoly into an iPhone monopoly and now working on an App store monopoly. Guess who IS being investigated for anti-trust... Google. Doesn't anyone see anything wrong with this picture??
The same goes for sustainable transportation and this article. FTFA: "If you walk 1.5 miles, Mr. Goodall calculates, and replace those calories by drinking about a cup of milk, the greenhouse emissions connected with that milk (like methane from the dairy farm and carbon dioxide from the delivery truck) are just about equal to the emissions from a typical car making the same trip." And that assumes I'm going to drink a milk. From a cow. After a warm walk. Who the hell drinks milk after getting sweaty? People drink water or have some fruit! Instead of postulating what the worst can be, why not survey people to find out what *actually* happens? Or worse-- why bother considering food at all?
Didn't read TFA, but you answered your own question. Water doesn't supply calories. Milk/Food/etc does. Milk is calorie dense. If you replaced milk with strawberries... well, that's a lot of fruit. Instead of cows farting, you've got tractors and tillage to account for. Not to mention all the pesticides, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff to destroy the environment which doesn't apply with cows.
At least with a private company, they don't care what I'm doing or snooping on my traffic. They really only care about *how much* traffic I generate. With government provided broadband, they'll have 'internet cops' on there in no time! Oh wait...
And when, exactly, does Apple (2nd largest company in the world) get sued for extending one monopoly into another, again and again and again?? iPod (90% marketshare. Monopoly) -> iTMS (Fairplay only worked on iPods. 70% of legal downloads) -> App store (iPhones/iPods only runs signed apps. 59% of the market out of 58 app stores online) ->... I guess having a former US VP on your board goes a long way after all.
So, when a blizzard falls on Copenhagen: one year's weather does not refute global warming. When large number of tornados tear down tornado alley one year: global warming!!
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Sharp Aquos 007SH is a 16MP android with a rotating 3D flip screen... and it's waterproof. It's been out since June.
He also misrepresents the entire process of modern agriculture - namely, none of the inputs are implicitly dependent on the active production of more CO2
I think you forgot about tillage.
But there's no sense letting any of that get in the way of trying to co-opt global hunger as a perverse argument *against* doing anything about climate change.
Global hunger has been a direct result of some of the ridiculous schemes to reduce CO2.
YANATL (you are not a tax lawyer).
TYCO (Thank You Captain Obvious)
You also have to pay the corporate income tax on the cap. gains.
Haha, like GE?
I noticed quite a few stories about Chinese plants decimating the local environment producing "green" solar panels and windmills. I don't think anyone is saving the planet using solar panels in the US when sludge and hazardous chemicals are being dumped in rivers around China where the panels are produced.
See, it works both ways.
I was considering signing up for Verizon. Not now. Has anyone contacted Sen. Charles Schumer about this? This is much bigger than OnStar.
Until they throw the kill switch on *your* app. Then you're just part of that vocal minority... blah, blah, move along. Nothing to see here...
I'd bet money that a salaried plumber doing a wee job for his neighbour at the weekend isn't declaring it on a tax return.
You've never watched porn, have you? The neighbor NEVER has any cash.
For the sake of argument, let me concede for one moment that this is a private company that built its infrastructure without government assistance.
What scares me about net neutrality is that people actually believe a private company running a private network doesn't have the right to regulate its network traffic however they see fit.
Your question is your answer. This is not a healthy free market you're describing. A company doesn't care what you think if there is no real competition to which customers can flee. Most places in the US have 2 or fewer realistic options when it comes to broadband. Just like Microsoft can't stipulate certain conditions in contracts because of their monopoly position, so too must broadband provider deal with government involvment when they try to illegally leverage their monopoly position to enter into new markets.
Why would Apple buy it? They already have much better GPS data on their iPhone users. :)
To me, that's akin to saying 7x = 11 is the same as saying 7 = 11x. I just moved the "of what number" after all :)
The 8th ammendment:
Nobody in their right mind, yes. This judge just stated that $22500 per song shared is not, in his opinion, an excessive fine. Can we have him placed in a mental institution for evaluation since he is obviously a danger to himself and others around him?
I agree with WhatAreYouDoingHere. It's poorly worded and strictly speaking, 7 x 1.57% is approximately 11%. If I ask you 7 of what amount equals 11 pounds, are you going to tell me 64 pounds? No. If the answer is 64, then the question is "7 is 11% of what number." So, depending on who asked the question and the expected answer, someone needs to lrn2math, specifically in the neighborhood of formulating word problems.
How is this informative? It sounds like spin. Please provide examples of how the original law "was good legislation to help protect children." Thank you.
Galileo wasn't suggesting we need to take cold showers due to his discovery. Galileo wasn't suggesting new taxes due to his discovery. Galileo didn't suggest We need to radically and intelligently reduce human populations to fewer than one billion either.
I would say insecure, not unsafe. Also, I have to point out that it's insecure against unauthorized neighbors and wardrivers
Anything that needs to be secure is over SSL. But there it is... the notion that my neighbors are somehow stealing the warmth from my campfire. My neighbors are welcome to use my wi-fi if they are in range.
Sure, I'd buy stuff occasionally as well, but if I had to buy every single thing I was using which was pirated I'd be broke and seriously in debt. Much better to hunt out legally free software and media.
Downloading and using "cracked" software from internet? You might as well open every SEX.EXE file you get in your inbox. Running executables you can't trust is not smart.
This law will really benefit the cable/dsl companies who stand to gain quite a lot if everyone is afraid to run open wi-fi. (Queue the random slashbot to tell me MY network is unsafe because it's open)
In no way does Apple fit into any of these categories
You have a very short memory. iPod had greater than 80% marketshare years ago before iPhones came along and canabalized them. Most of us would agree >80% == Monopoly, so stick your head in the sand if you'd like...
With that monopoly, Apple introduced a music store online with DRM'ed music files. RIAA required DRM to do business online, so Apple created Fairplay. Apple refused to license Fairplay to other stores and device makers so only iTMS files could play on the iPods that everyone had and only iPods could play the files sold at iTMS. Apple then rolled out more content... books, movies, and tv shows. Also encrypted with FairPlay
After a short period of time, the iTMS became the largest music store in the world. iTMS beat out traditional brick and mortar retailers like Wal-Mart. Next Apple rolled out iOS. Again, only iOS devices (iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch) could play these encrypted files. Although iOS is starting to face competition from Android in the phone market, it gave Apple another monopoly in tablets.
And iOS is where this anti-competitive behavior has really become blatant. Now, you cannot even write an app for these devices without getting Apple's permission. It's like Fairplay all over again, except it is for apps. If you compete with Apple, they shut you out entirely. Your app will never see the light of day. They have created a system that offers them complete control over the market for apps. And once again, they've creating a monopoly.
But you go ahead... stick your fingers in your ears and shout "I can't hear you!"
Of course companies are free to expand how they like. However, they cannot make deals with manufacturers that force competitors out or unfairly leverage their position in another market to another. Apple has done that.
There... fixed that for you.
BTW, I'm typing this from my brand new 2011 Macbook Air. I've been using Macs exclusively since the dark days of Gil Amelio. I'm an Apple developer. However, I am not going to delude myself. Apple hasn't been playing fair for a while now. I enjoyed watching Apple smash the RIAA into bits, but ever since the iPhone I've had no more love for Apple. I don't worship them blindly the way you people do. I have and will never own an iPhone as long as they keep it locked down and rape developers of 30% gross at the App store.
Android is freedom. iPhone is for consumer slaves. Go Google! Smash the F'in iPhone!
I for one wonder how AAPL has avoided anti-trust litigation after extending an iPod monopoly into an iTMS monopoly into an iPhone monopoly and now working on an App store monopoly. Guess who IS being investigated for anti-trust... Google. Doesn't anyone see anything wrong with this picture??
The same goes for sustainable transportation and this article. FTFA: "If you walk 1.5 miles, Mr. Goodall calculates, and replace those calories by drinking about a cup of milk, the greenhouse emissions connected with that milk (like methane from the dairy farm and carbon dioxide from the delivery truck) are just about equal to the emissions from a typical car making the same trip." And that assumes I'm going to drink a milk. From a cow. After a warm walk. Who the hell drinks milk after getting sweaty? People drink water or have some fruit! Instead of postulating what the worst can be, why not survey people to find out what *actually* happens? Or worse-- why bother considering food at all?
Didn't read TFA, but you answered your own question. Water doesn't supply calories. Milk/Food/etc does. Milk is calorie dense. If you replaced milk with strawberries... well, that's a lot of fruit. Instead of cows farting, you've got tractors and tillage to account for. Not to mention all the pesticides, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff to destroy the environment which doesn't apply with cows.
At least with a private company, they don't care what I'm doing or snooping on my traffic. They really only care about *how much* traffic I generate. With government provided broadband, they'll have 'internet cops' on there in no time! Oh wait...
If you have lots of important things in mail you should not be storing them in a free mail service.
A paid mail service could lock you out for TOS violation as well.
What about Apple's infringement of GSM patents?
And when, exactly, does Apple (2nd largest company in the world) get sued for extending one monopoly into another, again and again and again?? iPod (90% marketshare. Monopoly) -> iTMS (Fairplay only worked on iPods. 70% of legal downloads) -> App store (iPhones/iPods only runs signed apps. 59% of the market out of 58 app stores online) -> ... I guess having a former US VP on your board goes a long way after all.
So, when a blizzard falls on Copenhagen: one year's weather does not refute global warming. When large number of tornados tear down tornado alley one year: global warming!!