I used to work for a very large U.S. bank and they were HUGELY paranoid about privacy. All our test databases either had fake data or we replaced SSNs and credit card numbers, names, and addresses with fakes when we absolutely, positively had to draw down data from production for testing.
Along a similar vein, in the late 90s we still used leased line for data transmission rather than the Internet because the laws for intercepting leased line communications were better defined (and much nastier) than they were for the Internet (and perhaps still are - any lawyers out there?)
It seems that capitolism tends to encourage greed and selfishness, perhaps a concerted effort towards community building will help balance things out
Of course greed or selfishness of the masses is greatly suppressed under non-capitalist systems, such as Salinist-style Communism (unfortunately found today only in North Korea).
The USSR, with an economy about 40% of the US, produced about an equal amount of pollution in the late 80s and 90's. Pollution numbers were derived from data from the Earth Resources Technologoy Satellites, the 40% figure from post-Communist Russian economists.
Representaive gov't may be a big help, but not gov't in general.
1) Slavery was outlawed because we finally figured out that non-white people aren't property, not because of the minimal living standards of slavery. Otherwise, simply paying your slaves well would have entitled you to keep them as property. This also negates your final point on Saddam and Adlof; they don't own their people either (which I guess proves that I'm a cultural imperializt, but everyone has their faults.)
2) Market Fundimetnalism is GREAT social policy, because one of its most fundimental (pun intended) tenants is that you can't force people into associations. As Noam Chomsky notes we have inqeaulity in this country because Largs Corporations get legislation passed so that they DON'T have to compete in free markets ("Protection for them, free markets for everyone else" is the blurb he likes to use to summarize it). Chomsky follows up by saying that over long periods of time free markets equalize wealth (The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many). Of course Chomsky is pro-Union and pro-Community/Communitarian because this legislation isn't going away overnight.
As an aside on insider trading, the very pro-Democrat economist Lester Thruow notes that anti-insider trading legislation produces a false sense of security amongst the non-insiders; a better idea would be to get rid of those laws and require that corporate officals et al announce their trades 24 or 48 hrs in advance and let everyone draw their own conclusions.
If I understand the 'free market' California power system correctly, you (rather, we) were required to pay the highest price offererd in a given period of time (each hour, I believe). Also, "we" (local municipalities, as opposed to universities and industry) were not allowed to enter into long term contracts - that is, we were required to buy electricity on the spot market, every hour. How does this (highest price, no long term contracts) construe a free market?
Chomsky: "Free markets, in the long term, provide the most equal distribution of wealth."
Chomsky: "Corporations use government power to avoid competing in free markets."
Quote: "They will pollute any river, strip any forest, injure or kill any worker or customer to further their mission".
Interestingly, this is similar to the old Soviet. After NASA flew the Earth Resources Technology Satellites in the mid-late 1970s people could finally measure the amount of pollution in the USSR as well as the US. It turned out that with a GDP roughly 40% of the US the USSR manage to pump out an equal amount of pollutants.
Who does not choose to profit? Your congressman? Your representative in the old USSR, or former Communist Romainia? Castro in Cuba? George Bush? Maxine Waters? Ted Kennedy? Hillary Rodham Clinton? White rulers in the old RSA? Idi Amin?
In which system do people choose to not profit? The current PRC? The old PRC? North Korea? Canada? Singapore?
OK. there's Nader, but who voted for him?;-)
So Canada, with a population roughly 1/10th of the US, "produces a quarter less pollution than the United States does" ??? This can't be right; that means the US pollution per capita is 7% of Canadas!
His writing, whether for Star Trek (the first appearance of the Romulans) or in the "Matter for Men" series, featured main characters fighting their own flaws and their allies as well as their opponents. And the "Matter for Men" series featured implacable foes (a series of aliens tailored to convert the Earth's ecosphere to one of their maker's liking) that make the Borg and Geiger's Aliens look like one-trick ponies.
According to http://www.aotc.info/ the Small Webcastres act was PASSED in the House (controlled by Republicans) but KILLED in the Senate (controlled by the Democrats). Oh well, I vote Libertarian and Green Party anyway.
"The lesser of two evils is still evil" - Ralph Nader (and many others)
Apple, Caldera, Phillips, Seimens, Palm, and Moto all voted 'yes' while noting in their comments that Apache/Open Source participation in the JCP was important.
Sun, TI, Nokia, HP, Borland, Fujitsu, and IONA all voted 'yes' without comment.
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I used to work for a very large U.S. bank and they were HUGELY paranoid about privacy. All our test databases either had fake data or we replaced SSNs and credit card numbers, names, and addresses with fakes when we absolutely, positively had to draw down data from production for testing.
Along a similar vein, in the late 90s we still used leased line for data transmission rather than the Internet because the laws for intercepting leased line communications were better defined (and much nastier) than they were for the Internet (and perhaps still are - any lawyers out there?)
It seems that capitolism tends to encourage greed and selfishness, perhaps a concerted effort towards community building will help balance things out
Of course greed or selfishness of the masses is greatly suppressed under non-capitalist systems, such as Salinist-style Communism (unfortunately found today only in North Korea).
The USSR, with an economy about 40% of the US, produced about an equal amount of pollution in the late 80s and 90's. Pollution numbers were derived from data from the Earth Resources Technologoy Satellites, the 40% figure from post-Communist Russian economists.
Representaive gov't may be a big help, but not gov't in general.
1) Slavery was outlawed because we finally figured out that non-white people aren't property, not because of the minimal living standards of slavery. Otherwise, simply paying your slaves well would have entitled you to keep them as property. This also negates your final point on Saddam and Adlof; they don't own their people either (which I guess proves that I'm a cultural imperializt, but everyone has their faults.)
2) Market Fundimetnalism is GREAT social policy, because one of its most fundimental (pun intended) tenants is that you can't force people into associations. As Noam Chomsky notes we have inqeaulity in this country because Largs Corporations get legislation passed so that they DON'T have to compete in free markets ("Protection for them, free markets for everyone else" is the blurb he likes to use to summarize it). Chomsky follows up by saying that over long periods of time free markets equalize wealth (The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many). Of course Chomsky is pro-Union and pro-Community/Communitarian because this legislation isn't going away overnight.
As an aside on insider trading, the very pro-Democrat economist Lester Thruow notes that anti-insider trading legislation produces a false sense of security amongst the non-insiders; a better idea would be to get rid of those laws and require that corporate officals et al announce their trades 24 or 48 hrs in advance and let everyone draw their own conclusions.
VB.NET".
Consider the source. Of course, now that Win2000 source has been leaked I guess that means we can't trust that OS any more, either.
Oh, wait...
Of course the DMCA was passed via a Republican congress and a Democratic president...
If I understand the 'free market' California power system correctly, you (rather, we) were required to pay the highest price offererd in a given period of time (each hour, I believe). Also, "we" (local municipalities, as opposed to universities and industry) were not allowed to enter into long term contracts - that is, we were required to buy electricity on the spot market, every hour. How does this (highest price, no long term contracts) construe a free market?
Chomsky: "Free markets, in the long term, provide the most equal distribution of wealth."
Chomsky: "Corporations use government power to avoid competing in free markets."
Quote: "They will pollute any river, strip any forest, injure or kill any worker or customer to further their mission".
Interestingly, this is similar to the old Soviet. After NASA flew the Earth Resources Technology Satellites in the mid-late 1970s people could finally measure the amount of pollution in the USSR as well as the US. It turned out that with a GDP roughly 40% of the US the USSR manage to pump out an equal amount of pollutants.
Indeed, welcome to Amerika!
Who does not choose to profit? Your congressman? Your representative in the old USSR, or former Communist Romainia? Castro in Cuba? George Bush? Maxine Waters? Ted Kennedy? Hillary Rodham Clinton? White rulers in the old RSA? Idi Amin? In which system do people choose to not profit? The current PRC? The old PRC? North Korea? Canada? Singapore? OK. there's Nader, but who voted for him? ;-)
Bottomline: MSFT is not a credible source of information. I don't think that I'm the only one that thinks so.
The Good News: There are many people like you out there.
The Bad News: There are even MORE people who don't undrestand what's going on here and will happily accept MSN's results as gospel.
The Worse News: M$ will spend plenty of advertising money to increase the number of people who fall in the 'Bad News' category.
Thank goodness only corporations are driven by greed.
So Canada, with a population roughly 1/10th of the US, "produces a quarter less pollution than the United States does" ??? This can't be right; that means the US pollution per capita is 7% of Canadas!
MacOS had plug'n'play in 1986, with the introduction of the MacII. Not to mention dual monitors, which Windows finally added in what, 1999?
Built in easy networking: AppleTalk in 1984, Ethernet in 87 or thereabouts. Or whenever cards started coming out for it.
And BTW, Windows STILL hasn't got Shortcuts right; they still break when you move the original doc. MacOS has had that since about 1994, I think.
I realize Windows dominates things but TRY to give credit in the PC world where credit is due!
His writing, whether for Star Trek (the first appearance of the Romulans) or in the "Matter for Men" series, featured main characters fighting their own flaws and their allies as well as their opponents. And the "Matter for Men" series featured implacable foes (a series of aliens tailored to convert the Earth's ecosphere to one of their maker's liking) that make the Borg and Geiger's Aliens look like one-trick ponies.
According to http://www.aotc.info/ the Small Webcastres act was PASSED in the House (controlled by Republicans) but KILLED in the Senate (controlled by the Democrats). Oh well, I vote Libertarian and Green Party anyway.
"The lesser of two evils is still evil" - Ralph Nader (and many others)
...unless of course they get an exemption for buisness use of Linux built into the bill...
Sun, TI, Nokia, HP, Borland, Fujitsu, and IONA all voted 'yes' without comment.