He flew in and out of the US many, many times before he got on his last flight. This system may have been able to catch him during one of these earlier flights.
Assuming there is such a thing as a limitless resource, it is NOT ethical to impose a limit on it to make a buck. This would explain why I am allowed to breath without charge.
I assume, then, that you feel that selling compressed oxygen to sick people is unethical? After all, there's an unlimited supply.
One might argue that atmospheric oxygen and bottled oxygen are actually different products, and can be priced differently on that basis. One could make the same argument for free software and proprietary software as well.
The only obstacle is the hack into the vehicle system to detect the state of the transmission and engage the interlock when the vehicle is shifted out of the "Park."
Is the money that I make forcing people to buy things that they don't need (for example, an entire office license if all they need is Outlook) worth the money that I lose when people start flocking to free alternatives when they don't like I'm offering?
Geez, I get tired of hearing about how you can't get Office components independently. You just want Outlook? Then just go buy Outlook! If you want to argue for OO.o as opposed to MS Office, just point out that it's free to acquire, and it works enough like MS Office that retraining costs are cheaper than Office licensing. This argument would have the additional advantage of being true!
... and the shopping mall owners can be sued for it. Your local La Leche League - a breastfeeding information organization - can provide you with information to help combat the practice of stigmatizing breastfeeding.
Motor-voter registration (renewing your driver's license automatically registers you to vote) came into effect nation-wide years ago. And in many states, all you have to do, if you find that it's election day and you haven't registered, is show up at the polling place with ID and sign an affirmation that you are a legal voter in that election district.
... those a$$holes who, in the depths of the cubicle farm, make all of their phone calls on the &^%$ SPEAKERPHONE - so we're all treated to both ends of the conversation... at max volume, of course, because it's hard to hear and be heard over the speaker!
Your hatred for jumping into this is evidently justified. Think about it: you don't make coffee by pouring TAP water into the grounds, for God's sake! You HEAT IT FIRST!
There's no $#@% way the coffee cools from boiling (or near boiling) to 130 degrees by the time it's served!
Water comes out of the TAP at 130 degrees - it wouldn't even extract coffee from the grounds at that temperature. The quoted figure of 185 degrees is more realistic.
Explain to me why there should be additional taxes and surcharges on my VoIP phone which utilizes cables that were ALREADY HUNG for use with cable TV and internet, with their own sets of taxes?
To fund "universal service" - funds that subsize phone service in rural areas (most of who cannot even GET cable service of any kind) - and 911 maintenance. So far, because of the rather small takeup of VoIP services, there hasn't been much of an effect on the funding of these services... but if VoIP takes off, universal service and 911 could be in trouble.
A libertarian might be perfectly OK with the idea of losing these services... but I'm of the opinion that universal phone service & 911 are worth keeping.
Also, any business is taxed. A portion of those taxes may not be earmarked for support of the infrastructure but they are taxed nonetheless.
Right, but the ILECs are double taxed. They are paying corporate income tax AND universal service fees, 911 maintenance fees, etc... all of which they have to pass on to the customer. Vonage and the like are currently only paying the corporate income taxes, which means they have fewer tax costs to recoup... so they can offer the same service at an artificially lower price than Verizon, etc.
This has the effect of a government subsidy (in the form of a tax break) to Vonage et al., and the original poster is correct in pointing out that the government is going to want to get a piece of the action here... which is going to do away with most of the competitive advantage of VoIP. Yeah, yeah, greedy government bastards... but universal service and 911 are important, and they have to be paid for somehow.
If, for example, I dedicate some fraction of my spare cycles to drug research, am I essentially giving this information to a big pharmaceutical company, which will then patent it? Or will the data be "open-sourced" somehow?
I won't be donating any of my spare CPU time until I can get an answer...
If they're so general, how come I get this when I try to view the sample apps?
Sample Applications
General Interface Objects currently supports Internet Explorer 5.5 and later browsers running on Windows. For access to the sample applications please use another browser.
I guess "general" means "IE only".
Sean
Another important exception: acid rain
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...which also is generated in one place, but transported by winds to other places, sometimes half a continent away. Many streams in western Virginia are suffering from acid rain generated from coal burning power plants in the midwest.
That means for each job saved, it is costing the US economy $202,000 a year.
My heart bleeds for the CEO that would otherwise be making that extra $202k. What, you thought ordinary employees would otherwise be getting that money?
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He flew in and out of the US many, many times before he got on his last flight. This system may have been able to catch him during one of these earlier flights.
Sean
I assume, then, that you feel that selling compressed oxygen to sick people is unethical? After all, there's an unlimited supply.
One might argue that atmospheric oxygen and bottled oxygen are actually different products, and can be priced differently on that basis. One could make the same argument for free software and proprietary software as well.
Sean
Doh! @#$% up the link: Caffiderm!
You need
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I drive a stick shift, you insensitive clod!
Sean
I tend to agree that MS is on the way out, but...
Geez, I get tired of hearing about how you can't get Office components independently. You just want Outlook? Then just go buy Outlook! If you want to argue for OO.o as opposed to MS Office, just point out that it's free to acquire, and it works enough like MS Office that retraining costs are cheaper than Office licensing. This argument would have the additional advantage of being true!
Sean
Like this?
Or this
Yeah, the prices are ludicrous, but you can buy them.
I'm a happy OpenOffice.org user, but I think we should keep our criticisms of MS accurate.
Sean
Big if.
Sean
Please consider that Slashdot is, by definition, a US centered web site before posting next time.
Thank you.
Sean
... and the shopping mall owners can be sued for it. Your local La Leche League - a breastfeeding information organization - can provide you with information to help combat the practice of stigmatizing breastfeeding.
Sean
Motor-voter registration (renewing your driver's license automatically registers you to vote) came into effect nation-wide years ago. And in many states, all you have to do, if you find that it's election day and you haven't registered, is show up at the polling place with ID and sign an affirmation that you are a legal voter in that election district.
How much easier does it need to get?
Sean
... those a$$holes who, in the depths of the cubicle farm, make all of their phone calls on the &^%$ SPEAKERPHONE - so we're all treated to both ends of the conversation... at max volume, of course, because it's hard to hear and be heard over the speaker!
Sean
Your hatred for jumping into this is evidently justified. Think about it: you don't make coffee by pouring TAP water into the grounds, for God's sake! You HEAT IT FIRST!
There's no $#@% way the coffee cools from boiling (or near boiling) to 130 degrees by the time it's served!
Sean
I'm throwing the BS flag on this statement:
Water comes out of the TAP at 130 degrees - it wouldn't even extract coffee from the grounds at that temperature. The quoted figure of 185 degrees is more realistic.
Sean
Yeah, for all those times I need to open my garage door or turn on my microwave while I'm scuba diving. Gotta get some of this... not.
Sean
To fund "universal service" - funds that subsize phone service in rural areas (most of who cannot even GET cable service of any kind) - and 911 maintenance. So far, because of the rather small takeup of VoIP services, there hasn't been much of an effect on the funding of these services... but if VoIP takes off, universal service and 911 could be in trouble.
A libertarian might be perfectly OK with the idea of losing these services... but I'm of the opinion that universal phone service & 911 are worth keeping.
Sean
Right, but the ILECs are double taxed. They are paying corporate income tax AND universal service fees, 911 maintenance fees, etc... all of which they have to pass on to the customer. Vonage and the like are currently only paying the corporate income taxes, which means they have fewer tax costs to recoup... so they can offer the same service at an artificially lower price than Verizon, etc.
This has the effect of a government subsidy (in the form of a tax break) to Vonage et al., and the original poster is correct in pointing out that the government is going to want to get a piece of the action here... which is going to do away with most of the competitive advantage of VoIP. Yeah, yeah, greedy government bastards... but universal service and 911 are important, and they have to be paid for somehow.
Sean
The trademark is currently registered to "U.S. Robotics, Inc", which I believe is still a subsidiary of 3Com.
Sean
Slashdot reply: auto-flames SCO, the RIAA, and Microsoft, then displays "first post!!112" repeatedly, with spelling variations.
Sean
This will come as a great surprise to the prosecutors working on their use of illegal aliens as "contracted" janitorial service.
Sean
If, for example, I dedicate some fraction of my spare cycles to drug research, am I essentially giving this information to a big pharmaceutical company, which will then patent it? Or will the data be "open-sourced" somehow?
I won't be donating any of my spare CPU time until I can get an answer...
Sean
If they're so general, how come I get this when I try to view the sample apps?
Sample Applications
General Interface Objects currently supports Internet Explorer 5.5 and later browsers running on Windows. For access to the sample applications please use another browser.
I guess "general" means "IE only".
Sean
Sean
My heart bleeds for the CEO that would otherwise be making that extra $202k. What, you thought ordinary employees would otherwise be getting that money?
Sean
Don't they get kind of wet?
Sean