This doesn't neccessarily mean the people of those countries are inferior for failing to erradicate corruption, it just means their culture holds 'different' values.
No, it means that their cultures and institutions are fundamentally corrupt.
If the copyright notice says "version 2 or later" it's up to the person who distributes the work to decide which version to distribute it under. That would be Microsoft.
The copyright notice is presented to the end user. The GPL version is the end-user's option.
I'd say that because the distribution of the vouchers predates GPLV3, that MS has a leg to stand on here.
Lots of software is distributed using GPL 2.1 "or any later version". GPL 3 is "any later version". All anyone has to do is acquire any "or any later version" software through an MS voucher, assert that they are using "later version" 3, and poof, Microsoft's patents turn into pumpkins.
The very thorough examination that ISO is making OOXML go through should also have been done regarding ODF, but it was not. [...] Hypocrisy at its finest.
Wow, that's breathtaking. OOXML has received *no* examination and will be rubber-stamped to approval only because of Microsoft's corruption and ISO's incompetence at dealing with corrupt businesses.
Are you just a misguided Microsoft fanboi or are you paid for your comments? Your posting history indicates that you are a one-trick pony. Are you a full-time employee on the Microsoft campus? Is there a room full of people like yourself posting pro-company comments on online forums? How much does this job pay? Do you get dental coverage? Where can I sent my resume?
It seems to me that putting files up for P2P sharing is the same as putting them on your web site which is the same as publishing. It also seems to me that both the publisher and the downloader are guilty of copyright infringement, assuming that any reasonable downloader would know that the publisher doesn't have the distribution rights.
No, esp. when you live in the north Norway during summer.
There's no free lunch. Any place that gets 24-hour sunlight for part of the year gets 24-hour darkness for another part, not to mention the shallow angle of the sun at that latitude.
So why is irrational to conclude therefore that it is not happening?
The trouble is that you are taking an absolute stance on things that we do not know. This is what theists do. If you just say that your position is not "absolute", then you are in the clear.
Now, we know that the Bible and other such works are exaggerations of fabrications by people who lost their marbles thousands of years ago, but this does not rule out the ~1/infinity chance that by coincidence they randomly happened to get everything right.
For the most dramatic hypothetical evolutional changes, for example, change of the number of chromosomes in a sexually proliferating animal (leading to a new species)
Being an atheist is denying the existence of the unknown
Atheism is a spectrum, not a specific belief system. Personally, I could be described as an Agnostic, an Atheistic Agnostic, an Agnostic Atheist, or a soft Atheist. A hard Atheist denies the existence of God, as you allude, and I agree that this is irrational (in principle, though not really in practice). Rationally, one should assign various religions a probability of being correct of approximately 1/infinity. Santa Clause, the tooth fairy, and the Easter Bunny get the same probability.
is also far more effective and dare-I-say-it even important than most people in the US ever give it credit for
What are the things that you are claiming that the UN is effective at? As far as I can tell, there are only two things: (1) giving hand-outs to the desperately poor, and (2) keeping tinpot dictators in power. One could argue that these together are self-perpetuating.
which is really just short for Microsoft Office Open XML
No, it's short for "Microsoft Office XML". There is nothing "open" about it, except maybe for how transparent Microsoft has been at manipulating the ISO process.
may be an important player in preventing obesity and type-2 diabetes in animals.
Y'know what else prevents obesity and type-2 diabetes? Eating less!
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"I wasted a metric ton of shareholder money, industry goodwill, and still my company fell down and went 'splat' "?
I think he did a fantastic job for shareholders. He took the toilet-paper shares of a dying company and pumped them up to 20x what they were really worth at the time. Anyone with and sense knew that SCO didn't have a case, so they could unload their shares at the inflated price. And lots of people shorted them. If there actually are any outsiders who hold shares in the company, they will be worth about five cents on Monday morning, so the short sellers will be getting maximum value for their efforts. They should thank Darl for making his fraud so transparent.
Well, I've also noticed that there isn't a good representation of women in garbage collection force either. Oh no, they're also under-represented in the mines!
That's because these jobs also don't appeal to women. "Men work longer hours at more dangerous and disagreeable jobs. They more readily accept night shifts, hardship postings to Alaska and entrepreneurial risks. Men get in-demand degrees in engineering, while women get degrees in French literature. Female librarians earn less than garbagemen, not because of discrimination, but because so many applicants compete for the safe, clean, comfortable, convenient, fulfilling jobs women prefer." This is the simple reality behind the wage gap.
That's a very male way of looking at something: you assume that you just have to be professional and go with the flow.
It sounds to me like a very liberal way of looking at things—if you're nice to everyone, they will be nice to you in return. While there may be some truth in this, the approach falls apart when you run into someone who doesn't share you values.
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No, it means that their cultures and institutions are fundamentally corrupt.
Why should Microsoft bother to hide its corruption? It has never been punished and it never will be.
This should be illegal. All formal votes should record who voted what way so that they may be appropriately punished later on.
The copyright notice is presented to the end user. The GPL version is the end-user's option.
Lots of software is distributed using GPL 2.1 "or any later version". GPL 3 is "any later version". All anyone has to do is acquire any "or any later version" software through an MS voucher, assert that they are using "later version" 3, and poof, Microsoft's patents turn into pumpkins.
Wow, that's breathtaking. OOXML has received *no* examination and will be rubber-stamped to approval only because of Microsoft's corruption and ISO's incompetence at dealing with corrupt businesses.
Are you just a misguided Microsoft fanboi or are you paid for your comments? Your posting history indicates that you are a one-trick pony. Are you a full-time employee on the Microsoft campus? Is there a room full of people like yourself posting pro-company comments on online forums? How much does this job pay? Do you get dental coverage? Where can I sent my resume?
It seems to me that putting files up for P2P sharing is the same as putting them on your web site which is the same as publishing. It also seems to me that both the publisher and the downloader are guilty of copyright infringement, assuming that any reasonable downloader would know that the publisher doesn't have the distribution rights.
There's no free lunch. Any place that gets 24-hour sunlight for part of the year gets 24-hour darkness for another part, not to mention the shallow angle of the sun at that latitude.
Doesn't the 24 hours of sunlight per day you get in Europe interfere with your sleep?
The trouble is that you are taking an absolute stance on things that we do not know. This is what theists do. If you just say that your position is not "absolute", then you are in the clear.
Now, we know that the Bible and other such works are exaggerations of fabrications by people who lost their marbles thousands of years ago, but this does not rule out the ~1/infinity chance that by coincidence they randomly happened to get everything right.
Do you deny the twin-prime conjecture or P=NP?
There are many humans that have a different number of chromosomes from the normal 46. Are they different species?
Atheism is a spectrum, not a specific belief system. Personally, I could be described as an Agnostic, an Atheistic Agnostic, an Agnostic Atheist, or a soft Atheist. A hard Atheist denies the existence of God, as you allude, and I agree that this is irrational (in principle, though not really in practice). Rationally, one should assign various religions a probability of being correct of approximately 1/infinity. Santa Clause, the tooth fairy, and the Easter Bunny get the same probability.
Hours of productivity per day lost to productivity measuring?
They'll never do that, because 24p has a more "dramatic" impact that 60p does. Though things like pans look awful at 24p; they should speed those up.
It also means "Fucked up beyond all repair ".
I believe the word you are looking for is "FUBAR".
What are the things that you are claiming that the UN is effective at? As far as I can tell, there are only two things: (1) giving hand-outs to the desperately poor, and (2) keeping tinpot dictators in power. One could argue that these together are self-perpetuating.
Gee, and you were doing so well with the other examples...
No, it's short for "Microsoft Office XML". There is nothing "open" about it, except maybe for how transparent Microsoft has been at manipulating the ISO process.
Y'know what else prevents obesity and type-2 diabetes? Eating less!
I think he did a fantastic job for shareholders. He took the toilet-paper shares of a dying company and pumped them up to 20x what they were really worth at the time. Anyone with and sense knew that SCO didn't have a case, so they could unload their shares at the inflated price. And lots of people shorted them. If there actually are any outsiders who hold shares in the company, they will be worth about five cents on Monday morning, so the short sellers will be getting maximum value for their efforts. They should thank Darl for making his fraud so transparent.
That's because these jobs also don't appeal to women. "Men work longer hours at more dangerous and disagreeable jobs. They more readily accept night shifts, hardship postings to Alaska and entrepreneurial risks. Men get in-demand degrees in engineering, while women get degrees in French literature. Female librarians earn less than garbagemen, not because of discrimination, but because so many applicants compete for the safe, clean, comfortable, convenient, fulfilling jobs women prefer." This is the simple reality behind the wage gap.
It sounds to me like a very liberal way of looking at things—if you're nice to everyone, they will be nice to you in return. While there may be some truth in this, the approach falls apart when you run into someone who doesn't share you values.
And here I thought that sex discrimination was illegal.
I have to assume that our energy consumption is growing exponentially. Don't you think it will double in 140,000 years?