Planes carry more than passengers and their luggage. Airlines have contracts to carry other items as well. This adds something in the way of efficiency. Even if it is hard to calculate with respect to passenger miles per gallon.
Vista will succeed or fail based on other characteristics of the OS, not DRM. The DRM will not push folks to Linux en masse. It will make many folks stop and think. What we will see (and I state this with absolute confidence) is the emergence of new players in content/media provision. Artists will, in larger numbers, begin to think differently about signing with the major labels when there are successful peers working outside of this "system". Content "consumers" will increasingly look to new sources for their music/etc. This takes time because new content is a tiny tip of the iceberg. Tight control over back catalogs is an important cash cow to the current, dominant players, insuring their continued relevance for years to come. Nevertheless, change is coming.
It is alleged that "...it would be cheaper to pay farmers not to farm than...(nonsensical, but inflammatory language)". How so? By that logic, we pay them to produce nothing vs. paying them (admittedly above market rates) to produce valuable commodities, food and electricity. Check the cost of milk vs. inflation. Check it vs. the cost of energy. It starts to look like a bargain doesn't it? Check the farmer's share of a dollar spent on milk and you'll see most of the increase in the price of milk is going not to the farmer, but to all the handlers, marketers and others further down the supply chain.
The 4c paid per KWH of electricity would most likely be temporary. It would be an incentive and source of capitalization for the equipment needed to begin producing the electricity. Viewed that way, it is a very good idea. The technology is sound. The practice is economically sound, especially when compared to the practice of burning nonrenewables. Speaking as a former dairy farmer, I am aware of farmers who have built the systems for this, and their experience with payback. A little help with the beginning stages is all that is needed and is mutually beneficial. Long term, 4c is not really needed. Just being able to sell excess power (beyond that needed by the dairy farm itself) at, or just slightly above, market rates is sufficient.
Actually, the 2% is less than what most merchants effectively give up when they receive purchases by cc. Here, the buyer pays. Trust me, merchants will be happy to favor a system where the buyer pays for processing the transaction, as long as the Google system is as fair to them as the terms of their merchant acct (not too hard at all).
Actually, you should be the one setting the breaking point, because you are the one flinging the hyperbolic label, the ad hominen attack. I would guess you have spent zero time with the people who have been harmed by kiddie porn... the parents, the children and the pedos too. When you do, then try climbing back into your position and see how it feels. No enforcement and no attempt at protection is going to be perfect. Mix with the victims a bit and see if you think that due to all the imperfections we should simply not try. You might disagree with the poster, but you have not come up with anything better.
Reality is much more complicated than you suggest. Years ago, when Sun Myung Moon was under assault by the IRS, Jerry Falwell et. al made statements supporting religious status for the Moonies.
If Opera crashes constantly, then you have a plugin or file corruption issue. Do you really think it could be THAT bad otherwise?
Firefox a security nightmare? What are you smoking? The security issues that pop up are almost never as serious as those that face IE, an unpatched Firefox is still quite a bit safer than IE. I know, because I have to clean up the messes that IE leaves for folks that use it. Never have I had a PC infected with a trojan, spyware or virus that used Firefox exclusively for browsing
I know Christian bashing is popular on Slashdot, but it merely displays ignorance of the diversity of those who call themselves "Christian". For example, the first Christians were model citizens but refused to recognize the "godhood" of the emperor. You may disagree with them (Switchfoot), loathe them, but they are doing what they believe is right. If you take care to analyze the situation, you WILL respect them... and avoid the snide comments.
I take every claim to be "Christian" with a grain of salt. I examine the evidence to see whether the claim is valid (admittedly according to my fallible judgment) and then comment. I have a lot of respect for this band.
The problem is... you'll decide it's too much trouble to get to the bottom of it and pass on a chance to help. Maybe I'm wrong, but apathy conveniently finds excuses to do nothing.
Exact Audio Copy has a record feature. You can even do some basic editing of the waves... removing noise, selecting a range and doing a "save selection as" to divide tracks. It also does a great job ripping CDs.
The 'X' in Xmas is actually the same Greek "Chi" that begins the word "Christ." According to one source, the first recorded appearance of this shorthand "Xmas" (pronounced "KRIS-mus") is 1555.
You must remember that Opera (and I would presume other browsers as well) can identify itself as IE of any version to the site serving up the pages. This is even the default setting upon install. How valid are your numbers under these circumstances?
It would be tempting to think of this as a "free" source of energy. We have to remember that we probably can't stick these plants everywhere because the oceans are the engine behind our weather.
What are they thinking? This again supposes that people are generally crooks and "steal" content. Attaching a levy only serves to tell folks who are on the fence that it's ok, since you are PAYING FOR IT ANYWAY!
This AC is quite right. Apparently someone modded him/her down because they are an idiot who can't stand to deal with the logic. No doubt, they are quite zealous about censorship issues in spite of the fact that they modded down (it would seem) with the intent of burying the viewpoint.
I'll take a stand and agree (posting non-anonymously) that ethics and morality have an important role in every scientific endeavour. Just becasuse we can doesn't mean we should.
I've often wondered why the modem manufacturers can't make a modem that will answer all the calls, and if the caller knows (and dials) your "extension" the modem would then make the phone connected to it ring. Granted this would entail a more sophisticated modem then the junk that is marketed to the masses, but I don't think the tech hurdles are that large. I've longed to see such a modem sold and would even have no problem pushing it into the systems my company builds. I've suggested this to the modem manufacturers but noone is making the modem yet.
I'm probably getting close to 150 UCEs a day, but I hardly see them. What is getting me upset is that folks are sending me email about UCEs that they get with a reply-to address that is my own. The forgeries are really getting out of hand, and some users can't seem to understand that no, the messages didn't come from me. Teaching them to read the headers is a pain. Tracing the source of some of these messages has typically taken me offshore to some fly-by-night operation that moves to another ISP 2x a week.
To those who think no laws are needed... Why when the spammer is forging your address should you (rather than law enforcement) be the one who has to track down the offender and say "please just stop" (using my address as the reply-to address)? There should be legal recourse and significant penalties for forging in this way. Penalties large enough to get the 100 % contingency based legal lions excited. Personally, I'd love to turn 'em loose.
I find it interesting that this story has generated so few comments. Apparently, there is little interest in the political process that will actually determine the balance of rights moving ahead. I guess many would rather complain after the decisions are already made.
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Planes carry more than passengers and their luggage. Airlines have contracts to carry other items as well. This adds something in the way of efficiency. Even if it is hard to calculate with respect to passenger miles per gallon.
Vista will succeed or fail based on other characteristics of the OS, not DRM. The DRM will not push folks to Linux en masse. It will make many folks stop and think. What we will see (and I state this with absolute confidence) is the emergence of new players in content/media provision. Artists will, in larger numbers, begin to think differently about signing with the major labels when there are successful peers working outside of this "system". Content "consumers" will increasingly look to new sources for their music/etc. This takes time because new content is a tiny tip of the iceberg. Tight control over back catalogs is an important cash cow to the current, dominant players, insuring their continued relevance for years to come. Nevertheless, change is coming.
It is alleged that "...it would be cheaper to pay farmers not to farm than...(nonsensical, but inflammatory language)". How so? By that logic, we pay them to produce nothing vs. paying them (admittedly above market rates) to produce valuable commodities, food and electricity. Check the cost of milk vs. inflation. Check it vs. the cost of energy. It starts to look like a bargain doesn't it? Check the farmer's share of a dollar spent on milk and you'll see most of the increase in the price of milk is going not to the farmer, but to all the handlers, marketers and others further down the supply chain.
The 4c paid per KWH of electricity would most likely be temporary. It would be an incentive and source of capitalization for the equipment needed to begin producing the electricity. Viewed that way, it is a very good idea. The technology is sound. The practice is economically sound, especially when compared to the practice of burning nonrenewables. Speaking as a former dairy farmer, I am aware of farmers who have built the systems for this, and their experience with payback. A little help with the beginning stages is all that is needed and is mutually beneficial. Long term, 4c is not really needed. Just being able to sell excess power (beyond that needed by the dairy farm itself) at, or just slightly above, market rates is sufficient.
Actually, the 2% is less than what most merchants effectively give up when they receive purchases by cc. Here, the buyer pays. Trust me, merchants will be happy to favor a system where the buyer pays for processing the transaction, as long as the Google system is as fair to them as the terms of their merchant acct (not too hard at all).
A logical choice would be the EPA. The model might be their regulation of pesticides, etc.
Actually, you should be the one setting the breaking point, because you are the one flinging the hyperbolic label, the ad hominen attack. I would guess you have spent zero time with the people who have been harmed by kiddie porn... the parents, the children and the pedos too. When you do, then try climbing back into your position and see how it feels. No enforcement and no attempt at protection is going to be perfect. Mix with the victims a bit and see if you think that due to all the imperfections we should simply not try. You might disagree with the poster, but you have not come up with anything better.
Reality is much more complicated than you suggest. Years ago, when Sun Myung Moon was under assault by the IRS, Jerry Falwell et. al made statements supporting religious status for the Moonies.
If Opera crashes constantly, then you have a plugin or file corruption issue. Do you really think it could be THAT bad otherwise?
Firefox a security nightmare? What are you smoking? The security issues that pop up are almost never as serious as those that face IE, an unpatched Firefox is still quite a bit safer than IE. I know, because I have to clean up the messes that IE leaves for folks that use it. Never have I had a PC infected with a trojan, spyware or virus that used Firefox exclusively for browsing
I know Christian bashing is popular on Slashdot, but it merely displays ignorance of the diversity of those who call themselves "Christian". For example, the first Christians were model citizens but refused to recognize the "godhood" of the emperor. You may disagree with them (Switchfoot), loathe them, but they are doing what they believe is right. If you take care to analyze the situation, you WILL respect them... and avoid the snide comments. I take every claim to be "Christian" with a grain of salt. I examine the evidence to see whether the claim is valid (admittedly according to my fallible judgment) and then comment. I have a lot of respect for this band.
The problem is... you'll decide it's too much trouble to get to the bottom of it and pass on a chance to help. Maybe I'm wrong, but apathy conveniently finds excuses to do nothing.
Exact Audio Copy has a record feature. You can even do some basic editing of the waves... removing noise, selecting a range and doing a "save selection as" to divide tracks. It also does a great job ripping CDs.
The 'X' in Xmas is actually the same Greek "Chi" that begins the word "Christ." According to one source, the first recorded appearance of this shorthand "Xmas" (pronounced "KRIS-mus") is 1555.
You must remember that Opera (and I would presume other browsers as well) can identify itself as IE of any version to the site serving up the pages. This is even the default setting upon install. How valid are your numbers under these circumstances?
It would be tempting to think of this as a "free" source of energy. We have to remember that we probably can't stick these plants everywhere because the oceans are the engine behind our weather.
What are they thinking? This again supposes that people are generally crooks and "steal" content. Attaching a levy only serves to tell folks who are on the fence that it's ok, since you are PAYING FOR IT ANYWAY!
This AC is quite right. Apparently someone modded him/her down because they are an idiot who can't stand to deal with the logic. No doubt, they are quite zealous about censorship issues in spite of the fact that they modded down (it would seem) with the intent of burying the viewpoint. I'll take a stand and agree (posting non-anonymously) that ethics and morality have an important role in every scientific endeavour. Just becasuse we can doesn't mean we should.
I've often wondered why the modem manufacturers can't make a modem that will answer all the calls, and if the caller knows (and dials) your "extension" the modem would then make the phone connected to it ring. Granted this would entail a more sophisticated modem then the junk that is marketed to the masses, but I don't think the tech hurdles are that large. I've longed to see such a modem sold and would even have no problem pushing it into the systems my company builds. I've suggested this to the modem manufacturers but noone is making the modem yet.
I'm probably getting close to 150 UCEs a day, but I hardly see them. What is getting me upset is that folks are sending me email about UCEs that they get with a reply-to address that is my own. The forgeries are really getting out of hand, and some users can't seem to understand that no, the messages didn't come from me. Teaching them to read the headers is a pain. Tracing the source of some of these messages has typically taken me offshore to some fly-by-night operation that moves to another ISP 2x a week.
To those who think no laws are needed... Why when the spammer is forging your address should you (rather than law enforcement) be the one who has to track down the offender and say "please just stop" (using my address as the reply-to address)? There should be legal recourse and significant penalties for forging in this way. Penalties large enough to get the 100 % contingency based legal lions excited. Personally, I'd love to turn 'em loose.
I find it interesting that this story has generated so few comments. Apparently, there is little interest in the political process that will actually determine the balance of rights moving ahead. I guess many would rather complain after the decisions are already made.