Foxit seems to be working quite well for me, though I won't claim to have put it through its paces. Frankly, it's size and speed make any concessions to things like fileopen acceptable.
Agreed, WinAmp is quite good! Much better than MMJB!
> Universal wants to set the price on the music that iTunes sells, Steve Jobs says no, its my business we are selling songs for 99 cents.
Your entire post was mindlessly stupid but the above sentence illuminates the quality of this discussion. Unless Apple has started talent scouting and recording artists, exactly what business is Jobs operating except the selling of intellectual property that belongs to someone else? You know, a someone else who has a right to ask for a renegotiation of the terms of their contract if they desire to once the present contract is concluded?
That didn't stop Bill Clinton from retroactively raising taxes back to January 1, 1993 -- an amazing feat given that he wasn't president until three weeks after that date.
It's rather simple. RIAA stories on/., no matter how trivial they are, generate page views and therefore generate more money thanks to banner ads. We play into/.'s biased and obvious "reporting" by clicking on RIAA headlines. We're just as much to blame as the "editors" of this web site.
> So, yes. Interstellar travel and colonization is practically impossible, just like heavier-than-air flight, submarines, armored war vehicles, ubiquitous pocket phones, and a worldwide information network.
You must tell me where the Laws of Physics were invoked to declare heavier-than-air flight, submarines, armored war vehicles, ubiquitous pocket phones, and a worldwide information network to be impossible. While interstellar travel and colonization are not impossible, FTL is required to make them practical. Unless we upend physics as we know it, that simply won't happen.
> The first three quarters of Anno Domini had next to no scientific progress at all, because people didn't care to look at the world.
Spoken like a man who has read no history. The first three quarters of Anno Domini may have went off on some weird tangents, scientifically speaking, but humans have always tried to explain their world.
My apologies, is that the country that keeps track of every automobile entering London and combed through all data, fax and voice traffic years before the Bush DOJ revived the Carnivore program?
For all the screaming about the USA PATRIOT Act, I'd rather live in the U.S. than England if privacy was my concern.
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As in Wall Street!
Foxit seems to be working quite well for me, though I won't claim to have put it through its paces. Frankly, it's size and speed make any concessions to things like fileopen acceptable.
Agreed, WinAmp is quite good! Much better than MMJB!
My sincerest thanks!
Most charities I would let it slide but not with the American Red Cross, not after some of the games they've been caught playing with donations.
> Except, well, they actually do.
Except, well, no one has ever actually reported receiving a cheque.
And yet singles (1870s) existed before music playing radio stations (early 1900s).
> Ameria is still ruled by the 'get rich quick' mentality, moreso than other cultures [IMHO].
No, America is merely the best at it. *Everyone* wants to get quick rich.
That might be the reason.
Your entire post was mindlessly stupid but the above sentence illuminates the quality of this discussion. Unless Apple has started talent scouting and recording artists, exactly what business is Jobs operating except the selling of intellectual property that belongs to someone else? You know, a someone else who has a right to ask for a renegotiation of the terms of their contract if they desire to once the present contract is concluded?
That didn't stop Bill Clinton from retroactively raising taxes back to January 1, 1993 -- an amazing feat given that he wasn't president until three weeks after that date.
Can't compete? Call the gub'ment! It's the Netscape story all over again!
Google actually has me cheering for Microsoft.
I'd kiss you for bringing Lclock to my attention alone.
Physician, heal thyself. It's http://www.launchy.net/.
It's almost pathetic to see one out of touch OS fanatic bash another.
I've heard. I use Firefox with Adblock :-)
If I had mod points I'd give you some. The NY/NJ film industry was indeed closed to the Jews who eventually migrated West to start the studios.
It's rather simple. RIAA stories on /., no matter how trivial they are, generate page views and therefore generate more money thanks to banner ads. We play into /.'s biased and obvious "reporting" by clicking on RIAA headlines. We're just as much to blame as the "editors" of this web site.
As long as we're quoting Clarke, how about "We'll never conquer space." (1962)
'Nuff said.
> So, yes. Interstellar travel and colonization is practically impossible, just like heavier-than-air flight, submarines, armored war vehicles, ubiquitous pocket phones, and a worldwide information network.
You must tell me where the Laws of Physics were invoked to declare heavier-than-air flight, submarines, armored war vehicles, ubiquitous pocket phones, and a worldwide information network to be impossible. While interstellar travel and colonization are not impossible, FTL is required to make them practical. Unless we upend physics as we know it, that simply won't happen.
> The first three quarters of Anno Domini had next to no scientific progress at all, because people didn't care to look at the world.
Spoken like a man who has read no history. The first three quarters of Anno Domini may have went off on some weird tangents, scientifically speaking, but humans have always tried to explain their world.
My apologies, is that the country that keeps track of every automobile entering London and combed through all data, fax and voice traffic years before the Bush DOJ revived the Carnivore program?
For all the screaming about the USA PATRIOT Act, I'd rather live in the U.S. than England if privacy was my concern.
Oh please. Atheists are some of the judgmental people on Earth and I say that as an atheist myself.
It's twitter with another uninformed opinion!
No one, including the copyright holder, would stop you from singing Happy Birthday. You simply can't use the song for commercial purposes.
A haberdashery has always been a place that sells men's clothing and accessories. It doesn't matter what definition you use, the error is the same.
Jobs, by all accounts, remains a bit of a twat. An exceptionally talented and successful twat, but a twat nonetheless.
Wow, I haven't typed the word "twat" in more than a decade and today I type it four times in one post.