It really irks me to see countries like Germany turning away from clean energy like nuclear. Until fusion comes around, nuclear is the best choice we have for cheap and abundant power generation.
And they only really work when there is a capitalist escape hatch. When people no longer want to be part of a commune, it helps a lot when they can simply move back into the mainstream of society. Communes become oppressive when no escape hatch is available.
It's a system that prevents criminals from illegally copying digital media that they have no right to copy.
It has its flaws and there are many ways to circumvent the systems, but it's still the early stages of the technology so there will likely be better systems thought up as time goes on. It's a shame that so many criminals have ruined it for the rest of us.
I don't know about that. The FSF pushes *very* hard for a fully GPL-meaning of Free. Their stance seems to be that the GPL is the ultimate representation of Software Freedom, everything else is a suboptimal interpretation.
They can espouse whatever they want, but when they claim the word Freedom for their own purposes which are clearly less free than certain alternatives, they open themselves up for attack.
The richest terrorist on the lam must own some shares of Apple. After all, plastic is a petroleum-based product and Apple puts out lots of plastic. Heck, the iPod is a brick of plastic! If you support Apple, you are supporting the terrorists.
And lack of parking spaces is a result of organic city growth. They simply didn't plan on people having cars.
(I have available to me a cheap 40000 yen/mo parking space available to me in my apartment complex, but I haven't justified the price of owning the car yet.)
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Or...
We are fed up with the amateur hour entertainment provided by the Gnome and KDE crews. We've taken it upon ourselves to gather up all the crap out there and find those few nuggets of gold buried within lumps of clay.
Not really. The best thing that MS can do is let this work itself out on its own. If people want to illegally pirate (redundant?) movies, let them. The X-Box is designed to play games. It isn't designed to be a circumvention device. MS has nothing to worry about if they do nothing.
They really don't have room to add another floating bridge and neither Medina nor the other side of 520 is going to let them expand the highway anymore. Such an expansion wouldn't work too well anyway as the traffic will still need to funnel into two lanes each way once the bridge ends.
Putting everything underground gets rid of the problem of imminent domaining people's houses. I'm not sure about the earthquake problem, but if Japan's got miles of underground subway lines then there must be an engineering solution to even that.
. i think that the incredible existing traffic jams and jumbled narrow streets have a lot more to do with the 'low' car ownership in japan (and i'd hardly call it low, at that) and the japanese prediliction for public transport than some hyperbolic 'lack-of-individuality'.
Actually, it's probably a result of the organic growth of the Japanese city over the course of a couple centuries (at least). Imagine if Colonial Williamsburg grew into a metropolis the size of Tokyo and then they had retrofit automobile-worthy streets to it. You'd end up with the same type of mess as Tokyo.
If you leave the city and get out into the countryside, the roads generally tend to be a little wider and traffic (with less cars, admittedly) is much less stressful.
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It really irks me to see countries like Germany turning away from clean energy like nuclear. Until fusion comes around, nuclear is the best choice we have for cheap and abundant power generation.
Until the geeks of the world learn to curb their appetites for lower power and roaming Internet, we are going to see these clashes.
Unfortunately, it's likely we'll see the death of one or the other before the geeks ever learn to use what they are provided in moderation.
And they only really work when there is a capitalist escape hatch. When people no longer want to be part of a commune, it helps a lot when they can simply move back into the mainstream of society. Communes become oppressive when no escape hatch is available.
It's a system that prevents criminals from illegally copying digital media that they have no right to copy.
It has its flaws and there are many ways to circumvent the systems, but it's still the early stages of the technology so there will likely be better systems thought up as time goes on. It's a shame that so many criminals have ruined it for the rest of us.
NEVER!
Isn't that what you want to say Mikey?
Why the dig about DRM? Jeez, get over yourself.
"they'll never catch me... 'cuz I'm fucking innocent "
(great line, btw, my favorite song of theirs)
Hey boy where you coming from? Where'd you get that point of view? When I was younger I knew a motherfucker like you.
One hand to pump. The other to use the stylus. Do I need to spell it out for you?
<Insert goatse link here>
Haptic, my ass
I can't remember exactly...
Hello?? Welcome to Hallmark country.
Duh!
One bad apple spoils the whole damn bunch.
I don't know about that. The FSF pushes *very* hard for a fully GPL-meaning of Free. Their stance seems to be that the GPL is the ultimate representation of Software Freedom, everything else is a suboptimal interpretation.
They can espouse whatever they want, but when they claim the word Freedom for their own purposes which are clearly less free than certain alternatives, they open themselves up for attack.
Ichikawa. You can pick your jaw off the floor now.
Hey MJ, my spidey sense is tingling, if you know what I mean. *wink wink*
The richest terrorist on the lam must own some shares of Apple. After all, plastic is a petroleum-based product and Apple puts out lots of plastic. Heck, the iPod is a brick of plastic! If you support Apple, you are supporting the terrorists.
You hear me pudge??
Hey, if little green muppets are your thing, more power to you, man.
I'd love to see the charts that project increased Mac purchases versus increased iPod purchases without Mac purchase.
And lack of parking spaces is a result of organic city growth. They simply didn't plan on people having cars.
(I have available to me a cheap 40000 yen/mo parking space available to me in my apartment complex, but I haven't justified the price of owning the car yet.)
Nono. It's the Unix underneath the hood that's the killer app.
Is Apple simply not on the ball with this?
We are currently soliciting toolbar and other interface icons from the design community. This will enable developers to concentrate on making great software by offloading the creation of interface elements to skilled artists.
Or...
We are fed up with the amateur hour entertainment provided by the Gnome and KDE crews. We've taken it upon ourselves to gather up all the crap out there and find those few nuggets of gold buried within lumps of clay.
Not really. The best thing that MS can do is let this work itself out on its own. If people want to illegally pirate (redundant?) movies, let them. The X-Box is designed to play games. It isn't designed to be a circumvention device. MS has nothing to worry about if they do nothing.
They really don't have room to add another floating bridge and neither Medina nor the other side of 520 is going to let them expand the highway anymore. Such an expansion wouldn't work too well anyway as the traffic will still need to funnel into two lanes each way once the bridge ends.
Putting everything underground gets rid of the problem of imminent domaining people's houses. I'm not sure about the earthquake problem, but if Japan's got miles of underground subway lines then there must be an engineering solution to even that.
. i think that the incredible existing traffic jams and jumbled narrow streets have a lot more to do with the 'low' car ownership in japan (and i'd hardly call it low, at that) and the japanese prediliction for public transport than some hyperbolic 'lack-of-individuality'.
Actually, it's probably a result of the organic growth of the Japanese city over the course of a couple centuries (at least). Imagine if Colonial Williamsburg grew into a metropolis the size of Tokyo and then they had retrofit automobile-worthy streets to it. You'd end up with the same type of mess as Tokyo.
If you leave the city and get out into the countryside, the roads generally tend to be a little wider and traffic (with less cars, admittedly) is much less stressful.
Golden Week: Stay home or leave the country. There is no third choice.