I think this has literally been predicted for a thousand freaking years.
China was the most powerful nation a thousand years ago. (Maybe you weren't being literal though.)
Like the article says China's economy is presently growing 10.9% a year and 8% growth will continue for the into the future. So unless something very dramatic happens China will become an economic powerhouse.
In my opinion, the US has been so dominant for so long that we have become a bit arrogant and we believe that somehow we will always be the most powerful nation in the world. Don't get me wrong, I love America but I know that powers rise and fall.
I just hope China becomes more democratic and increases personal liberty as it becomes more capitalist.
One configuration would probably work for high-level programming in general. In terms of syntax, how differnt are C++, Java, Basic... Well, maybe languges I don't know are very different.
Also probably most regular languages are are better on Dvorak if they have the same vowels as English.
Nobody thinks Word 2000 is easy to use! It makes decisions for you and causes problems.
That being said there is the question of user-friendly to who? Generally user-friendly to a layman means the software makes certain decisions for you (because you don't understand). User-friendly to a geek means you can get under the hood and easily do what you want. Word 2000 makes the wrong decisions for you and is therefore not user-friendly to anyone and is worse than Word 97.
Notice that people rarely complain about GUI. GUI is great. It allows all users to work faster and doesn't disempower anyone. (The only possible problem is that it can tax the machine to much.)
P.S. You know drivers never complain about people who drive automatic transmission. (Stick isn't really that hard.) In fact, taxi drivers usually drive automatic transmission. Remember the customer (user) is always right. There is too much information in the world and if everyone was tech-savy there would be less jobs for us.
Actually the education is good its just as good in America if you were born in the right circumstnces. America lags behind other rich countries in education, but that is because we have a large lower class. So if you are poor and live in the inner city you recieve a poor education. If you have the money to go to private school or live in the suburbs or live in Iowa, you recieve an education comparable to what you get in Japan or whereever. But don't go be my spelling or grammar, I really am just lazy and stupid.
I agree. This article is intentionally vague. It does not say what their stances are because you might not agree. IMNVHO (in my not very humble opinion), it is really just propagada for the media companies and RIAA and whoever.
The article basically says:
You know there are people who say that there should be less freedom on the internet. They're smart and reputable and they have good points.
They (correctly) assume that most people will skim over the article, not think about it but assume these legal experts do have some good points.
He's just trying to get a reaction out of people. You should ignore him. But as long as I'm posting; the only thing more pathetic than a bully who has to do it over the computer so he doesn't get his ass kicked.
They were bad in the 80's but I think they've improved because of foriegn competitors. I think the car industry killed the demand for low-end cars because the used cars last longer.
yes, i did post before reading and I apologize. I make an ass out of myself every time I post. (I only get modded up if I make a really big ass though.) Replying to myself offtopic is pretty obnoxious so maybe it will all work out for the best...
I don't. I haven't filled up my 8 GB. I guess if you download lots of music and stuff an 80 GB would be nice but I think most people will never fill their hard drives.
The business is a victim of its own success just success just like the whole computer industry is or will be IMNVHO (in my not very humble opinion).
If they allowed people to do this it eventually would impact other customers. Btw they are a business and need money to survive. They are not monopolists they are the kind of business we need to support to fight monopolists.
if you are using an emulator you are stealing, there is NO grey areas about them. Just admit it you thief.
The article says they sell the console units at a loss so manufactures would probably want you to get an emulator. (Assuming your decision to buy/pirate the games is independent of your use of an emulator.)
I don't really know but I think that right-wing radio succeeds because people with long drives to the burbs listen to them.
Despite media claims that the media has a liberal bias, I think the the mainstream media is dominated by large corps who will either support a conservitive agenda or a very unappealing half-assed brand of liberalism. That's why you got all hilarious consertive blow-hards on. (I always watch them.) Any liberal on TV is wimp. (like Al Franken. I hate him.)
I think we should lobby for a law that says that a consumer could use the presently illegal techinque of prirating any IP of monopolists and price-fixers.
There's probably some truth to what Moby says and good! CD's are doomed because of the technology. Let's hope the record companies go out of business before another DMCA gets past.
The record companies are in the business of being a middle man (which we no longer need) and controlling what the radio will play.
Most bands make most of their money doing concrets. Non-platinum bands are almost always in debt to the record companies.
If you want to support your favorite bands go to concerts. They cost less than two CD's do.
When google started Yahoo was the super-dominant search engine. It seemed that no one could overthrow them. Why do you think google was able to become successful? Why did some people stop using Yahoo when it got the job done to try some new search engine? Did Google take any actions to help create a buzz? Do you think you'll overthrow Yahoo? Do you think a better search engine could come along and destroy you? How do you make sure this doesn't happen?
Thank you for your time. Thank you for providing a great search engine?
If nobody links to them or anything then it might be a page page full of lies. e.g. Evolution would return a page that says that hitler created the world in six days. Some unlinked page might be created by a lunatic who says hitler really created the world in seven days.
It's funny because I'm really drunk right now. So when I looked at that page I read like half way down trying to figure what a pigeon cluster was. Then I was like "Oh, they're joking. Very good, sir" (Sir is Cowboy Neal.) That's really something. Google put that on they're website?! btw I wish their were pigeons on the Supreme Court. Hey Mr. Silerstein! If your reading this, hire me. I'm the best programmer!
Impeachment is not getting thrown out of office. The congress impeaches the president. After impeachment there is a Senate hearing and the Senate can remove the president from office.
A good analogy if someone be accused of a crime. Impeachment would be analagous to incitement and removal from office would be analoagous to being found guilty.
Nixon and Clinton were both impeached.
I don't mean to be an ass, but it is not okay for adults or even teenagers to not know this. I get mad about techies who don't know this just as I get mad when normals brag about being bad at math. Of course it is also not okay to spell as badly as I do.
Grytpype's comment should be modded down to 1; it is incorrect.
It is official; Netcraft confirms: The Browser War is dying.
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered the Browser War community when IDC confirmed that the Browser War market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that the Browser War has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. The Browser War is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last [samag.com] in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin [amdest.com] to predict the Browser War's future. The hand writing is on the wall: the Browser War faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for the Browser War because the Browser War is dying. Things are looking very bad for the Browser War. As many of us are already aware, the Browser War continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
The Browser War on AOL is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core warriors. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time the Browser War on AOL warriorers Jordan Hubbard and Mike Smith only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: the Browser War is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
The Browser War.org leader Theo states that there are 7000 users of the Browser War. How many users of Galeon are there? Let's see. The number of the Browser War versus Galeon posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 Galeon users. Chimera posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of Galeon posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of Chimera. A recent article put the Browser War on AOL at about 80 percent of the the Browser War market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 the Browser War on AOL users. This is consistent with the number of the Browser War on AOL usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of the Browser War, abysmal sales and so on, the Browser War is going out of business and will probably be taken over by cnn.com who sell another troubled war. Now cnn.com is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that the Browser War has steadily declined in market share. The Browser War is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If the Browser War is to survive at all it will be among war dilettante dabblers. The Browser War continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, The Browser War is dead.
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China was the most powerful nation a thousand years ago. (Maybe you weren't being literal though.)
Like the article says China's economy is presently growing 10.9% a year and 8% growth will continue for the into the future. So unless something very dramatic happens China will become an economic powerhouse.
In my opinion, the US has been so dominant for so long that we have become a bit arrogant and we believe that somehow we will always be the most powerful nation in the world. Don't get me wrong, I love America but I know that powers rise and fall.
I just hope China becomes more democratic and increases personal liberty as it becomes more capitalist.
Just make up information. You can give a fake email. What difference does it make?
I don't know but the answer is 42.
Also probably most regular languages are are better on Dvorak if they have the same vowels as English.
That being said there is the question of user-friendly to who? Generally user-friendly to a layman means the software makes certain decisions for you (because you don't understand). User-friendly to a geek means you can get under the hood and easily do what you want. Word 2000 makes the wrong decisions for you and is therefore not user-friendly to anyone and is worse than Word 97.
Notice that people rarely complain about GUI. GUI is great. It allows all users to work faster and doesn't disempower anyone. (The only possible problem is that it can tax the machine to much.)
P.S. You know drivers never complain about people who drive automatic transmission. (Stick isn't really that hard.) In fact, taxi drivers usually drive automatic transmission. Remember the customer (user) is always right. There is too much information in the world and if everyone was tech-savy there would be less jobs for us.
Actually the education is good its just as good in America if you were born in the right circumstnces. America lags behind other rich countries in education, but that is because we have a large lower class. So if you are poor and live in the inner city you recieve a poor education. If you have the money to go to private school or live in the suburbs or live in Iowa, you recieve an education comparable to what you get in Japan or whereever. But don't go be my spelling or grammar, I really am just lazy and stupid.
I own this comment and I do not give you or slashdot.org permission to copy. Now I'm gonna sue you. HA! HA! HA!
The article basically says: You know there are people who say that there should be less freedom on the internet. They're smart and reputable and they have good points.
They (correctly) assume that most people will skim over the article, not think about it but assume these legal experts do have some good points.
He's just trying to get a reaction out of people. You should ignore him. But as long as I'm posting; the only thing more pathetic than a bully who has to do it over the computer so he doesn't get his ass kicked.
They were bad in the 80's but I think they've improved because of foriegn competitors. I think the car industry killed the demand for low-end cars because the used cars last longer.
yes, i did post before reading and I apologize. I make an ass out of myself every time I post. (I only get modded up if I make a really big ass though.) Replying to myself offtopic is pretty obnoxious so maybe it will all work out for the best...
The business is a victim of its own success just success just like the whole computer industry is or will be IMNVHO (in my not very humble opinion).
Rocket science is not a science. It is a form of engineering.
A peanut is neither a pea nor a nut.
The largest lake in the world is the Caspian Sea.
Who cares if it's on topic. It's interesting. Actually, I take that back. This is a story about technology and its effects on society.
If they allowed people to do this it eventually would impact other customers. Btw they are a business and need money to survive. They are not monopolists they are the kind of business we need to support to fight monopolists.
The article says they sell the console units at a loss so manufactures would probably want you to get an emulator. (Assuming your decision to buy/pirate the games is independent of your use of an emulator.)
Despite media claims that the media has a liberal bias, I think the the mainstream media is dominated by large corps who will either support a conservitive agenda or a very unappealing half-assed brand of liberalism. That's why you got all hilarious consertive blow-hards on. (I always watch them.) Any liberal on TV is wimp. (like Al Franken. I hate him.)
It's ironic that a left-wing magazine would have the kind of cash flow that conservatives want for the government. Too bad, so sad.
I think we should lobby for a law that says that a consumer could use the presently illegal techinque of prirating any IP of monopolists and price-fixers.
The record companies are in the business of being a middle man (which we no longer need) and controlling what the radio will play.
Most bands make most of their money doing concrets. Non-platinum bands are almost always in debt to the record companies.
If you want to support your favorite bands go to concerts. They cost less than two CD's do.
Thank you for your time. Thank you for providing a great search engine?
If nobody links to them or anything then it might be a page page full of lies. e.g. Evolution would return a page that says that hitler created the world in six days. Some unlinked page might be created by a lunatic who says hitler really created the world in seven days.
It's funny because I'm really drunk right now. So when I looked at that page I read like half way down trying to figure what a pigeon cluster was. Then I was like "Oh, they're joking. Very good, sir" (Sir is Cowboy Neal.) That's really something. Google put that on they're website?! btw I wish their were pigeons on the Supreme Court. Hey Mr. Silerstein! If your reading this, hire me. I'm the best programmer!
A good analogy if someone be accused of a crime. Impeachment would be analagous to incitement and removal from office would be analoagous to being found guilty.
Nixon and Clinton were both impeached.
I don't mean to be an ass, but it is not okay for adults or even teenagers to not know this. I get mad about techies who don't know this just as I get mad when normals brag about being bad at math. Of course it is also not okay to spell as badly as I do.
Grytpype's comment should be modded down to 1; it is incorrect.
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered the Browser War community when IDC confirmed that the Browser War market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that the Browser War has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. The Browser War is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last [samag.com] in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin [amdest.com] to predict the Browser War's future. The hand writing is on the wall: the Browser War faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for the Browser War because the Browser War is dying. Things are looking very bad for the Browser War. As many of us are already aware, the Browser War continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
The Browser War on AOL is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core warriors. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time the Browser War on AOL warriorers Jordan Hubbard and Mike Smith only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: the Browser War is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
The Browser War.org leader Theo states that there are 7000 users of the Browser War. How many users of Galeon are there? Let's see. The number of the Browser War versus Galeon posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 Galeon users. Chimera posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of Galeon posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of Chimera. A recent article put the Browser War on AOL at about 80 percent of the the Browser War market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 the Browser War on AOL users. This is consistent with the number of the Browser War on AOL usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of the Browser War, abysmal sales and so on, the Browser War is going out of business and will probably be taken over by cnn.com who sell another troubled war. Now cnn.com is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that the Browser War has steadily declined in market share. The Browser War is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If the Browser War is to survive at all it will be among war dilettante dabblers. The Browser War continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, The Browser War is dead.
Fact: The Browser War is dying