It went out under their name; it's theirs. I don't really care whether the cause was actual malice or "just" gross incompetence. Either way, no Sony software is getting near my computers.
I may not have been clear. I know perfectly well that the Discovery Institute consists of a bunch of anti-science charlatans, and how they're marketing the petition. As I recall several scientists who signed the petition did so because they thought current theories of evolution were incomplete (as opposed to wrong), and were annoyed that their names have been subsequently used to support creationism.
When speaking to a mainstream audience and to the media, the Institute portrays ID as a secular, scientific theory, that the teaching the controversy campaign does not promote ID, and that their agenda is not religiously motivated. But when speaking to what the Wedge document calls their "natural constituency, namely (conservative) Christians," the Institute's officers express themselves in unambiguously religious language that contradicts these statements.
Of course. The Dover trial showed how blatantly they're willing to lie. But hey, it's for our own good so we don't burn in hell...
That "anti-evolution" statement is basically meaningless. Here's what it says:
"We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged."
Note that it does not say that evolution didn't happen, or that the complexity of life requires an active designer. Equating agreement with that statement to support for intelligent design is fundamentally dishonest, and thus exactly what we should expect from neo-creationists.
- Words like asshole,... are now banned from our airwaves. - Janet Jackson's boobs. - Howard Stern censorship.
I'm no fan of the FCC, but there's a plausible argument that public airwaves should be regulated because of the limited frequencies available. Their attempts to expand regulation to cable and satellite are of course BS.
- Everyone gets outraged and boycotts music groups for expressing themselves about government officials.
That's not censorship.
- My friends get arrested and ticketed on the lake or on the street in Vegas for displaying their breasts.
In my case, because it works perfectly. I don't have HD (can't even get OTA reception since I moved), and for SD even the 1.25GHz G4 is overkill for DVR stuff.
Pathetic CPU power that's struggle to expand HD.
They're Intel now. A 1.67GHZ Core Duo for $800 isn't "pathetic". The integrated graphics on the other hand...
the Liberatarian only sees direct violence as worth stopping
They also recognize fraud as a violation of rights. So in Libertopia there would be no FDA, but you still couldn't falsely claim that the drug you're selling cures cancer, and if it had known negative side effects you would probably be liable if you didn't disclose them. This would likely give rise to one or more private certification agencies.
I'm only a small-l libertarian so I don't necessarily advocate going this far, but it's not implausible.
Gambling is a game of luck, NYSE is a game of skill.
One could argue the reverse is true. In poker, skill is much more important than luck in the long term. And if you believe the efficient market hypothesis, stock markets are mostly luck. (Although with a positive expected value, unlike most forms of gambling).
Well speaking personally, I'm going to buy a MacBook Pro and install XP on it purely to piss off you and the rest of the Apple zealots. For an encore I'm then going to video myself smashing it into thousands of little pieces and post it on the net.
As an Apple shareholder, I recommend you buy *many* Macs and destroy them in creative ways.
Several years ago when I had no credit record I applied for a Discover card. On the same day a few weeks later, I received two pieces of mail: a rejection of my application due to insufficient history, and a offer to sign up for a Discover card.
I'm not saying it's a cornerstone of society, but I am saying that they pump a shit load of cash into the economy. And in that respect, Wow is very important.
Obviously the point he was trying to make is a good one, otherwise people wouldn't be so pissed off about it.
Obviously SCO's case is valid, otherwise people wouldn't be so pissed off about it.
On the other if that free speech is used to make a point about people being irresponsible in their use of it, then obviously "he should just shut the hell up."
"He should shut the hell up" is quite different from "the government should throw him in prison".
From my view, virtually every practice in the free market, even those that are applauded, are of marginal ethics and morality at best. The basic premise of taking as much wealth as possible from others because you are clever enough to win it at their expense makes the entire pile of rubbish stink.
Free markets are not zero-sum. Wealth can be created, not just "taken", and capitalism encourages that better than the alternatives.
Yeah. And don't get me started on those slackers who check on their spouses and kids using company phones.
Prior to the internet, instant messaging, skype, etc. there were actually jobs and people got things done.
GDP statistics would indicate that this remains true.
Now there's the internet and people seem to feel (and I certainly notice this attitude on slashdot) that it's some kind of right for anyone in the company to check the news, view personal email, surf the web, even post on blogs, all on work time. Remarkable.
Even more shocking: at my office people regularly have conversations about non-work-related topics, and they don't see anything wrong with that. They might as well be breaking into the petty cash drawer.
Seriously, if people are getting their jobs done, why do you care?
However, I just don't see the logic for even making a brief stop in IA-32 land.
Look at the Core Duo vs G4 performance. That's why. Sure, Apple would have preferred to go 64-bit across the board, but then they'd be stuck selling pathetically underpowered systems for at least another year.
Seconded. The only danger of learning Python is that it might make one less willing to put up with the silly limitations, inelegance, and verbosity of "mainstream" languages. Or maybe that's just me.
The problem is most libertarians don't study economics- they read Ayn Rand and a few websites rather than Wealth of Nations and think they know everything.
Yeah, like that moron Milton Friedman. Sure, some libertarians do not have a firm understanding of economics. This is also true for some (many) liberals. And yet actual economists who do know what they're talking about tend to hold more libertarian views than the general public.
I know Steve Jobs has said that their customers do not want to watch TV on their Macs, but wouldn't be an Mac mini Tivo be a killer application?
I have my PPC mini hooked up to my TV and acting as a DVR with an EyeTV 200. Works great, and using VNC I can also play AVIs and such through VLC. (Ack, TLA overload). It's a rather geeky setup, but Apple certainly has the capability to wrap this functionality in a friendly interface. I suspect a major reason why they haven't is to avoid angering the Hollywood lobby, who wants all DVRs dead or crippled to the point of uselessness, and whom Apple depends on for iTMS content.
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Hell, it wasn't even Sony's rootkit, either.
It went out under their name; it's theirs. I don't really care whether the cause was actual malice or "just" gross incompetence. Either way, no Sony software is getting near my computers.
I may not have been clear. I know perfectly well that the Discovery Institute consists of a bunch of anti-science charlatans, and how they're marketing the petition. As I recall several scientists who signed the petition did so because they thought current theories of evolution were incomplete (as opposed to wrong), and were annoyed that their names have been subsequently used to support creationism.
When speaking to a mainstream audience and to the media, the Institute portrays ID as a secular, scientific theory, that the teaching the controversy campaign does not promote ID, and that their agenda is not religiously motivated. But when speaking to what the Wedge document calls their "natural constituency, namely (conservative) Christians," the Institute's officers express themselves in unambiguously religious language that contradicts these statements.
Of course. The Dover trial showed how blatantly they're willing to lie. But hey, it's for our own good so we don't burn in hell...
Nah. Chloe doesn't care what anybody else thinks, and besides most people who attempt to talk to her quickly realize that's a bad idea.
I really hope she gets to avenge Edgar...
Can you define "NT" versus "non-NT"?
I believe in this context NT is "neurotypical", meaning not Aspergers/autistic.
- Words like asshole, ... are now banned from our airwaves.
- Janet Jackson's boobs.
- Howard Stern censorship.
I'm no fan of the FCC, but there's a plausible argument that public airwaves should be regulated because of the limited frequencies available. Their attempts to expand regulation to cable and satellite are of course BS.
- Everyone gets outraged and boycotts music groups for expressing themselves about government officials.
That's not censorship.
- My friends get arrested and ticketed on the lake or on the street in Vegas for displaying their breasts.
Nor is that.
Why would you put a mac mini under the telly?
In my case, because it works perfectly. I don't have HD (can't even get OTA reception since I moved), and for SD even the 1.25GHz G4 is overkill for DVR stuff.
Pathetic CPU power that's struggle to expand HD.
They're Intel now. A 1.67GHZ Core Duo for $800 isn't "pathetic". The integrated graphics on the other hand...
Cato isn't Libertarian as such. They do tend to support economic and civil liberty more than most Republicans, especially recently.
I'm betting that this is too esoteric to resonate with the mainstream.
Sadly this is probably true.
the Liberatarian only sees direct violence as worth stopping
They also recognize fraud as a violation of rights. So in Libertopia there would be no FDA, but you still couldn't falsely claim that the drug you're selling cures cancer, and if it had known negative side effects you would probably be liable if you didn't disclose them. This would likely give rise to one or more private certification agencies.
I'm only a small-l libertarian so I don't necessarily advocate going this far, but it's not implausible.
Gambling is a game of luck, NYSE is a game of skill.
One could argue the reverse is true. In poker, skill is much more important than luck in the long term. And if you believe the efficient market hypothesis, stock markets are mostly luck. (Although with a positive expected value, unlike most forms of gambling).
Well speaking personally, I'm going to buy a MacBook Pro and install XP on it purely to piss off you and the rest of the Apple zealots. For an encore I'm then going to video myself smashing it into thousands of little pieces and post it on the net.
As an Apple shareholder, I recommend you buy *many* Macs and destroy them in creative ways.
Ah, but I don't think Virtual PC works under Rosetta, does it?
It doesn't. Q does, but XP doesn't quite work on it yet.
Several years ago when I had no credit record I applied for a Discover card. On the same day a few weeks later, I received two pieces of mail: a rejection of my application due to insufficient history, and a offer to sign up for a Discover card.
I'm not saying it's a cornerstone of society, but I am saying that they pump a shit load of cash into the economy. And in that respect, Wow is very important.
The broken window fallacy strikes again.
These guys proxy Google and claim to keep no permanent records.
Obviously the point he was trying to make is a good one, otherwise people wouldn't be so pissed off about it.
Obviously SCO's case is valid, otherwise people wouldn't be so pissed off about it.
On the other if that free speech is used to make a point about people being irresponsible in their use of it, then obviously "he should just shut the hell up."
"He should shut the hell up" is quite different from "the government should throw him in prison".
From my view, virtually every practice in the free market, even those that are applauded, are of marginal ethics and morality at best. The basic premise of taking as much wealth as possible from others because you are clever enough to win it at their expense makes the entire pile of rubbish stink.
Free markets are not zero-sum. Wealth can be created, not just "taken", and capitalism encourages that better than the alternatives.
Email should be for work only.
Yeah. And don't get me started on those slackers who check on their spouses and kids using company phones.
Prior to the internet, instant messaging, skype, etc. there were actually jobs and people got things done.
GDP statistics would indicate that this remains true.
Now there's the internet and people seem to feel (and I certainly notice this attitude on slashdot) that it's some kind of right for anyone in the company to check the news, view personal email, surf the web, even post on blogs, all on work time. Remarkable.
Even more shocking: at my office people regularly have conversations about non-work-related topics, and they don't see anything wrong with that. They might as well be breaking into the petty cash drawer.
Seriously, if people are getting their jobs done, why do you care?
However, I just don't see the logic for even making a brief stop in IA-32 land.
Look at the Core Duo vs G4 performance. That's why. Sure, Apple would have preferred to go 64-bit across the board, but then they'd be stuck selling pathetically underpowered systems for at least another year.
Seconded. The only danger of learning Python is that it might make one less willing to put up with the silly limitations, inelegance, and verbosity of "mainstream" languages. Or maybe that's just me.
It's because walking around with a Sony MP3 player won't get you laid.
Note to self: locate and reread iPod instruction manual.
The problem is most libertarians don't study economics- they read Ayn Rand and a few websites rather than Wealth of Nations and think they know everything.
Yeah, like that moron Milton Friedman. Sure, some libertarians do not have a firm understanding of economics. This is also true for some (many) liberals. And yet actual economists who do know what they're talking about tend to hold more libertarian views than the general public.
I'm saying, "To think that someone could immerse themselves in violence and come away unaffected is idiocy."
Promote peace, kill more bad guys.
Heh.
How much CPU power do you really need? There should be discounted PPC minis hitting the market shortly.
If I do decide to go with the macMini route, are there any OpenSource IDE's out there?
Eclipse works for Java, but you might as well use Xcode for (Objective-)C(++). Sure it's not open source, but neither is OS X itself.
I know Steve Jobs has said that their customers do not want to watch TV on their Macs, but wouldn't be an Mac mini Tivo be a killer application?
I have my PPC mini hooked up to my TV and acting as a DVR with an EyeTV 200. Works great, and using VNC I can also play AVIs and such through VLC. (Ack, TLA overload). It's a rather geeky setup, but Apple certainly has the capability to wrap this functionality in a friendly interface. I suspect a major reason why they haven't is to avoid angering the Hollywood lobby, who wants all DVRs dead or crippled to the point of uselessness, and whom Apple depends on for iTMS content.