socialism is not contrary to freedom. Socialism is in fact designed to be freedom, freedom from poverty and medical expenses as well as personal freedom.
That may be the way socialism is designed, but it rarely works out that way in practice. I prefer having more personal freedom, and less government interference in my life, thank you. The freedom to choose what doctor I want to go to without a 6 month wait. The freedom to develop land that I own, the freedom to keep the money I earn instead of being mandated that I give it to someone else.
If you had to chose to live in North Korea or South Korea, which one would you pick?
I find it just as likely that Christianity as we know it was created by Saul of Tarsus, who morphed Jesus's teachings into something useful to the Romans.
Saul was executed by the Romans, and and the only use Nero had for Christians was to throw them to the lions.
For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Note that the 9 billion dollar credit is how much they got in 3 years.
FTA: From 2003 through 2005, TIME estimates, the synfuel industry raked in $9 billion in tax credits. That means the lucky few collectively cut their tax bills by that amount, which would be enough to cover a year's worth of federal taxes for 20 million Americans who make less than $20,000 a year and pay income taxes.
So while this tax loophole sucks, it's $3 billion a year not $9 billion. That means it's a year's worth of taxes for 6.6 million people who make 20K, not 20 million.
If someone invents something for which the barriers to entry are too high - why shouldn't they be able to license it to the existing companies. Instead of the existing companies just waiting 3 years and then using the invention anyway.
The problem is that it is not some guy tinkering in his garage that is getting and stockpiling patents. It's greedy IP firms. Maybe a compromise would be to allow individuals to sit on say X number of patents, but make it illegal for IP only firms to do the same thing. This way the little guy with no start up money is protected, but the IP firms (aka NTP, SCO, RAMBUS) can't just randomly patent ideas and sue manufacturers.
Another reality is that if a company actually manufactures a product, they are less likely to agressively enforce their patent portfolio --- because they are usually vulnerble to a countersuit for some other product they produce. IP only firms have no scruples in this matter since of course they produce nothing except lawsuits.
Part of the problem is that the refs were actually bending over backwards trying to *avoid* penalizing Seattle
You must have watched a different game, or you're from PA. That 'bending over backwards' cost Seattle 2 TDs and 161 yards. The game I saw Pittsburgh was outplayed in every category except officiating. Less yards, less first downs, less time of possesion, more turnovers. The great Stealer defense gave up almost 400 yards. The officiating kept the Steelers in the game, dispite them being outplayed. Lucky for them they had a 12th man wearing stripes every time they were defending in the red zone. Even that pinhead Madden pointed this out. The only thing they had going for them was officiating
Officiating in the NFL is either terrible or tainted. My personal opinion was that ths game was thrown. Maybe they wanted to give Bettis (who wasn't even a factor in the game) the ring, who knows. And the Steeler fans that are apologists now, were screaming blody murder in the Indy game (and with good reason).
Not really. ESPN had a poll the day after the game, and the majority (like 70%)from 48 states said the refs threw the game (exceptions being WV and PA). These results are despite the liklyhood that there are way more Steeler fans than Sehawk fans.
The Seattle 'big chance' plays were pretty much all called back on questionable penalties. And the Pitt big plays were given to them (the qb getting tackled on the 1 yard line and them calling it a TD comes to mind).
Geez, first time I've discussed sports on Slashdot.:)
Pretty much agree with you, with the following exception: no one says you have to borrow money. Anyone who borrows at 28% needs to be spanked. And as far as school loans go -It's a choice, and if you think borrowing to go to school is a bad idea, don't do it. Go to community school and a state school and you can easily get your degree without any debt. And if you don't wan't to pay half a million for a house in California, then move to the midwest and buy one for 50K-100K one year's income.
I did this once too. It fried my motherboard and left a serious stench in the house. Strangly enough, the module was okay, I popped it another system and it worked fine.
My first system was a vic-20. A couple of years later I got the 128 and was a happy boy. I think my was in 64 mode almost all the time as well, except for a word processing program that could do 80 columns.
Remember good old Fast Hack 'Em? It could copy almost anything.
Both sides misrepresent the other and set up straw men to knock down. ID = Creationism is a misrepresentation that evolutionists set up so they can easily dismiss any unanswered questions that ID presents.
Dilbert creator Scott Adamshas a good take on this.
Your example works great for companies that make products. But in this case NTP is an IP firm. They exist primarily to sue others who actually make things. Rambus is another example of this. By definition an IP firm never will make any products, as that would open them up to infringment lawsuits themselves.
I would say that unless your kid is some kind of chess prodigy, the best teacher is you. A little quality time between parent and child is of more value than a program or even a tutor, and your kid will appreciate it more.
Why not just block wmf files at your corporate site? That would be easier than applying an unofficial patch on all the systems, and then having to roll it back when the official MS patch comes out.
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That may be the way socialism is designed, but it rarely works out that way in practice. I prefer having more personal freedom, and less government interference in my life, thank you. The freedom to choose what doctor I want to go to without a 6 month wait. The freedom to develop land that I own, the freedom to keep the money I earn instead of being mandated that I give it to someone else.
If you had to chose to live in North Korea or South Korea, which one would you pick?
Saul was executed by the Romans, and and the only use Nero had for Christians was to throw them to the lions.
For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
What I want to know is why Slashdot is posting unsubstatiated rants from leftist sites, instead of news for nerds.
FTA: From 2003 through 2005, TIME estimates, the synfuel industry raked in $9 billion in tax credits. That means the lucky few collectively cut their tax bills by that amount, which would be enough to cover a year's worth of federal taxes for 20 million Americans who make less than $20,000 a year and pay income taxes.
So while this tax loophole sucks, it's $3 billion a year not $9 billion. That means it's a year's worth of taxes for 6.6 million people who make 20K, not 20 million.
The problem is that it is not some guy tinkering in his garage that is getting and stockpiling patents. It's greedy IP firms. Maybe a compromise would be to allow individuals to sit on say X number of patents, but make it illegal for IP only firms to do the same thing. This way the little guy with no start up money is protected, but the IP firms (aka NTP, SCO, RAMBUS) can't just randomly patent ideas and sue manufacturers.
Another reality is that if a company actually manufactures a product, they are less likely to agressively enforce their patent portfolio --- because they are usually vulnerble to a countersuit for some other product they produce. IP only firms have no scruples in this matter since of course they produce nothing except lawsuits.
You must have watched a different game, or you're from PA. That 'bending over backwards' cost Seattle 2 TDs and 161 yards. The game I saw Pittsburgh was outplayed in every category except officiating. Less yards, less first downs, less time of possesion, more turnovers. The great Stealer defense gave up almost 400 yards. The officiating kept the Steelers in the game, dispite them being outplayed. Lucky for them they had a 12th man wearing stripes every time they were defending in the red zone. Even that pinhead Madden pointed this out. The only thing they had going for them was officiating
Officiating in the NFL is either terrible or tainted. My personal opinion was that ths game was thrown. Maybe they wanted to give Bettis (who wasn't even a factor in the game) the ring, who knows. And the Steeler fans that are apologists now, were screaming blody murder in the Indy game (and with good reason).
The Seattle 'big chance' plays were pretty much all called back on questionable penalties. And the Pitt big plays were given to them (the qb getting tackled on the 1 yard line and them calling it a TD comes to mind).
Geez, first time I've discussed sports on Slashdot. :)
Pretty much agree with you, with the following exception: no one says you have to borrow money. Anyone who borrows at 28% needs to be spanked. And as far as school loans go -It's a choice, and if you think borrowing to go to school is a bad idea, don't do it. Go to community school and a state school and you can easily get your degree without any debt. And if you don't wan't to pay half a million for a house in California, then move to the midwest and buy one for 50K-100K one year's income.
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According to TFA you can use mohammad.
I did this once too. It fried my motherboard and left a serious stench in the house. Strangly enough, the module was okay, I popped it another system and it worked fine.
Remember good old Fast Hack 'Em? It could copy almost anything.
It will take you about 24 hours. :)
oops, this link might be better.
Wallace and Gromit found plenty of cheese the bright side. Watch out for the skiing coin operated fridge though...
Dilbert creator Scott Adamshas a good take on this.
Your example works great for companies that make products. But in this case NTP is an IP firm. They exist primarily to sue others who actually make things. Rambus is another example of this. By definition an IP firm never will make any products, as that would open them up to infringment lawsuits themselves.
I would say that unless your kid is some kind of chess prodigy, the best teacher is you. A little quality time between parent and child is of more value than a program or even a tutor, and your kid will appreciate it more.
They won't pay any taxes that way, but their attorney will take 40%. ;)
Actually, they bought Powerpoint too - from a company called Forethought, back in 1987.
Why not just block wmf files at your corporate site? That would be easier than applying an unofficial patch on all the systems, and then having to roll it back when the official MS patch comes out.
In this case the embryonic controversy does not apply. According TFA, they are using stem cells derived from the patient's own bone marrow.
Sgt. Bauer: Turned injun, didn't yeh?
Good point Miscrosoft does this all the time - Office and Works, XP pro and XP home.