--There are some tools with no reasonable purpose besides evil.--
Please name one? I think you will have a tough time making that argument.
That being said, let's look at who is using the tool and for what purpose. Almost anything that has a benificial use can also be used for evil. Just look at email/spam.
>>A big part of that was to convince people NOT to buy a Dreamcast. If they did the same thing this time, they'd mainly be convincing people not to buy a PS2.
>>There is almost nothing that is likely to appeal to the Japanese market (and precious little to appeal to this XBox owner). Pretty much everyone agrees that the XBox has one 'must-have' game - Halo - and that's it
What about Tony Hawk 4 and Unreal Championship, etc.?
--Besides leaving your label at that point means other labels probably won't want to touch you because _they_ won't make as much money from you, since you'll know what you're really worth. Bummer huh?--
Yes,
you can only do that if you are popular.
I'm sure that 10% of Led Zeppelin is better than 10% of nothing.
--We have a limited connection to the internet, which is usually being eaten up by P2P traffic. Today, over an hour period, we had three students that used a total of 4G of traffic in an hour.--
What we really need is a "South" button. Maybe a "West" button would be nice too, but we could eliminate "North" and "East" since there is really no need to really go there.
--It is reasonable to assume that someone who isn't smart enough to manage his own money would mismanage company money. I never understood bad credit. Why would someone think he can spend more money he has and get away with it? If you can't afford something, don't buy it. Geeze.--
One simple reply to this. A short stay in the hospital without proper medical insurance can destroy your hard work real fast. Remember, time and chance can happen even to the smart.
I once had a medical problem that kept me from working for about a year. I had medical insurance but not loss of work insurance. Needless to say perfect credit went down from there.
So, in short, unless you are a CEO or something, I don't see what your finances would have to do with the company you work for.
--If you're too lazy to convert your own CDs to MP3s (arguably a one or two click task for most people), you're probably not going to hassle yourself with the often ardous task of trying to find a non-fake, good quality version of your entire CD with someone that doesn't have a full queue or not on dial-up.--
Yes,
but what if you own vinyl. Then the conversion process is much more difficult. I have used p2p, but I owned the vinyl. It could be argured that you are getting better quality that way so therefore that is stealing too. I don't feel like if I've paid for something that I have to continue paying for the same thing year after year. It's just like the dreaded yearly car tax.
--First, sales of newer operating systems will drop as customers, afraid for their individual rights, hold off on upgrading their OS or buying a new PC. This won't be a mass swearing-off of the next-generation of computers, but it will be a noticable dent.--
No, not really. Old equipment will probably be illegal to own or operate. Fear of jail time will trump rights, I think.
Someone please MOD parent up. This is a very interesting point. TCO of Linux is less than other operating systems with the possible exception of BSD in some instances. It wont take long for businesses to figure that out.
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--But please, don't pretend that you can turn back time to when competitive computer games
could be produced by a lone independent developer.--
I dunno maybe a platform change is in order. PDA's, Cell Phones, etc.
--Guns.
If no one has guns, no one can get shot?--
City thinking.
Not entirely true. If you have a groundhog problem, a good rifle with a scope works much better than anything else.
So some are designed for pest control, hunting, things such as that. Probably more guns are used on people, true, but there are still legitimate uses.
Even nukes must have some legitimate use.
--There are some tools with no reasonable purpose besides evil.--
Please name one? I think you will have a tough time making that argument.
That being said, let's look at who is using the tool and for what purpose. Almost anything that has a benificial use can also be used for evil. Just look at email/spam.
But not the PS3. It ain't out yet.
>>A big part of that was to convince people NOT to buy a Dreamcast. If they did the same thing this time, they'd mainly be convincing people not to buy a PS2.
Or an XBox.
We'll Tony Hawk will let you use your own background music. What other X-box games will do this?
If Halo is a must have, so is Tony Hawk.
>>There is almost nothing that is likely to appeal to the Japanese market (and precious little to appeal to this XBox owner). Pretty much everyone agrees that the XBox has one 'must-have' game - Halo - and that's it
What about Tony Hawk 4 and Unreal Championship, etc.?
--Besides leaving your label at that point means other labels probably won't want to touch you because _they_ won't make as much money from you, since you'll know what you're really worth. Bummer huh?--
Yes,
you can only do that if you are popular.
I'm sure that 10% of Led Zeppelin is better than 10% of nothing.
Then it would be a Constellation Class hard drive.
--We have a limited connection to the internet, which is usually being eaten up by P2P traffic. Today, over an hour period, we had three students that used a total of 4G of traffic in an hour.--
Damn. Cap their bandwidth. Don't snoop.
--Now, Joe Pirate simply .zips or .tars the music or movie.-- ..and then can you say IRC.
--University is for research, not d/l pr0n or sharing eminem.--
That IS research you dud.
They should at least scan the home page.
Cowboy's they are in the force.
WDYN:
Actually only an 1 hour and 34 minutes difference to be exact. It could be a record for fast dupes.
--So why does the US have so many? Having a quick look they seem mostly military.--
Some are very old. We have one called the Bum Hollow Airport. It consists of a cow pasture with cows. It's no longer in service.
--MS Linux like OS X would be good.--
They (M$) are already using BSD code. Just how much is not clear.
--It could have conceivably gotten completely out of control. Absolutely frightning.--
I haven't read this book, but what type of nuclear material were they (the Germans) using? I don't think it would have done much.
--Nor in my mind does he fully answer the question of why the scientists remained motivated to produce the weapons after Germany had been conquered.--
They wanted to reduce the death of Americans and possibly Japaneese by bringing the war to a total conclusion.
>>The problem with this new law is that the US legislature is for sale.
I also heard that you have to pay to get on the national list. Can anyone confirm this?
What we really need is a "South" button. Maybe a "West" button would be nice too, but we could eliminate "North" and "East" since there is really no need to really go there.
M$ Explorer XP5000
--It is reasonable to assume that someone who isn't smart enough to manage his own money would mismanage company money. I never understood bad credit. Why would someone think he can spend more money he has and get away with it? If you can't afford something, don't buy it. Geeze.--
One simple reply to this. A short stay in the hospital without proper medical insurance can destroy your hard work real fast. Remember, time and chance can happen even to the smart.
I once had a medical problem that kept me from working for about a year. I had medical insurance but not loss of work insurance. Needless to say perfect credit went down from there.
So, in short, unless you are a CEO or something, I don't see what your finances would have to do with the company you work for.
--If you're too lazy to convert your own CDs to MP3s (arguably a one or two click task for most people), you're probably not going to hassle yourself with the often ardous task of trying to find a non-fake, good quality version of your entire CD with someone that doesn't have a full queue or not on dial-up.--
Yes,
but what if you own vinyl. Then the conversion process is much more difficult. I have used p2p, but I owned the vinyl. It could be argured that you are getting better quality that way so therefore that is stealing too. I don't feel like if I've paid for something that I have to continue paying for the same thing year after year. It's just like the dreaded yearly car tax.
--First, sales of newer operating systems will drop as customers, afraid for their individual rights, hold off on upgrading their OS or buying a new PC. This won't be a mass swearing-off of the next-generation of computers, but it will be a noticable dent.--
No, not really. Old equipment will probably be illegal to own or operate. Fear of jail time will trump rights, I think.
FWIW I hope I'm wrong.
Makes sense.
Someone please MOD parent up. This is a very interesting point. TCO of Linux is less than other operating systems with the possible exception of BSD in some instances. It wont take long for businesses to figure that out.
No.
No way. How would you bill?