dumping = You buy the stuff for 2 bucks, and sell it for 1 buck
selling at pricess that do not cover cost = You buy for 2 bucks, spend a buck on bureaucracy and sell it for 2.10 buck, cos you have no idea that the bureacracy cost a buck, instead of the 0.05 bucks you thought it cost.
1 is illegal, 2 is just stupid although the difference is trivial.
If MS did this, I'd have a problem with this. There are some very good reasons why there are rules for commercial speech. Those rules have come into existence after much deliberation with advertising agencies, and they agreed to it. This time, it's linux ads in front of your house. Next time could be cigarettes at the entrance to kindergarten, or hustler at the YWCA. The fact that it's a nice picture in the commercial doesn't matter to me. I would be more of a hypocrite if I supported it. I wouldn't support it for MS, McDonald's or Disney. I don't support it for linux, even though I quite like the picture itself.
just speculating here.. but maybe they hooked up the turbine to a CVT (continuous variable transmission) which would allow the turbine to keep turning at the same speed, changing the transmission rather than the RPM. It would make sense for a turbine..
If your company tells you to kill someone, you'll get arrested. The fact that your job is in danger is a VERY bad reason to break the law. You do the painting, you do the time. The guy should have known better and IBM got off too easy.
oh bugger... i better hide. Although I didn't nuke sacramento, I did singlehandedly cause several thousand deaths. (hey what a nice evil temple complex built in the side of that mountain... wonder what would happen if I cast "earthquake"..). We'll resurrect the princess afterwards, way easier than infiltrating and getting her out alive..
Most ball-sports are based on war. eg. baseball is based on sieging a castle, football is 2 armies trying to "take" the others castle (=score a goal)..
should those be outlawed under 18 too?
What about martial arts? They're definately violence based. but there is ONE big difference: the difference between violence and played violence. Kids know the difference between playing and real. If violent games are outlawed there are a lot of things that shoulkd be outlawed:
-under 18, you cannot play a part in any play that contains violence/murder/whatever. (sorry kid, you can't be McBeth..)
-ballgames (most, not all. However I highly doubt kids will go: Yeah! Bowls! what a cool sport... )
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>Why do I bring this up? Because for one, when you add it all up, we watch so little TV on a weekly recurring basis that we could easily learn to live without it
That's what I thought about 1.5 years ago. ripped out the antenna. Havent regretted it since. More and more people stopped watching TV. I won't go so far as to tell people to stop watching TV, but if you're thinking about it.. just try it.
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Strictly speaking.. you're right. At the moment..
There is a potential problem though, namely the fact that government does not provide complete lawbooks, or complete words of all the laws. Only new or changed laws are published, and it is left to the publisher to collect them all. Basically, the single laws aren't copyrighted, but the complete set is. I'd give you more info, but if you speak dutch, you may want to read this article (from 1998) which is a lot clearer than I'll ever be. Yes... it surprised me too:(
a hydrofoil has lifting surfaces below waterlevel to lift the ship's hull(s) out of the water, like the wings on a plane. This greatly reduces drag. ekranoplanes have no contact with the water. The ekranoplane is closer related to the hovercraft than to a hydrofoil.
with Open Source, you don't need warranty because you can see EXACTLY what is going on. The sourcecode perfectly describes the functionality of the software. with free (beer) software you do not have such a precise description of functionality, so you have will have to believe the maker when he says the functionality of the software is X.
This may not be the reasoning, but it at least sounds slightly lucid.
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no.. kids do NOT need control.. they need guidance.
//rdj
>It is up to us to tell them:
>"You are not numbers! You are free persons!"
Repeat after me: We are all individuals!!
//rdj
One could also call it "self-regulation", which most people here seem to prefer over law.
//rdj
dumping = You buy the stuff for 2 bucks, and sell it for 1 buck
selling at pricess that do not cover cost = You buy for 2 bucks, spend a buck on bureaucracy and sell it for 2.10 buck, cos you have no idea that the bureacracy cost a buck, instead of the 0.05 bucks you thought it cost.
1 is illegal, 2 is just stupid although the difference is trivial.
//rdj
If MS did this, I'd have a problem with this. There are some very good reasons why there are rules for commercial speech. Those rules have come into existence after much deliberation with advertising agencies, and they agreed to it. This time, it's linux ads in front of your house. Next time could be cigarettes at the entrance to kindergarten, or hustler at the YWCA. The fact that it's a nice picture in the commercial doesn't matter to me. I would be more of a hypocrite if I supported it. I wouldn't support it for MS, McDonald's or Disney. I don't support it for linux, even though I quite like the picture itself.
//rdj
just speculating here.. but maybe they hooked up the turbine to a CVT (continuous variable transmission) which would allow the turbine to keep turning at the same speed, changing the transmission rather than the RPM. It would make sense for a turbine..
//rdj
in d&d 3rd edition racial prerequisites for class are gone though. As for that swimsuit issua.. well.. only if they leave out the dwarves.
//rdj
If your company tells you to kill someone, you'll get arrested. The fact that your job is in danger is a VERY bad reason to break the law. You do the painting, you do the time. The guy should have known better and IBM got off too easy.
//rdj
if you can pay for the trip yopu don't need it
//rdj
pfft.. first, order a couple computers. then order the one you want at a lower price. cancel orders for high price. problem solved, everyone happy.
//rdj
I stand corrected :)
//rdj
oh bugger... i better hide. Although I didn't nuke sacramento, I did singlehandedly cause several thousand deaths. (hey what a nice evil temple complex built in the side of that mountain... wonder what would happen if I cast "earthquake"..). We'll resurrect the princess afterwards, way easier than infiltrating and getting her out alive..
//rdj
Most ball-sports are based on war. eg. baseball is based on sieging a castle, football is 2 armies trying to "take" the others castle (=score a goal)..
should those be outlawed under 18 too?
What about martial arts? They're definately violence based. but there is ONE big difference: the difference between violence and played violence. Kids know the difference between playing and real. If violent games are outlawed there are a lot of things that shoulkd be outlawed:
-under 18, you cannot play a part in any play that contains violence/murder/whatever. (sorry kid, you can't be McBeth..)
-ballgames (most, not all. However I highly doubt kids will go: Yeah! Bowls! what a cool sport... )
//rdj
in most civilised countrys it isn't a religion..
//rdj
>Why do I bring this up? Because for one, when you add it all up, we watch so little TV on a weekly recurring basis that we could easily learn to live without it
That's what I thought about 1.5 years ago. ripped out the antenna. Havent regretted it since. More and more people stopped watching TV. I won't go so far as to tell people to stop watching TV, but if you're thinking about it.. just try it.
//rdj
probably the singer..
Strictly speaking.. you're right. At the moment.. :(
There is a potential problem though, namely the fact that government does not provide complete lawbooks, or complete words of all the laws. Only new or changed laws are published, and it is left to the publisher to collect them all. Basically, the single laws aren't copyrighted, but the complete set is. I'd give you more info, but if you speak dutch, you may want to read this article (from 1998) which is a lot clearer than I'll ever be. Yes... it surprised me too
//rdj
>They took away the coffeemaker?
We're talking attacks, and you start WW3..
//rdj
Sony has a policy that they don't allow "their" music streamed. That's why at least one broadcast union is boycotting sony music: they wanna stream.
//rdj
maybe not AOL, but IBM has a mozilla port.
//rdj
a computer turned off and solving problems.
My computer is off, and solves the problem of my backdoor falling closed.
Also, a computer that's turned off, and dropped from the empire state building on pauly shore's head solves a LOT of problems.
//rdj
that would make the license invalid, causing the license to fall back to standard copyright in the Netherlands.
//rdj
>We send Bruce Willis, or possibly William J. Clinton, with a handpicked suicide crew equipped with drills and nukes, right?
almost.. this time, dennis tito gets to watch from close by..
//rdj
a hydrofoil has lifting surfaces below waterlevel to lift the ship's hull(s) out of the water, like the wings on a plane. This greatly reduces drag. ekranoplanes have no contact with the water. The ekranoplane is closer related to the hovercraft than to a hydrofoil.
//rdj
what I can think of is this:
with Open Source, you don't need warranty because you can see EXACTLY what is going on. The sourcecode perfectly describes the functionality of the software. with free (beer) software you do not have such a precise description of functionality, so you have will have to believe the maker when he says the functionality of the software is X.
This may not be the reasoning, but it at least sounds slightly lucid.
//rdj