I'd stream "Happy Birthday" in celebration but, thanks to extensions of copyright law and overly agressive enforcement, I'd probably be arrested or sued before the candles were blown out!
I wrote to Richy Rick here.
You should, too. Here's the text of my message to him (written in simple, folksy language, so's he'll understand).
C'mon Ricky! You didn't embarrass yourself enough screaming on the house floor? Now, you go and get yourself bought off by Accuweather? So, what, the citizens of this country can't access the info that our tax dollars pay for without paying some shill to put it up with pretty pictures and spyware??? Wake up Santorum! If you don't, I may have to move up to PA just so I can vote against you
Here's the homepage for the moronic Baltimore County Government. Take the time to give them a call next week and express how proud they make you to be a "nervous" American!
Baltimore County
Symantec will do and say anything to keep their numbers up. Since McAfee beat them to the deal with Mac anti-virus software, it's not surprising that they would use a bit of FUD to try and scare up some sales
I've been trying to use a Tablet PC to take notes for a month now. All I do is send it to the repair shop and try to recover notes that it has lost. Somehow that just doesn't strike me as an essential tool. Technology failures lead to less people interested in using technology. Myself, I'm going back to pen and paper technology that WORKS!
...but try do it decently and after 9:00 pm. What is it with Republicans; are they sex-obsessed or do they just lack the opposable thumb required to change a channel???
The RTFA police incorrectly strike again!!! I read the interview and found it irrelevant, so I posted that opinion. Your incorrect assumption that I didn't read the article, coupled with your childish tantrum say volumes about you.
Yet another Bill Gates interview? I don't need interviews with Mr. Gates. All I need to do to know everything about him is watch how his company conducts business. How many times have we seen Microsoft do something questionable in it's dealings with customers/partners/developers/vendors over the years only to have Gates or Ballmer come out and say that they were "misunderstood" and they just need to make their position "clearer?" Actions speak far louder than words, and no amount of PR can cover a company's shortcomings.
"'struggling to concentrate', 'not a natural leader', 'struggling to keep control of a confusing world' and 'an unstable man who is feeling under enormous pressure',"
And the reason this doesn't sound exactly like Bill Gates is....???
Oh good...I've been waiting for one of you RTFA cops to show up on one of my comments. I DID read the article, and you are a pure idiot for assuming I didn't. I just happen to think that the Lightscibe process looks just as ugly and is as useless as the old DiscT@2 system from a few years back. Since you can do a full color, photo-quality label with Epson, why would a repeat of DiscT@2 be newsworthy?
All I know is everytime you look around some company is suing some other company for some violation of ip or patent. Most of these suits seem to be aimed at stiffling innovation by competing companies and controlling progress until the original company is convinced it has milked the patent or ip for every single dollar the marketing department can acquire. Then, of course we see the company that has produced NOTHING during it's entire existence, save one thought scrawled on a napkin, and it thinks it should get millions (or billions) from companies that actually DID something with the same thought.
Meanwhile, who do you think is paying for all of these lawyers? Do you think the CEO takes a pay cut to pay for the lawsuits? I think the cost gets passed on to the consumer. So, why is it that I should be in favor of stopping frivolous personal lawsuits and not equally frivolous and costly corporate suits?
2) I suggested that instead of banning the games the inmates should have to earn them on a salary that (in most states) averages pennies or less an hour.
3) I suggested that having to earn the games might prove rehabilitative by teaching the inmates that you have to earn the things you want.
I can't make the point any clearer than that, and I would rather go to prison myself that try to communicate with you anymore.
1) I did not say prison should not be punitive.
2) I suggested that instead of banning the games the inmates should have to earn them on a salary that (in most states) averages pennies or less an hour.
3) I suggested that having to earn the games might prove rehabilitative by teaching the inmates that you have to earn the things you want.
I can't make the point any clearer than that, and I would rather go to prison myself that try to communicate with you anymore.
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I'd stream "Happy Birthday" in celebration but, thanks to extensions of copyright law and overly agressive enforcement, I'd probably be arrested or sued before the candles were blown out!
it doesn't work.
Here's the link to write to the senator: Santorum For Weatherman Headquarters
C'mon Ricky! You didn't embarrass yourself enough screaming on the house floor? Now, you go and get yourself bought off by Accuweather? So, what, the citizens of this country can't access the info that our tax dollars pay for without paying some shill to put it up with pretty pictures and spyware??? Wake up Santorum! If you don't, I may have to move up to PA just so I can vote against you
Protects truckers from adult content??? The largest personal collections of porn I have ever seen have all been in the cabs of cross-country truckers!
Spam filters!
Here's the homepage for the moronic Baltimore County Government. Take the time to give them a call next week and express how proud they make you to be a "nervous" American! Baltimore County
Blaming the customer...isn't that already standard practice for all business???
Symantec will do and say anything to keep their numbers up. Since McAfee beat them to the deal with Mac anti-virus software, it's not surprising that they would use a bit of FUD to try and scare up some sales
I've been trying to use a Tablet PC to take notes for a month now. All I do is send it to the repair shop and try to recover notes that it has lost. Somehow that just doesn't strike me as an essential tool. Technology failures lead to less people interested in using technology. Myself, I'm going back to pen and paper technology that WORKS!
Get a Life!!!
...but try do it decently and after 9:00 pm. What is it with Republicans; are they sex-obsessed or do they just lack the opposable thumb required to change a channel???
...his integrity was misunderestimated.
The RTFA police incorrectly strike again!!! I read the interview and found it irrelevant, so I posted that opinion. Your incorrect assumption that I didn't read the article, coupled with your childish tantrum say volumes about you.
Go police someone else.
Yet another Bill Gates interview? I don't need interviews with Mr. Gates. All I need to do to know everything about him is watch how his company conducts business. How many times have we seen Microsoft do something questionable in it's dealings with customers/partners/developers/vendors over the years only to have Gates or Ballmer come out and say that they were "misunderstood" and they just need to make their position "clearer?" Actions speak far louder than words, and no amount of PR can cover a company's shortcomings.
"'struggling to concentrate', 'not a natural leader', 'struggling to keep control of a confusing world' and 'an unstable man who is feeling under enormous pressure'," And the reason this doesn't sound exactly like Bill Gates is....???
Nope.
All Your Files Are Belong To Us.
Oh good...I've been waiting for one of you RTFA cops to show up on one of my comments. I DID read the article, and you are a pure idiot for assuming I didn't. I just happen to think that the Lightscibe process looks just as ugly and is as useless as the old DiscT@2 system from a few years back. Since you can do a full color, photo-quality label with Epson, why would a repeat of DiscT@2 be newsworthy?
Now, go police somebody else's comments!
...when I have been able to print on CDs with my Epson for a couple of years now?
All I know is everytime you look around some company is suing some other company for some violation of ip or patent. Most of these suits seem to be aimed at stiffling innovation by competing companies and controlling progress until the original company is convinced it has milked the patent or ip for every single dollar the marketing department can acquire. Then, of course we see the company that has produced NOTHING during it's entire existence, save one thought scrawled on a napkin, and it thinks it should get millions (or billions) from companies that actually DID something with the same thought.
Meanwhile, who do you think is paying for all of these lawyers? Do you think the CEO takes a pay cut to pay for the lawsuits? I think the cost gets passed on to the consumer. So, why is it that I should be in favor of stopping frivolous personal lawsuits and not equally frivolous and costly corporate suits?
Stop frivolous corporate lawsuits over patents and alleged "intellectual property."
Less choice and more FOX News??? Pack up the kiddies and head for the shelter; it's the end of the world!
1) I did not say prison should not be punitive.
2) I suggested that instead of banning the games the inmates should have to earn them on a salary that (in most states) averages pennies or less an hour.
3) I suggested that having to earn the games might prove rehabilitative by teaching the inmates that you have to earn the things you want.
I can't make the point any clearer than that, and I would rather go to prison myself that try to communicate with you anymore.
1) I did not say prison should not be punitive. 2) I suggested that instead of banning the games the inmates should have to earn them on a salary that (in most states) averages pennies or less an hour. 3) I suggested that having to earn the games might prove rehabilitative by teaching the inmates that you have to earn the things you want. I can't make the point any clearer than that, and I would rather go to prison myself that try to communicate with you anymore.