The only thing money allows you is purchasing power- the power to buy the little guy's technology or money to brute force competitors out of the marketplace.
Don't forget the ability to buy politicians, which accords much power and influence.
1938- Adolf Hitler 1939- Joseph Stalin 1942- Joseph Stalin (2nd time) 1958- Charles De Gaulle 1979- Ayatollah Khomeini 2000- George W. Bush (Person of the Year)
It's interesting to note that Jeff Bezos (1999) and Andy Grove (1997) have both made times list, but so far Billy hasn't.
I think part of the problem is that Gates and MS have squandered much of their influence in their quest for coin. In the quest for profits, MS has taken many shortcuts, which is not something I look for in a leader.
There are few on the list that he could not take out of business should choose to do so. He could easely kill Apple (M$ even owns part of it) skype or kazaa could be build into windows anytime and who would then download the independent programs if a network of all windows users were readily availble?
Wrong. You're mythologizing Gates and MS, and you're not even supporting you myth with facts. Firstly, MS does not own a significant piece of Apple, if they own any at all. Those non-voting shares they bought in 1996 (I think it was) were long ago sold at a nice profit. Secondly, if they can so easily brush aside with a wave of the hand other companies that compete with them, why haven't they done so? The very fact that there are Apples, Novells, IBMs, Redhats, Suns seems to fly in the face of your contention that "there are few on the list that [Gates] could not take out of business". Besides, if he killed Apple, who would he have to do R&D?
So to recap.
2) m$ makes it easy to program for their platform
They encourage sloppy programming and engage in it themselves. They make it easy to program viruses and worms for their platform.
3) a lot of companies makes a lot of programs for m$'s platform 4) m$ picks the winners of 3) and buys them or hires their best developers and makes a competing product, preferably bundling it with other m$ products for a synergy effect, and definetly making it easier to use.
I like how you make illegal anti-competitive practices all warm and cuddly, using marketspeak doubletalk like synergy, and bringing up "ease of use".
6) Bill Gates is the world richest man, and quite more powerfull than the top 50 it people.
Richest does not make him the most influential. You've failed to prove your thesis statement. The ability to crush small companies and to stifle innovation might be a better argument for Gates' influence, but when you go to the zoo, do you point at the biggest gorilla and say, "That one there is the most influential"?
The open source movement could get stung by the enforcement of software patents. Already Torvalds has spoken out on this issue and you know if a fight comes, Torvalds will be on the frontlines.
Yeah, right. If there's a patent fight, Linus will be on the frontlines IF he's served, subpoenaed, or otherwise dragged kicking and screaming to the aforementioned frontlines.
Linus has made it pretty clear that he just wants to work on Linux and not fight or evangelize. I don't think this takes away from his influence in the least, but the guy is just not a politician.
This actually sounds like an argument for the DNA Db. Think of how much easier it would have been if all you needed to do to prove your identity was supply a bit of blood or a swab rubbed against the inside of your mouth?
One of my favorite stories is a variation of Satan's Rebellion. As the story goes, Satan was the greatest Angel, but he rebelled and sought to overthrow God with his army of rebellious angels. In the version that I like, Satan wins, and manages to usurp the throne of God.
But Satan is so slick, he puts out the word that God won and that Satan was cast out. So God is in his heaven and all is right with the world. It would certainly explain a lot.
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Thanks. By weaponized, I meant as the "dirty" component of a dirty bomb, since it's plain they aren't the right material for nuclear fission. (I did RTFA!)
But much of what I've read since I posted this leads me to agree with you that the pollution problems are the most worrisome.
I'm sure some poeple on/. are racist, but get a reality check. Most people are just ignorant.
Perhaps it is you that needs the reality check. Ignorance, especially willful ignorance, is a cornerstone of racism. What's truly amusing is how many who don't consider themselves racist in the least engage in unconscious racism all the time. This is also willfully ignorant, because it is being willfully ignorant of oneself.
If the article was about Canada trying to send a probe to the moon, do you think that most people would have the first clue about the Canadian space program and its accomplishments?
If the article were about Canada's space program, comments about Canada's economic status and suffering millions wouldn't get modded up as insightful. You wouldn't have posters suggesting that the money would be better spent on a hospital or feeding the hungry and then getting that post modded up as insightful.
Slashdotters wouldn't accuse the Canadians of "diplomatic dick waving" and get modded up as insightful.
You wouldn't have the not so well hidden rage at outsourcing if it was about Canada.
When someone said something as a joke, it would get modded as either funny or as a troll, not insightful or interesting.
I say this is because of racism, but it could also be that Canada is really nothing more than the 51st state of the United States, with the delusion that they have sovereignty. We let it slide, like we do with Texas, that other state full of delusional idiots. At least Canada contributes some pretty good comics to our Cultural Hegemony. Judging by the criminals that come out of Texas and move to Washington DC, Texas is sort of an Australia in reverse.
Which brings me around. . . You shouldn't feel bad about being a crummy Canadian. At least you're not Australian.
Update: I just read your links to the CSP and it's accomplishments. Funny, I never thought of hitchhiking as an accomplishment before. Maybe someday your country won't be second rate and be able to launch things into space with it's own rockets. Sheeesh, no wonder you're our 51st State. Backwards people like the Indians have more ambition than you do. Maybe if your country didn't practice a luke warm form of socialism, you could afford a REAL space program.
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Any radiation you've got to eat to die from, the person eating it deserves it (well, thats a bit simplistic, but like I said, for the willfully ignorant...). Evolution in action. Keeripes.... I ain't their momma. They can wipe their own behinds, can't they?
So, does the geiger counter go next to the salad fork, when you set the table? Miss Manners has been of no help with this.
I suspect that this is all theoretically possible but the engineering may be some time off.
Wrong! RTFA, and see what I'm talking about.
You're worse than an armchair expert, you're an armchair expert with your head willfully lodged where the sun doesn't shine, and you refuse to pull it out and breath the air the rest of us breaths.
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I'd worry more about someone buying large quantities of fertilizer.
Why are you worried about those who will vote for Bush this November? Isn't that unpatriotic?
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My main problem with the top level poster was the tone he used, which is designed to forclose on discussion, or even study. Claiming science is on his side, he will ridicule any attempts to reasonable ascertain the dangers, and bemoan the "red tape" of having to study the safety of such devices.
Doc was right to call him on this.
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Have you ever noticed that Tom Ridge only drinks distilled water or rain water, Mandrake?
Have you ever seen a terrorist drink water, Mandrake? They drink vodka!
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But what amounts of the tritium or the isotope of nickel could be tampered with and weaponized? The amounts discussed in the article are extremely tiny.
Sure, this could be unsafe if someone tampered with a battery and ingested the material, or caused another to ingest the material. But there are many household materials already that have this danger.
I would guess that the amount of materials needed to contruct a dirty bomb or poison a reservoir is great, and could not be effectively or efficiently accumulated by removing from these batteries. Tell me if I'm wrong, it's just a guess.
people make fun of fox because fox does more in the way of telling us what to decide than it does in the way of reporting. Just because they've got a slogan doesn't make that slogan truthful.
I don't know how you can call the democratic candidate for vice president in the last election a minor player. The way you spin the facts, I think you must be a former republican.
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The only thing money allows you is purchasing power- the power to buy the little guy's technology or money to brute force competitors out of the marketplace.
Don't forget the ability to buy politicians, which accords much power and influence.
Due to the confusing butterfly ballot that was used in this poll, many votes that otherwise would have gone to Gore went to Pokemon.
1938- Adolf Hitler
1939- Joseph Stalin
1942- Joseph Stalin (2nd time)
1958- Charles De Gaulle
1979- Ayatollah Khomeini
2000- George W. Bush (Person of the Year)
It's interesting to note that Jeff Bezos (1999) and Andy Grove (1997) have both made times list, but so far Billy hasn't.
I think part of the problem is that Gates and MS have squandered much of their influence in their quest for coin. In the quest for profits, MS has taken many shortcuts, which is not something I look for in a leader.
Wrong. You're mythologizing Gates and MS, and you're not even supporting you myth with facts. Firstly, MS does not own a significant piece of Apple, if they own any at all. Those non-voting shares they bought in 1996 (I think it was) were long ago sold at a nice profit. Secondly, if they can so easily brush aside with a wave of the hand other companies that compete with them, why haven't they done so? The very fact that there are Apples, Novells, IBMs, Redhats, Suns seems to fly in the face of your contention that "there are few on the list that [Gates] could not take out of business". Besides, if he killed Apple, who would he have to do R&D?
They encourage sloppy programming and engage in it themselves. They make it easy to program viruses and worms for their platform.
I like how you make illegal anti-competitive practices all warm and cuddly, using marketspeak doubletalk like synergy, and bringing up "ease of use".
Richest does not make him the most influential. You've failed to prove your thesis statement. The ability to crush small companies and to stifle innovation might be a better argument for Gates' influence, but when you go to the zoo, do you point at the biggest gorilla and say, "That one there is the most influential"?
That wasn't text, it was meta text.
Yeah, right. If there's a patent fight, Linus will be on the frontlines IF he's served, subpoenaed, or otherwise dragged kicking and screaming to the aforementioned frontlines.
Linus has made it pretty clear that he just wants to work on Linux and not fight or evangelize. I don't think this takes away from his influence in the least, but the guy is just not a politician.
This actually sounds like an argument for the DNA Db. Think of how much easier it would have been if all you needed to do to prove your identity was supply a bit of blood or a swab rubbed against the inside of your mouth?
"The Power of Bruce impales you!"
One of my favorite stories is a variation of Satan's Rebellion. As the story goes, Satan was the greatest Angel, but he rebelled and sought to overthrow God with his army of rebellious angels. In the version that I like, Satan wins, and manages to usurp the throne of God.
But Satan is so slick, he puts out the word that God won and that Satan was cast out. So God is in his heaven and all is right with the world. It would certainly explain a lot.
Thanks. By weaponized, I meant as the "dirty" component of a dirty bomb, since it's plain they aren't the right material for nuclear fission. (I did RTFA!)
But much of what I've read since I posted this leads me to agree with you that the pollution problems are the most worrisome.
I'm sure some poeple on /. are racist, but get a reality check. Most people are just ignorant.
Perhaps it is you that needs the reality check. Ignorance, especially willful ignorance, is a cornerstone of racism. What's truly amusing is how many who don't consider themselves racist in the least engage in unconscious racism all the time. This is also willfully ignorant, because it is being willfully ignorant of oneself.
If the article was about Canada trying to send a probe to the moon, do you think that most people would have the first clue about the Canadian space program and its accomplishments?
If the article were about Canada's space program, comments about Canada's economic status and suffering millions wouldn't get modded up as insightful. You wouldn't have posters suggesting that the money would be better spent on a hospital or feeding the hungry and then getting that post modded up as insightful.
Slashdotters wouldn't accuse the Canadians of "diplomatic dick waving" and get modded up as insightful.
You wouldn't have the not so well hidden rage at outsourcing if it was about Canada.
When someone said something as a joke, it would get modded as either funny or as a troll, not insightful or interesting.
I say this is because of racism, but it could also be that Canada is really nothing more than the 51st state of the United States, with the delusion that they have sovereignty. We let it slide, like we do with Texas, that other state full of delusional idiots. At least Canada contributes some pretty good comics to our Cultural Hegemony. Judging by the criminals that come out of Texas and move to Washington DC, Texas is sort of an Australia in reverse.
Which brings me around. . . You shouldn't feel bad about being a crummy Canadian. At least you're not Australian.
Update: I just read your links to the CSP and it's accomplishments. Funny, I never thought of hitchhiking as an accomplishment before. Maybe someday your country won't be second rate and be able to launch things into space with it's own rockets. Sheeesh, no wonder you're our 51st State. Backwards people like the Indians have more ambition than you do. Maybe if your country didn't practice a luke warm form of socialism, you could afford a REAL space program.
I don't know if Art Deco is your cup of tea, but check out these phones
They've got that retro-futurism thing going on.
Priest: Wait a minute! I recognize your voice! Seth Cohen! What are you doing, making confession? You're Jewish, not Catholic!
Seth Cohen: I know Father, but it really happened, and now I'm telling everyone!
Does it surprise you that most slashdotters are racist?
YOU LOOSE!!
Any radiation you've got to eat to die from, the person eating it deserves it (well, thats a bit simplistic, but like I said, for the willfully ignorant...). Evolution in action. Keeripes.... I ain't their momma. They can wipe their own behinds, can't they?
So, does the geiger counter go next to the salad fork, when you set the table? Miss Manners has been of no help with this.
You obviously still haven't rtfa!
I suspect that this is all theoretically possible but the engineering may be some time off.
Wrong! RTFA, and see what I'm talking about.
You're worse than an armchair expert, you're an armchair expert with your head willfully lodged where the sun doesn't shine, and you refuse to pull it out and breath the air the rest of us breaths.
I'd worry more about someone buying large quantities of fertilizer.
Why are you worried about those who will vote for Bush this November? Isn't that unpatriotic?
My main problem with the top level poster was the tone he used, which is designed to forclose on discussion, or even study. Claiming science is on his side, he will ridicule any attempts to reasonable ascertain the dangers, and bemoan the "red tape" of having to study the safety of such devices.
Doc was right to call him on this.
Have you ever noticed that Tom Ridge only drinks distilled water or rain water, Mandrake?
Have you ever seen a terrorist drink water, Mandrake? They drink vodka!
http://imdb.com/title/tt0057012/
But what amounts of the tritium or the isotope of nickel could be tampered with and weaponized? The amounts discussed in the article are extremely tiny.
Sure, this could be unsafe if someone tampered with a battery and ingested the material, or caused another to ingest the material. But there are many household materials already that have this danger.
I would guess that the amount of materials needed to contruct a dirty bomb or poison a reservoir is great, and could not be effectively or efficiently accumulated by removing from these batteries. Tell me if I'm wrong, it's just a guess.
"we report, you decide"
people make fun of fox because fox does more in the way of telling us what to decide than it does in the way of reporting. Just because they've got a slogan doesn't make that slogan truthful.
I see by your UID # that you're new here.
hmm everyone had their taxes lowered, the partial birth abortion ban passed, the No Kid left behind passed
Mod this up +5, (unintentionally) funny!
I don't know how you can call the democratic candidate for vice president in the last election a minor player. The way you spin the facts, I think you must be a former republican.