There is a difference between burglary and robbery, and you've purposely confused the two to make an potentially interesting argument into a provocative troll.
As a pointless aside, is your Slashdot username inspired by the infamous "Signal 11"?
I would argue against that under fair use limitations of copyright - the same reason you're allowed to sell used CDs (as long as you don't retain a copy of the licensed materials).
I don't know how much you paid for your law degree, but I think you might want to ask for a refund...
Real city, eh? Ok, I've lived in several states in my life (none of them Wyoming), and not a single one has had more than 3 cities with a population over 50k (your arbitrary number).
One in three Americans live in one of the 600 cities of more than 50,000 people.
Three in four Americans live in a metropolitan area of more than 50,000 people.
I'll grant there are broad empty spaces in America where no-one lives. There are counties in Wyoming with fewer people than the capacity crowd at your neighborhood McDonalds. That doesn't mean every McDonalds has more people than a county.
It was in the article you were supposed to have read.
The article says the thing is 50db when the CPU is under load, when measured 18" in front of a closed case. It also says
Before I jump into the conclusion, which is an easy one to make obviously, I like to ensure those kin to hearing enthusiasts that this test has nothing to do with noise.
Dispite the misleading Slashdot article summary, this is not a solution for people looking for a "silent" PC.
hopefully next time they will research purchases for their Linux boxes a bit more carefully before plonking down their cash.
It should be noted that you generally have no way of knowing the internal chipset in a network adapter from anything printed on the outside of the box. Manufacturers often sell two or more entirely different devices under exactly the same name, in exactly the same packaging, with nothing to distinguish them except serial numbers.
This is a company with more employees than most cities have citizens,
Ummm... no. Microsoft has something like 50,000 employees. That won't even fill many major sports arenas and concert venues. Unless you live in Wyoming, it really doesn't compare to the population of a "real" city.
Nobody seems to have the courage of Columbus any more. In his time he put forth a half thought idea that sailing west he may end up in the east.
Well, everyone at the time was pretty much certain world was round, and that if you sailed west far enough you would end up in the east. That wasn't new or revolutionary, it was commonly accepted knowledge.
The interesting thing Columbus did was convince some brain addled religous zealots to agree with his half-thought maths about the size of the world. There's probably something to be said about a stupid man's spectacular failure being more impressive than a smart man's prudent inaction. There's also something to be said for not starving to death in the middle of the ocean.
Money directly, laundered money through Indian Tribes.... no difference there.
You hit it on the head precisely. Giving and receving money is not the issue. Abramoff is not in trouble for giving money, and congressmen are not in trouble for receiving money.
Anyone who just talks about money is a liar with an agenda, or a fool listening to a liar with an agenda.
And what was your plan? Surrender to the Japanese?
You don't surrender to a country because they bombed a third world backwater extra-territorial sea port. Even if they had taken over Hawaii, Japan still had thousands of miles to go before they could threaten any American states...
For all the claims that the RNC and DNC are equally involved, the only people under criminal investigation or indictment are Republicans.
This is a little disingenuous, since no Congressmen, from either party, are under indictment. So yes, technically every single indicted Congressman is a Republican. Every single one of them is also a Democrat, an Independent, and a Labrador Retriever. But it's obfuscation to make that claim.
I agree that this particular scandal is primarily a Republican problem, and I'm absolutely astounded by the millions of dollars spent on public relations firms trying to convince the public that Democrats did it too. I'm also astounded how many newspapers are doing little more that publishing Republican party press releases as news on their front pages.
This scandal is exposing a lot more than just corruption in congress. It's exposing systemic corruption, laziness, and incomptence in our news media too.
But casinos gave money to Democrats, and casinos also gave money to Abramoff. And, Abromoff is dirty, therefore Democrats are dirty.
See? It's nice and clear. Obviously, the charts that clearly demonstrate the irrefutable idea that DEMOCRATS == INDIANS == ABROMOFF == DIRTY were prepared by independent third parties. They were not created by paid marketing firms, and do not carefully pick and choose the facts to warp public perception.
Seriously, the only thing this scandal has exposed is how easily our media is manipulated by public relations firms.
Actually, much of it was probably done by paid political astro turfers, working for both parties.
Record companies pay people to make fake play request to radio DJ's. Beverage companies pay people to drink in public places. Do you honestly think political parties don't pay people to make posts to political message boards?
Because human beings are animals that repeat behavior that has provided rewards in the past.
For most posters, reading responses to a message is the reward for posting a message. And, in general, the more provocative the message, the bigger the reward. There is no reward for posting truthful messages.
Techniques to get a one-time dye transfers that can sit in a warehouse without degrading are probably different than techniques to get an electronic scanner to read your prints every day.
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Linux is licensed under GPL v2. In order to move to GPL v3, v4, v99 etc, EVERY SINGLE CONTRIBUTOR must accept this. Practically impossible.
Don't contributors assign copyright to some type of Linux foundation?
There is a difference between burglary and robbery, and you've purposely confused the two to make an potentially interesting argument into a provocative troll.
As a pointless aside, is your Slashdot username inspired by the infamous "Signal 11"?
I would argue against that under fair use limitations of copyright - the same reason you're allowed to sell used CDs (as long as you don't retain a copy of the licensed materials).
I don't know how much you paid for your law degree, but I think you might want to ask for a refund...
Real city, eh? Ok, I've lived in several states in my life (none of them Wyoming), and not a single one has had more than 3 cities with a population over 50k (your arbitrary number).
One in three Americans live in one of the 600 cities of more than 50,000 people.
Three in four Americans live in a metropolitan area of more than 50,000 people.
I'll grant there are broad empty spaces in America where no-one lives. There are counties in Wyoming with fewer people than the capacity crowd at your neighborhood McDonalds. That doesn't mean every McDonalds has more people than a county.
The article says the thing is 50db when the CPU is under load, when measured 18" in front of a closed case. It also says Dispite the misleading Slashdot article summary, this is not a solution for people looking for a "silent" PC.
A fan is a lot cheaper than an entire aftermarket heatsink
Aftermarket heatpipes are silent because they don't use fans, period.
It has a 5,200 RPM fan on top of it. It's not silent, unless you're already deaf.
When I see the fact that a USB storage device has been inserted into a workstation or server, I question what (and who) did what.
Well, if you had configured your operating system to keep decent log files, you wouldn't have to question who did what. The log files would tell you.
hopefully next time they will research purchases for their Linux boxes a bit more carefully before plonking down their cash.
It should be noted that you generally have no way of knowing the internal chipset in a network adapter from anything printed on the outside of the box. Manufacturers often sell two or more entirely different devices under exactly the same name, in exactly the same packaging, with nothing to distinguish them except serial numbers.
This is a company with more employees than most cities have citizens,
Ummm... no. Microsoft has something like 50,000 employees. That won't even fill many major sports arenas and concert venues. Unless you live in Wyoming, it really doesn't compare to the population of a "real" city.
Microsoft is smaller than Dell, about half the size of HP or IBM, and about a tenth of the size of WalMart.
Steve Jobs only purpose on earth is to draw attention from Bill Gate's own stupendous reality distortion field.
Nobody seems to have the courage of Columbus any more. In his time he put forth a half thought idea that sailing west he may end up in the east.
Well, everyone at the time was pretty much certain world was round, and that if you sailed west far enough you would end up in the east. That wasn't new or revolutionary, it was commonly accepted knowledge.
The interesting thing Columbus did was convince some brain addled religous zealots to agree with his half-thought maths about the size of the world. There's probably something to be said about a stupid man's spectacular failure being more impressive than a smart man's prudent inaction. There's also something to be said for not starving to death in the middle of the ocean.
At least I have the good graces to admit that it's been wrong for this from the start.
So, write a letter to your congressman asking to have Bush impeached.
And stop with the butt-butt-butt-clinton bullshit. I've met kindergartners with better debate skills than that.
Well, he did, so welcome to the cause!
No, he didn't. You've apparently misunderstood the articles you link to.
Money directly, laundered money through Indian Tribes.... no difference there.
You hit it on the head precisely. Giving and receving money is not the issue. Abramoff is not in trouble for giving money, and congressmen are not in trouble for receiving money.
Anyone who just talks about money is a liar with an agenda, or a fool listening to a liar with an agenda.
The Democrats received the money from his clients. Their hand was in the cookie jar, and they're guilty.
Anyone who has ever visited an Indian casino has received money from his clients.
It's a tired, stupid lie to claim that receiving money from Indians makes a person guilty.
And what was your plan? Surrender to the Japanese?
You don't surrender to a country because they bombed a third world backwater extra-territorial sea port. Even if they had taken over Hawaii, Japan still had thousands of miles to go before they could threaten any American states...
If Clinton had done this, it would have been bad, and probably impeachable.
I think I speak for all conservatives when I say, "Put down the coffee cup and read a book."
No, you don't. You speak for yourself, and yourself alone.
For all the claims that the RNC and DNC are equally involved, the only people under criminal investigation or indictment are Republicans.
This is a little disingenuous, since no Congressmen, from either party, are under indictment. So yes, technically every single indicted Congressman is a Republican. Every single one of them is also a Democrat, an Independent, and a Labrador Retriever. But it's obfuscation to make that claim.
I agree that this particular scandal is primarily a Republican problem, and I'm absolutely astounded by the millions of dollars spent on public relations firms trying to convince the public that Democrats did it too. I'm also astounded how many newspapers are doing little more that publishing Republican party press releases as news on their front pages.
This scandal is exposing a lot more than just corruption in congress. It's exposing systemic corruption, laziness, and incomptence in our news media too.
But casinos gave money to Democrats, and casinos also gave money to Abramoff. And, Abromoff is dirty, therefore Democrats are dirty.
See? It's nice and clear. Obviously, the charts that clearly demonstrate the irrefutable idea that DEMOCRATS == INDIANS == ABROMOFF == DIRTY were prepared by independent third parties. They were not created by paid marketing firms, and do not carefully pick and choose the facts to warp public perception.
Seriously, the only thing this scandal has exposed is how easily our media is manipulated by public relations firms.
Actually, much of it was probably done by paid political astro turfers, working for both parties.
Record companies pay people to make fake play request to radio DJ's. Beverage companies pay people to drink in public places. Do you honestly think political parties don't pay people to make posts to political message boards?
WHY ARE YOU CONSTANTLY MAKING SHIT UP?
Because human beings are animals that repeat behavior that has provided rewards in the past.
For most posters, reading responses to a message is the reward for posting a message. And, in general, the more provocative the message, the bigger the reward. There is no reward for posting truthful messages.
Techniques to get a one-time dye transfers that can sit in a warehouse without degrading are probably different than techniques to get an electronic scanner to read your prints every day.
I believe hiding trade facts is very important for a free market.
Your ideas intrigue me, and I wish to subscribe to your news-letters.