Terrorism is just a tool used by the State, and it's not their only one. So yes, the current wave of statism is religious in nature.
From USC Title 22 section 2656f(d): the term "terrorism" means premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents;
So what is the premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against sovereign nations by imperialistic states? Surely that must be the definition of state-sponsored terrorism. Terrorism by the State is far more deadly than the acts of individuals.
This story doesn't add up to me either. One doesn't deviate from military orders to go on a fishing expedition for lost treasure.
You could spin it like this. "A government contractor used the cover of finding two nuclear submarines as funding and license to recover artifacts for the the Titanic. This discovery was used by Ballard for his own fame and fortune, at taxpayers expense through a military contract."
From the ABC article:
The Navy made a deal with Ballard. After his submarine search was concluded, it would fund an expedition to find the Titanic and now a National Geographic documentary called "Titanic: The Final Secret" follows the true story of the search and recovery of the 1912 shipwreck.
I sure wish I could get the government to pay for my treasure hunt.
In the state of TN industry insiders write licensing statues and then lobby to get them passed under the guise of public protection. In reality this just prevents new entry to the market by competitors. Often the licensing schools are run by the big corporations that government supposedly protects us from.
For example if my spouse owned a pyrotechnics company, I could go to the capital and lobby for fireworks safety. After that my spouse could make thousands by running a certification school in the off seasons. After the licensing goes into effect we'll see absolutely no change in the number of fireworks related incidents. Come to think of it, the numbers were really low anyway because most people like to keep living and don't want to blow themselves up, and they don't want to have their pants sued off either.
1 Become an expert 2 Lobby congress to make sure that everyone has to come through you to become an expert too. 3 There is no step 3 4 Profit
We're getting ready to migrate 20 legacy Windows servers over to 4 Linux servers running vmware. So Microsoft would argue over 80% of our servers run Windows or 100% of them do. I would say that 100% of the servers run Linux propping up the White Elephant that is Windows 2000 Server.
It's not really the FDA's fault that Americans have an indiscriminating palette. I choose chocolate based on taste, not on labeling. I could really give a flying flip on what the FDA thinks chocolate is. I know what chocolate is. I'd as soon eat shoe leather as a Hershey bar. The problem here is that government thinks that this is a problem that government needs to solve. Your tax dollars at work people, arguing about what a chocolate bar is, while our national debt spirals out of control. Why is it that as a libertarian, I have to argue for the deregulation of the chocolate industry? What a sad, petty state our country has come to.
You ain't lying brotha... I HATED walking a user through a Win95 browser installation. At least one browser comes with Windows now, even if it is second rate.
My mathematics professor told stories of expensive junkets and lavish gifts textbook publishers bestowed upon her. She was on the curriculum committee which chose the textbooks for the department. Hotel rooms, wine, food all at no cost. For the larger textbook companies that were subsidiaries of major publishers would send her any book she requested, math-related or not from their extensive catalogs. US textbook publishers spend big bucks wooing professors to buy their books and update new editions frequently.
The solution to me would be for the schools to put restrictions on what is appropriate for teachers to receive and punish what is clearly bribery. It seems to me that the student's best interest need to be kept in mind. Most of what I have learned in college I didn't learn though well marketed textbooks. It was learned by diligent research and hard work.
Yes, but what if you only needed to transfer this amount of data once a month? Pay for huge freaking tubes every month. Or pay for a FedEx box to be shipped for roughly $20. BTW, the first time the drives don't work after being unboxed, FedEx insurance replaces them. Just don't delete the data at the source until you're sure it reached the destination.
Compact SUV PD BallUp Snitch Compact 1,1 0,1 BallUp 2,2 0,3 SUV 1,0 1,1 Snitch 3,0 1,1
Given that an accident will happen It doesn't sound like "Prisoners Dilemma" it sounds like some other game. If your choices are to walk away from the accident represented by a "1" in the diagram, or limp away from the accident, or die, represented by the "0". Given Tennessee there are enough SUV's and pickups here, I'm going to drive a pickup or SUV, if I lived in a region where everyone drove a cheap Datsun and Minis, I'd probably drive a Datsun or Mini.
Correct Sir, Democracy doesn't work, America's founders realized that and instituted America as a Constitutional Republic. I cringe evertime I hear a politician or judge describe America as a Democracy.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have
for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -Benjamin Franklin
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. -Thomas Jefferson
Microsoft should not be involved when I change my hardware. That's my business, and none of theirs. The simple fact is that the time when a piece of hardware is current is shorter than the lifespan of a Microsoft operating system, and people should be expected to be upgrading.
If you replace your engine, then the engine VIN doesn't match the vehicle's VIN. Replace enough parts and none of the VINs match your car would likely be suspected of being put together from other stolen cars. Your title will be flagged and it would be very difficult to resell that car to reputable auto business.
If you replace hardware like you change underwear (I hope), then WGA will likely suspect that the Product ID doesn't match the computer anymore. OK, so that analogy is a stretch, work with me here.
Here in Tennessee showing title would be redundant since you can't register a car that's not titled to you. Michael Badnarik, the Liberterian candidate for the last Presidential election argues that the state owns your car when you have it titled. Why else would you have to register it? If you don't register it in your name and you get caught driving it around then the state will eventually confiscate it and auction it off, Just as the bank would if you didn't pay your car note.
A lot of commecial software works pretty much the same way, unfortunately.
Yeah, but MS doesn't like that even when the support call comes in like this.
FRIEND: I'm getting pop-ups galore and my computer is sooo slow.
ME: The easiest thing for me to do is wipe and reload your system. Do you have your original software?
FRIEND: The software got lost the last time I moved. Don't you have a copy of Windows XP?
ME: Yeah, but without the original discs or paperwork I'll have to install a pirate copy, unless you want to pay for another copy
FRIEND: I don't care what you do I just need to turn in this project tomorrow and I can't use my computer
This is an unneccesary moral delimma for the power user like me, do I help my friend, or do I help Microsoft's bottom line. GM doesn't make you buy another car when you lose your keys.
At least now OEM boxes usually come with a license and product key sticker on the side, but only on systems less than a few years old.
Police force you to prove that you own your car and have it registered everytime you get stopped, even when you've committed no crime (i.e. DUI/DWI roadblocks). I don't know what country you're from, but I'm here in Memphis, TN, USA, and I've had to prove that I own my car at least three times in the past year. God only knows what kind of fines I would have had to pay had I not had this proof in my glove compartment each time.
Don't get me wrong, I'm no fan of this method of software licensing OR law enforcement. But your analogy is a little flawed.
What makes the Microsoft example worse is their vigilante tactics in enforcing their EULAs. Microsoft aren't the police and they should stop acting like police, judge, jury and executioner. Especially when the defendant is likely their patron.
I vote on your behalf was casted for Billy G. (Purchasing a computer with Windows preinstalled)
You can of course cast a second vote for Linus, (install Linux) or vote again for Billy G (upgrade Windows).
Nevertheless, your original vote for Billy G cannot be revoked.
P.S. If you can't prove that you paid your original poll tax we'll recend your voters registration card (WGA) but still count the vote because it suits us.
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!
With all do respect, I shouldn't have to be a "decent" web designer to be able to put up a personal homepage that looks the same in all browsers. Instead of using some WYSIWYG editor I decided to strike it out on my own and write a page from scratch using the "standards" that the W3C touts.
On top of crazy interpretations that different browsers display, I had the damnedest time trying to get the w3c recommended "DIV" tags to float in the right places. I ended up going back to tables, which really screws up text based browsers and screen readers. Why the hell can't anyone stick to a standard?
The problem leads to bad design habits (i.e. designing for only popular browsers), complex pages (i.e. javascript browser detectors that load different pages for different browsers), and n00b frustration that encourages use of monstrosities like Frontpage and Yahoo page builder.
Why do you think MS bought Sysinternals today? When you have several billion in the bank it's a lot easier to buy off your detractors then fix real problems. This got posted to/. in a different article but the two stories are interrelated.
Externally, yes, he'll probably be muzzled to some extent, but I have seen some MS employee blogs that raise valid issues with MS software. Internally I hope he's allowed to speak his mind. If MS bought sysinternals to improve their OS then this is a good thing. However if MS did this to cover problems with the upcoming Vista then some other third party will step up to the plate. Only time will tell.
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I assume that all the names would be inserted into the code as comments, meaning the names won't be compiled into the binary. I'm not a cvs master or anything but I assume you can exclude the directory that contains the names when you update your source locally.
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So what is the premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against sovereign nations by imperialistic states? Surely that must be the definition of state-sponsored terrorism. Terrorism by the State is far more deadly than the acts of individuals.
In the state of TN industry insiders write licensing statues and then lobby to get them passed under the guise of public protection. In reality this just prevents new entry to the market by competitors. Often the licensing schools are run by the big corporations that government supposedly protects us from.
For example if my spouse owned a pyrotechnics company, I could go to the capital and lobby for fireworks safety. After that my spouse could make thousands by running a certification school in the off seasons. After the licensing goes into effect we'll see absolutely no change in the number of fireworks related incidents. Come to think of it, the numbers were really low anyway because most people like to keep living and don't want to blow themselves up, and they don't want to have their pants sued off either.
1 Become an expert
2 Lobby congress to make sure that everyone has to come through you to become an expert too.
3 There is no step 3
4 Profit
Licensing protects corporations, not consumers.
How exactly do you run stuff without a shell?
If a system without a shell crashes in the server room does it make a sound?
I had a computer without a shell once. It had 3 switches on the front that you programmed in octal to make the red light blink.
Why do cops need bribes when they have tax and ticket revenue?
We're getting ready to migrate 20 legacy Windows servers over to 4 Linux servers running vmware. So Microsoft would argue over 80% of our servers run Windows or 100% of them do. I would say that 100% of the servers run Linux propping up the White Elephant that is Windows 2000 Server.
It's not really the FDA's fault that Americans have an indiscriminating palette. I choose chocolate based on taste, not on labeling. I could really give a flying flip on what the FDA thinks chocolate is. I know what chocolate is. I'd as soon eat shoe leather as a Hershey bar. The problem here is that government thinks that this is a problem that government needs to solve. Your tax dollars at work people, arguing about what a chocolate bar is, while our national debt spirals out of control. Why is it that as a libertarian, I have to argue for the deregulation of the chocolate industry? What a sad, petty state our country has come to.
Dude, putting sugar in your gas tank is a bad idea.
You ain't lying brotha... I HATED walking a user through a Win95 browser installation. At least one browser comes with Windows now, even if it is second rate.
My mathematics professor told stories of expensive junkets and lavish gifts textbook publishers bestowed upon her. She was on the curriculum committee which chose the textbooks for the department. Hotel rooms, wine, food all at no cost. For the larger textbook companies that were subsidiaries of major publishers would send her any book she requested, math-related or not from their extensive catalogs. US textbook publishers spend big bucks wooing professors to buy their books and update new editions frequently.
The solution to me would be for the schools to put restrictions on what is appropriate for teachers to receive and punish what is clearly bribery. It seems to me that the student's best interest need to be kept in mind. Most of what I have learned in college I didn't learn though well marketed textbooks. It was learned by diligent research and hard work.
What's the difference?
Yes, but what if you only needed to transfer this amount of data once a month? Pay for huge freaking tubes every month. Or pay for a FedEx box to be shipped for roughly $20. BTW, the first time the drives don't work after being unboxed, FedEx insurance replaces them. Just don't delete the data at the source until you're sure it reached the destination.
Compact SUV PD BallUp Snitch
Compact 1,1 0,1 BallUp 2,2 0,3
SUV 1,0 1,1 Snitch 3,0 1,1
Given that an accident will happen It doesn't sound like "Prisoners Dilemma" it sounds like some other game. If your choices are to walk away from the accident represented by a "1" in the diagram, or limp away from the accident, or die, represented by the "0". Given Tennessee there are enough SUV's and pickups here, I'm going to drive a pickup or SUV, if I lived in a region where everyone drove a cheap Datsun and Minis, I'd probably drive a Datsun or Mini.
If you replace your engine, then the engine VIN doesn't match the vehicle's VIN. Replace enough parts and none of the VINs match your car would likely be suspected of being put together from other stolen cars. Your title will be flagged and it would be very difficult to resell that car to reputable auto business.
If you replace hardware like you change underwear (I hope), then WGA will likely suspect that the Product ID doesn't match the computer anymore. OK, so that analogy is a stretch, work with me here.
Here in Tennessee showing title would be redundant since you can't register a car that's not titled to you. Michael Badnarik, the Liberterian candidate for the last Presidential election argues that the state owns your car when you have it titled. Why else would you have to register it? If you don't register it in your name and you get caught driving it around then the state will eventually confiscate it and auction it off, Just as the bank would if you didn't pay your car note.
A lot of commecial software works pretty much the same way, unfortunately.
Yeah, but MS doesn't like that even when the support call comes in like this.
FRIEND: I'm getting pop-ups galore and my computer is sooo slow.
ME: The easiest thing for me to do is wipe and reload your system. Do you have your original software?
FRIEND: The software got lost the last time I moved. Don't you have a copy of Windows XP?
ME: Yeah, but without the original discs or paperwork I'll have to install a pirate copy, unless you want to pay for another copy
FRIEND: I don't care what you do I just need to turn in this project tomorrow and I can't use my computer
This is an unneccesary moral delimma for the power user like me, do I help my friend, or do I help Microsoft's bottom line. GM doesn't make you buy another car when you lose your keys.
At least now OEM boxes usually come with a license and product key sticker on the side, but only on systems less than a few years old.
Police force you to prove that you own your car and have it registered everytime you get stopped, even when you've committed no crime (i.e. DUI/DWI roadblocks). I don't know what country you're from, but I'm here in Memphis, TN, USA, and I've had to prove that I own my car at least three times in the past year. God only knows what kind of fines I would have had to pay had I not had this proof in my glove compartment each time.
Don't get me wrong, I'm no fan of this method of software licensing OR law enforcement. But your analogy is a little flawed.
What makes the Microsoft example worse is their vigilante tactics in enforcing their EULAs. Microsoft aren't the police and they should stop acting like police, judge, jury and executioner. Especially when the defendant is likely their patron.
More like:
I vote on your behalf was casted for Billy G. (Purchasing a computer with Windows preinstalled)
You can of course cast a second vote for Linus, (install Linux) or vote again for Billy G (upgrade Windows).
Nevertheless, your original vote for Billy G cannot be revoked.
P.S. If you can't prove that you paid your original poll tax we'll recend your voters registration card (WGA) but still count the vote because it suits us.
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!
With all do respect, I shouldn't have to be a "decent" web designer to be able to put up a personal homepage that looks the same in all browsers. Instead of using some WYSIWYG editor I decided to strike it out on my own and write a page from scratch using the "standards" that the W3C touts.
On top of crazy interpretations that different browsers display, I had the damnedest time trying to get the w3c recommended "DIV" tags to float in the right places. I ended up going back to tables, which really screws up text based browsers and screen readers. Why the hell can't anyone stick to a standard?
The problem leads to bad design habits (i.e. designing for only popular browsers), complex pages (i.e. javascript browser detectors that load different pages for different browsers), and n00b frustration that encourages use of monstrosities like Frontpage and Yahoo page builder.
Why do you think MS bought Sysinternals today? When you have several billion in the bank it's a lot easier to buy off your detractors then fix real problems. This got posted to /. in a different article but the two stories are interrelated.
Externally, yes, he'll probably be muzzled to some extent, but I have seen some MS employee blogs that raise valid issues with MS software. Internally I hope he's allowed to speak his mind. If MS bought sysinternals to improve their OS then this is a good thing. However if MS did this to cover problems with the upcoming Vista then some other third party will step up to the plate. Only time will tell.
If you don't first innovate, buy, buy again!
I assume that all the names would be inserted into the code as comments, meaning the names won't be compiled into the binary. I'm not a cvs master or anything but I assume you can exclude the directory that contains the names when you update your source locally.