I'd never do something so dishonest as to develop OSS on company time. I just look at pr0n and DL some music on Kazaa;-)
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Do patents slow down scientific growth? Sure, if you have to go through the patent owner to do something, it creates a bottle neck, and increases expenses.
But you also have to understand, patents motivate people. It encourages them to invent, and discover, because they know if they find something knew, or create something, they can patent it and make money from it. If inventors couldn't make money off their inventions, there would be alot less of them.
Correction.....5 people voted 3 R 2 D. Sorry, my local news station got it wrong. Still I make my point, pretty hard to get a non-party line vote when you need 50% of your votes to go to the other party.
One thing that disappoints me about this, is that the vote was on party lines, with Republicans on one side and Democrats on the other.
Um, it's kind of hard to have a vote NOT on party lines when 3 PEOPLE are voting! LOL in order to not have a part line vote, the 2 republicans would have to vote Democrat and the 1 democrat would have to vote Republican lol. Which would mean that party lines weren't.
I don't know what the big deal about companies being able to own more stations.
In the old days, it was true that you could only get a few stations from majoy networks, but today we have HUNDREDS of stations on cable, sattelite, and the internet.
If Clear Channel buys 8 out of 45 stations everywhere in the U.S. what's the big deal?
Even if they bought EVERY channel what would be the big deal? If you don't like it, don't listen, if people don't listen, they won't be able to get advertisers, if they don't get advertisers they don't get money, if they don't get money, they go out of business. Problem solved!
It's not like T.V. and Radio are a TOOL that you HAVE to use to get your job done (I.E. a car, Windows, etc.). They are entertainment. If people don't like it, they don't need to watch.
Yes, but that's not what I'm trying to say. I'm trying to say what makes them think ANY pattern has an intelligent creator? No matter what protocals you use to weed them out. I'm not trying to PROVE anything. It's just an observation.
I just find it fascinating, how the SETI project is looking for signals coming from outer space that have the tiniest pattern to them. Because, they assume, if it has a pattern, it was created by intelligent life. But back on Earth, they have been studying DNA, which has an incredible pattern. Yet they say that it doesn't have an intelligent creator.
Just wait until the economy goes back up, and Bush gets re-elected. If then, he does nothing, then go ahead and blaim him, but the last thing he wants right now is for tech companies to take a huge hit right when the markets are starting to turn around.
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Rosen and the RIAA haven't learned much from Edison, since they're still in the dark...
One is proposed by some folks in Stanford, the other is proposed by Microsoft and Intel.
Guess which one is going to matter?
I'd never do something so dishonest as to develop OSS on company time. I just look at pr0n and DL some music on Kazaa ;-)
Do patents slow down scientific growth? Sure, if you have to go through the patent owner to do something, it creates a bottle neck, and increases expenses. But you also have to understand, patents motivate people. It encourages them to invent, and discover, because they know if they find something knew, or create something, they can patent it and make money from it. If inventors couldn't make money off their inventions, there would be alot less of them.
Someone get a list of sites on their servers, so we can Slashdot them as a fairwell gift ;-)
Because I swear, I was gonna kill someone if it didn't.
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Correction.....5 people voted 3 R 2 D. Sorry, my local news station got it wrong. Still I make my point, pretty hard to get a non-party line vote when you need 50% of your votes to go to the other party.
Do you not own a CD player?
The Dixie Chicks were also booed at the Academy of Country Music awards BTW.
One thing that disappoints me about this, is that the vote was on party lines, with Republicans on one side and Democrats on the other.
Um, it's kind of hard to have a vote NOT on party lines when 3 PEOPLE are voting! LOL in order to not have a part line vote, the 2 republicans would have to vote Democrat and the 1 democrat would have to vote Republican lol. Which would mean that party lines weren't.
Listening to the radio can also kill you, as it distracts you from driving. I bet that happens more often than not.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Nobody has to sell......if your love of what you do is more than your love of money.
/. 10,000,000,000$ dollars to sell them everything, but they don't have to.
They could offer
If you sell your soul to the devil, it's your fault.
I don't know what the big deal about companies being able to own more stations.
In the old days, it was true that you could only get a few stations from majoy networks, but today we have HUNDREDS of stations on cable, sattelite, and the internet.
If Clear Channel buys 8 out of 45 stations everywhere in the U.S. what's the big deal? Even if they bought EVERY channel what would be the big deal? If you don't like it, don't listen, if people don't listen, they won't be able to get advertisers, if they don't get advertisers they don't get money, if they don't get money, they go out of business. Problem solved!
It's not like T.V. and Radio are a TOOL that you HAVE to use to get your job done (I.E. a car, Windows, etc.). They are entertainment. If people don't like it, they don't need to watch.
"Non rectangular window support."
Now that would be interesting, round windows. Would be difficult to read text in lol.
Yes, but that's not what I'm trying to say. I'm trying to say what makes them think ANY pattern has an intelligent creator? No matter what protocals you use to weed them out. I'm not trying to PROVE anything. It's just an observation.
If they'll have a cow for their GNU symbol?
*note: this is a good natured jab, not making fun of their religious beliefs
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Please don't mod this a troll because It's not.
I just find it fascinating, how the SETI project is looking for signals coming from outer space that have the tiniest pattern to them. Because, they assume, if it has a pattern, it was created by intelligent life. But back on Earth, they have been studying DNA, which has an incredible pattern. Yet they say that it doesn't have an intelligent creator.
One way tickets start at 2,000,000,000 Euros. Get them while they last.
It's nothing personal, just business. Capish?
Are we a simulation to US, or are we a simulation to God?
It's just a guess, but I think you'd need something bigger than a creek to sail that in!
Just wait until the economy goes back up, and Bush gets re-elected. If then, he does nothing, then go ahead and blaim him, but the last thing he wants right now is for tech companies to take a huge hit right when the markets are starting to turn around.
I sure hope this isn't a FPS.......
Do you really want your boss to walk by and see you typing "My boss is such an asshole! He doesn't even know I banged his wife."