Developers have moved on. IE is one of those things you test for once you've finished your work in Firefox.
This private browsing thing, if it wasn't a closed source application from a group that has a history of co-operating with US intelligence gathering organizations, might be vaguely interesting.
But the circumstances being what they are, it strikes me as a way to help the overstaffed NSA by red flagging your most sensitive items for their attention.
The pirates use the proceeds from armed robbery to bribe the commoners into supporting the return to power of a king who has been off fighting a religious war?
(I'm one of those people that think that music/movie/software piracy should remain illegal and am convinced that pirates hurt the industries - Gasp!)
Of course pirates hurt the industries. But then, the industries, they hurt everybody on earth. Even the artists that turn out to be success stories, they still end up raped and freezing in the end for the most part.
And a charger for each of the proprietary batteries for each of your devices, plus an extra battery for each so you can still use the device while charging a battery.
Straw man argument anyone? Who said anything about proprietary batteries? Batteries have been standardized for decades. It's not a big deal to have 20 AA and 20 AAA batteries, a charge tester and a recharging station.
If it doesn't use standard batteries, don't buy it. The problem was solved long ago, and all you have to do is decide it's non-optional when it comes time to spend your money. If you choose not to do so, it's your own fault.
GNU isn't a religion, it's a political-economic ideology reminiscent of anarcho-communism.
Marketing, being a politically correct word for propaganda, which is in its essence about domination of the individual through psychology, well, it's antithetical to the values of an anarcho-communist.
For these people, being able to achieve success without resorting to marketing and economic trickery is a validation of the viability of their world-view.
Do you refer to imperial-capitalist-pig-dog as a religion too?
You don't make any sense. AC is easy to raise and lower in voltage, while DC is difficult and expensive to raise and lower in voltage. That is the reason why it has lower power losses.
"Inner workings of the universe at an intuitive level"
What a stupid statement.
Except that it wasn't. You have an understanding of the universe based on a bunch of abstract systems that were spoon fed to you. This guy figured it out by looking at the world with wide eyes, understanding it, then putting that understanding into practice.
To quote PBS on the subject, contrasting Tesla with Edison:
That's where the similarity ended. Tesla relied on moments of inspiration, perceiving the invention in his brain in precise detail before moving to the construction stage. Edison was a trial and error man who described invention as five percent inspiration and 95 percent perspiration.
The man understood things by creating a model of the universe in his head and achieving a Gestalt moment, where he saw the coherence of everything and the consequences that implied. This is very different from how most people think, and is a big part of the reason why he has a cult following among those who see those qualities to some degree or another within themselves.
Tesla wasn't a hacker like Edison. He was a visionary, who saw deeply into the inner workings of the universe at an intuitive level. He captured what he saw in the language of math, and created the foundations for the modern electric age almost singlehandedly. The HAARP project in Alaska is based on his work in this field.
If he said it was possible within the laws of physics, personally, I believe him. He was probably the most important man in history.
Tesla wanted to do this on a large scale over a hundred years ago, and was prevented by his investors because there was no way to meter usage. He filed a patent for his concept in 1900. This technology is crippled and extremely late.
Sure... if you release it for free they can't patent it, but they can sure offer your widget at a lower price... right up until you've gone under, at which point they can -- and will -- raise the price again. Show me some proof that things can't work as I say, and I'll accept your argument. Until then, just keep telling me it's bullshit, and I'll keep thinking you're wrong.
You asked that I refute this specific assertion. I did so. Now you're floundering about trying to redefine your objection, because you never really intended to accept anything. The fact that Acetiminaphen was under patent long ago is irrelevant to the fact that it is not under patent, and is plentiful and cheap. Acetylsalicylic Acid was never patented, has been on the market since the 1800s, and is also plentiful and cheap.
Rather than Cost+Reasonable profit, the major factor is that a bigger company would just build it, once the idea is out.
For small time inventors and startups, patent is a godsend.
Patents are what keeps the small time entrepreneurs rolling. Please do not forget that.
Right. Here I thought this was about helping the worlds poor. It's about helping some chick in Australia build a successful business on their back.
Sure... if you release it for free they can't patent it, but they can sure offer your widget at a lower price... right up until you've gone under, at which point they can -- and will -- raise the price again. Show me some proof that things can't work as I say, and I'll accept your argument. Until then, just keep telling me it's bullshit, and I'll keep thinking you're wrong.
It doesn't work that way with drugs, now does it? You still see Ibuprofen, Acetiminaphen, Acetylsalicylic Acid on the shelves, right? At prices FAR below Advil, Tylenol and Aspirin. If you were right, even in principle, these generic drugs would not be available, and yet they are. You're ignoring reality and spouting bullshit to support your predetermined position, most likely because either you too would like leverage over the vast number of us some day, or you already have it.
Four: Keeping a big, greedy, monopolistic company (or patent troll) from patenting the design first, thus forcing everyone to pay.
That is bullshit. If you want to prevent someone from patenting your creation after the fact, you release it wide and far without encumbrance. The fact that you have publicly released prior art prevents them from getting a patent, or overturns that patent should it pass through the patent office. Patents do not protect citizens from patents. Your argument is utter nonsense.
Why? Let's say she didn't patent it, just released it to public domain. At the moment, the cells she has can be made inexpensively, out of cheap components. What happens when GreedyDeepPockets Corp decides to get into the business? It drives the cost UP, for everyone (for the raw materials at least).
Right. The big evil corporation is going to make these things at 10 times the price. Hmm... how will they get people to buy when the people could just make their own. I know... they're going to corner the market on pizza ovens and nail polish.
Now, let's say she does have a patent. She can decide who can produce it. Maybe she makes license terms that say for the first 5 years it can only be used to provide electricity for people who don't currently have it.
Right. That's going to get those big businesses to make the things and sell them for dirt, to people who have nothing but dirt.
Try not to get your panties in a knot every time you see the word 'patent'.
There are three utilities for a patent.
Using it to set up a monopolistic business and pricing the device higher than Cost+ReasonableProfit. Selling it to an existing business so they can do so. Patent trolling, supporting a leisurely lifestyle by placing a perpetual tax on those who would like to bring these devices to the citizenry of the world without continuing to productively participate in society.
This is an assault on the worlds poor. Plain and simple. The sort of thing you see in a world that is based on the rule of law, rather than the willing co-operation of free men and women. It's scummy, all the more so because it's being presented as the antithesis of what it actually is.
In Hindu philosophy, it is seen as a transcendence of phenomenal being, a state of higher consciousness, in which matter, energy, time, space, causation (karma) and the other features of empirical reality are understood as maya.
Maya = Illusion.
It's reminiscent of the Gnostics, with their belief that all of material reality came from the Demiurge, and that the goal of all humanity should be to go extinct, allowing a reunification with the true God.
There is only one way to solve this. Everyone get into a pile and get gay!
Maybe if you can convince the Indians to do this and get your own women off the birth control, your grandchildren might have jobs. You, personally... well, you're pretty much shit out of luck....
Oh the irony of your post. Especially your "mythology" when you mention the "soul" 3 times in your post. Pray tell, where does this "soul" of which you speak go after we leave this place?
The point is that those tribes which have embraced this ideology have dominated the world, while those that did not were driven to extinction. It's evolution at work, just at a different level of granularity than what you can look at in a lab.
The whole concept of a "soul" exists for the purpose of supporting the perspective that we are aliens in this place, that we will go home through some mystical means when our vehicle here (our body) wears out, and we can do anything we like to the place while we're here, because it's alien and inconsequential.
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Developers have moved on. IE is one of those things you test for once you've finished your work in Firefox.
This private browsing thing, if it wasn't a closed source application from a group that has a history of co-operating with US intelligence gathering organizations, might be vaguely interesting.
But the circumstances being what they are, it strikes me as a way to help the overstaffed NSA by red flagging your most sensitive items for their attention.
The pirates use the proceeds from armed robbery to bribe the commoners into supporting the return to power of a king who has been off fighting a religious war?
Yes, Saint IGNUcius.
That said, if you stick to only gadgets that use AA or AAA batteries you are going to be very limited in your selection of electronics.
There's a ton of crap on the market. I don't consider limiting my selection to items that meet the definition of "not crap" to be a problem.
(I'm one of those people that think that music/movie/software piracy should remain illegal and am convinced that pirates hurt the industries - Gasp!)
Of course pirates hurt the industries. But then, the industries, they hurt everybody on earth. Even the artists that turn out to be success stories, they still end up raped and freezing in the end for the most part.
So, the pirates are kind of like Robin Hood.
And a charger for each of the proprietary batteries for each of your devices, plus an extra battery for each so you can still use the device while charging a battery.
Straw man argument anyone? Who said anything about proprietary batteries? Batteries have been standardized for decades. It's not a big deal to have 20 AA and 20 AAA batteries, a charge tester and a recharging station.
If it doesn't use standard batteries, don't buy it. The problem was solved long ago, and all you have to do is decide it's non-optional when it comes time to spend your money. If you choose not to do so, it's your own fault.
Stop buying devices with integrated batteries. Buy devices that use external batteries, and get a charger. Simple.
GNU isn't a religion, it's a political-economic ideology reminiscent of anarcho-communism.
Marketing, being a politically correct word for propaganda, which is in its essence about domination of the individual through psychology, well, it's antithetical to the values of an anarcho-communist.
For these people, being able to achieve success without resorting to marketing and economic trickery is a validation of the viability of their world-view.
Do you refer to imperial-capitalist-pig-dog as a religion too?
They were cut with thermite. Look at the videos of the event.
You don't make any sense. AC is easy to raise and lower in voltage, while DC is difficult and expensive to raise and lower in voltage. That is the reason why it has lower power losses.
"Inner workings of the universe at an intuitive level" What a stupid statement.
Except that it wasn't. You have an understanding of the universe based on a bunch of abstract systems that were spoon fed to you. This guy figured it out by looking at the world with wide eyes, understanding it, then putting that understanding into practice.
To quote PBS on the subject, contrasting Tesla with Edison:
That's where the similarity ended. Tesla relied on moments of inspiration, perceiving the invention in his brain in precise detail before moving to the construction stage. Edison was a trial and error man who described invention as five percent inspiration and 95 percent perspiration.
The man understood things by creating a model of the universe in his head and achieving a Gestalt moment, where he saw the coherence of everything and the consequences that implied. This is very different from how most people think, and is a big part of the reason why he has a cult following among those who see those qualities to some degree or another within themselves.
Tesla wasn't a hacker like Edison. He was a visionary, who saw deeply into the inner workings of the universe at an intuitive level. He captured what he saw in the language of math, and created the foundations for the modern electric age almost singlehandedly. The HAARP project in Alaska is based on his work in this field.
If he said it was possible within the laws of physics, personally, I believe him. He was probably the most important man in history.
Tesla wanted to do this on a large scale over a hundred years ago, and was prevented by his investors because there was no way to meter usage. He filed a patent for his concept in 1900. This technology is crippled and extremely late.
Good for Iran. Nice to see them doing well over there.
Wonder if they'll fix that Israel problem for us....
Sure... if you release it for free they can't patent it, but they can sure offer your widget at a lower price... right up until you've gone under, at which point they can -- and will -- raise the price again. Show me some proof that things can't work as I say, and I'll accept your argument. Until then, just keep telling me it's bullshit, and I'll keep thinking you're wrong.
You asked that I refute this specific assertion. I did so. Now you're floundering about trying to redefine your objection, because you never really intended to accept anything. The fact that Acetiminaphen was under patent long ago is irrelevant to the fact that it is not under patent, and is plentiful and cheap. Acetylsalicylic Acid was never patented, has been on the market since the 1800s, and is also plentiful and cheap.
Rather than Cost+Reasonable profit, the major factor is that a bigger company would just build it, once the idea is out.
For small time inventors and startups, patent is a godsend.
Patents are what keeps the small time entrepreneurs rolling. Please do not forget that.
Right. Here I thought this was about helping the worlds poor. It's about helping some chick in Australia build a successful business on their back.
She's a real Samaritan, this one...
Sure... if you release it for free they can't patent it, but they can sure offer your widget at a lower price... right up until you've gone under, at which point they can -- and will -- raise the price again. Show me some proof that things can't work as I say, and I'll accept your argument. Until then, just keep telling me it's bullshit, and I'll keep thinking you're wrong.
It doesn't work that way with drugs, now does it? You still see Ibuprofen, Acetiminaphen, Acetylsalicylic Acid on the shelves, right? At prices FAR below Advil, Tylenol and Aspirin. If you were right, even in principle, these generic drugs would not be available, and yet they are. You're ignoring reality and spouting bullshit to support your predetermined position, most likely because either you too would like leverage over the vast number of us some day, or you already have it.
Four: Keeping a big, greedy, monopolistic company (or patent troll) from patenting the design first, thus forcing everyone to pay.
That is bullshit. If you want to prevent someone from patenting your creation after the fact, you release it wide and far without encumbrance. The fact that you have publicly released prior art prevents them from getting a patent, or overturns that patent should it pass through the patent office. Patents do not protect citizens from patents. Your argument is utter nonsense.
Why? Let's say she didn't patent it, just released it to public domain. At the moment, the cells she has can be made inexpensively, out of cheap components. What happens when GreedyDeepPockets Corp decides to get into the business? It drives the cost UP, for everyone (for the raw materials at least).
Right. The big evil corporation is going to make these things at 10 times the price. Hmm... how will they get people to buy when the people could just make their own. I know... they're going to corner the market on pizza ovens and nail polish.
Now, let's say she does have a patent. She can decide who can produce it. Maybe she makes license terms that say for the first 5 years it can only be used to provide electricity for people who don't currently have it.
Right. That's going to get those big businesses to make the things and sell them for dirt, to people who have nothing but dirt.
Try not to get your panties in a knot every time you see the word 'patent'.
There are three utilities for a patent.
Using it to set up a monopolistic business and pricing the device higher than Cost+ReasonableProfit.
Selling it to an existing business so they can do so.
Patent trolling, supporting a leisurely lifestyle by placing a perpetual tax on those who would like to bring these devices to the citizenry of the world without continuing to productively participate in society.
This is an assault on the worlds poor. Plain and simple. The sort of thing you see in a world that is based on the rule of law, rather than the willing co-operation of free men and women. It's scummy, all the more so because it's being presented as the antithesis of what it actually is.
She wants to help the poor people of the world.
So, she found a process that uses cheap, easily accessible parts that would allow people in poor countries to help themselves.
And she patented it. So she can commercialize it.
Fuck off and die, bitch.
Protestors... always demanding people change what they're doing, never buckling down to create infrastructure to support new ways of life.
Tibet is better off now than they were before. China is doing all the right things.
I hope they shoot the guy.
No, it doesn't.
In Hindu philosophy, it is seen as a transcendence of phenomenal being, a state of higher consciousness, in which matter, energy, time, space, causation (karma) and the other features of empirical reality are understood as maya.
Maya = Illusion.
It's reminiscent of the Gnostics, with their belief that all of material reality came from the Demiurge, and that the goal of all humanity should be to go extinct, allowing a reunification with the true God.
Very detached, very nihilistic.
Why would you buy Linux support from MS? You would think you'd get better support buying it from, oh, a lemonade stand perhaps?
There is only one way to solve this. Everyone get into a pile and get gay!
Maybe if you can convince the Indians to do this and get your own women off the birth control, your grandchildren might have jobs. You, personally... well, you're pretty much shit out of luck....
There are roughly a billion Hindus who refute this hypothesis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moksha
Oh the irony of your post. Especially your "mythology" when you mention the "soul" 3 times in your post. Pray tell, where does this "soul" of which you speak go after we leave this place?
The point is that those tribes which have embraced this ideology have dominated the world, while those that did not were driven to extinction. It's evolution at work, just at a different level of granularity than what you can look at in a lab.
The whole concept of a "soul" exists for the purpose of supporting the perspective that we are aliens in this place, that we will go home through some mystical means when our vehicle here (our body) wears out, and we can do anything we like to the place while we're here, because it's alien and inconsequential.