Imagine some benefactor had given you a garage with all the tools and materials you could ever need. For free. Wouldn't that be cool? Think of the things you could do with it. That's Linux. Windows in comparison is a Ford sedan. You use it for travel.
-- And like any other car, it is occasionally susceptible to crashes, accidents and break-ins.
You don't actually believe that "we zoomed in and cleaned it up a bit" shit that you see on 24, right?
The best example of that was a scene from CSI, where the tech is shown some blurry camera footage and says, "Well, I could run a reverse algorithmic on it." Said process magically cleaned up the image, of course.
Who modded the parent a Troll? Perfectly legitimate comment, and he's right besides.
The problem is that they assume that the only reasonable metric for evaluating Linux adoption is to compare the number of Linux boxes to the number of Mac or Windows systems. That ignores the fact that millions upon millions of devices are running Linux (mostly embedded systems of one kind or another.) In most cases, it's not even apparent that Linux is under the hood.
Linux is here to stay, period. Whether or not it eventually becomes serious competition to Windows (or the Mac for that matter) is not relevant, since there's plenty of other application for it.
It has nothing to do with wanting a set of laws that cover every situation. In point of fact, Jewish tradition does not prescribe a set of laws that must be meticulously followed. Rather, there are a few such laws--the commandments--and a set of guidelines for moral behavior.
Heinlein boiled it down to this: All sin lies in hurting other people unnecessarily.
Of course, what's considered "necessary" is open to some interpretation.
Out of the frying pan into the incinerator you mean. I just dumped Sprint: phone service was okay but I had dozens of billing errors and finally decided that enough was enough. Plus which I really wanted a G1.
I wish they'd do the same with the airport security. Lower it to a roughly pre-9/11 level, and spend the money elsewhere, like to keep nukes and dirty bombs out of the country.
I agree, but the problem is that Congress is to used to spending our tax dollars any damn way it wants... consequently, they'll do both no matter how wasteful.
Only 50 deaths â" as horrible as that would be â" would cause nationwide panic,' says Katzir
He's right... but the only reason that's true is because we, as a culture, panic very easily. Granted, we're encouraged to do so by a sensationalist press, and a government that is always on the lookout for any rationalization for expanding its authority over us.
Sad commentary on the state of our society, I suppose, given that we mow ourselves down on the road by the thousands every year. That doesn't get anywhere near the media coverage, of course, even though automobiles cause more deaths per unit time than terrorism does (personally, I think some of the SUV-driving sociopaths I have to contend with every morning on the way to work ought to be up on terrorism charges, but that's another story.) We're all far more likely to die in an automobile accident than any probable act of terrorism.
I don't want the mechanic who thinks he can figure it out.
Weeding guys out that don't know what they are doing is what the free market is for. It's the USA. No one is forcing you to go to an incompetent (see the word "compete" in there?) mechanic. If you want to go to the dealer, go to the dealer. Me? I'm going to keep driving my 10 year old Ford and take it to my broham, Juan, when it doesn't run well. He knows where to find and how to replace the several on board computers. And I support the local economy more directly by using an independent mechanic. Competition baby!
I've been going to the same mechanic for about thirteen years now. The only time I go to the dealer is when he comes across some dealer-only part (sometimes he can get it anyway.)
Big corporations generally screw you six ways from Sunday by buying up the law in one way or another. The more you regulate the economy, the more likely that guys who have connections will have the ability to ruin you.
And if you don't regulate, the guys who don't have any connections because they don't need them will still ruin you.
That is an excellent question, considering that more than half of the people I have met who are TRULY African-American were of Caucasian descent.
Good point. Now, I'm a fourth-generation Greek-German-Irish-American, but I generally don't refer to myself that way. So far as I'm concerned I'm just an American. My girlfriend, as it happens, is in fact a true African-American... that is, she emigrated to the U.S. a quarter century ago from West Africa and eventually earned her citizenship. What most people here call "African Americans" she calls "Black Americans" because, well, frankly that's what they are and if anyone has the right to call them that she does. I mean, they're about as "African" as I am a Greek, which is to say, not at all. I know a number of Africans (not people of African descent, but people who were actually born on that continent) and they generally find the whole thing hysterical, and more than a little hypocritical.
My girlfriend, for example, will occasionally wear traditional African garb. I don't know all the subtleties, but there's meaning in what they wear. When she sees a "black American" attempting to look African by wearing brightly-colored robes without any understanding, she's gets very irritated.
Which is a ridiculous criterion. If that copy cannot be used for distribution purposes, and is essential to the operation of said device, there is no rational reason to be concerned about the existence of such a "copy" (and I use the term loosely.) The RIAA has used this nonsense about illegal copies resident in a transient buffer as a weak rationalization for suppression of technologies it doesn't happen to like.
Thing is, the RIAA's "junk science" never gets challenged. Here are the statistics for ~40,000 cases:
1. Number of times the RIAA's "investigator" and sole witness has been deposed: 0
2. Number of times the RIAA's expert witness has been deposed: 1.
Now, I find that remarkable. To be honest, at face value it doesn't speak well for the quality of representation those defendants had.
I personally think that copies which exist only in RAM should not be considered copies at all
And that's the truth. I mean, if you want to carry this to the point of logical absurdity (something the RIAA does on a regular basis) the wires leading from a phonograph's cartridge through the amplifier to the speakers are transiently storing a portion of the copyrighted signal.
Blizzard, almost exclusively, makes computer games that have CD keys which make them nearly impossible to resell. Once someone registers their game, especially with their new battle.net system, no one else can use that key.
One of many reasons I don't buy into anything Blizzard is selling.
This should also pique the interest of used-game opponents and provide a bigger target for them to go after if they get the politicians on their side."
I have the feeling that even the likes of Blizzard or Electronic Arts would think twice about giving Wal-Mart a hard time.
If a Government holds a copyright, and claims infringement of that copyright against the People, could it then be said that the Government's assets do not belong to the People?
You can get a G1 for as little as $79 bucks. The data plan is $10/mo cheaper than AT&T's. Over two years that's a difference of $360. No one who understands basic math would call that "close enough" or "roughly the same."
True... but then again, most Apple owners don't understand basic math when it applies to their favorite computer company. Note to Apple fans: I'm not slamming Apple's products... I'm slamming you.
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Imagine some benefactor had given you a garage with all the tools and materials you could ever need. For free. Wouldn't that be cool? Think of the things you could do with it. That's Linux. Windows in comparison is a Ford sedan. You use it for travel.
-- And like any other car, it is occasionally susceptible to crashes, accidents and break-ins.
Pot calling the kettle black, Mr. Ballmer.
You don't actually believe that "we zoomed in and cleaned it up a bit" shit that you see on 24, right?
The best example of that was a scene from CSI, where the tech is shown some blurry camera footage and says, "Well, I could run a reverse algorithmic on it." Said process magically cleaned up the image, of course.
Who modded the parent a Troll? Perfectly legitimate comment, and he's right besides.
The problem is that they assume that the only reasonable metric for evaluating Linux adoption is to compare the number of Linux boxes to the number of Mac or Windows systems. That ignores the fact that millions upon millions of devices are running Linux (mostly embedded systems of one kind or another.) In most cases, it's not even apparent that Linux is under the hood.
Linux is here to stay, period. Whether or not it eventually becomes serious competition to Windows (or the Mac for that matter) is not relevant, since there's plenty of other application for it.
Dude, a moat filled with shark-mounted lasers is the way to go nowadays. Get with the times, man.
Yes, but you don't need batteries for a bear trap.
It has nothing to do with wanting a set of laws that cover every situation. In point of fact, Jewish tradition does not prescribe a set of laws that must be meticulously followed. Rather, there are a few such laws--the commandments--and a set of guidelines for moral behavior.
Heinlein boiled it down to this: All sin lies in hurting other people unnecessarily.
Of course, what's considered "necessary" is open to some interpretation.
I don't understand this unwritten law that telcos must all act like they have some kind of mental handicap.
I guess sociopathy can be considered a handicap.
Out of the frying pan, into the steamer.
Out of the frying pan into the incinerator you mean. I just dumped Sprint: phone service was okay but I had dozens of billing errors and finally decided that enough was enough. Plus which I really wanted a G1.
Too many forks? Just create another fork.
Blame Larry. As usual, Mr. Ellison came along and stuck a fork in it.
In good hands would still have a great future.
I understand that Allstate is interested.
No, that's YourSQL.
No, it's Bill's SQL.
Otherwise known as the "Structured Queerly Language."
I wish they'd do the same with the airport security. Lower it to a roughly pre-9/11 level, and spend the money elsewhere, like to keep nukes and dirty bombs out of the country.
I agree, but the problem is that Congress is to used to spending our tax dollars any damn way it wants ... consequently, they'll do both no matter how wasteful.
Only 50 deaths â" as horrible as that would be â" would cause nationwide panic,' says Katzir
He's right ... but the only reason that's true is because we, as a culture, panic very easily. Granted, we're encouraged to do so by a sensationalist press, and a government that is always on the lookout for any rationalization for expanding its authority over us.
Sad commentary on the state of our society, I suppose, given that we mow ourselves down on the road by the thousands every year. That doesn't get anywhere near the media coverage, of course, even though automobiles cause more deaths per unit time than terrorism does (personally, I think some of the SUV-driving sociopaths I have to contend with every morning on the way to work ought to be up on terrorism charges, but that's another story.) We're all far more likely to die in an automobile accident than any probable act of terrorism.
In the end, dead is dead.
I don't want the mechanic who thinks he can figure it out.
Weeding guys out that don't know what they are doing is what the free market is for. It's the USA. No one is forcing you to go to an incompetent (see the word "compete" in there?) mechanic. If you want to go to the dealer, go to the dealer. Me? I'm going to keep driving my 10 year old Ford and take it to my broham, Juan, when it doesn't run well. He knows where to find and how to replace the several on board computers. And I support the local economy more directly by using an independent mechanic. Competition baby!
I've been going to the same mechanic for about thirteen years now. The only time I go to the dealer is when he comes across some dealer-only part (sometimes he can get it anyway.)
Big corporations generally screw you six ways from Sunday by buying up the law in one way or another. The more you regulate the economy, the more likely that guys who have connections will have the ability to ruin you.
And if you don't regulate, the guys who don't have any connections because they don't need them will still ruin you.
the wires leading from a phonograph's cartridge through the amplifier to the speakers are transiently storing a portion of the copyrighted signal.
That's known as the "analog hole". Please do try to keep up with the discussion.
Whoosh!!!!
That is an excellent question, considering that more than half of the people I have met who are TRULY African-American were of Caucasian descent.
Good point. Now, I'm a fourth-generation Greek-German-Irish-American, but I generally don't refer to myself that way. So far as I'm concerned I'm just an American. My girlfriend, as it happens, is in fact a true African-American ... that is, she emigrated to the U.S. a quarter century ago from West Africa and eventually earned her citizenship. What most people here call "African Americans" she calls "Black Americans" because, well, frankly that's what they are and if anyone has the right to call them that she does. I mean, they're about as "African" as I am a Greek, which is to say, not at all. I know a number of Africans (not people of African descent, but people who were actually born on that continent) and they generally find the whole thing hysterical, and more than a little hypocritical.
My girlfriend, for example, will occasionally wear traditional African garb. I don't know all the subtleties, but there's meaning in what they wear. When she sees a "black American" attempting to look African by wearing brightly-colored robes without any understanding, she's gets very irritated.
That would be MORE than recognisable.
Which is a ridiculous criterion. If that copy cannot be used for distribution purposes, and is essential to the operation of said device, there is no rational reason to be concerned about the existence of such a "copy" (and I use the term loosely.) The RIAA has used this nonsense about illegal copies resident in a transient buffer as a weak rationalization for suppression of technologies it doesn't happen to like.
Thing is, the RIAA's "junk science" never gets challenged. Here are the statistics for ~40,000 cases: 1. Number of times the RIAA's "investigator" and sole witness has been deposed: 0 2. Number of times the RIAA's expert witness has been deposed: 1.
Now, I find that remarkable. To be honest, at face value it doesn't speak well for the quality of representation those defendants had.
I personally think that copies which exist only in RAM should not be considered copies at all
And that's the truth. I mean, if you want to carry this to the point of logical absurdity (something the RIAA does on a regular basis) the wires leading from a phonograph's cartridge through the amplifier to the speakers are transiently storing a portion of the copyrighted signal.
Blizzard, almost exclusively, makes computer games that have CD keys which make them nearly impossible to resell. Once someone registers their game, especially with their new battle.net system, no one else can use that key.
One of many reasons I don't buy into anything Blizzard is selling.
This should also pique the interest of used-game opponents and provide a bigger target for them to go after if they get the politicians on their side."
I have the feeling that even the likes of Blizzard or Electronic Arts would think twice about giving Wal-Mart a hard time.
But what kind of politicians would support stopping the public from viewing public hearings being held on behalf of the public and at public expense?
What kind? Why, those who have something to hide ... and thus something to fear.
I am all for a reinvented Holocaust that, rather than killing jews, we round up thugs and put them out of our misery.
Khan Noonien Singh ... is that you?
If a Government holds a copyright, and claims infringement of that copyright against the People, could it then be said that the Government's assets do not belong to the People?
I'm an American. Welcome to the club.
You can get a G1 for as little as $79 bucks. The data plan is $10/mo cheaper than AT&T's. Over two years that's a difference of $360. No one who understands basic math would call that "close enough" or "roughly the same."
True ... but then again, most Apple owners don't understand basic math when it applies to their favorite computer company. Note to Apple fans: I'm not slamming Apple's products ... I'm slamming you.