...that they are going to inform about a briefing for whoever is interested in news about an upcoming event where coverage of a future announcement will be told to intkfskghddf (head explodes)
Oh my frickin' good, that's one BORING company...
Wake me up when Microsoft announces that Paul Allen will publicly fsck Bill Gates up the ass, so I can run in the other direction.
All of these are basic rights for all human beings.
That has been wishful thinking of the western countries since 1945. While many countries have made impressive advancements in the development of west-compatible institutions and economies, this doesn't necessarily mean they adopted our cultural and moral values too.
Formal acceptance of the UN's human rights charter is necessary to participate in the "civilized world", but there's no need to actually implement and enforce them.
Heck, even the U.S. violate human rights on a dailybasis.
This type of system tends to minimize or eliminate fresh new types of music.
So they must have been using it all the time...
Seriously, this just shows how redundant the "music" industry is. In a market scenario, it would be the customer who chooses what's hot or not among many different channels. Instead, we have a monopolistic dinosaur industry which aims to control the channels and thus the customer's decision. And at the same time they are talking about choice!. Goebbels could have learned from them. Like the Nazis did, they are pouring billions into propaganda.
And $5,000 for the hit-or-not software.
Ah yes, and $1,000 for the artist.
But I'm confident they will stumble upon their own stupidity. Every arrogant industry has gone this way... bye bye!
Evolution is a theory, right, but there's a lot of evidence in favor of it and none against it so far. As soon as there's one one proof evolution theory is wrong, it'll we dropped immediately. Scientific theories need to be falsifiable (thanks to Popper).
In contrast, creation is a belief. There are no proofs whatsoever. For a belief it doesn't matter whether it's provable or not. The point is that you're believing it. And that's good, as long as you keep it for you.
However, serious problems arise when those who believe try to impose their beliefs upon others who don't. That's religious intolerance and has caused the death of millions in the past. That's why we have secular states. Those people are trying to turn back time and act at the same level as those islamic fundamentalists who persuade young people of committing suicide attacks. Both lack the most fundamental respect for others.
To blabber about creationism at work or school is like picking one's nose in public. I had a boss who would start "casual" discussions about "scientific" topics at any occasion. Now, that was a serious asshole! Once he gave me a book "about information" (I'm a software engineer and therefore interested "in information"). The book looked somehow suspicious though, and a quick googling of the author revealed his creationist background.
So, if you come across a creationist without manners, inform him of his misbehaviour, or run.
If I had mod points I'd mod the parent up as one of the I-mods. Government in a nutshell.
However, the military MUST not come after me in this case, because this case is about disregarding license agreements or the like, and I hope it's still illegal for someone to send the army because of this.
But then again, this army has been sent further away for even more dubious reasons...
Nobody except judiciary has the right to go after me when I've done wrong.
Everything else breaches separation of powers and / or is plain illegal. Like the RIAA paying retired police offers to play Gestapo. Or the army saying "The Army is angry, and we're coming for you".
Rather than threatening its own people, I'd prefer the army focusing on defense, and on respecting the law themselves. As a suggestion, they could start in Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo.
The errors [...] prompted the celebrity host, NBC comedian Conan O'Brien, to quip, "Who's in charge of Microsoft, anyway?"
Gates, who was sitting next to O'Brien on a set staged to look like NBC's Late Night set, smiled dryly and continued with his discussion.
Look, Bill: It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time.
It is a transfer medium for energy, like electricity. You still have to produce the energy, using gas, oil, coal, uranium, wind, sunlight, wood, water, or garbage.
So, even if your car uses hydrogen, you still may be financing the emission of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere.
Ships without that device won't be allowed in ports, so the first thing terrorists do is to install such a device.
And no, they won't declare their nuke in the freight papers...
The same (non-)effect could be achieved practically for free using satellites, so IMHO this is another case of "Look how we spend your tax dollars to improve our security!".
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my spaceplane can fly 20 times in 20 days!
...the Marine Corps also wants a pony.
...that they are going to inform about a briefing for whoever is interested in news about an upcoming event where coverage of a future announcement will be told to intkfskghddf (head explodes)
Oh my frickin' good, that's one BORING company...
Wake me up when Microsoft announces that Paul Allen will publicly fsck Bill Gates up the ass, so I can run in the other direction.
...because if they don't, the music biz will work, and they can't get lawmakers to criminalize customers anymore.
In a few years, those managers will look just so stupid (after they've been fired).
I don't see how every page with the words "Adolf Hitler" in it would be illegal
search for "Adolf Hitler" (with the quoations) is not banned. Whereas adolf hitler (with no quotations) is banned.
a stupid half-assed "solution" easy to circumvent
furthermore, I find it extremely disturbing that one shouldn't be able to search for Adolf Hitler and read about his crimes
that's asking for history to repeat
...history's first corporatocracy
vomits
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GAIN IS SPYWARE
Very OT, but as a non-native english speaker, I'd like to know what having a "reputation as an albatross" means.
...because links are the web's currency. But hell, who cares? There's more than enough alternatives around. Fsck you, orbits.
That's why everything that comes from M$ looks and feels so ... ugly? ... loveless? It's got no soul, it's not sexy!
Au contraire, a smiling Mac Plus, a "Have a lot of fun!" on login, and you know the tool you've got in front of you has been built with love.
The same with Open Source: Coders having fun on their job will make better software.
All of these are basic rights for all human beings.
That has been wishful thinking of the western countries since 1945. While many countries have made impressive advancements in the development of west-compatible institutions and economies, this doesn't necessarily mean they adopted our cultural and moral values too.
Formal acceptance of the UN's human rights charter is necessary to participate in the "civilized world", but there's no need to actually implement and enforce them.
Heck, even the U.S. violate human rights on a daily basis.
...but did you consider buying a Mac?
um... three words actually: FUD
Ripoff
This type of system tends to minimize or eliminate fresh new types of music.
So they must have been using it all the time...
Seriously, this just shows how redundant the "music" industry is. In a market scenario, it would be the customer who chooses what's hot or not among many different channels. Instead, we have a monopolistic dinosaur industry which aims to control the channels and thus the customer's decision. And at the same time they are talking about choice!. Goebbels could have learned from them. Like the Nazis did, they are pouring billions into propaganda.
And $5,000 for the hit-or-not software.
Ah yes, and $1,000 for the artist.
But I'm confident they will stumble upon their own stupidity. Every arrogant industry has gone this way... bye bye!
Evolution is a theory, right, but there's a lot of evidence in favor of it and none against it so far. As soon as there's one one proof evolution theory is wrong, it'll we dropped immediately. Scientific theories need to be falsifiable (thanks to Popper).
In contrast, creation is a belief. There are no proofs whatsoever. For a belief it doesn't matter whether it's provable or not. The point is that you're believing it. And that's good, as long as you keep it for you.
However, serious problems arise when those who believe try to impose their beliefs upon others who don't. That's religious intolerance and has caused the death of millions in the past. That's why we have secular states. Those people are trying to turn back time and act at the same level as those islamic fundamentalists who persuade young people of committing suicide attacks. Both lack the most fundamental respect for others.
To blabber about creationism at work or school is like picking one's nose in public. I had a boss who would start "casual" discussions about "scientific" topics at any occasion. Now, that was a serious asshole! Once he gave me a book "about information" (I'm a software engineer and therefore interested "in information"). The book looked somehow suspicious though, and a quick googling of the author revealed his creationist background.
So, if you come across a creationist without manners, inform him of his misbehaviour, or run.
If I had mod points I'd mod the parent up as one of the I-mods. Government in a nutshell.
However, the military MUST not come after me in this case, because this case is about disregarding license agreements or the like, and I hope it's still illegal for someone to send the army because of this.
But then again, this army has been sent further away for even more dubious reasons...
Nobody except judiciary has the right to go after me when I've done wrong.
Everything else breaches separation of powers and / or is plain illegal. Like the RIAA paying retired police offers to play Gestapo. Or the army saying "The Army is angry, and we're coming for you".
Rather than threatening its own people, I'd prefer the army focusing on defense, and on respecting the law themselves. As a suggestion, they could start in Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo.
This has kept my computer safe and my mind happy for the last twenty years. I don't plan to change it:
Don't buy products from Microsoft!
There is one exception: The Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse is a great product. You can't fuck up a mouse, though.
Wait, Apple's round one-button mouse.
Now, that's a deal: Apple could learn from M$ how to design mice, while Steve explains to Bill what an Operating System is.
...is the single most important skill you'll need.
Don't specialize on technologies, focus on problems instead. You'll have to learn a new technology every year to solve the ever same problems.
The errors [...] prompted the celebrity host, NBC comedian Conan O'Brien, to quip, "Who's in charge of Microsoft, anyway?"
Gates, who was sitting next to O'Brien on a set staged to look like NBC's Late Night set, smiled dryly and continued with his discussion.
Look, Bill: It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time.
I mean, nobody has ever brought down a plane with a laser pointer.
I mean, COME ON
When will the paranoia stop? I can't bear it anymore.
It is a transfer medium for energy, like electricity. You still have to produce the energy, using gas, oil, coal, uranium, wind, sunlight, wood, water, or garbage.
So, even if your car uses hydrogen, you still may be financing the emission of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere.
...terrorists entering and leaving the caves...
Are you calling the White House a cave?
Ships without that device won't be allowed in ports, so the first thing terrorists do is to install such a device.
And no, they won't declare their nuke in the freight papers...
The same (non-)effect could be achieved practically for free using satellites, so IMHO this is another case of "Look how we spend your tax dollars to improve our security!".
The paranoia is terrorizing me.