The last thing I'd want is for industry to cheapen products further than they already have. All the cheap, fragile plastic in products today seriously shortens lifespan. Of course, the problem is that industries are trying to keep their products at 'magic' prices points ($9.99, 99.99, 199.99 etc) that customers have grown accustomed to over many years while fighting inflation of the currency. Their only choices are to increase the price or cheapen the products.
Perhaps part of the solution is to reverse the inflation trend.
The first amendment does not require private entities to allow free speech. Of course, that doesn't mean they aren't doing the public a disservice when they don't. Twitter has effectively censored certain views in the past under the guise of 'anti bullying.'
That's a gross simplification. Elected officials and their enforcers often abuse their power as it is. Adding money to it just makes it more enticing. Fines would be ok if they weren't always being raised every time there's a budget shortfall somewhere. Also, the laws need to make sense to begin with.
I have a dim view of fining people $200 for 5 over when there's 20 distracted drivers fucking with their cellphones right next to him on the highway. That punishment does not fit the 'crime.'
Exactly. That's why if you're conservative, you should vote libertarian, not neocon. Neo conservatives are about as conservative as modern leftists are 'liberals.' The two converge creating tyranny.
What makes a full screen start menu 'easier to use'? What makes windows 8 more secure? Windows has never been truly secure, and probably never will be. You do realize that interface was simply grafted over the win32 stuff that stabilized somewhere around win2k/xp? Sure, there's some under the hood changes in kernel space, but they come with so many annoyances in the UI that it's probably not worth it. Win7 is the last 'usable' windows, but it suffers from the shitty decisions they made for vista.
Crashing stuff is always bad, but I'm not happy with any of the current systems. Usability is sacrificed for what? Some shitty aesthetic that wastes space and limits customization? What happened to reasonably sized tool bars, menus, and intuitive design cues? Windows, linux, and osx suffer from these issues now.
Because wanting money, or wanting to make money, is considered anti-social(ist) around here. you're supposed to want to work solely for the betterment of mankind (oops was that sexist? did I trigger anyone?) without regard for personal needs (never mind wants).
Basically, the desire for wealth comes from the desire to have individual control over your life and destiny. Socialists don't want people having too much (if any) of this, because without that dependency, there's no need for their tyranny.
The ones who marked it troll are probably jealous of his wealth, which is stupid because there're plenty of other reasons to dislike the man.
Sure, there's an initial cost, amortized over the life of the grid+maintenance. Set this against the energy savings the more efficient grid gives us. Eventually, it's a net win, assuming the claim is accurate.
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The last thing I'd want is for industry to cheapen products further than they already have. All the cheap, fragile plastic in products today seriously shortens lifespan. Of course, the problem is that industries are trying to keep their products at 'magic' prices points ($9.99, 99.99, 199.99 etc) that customers have grown accustomed to over many years while fighting inflation of the currency. Their only choices are to increase the price or cheapen the products.
Perhaps part of the solution is to reverse the inflation trend.
and increase blood pressure.
or intelliJ's devs should be fired and replaced with real programmers.
The first amendment does not require private entities to allow free speech. Of course, that doesn't mean they aren't doing the public a disservice when they don't. Twitter has effectively censored certain views in the past under the guise of 'anti bullying.'
The readers create far more entertaining content than the editors ever will.
as well as the authors of the stories posted.
Sure, but they should also have to deal with the consequences of that. They shouldn't be able to sue their critics.
and politicians never lie?
Possibly. Sorry for the confusion. Back buttons can also be used to go back to previous domains.
You meant progress and social justice or 'progress' and 'social justice'?
In other words, you wanted to passive aggressively threaten to leave if they don't filter such posts. Got it.
I would argue the opposite. Let anons post more frequently. Those who want a groupthink echo chamber can still use the filter.
+1 Politically Incorrect Truth
...or because someone had to be the child in the room who can't handle opinion (or hell, even fact) he doesn't want to accept.
That's a gross simplification. Elected officials and their enforcers often abuse their power as it is. Adding money to it just makes it more enticing. Fines would be ok if they weren't always being raised every time there's a budget shortfall somewhere. Also, the laws need to make sense to begin with.
I have a dim view of fining people $200 for 5 over when there's 20 distracted drivers fucking with their cellphones right next to him on the highway. That punishment does not fit the 'crime.'
I didn't say we should.
The funny thing is, they already have via taxes.
Well, they should be, especially if they're unreasonable. Frankly, the government shouldn't be issuing fines. It's too much of a financial incentive.
Not if it lands you in jail until you pay the fines. That's debtor's prison. +25% is theft.
Exactly. That's why if you're conservative, you should vote libertarian, not neocon. Neo conservatives are about as conservative as modern leftists are 'liberals.' The two converge creating tyranny.
You mean all those people busy "not dying" who have time and money to own the products and use the services of the 1%?
It's highly unlikely that GNU is less free than the license for the libs that come with vs.
What makes a full screen start menu 'easier to use'? What makes windows 8 more secure? Windows has never been truly secure, and probably never will be. You do realize that interface was simply grafted over the win32 stuff that stabilized somewhere around win2k/xp? Sure, there's some under the hood changes in kernel space, but they come with so many annoyances in the UI that it's probably not worth it. Win7 is the last 'usable' windows, but it suffers from the shitty decisions they made for vista.
Crashing stuff is always bad, but I'm not happy with any of the current systems. Usability is sacrificed for what? Some shitty aesthetic that wastes space and limits customization? What happened to reasonably sized tool bars, menus, and intuitive design cues? Windows, linux, and osx suffer from these issues now.
Because wanting money, or wanting to make money, is considered anti-social(ist) around here. you're supposed to want to work solely for the betterment of mankind (oops was that sexist? did I trigger anyone?) without regard for personal needs (never mind wants).
Basically, the desire for wealth comes from the desire to have individual control over your life and destiny. Socialists don't want people having too much (if any) of this, because without that dependency, there's no need for their tyranny.
The ones who marked it troll are probably jealous of his wealth, which is stupid because there're plenty of other reasons to dislike the man.
or slashdot?
Sure, there's an initial cost, amortized over the life of the grid+maintenance. Set this against the energy savings the more efficient grid gives us. Eventually, it's a net win, assuming the claim is accurate.
That said, 78% seems crazy high. Maybe 15-20%.