we had to keep the price of Turbolinux in China under US$15
Weird. What are you doing charging for a Linux *product* designed for personal use, and please point me to the sourcecode so I can release it for free.
Films have ratings in the US, right? So you're seriously telling me it's totally legal for a movie theater to knowingly let a minor into an adult-rated movie over there? I'm quite surprised, if so.
This should be needless to say, but if you're worried about getting locked up for sending an insulting private e-mail, you need to sort your country out pronto.
Any idea whether this is a US-only thing? I assume so because it's a US patent. Vonage have been quite big in the UK - could there be a silly situation where Vonage UK can continue to offer VOIP but the original US company can't?
I don't. We're only used to the idea of thinking that 5% is enormous against MS because we're used to looking at OS market share, which as we all know has long been one of the most extreme monopoly situations in any industry on the planet.
Others are just as effective, including for mass killings such as this.
Please tell me why crazies don't go around shooting people up with bazookas or throwing grenades at them. I'll let you go and research that and when you can come back see if you can reaffirm the notion that lack of availability of a weapon doesn't reduce its general use.
Guns are not allowed on campus. It doesn't matter if you have a concealed carry permit from the state. (And, in fact a bill was just shot down that would have allowed permit holders to exercise their freedom.) This shows how well gun-control works when the criminal ignores the law. (Killing people is also against the law, but that didn't stop him.)
Right. Maybe we should legalize killing too? Do you seriously suggest that the only purpose of passing a law is to guarantee the elimination of that behaviour?
I can cite some stats (see Table 1). Looks like firearms homicide rates for the US are way higher than for most other western countries. Granted this is partially a societal issue, but I bet the high availability of guns also has a lot to do with it.
I'll start out by saying that I'm about 51% on the side of the pro-gun lobby in this debate.
However, before you go all gung-ho about how everyone should be able to carry guns, take a look at the stats on how many school/college shootings there have been in the UK compared to the US.
Only one I can think of was Dunblane, pretty much ever. And Dunblane would've been a tragedy anyway; it was a primary (young childrens') school.
In the US, there have been quite a few such shootings, seemingly happen on an annual basis or more. If (and an important 'IF' there) you could instill in society at large a very strong anti-gun sentiment, and actually do a good job of shutting people behind bars for life that so much as own one, you might get rid of these kinds of killings.
I do think it has to be all-or-nothing, though; I guess my message is, ideally you would have a nothing approach; pragmatically in the US today, you're more likely to succeed (or have fewer deaths) with the all approach. Sad, really.
Do the Blu-Ray releases of these movies work OK? Is this DRM misery possibly being caused on purpose by Sony to try and squeeze people to their new format?
The easiest way to eliminate the problem would be to defeat the ridiculous notion that one person can accurately represent millions, and did away with the geographical representation idea altogether. I'd far rather vote for a part than a single person that I don't even know well. How many times have we heard on Slashdot people saying that their congressman/senator doesn't represent them? It's bullshit.
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How are you meant to reasonably view that SVG? Firefox renders it huge, and slow.
Most of the main distroes? No. I can download Ubuntu, Gentoo, Slackware, etc. for free.
we had to keep the price of Turbolinux in China under US$15
Weird. What are you doing charging for a Linux *product* designed for personal use, and please point me to the sourcecode so I can release it for free.
Films have ratings in the US, right? So you're seriously telling me it's totally legal for a movie theater to knowingly let a minor into an adult-rated movie over there? I'm quite surprised, if so.
I expect that sort of misleading headline from the mainstream press, but Slashdot should really have fixed it.
You must be new here.
Doesn't sound harsh at all. Posting lude pics of someone on the net without their permission should definitely be punished by law, I agree.
This should be needless to say, but if you're worried about getting locked up for sending an insulting private e-mail, you need to sort your country out pronto.
Any idea whether this is a US-only thing? I assume so because it's a US patent. Vonage have been quite big in the UK - could there be a silly situation where Vonage UK can continue to offer VOIP but the original US company can't?
Your money will be going straight into the wallets of the RIAA and co.
If I were a Kiwi, I'd be proud to be Xena. Who wouldn't want to be a hot babe?
Doesn't that kind of re-enforce his point? :-D
Have you seen all those "Get Firefox with Google Toolbar" adds!
Interesting. Search for 'browser' on Google and the top paid ad offers an upgrade to *IE7 with Google toolbar*, not Firefox.
I don't. We're only used to the idea of thinking that 5% is enormous against MS because we're used to looking at OS market share, which as we all know has long been one of the most extreme monopoly situations in any industry on the planet.
Looks like your server needs to be updated to reflect the fact that it's not usually called 'Netscape 6'.
If someone breaks into your house and attacks your family, how long do you think it will take for the police to arrive?
Grab a crowbar, or a baseball bat, or a knife, then. I don't see why you see guns as the catch-all only solution.
Others are just as effective, including for mass killings such as this.
Please tell me why crazies don't go around shooting people up with bazookas or throwing grenades at them. I'll let you go and research that and when you can come back see if you can reaffirm the notion that lack of availability of a weapon doesn't reduce its general use.
Banning weapons doesn't stop people from killing, it only makes them less successful at killing masses.
Are you saying we shouldn't try to make them less successful at killing masses?
Guns are not allowed on campus. It doesn't matter if you have a concealed carry permit from the state. (And, in fact a bill was just shot down that would have allowed permit holders to exercise their freedom.) This shows how well gun-control works when the criminal ignores the law. (Killing people is also against the law, but that didn't stop him.)
Right. Maybe we should legalize killing too? Do you seriously suggest that the only purpose of passing a law is to guarantee the elimination of that behaviour?
I can cite some stats (see Table 1). Looks like firearms homicide rates for the US are way higher than for most other western countries. Granted this is partially a societal issue, but I bet the high availability of guns also has a lot to do with it.
Umm... can't yo just simplify that to, "perpetrators of violent crime get sent away, period." ?
I'll start out by saying that I'm about 51% on the side of the pro-gun lobby in this debate.
However, before you go all gung-ho about how everyone should be able to carry guns, take a look at the stats on how many school/college shootings there have been in the UK compared to the US.
Only one I can think of was Dunblane, pretty much ever. And Dunblane would've been a tragedy anyway; it was a primary (young childrens') school.
In the US, there have been quite a few such shootings, seemingly happen on an annual basis or more. If (and an important 'IF' there) you could instill in society at large a very strong anti-gun sentiment, and actually do a good job of shutting people behind bars for life that so much as own one, you might get rid of these kinds of killings.
I do think it has to be all-or-nothing, though; I guess my message is, ideally you would have a nothing approach; pragmatically in the US today, you're more likely to succeed (or have fewer deaths) with the all approach. Sad, really.
Do the Blu-Ray releases of these movies work OK? Is this DRM misery possibly being caused on purpose by Sony to try and squeeze people to their new format?
I wouldn't give those IMDB ratings too much credence. They gave 'Eragon' and 'Leigonnaire' somewhere between 4 to 5. Neither deserve more than 1.
The easiest way to eliminate the problem would be to defeat the ridiculous notion that one person can accurately represent millions, and did away with the geographical representation idea altogether. I'd far rather vote for a part than a single person that I don't even know well. How many times have we heard on Slashdot people saying that their congressman/senator doesn't represent them? It's bullshit.
"They need to go to the bathroom on a regular basis, but they won't go in their hive"
That's obviously the problem. Bee transporters need minature baths installed!