Unfortunately, I know this is off-topic, but the parent poster is speaking of that which he does not know.
ADD is a real disorder, but is often diagnosed when it shouldn't. I was diagnosed with ADD at age 12 and took Ritalin for 3 years. I had worked to a point then when I was dealing with it without need of medication. However, in 2000, when I returned to college after a nearly 4 year gap, the symptoms of ADD started reappearing. Doc thinks it was from the added stress of school. I then started taking Ritalin again for about a year and learned even more techniques to get by without meds. A good doctor knows that the meds are just a crutch until the patient learns to cope.
ADD isn't just about hyperactivity. The truth is, I rarely ever show that side of the disorder. The side I exhibit is the lack of focus, forgetfulness and "drifting" that most patients experience.
If it's just childhood, how come my grades went from c's and d's one semester to a's the next? After learning techniques from the doc and with the temporary help of medicine, I was able to give my full attention to each task.
Next time, learn about something before you pass it off as bunk.
It always amazes me how people complain about things that are free. Network TV is advertising supported. Without that annoying VISA advert in the score bar, you wouldn't get the NFL game or that NASCAR race you've been waiting all season to watch. American TV averages (as it has for the past 10 or so years) 16 minutes of commercials per hour of programming.
It's not that they're stuffing more commercials in there, it's that they're stuffing them in the middle of the shows now. If you'll notice, broadcast TV has very little "downtime" anymore between shows. It may only show 1 commercial now, whereas it would be 4 or 5. However, the marketing drones realize that people change the channel after the shows are over, so they atart putting them in the middle, making for longer commercial breaks, not less show time.
As for in-show adverts, these have been around as long as TV. Ever watch the old game shows on the Game Show Network? If you'll notice, just before they go to commercial, the host is just about to start saying some spiel for an advertiser. TiVO and other PVR's will just increase this trend. Say what you will about marketing people, they're not stupid.
What it amounts to is a law saying that it is illegal to pick locks. Well then what do you do if you are locked out of your house or car?
Close, but not quite. A better analogy would be to make it illegal to make a hairpin, as it could be used to pick a lock. It's the instrument that the DMCA bans, not the action. The action (of breaking a lock that wasn't yours) was already illegal. Piracy has always been illegal, it just wasn't illegal to make the tools until the DMCA.
You know, it always amazes me when Libertarians spout off on the internet. I'm sure Libertarians would frown on spending federal money for technology research when it should *obviously* be funded (and controlled) by private companies, yet they continue to use such technologies to spread their hypocritical views. If it pisses you off that the government gets involved in things, then boycott those products! That includes the Internet. The web would be a much more peaceful place.
Plus, one of the main points of that party is protection of property. That would include such measures as the DMCA. Maybe that's why they let an Indy pastor run for city council who thought his church didn't have to pay payroll taxes because of the "separation of church and state" (dumbass must not have realized that the separation he was talking about meant that his church was to be treated like other non-profits, not given tax-exempt status on payroll).
I know that the Libertarian dude that was running for senator in IN in 2002 (no, I didn't vote for him, he was an idiot) said he thought that the DMCA had the right ideas, it was just poorly implemented and too vague.
Walmart used to be an OK store and the We Buy American slogan (or whatever it was) was true until Sam Walton died. Then the sharks took the company over and turned it into the unethical behemoth it is today.
It's an awesome book. A writer goes "slumming" by posing as a no/low skill worker in various jobs - waitress, cleaning lady for a maid service, and Wal-mart worker are the three that stand out in my memory right now. It's a true story of how hard these workers really have it. Having grown up in that kind of situation (thank God for subsidized education!), I can tell you the book is very truthful in its depiction of the lives of poor people in America.
Of course, she can't get into the true psyche (though she comes very close) as she gets to go back to her Key West house between these stints and carries a credit card as a safety net. Great book, and I only read it because I met the author at a book fair.
Medicine is the same way. The medical school where I work has had to implement a professionalism curriculum just to combat this kind of thing. It stresses things like putting patients before money and seeing one's role as an ethical professional, not a money-grubbing asshole. It's the people who get into medicine for the money that turn into bad doctors. Likewise, it's the people who get into IT for the money that turn into bad tech people.
The truth is that hydrogen IS as dangerous as gasoline. The difference is that we take more precautions with hydrogen since it's more combustible than gasoline. Don't get too cocky about hydrogen and safety. The Nazis thought they had dirigible safety all figured out. Then the Hindenburg happened and suddenly no one wanted to be near the giant blimps.
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Take a civics class. That's the reason there's a House of Representatives. Smaller states (RI, DE, NJ) wanted each state to have the same number of reps., the larger ones (NY,VA, etc.) wanted population-based representation. Thus, the compromise.
You can't honestly try to compare DVD players and software development! DVD players are a commodity product anymore. The same rules don't apply to OSS projects. Even in that industry, though, the industry members realize that collaboration on some things is better. That's why there's the DVD Forum. (I believe that's what it's called. It's the group that defines DVD standards.)
I was making the point that the duplication of efforts among many companies isn't duplication of efforts at all. They aren't going after the same result in marketing and production. If they were, every Linux vendor out there would be shipping the same exact product. They're not, so obviously they have different goals. Different companies have different markets, different customers, and different cultures. If the OP had his way, there'd be one company for each product. That's not capitalism. Have the state be that one source, and you're in socialism, teetering on the edge of communism.
Obviously you misunderstand capitalism. It is often in a company's best interest to collaborate with other entities, be it other (often competing) companies, educational or governmental institutions, or average people. Many drugs are funded by two or more drug companies, with the research being coordinated by a university or governmental laboratory. Isn't that what open source is today? A central group planning the project, while the corporations support them? The companies then work out the licensing and marketing deals among themselves.
If capitalism encourages duplication of efforts by competing corporations, how do you explain the fact that many of the financial and manhour donors of open source projects are competitors? Last I checked, IBM, Sun, and HP weren't the bestest of buddies.
Furthermore, if capitalism breeds divisions as you say, why did all the hospitals in Indianapolis (all but 2 of them being private hospitals) announce just yesterday that they've developed a new database/communications system TOGETHER to better serve patients and to cut costs? What's that? I thought capitalism discouraged collaboration.
If capitalism encourages duplication of effort, why is one of the first lessons a student learns in business school to watch your competitors and see what works for them. How did Subway get to be such a popular restaurant? They copied McDonald's in a lot of areas where McDonald's excelled, such as placement of stores and franchising. They did this to avoid duplication of things that had already been figured out.
But, you're right, we should focus on the divisive powers of forking rather than focusing on what makes forking good, like capitalism: freedom of choice. If a fork sucks, people won't go with it. If it's better than the project it split from, then who cares? It produced a better product. Sounds a lot like capitalism to me.
I just now caught the Darl letter. He explained to me the FSF position better than RMS has ever been able to. I support it even more now! Thanks, Darl!
You're right, there is no Federal Intelligence Agency. However, if you had read the story, the last 3 words are what i put. So read before you respond.
Since you don't understand the meaning of oxymoron, let me enlighten you on the meaning of incongruous and contradictory. Incongruous means they don't go together, like mayo and peanut butter. Contradictory means they are opposites of each other and are mutually exclusive (both conditions can't exist at the same time), like hot and cold.
My implication is not that federal and intelligence are contradictory, merely that they are incongruous under the current (and former) administration. I wouldn't trust Tom Ridge with the security of my house, let alone national security.
For an Operating system they mostly package, not author
Redhat has authored many things not only just for generic Linux, but also for RedHat Linux specifically. Nice GUIs for network controls (redhat-config-network, redhat-control-network), different utilities for system management, and a binary distribution system. Oh yeah, they just run off some cds and box it up.
Yeah, and that's why no one's rushing out to back RMS. He's a radical, big-mouthed hippie. Linus is just your typical guy, middle-of-the-road, even-keeled, and all those other cliches.
On a side note, does it disturb anyone else that a mere 5 people control such weighty decision affecting telecommunications?
No, because it's called checks and balances. If the FCC makes stupid rules (as was the media consolidation rules earlier this year), congress AND the supreme court can strike them down, the supreme court only if it's unconstitutional. so that's 5 + 9 + 535 = 549 people controlling this rule in various ways.
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Unfortunately, I know this is off-topic, but the parent poster is speaking of that which he does not know.
ADD is a real disorder, but is often diagnosed when it shouldn't. I was diagnosed with ADD at age 12 and took Ritalin for 3 years. I had worked to a point then when I was dealing with it without need of medication. However, in 2000, when I returned to college after a nearly 4 year gap, the symptoms of ADD started reappearing. Doc thinks it was from the added stress of school. I then started taking Ritalin again for about a year and learned even more techniques to get by without meds. A good doctor knows that the meds are just a crutch until the patient learns to cope.
ADD isn't just about hyperactivity. The truth is, I rarely ever show that side of the disorder. The side I exhibit is the lack of focus, forgetfulness and "drifting" that most patients experience.
If it's just childhood, how come my grades went from c's and d's one semester to a's the next? After learning techniques from the doc and with the temporary help of medicine, I was able to give my full attention to each task.
Next time, learn about something before you pass it off as bunk.
It always amazes me how people complain about things that are free. Network TV is advertising supported. Without that annoying VISA advert in the score bar, you wouldn't get the NFL game or that NASCAR race you've been waiting all season to watch. American TV averages (as it has for the past 10 or so years) 16 minutes of commercials per hour of programming.
It's not that they're stuffing more commercials in there, it's that they're stuffing them in the middle of the shows now. If you'll notice, broadcast TV has very little "downtime" anymore between shows. It may only show 1 commercial now, whereas it would be 4 or 5. However, the marketing drones realize that people change the channel after the shows are over, so they atart putting them in the middle, making for longer commercial breaks, not less show time.
As for in-show adverts, these have been around as long as TV. Ever watch the old game shows on the Game Show Network? If you'll notice, just before they go to commercial, the host is just about to start saying some spiel for an advertiser. TiVO and other PVR's will just increase this trend. Say what you will about marketing people, they're not stupid.
Here is a mozdev project designed to do just that.
What it amounts to is a law saying that it is illegal to pick locks. Well then what do you do if you are locked out of your house or car?
Close, but not quite. A better analogy would be to make it illegal to make a hairpin, as it could be used to pick a lock. It's the instrument that the DMCA bans, not the action. The action (of breaking a lock that wasn't yours) was already illegal. Piracy has always been illegal, it just wasn't illegal to make the tools until the DMCA.
You know, it always amazes me when Libertarians spout off on the internet. I'm sure Libertarians would frown on spending federal money for technology research when it should *obviously* be funded (and controlled) by private companies, yet they continue to use such technologies to spread their hypocritical views. If it pisses you off that the government gets involved in things, then boycott those products! That includes the Internet. The web would be a much more peaceful place.
Plus, one of the main points of that party is protection of property. That would include such measures as the DMCA. Maybe that's why they let an Indy pastor run for city council who thought his church didn't have to pay payroll taxes because of the "separation of church and state" (dumbass must not have realized that the separation he was talking about meant that his church was to be treated like other non-profits, not given tax-exempt status on payroll).
I know that the Libertarian dude that was running for senator in IN in 2002 (no, I didn't vote for him, he was an idiot) said he thought that the DMCA had the right ideas, it was just poorly implemented and too vague.
That's great for most email uses. However, many people retrieve email from Exchange servers at work and are thus forced to use Outlook.
We'll probably be using a different calendar in 8000 years.
Walmart used to be an OK store and the We Buy American slogan (or whatever it was) was true until Sam Walton died. Then the sharks took the company over and turned it into the unethical behemoth it is today.
It's an awesome book. A writer goes "slumming" by posing as a no/low skill worker in various jobs - waitress, cleaning lady for a maid service, and Wal-mart worker are the three that stand out in my memory right now. It's a true story of how hard these workers really have it. Having grown up in that kind of situation (thank God for subsidized education!), I can tell you the book is very truthful in its depiction of the lives of poor people in America.
Of course, she can't get into the true psyche (though she comes very close) as she gets to go back to her Key West house between these stints and carries a credit card as a safety net. Great book, and I only read it because I met the author at a book fair.
Medicine is the same way. The medical school where I work has had to implement a professionalism curriculum just to combat this kind of thing. It stresses things like putting patients before money and seeing one's role as an ethical professional, not a money-grubbing asshole. It's the people who get into medicine for the money that turn into bad doctors. Likewise, it's the people who get into IT for the money that turn into bad tech people.
The truth is that hydrogen IS as dangerous as gasoline. The difference is that we take more precautions with hydrogen since it's more combustible than gasoline. Don't get too cocky about hydrogen and safety. The Nazis thought they had dirigible safety all figured out. Then the Hindenburg happened and suddenly no one wanted to be near the giant blimps.
Take a civics class. That's the reason there's a House of Representatives. Smaller states (RI, DE, NJ) wanted each state to have the same number of reps., the larger ones (NY,VA, etc.) wanted population-based representation. Thus, the compromise.
Although all Windows versions prior to 2K/XP shipped with a Word Viewer. I think with 2K/XP, Notepad can open them.
You can't honestly try to compare DVD players and software development! DVD players are a commodity product anymore. The same rules don't apply to OSS projects. Even in that industry, though, the industry members realize that collaboration on some things is better. That's why there's the DVD Forum. (I believe that's what it's called. It's the group that defines DVD standards.)
I was making the point that the duplication of efforts among many companies isn't duplication of efforts at all. They aren't going after the same result in marketing and production. If they were, every Linux vendor out there would be shipping the same exact product. They're not, so obviously they have different goals. Different companies have different markets, different customers, and different cultures. If the OP had his way, there'd be one company for each product. That's not capitalism. Have the state be that one source, and you're in socialism, teetering on the edge of communism.
Obviously you misunderstand capitalism. It is often in a company's best interest to collaborate with other entities, be it other (often competing) companies, educational or governmental institutions, or average people. Many drugs are funded by two or more drug companies, with the research being coordinated by a university or governmental laboratory. Isn't that what open source is today? A central group planning the project, while the corporations support them? The companies then work out the licensing and marketing deals among themselves.
If capitalism encourages duplication of efforts by competing corporations, how do you explain the fact that many of the financial and manhour donors of open source projects are competitors? Last I checked, IBM, Sun, and HP weren't the bestest of buddies.
Furthermore, if capitalism breeds divisions as you say, why did all the hospitals in Indianapolis (all but 2 of them being private hospitals) announce just yesterday that they've developed a new database/communications system TOGETHER to better serve patients and to cut costs? What's that? I thought capitalism discouraged collaboration.
If capitalism encourages duplication of effort, why is one of the first lessons a student learns in business school to watch your competitors and see what works for them. How did Subway get to be such a popular restaurant? They copied McDonald's in a lot of areas where McDonald's excelled, such as placement of stores and franchising. They did this to avoid duplication of things that had already been figured out.
But, you're right, we should focus on the divisive powers of forking rather than focusing on what makes forking good, like capitalism: freedom of choice. If a fork sucks, people won't go with it. If it's better than the project it split from, then who cares? It produced a better product. Sounds a lot like capitalism to me.
I just now caught the Darl letter. He explained to me the FSF position better than RMS has ever been able to. I support it even more now! Thanks, Darl!
You're right, there is no Federal Intelligence Agency. However, if you had read the story, the last 3 words are what i put. So read before you respond.
I do believe you're mistaken.
From dictionary.reference.com:
A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
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Since you don't understand the meaning of oxymoron, let me enlighten you on the meaning of incongruous and contradictory. Incongruous means they don't go together, like mayo and peanut butter. Contradictory means they are opposites of each other and are mutually exclusive (both conditions can't exist at the same time), like hot and cold.
My implication is not that federal and intelligence are contradictory, merely that they are incongruous under the current (and former) administration. I wouldn't trust Tom Ridge with the security of my house, let alone national security.
"federal intelligence agency"
There's an oxymoron if I've ever heard one. Sort of like "military intelligence".
For an Operating system they mostly package, not author
Redhat has authored many things not only just for generic Linux, but also for RedHat Linux specifically. Nice GUIs for network controls (redhat-config-network, redhat-control-network), different utilities for system management, and a binary distribution system. Oh yeah, they just run off some cds and box it up.
So did Strom Thurmond the last 20 years of his life. If you want to see a frail senator, look at Robert Byrd. That man has the shakes REAL bad.
Yeah, and that's why no one's rushing out to back RMS. He's a radical, big-mouthed hippie. Linus is just your typical guy, middle-of-the-road, even-keeled, and all those other cliches.
On a side note, does it disturb anyone else that a mere 5 people control such weighty decision affecting telecommunications?
No, because it's called checks and balances. If the FCC makes stupid rules (as was the media consolidation rules earlier this year), congress AND the supreme court can strike them down, the supreme court only if it's unconstitutional. so that's 5 + 9 + 535 = 549 people controlling this rule in various ways.
Now that the SCO case has hit lull, we're back to the usual regimen of 1 part pro-Linux, 4 parts anti-MS, with a sprinkle of cool gadgets.
I for one welcome our Taikonaut overlords.