there is plenty already around, quite simply at the time guns where used to hunt and there was no full time army, it was hard enough getting a real full time army to form in 1812. The ammendment was to allow men to use their guns in civil deffence againts a agressor of the US, hence bypassing the fact that shooting someone was a crime punishable by death (ie in a militia for civil defence, you where shooting the enemy and thus shouldnt be punished)
it has since been perverted to mean right to carry arms period, a unjustifiable reason in this day of age, and worse the complete opposit of the intent which was to make murder legal in a war.
Maybe, but the framers ALSO
1) felt the constitution should be changed often
2) didnt want a full time army
3) couldnt even fathom not needing a gun to hunt
4) the handgun
5) hunting for "sport" and not substiance
and many other things we take for granted. just face it, the law was NOT ment for how it is used today and its a major perversion of our rights to safty
ahhh so people dont like the fact that the ACLU takes the proper intent into consideration, rather than the redneck i should be able to have a gun even though the 2nd amendment spells out specifically that the individual was not the intent
i have noticed the PC version iseems to not be as esy as the mac version, they say they are the same but I have not nearly had the problems with the mac version as I do the PC
A troll if I ever saw one^ especially since ADOBE isnt APPLE.
The DRMA has its problems but the truth is it was enacted for a reason everyone seems to forget... PEOPLE WHERE LIGITIMATLY STEALING MUSIC AND NOT FOR "BACKUP" PURPOSES!
Obviously the legislature went to far, but it was because of us in the first place that the DRMA exists, we couldnt justifyable argue our case because the truth was no one was downloading for back up period, we where all stealing it to play and not pay.
Worse things like cracking the DRM ruin our case. Rather than going along with it while we argue it in courts we break the law, and SHOW the morons in charge why they where right in the first place rather than showing that we can be trusted.
The truth is DRM will win in the end, and we will all lose if we continue to battle the way we do. They have more money than us and are staffed with programmers who DONT care about DMCA or the DRM, they just want to lock it down tight. Pretty soon you will get code encripted with military levels of encription, or stuff coded to damage your computer when you try to bypass it, why? cause they have more money to devot to the effort.
I have said this a million times, we have to step back and come up with a new battle plan if we ever think we are going to win in the end against the unfair practices of the other side.
alas there are too many hotheaded geeks and whiny teenagers who would rather take the "hackers" approach that I dont think it will happen, despite the fact that breaking the law the way we are doesnt work in the real world. the DRCM is just not a hotbutton issue for most people
Its a sad day though when even a 23 year old is made to feel very old because only one person managed to make a Dalek joke out of something that was begging for it.
And I will use the standard Windows user line given to mac users, why? there are more PC users than mac users so PC support was a eventual outcome, and it's Apple so mac support is a must, but why does Apple have to support Linux, especially when they might want to persuade linux users to Apple BECAUSE of the fact it has better support from companies but has unix underpinnings so you can still run your linux programs after a few tweeks
I quite found it funny watching the discovery channel this week and seeing the french where pussy's even to the vikings.
Apparently the king just got up and ran from Paris under fear of being killed by them.
As for the french resistence... it is true, they where a small group. Its a known fact the goverment of france really had no problems with Germany invading as long as they got to keep their wealth. Kinda like how France was all upset we invaded Iraq because we took away all of there nice contracts with them that where paying the French wealthy millions of dollars. The French goverment parades around like they are the peoples country, when they really are just as bad as our shit stain of a presedent, in it for the greed.
um jackass, mod poster down for not reading the whole post... even with inflation,the cost to build something when the manufacturing prosses has been payed for after the first 2 -3 years means the product should go DOWN in price, not up. Inflation is present, BUT the initial cost of a car is the manufacturing prosses NOT raw materials, I know I live in a town whos entire buisness is the manufaturing of GM trucks...
In raw materials, a Silverado costs 6,000 dollars, the cheapest model is over 20,000... and most of the consturction is actually robotic, a lot of the line guys really just watch and guide parts that are welded in by a robot.
So with the machines having been set up almost 12 years ago at our plant and the creation of a new truck being simply a new program, how does inflation factor in to the cost of the car being WAY MORE THEN PARTS + LABOR SHOULD EQUAL...
He's EXACTLY right, its not the cost of the tech, but what the fucking manufacturers make us pay... look at a decent new car today... A car that would have been 12,000 - 17,000 6 years ago (the Caviler which is going off the market now) NOW costs 20,000 fully loaded! Thats 3000 more for the EXACT SAME CAR FULLY LOADED 6 YEARS AGO.
THAT BULL, even with market run up it should cost LESS because the cost of manufacturing has already been payed for... your talking about a frame thats over 20 years old (the J body design of the Cavi, and the Sunfire) and a body clading thats almost 10 and it costs MORE now to produce what is essencially the exacty same car if you where to look at a 96 (first year of the current body clading style) and a 2004. HELL most of the parts are interchangeable.
If people started buy the cheap cars like the Aveo or the Echo's THEN the manufacturers would get it in their head that people dont want to spend 28000 on a car thats really worth 17,000 in todays market. And even they are overpriced!
We know it will work cause we make sure vedors who make anything made for our systems will make sure it works
Linux on a x86 platform
Well we will make drivers eventually.... anyday now.... we swear..... what its been 3 months? well we have a new product that IS compatable, you need to upgrade though....
Given the choice of open software on a platfore your almost assured will work, or a platform you need to juryrig to work... I would take Apple
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it has since been perverted to mean right to carry arms period, a unjustifiable reason in this day of age, and worse the complete opposit of the intent which was to make murder legal in a war.
Maybe, but the framers ALSO 1) felt the constitution should be changed often 2) didnt want a full time army 3) couldnt even fathom not needing a gun to hunt 4) the handgun 5) hunting for "sport" and not substiance and many other things we take for granted. just face it, the law was NOT ment for how it is used today and its a major perversion of our rights to safty
exactly, technically acourding to the bill of rights having a gun is illegal now, even for the police
ahhh so people dont like the fact that the ACLU takes the proper intent into consideration, rather than the redneck i should be able to have a gun even though the 2nd amendment spells out specifically that the individual was not the intent
troll. besides what makes you think the ACLU has a slated view of the bill of rights
i have noticed the PC version iseems to not be as esy as the mac version, they say they are the same but I have not nearly had the problems with the mac version as I do the PC
Maybe they will go back and fine them anyway like they did with Stern
The DRMA has its problems but the truth is it was enacted for a reason everyone seems to forget... PEOPLE WHERE LIGITIMATLY STEALING MUSIC AND NOT FOR "BACKUP" PURPOSES!
Obviously the legislature went to far, but it was because of us in the first place that the DRMA exists, we couldnt justifyable argue our case because the truth was no one was downloading for back up period, we where all stealing it to play and not pay.
Worse things like cracking the DRM ruin our case. Rather than going along with it while we argue it in courts we break the law, and SHOW the morons in charge why they where right in the first place rather than showing that we can be trusted.
The truth is DRM will win in the end, and we will all lose if we continue to battle the way we do. They have more money than us and are staffed with programmers who DONT care about DMCA or the DRM, they just want to lock it down tight. Pretty soon you will get code encripted with military levels of encription, or stuff coded to damage your computer when you try to bypass it, why? cause they have more money to devot to the effort.
I have said this a million times, we have to step back and come up with a new battle plan if we ever think we are going to win in the end against the unfair practices of the other side.
alas there are too many hotheaded geeks and whiny teenagers who would rather take the "hackers" approach that I dont think it will happen, despite the fact that breaking the law the way we are doesnt work in the real world. the DRCM is just not a hotbutton issue for most people
If there are, I sure as hell havn't gotten any cause I have had no problems ripping my catalog of 215 CD's.
Even if you buy it outright, if you read the contract it stipulates that they then own the firmware to the modem thus you cant change that.
it plays off the underlying fact that people dont realize a lot of things they "own" they really dont own but buy the access rights to.
hmmm what where you installing iTunes into, a PC or a Mac (I did it on my iBook)
bull, I set one up sans credit card fine, I didnt put in a credit card number untill I decided to buy a song.
apparently a huge one, even my ex girlfriends nearblind mother found it without using speech help!
Its a sad day though when even a 23 year old is made to feel very old because only one person managed to make a Dalek joke out of something that was begging for it.
And I will use the standard Windows user line given to mac users, why? there are more PC users than mac users so PC support was a eventual outcome, and it's Apple so mac support is a must, but why does Apple have to support Linux, especially when they might want to persuade linux users to Apple BECAUSE of the fact it has better support from companies but has unix underpinnings so you can still run your linux programs after a few tweeks
lets get one thing straight Xerox GAVE apple the rights, they didnt see a use to a windowing OS or the mouse.
yeah a bunch do, they just wont use ACC tracks
its great to how two curses makes a post that is EXACTLY the same as one of the +5 posts a -1 :-D
i dont wear them cause i live in a city where you will get your pod mugged if you have them... that and they broke I used them so much at home
when are you going to get it. MOST OF US CAN GIVE A FLYING FUCK ABOUT OGG VORBIS!.
They are not reaching for teens, they are reaching for the public at large... Slashdot users do NOT make up that demographic, not even close.
Stop whining and just buy one, if your not then just stop whining!
fucking OGG militia
Apparently the king just got up and ran from Paris under fear of being killed by them.
As for the french resistence... it is true, they where a small group. Its a known fact the goverment of france really had no problems with Germany invading as long as they got to keep their wealth. Kinda like how France was all upset we invaded Iraq because we took away all of there nice contracts with them that where paying the French wealthy millions of dollars. The French goverment parades around like they are the peoples country, when they really are just as bad as our shit stain of a presedent, in it for the greed.
In raw materials, a Silverado costs 6,000 dollars, the cheapest model is over 20,000... and most of the consturction is actually robotic, a lot of the line guys really just watch and guide parts that are welded in by a robot.
So with the machines having been set up almost 12 years ago at our plant and the creation of a new truck being simply a new program, how does inflation factor in to the cost of the car being WAY MORE THEN PARTS + LABOR SHOULD EQUAL...
He's EXACTLY right, its not the cost of the tech, but what the fucking manufacturers make us pay... look at a decent new car today... A car that would have been 12,000 - 17,000 6 years ago (the Caviler which is going off the market now) NOW costs 20,000 fully loaded! Thats 3000 more for the EXACT SAME CAR FULLY LOADED 6 YEARS AGO. THAT BULL, even with market run up it should cost LESS because the cost of manufacturing has already been payed for... your talking about a frame thats over 20 years old (the J body design of the Cavi, and the Sunfire) and a body clading thats almost 10 and it costs MORE now to produce what is essencially the exacty same car if you where to look at a 96 (first year of the current body clading style) and a 2004. HELL most of the parts are interchangeable. If people started buy the cheap cars like the Aveo or the Echo's THEN the manufacturers would get it in their head that people dont want to spend 28000 on a car thats really worth 17,000 in todays market. And even they are overpriced!
We know it will work cause we make sure vedors who make anything made for our systems will make sure it works
Linux on a x86 platform
Well we will make drivers eventually.... anyday now.... we swear..... what its been 3 months? well we have a new product that IS compatable, you need to upgrade though....
Given the choice of open software on a platfore your almost assured will work, or a platform you need to juryrig to work... I would take Apple
the first was marked flamebait and THIS wasnt... shesh