So where do you get it? Fossil fuels? Kinda defeats the purpose, dontcha think?
I suppose the clean green answer is solar power, generate electricity, and hydrolysize water with it. But this takes ACREAGE.
The next step would be to orbit some solar collectors on a massive scale, hundreds of square miles, and beam the power down to receivers planetside, but we're probably years from that.
Still, we have to think about where is the ultimate source of all our energy. Just look up at noon.
Exactly. What better technology than that between your ears? Alas, I tried showing some of my old text adventure games to some young (10-12) cousins of mine, and of course, they just did NOT "get it."
I used to have DirecTV, with Tivo, but I gave them up a while back. However, I still have my TV. Why?
One reason: movies on DVD. Watching DVD's on a computer is just a little cramped. Also, I need a good setup for my Xbox. I have gotten more enjoyment in three hours playing Splinter Cell than I have in a week of (broadcast) TV.
Wouldn't taxing a company's LAN already be covered as property tax? A LAN, with all its cabling and equipment, would be lumped in with all the other stuff considered as capital property.
So a tax targeted at LAN's would be a duplication, aka "double taxation." Not that that distinction has ever bothered tax hungry governments.
Ob reference:
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman.
Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman.
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Don't ask me what I want it for
If you don't want to pay some more
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman.
Now my advice for those who die
Declare the pennies on your eyes
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
And you're working for no one but me.
- The Beatles, Tax Man
I can see it now. In the "War on Copyright Piracy" we'll be enlisting NSA ninjas to patrol our nation's theater's with night vision to catch videocam "terrorists."
This is interesting. IANAL, but as I understand it, a corporation is a legal entity which has many of the attributes of a citizen, but is not exactly equivalent.
It can own property, and must pay property and income taxes.
It cannot vote, serve on a jury, or be drafted into the armed forces.
It is subject to most (if not all) criminal law that a citizen would be, however, it cannot be jailed, as it is a legal concept and non-corporeal. (Its executives can be, of course.)
As a legal (for-profit) entity, it has no moral duty beyond assuring its own survival, by whatever means necessary.
Also, it has no inherent loyalty to its country of origin (see preceding) except as that loyalty directly benefits its bottom line. No sense of self-sacrifice for the greater good. However, openly treasonous behaviour would be avoided since, after all, the executives are still subject to law.
So, exactly what, if any of the Bill of Rights would apply to a corporation? Since a corporation cannot and should not be equated with a citizen in regards to rights, responsibilities, and duties, why should it be accorded all those same rights?
...is when somebody locks his phone in his desk, walks away for several hours, and then somebody leaves him a voicemail, causing his phone to chirp every couple of minutes.
Man, that's just too weird. Just two days ago it occurred to me that a vibrating steering wheel would be a great way to warn the driver that somebody was hanging in your blind spot. The wheel would vibrate your left or right hand depending on which side the lurker was hiding. Of course, if you're one who drives one handed, this won't be much good to you.
Too many times have I narrowly averted changing lanes when somebody was hanging there. (I suppose this could screw up your habits if you also drive another car which does not have this feature.)
I think it was playing video games which vibrate the controller which gave me the inspiration.
Buying the latest OS release used to be like waiting for the next Tom Clancy novel: it got released when it got released, and not a moment sooner. Sure, the publishers have their own internal deadlines, but if it takes 2-3 years between major releases, I'm not sweating it. My money's in my wallet in the meantime.
A subscription, OTOH, implies a recurring payment for goods delivered on a predictable recurring basis. Such as Playboy, for example. My subscription obliges Playboy to deliver on-time or lose my business. This seems to work for magazines, but would be a horrible idea for Tom Clancy novels: either the quality would go way down, or I would get zero product for my money.
And this seems to be the deal software subscriptioners are getting: low quality or zero product (missed delivery dates).
Even Windows has choice, but minimizes decision. For example, there are multiple screen savers available, but one is chosen for you by default upon installation. Same for themes. Windows has one standard text editor (notepad), but you can easily install others if you wish. Same for browsers, etc. Choice is alive and well.
It seems that most people posting WRT this issue think that it is a question between choice or no choice. Of course, I want choice. Just keep my decisions to a minimum, and provide me with an easy means to customize my default applications. A Linux distro can and should provide 5 different browsers, just don't install them all at once by default.
And even with humans, speech recognition can be a challenge. How many people still think Jimi Hendrix was really singing "scuse me, while I kiss this guy!"
you would probably be told by their reps that you can use them to copy CDs
You forgot to include "nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more, say no more..." I'm sure Sony also sells blank music and data CD-R's there. And yet copying in NZ is supposed to be illegal... Hmmm.....
Everything that orbits this planet is a satellite. This includes the Moon, Mir, and that glove some astronaut lost.
Everything that orbits the Sun is a planet. Everything. Whether it deserves a name is another matter.
So let's arbitrarily set a threshold of 500 miles as the minimum diameter for something to get a name. What about objects that are 499 miles wide? Oh, well.
Anything which has a user's manual which we try not to have to read.
Pay for Email? Great Idea! (hear me out)
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So the question is, who would get paid?
In a blinding flash, the answer came to me. (drumroll please)
The recipient!
Here's how it would work: everybody who wants to partake would set up an account with so many credits. (Maybe something like paypal...) Sending an email to someone would require first paying 0.1 cent (yes, 1/10 of 1 cent) into the recipient's special account, which would give access to a one-time authorization code. People who send each other emails frequently, and on an equal basis would end up with a net zero cost. But spammers would end up spending millions to send their bulk mail.
A system like this should only be implemented as an opt-in voluntary thing. If it actually worked, more people would start using it, and less would use the normal "free" email system.
Of course, the big problem is that inevitably, a system like this would be hijacked (illegally of course) by spammers looking for systems with poor or non-existent security. An infected system would wipe out the user's account and move on to the next victim.
On the other hand, a system like this is based upon economics, not law, so this would affect all spammers, not just those in the US.
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So where do you get it? Fossil fuels? Kinda defeats the purpose, dontcha think?
I suppose the clean green answer is solar power, generate electricity, and hydrolysize water with it. But this takes ACREAGE.
The next step would be to orbit some solar collectors on a massive scale, hundreds of square miles, and beam the power down to receivers planetside, but we're probably years from that.
Still, we have to think about where is the ultimate source of all our energy. Just look up at noon.
Burning nitrogen? Maybe it's just me, but there's something funny about that...
Exactly. What better technology than that between your ears? Alas, I tried showing some of my old text adventure games to some young (10-12) cousins of mine, and of course, they just did NOT "get it."
"What?! No pictures? The horror!"
I used to have DirecTV, with Tivo, but I gave them up a while back. However, I still have my TV. Why?
One reason: movies on DVD. Watching DVD's on a computer is just a little cramped. Also, I need a good setup for my Xbox. I have gotten more enjoyment in three hours playing Splinter Cell than I have in a week of (broadcast) TV.
So a tax targeted at LAN's would be a duplication, aka "double taxation." Not that that distinction has ever bothered tax hungry governments.
Ob reference:
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman.
Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman.
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Don't ask me what I want it for
If you don't want to pay some more
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman.
Now my advice for those who die
Declare the pennies on your eyes
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
And you're working for no one but me.
- The Beatles, Tax Man
Well, of course. If you're not animate, you're dead.
I can see it now. In the "War on Copyright Piracy" we'll be enlisting NSA ninjas to patrol our nation's theater's with night vision to catch videocam "terrorists."
You would probably get electrocuted doing that. Licensed metaphor mixologist.
Seriously though, the Linux desktop will be ready when the average user never has to know all the gritty details of the mount command.
It can own property, and must pay property and income taxes.
It cannot vote, serve on a jury, or be drafted into the armed forces.
It is subject to most (if not all) criminal law that a citizen would be, however, it cannot be jailed, as it is a legal concept and non-corporeal. (Its executives can be, of course.)
As a legal (for-profit) entity, it has no moral duty beyond assuring its own survival, by whatever means necessary.
Also, it has no inherent loyalty to its country of origin (see preceding) except as that loyalty directly benefits its bottom line. No sense of self-sacrifice for the greater good. However, openly treasonous behaviour would be avoided since, after all, the executives are still subject to law.
So, exactly what, if any of the Bill of Rights would apply to a corporation? Since a corporation cannot and should not be equated with a citizen in regards to rights, responsibilities, and duties, why should it be accorded all those same rights?
...cocoa in a nutshell... aaarghgghghghg...
That's driven me close to homicide.
Too many times have I narrowly averted changing lanes when somebody was hanging there. (I suppose this could screw up your habits if you also drive another car which does not have this feature.)
I think it was playing video games which vibrate the controller which gave me the inspiration.
The best ones conform the invention's design to fit the environment, not the other way round.
A subscription, OTOH, implies a recurring payment for goods delivered on a predictable recurring basis. Such as Playboy, for example. My subscription obliges Playboy to deliver on-time or lose my business. This seems to work for magazines, but would be a horrible idea for Tom Clancy novels: either the quality would go way down, or I would get zero product for my money.
And this seems to be the deal software subscriptioners are getting: low quality or zero product (missed delivery dates).
Not all "things" look bigger under water. Once you account for, ahem, shrinkage, it's all just a ...wash.
is a perp-walk for Darl. And eventually a horny roommate named Bubba. (Uh, for Darl, that is...)
It seems that most people posting WRT this issue think that it is a question between choice or no choice. Of course, I want choice. Just keep my decisions to a minimum, and provide me with an easy means to customize my default applications. A Linux distro can and should provide 5 different browsers, just don't install them all at once by default.
Good point.
Market: a place with multiple sellers. Think farmers market.
Monopoly: a place with one seller. Such as the snack bar at the theatre, home of the gold-plated popcorn.
Take the muzzle off a monopoly, boom! Higher prices.
There are many cable providers, but most are monopolies within their own area. And I'm sure they like it that way just fine.
And even with humans, speech recognition can be a challenge. How many people still think Jimi Hendrix was really singing "scuse me, while I kiss this guy!"
You forgot to include "nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more, say no more..." I'm sure Sony also sells blank music and data CD-R's there. And yet copying in NZ is supposed to be illegal... Hmmm.....
Everything that orbits the Sun is a planet. Everything. Whether it deserves a name is another matter.
So let's arbitrarily set a threshold of 500 miles as the minimum diameter for something to get a name. What about objects that are 499 miles wide? Oh, well.
(Yo quiro Taco Bell...)
Know what you mean. It's just one goddamned thing after another.
Anything which has a user's manual which we try not to have to read.
In a blinding flash, the answer came to me. (drumroll please)
The recipient!
Here's how it would work: everybody who wants to partake would set up an account with so many credits. (Maybe something like paypal...) Sending an email to someone would require first paying 0.1 cent (yes, 1/10 of 1 cent) into the recipient's special account, which would give access to a one-time authorization code. People who send each other emails frequently, and on an equal basis would end up with a net zero cost. But spammers would end up spending millions to send their bulk mail.
A system like this should only be implemented as an opt-in voluntary thing. If it actually worked, more people would start using it, and less would use the normal "free" email system.
Of course, the big problem is that inevitably, a system like this would be hijacked (illegally of course) by spammers looking for systems with poor or non-existent security. An infected system would wipe out the user's account and move on to the next victim.
On the other hand, a system like this is based upon economics, not law, so this would affect all spammers, not just those in the US.
So find a payphone, if you still can. Everybody find a payphone and give Darl a call.