It's like reversing the Nigerian scam. you guy sseem to know some tricks to make them sue you (rename files, make a file with same hash, have a DVD ripper software, have some file sharing SW (oh yeah, the OS IS file sharing SW!)) so maybe you'll be counter-suing them for harrassment. Guess somebody ought to set up a web site for those who have been harrassed for a class action against the MPIAAIAIAAI.
I started picture stuff site at youart.net and quickly realized the movie industry is in for some hard times. Well, hollyweed that is. You cannot keep charging so much when bollywood and soon every tom,disk, and tracy will be able to make movies of fairly high quality and arguably better story lines. I think the future really is in individual-type publishing just like everyone has a web site and now can sell stuff on it. Allt he MIPIAA is doing is driving people to innovate and further put them out of business. I guess Congress will have to pass a law outlawing movies on the Internet or something.
How long can you freeze a bee before it cannot be revived? I remember reading about a 100 year old bug called a bearbug or something like that which was revived... my theory is that bugs have non-linear evolution... a bug thawed today could have been frozen very long ago.
Personally I think it is because good photography is an art. I find I take tons of crappy pictures. In fact, my first-generation Panasonic camera seemed to actually take better photos than any I've had since. The Sony I have now is just a consumer toy.
The availability of bandwidth and digital cameras realy will take the Internet medium downstream. I mean, how many people actually like to spend their weekends reading? Versus watching movies?
I started working on a photo site where you can merge photos and put them on mugs and stuff at YouArt and the number one thing that has impressed me is people immediately say "cool". People just like pictures. In the past people say "like what does that site do" but with pictures it is obvious.
I guess everyone will have real imagery and sound in a few years. A whole New Internet.
last I lookde at it, many years ago, thought it was 144k post-rapture... e.g. all dead folks and Christians pre trib. are gone. So that number converts from remaining non-Christian pop. Something like that.
Liger, Mule, Zebra-Donkey, et cetera. Not same species. Rule used to be no interbreeding outside of species. Oh yeah, seem to remember some human-gorilla conception too but they aborted. Back in the '80's.
I think you are right about creation versus evolution but to date the best hard evidence is destruction of species. Man has proven quite good at that. We've yet to witness in modern history the evolution or creation of a new species (withstanding viral mutations) AFAIK. Anyone care to point to a new species of a higher order animal? Of course, we do have teeming breeds of dog and have found that families such as feline and equine can in fact inter-breed.
So much to learn here. Let's hope some philanthropist is socking away genetic samples. By the end of the century we'll be generating species at will. There may even be "build your own species" science kits for kids (just like the flying cars we were supposed to have in the '60's:-). Monsanto et al may have competition yet.
Of course, the possiblity of the generation of new species by genetic manipulation does firmly question the veracity of the current Evolutionary Theory. With no intermediate forms, living fossils, and other issues, one would be remiss not to imagine a previous civilization doing some genetic engineering of its own. Of course, if evolution is random and the numbers of species were in the millions, we'd in all probability have seen a new species in the last few eons. Perhaps evolution is not uniformly distrubuted over time at all. Perhaps what is taught about evolution is quite holey.
Genetics and species birth a wonderfully interesting field of guesswork and imagination and a very cool field of science.
yeah, and nothing about the dead that vote or the non-existent that vote. And about the voting mahcines that they will disable in any precinct they don't want to vote. It's a mess.
Greens sound good on patents and copyrights. But the name, Greens, who's going to vote for that? But...
Arguing against nuclear is like arguing against the automobile. I don't see the Greens campaigning for horses. And I'm surprised Bush and Kerry resorted to such fear mongering rhetoric; otherwise I thought they both looked vrey good in last night's debate. Bush wants to take the bull by the horns and N. Korea et al now know the USA means business when it comes to attacking us and all. Kerry prefers working with other countries and is aware of more issues than just terrorism.
BTW, I think the big issue with nuclear is the by product has a longer 1/2 life than the raw material. Still, we ARE reducing the nuclear exposue in the world when we create nuclear power/weapons plants because we are pulling so much nuclear radioactive material from the ground and concentrating it somewhere in safe storage. One might ask why we do not simply grind up the spent fuel rods, mix them with all the previously mined materials and disperse them back into the ground. Net may be an equivalent amount of radioactivity and render the anti-nuclear crowd's argument to basically be "We hate how the earth has nuclear material in it"!
Now we know ALL presidential candidates are ignorant about nuclear proliferation. Old, uneducated men perhaps?
Last night both Bush and Kerry went off the deep end about nuclear bombs but the irony is the USA has no intention of getting rid of its bombs and any country with a bright physics grad and a mine can make their own. The only reason not to is who in the heck needs a bomb anymore? The serious countries see finance and not war as the major battle. Technical innovation lead to better finances for all. Nuclear power, cleaner power plants, et cetera should be encouraged rather than derailed with ignoramus arguments.
Nuclear power is one of the best solutions for generating power. Solar for homes. Wind where possible. Hydro.
I researched this topic a few weeks back. Spending increased exponentially under Bush 2. Under Clinton is was out of control WRT GDP and robbing SS. GDP has increased linearly but tax income is probably falling (IRS has not published but medicare numbers have). Like a college girl on a credit card shopping spree...
Spelled economic doom for the current system. The easy fix is hyper-inflation and actually we have seen it for a few years now. With the dollar falling in value WRT foreign currencies at almost double digits each year, hyperinflation has snuck in the back door. Also with pay rates falling the last 2+ years while inflation continues.
So, being an American now promises the worst standard of living in decades or even ever. The inventions and creations of our scientists and engineers are lining the pockets of the top 1% while the lower 90% are making less now than in 1970 in inflation adjusted dollars. Give "Perfectly Legal" a read. Chapter 1 is free on the Internet somewhere. Of course, most people do not want the facts.
Hmmm... since poverty increased by 1.4M this past year and the average pay rates are falling and the lower 90% now make less than in 1970 in inflation adjusted dollars, should I infer you are also against the current USA system of Corporate Aristocracy?
As for me, I'd vote for Freedom and Capitalism but have yet to see these anywhere. Heck, the republicans imprisoned those exercising freedom of speech a few weeks ago and all other parties have turned a blind eye.
SS tax is a percentage tax for all making $87k. For all making more, they pay a much lower percentage. For the rich, the percentage is negligible. Read "Perfectly legal" as Chapter 1 is free on the net somewhere. The bottom 90% are making less than in 1970. The top 1% or 1% or something like that, now make a huge amount. Plus, companies are now paying like 3% of the total taxes whereas in 1960 they paid like 30%.
My point is that Offshoring has not reduced prices for Americans. Quality, yes.
I accept your argument that cars today are better than cars of the '50's as common belief.
But let's disregard cars; shipping our jobs overseas will destroy America. anyone who has not realized this need simply look at two states, SC and OH. I really need say no more. SC lost textiles during the 1900s and now 1 in 7 live in poverty. OH has been the hardest hit with unemployment and generally the states in that area lost alot of their auto industry. Now it is CA's turn to get stomped by the elites.
And if you want to really get serious, take a look at the national debt growth. Then take a look at two thing: 1) GDP growth and 2) tax income growth. It is argued that #1 is highly distorted due to markups but disredardgin that it is growing linearly at best. #2 is probably FALLING linearly in the last few years (IRS has yet to release but medicare recipts were released and track closely). Debt is HYPER-EXPONENTIAL. Even under Clinton is grew much faster than GDP. You don't have to be a genius to figure this one out.
Can you still support Offshoring? It is the death knell for America.
Bluesman, no need to restate the conclusion I drew from the argument. My original conclusion was that savings from "Comparative Advantage" (Offshoring) never show up to the consumer. Now you can argue 'til your blue in the face about cheap crap at Wal-Mart but that is exactly what they sell: cheap crap. Never is too strong a word but in general the consumer loses jobs and does not see costs drop. The continual pace of inflation since the late 1800's is well-documented. Prior to that, inflation was abnormal. It is a banking cartel invention.
Quality and reliability have to be factored in for any meaningful cost comparison. You can even argue about cheaper corn seed from Monsanto but when you realize these are genetically engineered so they cannot live without Monsanto weed killers and also have less disease resistence than the 95% of the species which existed prior to their dominance, then your argument also ignores quality and, more importantly, complexly manipulated industries.
Alas, we never know the past but from our modern perspective; yet, in contrast to all who seem to think people were idoits back then, my grandfather told me before he died that people are getting dumber.
Giving our freedom to a government who has only the interest of the wealthy corporate magnates in mind is quite dumb.
Offshoring is one very serious step the government has taken to eliminate the middle class. While Henry Ford tried to pay a wage high enough so his workers could afford the new invention of the car, today's companies are paying small enough I can only afford a 520 sq ft 1 bdrm condo despite having 14 years of experience, a Master's degree, and 2 years of education towards a Ph.D. That you support Offshoring is clearly that you have not studied the issue or that you are a company owner benefiting financially from exporting American jobs.
BTW, the country is not so rich. 1% of the country is. The rest of us basically live paycheck to paycheck. A layoff is financially devastating to most Americans. Your "so rich" people are the minority though they do control the government. And if you think having a solid meal and a house is "rich" your the epitome of "dumber people" my grandfather identified. The quality of life is not the best America has ever had and is worsening every year. That people in Sudan or India are starving is purely not because of us but because of the oppressive (murderous in the case of Sudan) governments that control them. To say they should have a quality of life comparable to us is true, but the solution is not to hand our money to the Chinese government as Clinton and the current government think but to force them to recognize the benefits of freedom and, if necessary, to take arms and destroy their tyrant government as in the case of Iraq.
Instead of Offshoring our future and exporting our jobs we should Offshore our beliefs in freedom and our methods of hard work, integrity, cooperation and innovation. But clearly the elites in the US Government are more interested in cash in their pockets than any sort of altruism for mankind.
National Debt http://www.mises.org/fullstory.aspx?control= 1419
Basically, inflation is continual so this is why our current wage deflation in the USA is such a problem. Truly the inflation has been "financed" in the last few years.
I used to be able to find the historical price of bread charts but cannot seem to locate it; but Page 18 of http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp20 02/rp02-044.pdf shows we are in inflation. Artificial? I suspect it is indeed a culture thing. My problem is that if inflation continues then I have to buy an inflatable asset. I.e. cannot save my way to self sufficiency.
Wish I had a manufactured home instead of my condo because I cannot sell it within another 10 months without an $8k penalty due to using a one year LIBOR (like ARM).
Regardless, Offshoring is a death knell for the American Way of Life. You either hope the demise of America and support Offshoring or fight it.
With Offshoring Americans will have the rights of the Chinese and the wealth of the Indians. I do not think that is a good future for the USA.
The core problem is, of course, over-taxation. When the tax load of an American worker is well over $30k while the tax load of a Chinese worker is about $2k, one has to wonder why in the world any jobs are done in the USA; and realize Offshoring will only accelerate.
Ironically, companies are free to emigrate and take their wealth while citizens cannot. The solution, get yourself a company.
What about slavery (hershey bars)? Execution of non-Muslims (Saudi Arabia)? No freedom of speech (China)? (I'll bet slashdot.org is blcked there!)
You are 100% right. The government offciials with no morals chooses Offshoring as a get rich quick scheme for their companies while claiming it is a way to share wealth with poorer countries.
It's very BAD for the USA. Imports of good and services have to be taxed at least as much as USA-produced goods and services. WTO SHOULD NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THE USA. The USA is a sovereign country.
Slashdot Mirror
It's like reversing the Nigerian scam. you guy sseem to know some tricks to make them sue you (rename files, make a file with same hash, have a DVD ripper software, have some file sharing SW (oh yeah, the OS IS file sharing SW!)) so maybe you'll be counter-suing them for harrassment. Guess somebody ought to set up a web site for those who have been harrassed for a class action against the MPIAAIAIAAI.
I started picture stuff site at youart.net and quickly realized the movie industry is in for some hard times. Well, hollyweed that is. You cannot keep charging so much when bollywood and soon every tom,disk, and tracy will be able to make movies of fairly high quality and arguably better story lines. I think the future really is in individual-type publishing just like everyone has a web site and now can sell stuff on it. Allt he MIPIAA is doing is driving people to innovate and further put them out of business. I guess Congress will have to pass a law outlawing movies on the Internet or something.
My buddy Charles also figured out how to zap the video cameras. pretty cool.
How long can you freeze a bee before it cannot be revived? I remember reading about a 100 year old bug called a bearbug or something like that which was revived... my theory is that bugs have non-linear evolution... a bug thawed today could have been frozen very long ago.
Personally I think it is because good photography is an art. I find I take tons of crappy pictures. In fact, my first-generation Panasonic camera seemed to actually take better photos than any I've had since. The Sony I have now is just a consumer toy.
"downstream"? I meant "mainstream". Musta had bandwidth on my mind. Let's hope "downstream" is not right.
http://www.youart.net/ YouArt! Add yourself to the art.
The availability of bandwidth and digital cameras realy will take the Internet medium downstream. I mean, how many people actually like to spend their weekends reading? Versus watching movies?
I started working on a photo site where you can merge photos and put them on mugs and stuff at YouArt and the number one thing that has impressed me is people immediately say "cool". People just like pictures. In the past people say "like what does that site do" but with pictures it is obvious.
I guess everyone will have real imagery and sound in a few years. A whole New Internet.
Your new history,
Is it a butterfly wings reaction?
Or an Orwellian description?
last I lookde at it, many years ago, thought it was 144k post-rapture... e.g. all dead folks and Christians pre trib. are gone. So that number converts from remaining non-Christian pop. Something like that.
Or it could be that some bloke wrote down history wrong. Humans screw up alot. Nothing was better or worse about them than you or me.
Never seen that. Have you?
Liger, Mule, Zebra-Donkey, et cetera. Not same species. Rule used to be no interbreeding outside of species. Oh yeah, seem to remember some human-gorilla conception too but they aborted. Back in the '80's.
Also saw a page comparing tasmaian tiger jaw to wolf jaw. Nobody's claiming they evolved together but, quite certainly, they are in form very similar.
Maybe some wolf go freaky with a possum? Oh man, not a pretty sight!
I think you are right about creation versus evolution but to date the best hard evidence is destruction of species. Man has proven quite good at that. We've yet to witness in modern history the evolution or creation of a new species (withstanding viral mutations) AFAIK. Anyone care to point to a new species of a higher order animal? Of course, we do have teeming breeds of dog and have found that families such as feline and equine can in fact inter-breed.
:-). Monsanto et al may have competition yet.
So much to learn here. Let's hope some philanthropist is socking away genetic samples. By the end of the century we'll be generating species at will. There may even be "build your own species" science kits for kids (just like the flying cars we were supposed to have in the '60's
Of course, the possiblity of the generation of new species by genetic manipulation does firmly question the veracity of the current Evolutionary Theory. With no intermediate forms, living fossils, and other issues, one would be remiss not to imagine a previous civilization doing some genetic engineering of its own. Of course, if evolution is random and the numbers of species were in the millions, we'd in all probability have seen a new species in the last few eons. Perhaps evolution is not uniformly distrubuted over time at all. Perhaps what is taught about evolution is quite holey.
Genetics and species birth a wonderfully interesting field of guesswork and imagination and a very cool field of science.
Congrat.s to the Secret Service. Thank you.
yeah, and nothing about the dead that vote or the non-existent that vote. And about the voting mahcines that they will disable in any precinct they don't want to vote. It's a mess.
By design.
Greens sound good on patents and copyrights. But the name, Greens, who's going to vote for that? But...
Arguing against nuclear is like arguing against the automobile. I don't see the Greens campaigning for horses. And I'm surprised Bush and Kerry resorted to such fear mongering rhetoric; otherwise I thought they both looked vrey good in last night's debate. Bush wants to take the bull by the horns and N. Korea et al now know the USA means business when it comes to attacking us and all. Kerry prefers working with other countries and is aware of more issues than just terrorism.
BTW, I think the big issue with nuclear is the by product has a longer 1/2 life than the raw material. Still, we ARE reducing the nuclear exposue in the world when we create nuclear power/weapons plants because we are pulling so much nuclear radioactive material from the ground and concentrating it somewhere in safe storage. One might ask why we do not simply grind up the spent fuel rods, mix them with all the previously mined materials and disperse them back into the ground. Net may be an equivalent amount of radioactivity and render the anti-nuclear crowd's argument to basically be "We hate how the earth has nuclear material in it"!
Now we know ALL presidential candidates are ignorant about nuclear proliferation. Old, uneducated men perhaps?
Last night both Bush and Kerry went off the deep end about nuclear bombs but the irony is the USA has no intention of getting rid of its bombs and any country with a bright physics grad and a mine can make their own. The only reason not to is who in the heck needs a bomb anymore? The serious countries see finance and not war as the major battle. Technical innovation lead to better finances for all. Nuclear power, cleaner power plants, et cetera should be encouraged rather than derailed with ignoramus arguments.
Nuclear power is one of the best solutions for generating power. Solar for homes. Wind where possible. Hydro.
My $.02,
TimJowers
I researched this topic a few weeks back. Spending increased exponentially under Bush 2. Under Clinton is was out of control WRT GDP and robbing SS. GDP has increased linearly but tax income is probably falling (IRS has not published but medicare numbers have). Like a college girl on a credit card shopping spree...
Spelled economic doom for the current system. The easy fix is hyper-inflation and actually we have seen it for a few years now. With the dollar falling in value WRT foreign currencies at almost double digits each year, hyperinflation has snuck in the back door. Also with pay rates falling the last 2+ years while inflation continues.
So, being an American now promises the worst standard of living in decades or even ever. The inventions and creations of our scientists and engineers are lining the pockets of the top 1% while the lower 90% are making less now than in 1970 in inflation adjusted dollars. Give "Perfectly Legal" a read. Chapter 1 is free on the Internet somewhere. Of course, most people do not want the facts.
Hmmm... since poverty increased by 1.4M this past year and the average pay rates are falling and the lower 90% now make less than in 1970 in inflation adjusted dollars, should I infer you are also against the current USA system of Corporate Aristocracy?
As for me, I'd vote for Freedom and Capitalism but have yet to see these anywhere. Heck, the republicans imprisoned those exercising freedom of speech a few weeks ago and all other parties have turned a blind eye.
less than $87k. Slashdot removed my "less than sign"
Also, SS is a tax to pay for old people not a savings account. What you pay now is paying for today's old people not for you in the future.
Not sure you got what he means:
SS tax is a percentage tax for all making $87k. For all making more, they pay a much lower percentage. For the rich, the percentage is negligible. Read "Perfectly legal" as Chapter 1 is free on the net somewhere. The bottom 90% are making less than in 1970. The top 1% or 1% or something like that, now make a huge amount. Plus, companies are now paying like 3% of the total taxes whereas in 1960 they paid like 30%.
My point is that Offshoring has not reduced prices for Americans. Quality, yes.
I accept your argument that cars today are better than cars of the '50's as common belief.
But let's disregard cars; shipping our jobs overseas will destroy America. anyone who has not realized this need simply look at two states, SC and OH. I really need say no more. SC lost textiles during the 1900s and now 1 in 7 live in poverty. OH has been the hardest hit with unemployment and generally the states in that area lost alot of their auto industry. Now it is CA's turn to get stomped by the elites.
And if you want to really get serious, take a look at the national debt growth. Then take a look at two thing: 1) GDP growth and 2) tax income growth. It is argued that #1 is highly distorted due to markups but disredardgin that it is growing linearly at best. #2 is probably FALLING linearly in the last few years (IRS has yet to release but medicare recipts were released and track closely). Debt is HYPER-EXPONENTIAL. Even under Clinton is grew much faster than GDP. You don't have to be a genius to figure this one out.
Can you still support Offshoring? It is the death knell for America.
Bluesman, no need to restate the conclusion I drew from the argument. My original conclusion was that savings from "Comparative Advantage" (Offshoring) never show up to the consumer. Now you can argue 'til your blue in the face about cheap crap at Wal-Mart but that is exactly what they sell: cheap crap. Never is too strong a word but in general the consumer loses jobs and does not see costs drop. The continual pace of inflation since the late 1800's is well-documented. Prior to that, inflation was abnormal. It is a banking cartel invention.
Quality and reliability have to be factored in for any meaningful cost comparison. You can even argue about cheaper corn seed from Monsanto but when you realize these are genetically engineered so they cannot live without Monsanto weed killers and also have less disease resistence than the 95% of the species which existed prior to their dominance, then your argument also ignores quality and, more importantly, complexly manipulated industries.
Alas, we never know the past but from our modern perspective; yet, in contrast to all who seem to think people were idoits back then, my grandfather told me before he died that people are getting dumber.
Giving our freedom to a government who has only the interest of the wealthy corporate magnates in mind is quite dumb.
Offshoring is one very serious step the government has taken to eliminate the middle class. While Henry Ford tried to pay a wage high enough so his workers could afford the new invention of the car, today's companies are paying small enough I can only afford a 520 sq ft 1 bdrm condo despite having 14 years of experience, a Master's degree, and 2 years of education towards a Ph.D. That you support Offshoring is clearly that you have not studied the issue or that you are a company owner benefiting financially from exporting American jobs.
BTW, the country is not so rich. 1% of the country is. The rest of us basically live paycheck to paycheck. A layoff is financially devastating to most Americans. Your "so rich" people are the minority though they do control the government. And if you think having a solid meal and a house is "rich" your the epitome of "dumber people" my grandfather identified. The quality of life is not the best America has ever had and is worsening every year. That people in Sudan or India are starving is purely not because of us but because of the oppressive (murderous in the case of Sudan) governments that control them. To say they should have a quality of life comparable to us is true, but the solution is not to hand our money to the Chinese government as Clinton and the current government think but to force them to recognize the benefits of freedom and, if necessary, to take arms and destroy their tyrant government as in the case of Iraq.
Instead of Offshoring our future and exporting our jobs we should Offshore our beliefs in freedom and our methods of hard work, integrity, cooperation and innovation. But clearly the elites in the US Government are more interested in cash in their pockets than any sort of altruism for mankind.
Here are some other views:
Stock market returns 1800-
http://www.finfacts.com/Private/curency/ft
CPI 1800-
http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/pol_sci/fac/sa
Salary from 1800-
???
National Debt
http://www.mises.org/fullstory.aspx?control
Basically, inflation is continual so this is why our current wage deflation in the USA is such a problem. Truly the inflation has been "financed" in the last few years.
I used to be able to find the historical price of bread charts but cannot seem to locate it; but0 02/rp02-044.pdf
Page 18 of http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2
shows we are in inflation. Artificial? I suspect it is indeed a culture thing. My problem is that if inflation continues then I have to buy an inflatable asset. I.e. cannot save my way to self sufficiency.
Wish I had a manufactured home instead of my condo because I cannot sell it within another 10 months without an $8k penalty due to using a one year LIBOR (like ARM).
Regardless, Offshoring is a death knell for the American Way of Life. You either hope the demise of America and support Offshoring or fight it.
With Offshoring Americans will have the rights of the Chinese and the wealth of the Indians. I do not think that is a good future for the USA.
The core problem is, of course, over-taxation. When the tax load of an American worker is well over $30k while the tax load of a Chinese worker is about $2k, one has to wonder why in the world any jobs are done in the USA; and realize Offshoring will only accelerate.
Ironically, companies are free to emigrate and take their wealth while citizens cannot. The solution, get yourself a company.
What about slavery (hershey bars)?
Execution of non-Muslims (Saudi Arabia)?
No freedom of speech (China)?
(I'll bet slashdot.org is blcked there!)
You are 100% right. The government offciials with no morals chooses Offshoring as a get rich quick scheme for their companies while claiming it is a way to share wealth with poorer countries.
It's very BAD for the USA. Imports of good and services have to be taxed at least as much as USA-produced goods and services. WTO SHOULD NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THE USA. The USA is a sovereign country.