Accountability in corporations is held by the board of directors, who are influenced by shareholders and consumers, who are the ultimate arbiters of success and failure. Government, on the other hand, is much harder to rein in, as the FCC, among other agencies, are not elected, but rather authority is delegated to them by Congress, with the result of little to no direct accountability. If your elected representative does something you don't like, you vote against him, or more happily, run against him. If a faceless governmental beuracracy does something you don't like, you can't vote them out of office, and it is much more difficult to bring any pressure on them, as your elected representative has little to do with the agency, and it would take a massive lobbying effort to convince a majority on Congress of your opinion. Unfortunately, congressman listen to their constituents, not a citizen in the next state or across the country.
Our founders recognized that government naturally expands at the expense of freedom; the purpose of the Constituion was to chain government. Unfortunately, now that the Constitution has been thoroughly mangled, it is now up to the voters to chain government, and while they have had some success, elected officials paying more than lip service to a previously iron-clad document would be more effective.
I did mention in a later post that the spectrum, when used correctly, has no bandwidth limit. However, I'm puzzled as to how you think being limited to "a megaphone and my vocal cords" is counter to free speech. When the Constitution was written, there was no such things as megaphones. Our country was based on negative, not positive freedoms. You have the right to free speech as far as no one will interfere with your efforts, but you do not have the right to demand ownership of others property and efforts to enable yourself a bigger audience. We aren't a democracy, we're a republic, there's a huge difference. In a republic, governmental power is limited (or is supposed to be), while in a democracy government has plenary power, such as in France. National parks belong to the people? Hrm, then why is the government the one designating and controlling them? Nothing belongs "to the people," only individuals. The government owns the national parks, charges admission, makes rules and regulations, decides what you can and cannot do, etc. If it was mine, I could walk in, chop down a tree, and make a big pointy stick to poke intruders with. The FCC, being a governmental agency, will naturally expand beyond its charter, because nature abhors a power vacuum, ie freedom. And it gives the otherwise unemployable something to feel good about.
As you know from a previous/. story, the spectrum is limitless. Current dumb devices tune to frequency X and simply display, A/V or other; smart devices would be able to filter transmissions, meaning that you could have an infinite amount of data in a very small chunk of spectrum. Spectrum is nothing more than colors, visible or otherwise, and you cannot run out of colors. Even if it was not so, the internet gives one the ability to transmit whatever they please, assuming of course that they are willing to make the same investment as those already in play. The FCC, by basing itself on the flawed-theory of spectrum scarcity, is doing far more to limit broadcast diversity than any one corporation.
Freedom of speech gives you the right to stand on a street corner and taunt passerbys, or start a conspiracy rag, but certainly the idea that private property should be confiscated so that you can have your own network, radio station, etc. is not included.
"Actually buildable under OpenWatcom 1.0 as a 32bit dos program."
What 32-bit DOS are you referring to? MS-DOS was 16-bit, Dr. DOS was 16-bit, PC-DOS is 16-bit. I think FreeDOS is 16-bit. Compiling a 32-bit DOS program would seem to make as much sense as compiling a 64-bit program for WinXP x86-32.
You know, I think I could make quite a bit of money on this, as I was one of the best at TFC. Unfortunately, I only have a 56K modem. Perhaps the organization could give us DSL or cable, and then if we didn't win break our computer's legs?
Power Corrupts,Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. Collarary: Power attracts the corruptible!
The correct quote is "Power tends to corrupt. Absolute Power tends to corrupt absolutely. Therefore, the collarary would be "Power tends to attract the corruptible." Usually, the amount of time one is in power is directly proportional to how corrupt one becomes.
Ants are not Communist because they are not sentient. Borg are a conglomerate of sentient individuals. Individuality is unheard of, and the society is all, and demands all. Billions of people are killed by the Borg, billions more are turned into drones, freedom does not exist in any form. How is this different from Communism? Or are you glossing over all the "bad" stuff, which means you have nothing?
If it was smaller than the Defiant, even if it looked similiar, it wouldnt' be a Defiant. The Defiant was a horribly designed ship anyways, they could never pin its actual size down. And I think photon/quantam torps that use matter/anti-matter are technically supposed to be a great deal more destructive than nukes (see TNG Tech Manual), even if all on-screen evidence counterdicts this. Why would they need to reverse engineer one Kirk stole from the Romulans? The original Defiant had one sitting in it, and cloak and cloak detecton systems are constantly evolving, so it would be like using early 20th century camo when your enemy has IR goggles. Personal transport devices were used by terrorists in a TNG episode, but it led to gradual genetic damage. Shield penetration only works if you have the exact shield frequency, or can slip it into a sensor window. Sisko. And what about section 31?
The Electoral COllege was designed to give the smaller states a say in the election, and to avoid the large cities from carrying all the weight. If anything, it helps to democratize the say of the common voter. If you don't know the how and why, don't talk. Asking for the answer is fine though.
InStat/MDR thinks that Intel will adopt x86-64. As an AMD shareholder, I think that would be great, but I'm not sure I share InStat/MDR's optimism. Athlon 64 will not only have to be equal to the P4, it will have to blow it out of the water. Maybe InStat/MDR knows something I don't.
Did he come up with a similiar method, and then years later when another company comes out with a piece of software that does the same thing a bit differently, he goes bonkers? I think if you have one good idea, you'll probably have others. Why didn't he capitalize on this patent beforehand? Or did he try?
Maybe it's not meant just for blasting missiles out of the sky. Think about what we could do to installations, or if we happened to zero in on someone via a spy satellite. Maybe it's cheaper than cruise missiles or drones, and more dynamic.
All you've got to do is remember to put aside any thought that the penis is in some way something shocking or offensive. Grow up a little, in other words.
By using paranthesis, I meant to indicate that technically, not every program would have its own DLL per se, but rather would have a specific DLL linked to it.
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Our founders recognized that government naturally expands at the expense of freedom; the purpose of the Constituion was to chain government. Unfortunately, now that the Constitution has been thoroughly mangled, it is now up to the voters to chain government, and while they have had some success, elected officials paying more than lip service to a previously iron-clad document would be more effective.
I like trees.
I did mention in a later post that the spectrum, when used correctly, has no bandwidth limit. However, I'm puzzled as to how you think being limited to "a megaphone and my vocal cords" is counter to free speech. When the Constitution was written, there was no such things as megaphones. Our country was based on negative, not positive freedoms. You have the right to free speech as far as no one will interfere with your efforts, but you do not have the right to demand ownership of others property and efforts to enable yourself a bigger audience. We aren't a democracy, we're a republic, there's a huge difference. In a republic, governmental power is limited (or is supposed to be), while in a democracy government has plenary power, such as in France. National parks belong to the people? Hrm, then why is the government the one designating and controlling them? Nothing belongs "to the people," only individuals. The government owns the national parks, charges admission, makes rules and regulations, decides what you can and cannot do, etc. If it was mine, I could walk in, chop down a tree, and make a big pointy stick to poke intruders with. The FCC, being a governmental agency, will naturally expand beyond its charter, because nature abhors a power vacuum, ie freedom. And it gives the otherwise unemployable something to feel good about.
Are these basically Office macros for OpenOffice? Would think such a feature would be a priority.
As you know from a previous /. story, the spectrum is limitless. Current dumb devices tune to frequency X and simply display, A/V or other; smart devices would be able to filter transmissions, meaning that you could have an infinite amount of data in a very small chunk of spectrum. Spectrum is nothing more than colors, visible or otherwise, and you cannot run out of colors. Even if it was not so, the internet gives one the ability to transmit whatever they please, assuming of course that they are willing to make the same investment as those already in play. The FCC, by basing itself on the flawed-theory of spectrum scarcity, is doing far more to limit broadcast diversity than any one corporation.
Freedom of speech gives you the right to stand on a street corner and taunt passerbys, or start a conspiracy rag, but certainly the idea that private property should be confiscated so that you can have your own network, radio station, etc. is not included.
What 32-bit DOS are you referring to? MS-DOS was 16-bit, Dr. DOS was 16-bit, PC-DOS is 16-bit. I think FreeDOS is 16-bit. Compiling a 32-bit DOS program would seem to make as much sense as compiling a 64-bit program for WinXP x86-32.
Well, on the bright side, compatibility should improve, if only because the only thing allowed on the system is Microsoft.
Well, did play RTCW once, it wasn't quite that bad, for maybe a few seconds. Sometimes I actually was able to see cause and effect!
You know, I think I could make quite a bit of money on this, as I was one of the best at TFC. Unfortunately, I only have a 56K modem. Perhaps the organization could give us DSL or cable, and then if we didn't win break our computer's legs?
The correct quote is "Power tends to corrupt. Absolute Power tends to corrupt absolutely. Therefore, the collarary would be "Power tends to attract the corruptible." Usually, the amount of time one is in power is directly proportional to how corrupt one becomes.
She didn't because Worf blew the transmitter dish into many little pieces moments before it was to transmit.
Ants are not Communist because they are not sentient. Borg are a conglomerate of sentient individuals. Individuality is unheard of, and the society is all, and demands all. Billions of people are killed by the Borg, billions more are turned into drones, freedom does not exist in any form. How is this different from Communism? Or are you glossing over all the "bad" stuff, which means you have nothing?
If it was smaller than the Defiant, even if it looked similiar, it wouldnt' be a Defiant. The Defiant was a horribly designed ship anyways, they could never pin its actual size down. And I think photon/quantam torps that use matter/anti-matter are technically supposed to be a great deal more destructive than nukes (see TNG Tech Manual), even if all on-screen evidence counterdicts this. Why would they need to reverse engineer one Kirk stole from the Romulans? The original Defiant had one sitting in it, and cloak and cloak detecton systems are constantly evolving, so it would be like using early 20th century camo when your enemy has IR goggles. Personal transport devices were used by terrorists in a TNG episode, but it led to gradual genetic damage. Shield penetration only works if you have the exact shield frequency, or can slip it into a sensor window. Sisko. And what about section 31?
The Electoral COllege was designed to give the smaller states a say in the election, and to avoid the large cities from carrying all the weight. If anything, it helps to democratize the say of the common voter. If you don't know the how and why, don't talk. Asking for the answer is fine though.
InStat/MDR thinks that Intel will adopt x86-64. As an AMD shareholder, I think that would be great, but I'm not sure I share InStat/MDR's optimism. Athlon 64 will not only have to be equal to the P4, it will have to blow it out of the water. Maybe InStat/MDR knows something I don't.
Any sites that carry info or specs? What was the suite called? I was vaguely aware it had some sort of word processing software.
I was aware of the keyboard, but whatever did one do with it? I was never able to figure that out.
My thoughts exactly. I have a original Game Boy, and I have no idea how I'd get Contiki (if and when a GB port is released) onto it.
He might not be rich. He could just be an overspender. It's hard to tell, as most rich people aren't very extravagent.
Did he come up with a similiar method, and then years later when another company comes out with a piece of software that does the same thing a bit differently, he goes bonkers? I think if you have one good idea, you'll probably have others. Why didn't he capitalize on this patent beforehand? Or did he try?
Maybe it's not meant just for blasting missiles out of the sky. Think about what we could do to installations, or if we happened to zero in on someone via a spy satellite. Maybe it's cheaper than cruise missiles or drones, and more dynamic.
Um, I'm a gay male...
There's an alt.sex.masturbation? I didn't know that. How do you know that?
Thank you, I'm not up on the .NET framework. Where do the DLLs go though?
By using paranthesis, I meant to indicate that technically, not every program would have its own DLL per se, but rather would have a specific DLL linked to it.