"The fact that the others didn't trust him because he wanted to sell the company is not legal grounds for termination"
Where did you go to law school? Moron-U?! A lack of trust in a partner is a perfectly legal reason to kick out a co-owner in a closely held company like id.
Article. I, Section. 10., Clause 2 specifically forbids states from collecting intrastate tariffs. But, for some strange reason if they call it a "use" tax it's ok. I'm also guessing that if the south reinstituted slavery under the term "Happy Fun Work" it'd be legal.
Surely if I got to California and buy something, take it back to my state, I'm not obligated to pay a sales tax back here. And if I asked my brother to buy me something and bring it back from California, I wouldn't have to pay my state's sales tax. But for some reason, could it be greed?!, if I pay FedEx to bring it to me, suddenly I have to pay.
I have NO problem paying sales tax. I think that if I buy something shipped from California, for example, California's sales tax should be added to the order. But I see no reason to flush the Constitution merely because states are greedy.
Microsoft wants this patent to remain valid. The judgment is NOTHING compared to the boatload of money it's sitting on. Microsoft has willingly lost FOUR BILLION on the Xbox. Don't you think they'd be willing to give a paltry 500 million to control a key browser patent?
Microsoft will simply obtain an exclusive license to the patent locking out all other browsers.
I've had mine for about six months, probably longer. No problems yet, but I've yet to seriously drop it either. I combined it with a 20 gig hard drive I retrieved from a friend's dead laptop, in other words, it was free. For 15 bucks total, it's a value. But even if you combined the price of a new OEM hard drive, the price is pretty good. Just don't drop it!
I use
this
USB enclosure for only 15 bucks shipped, combined with a cheap laptop hard
drive. It fits in your pocket, is dirt cheap, does NOT need an external powersupply, and can be as nearly large
(in capacity) as you want.
It's not like we actually PRODUCE anything over here. Let the Chinese figure out how things work while we enjoy all the benefits of US society and culture. Like reading a magazine about celebrities while we wait in the unemployment line.
Google wants to do so many cool things, from scanning the world's books to helping us in space. But now that it's public it's only a matter of time before the stock holders start pulling back the reins. In the narrow view of the stock market it doesn't matter if you help people. It doesn't even matter if you make a profit. The sole thing that matters to the stock market is whether you're growing. That's it. If you're not focusing on that, you're out.
Before Product Activation (or similar models) people could freely buy new computers, transferring all of their software for themselves, while keeping it on their old one for the kids. You were safe knowing that your "investment" in software didn't go to waste with that new computer. (I'm NOT saying this was legal, but it's a VERY common practice.)
That will change now that software will be tied to a single computer. Imagine spending several hundred bucks in software, which is quite easy considering the price of anti-virus software and office suites today. A few years later you want to buy a new computer, but all the software will have to be bought all over again. Is it worth it? Maybe. Maybe not.
The point is that people won't be free to upgrade anymore. There will be a cost in addition to the hardware. Replacing all the software you've already bought.
One company could be helped but this, though: Apple. If you have to buy all new software anyway, you might as well switch and go with a Mac.
Easy answer: The people with brains who build their own PVRs. People who like to control their devices, not the other way around. E.g., my homebuilt PVRs will never delete a show without my permission. People who want to edit out the commercials and burn to DVD. People who are sick of the broadcasters eroding our fair use rights AND forcing us to pay for the privilege!
You clearly love your Tivo so I'll put this in terms you'll easily understand: Baaaaaa baaaaa baaaaaa. (I'm sorry if my spelling is bad, I never actually studied sheep.)
What else can explain the FBI going after porn and Homeland
Security going after Vegans,
trademark
infringers, and copyright
infringers?! Obviously the war on
terror is over. Thank you W. Bush!
Microsoft is not a NEAR monopoly. It is a convicted monopoly. And since that irrefutable and well published fact escaped notice of the Wall Street Journal, I can't help but smell a little bias.
....that a turd like AOL would have become the key to the internet's fate?! I can't help but think I've been transported to a world where Monty Pythonian logic rules.
Isn't Microsoft's argument against switching to alternative office suites the alleged re-training costs to get workers up to speed on the new interface.
Well, if Office 12 has "radical interface changes" it appears to me that if it's going to require re-training, businesses might as well switch to an alternative now and save a fortune.
That's why I meant by "generally." I think "black" American music is probably better than the rest of the world's music. The various incarnations of jazz, the blues, rap (real rap not the commercial crap), funk, etc. People talk about the Beatles being such a big influence on popular music, but James Brown was integral to Soul, 60s Funk, 70s Funk, Jazz Fusion, Disco, Funk Rock of the 80/90s, and let's not forget Rap. How many white artists can claim to helping to create such a variety of genres!
However, there is something uniquely awful about the taste of white America. I'm not sure what it is. Aerosmith sucks. There's no denying it. But in the US they sold millions of records spanning four decades! God we suck!
Taste is subjective, so I don't mean to flame, but I've never considered Presley to be a talent at anything other than selling records. He couldn't play music. He couldn't write music. He was pure style over substance. The 50s equivalent to a boy band.
Seriously though, I was hard on the original poster. He is right about one thing. Generally speaking American music sucks. While the British have the Who, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, we respectively have Cheap Trick, the Knack, and Aerosmith. Certainly not a trinity to be proud of by any means.
First, iTunes exists purely at the discretion of the music industry. Without "hit" and popular songs from the RIAA dervived companies iTunes would essentially be worthless. The music industry could pull out anytime it wanted and could destroy iTunes.
Second, the music industry does NOT want iTunes to succeed. Let's assume that iTunes took 50% or greater of the total market of music sold. Why would an established artist re-sign to a label when he or she could simply hire a marketer and sell directly via iTunes and keep more of the money?! iTunes would BECOME the new music industry and the RIAA and its bosses would go the way of the buggy whip manufacturers.
Jobs and Apple is in a very lopsided relationship with the music industry, and I'm not sure whether either side knows it.
In my experience, Firefox is more secure. I've used Firefox since nearly it came out. I was sick of IE. My wife still used IE. Guess what machines had spyware installed? My wife now uses Firefox.
Let's assume that Firefox and OSX are more secure. Would it be in the security industry's interest to trash them? Sure. Because the security industry WANTS us to be fearful of security breaches so we buy their products. If there ever was a secure system, they'd be out of business.
So basically Symantec wants to put a little fear in people who have switched and it's nothing more than that.
If it were mathematically possible, I'd agree with you 110%. Movies are no longer fun due to the rudeness of the other patrons who treat theaters like rock concerts.
Actually something similar is happening in China. Due to the high level of movie piracy it's harder and harder to make traditional and more costly action movies and recoup the costs. Accordingly, they're not being made.
However, the movie industry still exists in an admittedly different form.
Here's a good example in our country. In part to cut down on piracy, the movie industry is thinking about releasing DVDs the same time movies are released in the theater. So instead of wasting hours downloading the lastest Hollywood crap you could simply go to Blockbuster and get if for a few bucks or Netflix for less than a buck.
This change may kill off most theaters. However, the movie industry would still exist.
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"The fact that the others didn't trust him because he wanted to sell the company is not legal grounds for termination"
Where did you go to law school? Moron-U?! A lack of trust in a partner is a perfectly legal reason to kick out a co-owner in a closely held company like id.
Article. I, Section. 10., Clause 2 specifically forbids states from collecting intrastate tariffs. But, for some strange reason if they call it a "use" tax it's ok. I'm also guessing that if the south reinstituted slavery under the term "Happy Fun Work" it'd be legal.
Surely if I got to California and buy something, take it back to my state, I'm not obligated to pay a sales tax back here. And if I asked my brother to buy me something and bring it back from California, I wouldn't have to pay my state's sales tax. But for some reason, could it be greed?!, if I pay FedEx to bring it to me, suddenly I have to pay.
I have NO problem paying sales tax. I think that if I buy something shipped from California, for example, California's sales tax should be added to the order. But I see no reason to flush the Constitution merely because states are greedy.
Microsoft wants this patent to remain valid. The judgment is NOTHING compared to the boatload of money it's sitting on. Microsoft has willingly lost FOUR BILLION on the Xbox. Don't you think they'd be willing to give a paltry 500 million to control a key browser patent?
Microsoft will simply obtain an exclusive license to the patent locking out all other browsers.
I've had mine for about six months, probably longer. No problems yet, but I've yet to seriously drop it either. I combined it with a 20 gig hard drive I retrieved from a friend's dead laptop, in other words, it was free. For 15 bucks total, it's a value. But even if you combined the price of a new OEM hard drive, the price is pretty good. Just don't drop it!
I use this USB enclosure for only 15 bucks shipped, combined with a cheap laptop hard drive. It fits in your pocket, is dirt cheap, does NOT need an external powersupply, and can be as nearly large (in capacity) as you want.
Come on. You're being too hard on Lucas. He's made some GREAT art. Howard the Duck. Willow. Ewoks: The Battle for Endor. Just to name a few.
It's not like we actually PRODUCE anything over here. Let the Chinese figure out how things work while we enjoy all the benefits of US society and culture. Like reading a magazine about celebrities while we wait in the unemployment line.
The setting: A study is conducted which shows that the use of Firefox is still growing.
"Well, the study shows that the use of Firefox is still growing. Microsoft is really in trouble."
"I don't want to piss off Microsofot, how can we put this in a negative light?"
"I know, let's say that the growth is slowing!"
"Yeah, that's the ticket!"
Google wants to do so many cool things, from scanning the world's books to helping us in space. But now that it's public it's only a matter of time before the stock holders start pulling back the reins. In the narrow view of the stock market it doesn't matter if you help people. It doesn't even matter if you make a profit. The sole thing that matters to the stock market is whether you're growing. That's it. If you're not focusing on that, you're out.
Welcome to earth. We have a concept called "humor" here. Look into it.
"So what was Palm's big mistake again?"
You must be new here: Teaming up with Microsoft.
Before Product Activation (or similar models) people could freely buy new computers, transferring all of their software for themselves, while keeping it on their old one for the kids. You were safe knowing that your "investment" in software didn't go to waste with that new computer. (I'm NOT saying this was legal, but it's a VERY common practice.)
That will change now that software will be tied to a single computer. Imagine spending several hundred bucks in software, which is quite easy considering the price of anti-virus software and office suites today. A few years later you want to buy a new computer, but all the software will have to be bought all over again. Is it worth it? Maybe. Maybe not.
The point is that people won't be free to upgrade anymore. There will be a cost in addition to the hardware. Replacing all the software you've already bought.
One company could be helped but this, though: Apple. If you have to buy all new software anyway, you might as well switch and go with a Mac.
Easy answer: The people with brains who build their own PVRs. People who like to control their devices, not the other way around. E.g., my homebuilt PVRs will never delete a show without my permission. People who want to edit out the commercials and burn to DVD. People who are sick of the broadcasters eroding our fair use rights AND forcing us to pay for the privilege!
You clearly love your Tivo so I'll put this in terms you'll easily understand: Baaaaaa baaaaa baaaaaa. (I'm sorry if my spelling is bad, I never actually studied sheep.)
What else can explain the FBI going after porn and Homeland Security going after Vegans, trademark infringers, and copyright infringers?! Obviously the war on terror is over. Thank you W. Bush!
Microsoft is not a NEAR monopoly. It is a convicted monopoly. And since that irrefutable and well published fact escaped notice of the Wall Street Journal, I can't help but smell a little bias.
....that a turd like AOL would have become the key to the internet's fate?! I can't help but think I've been transported to a world where Monty Pythonian logic rules.
Yeah, it's the MACHINE'S fault that Java runs slow. Keep repeating that and maybe even YOU will believe it!
Isn't Microsoft's argument against switching to alternative office suites the alleged re-training costs to get workers up to speed on the new interface.
Well, if Office 12 has "radical interface changes" it appears to me that if it's going to require re-training, businesses might as well switch to an alternative now and save a fortune.
That's why I meant by "generally." I think "black" American music is probably better than the rest of the world's music. The various incarnations of jazz, the blues, rap (real rap not the commercial crap), funk, etc. People talk about the Beatles being such a big influence on popular music, but James Brown was integral to Soul, 60s Funk, 70s Funk, Jazz Fusion, Disco, Funk Rock of the 80/90s, and let's not forget Rap. How many white artists can claim to helping to create such a variety of genres!
However, there is something uniquely awful about the taste of white America. I'm not sure what it is. Aerosmith sucks. There's no denying it. But in the US they sold millions of records spanning four decades! God we suck!
Taste is subjective, so I don't mean to flame, but I've never considered Presley to be a talent at anything other than selling records. He couldn't play music. He couldn't write music. He was pure style over substance. The 50s equivalent to a boy band.
"My Bologna." Surely evidence of true genius.
Seriously though, I was hard on the original poster. He is right about one thing. Generally speaking American music sucks. While the British have the Who, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, we respectively have Cheap Trick, the Knack, and Aerosmith. Certainly not a trinity to be proud of by any means.
First, iTunes exists purely at the discretion of the music industry. Without "hit" and popular songs from the RIAA dervived companies iTunes would essentially be worthless. The music industry could pull out anytime it wanted and could destroy iTunes.
Second, the music industry does NOT want iTunes to succeed. Let's assume that iTunes took 50% or greater of the total market of music sold. Why would an established artist re-sign to a label when he or she could simply hire a marketer and sell directly via iTunes and keep more of the money?! iTunes would BECOME the new music industry and the RIAA and its bosses would go the way of the buggy whip manufacturers.
Jobs and Apple is in a very lopsided relationship with the music industry, and I'm not sure whether either side knows it.
Any one how thinks that "Weird Al" Yankovic is "pretty good" has NO right to judge ANY music. None. Nada. Zip.
In my experience, Firefox is more secure. I've used Firefox since nearly it came out. I was sick of IE. My wife still used IE. Guess what machines had spyware installed? My wife now uses Firefox.
Let's assume that Firefox and OSX are more secure. Would it be in the security industry's interest to trash them? Sure. Because the security industry WANTS us to be fearful of security breaches so we buy their products. If there ever was a secure system, they'd be out of business.
So basically Symantec wants to put a little fear in people who have switched and it's nothing more than that.
If it were mathematically possible, I'd agree with you 110%. Movies are no longer fun due to the rudeness of the other patrons who treat theaters like rock concerts.
Actually something similar is happening in China. Due to the high level of movie piracy it's harder and harder to make traditional and more costly action movies and recoup the costs. Accordingly, they're not being made.
However, the movie industry still exists in an admittedly different form.
Here's a good example in our country. In part to cut down on piracy, the movie industry is thinking about releasing DVDs the same time movies are released in the theater. So instead of wasting hours downloading the lastest Hollywood crap you could simply go to Blockbuster and get if for a few bucks or Netflix for less than a buck.
This change may kill off most theaters. However, the movie industry would still exist.