Not all people are cut out for being paid by merit and that is why there are unions and trustfunds for those people to hang around and get paid to do the bare minimum.
<quote><p><i>Does the U.S. really want to be like China or Iran</i></p><p>"Right now China, the government, can disconnect parts of its Internet in case of war and we need to have that here too," Lieberman</p></quote>
What we really need, is the ability to shut off <i>China's</i> access to the internet.
Cable companies pay big chunks of money to cable networks (USA, MTV, FX) to carry their programming. Comcast and its ilk are none too happy when these networks then turn around and put said content on the Internet for free.
Maybe That is the part that needs to change.. the cable channels are already making a fortune with advertisments, why should Comcast have to pay for the channels at all. When cable TV first appeared in 1976 in Westfield,MA there were no advertisements on many of the channels. Your monthly subscription paid for the content. That was the argument made to my Dad when told he would have to start paying for TV. No commercials! Sure.
"China must resolutely crush the Rain/Weather forces' conspiracy and sabotaging activities," The People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), said in a hard-hitting commentary on Saturday as Beijing poured in thousands of Chinese troops to assert control in the restive Olympic regions of the country.
China alleged that the violent weather activities were "masterminded" by the Mother Nature "clique" with the "vicious intention" of undermining the Olympics and splitting China. Mother Nature has denied the charge, and said she is ready for a dialogue with Beijing.
The forbes article was a hack piece. Unfree NVIDIA driver blobs in linux, DRM nobody asked for in both major OSs, consumer "fair use" being reduced at every turn.. I'll take an ugly, uncompromising freedom fighter over corperate fascism any day. Linus is free to release his kernel under any terms he sees fit to, but the GNU folks are also not compelled to "port" to Linux .
An ideal place for a "Space Elevator" would be in space, on the Moon. No weather or Hezbolla to wreck it. No population to be crushed if it does come crashing down. Abundant solar power, no need to use valuable water(hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel) to raise or descend from the Moon's shallow gravity well. Getting to the Moon routinely becomes easier if you don't have to pack, then discard a lander each time you visit!
A space elevator on earth would be a terrible idea. If it failed or were damaged in some way the destruction and loss of life would far outweigh any benefits of cheap access to space. A better place for that idea would be on the moon as a way of moving people, building materials, helium3, etc. to space inexpensively. The gravity stresses, and risks would be significantly lower. A spinning electrodynamic tether (space hook) in low earth orbit might be a cheap way for suborbital craft to reach space. "Might be" is hard to build a national space policy on.
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Where's the GNOME 2 remix?
There fixed that for ya...
Bing still fails the Santorum test...
Thank you for sharing your biases, Matt.
They already do that. It's called "Leasing". Where do you think all those GM EV-1's went....
Sounds like normal run of the mill american capitalism. Except I would call it a "Service Bomb".
Chromechu, I choose you!
What about the "There, fixed it for ya. You're welcome." Phase?
<quote><p><i>Does the U.S. really want to be like China or Iran</i></p><p>"Right now China, the government, can disconnect parts of its Internet in case of war and we need to have that here too," Lieberman</p></quote>
What we really need, is the ability to shut off <i>China's</i> access to the internet.
<quote><p>Man are you gonna look stupid when Valve releases the cure for cancer at E3 this year.</p></quote>
Unfortunately it's the cure for Thumb Cancer, brought about by playing too many video games...
<quote><p>Mention Slashdot in an article. Get your article published on Slashdot. Success.</p></quote>
Recursion!
How exactly does one "introduce more quantum uncertainty"?
Cable companies pay big chunks of money to cable networks (USA, MTV, FX) to carry their programming. Comcast and its ilk are none too happy when these networks then turn around and put said content on the Internet for free.
Maybe That is the part that needs to change.. the cable channels are already making a fortune with advertisments, why should Comcast have to pay for the channels at all. When cable TV first appeared in 1976 in Westfield,MA there were no advertisements on many of the channels. Your monthly subscription paid for the content. That was the argument made to my Dad when told he would have to start paying for TV. No commercials! Sure.
Let them study their own Broads.
"China must resolutely crush the Rain/Weather forces' conspiracy and sabotaging activities," The People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), said in a hard-hitting commentary on Saturday as Beijing poured in thousands of Chinese troops to assert control in the restive Olympic regions of the country.
China alleged that the violent weather activities were "masterminded" by the Mother Nature "clique" with the "vicious intention" of undermining the Olympics and splitting China. Mother Nature has denied the charge, and said she is ready for a dialogue with Beijing.
All your Popes are belong to Me!!!
Don't forget all the free back doors in the bios, so the PLA can keep track of how many times a day you visit slashdot.
It's gonna be hella good, Guns and Roses are doing a special mix of "Chinese Democracy" for the soundtrack!
Fork 'Em
That's only dangerous if you're in the ocean, what about if you're on land huh? What then!?
He should put up a Myspace site! He might even get more fans!
The forbes article was a hack piece. Unfree NVIDIA driver blobs in linux, DRM nobody asked for in both major OSs, consumer "fair use" being reduced at every turn.. I'll take an ugly, uncompromising freedom fighter over corperate fascism any day.
Linus is free to release his kernel under any terms he sees fit to, but the GNU folks are also not compelled to "port" to Linux .
An ideal place for a "Space Elevator" would be in space, on the Moon. No weather or Hezbolla to wreck it. No population to be crushed if it does come crashing down. Abundant solar power, no need to use valuable water(hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel) to raise or descend from the Moon's shallow gravity well. Getting to the Moon routinely becomes easier if you don't have to pack, then discard a lander each time you visit!
OMG! This was my Dad giving me the "Smoking The Pot" speech 20 years ago !!!
A space elevator on earth would be a terrible idea. If it failed or were damaged in some way the destruction and loss of life would far outweigh any benefits of cheap access to space. A better place for that idea would be on the moon as a way of moving people, building materials, helium3, etc. to space inexpensively. The gravity stresses, and risks would be significantly lower. A spinning electrodynamic tether (space hook) in low earth orbit might be a cheap way for suborbital craft to reach space. "Might be" is hard to build a national space policy on.