We pay a reasonable tariff on blank media that has the ability to play back content protected by copyright. This is to compensate the artists for any violations of copyright due to selling blank media. It works out pretty well. Its Socialist in that we're trying to be fair to everyone.
A reasonable tariff is zero. By your logic, they should go ahead and put me in prison for owning a gun "capable" of killing someone. Why does your country accept this idea of punishing everyone evenly for possible illegal use of something that is generally used for legal things? How come copiers aren't taxed? And who gets that tariff money?
Dell uses only intel CPUs for the same reason they only sell M$FT on the desktop. They get better deals from the other gorillas by staying exclusive with them.
Maybe, although I don't know if Dell has that kind of a deal. It likely also makes sense for them to only support one manufacturer from a cost standpoint. The more you streamline things the lower your costs, and for a company that lives on margins around 2%, that's important. No reason to go with AMD just for variety, particularly when few of Dell's customers demand it.
I run AMD in my machine, but then I didn't buy a Dell either.
How's about this then, how much will it cost for content filtering? What is the bandwidth cost for truckers downloading porn?
Basically nothing. But if there's a legit reason - and I'm not saying there is - then it's that they probably don't want a bunch of truckers looking at porn at rest stops frequented by other people, which might include women traveling alone. Probably wouldn't be the safest thing. I know I don't want my wife having to stop for a piss at a rest stop filled with a bunch of truckers who are by that point...frustrated.
So I don't buy the moral angle, and I don't buy the money angle, but I might buy the safety one. But bottom line, it ain't unconstitutional in any case. So some people around here need to get a grip.
It's actionable when government makes laws abridging the freedom of speech. Filtering a "public service" in such a way as to restrict free speech (and its complement, the freedom to hear said speech if you so choose) is an abridgment, by law. Calling it a "public service" or "public utility" and claiming a constitutional exemption just won't cut it. (the US Constitution trumps the TX one in this regard)
The US Constitution does NOT hamper the ability of a content provider to censor the content they provide. Under your argument the FCC itself would be unconstitutional. So would filters in libraries.
Regulating the content which people choose to access on a taxpayer funded information highway is an altogether different thing - an unconstitutional, draconian, totalitarian one.
Where in this story did it say they're regulating the internet? They're NOT - they're regulating access at THEIR WAPs.
The 1st provides for Freedom of Press - it does NOT require that all government presses be free. Similarly, 1st amendment doesn't require that all WAPs be free, just that you have the right to BUY YOUR OWN. What, do you think all government printing presses are free too? Can I go into a government press with a pamphlet and make them print it for me? No.
If they are providing such a service on the taxpayer's dime, it must be usable by every taxpayer in whatever manner they so choose.
That's factually incorrect. Speed limits on highways, to go with your example, prove you wrong. Not to mention that would be freaking stupid.
If you're a troll, that was well crafted, hats off. If not, actually read what the laws say and mean before spouting off about things "Draconian" there Chicken Little.
when you distribute a document you are ipso fatso distributing the source (or everything you need to "compile and run" the document.)
Seems like a lot of people around here are too dense to grasp the obvious. Unless it's latex, there *isn't* source for a document. Even then there's no sort of "releasing secrets" angle unless you put company secrets in your LaTeX comments.
Maybe this interface is perceived as new in the U.S. because text messaging using mobile phones is rather esoteric, and not as widespread as in other countries?
Not really. We're saturation-bombed with ads for it. I think a lot of people in the US have text messaging.
Don't know how text usage compares with other countries. I think a lot of people here see it as something for teenage girls. They charge extra for it too, so that could affect things. But regardless of the actual use, we're all aware of its existence. Too aware, thanks to advertisers.
Some fine people ported BlackBox to Windows. bb4win.org. It comes with your default 4 virtual desktops, and you can configure bbkeys to Alt+{1,2,3,4,n+1} between them. And it is lightning fast; much faster than Microsoft's.
Wow. I had no idea such a thing existed. If I can't convince them to let me install Linux, I'm definitely giving that a go. Thanks, that helps a lot. Keep me a little saner anyway.
A bit like Powercalc for XP? Recommended if you're after free graphing calc stuff on a PC (not sure about the 3D graphs though).
I'd guess it's better. Sounds better, anyway.
Sidenote: MS really need to do more about making their Powertoys part of the OS. All this 'unsupported' nonsense is really childish. They could throw a small amount of cash at some of these apps and get a lot more bang per buck. I kind of wonder what other neat tools are kicking around in MS that never see the light of day, especially now that Apple seem to be adding whistles and bells left, right and center. It's almost Extreme Programming in it's nature - lots of small iterations over time...
You're absolutely right. I was looking for a "Multiple windows" manager for XP (my new job came with a windows box - I'm used to Mac OS and various unices) and I couldn't find a decent one. FInally I discovered that MS actually makes one! It's not great, but it works OK. Might want to advertise that?
I've said it before on here, I think Apple's development model works better than MS's. Apple makes improvements, and ships them. MS makes some imporovements, sees them become obsolete, reinvents them, repeat, and eventually 5 years later they release a completely obsolete OS. Yeah, I'm talking to you Longhorn. Little widgets like powertools don't make it in the core OS with the next service pack....why?
Even when they announce a good new feature, they can't win. Like their version of Spotlight - which as I recall they announced before Apple, though neither company invented it. MS announces first, Apple is first to market. By the time MS gets it, it's like "Oh. great." It seems there isn't much new in Longhorn anymore, and for an OS 5-6 years in the making by the time it comes out, that's not good.
Grapher: Create 2D and 3D graphs with this full-featured equation grapher.
How about that? Not bad.
Admittedly, over 50 of their new improvements were aspects of spotlight, dashboard, dashboard widgets, etc. But there was actually more there than I'd expected.
Then you've no first hand experience as you claimed. Second-hand at best. I'm not making assumptions - except that what you say may have any accuracy at all.
And I did check what you said - however, it has already been stated enough in this thread that laws vary from state to state
Which you only discovered once you incorrectly and condescendingly corrected the original poster. That'll earn you some abuse.
Grow up and pull you're head out of your ass - I'm sure its hard to read with it up there.
Btw, I've never felt that Tolkien's characterisation was all that strong - most of the characters are little better than cardboard cutouts.
Glad someone said it. I really liked the books and movies, but depth of characterization wasn't a priority for Tolkein. Given that his interests were with mythology, that wasn't surprising, but let's not pretend his work was something it wasn't intended to be. Most of the characters were either "white hats" or "black hats." Exceptions were mainly limited to Gondor, where Denethor was plain nuts, Boromir was a good flawed hero, and Faramir was very well rounded.
The treatment of Faramir, actually, was my greatest disappointment with the movie (theater version especially).
"That could be one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard,'' said Ivan Seidenberg, chief executive officer of Verizon Communications, during a meeting with Chronicle editors and writers on Friday. "It sounds like a good thing, but the trouble is someone will have to design it, someone will have to upgrade it, someone will have to maintain it and someone will have to run it."
Yeah, and it'll be hard to match Verizon's level of customer service. I thought I'd seen it all with Sprint, but these guys beat all.
Social Security isn't bloated (except, PERHAPS, at the staffing level)
Tell that to the FICA and other taxes they take out of my paycheck. And no, this isn't a recent problem though I'll grant it's being made to sound like it is.
OK. So there's a clear problem with Social Security (long term investments will be tapped for short term purposes if the control is under the hands of those who can benefit more from so acting). What, exactly, do you propose doing about it? Are you just going to betray everyone who trusted the government's integrity (often under duress)?
You're right regarding the trust angle - it shows how much of a pyramid scheme SS is and always was. You can't reduce SS's burden on the taxpayer without screwing at least one generation. Ideal solution would be a time machine to go back and beat Roosevelt for what he was about to unleash on us with the best of intentions.
Without that solution, I'd be tempted to use general funds tp pay off the older recipients and gradually wean everyone else off it. SS just isn't an efficient system, and I'd rather not be a part of it.
But I digress - I was more pointing out that the burden on the taxpayer is a mix of Rep. and Dem. pork, and the original post seemed to have skewed that a bit.
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Stability? Win32 API are much more stable then Mac ones. Just look what happened with transition to OS X.
Yeah, every once in while it's a good idea to actually dump all the crap and use something better.
Windows do have quite more features then Mac anyway
Like? The BSOD?
And they are quite stable
The API might be stable because they never update the OS but the machines themselves aren't.
Still better then beeing politically correct.
They still lynch people with dark skin where you're from?
I like broadband but its pretty far down on the list of critical infrastructure projects we have neglected to pursue war, enriching the upper class, and funding a global colonial regime.
You forgot bloated Social security, welfare, and unfunded social mandates.
Boy! its a good thing they didn't put one under the sea.. I dont know if intel would want to take responsibility for a wetspot.
Rather have a wet spot than a Santorum-spot. Then you really have to change the sheets.
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For a system used to actually do work, something that is thought out and stable is a long overdue concept. OS needs to be stable.
Those of us who don't still use a PDP realize that features and stability aren't mutually exclusive. Macs have stability and features. QED.
That means that they finally came to their senses and do not try to please gay geeks like you with the latest bells and whistles. "Ooooo my icons zoom and have little dancing faggots in them"
And what's with the homophobia there pal?
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Except that one is, you know, shipping this month.
Which, unless you're looking to switch computers now, is irrelevant. Either you own a Mac (I do) and you're stoked (or underwhelmed) by Tiger, or you don't. If you don't own a Mac, Tiger's irrelevant. For those poor souls, I imagine Longhorn SP1 can't come soon enough (I'm pretty much assuming you don't want whatever ships first). XP was a dated OS when it first shipped.
I don't understand the compare/contrast thing. None of these features are truly new anyway, so it's really not MS copying Apple. Apple's main advantage is being able to get them to market faster.
If anything, the lesson is that the whole "We're going to release an OS you'll use for the next 10 years" thing is an increasingly bad idea. It means the OS is obsolete before it goes beta. Apple's model seems to work well, particularly if you buy maybe every other update. Wouldn't it be better to get the framework of a working OS out there, then sell feature add ons? Otherwise, SPs are just bug fixes. Seems to me the only part that really needs to be part of the core OS at release is probably WinFS, but..
Now they're writing laws to exclude the internet since the older laws would otherwise include the internet.
Not that I don't support the first amendment in every facet, but why should the internet be different? Seems to me that either the old law should be stricken, or not.
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In all fairness, the only thing still "beta" about gmail is its business model.
A reasonable tariff is zero. By your logic, they should go ahead and put me in prison for owning a gun "capable" of killing someone. Why does your country accept this idea of punishing everyone evenly for possible illegal use of something that is generally used for legal things? How come copiers aren't taxed? And who gets that tariff money?
Maybe, although I don't know if Dell has that kind of a deal. It likely also makes sense for them to only support one manufacturer from a cost standpoint. The more you streamline things the lower your costs, and for a company that lives on margins around 2%, that's important. No reason to go with AMD just for variety, particularly when few of Dell's customers demand it.
I run AMD in my machine, but then I didn't buy a Dell either.
Basically nothing. But if there's a legit reason - and I'm not saying there is - then it's that they probably don't want a bunch of truckers looking at porn at rest stops frequented by other people, which might include women traveling alone. Probably wouldn't be the safest thing. I know I don't want my wife having to stop for a piss at a rest stop filled with a bunch of truckers who are by that point...frustrated.
So I don't buy the moral angle, and I don't buy the money angle, but I might buy the safety one. But bottom line, it ain't unconstitutional in any case. So some people around here need to get a grip.
It's actionable when government makes laws abridging the freedom of speech. Filtering a "public service" in such a way as to restrict free speech (and its complement, the freedom to hear said speech if you so choose) is an abridgment, by law. Calling it a "public service" or "public utility" and claiming a constitutional exemption just won't cut it. (the US Constitution trumps the TX one in this regard)
The US Constitution does NOT hamper the ability of a content provider to censor the content they provide. Under your argument the FCC itself would be unconstitutional. So would filters in libraries.
Regulating the content which people choose to access on a taxpayer funded information highway is an altogether different thing - an unconstitutional, draconian, totalitarian one.
Where in this story did it say they're regulating the internet? They're NOT - they're regulating access at THEIR WAPs.
The 1st provides for Freedom of Press - it does NOT require that all government presses be free. Similarly, 1st amendment doesn't require that all WAPs be free, just that you have the right to BUY YOUR OWN. What, do you think all government printing presses are free too? Can I go into a government press with a pamphlet and make them print it for me? No.
If they are providing such a service on the taxpayer's dime, it must be usable by every taxpayer in whatever manner they so choose.
That's factually incorrect. Speed limits on highways, to go with your example, prove you wrong. Not to mention that would be freaking stupid.
If you're a troll, that was well crafted, hats off. If not, actually read what the laws say and mean before spouting off about things "Draconian" there Chicken Little.
Seems like a lot of people around here are too dense to grasp the obvious. Unless it's latex, there *isn't* source for a document. Even then there's no sort of "releasing secrets" angle unless you put company secrets in your LaTeX comments.
Proverbial mountain and molehill here, people.
Not really. We're saturation-bombed with ads for it. I think a lot of people in the US have text messaging.
Don't know how text usage compares with other countries. I think a lot of people here see it as something for teenage girls. They charge extra for it too, so that could affect things. But regardless of the actual use, we're all aware of its existence. Too aware, thanks to advertisers.
Wow. I had no idea such a thing existed. If I can't convince them to let me install Linux, I'm definitely giving that a go. Thanks, that helps a lot. Keep me a little saner anyway.
I'd guess it's better. Sounds better, anyway.
Sidenote: MS really need to do more about making their Powertoys part of the OS. All this 'unsupported' nonsense is really childish. They could throw a small amount of cash at some of these apps and get a lot more bang per buck. I kind of wonder what other neat tools are kicking around in MS that never see the light of day, especially now that Apple seem to be adding whistles and bells left, right and center. It's almost Extreme Programming in it's nature - lots of small iterations over time...
You're absolutely right. I was looking for a "Multiple windows" manager for XP (my new job came with a windows box - I'm used to Mac OS and various unices) and I couldn't find a decent one. FInally I discovered that MS actually makes one! It's not great, but it works OK. Might want to advertise that?
I've said it before on here, I think Apple's development model works better than MS's. Apple makes improvements, and ships them. MS makes some imporovements, sees them become obsolete, reinvents them, repeat, and eventually 5 years later they release a completely obsolete OS. Yeah, I'm talking to you Longhorn. Little widgets like powertools don't make it in the core OS with the next service pack....why?
Even when they announce a good new feature, they can't win. Like their version of Spotlight - which as I recall they announced before Apple, though neither company invented it. MS announces first, Apple is first to market. By the time MS gets it, it's like "Oh. great." It seems there isn't much new in Longhorn anymore, and for an OS 5-6 years in the making by the time it comes out, that's not good.
"will i be sued by Some near-bankrupt COmpany shilling for Microsoft if i use this free software"
Grapher: Create 2D and 3D graphs with this full-featured equation grapher.
How about that? Not bad.
Admittedly, over 50 of their new improvements were aspects of spotlight, dashboard, dashboard widgets, etc. But there was actually more there than I'd expected.
Yeah, I know. You think it's bad? Try Verizon. Trust me. Sprint is bad in that typical phone service kind of way, but Verizon takes it to a new level.
Then you've no first hand experience as you claimed. Second-hand at best. I'm not making assumptions - except that what you say may have any accuracy at all.
And I did check what you said - however, it has already been stated enough in this thread that laws vary from state to state
Which you only discovered once you incorrectly and condescendingly corrected the original poster. That'll earn you some abuse.
Grow up and pull you're head out of your ass - I'm sure its hard to read with it up there.
Christ, write some original material.
Who cares about PA?
So I made a generalization - and you made an assumption.
I didn't make any assumption, except that you didn't check what you said, and I'm right.
I have first-hand experience.
Good for you. Is it true that pedophiles are the first to "drop the soap?"
Glad someone said it. I really liked the books and movies, but depth of characterization wasn't a priority for Tolkein. Given that his interests were with mythology, that wasn't surprising, but let's not pretend his work was something it wasn't intended to be. Most of the characters were either "white hats" or "black hats." Exceptions were mainly limited to Gondor, where Denethor was plain nuts, Boromir was a good flawed hero, and Faramir was very well rounded.
The treatment of Faramir, actually, was my greatest disappointment with the movie (theater version especially).
Sorry - wrong. Wanna look that shit up next time dipshit? In a lot of states, for felonies, it's permanant.
Yeah, and it'll be hard to match Verizon's level of customer service. I thought I'd seen it all with Sprint, but these guys beat all.
Tell that to the FICA and other taxes they take out of my paycheck. And no, this isn't a recent problem though I'll grant it's being made to sound like it is.
OK. So there's a clear problem with Social Security (long term investments will be tapped for short term purposes if the control is under the hands of those who can benefit more from so acting). What, exactly, do you propose doing about it? Are you just going to betray everyone who trusted the government's integrity (often under duress)?
You're right regarding the trust angle - it shows how much of a pyramid scheme SS is and always was. You can't reduce SS's burden on the taxpayer without screwing at least one generation. Ideal solution would be a time machine to go back and beat Roosevelt for what he was about to unleash on us with the best of intentions.
Without that solution, I'd be tempted to use general funds tp pay off the older recipients and gradually wean everyone else off it. SS just isn't an efficient system, and I'd rather not be a part of it.
But I digress - I was more pointing out that the burden on the taxpayer is a mix of Rep. and Dem. pork, and the original post seemed to have skewed that a bit.
Yeah, every once in while it's a good idea to actually dump all the crap and use something better.
Windows do have quite more features then Mac anyway
Like? The BSOD?
And they are quite stable
The API might be stable because they never update the OS but the machines themselves aren't.
Still better then beeing politically correct.
They still lynch people with dark skin where you're from?
You forgot bloated Social security, welfare, and unfunded social mandates.
Rather have a wet spot than a Santorum-spot. Then you really have to change the sheets.
Those of us who don't still use a PDP realize that features and stability aren't mutually exclusive. Macs have stability and features. QED.
That means that they finally came to their senses and do not try to please gay geeks like you with the latest bells and whistles. "Ooooo my icons zoom and have little dancing faggots in them"
And what's with the homophobia there pal?
Which, unless you're looking to switch computers now, is irrelevant. Either you own a Mac (I do) and you're stoked (or underwhelmed) by Tiger, or you don't. If you don't own a Mac, Tiger's irrelevant. For those poor souls, I imagine Longhorn SP1 can't come soon enough (I'm pretty much assuming you don't want whatever ships first). XP was a dated OS when it first shipped.
I don't understand the compare/contrast thing. None of these features are truly new anyway, so it's really not MS copying Apple. Apple's main advantage is being able to get them to market faster.
If anything, the lesson is that the whole "We're going to release an OS you'll use for the next 10 years" thing is an increasingly bad idea. It means the OS is obsolete before it goes beta. Apple's model seems to work well, particularly if you buy maybe every other update. Wouldn't it be better to get the framework of a working OS out there, then sell feature add ons? Otherwise, SPs are just bug fixes. Seems to me the only part that really needs to be part of the core OS at release is probably WinFS, but..
Does terraserver provide directions?
Not that I don't support the first amendment in every facet, but why should the internet be different? Seems to me that either the old law should be stricken, or not.