how the heack do you know that? i really want to know. i, for one, am not a libertarian. i *am* just not that selfish.
ou seem to suffer the "elitist" syndrome. you definitely seem to think the rest of the work is dumb and only you and a select few are the ones that should control the world. wake up brother, your line of thought is entirely idiotic.
groupthink does exists among libertarians. otherwise, they won't be a group. and no, you are not that intelligent, elite, or insightful. you're a snob. and that is it.
However, basic economics of distribution system will tell you that this will not happen. At least not any time soon. or ever. It is almost a Catch-22 problem.
Game publishers dont want to undercut their distributors who sell a substantial amount of their games (ie, BestBuy, Fry's, CircuitCity, etc). If they undercut them by 60%, you can bet that Fry's is going to take the item off the shelves due to lousy sales and low-price guarantees.
Now, game publishers just lost a lot of non-hardcore gamers who purchase games ocassionally in the store (that is a lot of people).
Not to sound ethnocentric, but Americans do have more money. It is the world's largest economy. The next 5 economies stacked together don't add up to the American economy. So, please...
And, I never compared America as being the largest vs. the world. I said it in the context of it being the largest vs. any other economy. So, guess what? It is the largest market for many big-time European and Japense companies too -- Phillips, Nokia, Sony, etc.
BTW, the world has had 6+ billion people for sometime now;-)
Are you serious? Because the parent.parent statement didn't make any sense.
You only install a plugin (as in the program, the executable) once. The patent is for the plugin not for the files that utilize the plugin. So, if some crazy site did use 10 flash files, you won't have to click "YES" each time. As long as you did it once (and only once -- not per site but per install/lifetime), you should be OK!
Do you know why so many farmers protest? Do you know why so many humanitarian groups protest? Do you know why so many environmentalist protest? Do you know why you should protest?
Because WTO is on the path to universal patents. Less I be mistaken, some form of across the border patent recognizations already happens. Patents filed in the USA have to be accepted by all countries with a presence in USA (and that means any big company that wants to make money;-)
So grow up. Isolating your biggest market is not a good idea for any company. Suberting a plugin installing with an additional click doesn't hurt anyone.
Disclaimers: I was born in India. However, my family moved to USA since I was 14. I consider myself American.
Fact #1: Americans (and others) can work in India Fact #2: Lots of Americans (and others) do work in India Fact #3: A Visitors visa is different from a Work visa (just like USA) Fact #4: If you travel on visitors visa, you cannot change it to work visa unless you leave the country first. Basically you cannot transfer visas without changing your port of entry (guess what? just like the good ol' USA) Fact #5: This guy traveled to India on a work visa and applied for a job Fact #6: Following fact #4, he got denied a visa.
BTW, all these facts are responses to USA's visa policies. India has a repuation for treating citizen of outher countries the same way other countries treats it's citizens. For example, USA charges a fee for each applicant of a visa (may it be student, work or travel) to people from India. Guess what India does? They charge a fee to Americans who want a visa to India too. Nepal doesn't charge a fee for Indian citizens. So, India doesn't charge a fee to Nepalese citizens. So, that is it guys: tit-for-tat.
However, moving tech jobs offshore is bad, and so are H1B visas in todays economy. They were good during the boom days when we couldn't hire enough people.
You talk about complying with standards and then break them yourself. You're one ignorant evangelist. NOBR is not part of any HTML standard. Never was.
Yes, I do use Mozilla FB. And, I do know standard HTML.
pjack's journal has an entry mentioning linux saving her - yes, I said he! - marriage.
Wait did you he, or did you say her?
Given that there aren't very many places where homosexual marriages are allowed, it would seem probably that pjack's female
America != World. Most places are light years ahead of America in the social aspect of life. There are plenty of places in the world that allow gay marriages.
And why would pjack be referring to a boyfriend and a marriage?
Umm, people can have extramarrital affairs, you know? Wait no, not in America.
Holy crap, now I realize why homosexuality is such a big deal in the liberal/conservation scheme of politics. It seems to overcomplicate too many scenarios.
I realize my bigotry and have already apologized in a previous post. But, you can never be sorry one too many times.
Ah ha! 3 quick posts pointing out the same something: it wouldn't have been a distasteful joke if the 2nd poster was a gay male.
However, it is clear that the intention of the 2nd poster was to point out a female correlation as there are plenty of male geeks out there. And following normal population deviance, there should be normal number of gays among them. Therefore, it wouldn't have been funny if the comments weren't inteded for a female.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha. Soooooo funny. Slashdot mods also seem to think so.
This joke seems only funny in an old-school way: a joke when made my a insenstive male clod thinking there are only hetrosexual people in this world. However, ever given a thought that the original poster could have been a gay male? Then your joke wouldn't be that funny, would it? Actually, I am sorry: it would be funny, however, we would just be laughing at you. And even if the original poster is an awesome geeky female, this joke seems inappropriate for slashdot.
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come to think of it, so am *i*. all i can say is "oops."
"most of us are libertarian"
how the heack do you know that? i really want to know. i, for one, am not a libertarian. i *am* just not that selfish.
ou seem to suffer the "elitist" syndrome. you definitely seem to think the rest of the work is dumb and only you and a select few are the ones that should control the world. wake up brother, your line of thought is entirely idiotic.
groupthink does exists among libertarians. otherwise, they won't be a group. and no, you are not that intelligent, elite, or insightful. you're a snob. and that is it.
Dude, companies are not evil. Just the lawyers that run them are.
So, in your rejoicing of the possibility of both companies going bankrupt, you forget that lawyers (the greatest evil) are getting rich.
Lawyers get what they want -- always. Everyone else gets screwed.
thats the stupidest analogy i've heard of late. in honor of that lame comment:
"if cmdrtaco eats the number of times he reposts the same story, get your children to grow some food for the world's survival."
seriously, grow out of your gates-envy. he is not that bad for being the devil.
You, my friend, are a true idealist.
However, basic economics of distribution system will tell you that this will not happen. At least not any time soon. or ever. It is almost a Catch-22 problem.
Game publishers dont want to undercut their distributors who sell a substantial amount of their games (ie, BestBuy, Fry's, CircuitCity, etc). If they undercut them by 60%, you can bet that Fry's is going to take the item off the shelves due to lousy sales and low-price guarantees.
Now, game publishers just lost a lot of non-hardcore gamers who purchase games ocassionally in the store (that is a lot of people).
I'm a little teapot, short and stout
This is my handle, this is my spout
When I get all steamed up, then I shout
Just tip me over and pour me out!
Not to sound ethnocentric, but Americans do have more money. It is the world's largest economy. The next 5 economies stacked together don't add up to the American economy. So, please...
;-)
And, I never compared America as being the largest vs. the world. I said it in the context of it being the largest vs. any other economy. So, guess what? It is the largest market for many big-time European and Japense companies too -- Phillips, Nokia, Sony, etc.
BTW, the world has had 6+ billion people for sometime now
Are you serious? Because the parent.parent statement didn't make any sense.
You only install a plugin (as in the program, the executable) once. The patent is for the plugin not for the files that utilize the plugin. So, if some crazy site did use 10 flash files, you won't have to click "YES" each time. As long as you did it once (and only once -- not per site but per install/lifetime), you should be OK!
I don't see that as being a problem.
WTO? The World Trade Organization?
;-)
Do you know why so many farmers protest? Do you know why so many humanitarian groups protest? Do you know why so many environmentalist protest? Do you know why you should protest?
Because WTO is on the path to universal patents. Less I be mistaken, some form of across the border patent recognizations already happens. Patents filed in the USA have to be accepted by all countries with a presence in USA (and that means any big company that wants to make money
So grow up. Isolating your biggest market is not a good idea for any company. Suberting a plugin installing with an additional click doesn't hurt anyone.
Big OOOOPS.
You are correct.
A definite no-no for standards. Here is proof.
Netscape put that shit in, just like too much other crap like frames.
Here are people requesting alternatives at w3.org
Disclaimers: I was born in India. However, my family moved to USA since I was 14. I consider myself American.
Fact #1: Americans (and others) can work in India
Fact #2: Lots of Americans (and others) do work in India
Fact #3: A Visitors visa is different from a Work visa (just like USA)
Fact #4: If you travel on visitors visa, you cannot change it to work visa unless you leave the country first. Basically you cannot transfer visas without changing your port of entry (guess what? just like the good ol' USA)
Fact #5: This guy traveled to India on a work visa and applied for a job
Fact #6: Following fact #4, he got denied a visa.
BTW, all these facts are responses to USA's visa policies. India has a repuation for treating citizen of outher countries the same way other countries treats it's citizens. For example, USA charges a fee for each applicant of a visa (may it be student, work or travel) to people from India. Guess what India does? They charge a fee to Americans who want a visa to India too. Nepal doesn't charge a fee for Indian citizens. So, India doesn't charge a fee to Nepalese citizens. So, that is it guys: tit-for-tat.
However, moving tech jobs offshore is bad, and so are H1B visas in todays economy. They were good during the boom days when we couldn't hire enough people.
You talk about complying with standards and then break them yourself. You're one ignorant evangelist. NOBR is not part of any HTML standard. Never was.
Yes, I do use Mozilla FB. And, I do know standard HTML.
Good point. Minor error: Disney owns ABC. Disnet owns ESPN. So, they're siblings controlled by the wishes of the parent.
Uhhhhm, shouldn't the word be "sarcasm?"
Irony only applies if the stated facts are true.
Wow. I'm impressed
The mods are humans, they *do* have a sense of humor after all.
That is truly hilarious buddy.
;-)
You spent atleast 30 minutes thinking/typing that.
Meanwhile, check out this post by the original poster.
he is GAY
So, it seems that your logic skills equate to jack shit. Sorry, I win. Again.
Ha ha ha ha ha! Another stereotype, funny guy.
It doesn't matter who or what I am.
Thank *YOU*!
pjack's journal has an entry mentioning linux saving her - yes, I said he! - marriage.
Wait did you he, or did you say her?
Given that there aren't very many places where homosexual marriages are allowed, it would seem probably that pjack's female
America != World. Most places are light years ahead of America in the social aspect of life. There are plenty of places in the world that allow gay marriages.
And why would pjack be referring to a boyfriend and a marriage?
Umm, people can have extramarrital affairs, you know? Wait no, not in America.
Holy crap, now I realize why homosexuality is such a big deal in the liberal/conservation scheme of politics. It seems to overcomplicate too many scenarios.
I realize my bigotry and have already apologized in a previous post. But, you can never be sorry one too many times.
I hope the mods don't mark this as redundant.
You're right. I realize my mistake.
If the 2nd poster is reading this, please accept my apologies.
Ah ha! 3 quick posts pointing out the same something: it wouldn't have been a distasteful joke if the 2nd poster was a gay male.
However, it is clear that the intention of the 2nd poster was to point out a female correlation as there are plenty of male geeks out there. And following normal population deviance, there should be normal number of gays among them. Therefore, it wouldn't have been funny if the comments weren't inteded for a female.
Excuse me! How the heck did this person admit that they were a female? Wake up and smell the coffee: there are gay people in this world!
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha. Soooooo funny. Slashdot mods also seem to think so.
This joke seems only funny in an old-school way: a joke when made my a insenstive male clod thinking there are only hetrosexual people in this world. However, ever given a thought that the original poster could have been a gay male? Then your joke wouldn't be that funny, would it? Actually, I am sorry: it would be funny, however, we would just be laughing at you. And even if the original poster is an awesome geeky female, this joke seems inappropriate for slashdot.