yes but you'll notice viagra is not a cure for impotence, cure are bad for companies because you only sell one per person. the Soviets developed bacteriophages such that for many conditions it was a case of "take one pill and you're cured"; this would be suicide for a pharmaceutical company.
free markets are good for development in many ways, but there are some areas where markets are unsuitable, and clinging to them once their past their use is detrimental to society, though this doesn't stop greedy individuals trying.
the way society uses antibiotics at the moment is producing a very serious and very real problem. I'd prefer bacteriophages any day of the week over antibiotics. I mostly blame retarded parents who go to the doctor and demand their child is pumped full of drugs at the slightest hint of being unwell.
AFAIK bacteriophages are fantastic and Soviet Russia used them to great effect. but they never took off in the west because of prejudice and the fact that the last thing capitalist pharmaceutical companies want are "cures" - "treatments" are much more profitable, as are the likes of viagra.
did you learn nothing from the episode of ST:TNG where Geordi saves the planet of the GM people who would have killed him at birth for being "defective"?!?
well if you see what happened with the dupe retards shouting their mouths off over the chinese phone articles, it's obvious they don't RTFA - dupe-reporting is just a new form of karma-whoring
maybe similar to GM food: I think there was a case in US where a farmer's non-GM crops were contaminated by GM crops in a nearby farm. the farmer lost his ability to advertise as non-GM and had to pay rolyalties to the GM company for the priviledge.
I'm fine with copyright and them enforcing it. it's the levy that I disagree with. but it at least made sense under the assumption that people are free to download songs. although people are still legally allowed to download them, downloading is dependent upon there being someone uploading them, which is now being attacked.
now that they are active pursuing uploaders, demanding a levy seems even more ridiculous than before. imagine that they are successful and no one uploads any more and downloads stop, how can the levy be justified?
it would be like the government deciding that they should collect tax on sales of drugs while simultaneously prosecting the people selling the drugs.
yes of course, but it's hardly fair to say "we'll assume you're downloading songs so you have to pay a tax", when they're now going to sue traders and so theoretically there will be no songs to download.
perhaps a p2p program that allowed asigning a password to a folder would be enough?
"friends" who have the password are then simply "borrowing" the mp3s, anyone else accessing them is "hacking" your computer, hence the "uploader" is legally safe?
I thought the justification for the levy was to legitimise downloading mp3s? If they now want to get rid of that "service", where's the justification for the levy? Maybe they're trying to pull another scam like when CDs were new;
1980s 1. raise prices because of set-up costs 2. forget to lower after making money back 3. profit
2000s 1. raise prices because of mp3 traders 2. forget to lower after putting traders in jail 3. profit
looks like they're copying Windows as much as possible, which isn't a bad thing for making people more comfortable with switching, but things like the Xandros logo running up the start menu are just an annoying waste of space (imo). Also I don't like the small Windows-style taskbar, but the other screenshots looked quite nice and clean.
I don't have the time or inclination to mess about with kernels, linux is a great operating system for me because its free and allows me to ssh -X to do my work from home, plus some other useful free tools such as gimp the multiple desktops.
I think you're funny because you're so pathetic ("eat a cock! eat a cock!"). you're obviously trying to be a troll but are really really bad at it.
oh I get it, since you're free to compile your own kernel and write your own code, linux "supports" everything in the whole world.
in case you hadn't noticed, dipshit, this article is about a product for sale, so my comparison with linux products for sale (even if there's a free downloaded version in some cases) is valid.
"It is curious that IBM is doing this with XP instead of Linux. If they implimented it with Linux they could retain the root password which could make it a bit more difficult to get around the conditions."
IMO, it'd be easier. the software will support linux, so just backup, format, install own linux, run program on alternate screen or whatever.
if it comes with XP installed and presumably no XP installation disk, messing about isn't so simple and you don't have the same control over the processes etc. you would with linux.
they can't ask for deposit (or at least not a significant one), since that would effectively be a payment since you woudn't get it back for ~3 years or however long you have it.
>You'll have to constantly click through the ads or something.
I assume the ads mean it isn't feasible to watch DVDs (or movie files) or listen to music or play games, so that's 99.9% of a Windows PC's functions (for me) removed.
"The only catch is that users will be subjected to one minute of TV-style ads coming on to their screens every 20 minutes. If the user wishes, the ad break can be delayed by a maximum of five minutes to allow completion of another operation such as a secure online purchase of an airline ticket."
this is very annoying. 3 mins at once every hour is fine, but every 20 mins would be quite nagging.
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yes but you'll notice viagra is not a cure for impotence, cure are bad for companies because you only sell one per person. the Soviets developed bacteriophages such that for many conditions it was a case of "take one pill and you're cured"; this would be suicide for a pharmaceutical company.
free markets are good for development in many ways, but there are some areas where markets are unsuitable, and clinging to them once their past their use is detrimental to society, though this doesn't stop greedy individuals trying.
the way society uses antibiotics at the moment is producing a very serious and very real problem. I'd prefer bacteriophages any day of the week over antibiotics. I mostly blame retarded parents who go to the doctor and demand their child is pumped full of drugs at the slightest hint of being unwell.
AFAIK bacteriophages are fantastic and Soviet Russia used them to great effect. but they never took off in the west because of prejudice and the fact that the last thing capitalist pharmaceutical companies want are "cures" - "treatments" are much more profitable, as are the likes of viagra.
did you learn nothing from the episode of ST:TNG where Geordi saves the planet of the GM people who would have killed him at birth for being "defective"?!?
well if you see what happened with the dupe retards shouting their mouths off over the chinese phone articles, it's obvious they don't RTFA - dupe-reporting is just a new form of karma-whoring
maybe similar to GM food: I think there was a case in US where a farmer's non-GM crops were contaminated by GM crops in a nearby farm. the farmer lost his ability to advertise as non-GM and had to pay rolyalties to the GM company for the priviledge.
patents are so fucking stupid.
I'm fine with copyright and them enforcing it. it's the levy that I disagree with. but it at least made sense under the assumption that people are free to download songs. although people are still legally allowed to download them, downloading is dependent upon there being someone uploading them, which is now being attacked.
now that they are active pursuing uploaders, demanding a levy seems even more ridiculous than before. imagine that they are successful and no one uploads any more and downloads stop, how can the levy be justified?
it would be like the government deciding that they should collect tax on sales of drugs while simultaneously prosecting the people selling the drugs.
you can't have your cake and eat it.
yes of course, but it's hardly fair to say "we'll assume you're downloading songs so you have to pay a tax", when they're now going to sue traders and so theoretically there will be no songs to download.
perhaps a p2p program that allowed asigning a password to a folder would be enough?
"friends" who have the password are then simply "borrowing" the mp3s, anyone else accessing them is "hacking" your computer, hence the "uploader" is legally safe?
(sorry about potentially excessive "..."'s)
...IF THEY GET RID OF THE LEVY
I thought the justification for the levy was to legitimise downloading mp3s? If they now want to get rid of that "service", where's the justification for the levy? Maybe they're trying to pull another scam like when CDs were new;
1980s
1. raise prices because of set-up costs
2. forget to lower after making money back
3. profit
2000s
1. raise prices because of mp3 traders
2. forget to lower after putting traders in jail
3. profit
the second.
looks like they're copying Windows as much as possible, which isn't a bad thing for making people more comfortable with switching, but things like the Xandros logo running up the start menu are just an annoying waste of space (imo). Also I don't like the small Windows-style taskbar, but the other screenshots looked quite nice and clean.
I don't have the time or inclination to mess about with kernels, linux is a great operating system for me because its free and allows me to ssh -X to do my work from home, plus some other useful free tools such as gimp the multiple desktops.
I think you're funny because you're so pathetic ("eat a cock! eat a cock!"). you're obviously trying to be a troll but are really really bad at it.
hahahahaha
cliche's are dying!
oh I get it, since you're free to compile your own kernel and write your own code, linux "supports" everything in the whole world.
in case you hadn't noticed, dipshit, this article is about a product for sale, so my comparison with linux products for sale (even if there's a free downloaded version in some cases) is valid.
Linux of FreeBSD? resistance is futile?
SuSE is the only "popular" distro that would work with my RAID controller, therfore support may be there but it certainly isn't full.
"It is curious that IBM is doing this with XP instead of Linux. If they implimented it with Linux they could retain the root password which could make it a bit more difficult to get around the conditions."
IMO, it'd be easier. the software will support linux, so just backup, format, install own linux, run program on alternate screen or whatever.
if it comes with XP installed and presumably no XP installation disk, messing about isn't so simple and you don't have the same control over the processes etc. you would with linux.
4) The PC must be connected to the internet at least once a month, and you must maintain an ISP dial-up account throughout the term of the agreement.
dial-up?
they can't ask for deposit (or at least not a significant one), since that would effectively be a payment since you woudn't get it back for ~3 years or however long you have it.
>You'll have to constantly click through the ads or something.
RTFA - "TV-style ads"
so you've only been using computers for a year or so and missed all the "free internet access*" false advertising from ISPs?
*no membership charge; pay per minute
I assume the ads mean it isn't feasible to watch DVDs (or movie files) or listen to music or play games, so that's 99.9% of a Windows PC's functions (for me) removed.
"The only catch is that users will be subjected to one minute of TV-style ads coming on to their screens every 20 minutes. If the user wishes, the ad break can be delayed by a maximum of five minutes to allow completion of another operation such as a secure online purchase of an airline ticket."
this is very annoying. 3 mins at once every hour is fine, but every 20 mins would be quite nagging.
or... why watch?
nice reminder to take a break - go the toliet, don't get headaches, don't get carpal tunnel syndrome.