F this crap, my vision is bad enough from years of monitor glare that i cant tell the farging difference from 10 ft' away anyhow. I'll keep my regular old tv or just BT the crap i want and watch it on my PC thanks. These jerks can all go fly.
I think you have a point here. American society is based on the principles of capitalism. That is, that money (the never-ending pursuit of it...) drives us. People succeed or fail theoretically based on their ability to acquire and apply the power of their money. (ideally, this is supposed to become a kind of meritocracy - it doesn't due to cheating and the ability of corporations to suppress their competition through law, IE. everything the RIAA does...)
In a COMMUNIST economy, theoretically the money is spread evenly. since the governmental body owns all property, nobody has more than anybody else, unless you count those who control the government (HAHA!). (this of course is stupid because people inevitably will want to control or influence others, and somebody will grab power and never let go. at worst it degrades into a dictatorship, at best, an oligarchy - however, in extremely small populations(communes), this can work reasonably well.)
China however is a communist society, with a booming capitalist economy. Basically, they are living in conflict with their own stated ethics. As such, they are clearly (and well-documentedly) massively corrupt. Thousands upon thousands of dollars in bribes to all level of government are required to operate smoothly in china. Even then, you basically have to know somebody in the government (like employ a family member of a government or ministry official...) to get anything done.
In order to compete, businesses are nearly _required_ to operate any labor intensive business in china, and yet to do so, they must abide this rampant ethical nightmare.
In the case of google, yahoo, et. al. I think you will find they are no more guilty than anyone else, and China is much too big a market to simply "not be there".
well, porn is one of those things that everybody either wants or needs, but never seems to want to fess up to. we all know instinctively that its big business, and because of the customer's desire for discretion will always have the most modern, most subtle delivery methods (haha!).
i say good for you dude. you get to do what you love, and be paid for it.
Enterprise WAS a good show dude. Even I'll admit that seasons 2&3 were not exactly TV gold, but season 4 was shaping up to be damn good. It's a shame they killed it just when it was at its best.
Re:regardless of whether this is crap or not...
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Uhm...OK, for example, how do you suggest I personally "fix" a flood? And also, given that the central part of my state (PA) is largely very rural or even simply forested and empty, how will that all fill up? According to publicly available statistics PA has about 105 people per km^2. Hardly Hong Kong...
I'm not saying I know everything, and I'm all for preventative measures, whatever they may be, but I also know that there are some disasters that we will never anticipate. New Orleans thought they had adequate levees, they were wrong. Shit happens, so it doesnt hurt to be just a little prepared for it.
BTW, the gun is for BEARS and maybe deer or turkey (if I get hungry). A rifle would be better, but I don't own one.
well if you filter out all the pop-culture and historical stuff of lesser significance, and focus on scientific and vital historical facts, you might save some space. all the same we are talking rooms upon rooms full of books.
why not encode the data as simply and permanently as possible and leave printed schematics for data readers, and a printed catalog of the data. for long life, encode the data chemically/mechanically with chemical etching or perhaps punched rolls of sheet metal or plastic. something durable and easy to fabricate a reader device for.
Also if I'm not mistaken the old-style pressed cd-roms are of course EMP proof, and should have longer shelf-life than ink-based CD-R's.
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It most likely is all total BS, but regardless it is wise to be prepared for any emergency in any way reasonable. What constitutes reasonable depends on your own discretion, but as an Eagle scout, I feel comfy with some flashlights, matches, my revolver, 2 boxes ammo, my pocket knife, and some warm clothes. I have all that stuff easily accessible in my apartment, so what ever may come, stuff it in a back pack and head for the mountains. I'm sure the day will come when there is some kind of disaster in my area, war, floods, whatever; When it does most of what we need is cool heads, and basic tools. Everything else is just melodrama.
seriously. I would go as far as to call bullshit on this article. I can believe that the lack of power steering might cause this, but they have had that since at least like 1970 or something.
Seriously, no decent driver "needs" ABS or traction control to drive safely. You LEARN to pump the brake, and not pop the clutch.
The statements they quote in the article seem to be very specific allegations of unethical activities at juniper. If they are sueing to try and prove that these statements are false, then they may have a case. all the same, it's a message board, people choose to read it - it's not like a tv ad or something people will just come across. I'm not sure they will have much of a case unless they can prove that this negative commentary is motivated by a competitor or some other corporate interest. If it's just ex employees or unsatisfied customers bitching in a forum, IMHOP they have a right to do that, but since IANAL, maybe i'm wrong. for the sake of me and everyone else's free speech, I hope not.
Are you honestly trying to say that you think that the US is more "backward" than India?? Amazing... I would have thought that the penchant of people in the USA to question the morality or ethical repercussions of a scientific pursuit show maturity and a lack of willingness to sacrifice our humanity for some megalomaniacal pursuit of "progress". I'm sure we can all think of something we wish we could un-invent (weaponized atomic energy, nerve gas, communism). Science is a wonderful thing, but in order to benefit from it we need ethics and morality to direct our pursuits. If all we do is come up with better ways to kill each other and perpetuate the devaluation of human life we have accomplished nothing of value.
Somehow I think if they were grabbing homeless people off the streets of your town and testing drugs on them without regulatory protections (which is what this amounts to...) that you would sing a different tune. Especially if you were one of those people.
this BS will never stand up in court. there is so much prior art on this its not even funny... No worries really, but one more huge bonehead move for the USPTO
the only good apples are the ones covered in caramel..... mmmmm caramel apple....
anyway i like macOSx, but i dont ant anything where I cant build my own machine to run it. otherwise i would have been using solaris back in the win95 days. i used it at work, it would have been convenient, but i couldnt afford a sun box. thats how i ended up first finding a reason to try redhat linux actually;-) now since solaris STILL doesnt PROPERLY support x86 i still stick with redhat.
"God only knows what would happen to our national debt."
the funny thing about that is you are right. what ever happened to that fiscal restraint they used to have.
i would have voted libertarian in 04' but i didnt think their policies on the war made sense. even kerry knew we couldnt just about face and leave immediately... if it weren't for that, i'd have been on board.
the wierd thing about this is that the democrats have a bigger, better online presence than the republicans do. george soros gave 25mil to moveon.org for example. i dont get why they would oppose this...what happens when the republicans start making a stink about all the liberal soft money flowing around these liberal activist web groups. up till now its been the dems having fun with the campaign finance laws, but what goes around always comes around...
bottom line; they should have supported this bill, based on what ive read about it...there will always be more liberals on the internet (especially/.), because of the demographic.
if me and all the other conservative "hicks" figure out that we can have political activism on the web too the dems are in big trouble in '08...
ok i get the need to reduce ram footprint, but calling 80mb a "mammoth download size" is crazy, considering how hugely bloated MSoffice is by comparison. 80 mb is not that big if you ask me...on a decent broadband connection i have downloaded OO.o in maybe 5-10 minutes depending which mirror i choose. seriously...it's no biggie....
i agree. I also read his remarks to open the 109th house; really well constructed and poignant speech. My initial impression is that I like this guy. He makes sense to me and seems to have a good handle on things.
Well I see a lot of comments in this thread that associate Jack Thompson's actions to those of other public figures, like Ann Coulter, or George bush, or other right-wing political figures. I don't think that he is associated or supported by them, and while my information is by no means exhaustive, I do know that one the the senators he mentions he is working with is Hillary Clinton. (who is most certainly not a republican) I think there are public figures (senators and the like) on both sides that have been misled to believe this guy is legit.
Basically I don't think this has anything to do with the republican party, Jack is just a fruitcake all by himself.
ok fine. so blame the coders. apparently coders are not allowed to make mistakes, or risk litigation. given that, programming has just become as risky as being a surgeon, but without all the extra respect or money. Hence, I hereforth expect to be either paid comparable wages to a vested surgeon, or should probably quit coding, since it is now so dangerously unprofitable a profession. idiots...
I agree. THis guy is totally off-base! First off, I find errors in textbooks and such all the time. Should I sue everytime saying they were "poisoning my mind"?? That's total bull, and it just doesnt happen that much. Second, if his wife f's up and prints the wrong kind of acid or something then its her PUBLISHER's job to catch that mistake. If they don't, I still fail to see how they are liable, the teacher in the classroom should know better anyway. This guy is just paranoid and wants somebody to blame. He needs to STFU....
I am SOOO tired of seeing these stories about how firefox has this many bugs vs IE has this many blah blah blah.... They totally miss the point.
First off, anybody who switched to firefox because they thought it (or any other browser) was "safer" than any IE is totally deluding themselves. The fact is the web is just a dangerous place to be, and no browser no matter how "bug-free" or "tested" can ever really protect you. If you are an idiot and go to phishing sites or places that give you spyware or whatever, you deserve what you get.
the reason to use firefox is because it is a BETTER browser. It's hard for me to overstate just how awesome tabbed browsing is, but that feature by itself convinced me. That, and it's 100% free.
what else do you really need?
so the bottom line is, all browsers are unsafe, pick the one that you can use most effectively.
i personally use a belkin ergoboard, and a microsoft wireless mouse. I like the split layout and a nice big mouse is easier to grip. also, definitely invest in a damn good chair and desk. hard to concentrate when you are distracted by being uncomfortable!
as far as the pc, for coding, anything in the upper half of the performance scale will do the screen is also important, definitely get a 17 or bigger lcd, with a fast refresh. does wonders for your eyes... for coding, 2 can be good, you can have your code on one, and man pages up on the other...
i always hated that how with most other consoles and games they were released in japan first, made me jealous!!
now THEY have to wait HAHAHAHA!!!!
more seriously, we know these huge publishers can do a simultaneous worldwide release, why don't they?? wouldn't that discourage a little bit of piracy by people who want to get things early?? i'd think they'd be all about that....
nice sig, it must be nice to live in your own farm and stuff so you can boycott everything...
also I guess you are personally not entitled to social security?? or any tax returns?? or national security protection?? good, less financial strain on all of us:-)
thanks so much for giving up all your rights and priveleges for the rest of us. If this is what just one person with a total lack of faith in humanity can do, I say we need more of it.
so heres my easy steps to success: 1-dont go to church, you might learn that god loves you and all people, and that could ruin everything.. 2-dont let yourself or anyone else ever have a job or pursue any non-anarchistic ideas or goals. trust me in the future they will thank you for the freedom you have ensured them! 3-be sure to remind yourself regularly that its all hopeless.
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F this crap, my vision is bad enough from years of monitor glare that i cant tell the farging difference from 10 ft' away anyhow. I'll keep my regular old tv or just BT the crap i want and watch it on my PC thanks. These jerks can all go fly.
I think you have a point here. American society is based on the principles of capitalism. That is, that money (the never-ending pursuit of it...) drives us. People succeed or fail theoretically based on their ability to acquire and apply the power of their money.
(ideally, this is supposed to become a kind of meritocracy - it doesn't due to cheating and the ability of corporations to suppress their competition through law, IE. everything the RIAA does...)
In a COMMUNIST economy, theoretically the money is spread evenly. since the governmental body owns all property, nobody has more than anybody else, unless you count those who control the government (HAHA!). (this of course is stupid because people inevitably will want to control or influence others, and somebody will grab power and never let go. at worst it degrades into a dictatorship, at best, an oligarchy - however, in extremely small populations(communes), this can work reasonably well.)
China however is a communist society, with a booming capitalist economy. Basically, they are living in conflict with their own stated ethics. As such, they are clearly (and well-documentedly) massively corrupt. Thousands upon thousands of dollars in bribes to all level of government are required to operate smoothly in china. Even then, you basically have to know somebody in the government (like employ a family member of a government or ministry official...) to get anything done.
In order to compete, businesses are nearly _required_ to operate any labor intensive business in china, and yet to do so, they must abide this rampant ethical nightmare.
In the case of google, yahoo, et. al. I think you will find they are no more guilty than anyone else, and China is much too big a market to simply "not be there".
well, porn is one of those things that everybody either wants or needs, but never seems to want to fess up to. we all know instinctively that its big business, and because of the customer's desire for discretion will always have the most modern, most subtle delivery methods (haha!).
i say good for you dude. you get to do what you love, and be paid for it.
Enterprise WAS a good show dude. Even I'll admit that seasons 2&3 were not exactly TV gold, but season 4 was shaping up to be damn good. It's a shame they killed it just when it was at its best.
Uhm...OK,
for example, how do you suggest I personally "fix" a flood?
And also, given that the central part of my state (PA) is largely very rural or even simply forested and empty, how will that all fill up? According to publicly available statistics PA has about 105 people per km^2. Hardly Hong Kong...
I'm not saying I know everything, and I'm all for preventative measures, whatever they may be, but I also know that there are some disasters that we will never anticipate. New Orleans thought they had adequate levees, they were wrong. Shit happens, so it doesnt hurt to be just a little prepared for it.
BTW, the gun is for BEARS and maybe deer or turkey (if I get hungry). A rifle would be better, but I don't own one.
well if you filter out all the pop-culture and historical stuff of lesser significance, and focus on scientific and vital historical facts, you might save some space. all the same we are talking rooms upon rooms full of books. why not encode the data as simply and permanently as possible and leave printed schematics for data readers, and a printed catalog of the data. for long life, encode the data chemically/mechanically with chemical etching or perhaps punched rolls of sheet metal or plastic. something durable and easy to fabricate a reader device for. Also if I'm not mistaken the old-style pressed cd-roms are of course EMP proof, and should have longer shelf-life than ink-based CD-R's.
It most likely is all total BS, but regardless it is wise to be prepared for any emergency in any way reasonable. What constitutes reasonable depends on your own discretion, but as an Eagle scout, I feel comfy with some flashlights, matches, my revolver, 2 boxes ammo, my pocket knife, and some warm clothes. I have all that stuff easily accessible in my apartment, so what ever may come, stuff it in a back pack and head for the mountains.
I'm sure the day will come when there is some kind of disaster in my area, war, floods, whatever; When it does most of what we need is cool heads, and basic tools.
Everything else is just melodrama.
seriously. I would go as far as to call bullshit on this article. I can believe that the lack of power steering might cause this, but they have had that since at least like 1970 or something. Seriously, no decent driver "needs" ABS or traction control to drive safely. You LEARN to pump the brake, and not pop the clutch.
The statements they quote in the article seem to be very specific allegations of unethical activities at juniper. If they are sueing to try and prove that these statements are false, then they may have a case. all the same, it's a message board, people choose to read it - it's not like a tv ad or something people will just come across. I'm not sure they will have much of a case unless they can prove that this negative commentary is motivated by a competitor or some other corporate interest. If it's just ex employees or unsatisfied customers bitching in a forum, IMHOP they have a right to do that, but since IANAL, maybe i'm wrong.
for the sake of me and everyone else's free speech, I hope not.
Are you honestly trying to say that you think that the US is more "backward" than India??
Amazing...
I would have thought that the penchant of people in the USA to question the morality or ethical repercussions of a scientific pursuit show maturity and a lack of willingness to sacrifice our humanity for some megalomaniacal pursuit of "progress".
I'm sure we can all think of something we wish we could un-invent (weaponized atomic energy, nerve gas, communism). Science is a wonderful thing, but in order to benefit from it we need ethics and morality to direct our pursuits. If all we do is come up with better ways to kill each other and perpetuate the devaluation of human life we have accomplished nothing of value.
Somehow I think if they were grabbing homeless people off the streets of your town and testing drugs on them without regulatory protections (which is what this amounts to...) that you would sing a different tune. Especially if you were one of those people.
crap, crap, crap....
One of the many reasons I don't watch network TV
this BS will never stand up in court. there is so much prior art on this its not even funny...
No worries really, but one more huge bonehead move for the USPTO
the only good apples are the ones covered in caramel.....
;-)
mmmmm caramel apple....
anyway i like macOSx, but i dont ant anything where I cant build my own machine to run it. otherwise i would have been using solaris back in the win95 days. i used it at work, it would have been convenient, but i couldnt afford a sun box. thats how i ended up first finding a reason to try redhat linux actually
now since solaris STILL doesnt PROPERLY support x86 i still stick with redhat.
"God only knows what would happen to our national debt."
the funny thing about that is you are right. what ever happened to that fiscal restraint they used to have.
i would have voted libertarian in 04' but i didnt think their policies on the war made sense. even kerry knew we couldnt just about face and leave immediately...
if it weren't for that, i'd have been on board.
the wierd thing about this is that the democrats have a bigger, better online presence than the republicans do. george soros gave 25mil to moveon.org for example. i dont get why they would oppose this...what happens when the republicans start making a stink about all the liberal soft money flowing around these liberal activist web groups. up till now its been the dems having fun with the campaign finance laws, but what goes around always comes around...
/.), because of the demographic.
bottom line; they should have supported this bill, based on what ive read about it...there will always be more liberals on the internet (especially
if me and all the other conservative "hicks" figure out that we can have political activism on the web too the dems are in big trouble in '08...
ok i get the need to reduce ram footprint, but calling 80mb a "mammoth download size" is crazy, considering how hugely bloated MSoffice is by comparison. 80 mb is not that big if you ask me...on a decent broadband connection i have downloaded OO.o in maybe 5-10 minutes depending which mirror i choose. seriously...it's no biggie....
i agree. I also read his remarks to open the 109th house; really well constructed and poignant speech. My initial impression is that I like this guy. He makes sense to me and seems to have a good handle on things.
Well I see a lot of comments in this thread that associate Jack Thompson's actions to those of other public figures, like Ann Coulter, or George bush, or other right-wing political figures. I don't think that he is associated or supported by them, and while my information is by no means exhaustive, I do know that one the the senators he mentions he is working with is Hillary Clinton. (who is most certainly not a republican)
I think there are public figures (senators and the like) on both sides that have been misled to believe this guy is legit.
Basically I don't think this has anything to do with the republican party, Jack is just a fruitcake all by himself.
ok fine. so blame the coders. apparently coders are not allowed to make mistakes, or risk litigation. given that, programming has just become as risky as being a surgeon, but without all the extra respect or money. Hence, I hereforth expect to be either paid comparable wages to a vested surgeon, or should probably quit coding, since it is now so dangerously unprofitable a profession.
idiots...
I agree. THis guy is totally off-base! First off, I find errors in textbooks and such all the time. Should I sue everytime saying they were "poisoning my mind"?? That's total bull, and it just doesnt happen that much. Second, if his wife f's up and prints the wrong kind of acid or something then its her PUBLISHER's job to catch that mistake. If they don't, I still fail to see how they are liable, the teacher in the classroom should know better anyway.
This guy is just paranoid and wants somebody to blame. He needs to STFU....
I am SOOO tired of seeing these stories about how firefox has this many bugs vs IE has this many blah blah blah....
They totally miss the point.
First off, anybody who switched to firefox because they thought it (or any other browser) was "safer" than any IE is totally deluding themselves. The fact is the web is just a dangerous place to be, and no browser no matter how "bug-free" or "tested" can ever really protect you. If you are an idiot and go to phishing sites or places that give you spyware or whatever, you deserve what you get.
the reason to use firefox is because it is a BETTER browser. It's hard for me to overstate just how awesome tabbed browsing is, but that feature by itself convinced me. That, and it's 100% free.
what else do you really need?
so the bottom line is, all browsers are unsafe, pick the one that you can use most effectively.
For me, that's firefox.
i personally use a belkin ergoboard, and a microsoft wireless mouse. I like the split layout and a nice big mouse is easier to grip.
also, definitely invest in a damn good chair and desk. hard to concentrate when you are distracted by being uncomfortable!
as far as the pc, for coding, anything in the upper half of the performance scale will do
the screen is also important, definitely get a 17 or bigger lcd, with a fast refresh. does wonders for your eyes...
for coding, 2 can be good, you can have your code on one, and man pages up on the other...
OMGWTFBBQXBOX!!!!!1ones11!!1
haha!!! japan gets it last for once!!!!!
i always hated that how with most other consoles and games they were released in japan first, made me jealous!!
now THEY have to wait HAHAHAHA!!!!
more seriously, we know these huge publishers can do a simultaneous worldwide release, why don't they?? wouldn't that discourage a little bit of piracy by people who want to get things early?? i'd think they'd be all about that....
nice sig, it must be nice to live in your own farm and stuff so you can boycott everything...
:-)
also I guess you are personally not entitled to social security?? or any tax returns?? or national security protection?? good, less financial strain on all of us
thanks so much for giving up all your rights and priveleges for the rest of us. If this is what just one person with a total lack of faith in humanity can do, I say we need more of it.
so heres my easy steps to success:
1-dont go to church, you might learn that god loves you and all people, and that could ruin everything..
2-dont let yourself or anyone else ever have a job or pursue any non-anarchistic ideas or goals. trust me in the future they will thank you for the freedom you have ensured them!
3-be sure to remind yourself regularly that its all hopeless.
dibs on your medicaid!!!!