I don't buy google is a monopoly. They have MANY competitors in the market and they are not employing any tactics to drive those companies out except by providing better results.
Any programmer with smarts and a server can compete with google and win (providing they are smart enough to develop a better algorithm).
This shouldn't even be an issue. Is there a law that says search engines must be impartial? This is their company and their algorithm. Who the fuck has the right to tell them if they want to optimize it to make all websites with the word google in them go up in rank?
If their search results stop giving useful and valid results someone else will build a new and better search engine. See the history of search engines as a reference.
Google is not a public utility, they are a for profit company.
I bought my wii exclusively to play emulated games. I buy the games nintendo posts for sale (Castlevania, punch out, etc), but many of the games I play have no nintendo downloadable version.
Am I a pirate? I have many (or at least at one time owned) most of the physical media related to the rom's I play.
I'm assuming the banks are investing the money (otherwise they really should stop giving me interest). So in reality my money is being used to help the economy in the form of loans and investments.
My friends can afford to hit the clubs every weekend and spend hundreds on drinks and food. They can afford to buy nice cars and rent apartments, they can afford to shop at the local mall for $100.00 jeans.
Somehow $.99 cent songs, $50.00 video games, and $7.00 movies are just too expensive for them. So they have to pirate all 3. They pirate everything, from their operating systems to the tools they used to do their jobs.
To paraphrase a conversation I had last year.
Friend: Why are you using linux? Me: A few reasons. It's free and it gets the job done. Friend: Windows is free and you can game on it. Me: Windows is not free. Friend: Just go download it off the piratesbay. No one should need to pay for windows MS has enough money. Me: You know I'm a software developer right...... Friend: Hey, you wouldn't know how to crack CS2 would you? I want to upgrade.
I don't buy things that are not worth the money, and I save for the things I want. I really want a 27 inch imac right now, is it ok if I go take one from the apple store? It won't hurt apple's bottom line and I just can't afford it. Well I could afford it if I stopped buying video games....
I personally know several people who pirate every video game they play. It's not that they can't afford it, or want to test them out, or any other reason that someone might deem legitimate.
They pirate the games they spend almost every waking moment playing because "they just are not worth the money".
I fail to see how something that entertains me for 20 hours isn't worth the few bucks an hour. I spend more on dinner with friends, drinks at a bar, or watching a movie with my wife. I also notice these same guys pirate every movie that comes out and all their music.
I however take a different approach. I don't buy things I don't feel are worth the money, but I also don't pirate them.
I think the answer is fairly simple. If you get caught stealing you have to pay a fine/do some time. This is basically what they are doing to protect their copyright. They don't seem to be saying downloading 1 copy of their game is 1 million dollars, but rather they just want you to pay for what you actually took. A rather fair and legit way of protecting their copyright.
I write software for a living. If I wrote a application that I was selling for $50.00 and I found someone was using that application without paying me my $50.00, my first step would be to contact them and ask for $50.00. If that failed, my next step would be to take legal action and stop them from using the software.
It's either worth $50.00 to you or it shouldn't be used by you. Fairly freaking simple.
Ok, so now figure out how to make that image without exposing me to extra radiation.
Honestly, this whole thing is a joke and just shows how becoming too PC is a weakness. If we would just profile we wouldn't need half the security we have.
This line "Each year, 21% of fatal car crashes involving teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 were the result of cell phone usage. This result has been expected to grow as much as 4% every year. "
Seems to be the only one related to my claim. It also implies that 79% of fatal car crashes involving teens between 16 and 19 were the result of something other than cell phone usage.
As cell phone accidents are only a small percentage of actual accidents, I would say they are not worth the effort of mandating tech to disable them.
Let X = total number of negligent accidents caused by inexperienced drivers or drivers distracted by passengers. Let Y = Total number of accidents caused by cell phone distraction.
Do you really think Y is higher than X? I'd bet X is two orders of magnitude higher than Y.
Why am I not given the choice to risk my life? It is my life.
The criminal is swayed by the law either way. He is a criminal, anyone injured while committing a crime should not be afforded insurance to cover his bills (not that he will pay because he is a criminal...).
I'd gladly give up free healthcare to be allowed to have castle doctrine.
If you think that the only reason people don't go around raping and killing is because they are law-abiding, you are a sorry human being. You are also a couple of steps away from totalitarianism, because a scoff law who drops litter is dangerous as a serial killer, right?
No I'm just stating by the nature of being a criminal, they are afforded less moral guilt than those of us who choose not to break into a house where someone is home to steal their stuff.
Perhaps you would like to check how break-ins in the UK end up with the murder of anyone in the house, and compare that to the US.
It is a risk I should be allowed to decide if I'm willing to take. It is my life after all. Now what would be interesting to see is that if robberies where the owner was home is more common in places where gun ownership is not allowed vs places where anyone can buy a gun and use it to defend their property.
" Possessions, even ones own home, however valuable such things might be, are ultimately replaceable. People are not."
Why would anyone want to replace a criminal. I consider someone ridding the world of a criminal to be doing a community service. The criminal was beyond aggressive. Rather then target a empty home, they picked one with occupants and put them at risk. Who gives a shit about them?
It's not like they don't understand the risks or know what they are doing is wrong....
How is DMZ Plus broken? I turned off the wireless on my 2-wire and used DMZ plus to forward to my own router. Everything works perfectly, xbox, ps3, computers, bittorrent, etc.
I've been doing this for as long as I've had Uverse. I use two wireless routers to tunnel my network to the other side of my house rather than run cable. This allows me to have wired networks in each room (nice for file transfers) with wireless N connecting the two rooms on each end of the house. No way I could pull that off with the 2wire POS.
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Isn't the fact they wrote a algorithm to rate the content of websites proving they are not impartial?
Obviously they like different types of content better. Otherwise they wouldn't be able to filter out the crap.
I don't buy google is a monopoly. They have MANY competitors in the market and they are not employing any tactics to drive those companies out except by providing better results.
Any programmer with smarts and a server can compete with google and win (providing they are smart enough to develop a better algorithm).
This whole thing is silly and a waste of time.
What is wrong with that? It's my company, my list, and my algorithm / opinion. If you don't like it, start your own search engine company and compete.
This shouldn't even be an issue. Is there a law that says search engines must be impartial? This is their company and their algorithm. Who the fuck has the right to tell them if they want to optimize it to make all websites with the word google in them go up in rank?
If their search results stop giving useful and valid results someone else will build a new and better search engine. See the history of search engines as a reference.
Google is not a public utility, they are a for profit company.
Your view of freedom is wrong.
They want us to have freedom from thought, freedom from wealth, freedom from worry, and freedom from anything that doesn't support their lifestyles.
I bought my wii exclusively to play emulated games. I buy the games nintendo posts for sale (Castlevania, punch out, etc), but many of the games I play have no nintendo downloadable version.
Am I a pirate? I have many (or at least at one time owned) most of the physical media related to the rom's I play.
What is it that a indie developer does that makes their shitty 10 hour game worth more than EA's shitty 10 hour game?
Let's say I make a 10 hour game. I'm a indie dev and I try to sell it at $25.00.
Now let's say it's a success and EA picks me up and my next game is published by them for $25.00 and is a 10 hour game.
Why do I suddenly not deserve my $25.00?
I'm assuming the banks are investing the money (otherwise they really should stop giving me interest). So in reality my money is being used to help the economy in the form of loans and investments.
My friends can afford to hit the clubs every weekend and spend hundreds on drinks and food. They can afford to buy nice cars and rent apartments, they can afford to shop at the local mall for $100.00 jeans.
Somehow $.99 cent songs, $50.00 video games, and $7.00 movies are just too expensive for them. So they have to pirate all 3. They pirate everything, from their operating systems to the tools they used to do their jobs.
To paraphrase a conversation I had last year.
Friend: Why are you using linux?
Me: A few reasons. It's free and it gets the job done.
Friend: Windows is free and you can game on it.
Me: Windows is not free.
Friend: Just go download it off the piratesbay. No one should need to pay for windows MS has enough money.
Me: You know I'm a software developer right......
Friend: Hey, you wouldn't know how to crack CS2 would you? I want to upgrade.
I don't buy things that are not worth the money, and I save for the things I want. I really want a 27 inch imac right now, is it ok if I go take one from the apple store? It won't hurt apple's bottom line and I just can't afford it. Well I could afford it if I stopped buying video games....
I personally know several people who pirate every video game they play. It's not that they can't afford it, or want to test them out, or any other reason that someone might deem legitimate.
They pirate the games they spend almost every waking moment playing because "they just are not worth the money".
I fail to see how something that entertains me for 20 hours isn't worth the few bucks an hour. I spend more on dinner with friends, drinks at a bar, or watching a movie with my wife. I also notice these same guys pirate every movie that comes out and all their music.
I however take a different approach. I don't buy things I don't feel are worth the money, but I also don't pirate them.
I think the answer is fairly simple. If you get caught stealing you have to pay a fine/do some time. This is basically what they are doing to protect their copyright. They don't seem to be saying downloading 1 copy of their game is 1 million dollars, but rather they just want you to pay for what you actually took. A rather fair and legit way of protecting their copyright.
I write software for a living. If I wrote a application that I was selling for $50.00 and I found someone was using that application without paying me my $50.00, my first step would be to contact them and ask for $50.00. If that failed, my next step would be to take legal action and stop them from using the software.
It's either worth $50.00 to you or it shouldn't be used by you. Fairly freaking simple.
Also, Unlike the earth, man made machines can sometimes fuck up and bombard you with extra radiation then was intended.
It happens in hospitals from time to time.
Ok, so now figure out how to make that image without exposing me to extra radiation.
Honestly, this whole thing is a joke and just shows how becoming too PC is a weakness. If we would just profile we wouldn't need half the security we have.
This line "Each year, 21% of fatal car crashes involving teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 were the result of cell phone usage. This result has been expected to grow as much as 4% every year. "
Seems to be the only one related to my claim. It also implies that 79% of fatal car crashes involving teens between 16 and 19 were the result of something other than cell phone usage.
As cell phone accidents are only a small percentage of actual accidents, I would say they are not worth the effort of mandating tech to disable them.
Let X = total number of negligent accidents caused by inexperienced drivers or drivers distracted by passengers.
Let Y = Total number of accidents caused by cell phone distraction.
Do you really think Y is higher than X? I'd bet X is two orders of magnitude higher than Y.
I'm guilty of drinking that ESX koolaid, but only because it tastes sooooooo gooood. I wonder sometimes if I'll be killed in the end by some poison.
I would love to do this. To forge ahead a new chapter for mankind would be well worth leaving this place behind and risking a death sentence.
And you assume they are kicking in my front door for a B + E and not to murder me, rape my wife, and piss on my corpse.
I don't know why the guy is kicking in my door. What if running is just what he wanted so his buddy out the back can kill me?
I'd rather retreat to a secure location with my shotgun and shoot anyone who enters while I wait for the police.
Why am I not given the choice to risk my life? It is my life.
The criminal is swayed by the law either way. He is a criminal, anyone injured while committing a crime should not be afforded insurance to cover his bills (not that he will pay because he is a criminal...).
I'd gladly give up free healthcare to be allowed to have castle doctrine.
If you think that the only reason people don't go around raping and killing is because they are law-abiding, you are a sorry human being. You are also a couple of steps away from totalitarianism, because a scoff law who drops litter is dangerous as a serial killer, right?
No I'm just stating by the nature of being a criminal, they are afforded less moral guilt than those of us who choose not to break into a house where someone is home to steal their stuff.
Perhaps you would like to check how break-ins in the UK end up with the murder of anyone in the house, and compare that to the US.
It is a risk I should be allowed to decide if I'm willing to take. It is my life after all. Now what would be interesting to see is that if robberies where the owner was home is more common in places where gun ownership is not allowed vs places where anyone can buy a gun and use it to defend their property.
" Possessions, even ones own home, however valuable such things might be, are ultimately replaceable. People are not."
Why would anyone want to replace a criminal. I consider someone ridding the world of a criminal to be doing a community service. The criminal was beyond aggressive. Rather then target a empty home, they picked one with occupants and put them at risk. Who gives a shit about them?
It's not like they don't understand the risks or know what they are doing is wrong....
If I knew you couldn't harm me for breaking in, why wait until you are not home to do it?
I'm a criminal, I don't have to obey the law, but you are not a criminal so you do.
Home invasions are a lot risker when you know the homeowner can legally kill you.
I can understand that logic. It should be impossible to copyright
1 egg
2 tps oil
etc
But the actual directions on what to do with that list can be very unique in wording, description, etc and should be copyrightable.
I went from debian to gentoo to ubuntu to osx and now back to ubuntu.
What am I?
The problem is all those cool techs are patented. This was open source time travel.
How is DMZ Plus broken? I turned off the wireless on my 2-wire and used DMZ plus to forward to my own router. Everything works perfectly, xbox, ps3, computers, bittorrent, etc.
I've been doing this for as long as I've had Uverse. I use two wireless routers to tunnel my network to the other side of my house rather than run cable. This allows me to have wired networks in each room (nice for file transfers) with wireless N connecting the two rooms on each end of the house. No way I could pull that off with the 2wire POS.