What you're describing is something else. Only letting in useful or highly educated people from other countries isn't xenophobic. It may be a dick move but it's _not_ xenophobic.
It's unfortunate about your Nigerian friend, but perhaps she should have spent the last years increasing her education so that she'd have more perceived value?
The "cheapest POS" incandescent bulbs come up to full light near instantly in my garage in the winter. The mid-range CFLs that I buy can take over a minute to reach full light output in the same environment.
It always excites me when I get to spend more money for less functionality. It's doubly exciting when some iTard can blather about how I'm wrong and how it doesn't matter anyway.
FYI, empirical tests in my garage show that the CFLs I'm buying last roughly twice as long as an incandescent and cost at least four times as much.
Congratulations iTard, for making my life just a bit more expensive and a little bit harder.
Or a properly configured terminal server. Or a WINDOWS PC joined to an Active Directory domain where the System Administrators know what they're doing. Or a Commodore 64.
What you DON'T have is an iPad. The end user will still be able to install applications, even ones riddled with spyware, to an iPad just like they can to an iPhone and the iPod.
Deploy IE6 with Terminal Services for far less than $30,000. Configure it to only talk to the the authorized applications. Deploy any browser you would like to the desktop.
Where do I send my bill for solving your problem for less than "hundreds of thousands of dollars"?
And if I want to draw a picture? How do I accomplish that with my keyboard?
How about if I want to "do the math" on an equation where I need to go step by step? What then?
I understand what you're saying but the keyboard isn't the end all device for input. It's not even close to covering many things that people would like to do with their computers.
Is there a particular reason to believe that they WILL lock it down?
I haven't seen any evidence of them doing that with any other platform they've released with the exception of Xbox360 and Xbox Live.
Their Desktop and Mobile operating systems have been paragon's of "openness" from the standpoint of installing applications and I really don't see why they'd change this.
You can accuse me of being an MS FanBoi if you want but this post was typed in a Chrome browser and there is a Moto Droid strapped to my hip.
They didn't test FireFox? Because Chrome 4.x has Adblock, flashblock and noscript functionality is available in the Dev channel. I'm sure it'll be along for "Joe User" shortly.
You're modded to +5 insightful but 2/3rds of your list is wrong!
P.S. No need to take my word for it, see for yourself by going to https://chrome.google.com/extensions and then search on adblock or flashblock.
With more and more new vehicles coming equipped with satellite navigation systems I believe that it is only fair to say that car black boxes perhaps do not record positional data _yet_.
Also, since you can't see what the Toyota box is recording how can you say with certainty that it is not recoding this data _already_?
Have you ever seen the intermodal regulations that apply to the railroads? It's gigantic, and by that I mean it's an enormously large pile of regulation spread across no less than TEN government agencies.
The RR industry is probably one of the most heavily regulated in the United States. How can problems they've suffered NOT be somehow related to government?
It's much the same with Health Care. There is an enormous body of government regulation in Health Care. I mean absolutely mindbogglingly huge. We should junk the whole thing and replace it with the public option.
Science is much the same. One idiot legislates against the federal funding of stem cell research and another legislates for it. One idiot says to "To Mars!" and another says "Don't leave L.E.O.!".
Government legislation / regulation is one constant in all of these cases. Pick a direction and go for it but don't waffle back and forth and then claim that the Government has nothing to do with the ills of an industry.
I'm no anti gubbermint goober but c'mon, much of this stuff is as plain as the nose on your face once you start looking into it.
Point was the process of coming off the Gold Standard was started during the Civil War. Robot Nixon may exist in 2135 but I don't think he was around in 1861 or so.
FDR surely drove in another nail in the 30s but the process started well before him.
First, if you want to bitch about unsupported assertions why don't you lead the way? I'm seeing a decided lack of citations and references in the post where you more than casually suggest that the failings in your examples are the result of the free market.
Second, rarely have I encountered anyone on the Internet who is worth the time investment necessary to provide citations, examples, and references. Almost without exception its entirely one sided. I provide all the work and they provide a steady string of assumptions, hand waving, and vulgarities.
So far you're batting two for two. No references or citations in your original post plus vulgarities in your reply.
You want research, citations, and proof? I'll be happy to give it to you under one of the following two conditions: Either you take time out of your day to provide references and supporting information for your assertions OR you pay me $500 for my time to go first supporting mine.
I've given away enough time and effort to people who couldn't be bothered to respond to anything that was well thought out and researched.
The failures of Health Care, Train infrastructure, and Scientific literacy are _arguably_ the fault of Government INTERVENTION and not the free market.
I'm not claiming that the free market is a perfect solution but I am saying that many of the problems in these three examples can be traced DIRECTLY to intervention by the Federal Government.
Ahhh, MicroProse. I'm still trying to figure out who is responsible for letting the "Darklands" franchise die AND refusing to license it out for any kind of fan development.
So, there are three examples that fulfill you're request. Open WiFi + legal repercussions to the owner after "something illegal" was done using that access.
I don't see any logical incongruity with having a business that caters to the GLT community AND voting against equality. Under the law a business is a distinct entity, as is a private citizen. So it would be perfectly compatible to have a business catering to a demographic that you PERSONALLY do not approve of.
Nah, paint over the lens with "whiteout". Effective at blocking any image capture but easy to remove and replace if YOU want to use the camera. Also easy to remove when you have to return the laptop.
1) Wanting gaps. What happens when knowledge lies on a shelf, unwanted and unused, for two decades and then someone needs it again?
2) Intentional destruction for political, economic, or personal gain. Lots of people would LOVE to recall every history rebook and make a few edits to "improve their accuracy".
I'd encourage you to go on but I'm worried about your health. Also, you have inaccurately stated some of your points. I've been a Verizon customer since they came to my area about 10 years ago. I've had smartphones since they came out.
1) Yes, they have a 5G cap but I've never seen anyone get in trouble for going over it unless it was a ridiculous overage. As you mention AT&T has one as well. 2) This is true but you fail to mention that the pro-rating ALSO doubled from $5 per month to $10. 3) This is true but the limitation is the CDMA. Also, if you NEED the GPS while taking a call then you should hang up and fucking drive before you kill someone. 4) This is entirely not true. They stopped doing this years ago. Additionally smartphones NEVER had this restriction. 5) This is not true. Verizon rounds up to the nearest minute. 6) This is not true. This is controllable by phone from the Verizon control panel. 7) This is not true. You can see your "new every two" status in the Verizon control panel and a $100 discount is available long before you reach two years. 8) This is not true. It just isn't. Whoever told you this doesn't know what they're talking about and if you claim that it happened to you then I'm going to counter that you didn't understand what happened. With FOUR lines on my family share plan I do a fair bit of phone swapping and contract changes and I KNOW it doesn't work like this. 9) Probably true but it's like bitching that your car didn't come with a buggy whip. Who the heck needs ROLLOVER minutes? 10) Technically true but ignored by everyone without penalty. Since you claimed back in #1 that things done without penalty don't count then you're wrong on this one as well.
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By definition Xenophobic doesn't have qualifiers about education or anything else. It's an undue fear of foreigners or things foreign, period.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/xenophobe
What you're describing is something else. Only letting in useful or highly educated people from other countries isn't xenophobic. It may be a dick move but it's _not_ xenophobic.
It's unfortunate about your Nigerian friend, but perhaps she should have spent the last years increasing her education so that she'd have more perceived value?
The "cheapest POS" incandescent bulbs come up to full light near instantly in my garage in the winter. The mid-range CFLs that I buy can take over a minute to reach full light output in the same environment.
It always excites me when I get to spend more money for less functionality. It's doubly exciting when some iTard can blather about how I'm wrong and how it doesn't matter anyway.
FYI, empirical tests in my garage show that the CFLs I'm buying last roughly twice as long as an incandescent and cost at least four times as much.
Congratulations iTard, for making my life just a bit more expensive and a little bit harder.
http://www.songbirdhearing.com/products/flexfit-hearing-aids.html
http://hearingdirect.com/
All Digital and the most expensive one is around $500.
They're somewhat less difficult to make than you'd imagine.
Or a properly configured terminal server. Or a WINDOWS PC joined to an Active Directory domain where the System Administrators know what they're doing. Or a Commodore 64.
What you DON'T have is an iPad. The end user will still be able to install applications, even ones riddled with spyware, to an iPad just like they can to an iPhone and the iPod.
Deploy IE6 with Terminal Services for far less than $30,000. Configure it to only talk to the the authorized applications. Deploy any browser you would like to the desktop.
Where do I send my bill for solving your problem for less than "hundreds of thousands of dollars"?
Don't look now but there are TENS of millions of us with physical keyboards. You're the niche, not us.
And if I want to draw a picture? How do I accomplish that with my keyboard?
How about if I want to "do the math" on an equation where I need to go step by step? What then?
I understand what you're saying but the keyboard isn't the end all device for input. It's not even close to covering many things that people would like to do with their computers.
Is there a particular reason to believe that they WILL lock it down?
I haven't seen any evidence of them doing that with any other platform they've released with the exception of Xbox360 and Xbox Live.
Their Desktop and Mobile operating systems have been paragon's of "openness" from the standpoint of installing applications and I really don't see why they'd change this.
You can accuse me of being an MS FanBoi if you want but this post was typed in a Chrome browser and there is a Moto Droid strapped to my hip.
Call me when FF doesn't consume an obnoxious amount of RAM to open a few pages and doesn't have a screaming hissy about SSL certificates.
Different people, different needs.
Of course it's a lot more fun to act like a snooty teenager, isn't it?
They didn't test FireFox? Because Chrome 4.x has Adblock, flashblock and noscript functionality is available in the Dev channel. I'm sure it'll be along for "Joe User" shortly.
You're modded to +5 insightful but 2/3rds of your list is wrong!
P.S. No need to take my word for it, see for yourself by going to https://chrome.google.com/extensions and then search on adblock or flashblock.
With more and more new vehicles coming equipped with satellite navigation systems I believe that it is only fair to say that car black boxes perhaps do not record positional data _yet_.
Also, since you can't see what the Toyota box is recording how can you say with certainty that it is not recoding this data _already_?
I'm agog that you're attempting to argue this.
Are you aware of the Interstate Commerce Act and more specifically how it came to be? http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h743.html
It's obvious that you don't know much about the history of railroads and the U.S. Government.
I mean really, the Government RAN some of them until as late as 1987!
Here's a compressed history: http://www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/histprof/misc/railroads.html
Have you ever seen the intermodal regulations that apply to the railroads? It's gigantic, and by that I mean it's an enormously large pile of regulation spread across no less than TEN government agencies.
The RR industry is probably one of the most heavily regulated in the United States. How can problems they've suffered NOT be somehow related to government?
It's much the same with Health Care. There is an enormous body of government regulation in Health Care. I mean absolutely mindbogglingly huge. We should junk the whole thing and replace it with the public option.
Science is much the same. One idiot legislates against the federal funding of stem cell research and another legislates for it. One idiot says to "To Mars!" and another says "Don't leave L.E.O.!".
Government legislation / regulation is one constant in all of these cases. Pick a direction and go for it but don't waffle back and forth and then claim that the Government has nothing to do with the ills of an industry.
I'm no anti gubbermint goober but c'mon, much of this stuff is as plain as the nose on your face once you start looking into it.
Point was the process of coming off the Gold Standard was started during the Civil War. Robot Nixon may exist in 2135 but I don't think he was around in 1861 or so.
FDR surely drove in another nail in the 30s but the process started well before him.
Listen closely BitHive.
First, if you want to bitch about unsupported assertions why don't you lead the way? I'm seeing a decided lack of citations and references in the post where you more than casually suggest that the failings in your examples are the result of the free market.
Second, rarely have I encountered anyone on the Internet who is worth the time investment necessary to provide citations, examples, and references. Almost without exception its entirely one sided. I provide all the work and they provide a steady string of assumptions, hand waving, and vulgarities.
So far you're batting two for two. No references or citations in your original post plus vulgarities in your reply.
You want research, citations, and proof? I'll be happy to give it to you under one of the following two conditions: Either you take time out of your day to provide references and supporting information for your assertions OR you pay me $500 for my time to go first supporting mine.
I've given away enough time and effort to people who couldn't be bothered to respond to anything that was well thought out and researched.
Your move. Put up or shut up.
The failures of Health Care, Train infrastructure, and Scientific literacy are _arguably_ the fault of Government INTERVENTION and not the free market.
I'm not claiming that the free market is a perfect solution but I am saying that many of the problems in these three examples can be traced DIRECTLY to intervention by the Federal Government.
Nixon took us off the gold standard during the Civil War? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard#Suspension_of_the_gold_standard
THAT BASTARD!
Ahhh, MicroProse. I'm still trying to figure out who is responsible for letting the "Darklands" franchise die AND refusing to license it out for any kind of fan development.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darklands_(video_game)
Oh how I hate the your / you're mistaken I just made. :::bonk bonk::::
Which "real world" are you referring to?
Is it the one in the U.K. : http://mobiletechmob.com/2009/11/30/pub-owner-in-uk-being-fined-13k-for-copyright-infringement-over-open-wifi/
Is it the one in Germany: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080717/1558191712.shtml
Is it the one in the United States: http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20091109/UPDATES01/91109015
So, there are three examples that fulfill you're request. Open WiFi + legal repercussions to the owner after "something illegal" was done using that access.
Now what?
OT but...
I don't see any logical incongruity with having a business that caters to the GLT community AND voting against equality. Under the law a business is a distinct entity, as is a private citizen. So it would be perfectly compatible to have a business catering to a demographic that you PERSONALLY do not approve of.
Where can I buy an iPad?
Nah, paint over the lens with "whiteout". Effective at blocking any image capture but easy to remove and replace if YOU want to use the camera. Also easy to remove when you have to return the laptop.
There are two problems with this:
1) Wanting gaps. What happens when knowledge lies on a shelf, unwanted and unused, for two decades and then someone needs it again?
2) Intentional destruction for political, economic, or personal gain. Lots of people would LOVE to recall every history rebook and make a few edits to "improve their accuracy".
That's nice. Now get a job where clients call you and your mortgage depends on servicing those clients.
Not everyone lives like a hipster, some of us have jobs, responsibilities, and clients who call you.
You should try it sometime. You might like moving out of your mom's basements.
You're sure an offensive troll.
I'd encourage you to go on but I'm worried about your health. Also, you have inaccurately stated some of your points. I've been a Verizon customer since they came to my area about 10 years ago. I've had smartphones since they came out.
1) Yes, they have a 5G cap but I've never seen anyone get in trouble for going over it unless it was a ridiculous overage. As you mention AT&T has one as well.
2) This is true but you fail to mention that the pro-rating ALSO doubled from $5 per month to $10.
3) This is true but the limitation is the CDMA. Also, if you NEED the GPS while taking a call then you should hang up and fucking drive before you kill someone.
4) This is entirely not true. They stopped doing this years ago. Additionally smartphones NEVER had this restriction.
5) This is not true. Verizon rounds up to the nearest minute.
6) This is not true. This is controllable by phone from the Verizon control panel.
7) This is not true. You can see your "new every two" status in the Verizon control panel and a $100 discount is available long before you reach two years.
8) This is not true. It just isn't. Whoever told you this doesn't know what they're talking about and if you claim that it happened to you then I'm going to counter that you didn't understand what happened. With FOUR lines on my family share plan I do a fair bit of phone swapping and contract changes and I KNOW it doesn't work like this.
9) Probably true but it's like bitching that your car didn't come with a buggy whip. Who the heck needs ROLLOVER minutes?
10) Technically true but ignored by everyone without penalty. Since you claimed back in #1 that things done without penalty don't count then you're wrong on this one as well.
Any more notions I can disabuse you of?