This comment pertains to the whole which-country-is-better thread, so I couldn't pinpoint the precise place I should've stuck it in. Therefore, I just picked a random comment to reply to.
I was born in the USSR -- the part that later became Ukraine. I've lived there for 10.5 years and then moved to the U.S. I've now lived in the U.S. for almost 9 years, so I have experienced both cultures thoroughly.
In the Soviet Union, as you probably already know, trying to make money was looked down upon. Profits were, essentially, illegal. But there were still people who were, as they say, more equal than others. They were communist to the bone, treasured the ideals of the current government, and were members of the communist party.
When the "communist" (the presence of those quotes deserves its own discussion) government in the Soviet Union started falling apart in the late 80's and early 90's, privatization of just about everything set in. Just about everything was up for sale to make your own, and for dirt-cheap prices.
The same people I mentioned above shed their communist image and ran around buying up everything they could. Today, they are still rich.
Now, the long-awaited moral of the story of my life. There are always people to whom making money is the highest priority. The difference is that in a capitalist economy, they own corporations that provide services and jobs to people. In the other case, they just leech off the government.
That would be a Bad Thing, as each snapshot would have to experience pain and possible death as the result of the attempted cure.
This reminds me of some Canadian cartoon where a guy invented a transporter that actually created a copy of a person and then destroyed the original. In the end, he was convinced into delaying the destroying of the original by 5 minutes and meeting him first. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
Since when is it customary for people to plan for the future? We've never done it in the past, and I doubt that we're about to start now. Act now, worry later has always been the motto.
What you're talking about has long ago been thought of, implemented, and then cloned many times. The first incarnation, FAPP, is Norton Commander under DOS, created in the early 90's, IIRC.
You're forgetting one more thing. With the rebates, they end up with nice demographics data for the people that have sent in the rebates. Not only is it demographics data, it's also a great list of names and addresses of people that buy stuff -- something that is sellable too.
Allow me to simplify this. If insurance companies are allowed to do genetic testing prior to approving people for coverage, then the only people able to get coverage will be the ones than don't need it.
We now return to your regular programming...
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I've been in contact with two people who work for two different ISPs who deal with Covad. One works for Speakeasy, and the other for a small local "mom n pop" ISP. Both told me the same thing the guy above is telling you. Simply put, Covad sucks. Mod the parent up.
I realized that Napster had an IM function when, in a bored moment, I joined one of the more populated channels and immediately recieved an IM advertising some group's web site. So, yes, there is spam on Napster.
I've had this screenshot lying around for a while. Since the article talks about right-to-left languages, I thought I'd link it here. Right-to-left Slashdot.
Isn't AvantGo pull though? I'm a bit confused as to what exactly makes push a push. In AvantGo, you choose what you want to download and when you want to download...
I have a similar situation with a fan (which, basically, runs on the same type of motor). I have a 6" room fan lying next to my open computer for cooling. When I turn the computer on, I also turn the fan on.
The fan can run for weeks without any problems. But if I turn it off, let it cool down, and then try to turn it back on, it won't go. I have to keep WD-40 around for those times.
If you reverse the addresses, you can send a letter without a stamp. This has been confirmed, including in different zip codes and states. May take a while though.
No, actually, it is to prevent you from mailing a brick of cocaine. See another post in this article about the brick being crushed up and returned to the sender.
I think that you're confusing global warming and the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is when the sun's rays are trapped in greenhouse gases and warms the earth. Global warming is the rising of the average global temperature. The greenhouse effect is one of the causes of global warming; Ozone depletion is another.
The less ozone there is to protect the earth from sun's rays, the more rays there are to be trapped in the greenhouse gases.
Yeah. Actually, spawning another instance of Netscape, at least on Windows, is nearly impossible. This is not necessarily a good thing, however.
Something that has always bothered me is that all of the windows seem to use the same thread for everything, so if one window is stuck rendering a huge table (Slashdot forums, for instance), all of the other windows will be stuck too.
I think that the main point here is that these background checks ensure not that the person is punished, but that the children in the daycare center are protected. The reason murderers are jailed is to remove them from society and eliminate further danger, not necessarily to put the blame on someone.
Besides the ones you mention, there are also two other business models, which also work.
One is promoting yourself online and then selling CDs, which works out very well, even for the big labels. You don't have to sign with a big label to sell CDs. The other is the Street Performer Protocol, when the artists collect voluntary donations before the music is released, and release it when a certain sum has accumulated.
And, of course, the other methods that you mentioned also seem to work pretty well. Users giving artists voluntary tips does happen. (OK, Stephen King is a bad example. He's already famous.)
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I was born in the USSR -- the part that later became Ukraine. I've lived there for 10.5 years and then moved to the U.S. I've now lived in the U.S. for almost 9 years, so I have experienced both cultures thoroughly.
In the Soviet Union, as you probably already know, trying to make money was looked down upon. Profits were, essentially, illegal. But there were still people who were, as they say, more equal than others. They were communist to the bone, treasured the ideals of the current government, and were members of the communist party.
When the "communist" (the presence of those quotes deserves its own discussion) government in the Soviet Union started falling apart in the late 80's and early 90's, privatization of just about everything set in. Just about everything was up for sale to make your own, and for dirt-cheap prices.
The same people I mentioned above shed their communist image and ran around buying up everything they could. Today, they are still rich.
Now, the long-awaited moral of the story of my life. There are always people to whom making money is the highest priority. The difference is that in a capitalist economy, they own corporations that provide services and jobs to people. In the other case, they just leech off the government.
Actually, "Pacific Bell DSL Customer Service" is an oxymoron.
This reminds me of some Canadian cartoon where a guy invented a transporter that actually created a copy of a person and then destroyed the original. In the end, he was convinced into delaying the destroying of the original by 5 minutes and meeting him first. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
Since when is it customary for people to plan for the future? We've never done it in the past, and I doubt that we're about to start now. Act now, worry later has always been the motto.
For more info, see the The Softpanorama University Orthodox File Managers Site.
Ever heard of mc?
You're forgetting one more thing. With the rebates, they end up with nice demographics data for the people that have sent in the rebates. Not only is it demographics data, it's also a great list of names and addresses of people that buy stuff -- something that is sellable too.
We now return to your regular programming...
I've been in contact with two people who work for two different ISPs who deal with Covad. One works for Speakeasy, and the other for a small local "mom n pop" ISP. Both told me the same thing the guy above is telling you. Simply put, Covad sucks. Mod the parent up.
I realized that Napster had an IM function when, in a bored moment, I joined one of the more populated channels and immediately recieved an IM advertising some group's web site. So, yes, there is spam on Napster.
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-026
(You're getting the dsa-026.html file in the 2001/ directory.)
I got the keys on the first day. :P
I've had this screenshot lying around for a while. Since the article talks about right-to-left languages, I thought I'd link it here. Right-to-left Slashdot.
What about NAT?
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The fan can run for weeks without any problems. But if I turn it off, let it cool down, and then try to turn it back on, it won't go. I have to keep WD-40 around for those times.
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If you reverse the addresses, you can send a letter without a stamp. This has been confirmed, including in different zip codes and states. May take a while though.
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The less ozone there is to protect the earth from sun's rays, the more rays there are to be trapped in the greenhouse gases.
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Something that has always bothered me is that all of the windows seem to use the same thread for everything, so if one window is stuck rendering a huge table (Slashdot forums, for instance), all of the other windows will be stuck too.
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One is promoting yourself online and then selling CDs, which works out very well, even for the big labels. You don't have to sign with a big label to sell CDs. The other is the Street Performer Protocol, when the artists collect voluntary donations before the music is released, and release it when a certain sum has accumulated.
And, of course, the other methods that you mentioned also seem to work pretty well. Users giving artists voluntary tips does happen. (OK, Stephen King is a bad example. He's already famous.)
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