Value their time? They are politicians! They should value OUR time!
Is there some law of nature that precludes both parties from simultaneously recognizing the the value of time of each other?
Consider this: if RMS had actually gotten his appointment, do you think the PM would have worn a suit?
End even after all that, even if you don't value the other person's time at all - if you want to persuade them, wouldn't you rationally pretend that you do?
The PS3 won't always be $600. When the price starts falling, the Wii
and 360 won't look like such good deals.
The flaw in your reasoning is the assumption that the PS3 will fall in price, but its competition won't. All consoles decline in price during their life cycle. The PS3 is more expensive now, and it will still be more expensive after price cuts.
It's not a question of should. It's an observation of reality: taking the time to make formal niceties and observe even pointless protocol is a signal to your intended audience that you are serious and value their time.
Do you think I'm going to get an audience with my insanely conservative senators to explain why they should support net neutrality or abortion rights or drug legalization or gay marriage? Yeah, ``make an appointment"---that's a great idea.)
I mean this in all seriousness - have you tried? Have you met with the staffers? Have you written letters? Or are you using your assumptions of failure as a reason not to make the effort?
Plus it's the only country which gets away with amassing a huge debt
Actually, the U.S. is not at all extraordinary when it comes to national debt as a percentage of GDP. There are plenty of countries with far worse debt problems than the U.S.
Re:Microsoft just seems to be kind of flailing.
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Since the.NET dll's live peacefully with each other across versions, you could still be writing.NET 1.0 applications if you really wanted to.
And what would you hope to accomplish? Specific performance for 30 days of an opportunity to buy support? It's not like you are going to get punitive damages, or awards for emotional distress or anything.
But what I really want online is Super Mario All Stars --> Super Mario Bros 3 --> Battle Game, with at least the option to turn off coins. (This Battle Game is my favourite version of Classic Mario Bros, you might know it better from the Mario GBA games, but I don't like that version quite as much).
Have you ever checked out the homebrew game Super Mario War for modded Xbox? It's a 4-player Mario battle mode like you describe, with a bunch of game varieties and complete with Quake voices. (Boing, boing, boing, M-M-M-MONSTER KILL!!!)
Well, everybody after me provided examples, so I will too.
@echo off rem Windows Batch File rem Place in Startup Group to restore after reboot subst T: "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents" subst M: "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\My Music" subst W: "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\Work Related"
My point was that your reasoning of 1. PDF is the current defacto standard Therefore, 2. PDF will always be the defacto standard is rather shortsighted. Particularly in technology, the assumption that change is impossible or even unlikely is in my opinion unwarranted.
They haven't tried to do anything to force out other players......
What would you call suing their competitors (e.g., Real) for making the iPod interoperable with other musical stores, if not trying to force out other players? Or, for that matter, their flat refusal to license the Fairplay DRM used by the iPod to other device manufacturers? Is not the fact that iPod is the only PMP that works with iTunes, and iTunes the only DRM-compatible music service that can work with iPods a pretty clear-cut case of product tying?
I'm not necessarily arguing that Apple does have a monopoly, of course - just pointing out the blatant hypocrisy.
Security and usability are not polar opposites as so many people, like MS, would have you believe.
They may not be polar opposites, but they are in tension, since usability is all about using things, whereas security by definition is there to prevent you from using things. Ideally, the security only stops you from doing things that you don't want to do anyways, but if this were always the case, then things like UAC wouldn't even be necessary at all.
Microsoft controls 100% of the operating system market? Or 100% of the productivity software market? Wow, I didn't realize that. That is what you were saying when you said there was a Microsoft monopoly, right?
There is no good reason to lock up the UI until the password is entered
There is one very good reason and it is why Vista does this: because the dialog actually appears on a special secure desktop that no other processes can interact with, preventing elementary UAC dialog spoofing, button-pushing, and keylogging tactics. It may be inconvenient, but good security often is.
I agree with your point, but I was responding to the poster's assertion that the federal government can't regulate corporate chartering. It's true that they currently (mostly) don't, but all it would take to change that is an act of Congress.
No agency of the federal government can infringe upon a state's right and revoke an incorporation.
Baloney! If the definition of "the power to regulate of interstate commerce" includes anything, it probably includes the power to set national commercial policies. It would simply require an act of Congress.
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That's just what I need to show my pilots where the shield generator is located.
Is there some law of nature that precludes both parties from simultaneously recognizing the the value of time of each other?
Consider this: if RMS had actually gotten his appointment, do you think the PM would have worn a suit?
End even after all that, even if you don't value the other person's time at all - if you want to persuade them, wouldn't you rationally pretend that you do?
The flaw in your reasoning is the assumption that the PS3 will fall in price, but its competition won't. All consoles decline in price during their life cycle. The PS3 is more expensive now, and it will still be more expensive after price cuts.
It's not a question of should. It's an observation of reality: taking the time to make formal niceties and observe even pointless protocol is a signal to your intended audience that you are serious and value their time.
I mean this in all seriousness - have you tried? Have you met with the staffers? Have you written letters? Or are you using your assumptions of failure as a reason not to make the effort?
You send a letter or meet with a staffer.
Actually, the U.S. is not at all extraordinary when it comes to national debt as a percentage of GDP. There are plenty of countries with far worse debt problems than the U.S.
Since the .NET dll's live peacefully with each other across versions, you could still be writing .NET 1.0 applications if you really wanted to.
And what would you hope to accomplish? Specific performance for 30 days of an opportunity to buy support? It's not like you are going to get punitive damages, or awards for emotional distress or anything.
In what universe is Apple known for stability?
Q&AQ&A? If they can't do Q&A, maybe they should do an FAQ.
Have you ever checked out the homebrew game Super Mario War for modded Xbox? It's a 4-player Mario battle mode like you describe, with a bunch of game varieties and complete with Quake voices. (Boing, boing, boing, M-M-M-MONSTER KILL!!!)
Ack! There's no need to clutter up the drive root. If quick access is your goal, use SUBST to map the canonical directories to free drive letters.
My point was that your reasoning of
1. PDF is the current defacto standard
Therefore,
2. PDF will always be the defacto standard
is rather shortsighted. Particularly in technology, the assumption that change is impossible or even unlikely is in my opinion unwarranted.
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
What would you call suing their competitors (e.g., Real) for making the iPod interoperable with other musical stores, if not trying to force out other players? Or, for that matter, their flat refusal to license the Fairplay DRM used by the iPod to other device manufacturers? Is not the fact that iPod is the only PMP that works with iTunes, and iTunes the only DRM-compatible music service that can work with iPods a pretty clear-cut case of product tying?
I'm not necessarily arguing that Apple does have a monopoly, of course - just pointing out the blatant hypocrisy.
They may not be polar opposites, but they are in tension, since usability is all about using things, whereas security by definition is there to prevent you from using things. Ideally, the security only stops you from doing things that you don't want to do anyways, but if this were always the case, then things like UAC wouldn't even be necessary at all.
Microsoft controls 100% of the operating system market? Or 100% of the productivity software market? Wow, I didn't realize that. That is what you were saying when you said there was a Microsoft monopoly, right?
There is one very good reason and it is why Vista does this: because the dialog actually appears on a special secure desktop that no other processes can interact with, preventing elementary UAC dialog spoofing, button-pushing, and keylogging tactics. It may be inconvenient, but good security often is.
Did you even read the text you quoted?That's exactly what it does.
I agree with your point, but I was responding to the poster's assertion that the federal government can't regulate corporate chartering. It's true that they currently (mostly) don't, but all it would take to change that is an act of Congress.
Baloney! If the definition of "the power to regulate of interstate commerce" includes anything, it probably includes the power to set national commercial policies. It would simply require an act of Congress.
Isn't that what SETI@home uses for the bulk of its signal analysis? Would be kind of neat to leverage the millions of idle GPU's out there.
He doesn't know how to use the three seashells!