War in the conventional sense is the incorrect term. New cold war is more like it - and sadly this time we are completely out-gunned. The US has spent so much time dumbing down its educational system, ignoring math and sciences in lieu of budget increases to school sports, and completely ignoring the fact that college loans are the second leading cause of bankruptcy in the US (and you can't escape them through bankruptcy!). An educated populace is the only thing we could use to win a technical cold war. And we ain't got it.
I live with artists, and I will gladly pay for worthwhile music. That means the guys I see in bars. That means the guys I see at concerts. You think we treat artists like slaves? You realize that to this day not a single filesharing case settlement has actually been shared with a SINGLE recording artist? The artists are slaves, but not to us. Fuck the RIAA.
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Actually a malaria epidemic isn't that outlandish. From a purely numbers standpoint, malaria has likely wiped out more civilizations than any other disease out there. There's a reason why people from the areas where malaria is most prevalent have the traits for taysachs and sickle cell.
Yep, because the ancient Greeks never practiced homosexual acts. Oh wait, I'm pretty sure they did. A lot. In fact it was just as common as heterosexual acts. The modern connotation of homosexuality is actually rather new. Hence in Rome the saying about Julius Caeser: "He was every woman's man, and every man's woman."
Yeah, I'm NOT a fan of the new system of story approval. For time sensitive stories like this it really wrecks the usefulness of slashdot. I had nothing to do last night, the sky was perfectly clear, and I would have loved to have seen the comet.
I agree 100% with you. If you don't want to be a parent, don't have children. Your responsibilities don't end at birth - its up to you to shape that little person you created. That means being friend, teacher, disciplinarian, and sometimes tyrant to shape them the best you can (and not always in that order). People need to take some god damn responsibility instead of having their legislature act as their surrogate. Or get snipped. Either way works.
Can't you read? I listed technical books. Amazon states very clearly that books consisting of numerous diagrams, pictures, etc do not convert properly. Ever looked at a networking book? Half of it is console output, a large portion is pictured, with a bit of regular text splashed in between. What's the point of paying for a conversion, or even getting a free conversion if it won't display in any comprehensible manner? I want native PDF support, because that's what most ebooks currently are. NOT mobi. Not Stanza. Not kindle. PDF. The standard.
If you're going to be an anonymous coward, at least be an educated anonymous coward before you start muddying up a genuine question with dribble that 2 seconds of searching and 1 second's worth of deductive logic would rend pointless.
If not, still not interested. I don't want to pay amazon to convert something I've already paid for. Postscript is a standard, and they should make it compatible if they want to increase their market share. Period. I have my entire o'reilly and cisco library in PDF on my laptop. The only reason I'd get a kindle is to have them in a more convenient form for study and reference when I'm unable to access my laptop. Oh yeah, so far as I know kindle books can't be read outside of the kindle appliance.
Really? I see this as meaning that support quality for apple software will plummet. They will now have to support a variety of hardware which is not known to be compatible with their OS which will fatten up the OS substantially with additional drivers. Further, it means that technical support will become even more of a nightmare than it already is for both the consumer and the support provider. Why should apple be forced to support hardware they can't know works with their OS? Who is going to pay for the changes they'll have to make? The end user, that's who. So prices go up even more, and Mac's recent market grab starts to slip back away and people go back to windows because desktop linux is still ultimately a joke (at least until they can make it that updating your system via system update doesn't break video drivers and half your software). Everyone loses.
Why are you saying "hell yes" to this? Have you never worked on a help desk and had people call you to try and get you to support hardware your company didn't provide? Do you know how hellish it can be?
I may hate the show, but I wish him well. Ever since I met him at an ATI mixer, I have to admit the guy is pretty groovy. He's classic early Silicon Valley, and has a great (if not a little overbearing) sense of humor - just like every other geek I grew up with. Here's hoping he wins and makes geek the new pink. Kick some arse Steve!
Just curious, it states that antivirus applications won't be counted. How do they consider what is and is not an antivirus application? Licensing fees? This means software such as ClamAV will invariably be shut out because it's all done open source and so far as I know wouldn't have the money to purchase a license. What about McAfee stinger? What about the antispyware you need to keep installed to keep windows safe? Do they all have to be licensed? What about less commonly used ones for the American market, such as Eset? Panda? Pc-Cillin? What about firewall applications? If you're stuck using their licensees, that means you're often stuck with inferior software.
As for third world countries - 10$ is still more than many people make in a year in some places. That's why China basically told Microsoft "Shove it, we're pirating your software. Deal with it." Even their started editions are grossly overpriced for the market they're intending to send them to. My big hope is that this allows further market penetration of OLPC and linux netbooks which aren't crippled.
Um... you should look at WWI Germany, or the US during the revolutionary/civil wars. Hyperinflation IS usually preceded by deflation. Nice PB reference though:)
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Don't forget sadists who want to promote antisocial behavior simply because they can.
4chan is royally eff'd, eh?
War in the conventional sense is the incorrect term. New cold war is more like it - and sadly this time we are completely out-gunned. The US has spent so much time dumbing down its educational system, ignoring math and sciences in lieu of budget increases to school sports, and completely ignoring the fact that college loans are the second leading cause of bankruptcy in the US (and you can't escape them through bankruptcy!). An educated populace is the only thing we could use to win a technical cold war. And we ain't got it.
I live with artists, and I will gladly pay for worthwhile music. That means the guys I see in bars. That means the guys I see at concerts. You think we treat artists like slaves? You realize that to this day not a single filesharing case settlement has actually been shared with a SINGLE recording artist? The artists are slaves, but not to us. Fuck the RIAA.
Nuremberg defense much? If you work for the bad guys, don't cry when bad things happen.
And I do believe no one will cry
I'm just fucking glad I'm gonna be
There to watch the fall
Prehistoric music industry
Three feet in la brea tar
Extinction never felt so good
Actually a malaria epidemic isn't that outlandish. From a purely numbers standpoint, malaria has likely wiped out more civilizations than any other disease out there. There's a reason why people from the areas where malaria is most prevalent have the traits for taysachs and sickle cell.
Yep, because the ancient Greeks never practiced homosexual acts. Oh wait, I'm pretty sure they did. A lot. In fact it was just as common as heterosexual acts. The modern connotation of homosexuality is actually rather new. Hence in Rome the saying about Julius Caeser: "He was every woman's man, and every man's woman."
You're thinking of Lesbos, friend. It's in the med, near Greece.
Rule 16 of the internet - There are NO girls on the internets.
Holy carp! Since grim's list went down I figured the servers died shortly after! You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar!
It totally did, for those of us who don't sit and watch astronomy websites. I'm a casual stargazer, I don't make it a habit.
In 1996 I was addicted to telnet talker channels that ran on EW-Too, EW-Three, Sensi-Summink, and other MUD derivatives. I miss those days.
Yeah, I'm NOT a fan of the new system of story approval. For time sensitive stories like this it really wrecks the usefulness of slashdot. I had nothing to do last night, the sky was perfectly clear, and I would have loved to have seen the comet.
Ba-dum-ching! Thank you ladies and gentlemen, enjoy the veal. I'll be here all week.
I agree 100% with you. If you don't want to be a parent, don't have children. Your responsibilities don't end at birth - its up to you to shape that little person you created. That means being friend, teacher, disciplinarian, and sometimes tyrant to shape them the best you can (and not always in that order). People need to take some god damn responsibility instead of having their legislature act as their surrogate. Or get snipped. Either way works.
Yeah, damn that free speech thing. It goes too far. We should have to have all communications monitored at all times.
Agreed. Apparently most of these posters have never heard why baleen oil from whales was so sought after...
If you're going to be an anonymous coward, at least be an educated anonymous coward before you start muddying up a genuine question with dribble that 2 seconds of searching and 1 second's worth of deductive logic would rend pointless.
If not, still not interested. I don't want to pay amazon to convert something I've already paid for. Postscript is a standard, and they should make it compatible if they want to increase their market share. Period. I have my entire o'reilly and cisco library in PDF on my laptop. The only reason I'd get a kindle is to have them in a more convenient form for study and reference when I'm unable to access my laptop. Oh yeah, so far as I know kindle books can't be read outside of the kindle appliance.
Why are you saying "hell yes" to this? Have you never worked on a help desk and had people call you to try and get you to support hardware your company didn't provide? Do you know how hellish it can be?
I may hate the show, but I wish him well. Ever since I met him at an ATI mixer, I have to admit the guy is pretty groovy. He's classic early Silicon Valley, and has a great (if not a little overbearing) sense of humor - just like every other geek I grew up with. Here's hoping he wins and makes geek the new pink. Kick some arse Steve!
As for third world countries - 10$ is still more than many people make in a year in some places. That's why China basically told Microsoft "Shove it, we're pirating your software. Deal with it." Even their started editions are grossly overpriced for the market they're intending to send them to. My big hope is that this allows further market penetration of OLPC and linux netbooks which aren't crippled.
Um... you should look at WWI Germany, or the US during the revolutionary/civil wars. Hyperinflation IS usually preceded by deflation. Nice PB reference though :)
We're actually there, look at gas prices :) Deflation usually precedes hyperinflation