And the sad part is that in the long run, all industries tend towards monopolies. As businesses grow, they gobble up their competitors.. Then, the busienss becomes so huge it benefits from economies of scale, making it impossible for smaller competitors to enter the marketplace and compete.
I can list dozens of examples.
IMO monopoly regulations are very important to preserve capitalism. Anti-competitive behaviour is terrible for an economy. Unfortunately, the US Govt has a hard time saying no to sector consolidation. Canada IMO is just as bad.
No, it's a framework - I understand. So is DotNET... It just has a really, really nice IDE IMO...
There's a lot of stuff there that's similar. RoR uses yml files for config, DotNET uses web.config/app.config...
Just saying there's some similarities there. I use both worlds.
Quite frankly, I think coding gtk forms by hand sucks ass. I've done it in Ruby/gtk and Perl/gtk and can't stand doing it in either. For form design, give me a drag and drop UI any day. I can do both, I prefer the IDE to do it for me. And there's an open source gui for creating gtk apps, it just sux.
Really? I haven't used it yet, but from what I've read I thought that it got its mojo through smart default behavior and careful introspection, not by generating reams of code for you to edit.
I thought so too, but the idea of scaffolds would proove both of us wrong:)
I'm a huge fan of it so far - I've always like Ruby, but it's a framework that generates code for you.
btw, I can't stand creating a form by hand - it's such a pain in the ass. I've played with perl-gtk and ruby-gtk and they both annoy me... Give me a drag and drop editor any day for form development!
Even with an authorization code, who's verified the signature? That's part of the problem... Most people don't check the signature... Look at restaurants for example. The standard way of doing business is to take the cc, leave them the slip to sign and leave. How do you check the signature?
My parent's restaurant's been nailed a few times like that. They've always had to pay.
Now if the signature matches the one they have on record, the merchant usually gets paid and the CC company has to deal with it.
I'm not fond of FF's memory management either, and I've had the same experience as you; works fine on Fedora, funs like a pig in windows.
IMO, there was a rush in the beginning, and I recon FF lost a few windows users because of the poor memory management. I'm sure someone will chime in telling me that you can change it in about:config blah blah, but it's just noise to many lusers.
Yes, I love the irony. The apathy towards violence IMO is quite comical. A game with senseless killing is okay for kids, but dare we through a sex scene in there and it ceases to be okay??? WTF??? And you Americans wonder why you're such a violent society...
Despite being over https, I have a hard time using my online banking, checking my webmail, or buying stuff with my CC over someone else's insecure AP, even if it IS over https.
Truth is, most session state isn't tied to cookie + IP; you'd want the session to resume if a user is dropped because of a bad DUN connection. Because of DHCP, you would likely not tie it to IP unless it's of the most secure applications.
I made an error -> it's invitation to treat, not temptation to treat. The offer is the buyer bringing the item to the cashier that's the offer, and the store owner who accepts that offer.
I believe his offer was a temptation to treat, not a contract. Therefor as a lawyer, he knows he's under no obligation to fulfill his end of it unfortunately.
It's similar to a sign in a store. The contractual relationship occurs at the checkout. You bring the goods, that's your offer to purchase, and the store accepts your offer, and money exchanges.
Many businesses will honour an incorrect sign on goods, but do so as a courtesy to you, and to avoid embarrassment.
His open offer wasn't addressed to anyone in particular, it was an open offer, and such it's a temptation to treat. In order to have a contract, you need two parties, not just one with an open offer.
Why would I care to interact with a company that doesn't want to do businessw with me?
Because places like Russia have lax copyright laws (when it comes to western copyrights), and are more than happy to take your money (AllOfmp3.com anybody???)
Sometimes it is nice to be freed from the **AA's clutches...
Well put. My only argument here is that America is a much more violent society towards each other than most western societies. Granted violence in media is not necessarily the cause, but it might be a contributor, and California is taking a stand and that's to be applauded, despite the fallout.
We can see that today's policy towards violence isn't working, and perhaps it's time to find new solutions.
I like the idea of banning violence to kids. I think a person mature enough to watch violence is mature enough to watch porn. If a kid can't handle sex, they shouldn't be expected to be able to handle watching murder either.
So you think a kid sees sex and he figures it's forceful? IMO a rape scene could eb deemed as such, but porn is consensual sex. Rape is violence. Two different things IMO. Rape IMO is violence, sex is simply normal human behaviour.
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And the sad part is that in the long run, all industries tend towards monopolies. As businesses grow, they gobble up their competitors.. Then, the busienss becomes so huge it benefits from economies of scale, making it impossible for smaller competitors to enter the marketplace and compete.
I can list dozens of examples.
IMO monopoly regulations are very important to preserve capitalism. Anti-competitive behaviour is terrible for an economy. Unfortunately, the US Govt has a hard time saying no to sector consolidation. Canada IMO is just as bad.
The question is, if Microsoft pulls out of the S. Korean market, what leg would they have to stand on to enforce their copyright?
Granted, they can pull Korean Language support out of Windows Vista though.
No, it's a framework - I understand. So is DotNET... It just has a really, really nice IDE IMO...
There's a lot of stuff there that's similar. RoR uses yml files for config, DotNET uses web.config/app.config...
Just saying there's some similarities there. I use both worlds.
Quite frankly, I think coding gtk forms by hand sucks ass. I've done it in Ruby/gtk and Perl/gtk and can't stand doing it in either. For form design, give me a drag and drop UI any day. I can do both, I prefer the IDE to do it for me. And there's an open source gui for creating gtk apps, it just sux.
Really? I haven't used it yet, but from what I've read I thought that it got its mojo through smart default behavior and careful introspection, not by generating reams of code for you to edit.
:)
I thought so too, but the idea of scaffolds would proove both of us wrong
I'm a huge fan of it so far - I've always like Ruby, but it's a framework that generates code for you.
btw, I can't stand creating a form by hand - it's such a pain in the ass. I've played with perl-gtk and ruby-gtk and they both annoy me... Give me a drag and drop editor any day for form development!
I couldn't agree more about his dislike of generated code.
Ruby on Rails is taking the OSS world by storm right now, and from what I can see it's all about "generated code".
I've played around with it some, and while cool, it's a framework, with some similarities to others out there, including dotNet.
I hope they don't use their own distro to host http:
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So have I. I downloaded rc3 only yesterday though. Doesn't seem to be a 64 bit version yet - does anyone have any news about this?
Can't you compile it from source to be 64 bit? Or is there problems with that?
Even with an authorization code, who's verified the signature? That's part of the problem... Most people don't check the signature... Look at restaurants for example. The standard way of doing business is to take the cc, leave them the slip to sign and leave. How do you check the signature?
My parent's restaurant's been nailed a few times like that. They've always had to pay.
Now if the signature matches the one they have on record, the merchant usually gets paid and the CC company has to deal with it.
Credit card companies don't lose money. The merchant does. If a CC is stolen, it's the merchant who takes the hit, not the credit card company.
I'm not fond of FF's memory management either, and I've had the same experience as you; works fine on Fedora, funs like a pig in windows.
IMO, there was a rush in the beginning, and I recon FF lost a few windows users because of the poor memory management. I'm sure someone will chime in telling me that you can change it in about:config blah blah, but it's just noise to many lusers.
Do we detect a tone of disapproval, here? Pray tell, what would be wrong for France and Italy to be atheist???
Well if it were true, IMO there is nothing wrong, however it isn't true...
According to This
France:
90% Catholic, 6% unafilliated
You must be French. Your ability to comprehend sarcasm is quite funny...
Yes, I love the irony. The apathy towards violence IMO is quite comical. A game with senseless killing is okay for kids, but dare we through a sex scene in there and it ceases to be okay??? WTF??? And you Americans wonder why you're such a violent society...
At least in Europe children are not indoctrinated with retarded ideas such as creationism.
Yes, because France and Italy are predominantly Atheist right?
What about users who are NAT'd and/or Proxied? Do you punt them from the server then?
Despite being over https, I have a hard time using my online banking, checking my webmail, or buying stuff with my CC over someone else's insecure AP, even if it IS over https.
Truth is, most session state isn't tied to cookie + IP; you'd want the session to resume if a user is dropped because of a bad DUN connection. Because of DHCP, you would likely not tie it to IP unless it's of the most secure applications.
It's British. I live in Canada and it works like that too, as does it in the US, and Australia.
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I made an error -> it's invitation to treat, not temptation to treat. The offer is the buyer bringing the item to the cashier that's the offer, and the store owner who accepts that offer.
I believe his offer was a temptation to treat, not a contract. Therefor as a lawyer, he knows he's under no obligation to fulfill his end of it unfortunately.
It's similar to a sign in a store. The contractual relationship occurs at the checkout. You bring the goods, that's your offer to purchase, and the store accepts your offer, and money exchanges.
Many businesses will honour an incorrect sign on goods, but do so as a courtesy to you, and to avoid embarrassment.
His open offer wasn't addressed to anyone in particular, it was an open offer, and such it's a temptation to treat. In order to have a contract, you need two parties, not just one with an open offer.
No, but I'll sleep with yours if she's hot ;)
He just wipes out the entire population of the world except for a few couples
Yet incest is a sin according to Deuteronomy:
"Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of this mother..."
Deuteronomy 27:22
C'mon! Can we honestly be expected to buy into that crap? And don't get me started on the tower of Babel!
Why would I care to interact with a company that doesn't want to do businessw with me?
Because places like Russia have lax copyright laws (when it comes to western copyrights), and are more than happy to take your money (AllOfmp3.com anybody???)
Sometimes it is nice to be freed from the **AA's clutches...
Well put. My only argument here is that America is a much more violent society towards each other than most western societies. Granted violence in media is not necessarily the cause, but it might be a contributor, and California is taking a stand and that's to be applauded, despite the fallout.
We can see that today's policy towards violence isn't working, and perhaps it's time to find new solutions.
I like the idea of banning violence to kids. I think a person mature enough to watch violence is mature enough to watch porn. If a kid can't handle sex, they shouldn't be expected to be able to handle watching murder either.
So you think a kid sees sex and he figures it's forceful? IMO a rape scene could eb deemed as such, but porn is consensual sex. Rape is violence. Two different things IMO. Rape IMO is violence, sex is simply normal human behaviour.
Lesbians are just awesome.
The porn I watch seems to be between two consensual adults. Rape doesn't IMO appear to be between consensual adults. Two different situations IMO.
Rape porn IMO is sick and should too be outlawed with violent films.
In fact, I suspect that rather than causing violent behavior, playing a violent videogame can actually reduce the risk of violent behavior.
That's like saying people who look at kiddy porn are less likely to molest. I'd wager it validates their feelings and feeds it, rather than curbs it.