Right. You don't decide your own IT strategy. You don't decide what software to use, buy, and configure. You don't do the research beforehand to determine what will work best. You just "do as your told", slapping whatever OS on it and then figure it out later, right?
Linux and FOSS are all well and good and may be a good choice in many areas of IT, but please cut this goddamned FUD bullshit already. Guess what? Linux and FOSS are not an end-all, cure-all for every area of computing. Get over it. XP has been around for TEN YEARS. Can you name a Linux distro version (not just distro, but a particular version of one) that has been maintained for ten years?
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Sucrose is one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule. Unless you're measuring by atomic weight instead of ratio, it's 50/50 each.
Vorbis hasn't yet been picked up by a big, fat, juicy target. Patent trolls tend to wait for that before suing. If Apple picked up Vorbis (not bloody likely, but for the sake of argument) and started trumpeting it, you can bet that patent trolls would crawl out of the woodwork.
Um...how is the click of death (a hardware problem) related to Linux?
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You do realize there's more than one kind of HFCS, right? HFCS 55 is 55% fructose which is 5% more than sucrose and is used largely in soft drinks. HFCS 42 is 42% fructose, which is about 8% LESS than sucrose and is used in most solid sweetened foods. I don't know where you're getting that 10% number.
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Yet another raving idiot who obvious DRTFA...
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Wow. You, sir, are batshit insane. It isn't that hard to eat healthy on the cheap. Most produce around here is less than $1 per pound. Get a cookbook and you can whip up yummy, healthy food for cheaper than a lard meal at Mickey D's. Sugary, crappy food is CONVENIENT, so people stuff it down. No one forces anything down anyone's throat.
Oh, and for the billionth time, HFCS IS NO WORSE THAN REGULAR SUGAR. They're both fructose/glucose, only in marginally different quantities. I'll bet if you stuffed those rats full of regular ol' sugar they'd also wind up with diabetes.
You are a fucking lunatic.
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Constantly saying that HFCS is so much worse than sugar will not make it true.
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Makes me wonder how high-pulp OJ compares.
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RTFA. "Processed sugar" is damned near identical to "natural sugar". It's a mixture of glucose and fructose.
Why don't you actually talk to people who create in their spare time. The ability of the human soul to express itself is driven by more then purely capitalistic greed. Apparently this paradigm is a foreign concept to you.
So tell me, how many great works are done by people who do these things in their spare time? How many great artists, filmmakers, singers, actors, etc would we even know about if they couldn't make a living doing it full-time? When people can make good money from creative works, then they can focus on those works and continue to make them. Yes, we have some crappy "creative" works out there, but there are also some very good ones from folks who do it not just because they love it, but because it can support them and potentially their families as well.
Those who charge for "I.P." are doing it out of greed. It is time the human race grows up, and realizes there is more to life then money.
Right, because being able to EAT has nothing to do with it. A lot of big media companies are greedy as hell, but using that blanket statement just makes you look like another self-entitled brat who wants everything for free. If an artist works his butt off on a painting and wants to make some money from its reproduction and sale so he can move out of his studio slum, is that "greed"? If someone writes a book and gets a publishing deal to sell it so he can quit his dead-end day job, is that "greed"? If someone writes a song that takes off and they sell it via online markets so they can focus on their music instead of their McJob, is that "greed"? Believe it or not, a lot of people who charge for "IP" do so because it can put food in their mouths. Grow the hell up and stop expecting people to give everything away because you don't want to pay for it.
Just because a bunch of corporate assholes have screwed IP laws does not mean that IP needs to be abolished. Do you really think that people will invest in filmmaking if they can't get a return on that investment? Get ready to see the quality of entertainment drop through the floor and the amount of it drop as well when people can't make a living doing it.
Money isn't necessarily the motivator, but it IS a motivator for people to INVEST in the production of creative works. Without that investment, what we have is a bunch of entertainment that doesn't get far above Youtube-grade. While I can say that a lot of Hollywood big-budget movies are crap, some have become cultural phenomena. Do you honestly think that millions would have been invested in those movies if the return on it would be virtually nil? Do you think that we'd have full-time authors if they couldn't make a living doing it full-time?
Sorry, but your argument is the same tired horseshit. Money IS a big motivator in creative works. It's not the only one by far, but it's a major factor. If you want to make creative works as more than just a hobby or side job, how the hell are you supposed to do so if you can't make a living doing it?
This guy is a grade A moron and lunatic. Only a few months ago he gave a speech on how the US government should pay for everything for everyone, and he even said iPods or iPads! How this yahoo keeps getting elected is beyond me. He's dumber than a box of hammers and batshit crazy.
This is already happening to an extent with existing music services. Some folks are making good money on the iTunes store without ever talking to a record label.
Apple take a cut of all sales. All sales have to go through Apple. If you've seen the ipod/phone/pad games, you will know they're 99% kiddy shit, and Apple does not provide a password option to prevent purchases from the device. They want this to happen, despite people asking for password/pin protection. You can't even download "free" games without Apple having you complete credit card details. That's obvious a problem, and they want it precisely clock up sales like this.
The parents are buying a toy/gadget and letting the kids play with it. It should come with some form of authentication on as a default to prevent this situation. It doesn't and Apple won't listen to customer requests. Fuck them, I hope they are torn to bits with this class action. There'll be no money at the end of it, but the publicity is going to cost them a fortune in lost sales.
Yeah...except that Apple required the password for in-app purchases in 4.3, which was before this lawsuit was filed. Yeah, you're right, they WANT this to happen so bad that they put in measures to prevent it! Gee, that kinda nullifies your entire ignorant, flaming, retarded rant, now doesn't it?
Do you see all the ads on Facebook? Do you know how much people pay for those? Do you know that Facebook will sell everything they know about you to anyone who wants that information? Do you have any critical thinking skills at all?
It's a bunch of whining from a bunch of neckbeards who are crying that someone else didn't spend godawful amounts of time and money in court. They'd be singing a different tune if they were the one on the other end of Sony's lawyers.
Precisely. An injunction on Hotz will do absolutely nothing for Sony except prevent him from doing further cracks. The information is out there in the hands of many, many people. Shutting Hotz up won't do a damned thing to shut everyone else up. The cat is out of the bag.
The document almost makes it sound like hearsay. It says an investigator stated that, but then goes on to say that it was provided by an informant. Doesn't sound terribly sound, and it says that no further investigation was done, which probably means that the FBI had a good laugh about it and then filed it away.
Except you still have to deal with the lack of a desktop OS, so the tablet would need two separate environments. Then you'd need a bundle of hardware to go with it. Then you'd have to deal with the tablet still being slower than a laptop at the same price as the tablet + accessories and not running the same software. On that note, apps would have to be with a separate environment for kb/mouse and touchscreen, much higher resolutions, no multitouch...the list goes on. The two devices are pretty distinct, and for a good reason. There would be a LOT to overcome before you could merge a tablet with a desktop docking system before it would ever grow beyond a small niche.
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Right. You don't decide your own IT strategy. You don't decide what software to use, buy, and configure. You don't do the research beforehand to determine what will work best. You just "do as your told", slapping whatever OS on it and then figure it out later, right?
Linux and FOSS are all well and good and may be a good choice in many areas of IT, but please cut this goddamned FUD bullshit already. Guess what? Linux and FOSS are not an end-all, cure-all for every area of computing. Get over it. XP has been around for TEN YEARS. Can you name a Linux distro version (not just distro, but a particular version of one) that has been maintained for ten years?
Sucrose is one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule. Unless you're measuring by atomic weight instead of ratio, it's 50/50 each.
Vorbis hasn't yet been picked up by a big, fat, juicy target. Patent trolls tend to wait for that before suing. If Apple picked up Vorbis (not bloody likely, but for the sake of argument) and started trumpeting it, you can bet that patent trolls would crawl out of the woodwork.
Um...how is the click of death (a hardware problem) related to Linux?
You do realize there's more than one kind of HFCS, right? HFCS 55 is 55% fructose which is 5% more than sucrose and is used largely in soft drinks. HFCS 42 is 42% fructose, which is about 8% LESS than sucrose and is used in most solid sweetened foods. I don't know where you're getting that 10% number.
Yet another raving idiot who obvious DRTFA...
Wow. You, sir, are batshit insane. It isn't that hard to eat healthy on the cheap. Most produce around here is less than $1 per pound. Get a cookbook and you can whip up yummy, healthy food for cheaper than a lard meal at Mickey D's. Sugary, crappy food is CONVENIENT, so people stuff it down. No one forces anything down anyone's throat.
Oh, and for the billionth time, HFCS IS NO WORSE THAN REGULAR SUGAR. They're both fructose/glucose, only in marginally different quantities. I'll bet if you stuffed those rats full of regular ol' sugar they'd also wind up with diabetes.
You are a fucking lunatic.
Constantly saying that HFCS is so much worse than sugar will not make it true.
Makes me wonder how high-pulp OJ compares.
RTFA. "Processed sugar" is damned near identical to "natural sugar". It's a mixture of glucose and fructose.
Why don't you actually talk to people who create in their spare time. The ability of the human soul to express itself is driven by more then purely capitalistic greed. Apparently this paradigm is a foreign concept to you.
So tell me, how many great works are done by people who do these things in their spare time? How many great artists, filmmakers, singers, actors, etc would we even know about if they couldn't make a living doing it full-time? When people can make good money from creative works, then they can focus on those works and continue to make them. Yes, we have some crappy "creative" works out there, but there are also some very good ones from folks who do it not just because they love it, but because it can support them and potentially their families as well.
Those who charge for "I.P." are doing it out of greed. It is time the human race grows up, and realizes there is more to life then money.
Right, because being able to EAT has nothing to do with it. A lot of big media companies are greedy as hell, but using that blanket statement just makes you look like another self-entitled brat who wants everything for free. If an artist works his butt off on a painting and wants to make some money from its reproduction and sale so he can move out of his studio slum, is that "greed"? If someone writes a book and gets a publishing deal to sell it so he can quit his dead-end day job, is that "greed"? If someone writes a song that takes off and they sell it via online markets so they can focus on their music instead of their McJob, is that "greed"? Believe it or not, a lot of people who charge for "IP" do so because it can put food in their mouths. Grow the hell up and stop expecting people to give everything away because you don't want to pay for it.
Just because a bunch of corporate assholes have screwed IP laws does not mean that IP needs to be abolished. Do you really think that people will invest in filmmaking if they can't get a return on that investment? Get ready to see the quality of entertainment drop through the floor and the amount of it drop as well when people can't make a living doing it.
Money isn't necessarily the motivator, but it IS a motivator for people to INVEST in the production of creative works. Without that investment, what we have is a bunch of entertainment that doesn't get far above Youtube-grade. While I can say that a lot of Hollywood big-budget movies are crap, some have become cultural phenomena. Do you honestly think that millions would have been invested in those movies if the return on it would be virtually nil? Do you think that we'd have full-time authors if they couldn't make a living doing it full-time?
Sorry, but your argument is the same tired horseshit. Money IS a big motivator in creative works. It's not the only one by far, but it's a major factor. If you want to make creative works as more than just a hobby or side job, how the hell are you supposed to do so if you can't make a living doing it?
Let me rephrase that: The government buying iPads for everyone as Jackson had requested had a zilch chance of happening.
Except the government buying iPads had a zilch chance of happening. Jackson isn't very good at the political bribery game.
This guy is a grade A moron and lunatic. Only a few months ago he gave a speech on how the US government should pay for everything for everyone, and he even said iPods or iPads! How this yahoo keeps getting elected is beyond me. He's dumber than a box of hammers and batshit crazy.
This is already happening to an extent with existing music services. Some folks are making good money on the iTunes store without ever talking to a record label.
Apple take a cut of all sales. All sales have to go through Apple. If you've seen the ipod/phone/pad games, you will know they're 99% kiddy shit, and Apple does not provide a password option to prevent purchases from the device. They want this to happen, despite people asking for password/pin protection. You can't even download "free" games without Apple having you complete credit card details. That's obvious a problem, and they want it precisely clock up sales like this.
The parents are buying a toy/gadget and letting the kids play with it. It should come with some form of authentication on as a default to prevent this situation. It doesn't and Apple won't listen to customer requests. Fuck them, I hope they are torn to bits with this class action. There'll be no money at the end of it, but the publicity is going to cost them a fortune in lost sales.
Yeah...except that Apple required the password for in-app purchases in 4.3, which was before this lawsuit was filed. Yeah, you're right, they WANT this to happen so bad that they put in measures to prevent it! Gee, that kinda nullifies your entire ignorant, flaming, retarded rant, now doesn't it?
Um...it generally gets you off if you're the pitcher...
Do you see all the ads on Facebook? Do you know how much people pay for those? Do you know that Facebook will sell everything they know about you to anyone who wants that information? Do you have any critical thinking skills at all?
It's a bunch of whining from a bunch of neckbeards who are crying that someone else didn't spend godawful amounts of time and money in court. They'd be singing a different tune if they were the one on the other end of Sony's lawyers.
Precisely. An injunction on Hotz will do absolutely nothing for Sony except prevent him from doing further cracks. The information is out there in the hands of many, many people. Shutting Hotz up won't do a damned thing to shut everyone else up. The cat is out of the bag.
This was a quick settlement to avoid a precedent.
Dammit, by the time I clicked it was gone. Now I want to know what horrid image was up there.
The document almost makes it sound like hearsay. It says an investigator stated that, but then goes on to say that it was provided by an informant. Doesn't sound terribly sound, and it says that no further investigation was done, which probably means that the FBI had a good laugh about it and then filed it away.
Except you still have to deal with the lack of a desktop OS, so the tablet would need two separate environments. Then you'd need a bundle of hardware to go with it. Then you'd have to deal with the tablet still being slower than a laptop at the same price as the tablet + accessories and not running the same software. On that note, apps would have to be with a separate environment for kb/mouse and touchscreen, much higher resolutions, no multitouch...the list goes on. The two devices are pretty distinct, and for a good reason. There would be a LOT to overcome before you could merge a tablet with a desktop docking system before it would ever grow beyond a small niche.