1) It isn't robbery if it's democratically decided upon 2) Then you admit that the necessary services that you claim would be supported entirely by charity would in fact be horrifyingly underfunded and destroyed if you had your 'druthers?
Great. Just wanted to make sure we were clear that in your compassionless world, no one gets a second chance, and if you don't have health insurance and get seriously ill, kiss your ass goodbye.
I can't do most modifications that I think would be fun, and still legally drive on the freeway, and I can't even put it up on blocks in most neighborhoods that I'd want to live in.... what modifications do you want to do? Install a turbine?
What is your problem with "putting it up on blocks?" a) You would need to do this why? b) Who is going to stop you? If a neighborhood committee or something thinks it's an eyesore, well, there's a reason God made garages and backyards.
Win2K was the pinnacle of OS development for Microsoft, as far as I'm concerned. It combined the robustness of NT4 with the media and gaming capabilities of Windows 95 (and really, XP didn't do much to improve on these). It was simple, stable, and functional.
I only moved to XP because I couldn't get support for 2K anymore. There's really no reason to run XP beyond the fact that 2K is unsupported.
The difference between you and me is that you are a Communist and I am not.
Yep, that's right. Or close enough to one for government work (ha).
Both Communism and your brand of extreme libertarianism count on the same thing that simply isn't fucking true: everyone is generous, everyone wants to work as hard as they can, everyone is just hunky-dory, so of course they will work as hard as they can! Of course they will give to charity!
"Everyone" doesn't "know" that about social justice. Social justice simply means that you have a safety net for people who fall through the cracks. It doesn't mean unlimited welfare. It doesn't mean 70% tax rates. It doesn't mean you don't have the "right to succeed" or any of that other retarded libertarian bullshit. It means you have a nation that takes care of its people. If someone makes poor choices, they should have the RIGHT to start again and try to make good choices.
Fuck off, you compassionless asshole. I hope someone robs you blind right after you lose your job.
You are a fool. Social justice refers to conceptions of justice applied to an entire society. It is based on the idea of a just society, which gives individuals and groups fair treatment and a just share of the benefits of society.
With the "stream processors" as part of it, Cell is kind of like a DSP fused with a GPP. It will be EXTREMELY GOOD at certain tasks like scientific computing and digital signal processing.
Not just scientists, but Scientists with a capital S!
This looks like the real deal. It appears that it's being reported everywhere; CNN, etc. When I saw the original article I was slightly skeptical, but NASA ain't screwing around, it appears.
I love Dvorak. He's so delightfully curmudgeonly. He was even curmudgeonly when he was writing for PC Computing all those years ago, back before it started to suck balls and then turned into "Smart Business."
Most high schools in the US are run like hormone prisons: keep the pubescent teenagers contained and under strict lock and key until their bodies have finished turning them into adults.
It can do ANYTHING, because it runs Linux. It's GSM so it can send and receive text messages like anything else. It can do web browsing, IRC, VOIP, whatever else you want, because it runs Linux.
What else are you looking for? What can your "cheap candy bar Nokia" do that this can't?
The reason this will be outlawed by cell phone carriers is precisely because it can do anything... because it runs Linux. Anything that loosens their ironclad control over handsets is verboten.
Let the corporations die or turn into something else (much leaner, less-involved musical promotion companies). Conglomerates should not have control of copyrights. It's bad for music.
if you think "international" control of the internet won't quickly lead to balkanization and the loss of freedom of speech and information.
I am an internationalist on many issues, but not this one. Not yet, not when so many governments have proven to abuse censorship power whenever it's given to them.
To my knowledge, you can install whatever you want on the pda/smartphones from the bignames.
Not on a Sidekick, that's for damn sure. And the phone's software is always crippleware -- crippled Bluetooth, no wifi, no provisions for wifi. Extra software is always absurdly expensive.
But this is Linux, which gives you control of the phone's hardware and the ability to run anything you damn well please on it.
I kind of can't believe someone has actually done this. If D-Link actually gets this thing out the door I'll be shocked -- and more shocked if carriers don't ban the thing from their networks.
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the fact that people bond over music, and the iPod (or any digital music device) lends itself to that.
1) It isn't robbery if it's democratically decided upon
2) Then you admit that the necessary services that you claim would be supported entirely by charity would in fact be horrifyingly underfunded and destroyed if you had your 'druthers?
Great. Just wanted to make sure we were clear that in your compassionless world, no one gets a second chance, and if you don't have health insurance and get seriously ill, kiss your ass goodbye.
The cutie sitting on the floor with it.
I didn't say "what they were about." I said "what they count on."
I can't do most modifications that I think would be fun, and still legally drive on the freeway, and I can't even put it up on blocks in most neighborhoods that I'd want to live in. ... what modifications do you want to do? Install a turbine?
What is your problem with "putting it up on blocks?"
a) You would need to do this why?
b) Who is going to stop you? If a neighborhood committee or something thinks it's an eyesore, well, there's a reason God made garages and backyards.
Win2K was the pinnacle of OS development for Microsoft, as far as I'm concerned. It combined the robustness of NT4 with the media and gaming capabilities of Windows 95 (and really, XP didn't do much to improve on these). It was simple, stable, and functional.
I only moved to XP because I couldn't get support for 2K anymore. There's really no reason to run XP beyond the fact that 2K is unsupported.
The difference between you and me is that you are a Communist and I am not.
Yep, that's right. Or close enough to one for government work (ha).
Both Communism and your brand of extreme libertarianism count on the same thing that simply isn't fucking true: everyone is generous, everyone wants to work as hard as they can, everyone is just hunky-dory, so of course they will work as hard as they can! Of course they will give to charity!
Wake up, Pollyanna.
"Everyone" doesn't "know" that about social justice. Social justice simply means that you have a safety net for people who fall through the cracks. It doesn't mean unlimited welfare. It doesn't mean 70% tax rates. It doesn't mean you don't have the "right to succeed" or any of that other retarded libertarian bullshit. It means you have a nation that takes care of its people. If someone makes poor choices, they should have the RIGHT to start again and try to make good choices.
Fuck off, you compassionless asshole. I hope someone robs you blind right after you lose your job.
You are a fool. Social justice refers to conceptions of justice applied to an entire society. It is based on the idea of a just society, which gives individuals and groups fair treatment and a just share of the benefits of society.
Don't you guys get busted for tax evasion when you burn non-government-sanctioned fuel in your vehicles?
With the "stream processors" as part of it, Cell is kind of like a DSP fused with a GPP. It will be EXTREMELY GOOD at certain tasks like scientific computing and digital signal processing.
Not just scientists, but Scientists with a capital S!
This looks like the real deal. It appears that it's being reported everywhere; CNN, etc. When I saw the original article I was slightly skeptical, but NASA ain't screwing around, it appears.
I love Dvorak. He's so delightfully curmudgeonly. He was even curmudgeonly when he was writing for PC Computing all those years ago, back before it started to suck balls and then turned into "Smart Business."
Most high schools in the US are run like hormone prisons: keep the pubescent teenagers contained and under strict lock and key until their bodies have finished turning them into adults.
Now that is one exotic, beautiful, sexy, and smart human being.
No. Arguments. Here.
Am I the only one who thinks Justin Long seems like a nice kid who plays a good straightman (which is what he's really supposed to be) to Hodgeman?
It can do ANYTHING, because it runs Linux. It's GSM so it can send and receive text messages like anything else. It can do web browsing, IRC, VOIP, whatever else you want, because it runs Linux.
What else are you looking for? What can your "cheap candy bar Nokia" do that this can't?
The reason this will be outlawed by cell phone carriers is precisely because it can do anything... because it runs Linux. Anything that loosens their ironclad control over handsets is verboten.
This will never be available in the United States.
Purchase of it and use of it on U.S. GM networks will be punishable by death.
(I'm only half kidding)
I find it telling that significantly after the story was released, there are only 161 comments on it.
Saddam is old meme at this point.
Let the corporations die or turn into something else (much leaner, less-involved musical promotion companies). Conglomerates should not have control of copyrights. It's bad for music.
if you think "international" control of the internet won't quickly lead to balkanization and the loss of freedom of speech and information.
I am an internationalist on many issues, but not this one. Not yet, not when so many governments have proven to abuse censorship power whenever it's given to them.
No "people" owned the copyrights. Enormous, faceless corporations which are having no trouble turning a profit did.
oil is pulled out of the ground and turned into fertilizer to grow the corn.
This isn't *strictly necessary*. There are other options. And with algae-derived biodiesel, it isn't necessary at all.
The point is to be carbon-neutral. As long as we can stop pulling NEW carbon out of the ground, we'll be okay.
To my knowledge, you can install whatever you want on the pda/smartphones from the bignames.
Not on a Sidekick, that's for damn sure. And the phone's software is always crippleware -- crippled Bluetooth, no wifi, no provisions for wifi. Extra software is always absurdly expensive.
But this is Linux, which gives you control of the phone's hardware and the ability to run anything you damn well please on it.
I kind of can't believe someone has actually done this. If D-Link actually gets this thing out the door I'll be shocked -- and more shocked if carriers don't ban the thing from their networks.
Since when is menstruation unnatural?
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