He claims to hardy be alone but as I noted he only gives two examples besides himself who were suppressed, and one is from 1992 (a coon's age in this era of daily-changing data and findings). If there truly is a widespread conspiracy to suppress global warming opponents, you would think he could easily present further examples.
And now that the tide of scientific consensus is overwhelmingly saying that global warming exists and is a real problem, Slashdot is now saying it's fake?
No, Slashdot is merely reporting that one single individual's opinion column is saying global warming is fake. Slashdot is not a source, it is an amalgamation of sources. In this particular case, the source appears to be biased, as the author cites only three data points for his claim, one of which occurred 14 years ago and another which he himself wrote. As a result, I personally am taking this article with a serious grain of salt.
How can you even consider Wal-mart a video game retail monopoly? Here in little Ottawa, Canada, you can buy games at Zellers, Sears, EBGames, Microplay, Futureshop, Best Buy, Compusmart, Toys R Us, amazon.ca, etc.
Please realize that not everywhere is Ottawa. As numerous other posters have pointed out, there are many, many towns in rural America where Wal-Mart is literally the only retailer in town.
As has also been pointed out, the Zellers, Sears, Microplay, etc. in Ottawa will apparently not be selling certain titles because of what Wal-Mart told game manufacturers not to produce. You're being affected by Wal-Mart whether you want to admit it or not.
And for anyone who doubts that "deliverable" is a useful term
I will continue to maintain that it is not a useful word, as there is no real reason not to use "product" in its place so that most people will know what the heck you are saying.
The same goes for "leverage"; just say "use" instead. Please?
It amuses me how people on Slashdot make fun of fundamentalist values like "Jesus" and "evil," but when a company dares try to protect leaks of its future in-development technologies, it's EVIL!
Since when did fundamentalists own exclusive rights to the concept of evil (and/or good for that matter)? The term "evil" as it is commonly accepted throughout the society in which most of us live means unnecessary acts that are extraordinarly against the well-being of an individual and/or group with little or no regard for social morays. That is, the entity performing the act voluntarily chooses to do it, hurts the heck out of someone else, doesn't care how badly they're hurting them, and doesn't (seem to) care what others think of it. Yep, I do think Apple's actions here fit that. And I don't see why one has to be fundamentalist to agree.
No, it's what happens when you claim you've regulated a market so all the law-abiding citizens believe you, but the criminals figure out that you've really done little-to-no regulation at all and create anarchy.
Try government in general, regardless of who appears to be in charge at the time.
Oh wait, you just had to get in a quick jab at Bush.. nevermind.
Yes, it was a jab at Bush, but I do not think your claim that all government does this holds water. I do not recall Clinton consistently appointing people to positions of power who had conflicts of interest between those positions and their previous careers. If I'm wrong, feel free to cite examples.
This administration is all about foxes guarding the henhouse. Considering that ex-oil executives are energy czars and ex-forestry industry personnel are in charge of monitoring the environment, this latest move really shouldn't come as a surprise.
Does anyone know how to stop these junk fax "calls?"
There should be a phone number at the bottom of the fax which you can call to input your phone number and have it removed from their list.
Re-read the post you're responding to. There is no fax to read a number from because the call is going to a voice line.
Best suggestion I can make (if you really are getting many of these per day) is register a complaint with your phone provider that you're being harrassed. Perhaps they can trace the call to the sender and get them to stop.
Agreed. I don't see how D-Link is allowed to dictate where you can sue them. If they have an office in Denmark, sue them there. They must abide by the laws of any area where they are doing business (ie. have a "presence.") The crime is taking place in Denmark; the U.S.A. and Taiwan don't enter into the picture.
Watch what happens when in a year from now apple hand out press releases to another Special Event and nobody turns up.
You're kidding, right? The exact opposite is currently happening. Earlier this week Apple quietly released Boot Camp and the industry has been going absolutely gaga over it. AAPL jumped nearly 10% on this product alone. Imagine the type of press if it'd been released at a Jobs dog & pony show. There is absolutely no sign that Steve's reality distortion field is weakening in the slightest. On the contrary; it seems to be working even when he doesn't show up. Apple's mojo is stronger than ever. I don't know what company you were referring to in your post, but it sure wasn't Apple.
A few years ago I'd have agreed with you that Americans either didn't know about global warming and/or didn't care. But recently I am definitely sensing a trend that most Americans both know and care. But they (and I) feel that there's little we can do about it. We are stuck with a leader who is adamant about doing nothing (which is but one of the myriad reasons he now has a 30% approval rating), and global warming by its very nature is something that needs to be addressed globally; it can't be tackled by individuals. For example, if I start driving a hybrid, that's such a drop in the bucket that I might as well have kept my old car; we need Federally-mandated mileage standards and emissions standards for any effect to be realized at all.
So we Americans are tending to feel that we're sliding down a slippery slope but we don't have much in the way of braking mechanisms available to us. It's not apathy, it's helplessness.
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I can access my GMail from work.
I can access Pine from work.
I'm glad to hear your employer allows you to get out through (presumably) ssh, but not all employers do. Thus it's more likely that your average user would be able to access Gmail from work than pine. My current employer (a major bank) blocks both.
I would say that the losers that can't deal with it when there is a practical cap on their "unlimited" rentals per month are the ones who are imposing their belief system on others by launching a frivolous lawsuit.
There seems to be not just one but many concepts you seem unable/unwilling to accept/understand:
1. Freedom means people are allowed to do as they choose without having others' opinions (such as how many movies they should be allowed to watch in their free time) imposed on them,
2. The word "unlimited" does not mean "as many as we feel like sending within our profit margins", it means "unlimited",
3. It is not a "practical cap" being imposed, because it is demonstrably possible to "practically" send more movies (as was previously being done) than currently,
4. "Losers" is pure, 100% value judgement being imposed by you instead of letting others live their lives as they choose, with their values, beliefs, likes and dislikes unencumbered by you (see #1 above),
5. I suppose the next time someone enters a binding contract with you and then fails to fulfill their end of the bargain, the lawsuit you file will be equally "frivolous".
Clearly most, if not all, of these people are not profitting financially from this "crime", and no physical harm is done to anyone. The massive fines pursued by the RIAA lawyers really seem excessive in these cases.
True, which is why I'm amazed no defendant has gone to court to call the RIAA out on this. They should have to prove actual damages in order to receive compensation. The fact that each defendant is being demanded to pay about the same amount ($3700) shows it's an arbitrary number that has no basis in fact or reality. The courts should not allow the RIAA to pull a number out of its butt.
Imagine all the different media formats that lawyers will now have to keep in their offices to read inherited data for their clients. If we'd started digital inheritances earlier, lawyers today would need 8" floppy drives, 5 1/4" floppy drives, Syquest drives, punch card readers, etc.
I guess that's not so bad; we aging I.T. types can soon get jobs in legal offices maintaining their legacy equipment.
The people who are complaining are the ones who get three DVD's, watch them or rip them, and send them back first thing in the morning only to repeat the cycle over and over again. Those people should get a life and stop watching so much television.
And yet another Slashdot user tries to impose his belief system on others...
I just hope like hell Blockbuster isn't also sued for slowing down the shipping of movies. I do believe Netflix has the corner on that market!
Not anymore. I started with Blockbuster just after they started their online service. I was/am one of those frequent users that Netflix wants to throttle; I often watch one movie per day. Back in early 2005 Blockbuster did ship me two movies at a time as necessary. Now they do not. If I return two movies simultaneously by dropping them together into the same mailbox, they will claim they received one movie days after the other one, which is complete B.S. 'cos their depot is only 20 miles from here (Wilmington, DE to Philadelphia, PA). So there is no question in my mind that Blockbuster is throttling. Sorry.
patents are seen as such a triumph of early American government, with founding fathers like Jefferson in favor of them.
Not exactly. In their day, the founding fathers only supported individual persons being granted patents. Corporations were not treated as individuals until the late 1870's and thus could not hold patents until that time. So what Jefferson & co. supported was a much more common-sense approach to patents--that they be granted to the individual for actual physical inventions. It was the treatment of corporations as legal entities that really opened this can of worms we're into now.
1. $4300 isn't chump change--someone is making a bundle on this.
2. Who out there is going to accredit this "certfication" to be sure it's worth more than the paper it's printed on?
3. Isn't one of the fundamental concepts of "hacking" to be anti-establishment? To break the rules and sock it to the man? Getting certified is about as establishment as you can get.
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As has also been pointed out, the Zellers, Sears, Microplay, etc. in Ottawa will apparently not be selling certain titles because of what Wal-Mart told game manufacturers not to produce. You're being affected by Wal-Mart whether you want to admit it or not.
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The same goes for "leverage"; just say "use" instead. Please?
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Best suggestion I can make (if you really are getting many of these per day) is register a complaint with your phone provider that you're being harrassed. Perhaps they can trace the call to the sender and get them to stop.
Good luck,
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Best of luck,
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They should be forced to buy whatever product it was they were being paid to hawk. Penny stocks, V1@gr@, etc.
-Kurt
So we Americans are tending to feel that we're sliding down a slippery slope but we don't have much in the way of braking mechanisms available to us. It's not apathy, it's helplessness.
-Kurt
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1. Freedom means people are allowed to do as they choose without having others' opinions (such as how many movies they should be allowed to watch in their free time) imposed on them,
2. The word "unlimited" does not mean "as many as we feel like sending within our profit margins", it means "unlimited",
3. It is not a "practical cap" being imposed, because it is demonstrably possible to "practically" send more movies (as was previously being done) than currently,
4. "Losers" is pure, 100% value judgement being imposed by you instead of letting others live their lives as they choose, with their values, beliefs, likes and dislikes unencumbered by you (see #1 above),
5. I suppose the next time someone enters a binding contract with you and then fails to fulfill their end of the bargain, the lawsuit you file will be equally "frivolous".
-Kurt
-Kurt
I guess that's not so bad; we aging I.T. types can soon get jobs in legal offices maintaining their legacy equipment.
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2. Who out there is going to accredit this "certfication" to be sure it's worth more than the paper it's printed on?
3. Isn't one of the fundamental concepts of "hacking" to be anti-establishment? To break the rules and sock it to the man? Getting certified is about as establishment as you can get.
-Kurt