I'd say that this feeble anti-porn initiative occurring 20 years after Tiananmen is a great example of a coincidence.
(Why do people get so excited about anniversaries anyway?!)
Perhaps a less muddled way of making your point might be to say, "Twenty years after Tiananmen, not much has changed in government policy." But we all learned that anyway, through the disgusting, ugly, wasteful and pathetic charade that was the 2008 Olympics.
Here in Toronto it's -19 C outside (-2 F). If there were a pipe to the outside air, with a thermostat controlling flow, during Winter there would be no need to consume cooling energy at all:| This would scale to refrigerators of any size...
Not only has Microsoft done everything they can to bring about this absurd customer-hostile outcome, they obviously profit by it. Eliminating choice is their aim.
This kind of technical checkmate is a direct result of Microsoft's abuse of its monopoly. No clearer case can be made that avoiding meaningful remedies for their conviction (thankyou Bush) was a disastrous error for computer users and the industry in general.
And he will probably never be held accountable for his unprecedented crimes, domestic and foreign. Nixon got away with his - and they were significant.
Meanwhile he just handed out little tiaras of encouragement - Medals of Freedom, an insult to every past and future recipient - to his two disgusting buddies in war crime: Johnny Howard of Australia and Tony Blair of the UK.
whether the president can afford to put things in writing that will likely be exposed by courts and archivists later
Do you really WANT a leader who would write anything that should not be 'exposed'??
I thought you Americans were supposed to be against totalitarian government. Apparently not; you voted it in several times and appear to have learned nothing by it.
Windows is popular in schools (as is mac) because the experience is more seamless then it is in a flavour of Linux.
...and when somebody presents you with evidence that this is not the case, such as this article, what do you do? Dismiss it because it's not your preferred explanation?
Evidence that Microsoft abuses its monopoly in order to avoid competing on merit has been surfacing for decades and has repeatedly seen them convicted. In schools this is particularly pernicious for obvious reasons.
Oh believe me, we won't forget that war in a hurry - or the US' psychotic obsession with the "Red menace".
But this story has nothing to do with communism. This kind of pragmatic policy has been enacted by many governments you'd call "democratic", as well; it is indeed just common sense. Especially if one's country is not a cosy "ally" of the US.
Public information and assets must not be locked behind proprietary walls. In any country.
a guy had to practically set fire to his cubicle with two secretaries tied to chairs inside it before he could be let go.
Bullshit! I was only given a warning not to vandalise office furniture. I got a couple of strongly worded emails from the families of the 2 secretaries though.
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Who are constantly trying for the same double play.
You keep using that word...
I'd say that this feeble anti-porn initiative occurring 20 years after Tiananmen is a great example of a coincidence.
(Why do people get so excited about anniversaries anyway?!)
Perhaps a less muddled way of making your point might be to say, "Twenty years after Tiananmen, not much has changed in government policy." But we all learned that anyway, through the disgusting, ugly, wasteful and pathetic charade that was the 2008 Olympics.
You worked out yet why your economy is in the crapper?
Imports. And outsourcing all your manufacturing to China.
This idiotic idea has been kicking around for longer than that. This 2004 article dates the Windows decision to circa 2001.
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Here in Toronto it's -19 C outside (-2 F). If there were a pipe to the outside air, with a thermostat controlling flow, during Winter there would be no need to consume cooling energy at all :| This would scale to refrigerators of any size...
Not only has Microsoft done everything they can to bring about this absurd customer-hostile outcome, they obviously profit by it. Eliminating choice is their aim.
This kind of technical checkmate is a direct result of Microsoft's abuse of its monopoly. No clearer case can be made that avoiding meaningful remedies for their conviction (thankyou Bush) was a disastrous error for computer users and the industry in general.
And he will probably never be held accountable for his unprecedented crimes, domestic and foreign. Nixon got away with his - and they were significant.
Meanwhile he just handed out little tiaras of encouragement - Medals of Freedom, an insult to every past and future recipient - to his two disgusting buddies in war crime: Johnny Howard of Australia and Tony Blair of the UK.
Meanwhile, the murder of innocents goes on, in the name of the US, using American made weapons, every day...
Flickr burns up to 10TB in uploads in a single *day*...
whether the president can afford to put things in writing that will likely be exposed by courts and archivists later
Do you really WANT a leader who would write anything that should not be 'exposed'??
I thought you Americans were supposed to be against totalitarian government. Apparently not; you voted it in several times and appear to have learned nothing by it.
Was it sued by Spitzer the man, or some other entity of which Spitzer was a part?
Thought so.
I wanna go to your school!
The iPod touch is seriously nice (I bought one for my girlfriend ... who is now my wife ... I rest my case! :)
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Windows is popular in schools (as is mac) because the experience is more seamless then it is in a flavour of Linux.
Evidence that Microsoft abuses its monopoly in order to avoid competing on merit has been surfacing for decades and has repeatedly seen them convicted. In schools this is particularly pernicious for obvious reasons.
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It was more like 3 or 4 million. Asymmetric warfare is like that; ask the Gazans.
Oh believe me, we won't forget that war in a hurry - or the US' psychotic obsession with the "Red menace".
But this story has nothing to do with communism. This kind of pragmatic policy has been enacted by many governments you'd call "democratic", as well; it is indeed just common sense. Especially if one's country is not a cosy "ally" of the US.
Public information and assets must not be locked behind proprietary walls. In any country.
Sometimes we just have to not do stupid things
Call me when that happens...
Even on a moonless night, in a dense forest, you can still navigate when you are familiar with the area (paths, etc).
It may have something to do with non-visual navigation abilities discussed here recently...
Dumbasses tagging this 'communism' - it's nothing to do with communism - more like COMMON-SENSE-ISM.
Microsoft employment stats, by category
Revenue and Headcount
This is why some people hate capitalism. I don't hate. I just think that there is no better alternative yet.
Microsoft famously doesn't pay tax, and I doubt Gates and his cronies pay any either.
a guy had to practically set fire to his cubicle with two secretaries tied to chairs inside it before he could be let go.
Bullshit! I was only given a warning not to vandalise office furniture. I got a couple of strongly worded emails from the families of the 2 secretaries though.