Because it works out of box for most hardware out there. Also, many things are very intuitive, such as app installation, system configuration and location of files and folders.
Offshore companies pay 0% tax in places like Cayman Islands.
I don't see US lowering its corporate tax to 0% any time soon.
So, as long as there is any corporate tax in the US, it is more desirable for companies to register offshore branches.
Democracy doesn't require the sort of anonymity you're promoting.
Yes, it does. It is called secret ballot. Without secret ballot government would know who to target. Citizens in democracies vote freely because they do not have the fear of persecution for their vote. And fear of persecution is as effective as persecution itself. For totalitarian states it only takes a few locked up activists/leaders in order to destroy entire popular movements.
One convincing argument for using FOSS is to name major companies/organizations using it.
For Drupal there is a nice list of sites at http://buytaert.net/tag/drupal-sites.
Among organizations are Google, Nokia, Symantec, NHL, Disney, Sun and Nike to name a few.
I would liken Internet anonymity to secret ballot.
In case with secret ballot you exercise your voting rights without fear of persecution for your choice/beliefs. In case of Internet anonymity you exercise your freedom of speech without fear of persecution from the authorities. Criticizing government may not be a problem in a democratic society, but in many countries Internet is __the only__ place where people can do so without fear of persecution.
There is a distinction to be made between capitalist economics and free market. While free market allows for optimal allocation of resources, control of companies by capital (stockholders) is a thinly disguised new age slavery. Solution is simple - take a look at banks vs credit unions.
Let people who work at companies govern companies, for example, let them have seats on the board through inter-company elections. After all, that is what US did and stopped being property of the King.
At least world heard about tyranny, massacre and injustice. And world has described it as such. On the other hand, two years ago, when similar events happened in Andijan, Uzbekistan, nobody was aware of them. Thousands of people were murdered by country's security forces and most of the world did not even hear about it.
Massacre, genocide and oppression must be heard, so that brutal governments cannot do their business as if nothing ever happened. After public outcry no western public official will want to have any relationships with those murderous generals of Burma.
Imagine such a system for DC-Philadelphia-NYC-Boston transportation corridor.
I would probably cost around $40-$50 billion to construct, but a trip from downtown DC to Manhattan would take about an hour.
Alisher Usmanov is a Russian oligarch of Uzbek ethnicity. He is a well known mafia figure.
Boiling people alive, on the other hand, is business of Security Services of the government of Uzbekistan. Incumbent president is Islam Karimov. He made it to Parade's top 10 dictators several times.
Why not use a CMS for these purposes?
Scalability, caching, forms, user sessions etc are all already taken care of. All you need is to customize a given CMS for your particular needs. Just start with say, Drupal CMS, and build/modify modules for your own convenience.
This eerily reminds me of book "Manna" http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm by Marshall Brain.
Essentially, most human labor will be automatized, stopping flow of money from businesses to employees. What will happen then greatly depends on what path society decides to take. Two contrasting paths taken by US and Australia are depicted in detail in the book.
I guess Manna is arriving sooner than I thought.
Evolution is NOT a theory. It is scientifically observed process. Darwin's explanation of evolution through natural selection is the theory that best explains already observed process of evolution. New theories will develop to better explain process of evolution, but the process itself exists and well documented.
I hope people will get this straight.
Because religions are based on false facts and principles from which they cannot separate themselves. As Voltaire said: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities". To shed millennium-old superstitions and irrational dogma, one must base his philosophy on principles of science and humanism.
Bad or not, they protect and advance capitalism. That is their primary role. Helping homeless, giving food to Africa, preparing "velvet" revolutions, and yes, pacifying dissident intellectuals, who can envision a different world where corporations are not the owners of the world. Methods vary, but goal does not.
There was a quote by Mr. Soros, something like: your non-profit organization should do so much good for poor people that the government should not able to critize what you are really doing.
Would you like to see a Super-Reduced Windows in future with no WMP, Windows Movie Maker, Paintbrush, Outlook Express, Windows Messenger, MSN Explorer plus bunch of other s*tty software you don't use anyways which would cost half the price of UnReduced Windows?
Why pay $200 for OS with stuff I don't use if you can pay $100 for OS without that stuff?
All this litigation is about giving people choice not to pay for stuff they don't need.
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So, since both mentioned examples do not involve health insurance, it would seem that you are suggesting to outlaw health insurance.
Because it works out of box for most hardware out there. Also, many things are very intuitive, such as app installation, system configuration and location of files and folders.
Offshore companies pay 0% tax in places like Cayman Islands. I don't see US lowering its corporate tax to 0% any time soon. So, as long as there is any corporate tax in the US, it is more desirable for companies to register offshore branches.
Democracy doesn't require the sort of anonymity you're promoting.
Yes, it does. It is called secret ballot. Without secret ballot government would know who to target. Citizens in democracies vote freely because they do not have the fear of persecution for their vote. And fear of persecution is as effective as persecution itself. For totalitarian states it only takes a few locked up activists/leaders in order to destroy entire popular movements.
One convincing argument for using FOSS is to name major companies/organizations using it. For Drupal there is a nice list of sites at http://buytaert.net/tag/drupal-sites. Among organizations are Google, Nokia, Symantec, NHL, Disney, Sun and Nike to name a few.
I would liken Internet anonymity to secret ballot. In case with secret ballot you exercise your voting rights without fear of persecution for your choice/beliefs. In case of Internet anonymity you exercise your freedom of speech without fear of persecution from the authorities. Criticizing government may not be a problem in a democratic society, but in many countries Internet is __the only__ place where people can do so without fear of persecution.
There is a distinction to be made between capitalist economics and free market. While free market allows for optimal allocation of resources, control of companies by capital (stockholders) is a thinly disguised new age slavery. Solution is simple - take a look at banks vs credit unions. Let people who work at companies govern companies, for example, let them have seats on the board through inter-company elections. After all, that is what US did and stopped being property of the King.
Just wait for them to get their law degree from COSTCO
... naturally, are not happy: http://bp0.blogger.com/_zYcZKDn2CMM/Rew9CIgSzgI/AAAAAAAAAZg/RO7rBcYkyR8/s1600-h/Hillary.jpg
ahh... never mind...
At least world heard about tyranny, massacre and injustice. And world has described it as such. On the other hand, two years ago, when similar events happened in Andijan, Uzbekistan, nobody was aware of them. Thousands of people were murdered by country's security forces and most of the world did not even hear about it. Massacre, genocide and oppression must be heard, so that brutal governments cannot do their business as if nothing ever happened. After public outcry no western public official will want to have any relationships with those murderous generals of Burma.
Imagine such a system for DC-Philadelphia-NYC-Boston transportation corridor. I would probably cost around $40-$50 billion to construct, but a trip from downtown DC to Manhattan would take about an hour.
Alisher Usmanov is a Russian oligarch of Uzbek ethnicity. He is a well known mafia figure. Boiling people alive, on the other hand, is business of Security Services of the government of Uzbekistan. Incumbent president is Islam Karimov. He made it to Parade's top 10 dictators several times.
Why not use a CMS for these purposes? Scalability, caching, forms, user sessions etc are all already taken care of. All you need is to customize a given CMS for your particular needs. Just start with say, Drupal CMS, and build/modify modules for your own convenience.
that Dvorak articles will never make it to the front page from now on?
This eerily reminds me of book "Manna" http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm by Marshall Brain. Essentially, most human labor will be automatized, stopping flow of money from businesses to employees. What will happen then greatly depends on what path society decides to take. Two contrasting paths taken by US and Australia are depicted in detail in the book. I guess Manna is arriving sooner than I thought.
Why not persuade Google to release their Google Updater under GNU and let OS communities include their own repos with it? Just my $.02
Evolution is NOT a theory. It is scientifically observed process. Darwin's explanation of evolution through natural selection is the theory that best explains already observed process of evolution. New theories will develop to better explain process of evolution, but the process itself exists and well documented. I hope people will get this straight.
Why sky is blue? Why people in Africa are dark-skinned and people in Mongolia have bended legs?
Because religions are based on false facts and principles from which they cannot separate themselves. As Voltaire said: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities". To shed millennium-old superstitions and irrational dogma, one must base his philosophy on principles of science and humanism.
Bad or not, they protect and advance capitalism. That is their primary role. Helping homeless, giving food to Africa, preparing "velvet" revolutions, and yes, pacifying dissident intellectuals, who can envision a different world where corporations are not the owners of the world. Methods vary, but goal does not. There was a quote by Mr. Soros, something like: your non-profit organization should do so much good for poor people that the government should not able to critize what you are really doing.
A good read: http://www.namebase.org/roelofs.html "Those who wish to promote change should look closely at what sustains the present system."
That cop.
Better than phpNuke and recent Dragonfly release brings this suite to a new level. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_CMS Uzbek.
Would you like to see a Super-Reduced Windows in future with no WMP, Windows Movie Maker, Paintbrush, Outlook Express, Windows Messenger, MSN Explorer plus bunch of other s*tty software you don't use anyways which would cost half the price of UnReduced Windows? Why pay $200 for OS with stuff I don't use if you can pay $100 for OS without that stuff? All this litigation is about giving people choice not to pay for stuff they don't need.