Criticizing the govt can be a dangerous thing, especially when it knows everything about you. Privacy is necessary for the safety and security of the citizens. (Think of, I don't know, Soviet Russia, Iran...)
In Soviet Russia, the government needs privacy from YOU. For that, they observe everyone else to make sure they have their own privacy and are safe to do whatever they can and be aware of menaces to their freedom. The exact inverse of our way of thinking.
When you have a government doing exactly that to protects its own freedom, what difference does it do if it's benevolent or not? It will neutralize anything it doesn't like and make the rest believe they act in their best interest. Anything is benevolent as long as you believe in it. And if you do believe in it, who's to say it isn't?
Actually, there is a plugin for firefox that lets you change CSS styles on the fly... if you can get the address of the old css (or even the omg ponies one), you can change back and forth. You could try googling around or maybe a good soul will find the correct links for us?
Most likely exported legally, from the laws of that country.
Usually not. There is lots of bribery and smuggling going on, sometimes even inside our not-so-clean government.
But then, this is a quite problematic subject which has discussed just for a short time then forgotten by the media - and even then it wasn't even discussed by they big networks. Exploitation of the rain forest is a problem that has been long known altough ignored by the majority. Those who could do something about it are simply too busy getting their pockets full.
But, indeed. I failed to touch on the main subject of this article. Blaming Google for such an issue is as valid as blaming eBay for the Oil market issues.
Yes. Maybe the 'Captain Hook' award means "if you help someone who probably steals native resources from our country and call 'em their own, you are a pirate as well".
Although that looks childish IMO.
Quite simple. Because those genes are taken from natively Brazilian plants and animals, used abroad for research then patented. So, if a local small industry decides they want to use that plant for something (a native plant) they must pay royalties to a corporation from a FOREIGN COUNTRY, usually a country where such plants/animals don't exist.
That's what they classify as bio-piracy. Steal native elements from a country and patent them as a property of your corporation, then sell it back to that very country or charge for royalties.
What happens over here is that corporate lobbyists convince the government to do things their way, so everybody can make money. China isn't much different, except for the fact that the one who dictates the rules is the chinese government. That would actually be a good thing if the government wasn't draconian and used such power to enforce an intellectual dictatorship.
But... a place where the government enforces its laws for the greater good? Only when pigs start flying.
Well, we also have cables going thru the ocean and the same kind of problems happens as well, but it's obviously not backhoes that cause that. What are the top reasons cables go bye bye on the ocean?
Well, they have been using the Pentium 4 brand since when, 2001? The architecture has changed quite a lot during those years, and yet they kept "Pentium 4" until a while ago. Why for?
But then, getting rid of the whole Pentium brand is kind of weird - build something for 10 years until it becomes recognizable worldwide and is considered as a synonymous of computers (for computer illiterate people at least) and then just throw it away like that?
Only in slashdot a comment by a female trying to describe that specific scent is moderated 'Informative'. Hell, at least they didn't go with 'Insightful'.
It has been reported that a number of companies whose main business is making furnitures like chairs had their stock prices going up more than 25% after Microsoft announced they will be buying daily shippings of new chairs.
Well, if the fact that the Wine project took 12 years to get where they are while chasing a moving target is anything to go by, I expect that the DNF team will have finally found the perfect engine just a couple of years after Wine goes final.
Kameo and Ninety-Nine Nights are the only ones that aren't sequels. The rest, on the other hand...
It seems that the market is fucked up in such a way that the only thing companies can come with are SEQUELS. Same happened for the PS2, and now it's going to happen for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
The article failed to mention the two main setbacks. First, they based the OS off of Longhorn. Second, they want to ship every console with a copy of Duke Nukem Forever.
I know you were joking here, but actually the Xbox 360 OS is based off the Xbox1 OS which is based on Windows 2000, which is based on Windows NT which is based on OS/2 which has Unix code which has SCO code.
Oh, and Longhorn is definitely coming next year... sure, they remove 95% of the features meant to be there, but I guess I just ruined part of your joke!:D
Looking forward to Duke Nukem Forever ported to the stable release of GNU/Hurd.
I don't know about you, but for me that list seems HIGHLY biased to the american market. Why the hell would the rest of the world worry that much about a NFL game to justify it being the SECOND PLACE on that list??
Same goes to Perfect Dark Zero being the top game on that list... Well, I surely love FPS, as most americans and europeans. But what about the asian market? That list is way too "western world"-focused IMO. And we all know what is the whole point behind Xbox 360: take over Playstation's home market.
Well, fast forward to today... what's better: having tossed the email ten years ago or picking up the job to be tossed away by AOL a couple of years ago?
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Criticizing the govt can be a dangerous thing, especially when it knows everything about you. Privacy is necessary for the safety and security of the citizens. (Think of, I don't know, Soviet Russia, Iran...)
In Soviet Russia, the government needs privacy from YOU. For that, they observe everyone else to make sure they have their own privacy and are safe to do whatever they can and be aware of menaces to their freedom. The exact inverse of our way of thinking.
When you have a government doing exactly that to protects its own freedom, what difference does it do if it's benevolent or not? It will neutralize anything it doesn't like and make the rest believe they act in their best interest. Anything is benevolent as long as you believe in it. And if you do believe in it, who's to say it isn't?
Actually, there is a plugin for firefox that lets you change CSS styles on the fly... if you can get the address of the old css (or even the omg ponies one), you can change back and forth. You could try googling around or maybe a good soul will find the correct links for us?
No way! My vote would go for a "OMG PONIES!" version of this layout... Really, pink would look perfect on this one... *giggle* OMG!
What is the alternate ISO for? I've tried looking for info about it on the release notes but couldn't find anything. Anyone care to enlighten me?
or how they try to use it while not doing evil...
But it's quite an interesting play the marketing dept came up with. Wii will have to take one for the team.
Why don't ya keep on pattin' yourself on the back there.
He can't pat himself on the back. He doesn't have clones like we do.
Most likely exported legally, from the laws of that country.
Usually not. There is lots of bribery and smuggling going on, sometimes even inside our not-so-clean government.
But then, this is a quite problematic subject which has discussed just for a short time then forgotten by the media - and even then it wasn't even discussed by they big networks. Exploitation of the rain forest is a problem that has been long known altough ignored by the majority. Those who could do something about it are simply too busy getting their pockets full.
But, indeed. I failed to touch on the main subject of this article. Blaming Google for such an issue is as valid as blaming eBay for the Oil market issues.
Smuggled from Amazon through illegal exploitation of the rain forest, mainly. But, indeed, blaming Google for it isn't a smart move.
Yes. Maybe the 'Captain Hook' award means "if you help someone who probably steals native resources from our country and call 'em their own, you are a pirate as well". Although that looks childish IMO.
Quite simple. Because those genes are taken from natively Brazilian plants and animals, used abroad for research then patented. So, if a local small industry decides they want to use that plant for something (a native plant) they must pay royalties to a corporation from a FOREIGN COUNTRY, usually a country where such plants/animals don't exist.
That's what they classify as bio-piracy. Steal native elements from a country and patent them as a property of your corporation, then sell it back to that very country or charge for royalties.
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What happens over here is that corporate lobbyists convince the government to do things their way, so everybody can make money. China isn't much different, except for the fact that the one who dictates the rules is the chinese government. That would actually be a good thing if the government wasn't draconian and used such power to enforce an intellectual dictatorship.
But... a place where the government enforces its laws for the greater good? Only when pigs start flying.
Yes, and we should call that "the GCC License"... oh wait a sec
Well, we also have cables going thru the ocean and the same kind of problems happens as well, but it's obviously not backhoes that cause that. What are the top reasons cables go bye bye on the ocean?
Well, they have been using the Pentium 4 brand since when, 2001? The architecture has changed quite a lot during those years, and yet they kept "Pentium 4" until a while ago. Why for?
But then, getting rid of the whole Pentium brand is kind of weird - build something for 10 years until it becomes recognizable worldwide and is considered as a synonymous of computers (for computer illiterate people at least) and then just throw it away like that?
Are they in such need for a fresh start?
Only in slashdot a comment by a female trying to describe that specific scent is moderated 'Informative'. Hell, at least they didn't go with 'Insightful'.
:P
Where did the world go?
It has been reported that a number of companies whose main business is making furnitures like chairs had their stock prices going up more than 25% after Microsoft announced they will be buying daily shippings of new chairs.
Well, if the fact that the Wine project took 12 years to get where they are while chasing a moving target is anything to go by, I expect that the DNF team will have finally found the perfect engine just a couple of years after Wine goes final.
The movie industry is a bit different. The "hot thing" nowadays is remaking old or foreign movies and ruining them.
Not that such a thing isn't found on the gaming market, mind you.
Kameo and Ninety-Nine Nights are the only ones that aren't sequels. The rest, on the other hand...
It seems that the market is fucked up in such a way that the only thing companies can come with are SEQUELS. Same happened for the PS2, and now it's going to happen for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
The article failed to mention the two main setbacks. First, they based the OS off of Longhorn. Second, they want to ship every console with a copy of Duke Nukem Forever.
:D
I know you were joking here, but actually the Xbox 360 OS is based off the Xbox1 OS which is based on Windows 2000, which is based on Windows NT which is based on OS/2 which has Unix code which has SCO code.
Oh, and Longhorn is definitely coming next year... sure, they remove 95% of the features meant to be there, but I guess I just ruined part of your joke!
Looking forward to Duke Nukem Forever ported to the stable release of GNU/Hurd.
I don't know about you, but for me that list seems HIGHLY biased to the american market. Why the hell would the rest of the world worry that much about a NFL game to justify it being the SECOND PLACE on that list??
Same goes to Perfect Dark Zero being the top game on that list... Well, I surely love FPS, as most americans and europeans. But what about the asian market? That list is way too "western world"-focused IMO. And we all know what is the whole point behind Xbox 360: take over Playstation's home market.
Well, fast forward to today... what's better: having tossed the email ten years ago or picking up the job to be tossed away by AOL a couple of years ago?
Wow, must be a really advanced kind of man, to be able to start his own blog at the age of 3! How did homo sapiens triumph over such a smart race?