But if Halo 3's alleged March release date is officially confirmed, perhaps the game will leave questions for the movie to answer.
Considering that Bungie only recently announced that they were working on Halo 3 at all, I doubt they'll announce a release date so soon. Besides, they gave themselves more time to finish Halo 2, and even that was terribly rushed.
I'm no huge Dell fan, but they do what they do well--they sell computers for cheap. But Bose, and to a lesser extent Sony, pretty much base their business on being overrated. Bose would go out of business if it sold its products on their merits, and Sony would certainly get a run for their money from many other competitors who currently have a much smaller marketshare.
Is there anyone at Apple even qualified to audit PHP? They do release the source of their core OS that they actually develop even though they aren't obligated to.
PHP is not actually CGI--it is run as an Apache module. And yes, Apache has its own account (www) on OS X (and even *nix system to the best of my belief). If you've got some magical way to prevent privilege escalation, though, I'm sure everyone would love to hear it.
OS X has certainly had its own security flaws: file forks accessible over Apache, auto-installing widgets, etc. But this isn't one of them.
If you went to Target and bought a bottle of Soda with the word 'Coke' on it, and it had coffee in it (actually, see Coke Blak, heh), or had a knockoff cola, you'd stop shopping at Target. Leave the quality control to the middle man between you and Coke -- that's their job to make sure you're happy.
Aren't you anarcho-capitalists at least supposed to consider fraud to be a form of indirect force?
Are you kidding me? Since when did the ability to speak freely include forcing someone else to provide you the venue from which to do it?
If people have a right to free speech, and money is speech, doesn't that mean that the arguments of those in favor of forcing broadcasters to give airtime to people without compensation are valid?
The argument is valid but unsound but not all of the premises are true. However, if they were true, as jmorris42 claimed, then it would be sound. I'm pointing out the absurdity equating speech with money.
If people have a right to free speech, and money is speech, doesn't that mean that the arguments of those in favor of forcing broadcasters to give airtime to people without compensation are valid?
Money is power. People make money being good (or bad) businessmen, but it says nothing about their politics. You can aid a political campaign by giving money or endorsements. Notice that the latter requires that people actually care about what you have to say, that is, it is earned power. Money is earned economic power, but it is unearned political power. Can you honestly say that a plutocracy is a good form of government?
I can theorize situations where everybody holds hands and gets along and lives happily in an anarchistic Communist utopia. But the Libertarian notion that you can eliminate the influence of money in politics is no less naive than the Marxist assumption that a dictatorship of the proletariat will gave way to an egalitarian state.
Yes, regulations on campaign financing should always keep in mind the rights of the contributors. But eliminating such regulation altogether isn't freedom--it's politics for sale, and no amount of ideological handwaving can escape this fact.
But it is FUD. The term has nothing to do with the accuracy or fairness of claims; rather it is used for claims intend to discourage people from using a product regardless of the merit of the claims. Here, Ballmer is by his own admission only speculating that Microsoft could sue. Why not simply look into it and sue or not sue? Because this way, he can pre-emptively discourage the use of Linux.
Yes, but the OS X kernel, XNU, is actually based on Mach. Although I don't think it makes a huge difference, it probably actually wasn't such a hot idea, since XNU is functionally a monolithic kernel with microkernel performance.
I'm all for more corporate accountability. The problem is that this law gives rather broad powers, and only passed because lawmakers assured everyone that it would only be used to fight organized crime. My point is that every time the government claims that they will exercise discretion when given broad power, they are deliberately and maliciously lying. One cannot honestly support any power being given to government on the pretense that it will only be used in the citizens' best interest; one must assume that it will be abused as heavily as possible, and therefore only support an amount of power appropriate under such an assumption.
RICO used against people who aren't the mafia? I am shocked, shocked! Next you'll be telling me that they use the PATRIOT act against people who aren't terrorists!
Still, very few people care enough to want to do anything about it, since the status quo is pretty easy to ignore. After all, this is a country which simply stopped calling itself a Dominion without ever formally declaring it.
Republicanism is a divisive issue in Canada, splitting people into two opposing sides: those who just don't care, and those who don't really give a damn.
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Considering that Halo 2 was about 10% done halfway into its making, I highly doubt this.
Considering that Bungie only recently announced that they were working on Halo 3 at all, I doubt they'll announce a release date so soon. Besides, they gave themselves more time to finish Halo 2, and even that was terribly rushed.
I'm no huge Dell fan, but they do what they do well--they sell computers for cheap. But Bose, and to a lesser extent Sony, pretty much base their business on being overrated. Bose would go out of business if it sold its products on their merits, and Sony would certainly get a run for their money from many other competitors who currently have a much smaller marketshare.
I primarily use Google, but for some topics its results are so mired in linkfarms that Ask.com is more useful.
PHP is not actually CGI--it is run as an Apache module. And yes, Apache has its own account (www) on OS X (and even *nix system to the best of my belief). If you've got some magical way to prevent privilege escalation, though, I'm sure everyone would love to hear it.
OS X has certainly had its own security flaws: file forks accessible over Apache, auto-installing widgets, etc. But this isn't one of them.
Aren't you anarcho-capitalists at least supposed to consider fraud to be a form of indirect force?
If people have a right to free speech, and money is speech, doesn't that mean that the arguments of those in favor of forcing broadcasters to give airtime to people without compensation are valid?
The argument is valid but unsound but not all of the premises are true. However, if they were true, as jmorris42 claimed, then it would be sound. I'm pointing out the absurdity equating speech with money.
Money is power. People make money being good (or bad) businessmen, but it says nothing about their politics. You can aid a political campaign by giving money or endorsements. Notice that the latter requires that people actually care about what you have to say, that is, it is earned power. Money is earned economic power, but it is unearned political power. Can you honestly say that a plutocracy is a good form of government?
If you want us regular slashdotters to follow your arguments, please stop using all the complex biology jargon you learned in graduate school.
Yes, regulations on campaign financing should always keep in mind the rights of the contributors. But eliminating such regulation altogether isn't freedom--it's politics for sale, and no amount of ideological handwaving can escape this fact.
Didn't the Nazis draw on Nietzsche for inspiration? How can Godwin if Goddied?
But it is FUD. The term has nothing to do with the accuracy or fairness of claims; rather it is used for claims intend to discourage people from using a product regardless of the merit of the claims. Here, Ballmer is by his own admission only speculating that Microsoft could sue. Why not simply look into it and sue or not sue? Because this way, he can pre-emptively discourage the use of Linux.
Yes, but the OS X kernel, XNU, is actually based on Mach. Although I don't think it makes a huge difference, it probably actually wasn't such a hot idea, since XNU is functionally a monolithic kernel with microkernel performance.
I'm all for more corporate accountability. The problem is that this law gives rather broad powers, and only passed because lawmakers assured everyone that it would only be used to fight organized crime. My point is that every time the government claims that they will exercise discretion when given broad power, they are deliberately and maliciously lying. One cannot honestly support any power being given to government on the pretense that it will only be used in the citizens' best interest; one must assume that it will be abused as heavily as possible, and therefore only support an amount of power appropriate under such an assumption.
Are you saying that these new websites implement the Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite?
RICO used against people who aren't the mafia? I am shocked, shocked! Next you'll be telling me that they use the PATRIOT act against people who aren't terrorists!
You do realize that big budget pictures shoot far more film than they use? You'd better hope HVD is coming soon for this sort of this.
Nonsense. Clearly Zonk wrote a nuanced story in the style of James Joyce.
Dude, I'm pretty sure the point is to make money.
Still, very few people care enough to want to do anything about it, since the status quo is pretty easy to ignore. After all, this is a country which simply stopped calling itself a Dominion without ever formally declaring it.
Most constitutions are unwritten, like the Athenian constitution was.
Republicanism is a divisive issue in Canada, splitting people into two opposing sides: those who just don't care, and those who don't really give a damn.
Didn't the Queen actually refuse assent to a bill under this government? I believe it was some sort of anti-terror law.
Afghanis aren't Arabs, you dumbass.
Academic exercise? I would hope an academic would have a better grasp on the meaning of the word "first."