One's parents are genetic programmers in a sense. Of course, that sense is rather loose since they pretty much randomly mix their genes. This might not be such a bad way to program, however; plenty of people turn out to be less defective than say, Windows ME.
Justification is pretty irrelevant to the record industries. However, they are facing an economic problem, and rather than being willing to set aside any outdated notions they have about the nature of their product, they would rather remain oblivious to it at their own expense. If you don't want people to do something, banning it is a pretty ineffective way to stop them compared to offering them an incentive to do otherwise. Even if the RIAA were to use far more Draconian measures than they do today in order to combat piracy, it would have only a marginal effect compared to a more rational attempt to corner the online music business. Yet observe that even today they regard something as successful as the iTunes Music Store with suspicion and contempt.
Ironically enough, the problem here is that the RIAA is putting principles before profit. But their goal is not to maximize profit, but to minimize risk and perpetuate the status quo, even when such things are impossible.
Apparently Microsoft has become more internationally-oriented since the EU lawsuits, and decided to allow UN peacekeeping forces to test their software.
I'm neither whining not bashing Qt; I am just pointing out that the licensing fees seem unduly high in light of the fact that the alternatives cost nothing. I am free to develop free or proprietary software for OS X and I don't have to pay anyone anything to do either.
The Oxford English Dictionary doesn't lay down any rules: it describes rules that already exist. It is descriptive, not prescriptive. Besides, while possessives are usually quite regular, there still exist forms like "yourn" or "mines."
English has rules. It's just that these rules have little to do with what most people's notion of "rules" are for a language. Aluminum is a word because people use it. Why else would it be a word? Does the way you move your tongue around in your mouth have anything to do with the properties of the element? Do the frequencies of the sounds produced by saying one form or the other somehow bear more resemblance to the material? Do the lines and curves of the written letters look more or less metallic?
The real way to say it is the way people really say it. This may sound tautological, but it is the only sensical explanation. The rules aren't meaningless--in fact they're rather strict. "Aluminium ain't no good way to say it," follows the rules even though you might say it doesn't. But anything that doesn't follow the rules isn't "bad" English--it's not English at all. Aluminum is a metal. Aluminium is a metal. Xyzzy is not.
OPEC is a cartel that artificially restricts supply, not a single corporation that outperforms its competitors in the industry through an economy of sale. OPEC and Alcoa are examples of opposite ends of the monopoly spectrum.
I don't agree that they sold below market price, but rather they set the market price by selling lower than their competitors (still with a handsome profit for themselves). If they had been abusing their monopoly position, they would have produced less and sold it for a higher price, but they didn't.
Nobody else was capable of producing aluminum as cheaply as Alcoa. Even the judge basically chastised them for being too good at what they did. They were never found guilty of any wrongdoing other than preemptively outdoing their competitors at every opportunity.
monopolies are ALWAYS bad
An opinion, though one which I and the majority probably mostly agree with.
And, no, there is no such thing as a NATURAL monopoly.
A factually incorrect statement.
Natural monopolies occur when the long run average cost continually decreases with more production, or more simply out, there is an economy of scale which gives one company an insurmountable advantage.
I have a Windows XP box with nothing on top of a clean install expect for my drivers and music software. With an Athlon 2400+ it boots in about 20 seconds. Of course, it's easy to keep it clean when it isn't online.
Uhm, people complain about the U.S. all the time here; in fact it usually comes up in the comments of every YRO article about China. And there are even a few tinfoil types who don't think the U.S. went to the moon.
I'm not saying that there aren't a lot of arrogant and/or stupid/. posters, but you seem to be choosing which ones to focus on selectively.
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I don't think Douglas Engelbart made one red cent off his patent on the computer mouse, but that doesn't mean that the mouse wasn't a success.
Only this isn't reinventing Unix--it's doing something new, which really hasn't been done since Plan 9.
One's parents are genetic programmers in a sense. Of course, that sense is rather loose since they pretty much randomly mix their genes. This might not be such a bad way to program, however; plenty of people turn out to be less defective than say, Windows ME.
Amazon DOES let you perform fulltext searches on most of the books they sell.
Presumably he was voted in by Americans, what with their American spelling and use of double quotes.
I'm pretty sure no European country recognizes Taiwan, otherwise China would sever diplomatic ties with them.
Ironically enough, the problem here is that the RIAA is putting principles before profit. But their goal is not to maximize profit, but to minimize risk and perpetuate the status quo, even when such things are impossible.
Actually, I believe the GP used the argumentum supra tuum caput.
Apparently Microsoft has become more internationally-oriented since the EU lawsuits, and decided to allow UN peacekeeping forces to test their software.
And here I've been playing murder simulators when I could have been playing rape simulators! Aren't I a sucker?
Haven't you ever seen Monty Python's The Meaning of Life? Don't misunderestimate senior citizen pirates!
Why not have a non-political body run it instead? Why, we could call it...
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
Just an idea.
The nVidia 9800 does not exist.
I'm neither whining not bashing Qt; I am just pointing out that the licensing fees seem unduly high in light of the fact that the alternatives cost nothing. I am free to develop free or proprietary software for OS X and I don't have to pay anyone anything to do either.
Dord was never a word. Aluminum is.
The Oxford English Dictionary doesn't lay down any rules: it describes rules that already exist. It is descriptive, not prescriptive. Besides, while possessives are usually quite regular, there still exist forms like "yourn" or "mines."
The real way to say it is the way people really say it. This may sound tautological, but it is the only sensical explanation. The rules aren't meaningless--in fact they're rather strict. "Aluminium ain't no good way to say it," follows the rules even though you might say it doesn't. But anything that doesn't follow the rules isn't "bad" English--it's not English at all. Aluminum is a metal. Aluminium is a metal. Xyzzy is not.
It's just ironic that developing software on a traditionally free platform is so expensive, whereas on traditionally closed platforms it's free.
OPEC is a cartel that artificially restricts supply, not a single corporation that outperforms its competitors in the industry through an economy of sale. OPEC and Alcoa are examples of opposite ends of the monopoly spectrum.
I don't agree that they sold below market price, but rather they set the market price by selling lower than their competitors (still with a handsome profit for themselves). If they had been abusing their monopoly position, they would have produced less and sold it for a higher price, but they didn't.
Nobody else was capable of producing aluminum as cheaply as Alcoa. Even the judge basically chastised them for being too good at what they did. They were never found guilty of any wrongdoing other than preemptively outdoing their competitors at every opportunity.
An opinion, though one which I and the majority probably mostly agree with.
And, no, there is no such thing as a NATURAL monopoly.
A factually incorrect statement.
Natural monopolies occur when the long run average cost continually decreases with more production, or more simply out, there is an economy of scale which gives one company an insurmountable advantage.
I have a Windows XP box with nothing on top of a clean install expect for my drivers and music software. With an Athlon 2400+ it boots in about 20 seconds. Of course, it's easy to keep it clean when it isn't online.
I'm not saying that there aren't a lot of arrogant and/or stupid /. posters, but you seem to be choosing which ones to focus on selectively.
Most didn't.