Here's a parallel example: Imagine if it was legislated that FORD was too big and shouldn't be bundling only their own proprietary parts in their cars. Further, they are then forced to 'bundle' 3rd party engines in their cars. Huh? Wtf?
yup, imagine if the phone company got too big and it was decided that they couldn't sell both local and long distance service
i attached it to your comment because this portion of your previous post :
As far as I know there really aren't any close relatives of the fossa anywhere else in the world, and this could help solve the question of whether the fossa (Cryptoprocta Ferox) and the malagasay civet (confusingly categorised as Fossa Fossana) are related or not.
it seemed to me that not only was the most logical explanation of "this is probably an escaped pet" being brushed aside, but that the explanation that was being chosen instead was being run with further and further down the line. i guess i was frustrated that this key question was completely overlooked in the article and the early threads here, and that ever more arcane aspects of this (honestly least likely) explanation were instead being explored.
there's a logistical barrier to identifying species of insects that doesn't apply to 10-15lb mammals. it's one thing if they had found out that two variations of what was presumed to be a single species were actually different species, but there apparently was nothing even like this known to inhabit the area. this is an escaped exotic pet, not a new species
i don't understand why the first inclination is not "this is some escaped pet that was imported". and not just a fleeting inclination, but one that prevents them from filing such a stupid story before they get more evidence on this animal. this story is being drummed up by people who A. want to see themselves in the paper and/or B. want to use this species as their tool for conservation.
Local people, the WWF says, had not seen the species before, and researchers say it looks to be new.
this thing is too damned big to be alive for god-knows-how-long and unseen by locals. if it wasn't imported, than it has been there tens of thousands of years, especially since no one seems to even know another species that looks similar that is indigenous
"The photos look most like a lemur," he told the BBC News website. "But there certainly shouldn't be lemurs in Borneo."
there certainly shouldn't be humans in Antarctica...new species!
That could be one reason why it has not been spotted before. Another could be that access to the heart of Borneo is becoming easier as population centres expand and roads are built.
locals always had access to the heart of Borneo, and they didn't see it before either. is there essentially no one living there at all? i realize that this isn't some suburb, but surely there is a decent population of people in the region that they'd have seen something like this
i'm sure the pool of people who aren't bloggers that consider blogs to be authoritative is quite small. major media is suffering from a slippage in objectivity these days, but from what i've seen most blogs don't even try.
If you want a full on, voice of God raging from a thunderstorm malware apocalypse complete with stupid pictures, pressure cranked up to 11 and the now obligatory sound and vision link, keep it tuned to Vitalsecurity.org.
the submitter was referring to the argument that the utilities make when they argue for deregulation. when cable television was deregulated, the arguments presented were that it would lower prices and improve service with competition. this article may just be confirming something we all know, but it's helpful to have this kind of more formal study when the next deregulation push begins.
very, very enlightening. not that i understood at all what you said, but now i understand perfectly how my dad feels when i explain the PC on his desk
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i think it's actually really common for the dealer doing the financing to hold the title on the car as security. American Honda Finance is a reputable company that does a lot of business, and here's a quote from their FAQ:
After I have made my last payment, when will I receive my title?
If there is no outstanding balance on your account, the title will be mailed upon receipt of your final payment.
copyright is not the problem, someone who actually produces music shouldn't have to compete with someone who doesn't even bother to make their own they just copy it from them. it's impossible to compete with someone who doesn't bear any of the costs of original production. if there is a problem on the producer side of the equation, it's related to price-fixing on CDs. mass production of CDs has only gotten cheaper with time, but CD prices haven't moved like they should because of it.
(Of course this comment won't see the light of day because if you don't post early, you're comments aren't moderated any higher to 'Nothing to See Here, Move On'.)
if i were Del.icio.us, i'm not sure i'd want to work on a project with them just to find out later that they'd patented it. i wouldn't be surprised to see a patent for the idea of tagging coming down the line from Amazon sometime in the near future.
so if 10 is offlimits, 9 would mean the best rating that we can give. shouldn't 9 be offlimits, because there might be some better game down the line that's not perfect?
i think he's just saying that all parties would be better off if they came to an agreement on a standard and backed that one, than spending this extra effort trying to do the same thing. in that sense, winning the platform war may not be as useful to someone as the same time spent improving the existing platform
that's more of a cultural problem, as apparently bucket-excreting slugs aren't common in north america. if they were, that solution would have been obvious
what you're talking about is the black market, not the free market. the free market has some implications that the person selling the item is actually authorized to do so
so your point seems to be that we don't know that people aren't putting their personal copies of materials that they've recorded in order to time shift onto these download sites? doesn't that seem to be a bit of a stretch? aren't there other ways of hosting things for your own usage that don't make them available to anyone and everyone?
it sounds like you're arguing that they should just issue them a bunch of computer parts in a bag, or maybe just a bunch of transistors and capacitors:)
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as it stands now, we're all much better off if they're arguing the other side of an issue
there's a logistical barrier to identifying species of insects that doesn't apply to 10-15lb mammals. it's one thing if they had found out that two variations of what was presumed to be a single species were actually different species, but there apparently was nothing even like this known to inhabit the area. this is an escaped exotic pet, not a new species
i'm sure the pool of people who aren't bloggers that consider blogs to be authoritative is quite small. major media is suffering from a slippage in objectivity these days, but from what i've seen most blogs don't even try.
the submitter was referring to the argument that the utilities make when they argue for deregulation. when cable television was deregulated, the arguments presented were that it would lower prices and improve service with competition. this article may just be confirming something we all know, but it's helpful to have this kind of more formal study when the next deregulation push begins.
very, very enlightening. not that i understood at all what you said, but now i understand perfectly how my dad feels when i explain the PC on his desk
here's another quote from a GSA consumer information site about car financing : it sounds like this practice is a lot more common than some posts on this thread are making it out to be.
you forgot the part about "it's ok because windows break all the time"
copyright is not the problem, someone who actually produces music shouldn't have to compete with someone who doesn't even bother to make their own they just copy it from them. it's impossible to compete with someone who doesn't bear any of the costs of original production. if there is a problem on the producer side of the equation, it's related to price-fixing on CDs. mass production of CDs has only gotten cheaper with time, but CD prices haven't moved like they should because of it.
i'm anxiously awaiting your 10 page manifesto describing the next wave in data organization, the Project Manager
if i were Del.icio.us, i'm not sure i'd want to work on a project with them just to find out later that they'd patented it. i wouldn't be surprised to see a patent for the idea of tagging coming down the line from Amazon sometime in the near future.
so if 10 is offlimits, 9 would mean the best rating that we can give. shouldn't 9 be offlimits, because there might be some better game down the line that's not perfect?
i think he's just saying that all parties would be better off if they came to an agreement on a standard and backed that one, than spending this extra effort trying to do the same thing. in that sense, winning the platform war may not be as useful to someone as the same time spent improving the existing platform
that's more of a cultural problem, as apparently bucket-excreting slugs aren't common in north america. if they were, that solution would have been obvious
what you're talking about is the black market, not the free market. the free market has some implications that the person selling the item is actually authorized to do so
so your point seems to be that we don't know that people aren't putting their personal copies of materials that they've recorded in order to time shift onto these download sites? doesn't that seem to be a bit of a stretch? aren't there other ways of hosting things for your own usage that don't make them available to anyone and everyone?
it sounds like you're arguing that they should just issue them a bunch of computer parts in a bag, or maybe just a bunch of transistors and capacitors :)