EULAs are legally questionable at best. It's not certain if they are even enforceable at all. A EULA certainly does not hold as much weight as a real legal contract, which is what companies like MS are trying to make them out to be.
Compared to Libertarians, even Republicans are farther left economically. Also, splitting the world into people who support your ideas (Libertarians) and everyone else (Communists, socialists et al) is rather blind to the huge middle ground occupied by the vast majority of the world's nations, including the United States. You cannot equate liberalism with communism and expect to be taken seriously in a discussion because the idea that they are similar is absurd on the face of it, and anyone not steeped in contempt for society will see the comparison for what it is: complete and utter nonsense.
And if wanting universal health care and other services makes me a freedom hating communist then hand me a red messenger bag and some pamphlets, comrade.
The current situation in Iraq and Afghanistan is an apt comparison because the forces that we are trying to defeat there have persisted despite the best effort of the greatest military power on Earth. They are using the same kinds of tactics and equipment that can be found or improvised for in the US, and their numbers are actually much fewer than would be found in a type of citizen revolt in the United States following a catastrophic loss of confidence in, or outright betrayal by the government. The people fighting us in Iraq will continue to fight, using the proven tactics of guerrilla warfare until we leave. That's another advantage, they actually don't have to defeat us to be victorious, they just have to hang on long enough until we no longer have the political will to carry on the fight--that IS a victory for them.
You're assuming the state would retain full control and command of the entire armed forces. If something truly devastating to the fabric of democracy happened that shook us to the very core, I'm sure the military would not be spared in being divided. So you combine that with a populous of well armed resistance fighters acting as irregular forces along with what ever military and paramilitary groups that oppose the government, and you could have a successful resistance. History is full of examples of small, vastly out gunned forces defeating a large conventional army using asymmetric warfare. Look what happened to the US in Vietnam, or the Soviets in Afghanistan or now the US in Afghanistan/Iraq. And just on a personal level, I'd rather die in a shoot out than in front of a firing squad if those are the choices.
I'm pretty sure most of my negative mods lately are directed at my sig, not the content of the posts, since this instance was clearly a joke. It might not be funny, but it's also not a troll.
The cult of Scientology has a long and documented history of harassing critics. It's just prudent for your own safety and the safety of your family to keep your identity hidden. They also film the protest activities from their buildings and disguised surveillance vehicles so if you're not wearing a mask the Co$ will start a file on you, they have an entire agency that does this.
This completely asinine anti-Anonymous law is not a new trend in our government. In the US we have been more than willing to repeatedly try bad ideas as long as the intentions fit some vague Judeo-Christian moral standard (or if there's money to be made). Fear also works well enough. Fear of the anarchists, and then the communists, and then the terrorists, and then the "cyber bullies". Fear for our children. Fear of each other. Fear of freedom, of responsibility.
Look at what happened with America's failed experiment to outlaw alcohol. What did we get? A thriving underground drug culture and a massive new revenue source for organized crime. We've been making the same mistake for 70 plus years only this time we seem content to just let things continue in this broken dysfunctional state. Drug use causes harm, but prohibition is worse.
But, money is being made on all sides of the "War on drugs" so no one in power really wants it to end.
Two prescriptions per person on average does sound about right. I know people with none (like myself), I know people with 8. Also consider that everyone will have a prescription at some point in their lives, it doesn't have to be all the time for everyone for it to still end up in the water. Also, TFS mentions acetaminophen; I'm sure you've taken Tylenol for a headache before.
data will be stored for no longer than 24 hours, and will not be shared with law enforcement. Then why are you doing it? It seems like they're just trying to get the citizens used to these kinds of abuses so that when they do start cross-checking and retaining data indefinitely nobody will be able to tell the difference, or care.
There is virtually no evidence outside of the bible itself to verify the existence of this fictional character, Jesus Christ. Persons like him certainly existed, but they are closer to magicians and those crazy people you see with cardboard signs on the streets of big cities ranting about how the world is ending. Just because some long time ago one particular nut job managed to convince a few people to follow him and then his particular brand of mania caught on isn't proof of anything but the infinite nature of human gullibility.
Everyone needs to be a Christian because it is the only way to be right with God. Every other religion says they got it right too. Yours has no more and no less proof than any of the others. For all you know you're going to be punished for not being a Muslim; and it's impossible for you to tell, barring outlandish and torturous logic derived from superstition, coincidence, and the influence of other people. Your choice of religion is, essentially, an arbitrary one and has no practical relevance to the rest of the world.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Just because his foreign policy and privacy stances are dead on doesn't mean he's not a kook in other areas. For example, all the others!
And actually his stance on privacy is just a symptom of having a government that doesn't actually work. It's easy to have a government that does no wrong when it doesn't do ANYTHING. A real visionary would find a way to have a functional, utilitarian government AND protect privacy, civil rights, and promote a peaceful non-interventionist foreign policy; and for that I am sorry his voice is marginalized, he has a lot of good things to say on those issues.
Videos turn into a slideshow on my 2ghz Turion running Ubuntu. If you're not using a powerful processor on windows flash will suck for you. Which is probably why I see so much hate for adobe and flash around here since we have a lot of non-windows users on this site and the flash experience is terrible. Adobe needs to shape up and make the linux version work as good as the windows one.
Life doesn't work like that. It doesn't? How have I been playing scrabble on facebook all this time then?
As long as there are games there will be clones of games. This isn't just a "problem" restricted to scrabble, and it's not something Hasbro is going to be able to fix with litigation, threats, or any kind of action at all. They're still selling boards and making millions, sorry if I don't feel any sympathy for this corporation.
I would be willing to pay an extra 100 or 200 dollars for, say, double the battery life, or a pound of weight reduction, or assurance of reliability. I agree however that performance wise the ability of the current technology has surpassed the level required for most tasks. That doesn't mean you there are not other areas that need work though, and hardware innovations are usually always initially price prohibitive for most people.
That's been my experience with aero as well. Although the compositing works well in vista, the slowness of the rest of the system is a huge drain on laptops. But for things like dragging, minimizing windows, it's usually always smooth and without tearing on all the hardware I've tried it on including laptops with integrated video. I can't say the same for compiz, which still doesn't work on a large number of mobile graphics chipsets and works only poorly on even more. This is mostly an ATI problem though, it wouldn't even be an issue if they'd opensource the drivers.
Software and business models should NOT be eligible for patents. It's just going to get more and more ridiculous until we wake up and realize that and revamp the patent system.
I have no qualms about calling something what it is.
"being harassed by the police, the IRS, the child "protective" services" is not part of the political philosophy of ANY party, they are problems. We agree that these are problems. Anarchy however (Which libertarianism is a form of), isn't the solution.
What I hear from Libertarians is that people should be allowed as much freedom to succeed as possible, and government activity (of any kind) can act only to restrict that freedom. The other side of that statement is that someone should be free to fail, to starve, to die. I reject the notion that those are freedoms. Someone with the freedom to starve to death is not more free than someone who collects money from the government, as this person can now buy food. Heartless, isn't it, that government dependence? Moreover, Libertarian ideology not only says that it's OK for this to happen, but that it's the RIGHT outcome because it was the result of a pure and perfect system. Again, I reject that notion outright.
If we transformed overnight into a Libertarian society, the people who would do the best are the ones who are ALREADY doing the best. So of course it ends up being THOSE people who want to see such reform. That is why I call it self-serving. And no amount of charity work, although noble an endeavor in itself, will correct that error.
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EULAs are legally questionable at best. It's not certain if they are even enforceable at all. A EULA certainly does not hold as much weight as a real legal contract, which is what companies like MS are trying to make them out to be.
Compared to Libertarians, even Republicans are farther left economically. Also, splitting the world into people who support your ideas (Libertarians) and everyone else (Communists, socialists et al) is rather blind to the huge middle ground occupied by the vast majority of the world's nations, including the United States. You cannot equate liberalism with communism and expect to be taken seriously in a discussion because the idea that they are similar is absurd on the face of it, and anyone not steeped in contempt for society will see the comparison for what it is: complete and utter nonsense.
And if wanting universal health care and other services makes me a freedom hating communist then hand me a red messenger bag and some pamphlets, comrade.
Hating libertarian economic policies hardly makes me a communist, but thanks for playing.
I think you're just bitter that your horse dropped out already.
I wish I was the kind of person that wouldn't know why that's funny.
The current situation in Iraq and Afghanistan is an apt comparison because the forces that we are trying to defeat there have persisted despite the best effort of the greatest military power on Earth. They are using the same kinds of tactics and equipment that can be found or improvised for in the US, and their numbers are actually much fewer than would be found in a type of citizen revolt in the United States following a catastrophic loss of confidence in, or outright betrayal by the government. The people fighting us in Iraq will continue to fight, using the proven tactics of guerrilla warfare until we leave. That's another advantage, they actually don't have to defeat us to be victorious, they just have to hang on long enough until we no longer have the political will to carry on the fight--that IS a victory for them.
You're assuming the state would retain full control and command of the entire armed forces. If something truly devastating to the fabric of democracy happened that shook us to the very core, I'm sure the military would not be spared in being divided. So you combine that with a populous of well armed resistance fighters acting as irregular forces along with what ever military and paramilitary groups that oppose the government, and you could have a successful resistance. History is full of examples of small, vastly out gunned forces defeating a large conventional army using asymmetric warfare. Look what happened to the US in Vietnam, or the Soviets in Afghanistan or now the US in Afghanistan/Iraq. And just on a personal level, I'd rather die in a shoot out than in front of a firing squad if those are the choices.
Just make it out of Scrith, that should be strong enough to withstand debris impacts.
You're trying to bring logic to the discussion of Slashdot's moderation system? To quote the bard, "That way madness lies."
I'm pretty sure most of my negative mods lately are directed at my sig, not the content of the posts, since this instance was clearly a joke. It might not be funny, but it's also not a troll.
(this is a good -1 offtopic, btw)
Pfft...is that supposed to be impressive? Get back to me when they're in single digits.
And he knows you can just break it apart and reassemble it right?
Which is rare; slashdotters rarely have a leg to stand on in discussions like this.
The cult of Scientology has a long and documented history of harassing critics. It's just prudent for your own safety and the safety of your family to keep your identity hidden. They also film the protest activities from their buildings and disguised surveillance vehicles so if you're not wearing a mask the Co$ will start a file on you, they have an entire agency that does this.
This completely asinine anti-Anonymous law is not a new trend in our government. In the US we have been more than willing to repeatedly try bad ideas as long as the intentions fit some vague Judeo-Christian moral standard (or if there's money to be made). Fear also works well enough. Fear of the anarchists, and then the communists, and then the terrorists, and then the "cyber bullies". Fear for our children. Fear of each other. Fear of freedom, of responsibility.
Look at what happened with America's failed experiment to outlaw alcohol. What did we get? A thriving underground drug culture and a massive new revenue source for organized crime. We've been making the same mistake for 70 plus years only this time we seem content to just let things continue in this broken dysfunctional state. Drug use causes harm, but prohibition is worse.
But, money is being made on all sides of the "War on drugs" so no one in power really wants it to end.
And if humans didn't exist at all we wouldn't need ANY filtering, OR drugs!
Not what but how many.
Two prescriptions per person on average does sound about right. I know people with none (like myself), I know people with 8. Also consider that everyone will have a prescription at some point in their lives, it doesn't have to be all the time for everyone for it to still end up in the water. Also, TFS mentions acetaminophen; I'm sure you've taken Tylenol for a headache before.
And Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia.
There is virtually no evidence outside of the bible itself to verify the existence of this fictional character, Jesus Christ. Persons like him certainly existed, but they are closer to magicians and those crazy people you see with cardboard signs on the streets of big cities ranting about how the world is ending. Just because some long time ago one particular nut job managed to convince a few people to follow him and then his particular brand of mania caught on isn't proof of anything but the infinite nature of human gullibility.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Just because his foreign policy and privacy stances are dead on doesn't mean he's not a kook in other areas. For example, all the others!
And actually his stance on privacy is just a symptom of having a government that doesn't actually work. It's easy to have a government that does no wrong when it doesn't do ANYTHING. A real visionary would find a way to have a functional, utilitarian government AND protect privacy, civil rights, and promote a peaceful non-interventionist foreign policy; and for that I am sorry his voice is marginalized, he has a lot of good things to say on those issues.
Videos turn into a slideshow on my 2ghz Turion running Ubuntu. If you're not using a powerful processor on windows flash will suck for you. Which is probably why I see so much hate for adobe and flash around here since we have a lot of non-windows users on this site and the flash experience is terrible. Adobe needs to shape up and make the linux version work as good as the windows one.
As long as there are games there will be clones of games. This isn't just a "problem" restricted to scrabble, and it's not something Hasbro is going to be able to fix with litigation, threats, or any kind of action at all. They're still selling boards and making millions, sorry if I don't feel any sympathy for this corporation.
I would be willing to pay an extra 100 or 200 dollars for, say, double the battery life, or a pound of weight reduction, or assurance of reliability. I agree however that performance wise the ability of the current technology has surpassed the level required for most tasks. That doesn't mean you there are not other areas that need work though, and hardware innovations are usually always initially price prohibitive for most people.
That's been my experience with aero as well. Although the compositing works well in vista, the slowness of the rest of the system is a huge drain on laptops. But for things like dragging, minimizing windows, it's usually always smooth and without tearing on all the hardware I've tried it on including laptops with integrated video. I can't say the same for compiz, which still doesn't work on a large number of mobile graphics chipsets and works only poorly on even more. This is mostly an ATI problem though, it wouldn't even be an issue if they'd opensource the drivers.
Software and business models should NOT be eligible for patents. It's just going to get more and more ridiculous until we wake up and realize that and revamp the patent system.
I have no qualms about calling something what it is.
"being harassed by the police, the IRS, the child "protective" services" is not part of the political philosophy of ANY party, they are problems. We agree that these are problems. Anarchy however (Which libertarianism is a form of), isn't the solution.
What I hear from Libertarians is that people should be allowed as much freedom to succeed as possible, and government activity (of any kind) can act only to restrict that freedom. The other side of that statement is that someone should be free to fail, to starve, to die. I reject the notion that those are freedoms. Someone with the freedom to starve to death is not more free than someone who collects money from the government, as this person can now buy food. Heartless, isn't it, that government dependence? Moreover, Libertarian ideology not only says that it's OK for this to happen, but that it's the RIGHT outcome because it was the result of a pure and perfect system. Again, I reject that notion outright.
If we transformed overnight into a Libertarian society, the people who would do the best are the ones who are ALREADY doing the best. So of course it ends up being THOSE people who want to see such reform. That is why I call it self-serving. And no amount of charity work, although noble an endeavor in itself, will correct that error.