I work in a pharmacy (trying it out before I decide if I want to go to pharmacy school). I see Medicare/Medicaid and state Medicaid patients all day, every day. They pay nothing.
But hey, those programs won't be around much longer since it's going to be bankrupt by 2019. Let's instead pay everything for everyone so the system can be bankrupt by next year.
Oh yea, "fuck the poor", how about quoting something I actually said instead of pulling ideas out of your ass. "Promote the general welfare" is an actual quote from the constitution, unlike you I don't have to pull quotes out of my ass. The poor can and will always be better served through individual actions than through government programs.
Helping the poor, when it comes to government, is code give me more power. You aren't smart enough, or capable enough, to make your own decisions. You can't help the poor without me. You need me.
Tell that to the churches in my area, who provide more for the poor than any government would be willing provide. I think that pleases Jesus more than your rhetoric.
How is this going to solve anything? I'm all about (internet) vigilante justice and hate mymycity as much as the next guy, but doesn't this just do the same thing as the other trolls?
Or maybe I have been duped by another mymycity troll...
Spoken like someone who has no experience in marketing.
Bad publicity has bankrupted people and destroyed companies. It definitely does exist. I'm not saying this is such a case, but that statement is just wrong.
The Slashdot mods won't like this, but the OLPC is just one huge failure.
With how many Millions in donations and untold amounts of hype, there has still been no real delivery of the laptops. You keep hearing about them, but where are the 1000's of 3rd world kids using and learning with it? How many more Millions need to be given before we see a true and actual shipment. I guess thats what you get for trying to reinvent the wheel. They could have went with more established tech and the kids could have one now, but instead they rebuild it from the ground up and no one has one. This project shouldn't be taking this long; they're not building a space shuttle.
If I donated anything, I would want my money back.
If I'm not mistake, unless the lawyer was testifying, he/she isn't under oath. You're not under oath just by being in the courtroom.
If that was the case, then a defense lawyer that knew his/her client was guilty couldn't try and convince the jury that he/she isn't, since they are knowingly giving false information.
What an idiotic comment. I'm far from liberal btw.
This is about voting, nothing else. Not ATM's and not computers. Voting needs to be 100% transparent, for the people running the election, the people running and the people voting.
Our ballets have a broken arrow (=== ====>) that you fill in to vote. They are a good 1.5in apart and easy to mark. If you don't mark them correctly, the machine simply rejects the ballot with a loud error beep, from there you can re-try.
I've yet one single good reason for using touch screens that can't be (simply) solved by other means. My county uses paper ballots that are optically read. After they are read the drop in a sealed bin. Hand recounts are no problem.
Technology does not always equal better. Sometimes it's worse.
I think it has very little (closer to nothing) to do with the DRM and more to do with DVD being "good enough"
DVD is good enough for me. I've yet to impressed enough with HD to replace my tv or media and I have no intention of sitting at my PC and watching movies.
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We have socialized medicine.
I work in a pharmacy (trying it out before I decide if I want to go to pharmacy school). I see Medicare/Medicaid and state Medicaid patients all day, every day. They pay nothing.
But hey, those programs won't be around much longer since it's going to be bankrupt by 2019. Let's instead pay everything for everyone so the system can be bankrupt by next year.
Oh yea, "fuck the poor", how about quoting something I actually said instead of pulling ideas out of your ass. "Promote the general welfare" is an actual quote from the constitution, unlike you I don't have to pull quotes out of my ass. The poor can and will always be better served through individual actions than through government programs.
Helping the poor, when it comes to government, is code give me more power. You aren't smart enough, or capable enough, to make your own decisions. You can't help the poor without me. You need me.
Tell that to the churches in my area, who provide more for the poor than any government would be willing provide. I think that pleases Jesus more than your rhetoric.
They should be the servant, not the provider.
Promote the general welfare, not provide.
And it's not the governments responsibility, or duty, to fix this.
They can only make it worse.
Free speech you don't like is still free speech.
It's all or nothing.
How is this going to solve anything? I'm all about (internet) vigilante justice and hate mymycity as much as the next guy, but doesn't this just do the same thing as the other trolls?
Or maybe I have been duped by another mymycity troll...
2008 called and DSL is the only broadband I can get, outside of satellite. Not everyone has a choice.
I'm happy with my 1.5/384k. It's the only plan I can get other than dial-up.
I sleep/hibernate my notebook for months at a time.
I think the last time my e1405 was shut down and cold booted is when I installed a bluetooth module (about 4 months ago).
Most states give all electoral votes to whoever won the popular vote in that state. You can't just "buy" a few votes.
For the computers I take care of, I use the last copy of autopatcher available (august '07). From there, manual installation every few months.
Hopefully xp sp3 isn't far away.
Most of my family is still on dial-up with no broadband (outside of satellite) available.
Good luck with the click/download/install idea.
Spoken like someone who has no experience in marketing.
Bad publicity has bankrupted people and destroyed companies. It definitely does exist. I'm not saying this is such a case, but that statement is just wrong.
Good point.
It's called stream of thought jackass.
This is slashdot, not a research paper. I don't proofread.
The Slashdot mods won't like this, but the OLPC is just one huge failure.
With how many Millions in donations and untold amounts of hype, there has still been no real delivery of the laptops. You keep hearing about them, but where are the 1000's of 3rd world kids using and learning with it? How many more Millions need to be given before we see a true and actual shipment. I guess thats what you get for trying to reinvent the wheel. They could have went with more established tech and the kids could have one now, but instead they rebuild it from the ground up and no one has one. This project shouldn't be taking this long; they're not building a space shuttle.
If I donated anything, I would want my money back.
Me too, unfortunately I clicked on this one.. :(
Looks like you did too.
If I'm not mistake, unless the lawyer was testifying, he/she isn't under oath. You're not under oath just by being in the courtroom.
If that was the case, then a defense lawyer that knew his/her client was guilty couldn't try and convince the jury that he/she isn't, since they are knowingly giving false information.
I guess so.
An optical reader is much technical than a touchscreen running windows ce.
What an idiotic comment. I'm far from liberal btw.
This is about voting, nothing else. Not ATM's and not computers. Voting needs to be 100% transparent, for the people running the election, the people running and the people voting.
Our ballets have a broken arrow (=== ====>) that you fill in to vote. They are a good 1.5in apart and easy to mark. If you don't mark them correctly, the machine simply rejects the ballot with a loud error beep, from there you can re-try.
Simple.
*I've yet to see*
Please mod the parent up.
I've yet one single good reason for using touch screens that can't be (simply) solved by other means. My county uses paper ballots that are optically read. After they are read the drop in a sealed bin. Hand recounts are no problem.
Technology does not always equal better. Sometimes it's worse.
It is in no way an "elitist dismissal of democracy". Is it so bad to think for ourselves instead of expecting big brother to do it for us?
Your mentality is nothing more than you can't do it yourself, you have to have the government. Just another way to destroy individualism.
Moderate taxation isn't a problem, heavy taxation to support social programs is.
I think it has very little (closer to nothing) to do with the DRM and more to do with DVD being "good enough"
DVD is good enough for me. I've yet to impressed enough with HD to replace my tv or media and I have no intention of sitting at my PC and watching movies.
How many people do you think buy a router, plug it in, then never login to it?
I'm betting most of these default name/password routers around have never been logged into even once by the owner.