Transportation is budgeted as my #2 expense, just behind rent. Last year I had major car issues, and transportation may have exceeded housing in raw $ spent. Add to that the amount of time I would save and it becomes even more obvious.
If Android closes, I lose my incentive to avoid Apple's iOS. Google and the manufacturers need to understand that openness is the only real distinction they have over their competition, and that closing the platform loses their differentiation.
You are missing the point. Google's license will restrict the vendors ability to customize the OS, not the end-users. You can still root your phone and modify it as you please.
Hopefully these rulings will be overturned by the supreme court and this judge will be sanctioned for having a beyond obvious bias and not recusing herself from these cases.
Unlikely, judges just don't get sanctioned, brotherhood of the robe and all that rot. However; it would make sense to recuse oneself when there is such a perception of impropriety.
exactly. I have been trying to find a cheap version of windows 7 for a while. I have even hunted down some wholesalers, and I can't seem to find it for less than retail, unless I am part of some ultra special group.
You used to be able to buy XP OEM disks from certain builders but I can't even do that anymore.
Try Newegg... its about $100 ($99.99) for an OEM version of Home Premium, $140 for the Professional version, $180 for Ultimate. Same price for 32 bit or 64 bit. Free shipping even.
Isn't Google just delaying the source release until the release after Honeycomb which will combine the tablet version with the handset version? What's the big deal?
The big deal, in case you're correct, is that they would skip an OS version for a supposedly open OS.
According to TFA, that is their stated intention..
As for the supposedly open OS, it is open because the author (Google) chooses to license it as open source, not because they are required to do so. Just as I can choose to use whatever license I choose for any software (even an OS) that I create.
Agreed. The basis of civil disobedience is that by disobeying an unjust law, you serve (by example) to bring to light what is wrong with the law.
The idea doesn't exactly apply here... I'd be hard pressed to imagine a doctor disobeying HIPA to deliberately show what is wrong with it. I could however very easily imagine a doctor ignoring HIPA when it interferes with their ability to treat a patient -and then just moving on with their day.
You can't give people the freedom to make changes, only to complain when you don't like the changes they've made.
Of course I can. Just because you are free to implement whatever changes you choose, does not mean that I am no longer free to disagree with your choices, or that I am not free to attempt to change your mind.
You do not have to follow my desires, that is your freedom. I do not have to like your choices, that is my freedom.
Again. YOU DON'T GET TO DECIDE WHICH LAWS TO FOLLOW AND WHEN YOU FOLLOW THEM, but you do get to vote for the people who make the laws. Change the laws or follow them, nothing else is acceptable.
Yes, I do. The court may decide to punish me for breaking a law, but it is always my decision whether or not I will follow a law. See the concepts of civil disobedience and free will. An unjust law should never be followed, and even a just law should not be followed blindly.
The best assets to seize are these US govt bonds you refer to. They most likely are not physical printed bonds but rather digital records, but in the event that they are they will have serial numbers and can simply be declared void and reissued to the winner of the suit. Of course since they have not matured, they aren't worth as much yet, so a higher value may have to be transferred...
It is not immoral to the Chinese. The only shame is in getting caught red-handed. If it can't be conclusively proven, then it is not relevant. Winning is winning.
The difference is, you have been doing it that way for a long time... it wasn't a sudden departure from procedure -you were following your existing (written or not) procedure for destroying old drives. That is why companies maintain data retention policies, and media destruction policies -you can't be charged with destruction or withholding of evidence if you simply followed procedure and destroyed it (assuming of course you did not know that there was an investigation requiring you to keep it.)
On the surface, not as bad an idea... but why should any government interference be accepted. Isn't the idea of ICANN to be the decision making body? Do we really need another decision making body to review the decisions of the decision makers? What was the Civilization quote? "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the expanding needs of the bureaucracy."
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Transportation is budgeted as my #2 expense, just behind rent. Last year I had major car issues, and transportation may have exceeded housing in raw $ spent. Add to that the amount of time I would save and it becomes even more obvious.
Nice straw man...
If Android closes, I lose my incentive to avoid Apple's iOS. Google and the manufacturers need to understand that openness is the only real distinction they have over their competition, and that closing the platform loses their differentiation.
You are missing the point. Google's license will restrict the vendors ability to customize the OS, not the end-users. You can still root your phone and modify it as you please.
They pay well, value your skills, and let you work on fun & interesting projects. Ethics aside, it sounds like a good job.
But the retirement plan sucks.
Hopefully these rulings will be overturned by the supreme court and this judge will be sanctioned for having a beyond obvious bias and not recusing herself from these cases.
Unlikely, judges just don't get sanctioned, brotherhood of the robe and all that rot. However; it would make sense to recuse oneself when there is such a perception of impropriety.
exactly. I have been trying to find a cheap version of windows 7 for a while. I have even hunted down some wholesalers, and I can't seem to find it for less than retail, unless I am part of some ultra special group.
You used to be able to buy XP OEM disks from certain builders but I can't even do that anymore.
Try Newegg... its about $100 ($99.99) for an OEM version of Home Premium, $140 for the Professional version, $180 for Ultimate. Same price for 32 bit or 64 bit. Free shipping even.
Isn't Google just delaying the source release until the release after Honeycomb which will combine the tablet version with the handset version? What's the big deal?
The big deal, in case you're correct, is that they would skip an OS version for a supposedly open OS.
According to TFA, that is their stated intention..
As for the supposedly open OS, it is open because the author (Google) chooses to license it as open source, not because they are required to do so. Just as I can choose to use whatever license I choose for any software (even an OS) that I create.
The entire island of Honshu? [[Citation needed]]
Seriously, if the entire island was moved 8ft, then I suspect the damage would be far greater and more widespread than it is.
USGS: Earthquake in Japan Moves Honshu Island 2.4 Meters
As an Irishman you are somehow able to tell everyone what is good and what is bad?
Yes, at least when it comes to beer and whiskey.
30797 fatal crashes occurred in the United States in 2009. Do you really want to add the risk of falling out of the sky to that?
Yes. More so if I can shoot them out of the sky with my laser pistol :)
None of the above.
Once you see it, you can't unsee it...
Try a college radio station... it may not be good, but it's different.
Agreed. The basis of civil disobedience is that by disobeying an unjust law, you serve (by example) to bring to light what is wrong with the law.
The idea doesn't exactly apply here... I'd be hard pressed to imagine a doctor disobeying HIPA to deliberately show what is wrong with it. I could however very easily imagine a doctor ignoring HIPA when it interferes with their ability to treat a patient -and then just moving on with their day.
You can't give people the freedom to make changes, only to complain when you don't like the changes they've made.
Of course I can. Just because you are free to implement whatever changes you choose, does not mean that I am no longer free to disagree with your choices, or that I am not free to attempt to change your mind.
You do not have to follow my desires, that is your freedom. I do not have to like your choices, that is my freedom.
Again. YOU DON'T GET TO DECIDE WHICH LAWS TO FOLLOW AND WHEN YOU FOLLOW THEM, but you do get to vote for the people who make the laws. Change the laws or follow them, nothing else is acceptable.
Yes, I do. The court may decide to punish me for breaking a law, but it is always my decision whether or not I will follow a law. See the concepts of civil disobedience and free will. An unjust law should never be followed, and even a just law should not be followed blindly.
I'm going to give you the deal of a lifetime on a bridge. I'll even throw in some Arizona beachfront property.
The London Bridge? In Lake Havasu, Arizona? I actually have a picture of me, on a beach, in front of the London Bridge, in Arizona...
The best assets to seize are these US govt bonds you refer to. They most likely are not physical printed bonds but rather digital records, but in the event that they are they will have serial numbers and can simply be declared void and reissued to the winner of the suit. Of course since they have not matured, they aren't worth as much yet, so a higher value may have to be transferred...
"Tis far nobler that 84,000 innocent websites be taken down than 10 potential violators go free..."
er wait, that's not the quote... oh well too late for your site!
No thank you.
It is not immoral to the Chinese. The only shame is in getting caught red-handed. If it can't be conclusively proven, then it is not relevant. Winning is winning.
The difference is, you have been doing it that way for a long time... it wasn't a sudden departure from procedure -you were following your existing (written or not) procedure for destroying old drives. That is why companies maintain data retention policies, and media destruction policies -you can't be charged with destruction or withholding of evidence if you simply followed procedure and destroyed it (assuming of course you did not know that there was an investigation requiring you to keep it.)
"I have no recollection of those events your honor."
On the surface, not as bad an idea... but why should any government interference be accepted. Isn't the idea of ICANN to be the decision making body? Do we really need another decision making body to review the decisions of the decision makers? What was the Civilization quote? "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the expanding needs of the bureaucracy."
No.
You are not the world. You do not represent the interests of the world population. Stick to your jobs, and let the rest of us do ours.