So in your opinion the 2/3rds of the population that dont pay tax should have no access to government facilities and services? Children, the elderly, the disabled etc should receive no assistance because they dont pay tax? I'm glad I live in a country where taxes are collected to be spent on the welfare of the people, not just taxpayers.
If those coordinates are accurate that would mean the Air Comet flight was about 1400 miles away. If it was that bright shouldn't it also have been reported by closer observers?
While I have never personally owned a console and agree that PC gaming is much better than my experiences on consoles, I can see the appeal in a gaming system that just turns on. Minimal bootup, no AV, no driver issues, no maintainence - consoles are good for those who want a similar experience without having to look after a computer.
However I do wonder how the console manufacturers will respond to hacks/viri that can affect their networked consoles.
I couldnt mod you past 5 so I thought I'd reply instead to endorse your view. I think that the idea that the largest consumer PC manufacturer in the world in going to offer a PC with a non-Windows OS for the first time has Microsoft terrified. I think we're now going to see why MS have been collecting a big patent catalogue over the past few years. They now see the threat of Linux as worth taking on and I feel we'll see alot more legal activity happening.
Now it is a matter of how well FOSS can adapt around the legal issues.
The patent system in the US was broken back in the nineties when the Clinton administration changed the funding for the Patent Office. Previously the Patent Office was funded out of the budget with application and licensing fees going into General Revenue. In the new "efficient" scheme the office was to be funded directly from the application fees. It would seem obvious to all but the most asinine idiot (ie. those not on Capitol Hill) that this is a recipe for disaster, encouraging the Patent Office to approve any and all applications that come their way and leaving it to the courts to subsequently sort the wheat from the chaff.
(NB. For those who might think this a partisan political attack IANAUSC and regard the US political spectrum as a choice between a bunch of right wing reactionaries and the Republicans.)
"Dr Gonthier, for instance, and his sponsors at Microsoft, hope that the techniques he and his colleagues have developed to formally prove mathematical theorems can be used to "prove" that a computer program is free of bugs"
So in the future not only will Microsoft Math® be able to prove that Longhorn (not to mention XP, 2k, Me etc.) is completely bug free, but also that the TCO of Linux in SMEs is actually 2.5 times the annual US defence budget.
Personally I feel the greatest challenge to the education system is the deification of children. Every seven year old child is treated as though they are the next Mozart (untrue in 99.99999% of cases), even if unable to walk and breathe concurrently. In my country the issue is not teachers brutalizing student but vice versa. In the unlikely situation where a teacher uses harsh words with a student, said teacher will probably find themselves unemployed and in court. Bah! Bring back corporal punishment!
IANAUSC (I am not a US citizen) so I'm not completely au fait with US politics, but couldn't that description be applied to the entirety of the current administration (substituting adjectives/pronouns where applicable)?
Can't completely agree with you about "the deeper degree of strategy" in Go. Larger number of playable positions perhaps, but only one type type of piece. With six different pieces, Chess has its own depths.
As other posts have observed, both games are great, as is backgammon.
Running off to hide, and even going as far as shutting the door behind you so you can shirk your job sounds awfully like strategy and planning to me.
We could be mere days from welcoming our floor-cleansing overlords...
According to the article "to sell the Louis Vuitton trademark to third parties, specifically to Web sites selling counterfeits".
Given that the fine is trivial (when you're a multibillion dollar company) I assume that Google were suckered into selling advertising to counterfeiters, and this is a slap on the wrist from a French judge to pay a bit more attention.
Considering that TFA makes reference to "to sell the Louis Vuitton trademark to third parties, specifically to Web sites selling counterfeits" you may want to reconsider your position.
Now IANAL but a more appropriate and effective response would be to countersue the place of purchase. If I purchase software from them then a contract has been negotiated, namely exchange of $$ for the cd. When I then get home and attempt to install the software on my system, I discover that there are additional terms to the contract in the EULA. Shouldn't the place of purchase then be guilty of trying to modify the contract after the fact, or failing to make explicit the terms before sale?
This also has the beneficial side effect of directly affecting the publisher where it hurts, by discouraging shops from stocking software that may get them sued.
Hmmmm. Four extra days off per month but only every other weekend is a long weekend?!?
With arithmetic like that, have you ever considered a career in accountancy?
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So in your opinion the 2/3rds of the population that dont pay tax should have no access to government facilities and services? Children, the elderly, the disabled etc should receive no assistance because they dont pay tax? I'm glad I live in a country where taxes are collected to be spent on the welfare of the people, not just taxpayers.
If those coordinates are accurate that would mean the Air Comet flight was about 1400 miles away. If it was that bright shouldn't it also have been reported by closer observers?
While I have never personally owned a console and agree that PC gaming is much better than my experiences on consoles, I can see the appeal in a gaming system that just turns on. Minimal bootup, no AV, no driver issues, no maintainence - consoles are good for those who want a similar experience without having to look after a computer.
However I do wonder how the console manufacturers will respond to hacks/viri that can affect their networked consoles.
I couldnt mod you past 5 so I thought I'd reply instead to endorse your view. I think that the idea that the largest consumer PC manufacturer in the world in going to offer a PC with a non-Windows OS for the first time has Microsoft terrified. I think we're now going to see why MS have been collecting a big patent catalogue over the past few years. They now see the threat of Linux as worth taking on and I feel we'll see alot more legal activity happening.
Now it is a matter of how well FOSS can adapt around the legal issues.
The patent system in the US was broken back in the nineties when the Clinton administration changed the funding for the Patent Office. Previously the Patent Office was funded out of the budget with application and licensing fees going into General Revenue. In the new "efficient" scheme the office was to be funded directly from the application fees. It would seem obvious to all but the most asinine idiot (ie. those not on Capitol Hill) that this is a recipe for disaster, encouraging the Patent Office to approve any and all applications that come their way and leaving it to the courts to subsequently sort the wheat from the chaff.
(NB. For those who might think this a partisan political attack IANAUSC and regard the US political spectrum as a choice between a bunch of right wing reactionaries and the Republicans.)
According to this ruling phone records aren't protected by the fourth amendment.
"Dr Gonthier, for instance, and his sponsors at Microsoft, hope that the techniques he and his colleagues have developed to formally prove mathematical theorems can be used to "prove" that a computer program is free of bugs"
So in the future not only will Microsoft Math® be able to prove that Longhorn (not to mention XP, 2k, Me etc.) is completely bug free, but also that the TCO of Linux in SMEs is actually 2.5 times the annual US defence budget.
Should have put in tags.
the complete kerfuffle you get when you try to help people get rid of it.
Personally I feel the greatest challenge to the education system is the deification of children. Every seven year old child is treated as though they are the next Mozart (untrue in 99.99999% of cases), even if unable to walk and breathe concurrently. In my country the issue is not teachers brutalizing student but vice versa. In the unlikely situation where a teacher uses harsh words with a student, said teacher will probably find themselves unemployed and in court. Bah! Bring back corporal punishment!
IANAUSC (I am not a US citizen) so I'm not completely au fait with US politics, but couldn't that description be applied to the entirety of the current administration (substituting adjectives/pronouns where applicable)?
Can't completely agree with you about "the deeper degree of strategy" in Go. Larger number of playable positions perhaps, but only one type type of piece. With six different pieces, Chess has its own depths.
As other posts have observed, both games are great, as is backgammon.
For those of us who cant afford the highbrow stuff maybe "scientific shit" is good enough.
Those who read TFA dont comment, those who comment dont read (hence the Slashdot Axiom: never let facts get in the way of a good argument).
Running off to hide, and even going as far as shutting the door behind you so you can shirk your job sounds awfully like strategy and planning to me. We could be mere days from welcoming our floor-cleansing overlords...
According to the article "to sell the Louis Vuitton trademark to third parties, specifically to Web sites selling counterfeits".
Given that the fine is trivial (when you're a multibillion dollar company) I assume that Google were suckered into selling advertising to counterfeiters, and this is a slap on the wrist from a French judge to pay a bit more attention.
Considering that TFA makes reference to "to sell the Louis Vuitton trademark to third parties, specifically to Web sites selling counterfeits" you may want to reconsider your position.
Now IANAL but a more appropriate and effective response would be to countersue the place of purchase. If I purchase software from them then a contract has been negotiated, namely exchange of $$ for the cd. When I then get home and attempt to install the software on my system, I discover that there are additional terms to the contract in the EULA. Shouldn't the place of purchase then be guilty of trying to modify the contract after the fact, or failing to make explicit the terms before sale? This also has the beneficial side effect of directly affecting the publisher where it hurts, by discouraging shops from stocking software that may get them sued.
Weekends?
Hmmmm. Four extra days off per month but only every other weekend is a long weekend?!? With arithmetic like that, have you ever considered a career in accountancy?
I really hope the word wasn't "spelling"....