A bit of nitpickery here, but when was the last time a Jew ever came to your door and tried to get you to convert? Judaism is not a proselytizing religion and never has been.
Why does this have nothing to do with freedom of speech? Yes, libel is against the law, but this wouldn't be the first time we, as a society, have questioned what exactly the Constitution means in its language, nor would it be the first time that we have reconsidered such things.
Most importantly, despite the potential merits of the case, I think both I and many others here are particularly concerned about the idea of a discussion-based internet community (like say, slashdot) being sued out of existence by some company trying to make a couple extra cents or cover its ass.
There's this neat little flash animation called EPIC, about the future of Google. It's been around for a little while now and is eerily accurate. You can find it here: http://www.robinsloan.com/epic/
While this does evade the burden of income taxes, it does NOT avoid all taxes. They still pay sales tax, land tax, capital gains tax and others I'm sure. You DO pay tax on monetary gains from dividends (although significantly less after the Bush administration's ill-conceived tax plan) and from stock sales and from stock gains (including stock compensation from work).
That said, it's still a damn good PR stunt. They were getting paid more before, but it was still the stock options that were the real bulk of their income I'm sure. Anybody have any numbers?
Americans aren't the party exporting this product. Microsoft is a company based in America. There's a world of difference, as a company is not bound by the laws of national sovereignty (nor are such laws enforced by any particular body, were they to apply). Moreover, countries ROUTINELY apply pressure to each other in order to sway decisions one way or another. Whether they use war or diplomacy, it still happens all the time.
Europe is free to do whatever they damn well please, but it won't necessarily earn them international respect. Personally, I dislike Microsoft, but I also think that the EU has no right to fine a company record amounts, with little or no warning, and that they hadn't identified as a monopoly. Moreover, the EU is then forcing that company to alter their product to comply with fairly nonspecific guidelines (at least until recently).
Also "Europe's a big country"? Come on buddy. It's a continent.
I hope at this point, some enterprising and idealistic lawyer will finally take a stand for the right of the individual to use and modify his property as he sees fit.
Don't you dare tell me what the "whole point" of any computer is. I'll tell the computer what to do, thank you very much. I don't care what apple thinks it should do.
If they have physical access, they can just reset the BIOS... Plus you probably have floppy or CD set as boot first, in which case a simple bootable floppy or CD could circumvent all your elaborate security.
When I read the title, I immediately thought back to when I first saw this site for making a wirelessly recharging wireless mouse. You just need to add MORE POWAH. Yes, it is an inductive wireless mouse charger.
A scan by Ad-Aware SE with current definitions reveals no Cydoor, but a scan with Spybot S&D does.
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The writer of the study doesn't claim to be doing a comprehensive study of all IRC traffic. He's simply trying to get the "outsider's view" by checking out the most popular and populous parts of the network as a whole. If you actually RTFA, you would have seen that he DOES think IRC is a very wonderful thing, just that it has its downsides.
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>It is supposedly going to be such a mess due to the number of protesters, that several of our subway lines will be closed, there will sharpshooter around, streets will be closed off and large portions of the city will be virtually off limits.
I was at the 1996/7 inauguration (with a press pass no less) and I distinctly recall road closures, metro closures and sharpshooters... and that was a very celebratory inauguration. I also got to shake Al Gore's hand!
It is our contentious nature that leads us to the forefront of the world, even if sometimes it wins us no allies. And I mean that in a bi-partisan manner.
A cash cow is something that nets you a lot of profit WITH MINIMAL EFFORT. AMD invests a lot into PR, R&D, marketing, etc to get where it is and to continue to push into the market. It has nowhere near 50% of total processor sales, pulling it equal to Intel. It can't sit back and rest on its laurels.
These products aren't particularly new. Hush has been selling overpriced HTPC gear for some time now. See http://www.mini-itx.com/ for more interesting stuff on HTPCs (although it tends to be more modding than HTPC)
It's two stories really...
As for the labels suing Sharman, there is precedent to protect Sharman (although we hear Australian copyright law may be different? How different?) and far more importantly, any decision against Sharman in Australian courts lacks the ability to gain compliance.
As for Sony, their online music service and their new hardware product are both lagging far behind. I hope both fail.
This is a completely unrelated anecdote that doesn't even mention what product you're whining about. Also, your sig quote is incorrectly attributed.
Something more on topic: as far as low power processors go, AMD has its Geode family http://www.amd.com/us-en/ConnectivitySolutions/Pro ductInformation/0,,50_2330_9863_10837,00.html
purchased from some other company. I think these will do quite well, assuming they get mainstream support, because as we all know AMD fanboys inhabit the "enthusiast" market pretty solidly (myself included).
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A bit of nitpickery here, but when was the last time a Jew ever came to your door and tried to get you to convert? Judaism is not a proselytizing religion and never has been.
Why does this have nothing to do with freedom of speech? Yes, libel is against the law, but this wouldn't be the first time we, as a society, have questioned what exactly the Constitution means in its language, nor would it be the first time that we have reconsidered such things. Most importantly, despite the potential merits of the case, I think both I and many others here are particularly concerned about the idea of a discussion-based internet community (like say, slashdot) being sued out of existence by some company trying to make a couple extra cents or cover its ass.
But I wonder what the GNAA lawyers think about all this...
There's this neat little flash animation called EPIC, about the future of Google. It's been around for a little while now and is eerily accurate. You can find it here: http://www.robinsloan.com/epic/
While this does evade the burden of income taxes, it does NOT avoid all taxes. They still pay sales tax, land tax, capital gains tax and others I'm sure. You DO pay tax on monetary gains from dividends (although significantly less after the Bush administration's ill-conceived tax plan) and from stock sales and from stock gains (including stock compensation from work). That said, it's still a damn good PR stunt. They were getting paid more before, but it was still the stock options that were the real bulk of their income I'm sure. Anybody have any numbers?
Americans aren't the party exporting this product. Microsoft is a company based in America. There's a world of difference, as a company is not bound by the laws of national sovereignty (nor are such laws enforced by any particular body, were they to apply). Moreover, countries ROUTINELY apply pressure to each other in order to sway decisions one way or another. Whether they use war or diplomacy, it still happens all the time. Europe is free to do whatever they damn well please, but it won't necessarily earn them international respect. Personally, I dislike Microsoft, but I also think that the EU has no right to fine a company record amounts, with little or no warning, and that they hadn't identified as a monopoly. Moreover, the EU is then forcing that company to alter their product to comply with fairly nonspecific guidelines (at least until recently). Also "Europe's a big country"? Come on buddy. It's a continent.
I guess it's too late to tell you to RTFA, isn't it?
That wouldn't help, I'm sure the CEO wouldn't even know what was going on.
I hope at this point, some enterprising and idealistic lawyer will finally take a stand for the right of the individual to use and modify his property as he sees fit.
Don't you dare tell me what the "whole point" of any computer is. I'll tell the computer what to do, thank you very much. I don't care what apple thinks it should do.
If they have physical access, they can just reset the BIOS... Plus you probably have floppy or CD set as boot first, in which case a simple bootable floppy or CD could circumvent all your elaborate security.
oops. Link: http://www.afrotechmods.com/cheap/arnoldpad/arnold pad.htm
When I read the title, I immediately thought back to when I first saw this site for making a wirelessly recharging wireless mouse. You just need to add MORE POWAH. Yes, it is an inductive wireless mouse charger.
A scan by Ad-Aware SE with current definitions reveals no Cydoor, but a scan with Spybot S&D does.
The writer of the study doesn't claim to be doing a comprehensive study of all IRC traffic. He's simply trying to get the "outsider's view" by checking out the most popular and populous parts of the network as a whole. If you actually RTFA, you would have seen that he DOES think IRC is a very wonderful thing, just that it has its downsides.
>It is supposedly going to be such a mess due to the number of protesters, that several of our subway lines will be closed, there will sharpshooter around, streets will be closed off and large portions of the city will be virtually off limits. I was at the 1996/7 inauguration (with a press pass no less) and I distinctly recall road closures, metro closures and sharpshooters... and that was a very celebratory inauguration. I also got to shake Al Gore's hand! It is our contentious nature that leads us to the forefront of the world, even if sometimes it wins us no allies. And I mean that in a bi-partisan manner.
A cash cow is something that nets you a lot of profit WITH MINIMAL EFFORT. AMD invests a lot into PR, R&D, marketing, etc to get where it is and to continue to push into the market. It has nowhere near 50% of total processor sales, pulling it equal to Intel. It can't sit back and rest on its laurels.
These products aren't particularly new. Hush has been selling overpriced HTPC gear for some time now. See http://www.mini-itx.com/ for more interesting stuff on HTPCs (although it tends to be more modding than HTPC)
It's two stories really... As for the labels suing Sharman, there is precedent to protect Sharman (although we hear Australian copyright law may be different? How different?) and far more importantly, any decision against Sharman in Australian courts lacks the ability to gain compliance. As for Sony, their online music service and their new hardware product are both lagging far behind. I hope both fail.
Me, I'll take the sinkholes, so long as I get my fiber!
An entirely unsubstantiated post, praising Fox News, the laughingstock of cable news networks.
This is a completely unrelated anecdote that doesn't even mention what product you're whining about. Also, your sig quote is incorrectly attributed. Something more on topic: as far as low power processors go, AMD has its Geode family http://www.amd.com/us-en/ConnectivitySolutions/Pro ductInformation/0,,50_2330_9863_10837,00.html
purchased from some other company. I think these will do quite well, assuming they get mainstream support, because as we all know AMD fanboys inhabit the "enthusiast" market pretty solidly (myself included).