well, i should have said it is one of the big reasons, because it is. the other is other established legal gambling (casinos) are buying off the politicians, because it is taking money away from them.
it is about money, it isn't about morals, very little is about morals.
Look it, the only reason that the gov't HATES online gambling is because it doesn't get paid tribute.
The gov't hates when industries that rake in cash don't pay special tribute by donating, ect. Look at how google is now throwing out cash to avoid investigations and avoid the trouble MS had in the 90's.
Pay tribute to the masters and you can do what you want.
plus the state has a monopoly on gambling (state lotteries), they don't want that threatened. so lets throw harmless people in jail for a non-violent, victimless crime. Yes, america "home of the free" what a load of crap
Think about it, Open Source software is just stealing money from for-profit businesses! So the dollar amounts lost is probably 10X what it is predicted!
There is a massive influx of cash in this area because it is the seat of the gov't. Granted, it is all tax money, but that is where it flows. I don't know about the possibility of another "tech hub" like Silicon Valley.
What do you expect these politicians to do, something worth while? We have budgets busting the income of the government, we are gushing in debt. We have 2 wars which aren't close to being over. We have looming social security problems and even worse is the pending Medicare problem (slated to go bankrupt in only 10 years!). Yet, our worthless, and i mean worthless in ever meaning of the word, politicans are more worried about restricting myspace. Maybe they should starting thinking of the children's FUTURE, being able to have a country.
Look at Iceland. They are running on hydrogen. But they are using their geothermal to generate all of their hydrogen. Our only solution is to build nuclear plants that will provide us with low cost energy to generate hydrogen products. It is the future and someone needs to make it happen!
The javascript console bug has an annoying ass problem of spewing out tons of debug information for CSS errors, which no one cares about because you have to do so many hacks to get styles to look right in all browsers. Console2 was to fix this, but it hasn't been worked on in forever and isn't compatable with 1.5.X. 100 CSS errors every time you load a page gets annoying when you are searching for a few JS errors
Think it. They are going to flood the courts with litigation on every infringment on their patents. This could lead to massive reform in the patent arena. Things could get horrible, then correct itself. Maybe.
The worst is the salesman. See, they seem to (as well as the client) remember that a web app isn't the same as a desktop app. That you can't get the same functionality. Yes, it is improving, but there are still huge gaps in capabilities.
I blame them for telling the clients "oh we can do anything" when they don't understand the limitations of the technology.
Madonna can charge $250 because that is what she wants to charge and people WILL pay it to go see her. On the other hand, look at Pearl Jam. a very popular band is selling tickets for their latest show for a whole $54 ticketmaster.com. This article is a bunch of shit.
I am sure there were horrible mutations at first, but mother nature has a strange ability to adapt rather well. I am sure their genetics are altered in strange ways, but I am sure they will live on.
who fucking cares. who cares if some guy on another hole has some $50,000 machine to practice on. it doens't impact me in the least. i could care less what others play, just my own.
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well, i should have said it is one of the big reasons, because it is. the other is other established legal gambling (casinos) are buying off the politicians, because it is taking money away from them.
it is about money, it isn't about morals, very little is about morals.
Look it, the only reason that the gov't HATES online gambling is because it doesn't get paid tribute.
The gov't hates when industries that rake in cash don't pay special tribute by donating, ect. Look at how google is now throwing out cash to avoid investigations and avoid the trouble MS had in the 90's.
Pay tribute to the masters and you can do what you want.
plus the state has a monopoly on gambling (state lotteries), they don't want that threatened. so lets throw harmless people in jail for a non-violent, victimless crime. Yes, america "home of the free" what a load of crap
if you aren't going to "mix it up" and go for something differnet. It looks exactly like /. in its current form. big deal.
Think about it, Open Source software is just stealing money from for-profit businesses! So the dollar amounts lost is probably 10X what it is predicted!
There is a massive influx of cash in this area because it is the seat of the gov't. Granted, it is all tax money, but that is where it flows. I don't know about the possibility of another "tech hub" like Silicon Valley.
The Lawyers and the Gov't, the people who were actually harmed will get a small, pathetic amount back. Yay for tort laws!
I wish there was a mod of "stupid" because that is what this post is.
If you think the gov't is there to "protect" you against anything, let alone corporations, you must have been brain dead your entire life.
I would mod this funny(ier), but in some sad sense you may not be far off from what many are thinking. :happysad:
if you haven't done so already, i highly suggest using the optout program to stop receiving CC offers https://www.optoutprescreen.com/
I did this a year ago and i get no CC offers in the mail AT ALL. it is a great program. it is also 100% legit FTC Gov't Site Explaining Program
light traveling backwards, wtf
What do you expect these politicians to do, something worth while? We have budgets busting the income of the government, we are gushing in debt. We have 2 wars which aren't close to being over. We have looming social security problems and even worse is the pending Medicare problem (slated to go bankrupt in only 10 years!). Yet, our worthless, and i mean worthless in ever meaning of the word, politicans are more worried about restricting myspace. Maybe they should starting thinking of the children's FUTURE, being able to have a country.
Idiots.
Look at Iceland. They are running on hydrogen. But they are using their geothermal to generate all of their hydrogen. Our only solution is to build nuclear plants that will provide us with low cost energy to generate hydrogen products. It is the future and someone needs to make it happen!
There is no way China can contain the internet forever. They can try all they want but the social change which is under way in China will not end.
i had to edit the app.extension property in the config file! thanks for kicking me in the ass
The javascript console bug has an annoying ass problem of spewing out tons of debug information for CSS errors, which no one cares about because you have to do so many hacks to get styles to look right in all browsers. Console2 was to fix this, but it hasn't been worked on in forever and isn't compatable with 1.5.X. 100 CSS errors every time you load a page gets annoying when you are searching for a few JS errors
But see, it is because of big government that corporations CAN buy legistlation. More gov't isn't the answer, less gov't is.
Think it. They are going to flood the courts with litigation on every infringment on their patents. This could lead to massive reform in the patent arena. Things could get horrible, then correct itself. Maybe.
I hope the ACLU will ensure that discrimination against metal people will not be allowed to continue.
The worst is the salesman. See, they seem to (as well as the client) remember that a web app isn't the same as a desktop app. That you can't get the same functionality. Yes, it is improving, but there are still huge gaps in capabilities.
I blame them for telling the clients "oh we can do anything" when they don't understand the limitations of the technology.
Madonna can charge $250 because that is what she wants to charge and people WILL pay it to go see her. On the other hand, look at Pearl Jam. a very popular band is selling tickets for their latest show for a whole $54 ticketmaster.com. This article is a bunch of shit.
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get AIDS, faggot
I am sure there were horrible mutations at first, but mother nature has a strange ability to adapt rather well. I am sure their genetics are altered in strange ways, but I am sure they will live on.
who fucking cares. who cares if some guy on another hole has some $50,000 machine to practice on. it doens't impact me in the least. i could care less what others play, just my own.
I wonder if google plans to starve 40 million people with their great leap forward.