It's a silly matter of definitions matched with black-and-white thinking.
Was this person in Peru completely free? No.
Am I in the United Statues completely free? No.
So, we both aren't free. Our conditions must the be same, right?
Wrong. The people of Peru's freedom's were being taken away by non-government forces (drug lords and rebel/terrorists). Being able to go to work if you want to without being shot is a freedom! Just because you're being denied that right by a non-government force doesn't mean it doesn't count as not being taken away. This fairly ruthless and corrupt dictator actually made people more free. Not, of course, more free than they could be theoretically by any extent, but freedom isn't a black-and-white thing, or else I fall into the "not free" category and that's a fairly absurd way to look at it.
* Freedom isn't binary * Government isn't the only thing that can take away freedom
You're both wrong, for the following reason: A majority of the people in this country did not support the Patriot Act. Because a majority of the people in this country do not vote, know nothing of what the government is or could be doing, and have no idea what the Patriot act is.
Seriously, smart people seem to forget this. 70% of the people in this country cannot name their Senators or Congressperson. Therefore I find it hard to believe that they have any degree of informed opinion on any particular law that these politicians create. Informed people tend to forget that by far most people are not at all like them (frighteningly so), and make generalizations that tend to be biased towards themselves. A majority of the people in this country do not support the Patriot Act, or more precisely, know anything about the Patriot Act.
What I get tired of is the implication that you're LIMITED to installing the driver. I've never not had anything work out of the box. But you can still install the driver if you like.
A question: can a Mac mouse/keyboard from an old G3 system be used with the Mini?
If your old G3 is beige, then you have ADB. You will need an USB-ADB adapter, such as this one. If your system is the Blue & White tower, then you already have USB, you will not need any kind of adapter.
For everyone else in the PC world, virtually every USB keyboard and mouse will work out of the box. Right-clicking brings up contextual menus as you would expect, and the scroll wheel scrolls pages, etc. If you have a PS/2 mouse/keyboard, then you will need an adapter to USB like this one.
False. The car and light truck business remains one of America's largest industries.
we don't grow food in America
False. Last I checked, we were paying people to not grow food for the (supposed) interest of price stability.
we don't even do tech support in America
Increasingly true, but hardly categorical.
we don't make steel in America
False. Not like we used to, but it's still one of our largest exports.
we don't make clothes in America
True. I can't ever remember seeing "USA" on the "assembled in" field on the tag on any piece of clothing.
I refer you to the CIA Atlas on the United States, economy section for more information. We may not manufacture computers, for instance, but they may be designed and marketed by US companies, which is ultimately the better place to be employed. Look before you leap.
It's like saying Bush outlawed cars because he won't buy you one.
no, it's like buying a car and you're not allowed to use federally funded roads anymore. Sure, it's not illegal to buy a car, but who would do it? If you do embryonic stem cell research, then your whole operation loses funding, not just that one project. So, sure, it's not banned, per se... just don't expect anyone to do it.
All defenses of this policy rely on not mentioning this little detail.
The president doesn't fund cell research the NIMH does. If he hadn't issued the order restricting it they would have funded whatever they thought was the most scientifically valuable. It's not like he "allowed" the NIMH to fund other forms of stem cell research as well.
One of the group's smaller subsidiaries, the United States Government, will come to your house and protect you from piracy. Our way of life is being attacked!
To many, it would be like going to McDonalds, and having them serve your kids vodka in their Happy Meals.
Once again, someone arguing that breasts are actually dangerous. Good thing we can only rely on the government protecting us from them. Give me a break.
Cellphone number portability, Do Not Call list, he's pushed hard to free up more spectrum for WiFi.
Michael Powell headed the Federal Communications Commission. Those were actions of the Federal Trade Commission. It may be only one acronym letter off, but they are completely different agencies. Try again next time.
Bush is a bad president because all of this fru-fru pomp and circumstance is inappropriate when the country is at war. Life should not go on like normal for the people responsible for sending the military out to risk life and limb. Celebrate when the killing is over.
First off, the MPAA does not run the Academy Awards. The Academy Awards are run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which is made up mostly of actors and writers.
Second, call me when the Academy is able to force the city of Los Angeles to pay for the award ceremony. Since the city of DC -- not the fed. gov't or republican party -- has to pony up for this. Who do you think is more deserving? DC schools or cops, or parties for the wealthy? Justice is a timeless ideal.
Apple isn't suing ThinkSecret to have them stop posting news articles. They're suing to obtain the identity of the Apple Employee(s) who posted internal, confidential, NDA protected items that ThinkSecret published on their website.
Bzzt! Wrong. Try again. Apple wants the identities of those to whom Think Secret was leaked the info, but also claims it was "illegally soliciting Apple employees to violate confidentiality agreements" and they want "an injunction preventing further release of trade secrets." So, in effect they are suing to stop dePlume from posting news articles (so long as said articles have Apple trade secrets).
Anyone remember Oliver North who forgot a lot of information during the Iran Contra scandal can attest that Think (Secret) surely can't remember the names either. Should Think (Secret) have to tell?
Different kind of law, bro. Oliver North was able to use his 5th amendment rights against self-incrimination. This isn't criminal law, though. This is a civil case between Apple and Think Secret and whoever spilled the beans. The same protections don't apply. If you fail to divulge something you're not protected from being screwed even more for doing so.
Gross has been at the center of Internet law since the early days of the net, and served as the first counsel to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a leading advocacy and legal organization that works to defend civil liberties in the technology and electronic communications realm. In one successful case prior to popular use of the Internet, Gross, as special counsel, defended the constitutional rights of publishers to disseminate information they legally obtain, electronically or in print.
So, he's an EFF lawyer, he's just not acting with the EFF this time... that's my reading of it.
This is a public relations effort, not a legal fight. What are you going to do, sue people into voting for politicians that advance your interests? That's what root of the problem is: it's who people vote for. It will be an always-uphill battle to try and fight it on any other field.
By the way, this explains why public opinion polls are so often at odds with government policy. In a true representative democracy there should be a rough correlation between opinion polls and the way members of congress act. This is rarely the case nowadays.
This is not why opinion polls are at odds with government policy. Opinion polls are at odds with government policy because people don't inform themselves as to what the government is doing.
As for the people you mention, they advertise heavily that they provide opinion, "analysis" of the events of the day. This isn't journalism, and they dont claim it to be.
You obviously haven't watched them, have you? They will only --ever-- say that what they are saying is opinion when they've made a serious mistake and want to avoid being held responsible. In any condition other than that they loudly insist that they are totally objective, spin-free, fair, balanced and damn anyone else who doesn't think so. Seriously, watch Fox and see this pattern unfold.
I'm not sure what your point is. Is everything just an opinion? If so, why should I listen to your opinion that it's all just opinion, since I can simply disregard it via its own rules?
Are all generalizations bad? Only some? None at all? Wouldn't we need to use generalization to answer the question?
It is true that some people somewhere might think, regarding the Bill O'Reilly example above, that what he said was not a lie. Well, so what? By your logic I can reject your opinion that it's just an opinion, can't I?
Arguments for subjectivity will always run into these inescapable logical paradoxes.
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It's a silly matter of definitions matched with black-and-white thinking.
Was this person in Peru completely free? No.
Am I in the United Statues completely free? No.
So, we both aren't free. Our conditions must the be same, right?
Wrong. The people of Peru's freedom's were being taken away by non-government forces (drug lords and rebel/terrorists). Being able to go to work if you want to without being shot is a freedom! Just because you're being denied that right by a non-government force doesn't mean it doesn't count as not being taken away. This fairly ruthless and corrupt dictator actually made people more free. Not, of course, more free than they could be theoretically by any extent, but freedom isn't a black-and-white thing, or else I fall into the "not free" category and that's a fairly absurd way to look at it.
* Freedom isn't binary
* Government isn't the only thing that can take away freedom
You're both wrong, for the following reason: A majority of the people in this country did not support the Patriot Act. Because a majority of the people in this country do not vote, know nothing of what the government is or could be doing, and have no idea what the Patriot act is.
Seriously, smart people seem to forget this. 70% of the people in this country cannot name their Senators or Congressperson. Therefore I find it hard to believe that they have any degree of informed opinion on any particular law that these politicians create. Informed people tend to forget that by far most people are not at all like them (frighteningly so), and make generalizations that tend to be biased towards themselves. A majority of the people in this country do not support the Patriot Act, or more precisely, know anything about the Patriot Act.
Google does keep its own modified linux distribution for internal use on their (gargantuan) server farms. It's based on red hat.
They were going to, but he just replaced the Justice Department with one that had a different mind about the matter.
install the driver,
What I get tired of is the implication that you're LIMITED to installing the driver. I've never not had anything work out of the box. But you can still install the driver if you like.
A question: can a Mac mouse/keyboard from an old G3 system be used with the Mini?
If your old G3 is beige, then you have ADB. You will need an USB-ADB adapter, such as this one. If your system is the Blue & White tower, then you already have USB, you will not need any kind of adapter.
For everyone else in the PC world, virtually every USB keyboard and mouse will work out of the box. Right-clicking brings up contextual menus as you would expect, and the scroll wheel scrolls pages, etc. If you have a PS/2 mouse/keyboard, then you will need an adapter to USB like this one.
We don't build cars in America
False. The car and light truck business remains one of America's largest industries.
we don't grow food in America
False. Last I checked, we were paying people to not grow food for the (supposed) interest of price stability.
we don't even do tech support in America
Increasingly true, but hardly categorical.
we don't make steel in America
False. Not like we used to, but it's still one of our largest exports.
we don't make clothes in America
True. I can't ever remember seeing "USA" on the "assembled in" field on the tag on any piece of clothing.
I refer you to the CIA Atlas on the United States, economy section for more information. We may not manufacture computers, for instance, but they may be designed and marketed by US companies, which is ultimately the better place to be employed. Look before you leap.
It's like saying Bush outlawed cars because he won't buy you one.
no, it's like buying a car and you're not allowed to use federally funded roads anymore. Sure, it's not illegal to buy a car, but who would do it? If you do embryonic stem cell research, then your whole operation loses funding, not just that one project. So, sure, it's not banned, per se... just don't expect anyone to do it.
All defenses of this policy rely on not mentioning this little detail.
The president doesn't fund cell research the NIMH does. If he hadn't issued the order restricting it they would have funded whatever they thought was the most scientifically valuable. It's not like he "allowed" the NIMH to fund other forms of stem cell research as well.
and their X11 is OpenGL native. So, rendering is fast as hell.
The problem I see with DRM is that it's impossible to make it work without breaking either existing compatability or fair-use.
Which do you think they're going to convince Congress to ban: DRM or fair use?
One of the group's smaller subsidiaries, the United States Government, will come to your house and protect you from piracy. Our way of life is being attacked!
To many, it would be like going to McDonalds, and having them serve your kids vodka in their Happy Meals.
Once again, someone arguing that breasts are actually dangerous. Good thing we can only rely on the government protecting us from them. Give me a break.
Cellphone number portability, Do Not Call list, he's pushed hard to free up more spectrum for WiFi.
Michael Powell headed the Federal Communications Commission. Those were actions of the Federal Trade Commission. It may be only one acronym letter off, but they are completely different agencies. Try again next time.
Bush is a bad president because all of this fru-fru pomp and circumstance is inappropriate when the country is at war. Life should not go on like normal for the people responsible for sending the military out to risk life and limb. Celebrate when the killing is over.
Don't worry: you can just force the city of Washington, DC to pay for it
First off, the MPAA does not run the Academy Awards. The Academy Awards are run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which is made up mostly of actors and writers.
Second, call me when the Academy is able to force the city of Los Angeles to pay for the award ceremony. Since the city of DC -- not the fed. gov't or republican party -- has to pony up for this. Who do you think is more deserving? DC schools or cops, or parties for the wealthy? Justice is a timeless ideal.
Apple isn't suing ThinkSecret to have them stop posting news articles. They're suing to obtain the identity of the Apple Employee(s) who posted internal, confidential, NDA protected items that ThinkSecret published on their website.
Bzzt! Wrong. Try again. Apple wants the identities of those to whom Think Secret was leaked the info, but also claims it was "illegally soliciting Apple employees to violate confidentiality agreements" and they want "an injunction preventing further release of trade secrets." So, in effect they are suing to stop dePlume from posting news articles (so long as said articles have Apple trade secrets).
Ah. A publicity hound. That explains it.
Anyone remember Oliver North who forgot a lot of information during the Iran Contra scandal can attest that Think (Secret) surely can't remember the names either. Should Think (Secret) have to tell?
Different kind of law, bro. Oliver North was able to use his 5th amendment rights against self-incrimination. This isn't criminal law, though. This is a civil case between Apple and Think Secret and whoever spilled the beans. The same protections don't apply. If you fail to divulge something you're not protected from being screwed even more for doing so.
So, he's an EFF lawyer, he's just not acting with the EFF this time... that's my reading of it.
KANG: Abortions for all!
[crowd boos]
Very well, no abortions for anyone!
[crowd boos]
Hmm... Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others!
[crowd cheers and waves miniature flags]
This is a public relations effort, not a legal fight. What are you going to do, sue people into voting for politicians that advance your interests? That's what root of the problem is: it's who people vote for. It will be an always-uphill battle to try and fight it on any other field.
By the way, this explains why public opinion polls are so often at odds with government policy. In a true representative democracy there should be a rough correlation between opinion polls and the way members of congress act. This is rarely the case nowadays.
This is not why opinion polls are at odds with government policy. Opinion polls are at odds with government policy because people don't inform themselves as to what the government is doing.
As for the people you mention, they advertise heavily that they provide opinion, "analysis" of the events of the day. This isn't journalism, and they dont claim it to be.
You obviously haven't watched them, have you? They will only --ever-- say that what they are saying is opinion when they've made a serious mistake and want to avoid being held responsible. In any condition other than that they loudly insist that they are totally objective, spin-free, fair, balanced and damn anyone else who doesn't think so. Seriously, watch Fox and see this pattern unfold.
I'm not sure what your point is. Is everything just an opinion? If so, why should I listen to your opinion that it's all just opinion, since I can simply disregard it via its own rules?
Are all generalizations bad? Only some? None at all? Wouldn't we need to use generalization to answer the question?
It is true that some people somewhere might think, regarding the Bill O'Reilly example above, that what he said was not a lie. Well, so what? By your logic I can reject your opinion that it's just an opinion, can't I?
Arguments for subjectivity will always run into these inescapable logical paradoxes.