nobody has successfully claimed that the government was discriminatory by requiring that all citizens carry licenses to drive, or that many businesses only accepted credit cards, or that a workplace could discriminate based on whether you had an SSN (which you dont need to work, by the way)
DosBubba, as much as people may mock christians who say that this is the mark of the beast, you make a very good point (even if you didnt imply that it is the MOB)
Point being, these won't become mandatory. The book of revelations forecasts people rejecting these, implying that they were not forced at gunpoint not to have them (even though the lack of them led to several deaths).
These have potential to become so mandatory that those who reject them are considered extremists, prevented from living freely, from travelling, etc. How many people do you know who refuse to carry a cell phone, refuse to have a credit card, and don't carry a drivers license (and may or may not drive anyway), and cite religion as their reason for doing all this?
Probably not many, and if you did, you might think they were a lunatic. So you see how quickly not accepting this tech could lead to someone's persecution.
Social ostracism is a powerful tool, whose utilty is often underestimated.
True. All they care about is profit profit profit in the private sector! Good for the economy! Bad for the citizens. How is it good for me if my copyrighted material remains copyrighted once I'm dead? And for 70 years at that? That gives it a second lifetime to live on. Insanity.
Amerika probably won't even be around in 75 years (I hope for my childrens sake), so it scarcely matters. Beside that, CAFTA plainly violates the constitution at Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3. Check my journal for a post about that.
You know... this patent is at least semi-sane. It's sort of an original idea of google's, to have ads in RSS feeds, but I still question the entire use of patents anyway. Patenting the tech merely serves to limit innovation, it doesn't really help anyone.
look into getting extra-immunized against diseases that are widespread (and even not so widespread) down there.
find the local hospital and remember how to get there.
Also, if the power is unreliable, make sure you bring a lot of books, or extra long life batteries for your laptop. And a UPS for any desktops you have there, the last thing you want happening is some bad data loss.
"Microsoft won't be releasing its own distribution of Linux any time soon."
I've got to admit, if they were, Windows running on the Linux kernel with some gnu apps and a bash shell (without cygwin of course), would be pretty snazzy.
A lot of Pay wireless ISPs, like the WickedWifi ISP they have around here, they require you to input your credit card on a website that loads, and also allow you to access a few websites of local interest for free.
The odd thing is, even though you can't reach webpages, you can still ping websites.
Well, if you can figure out how to set up an ICMP tunnel on a dedicated machine in your home, you can configure your computer to use ICMP tunnelling (via a shell script to do/undo it if you're the lazy type), and use this internet for free.
I found a tutorial over at NewOrder very useful in doing this.
OS X really is great. I've said time and time again that they should've released it for PC years ago. Unless it's cracked so I can run it on my current PC, I will probably make my going-away-to-college gift to me a Mac with one of these processors, assuming it can run Windows apps (games) at native speeds.
I had XP on a machine from 1998 (almost 8 years old), 400MHz processor and 64MB of RAM. It ran fine, albeit a big slowly with GUI graphics, it was decent enough for everyday web browsing like I do now. It probably couldn't handle bittorrent with Azureus though (currently using 74/512MB of my ram)...
You are very right. I stated earlier that I do believe in some government regulation over corporations.
In general, Libertarians don't believe the government has any role acting similarly to corporations, that it shouldn't be the one handling mail or educating children, those should be privatized.
We say that consumers are those who regulate corporations, but you're right, when there is a local monopoly, like your wal-mart scenario, it does need to be regulated. Not by the federal government, but maybe by local or state government.
I decided to look up monopoly, just to be sure I wasn't missing something, AC. I'm not.
If microsoft has a monopoly on the desktop OS market, as you implied, then I would not be running Linux right now. 90% desktop share doesn't constitute a monopoly. Microsoft has brushed with monopoly, been much closer than it is now in the past, and bullied other companies (monopoly tactics). There have been lawsuits against them and they have backed down a little, only to rise back up again. When it comes down to it, though, they are not a monopoly right now, and there are way too many people in high places watching them right now for them to pull a fast one either. Personally, I'm not as worried now as I used to be about their desktop market influence.
I've already taken Econ, as well. I think my instructor (who was definitely not an idiot) would stand by me. He was a mac user, by the way.
Ultimately, if you don't like it, you haven't got any options other than to not use it.
You can't forcefully change a company's policy, all you can do is inform others about how wrong it is. I would not let Disney scan my finger/hand to enter the park, and I would urge family and friends to do the same in a show of protest. That is, really, all that you can do.
It's hard for me to be a libertarian and stand by my principles when I hear news like this, but I have to stick to my guns, even when I fervently personally disagree with something.
Disney is not a part of your government. They are free to exist as a theme park, just as Six Flags and Alton Towers (in the UK) are. They are entitled to set whichever requirements they like for you to enter their park. Just as you are allowed to place retina scanners at the front door of your house if you so please.
I believe in monopoly regulation, so as long as Disney is not the ONLY theme park available (and Windows isn't the only usable OS), they are free to set their own rules, on their own property.
I also believe, however, that they must disclose what they will be doing with any information they collect, so that you can be informed in your decision to surrender or not surrender your finger-scans and such.
Using your Microsoft example, they currently don't quite have a monopoly on the desktop OS market. There are 2 usable alternatives (*nix and MacOS), and plenty of other hobby OSes that work to an extent. If they set DRM requirements for music and videos, etc. and the market starts to play along, producing hardware that supports this and cripples other OSes, then they develop a monopoly. This is not healthy for the market and really takes away from personal choice of OS, so it must be stopped. That is the only time I support public (government) intervention into such corporate affairs.
You see what I mean? Right now, you can always take the kids to Six Flags if you don't like Disney's rules. You can always petition Disney to change as well.
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HA! Hilarious! That will go down in history and be quoted many times elsewhere. Kudos. :)
I'm writing.
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This is what I will send:
Hello, I am using Linux and I can not use the Internet Explorer web browser to access a system on your site, as detailed at the URL http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2005/70fr44878.ht
I hope that this system becomes accessible from a browser that is available on my Operating system, such as Mozilla Firefox, or Opera. Thank you.
Just out of curiosity, which state is that?
yes, but how is that discrimination.
nobody has successfully claimed that the government was discriminatory by requiring that all citizens carry licenses to drive, or that many businesses only accepted credit cards, or that a workplace could discriminate based on whether you had an SSN (which you dont need to work, by the way)
DosBubba, as much as people may mock christians who say that this is the mark of the beast, you make a very good point (even if you didnt imply that it is the MOB)
Point being, these won't become mandatory. The book of revelations forecasts people rejecting these, implying that they were not forced at gunpoint not to have them (even though the lack of them led to several deaths).
These have potential to become so mandatory that those who reject them are considered extremists, prevented from living freely, from travelling, etc. How many people do you know who refuse to carry a cell phone, refuse to have a credit card, and don't carry a drivers license (and may or may not drive anyway), and cite religion as their reason for doing all this?
Probably not many, and if you did, you might think they were a lunatic. So you see how quickly not accepting this tech could lead to someone's persecution.
Social ostracism is a powerful tool, whose utilty is often underestimated.
True. All they care about is profit profit profit in the private sector! Good for the economy! Bad for the citizens. How is it good for me if my copyrighted material remains copyrighted once I'm dead? And for 70 years at that? That gives it a second lifetime to live on. Insanity.
Amerika probably won't even be around in 75 years (I hope for my childrens sake), so it scarcely matters. Beside that, CAFTA plainly violates the constitution at Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3. Check my journal for a post about that.
How many wireless network adapters have you seen that you can transfer 128MB of secret files to?
Granted,it's probably more than the number of floppies that can be wireless nics, as I counted zero.
So uh, what becomes of "It just works" ??
Mac OS X86: It just works. So long as you fork over adequate cash.
True, but it isn't yet standard business practice, but it's also something becoming more prevalent, so it isn't really an original idea.
:)
It's at least more sane than trying to patent the double click
You know... this patent is at least semi-sane. It's sort of an original idea of google's, to have ads in RSS feeds, but I still question the entire use of patents anyway. Patenting the tech merely serves to limit innovation, it doesn't really help anyone.
2 medical notes:
look into getting extra-immunized against diseases that are widespread (and even not so widespread) down there.
find the local hospital and remember how to get there.
Also, if the power is unreliable, make sure you bring a lot of books, or extra long life batteries for your laptop. And a UPS for any desktops you have there, the last thing you want happening is some bad data loss.
Let's not forget this old thinkgeek tshirt (now gone):
Have you grokked your sysadmin today?
They (probably) deserve it!
"Microsoft won't be releasing its own distribution of Linux any time soon."
I've got to admit, if they were, Windows running on the Linux kernel with some gnu apps and a bash shell (without cygwin of course), would be pretty snazzy.
A lot of Pay wireless ISPs, like the WickedWifi ISP they have around here, they require you to input your credit card on a website that loads, and also allow you to access a few websites of
local interest for free.
The odd thing is, even though you can't reach webpages, you can still ping websites.
Well, if you can figure out how to set up an ICMP tunnel on a dedicated machine in your home, you can configure your computer to use ICMP tunnelling (via a shell script to do/undo it if you're the lazy type), and use this internet for free.
I found a tutorial over at NewOrder very useful in doing this.
I never get modded funny.
And as proof, this will be modded "overrated."
Does their Japanese division claim ownership of ^_^, -_- and >_> ??
'Cause I use those sometimes >_>
I tried this and it required me to do 2 things:
/usr/bin and typed "xat 22:42 "hello world""
apt-get install at
apt-get install gmessage
I moved the 2 scripts to
It worked. I love it!
for the java demo:
http://kafene.org/foldndrop.jar
That should give you an idea about the functionality. That's all I snagged before it got slashdotted.
OS X really is great. I've said time and time again that they should've released it for PC years ago. Unless it's cracked so I can run it on my current PC, I will probably make my going-away-to-college gift to me a Mac with one of these processors, assuming it can run Windows apps (games) at native speeds.
I had XP on a machine from 1998 (almost 8 years old), 400MHz processor and 64MB of RAM. It ran fine, albeit a big slowly with GUI graphics, it was decent enough for everyday web browsing like I do now. It probably couldn't handle bittorrent with Azureus though (currently using 74/512MB of my ram)...
Ah java. Java, java java...
You are very right. I stated earlier that I do believe in some government regulation over corporations.
In general, Libertarians don't believe the government has any role acting similarly to corporations, that it shouldn't be the one handling mail or educating children, those should be privatized.
We say that consumers are those who regulate corporations, but you're right, when there is a local monopoly, like your wal-mart scenario, it does need to be regulated. Not by the federal government, but maybe by local or state government.
Thanks for that comment, it really made me think.
I decided to look up monopoly, just to be sure I wasn't missing something, AC. I'm not.
If microsoft has a monopoly on the desktop OS market, as you implied, then I would not be running Linux right now. 90% desktop share doesn't constitute a monopoly. Microsoft has brushed with monopoly, been much closer than it is now in the past, and bullied other companies (monopoly tactics). There have been lawsuits against them and they have backed down a little, only to rise back up again. When it comes down to it, though, they are not a monopoly right now, and there are way too many people in high places watching them right now for them to pull a fast one either. Personally, I'm not as worried now as I used to be about their desktop market influence.
I've already taken Econ, as well. I think my instructor (who was definitely not an idiot) would stand by me. He was a mac user, by the way.
Ultimately, if you don't like it, you haven't got any options other than to not use it.
You can't forcefully change a company's policy, all you can do is inform others about how wrong it is. I would not let Disney scan my finger/hand to enter the park, and I would urge family and friends to do the same in a show of protest. That is, really, all that you can do.
May I interest you in VideoLan?
I believe it will play WMVs on all systems it supports.
It's hard for me to be a libertarian and stand by my principles when I hear news like this, but I have to stick to my guns, even when I fervently personally disagree with something.
Disney is not a part of your government. They are free to exist as a theme park, just as Six Flags and Alton Towers (in the UK) are. They are entitled to set whichever requirements they like for you to enter their park. Just as you are allowed to place retina scanners at the front door of your house if you so please.
I believe in monopoly regulation, so as long as Disney is not the ONLY theme park available (and Windows isn't the only usable OS), they are free to set their own rules, on their own property.
I also believe, however, that they must disclose what they will be doing with any information they collect, so that you can be informed in your decision to surrender or not surrender your finger-scans and such.
Using your Microsoft example, they currently don't quite have a monopoly on the desktop OS market. There are 2 usable alternatives (*nix and MacOS), and plenty of other hobby OSes that work to an extent. If they set DRM requirements for music and videos, etc. and the market starts to play along, producing hardware that supports this and cripples other OSes, then they develop a monopoly. This is not healthy for the market and really takes away from personal choice of OS, so it must be stopped. That is the only time I support public (government) intervention into such corporate affairs.
You see what I mean? Right now, you can always take the kids to Six Flags if you don't like Disney's rules. You can always petition Disney to change as well.