The phone companies are going to keep making this harder on all phones so you can't delete their crap ware. Most newer Android phones with ICS wont even let you change the memory card, just like Apple.
I thought that was solely due to the fact that people are too stupid to unmount their devices after writing to it....Apple just assumed that about their users from the start.;-)
"Just like AT&T beige phones were rented and not sold, these computers also wouldn't be your property,"
It is precisely the US gov't that you should thank for rectifying that situation
Thank you US gov't for crapping all over me and then being thoughtful enough to wipe off my face.
While I agree that the "great love" stuff is nauseating hyperbole
Am I the only one who finds it flat out creepy? It has an evangelical taint to it.
Is it any different if you love a good restaurant or a fun bar? Is it only the fact that they are in love with an "evil corporation" or is the problem with the strength of the word, love?
While it does have an evangelical taint to it, it is at it's purest level: a consumer advocating a product they really love on their own volition. Granted, the cynic in me does often assume most to be astroturfers (which I don't find as creepy, as I do enraging). Although, this is nothing new (e.g. it always reminds me of the snake oil salesmen that had members of the audience that they have never met, before).
Any contest of strength or fighting is divided into weight classes for that very reason.
It is not for that reason, but for sport. A sport that has rules on what is allowed and isn't allowed (for instance you are not allowed to bang your opponent's head into concrete (just in the sake of fairness, you're also not allowed to shoot your opponent)).
We also value our property that has our blood, sweat, and tears put into earning it. I live in Texas. Enough is said by that alone, but I can legally shoot you even when your hands are full with my big screen TV (only by fearing for the loss of property--which would need to be shown to a grand jury; similar to needing to show fear for your life or someone else's as being the only way to claim self-defence--otherwise, in either case, it would be considered excessive force).
Supply and demand. They already have a steady supply of people straight off the street, so there is no need for H1B sponsorship or any of the hassles that come with it. I believe that's why he qualified the statement with, "any professional field with large amounts of unpaid interns". It is even worse than outsourcing or underpaying immigrants, since a large number people are willing to work for free just to get their foot in the door.
Pfft, just look at the size of the puny refrigerators in Europe. In all seriousness, though, I don't think "being lean" has any bearing on the quality of life (I guess I think of "being lean" more in the managerial style--efficient and continuously improving). That said, needing to go to the grocery store every other day doesn't seem more efficient to me.
It reminds me of requiring advertisements to mention all adverse side-effects--do people really base their medical decisions on what they "research" in a 30 second advertisement?!
but someone is always there and willing to take your place for longer hours at less pay.
Just as there is always someone who can do the job better than you at less cost. Either way it sounds like they should get the job. Imagine that: getting a job based on merit and not on seniority or nepotism.
Al least it will take a new batch a few years to get so corrupt!
Add some term limits to keep the problem at bay.
I was thinking about this the other day and wondered who would be more powerful in this situation, the senior about to be forced back into private life or the junior with fruitful civil servant years, still ahead?
I also believe term limits would reduce the efficacy of lobbying, since the people the lobbyists "know" are being replaced more often.
How very Machiavellian, but to answer your question, no it is not a positive result in my books because we are intended to be a nation of laws, not a nation of men. The doctor was acting in accordance with the law, however reprehensible I may "believe" it to be (quoted to emphasize the fact that I can recognize when my beliefs are rooted in philosophy and cannot be proven one way or the other (e.g. what is a person)).
And I am certainly not one to believe in the socialist principle that the good of the many outweighs the good of the individual. Conversely, I do believe in the libertarian principle that by protecting the liberties of every single individual you inherently protect the rights and freedoms of the many.
Anti-abortion is a pretty bad example to use of this when the argument being made is that a fetus is human life. If you wanted to argue in favor of consensual goat sodomy, then your point would have remained valid.
Check WalMart and see how much the CD section has shrunk in the last couple of years.
You are conveniently ignoring the enormous growth of digital distribution giants, such as iTunes, Amazon, and to a lesser extent, Google. Not everybody steals their entertainment.
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The phone companies are going to keep making this harder on all phones so you can't delete their crap ware. Most newer Android phones with ICS wont even let you change the memory card, just like Apple.
I thought that was solely due to the fact that people are too stupid to unmount their devices after writing to it....Apple just assumed that about their users from the start. ;-)
The law should favor criminals instead, then? :-p
False dichotomy....you forgot the option of favoring nobody and treating everyone equally under the law.
In Texas the Asian kid has to put at least one foot part way through your mantle before you can legally blow them to Kingdom Come.
Or be asking for help stealing your property.
"Just like AT&T beige phones were rented and not sold, these computers also wouldn't be your property," It is precisely the US gov't that you should thank for rectifying that situation
Thank you US gov't for crapping all over me and then being thoughtful enough to wipe off my face.
While I agree that the "great love" stuff is nauseating hyperbole Am I the only one who finds it flat out creepy? It has an evangelical taint to it.
Is it any different if you love a good restaurant or a fun bar? Is it only the fact that they are in love with an "evil corporation" or is the problem with the strength of the word, love?
While it does have an evangelical taint to it, it is at it's purest level: a consumer advocating a product they really love on their own volition. Granted, the cynic in me does often assume most to be astroturfers (which I don't find as creepy, as I do enraging). Although, this is nothing new (e.g. it always reminds me of the snake oil salesmen that had members of the audience that they have never met, before).
Maybe if progressive fascists hadn't co-opted the word such confusion would not exist. Now, they did and Jefferson turns in his grave.
Any contest of strength or fighting is divided into weight classes for that very reason.
It is not for that reason, but for sport. A sport that has rules on what is allowed and isn't allowed (for instance you are not allowed to bang your opponent's head into concrete (just in the sake of fairness, you're also not allowed to shoot your opponent)).
We also value our property that has our blood, sweat, and tears put into earning it. I live in Texas. Enough is said by that alone, but I can legally shoot you even when your hands are full with my big screen TV (only by fearing for the loss of property--which would need to be shown to a grand jury; similar to needing to show fear for your life or someone else's as being the only way to claim self-defence--otherwise, in either case, it would be considered excessive force).
Wikipedia definition of Agent Provacateur
and raise you one Wikipedia definition of jackass.
Have you seen how window glass shatters? Not so much like the guillotine you describe.
Some of us drive Model T's, you insensitive clod.
Are you going to run circuit traces on that?
No, but if it had a battery to save the time, in case of power failures, I would expect to be able to change that.
Supply and demand. They already have a steady supply of people straight off the street, so there is no need for H1B sponsorship or any of the hassles that come with it. I believe that's why he qualified the statement with, "any professional field with large amounts of unpaid interns". It is even worse than outsourcing or underpaying immigrants, since a large number people are willing to work for free just to get their foot in the door.
Pfft, just look at the size of the puny refrigerators in Europe. In all seriousness, though, I don't think "being lean" has any bearing on the quality of life (I guess I think of "being lean" more in the managerial style--efficient and continuously improving). That said, needing to go to the grocery store every other day doesn't seem more efficient to me.
wouldn't it be easier to disconnect the tracker than to buy a GPS jammer?
No they are fairly cheap and imagine a situation where the driver gets a random vehicle from a motor pool or regularly has to switch company vehicles.
Instead of "integrating the cloud" they should just integrate pac-man to give the user something to do while waiting.
but personal responsibility has to come into play
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! They do exist!
It reminds me of requiring advertisements to mention all adverse side-effects--do people really base their medical decisions on what they "research" in a 30 second advertisement?!
Even at poverty in the US, you still get to go to school, have vaccinations and so on.
And a majority of those also have more than 2 color TVs (including 1 plasma), a cell phone, and a car.
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but someone is always there and willing to take your place for longer hours at less pay.
Just as there is always someone who can do the job better than you at less cost. Either way it sounds like they should get the job. Imagine that: getting a job based on merit and not on seniority or nepotism.
Al least it will take a new batch a few years to get so corrupt!
Add some term limits to keep the problem at bay.
I was thinking about this the other day and wondered who would be more powerful in this situation, the senior about to be forced back into private life or the junior with fruitful civil servant years, still ahead?
I also believe term limits would reduce the efficacy of lobbying, since the people the lobbyists "know" are being replaced more often.
How very Machiavellian, but to answer your question, no it is not a positive result in my books because we are intended to be a nation of laws, not a nation of men. The doctor was acting in accordance with the law, however reprehensible I may "believe" it to be (quoted to emphasize the fact that I can recognize when my beliefs are rooted in philosophy and cannot be proven one way or the other (e.g. what is a person)).
And I am certainly not one to believe in the socialist principle that the good of the many outweighs the good of the individual. Conversely, I do believe in the libertarian principle that by protecting the liberties of every single individual you inherently protect the rights and freedoms of the many.
If they actually believed that, they should celebrate the murder of Dr. Tiller.
So let me get this straight, if you think murder is wrong then you should not be outraged when a lynching occurs?
because it hurts some persons
Anti-abortion is a pretty bad example to use of this when the argument being made is that a fetus is human life. If you wanted to argue in favor of consensual goat sodomy, then your point would have remained valid.
So your goal is to prevent people from screwing up? And you call the GP stupid???
That is unless your ass actually is Process Explorer
I would suddenly begin to love showing people why their computers are running so slowly.
Check WalMart and see how much the CD section has shrunk in the last couple of years.
You are conveniently ignoring the enormous growth of digital distribution giants, such as iTunes, Amazon, and to a lesser extent, Google. Not everybody steals their entertainment.