Still doesn't change the fact that given the CHOICE, most of us would toss windows in a heartbeat. If the rest of the world could decide on a universal standard for document formats, we wouldn't need to use MS Office. (Or pirate it) If enough game developers would take the leap and start making games with Linux binaries as well as Windows, we wouldn't need to pirate a copy of Windows to play.
You can call us hypocrites all you like, but the one of the reasons we resent Microsoft so much is that we're FORCED to use it to accomplish certain tasks. The "if you don't like it, don't eat" mentality isn't going to change our minds.
As far as "being productive" on a laptop goes, there are basically 2 types of people who NEED their laptops. Managers, executives, and other pointy-hair types who simply cannot make it through a night at home or on the road without checking email, and system administrators who need to be able to access their systems after getting paged at 3:00am. Speaking from the perspective of the second type, I can say that Linux was preferable for that usage. Thank god for a Linux Citrix client. As far as the former type, they're too stupid to use an OS that doesn't hold their hand anyway, and probably aren't the type that are bitching about lack of standards/applications in Linux.
If the cable companies get their way, the smaller ISPs won't be able to afford their niche market's internet habits. Bandwidth still costs them money, and as large media companies control more and more of the major backbone service providers, they could drive the costs of bandwidth to the point where smaller organizations couldn't afford to have customers anymore. (assuming all us "bandwidth hogs" are using the smaller less restrictive ISPs)
Scary isn't it? Vote libertarian this election. Protect yourself from souless conglomerate whores.
I heard that you contacted Henry Rollins yourself to co-host the show with you. What made you choose him specifically? Are you a fan of his music/spoken word, a friend, or what? (I think you made a good choice, btw, Rollins has the kind of brash yet intelligent personality that fits this kind of show.)
Advertising is an attempt to make commerce take place.
Firing bullets over state lines, as a form of advertising or not, is illegal in and of itself.
I'm not saying I'm siding with the spammer, his actions were illegal as far as I'm concerned. Spammers should be separated into component atoms and scattered about the galaxy. But it was still commerce, or at least an attempt to make it take place. (i.e. get people to buy his shit)
Since it started offering a product or service in exchange for money. Ethical and legal issues aside, spam is most certainly commerce. So is drug trafficking. So is prostitution.
2) LG having the patents does not prevent MS from doing anything UNLESS LG sues MS for patent infringment. This costs huge amounts of money.
There are many lawyers who make a pretty good living by taking cases like this and only being paid unless they win. The payoff in a case like this could be in the 10s of millions, meaning the standard 15-20% legal fee would be in the millions. Not a bad gamble for a possibly high payout. Judges love to hate Microsoft, remember.
State and Federal government are 2 different entities in the eyes of the court. If you're supposed to be in Federal Court for a trial, but can't make it because some podunk town threw you into detox after catching you driving drunk, you'd be held in contempt or found guilty (depending on the charge) for not showing up.
I am not a lawyer, but I've taken a few law classes. (and I watch Law and Order) =P
The reason companies keep a deathgrip on patents is that the longer they hold them, the more cash they can make. If the quantity of money they make is the same regardless, they have no reason to keep it any longer than it takes to dump it off. It's also hard to put a dollar amount on these things because of differing development costs, advertising costs, and other overhead. Does the money they are allowed to earn with it come from net or gross profits?
Overall, I think this is one of the best ideas I've heard for patent reform, but the implementation would need a lot more detail. The premise is sound, however....if nothing else than for the acceleration in bringing new products to the market.
I got my info from an old air force B2 pilot (vietnam/cold war era) who was later involved in design. (he was an engineer after the military) Perhaps only marginally more reliable than "some fool in a bar" considering he is also a notorious bullshit artist. But if he's shitting me, he's been carrying it on for years with not only me but his son as well.
But anyway, regardless of the actual mechanism, I'm betting these "fireballs" were a military craft.
I thought it was fairly common knowledge that the super secret pet flight project of the government is the "Aurora". They use external combustion, essentially igniting the fuel on the wings of the plane to provide thrust. I'm not an aeronautics engineer, so I have no idea how or why that's any better than current technology, but they've been testing them for years, causing many a "UFO" sighting.
Considering that there's a couple of Air Force bases around here (Colorado), not to mention being within flight distance to Nevada, Utah, and other desolate places used for testing, it doesn't surprise me that they were seen.
In a few more years, when all of the paper MCSEs that never had a clue to begin with are working at McDonald's and the rest of the decent programmers, admins, and engineers have gone back to school and moved on to other careers, do you think there will be a sudden resurgence in high paying IT jobs?
Right now it's an employers market, they have the luxury of sifting through hundreds of resumes to find the lackey that fits best and works for the least money....will they have this same luxury in 5 more years when their networks are falling apart and they can't find a decent tech to save their lives?
You need a solid economy to wage any kind of real war. Don't you play any RTS games? =P
Our citizens are happier than China's anyway....if we were to get into an extended war with them, they would crack before we did. Most Chinese fear and distrust the government. (whereas only the SMART Americans do)
ou rarely ever hear of the massive amount of child pornography, illegal software, or other things that make sleeping a little harder.
I can see maybe kiddie porn causing you some distress, you may have kids and all, but why on Earth would software pirates make you lose sleep?
As far as Chris getting to use a computer on the inside, computers and monitored access of the internet are part of the prison system that your tax dollars are paying for for ALL prisoners. Why take it away from the one guy in there who pirated some software? Being in prison is punishment enough, don't you think? Besides, they're probably making him use Windows.
I will not download pirated movies from the Internet. I will not download pirated movies from the Internet. I will not download pirated movies from the Internet.
That's because when man wrote it, there were no expeditions to outer space or really any science at all yet. It's mythology, it just happened to catch on with those at the top of the social ladder because its punitive and viral nature made it easier to control others.
Even so, while ammonia may have certain physical properties that are similar to water, water's ability to be amphoteric (act as either an acid or base) as well as its polarity and solvency are what make it unique and contribute to the life process. There really is no substitute for water.
So has the USA. Remember slavery, Jim Crow, Martin Luther King, McCarthyism, Japanese concentration camps?
Don't forget War on Drugs, War on Terrorism, corporate fraud, and the 1970s. (possibly the worst of them all)
I had no idea South Africa had improved so much. Just goes to show how little our media tells us about what's happening in countries that we don't want to destroy.
I think BMW lost a little class after every single dot-commer and his dog bought one. If you want to show off your money and be high tech, Mercedes all the way, with a Caddy being a distant second. (but please for the love of god, no more freakin Escalades)
It's not that easy, pal. We've been trying to get out of Denver for months now. It costs real money to move, and more apartments or houses for rent won't let you in without a job, even if you have some cash on hand. And many employers won't hire someone from out of state unless they can get there for an interview in person. (Which the employer does not pay for and we can't afford doing for "maybe" getting a job)
As far as points 2 and 3 go, heh, yeah, you're dead on there. There's ALWAYS someone better than you out there, and when so many people are unemployed, chances are good that someone is applying for the same job.
A used Mercedes C class maybe? You can get a 2-3 year old one for about 30-40k, and they're awfully pimp. Mercedes engineers are brilliant, everything is well designed and high tech, and the car itself drives and handles well. And you can get em cheap and in good shape from all the techies who lost their jobs after getting a $600/month car payment and had to sell it.
NO kidding dude.....I live in Denver and the market here is pretty bad for techies too. I started applying to jobs in Oregon thinking that maybe it wouldn't be as glutted....20 resumes later and not even a polite rejection letter, and I went back to school. Fuck the tech sector, I'm getting into something else.
I never proposed that this hypothetical situation would be better or worse than the current situation. All I said was that without IP law, the GPL would not need to exist. That is a correct statement in and of itself.
Here's another one. Without computers, the internet would not need to exist.
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Still doesn't change the fact that given the CHOICE, most of us would toss windows in a heartbeat. If the rest of the world could decide on a universal standard for document formats, we wouldn't need to use MS Office. (Or pirate it) If enough game developers would take the leap and start making games with Linux binaries as well as Windows, we wouldn't need to pirate a copy of Windows to play.
You can call us hypocrites all you like, but the one of the reasons we resent Microsoft so much is that we're FORCED to use it to accomplish certain tasks. The "if you don't like it, don't eat" mentality isn't going to change our minds.
As far as "being productive" on a laptop goes, there are basically 2 types of people who NEED their laptops. Managers, executives, and other pointy-hair types who simply cannot make it through a night at home or on the road without checking email, and system administrators who need to be able to access their systems after getting paged at 3:00am. Speaking from the perspective of the second type, I can say that Linux was preferable for that usage. Thank god for a Linux Citrix client. As far as the former type, they're too stupid to use an OS that doesn't hold their hand anyway, and probably aren't the type that are bitching about lack of standards/applications in Linux.
If the cable companies get their way, the smaller ISPs won't be able to afford their niche market's internet habits. Bandwidth still costs them money, and as large media companies control more and more of the major backbone service providers, they could drive the costs of bandwidth to the point where smaller organizations couldn't afford to have customers anymore. (assuming all us "bandwidth hogs" are using the smaller less restrictive ISPs)
Scary isn't it? Vote libertarian this election. Protect yourself from souless conglomerate whores.
Considering the average funeral costs about $15,000, I'd say that's a pretty good break.
I heard that you contacted Henry Rollins yourself to co-host the show with you. What made you choose him specifically? Are you a fan of his music/spoken word, a friend, or what? (I think you made a good choice, btw, Rollins has the kind of brash yet intelligent personality that fits this kind of show.)
Advertising is an attempt to make commerce take place.
Firing bullets over state lines, as a form of advertising or not, is illegal in and of itself.
I'm not saying I'm siding with the spammer, his actions were illegal as far as I'm concerned. Spammers should be separated into component atoms and scattered about the galaxy. But it was still commerce, or at least an attempt to make it take place. (i.e. get people to buy his shit)
Since it started offering a product or service in exchange for money. Ethical and legal issues aside, spam is most certainly commerce. So is drug trafficking. So is prostitution.
Sarcasm doesn't translate to text very well. Besides, I think you just didn't read the article and are ashamed that you got busted. ;)
2) LG having the patents does not prevent MS from doing anything UNLESS LG sues MS for patent infringment. This costs huge amounts of money.
There are many lawyers who make a pretty good living by taking cases like this and only being paid unless they win. The payoff in a case like this could be in the 10s of millions, meaning the standard 15-20% legal fee would be in the millions. Not a bad gamble for a possibly high payout. Judges love to hate Microsoft, remember.
State and Federal government are 2 different entities in the eyes of the court. If you're supposed to be in Federal Court for a trial, but can't make it because some podunk town threw you into detox after catching you driving drunk, you'd be held in contempt or found guilty (depending on the charge) for not showing up.
I am not a lawyer, but I've taken a few law classes. (and I watch Law and Order) =P
I like your idea but not your argument.
The reason companies keep a deathgrip on patents is that the longer they hold them, the more cash they can make. If the quantity of money they make is the same regardless, they have no reason to keep it any longer than it takes to dump it off. It's also hard to put a dollar amount on these things because of differing development costs, advertising costs, and other overhead. Does the money they are allowed to earn with it come from net or gross profits?
Overall, I think this is one of the best ideas I've heard for patent reform, but the implementation would need a lot more detail. The premise is sound, however....if nothing else than for the acceleration in bringing new products to the market.
I got my info from an old air force B2 pilot (vietnam/cold war era) who was later involved in design. (he was an engineer after the military) Perhaps only marginally more reliable than "some fool in a bar" considering he is also a notorious bullshit artist. But if he's shitting me, he's been carrying it on for years with not only me but his son as well.
But anyway, regardless of the actual mechanism, I'm betting these "fireballs" were a military craft.
I thought it was fairly common knowledge that the super secret pet flight project of the government is the "Aurora". They use external combustion, essentially igniting the fuel on the wings of the plane to provide thrust. I'm not an aeronautics engineer, so I have no idea how or why that's any better than current technology, but they've been testing them for years, causing many a "UFO" sighting.
Considering that there's a couple of Air Force bases around here (Colorado), not to mention being within flight distance to Nevada, Utah, and other desolate places used for testing, it doesn't surprise me that they were seen.
In a few more years, when all of the paper MCSEs that never had a clue to begin with are working at McDonald's and the rest of the decent programmers, admins, and engineers have gone back to school and moved on to other careers, do you think there will be a sudden resurgence in high paying IT jobs?
Right now it's an employers market, they have the luxury of sifting through hundreds of resumes to find the lackey that fits best and works for the least money....will they have this same luxury in 5 more years when their networks are falling apart and they can't find a decent tech to save their lives?
You need a solid economy to wage any kind of real war. Don't you play any RTS games? =P
Our citizens are happier than China's anyway....if we were to get into an extended war with them, they would crack before we did. Most Chinese fear and distrust the government. (whereas only the SMART Americans do)
Does it sit well with anyone here that someone who cracked into FBI computers gets the same prison sentence as Chris Tresco? What bullshit.
I mean, come on....threat to national security vs. (arguably) lost revenue.
ou rarely ever hear of the massive amount of child pornography, illegal software, or other things that make sleeping a little harder.
I can see maybe kiddie porn causing you some distress, you may have kids and all, but why on Earth would software pirates make you lose sleep?
As far as Chris getting to use a computer on the inside, computers and monitored access of the internet are part of the prison system that your tax dollars are paying for for ALL prisoners. Why take it away from the one guy in there who pirated some software? Being in prison is punishment enough, don't you think? Besides, they're probably making him use Windows.
hehe....or perhaps even:
I will not download pirated movies from the Internet.
I will not download pirated movies from the Internet.
I will not download pirated movies from the Internet.
That's because when man wrote it, there were no expeditions to outer space or really any science at all yet. It's mythology, it just happened to catch on with those at the top of the social ladder because its punitive and viral nature made it easier to control others.
Even so, while ammonia may have certain physical properties that are similar to water, water's ability to be amphoteric (act as either an acid or base) as well as its polarity and solvency are what make it unique and contribute to the life process. There really is no substitute for water.
So has the USA. Remember slavery, Jim Crow, Martin Luther King, McCarthyism, Japanese concentration camps?
Don't forget War on Drugs, War on Terrorism, corporate fraud, and the 1970s. (possibly the worst of them all)
I had no idea South Africa had improved so much. Just goes to show how little our media tells us about what's happening in countries that we don't want to destroy.
I think BMW lost a little class after every single dot-commer and his dog bought one. If you want to show off your money and be high tech, Mercedes all the way, with a Caddy being a distant second. (but please for the love of god, no more freakin Escalades)
the area you live in sucks. MOVE.
It's not that easy, pal. We've been trying to get out of Denver for months now. It costs real money to move, and more apartments or houses for rent won't let you in without a job, even if you have some cash on hand. And many employers won't hire someone from out of state unless they can get there for an interview in person. (Which the employer does not pay for and we can't afford doing for "maybe" getting a job)
As far as points 2 and 3 go, heh, yeah, you're dead on there. There's ALWAYS someone better than you out there, and when so many people are unemployed, chances are good that someone is applying for the same job.
A used Mercedes C class maybe? You can get a 2-3 year old one for about 30-40k, and they're awfully pimp. Mercedes engineers are brilliant, everything is well designed and high tech, and the car itself drives and handles well. And you can get em cheap and in good shape from all the techies who lost their jobs after getting a $600/month car payment and had to sell it.
NO kidding dude.....I live in Denver and the market here is pretty bad for techies too. I started applying to jobs in Oregon thinking that maybe it wouldn't be as glutted....20 resumes later and not even a polite rejection letter, and I went back to school. Fuck the tech sector, I'm getting into something else.
I never proposed that this hypothetical situation would be better or worse than the current situation. All I said was that without IP law, the GPL would not need to exist. That is a correct statement in and of itself.
Here's another one. Without computers, the internet would not need to exist.
Jeez, can't a guy be pedantic anymore?