No way, Erector is hardcore with metal and stuff, not a bunch of kiddie-colored plastic bricks. Good luck drawing blood with a LEGO kit. Pinch a finger, maybe.
Uh...I guarantee you there is somebody out there writing Apple ][e software...and yes, they probably have Linux running on it, too. Nerds are a strange and wonderful species.
*I* choose what I view. If I want to download raw HTML and parse it mad-libs style, then I will.
I remember when cable TV was largely ad-free. The relevance here is that not only will the future WWW not be free, it will STILL have obnoxious ads, and what's more you will be required to use IE with mandatory ad viewing (a la DVD players) to view your paid-for content.
This decision was correct (and I'm a raging libertarian). The Constitution does not place any requirement on the taking of private property, other than that you get just compensation.
The SCotUS was correct. Federal courts should not be in a position to second-guess local governments' interpretations of use (barring other unconstitutional issues, such as race-related takings); furthermore, there is no fundamental right of yours being violated, either implied or expressed in the Constitution.
That being said, yes, the cases involved are egregious. When the gubmint takes from one private party and gives to another, it is interfering with free trade, which any right-minded conservative must be against. Compound this with the fact that government is owned by the rich, including rich land developers, you have a recipe for evil. I'm glad, actually; maybe people will wake up and realize that BushCorp and subsidiaries are fucking evil.
Back in the day, we sent out tens of thousands (60k?) of mailers (4 pages + envelopes), all printed with the 6L. That cheap little thing churned 'em out just fine, with occasional toner refills. Too bad we didn't make any money, but at least we didn't spend a lot on a laser printer;)
The power of being rich comes not in what you can do, but in what you can make others do. It is a more satisfying flexing of power to have people blind themselves rather than to bother wearing clothes (cf. the Emperor's new clothes).
Some day people will realize AGAIN that Internet ads do not bring in business, they only create an inflating spiral of money between dot-coms advertising each other.
If Google made ad money, that's because they were in essence taking candy from other businesses that are blowing their VC on advertising instead of sustainable revenue models. Not that I'm complaining--the great VC rape of the 90s was a superb way of transferring money from the stupid rich to the working class. It was great for the economy. This is why high taxes on the rich are a good idea for everyone, the money works its way to people who actually spend it.
Since they stripped out every other feature from Longhorn, that would make Avalanche its only feature. Somehow I doubt they will disrupt the zen perfection of a null upgrade.
My point is politicians cater to those voting for them.
Spoken like a patsy from the faithful opposition. Democracy is broken. Politicians cater to whomever can provide them with their emoluments. In America, that would be--the rich! Sure, democracy could magically start working, but the systematic control of education and media in the US pretty much guarantees it can't.
I'm sick of people deriding it as "class warfare" when it's pointed out that perhaps the rich who control things don't have the most altruistic of intentions. Yes, it is class warfare. And you are losing.
Everyone who does anything computer/OS-related is just "reinventing Unix poorly". Why, even those newfangled *BSDs are just ripoffs of the original. In fact, if you aren't using punchcards and a PDP-11 to run your OS, you are just a no-talent assmonkey.
It'll be like "The Dukes of Hazzard" with a land speeder instead of a Charger (call it the "General Ackbar"). Luke and his step-brother Bo zip around Tatooine running Corellian moonshine, while their sexy adopted Twi'lek cousin Deyzee distracts the klutzy bounty hunters that Boss Jabba sends after them. It's must-see TV!!
The human race will kill itself long before any of these things are an issue. Ever wonder why there's no sign of intelligent life in the universe? Because intelligence is its own worst enemy. I think Clarke had something to say about that...
These are all overhyped niche companies. This is what the US produces nowadays, instead of steel, lumber, food, etc. What a fine foundation for future poverty we've laid.
The Republic of China, whose capital is Taipei, has democracy and free speech. Those Maoist insurgents on the mainland are illegitimate. There is only One China!
"Your guilty conscience may force you to vote democratic, but deep down inside you secretly long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king!"
Television can't be wrong, now, can it? Especially when it became oh so true.
...for an anonymous cowardly jack@ss. Your razor wit has cut to the chase like a surgeon's scalpel, excising with deft precision the cancerous inanity of the parent, and dangled it distastefully from your derisive forceps to be publicly mocked. Or perhaps you merely expose the imposture of the Emperor's exposure by employing ad hominem rhetoric?
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You should be working, not perspiring! If you don't like it, you can go work for Pixar. Um...I mean, you can go work for Don Bluth, yeah.
Just don't let Sauron know about Frodo, m'kay?
No way, Erector is hardcore with metal and stuff, not a bunch of kiddie-colored plastic bricks. Good luck drawing blood with a LEGO kit. Pinch a finger, maybe.
Uh...I guarantee you there is somebody out there writing Apple ][e software...and yes, they probably have Linux running on it, too. Nerds are a strange and wonderful species.
*I* choose what I view. If I want to download raw HTML and parse it mad-libs style, then I will.
I remember when cable TV was largely ad-free. The relevance here is that not only will the future WWW not be free, it will STILL have obnoxious ads, and what's more you will be required to use IE with mandatory ad viewing (a la DVD players) to view your paid-for content.
BITE ME, CAPITALIST PIGDOGS
This decision was correct (and I'm a raging libertarian). The Constitution does not place any requirement on the taking of private property, other than that you get just compensation.
The SCotUS was correct. Federal courts should not be in a position to second-guess local governments' interpretations of use (barring other unconstitutional issues, such as race-related takings); furthermore, there is no fundamental right of yours being violated, either implied or expressed in the Constitution.
That being said, yes, the cases involved are egregious. When the gubmint takes from one private party and gives to another, it is interfering with free trade, which any right-minded conservative must be against. Compound this with the fact that government is owned by the rich, including rich land developers, you have a recipe for evil. I'm glad, actually; maybe people will wake up and realize that BushCorp and subsidiaries are fucking evil.
Back in the day, we sent out tens of thousands (60k?) of mailers (4 pages + envelopes), all printed with the 6L. That cheap little thing churned 'em out just fine, with occasional toner refills. Too bad we didn't make any money, but at least we didn't spend a lot on a laser printer ;)
The power of being rich comes not in what you can do, but in what you can make others do. It is a more satisfying flexing of power to have people blind themselves rather than to bother wearing clothes (cf. the Emperor's new clothes).
Some day people will realize AGAIN that Internet ads do not bring in business, they only create an inflating spiral of money between dot-coms advertising each other.
If Google made ad money, that's because they were in essence taking candy from other businesses that are blowing their VC on advertising instead of sustainable revenue models. Not that I'm complaining--the great VC rape of the 90s was a superb way of transferring money from the stupid rich to the working class. It was great for the economy. This is why high taxes on the rich are a good idea for everyone, the money works its way to people who actually spend it.
Since they stripped out every other feature from Longhorn, that would make Avalanche its only feature. Somehow I doubt they will disrupt the zen perfection of a null upgrade.
They just found their niches early and outmaneuvered and/or outlasted their competitors.
Even so, competition is good. Too bad the goal of competition is to win, which then ends the competition.
Might as well use yacc/bison to generate a LALR parser while you're being stupid about it.
My point is politicians cater to those voting for them.
Spoken like a patsy from the faithful opposition. Democracy is broken. Politicians cater to whomever can provide them with their emoluments. In America, that would be--the rich! Sure, democracy could magically start working, but the systematic control of education and media in the US pretty much guarantees it can't.
I'm sick of people deriding it as "class warfare" when it's pointed out that perhaps the rich who control things don't have the most altruistic of intentions. Yes, it is class warfare. And you are losing.
Everyone who does anything computer/OS-related is just "reinventing Unix poorly". Why, even those newfangled *BSDs are just ripoffs of the original. In fact, if you aren't using punchcards and a PDP-11 to run your OS, you are just a no-talent assmonkey.
It'll be like "The Dukes of Hazzard" with a land speeder instead of a Charger (call it the "General Ackbar"). Luke and his step-brother Bo zip around Tatooine running Corellian moonshine, while their sexy adopted Twi'lek cousin Deyzee distracts the klutzy bounty hunters that Boss Jabba sends after them. It's must-see TV!!
Just make sure that two-pixel pink blob isn't a guy.
The human race will kill itself long before any of these things are an issue. Ever wonder why there's no sign of intelligent life in the universe? Because intelligence is its own worst enemy. I think Clarke had something to say about that...
These are all overhyped niche companies. This is what the US produces nowadays, instead of steel, lumber, food, etc. What a fine foundation for future poverty we've laid.
Like search engines, on-line e-mail, shopping? What next, blog hosting?
The Republic of China, whose capital is Taipei, has democracy and free speech. Those Maoist insurgents on the mainland are illegitimate. There is only One China!
"Your guilty conscience may force you to vote democratic, but deep down inside you secretly
long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king!"
Television can't be wrong, now, can it? Especially when it became oh so true.
...for an anonymous cowardly jack@ss. Your razor wit has cut to the chase like a surgeon's scalpel, excising with deft precision the cancerous inanity of the parent, and dangled it distastefully from your derisive forceps to be publicly mocked. Or perhaps you merely expose the imposture of the Emperor's exposure by employing ad hominem rhetoric?
I got a northbridge in Brooklyn to sell ya, too.
It only encourages them to survive.
...you might as well advocate Esperanto.