The culture just isn't what it used to be, and besides that, people are getting burned out, considering the kind of hours we've kept for the last howevermany years. Not to mention that management has made some bad decisions lately that have hurt the company, and there's a murmur of concern going around that Cars is going to be Pixar's first ho-hum movie.
As a proud owner of a Rio Karma, I wanted to get the most out of that player's superior sound quality (take that, iPod!), so I picked up a pair of Etymotic ER-6 earplugs. They provide about 35 dB of sound isolation, and the sound quality is utterly amazing. I've never had to pump the volume on my Karma past 20% while using them - and when I'm listening to music with them, I can't hear the phone ring three feet away (another huge benefit).
There has been an incident on Praxis. However, everything is under control, we have no need for assistance. Obey treaty stipulations and remain outside the Neutral Zone. This transmission ends now.
And no, socialism and fascism are different things.
The parent poster wasn't equating socialism and fascism, but I believe he/she was pointing out that China is still partially a command economy, and that command economies inevitably have significant distortions.
while Baidu think more fitting for the Chinese Culture, for example. If you type in the name of the singer and the song title, Baidu is willing to lead you to dozen of direct MP3 link to the download of that song
Too bad, since the Rio Karma is still the best disk-based player on the market, by far.
I was hoping to abuse my Best Buy replacement plan to get this when it hit the market. But now I'm either going to have to either upgrade to an iRiver or kiss the $30 I spent for the replacement plan goodbye. Sigh.
p.s. Yes, I have no qualms about screwing Best Buy.
Nobody has to wonder why terrorists flew planes into American buildings; the architects of the attack were quite clear on why they did it, and it has little if anything to do with intellectual property law. Also, labeling the entire population of a country as "morons" doesn't exactly make you sound enlightened.
See, here in the real world, writers and engineers need to eat this stuff called "food," and although technically it does grow on trees, the people who own those trees don't just give it away simply because you're writing a cool book or designing the next great widget.
And if you want to talk about competitiveness, how's this: Instead of inventing anything myself, I'll just sit back and let you invent it (and incur the research expenses of doing so), and then I'll copy that and sell it. Instantaneously, I'm more competitive than you are, because I don't have to cover R&D costs and thus can sell the product at a lower price. How does that sound to you?
1. Just because American IP law doesn't apply in another country doesn't mean that the other country is exempt from ethical standards. Let's say you write a book, and tomorrow you find that someone is printing and selling it in Venezuela without your permission. Would that be okay with you, just because there's no Venezuelan law against it? (Note: there might be a Venezuelan law against it, IANAVL.)
2. I often hear the "no patents will result in greater competition" argument, but nobody can seem to explain why. Patents help ensure financial rewards for innovation, and isn't that what motivates commercial competition?
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deceives person2 into buying it in good faith
Do you really think person2 was deceived? Or buying the laptop in good faith? Puh-leese.
The culture just isn't what it used to be, and besides that, people are getting burned out, considering the kind of hours we've kept for the last howevermany years. Not to mention that management has made some bad decisions lately that have hurt the company, and there's a murmur of concern going around that Cars is going to be Pixar's first ho-hum movie.
As Dean himself would say: "RWAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Please hurry. One of them got loose, came over to the States and became President.
an unlimited supply of Xena tapes
F*ck that, Xena's a Cylon!
There's almost certainly a feature that forwards politically incriminating emails to the Chinese authorities.
F*ck Yahoo.
Can you pause him when the phone rings?
As a proud owner of a Rio Karma, I wanted to get the most out of that player's superior sound quality (take that, iPod!), so I picked up a pair of Etymotic ER-6 earplugs. They provide about 35 dB of sound isolation, and the sound quality is utterly amazing. I've never had to pump the volume on my Karma past 20% while using them - and when I'm listening to music with them, I can't hear the phone ring three feet away (another huge benefit).
There has been an incident on Praxis. However, everything is under control, we have no need for assistance. Obey treaty stipulations and remain outside the Neutral Zone. This transmission ends now.
From your sig:
What is your penile percentile?
Visiting the page I get:
Object not found!
Now, that's not very nice.
I work at a junkmail factory
Die. I didn't RTFA, but
Die, die, DIE!
I am an american
No, you are most definitely not.
There is, but it's rated XXX and their "powers" can't be described on a family-oriented website.
And no, socialism and fascism are different things.
The parent poster wasn't equating socialism and fascism, but I believe he/she was pointing out that China is still partially a command economy, and that command economies inevitably have significant distortions.
Maybe, but they might not want to own more than that. Baidu's P/E ratio is a whopping 1500:1 as of right now.
while Baidu think more fitting for the Chinese Culture, for example. If you type in the name of the singer and the song title, Baidu is willing to lead you to dozen of direct MP3 link to the download of that song
Ah, the Chinese cultural value of... piracy?
If you think software has a very low barrier to entry, feel free to fund the development of a competitor to MS Office.
Better yet, simply collide politions into their antiparticle, the honestron.
Too bad, since the Rio Karma is still the best disk-based player on the market, by far.
I was hoping to abuse my Best Buy replacement plan to get this when it hit the market. But now I'm either going to have to either upgrade to an iRiver or kiss the $30 I spent for the replacement plan goodbye. Sigh.
p.s. Yes, I have no qualms about screwing Best Buy.
a little bit of column A and a little bit of column B
Clever. Wish I had mod points.
Senator Frist is not a member of the Bush Administration. He serves in the legislative branch of the government.
Nobody has to wonder why terrorists flew planes into American buildings; the architects of the attack were quite clear on why they did it, and it has little if anything to do with intellectual property law. Also, labeling the entire population of a country as "morons" doesn't exactly make you sound enlightened.
... to the word "hacker."
See, here in the real world, writers and engineers need to eat this stuff called "food," and although technically it does grow on trees, the people who own those trees don't just give it away simply because you're writing a cool book or designing the next great widget.
And if you want to talk about competitiveness, how's this: Instead of inventing anything myself, I'll just sit back and let you invent it (and incur the research expenses of doing so), and then I'll copy that and sell it. Instantaneously, I'm more competitive than you are, because I don't have to cover R&D costs and thus can sell the product at a lower price. How does that sound to you?
1. Just because American IP law doesn't apply in another country doesn't mean that the other country is exempt from ethical standards. Let's say you write a book, and tomorrow you find that someone is printing and selling it in Venezuela without your permission. Would that be okay with you, just because there's no Venezuelan law against it? (Note: there might be a Venezuelan law against it, IANAVL.)
2. I often hear the "no patents will result in greater competition" argument, but nobody can seem to explain why. Patents help ensure financial rewards for innovation, and isn't that what motivates commercial competition?