There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. For different people there's no right or wrong controller. I love the XBox Controller-S (I hated the original, big, clunky one) so much that I use it to play PC games (WoW-360 mod for World of Warcraft, FPS games, not RTS though lol) as well as XBox games. I think the fact that it has triggers are pretty intuitive for FPS shooters as well as nice offset control sticks. I have a hard time using the PS2 controllers (which I also have) as I can't stand the shoulder buttons. That's just my hand preference though. Ultimately it would be nice if the controllers were somewhat compatible with each other so people can use whatever controller they want.
First, Google is not a monopoly by definition because there are other search engines out there that are available (and frequently used). Just because you only use Google doesn't mean everyone does. Being the largest fish in the sea doesn't make you the only fish in the sea.
Second, legally, Google is innocent until proven guilty where it resides. In the legal system a monopoly is similar in respects to a convicted felon. Google was never convicted, nor even charge as a monopoly, and as such are innocent of that charge until proven otherwise. The alternative would be to settle charges and admit to being a monopoly without being convicted, but this has not happen as there have been NO charges as such.
Until they meet either of those situations, they are most certainly not a monopoly. Believe it or not, there are still people that search on the internet and do not even know what Google is.
Actually, no. I don't think I've ever met anyone that was treated for cancer via a nuclear warhead. Also, electricity where I lived previously was provided by a nuclear power station and not a warhead. I don't even think it's possible to do either of those things with a nuclear warhead, though I could be wrong.
Nuclear science, on the other hand, has provided many benefits as well as disadvantages. Nuclear weapons would fall in as a subset of nuclear science, meaning nuclear science is needed for nuclear weapons but not vice versa. It is true that nuclear science was advanced due to nuclear weapon research, but nuclear science does not require nuclear weapons to exist (though other circumstances in the world may dictate whether they should or should not, without regard to any related science). People postulated ideas about the atoms and actually advanced radiation theory during the 1800s, well before nuclear weapons came about. In fact, some of the earliest nuclear scientists died due to their research, before they fully understood radiation's effects.
Technology is really amazing, though, so it's quite possible someone can indeed find a case where a nuclear weapon of some sort is treating someone for cancer or providing electricity.
Disclaimer: This isn't a pro- or con- argument for nuclear weapons. Your statement was just too short-sighted to leave alone.
If they are obviously just being lazy and skimping out on the requirements (large distribution with plenty of donations to come in that could cover such things, then they need to get their heads out and start offering it up. For the small hobbyist that's doing it alone for fun on his home website he can stick it out and see what happens. Going after the little guys isn't helping the RIAA and MPAA very much in the public eye, so I doubt that it would help the FSF much either (should they pursue it). Copyright infringement is the same before the law whether its 'free' software or music and movies.
Hell, they could set up torrents for their binaries (assuming they have another place to seed them from) if they have to take them down from their site because they aren't hosting the source.
I think Eve Online (in its current state) goes to show that interpreted languages can be a favorable choice to develop in. From what I have read, it uses Stackless Python extensively, which is what they are claiming makes the online game as fast as it is (c/c++).
lol.. I'll take the latest ones as intentional:-) You did make your point. For some people, the point is less prominant when they encounter errors in spelling and grammer (I guess the attention shifts). I do it myself. I run into it all the time. It's just something that happens.
"Good points, however you lose credibility when you misuse business speak. RIO is not just an acronym to mean "Return on Investment" in the sense of how the phrase is used by everyday people. ROI is a specific finance equation that is:"
I'm guessing you meant ROI in both instances (not RIO). Spelling something incorrectly normally doesn't bother me unless someone does it while correcting someone else. If I am incorrect, then I apologize. It goes with an old saying about making sure your shit doesn't stink before you complain about someone else's.
It has nothing to do with Wal-Mart's buying power. It's the wal-mart customers' buying power. I shop at Wal-Mart. There are pros and cons of that. So, in effect, I have detemined what happens to the video game industry. If you're going to blame someone, blame the people that shop there. Without us, Wal-Mart would've never made it out of Arkansas.
I wouldn't single out XBOX Live if paying anything is the problem, as the PC version charges 1.99 for each of those mods (and more of them are available I believe). The only real complaint I could see as valid vs the XBox Live version is that it's 50 cents more expensive than the PC version. Other than that, the mod-selling phenomenon isn't restricted to Live (unless you're intent on bashing Live regardless).
You're right. Technology is a tool that can be used for both good and evil. Surveillance is something that can be used for both good and evil. However, early Americans believed (from history, I imagine) that is most cases it will be used mostly for evil, thereby increasing the risk vs the benefits that it may be used for good. If it were the other way around, it would be more than fine to disarm the public (because the government will protect us), allow the police to install cameras in all homes as a requirement (it will only be used to good purposes), and so forth. Early on people decided that the best government is one that you do not trust, so that the your trust cannot be abused. Hence, we have various checks and balances in our system, including a right to privacy from others and the government. If there is a need to violate that right, a warrant will be issued, which is perfectly legal.
Also, he wasn't giving those as examples of why UAV surveillance is evil. He was giving them as examples as to why nobody will stand up to the government if they believe that UAV domestic serveillance is evil. One of the reasons peaceful protests are a thing of the past are because people are quite ignorant. You just helped that point along. Read his statement carefully. Heh, and I'm not even for OR against this as I haven't looked it up. This pertains more to your response to his response.
That's true actually. It works both ways though, so the person interrupting shouldn't feel bad if the groupin the theatres asks him (or forces him through a court) to reimburse them for their troubles as well.
I find it more interesting that some idiot modded you flamebait for something that's obviously true. Regardless of wrote it, they are dead so the phrase about talking to those who wrote it makes no sense.. Idiot grandparent, idiot modder. Luckily someone else with modpoints had some sense to counter the flamebait mod...
It may be good news. If there is only HDMI suport, then doesn't the exemption clause of the DMCA kick in with regards to reverse engineering and decrypting data for purposes of compatibility (HDTV's without HDMI) where no other option exists? I know I haven't quoted it and may be a bit of, but I seem to recall something along that lines.
Actually I didn't really mean to infer a new meaning to musings, except in the context of his other items in that category. From this context it seems more sarcastic than anything really interesting. In any case he doesn't appear to be serious about it and it appears more as a joke than anything else (a sarcastic joke at that). It's definitely not something to give serious thought to. You are right though, I didn't mean musing to be a joke, but just looking at it in its context (which I think the whole article is about)...
Of course if you RTFA and follow the link Bram's Page http://web.archive.org/web/20010710021553/http://b itconjurer.org/index.html> then you will see that this Technological Activist's manifesto is under the heading Musings, an obvious joke...
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. For different people there's no right or wrong controller. I love the XBox Controller-S (I hated the original, big, clunky one) so much that I use it to play PC games (WoW-360 mod for World of Warcraft, FPS games, not RTS though lol) as well as XBox games. I think the fact that it has triggers are pretty intuitive for FPS shooters as well as nice offset control sticks. I have a hard time using the PS2 controllers (which I also have) as I can't stand the shoulder buttons. That's just my hand preference though. Ultimately it would be nice if the controllers were somewhat compatible with each other so people can use whatever controller they want.
First, Google is not a monopoly by definition because there are other search engines out there that are available (and frequently used). Just because you only use Google doesn't mean everyone does. Being the largest fish in the sea doesn't make you the only fish in the sea.
Second, legally, Google is innocent until proven guilty where it resides. In the legal system a monopoly is similar in respects to a convicted felon. Google was never convicted, nor even charge as a monopoly, and as such are innocent of that charge until proven otherwise. The alternative would be to settle charges and admit to being a monopoly without being convicted, but this has not happen as there have been NO charges as such.
Until they meet either of those situations, they are most certainly not a monopoly. Believe it or not, there are still people that search on the internet and do not even know what Google is.
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Actually, no. I don't think I've ever met anyone that was treated for cancer via a nuclear warhead. Also, electricity where I lived previously was provided by a nuclear power station and not a warhead. I don't even think it's possible to do either of those things with a nuclear warhead, though I could be wrong.
Nuclear science, on the other hand, has provided many benefits as well as disadvantages. Nuclear weapons would fall in as a subset of nuclear science, meaning nuclear science is needed for nuclear weapons but not vice versa. It is true that nuclear science was advanced due to nuclear weapon research, but nuclear science does not require nuclear weapons to exist (though other circumstances in the world may dictate whether they should or should not, without regard to any related science). People postulated ideas about the atoms and actually advanced radiation theory during the 1800s, well before nuclear weapons came about. In fact, some of the earliest nuclear scientists died due to their research, before they fully understood radiation's effects.
Technology is really amazing, though, so it's quite possible someone can indeed find a case where a nuclear weapon of some sort is treating someone for cancer or providing electricity.
Disclaimer: This isn't a pro- or con- argument for nuclear weapons. Your statement was just too short-sighted to leave alone.
If they are obviously just being lazy and skimping out on the requirements (large distribution with plenty of donations to come in that could cover such things, then they need to get their heads out and start offering it up. For the small hobbyist that's doing it alone for fun on his home website he can stick it out and see what happens. Going after the little guys isn't helping the RIAA and MPAA very much in the public eye, so I doubt that it would help the FSF much either (should they pursue it). Copyright infringement is the same before the law whether its 'free' software or music and movies. Hell, they could set up torrents for their binaries (assuming they have another place to seed them from) if they have to take them down from their site because they aren't hosting the source.
I think Eve Online (in its current state) goes to show that interpreted languages can be a favorable choice to develop in. From what I have read, it uses Stackless Python extensively, which is what they are claiming makes the online game as fast as it is (c/c++).
lol.. I'll take the latest ones as intentional :-) You did make your point. For some people, the point is less prominant when they encounter errors in spelling and grammer (I guess the attention shifts). I do it myself. I run into it all the time. It's just something that happens.
"Good points, however you lose credibility when you misuse business speak. RIO is not just an acronym to mean "Return on Investment" in the sense of how the phrase is used by everyday people. ROI is a specific finance equation that is:"
I'm guessing you meant ROI in both instances (not RIO). Spelling something incorrectly normally doesn't bother me unless someone does it while correcting someone else. If I am incorrect, then I apologize. It goes with an old saying about making sure your shit doesn't stink before you complain about someone else's.
During that first sentence there I thought you were talking about Theo de Raadt.
It has nothing to do with Wal-Mart's buying power. It's the wal-mart customers' buying power. I shop at Wal-Mart. There are pros and cons of that. So, in effect, I have detemined what happens to the video game industry. If you're going to blame someone, blame the people that shop there. Without us, Wal-Mart would've never made it out of Arkansas.
I wouldn't single out XBOX Live if paying anything is the problem, as the PC version charges 1.99 for each of those mods (and more of them are available I believe). The only real complaint I could see as valid vs the XBox Live version is that it's 50 cents more expensive than the PC version. Other than that, the mod-selling phenomenon isn't restricted to Live (unless you're intent on bashing Live regardless).
on second thought... give me good karma...
Give me Karma...
You're right. Technology is a tool that can be used for both good and evil. Surveillance is something that can be used for both good and evil. However, early Americans believed (from history, I imagine) that is most cases it will be used mostly for evil, thereby increasing the risk vs the benefits that it may be used for good. If it were the other way around, it would be more than fine to disarm the public (because the government will protect us), allow the police to install cameras in all homes as a requirement (it will only be used to good purposes), and so forth. Early on people decided that the best government is one that you do not trust, so that the your trust cannot be abused. Hence, we have various checks and balances in our system, including a right to privacy from others and the government. If there is a need to violate that right, a warrant will be issued, which is perfectly legal.
Also, he wasn't giving those as examples of why UAV surveillance is evil. He was giving them as examples as to why nobody will stand up to the government if they believe that UAV domestic serveillance is evil. One of the reasons peaceful protests are a thing of the past are because people are quite ignorant. You just helped that point along. Read his statement carefully. Heh, and I'm not even for OR against this as I haven't looked it up. This pertains more to your response to his response.
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That's true actually. It works both ways though, so the person interrupting shouldn't feel bad if the groupin the theatres asks him (or forces him through a court) to reimburse them for their troubles as well.
Well then, problem solved. Just go to the library and use their government-provided internet access..
I find it more interesting that some idiot modded you flamebait for something that's obviously true. Regardless of wrote it, they are dead so the phrase about talking to those who wrote it makes no sense.. Idiot grandparent, idiot modder. Luckily someone else with modpoints had some sense to counter the flamebait mod...
It may be good news. If there is only HDMI suport, then doesn't the exemption clause of the DMCA kick in with regards to reverse engineering and decrypting data for purposes of compatibility (HDTV's without HDMI) where no other option exists? I know I haven't quoted it and may be a bit of, but I seem to recall something along that lines.
Thank You.. I was starting to think people were just looking at individual words rather than how they were put together :-)
Actually I didn't really mean to infer a new meaning to musings, except in the context of his other items in that category. From this context it seems more sarcastic than anything really interesting. In any case he doesn't appear to be serious about it and it appears more as a joke than anything else (a sarcastic joke at that). It's definitely not something to give serious thought to. You are right though, I didn't mean musing to be a joke, but just looking at it in its context (which I think the whole article is about)...
Of course if you RTFA and follow the link Bram's Page http://web.archive.org/web/20010710021553/http://b itconjurer.org/index.html> then you will see that this Technological Activist's manifesto is under the heading Musings, an obvious joke...
If the slashdotter can't actually reply to the correct slashdot post, who's to say he's actually quoting it's article?
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Slashdot Post: http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/06/02/1842213.shtml?
sure. the guys taking the numbers sure do, in the form of profit :-)...
I think it would work well with a modified (battery-powered) game console (xbox/ps2/gamecube) portable display like they sell in stores.