not really. I don't have a mac as my primary development machine. so I couln't develop iPad apps even if I wanted to learn objective C. But I might have more luck being able to write c# on my thinkpad instead. nothing about laziness at all here.
I also lean towards AGW as well. but I'll be damned if political action has any chance in hell of fixing these problems. seems to me like technology is our only way out.
how many customers go into the casino and actually expect to win something? my guess would be a rather small minority. just because a few can't handle it, should that ruin the entertainment for everyone else?
because that worked SO well in the past. riiiiight.
the only obvious truth here is that you are unwilling (or unable) to educate yourself. the material is there, and it's free. read it. you won't regret it.
what the fuck are you talking about? I explained to you how the federal reserve, fractional reserve banking, and the treasury department's shenanigans have created an inherently unstable financial system. your response:
1. yes people take advantage of others. do you expect me to believe that this somehow stops when people get into government? and they don't use government's control over the financial system to make laws to benefit them their buddies back in the private sector? for example, fractional reserve banking, laws over the creation of money, and inflation, all of which cause the system to be inherently unstable?
2. it's this inherent instability of the financial system which causes rolling bubbles and severe crashes through different sectors. yeah, people's fear and panic play a role, but it is not central. panics just don't happen for no reason. that is absurd.
the few powerful players that I see in our markets today were created by various subsidies and protection from competition granted by the government. for example, microsoft's gigantic monopoly is protected by the government's patent and copyright laws, giving them control over imaginary property. it has absolutely nothing to do with "an unregulated marketplace bubbles and pops due to nothing but simple human psychology, and naturally degenerates into a few powerful players dominating everyone else" as you claim.
the energy and telecommunications industries are also prime examples of how government consolidated many different market players, granted exclusive contracts, and tried to regulate them. we can all see how that turned out. there are countless other examples which I will leave as an exercise for the reader.
the government exists and has involved itself in the market in some way in the past
therefore, any prudent rational criticism of the free market and how it obviously fails can be explained away with creative rationalization that its the government's fault, somehow
so the Virginia state government is not actually in charge of their own damn IT system? they were only involved in their own IT system in some way in the past? interesting theory. please tell me more.
my favorite is how free market fundamentalists wish to blame the market crash of 2008 on government policies. rather than gee, i dunno, the clinton and bush administration deregulation policies? you know, deregulation: having the government less invovled int he market?
yeah, it's almost as if the federal reserve system and the treasury department DOESN'T FUCKIN EXIST.
please study your banking panics of the 1800s
right, and there was never any fractional reserve banking or government wars involved there. who am I kidding? it's all the free market's fault!
fact: government regulation can't repeal basic economics, and anyone who thinks it can is an idiot.
even then they haven't made back all of it yet... minus all the overhead with running the company, etc. they probably really do need the full two years to break even.
how dare you go and read the actual source of the article!
I'm sure that whatever "new" business models the cable companies dream up will largely consist of overcharging consumers, providing crappy service, and extending DRM tentacles into everything they touch, and hence won't really be seen as a win here on Slashdot, and certainly won't be all that different from their current customer abuse.
don't forget their number one favorite tactic: using the government to pass ever more draconian laws against us.
really? hmm, I didn't see that in my bill, but then again I only glanced at it. I will have to go back and take a look. in that case, it will certainly remove some of the price advantage I have over the iPhone. I think what I'll do then is just go over to their pda personal data plan for $30/month with no voice. it's not that much more expensive than what I pay now I guess. I doubt I will ever get an iPhone... will probably either go with android or nokia n900 in the future.
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not really. I don't have a mac as my primary development machine. so I couln't develop iPad apps even if I wanted to learn objective C. But I might have more luck being able to write c# on my thinkpad instead. nothing about laziness at all here.
Features I would require to purchase a tablet:
multitasking
sd and usb slot
flash support
Nice to have:
16x9
hdmi out
camera
iPad fails miserably on ALL of the above. Android is where the future of tablet lies, in my opinion.
I just don't care much for all this speculation and rumors. Waste of time in my book. Wait for the device to come out and judge it on its merits.
yep, I feel the same way about my Droid. works fine, imho. this "test" has nothing to do with real life.
If I recall correctly, javascript/ajax did actually catch on way more than applets.
I also lean towards AGW as well. but I'll be damned if political action has any chance in hell of fixing these problems. seems to me like technology is our only way out.
I've been using chrome for all my personal browsing with a host file. works pretty well for me.
how many customers go into the casino and actually expect to win something? my guess would be a rather small minority. just because a few can't handle it, should that ruin the entertainment for everyone else?
not only that, but governments are pretty much the greatest cause of pollution in society.
you obviously don't have a firm grasp on reality.
Are you fucking kidding me? Unlike religion, one can actually analyze cause and affect in the economy. You know, with numbers and stuff.
Or we could have the equivalent of virginia's it dept running our financial sector. 25/26 days down time... yeah baby!
because that worked SO well in the past. riiiiight.
the only obvious truth here is that you are unwilling (or unable) to educate yourself. the material is there, and it's free. read it. you won't regret it.
what the fuck are you talking about? I explained to you how the federal reserve, fractional reserve banking, and the treasury department's shenanigans have created an inherently unstable financial system. your response:
"you are a fundamentalist!"
not exactly intelligent if you ask me. go read a fucking book man. I would recommend What Has Government Done to Our Money? Then .
you're right. if only the government would regulate everyone, what a marvelous egalitarian wonderland it would be! la la la la la
1. yes people take advantage of others. do you expect me to believe that this somehow stops when people get into government? and they don't use government's control over the financial system to make laws to benefit them their buddies back in the private sector? for example, fractional reserve banking, laws over the creation of money, and inflation, all of which cause the system to be inherently unstable?
2. it's this inherent instability of the financial system which causes rolling bubbles and severe crashes through different sectors. yeah, people's fear and panic play a role, but it is not central. panics just don't happen for no reason. that is absurd.
the few powerful players that I see in our markets today were created by various subsidies and protection from competition granted by the government. for example, microsoft's gigantic monopoly is protected by the government's patent and copyright laws, giving them control over imaginary property. it has absolutely nothing to do with "an unregulated marketplace bubbles and pops due to nothing but simple human psychology, and naturally degenerates into a few powerful players dominating everyone else" as you claim.
the energy and telecommunications industries are also prime examples of how government consolidated many different market players, granted exclusive contracts, and tried to regulate them. we can all see how that turned out. there are countless other examples which I will leave as an exercise for the reader.
sure. "government regulations make markets worse, not fair".
there you go.
so the Virginia state government is not actually in charge of their own damn IT system? they were only involved in their own IT system in some way in the past? interesting theory. please tell me more.
yeah, it's almost as if the federal reserve system and the treasury department DOESN'T FUCKIN EXIST.
right, and there was never any fractional reserve banking or government wars involved there. who am I kidding? it's all the free market's fault!
fact: government regulation can't repeal basic economics, and anyone who thinks it can is an idiot.
The government is clearly involved here. So it's got nothing to do with free enterprise.
even then they haven't made back all of it yet... minus all the overhead with running the company, etc. they probably really do need the full two years to break even.
how dare you go and read the actual source of the article!
don't forget their number one favorite tactic: using the government to pass ever more draconian laws against us.
now that her story is getting some wide coverage.
hmm, yep. orwell would be proud.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_is_peace
they also have loads of mercury in them.
really? hmm, I didn't see that in my bill, but then again I only glanced at it. I will have to go back and take a look. in that case, it will certainly remove some of the price advantage I have over the iPhone. I think what I'll do then is just go over to their pda personal data plan for $30/month with no voice. it's not that much more expensive than what I pay now I guess. I doubt I will ever get an iPhone... will probably either go with android or nokia n900 in the future.
I can't think of any that would apply to the vast majority of people buying these contracts. Guess I must be stupid.