Generally ordinary or common sense if you prefer interpretations of legal documents even including the Constitution are simply not relevant to legal arguments.
They didn't succeed in killing the tax programs, but they did kill funding for domestic violence shelters, police and fire departments, and prevention of swine flu outbreaks.
What were these doing in a bill about tax software in the first place?
I fail to see how the Commerce Clause trumps the Bill of Rights. Isn't the whole point of the Bill of Rights to list out things that the government can't do, even if the Constitution would otherwise allow it. You're acting like it's the other way around. As an example, that's like saying the government can arrest you for complaining about Walmart because the Commerce Clause trumps the First Amendment.
On the other hand, a lot of people don't go to class precisely because it's just as helpful to read one page of a book rather than spend an hour watching a teacher write on a board. My favorite teachers are the ones who use Powerpoint (so if you go to the lecture you'll learn more than 30 lines worth of material) and then put those up online (so you can actually pay attention instead of writing).
I suspect it wouldn't work that way anyway. More likely, Microsoft would revoke the certificate, and then everyone would blame them because "My computer doesn't work". Seriously, think of normal people having this problem.
Self-signed certificates are one of my biggest problems with SSL. It gives you the same general level of security as SSH[1], but browsers are set up to make people trust sites with self-signed certificates less than site with no certificate.
[1] You can't be sure it's the right computer the first time you connect (unless you already have the certificate), but every time after that you can know it's the same computer and the connection is encrypted.
No. SSL certificates are useful for providing encryption and a better sense of security, but they're far too corporate. The certificate companies aren't going to spend much time checking people are who they say they are for a cheap certificate because it will cost them money. Not to mention that they aren't used on most of the internet (because they're a waste of money on personal sites). This creates a way to come up with better security information for every site.
That's because they finally found a market where people wanted less creativity and innovation. Games keep becoming flashier and more gimmicky, and Microsoft has the advantage of having no vision (no new wacky control scheme, no over-the-top processing power).
I am, but only if the price is reasonable. The problem I have is the sites that try to switch to a subscription model by changing from getting a couple cents per view to charging $10+ per month. I know they're not making that much now, and I'm certainly not willing to pay that much.
In the United States, the "free market" tends to mean a market in which the government favors large corporations by giving them money and creating regulations that are impossible for a smaller competitor to follow.
So to answer your question, a "free market" is one in which Comcast is given a big pile of money (and possibly granted a monopoly) to come and screw you. Does that help clear it up?
It's worth noting that (at least going by the summary), the study doesn't give us enough information to actually make a conclusion based on it. For example, it wouldn't be surprising if > 80% of AT&T's customers live in cities (strong signal). The survey would be a lot more interesting if it included other networks for comparison.
What's the "ugly Awesomebar"? You mean how it searches in your bookmarks when you type? Go to about:config and change browser.urlbar.maxRichResults to 0. I'm not sure why you're concerned about SQLite searches though. They take like 10 ms to run. I doubt you type that fast.
Too bad you lose all the benefits of new releases too: New HTML/Javascript features, faster Javascript, plugins that can't kill your browser as easily, faster rendering, not to mention bugfixes..
Maybe I'm missing something, but unless the 6-core system is clocked slower than the 4-core one, the 6-core system should outperform it easily in all tasks.
You're missing something. If the 6-core and 4-core processor are a similar design, each core in the 6-core processor will run slower than the ones in the 4-core processor. Processors are clocked based on how much heat they generate, and 6 cores running at a particular speed gives off more heat than 4.
The result of this is that you could disable 5 of those cores and run the single remaining core at a substantially faster speed, which is the whole point of the recent i5/i7 changes that allow it to overclock individual cores if they're not all being used. If you want to run a single-threaded program really fast, the best thing you could do is run off all cores except one and overclock the remaining one.
Some of the most entertaining LAN parties are in places with little or no internet access. My favorite was a cabin LAN party. The only internet access was via cell phone, and I can't image the charge if I had left it on the entire time.
I actually already use Arch, my point was that some people get really bad performance from wine, and the reason is that their distros are shipping old versions.
And I've got some bronze programs to work, but I draw the line at applying my own patches. If a program needs weird settings, I'll give it its own wine prefix, but a patch has the potential to break everything else (and the annoyance rebuilding the package every time there's a new release).
You don't need Javascript, just add some CSS telling it what the new tags are (article{ display:block; }, etc.). Of course, the tags that are easy to include aren't the interesting part.
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Generally ordinary or common sense if you prefer interpretations of legal documents even including the Constitution are simply not relevant to legal arguments.
And that's what's wrong with our legal system..
They didn't succeed in killing the tax programs, but they did kill funding for domestic violence shelters, police and fire departments, and prevention of swine flu outbreaks.
What were these doing in a bill about tax software in the first place?
I fail to see how the Commerce Clause trumps the Bill of Rights. Isn't the whole point of the Bill of Rights to list out things that the government can't do, even if the Constitution would otherwise allow it. You're acting like it's the other way around. As an example, that's like saying the government can arrest you for complaining about Walmart because the Commerce Clause trumps the First Amendment.
On the other hand, a lot of people don't go to class precisely because it's just as helpful to read one page of a book rather than spend an hour watching a teacher write on a board. My favorite teachers are the ones who use Powerpoint (so if you go to the lecture you'll learn more than 30 lines worth of material) and then put those up online (so you can actually pay attention instead of writing).
I suspect it wouldn't work that way anyway. More likely, Microsoft would revoke the certificate, and then everyone would blame them because "My computer doesn't work". Seriously, think of normal people having this problem.
Self-signed certificates are one of my biggest problems with SSL. It gives you the same general level of security as SSH[1], but browsers are set up to make people trust sites with self-signed certificates less than site with no certificate.
[1] You can't be sure it's the right computer the first time you connect (unless you already have the certificate), but every time after that you can know it's the same computer and the connection is encrypted.
No. SSL certificates are useful for providing encryption and a better sense of security, but they're far too corporate. The certificate companies aren't going to spend much time checking people are who they say they are for a cheap certificate because it will cost them money. Not to mention that they aren't used on most of the internet (because they're a waste of money on personal sites). This creates a way to come up with better security information for every site.
That's because they finally found a market where people wanted less creativity and innovation. Games keep becoming flashier and more gimmicky, and Microsoft has the advantage of having no vision (no new wacky control scheme, no over-the-top processing power).
What's on your tapes may be interesting, but why does it matter what format it's in?
I am, but only if the price is reasonable. The problem I have is the sites that try to switch to a subscription model by changing from getting a couple cents per view to charging $10+ per month. I know they're not making that much now, and I'm certainly not willing to pay that much.
Be quiet and get back to work, citizen. The government knows what's best for you.
In the United States, the "free market" tends to mean a market in which the government favors large corporations by giving them money and creating regulations that are impossible for a smaller competitor to follow.
So to answer your question, a "free market" is one in which Comcast is given a big pile of money (and possibly granted a monopoly) to come and screw you. Does that help clear it up?
It's worth noting that (at least going by the summary), the study doesn't give us enough information to actually make a conclusion based on it. For example, it wouldn't be surprising if > 80% of AT&T's customers live in cities (strong signal). The survey would be a lot more interesting if it included other networks for comparison.
What's the "ugly Awesomebar"? You mean how it searches in your bookmarks when you type? Go to about:config and change browser.urlbar.maxRichResults to 0. I'm not sure why you're concerned about SQLite searches though. They take like 10 ms to run. I doubt you type that fast.
Too bad you lose all the benefits of new releases too: New HTML/Javascript features, faster Javascript, plugins that can't kill your browser as easily, faster rendering, not to mention bugfixes..
And the last time the government stopped doing something because of the constitution was when?
Who seriously thinks this isn't going to end with FBI agents with flamethrowers and some farmers going to jail forever?
No don't stop yet! The Apple fanboy nerd-rage when you insult their phones is hilarious.
If you want to run a single-threaded program really fast
Learn to read.
Maybe I'm missing something, but unless the 6-core system is clocked slower than the 4-core one, the 6-core system should outperform it easily in all tasks.
You're missing something. If the 6-core and 4-core processor are a similar design, each core in the 6-core processor will run slower than the ones in the 4-core processor. Processors are clocked based on how much heat they generate, and 6 cores running at a particular speed gives off more heat than 4. The result of this is that you could disable 5 of those cores and run the single remaining core at a substantially faster speed, which is the whole point of the recent i5/i7 changes that allow it to overclock individual cores if they're not all being used. If you want to run a single-threaded program really fast, the best thing you could do is run off all cores except one and overclock the remaining one.
Some of the most entertaining LAN parties are in places with little or no internet access. My favorite was a cabin LAN party. The only internet access was via cell phone, and I can't image the charge if I had left it on the entire time.
I actually already use Arch, my point was that some people get really bad performance from wine, and the reason is that their distros are shipping old versions.
And I've got some bronze programs to work, but I draw the line at applying my own patches. If a program needs weird settings, I'll give it its own wine prefix, but a patch has the potential to break everything else (and the annoyance rebuilding the package every time there's a new release).
I've never had problems with a program listed as "Platinum" on the newest version of wine. The problems I have are:
1. A lot of distros ship old versions of wine.
2. A lot of stuff is rated "bronze" (AKA: It might work if you're a wizard).
Corporations aren't the uncaring robot beasts you seem to be convinced they are. Corporations are organizations run by uncaring robot beasts.
Fixed that for you. You don't become the head of a huge corporation by having human emotions.
You don't need Javascript, just add some CSS telling it what the new tags are (article{ display:block; }, etc.). Of course, the tags that are easy to include aren't the interesting part.