Well, here is a counter-example from Miklos Hollender's blog about Hungarian politics:
The reason I support the Gyurcsany-goverment is the following: I think all of our political elite is revoltingly corrupt. But if I have to choose between being ruled by sated, well-fed wolves and being ruled by hungry wolves, I choose the sated ones. This is so simple.
Revolution? I'm in. But only if it's against the whole of the political elite. If it's only about putting Viktor Orban in the place of Ferenc Gyurcsany, then forget me - I don't think a hungry wolf is better than a well-fed wolf.
This has nothing to do with Left and Right in the Western sense: these are two political mafias. that but wear a "Left" and "Right" lablel. The difference is that the Socialist voters are wise enough to know that both are very corrupted and they just want to choose the one they think is the lesser evil - the better fed wolf. The supporters of the Christian Right think their politicans are clean, pure, pious and honest. That they are lambs.
How stupid.
Give me a real Conservative politician like Angie Merkel or George W. Bush, even Pim Fortuyn or maybe even - gulp - Berlusconi, and I'll vote him any day. But sorry, hungry wolves disguised as Conservatives I cannot support.
Caught up? They just passed us! We're behind again! Soon there will be no qualified creative people in the U.S. just like there are no qualified IT workers.
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I invented Linux.
Hi Al! Are you still crusading against ManBearP...er...Global Warming?
I think that #3 will happen as a natural progression from MS's anti-piracy efforts and OEM deals.
Huh? You may have a point about WGA etc. (although users have been known to deal with a LOT of crap), but how does price discounts for Dell hurt Microsoft (besides lower profit margins)? Widespread OEM support is one thing that allows Windows to dominate.
It used to be that when an new MS OS came out, you went out and bought a copy, and installed it on all the computers in your home. Maybe you even went in halfsies with a pal. Now, not only are you not able (without some real effort) install on multiple machines, but you don't even go out and buy a copy of the OS.
That has not been my experience. My (well my family's) first computer was a Tandy Sensation running Windows 3.1 (although, at the time, I was not sure exactly what Windows was besides a logo that appeared every time my computer booted). We mostly change Windows versions when we bought new computers; my mother's computer is running Windows 98SE, my grandfather's computer is running Windows ME, and my grandmother's laptop is running Windows XP. I will soon give my laptop, which is running Windows XP, to my mother.
You buy a computer with the OS already on it.
Most people buy a fully setup computer for convenience reasons; they do not want to know how to setup Windows, so the PC manufacturers need to set-up the computer beforehand. I think that Vista will still come in boxed editions.
Now what happens to your old machine. Yes, some people will toss them out.
Hardware components (especially harddrives) do not last forever, and when a major piece dies, some people, in my experience, decide to buy a new computer.
But, there will also be a significantly large group of people that will just install Linux.
A lot of people have never heard of Linux, and even fewer care enough to burn a CD and repartition their harddrive. If Linux is to become the dominant platform, it REQUIRES the support of major OEM manufacturers.
What would stop someone from just modifying the kernel not to require activation? Microsoft will have to wait until Palladium becomes more widespread to do this.
What kind of Slashdot user are you? Next you will be saying that GNU/Linux is NOT the best thing since sliced bread, and CLI's are NOT the wave of the future once we have converted the unwashed masses to our geekdom. Hand over your non-x86 architectures!
This holds true for classical and quantum mechanics; however, when dealing with relativity, one must understand that force is not transmitted instantaneously, so one must deal with the effects of a time-delay.
Complex Process: Fundamental structure of our planet Conclusion: The Earth is Round
If the Earth is round, then it is a sphere; therefore, each point on the surface of the sphere would be equidistant from the center of the sphere. Your assumption has some flaws.
Complex Process: Chemistry Conclusion: All matter is composed of atoms
From Wikipedia: Colloquially and in chemistry, matter is easy to define. Matter is the stuff which things are made of and consists of chemical substances. These are made of atoms, which are made of protons, neutrons and electrons. In this way, matter is contrasted with energy. In physics, there is no broad consensus as to an exact definition of matter. Physicists generally do not use the word when precision is needed, prefering instead to speak of the more clearly defined concepts of mass, energy and particles.
If you were just talking about chemistry, then you were mostly correct; although your assumption becomes shakier when you speak about matter in Physics.
I am not trying to criticize climatologists or the consensus on global warming; however, it is a bad idea to oversimplify complex processes.
Do you actually expect that people will remember multiple passwords? I have seen a lot of people use the same password for everything, including financial records, email accounts, etc. Yes, they may be fools (or people who do not like being inconvenienced), but if enough fools exist, the election will be negatively impacted.
Really, the only way for Microsoft to survive the expected backlash that will be coming is to lock in exclusive software (MS Office is a gimme), and pull support for all non-Vista versions.
They also could just wait until the OEMs offer Vista with most of their systems. Most people have only a vague idea about what an operating system is anyway. Most people, nowadays, only buy a new computer when the older one breaks down (or becomes riddled with viruses/spyware/etc.), and most new computers will come with Vista. This same phenomenon has occured with every other Windows upgrade from 3.1 through XP.
The U.S. has engaged in this kind of war before (Vietnam), and look at the results. Back then, the U.S. faced harsh criticism from other countries. Read up on the history of The Americans for more information on this. We regained our 'good' image then; we can (maybe we will, maybe we won't) regain that image again. For the foreseeable future, yes, preemptive war will have a bad image. At least, with hope, our veterans will not face the same abuse that Vietnam veterans faced.
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Not really. The closest thing would be Croquet.
Whoooosh!!
Caught up? They just passed us! We're behind again! Soon there will be no qualified creative people in the U.S. just like there are no qualified IT workers.
Well, there is always New Zealand.
Did you lose your mojo?
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You insensitive clod! I am an asteroid!
Better yet, maybe the next iPod should also be a cellphone! Wait a minute . . .
So I take it nobody's done any squirting yet?
Now I will be able to use my phone as . . . a phone!
Huh? You may have a point about WGA etc. (although users have been known to deal with a LOT of crap), but how does price discounts for Dell hurt Microsoft (besides lower profit margins)? Widespread OEM support is one thing that allows Windows to dominate.
That has not been my experience. My (well my family's) first computer was a Tandy Sensation running Windows 3.1 (although, at the time, I was not sure exactly what Windows was besides a logo that appeared every time my computer booted). We mostly change Windows versions when we bought new computers; my mother's computer is running Windows 98SE, my grandfather's computer is running Windows ME, and my grandmother's laptop is running Windows XP. I will soon give my laptop, which is running Windows XP, to my mother.
Most people buy a fully setup computer for convenience reasons; they do not want to know how to setup Windows, so the PC manufacturers need to set-up the computer beforehand. I think that Vista will still come in boxed editions.
Hardware components (especially harddrives) do not last forever, and when a major piece dies, some people, in my experience, decide to buy a new computer.
A lot of people have never heard of Linux, and even fewer care enough to burn a CD and repartition their harddrive. If Linux is to become the dominant platform, it REQUIRES the support of major OEM manufacturers.
What would stop someone from just modifying the kernel not to require activation? Microsoft will have to wait until Palladium becomes more widespread to do this.
In the US, we also use 'the butt of the joke'. TFA can not spell.
What kind of Slashdot user are you? Next you will be saying that GNU/Linux is NOT the best thing since sliced bread, and CLI's are NOT the wave of the future once we have converted the unwashed masses to our geekdom. Hand over your non-x86 architectures!
This holds true for classical and quantum mechanics; however, when dealing with relativity, one must understand that force is not transmitted instantaneously, so one must deal with the effects of a time-delay.
If the Earth is round, then it is a sphere; therefore, each point on the surface of the sphere would be equidistant from the center of the sphere. Your assumption has some flaws.
From Wikipedia: Colloquially and in chemistry, matter is easy to define. Matter is the stuff which things are made of and consists of chemical substances. These are made of atoms, which are made of protons, neutrons and electrons. In this way, matter is contrasted with energy.
In physics, there is no broad consensus as to an exact definition of matter. Physicists generally do not use the word when precision is needed, prefering instead to speak of the more clearly defined concepts of mass, energy and particles.
If you were just talking about chemistry, then you were mostly correct; although your assumption becomes shakier when you speak about matter in Physics.
I am not trying to criticize climatologists or the consensus on global warming; however, it is a bad idea to oversimplify complex processes.
Do you actually expect that people will remember multiple passwords? I have seen a lot of people use the same password for everything, including financial records, email accounts, etc. Yes, they may be fools (or people who do not like being inconvenienced), but if enough fools exist, the election will be negatively impacted.
They also could just wait until the OEMs offer Vista with most of their systems. Most people have only a vague idea about what an operating system is anyway. Most people, nowadays, only buy a new computer when the older one breaks down (or becomes riddled with viruses/spyware/etc.), and most new computers will come with Vista. This same phenomenon has occured with every other Windows upgrade from 3.1 through XP.
I wish I had modpoints; that made me ROFL.
You must be new here!
The U.S. has engaged in this kind of war before (Vietnam), and look at the results. Back then, the U.S. faced harsh criticism from other countries. Read up on the history of The Americans for more information on this. We regained our 'good' image then; we can (maybe we will, maybe we won't) regain that image again. For the foreseeable future, yes, preemptive war will have a bad image. At least, with hope, our veterans will not face the same abuse that Vietnam veterans faced.
It was apple pie, dernit! Get of my lawn!