Hard to say since it was never tried:) But as long as the means of production are in common ownership, I don't think free markets would have to be necessarily ruled out.
Communism means that the state handles the production and distribution of goods, the private sector is small
While I am not in wild disagreement with the other things you write this is simply not true. In fact, communism means the dying off of the state, see the great other posts in the current subthread or read up on marxist theory. Or, heck, even Wikipedia:
Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization, based upon common ownership of the means of production.
they were deceived. The vast majority of people had no idea of what was going on and what Hitler was doing
Utter bullshit that was mostly debunked by historians since. I can very much understand that the truth of having known and done nothing was so horrific that people couldn't really accept it, but that doesn't mean I have to believe it.
Didn't know, huh? Let's see:
November pogrome "Don't buy from jews" campaign Death march of the Hungarian jews (in German) who had to march through half of Austria from Burgenland to Mauthausen. This was in spring 1945, at a time were much more was already known than in the years before, but many similar marches had happened before and are by now well-documented: the locals not only didn't object, but cheered on the Nazi criminals and laughed at the victims.
As an Austrian I long ago had to learn and accept that my fellow countrymen had liked what happened. It's a hard lesson about humanity, but you cannot escape it.
Of course. But this is about warranty, they don't say that their gear is actually not fit for the purpose, which is what the mountain bike manufacturer seemed to express.
I cannot understand why programs cannot save things for you automatically (...) If I write on a piece of paper and do not put the paper in a binder on the shelf, the writing does not disappear,
I hope that you understand that a piece of paper and a computer are based on different technologies and therefore share not all properties. Or do you also "not understand" how the piece cannot be a calculator in this minute and a great game the next minute, when your computer is perfactly capable of just that?
On the other hand, the concept of "needing to save one's work" is asinine. I cannot understand why programs cannot save things for you automatically
Some do. If the files are not unrealistically small,these saves always interfere with the task you are trying to accomplish.
why they cannot have unlimited undo
Amount of RAM? Being built by humans and thus not perfect?
The 85%, who are the humble masses, mentally deaf, dumb, and blind to the truth about themselves and the world in which they live.
The 10%, who understand much of the truth but use it to their advantage to keep the 85% under their control through religion, politics, entertainment, economics, and other methods.
The 5%, who are the enlightened divine beings, having repossessed knowledge of the truth regarding the foundations of life and of oneself, and seek to liberate the 85% through education.
I still can't understand why sony has a reputation of such high value with the public.
"The public" is slow. The perception comes from the 80s when everyone was drooling over the Walkman and Trinitron TVs. Which really were cool products.
Actually, I realize now that U2 vs Negativland was about use of copyrighted recordings and not cover songs, and the same is true of any sampling suits. I still would like to read where copyright law gives explicit permission to do cover songs though.
you can also record your own version of any copyrighted song and put it on a CD for sale without asking anyone. This is called a cover song, and the law gives you explicit permission to do that.
Could you give a citation of the passage of copyright law that does so? I could not find one on http://www.copyright.gov/ but admittedly did only a cursory search. I remember numerous examples of lawsuits, and threats of lawsuits, against artists "covering" or sampling other people's copyrighted work, e.g. U2 vs Negativland and SSTRecords, for which U2 may forever burn in hell.
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Hard to say since it was never tried :) But as long as the means of production are in common ownership, I don't think free markets would have to be necessarily ruled out.
While I am not in wild disagreement with the other things you write this is simply not true. In fact, communism means the dying off of the state, see the great other posts in the current subthread or read up on marxist theory. Or, heck, even Wikipedia:
(emphasis by me)
they were deceived. The vast majority of people had no idea of what was going on and what Hitler was doing
Utter bullshit that was mostly debunked by historians since. I can very much understand that the truth of having known and done nothing was so horrific that people couldn't really accept it, but that doesn't mean I have to believe it.
Didn't know, huh? Let's see:
November pogrome
"Don't buy from jews" campaign
Death march of the Hungarian jews (in German) who had to march through half of Austria from Burgenland to Mauthausen. This was in spring 1945, at a time were much more was already known than in the years before, but many similar marches had happened before and are by now well-documented: the locals not only didn't object, but cheered on the Nazi criminals and laughed at the victims.
As an Austrian I long ago had to learn and accept that my fellow countrymen had liked what happened. It's a hard lesson about humanity, but you cannot escape it.
In contrast to what US brainwashing tells you, communism and democracy are not opposites.
That is exactly what I thought at first as well!
/. blurb makes it clear that the "standard" as proposed is non-implementable.
And i wonder how you could. Even just reading the the
Calling someone senseless because they're a Libertarian. That's.... senseless?
;)
That's Crass!
In most third world countries ... the people at the top do far less work and produce far less goods than the people at the bottom
;)
Atlas Shrugged is about the *only* place were the people at the top work and produce more than the people at the bottom
With the last generation (PS2/Xbox/Gamecube), how many million found there way into people's homes?
PS2: 112 million
XBox: 24 million
Gamecube: 21 million
Dreamcast: 10 million
You can't last long when you have a huge, non-productive expense (defined benefit pension and health care) that your competitors don't.
Hooray for capitalism.
Of course. But this is about warranty, they don't say that their gear is actually not fit for the purpose, which is what the mountain bike manufacturer seemed to express.
what was it that I bought??
You bought a cheap bike for an activity that would need good, heavy-duty gear (i.e., not cheap)
I cannot understand why programs cannot save things for you automatically (...) If I write on a piece of paper and do not put the paper in a binder on the shelf, the writing does not disappear,
I hope that you understand that a piece of paper and a computer are based on different technologies and therefore share not all properties. Or do you also "not understand" how the piece cannot be a calculator in this minute and a great game the next minute, when your computer is perfactly capable of just that?
On the other hand, the concept of "needing to save one's work" is asinine. I cannot understand why programs cannot save things for you automatically
Some do. If the files are not unrealistically small,these saves always interfere with the task you are trying to accomplish.
why they cannot have unlimited undo
Amount of RAM? Being built by humans and thus not perfect?
Political science certainly accepts nazism as belonging to the family of fascist types of governments.
Forgot the sarcasm tag again, I thought my sig would be enough of a hint.
I still can't understand why sony has a reputation of such high value with the public.
"The public" is slow. The perception comes from the 80s when everyone was drooling over the Walkman and Trinitron TVs. Which really were cool products.
Mine and the friend's were bought on launch day :) This was in Germany (Cologne and Berlin)
I can confirm that my own additional controller (Wii Play bundle) and the same belonging to a friend have the thicker threads.
My European Wii has straps that look much sturdier than the one shown in the aforementioned Youtube video.
Actually, I realize now that U2 vs Negativland was about use of copyrighted recordings and not cover songs, and the same is true of any sampling suits. I still would like to read where copyright law gives explicit permission to do cover songs though.
you can also record your own version of any copyrighted song and put it on a CD for sale without asking anyone. This is called a cover song, and the law gives you explicit permission to do that.
Could you give a citation of the passage of copyright law that does so? I could not find one on http://www.copyright.gov/ but admittedly did only a cursory search. I remember numerous examples of lawsuits, and threats of lawsuits, against artists "covering" or sampling other people's copyrighted work, e.g. U2 vs Negativland and SST Records, for which U2 may forever burn in hell.
Ok, I accept that I am being trolled. Good job.
What's the matter with you?
How does it do that? POST alone needs longer than 10 seconds.
They are not working for the artists as we all know, but this is a compelling argument detached from the copyright infringement case.
Just to add to this, here are articles by different artists about being ripped off:
Steve Albini
Courtney Love
Steve Vai