This may not be the best solution, but his point was that we shouldn't right it off just because it's expensive. Its feasibility must be studied and if it works, we should put ourselves in a position to implement it on short notice if the more cost effective methods fail.
There's no doubt that the US Congress is no speed demon, but as far as I know, there are very few, if any, issues before ICANN that require congressional approval. They're fairly autonomous, so there decision-making process is most certainly faster than any political body.The only valid question is whether or not ICANN truly acts in the best interest of the entire world. I personally don't know enough about the situation to have an opinion on that.
I bought a Mac Mini because it was a cheap way to get a debugging machine for my web app. That was solely to see how it looks in a Mac browser. I still rely on Windows for everything else. I hope they didn't count me.
It's really this simple: OSS is a loss-leader used to drive sales in other services like consulting and training. It requires a huge leap of faith (Linus) or desperation (Sun) to offer up so much hard work in hopes of future rewards, but it can be done.
Umm, that's what an idictment is. If you have enough to say "there's a reasonable chance this guy is guilty", you charge him. You don't have to prove then and there that he's guilty, just that you have the makings of a case. If he's a flight risk, the judge also has the ability to deny him bail.
The merits of the bill aside, if the only reason it couldn't pass was the fact that they used a special rule in an attempt to fast-track it, why bother fast-tracking it? Makes it seem like they didn't care about it passing. They probably just wanted to make the dems vote "against free speech"
If a thought can be owned, why shouldn't it be taxed? The only reason you could possibly want to own a thought is for financial gain. If the possible gain is great enough, you can afford the tax. If it's not, share the knowledge.
I'd be all for a 5 or 10 year grace period, but something has to be done to keep companies from locking everything down for countless decades. There has to be a point where these works pass from being "property" to being "culture".
It's not the same thing. The GP is proposing an increasing tax. Any taxes they may now be paying are actually decreasing. The IP is given a relatively arbitrary value, which is then depreciated over time. At some point, the IP will have no "book value" and there will be no further taxes on it and no incentive to release it to the public domain.
It's not a "World Series" in the sense that teams from around the world compete for it, but it is a competition between the world's best players. There are very few teams in the world that could beat any major league team in a best of 7 series, let alone the World Series champion.
I was steered to it by a tech and I steered many non-techies to it. We had more influence on this one because it's such an easy thing to teach and change.
A 5-to-1 advantage is significant, but not insurmountable. Especially when you consider that "search" is Google's main business and it probably ranks 3rd or 4th on MS's list.
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In the 80's the price of long distance was over 10 cents a minute.
I remember paying around $0.25 per minute for Local Toll calls in the early 90s. It would have been cheaper for me to just drive to the person's house.
You also need a house to put each of them in. Do you add that overhead to?
I'm not saying your analysis is wrong, but both approaches are valid. Ideally, you should only factor in the equipment that varies between your two configs (probably processor, motherboard, and memory). There's no reason the case, keyboard, and mouse should be factored in.
I've spent the last 5 years developing accounting applications and I just want to point out that they're easy to underestimate, especially ones that try to be all things to all people. I don't have any firsthand knowledge of the packages you mentioned, but I do know that accounting apps can eat up tens of thousands of man-hours like they're nothing.
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LOL, oops. Next time I'll read the article first. Congratulations goes to Dover, PA. Hopefully Kansas will follow an educated lead?
I'd like to be the first to thank the citizens of Kansas for stepping up to the plate and speaking against the egregious mistake that the board made.
This may not be the best solution, but his point was that we shouldn't right it off just because it's expensive. Its feasibility must be studied and if it works, we should put ourselves in a position to implement it on short notice if the more cost effective methods fail.
I didn't have one. :) 9mm_Censor made the original argument. I was just refuting one of the responses to his statement.
There's no doubt that the US Congress is no speed demon, but as far as I know, there are very few, if any, issues before ICANN that require congressional approval. They're fairly autonomous, so there decision-making process is most certainly faster than any political body. The only valid question is whether or not ICANN truly acts in the best interest of the entire world. I personally don't know enough about the situation to have an opinion on that.
I just switched from DirecTV to Comcast Basic simply because it was far cheaper and it was simpler to hook up to my WinTV card.
My customers are public school districts. It has nothing to do with Mac's growth in marketshare.
I bought a Mac Mini because it was a cheap way to get a debugging machine for my web app. That was solely to see how it looks in a Mac browser. I still rely on Windows for everything else. I hope they didn't count me.
It's really this simple: OSS is a loss-leader used to drive sales in other services like consulting and training. It requires a huge leap of faith (Linus) or desperation (Sun) to offer up so much hard work in hopes of future rewards, but it can be done.
There's no reason the same distributor couldn't offer both DRM/Price models.
Umm, that's what an idictment is. If you have enough to say "there's a reasonable chance this guy is guilty", you charge him. You don't have to prove then and there that he's guilty, just that you have the makings of a case. If he's a flight risk, the judge also has the ability to deny him bail.
The merits of the bill aside, if the only reason it couldn't pass was the fact that they used a special rule in an attempt to fast-track it, why bother fast-tracking it? Makes it seem like they didn't care about it passing. They probably just wanted to make the dems vote "against free speech"
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If a thought can be owned, why shouldn't it be taxed? The only reason you could possibly want to own a thought is for financial gain. If the possible gain is great enough, you can afford the tax. If it's not, share the knowledge.
I'd be all for a 5 or 10 year grace period, but something has to be done to keep companies from locking everything down for countless decades. There has to be a point where these works pass from being "property" to being "culture".
It's not the same thing. The GP is proposing an increasing tax. Any taxes they may now be paying are actually decreasing. The IP is given a relatively arbitrary value, which is then depreciated over time. At some point, the IP will have no "book value" and there will be no further taxes on it and no incentive to release it to the public domain.
I can't imagine "intentions" carry much legal weight.
As an American, I have no problem with the current model. I get to see the best players in the world on a regular basis.
As a side note, they are attempting to implement something analogous to the World Cup. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/wbc/index.jsp. I'm not sure how successful it will be though.
It's not a "World Series" in the sense that teams from around the world compete for it, but it is a competition between the world's best players. There are very few teams in the world that could beat any major league team in a best of 7 series, let alone the World Series champion.
I was steered to it by a tech and I steered many non-techies to it. We had more influence on this one because it's such an easy thing to teach and change.
MS can burn cash...Google has neither an endless mountain of cash...
MSFT: Total Cash (mrq): 37.75BGOOG: Total Cash (mrq): 7.63B
A 5-to-1 advantage is significant, but not insurmountable. Especially when you consider that "search" is Google's main business and it probably ranks 3rd or 4th on MS's list.
In the 80's the price of long distance was over 10 cents a minute.
I remember paying around $0.25 per minute for Local Toll calls in the early 90s. It would have been cheaper for me to just drive to the person's house.
Would it really be so hard for them to display his name as "Violated (formerly CmdrTaco)" for 90 days to allow a smooth transition?
You also need a house to put each of them in. Do you add that overhead to?
I'm not saying your analysis is wrong, but both approaches are valid. Ideally, you should only factor in the equipment that varies between your two configs (probably processor, motherboard, and memory). There's no reason the case, keyboard, and mouse should be factored in.
It's a little like MPG for CPUs.
Close, but not quite. The real analogy is Miles per Gallon per Pound. SUVs get relatively poor MPGs, but they're performing much more work.
I've spent the last 5 years developing accounting applications and I just want to point out that they're easy to underestimate, especially ones that try to be all things to all people. I don't have any firsthand knowledge of the packages you mentioned, but I do know that accounting apps can eat up tens of thousands of man-hours like they're nothing.