I fail to understand what C/C++ has to do with a collection of technology frameworks..NET isn't a programming language. You're comparing apples to motorcycles.
A better example might be, HTML5 isn't a.NET killer any more than Basset hounds are an SUV killer. Someone was trying to make hay for ad revenue and there were enough ignorant code monkeys and wannabes to bite. HTML5 and.NET are unrelated technologies solving entirely different problems.
Something(one) is certainly a no-brainer. Have you considered those remarkable, little shiny discs that can house vast quantities of binary data? Then we have those great mechanical birds stamped "US Mail" on their side with hollow insides capable of holding tens of thousands of these shiny discs. Surely we could use them, but how dammit? How?
You sir ought to be ashamed of yourself. You demonstrate an intellect equal to her partisans.
If they have the resources necessary to "print to paper" then they have the resources to "print to file" or "print to PDF". The US postal service makes regular runs from the town of 30,000 reachable only by water and air. There is absolutely no reason these documents could not be mailed on disc. As allowed by the FOIA any reasonable expenses may be recovered from the recipients. This is simply a case of paying in individually wrapped pennies.
it's easy to seem like a genius in a movement full of complete RETARDS. Most of her followers are intellectually overmatched by their household pets...
whose numbers depressingly account to some 50% of the American population.
You're missing the "is encouraged to" part. It does not say "shall". No law was broken, the payment in individually wrapped pennies may continue unfettered.
The trouble is she "is" trying to run. She's busy running all over the backwoods stirring up name recognition, proselytizing partisans, and smearing lipstick on pigs.
Perhaps you should stop being the stupid one. Clearly the legal system is not a suitable venue for redress. What individual could finance a legal team equal or better to the corporations? Who says that the laws are not favoring producers over consumers? I think you know which is true. So clearly the political system is not a suitable venue for redress. I wonder what would be the suitable venue... those causing the problem perhaps?
That really doesn't have to do with the "bias" issue I was trying to raise. The goal of jury selection is to obtain a panel without preconceived bias. Lay persons such as you elude to with your example can very well, and as far as I can tell generally do have a strong opinion about the service. Typically favorable. An attack on Facebook is an attack on their way of life. Or, for those in the know, the opinion seems to strongly swing negative. For them an attack on Facebook would be a way to stick it to Zuckerburg for selling out people's privacy.
As far as I know there exists nothing to prevent bankers from providing services for Bitcoin. This one I think is simply governments becoming concerned by a trend. It also really doesn't have anything to do with traceability. You can't track where a piece of paper goes any more than you can an electron. Monetary control is the big issue, and this doesn't exist so readily with these non-traditional currencies. It might not count for much now, but this does pave the way for something potentially much bigger and far more disruptive to monetary policy down the road.
Actually I think you can. The point isn't whether or not the value of the currency is backed by something tangible and valuable. The point is the perceived need and usage of non-government issued currency. One of Bitcoin's motivators for instance was to hedge against the reckless, monetary policies that led to the most recent economic collapse of the western world. E-Gold was established for rather similar purposes. Certainly currency can be and is used for black market transactions, it doesn't really matter who issues it. That it is being used for such things suggests that the currency has utility and real world value. As far as we know this isn't true for ISK or any other game universe virtual currencies even though exchange between "real" currency and "virtual" currency is taking place.
I'm certain jurors will put aside their prejudices and think like a statician. I am rather curious (I am assuming this is a jury trial) who they managed to get for untampered jurors given how much "Facebook" is a household name, like Jello, Google, and Toyota.
Since the punishments are the same I guess I'll just take up bank robbery and mugging people instead. At least then I'll have something to show for my efforts.
That still falls under trademark law which does not regulate the transfer of ownership of a good. Promotional material would even still be possible, but it must follow the winding path necessary to avoid trademark infringement. It appears however--as pointed out by a few--that these are in fact special "contract" sales. So basically they're trying to put retailers of Apple goods on a leash.
Not that I'm any particular supporter of Microsoft, but that's a bit unfair. This is an entirely new class of pissing on the customer that MS wouldn't even dare.
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I fail to understand what C/C++ has to do with a collection of technology frameworks. .NET isn't a programming language. You're comparing apples to motorcycles.
A better example might be, HTML5 isn't a .NET killer any more than Basset hounds are an SUV killer. Someone was trying to make hay for ad revenue and there were enough ignorant code monkeys and wannabes to bite. HTML5 and .NET are unrelated technologies solving entirely different problems.
It's a good thing the US was founded with the notion of check and balances so as to prevent abuse of power...
Evidently I offended such a partisan...
Something(one) is certainly a no-brainer. Have you considered those remarkable, little shiny discs that can house vast quantities of binary data? Then we have those great mechanical birds stamped "US Mail" on their side with hollow insides capable of holding tens of thousands of these shiny discs. Surely we could use them, but how dammit? How?
You sir ought to be ashamed of yourself. You demonstrate an intellect equal to her partisans.
If they have the resources necessary to "print to paper" then they have the resources to "print to file" or "print to PDF". The US postal service makes regular runs from the town of 30,000 reachable only by water and air. There is absolutely no reason these documents could not be mailed on disc. As allowed by the FOIA any reasonable expenses may be recovered from the recipients. This is simply a case of paying in individually wrapped pennies.
it's easy to seem like a genius in a movement full of complete RETARDS. Most of her followers are intellectually overmatched by their household pets...
whose numbers depressingly account to some 50% of the American population.
You're missing the "is encouraged to" part. It does not say "shall". No law was broken, the payment in individually wrapped pennies may continue unfettered.
The trouble is she "is" trying to run. She's busy running all over the backwoods stirring up name recognition, proselytizing partisans, and smearing lipstick on pigs.
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Perhaps you should stop being the stupid one. Clearly the legal system is not a suitable venue for redress. What individual could finance a legal team equal or better to the corporations? Who says that the laws are not favoring producers over consumers? I think you know which is true. So clearly the political system is not a suitable venue for redress. I wonder what would be the suitable venue... those causing the problem perhaps?
That really doesn't have to do with the "bias" issue I was trying to raise. The goal of jury selection is to obtain a panel without preconceived bias. Lay persons such as you elude to with your example can very well, and as far as I can tell generally do have a strong opinion about the service. Typically favorable. An attack on Facebook is an attack on their way of life. Or, for those in the know, the opinion seems to strongly swing negative. For them an attack on Facebook would be a way to stick it to Zuckerburg for selling out people's privacy.
As far as I know there exists nothing to prevent bankers from providing services for Bitcoin. This one I think is simply governments becoming concerned by a trend. It also really doesn't have anything to do with traceability. You can't track where a piece of paper goes any more than you can an electron. Monetary control is the big issue, and this doesn't exist so readily with these non-traditional currencies. It might not count for much now, but this does pave the way for something potentially much bigger and far more disruptive to monetary policy down the road.
Actually I think you can. The point isn't whether or not the value of the currency is backed by something tangible and valuable. The point is the perceived need and usage of non-government issued currency. One of Bitcoin's motivators for instance was to hedge against the reckless, monetary policies that led to the most recent economic collapse of the western world. E-Gold was established for rather similar purposes. Certainly currency can be and is used for black market transactions, it doesn't really matter who issues it. That it is being used for such things suggests that the currency has utility and real world value. As far as we know this isn't true for ISK or any other game universe virtual currencies even though exchange between "real" currency and "virtual" currency is taking place.
First, many people (including my mother) have little to no idea what Facebook is.
Possibly though these people--at least by my observation--are becoming quite rare, and generally geriatric and very rural.
Second, it isn't a criteria of jury selection that they never heard of the company.
True, but from my experience people usually have a polarized opinion about the site.
I'm certain jurors will put aside their prejudices and think like a statician. I am rather curious (I am assuming this is a jury trial) who they managed to get for untampered jurors given how much "Facebook" is a household name, like Jello, Google, and Toyota.
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Since the punishments are the same I guess I'll just take up bank robbery and mugging people instead. At least then I'll have something to show for my efforts.
I thought we were following the Chinese model already...
That still falls under trademark law which does not regulate the transfer of ownership of a good. Promotional material would even still be possible, but it must follow the winding path necessary to avoid trademark infringement. It appears however--as pointed out by a few--that these are in fact special "contract" sales. So basically they're trying to put retailers of Apple goods on a leash.
But that's not the "intent" so just bend over and take it. Really, it's for your own good...
Did you coerce your neighbor into voting properly? I suspect not, therefore it's all your fault.
The unusual part would be the exceedingly long imprisonment for what most would consider minor offense.
! see what you did there...
Not that I'm any particular supporter of Microsoft, but that's a bit unfair. This is an entirely new class of pissing on the customer that MS wouldn't even dare.