All Intel has done is sell their products. If you have a problem with their business practices, do not buy from them. You have no right to control how they run their business via the government.
So why is the government interfering with the market and giving away $7 billion to the oil companies?
Because the congressmen want new cars, and maybe a beach house. And they get back any voter favor lost by trying to steal money from the oil companies because they are making large profits (somehow, this is a bad thing).
Why should the people who run a country's government have any effect on what kind of cars are driven? When the market makes alternative fuels viable, then they will be used.
The French government (or anyone else) has no right to control how these artists and record companies distribute their products. If they want to start their own "P2P for a flat fee" program, that's great, but they have the right to only sell it on proprietary 10 foot diameter optical disks if they so desire.
How is this project going to work? Will the French government give the artists as much money as it feels appropriate, so the manufacturers of a product cannot set their prices? Freedom? They can't just let the record company pick any price, as is what can and should happen in a free market. So they are abridging freedom for a false "Right to Steal"? "This announcement caused... excitement from the vast majority of civilians." Wow.
Because it is people controlling other people and corporations (Through government), which they have no right to do, save to make sure they do not attempt to inhibit their rights. And you have no right over anyone else's property, intellectual or material, unless they choose to give it to you.
They could have at least matched the laptop specs.
The MacBook Pro is a high end, professional level computer. The Mac Mini is the low end, inexpensive model. Is there any regular computer maker (id est, a computer maker that sells all price points of computers, rather than a niche high end company) whose most expensive laptop is less powerful than its least expensive desktop?
minimizing government restriction on business at the expense of the common citizen
Well, no. It is acting under the belief that businesses' freedom is good for the common citizen, although there are certainly people in both that are corrupt and do not act upon their parties' beliefs.
"Yes boss, those new lines after ever word are necessary. And those comments containing the entire text of the Lord of the Rings series, well... I hear our customer is a Tolkien fan"
I think the parent was a joke, but there probably are people who feel this way. I wouldn't be surprised if it has lost 10^100 a significant number of 10^100 Maps users.
the CEO's of this planet have the lowest IQ's of the population.
Then how did they become CEOs? Surely if an idiot could lead a major corporation, you could do so and still have time to discover the meaning of life and create your own OS?
Why do the Linux GUIs always have the menu bar as part of the windows and the top 3 buttons on the right? Surely it makes more sense to only have one menu bar taking up space at a time, and the buttons near the menus where your mouse is.
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All Intel has done is sell their products. If you have a problem with their business practices, do not buy from them. You have no right to control how they run their business via the government.
The people selling the product do have the right to designate terms of use as long as the consumer is informed of them in advance.
They document this. When you buy it, you know that those features won't work on your computer. If you don't like that, don't buy it.
Safari 2 works properly for that test.
If Skype or Intel wants to limit features on certain CPUs with their product, they have every right to do so. Freedom.
The government has the power to use force to achieve its aims. Microsoft cannot force you to buy Windows, or be one of their customers in any way.
So why is the government interfering with the market and giving away $7 billion to the oil companies?
Because the congressmen want new cars, and maybe a beach house. And they get back any voter favor lost by trying to steal money from the oil companies because they are making large profits (somehow, this is a bad thing).
Well, it does show that significant global warming occurs outside of human influence. It would more support the "NEOCONS" than prove them wrong.
Personally, I'd rather carry stuff around and be protected and guranteed food than run around the forest and starve and get eaten.
Guess that's why I'm not an animal.
Why should the people who run a country's government have any effect on what kind of cars are driven? When the market makes alternative fuels viable, then they will be used.
The French government (or anyone else) has no right to control how these artists and record companies distribute their products. If they want to start their own "P2P for a flat fee" program, that's great, but they have the right to only sell it on proprietary 10 foot diameter optical disks if they so desire.
... excitement from the vast majority of civilians." Wow.
How is this project going to work? Will the French government give the artists as much money as it feels appropriate, so the manufacturers of a product cannot set their prices? Freedom? They can't just let the record company pick any price, as is what can and should happen in a free market. So they are abridging freedom for a false "Right to Steal"? "This announcement caused
Because it is people controlling other people and corporations (Through government), which they have no right to do, save to make sure they do not attempt to inhibit their rights. And you have no right over anyone else's property, intellectual or material, unless they choose to give it to you.
They could have at least matched the laptop specs. The MacBook Pro is a high end, professional level computer. The Mac Mini is the low end, inexpensive model. Is there any regular computer maker (id est, a computer maker that sells all price points of computers, rather than a niche high end company) whose most expensive laptop is less powerful than its least expensive desktop?
minimizing government restriction on business at the expense of the common citizen
Well, no. It is acting under the belief that businesses' freedom is good for the common citizen, although there are certainly people in both that are corrupt and do not act upon their parties' beliefs.
More == better, if you're getting paid per line.
"Yes boss, those new lines after ever word are necessary. And those comments containing the entire text of the Lord of the Rings series, well... I hear our customer is a Tolkien fan"
Unfortunately, the former programmer is now your manager and he doesn't appreciate you doing a better job than him.
let's put a thousand monkeys in a room with a thousand IDEs
How do you think Windows was written?
Python? Gawk? Rexx? Lua?
Those are animals, right?
-Joe Average
Will this be before or after Joe Average learns what an application is?
I think the parent was a joke, but there probably are people who feel this way. I wouldn't be surprised if it has lost 10^100 a significant number of 10^100 Maps users.
the CEO's of this planet have the lowest IQ's of the population.
Then how did they become CEOs? Surely if an idiot could lead a major corporation, you could do so and still have time to discover the meaning of life and create your own OS?
Why do the Linux GUIs always have the menu bar as part of the windows and the top 3 buttons on the right? Surely it makes more sense to only have one menu bar taking up space at a time, and the buttons near the menus where your mouse is.
That's why in Mac OS X 'quit' (=exit) is under the [nameoftheapplication] menu.
The law should enforce safety and freedom. Nothing else.
ANYONE who claims more than months or even weeks uptime in XP isn't applying patches!
What about the people who did apply patches and are lying? Perhaps "claims" should be replaced with "experiences" or "has".