They're abusing their monopoly. This is their punishment.
If Google were to abuse their monopoly, by, say,
somehow forcing websites to be not indexed in other search engines (thereby damaging the competing search engines), or somehow abusing the fact that many uninformed users are unaware of alternatives (see the MS parallel here?),
they should get punished too, e.g. by being forced to link to competing search engines, which would also have the effect of informing people of alternatives.
I can get you a screenshot if you want. I've been seeing these odd gaps in words for years now. Maybe it's a font issue. For some reason, the gaps appear for some words only.
Specs: Kubuntu 8.04 OOo 2.4.1 Font: Times New Roman
When I switch to Nimbus Roman No9 L, the gaps all seem to disappear.
We can probably blame MS for this, since Times New Roman is installed by the msttcorefonts package;-)
People used to blame comic books for the moral decay of the youth, now they're glad if they'll even bother to read comics.
Kids play all kinds of violent games, and they (most of them, anyway) know they're not real. Have you ever watched any cartoons? Those are ultra-violent killing instructions! Oh noes!
And of course the pinko liberals forget that before there were comics and rock music, there simply was no violence. At all.
This reminds me of Wurm Online, a MMORPG in which you can chop down the trees, build buildings, and make your own roads, hills, mines, fences, etcetera. Practically all of the terrain modifications have been made by the players.
Stephen Baxter's Behemoth is an omnibus of three books which deal with mammoths. The third book is actually about mammoths being genetically engineered back into existence, and there is actually one individual who is halfway between elephant and mammoth. Very cool books.
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They're abusing their monopoly. This is their punishment.
If Google were to abuse their monopoly, by, say,
somehow forcing websites to be not indexed in other search engines (thereby damaging the competing search engines), or
somehow abusing the fact that many uninformed users are unaware of alternatives (see the MS parallel here?),
they should get punished too, e.g. by being forced to link to competing search engines, which would also have the effect of informing people of alternatives.
I can get you a screenshot if you want. I've been seeing these odd gaps in words for years now. Maybe it's a font issue. For some reason, the gaps appear for some words only.
Specs: Kubuntu 8.04 OOo 2.4.1 Font: Times New Roman
When I switch to Nimbus Roman No9 L, the gaps all seem to disappear.
We can probably blame MS for this, since Times New Roman is installed by the msttcorefonts package ;-)
On my system, the gap is between the n and the d: ban dits.
Three words: Acer Aspire One.
People used to blame comic books for the moral decay of the youth, now they're glad if they'll even bother to read comics.
Kids play all kinds of violent games, and they (most of them, anyway) know they're not real. Have you ever watched any cartoons? Those are ultra-violent killing instructions! Oh noes!
And of course the pinko liberals forget that before there were comics and rock music, there simply was no violence. At all.
Woosh.
You are actually running IE.
Let me guess, there's no blood either?
It's the Ice-Truck Killer!
My guess is that it's probably not weapons-grade anymore, but of course still suitable for a dirty bomb.
Ob. /. joke: This belongs in a museum!
Can I speel in, or do I have to drag my old Farspark out of the shed to see it?
This reminds me of Wurm Online, a MMORPG in which you can chop down the trees, build buildings, and make your own roads, hills, mines, fences, etcetera. Practically all of the terrain modifications have been made by the players.
Why don't you write a script to do all that stuff each time?
Really?
Amen! Purge the filthy alien scum!
No, you'll probably get 476GiB.
That's $2 to compete with the $3 MS Windows XP Starter Edition, plus $699 for the SCO licenses. Total is $701, which is more than $700.
The bureaucracy is expanding, to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.
There's a difference between binary blobs that get loaded as firmware on devices, and binary blobs that get used as device drivers by the kernel.
If the bible is exempt from criticism that can be levied upon textbooks, then why does it get used as a textbook in so many schools?
I didn't know he could do that...
I agree, the book was just awesome all the way through.
Stephen Baxter's Behemoth is an omnibus of three books which deal with mammoths. The third book is actually about mammoths being genetically engineered back into existence, and there is actually one individual who is halfway between elephant and mammoth. Very cool books.
If you have been paying any attention in the last decade-and-a-half, it'll be more of the same.
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They're not going to lose the Lego trademark. The bricks themselves can't be the trademark, though.