You Telco Asshats have proven over and over and over again that you are incapable of intelligently stewarding teh Intrawebs.
Well, here's your government-issued login. And here's your government-issued IP address. I hope you don't mind. Make sure you memorize the password and don't let anybody else use your account. You're being held responsible. We're from the Government and we're here to make the Internet a better place.
A lot of us know a friend or a friend of a relative who collects SSI benefits for 'disability' and could do a hell of a lot more with their life than they do.
Or we have nephews or nieces whose parents (divorced from our family-in-law members) collect SSI benefits in their name 'for the children' that pay for extra stuff, because they've got a pretty viable family income as it is.
There are a substantial number of 'injured on the job' types out there collecting benefits when they could easily be working at a new position that might, shocking as it seems, not have the physical requirements of their old job. But they get SSI. Why should they exert themselves?
I know, I know, anecdotal evidence. Why there aren't throngs of social scientists out doing the needed 'studies' is beyond me. It couldn't be because they make more money serving 'clients.' Not a chance of that.
We're not ignoring history. We're just observing people out there 'trying to fix it' again, like happened repeatedly in the 20th Century, with very messy results. In fact, we're very cognizant of history, and see no reason to repeat it. Your old big Government ideas are discredited.
Never, ever, ever, believe what you hear anybody say about a particular group when they call it 'the teabaggers.' You might as well be talking about the Mario Brothers or Elmer Fudd. They're made-up parodies, too.
On the other, hand if you like teabagging why skirt around the issue. Suck it in, dood.
Should the bandwidth on the thin-net (10Base-5) in your moms basement connecting all your Linux boxes together be under government regulation like the other bandwidth is? How about the wire leading to your doorbell button? And don't get me started on that electric fence out there surrounding that cornfield...
Why should any of it be under government regulation? We're not a socialist State.
How are the right of ways provided by 'the public'? I am sure that a certain percentage of it is on publicly owned land. Most of it is on private property however. Perhaps issues of eminent domain enter into it, and the fairness of that needs to be considered. So let's just shut it all down and let the litigation begin, eh?
They couldn't trust the Generals. Remember, the whole political structure of the USSR was based on an ideological myth that pitted a cadre of true believers against the rest of society. The Generals didn't have the 'political education' to be trusted.
The truck plants that the US provided the USSR were not for the most part shit. It's my understanding that trucks produced there were rolling through Afghanistan in the 80's campaign.
The Soviet industry was crippled at the start of and throughout the war, and afterwards. Central State control just works that way.
You just need to order a bluetooth fuse. I am pretty sure there are a bunch of them available on eBay right now. Most ship out of Hong Kong, but they've been pretty reliable for me so far.
And we are talking about the ability to read these documents long after Microsoft is (hopefully) dead and out of business. Unless some agency steps in to make sure their internal non-published specs are released before the Redmond campus is bulldozed to make space for the new WalMart.... well.....
Also try looking at the technical specifications of the iPhone - it's just a bulletpoint list of features- hardly 'technical'
That 'culture' has been a problem for a long time. The book "A Technical Introduction to the Macintosh" was basically a sales brochure. You had to spend tons of money, and be an insider to even get access, to the 'Inside Mac' books.
At that point in Apple's history, they were more of a partnership. Woz was not Job's fucking employee at the time. Furthermore, Jobs was more of a coke dealer in that time frame than anything else. He's a sales type. One of the 'five hour blow and booze lunch on Friday' types, while the engineers stick to their job in the lab. Didn't you know? Haven't we all had fuckers like that above us in our companies? This is Slashdot, not a Middle Management blog.
As such any spending of public money on cracking down on this... Saves the public money.
Not necessarily. The counterfeit market tends to drive prices downward. If hundreds of installations are using the counterfeit gear without any issues or problems, it could be time for the GSA to get involved and figure out what the government is giving so much money to Cisco for.
What His Jobsness has sold you is a store you can carry in your pocket so that you can buy books, music, movies and apps
Uh, I don't have a great big pocket up front on my belly like a kangaroo, nor do I often wear bib overalls. So the iPad doesn't fit in that respect either.
That said, the disadvantage that BOTH of them have (namely being a physical item requiring shipment)
That isn't necessarily a disadvantage. Games may take up to two or four years to develop. People anticipate a new game coming, and will pay and order it. The built in 'dongle' copy protection of a physical item being needed to play the game keeps the content paid for, and people don't mind having something to look forward to having arrive in the mail in a few days.
The instant gratification of online games has it's draw, but it's not a requirement for many customers.
You're not all talking about the same thing. The GP spoke of Open Source. Now you're talking about Free Software (but you forgot to capitalize.) Free Software (GPL) is a subset of Open Source. There are numerous Open Source licenses that software can be licensed under and still bear the 'Open Source' label.
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You Telco Asshats have proven over and over and over again that you are incapable of intelligently stewarding teh Intrawebs.
Well, here's your government-issued login. And here's your government-issued IP address. I hope you don't mind. Make sure you memorize the password and don't let anybody else use your account. You're being held responsible. We're from the Government and we're here to make the Internet a better place.
A lot of us know a friend or a friend of a relative who collects SSI benefits for 'disability' and could do a hell of a lot more with their life than they do.
Or we have nephews or nieces whose parents (divorced from our family-in-law members) collect SSI benefits in their name 'for the children' that pay for extra stuff, because they've got a pretty viable family income as it is.
There are a substantial number of 'injured on the job' types out there collecting benefits when they could easily be working at a new position that might, shocking as it seems, not have the physical requirements of their old job. But they get SSI. Why should they exert themselves?
I know, I know, anecdotal evidence. Why there aren't throngs of social scientists out doing the needed 'studies' is beyond me. It couldn't be because they make more money serving 'clients.' Not a chance of that.
We're not ignoring history. We're just observing people out there 'trying to fix it' again, like happened repeatedly in the 20th Century, with very messy results. In fact, we're very cognizant of history, and see no reason to repeat it. Your old big Government ideas are discredited.
Never, ever, ever, believe what you hear anybody say about a particular group when they call it 'the teabaggers.' You might as well be talking about the Mario Brothers or Elmer Fudd. They're made-up parodies, too.
On the other, hand if you like teabagging why skirt around the issue. Suck it in, dood.
Should the bandwidth on the thin-net (10Base-5) in your moms basement connecting all your Linux boxes together be under government regulation like the other bandwidth is? How about the wire leading to your doorbell button? And don't get me started on that electric fence out there surrounding that cornfield...
Why should any of it be under government regulation? We're not a socialist State.
How are the right of ways provided by 'the public'? I am sure that a certain percentage of it is on publicly owned land. Most of it is on private property however. Perhaps issues of eminent domain enter into it, and the fairness of that needs to be considered. So let's just shut it all down and let the litigation begin, eh?
I'm absolutely opposed to government control, however, if they are going to take my money, I should have a say what it is used for.
That kind of tenuous reasoning could lead to people organizing and shutting down big corpulent wastes of money like HEW, the EPA, etc.
And if public money has gone to National Public Radio (a certain amount has and can be documented) where's my open mike?
Ell Bee Jay rhymes so well with Jay Eff Kay. Sadly, nobody ever got to chant that one.
They couldn't trust the Generals. Remember, the whole political structure of the USSR was based on an ideological myth that pitted a cadre of true believers against the rest of society. The Generals didn't have the 'political education' to be trusted.
The truck plants that the US provided the USSR were not for the most part shit. It's my understanding that trucks produced there were rolling through Afghanistan in the 80's campaign.
The Soviet industry was crippled at the start of and throughout the war, and afterwards. Central State control just works that way.
What does being the dean of a Law School have to do with experience? That's academic experience, not experience practicing law.
This nominee has never, never, served as a judge before.
You just need to order a bluetooth fuse. I am pretty sure there are a bunch of them available on eBay right now. Most ship out of Hong Kong, but they've been pretty reliable for me so far.
So you're talking about the marketing types. Yes. Anything to keep them the hell away from the rest of us. Go log on Facebook, marketing dude.
Dude, you need to work on your overuse of the caps lock key to express sanctimony. It's affecting your credibility in the discussion.
That's true, so long as all you're trying to search is C:
And we are talking about the ability to read these documents long after Microsoft is (hopefully) dead and out of business. Unless some agency steps in to make sure their internal non-published specs are released before the Redmond campus is bulldozed to make space for the new WalMart.... well.....
Also try looking at the technical specifications of the iPhone - it's just a bulletpoint list of features- hardly 'technical'
That 'culture' has been a problem for a long time. The book "A Technical Introduction to the Macintosh" was basically a sales brochure. You had to spend tons of money, and be an insider to even get access, to the 'Inside Mac' books.
At that point in Apple's history, they were more of a partnership. Woz was not Job's fucking employee at the time. Furthermore, Jobs was more of a coke dealer in that time frame than anything else. He's a sales type. One of the 'five hour blow and booze lunch on Friday' types, while the engineers stick to their job in the lab. Didn't you know? Haven't we all had fuckers like that above us in our companies? This is Slashdot, not a Middle Management blog.
Adobe MIGHT have flash working on Android by the Q4 2010, don't hold your breath. When would that update reach users?
If Adobe's practices are like every other software outfit's, obviously that would mean the update would reach users by about Q3 2010.
As such any spending of public money on cracking down on this... Saves the public money.
Not necessarily. The counterfeit market tends to drive prices downward. If hundreds of installations are using the counterfeit gear without any issues or problems, it could be time for the GSA to get involved and figure out what the government is giving so much money to Cisco for.
Uh, I don't have a great big pocket up front on my belly like a kangaroo, nor do I often wear bib overalls. So the iPad doesn't fit in that respect either.
That said, the disadvantage that BOTH of them have (namely being a physical item requiring shipment)
That isn't necessarily a disadvantage. Games may take up to two or four years to develop. People anticipate a new game coming, and will pay and order it. The built in 'dongle' copy protection of a physical item being needed to play the game keeps the content paid for, and people don't mind having something to look forward to having arrive in the mail in a few days.
The instant gratification of online games has it's draw, but it's not a requirement for many customers.
Copyright law has nothing to do with sales or selling anything. I can copyright a poem, never sell it to anybody, and still retain copyright over it.
I can sing a song, or sketch a drawing on your hard drive with a sharpie, and still retain copyright over it.
Australia wasn't founded by criminals. It was founded by wardens.
You're not all talking about the same thing. The GP spoke of Open Source. Now you're talking about Free Software (but you forgot to capitalize.) Free Software (GPL) is a subset of Open Source. There are numerous Open Source licenses that software can be licensed under and still bear the 'Open Source' label.