I think we should propose a new law that all seats in both houses of congress be wired with cattle prods remote controlled over the internet. Then we can watch CSPAN live, and whenever some congresscritter says something mind bogglingly stupid, we can immediately get their attention!
Uh, can you explain to me how any vehicle a foot taller than a car with a comensurate much higher center of gravity can do as well as a comparably priced car in cornering, or in resistance to roll-over?
Yes, but doesn't starting out with a brand new $50,000 vehicle limit you to a lot fewer entrants than could afford to experiment with, say, a $14,000 Escort? Or in other words, doesn't saving $36,000 on the base vehicle more than make up for any increased cost of modification?
SUVs were comparatively cheap to make, and sold for a nice premium.
Yes, and I think the fact the Ford dealers are now clearing out their SUVs at $10,000 off MSRP certainly illustrates the fact that they were making substantial profits on these.
Actually, I just bought a Honda Civic Hybrid, and am very happy with (Yes, it really does get 50 mpg while driving just like a regular Civic). I'm a little disappointed that this contest appears to focus way to much on appearance, and not enough no fuel economy. Of course, the whole "SUV" designation is just a trick to sell a station wagon that's exempt from the CAFE standards...
Yes, broadband IS a priorty in rural areas. I own a property for which it costs over $10,000 to run a cable to the house. I assure you, wireless broadband would be not only faster, but cheaper. (The best I can do there now is ISDN)
Seems to me that if you put a $5000 piece of equipment that easily fits in a suitcase into a hotel room, you're just begging to get ripped off. They'd have to wire each of these with alarm sensors to detect removal.
Seems to me it would be WAY to easy to hide a camera behind the mirror and claim it was part of the TV... personally, I've suspected some hotels of spying on patrons for quite some time.
Who would pay for the hardware and electricity? And what would keep any repeater from suffering from a "Tragedy of the Commons"? There are some things that economics are good for, after all!
So, under such a system it would be FREE to call across the Atlantic... provided there is a solid line of swimmers with cell phones all spaced a half mile apart all the way between the coasts... personally, I'd rather pay somebody to build an infrastructure.
There's a long, long line of people at the Pearly Gates waiting to get in. Suddenly, this nerdy looking guy in glasses cuts to the front of the line and storms on in. The others at the the front of the line complain "Who was that?" St. Peter replies: "Oh, that was God, but he thinks he's Bill Gates!"
Yes, but they are also driving down the price of unskilled labor, and expect employees to work unpaid overtime. How do you think they keep their prices down?
Teach them to program in Java. Then you only have to worry about the state of the Java Virtual Machine, not the entire computer. Granted, they won't learn how to create thier own printf functionality in a mere 4 pages of MACRO-11 assembly language, but then, why should they?
Well, I'd be perfectly happy to pay the government tens of thousands of dollars to execute certain people that have pissed me off, but apparently the government doesn't want my money. Could it be that greed does not outweigh morality in every case?
Actually, land is an analog only to the domain name, in the sense that if one person is using it, another person is not. It is NOT the same as an idea, where if other people use the idea, my use of the idea is not lessened -- in fact, it may be enhanced. So while your argument would seem to invalid ICANN's decisions, it says nothing about patents.
Incidentally, if you manage to live on land you don't own for several years without getting kicked off, you are said to have "squatter's rights" to remain on said land. So how come corporations can come along and kick you off your domain several years later?
Let's see now... if I register a domain name with the intent of selling it to someone else instead of using it myself, I'm "cybersquating" and ICANN will forcibly take the domain name aways from me. However, if I register an idea with the intent of selling to someone else instead of using it myself, the US Patent Office will assist me in extorting money out of anyone who wishes to sell a product based on a simular idea? I find this curiously inconsistent.
When faced with a patent infringement complaint from a smaller company, a giant like IBM can use its portfolio of 30,000 patents to strike a deal by giving the firm access to its intellectual property or threatening a counterclaim by citing patents of its own that the other party may be infringing upon.
You mean a smaller company like, oh say, SCO, might be infringing on one or more of IBM's 30,000 patents, and therefore should try to avoid pissing off the bigger company?
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when I'd be cheering for both M$ _and_ lawyers!
I think we should propose a new law that all seats in both houses of congress be wired with cattle prods remote controlled over the internet. Then we can watch CSPAN live, and whenever some congresscritter says something mind bogglingly stupid, we can immediately get their attention!
So now SCO is saying "All your [code] base are belong to us!"
Uh, can you explain to me how any vehicle a foot taller than a car with a comensurate much higher center of gravity can do as well as a comparably priced car in cornering, or in resistance to roll-over?
Yes, but doesn't starting out with a brand new $50,000 vehicle limit you to a lot fewer entrants than could afford to experiment with, say, a $14,000 Escort? Or in other words, doesn't saving $36,000 on the base vehicle more than make up for any increased cost of modification?
Could the inability to make profits on the small cars have anything to do with these cars being pieces of crap in the first place?
Yes, and I think the fact the Ford dealers are now clearing out their SUVs at $10,000 off MSRP certainly illustrates the fact that they were making substantial profits on these.
Actually, I just bought a Honda Civic Hybrid, and am very happy with (Yes, it really does get 50 mpg while driving just like a regular Civic). I'm a little disappointed that this contest appears to focus way to much on appearance, and not enough no fuel economy. Of course, the whole "SUV" designation is just a trick to sell a station wagon that's exempt from the CAFE standards...
Yes, broadband IS a priorty in rural areas. I own a property for which it costs over $10,000 to run a cable to the house. I assure you, wireless broadband would be not only faster, but cheaper. (The best I can do there now is ISDN)
Seems to me that if you put a $5000 piece of equipment that easily fits in a suitcase into a hotel room, you're just begging to get ripped off. They'd have to wire each of these with alarm sensors to detect removal.
Seems to me it would be WAY to easy to hide a camera behind the mirror and claim it was part of the TV... personally, I've suspected some hotels of spying on patrons for quite some time.
If you gotta listen to them preach to you while you eat, then it ain't free.
Who would pay for the hardware and electricity? And what would keep any repeater from suffering from a "Tragedy of the Commons"? There are some things that economics are good for, after all!
So, under such a system it would be FREE to call across the Atlantic... provided there is a solid line of swimmers with cell phones all spaced a half mile apart all the way between the coasts... personally, I'd rather pay somebody to build an infrastructure.
There's a long, long line of people at the Pearly Gates waiting to get in. Suddenly, this nerdy looking guy in glasses cuts to the front of the line and storms on in. The others at the the front of the line complain "Who was that?" St. Peter replies: "Oh, that was God, but he thinks he's Bill Gates!"
2) Apparently the Danes don't work the same hours we do. 7 hours a day at the keyboard? Closer to 10 hours a day for most people I used to work with.
I wonder which and how many of the 30,000 patents IBM owns SCO will get accused of violating. Usually it doesn't pay to wake a sleeping giant...
Yes, but they are also driving down the price of unskilled labor, and expect employees to work unpaid overtime. How do you think they keep their prices down?
Teach them to program in Java. Then you only have to worry about the state of the Java Virtual Machine, not the entire computer. Granted, they won't learn how to create thier own printf functionality in a mere 4 pages of MACRO-11 assembly language, but then, why should they?
Agreed, Becker is a gentleman and a scholar... and I don't think most people realize how many of the Ethernet drivers he has personally written...
To the best of my knowlege, being required to improve the land only applies to homesteads.
Well, I'd be perfectly happy to pay the government tens of thousands of dollars to execute certain people that have pissed me off, but apparently the government doesn't want my money. Could it be that greed does not outweigh morality in every case?
Incidentally, if you manage to live on land you don't own for several years without getting kicked off, you are said to have "squatter's rights" to remain on said land. So how come corporations can come along and kick you off your domain several years later?
Let's see now... if I register a domain name with the intent of selling it to someone else instead of using it myself, I'm "cybersquating" and ICANN will forcibly take the domain name aways from me. However, if I register an idea with the intent of selling to someone else instead of using it myself, the US Patent Office will assist me in extorting money out of anyone who wishes to sell a product based on a simular idea? I find this curiously inconsistent.
You mean a smaller company like, oh say, SCO, might be infringing on one or more of IBM's 30,000 patents, and therefore should try to avoid pissing off the bigger company?