I concur with Malkavian, Piracy is due to unreasonable costs. Everyone wants to be a millionaire yesterday. Similarly, when you export jobs, you export customers. Thus, the consumer is asked to pay two to three times the actual value of the product, ergo CD or DVD.
In a similar vein, when my job goes off-shore....
If I have to lower my salary to match the off-shore competition, then my goods and services have to drop in price. When the latter do not, my choice is between food or toys. I opt for the food. When the costs for luxuries rise beyond reasonable amounts, people do away with them, restrict their purchases and stick to basics.
Regarding technology, and other pocket expenses. Why do we need such rapid change in luxury technology goods? Is someone going to die if change comes more gradually? Do I have to buy the latest toy every year? Are that many developers and industries going to suffer if the new product cycle moves from 6 months to 1 year?
Perhaps the quality and features would increase, given extra time to bring the product to market. And as a side benefit our landfills would support us for 20 years, instead of 5. Perhaps its time to return to what we deem are reasonable profits. Can I buy a clothes-washer that lasts 10 years between repairs?
I am fed up with engineered obsolescence. I remember one prominent company advertising "Value Engineering". What they were saying was to reduce the product design to where the product would only last the duration of the warranted period. The product had to be cheapened to where it would fail at most 10-15% beyond the warantee period.
First of all, I agree with the divide and conquer. It was, according to google's sponsored film http://zeitgeistmovie.com/ the bankers who are guilty of it all.
What bothers me as a human, is that we really had no fear about life until Bush came on the scene. I frankly believe that 99 percent of the fear in the USA is generated by the White House and the Propoganda machine.
I for one would like to have some interviews with Al-Quaida or the Taliban shown on TV, or understand their motivation. I don't believe it is religious fanaticism. Is it the sucking of the cream from the milk, the resources of the land for WASP consumption. I bet that is it.
I am in Canada, and our TV is a trifle better then the Americans. We have 8 minutes of programming and two minutes of commercials, non-stop. (6 breaks per hour). Most of us have abandoned TV for the internet, where we an have a discourse, as we are now doing.
Leslie
PS. Why are there massive killings in SUDAN (DARFOUR), and now in other parts of Africa. Who is behind it. What is the motivation?
I am not bothered by the RIAA or DRM, or even INTEL. They will disappear as a result of the Regan American capitalism plans that started years ago and make corporations responsible for the well being of the citizens. So, as responsible corporations, they will move all manufacturing off shore. Because no one has exclusivity on intelligence, China will introduce a cpu processor that is performance wise, superior to Intel's finest, and just like clothing, dishes, cars, televisions, stereos, appliances, and the like, we will buy our products from them. Since we will not be buying American products, what can the RIAA say or do?
Why did I say Chinese, well, America, wake up and come down to reality. Greed is good for the corporation in the short term, but keep the jobs at home. Too much greed means that your manufacturers go off shore, and their children get the university education that you cannot afford for your own. And as customers looking for deals, you will purchase offshore goods and your dollar sinks even further. It has already started that big sinking and sliding away.
Sorry to introduce two topics, but in my mind the RIAA is symptomatic of American Corporations and the tip of the iceberg that is to come.
Up here in the cold north, (Canada), those bulbs are ineffective in producing savings. In fact, I would say that their manufacture causes more polution and that the cost to dispose of them more then covers any possible savings.
Consider that in winter, any heat produced by an incandescent bulb in a home, displaces the heat generated by gas, or oil. In Quebec Canada, 80% of homes are heated electrically, due to an abundance of water generated electricity, so, the heat either comes from a baseboard element, or from the lightbulb.
In summer, with daylight hours being extended, we do not turn on lights, except for a very few hours after dark.
These same florescent bulbs, when installed outside, in the cold weather, hardly glow. They are nearly ineffective as an efficient light source when they are installed outdoors and the temperature is below freezing.
. Another observation (I have some of these devices) is that at least one in a dozen of UL or CSA approved bulbs catches fire at the junction of the bulb and the base, and smolders until the circuit is broken due to melting. A few fires have occurred. Quality is just not there for all brands. Caveat Emptor. In offices, in summer, there are savings. but then offices use the long low energy 40 inch florescent bulbs.
Here in Quebec Canada, the repairman, by law must return all replaced parts. It came into effect when garages were changing parts on the whim, or were not changing the parts and charging for replacements. What was imposed on garages was imposed on all repair shops operating in the province. The consumer has the right to not pay if the old part is not returned.
If the repairman knows that to remove the old part he must damage it, the customer is supposed to be advised before the repair is initiated.
Canada, like Australia, has a parlementary system. It leads to much more democratic representation. The difference between Canada and Australia is that voting is not compulsary in Canada. Nevertheless, we get up to 70% votes from the eligible voters. (Non citizens are ineligible).
Any thoughts to the judge being the blogger in question?
And if it happened to you, how you would respond, if you did not have that knowledgeable judge on the bench.
Is not this internet terrorist threat actually a threat to terrorists? The USA is better equipped to generate anti-terrorist messages and knowledge. The USA knows how to broadcast informative short documentaries, to broadcast tolerance and to show that the terrorists want power. We have Hollywood.
Show that what the terrorists want is a power struggle. Show tolerance to other cultures and religions. Brotherly love, and guess what, the terrorists will lose their gloss, their soft and medium core followers. Use the net to teach.
In short, what is good for the goose is better for the gander.
Does anyone know the difference in costs for cell phone use in Europe vs USA? I would say they have several million more cell phone subscribers, and they pay less per month.
Noone pays for incoming calls. How do you stop incoming calls without being able to block them? My cell provider does not offer that option.
Nice guys finish last. When American companies go to do business with smaller countries, they select the people in power, or the people who they can manipulate. The remaining population in that country, the nice people, finish last. Grease the palms of a few sheiks, and you have all the wealth in very few hands, and all the oil that drove your economy, and to hell with the balance of that population. Wealth in the USA breeds poverty outside of it.
Now, please know, that in the USA, as elsewhere, nice guys finish last. The nice guys do not have the financial resources or power to combat the greed and big business or the political machine. Furthermore, to make certain that Big Business can rule, the most litigious nation in the world uses every legal means possible.
The USA needs a shake up. Ross Perrot was right, that there should be size limits to big business. His 20 times rule should be the way to go. I guess I disagree with the previous author about tooting one's horn. In closing, I believe that 9/11 did not take place because of a few crazy's, but as an outcome of corrupt business and political practices that caused poverty to be maintained in foreign countries.
I am with the Thailand government. Only in the USA can students be treated as adults, with major loans / indebted ness, and freedom to drink, etc.
Other countries still have respectability as part of their culture. That is, respect for parents, neighbours, and others in general.
So, since the under 18 kids are really just ready to enter university, it is better that they be protected. No harm can be done as it is limited to 18 years and under. It is not over-protection
I would like to know how to synchronize the frequencies that different windmill farms would have on the grid. There would be tremendous power surges if Farm A was a fraction to one half cycle out of synchronisation with Farm B. When you build a grid, there will be more than two Windmill Farms involved, and therefore the problem, as I see it, becomes a (N-1) squared one.
Perhaps the way to do it is to have one central source with a fixed frequency to serve as a reference and from which each Farm must advance speed or retard speed of their turbines so that all frequencies march in step.
Have no idea how easy this is to do with wind electrical generation systems
In french we have the expression "Chemain Cheveaux". What does it mean? The story stems from before the era of the car.
In those days, on Sunday morning, the farmer would get out the caleche and attach the horse, to head to church. Often the farmer would fall asleep in the caleche, and they would arrive nevertheless. The horse followed the ruts in the path, and knew how to arrive.
I think our brain is the same. The more we repeat actions, the deeper the ruts, and the more difficult it is to jump out from them.
However, at 66, I am living proof to myself, that I was able to do it. I changed careers, I started to learn new topics and most of all, I even trained myself to think differently, thereby modifying my personality.
So, did I need a researcher and a mouse for all that?
In closing, you stop learning when you are dead. Until then, don't be afraid to jump out from the ruts.
I happen to be a geek that likes to shut down his system from 11pm to the next time I turn it on. The computer software shuts down the computer, but that's it. I had asked if anyone had a power bar controlled by a usb power source, so that when the computer shut itself down, that I could also remove power from the power bar. It is not so much that the monitor consumes some idle power, but my speaker system, desklamp and router do as well.
I spoke to one manufacturer of UPS systems, to see if they would provide that facility on their box, and they felt that there was no market for it.
So that company who is one of the largest UPS retailers is not interested in going green. Too bad...
Perhaps I am the only one experiencing problems or shortcomings with the new release. Here is what does not work for me.
Local networking, where I can see files on a second pc and copy or write to that disk (local network is not working)
RPM install from home directory, even with security set, crashes. Pirut (automatic updating for 64 bit system is broken)
Compiz, is very flakey. If you turn it on, you have a good chance of losing the top window frame of an open session. That means, you cannot close, or minimize the window. It also does not allow for relocating the window to another part of the screen.
All this worked well from Fc7.
Aside from the above, it appears to be fine. I refused their codecbuddy install as I want to visit the livna and other repositories for their versions. I hope that with pulseaudio, that there will be a standardizing on codec interfacing, so that one set of codecs will serve all multi-media applications.
What is the difference between his speech and Bush'es vetos and circumventing congress. Bush has caused more loss of American lives then the 9/11 tragedy did. He controls the media, and disparages opponents.
Can't wait for him to finish his term. It will be known as the Black years in American history.
I guess if you purchase a windows printer that has no logic, but a trivial bios, it relies on a program in the window user space to control it. If this printer is moved to linux, the same problem arises. The user space creates a print file that in turn is controlled by CUPS.
I happen to have a brother laser printer. Even though it can run from dos, It has all the logic to support the open definition plc5 language. This language is embedded into the printer. This printer is driven from linux.
Why blame linux when you should blame the printer manufacturers who want to sell you a printer for 29.95. What do you expect as printer smarts.
Time to move UTUBE to Bermuda, or some other country, where there is democratic freedom.
When I was younger (before Bush), I could say that I would want to be an American, because of the freedoms described in the constitution. Not so anymore. The constitution has become just words.
Even though I am harmless, I still do not want my confidential information scrutinized. And as for copyrights, if the author is dead, so should be the copyright. And I see that as saying that a corporation that holds the copyright and is still incorporated, the copyright should be valid.
Besides, I don't trust individuals or corporations, unless they have been dead for at least 120 years.
Gee, I did not know you downloaded music.
Anyway, In France and some European countries I am told, the tax on a blank cd is around 60 cents. So, when you need cds in these countries, you go to the flea market and buy the black market ones.
As for the tax on the downloads. It would be collected at time of sale by the vendor no less. And since the vendor already has a portion of that selling price as royalties, you can rest assured that fancy accounting will remove the Canadian Government contribution from the amount to be distributed as royalties.
And for Canadians that want to save a whole bundle, use an american address. Anyway, the music is pre-paid so the target address would serve to circumvent the tax.
Alternate browsers should be on the cd or dvd that would accompany a computer. Or better still, no browser is installed on the computers at all. Then an icon should appear to ask you which browser you would like to use.
That method should/could level the playing field.
Gee, because the machine wont work with any Microsoft product, you pre-suppose it will work with UBUNTU. How do you know that the network card is not defective?
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Do not blame the alternative product if the actual product for which the machine was designed would not run it either.
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In a similar vein, when my job goes off-shore....
If I have to lower my salary to match the off-shore competition, then my goods and services have to drop in price. When the latter do not, my choice is between food or toys. I opt for the food. When the costs for luxuries rise beyond reasonable amounts, people do away with them, restrict their purchases and stick to basics.
Regarding technology, and other pocket expenses. Why do we need such rapid change in luxury technology goods? Is someone going to die if change comes more gradually? Do I have to buy the latest toy every year? Are that many developers and industries going to suffer if the new product cycle moves from 6 months to 1 year?
Perhaps the quality and features would increase, given extra time to bring the product to market. And as a side benefit our landfills would support us for 20 years, instead of 5. Perhaps its time to return to what we deem are reasonable profits. Can I buy a clothes-washer that lasts 10 years between repairs?
I am fed up with engineered obsolescence. I remember one prominent company advertising "Value Engineering". What they were saying was to reduce the product design to where the product would only last the duration of the warranted period. The product had to be cheapened to where it would fail at most 10-15% beyond the warantee period.
(Company name on request).
First of all, I agree with the divide and conquer. It was, according to google's sponsored film http://zeitgeistmovie.com/ the bankers who are guilty of it all. What bothers me as a human, is that we really had no fear about life until Bush came on the scene. I frankly believe that 99 percent of the fear in the USA is generated by the White House and the Propoganda machine. I for one would like to have some interviews with Al-Quaida or the Taliban shown on TV, or understand their motivation. I don't believe it is religious fanaticism. Is it the sucking of the cream from the milk, the resources of the land for WASP consumption. I bet that is it. I am in Canada, and our TV is a trifle better then the Americans. We have 8 minutes of programming and two minutes of commercials, non-stop. (6 breaks per hour). Most of us have abandoned TV for the internet, where we an have a discourse, as we are now doing. Leslie PS. Why are there massive killings in SUDAN (DARFOUR), and now in other parts of Africa. Who is behind it. What is the motivation?
Why did I say Chinese, well, America, wake up and come down to reality. Greed is good for the corporation in the short term, but keep the jobs at home. Too much greed means that your manufacturers go off shore, and their children get the university education that you cannot afford for your own. And as customers looking for deals, you will purchase offshore goods and your dollar sinks even further. It has already started that big sinking and sliding away.
Sorry to introduce two topics, but in my mind the RIAA is symptomatic of American Corporations and the tip of the iceberg that is to come.
In my day, NIH meant Not Invented Here. Is that what they wish to fund?
Consider that in winter, any heat produced by an incandescent bulb in a home, displaces the heat generated by gas, or oil. In Quebec Canada, 80% of homes are heated electrically, due to an abundance of water generated electricity, so, the heat either comes from a baseboard element, or from the lightbulb.
In summer, with daylight hours being extended, we do not turn on lights, except for a very few hours after dark.
These same florescent bulbs, when installed outside, in the cold weather, hardly glow. They are nearly ineffective as an efficient light source when they are installed outdoors and the temperature is below freezing.
. Another observation (I have some of these devices) is that at least one in a dozen of UL or CSA approved bulbs catches fire at the junction of the bulb and the base, and smolders until the circuit is broken due to melting. A few fires have occurred. Quality is just not there for all brands. Caveat Emptor. In offices, in summer, there are savings. but then offices use the long low energy 40 inch florescent bulbs.
What does your topic have to do with giraffes? I don't know of any women who have physical bodies similar to giraffes.
Here in Quebec Canada, the repairman, by law must return all replaced parts. It came into effect when garages were changing parts on the whim, or were not changing the parts and charging for replacements. What was imposed on garages was imposed on all repair shops operating in the province. The consumer has the right to not pay if the old part is not returned.
If the repairman knows that to remove the old part he must damage it, the customer is supposed to be advised before the repair is initiated.
Canada, like Australia, has a parlementary system. It leads to much more democratic representation. The difference between Canada and Australia is that voting is not compulsary in Canada. Nevertheless, we get up to 70% votes from the eligible voters. (Non citizens are ineligible).
Any thoughts to the judge being the blogger in question? And if it happened to you, how you would respond, if you did not have that knowledgeable judge on the bench.
The device is flawed. It cannot decode Morse Code. dit.dit.dah, dit dit dit etc.
Show that what the terrorists want is a power struggle. Show tolerance to other cultures and religions. Brotherly love, and guess what, the terrorists will lose their gloss, their soft and medium core followers. Use the net to teach.
In short, what is good for the goose is better for the gander.
Does anyone know the difference in costs for cell phone use in Europe vs USA? I would say they have several million more cell phone subscribers, and they pay less per month. Noone pays for incoming calls. How do you stop incoming calls without being able to block them? My cell provider does not offer that option.
Now, please know, that in the USA, as elsewhere, nice guys finish last. The nice guys do not have the financial resources or power to combat the greed and big business or the political machine. Furthermore, to make certain that Big Business can rule, the most litigious nation in the world uses every legal means possible.
The USA needs a shake up. Ross Perrot was right, that there should be size limits to big business. His 20 times rule should be the way to go. I guess I disagree with the previous author about tooting one's horn. In closing, I believe that 9/11 did not take place because of a few crazy's, but as an outcome of corrupt business and political practices that caused poverty to be maintained in foreign countries.
Leslie Satenstein
I am with the Thailand government. Only in the USA can students be treated as adults, with major loans / indebted ness, and freedom to drink, etc. Other countries still have respectability as part of their culture. That is, respect for parents, neighbours, and others in general. So, since the under 18 kids are really just ready to enter university, it is better that they be protected. No harm can be done as it is limited to 18 years and under. It is not over-protection
Perhaps the way to do it is to have one central source with a fixed frequency to serve as a reference and from which each Farm must advance speed or retard speed of their turbines so that all frequencies march in step.
Have no idea how easy this is to do with wind electrical generation systems
Leslie
In those days, on Sunday morning, the farmer would get out the caleche and attach the horse, to head to church. Often the farmer would fall asleep in the caleche, and they would arrive nevertheless. The horse followed the ruts in the path, and knew how to arrive.
I think our brain is the same. The more we repeat actions, the deeper the ruts, and the more difficult it is to jump out from them.
However, at 66, I am living proof to myself, that I was able to do it. I changed careers, I started to learn new topics and most of all, I even trained myself to think differently, thereby modifying my personality.
So, did I need a researcher and a mouse for all that?
In closing, you stop learning when you are dead. Until then, don't be afraid to jump out from the ruts.
Leslie
I spoke to one manufacturer of UPS systems, to see if they would provide that facility on their box, and they felt that there was no market for it.
So that company who is one of the largest UPS retailers is not interested in going green. Too bad...
Leslie
All this worked well from Fc7.
Aside from the above, it appears to be fine. I refused their codecbuddy install as I want to visit the livna and other repositories for their versions. I hope that with pulseaudio, that there will be a standardizing on codec interfacing, so that one set of codecs will serve all multi-media applications.
Les
Can't wait for him to finish his term. It will be known as the Black years in American history.
Is the machinery being released, or the new chip architecture? I had trouble to understand.
I happen to have a brother laser printer. Even though it can run from dos, It has all the logic to support the open definition plc5 language. This language is embedded into the printer. This printer is driven from linux.
Why blame linux when you should blame the printer manufacturers who want to sell you a printer for 29.95. What do you expect as printer smarts.
Time to move UTUBE to Bermuda, or some other country, where there is democratic freedom. When I was younger (before Bush), I could say that I would want to be an American, because of the freedoms described in the constitution. Not so anymore. The constitution has become just words. Even though I am harmless, I still do not want my confidential information scrutinized. And as for copyrights, if the author is dead, so should be the copyright. And I see that as saying that a corporation that holds the copyright and is still incorporated, the copyright should be valid. Besides, I don't trust individuals or corporations, unless they have been dead for at least 120 years.
Gee, I did not know you downloaded music. Anyway, In France and some European countries I am told, the tax on a blank cd is around 60 cents. So, when you need cds in these countries, you go to the flea market and buy the black market ones. As for the tax on the downloads. It would be collected at time of sale by the vendor no less. And since the vendor already has a portion of that selling price as royalties, you can rest assured that fancy accounting will remove the Canadian Government contribution from the amount to be distributed as royalties. And for Canadians that want to save a whole bundle, use an american address. Anyway, the music is pre-paid so the target address would serve to circumvent the tax.
Alternate browsers should be on the cd or dvd that would accompany a computer. Or better still, no browser is installed on the computers at all. Then an icon should appear to ask you which browser you would like to use. That method should/could level the playing field.
> Do not blame the alternative product if the actual product for which the machine was designed would not run it either.