Just get it on your State ballots and problem solved.
When enough states legalize it, those representatives and senators will force the feds to legalize it, or withhold all enforcement
funds until DEA removes it from the banned list.
This. People need to stop worry so much about getting the Federal gubmint to help them and start focusing on their State and local governments. Real change happens from the bottom up.
I, for one, would give up the right to bear arms for everyone, and not miss it.
This way of thinking is the greatest threat to the people of our country that we could possibly face. The Christian conservatives would just as easily say...
"I, for one, would give up the right to gay marriage, and not miss it."
"I, for one, would give up the right to get an abortion, and not miss it."
No one should ever give up a right to the government just because they are not using it right now. You never know when you may want to use it in the future.
All of the government services you cite (such as roads, water treatment, military) were in place before the 16th amendment (which established the Federal government's right to collect income taxes) was ratified in 1913. Farms and fertiziler have absolutely nothing to do with the government. As for the electrical grid, much of it was already in place and paid for by private investors before the passage of the Public Utility Holding Company Act in 1934 which facilitated regulation of electric utilities by the government.
I'm going to start a new society, with environmental concerns in mind, fair government for all, true democracy, with blackjack and hookers.
On second thought, screw the environment, democracy and fair government.
screw the blackjack too... and then have pleasant conversation with the hookers
I run a small-medium sized web site that targets K-12 teachers. We started out small with very targeted ads, advertising on Google with a budget of $10/day and started making decent sales. We were doing so well that we decided to try Yahoo. We used the exact same ads and the exact same keywords as the ones for Google that were doing well. We put $100 in our Yahoo ads account to start with, and burned through the whole amount in 4 days without a single sale. Needless to say, we turned it off immediately and have never tried it again. Now we are making many more sales from our Google ads. I don't see how Yahoo's search marketing can be so inefficient and terrible.
BTW, we also tried MSN/Live search and it's been active for about a year with a $20/day budget. The amount of money we give Microsoft every month is about $5. In other words, Microsoft search has absolutely no volume at all.
True... but Google's ranking system likes it when the domain name is the same as what you are searching for. Also, having your company name.com makes it a lot easier for your customers to remember the site and easily get back to it. example.com is a lot easier to remember and looks a lot more professional than myexampleweb.biz
although 'institutional barriers and discrimination exist
Discrimination toward women exists in the workplace for this very reason. Companies don't want to become too dependent on a female employee only to have her leave to have a child. I'm not saying it's right, just true.
I have never had to pay for a DVD playing software in Windows, I used the player installed with the video card or the bundled stand alone player like PowerDVD etc....
That's because the video card manufacturer has already paid the license fee and included it in the cost of your card.
There is no need to purchase a license for software for which a well tested, independently written, free [and illegal] alternative exists.
There, fixed that for you...
In all seriousness, this decision by Canonical was the right one. If users are to fully adopt linux as an alternative to windows, linux needs to support the basic things such as playing music and videos that windows does (in a legal way). There's no way the mafiaa and their cronies in the biz are going to let "free" codecs slide once linux becomes a viable alternative.
Yes, it is. I've known plenty of "qualified" IT "professionals" who don't know the first thing about changing a user's password on a Windows domain, basic network troubleshooting, what Linux is, etc. The truth is, it is much easier to "fake it" in IT because the non-techies have no clue about any of it either. All you have to do is spout some big words whenever someone asks you a question and then ask someone else to help you fix any problems you find. It's not hard.
This is unnecessary waste that would often be prevented by making it easy for companies to pay the developers directly. They can... it's called making a donation. Almost every FOSS project I know of has a way of donating money on their website.
I have no problems with a military botnet as long as the computers hosting it are strictly voluntary. It seems to me that if the military infected everyone's machines without their knowledge it would be a violation of the third amendment:
"No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."
I've been a linux user for 6 years and I can't stand microsoft, but what they're is doing is not wrong, it's marketing. This is what companies do! That's how they sell their product. As a business owner myself, I'm all too familiar with the desire to do anything to sell your product. The OP's reaction is the correct one. Microsoft has every right try and sell their products.... the only thing the linux camp can do is fight back with the same tactics.
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Just get it on your State ballots and problem solved. When enough states legalize it, those representatives and senators will force the feds to legalize it, or withhold all enforcement funds until DEA removes it from the banned list.
This. People need to stop worry so much about getting the Federal gubmint to help them and start focusing on their State and local governments. Real change happens from the bottom up.
I, for one, would give up the right to bear arms for everyone, and not miss it.
This way of thinking is the greatest threat to the people of our country that we could possibly face. The Christian conservatives would just as easily say...
"I, for one, would give up the right to gay marriage, and not miss it."
"I, for one, would give up the right to get an abortion, and not miss it."
No one should ever give up a right to the government just because they are not using it right now. You never know when you may want to use it in the future.
All of the government services you cite (such as roads, water treatment, military) were in place before the 16th amendment (which established the Federal government's right to collect income taxes) was ratified in 1913. Farms and fertiziler have absolutely nothing to do with the government. As for the electrical grid, much of it was already in place and paid for by private investors before the passage of the Public Utility Holding Company Act in 1934 which facilitated regulation of electric utilities by the government.
I'm going to start a new society, with environmental concerns in mind, fair government for all, true democracy, with blackjack and hookers. On second thought, screw the environment, democracy and fair government.
screw the blackjack too... and then have pleasant conversation with the hookers
We can just switch to Throwback Mt Dew... it's made with sugar instead of HFCS :-D
I run a small-medium sized web site that targets K-12 teachers. We started out small with very targeted ads, advertising on Google with a budget of $10/day and started making decent sales. We were doing so well that we decided to try Yahoo. We used the exact same ads and the exact same keywords as the ones for Google that were doing well. We put $100 in our Yahoo ads account to start with, and burned through the whole amount in 4 days without a single sale. Needless to say, we turned it off immediately and have never tried it again. Now we are making many more sales from our Google ads. I don't see how Yahoo's search marketing can be so inefficient and terrible. BTW, we also tried MSN/Live search and it's been active for about a year with a $20/day budget. The amount of money we give Microsoft every month is about $5. In other words, Microsoft search has absolutely no volume at all.
if they keep getting "rebooted" every 10 years
True... but Google's ranking system likes it when the domain name is the same as what you are searching for. Also, having your company name .com makes it a lot easier for your customers to remember the site and easily get back to it. example.com is a lot easier to remember and looks a lot more professional than myexampleweb.biz
although 'institutional barriers and discrimination exist
Discrimination toward women exists in the workplace for this very reason. Companies don't want to become too dependent on a female employee only to have her leave to have a child. I'm not saying it's right, just true.
...for your bending over from best buy
when someone issues "DELETE * FROM..."
They will get a syntax error :-P
to the United Socialist States of America
I have never had to pay for a DVD playing software in Windows, I used the player installed with the video card or the bundled stand alone player like PowerDVD etc....
That's because the video card manufacturer has already paid the license fee and included it in the cost of your card.
There is no need to purchase a license for software for which a well tested, independently written, free [and illegal] alternative exists.
There, fixed that for you... In all seriousness, this decision by Canonical was the right one. If users are to fully adopt linux as an alternative to windows, linux needs to support the basic things such as playing music and videos that windows does (in a legal way). There's no way the mafiaa and their cronies in the biz are going to let "free" codecs slide once linux becomes a viable alternative.
Yes, it is. I've known plenty of "qualified" IT "professionals" who don't know the first thing about changing a user's password on a Windows domain, basic network troubleshooting, what Linux is, etc. The truth is, it is much easier to "fake it" in IT because the non-techies have no clue about any of it either. All you have to do is spout some big words whenever someone asks you a question and then ask someone else to help you fix any problems you find. It's not hard.
"we want our high speed internet and tv but you can't put the equipment for it HERE!!!"
cisco
only the government can go over-budget rebuilding something they already built 40 years ago
extremely flammable, often explosive, and very dangerous to work with, sounds like a smashing idea!
sounds like propane.... i can't believe millions of people have a tank full of it right next to their house with it exploding constantly like it does
If they pulled each other the universe would have been destroyed a long time ago
a slashdot book club ! :-)
I have no problems with a military botnet as long as the computers hosting it are strictly voluntary. It seems to me that if the military infected everyone's machines without their knowledge it would be a violation of the third amendment: "No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."
a patch that upgrades you to vista
I've been a linux user for 6 years and I can't stand microsoft, but what they're is doing is not wrong, it's marketing. This is what companies do! That's how they sell their product. As a business owner myself, I'm all too familiar with the desire to do anything to sell your product. The OP's reaction is the correct one. Microsoft has every right try and sell their products.... the only thing the linux camp can do is fight back with the same tactics.