"well, that was particularly insulting. nothing quite like the threat of "no pussy!" to drive intelligent young programmers away from open source / free software."
"Yes, in fact, the wine is being released by Coppola. Moreover, Coppola has been making wines with Lucas's grapes (for private consumption and gifts) for a number of years."
The vines themselves were a gift from Coppola. I actually got to see them (and tour the ranch) when a friend worked for LucasFilm. Best part: seeing the Grail cup from Last Crusade.
Tablet PCs suck. Really. It's a giant PDA! It's a crappy notebook! What's not to hate?
All you really want is decent note taking right? Instead of a $3,000 POS, get a decent PalmOS PDA and a Stoaway folding keyboard. Spend the >$2,500 you save on beer and condoms.
"Furthermore, they technically have a cash value of 1/20 cents (read the fine print). IANAL, but IAARSP (I am a relatively smart person)."
Many coupons specify a "cash redemption value" of 1/20 or 1/100 cent. But a thing is still worth what it will bring. Think about it. If this weren't true, why would anyone pay a premium for a 1943 copper penny which technically has a cash value of 1 cent? You may be a relatively smart person but you are nonetheless wrong.
Let's do an easy one: How would you address non-point source polution where the producers of the polution cannot be specifically identified and the vicitms of the polution live 800 miles and two states away? Assume the costs to clean up the effects of the polution exceed the costs of preventing the polution by two orders of magnitude but that the producers of the polution derive no identifiable economic benefit from preventing the polution.
As a side note, "individual freedom" is not the greates thing of all if you don't have the security (financial, physical, political, etc.) to enjoy it. There are places in the world that are lawless and so have no governmental intrusions on your freedoms. Would you rather live there or in the nanny-state of Sweden?
"To me, the first problem with our government is that it's too large. The second, which is directly related to the first, is that it's filled with too many politicians. Our government tries to do too much, most of which it sucks at. These thoughts are the main reason I call myself a libertarian."
In what way is our government too large? What would you get rid of? What would you do in the face of opposition to your preferences on how government should be downsized? How are these conflicts between competing interests to be resolved?
And direct democracy has too many shortcomings for something as large and complex as a nation of millions. Who will build roads? Who will ensure that the food supply is not overly conta,minated by rat feces? How do you pay for things that are usefull but difficult to meter and/or do not have sufficiently large identifiable constituencies? Will there be any controls when individual states' interests colide? Should there be water projects? Etc. etc. etc.
I always suspect that self-proclaimed libertarians are relatively young, relatively well off single types that, for whatever reason, have never realized the extent of their reliance on the fruits of government. The big problem with libertarianism, in my view, is that it is only a reaction against things. It doesn't lead to anything.
The only thing in favor of homeopathy is that way back when "medicine" consisted of bleeding and vague worries about "humours", the ingestion of essentially pure water would at least do no harm.
John Lott is not a good reference for the pro-gun lobby. He has difficulty being honest. See Tim Lambert's site for detailed analysis of Lott's errors and misrepresentations. Lott has misrepresented Kleck and Kates' work as well.
I used to use those containers. Then i realized i had a dozen of those crappy shoulder bags you get at trade shows and they work great for sorted storage.
I own the Etymotic ear buds and use them with my 30 GB iPod. I originally bought them to use with the Han Go 20 GB MP3 player (still superior in some ways to the iPod but far clunkier). In short, they are an awesome product. They sound much, much better than conventional ear buds. They are also more comfortable once you get used to them. You can even get custom ear molds made as Etymotic is a hearing aid manufacturer.
I've had mine for about 3 years now. That means I've spent about a quarter a day to for more pleasure. Money well spent.
"Copyright law allows for reasonable copying, e.g., a few pages from a book. So surely 200 lines of code out of millions would simply be laughed out of court?
This is profoundly wrong. Copyright law does not allow you to copy a few pages out of a book. It allows you to make Fair Use of copyrighted material. It may be fair use for you to copy an entire book. It may not be fair use for you to copy a single paragraph. There is no "use X many free" formula. People get in trouble believing this.
The de facto and de jure in this case is the same. Prior to the passage of the 14th Amendment, the states could enact speech restrictions (and did so). Immediately after the 14th Amendment was ratified, there were questions and it wasn't immediately clear what they could and could not do. Shortly thereafter and through today, the substantive due process jurispridence made it clear that states had to abide by the 1st Amendment. That is, states are de facto and de jure prohibited from restricting speech in ways that are incompatible with 1st Amendment jurisprudence. That's not to say they don't try and that the meaning of "compatible with the 1st Amendment" doesn't change.
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What with the Slashdot Effect and all . . .
Says the poster with the Real Doll sig.
Your grunt helps me verify that you are indeed a moron.
"most X suck" Best summarized as Sturgeon's Law: "90% of everything is crud." And hey, an SF author said it!
The vines themselves were a gift from Coppola. I actually got to see them (and tour the ranch) when a friend worked for LucasFilm. Best part: seeing the Grail cup from Last Crusade.
That's what the beer is for. I'm assuming he won't take the keyboard to parties.
All you really want is decent note taking right? Instead of a $3,000 POS, get a decent PalmOS PDA and a Stoaway folding keyboard. Spend the >$2,500 you save on beer and condoms.
Many coupons specify a "cash redemption value" of 1/20 or 1/100 cent. But a thing is still worth what it will bring. Think about it. If this weren't true, why would anyone pay a premium for a 1943 copper penny which technically has a cash value of 1 cent? You may be a relatively smart person but you are nonetheless wrong.
Stolen from http://tedbarlowfaq.blogspot.com/
So which is it?
Sheesh. I bet you say "unnecessarily redundant" too.
As opposed to what? Mood?
Let's do an easy one: How would you address non-point source polution where the producers of the polution cannot be specifically identified and the vicitms of the polution live 800 miles and two states away? Assume the costs to clean up the effects of the polution exceed the costs of preventing the polution by two orders of magnitude but that the producers of the polution derive no identifiable economic benefit from preventing the polution.
As a side note, "individual freedom" is not the greates thing of all if you don't have the security (financial, physical, political, etc.) to enjoy it. There are places in the world that are lawless and so have no governmental intrusions on your freedoms. Would you rather live there or in the nanny-state of Sweden?
In what way is our government too large? What would you get rid of? What would you do in the face of opposition to your preferences on how government should be downsized? How are these conflicts between competing interests to be resolved?
And direct democracy has too many shortcomings for something as large and complex as a nation of millions. Who will build roads? Who will ensure that the food supply is not overly conta,minated by rat feces? How do you pay for things that are usefull but difficult to meter and/or do not have sufficiently large identifiable constituencies? Will there be any controls when individual states' interests colide? Should there be water projects? Etc. etc. etc.
I always suspect that self-proclaimed libertarians are relatively young, relatively well off single types that, for whatever reason, have never realized the extent of their reliance on the fruits of government. The big problem with libertarianism, in my view, is that it is only a reaction against things. It doesn't lead to anything.
Didn't the placebo effect recently get debunked?
The only thing in favor of homeopathy is that way back when "medicine" consisted of bleeding and vague worries about "humours", the ingestion of essentially pure water would at least do no harm.
John Lott is not a good reference for the pro-gun lobby. He has difficulty being honest. See Tim Lambert's site for detailed analysis of Lott's errors and misrepresentations. Lott has misrepresented Kleck and Kates' work as well.
Just an FYI: I bought the Gainward and had huge problems. And because I was an idiot, I was unable to return it. Be wary.
I used to use those containers. Then i realized i had a dozen of those crappy shoulder bags you get at trade shows and they work great for sorted storage.
WRONG! I control light. And I plan to blot out the light from the Moon on Saturday. Just try and stop me.
I've had mine for about 3 years now. That means I've spent about a quarter a day to for more pleasure. Money well spent.
Yes it is BS. Circumstances matter. There are no rules of thumb that are reliable.
This is profoundly wrong. Copyright law does not allow you to copy a few pages out of a book. It allows you to make Fair Use of copyrighted material. It may be fair use for you to copy an entire book. It may not be fair use for you to copy a single paragraph. There is no "use X many free" formula. People get in trouble believing this.
Only without the sex, right?
Hope that helps.