destroy ? arent we fucking PAYING for the bandwidth we are using ? so, in short, arent we using MORE of the product the isps are delivering, and they are making more money ?
if they are not INVESTING that money to provide MORE products, therefore supplying the demand, that means they are going totally contrary to the logic of 'free market'.
and excuse me, but that is not us consumers' problem. its their stupidity.
pretty much basically any software development under the megacorporation level is now being done through agile methods, or close relatives. noone is preparing huge docs, and then going over those docs through a cumbersome development process over years.
medium to small businesses are practically having their everything built as such. minus the vendor locked ones, of course. you can gleam a lot from examining the ebb and flow of such small to medium scale contracting work in sites like elance.com
and, on the megacorporation level, things have turned more agile with passing days. companies like google started to turn out software fast, and then add up increasing functionality over time, and this undid a lot of other, traditional companies, like microsoft. they had to adopt similar policies to cope up too. it was inevitable - while you are loitering over the project of an idea for 2-3 years, some others pop up a minimum but increasing functionality version and get ahead in the market. it was 'join them if you cant beat them'.
he has the naivete that 'bipartisanship' works. the other side has NO intention of meeting halfway, or embracing his side. but he is still trying to embrace them.
can it evolve to a competitor for ms oses on pc platform in future ? i would very much prefer to have an os that supports all open standards, doesnt lock features (like directx10-11 business), and lightweight (without all those drm shit).
This will show what happens when you attempt to herd open source. It is like cats ; if they like it, they come. if they dont, there is no way in hell you can make them do what you want.
i think im speaking for all developers/webamsters and their hairs which they wont be pulling out now, since it seems in future they wont have to fix innumerable discrepancies in regard to html code interpretation each ie version introduces.
irrelevant. you are talking about various customs regarding squatting, markets. these were dependent on customs in wherever county they were. they varied so wildly even in medieval britain. and things were most standardized in medieval britain too. you should take up reading on feudalism in order to learn what it means.
it doesnt matter whether it is done through 'honest' work or not. if you allow ownership, eventually few people owns much more than the majority. this is the fault of the mechanic. no kind of 'honesty' can fix that.
oh geee. that fixes everything doesnt it. because there isnt a citation.
just like how everyone has equal votes and right to get elected, and it is defined as such in the dictionary and with citations, but, somehow, the ones with the money ends up enjoying those freedoms.
the opposite, is aristocracy, elitism. it doesnt matter how it happens ; whether a minority owns more than the majority, and/or rules them, it ends up as being feudalism.
in capitalism, this is provided by the inner mechanisms of capitalist system. free market just functions as a 'free for all' chaos environment in which a pecking order will get established in future. the 'better' competitors, however better they are (fair or unfair) get ahead, buy or subdue others (controlling shares), and increasingly control aspects of various industries.
if, nothing intervenes, then eventually after a while EVERYthing gets consolidated at the hands of a particular group. this may be as small as 4-5 people, just like in usa in late 19th century, or, it may be a group of conglomerates, which own and run aspects of life through proxies and conglomerate structure. (as in now).
it doesnt matter how it happens : as long as a minority group has ownership of the resources and amenities in a given nation, they are de facto rulers of that nation. it may end up through establishing an elite through birthright, it may happen through establishing mega conglomerates by fair competition, which then ends up getting inherited.
think : competition, is competition. eventually, some will do better than others, and get to top. if there is nothing controlling their power, they will establish a hierarchy. AND, because there is inheritance, the established pecking order will just get inherited to heirs, and it will practically be an aristocratic dynasty. it doesnt matter whether these people do it consciously, planned, and be aware of each other and what they are doing. it is automatic, subconscious, and just a mechanical result of the system.
the ONLY thing different now, from the medieval feudal aristocratic system is, everyone is supposedly allowed to attempt being aristocrats. 'supposedly' and 'attempt' words are in the preceding sentence, because they describe how little chance such a thing happening has ; if, in medieval times, everyone was allowed to just attempt setting up a feudal lordship, (instead of being through birthright), the newcomers would find it impossible to set a domain for their own, because established pecking order would overpower them. just like that, it is as such in capitalist system of today ; enter into a market, try to be someone, establish yourself. as soon as you get noticeable and become a competitor, you are either clamped down through 'competitive' means, or, bought out. if the two not avail, then you are coerced into the hierarchy that is present in your area, which is the sub hierarchy that rules nationwide.
RARELY, there happens 'wild west' situations. original wild west, was one. it was a chaotic, free for all environment, where there were noone established, and the established powers were far away and unable to reach and dominate it. in this free for all environment, first to come and to get on top, established themselves into various points in the newly occurring pecking order. then, this pecking order, eventually got integrated with the greater hierarchy of the entire nation.
AND a contemporary example ; the internet, i.t., digitization of the society was another such land rush, a wild west. it was new, it wasnt even taken seriously at the start, noone knew what was it and what was going to happen. opportunist people with ideas and ambitions have entered this area. just like all these wild west situations, it was a phenomenally free environment in which there was great opportunities, great freedom. practical 'nobodies' (compared to established conglomerate owners) got rich over years' time, sometimes days. in a brave free world, the capitalist system seemed to fulfill its promise. after all, there was opportunity for the lower strata of society, who didnt have any capital and any place in pecking order - people were getting rich, right ?
right.
look how long did it take for it to end and an established order to come up. a deca
and i dont care about looking like an idiot either. it has gone for so long, that irritating 'imperial measurement' nationalist bullshit has produced these kind of knee jerk reactions on the rest of the world. you reap what you saw.
i know it feels rather tough for you 'pound' people to leave your odd measurement system and move into metric. but it is ridiculous to try to come up with a 'middle' solution to save your pride. rest of the world is using metric system. deal with it. even if we pass to a system based on particle physics, it is going to be the equivalent of a kilogram. object all you want. the whole world cant change their standards, naming, convention for countries who havent been able to get out of their british empire inherited systems yet. imperial vs the world; the world wins. period.
and no. im not french. get offended as much as you want.
like it or not, its digital history. moreover, most of the early game cheat sites, content sites, predecessors of a lot of now-small-scale publishing operations and even some services started at blinky pages in geocities. have some respect. its like a 1902 model car in 1928 : it may look decrepit to you now, but when more time passes, the people who will come after you will see its vintage value. you cant, because it was just 1-2 decades ago for you.
i am not going to sit and argue to prove something that the development team of the game have expressed, to a fanboi. this 'discussion' have gone far too longer than it should have already. good evening.
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i KNOW how they have been overselling like the scamsters they are. that is, however, THEIR problem.
destroy ? arent we fucking PAYING for the bandwidth we are using ? so, in short, arent we using MORE of the product the isps are delivering, and they are making more money ?
if they are not INVESTING that money to provide MORE products, therefore supplying the demand, that means they are going totally contrary to the logic of 'free market'.
and excuse me, but that is not us consumers' problem. its their stupidity.
but we have either posted or dont have mod points handy
welcome home.
well the agile development seeks to drop the dirty part and keep on with the quick one.
i STILL eat lasers ....
pretty much basically any software development under the megacorporation level is now being done through agile methods, or close relatives. noone is preparing huge docs, and then going over those docs through a cumbersome development process over years.
medium to small businesses are practically having their everything built as such. minus the vendor locked ones, of course. you can gleam a lot from examining the ebb and flow of such small to medium scale contracting work in sites like elance.com
and, on the megacorporation level, things have turned more agile with passing days. companies like google started to turn out software fast, and then add up increasing functionality over time, and this undid a lot of other, traditional companies, like microsoft. they had to adopt similar policies to cope up too. it was inevitable - while you are loitering over the project of an idea for 2-3 years, some others pop up a minimum but increasing functionality version and get ahead in the market. it was 'join them if you cant beat them'.
he has the naivete that 'bipartisanship' works. the other side has NO intention of meeting halfway, or embracing his side. but he is still trying to embrace them.
can it evolve to a competitor for ms oses on pc platform in future ? i would very much prefer to have an os that supports all open standards, doesnt lock features (like directx10-11 business), and lightweight (without all those drm shit).
so you liked it very much eh ...
why is parent modded flamebait ?
This will show what happens when you attempt to herd open source. It is like cats ; if they like it, they come. if they dont, there is no way in hell you can make them do what you want.
i think im speaking for all developers/webamsters and their hairs which they wont be pulling out now, since it seems in future they wont have to fix innumerable discrepancies in regard to html code interpretation each ie version introduces.
irrelevant. you are talking about various customs regarding squatting, markets. these were dependent on customs in wherever county they were. they varied so wildly even in medieval britain. and things were most standardized in medieval britain too. you should take up reading on feudalism in order to learn what it means.
it doesnt matter whether it is done through 'honest' work or not. if you allow ownership, eventually few people owns much more than the majority. this is the fault of the mechanic. no kind of 'honesty' can fix that.
oh geee. that fixes everything doesnt it. because there isnt a citation.
just like how everyone has equal votes and right to get elected, and it is defined as such in the dictionary and with citations, but, somehow, the ones with the money ends up enjoying those freedoms.
that is also something i made up.
the opposite, is aristocracy, elitism. it doesnt matter how it happens ; whether a minority owns more than the majority, and/or rules them, it ends up as being feudalism.
in capitalism, this is provided by the inner mechanisms of capitalist system. free market just functions as a 'free for all' chaos environment in which a pecking order will get established in future. the 'better' competitors, however better they are (fair or unfair) get ahead, buy or subdue others (controlling shares), and increasingly control aspects of various industries.
if, nothing intervenes, then eventually after a while EVERYthing gets consolidated at the hands of a particular group. this may be as small as 4-5 people, just like in usa in late 19th century, or, it may be a group of conglomerates, which own and run aspects of life through proxies and conglomerate structure. (as in now).
it doesnt matter how it happens : as long as a minority group has ownership of the resources and amenities in a given nation, they are de facto rulers of that nation. it may end up through establishing an elite through birthright, it may happen through establishing mega conglomerates by fair competition, which then ends up getting inherited.
think : competition, is competition. eventually, some will do better than others, and get to top. if there is nothing controlling their power, they will establish a hierarchy. AND, because there is inheritance, the established pecking order will just get inherited to heirs, and it will practically be an aristocratic dynasty. it doesnt matter whether these people do it consciously, planned, and be aware of each other and what they are doing. it is automatic, subconscious, and just a mechanical result of the system.
the ONLY thing different now, from the medieval feudal aristocratic system is, everyone is supposedly allowed to attempt being aristocrats. 'supposedly' and 'attempt' words are in the preceding sentence, because they describe how little chance such a thing happening has ; if, in medieval times, everyone was allowed to just attempt setting up a feudal lordship, (instead of being through birthright), the newcomers would find it impossible to set a domain for their own, because established pecking order would overpower them. just like that, it is as such in capitalist system of today ; enter into a market, try to be someone, establish yourself. as soon as you get noticeable and become a competitor, you are either clamped down through 'competitive' means, or, bought out. if the two not avail, then you are coerced into the hierarchy that is present in your area, which is the sub hierarchy that rules nationwide.
RARELY, there happens 'wild west' situations. original wild west, was one. it was a chaotic, free for all environment, where there were noone established, and the established powers were far away and unable to reach and dominate it. in this free for all environment, first to come and to get on top, established themselves into various points in the newly occurring pecking order. then, this pecking order, eventually got integrated with the greater hierarchy of the entire nation.
AND a contemporary example ; the internet, i.t., digitization of the society was another such land rush, a wild west. it was new, it wasnt even taken seriously at the start, noone knew what was it and what was going to happen. opportunist people with ideas and ambitions have entered this area. just like all these wild west situations, it was a phenomenally free environment in which there was great opportunities, great freedom. practical 'nobodies' (compared to established conglomerate owners) got rich over years' time, sometimes days. in a brave free world, the capitalist system seemed to fulfill its promise. after all, there was opportunity for the lower strata of society, who didnt have any capital and any place in pecking order - people were getting rich, right ?
right.
look how long did it take for it to end and an established order to come up. a deca
a simple thing as touching something to activate something, can be 'owned' by some private party. a very basic act since stone age.
describe me how this is not feudalism. but dont use self-fooling believer talk as ayn rand while doing it.
yes. and thats whats important.
america should be blamed with their ineptitude of reading comprehension. and im not european either.
and i dont care about looking like an idiot either. it has gone for so long, that irritating 'imperial measurement' nationalist bullshit has produced these kind of knee jerk reactions on the rest of the world. you reap what you saw.
i know it feels rather tough for you 'pound' people to leave your odd measurement system and move into metric. but it is ridiculous to try to come up with a 'middle' solution to save your pride. rest of the world is using metric system. deal with it. even if we pass to a system based on particle physics, it is going to be the equivalent of a kilogram. object all you want. the whole world cant change their standards, naming, convention for countries who havent been able to get out of their british empire inherited systems yet. imperial vs the world; the world wins. period.
and no. im not french. get offended as much as you want.
like it or not, its digital history. moreover, most of the early game cheat sites, content sites, predecessors of a lot of now-small-scale publishing operations and even some services started at blinky pages in geocities. have some respect. its like a 1902 model car in 1928 : it may look decrepit to you now, but when more time passes, the people who will come after you will see its vintage value. you cant, because it was just 1-2 decades ago for you.
i am not going to sit and argue to prove something that the development team of the game have expressed, to a fanboi. this 'discussion' have gone far too longer than it should have already. good evening.