Otherwise, the only way for America is down, and in 30 years time it may be America begging for China and India to send some low skilled jobs their way- you know, things like IT helpdesk jobs.
What an idiot. What part of sending American jobs to third world countries at third world rates will make America a third world country don't you understand? ANY job can be done cheaper in a third world country. That doesn't mean it is in America's best interest to outsource all jobs...
Giving away your car to a neighbor leaves you without a car. Helping your neighbor build/get his own car leaves you with you both being better off and able to back each other up should one of you break down.
In other words, we can't fix their infrastructure by dismantling ours! If theirs depends on ours, we are only setting up theirs and probably making our inevitable fall, harder. I am all for making a better globe, but robbing Peter to pay Punjab is not the way to do it.
You are correct, they are delusional megalomaniacs. They want what many of us want - money, power, or those as a means to the end; that is security and happiness. But really, they can die or be hit by a drunk driver just as easy as the rest of us. They aren't concerned with actually solving issues because they can't be bothered to understand. That would mean loving someone other than themselves, and you can't love yourself if you have to take time out of your busy day to think... wait, what?
No, I speak for/to everyone who would rather buy the swimming pool/pool table instead of helping someone else, which is most people; probably even you.
Sure they do, and that is why self-employment sounds backwards, but in reality the current way is. Sometimes taking care of yourself means relaxing. But often, we go overboard and don't see how unsatisfied our lives really are in their hollowness.
Corporatism is a system that will fail by design. Not that I believe it was necessarily designed to fail, but it was flawed to begin with. The situation we have now is the outcome. We should have smaller business and more self-employment, as you have a vested interest in your neighbor, for they will not buy your goods or services if they are debt laden and broken. As it is now, it is "justified" to allow others close to you to go hungry as long as you make money. That ideology will bankrupt us in the end. We are shooting ourselves in the foot, and for what, to make a few $s? Short-sighted thinking...
If you don't love yourself, you can't love others. If I don't make sure I am healthy, I may not be there to make sure those closet to me are healthy. Once we are all strong, then we can help our neighbors. (other countries)
Yes, I called them and gave them feedback that I want Linux support. The nice girl mentioned that she knew a lot of the engineers used it, and she had even tried a flavor of Ubuntu herself. I made the comment that the thing holding people back from Linux was games and this would be great. I know they very well may not ever, but someone is missing that boat as it sails.
It isn't a war for me, as the "Squatter" suggests. It takes two to fight a war. If you refuse to play the game, you already won. I use Linux because it works for me, as where Windows doesn't.
Understood, and I hear what you are saying. But you see, I look at it this way. Choosing the lessor of two evils is still choosing evil. If it is a choice of say, shooting someone I don't know or a family member gets shot, letting my family member get shot is not me pulling the trigger. I can't morally justify it to myself.
Same thing with turning someone over to the authorities and ruining their lives over file sharing. And that is just so some other fools who have too much money make more so they can continue to control us? The price being paid in that case is more than the million dollars, as you already know. And I would be a fool to accept the million dollars as I too, would pay the price. I don't kid myself, unlike others.
And yes I pray I never have to turn down a million dollars. Because next I know they may try to find my price, and the horror is that it ain't there.
No, I don't acknowledge it exits. For one, it doesn't. For two, I was pointing out that it is disgusting to me that someone would do that for such a low figure. But then what many people do disgusts me. IF there were a figure, it would be closer to the billions range. But then again, I don't want a billion dollars, so then I don't have a price, now do I?
No I don't. And it certainly wouldn't be a measly million dollars, which is less than what one can expect to make in a lifetime, even if I did. For what, to ruin 30 of his "friends" (or people he knows) lives? Words can't hardly describe what I feel about that idea.
Well, perhaps he is right, and there are "some" that seed with intended benefit. Think the "accidental" release of Paris Hilton's "private" tape. You know there are some entertainment people seeding stuff on purpose somewhere. But you are right, the majority are probably just people who like to share. And sharing is caring.
I doubt the numbers are nearly this tight. Although I do know that the same people often upload most of the material time after time. I guess they are trusted and enthusiasts. I also see these people change over time...
I am sure the IRAA and MPAA know this is the case. Surely they do. If I saw it, then they saw it. But let's get real here. They won't do anything about it. And neither will software companies with deep pockets like Microsoft.
When I run Windows 7 in a virtual machine and use a cd key that "came with it" from ThePirateBay.org, what does one of the 2 updates that don't automatically check include the one that is supposed to look for "hacked" activators? They want you to share (not pirate, this isn't violently taking ships) their poison so that you are not free but a slave to them and at the mercy of their whims. If one couldn't use a "shared" copy, what might happen? LIke I explained to my father last night, he uses Windows because I used Windows. And now, he is moving to Linux. End of story.
Hmm, good to know. I know we were threatened with being fired. I wonder if even that is illegal. I hated that place and I am so glad I am gone. I was young when I started, and finally realised I had accrued some skills over the years.
Do you know if it is legal to make someone sign a contract saying they will not organics a union? I am not sure, but I believe that was in our post-hiring paper work. although that was years ago.
I guess how much I make is nobodies "business". But, having dealt with the corporate world for a mere 5 1/2 years, I thought increasingly more and more why salaries should be kept a secret. Maybe someone should have that option, but where I worked and likely most everywhere else, it was forbidden to tell others how much you made. This conditioning is stupid. If I am not happy with how much I am making, then I Have the choice to leave. You can say, well you were happy until you knew, and you'd be right. I am always happy until I find out I am getting the shaft. Perhaps my work is inferior. OK, then I deal with it and stay (hopefully acknowledging I need to improve) or I decide to leave and do something I am better at. But "I" don't have that option in ignorance.
What is best for the employees, is what is best for the company. No employees, no company. Can you take that out of context, sure. But companies often look at it backwards; what is best for the company is not what is always best for the employee. So they want to control in order to (delusionally) make themselves better. And, it is unethical too, imho.
I feel that corporations are a system designed to fail, in the end. We can do the same things we are now, but people could be self employed. We think we can't, because we are conditioned by those that wish to make money off of our backs. End of story. It doesn't matter if it is making complex things like microchips and 747s, it can be done without others making money off of others backs. Investors can get out what they invested, and CEOs make what they are worth, without being fired with several million dollar severance packages and moving to another company to fail all over again.
But in order for this to happen, information must be free and unrestricted. Unfortunately it is law (patents, etc.) but I believe it is entirely possible to happen, if people were to turn things on their head, similar to how Copyleft did to Copyright. When you have a system of self-employment, many issues are obsolete. I am working on this project, and hope others with talents join with me soon. For too long have we been controlled, stressed, and depressed making depressed wages while others reap unfair benefits off of our backs.
Idealist, sure. What is wrong with that? People thought Richard Stallman was crazy, and still do. Yet, here we are with free software everywhere and growing all the time.
What is to stop the developer from just setting the msrp to an amount to 500% higher than what they actually think the app is worth? If nothing, then this is a non-issue, other than the fact that many developers may not realize what is going ot happen (like shady deals often targeted to many customers by big business) until it is too late. But if I know big business, there is language in the agreement to close that "loop-hole".
Why even have the card? Sooner than we may think, the chips the size of a grain of rice will allow us to make payments, or identify us so we can be brought in for questioning about our Facebook postings. Think of the savings to society!
If something is not exactly voluntary and yet called voluntary, what is the real word for that? And I don't mean non-voluntary. What is a word for something that is voluntary, but not 100%? I.e. there are consequences if you don't. Because then it isn't "completely" voluntary.
Well, sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. Giving a reason is always spin? I do not wish to live in the world you live in, where even you seem likely to want to spin, and yet call others on it.
Umm.. doesn't that go without saying they knew that was a distinct and likely possibility when they made the decision to not go along with the deal? Or, they figured they could get more rouge persons to leak more info. to them.
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Otherwise, the only way for America is down, and in 30 years time it may be America begging for China and India to send some low skilled jobs their way- you know, things like IT helpdesk jobs.
What an idiot. What part of sending American jobs to third world countries at third world rates will make America a third world country don't you understand? ANY job can be done cheaper in a third world country. That doesn't mean it is in America's best interest to outsource all jobs...
Giving away your car to a neighbor leaves you without a car. Helping your neighbor build/get his own car leaves you with you both being better off and able to back each other up should one of you break down.
In other words, we can't fix their infrastructure by dismantling ours! If theirs depends on ours, we are only setting up theirs and probably making our inevitable fall, harder. I am all for making a better globe, but robbing Peter to pay Punjab is not the way to do it.
You are correct, they are delusional megalomaniacs. They want what many of us want - money, power, or those as a means to the end; that is security and happiness. But really, they can die or be hit by a drunk driver just as easy as the rest of us. They aren't concerned with actually solving issues because they can't be bothered to understand. That would mean loving someone other than themselves, and you can't love yourself if you have to take time out of your busy day to think... wait, what?
No, I speak for/to everyone who would rather buy the swimming pool/pool table instead of helping someone else, which is most people; probably even you.
Sure they do, and that is why self-employment sounds backwards, but in reality the current way is. Sometimes taking care of yourself means relaxing. But often, we go overboard and don't see how unsatisfied our lives really are in their hollowness.
Corporatism is a system that will fail by design. Not that I believe it was necessarily designed to fail, but it was flawed to begin with. The situation we have now is the outcome. We should have smaller business and more self-employment, as you have a vested interest in your neighbor, for they will not buy your goods or services if they are debt laden and broken. As it is now, it is "justified" to allow others close to you to go hungry as long as you make money. That ideology will bankrupt us in the end. We are shooting ourselves in the foot, and for what, to make a few $s? Short-sighted thinking...
If you don't love yourself, you can't love others. If I don't make sure I am healthy, I may not be there to make sure those closet to me are healthy. Once we are all strong, then we can help our neighbors. (other countries)
What could they need 100 TB of storage for?
Yes, I called them and gave them feedback that I want Linux support. The nice girl mentioned that she knew a lot of the engineers used it, and she had even tried a flavor of Ubuntu herself. I made the comment that the thing holding people back from Linux was games and this would be great. I know they very well may not ever, but someone is missing that boat as it sails.
It isn't a war for me, as the "Squatter" suggests. It takes two to fight a war. If you refuse to play the game, you already won. I use Linux because it works for me, as where Windows doesn't.
Understood, and I hear what you are saying. But you see, I look at it this way. Choosing the lessor of two evils is still choosing evil. If it is a choice of say, shooting someone I don't know or a family member gets shot, letting my family member get shot is not me pulling the trigger. I can't morally justify it to myself.
Same thing with turning someone over to the authorities and ruining their lives over file sharing. And that is just so some other fools who have too much money make more so they can continue to control us? The price being paid in that case is more than the million dollars, as you already know. And I would be a fool to accept the million dollars as I too, would pay the price. I don't kid myself, unlike others.
And yes I pray I never have to turn down a million dollars. Because next I know they may try to find my price, and the horror is that it ain't there.
No, I don't acknowledge it exits. For one, it doesn't. For two, I was pointing out that it is disgusting to me that someone would do that for such a low figure. But then what many people do disgusts me. IF there were a figure, it would be closer to the billions range. But then again, I don't want a billion dollars, so then I don't have a price, now do I?
No I don't. And it certainly wouldn't be a measly million dollars, which is less than what one can expect to make in a lifetime, even if I did. For what, to ruin 30 of his "friends" (or people he knows) lives? Words can't hardly describe what I feel about that idea.
Well, perhaps he is right, and there are "some" that seed with intended benefit. Think the "accidental" release of Paris Hilton's "private" tape. You know there are some entertainment people seeding stuff on purpose somewhere. But you are right, the majority are probably just people who like to share. And sharing is caring.
I don't have a price.
I doubt the numbers are nearly this tight. Although I do know that the same people often upload most of the material time after time. I guess they are trusted and enthusiasts. I also see these people change over time...
I am sure the IRAA and MPAA know this is the case. Surely they do. If I saw it, then they saw it. But let's get real here. They won't do anything about it. And neither will software companies with deep pockets like Microsoft.
When I run Windows 7 in a virtual machine and use a cd key that "came with it" from ThePirateBay.org, what does one of the 2 updates that don't automatically check include the one that is supposed to look for "hacked" activators? They want you to share (not pirate, this isn't violently taking ships) their poison so that you are not free but a slave to them and at the mercy of their whims. If one couldn't use a "shared" copy, what might happen? LIke I explained to my father last night, he uses Windows because I used Windows. And now, he is moving to Linux. End of story.
Yes, this was obvious as soon as I read it.
Big business coming through!
Hmm, good to know. I know we were threatened with being fired. I wonder if even that is illegal. I hated that place and I am so glad I am gone. I was young when I started, and finally realised I had accrued some skills over the years.
Do you know if it is legal to make someone sign a contract saying they will not organics a union? I am not sure, but I believe that was in our post-hiring paper work. although that was years ago.
Perhaps I should have put allowed into quotes, as I originally intended and instead got lazy. Oh well.
I guess how much I make is nobodies "business". But, having dealt with the corporate world for a mere 5 1/2 years, I thought increasingly more and more why salaries should be kept a secret. Maybe someone should have that option, but where I worked and likely most everywhere else, it was forbidden to tell others how much you made. This conditioning is stupid. If I am not happy with how much I am making, then I Have the choice to leave. You can say, well you were happy until you knew, and you'd be right. I am always happy until I find out I am getting the shaft. Perhaps my work is inferior. OK, then I deal with it and stay (hopefully acknowledging I need to improve) or I decide to leave and do something I am better at. But "I" don't have that option in ignorance.
What is best for the employees, is what is best for the company. No employees, no company. Can you take that out of context, sure. But companies often look at it backwards; what is best for the company is not what is always best for the employee. So they want to control in order to (delusionally) make themselves better. And, it is unethical too, imho.
I feel that corporations are a system designed to fail, in the end. We can do the same things we are now, but people could be self employed. We think we can't, because we are conditioned by those that wish to make money off of our backs. End of story. It doesn't matter if it is making complex things like microchips and 747s, it can be done without others making money off of others backs. Investors can get out what they invested, and CEOs make what they are worth, without being fired with several million dollar severance packages and moving to another company to fail all over again.
But in order for this to happen, information must be free and unrestricted. Unfortunately it is law (patents, etc.) but I believe it is entirely possible to happen, if people were to turn things on their head, similar to how Copyleft did to Copyright. When you have a system of self-employment, many issues are obsolete. I am working on this project, and hope others with talents join with me soon. For too long have we been controlled, stressed, and depressed making depressed wages while others reap unfair benefits off of our backs.
Idealist, sure. What is wrong with that? People thought Richard Stallman was crazy, and still do. Yet, here we are with free software everywhere and growing all the time.
What is to stop the developer from just setting the msrp to an amount to 500% higher than what they actually think the app is worth? If nothing, then this is a non-issue, other than the fact that many developers may not realize what is going ot happen (like shady deals often targeted to many customers by big business) until it is too late. But if I know big business, there is language in the agreement to close that "loop-hole".
Why even have the card? Sooner than we may think, the chips the size of a grain of rice will allow us to make payments, or identify us so we can be brought in for questioning about our Facebook postings. Think of the savings to society!
If something is not exactly voluntary and yet called voluntary, what is the real word for that? And I don't mean non-voluntary. What is a word for something that is voluntary, but not 100%? I.e. there are consequences if you don't. Because then it isn't "completely" voluntary.
Well, sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. Giving a reason is always spin? I do not wish to live in the world you live in, where even you seem likely to want to spin, and yet call others on it.
Umm.. doesn't that go without saying they knew that was a distinct and likely possibility when they made the decision to not go along with the deal? Or, they figured they could get more rouge persons to leak more info. to them.