taxes are, after all, a form of robbery That's a matter of opinion.
You could say that there's a contract that exists between the all the residents of the country and the tax-payer - as long as taxes are paid then the tax-payer can remain at liberty within the borders of the country. The tax-payer can also enjoy the benefits that are paid for by tax money, and, through the processes provided, influence how the money is spent.
Certainly, in my country most people would agree with this idea.
"If they're going to pirate somebody, we want it to be us rather than somebody else," he said. "We understand that in the long run the fundamental asset is the installed base of people who are using our products. What you hope to do over time is convert them to licensing the software."
We need to distinguish between the Slashdot article and the report from Reporters Without Borders.
The title of the report was actually North Korea, Turkmenistan, Eritrea the worst violators of press freedom. It then continues France, the United States and Japan slip further. Gaps widen inside the European Union. So the US is mentioned fifth and one-eight of the text is dedicated to it.
The Slashdot article is titled US Slips Again In Freedom of the Press Ranking but even there the US is mentioned fifth in the summary underneath.
I stand by my previous comment.
This report is about more than the US of A. If you RTFA then you will see that you merit less than one quarter of one page of four pages of explanation in eight pages total.
Why are US slashdotters so parochial? Actually I take that back, but there always seems to be at least one who can't see beyond the US borders.
As we all know, people are filling their iPods with their CDs imported into iTunes rather than downloading music. Of course, Apple is selling vast amounts of music but it's still a timy proportion of what's actually on people's iPods.
Someone else is doing well, therefore, Microsoft wants a piece of the action. They had their way in other markets in the past, e.g. server operating systems and web-browsers but they haven't done so well recently, e.g. virtualisation and DRM-locked music players.
Competition is supposed to stimulate markets but Microsoft's heavy hand tends to stifle the market.
In the UK, we don't use milliards and billiards is a ball game like snooker or pool. I'm 34 and I've never heard the word milliard before - maybe it's for old folks or young folks?
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The screenshot in the article shows bookmarks, one of which is called 'doggahs'. What does it mean?
Some other culture will do this
Maybe I'm naive but I think of humanity as having, if not a single monoculture, broadly the same culture. We all value life, liberty and apple pie.
Or did you mean a non-human culture?
I've yet to see much intelligent life on this planet ...
This has been mentioned before by Microsoft Business Group President Jeff Raikes according to http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/13/121125 8.
"If they're going to pirate somebody, we want it to be us rather than somebody else," he said. "We understand that in the long run the fundamental asset is the installed base of people who are using our products. What you hope to do over time is convert them to licensing the software."
The Daily Mail is well known for publishing this kind of scare story. Please don't believe everything you read.
Iraq?
Fair enough :-)
We need to distinguish between the Slashdot article and the report from Reporters Without Borders.
The title of the report was actually North Korea, Turkmenistan, Eritrea the worst violators of press freedom. It then continues France, the United States and Japan slip further. Gaps widen inside the European Union. So the US is mentioned fifth and one-eight of the text is dedicated to it.
The Slashdot article is titled US Slips Again In Freedom of the Press Ranking but even there the US is mentioned fifth in the summary underneath.
I stand by my previous comment.
This report is about more than the US of A. If you RTFA then you will see that you merit less than one quarter of one page of four pages of explanation in eight pages total.
Why are US slashdotters so parochial? Actually I take that back, but there always seems to be at least one who can't see beyond the US borders.
20 million people where? Parochial? Moi?
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/87079/real-boss-calls- ipod-owners-thieves.html
As we all know, people are filling their iPods with their CDs imported into iTunes rather than downloading music. Of course, Apple is selling vast amounts of music but it's still a timy proportion of what's actually on people's iPods.
ergo (ûr'g, âr'-) pronunciation
conj.
Consequently; therefore.
adv.
Consequently; hence.
Someone else is doing well, therefore, Microsoft wants a piece of the action. They had their way in other markets in the past, e.g. server operating systems and web-browsers but they haven't done so well recently, e.g. virtualisation and DRM-locked music players.
Competition is supposed to stimulate markets but Microsoft's heavy hand tends to stifle the market.
Er, no.
In the UK, we don't use milliards and billiards is a ball game like snooker or pool. I'm 34 and I've never heard the word milliard before - maybe it's for old folks or young folks?