I swear, I'll never understand your obsession with Gore. It's the views of ~97% of climate scientists that we care about. Gore's opinions have no more bearing on the science than Christopher Monckton's or Michael Crichton's do.
It is hard to say that his views do not have bearing when he won the Nobel prize for that sham of a movie he made.
- Most things at the beginning are only able to be afforded by the rich and famous so I am unsure what your point is there.
- WW2 created lots of industry.
- Politics obviously exist in government agencies.
- I am unable to figure out your point here. Modern air travel evolved from something else? Most industries evolve. That is how they survive and profit. (The lack of evolution is constantly mentioned on slashdot as a failing - RIAA and MPAA come to mind)
Personally, I am waiting for the phone that is subsidized by non-obtrusive, relevant advertising.
It will be interesting. I am waiting for the phone that pauses my call to tell me that I am about to pass best buy who is having sales! sales! sales!
I better keep it away from my wife who bases how well she does shopping by how much she "saves" thanks to deals (whether or not it is something she needs - or really even wants.)
For example my IE at work reads Marlett,..., Kanafont, Eurofont (via Flash)
My opera on my USB device with flash and javiscript disabled give almost no information other than the useragent (and that user-agent is not as detailed rich as my IE one.)
only running Chrome(so no IE only web sites), are not great.
ChromeOS is pretty much the most insane thing I've ever heard of, the iPad is less locked down, has more functionality, and is probably going to be cheaper, and even that's probably a toy.
Besides on internal network apps at work, I haven't seen an IE only site in years. And for those few sites left that do, the ipad won't work either.
I thought the superbowl makes it's money on advertising.
Unless the bar/club is muting the commercials when they come on, I really don't see the similarity.
This is simply everyone going to a single place to watch a game with advertisements. These people would just stay at home and watch it themselves otherwise.
I guess maybe it throws off the ratings if everyone watches it at one place. I would bet most people that would actually go to a bar to watch a game would go to a friends barbecue instead and watch the game there if the bar wasn't an option.
That said, just buy a 54in TV and save yourself the headache
That must be why all our neighbors are illegally immigrating to Cuba instead of the US.
It also explains why more people apply for Cuban citizenship rather than US citizenship.
To the GP
At least China and India have strong nationalistic streaks
Unfortunetly, any sense of nationalism in the US immeidetly gets shot down as arrogance and ignorance
Exactly why do Europeans care that we do not have national healthcare? They care because they see it as the US rejecting their ideals. I see the same people posting that they will be happy when the US collapses and it's people talk about how we should all have national healthcare.
Nothing these people say make me think that they give a damn about us.
Not all Europeans are like this. In fact, I imagine that the majority of Europe either likes the US or is apathetic to us. But there is a strong and loud anti-US online sentiment that drowns out the rational ones.
I buy a DVD, break the encryption and add it to my video library. I have just broken the law.
I download a movie that the encryption has already been broken. I have just broken the law.
What is the solution here?
DRM leaves me with no legal action. The difference is that the work has been done for me when I download a movie.
Also, I am not going to pay for something that the moment I try to use it the way I want (without even sharing it,) I have broken the law.
Now show me a site were I can pay to download an HD copy of movie without restrictions. Or even a store where I can buy an unencrypted physical copy of a movie.
I would gladly purchase a movie legally just to not worry about the consequence of doing something illegal.
Obviously not offering DRM free content has not put a dent on the online content out there and it is easy enough to get that content online that non-tech savvy users have no trouble getting it.
It is unfortunate the cries of racism. It does make rational discussions very difficult.
I do agree with you that both sides are very good at scaring people. It just feels like the republicans are called fear mongers for it and the democrats are regarded as trying to "save" us.
That said, I think most people tend to see the attacks against people that share their beliefs easier than attacks on people that do not.
Most liberal friends I know do not see any liberal slant from CNN. Most conservatives I know see the slant on Fox but feel it is the only channel where they do not have to see their views attacked.
I try to watch both to see both sides but am not very faithful with that
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I swear, I'll never understand your obsession with Gore. It's the views of ~97% of climate scientists that we care about. Gore's opinions have no more bearing on the science than Christopher Monckton's or Michael Crichton's do.
It is hard to say that his views do not have bearing when he won the Nobel prize for that sham of a movie he made.
I remember that too. Also, we were going to be out of oil by the mid-eighties.
Shouldn't California be underwater by now as well?
- Most things at the beginning are only able to be afforded by the rich and famous so I am unsure what your point is there.
- WW2 created lots of industry.
- Politics obviously exist in government agencies.
- I am unable to figure out your point here. Modern air travel evolved from something else? Most industries evolve. That is how they survive and profit. (The lack of evolution is constantly mentioned on slashdot as a failing - RIAA and MPAA come to mind)
It also explains the lack of private airlines.
I think private industry has more than proven itself.
And one idiot liberal who believes that a conservative is posting this.
Historically, the racists have been democrat.
Personally, I am waiting for the phone that is subsidized by non-obtrusive, relevant advertising.
It will be interesting. I am waiting for the phone that pauses my call to tell me that I am about to pass best buy who is having sales! sales! sales!
I better keep it away from my wife who bases how well she does shopping by how much she "saves" thanks to deals (whether or not it is something she needs - or really even wants.)
Are you sure that your results are not based on your personal search history :)
A reason is that they don't have a solution and if they ran it themselves, they would not be able to blame others for failing to do their work.
We have that aleady with cigerette companies being sued for people smoking and bars being responsible for a drunk not driving away from a bar.
This is just another extension of having someone else police ourselves.
Don't Cha Wanna Wanna?
I'd love 10 grand to go on a month long backpacking trip, and you better believe a lot of other people would too!
The problem is that you will eventually run across mutant wilderness hillbillies.
You obviously didn't read my whole post (which was only two sentences,) you shit for brains.
And to the mods - THIS is you fucking flamebait troll post.
It tells you were the blame is on that site.
For example my IE at work reads ..., Kanafont, Eurofont (via Flash)
Marlett,
My opera on my USB device with flash and javiscript disabled give almost no information other than the useragent (and that user-agent is not as detailed rich as my IE one.)
only running Chrome(so no IE only web sites), are not great.
ChromeOS is pretty much the most insane thing I've ever heard of, the iPad is less locked down, has more functionality, and is probably going to be cheaper, and even that's probably a toy.
Besides on internal network apps at work, I haven't seen an IE only site in years. And for those few sites left that do, the ipad won't work either.
I thought the superbowl makes it's money on advertising.
Unless the bar/club is muting the commercials when they come on, I really don't see the similarity.
This is simply everyone going to a single place to watch a game with advertisements. These people would just stay at home and watch it themselves otherwise.
I guess maybe it throws off the ratings if everyone watches it at one place. I would bet most people that would actually go to a bar to watch a game would go to a friends barbecue instead and watch the game there if the bar wasn't an option.
That said, just buy a 54in TV and save yourself the headache
No because a browser is not an OS (even though that seems to be changing) and it should not be running programs. It should leave that job to the OS.
I agree. We never should have recognized Red China.
MIT was instrumental for me leaving the BuyMore and becoming a part of Roark Instruments.
That must be why all our neighbors are illegally immigrating to Cuba instead of the US.
It also explains why more people apply for Cuban citizenship rather than US citizenship.
To the GP
At least China and India have strong nationalistic streaks
Unfortunetly, any sense of nationalism in the US immeidetly gets shot down as arrogance and ignorance
Exactly why do Europeans care that we do not have national healthcare? They care because they see it as the US rejecting their ideals. I see the same people posting that they will be happy when the US collapses and it's people talk about how we should all have national healthcare.
Nothing these people say make me think that they give a damn about us.
Not all Europeans are like this. In fact, I imagine that the majority of Europe either likes the US or is apathetic to us. But there is a strong and loud anti-US online sentiment that drowns out the rational ones.
Then maybe the default settings should be more secure and allow for the "more trained" users to weaken the security.
Honestly, if we know that the user is the weakest link, why isn't MS setting the defaults to compensate for that?
NASA asked Black & Decker to build a special drill for boring into lunar rock.
I thought that movie was overrated.
I buy a DVD, break the encryption and add it to my video library. I have just broken the law.
I download a movie that the encryption has already been broken. I have just broken the law.
What is the solution here?
DRM leaves me with no legal action. The difference is that the work has been done for me when I download a movie.
Also, I am not going to pay for something that the moment I try to use it the way I want (without even sharing it,) I have broken the law.
Now show me a site were I can pay to download an HD copy of movie without restrictions. Or even a store where I can buy an unencrypted physical copy of a movie.
I would gladly purchase a movie legally just to not worry about the consequence of doing something illegal.
Obviously not offering DRM free content has not put a dent on the online content out there and it is easy enough to get that content online that non-tech savvy users have no trouble getting it.
It is unfortunate the cries of racism. It does make rational discussions very difficult.
I do agree with you that both sides are very good at scaring people. It just feels like the republicans are called fear mongers for it and the democrats are regarded as trying to "save" us.
That said, I think most people tend to see the attacks against people that share their beliefs easier than attacks on people that do not.
Most liberal friends I know do not see any liberal slant from CNN. Most conservatives I know see the slant on Fox but feel it is the only channel where they do not have to see their views attacked.
I try to watch both to see both sides but am not very faithful with that
Based on what you wrote, so are the democrats
Reminds me of the Chris Rock quote
Chris Rock should never be quoted...