Agreed. besides why do the believers feel the need to handle insults for their deities? I'd think that all powerful beings would be amply capable of smiting anyone they themselves deem to have insulted them, and find it quite revealing that so far none have done so.
As an unbeliever I an deeply insulted by religion, and the irrational behaviour it seems to be leading to. If we were to ban everything which is insulting to anyone, we'd have nothing left to look at.
Again, the quote is a good one, that while I may not agree with someone, I 'll defend their right to say it.
Considering that telecom's are usually extremely picky about technologies, it is a bit baffling that they choose a standard that is essentially closed source (CDMA).
These are businesses that historically require insane up time and stability figures. 5 9's are not uncommon, allowing just 12 minutes of downtime per year. A bit of a problem if the system in question takes a hour to reboot:P
"Perhaps Google could come up with a standard for pushing all these control signals and keep alives through a single gateway. That way apps could piggyback on each other to reduce traffic."
That is actually a very good idea, but it will add latency. Then again, a little latency on a line updated perhaps once every 2 minutes would hardly be the end of the world.
Both Apple and Google need to be aware of their bandwidth usage, but it is not just those two, but the app developers as well. Better to spend a few more CPU cycles and compact the data a little more than to bring down the network. XML is fine, but hardly the most efficient way to transmit data, especially not without compression.
On the other hand, the providers must realize that the trend are for increasing data usage, as we take our daily communications with us, rather than sitting at home with our fixed line broadband connections.
There is nothing "might" about it. It will have devastating effect on a lot of law-abiding users, and probably very little on the less law-abiding users, if not outright help the "pirates" in the long run. But it will criminalize the majority of the internet users.
What about sites where people have to wade through pages of ads and links to get the actual content they were after, including news that is clipped into small pieces, and spread over a lot of pages, all with lots of ads?
God What is it good for Absolutely nothing God What is it good for Absolutely nothing God is something that I despise For it means destruction of innocent lives For it means tears in thousands of mothers' eyes When their Gods go out to fight to take their lives
God What is it good for Absolutely nothing Say it again God What is it good for Absolutely nothing
God It's nothing but a heartbreaker God Friend only to the undertaker God is the enemy of all mankind The thought of God blows my mind Handed down from generation to generation Induction destruction Who wants to die
God What is it good for Absolutely nothing Say it again God What is it good for Absolutely nothing
God has shattered many young men's dreams Made them disabled bitter and mean Life is too precious to be fighting Gods each day God can't give life it can only take it away
God It's nothing but a heartbreaker God Friend only to the undertaker Peace love and understanding There must be some place for these things today They say we must fight to keep our freedom But what?, there's gotta be a better way That's better than God
God What is it good for Absolutely nothing Say it again God What is it good for Absolutely nothing
Dear Boeing fanboy, get off your high horse. Boeing are every bit as much Fly-By-Wire as Airbus these days, and from what I understand, that phrase is heard on Boeing cockpits as well.
Who's saying they are blowing it off? From what I understand, they are aware of the problem, have isolated it's cause, and deemed it non critical. And I do trust Airbus far enough that they do not want to see one of these planes fall out of the sky.
The cracks are for course troubling in such a young aircraft, but blowing issues out of proportion is about as bad as ignoring them.
Short answer: If Sony had felt threatened by Anonymous, it would only have strengthened their resolve.
No, IMHO the reason these corporations have withdrawn their support may be twofold, one may just be because they are starting to realize that SOPA may very well backfire on them legally. With SOPA there is no real competition left, and in that environment, what you can do to your competitors, they can do to you just as well.
However the most recent event, which I think shaped their decision, is the customer reaction to GoDaddy's support for SOPA. That told them that customers are actually willing talking with their wallet, and when they do, it can hurt them.
Of course after Roadrunnium, we need Wileeum and Coyotium, though it'll be unwise to put either of those in the vicinity of the highly unstable Ajaxium. The proximity of either Eileeium or Coyotium with Ajaxium is known to create a localized reality nullification field, and we all know how much serious scientists hates it when reality stops taking them seriously, and starts making or changing it's own rules.
Google may call for patent reform, but till then they have no choice but to play the game along with the others, whether they like it or not. They have to be able to do business, and when Apple is getting increasingly aggressive now that their iStuff business is threatened by other corporations using the same technologies as those implemented (but rarely invented) by Apple.
I'm seeing a strong correlation between SCO and Apple these days, and I do hope for Apple that they know when to call it quits.
Oh, and maybe the judge had an iPad, and had been infected with the dreaded disease "pomum ipodus fanboyus maximus", thus been rendered incapable of perceiving Apple as having done anything wrong.
Not quite fair. Apple became the IP trolls during the last few years of Steve running it. Probably coinciding with his realization that he really screwed up when he put his faith in non scientific medicine, and effectively sentenced himself to a slow disgraceful death. He were incapable of blaming himself, so he had to take out his newfound level of hatred and self-loathing on everybody else.
I'm a bit confused, I thought trademark law were pretty cut and dry when it came to names. That as long as the products or businesses are in different markets, there can not be a case.
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Agreed. besides why do the believers feel the need to handle insults for their deities?
I'd think that all powerful beings would be amply capable of smiting anyone they themselves deem to have insulted them, and find it quite revealing that so far none have done so.
As an unbeliever I an deeply insulted by religion, and the irrational behaviour it seems to be leading to.
If we were to ban everything which is insulting to anyone, we'd have nothing left to look at.
Again, the quote is a good one, that while I may not agree with someone, I 'll defend their right to say it.
Considering that telecom's are usually extremely picky about technologies, it is a bit baffling that they choose a standard that is essentially closed source (CDMA).
These are businesses that historically require insane up time and stability figures. 5 9's are not uncommon, allowing just 12 minutes of downtime per year. A bit of a problem if the system in question takes a hour to reboot :P
"Perhaps Google could come up with a standard for pushing all these control signals and keep alives through a single gateway. That way apps could piggyback on each other to reduce traffic."
That is actually a very good idea, but it will add latency. Then again, a little latency on a line updated perhaps once every 2 minutes would hardly be the end of the world.
Both Apple and Google need to be aware of their bandwidth usage, but it is not just those two, but the app developers as well. Better to spend a few more CPU cycles and compact the data a little more than to bring down the network. XML is fine, but hardly the most efficient way to transmit data, especially not without compression.
On the other hand, the providers must realize that the trend are for increasing data usage, as we take our daily communications with us, rather than sitting at home with our fixed line broadband connections.
"might"?
There is nothing "might" about it. It will have devastating effect on a lot of law-abiding users, and probably very little on the less law-abiding users, if not outright help the "pirates" in the long run.
But it will criminalize the majority of the internet users.
You just KNOW it's bad, when the sun starts taking potshots at us.
What about sites where people have to wade through pages of ads and links to get the actual content they were after, including news that is clipped into small pieces, and spread over a lot of pages, all with lots of ads?
God
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
God
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
God is something that I despise
For it means destruction of innocent lives
For it means tears in thousands of mothers' eyes
When their Gods go out to fight to take their lives
God
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
God
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
God
It's nothing but a heartbreaker
God
Friend only to the undertaker
God is the enemy of all mankind
The thought of God blows my mind
Handed down from generation to generation
Induction destruction
Who wants to die
God
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
God
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
God has shattered many young men's dreams
Made them disabled bitter and mean
Life is too precious to be fighting Gods each day
God can't give life it can only take it away
God
It's nothing but a heartbreaker
God
Friend only to the undertaker
Peace love and understanding
There must be some place for these things today
They say we must fight to keep our freedom
But what?, there's gotta be a better way
That's better than
God
God
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
God
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
The Comet were another issue entirely, and at the time unknown materials problem.
Dear Boeing fanboy, get off your high horse.
Boeing are every bit as much Fly-By-Wire as Airbus these days, and from what I understand, that phrase is heard on Boeing cockpits as well.
Who's saying they are blowing it off?
From what I understand, they are aware of the problem, have isolated it's cause, and deemed it non critical. And I do trust Airbus far enough that they do not want to see one of these planes fall out of the sky.
The cracks are for course troubling in such a young aircraft, but blowing issues out of proportion is about as bad as ignoring them.
Short answer: If Sony had felt threatened by Anonymous, it would only have strengthened their resolve.
No, IMHO the reason these corporations have withdrawn their support may be twofold, one may just be because they are starting to realize that SOPA may very well backfire on them legally. With SOPA there is no real competition left, and in that environment, what you can do to your competitors, they can do to you just as well.
However the most recent event, which I think shaped their decision, is the customer reaction to GoDaddy's support for SOPA. That told them that customers are actually willing talking with their wallet, and when they do, it can hurt them.
HTML and Javascript, and for most that'll be enough for smaller tasks. The downside is that there are no access to the local file system.
I guess Poe's law applies to more than just religion :)
That console haven't been out more than a day or so...
If /. doesn't render right in your browser, it's your browser that is the problem. /. as far as I can tell seems to be valid HTML.
All other mobile device manufacturers ought to join up and use their combined patent pool to put Apple's shenanigans down for good.
"Well, look here dear Apple, if you sue one of us, we'll drop this 10 ton Patent hammer in your groin, repeatedly"
Obviously lawyers have no sense of humour and the language of that message would be somewhat less funny.
Of course after Roadrunnium, we need Wileeum and Coyotium, though it'll be unwise to put either of those in the vicinity of the highly unstable Ajaxium.
The proximity of either Eileeium or Coyotium with Ajaxium is known to create a localized reality nullification field, and we all know how much serious scientists hates it when reality stops taking them seriously, and starts making or changing it's own rules.
Or Roadrunnium, because it has a half life so fast you won't be able to catch it.
When someone kicks you in the balls, you'd like be able to prevent an encore...right?
Google may call for patent reform, but till then they have no choice but to play the game along with the others, whether they like it or not.
They have to be able to do business, and when Apple is getting increasingly aggressive now that their iStuff business is threatened by other corporations using the same technologies as those implemented (but rarely invented) by Apple.
I'm seeing a strong correlation between SCO and Apple these days, and I do hope for Apple that they know when to call it quits.
Oh, and maybe the judge had an iPad, and had been infected with the dreaded disease "pomum ipodus fanboyus maximus", thus been rendered incapable of perceiving Apple as having done anything wrong.
Not quite fair.
Apple became the IP trolls during the last few years of Steve running it. Probably coinciding with his realization that he really screwed up when he put his faith in non scientific medicine, and effectively sentenced himself to a slow disgraceful death.
He were incapable of blaming himself, so he had to take out his newfound level of hatred and self-loathing on everybody else.
I'm a bit confused, I thought trademark law were pretty cut and dry when it came to names. That as long as the products or businesses are in different markets, there can not be a case.