Blind with patriotism? My original remarks were that I was sick of the US being bashed by others. *Every* country has it's dirty underwear, we're no different. Some have more, some have less. I happen to think we have less, but it's seen much more. Every politition lies. President Bush is no exception. Show me an honest polititian and I'll show you a fool. No this doesn't make it 'right'. I'm just saying it's no different elsewhere than here. The difference is that in truly non-free countries they don't have a press who can write about when the polititians lie.
The British have cameras everywhere, monitoring on streets all over (we in the US may go this way too). Why don't they get picked on? This is far more intrusive into normal life than many of the new US laws.
As for the totalitarian regime, I'm scared of many of the new laws being passed (Patriot act et al). But I don't quite take it to the paranoia that you do. Throughout history governments have grabbed and given up power. I think many of the new laws will be challenged (the *real* test of a law), and some will fail (I hope).
After 11.9.01 they quickly spread word that S. Hussein had something to do with the attack, which is clearly not true.
You have no more proof of your claims than President Bush has of his.
Or how Mr. Bush lied yesterday, that MDWs had been found, but still didn't want to give proof.
Not giving proof is not a lie. Showing proof to the contrary would make his statements a lie...
Must I remind you that the U.S. would have blocked any resolution against itself with punishment because of starting this war of aggression?
Thus proving my point that the UN is useless, and why the US felt the need to enforce UN resolutions against Iraq. What would you have done? Allowed 'more time' (because 10 years was just not enough) for the weapons inspectors? Issued a strongly worded statement against Iraq? Iraq, and more specifically Saddam, learned a long time ago that the UN was unwilling to enforce anything. They have now learned that the US *will* stand by what it says.
And must I remind you that reasons for this war were neither the (non-existant) mass destruction weapons nor the freedom of the Iraquis? It were oil, venegance (GWB:"he tried to kill my daddy") and to have more power in this part of the world!
Just because there was written of consequences, it does not mean that the Americans may define what those consequences are, you arrogant!
Yes. Darn us for enforcing law! Next time we'll leave it all up to the French who's sharp penalty to Iraq will be a *very* strongly worded letter! That'll teach those Iraqis!
What good is a resolution that is un-enforced? The UN truly proved it's uselessness in this scenario. Even further so by not punishing the US if indeed we did break any laws! How pathetic is that? The UN is a whining playground. They'll pass resolutions, talk about law, etc. But when it actually comes to *doing* something, they're a paper tiger. Well, the US is *not* a paper tiger. We may be arrogant at times, but we got the friggin job done when nobody else did.
Ahhh, so many people don't know what a 'Republic' is...
Bush was elected by the electoral college. That's how it works over here. He is also *not* the first president to have lost the 'popular' vote, and still be elected.
As to your second point, sometimes international law fails, as it had in Iraq. Sanctions only made the situation worse. The pathetic attempts of the UN to inspect for weapons were useless.
And as far as I can tell, we didn't break international law. The UN sanction we upheld (which the UN didn't) mentioned there would be 'consequences' for Iraq not complying. Just because the UN is a bunch of wimps who don't see fit to backup their own resolutions with action, doesn't mean we broke any laws.
a) I'm not sure how non-socialized health care makes us 'not free'. b) 70 hour work week? Maybe in a.com startup... c) We should let the prisoners free? d) I don't think the poster meant we were perfect over here. He's just sick and tired (as am I) of the U.S. bashing that goes on quite liberally here...
It may not always be the parents 'fault', but it may be their 'liability'. If I own a dog, and it bites a strangeer, I am held liable for the dog's actions.
Many people feel it is similar with parents and children.
People don't generally write one-off small apps they intend to run hundreds of times a day in java. That's not what it's designed to do.
You mean like 'ant'? I start to get *really* annoyed after a while using ant. Build applications should still be done in C/C++/something fast (or just use 'make').
I don't wish to join this little flame war, but Java is at least 'sluggish' if not slow. Want to prove it to yourself? Replace 'ls' some day with a Java version of it.
Not to say that in many cases Java isn't fast 'enough'. I use ejb stuff and it does alright. But it keeps a *lot* in memory to do so.
Sure, I didn't say there were no reasons to keep the existing systems. Just one of the benefits from upgrading the system. At some point we're going to *have* to accept that the existing shuttles will be discarded and replaced. They can't last forever. There will be mistakes made, people will likely die. But that's always been the price 'man' has paid for exploration.
Get over it, the Internet is only beginning we need to realize there is not a bandwidth glut and get to point where we can run large servers from there own homes this will bring out huge growth
Have you read your ISP's usage policy? Mine strictly prohibits such things. That's the problem. We *can't* expand the internet as it is supposed to.
Why is it people think music is somehow different from other forms of art and can be readily and freely stolen?
Listen to yourself. Me listening to a CD with other overhearing may be considered 'stealing' in your world! Everyone within earshot should pay a royalty!
Lyrics are *part* of a song. Not the entire work. I don't understand why reproducing it is *stealing* the song. One would think the *artists* would *want* people to know what they are saying! Next we crack-down on people who hum tunes in public? Sing in the shower? Tell other people the lyrics to a song (different from publishing them how?)? 'Cuz lord knows if somebody *could* have made a buck selling the information, then you must be stealing it!
This whole "I created foo, you can't use foo in any manner I deem unworthy" attitude is just driving me freaking nuts.
Besides...you really gonna fill that 60Gigs with music? I don't think so.
Whahahahahahaha!!!!
Buddy, I could fill 60gig in as fast as I can write it to the hard drive! I've got an 80gig partition here *full* of mp3's I've ripped. I'm actually going to be expanding it soon (new 120Gig to play with).
C does not necessarily mean the driver is non-portable. One would only need to create a portable API. In fact, this has been suggested, but always rejected due to performance reasons.
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Does Smith and Wesson think their product kills nobody?
That's not the point. The question is whether Napster, Smith and Wesson, and even the *investors* in these companies are responsible for what people do with their product.
If I have a company that sells sharp knives, and you stab somebody with it, I am not (or should not at least) be liable for your crime. Nevermind my investors.
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This plan has NEVER worked.
Apple is about the only company I can think of that has pulled not one, but two major technological upheavals off successfully.
You may want to re-think your position on whether this has worked...
The British have cameras everywhere, monitoring on streets all over (we in the US may go this way too). Why don't they get picked on? This is far more intrusive into normal life than many of the new US laws.
As for the totalitarian regime, I'm scared of many of the new laws being passed (Patriot act et al). But I don't quite take it to the paranoia that you do. Throughout history governments have grabbed and given up power. I think many of the new laws will be challenged (the *real* test of a law), and some will fail (I hope).
You have no more proof of your claims than President Bush has of his. Not giving proof is not a lie. Showing proof to the contrary would make his statements a lie...
What good is a resolution that is un-enforced? The UN truly proved it's uselessness in this scenario. Even further so by not punishing the US if indeed we did break any laws! How pathetic is that? The UN is a whining playground. They'll pass resolutions, talk about law, etc. But when it actually comes to *doing* something, they're a paper tiger. Well, the US is *not* a paper tiger. We may be arrogant at times, but we got the friggin job done when nobody else did.
Ahhh, so many people don't know what a 'Republic' is...
Bush was elected by the electoral college. That's how it works over here. He is also *not* the first president to have lost the 'popular' vote, and still be elected.
As to your second point, sometimes international law fails, as it had in Iraq. Sanctions only made the situation worse. The pathetic attempts of the UN to inspect for weapons were useless.
And as far as I can tell, we didn't break international law. The UN sanction we upheld (which the UN didn't) mentioned there would be 'consequences' for Iraq not complying. Just because the UN is a bunch of wimps who don't see fit to backup their own resolutions with action, doesn't mean we broke any laws.
a) I'm not sure how non-socialized health care makes us 'not free'. .com startup...
b) 70 hour work week? Maybe in a
c) We should let the prisoners free?
d) I don't think the poster meant we were perfect over here. He's just sick and tired (as am I) of the U.S. bashing that goes on quite liberally here...
It's times like this I wish I had mod points... I'm getting just as tired of all the U.S. bashing going on...
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It may not always be the parents 'fault', but it may be their 'liability'. If I own a dog, and it bites a strangeer, I am held liable for the dog's actions. Many people feel it is similar with parents and children.
I don't wish to join this little flame war, but Java is at least 'sluggish' if not slow. Want to prove it to yourself? Replace 'ls' some day with a Java version of it.
Not to say that in many cases Java isn't fast 'enough'. I use ejb stuff and it does alright. But it keeps a *lot* in memory to do so.
Sure, I didn't say there were no reasons to keep the existing systems. Just one of the benefits from upgrading the system. At some point we're going to *have* to accept that the existing shuttles will be discarded and replaced. They can't last forever. There will be mistakes made, people will likely die. But that's always been the price 'man' has paid for exploration.
If they replaced the computers with newer ones, the savings in weight could be tremendous. Any savings in weight leads to cheaper flights.
Bravo. Full agreement here.
IF ( we could squeeze money out of selling 'foo' && you give 'foo' away )
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You're a dirty rotten theif. Rot in hell.
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Lyrics are *part* of a song. Not the entire work. I don't understand why reproducing it is *stealing* the song. One would think the *artists* would *want* people to know what they are saying! Next we crack-down on people who hum tunes in public? Sing in the shower? Tell other people the lyrics to a song (different from publishing them how?)? 'Cuz lord knows if somebody *could* have made a buck selling the information, then you must be stealing it!
This whole "I created foo, you can't use foo in any manner I deem unworthy" attitude is just driving me freaking nuts.
Buddy, I could fill 60gig in as fast as I can write it to the hard drive! I've got an 80gig partition here *full* of mp3's I've ripped. I'm actually going to be expanding it soon (new 120Gig to play with).
It doesn't work like that in a newspaper at all... Do they hire some guy to force you to stare at ads in between articles?
Now *that* would be ultra intrusive...
C does not necessarily mean the driver is non-portable. One would only need to create a portable API. In fact, this has been suggested, but always rejected due to performance reasons.
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Does Smith and Wesson think their product kills nobody?
That's not the point. The question is whether Napster, Smith and Wesson, and even the *investors* in these companies are responsible for what people do with their product.
If I have a company that sells sharp knives, and you stab somebody with it, I am not (or should not at least) be liable for your crime. Nevermind my investors.
Wow. I stand corrected! That's really cool.
Air tight? Are you insane? The power supply still needs air-flow even if the CPU doesn't.