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| Re: Don;t forget about Mother's Day said by ftthz  :FYI you still got a day to think about it Yes, don't forget Mom this Sunday. Give her a nice picture:
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| Re: Google lobbying Feds against being labeled a monopoly There are other OS's too, but MS was close.
When one company controls the world wide "starting point" of the Internet, the majority of all Internet advertising and all the cookies that monitor what you do, I would say they should be kept an eye on. | |
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| Re: Google lobbying Feds against being labeled a monopoly said by yt :There are other OS's too, but MS was close. When one company controls the world wide "starting point" of the Internet, the majority of all Internet advertising and all the cookies that monitor what you do, I would say they should be kept an eye on. I don't think the government should have gone after Microsoft and now shouldn't go after Google either. But I also don't see why Google gets a pass when Microsoft didn't. It is the same situation.
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| Re: Google lobbying Feds against being labeled a monopoly said by GOLFnSUN :said by yt :There are other OS's too, but MS was close. When one company controls the world wide "starting point" of the Internet, the majority of all Internet advertising and all the cookies that monitor what you do, I would say they should be kept an eye on. I don't think the government should have gone after Microsoft and now shouldn't go after Google either. But I also don't see why Google gets a pass when Microsoft didn't. It is the same situation. I don't think the feds should have gone after MS either (Apple and Linux anyone?) but I don't think the situations are very similar. Google has real, certifiable competition from Yahoo and Microsoft.
It could have been (and still can be) argued that Apple and Linux weren't (and still aren't) viable competition to Microsoft on the desktop. Part of the anti-trust was also that Microsoft was using undocumented API features of the OS to give their products (Media Player, Internet Explorer) an unfair advantage over competitors.
Not to get off track, but I think the feds went after MS because at the time, MS has ZERO lobbyists in Washington and didn't really play ball like the government wanted. Hell, Apple is way more guilty of anti-competitive behavior than MS ever was. The difference is Apple is still in the single (maybe low double) digit percentages on the desktop ownership market. | |
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| From a consumer standpoint, there are other differences.
During the lifespan of a computer, an OS choice is one that is much more difficult to change than a Search Engine choice. Google has to work to keep a consumer that could wander off on a minute's notice.
If GMail had as many outages as Win98 had blue screens, it'd have no users at all. That reflects the much tighter hold MS had over it's users.
Another example is that Google's Web App Suite has done little to chisel market share away from MS office. This is in spite of the shortcomings that make up Office 2007. I'd say Sun Office has more dedicated users than Google Apps.
We can keep looking at the technical legal differences between possible monopolies, but monopoly laws are supposed to be consumer-centric. I believe the consumer has a much easier time of choosing alternatives to Google offerings than they ever had from walking away from Microsoft.
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| Re: Google lobbying Feds against being labeled a monopoly said by amigo_boy :What I felt was monopolistic was the way MS required OEMs to sell an OS license with every computer whether the customer wanted it or not. That's what I thought as well. So Google can't be considered a monopoly simply because it's not imposed on anyone.
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Nascar is so awesome dude common. It really is fun to watch cars go in an endless damn circle until someone finally crashes and people go "oh cool, his body is flying at 180mph across the track!"...
Man it must be so exciting to drive a car in circles for hours.
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1 edit | Re: Great I think of it as a redneck sport. It's really boring to me and the crashes don't excite me much either. Keep wasting gas, oil, and clean air you darn rednecks. | |
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| Re: Great said by Nascar OK :
Nascar is OK, but the standardized engine they all use has made races boring. Nascar at one time was about different car models and which car was better. Now it is 30 cars circling the track in a pack, with one driver sprinting to the win on the last lap.
It's not that bad though that appears to be where they are headed.
Try an IROC races. Basically they give them all the same car and the same setup and get the best drivers so they're all basically the same skill level. They could only really pass the person who was in the front because he had no draft and the cars they were driving were basically stock cars. So pretty much what happened was they would run around the track for 100 or so laps all in one line. When the guy at the front screws up he gets passed by everyone and he moves in at the end of the line and round and round they would go moving up thru the line over and over again; whoever happened to be in front at the end won, and it was usually a Nascar guy because they were used to dealing with what stock cars so could stay at the front without getting passed the longest.
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| You all don't have a clue. I can tell by your comments that neither one of you have taken 5 minutes to try and understand stock car racing. Or., what it's contributed to your vehicle and it's safety., you're ignorant of it all. Yet, you feel compelled to comment. My I suggest you keep your posts within your intellect.
Hpower: I think you just upped the most ignorant post I've ever seen grace this forum, sarcasm or not. Keep your comments closer to something you're not so illiterate of, go watch more Star Trek and leave the man stuff to men.
Endgame: Your astute summary is nothing short of imbecilic.
Nascar ok: It's the car itself not the engine. And, atm 43 cars start a Sprint Cup race.
hayabusa3303: You have written the only intelligent prose posted to this thread. The traffic truly is hellish on race weekends. I'm sure those of you who live in the Darlington/Florence area will be glad when it's over.., my aunt in Dover is, too. | |
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1 edit | Hardcore weekend YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! FINALLY I waited for this weekend like crazy. Good way to get over a messed up thursday at work lol *cough* dont mess up again *cough* :P
Can't wait to see star trek and wolverine!
30 minutes to go before I can go home...aahhh common go faster time!! lol
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| Re: Hardcore weekend said by N3OGH :... No spoilers, but the guy that plays Scotty is awesome. He steals every shot he's in and totally picks up the ball and runs with it... He is played by Simon Pegg who was Shaun in Shaun of the Dead and was also in Hot Fuzz. Very funny guy
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| Defrag Some bad fragmentation cases I have seen over the last week. The last one I am running a 2nd defrag, and will probably have to make another pass after that.
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| Re: Defrag said by GOLFnSUN :Samples 2 & 3 need a disk cleanup even more than a defrag. Not enough free space and probably too many junk files needing deleting. All old user profiles, of which there were many, were deleted and CCLeaner was run after that. So there is a little more "white" now.
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| FRIDAY..BOUT TIME! Well, aside from some melancholy news: lost a client to cancer and losing a friend's best friend to cancer, I am glad to be alive.
And rant on BBR!
Just made some Jambalaya with andooie. Mmmm...house smells like...nawlins K-Paul restaurant!
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| Oops Perhaps Broadband is not a right. »blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4187
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I think both provide good points but not strong argument in my opinion.
The problem is a miss uses of the definition of fundamental rights when applying it to the internet. Fundamental Rights have a few important characteristics, in theory they should never be taken away from the person. Secondly fundamental rights are immaterial by nature. Finally Fundamental Rights cannot contradict the fundamental rights of others; especially there are no fundamental rights to initiate an act of face against property and the body of others.
Take for example free speech, I should have a right to free speech but I do not have a right to force my neighbor to buy me a pa system or furnish a computer and internet connection. | |
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| said by Richard B :Finally Fundamental Rights cannot contradict the fundamental rights of others; I disagree. Fundamental rights are compromised all the time because your perfect exercise of a fundamental right would negatively affect another person's.
For example, you have a "fundamental right" to free speech. But, you can't shout political slogans from your roof at 3AM. You have a "fundamental right" of movement and to associate with others. But, you can't demonstrate without a permit.
said by Richard B :Take for example free speech, I should have a right to free speech but I do not have a right to force my neighbor to buy me a pa system or furnish a computer and internet connection. It depends on the goal of free speech. If it's to encourage the exchange of ideas, and an engaged, enlightened and motivated citizenry, society has an interest in assuring a level of equal access.
That is the basis of Civic Republicanism (having nothing to do with the modern Republican party). A virtuous citizenry was essential to a virtuous state. And, vice versa. Citizens were compelled to participate (jury, militia, etc.). If a state stopped engaging the citizenry (by compulsion), offering to let paid individuals do the job so the citizenry could relax, the state would be considered *non* virtuous. Contributing to what early writers called a "palsied" citizenry.
You may say that forcing individuals to participate in government isn't the same as buying them the tools necessary to participate. But, the principle is the same. Especially when you consider that another premise of Civic Republicanism was a child-like belief in never-ending frontiers (which essentially meant taking land from others, such as Native Americans, so that the state could continue to grow in a way to support Civic Republican's notion of the self-sufficient citizen soldier).
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| Noah's Ark We have had a week of straight rain here in the NYC area. My lawn is so green and in desperate need of mowing.
This weekend is supposed to be spotty weather at best so I am going to try and do it in between rain drops.
Nothing like real rainwater to make the lawn grow. Sprinkler system can't hold a candle to it - wrong nutrient mix I guess. | |
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| I'm away this weekend handling some wedding prep stuff, but my Dad mowed my lawn for me. I didn't ask, he volunteered and told me after the fact. That said, he said he had to do it twice, and had to rake the lawn afterwards. (Too many clippings to leave, and the Town of Huntington doesn't pickup grass clippings, so he stuffed about 8 bags of clippings into a Maxima.) Must have been a nice sight.
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| Re: Noah's Ark said by Jeffrey :I'm away this weekend handling some wedding prep stuff, but my Dad mowed my lawn for me. I didn't ask, he volunteered and told me after the fact. That said, he said he had to do it twice, and had to rake the lawn afterwards. (Too many clippings to leave, and the Town of Huntington doesn't pickup grass clippings, so he stuffed about 8 bags of clippings into a Maxima.) Must have been a nice sight. That was very nice of him to do. Smithtown does not allow grass clippings either so it if gets chopped and lands on the lawn, it stays there and decomposes which is not necessarily a bad thing. When it gets overwhelming and blocks the sunlight and or kept the area under it too wet, you get stripes on the lawn.
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| Re: Noah's Ark said by NY Tel :That was very nice of him to do. Smithtown does not allow grass clippings either so it if gets chopped and lands on the lawn, it stays there and decomposes which is not necessarily a bad thing. When it gets overwhelming and blocks the sunlight and or kept the area under it too wet, you get stripes on the lawn. When's the big day? Sometime in September if I recall. Yeah, he didn't have to do it. My parents are so damn busy taking care of like 3 older relatives (91, 93, 96 - ages) that they barely have time for themselves.
Sept 26th is the big day. We just spent the weekend finalizing 90% of the plans. Successful weekend. No speeding tickets back from Massachussetts, no traffic, and beautiful weather for the Cross Sound Ferry. Picture perfect day.
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| Cloud Computing Wouldn´t "Cloud Computing" make ACTA laws obsolite?
Getting a free account at icloud and get 3gb hard drive with your own viritual computer. 3gb that u can share with 10 of your friends and u will have 30gb of share. As u stream evrything from your cloud computer nothing gets copied. Just shared, or lent out to your friend".
Ur cloud computer are access able from anyware in the world so internet filtering wont help, u never have to travel over the boarder with ur files just store what ever u want on your cloud computer and access it from anywhere. Sorry if it looks like a ad but all is free for nowe atleast.
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| Wouldn´t "Cloud Computing" make ACTA laws obsolite?
Getting a free account at icloud and get 3gb hard drive with your own viritual computer. 3gb that u can share with 10 of your friends and u will have 30gb of share. As u stream evrything from your cloud computer nothing gets copied. Just shared, or lent out to your friend".
Ur cloud computer are access able from anyware in the world so internet filtering wont help, u never have to travel over the boarder with ur files just store what ever u want on your cloud computer and access it from anywhere.
Google translated blog post.
A computer in the cloud/ Maybe something for u internet filtered aussies (google translated) »chilp.it/?4dcd2a | |
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| Been a interesting week on the railroad. Finished a new railroad crossing with gates and whatnot on a upgrade for the city of Brook Park, OH. The intersting part of all of it was we were in the same lot as at&t's Brook Park central office on Hummel road. Of course burring cable for the new crossing equipment had to be done around all of the copper and fiber going into this place. Last week a bunch of contractors came into the place to double the size of the C/O building to get it ready for U-Verse in the area. Before you knew it they got shut down because they didnt obtain local building permits! Priceless! | |
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