Amid all these internet-blocking stories I still haven't found an answer to how dictators prevent satellite internet connections, or even if they do. I know how they could block them if they wanted to, but does anyone know how they actually do it? Or if they even bother with it?
I bought Starcraft 2 from one of Amazon's partners (sold by Amazon, fulfilled by someone else) to find out that the "new" game I ordered had already been activated by someone else. Amazon has a very generous return policy so it's easy to see that someone had bought the game, activated it, and returned it. The problem is that it was sold as "new." Of course, getting my money back was easy but I'll never buy anything requiring an access code from Amazon again.
You know, maybe everything Google does doesn't have too have an ulterior motive. Maybe they were just sitting one day thinking "Gee, we have shitloads of money. What if we just developed something out-of-this-world amazing just for the heck of it?" Maybe there are corporations out there who do some things just because it's a cool thing to do, not because they're twirling their evil mustaches in greed.
I'm not saying Google's not evil, and we should still be suspicious of free goodies, but maybe we should consider the possibility - for once - that they're doing something awesome for awesomeness's sake.
It wasn't racist until you apologized for being racist - you never actually mentioned race. However the assumption that "nearly feral minority teenagers" and "section 8 housing" refers to a specific race might be racist. (I live in the deep south, where white people are just as poor as minorities, so I imagined these flash mobs as white kids until you said otherwise.)
My point is that this is precisely the kind of speech that your constitution shouldn't protect
Well we don't have a choice - out govt was (theoretically) founded on the concept of individual sovereignty. If we own ourselves then we own our speech. The only way for the govt to limit our speech would be through force, which would render it illegitimate.
That said, using your speech to take away someone else's right would make it subject to limiting, but a racial slur on a Yahoo financial forum at 2 am is hardly going to do anybody any harm.
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I bet her machine didn't do 3D frosting (as in create layers of frosting), which is what's news here. Also, her machine did frosting - not hardened chocolate - which is a whole other challenge.
Of course, as others have pointed out, it has been done before, just not by your grandma.
needs to be a force in the world working to encourage better security practices
That force is usually called "the bad guys." If no one ever tried to steal anything, we wouldn't need any security. And your stuff would be just as safe.
Granted, the "To the brain..." quote was pulled from CNN's analysis, not the scientists'. And like you said, knowing that the "same brain networks that are activated when you're burned by hot coffee also light up when you think about a lover who has spurned you" is one degree of accuracy more than we had before this study.
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Yeah, this'll hurt them like Kazaa hurts the MPAA - it won't. In fact, it'll more likely lead to the govt giving more public companies "emergency" legal powers to smack down anyone they suspect of being against them. Especially since today CNN had a "are your passwords safe online? Are YOU safe online?" special earlier today.
Lol, no. Myriad Pro is a font family that Adobe created and is still selling. Trying to claim ownership over it is like.... well I don't have a good metaphor right now but it's like something shitty.
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I'd be up in arms pounding on my congressman's door
I don't actually know where my congressman's door is, and without the internet I'm not sure I'd be able to find it.
He must have been on some serious shit to be burning in a vacuum.
Amid all these internet-blocking stories I still haven't found an answer to how dictators prevent satellite internet connections, or even if they do. I know how they could block them if they wanted to, but does anyone know how they actually do it? Or if they even bother with it?
Saying that the solution (and the one the user wants) is to take that freedom away just seems, silly
You don't seem too familiar with human nature - the average person can't handle excessive freedom, be it economic, political, or software.
As everyone knows, Apple has the supply chain fixed
And, as everyone knows, Amazon has the demand chain fixed.
I bought Starcraft 2 from one of Amazon's partners (sold by Amazon, fulfilled by someone else) to find out that the "new" game I ordered had already been activated by someone else. Amazon has a very generous return policy so it's easy to see that someone had bought the game, activated it, and returned it. The problem is that it was sold as "new." Of course, getting my money back was easy but I'll never buy anything requiring an access code from Amazon again.
You know, maybe everything Google does doesn't have too have an ulterior motive. Maybe they were just sitting one day thinking "Gee, we have shitloads of money. What if we just developed something out-of-this-world amazing just for the heck of it?" Maybe there are corporations out there who do some things just because it's a cool thing to do, not because they're twirling their evil mustaches in greed.
I'm not saying Google's not evil, and we should still be suspicious of free goodies, but maybe we should consider the possibility - for once - that they're doing something awesome for awesomeness's sake.
And those who do know about it from the books/movies probably think it celebrates a stand against tyranny.
It wasn't racist until you apologized for being racist - you never actually mentioned race. However the assumption that "nearly feral minority teenagers" and "section 8 housing" refers to a specific race might be racist. (I live in the deep south, where white people are just as poor as minorities, so I imagined these flash mobs as white kids until you said otherwise.)
Even if I don't end up using that software, simply learning about smudge attacks made that link worth following.
My point is that this is precisely the kind of speech that your constitution shouldn't protect
Well we don't have a choice - out govt was (theoretically) founded on the concept of individual sovereignty. If we own ourselves then we own our speech. The only way for the govt to limit our speech would be through force, which would render it illegitimate.
That said, using your speech to take away someone else's right would make it subject to limiting, but a racial slur on a Yahoo financial forum at 2 am is hardly going to do anybody any harm.
Why is Google+ growing so quickly?
Because you publish 5 articles a day about it?
I thought we had gotten beyond the whole "eye for an eye" thing.
Really?? You did?
Because that would be ridickulous.
Agreed. Especially since any Russian command center worth nuking would be surrounded with turrets.
except you probably already do.
I bet her machine didn't do 3D frosting (as in create layers of frosting), which is what's news here. Also, her machine did frosting - not hardened chocolate - which is a whole other challenge.
Of course, as others have pointed out, it has been done before, just not by your grandma.
They can - and he does in the video.
needs to be a force in the world working to encourage better security practices
That force is usually called "the bad guys." If no one ever tried to steal anything, we wouldn't need any security. And your stuff would be just as safe.
employee areas ... are carefully chosen to make [people] feel uncomfortable
It must really suck to work there.
In case you weren't joking, (and for those who don't know,) they do, and they've been doing it for a while.
We're trying to get these documents to upstanding Americans, not freedom-hating pirates.
Granted, the "To the brain..." quote was pulled from CNN's analysis, not the scientists'. And like you said, knowing that the "same brain networks that are activated when you're burned by hot coffee also light up when you think about a lover who has spurned you" is one degree of accuracy more than we had before this study.
Yeah, this'll hurt them like Kazaa hurts the MPAA - it won't. In fact, it'll more likely lead to the govt giving more public companies "emergency" legal powers to smack down anyone they suspect of being against them. Especially since today CNN had a "are your passwords safe online? Are YOU safe online?" special earlier today.
Lol, no. Myriad Pro is a font family that Adobe created and is still selling. Trying to claim ownership over it is like.... well I don't have a good metaphor right now but it's like something shitty.