My father, when he was able to use the computer, could fall into just about any kind of pitfall. You'd give him specific guidance, but he'd just forget.
If I was advising somebody with a father like mine. I'd create a custom Linux recovery disk that would easily restore his computer to a known state.
He'd always lose his data when the system was restored, but if that was what he expected to happen when he routinely crashed the system, that would be no big deal.
What to do about Jeremy Hammond? He's already gotten one mercy-break for his malicious hacking. Now he's looking at big-time punishment.
He doesn't seem like a bad kid, but if the judge gives him a break, Hammond is just going to go right back to malicious hacking. And you can't believe anything Hammond says because he lied to the judge the last time around.
This is sad, but that fool Hammond did it to himself.
Assange is seeking asylum to avoid investigation of a sex offense.
Assange SAYS that he fears extradition from Sweden to the US. That's just BS from a suspected rapist. If there were a real extradition threat, the US would have gone for Assange when he was available in the UK for chrissake.
Fuck the law, there shouldn't be that law, the gov't shouldn't be allowed to pass laws that protect any specific business model, any specific business, any specific individual from other individuals in business.
Gov't is the culprit here, sure, there is a law, but it is an unjust law. Copyright and patent laws are unjust and every time anybody is in jury and there is government on one side and an individual on the other side the jury must nullify the law. Yes, the law is broken, no, it shouldn't exist.
The situation you propose favors the parasites too much. There needs to be an incentive for people to create. People are not going to spend months developing books and products if some parasite can just copy their work, market it better, and take their profits.
Everybody who gave money to the cartoonist, gave it to him with the understanding that he would give that money to charity. That is a contract between the donor and the cartoonist.
Is Mr. Funkyjunk unlawfully trying to interfere with that perfectly lawful contract?
Every donor might have a case against Mr. Funkyjunk for tortious interference with contract--in THEIR home state, not Mr. Funkyjunk's. And Mr. Funkyjunk could not make it go away by simply dismissing his case. They could insist on getting their damates (filing fees, costs, etc.) against Mr. Funkyjunk.
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Isn't cybersecurity just another way of telling people how to talk on the internet?
Maybe some First Amendment concerns?
Canada needs the McKenzie brothers.
NOW!
Create something new, and let us steal from you, for a change!
My father, when he was able to use the computer, could fall into just about any kind of pitfall. You'd give him specific guidance, but he'd just forget.
If I was advising somebody with a father like mine. I'd create a custom Linux recovery disk that would easily restore his computer to a known state.
He'd always lose his data when the system was restored, but if that was what he expected to happen when he routinely crashed the system, that would be no big deal.
What to do about Jeremy Hammond? He's already gotten one mercy-break for his malicious hacking. Now he's looking at big-time punishment.
He doesn't seem like a bad kid, but if the judge gives him a break, Hammond is just going to go right back to malicious hacking. And you can't believe anything Hammond says because he lied to the judge the last time around.
This is sad, but that fool Hammond did it to himself.
We are at the threshold of genetic knowledge. Twiddling around with things we don't know too much about can easily lead to unintended consequences.
KHAN!!!!!!!!!!
Assange is seeking asylum to avoid investigation of a sex offense.
Assange SAYS that he fears extradition from Sweden to the US. That's just BS from a suspected rapist. If there were a real extradition threat, the US would have gone for Assange when he was available in the UK for chrissake.
The guy is just a pig.
Assange is a coward because he won't respond to the Swedish inquiry.
Assange is a liar because he promised the GB judge that he would appear.
The guy is a scumbag. Wikileaks is better off without him.
The more you control your corporate message, the more you control your exposure to corporate liability.
If you lose control of your message, you lose control of your ability to limit your exposure to corporate liability.
It isn't that complicated.
The foolish right-wing ideologues are going to have to rethink their ideas about the welfare state.
If we don't watch it, the rich could have the poor serving their robots.
Are we sure that Gartner is an independent company?
This is serious stuff. Patenting life needs to be outside the law. This is worthy of a constitutional amendment.
I suppose that's why inertial navigation is such a good backup for any sane person who is going to design a military drone.
Whether or not you like the Act, it is a great victory for freedom.
Conservatives bitch about activist judges, until they get the majority. Then liberals bitch about activist judges until they get the majority.
Judges should let the legislators legislate, as much as possible!
Your best implementation argument assumes that the best implemenation will win.
That's nonsense. The second-best implementation will always kick the crap out of the best implementation if priced sufficiently lower.
Make an almost-as-good copy, sell it cheaper, and crush the inventor who cannot recover his development costs.
We need copyright and patent law. But it does need to be made more fair.
The situation you propose favors the parasites too much. There needs to be an incentive for people to create. People are not going to spend months developing books and products if some parasite can just copy their work, market it better, and take their profits.
Very many people agree that the Pirate Bay is an organized copyright thief. That's a simple fact.
Now, that's not true on Slashdot, but Slashdot is not a fair representation of the general population.
A sailboat would be a real challenge.
Assange has powerful friends. Are they powerful enough to help him avoid justice on a RAPE charge?
That is SO FUCKING AWESOME!!!
Please keep us posted!
And Mr. Funkyjunk had better hope that his state does not have a SLAPP statute!
Everybody who gave money to the cartoonist, gave it to him with the understanding that he would give that money to charity. That is a contract between the donor and the cartoonist.
Is Mr. Funkyjunk unlawfully trying to interfere with that perfectly lawful contract?
Every donor might have a case against Mr. Funkyjunk for tortious interference with contract--in THEIR home state, not Mr. Funkyjunk's. And Mr. Funkyjunk could not make it go away by simply dismissing his case. They could insist on getting their damates (filing fees, costs, etc.) against Mr. Funkyjunk.
That would be SO beautiful.
Is Gartner a division of Microsoft?
There's a girlfriend out there for every porn and video game zombified male. Probably a porn and video game zombified female!
This is not even conceivably constitutional.