There's another issue, too (though SCOTUS ruled that this is OK, I think they're wrong): You shouldn't be able to add to people's sentences after-the-fact. Any of these new prohibitions are tantamount to extending a sentence AFTER a person's been sentenced. It should at least only apply to people who will be sentenced after the law was passed.
They also need laws against minors lying about their age on the Internet. A 12-year-old who lies to get on "Facebook" should be charged with a crime as an Adult, and sentenced to a few years in prison
BUT! BUT!
Apple told me that their system was secure by design! That it's IMPOSSIBLE to do things like that on Mac OS X! What about all those annoying, lisping people at the Mac stores who waddle around saying "We don't need virus protection!"
I thought Mac was supposed to be immune to these problems because of the fundamental design.
Does this mean people have LIED to me?
Google has paid services too with similar pricing models. While there is a free "Google for domains" that gives you docs, etc, on your domain, there are additional paid tiers of support.
I should add that, back when I got my (math) degree, the school offered 1/4 credit courses in particular programming languages. Popular back then were PL/I and IBM 370 assembly language.
You can see why it's silly to waste time learning a particular programming language!
But my skills in math--statistics, computational geometry, calculus--save my butt every day!
Here's my Wikipedia story:
Several years ago, while reading the entry for my Alma Mater, I decided to add my name to the list of notable alumni. (I'm not notable.)
About a year later, when I decided to google my name and was shocked to see myself at my University's website on a page they had enumerating their famous alumni! That's right--my college did its research on Wikipedia.
I decided to write my own wikipedia entry page--which stuck!--and among other references linked back to my University's page showing that I was a notable alumni. (I've written a number of books, so I was able to have a number of references that looked legit enough that my page wasn't deleted.)
Last year, while reading the glossy brochure for my University, there was my name on a page that talked about all the 'famous' people that had graduated there. My little Wikipedia vandalism had come full circle and became the truth!
I do not trust Wikipedia, and use this as an example to prove how bad an idea it is.
Go over to "overlawyered.com" and read the information that the attorneys there wrote about snopes.com and the CPSIA product-safetey act. There's many folks at overlawered who disagree strongly with snopes about this issue.
There's a page that lists famous Boy Scouts and Eagle Scouts.
I always add, with CITATIONS FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES and other sources,
Charles Manson
and
Dennis Rader ("BTK Serial Killer)
and the terrorist group known as the BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA promptly removes it.
...is truly astounding! That guy needs to see a shrink. Why is he so passionate about Steve Jobs success? Steve doesn't need his help. He can backdate his stock options and make enough money all by himself.
I buy Apple products when they're "right" (the iPod nano, the 30" monitor, the Mac Mini), but this is one I can live without.
I happen to like the sony "TX" line of laptops, so we bought a bunch of them for my company. It took me about 3 hours to uninstall all the CRAP sony puts on to "add value" to that machine.
For example:
anti-virus software that will expire in 30 days
an alternate CD-ROM burning software that doesn't work as well as MS stock functionality--and breaks it
a bunch of other "trial ware" I don't remember
some media player (Real? I forget) that I didn't want
At the very least, sony should have 1 click to completely remove all non-Microsoft "added value" or (even better) put it all on a separate disk that I can choose to install.
Microsoft has a real problem because they don't make the hardware, too. Companies like to try to "add value" by installing craplets that often ruin the XP (and now Vista) experience.
I now have Vista RTM running on my laptop. It supported all the hardware out-of-the-box. That TX has never worked better, and it's simply a stock version of Vista with no sony Craplets.
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There's another issue, too (though SCOTUS ruled that this is OK, I think they're wrong): You shouldn't be able to add to people's sentences after-the-fact. Any of these new prohibitions are tantamount to extending a sentence AFTER a person's been sentenced. It should at least only apply to people who will be sentenced after the law was passed.
They also need laws against minors lying about their age on the Internet. A 12-year-old who lies to get on "Facebook" should be charged with a crime as an Adult, and sentenced to a few years in prison
You should all run Amaya, the OFFICIAL W3C browser. By definition, this is the only 100% compliant browser
BUT! BUT! Apple told me that their system was secure by design! That it's IMPOSSIBLE to do things like that on Mac OS X! What about all those annoying, lisping people at the Mac stores who waddle around saying "We don't need virus protection!" I thought Mac was supposed to be immune to these problems because of the fundamental design. Does this mean people have LIED to me?
There are really two choices: MIX or Scheme
Google has paid services too with similar pricing models. While there is a free "Google for domains" that gives you docs, etc, on your domain, there are additional paid tiers of support.
I should add that, back when I got my (math) degree, the school offered 1/4 credit courses in particular programming languages. Popular back then were PL/I and IBM 370 assembly language. You can see why it's silly to waste time learning a particular programming language! But my skills in math--statistics, computational geometry, calculus--save my butt every day!
They shouldn't teach any language. Seriously. Maybe a hypothetical one like MIX or MMIX, but not an actual language. They should teach math instead.
Here's my Wikipedia story: Several years ago, while reading the entry for my Alma Mater, I decided to add my name to the list of notable alumni. (I'm not notable.) About a year later, when I decided to google my name and was shocked to see myself at my University's website on a page they had enumerating their famous alumni! That's right--my college did its research on Wikipedia. I decided to write my own wikipedia entry page--which stuck!--and among other references linked back to my University's page showing that I was a notable alumni. (I've written a number of books, so I was able to have a number of references that looked legit enough that my page wasn't deleted.) Last year, while reading the glossy brochure for my University, there was my name on a page that talked about all the 'famous' people that had graduated there. My little Wikipedia vandalism had come full circle and became the truth! I do not trust Wikipedia, and use this as an example to prove how bad an idea it is.
Go over to "overlawyered.com" and read the information that the attorneys there wrote about snopes.com and the CPSIA product-safetey act. There's many folks at overlawered who disagree strongly with snopes about this issue.
There's a page that lists famous Boy Scouts and Eagle Scouts. I always add, with CITATIONS FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES and other sources, Charles Manson and Dennis Rader ("BTK Serial Killer) and the terrorist group known as the BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA promptly removes it.
I refuse to install Java on my computer because 1) It Sucks and 2) I don't want to support http://slashdot.org/articles/99/09/20/0744243.shtml Patrick Naughton.
...is truly astounding! That guy needs to see a shrink. Why is he so passionate about Steve Jobs success? Steve doesn't need his help. He can backdate his stock options and make enough money all by himself.
I buy Apple products when they're "right" (the iPod nano, the 30" monitor, the Mac Mini), but this is one I can live without.
I happen to like the sony "TX" line of laptops, so we bought a bunch of them for my company. It took me about 3 hours to uninstall all the CRAP sony puts on to "add value" to that machine. For example: anti-virus software that will expire in 30 days an alternate CD-ROM burning software that doesn't work as well as MS stock functionality--and breaks it a bunch of other "trial ware" I don't remember some media player (Real? I forget) that I didn't want At the very least, sony should have 1 click to completely remove all non-Microsoft "added value" or (even better) put it all on a separate disk that I can choose to install. Microsoft has a real problem because they don't make the hardware, too. Companies like to try to "add value" by installing craplets that often ruin the XP (and now Vista) experience. I now have Vista RTM running on my laptop. It supported all the hardware out-of-the-box. That TX has never worked better, and it's simply a stock version of Vista with no sony Craplets.