Perhaps most of the footage never gets seen. That makes sense; there is just too much of it. However, if they get reports of people protesting, or handing out opinionated fliers, they have that footage, and the opportunity to do something about it.
It's really hard to get worked up about this. If someone is missing, the police look for them. It's great that they use all of their resources. Privacy is great, but so is staying alive.
Just make sure that the actor playing (B) doesn't come off as the friendly fat kid in glasses, while the actor playing (A) comes off as a smug jerkwad who picks on the fat kid with glasses.
And seriously, the kinds of attacks against him here are no less one sided than the man himself.
Yes. That is because there is only one side.
This forum is out of control on this topic.
I agree. Attention whores might go away if we stopped giving them attention.
And again, being less aware of the facts and thinking you were trying to save lives you might just email some "evil" CEO's mother yourself.
No, I would not do that, because I am neither mentally ill nor a 5 year old.
If we sided with the man we would be applauding him, not questioning his mental health.
Not really. If Linus Torvalds sent such a letter to Steve Ballmer's mother, we'd be all WTF? It would be funny, just like this story is funny, but it would still require mental instability on Torvalds's part.
On an unrelated note, ever wondered how rumors get started?
Don't forget other places where we don't enjoy being bothered by cell phones or loud phone conversations. Like restaurants, coffee shops, classrooms, the library, etc.
That would be awesome. I don't like hearing people talk on the phone in those places either.
Without much imagination, we could create a society that makes life impossible for people who must be available to receive important calls while they are not at their desks.
Oh come now. Make life impossible? I suppose life began in the mid 90's? There are plenty of places you can get cell service even if every building in the world was shielded. Like outside. Even if every cell network ceased to exist, and became impossible to rebuild, life would go on, and would still kick ass. Phones are nice, but not necessary for life.
The ISP sells me bandwidth, not service for a household. Also, people don't use Wi-Fi as a substitute for cable. It's much too slow and inconvenient, and service is somewhat sporadic. People use Wi-Fi temporarily, such as when they are at a friend's house, or a coffee shop, or their home modem is malfunctioning. If someone wants and can afford high speed internet access in their home, they will pay for cable or DSL.
I live in a large apartment building, and share my cable service via Wi-Fi. It gets used, but hardly. The amount of bandwidth strangers use on my network is a drop in the bucket compared to what I use.
That's not even a fair fight. It's like Raphael fighting a random bank robber. (I recently saw the latest TMNT movie.) Couldn't they have found somebody more at NYCL's level?
Sorry, but while this sounds neat for the SOHO or hobbyist user...
It's too expensive for 99% of SOHO users. Not that they can't afford it, but most would rather just get a USB HDD, or something like the WD myBook. A hobbyist would probably rather make something like it himself.
A while ago, Nike stated in a press release that they did not employ children in sweat shops. This turned out to be a lie. They were sued (probably a class action lawsuit) and Nike tried a First Amendment defense, saying that the constitution gives them the right to lie to people. Nike lost the case. The judge said that press releases are considered advertising, and you aren't allowed to lie in advertisements.
Maybe a "corporate public statement" is not the same as an advertisement, or press release, but it sure seems the same to me. A judge would likely see it the same way. The thing is, a company can usually get away with false advertising because nobody bothers to sue them. Despite being illegal, it is financially advantageous to lie to their customers and only pay out on the off chance they get sued.
Yes, I realize that Nike is an American corporation, and the First Amendment is American too. It's just an analogy, and my take on why corporate lying continues.
I thought of that too. It might be a good way for the botnet operators to keep security researchers of their backs. Fortunately, the botnet operators don't want to damage the computers any more than the security researchers do. Less, in fact, because the botnet operators think they "own" said computer.
1) complain about how slow HTML 5 is coming along 2) implement HTML 5 early; broken and unfinished 3) web developers use IE HTML 5 4) even after HTML 5 comes out, most web developers are confused as to the difference between HTML 5 and IE HTML 5 5) non IE web browsers have a tough time implementing HTML 5, and trying to render broken web pages 6) ???? 7) Profit!!!
Also, what does Warcraft III have to do with anything?
Competition doesn't do much good when the ISPs are allowed to lie. Some good, yes, but in order for competition to do it's thing, users need to be well-informed before they purchase.
>Hopefully at some point our government will catch up with reality and clickthrough / tearthrough licenses will go the way of prohibition and paid indulgences.
You realize that we still have prohibition and paid indulgences, right? At least we do here in the land of the free. Drugs, gambling, and prostitution are prohibited. And most of the population thinks that is a good thing. And we have people on TV saying that if you accept Jesus Christ into your heart, and pay them a bunch of money, Jesus will forgive your sins so you can go to heaven.
The Pokemon CCG was awesome. With Magic TG, every turn was to pick a card, and then mindlessly play your cards. The right move was always obvious. Making your deck took skill, but actually playing had none. Pokemon, on the other hand, involved skill when you make your deck, and when you play your deck.
What was the topic again? Oh yes, Pokemon sues Craigslist.
I hope that stuff never happens too. I mean, I don't know the guy, but that stuff is terrible. Why would anyone, except maybe en enemy, want any of that stuff to happen to poor wtansill?
Write your pages, and then run them through an obfuscator. The obfuscator can change all of the function names to stuff like "fuction37", and variables to "variable89". It can strip the comments and whitespace. The end result will resemble a de-compiled stripped binary.
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Perhaps most of the footage never gets seen. That makes sense; there is just too much of it. However, if they get reports of people protesting, or handing out opinionated fliers, they have that footage, and the opportunity to do something about it.
Bryansix, what part of this sounds like we should involve the authorities?
It's really hard to get worked up about this. If someone is missing, the police look for them. It's great that they use all of their resources. Privacy is great, but so is staying alive.
Just because you buy something with value less than zero, doesn't mean that you get paid money for accepting it. Windows Vista, for example.
Just make sure that the actor playing (B) doesn't come off as the friendly fat kid in glasses, while the actor playing (A) comes off as a smug jerkwad who picks on the fat kid with glasses.
Yes. That is because there is only one side.
This forum is out of control on this topic.I agree. Attention whores might go away if we stopped giving them attention.
And again, being less aware of the facts and thinking you were trying to save lives you might just email some "evil" CEO's mother yourself.No, I would not do that, because I am neither mentally ill nor a 5 year old.
If we sided with the man we would be applauding him, not questioning his mental health.Not really. If Linus Torvalds sent such a letter to Steve Ballmer's mother, we'd be all WTF? It would be funny, just like this story is funny, but it would still require mental instability on Torvalds's part.
On an unrelated note, ever wondered how rumors get started?
That would be awesome. I don't like hearing people talk on the phone in those places either.
Without much imagination, we could create a society that makes life impossible for people who must be available to receive important calls while they are not at their desks.Oh come now. Make life impossible? I suppose life began in the mid 90's? There are plenty of places you can get cell service even if every building in the world was shielded. Like outside. Even if every cell network ceased to exist, and became impossible to rebuild, life would go on, and would still kick ass. Phones are nice, but not necessary for life.
The ISP sells me bandwidth, not service for a household. Also, people don't use Wi-Fi as a substitute for cable. It's much too slow and inconvenient, and service is somewhat sporadic. People use Wi-Fi temporarily, such as when they are at a friend's house, or a coffee shop, or their home modem is malfunctioning. If someone wants and can afford high speed internet access in their home, they will pay for cable or DSL.
I live in a large apartment building, and share my cable service via Wi-Fi. It gets used, but hardly. The amount of bandwidth strangers use on my network is a drop in the bucket compared to what I use.
"NewYorkCountryLawyer Debates RIAA VP"
That's not even a fair fight. It's like Raphael fighting a random bank robber. (I recently saw the latest TMNT movie.) Couldn't they have found somebody more at NYCL's level?
A CAPTCHA has to be completely automated. Grading an essay test would be hard to automate.
It's too expensive for 99% of SOHO users. Not that they can't afford it, but most would rather just get a USB HDD, or something like the WD myBook. A hobbyist would probably rather make something like it himself.
Way ahead of you, man. I already didn't RTFA, and didn't plan to. I was just going to leave a bunch of comments on it, and imply that I read it.
But why would the Matrix waste processor cycles on something nobody notices?
You can own patents on inventions and discoveries. Inventions, such as the telephone, and discoveries, such as DNA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciubx6RijLo
Maybe there is a law.
A while ago, Nike stated in a press release that they did not employ children in sweat shops. This turned out to be a lie. They were sued (probably a class action lawsuit) and Nike tried a First Amendment defense, saying that the constitution gives them the right to lie to people. Nike lost the case. The judge said that press releases are considered advertising, and you aren't allowed to lie in advertisements.
Maybe a "corporate public statement" is not the same as an advertisement, or press release, but it sure seems the same to me. A judge would likely see it the same way. The thing is, a company can usually get away with false advertising because nobody bothers to sue them. Despite being illegal, it is financially advantageous to lie to their customers and only pay out on the off chance they get sued.
Yes, I realize that Nike is an American corporation, and the First Amendment is American too. It's just an analogy, and my take on why corporate lying continues.
I thought of that too. It might be a good way for the botnet operators to keep security researchers of their backs. Fortunately, the botnet operators don't want to damage the computers any more than the security researchers do. Less, in fact, because the botnet operators think they "own" said computer.
1) complain about how slow HTML 5 is coming along
2) implement HTML 5 early; broken and unfinished
3) web developers use IE HTML 5
4) even after HTML 5 comes out, most web developers are confused as to the difference between HTML 5 and IE HTML 5
5) non IE web browsers have a tough time implementing HTML 5, and trying to render broken web pages
6) ????
7) Profit!!!
Also, what does Warcraft III have to do with anything?
Competition doesn't do much good when the ISPs are allowed to lie. Some good, yes, but in order for competition to do it's thing, users need to be well-informed before they purchase.
>Hopefully at some point our government will catch up with reality and clickthrough / tearthrough licenses will go the way of prohibition and paid indulgences.
You realize that we still have prohibition and paid indulgences, right? At least we do here in the land of the free. Drugs, gambling, and prostitution are prohibited. And most of the population thinks that is a good thing. And we have people on TV saying that if you accept Jesus Christ into your heart, and pay them a bunch of money, Jesus will forgive your sins so you can go to heaven.
Apparently, you missed the part about eBay owning Craigslist. I didn't know that either until I RTFS.
The Pokemon CCG was awesome. With Magic TG, every turn was to pick a card, and then mindlessly play your cards. The right move was always obvious. Making your deck took skill, but actually playing had none. Pokemon, on the other hand, involved skill when you make your deck, and when you play your deck.
What was the topic again? Oh yes, Pokemon sues Craigslist.
I hope that stuff never happens too. I mean, I don't know the guy, but that stuff is terrible. Why would anyone, except maybe en enemy, want any of that stuff to happen to poor wtansill?
This sounds like a hoax. The idea is impractical, not particularly beneficial, and expensive. Clon-aid, anyone?
You can hide the source of javascript. Sort of.
Write your pages, and then run them through an obfuscator. The obfuscator can change all of the function names to stuff like "fuction37", and variables to "variable89". It can strip the comments and whitespace. The end result will resemble a de-compiled stripped binary.