When you say "which ones would you go for? The ones hard to catch but pose a threat or the ones easy to catch even though 99% of the population don't care about it" reminds me of priorities that win battles but lose wars. I hope you remember your quote the next time you're a victim of noise pollution, a real urban issue I wouldn't wish on anyone. It sounds like the reply an unsympathetic cop or politician would make hearing you complain about an asshole neighbor with an effing boom-box and a barking dog in his car 24/7/365. Who cares, it's only you. That's how we end up reading about otherwise "nice neighbors" who go berserk on the clueless inconsiderate assholes who get no abolishment from the police for their terrible demeanor and behavior. You either enforce all the laws all the time or wait for little disasters to become big ones. Happens all the time.
This story as written stinks. I expect better journalism from Slashdot. The heading and lead give no explanation as to the stated policy by the university, and there's only an off-hand remark by some observer. Slashdot doesn't have to be unbiased but should at least re-state what the basic policy and objections are on both sides. I still don't have a clue what the university's official policy is on the issue. Sheeeesh! I was going to say something lame like "I can appreciate the arguments on both sides"... that is if I knew what they were.
Excuse me but the only time I even think about windshields and wipers is when it's raining cats & dogs and the old wipers are dangling useless from the old blades, which for the life of me I could be an able-bodied Stephen Hawking and still not figure out how to remove and replace them with the new ones in time before the whole damn rain storm for which I bought them had already passed! Believe me if I could afford a windshield that didn't need useless set of wipers that always deteriorate before I need them I'd buy it.
-Bozo_de_Niro-
We own the code, we own the text, we own the browsers. We own Google and all the content it points to. Al Gore owns the internet but we own the Starship Enterprise. We own the codes, the HTML code, the C code, the Java code, and the Morse code. You can view the HTML code with a standard browser but I bet you can't view the porn can you. You can't because porn beats the pants off EULA, Buella and intellectual property law any day. There is nothing wrong with your Tivo. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling the transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image; make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. We will control all that you see and hear. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to the Outer Limits. You are about to be sued.
"It's just a bunch of us in cubicles looking-up stuff on the web. No real tech people involved!" Really? You don't say! I'm flabbergasted! And how is this any different from any other blog, web site or magazine in the universe may I ask?
-BG-
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When you say "which ones would you go for? The ones hard to catch but pose a threat or the ones easy to catch even though 99% of the population don't care about it" reminds me of priorities that win battles but lose wars. I hope you remember your quote the next time you're a victim of noise pollution, a real urban issue I wouldn't wish on anyone. It sounds like the reply an unsympathetic cop or politician would make hearing you complain about an asshole neighbor with an effing boom-box and a barking dog in his car 24/7/365. Who cares, it's only you. That's how we end up reading about otherwise "nice neighbors" who go berserk on the clueless inconsiderate assholes who get no abolishment from the police for their terrible demeanor and behavior. You either enforce all the laws all the time or wait for little disasters to become big ones. Happens all the time.
This story as written stinks. I expect better journalism from Slashdot. The heading and lead give no explanation as to the stated policy by the university, and there's only an off-hand remark by some observer. Slashdot doesn't have to be unbiased but should at least re-state what the basic policy and objections are on both sides. I still don't have a clue what the university's official policy is on the issue. Sheeeesh! I was going to say something lame like "I can appreciate the arguments on both sides" ... that is if I knew what they were.
-BG-
Excuse me but the only time I even think about windshields and wipers is when it's raining cats & dogs and the old wipers are dangling useless from the old blades, which for the life of me I could be an able-bodied Stephen Hawking and still not figure out how to remove and replace them with the new ones in time before the whole damn rain storm for which I bought them had already passed! Believe me if I could afford a windshield that didn't need useless set of wipers that always deteriorate before I need them I'd buy it. -Bozo_de_Niro-
It's those loose nukes on bottles of Dr Strangepepper that I'm worried about. -Bozo-de-Niro-
Oh hell I know they can go 6-feet a second without even breathing hard!
-Bozo de Niro-
My robot can post a resume, masturbate and bitch-slap itself faster than yours can.
We own the code, we own the text, we own the browsers. We own Google and all the content it points to. Al Gore owns the internet but we own the Starship Enterprise. We own the codes, the HTML code, the C code, the Java code, and the Morse code. You can view the HTML code with a standard browser but I bet you can't view the porn can you. You can't because porn beats the pants off EULA, Buella and intellectual property law any day. There is nothing wrong with your Tivo. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling the transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image; make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. We will control all that you see and hear. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to the Outer Limits. You are about to be sued.
-Jeneric Bozo-
If I invent the transistor and then go to work for the railroad, does that make me a semi-conductor?
What's white matter?
"It's just a bunch of us in cubicles looking-up stuff on the web. No real tech people involved!" Really? You don't say! I'm flabbergasted! And how is this any different from any other blog, web site or magazine in the universe may I ask? -BG-