People like him are why we dont have quadriplegic firemen with no hands.
Handicapped people need to realize that guess what they need to be just as qualified as an able-bodied candidate to get the job after all Steven Hawking still has a job. You wont see Air Traffic Control people hiring dyslexics, you wont see them hiring blind drivers or retarded people (IQ 60) for coding jobs although that hasnt stopped a certain person from being President.
Thing is companies DEMAND that you be 'cost effective'. Meaning if you cant do the same amount of work in the same amount of time as a non-disabled person then they're going to find any excuse to legally not hire you. After all why would it make sense to hire someone who does work at half the speed or worse? You're just effectively spending twice the money on them. Believe me there are some non-disabled people who take twice as long to do the work too, they usually get fired.
Well many GPL'ed software display the GPL in a EULA format. Last I heard the Mozilla license was fairly compatible with open source goals (seeing as they can take everything and just rebrand it if they want which is something the GPL is designed to permit).
2nd Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
5th Amendment: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
If it was not specifically listed in a warrant with probable cause then they are breaking the law (Constitution) by seizing it. You cannot be deprived of your life, liberty or property without due process of the law. Therefore, if there are no charges laid then they should issue a constitutional challenge saying that their property was taken without due process and without just compensation.
As much as I hate to see people getting rich off crime, you have to protect them as much as you would protect yourself. Otherwise those rights wont be there for you when you need them to protect you.
Easy. Let go of the cell phone, the computer, the pda, etc...
Just look at how hard of a time they had to catch the Unibomber. He didnt use any high tech shit just some fertilizer and what not to make bombs. He sent everything via typewriter not by printer or email to the agents and what not, etc...
No bandwidth does not cost money. The initial setup costs money. After you've made your equipment costs everything else is 100% pure profit. This is why the ISPs are not investing in new infrastructure because its not profitable to do so until the very last minute when the network is about to collapse.
The thing is the government doesn't limit the people who can use the roads or freeways. They treat a motorcycle carrying 1 person the same as a transport truck carrying 50+ tons of goods. This is 'Common Carrier' status. However, if the government suddenly decided to start filtering who can go on the roads, say only motorcycles between 3 pm and 6pm. They'll have already made the commitment to check traffic going through their roads and freeways and thus responsible for anything that goes through their roads/freeways.
Yes because Joe Sixpack is so technically inclined as to flash their router with an unapproved (or even approved) firmware/BIOS. My family can barely turn the computer on and double click on 'The Internet' for the most part.
And the 'Vanilla Windows XP Network Connection Status' only works if you leave your computer running 24/7. Which is not possible for Joe Sixpack because he'll shut his computer down when he's done using it or it'll get shut down about once a week whenever Windows XP is updated.
No because presumably 'Big Media' already paid for their internet access when they bought a big fat pipe to upload all the data they have to the people interested.
Net Neutrality principle also includes the 'No Double Billing'.
Company A sells backbone access. Company B from 'Big Media' bought a big fat pipe to deliver streaming media and what not. Company C bought a decently big pipe for their customers to use. Now the way the net neutrality debate is set up is so that Company B is now being extorted by Company C, demanding them to pay or subsidize their own bandwidth so their users can use the ones from Company B.
Now think of the mess things would be with no net neutrality. Think of all the companies between you and your destination and how each of them are going to want, they're all going to want their pound of flesh from both sides. It does not necessarily mean they'll be taking that money and investing it in infrastructure either.
Question is... If they do goto metered access or per gigabyte stuff... Where will be the 'pay as you go' for the person who might check his Email once or twice a day and generally not use the internet? Everyone keeps talking about how Bittorrent users and what not are chewing up so much of the bandwidth what about the guy who uses maybe 1 GB a month? Doesnt he deserve to pay $1 a month for his internet? Yet he's stuck paying $20/mo just because theres no cheaper alternative because the phone companies like to have customers that generate like 20x the normal profit and will never offer such a pricing scheme.
Yeah if there existed any semblance of competition your 'hands off' approach of the 'free market' might actually work. However, in this place called the REAL WORLD there is only competition until one competitor consumes another.
The truth of the matter is... If you look at an industry and if the current 'competitors' all decide to do something... How hard would it be for someone to start their own business in the same industry? If its damn near impossible then you need regulation.
Unfortunately 'The Tragedy of the Commons' does not apply in this case.
1) The resource is not technically 'shared'.
The ISP gives you a set amount of bandwidth but expect you to use only a minuscule fraction of what they give you. Typically they'll expect you to use maybe 5% of the speed of your connection for about 5% of the time in any given day. The problem with that is that it might have been representative of the connected populace during the Dial-Up Era and maybe early into the Broadband Era... However, as leisure time tends to be spent more on the internet the speed of your connection tends to get used more with things like Youtube (NOTE: A single video on Youtube can potentially use as much as 100mb or more, watch 10 videos in a day and you've eaten up 1 GB) and web browsing as someone said with flash and lots of video content now the average webpages are typically hitting about 1MB. People also spend more time in front of the monitor now and may be there as much as 10% of the day. Bittorrent users typically use 90%+ of the bandwidth 100% of the time. However, the way to deal with bittorrent is not by criminalizing it (although it may be used for copyright infringement), the idea would be to rework the protocol so it prefers to use seeds with shorter number of hops over ones with longer number of hops so as to keep bandwidth within the network which presumably keeps the ISP's own costs down. The reason the 'resource' is 'shared' is because of overselling and more overselling when users even the average user are demanding more and more bandwidth.
2) The providers somewhat brought this on themselves by advertising in such a way that people equate SPEED with BANDWIDTH.
This is 100% the ISPs own fault. They've spent so much money advertising their speeds that Joe Sixpack thinks speed is the only thing and that things are generally unlimited.
I have a problem with charging per gigabyte. The thing is its very ambiguous how much gigabytes you're using. Theres nothing like an odometer to measure you're overall useage of bandwidth.
These ISPs are SERIOUSLY overselling their network capacity to create an artificial scarcity. I would not be surprised if the number was upwards of 100 (or even 1000) (Customers):1 Unit of Bandwidth. I suspect as much as 10 years ago that the number might have been something more sane like 10 (Customer):1 Unit of Bandwidth. Since no customers (except Bittorrent users) are going to be using their full allotment 24/7. Even at 10:1 you're gonna have many more 'mom and pop' types who just browse email and the web a few times a day for every hardcore 23 hours a day WoW addict that downloads videos of their favorite TV show off bittorrent.
In other words they're being greedy and their own actions (overselling) are creating the artificial scarcity which they are benefiting from by being able to go from 'buffet style billing' to 'individual item billing'.
Well WEP is probably used by default because some personal electronics (Nintendo DS) can only interact with WEP encrypted messages. WEP will dissuade casual wardrivers and the like but not those with technological know how to break it.
It is a very good plan... Release the resulting 'textbook' under the Creative Commons license and let other schools benefit from your work.
Best way to teach the kids would be to have them all install Linux on a computer, set up their own webservers and put up a webpage and wiki in the classroom.
No but you can claim having 2-3 employees at like $30-40k a year to do tech support is cheaper than all the licensing for the entire government in the province when licenses are going for like $200 a pop and thats per computer and possibly per user as well.
No they wanted him to sign an NDA so he wouldnt tell everyone how to get a refund for Windows. The internet is full of like how to get out of your Verizon contract without an ETF and other things to avoid company fees and refund policies.
Naturally, the Microsoft EULA specifies that if you dont want Windows you take it back to point of purchase for a refund. Presumably there is some print in the Microsoft Business Partnership agreements which says they must honor Windows refunds but it probably costs them some $$$ when people want a machine without Windows which is why they tried to give this guy the runaround...
+5 Informative for the guy who flipped the bird at the NDA and published his experience with Lenovo.
What if you say have a webpage that uses a RED background... Then they spy your website and want to throw you in jail so they make a law banning the use of RED backgrounds on websites and come busting down your door tommorow?
A bit extreme but the fallacy of 'If you got nothing to hide...' relies on you always remaining within the law and that the laws are sane and easy to understand. None of which exist presently. The US legal system cant even tell you how many laws are on the books that can land you in jail but the number is something like 15,000+
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People like him are why we dont have quadriplegic firemen with no hands.
Handicapped people need to realize that guess what they need to be just as qualified as an able-bodied candidate to get the job after all Steven Hawking still has a job. You wont see Air Traffic Control people hiring dyslexics, you wont see them hiring blind drivers or retarded people (IQ 60) for coding jobs although that hasnt stopped a certain person from being President.
Thing is companies DEMAND that you be 'cost effective'. Meaning if you cant do the same amount of work in the same amount of time as a non-disabled person then they're going to find any excuse to legally not hire you. After all why would it make sense to hire someone who does work at half the speed or worse? You're just effectively spending twice the money on them. Believe me there are some non-disabled people who take twice as long to do the work too, they usually get fired.
Well many GPL'ed software display the GPL in a EULA format. Last I heard the Mozilla license was fairly compatible with open source goals (seeing as they can take everything and just rebrand it if they want which is something the GPL is designed to permit).
DECE more like FECES... Fatcat Entertainment Content Encumberment System
Two Words. Constitutional Challenge.
2nd Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
5th Amendment: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
If it was not specifically listed in a warrant with probable cause then they are breaking the law (Constitution) by seizing it. You cannot be deprived of your life, liberty or property without due process of the law. Therefore, if there are no charges laid then they should issue a constitutional challenge saying that their property was taken without due process and without just compensation.
As much as I hate to see people getting rich off crime, you have to protect them as much as you would protect yourself. Otherwise those rights wont be there for you when you need them to protect you.
Easy. Let go of the cell phone, the computer, the pda, etc...
Just look at how hard of a time they had to catch the Unibomber. He didnt use any high tech shit just some fertilizer and what not to make bombs. He sent everything via typewriter not by printer or email to the agents and what not, etc...
Standardized DRM = Single point of failure as well which would not sit well with the content providers either if they're hell bent on using DRM.
No bandwidth does not cost money. The initial setup costs money. After you've made your equipment costs everything else is 100% pure profit. This is why the ISPs are not investing in new infrastructure because its not profitable to do so until the very last minute when the network is about to collapse.
The thing is the government doesn't limit the people who can use the roads or freeways. They treat a motorcycle carrying 1 person the same as a transport truck carrying 50+ tons of goods. This is 'Common Carrier' status. However, if the government suddenly decided to start filtering who can go on the roads, say only motorcycles between 3 pm and 6pm. They'll have already made the commitment to check traffic going through their roads and freeways and thus responsible for anything that goes through their roads/freeways.
Yes because Joe Sixpack is so technically inclined as to flash their router with an unapproved (or even approved) firmware/BIOS. My family can barely turn the computer on and double click on 'The Internet' for the most part.
And the 'Vanilla Windows XP Network Connection Status' only works if you leave your computer running 24/7. Which is not possible for Joe Sixpack because he'll shut his computer down when he's done using it or it'll get shut down about once a week whenever Windows XP is updated.
No because presumably 'Big Media' already paid for their internet access when they bought a big fat pipe to upload all the data they have to the people interested.
Net Neutrality principle also includes the 'No Double Billing'.
Company A sells backbone access. Company B from 'Big Media' bought a big fat pipe to deliver streaming media and what not. Company C bought a decently big pipe for their customers to use. Now the way the net neutrality debate is set up is so that Company B is now being extorted by Company C, demanding them to pay or subsidize their own bandwidth so their users can use the ones from Company B.
Now think of the mess things would be with no net neutrality. Think of all the companies between you and your destination and how each of them are going to want, they're all going to want their pound of flesh from both sides. It does not necessarily mean they'll be taking that money and investing it in infrastructure either.
Question is... If they do goto metered access or per gigabyte stuff... Where will be the 'pay as you go' for the person who might check his Email once or twice a day and generally not use the internet? Everyone keeps talking about how Bittorrent users and what not are chewing up so much of the bandwidth what about the guy who uses maybe 1 GB a month? Doesnt he deserve to pay $1 a month for his internet? Yet he's stuck paying $20/mo just because theres no cheaper alternative because the phone companies like to have customers that generate like 20x the normal profit and will never offer such a pricing scheme.
Yeah if there existed any semblance of competition your 'hands off' approach of the 'free market' might actually work. However, in this place called the REAL WORLD there is only competition until one competitor consumes another.
The truth of the matter is... If you look at an industry and if the current 'competitors' all decide to do something... How hard would it be for someone to start their own business in the same industry? If its damn near impossible then you need regulation.
Unfortunately 'The Tragedy of the Commons' does not apply in this case.
1) The resource is not technically 'shared'.
The ISP gives you a set amount of bandwidth but expect you to use only a minuscule fraction of what they give you. Typically they'll expect you to use maybe 5% of the speed of your connection for about 5% of the time in any given day. The problem with that is that it might have been representative of the connected populace during the Dial-Up Era and maybe early into the Broadband Era... However, as leisure time tends to be spent more on the internet the speed of your connection tends to get used more with things like Youtube (NOTE: A single video on Youtube can potentially use as much as 100mb or more, watch 10 videos in a day and you've eaten up 1 GB) and web browsing as someone said with flash and lots of video content now the average webpages are typically hitting about 1MB. People also spend more time in front of the monitor now and may be there as much as 10% of the day. Bittorrent users typically use 90%+ of the bandwidth 100% of the time. However, the way to deal with bittorrent is not by criminalizing it (although it may be used for copyright infringement), the idea would be to rework the protocol so it prefers to use seeds with shorter number of hops over ones with longer number of hops so as to keep bandwidth within the network which presumably keeps the ISP's own costs down. The reason the 'resource' is 'shared' is because of overselling and more overselling when users even the average user are demanding more and more bandwidth.
2) The providers somewhat brought this on themselves by advertising in such a way that people equate SPEED with BANDWIDTH.
This is 100% the ISPs own fault. They've spent so much money advertising their speeds that Joe Sixpack thinks speed is the only thing and that things are generally unlimited.
I have a problem with charging per gigabyte. The thing is its very ambiguous how much gigabytes you're using. Theres nothing like an odometer to measure you're overall useage of bandwidth.
These ISPs are SERIOUSLY overselling their network capacity to create an artificial scarcity. I would not be surprised if the number was upwards of 100 (or even 1000) (Customers):1 Unit of Bandwidth. I suspect as much as 10 years ago that the number might have been something more sane like 10 (Customer):1 Unit of Bandwidth. Since no customers (except Bittorrent users) are going to be using their full allotment 24/7. Even at 10:1 you're gonna have many more 'mom and pop' types who just browse email and the web a few times a day for every hardcore 23 hours a day WoW addict that downloads videos of their favorite TV show off bittorrent.
In other words they're being greedy and their own actions (overselling) are creating the artificial scarcity which they are benefiting from by being able to go from 'buffet style billing' to 'individual item billing'.
Hell even the guys from Metallica realized the error of their ways when their fans turned their backs on them and went for more P2P friendly groups.
Well WEP is probably used by default because some personal electronics (Nintendo DS) can only interact with WEP encrypted messages. WEP will dissuade casual wardrivers and the like but not those with technological know how to break it.
That's ok, all the terrorists use Segway's so theres no gait to analyze.
I do... execute them.
Would you wizz on an electric fence?
Mythbusters did it
Just use an antique cash register that's basically a glorified calculator. It wont have any DRM on it and you can probably build one yourself.
It is a very good plan... Release the resulting 'textbook' under the Creative Commons license and let other schools benefit from your work.
Best way to teach the kids would be to have them all install Linux on a computer, set up their own webservers and put up a webpage and wiki in the classroom.
Well said...
Dont go breaking into someone else's house while yours is burning down.
No but you can claim having 2-3 employees at like $30-40k a year to do tech support is cheaper than all the licensing for the entire government in the province when licenses are going for like $200 a pop and thats per computer and possibly per user as well.
No they wanted him to sign an NDA so he wouldnt tell everyone how to get a refund for Windows. The internet is full of like how to get out of your Verizon contract without an ETF and other things to avoid company fees and refund policies.
Naturally, the Microsoft EULA specifies that if you dont want Windows you take it back to point of purchase for a refund. Presumably there is some print in the Microsoft Business Partnership agreements which says they must honor Windows refunds but it probably costs them some $$$ when people want a machine without Windows which is why they tried to give this guy the runaround...
+5 Informative for the guy who flipped the bird at the NDA and published his experience with Lenovo.
What if you say have a webpage that uses a RED background... Then they spy your website and want to throw you in jail so they make a law banning the use of RED backgrounds on websites and come busting down your door tommorow?
A bit extreme but the fallacy of 'If you got nothing to hide...' relies on you always remaining within the law and that the laws are sane and easy to understand. None of which exist presently. The US legal system cant even tell you how many laws are on the books that can land you in jail but the number is something like 15,000+