"It is in all parties' interests that your reporting does not contain inaccurate or distorted information and the facts are presented in a manner which is not misleading or exaggerated."
Well, that sounds fair. I assume Sony won't make ads that contain any distortion or anything misleading or exaggerated, either.
So, it's the ISP:s responsibility to decide what is or isn't illegal activity? Shouldn't some court or something first decide whether Lois Vuitton has merit to their claims?
Security is only one of many issues that could be vastly improved if people cared more than they currently do.
Yes. And this raises the question of what issues can't. What are the issues we should postpone, because they only require some polish? I'd love to see a prioritized list of all the issues.
Why must everyone make up bullshit excuses instead of just admitting that they were downloading stuff because they wanted to get it for free? No one is falling for these bullshit excuses anyway.
Yeah of course people "just" want stuff for free, but you say that as if it's a badf thing. If you can provide something virtually for free to billions of people, it's obviously the right thing to do.
I am just saying, if they are trying to prove a point or communicate a message, there has to be a better way.
I don't know... I think TPB have done pretty well communicating a message and bringing people over to the side of freedom (or crime or entitlement or whatever you wanna call it).
They knew how to do the smart-ass punk thing and to me it seems they've made quite an impact in our culture. Other people work in other ways (and with more or less different goals).
Personally, I'm more interested in Free software and Creative commons than gratis Britney Spearses or Hollywood blockbusters, which seems to be what TPB excels in.
So, one could go to this SEC, whatever it is, and protest that there isn't (if that's the case) a law that bans the banning of twitter at this private property.
What if you're not guilty at all and all you have is encrypted holiday shots (of you and the spouse, not looking like mr/s universe on the beach) or something else that might be embarrassing?
Yes, one might look guilty when not volunteering the keys, but so what? How far down this slope should we slide?
In fact, you seem suspicious to me. Wouldn't a terrorist say s/he has nothing to hide?
That's just because we've already seen the "Year of FreeBSD on the Desktop." It's called Mac OS X.
If that's the case, it speaks for the GPL and against the BSD-style, as I see it. I mean, you don't expect me, as a FOSS zealot, to rejoice that we have the "Free and Open" MacOSX, do you?
Does this logic of "it hasn't happened yet, therefor it will not happen" apply to other domains as well? Could it be that anything that hasn't happened all ready can never happen and that what all ready did happen, won't happen, since it all ready did? Shit! Nothing will ever happen aga
The world is degenerating back to an aristocratic class structure fast enough as is, let's not hasten it on its way to that Hell.
I sure wouldn't want that, so I think I'll be flip-flopping on this issue.
What I would want, is more transparency into what the powerful are up to. The approach of making that happen (in the real of business-power) through accountability of profiteers would be a hack, I guess, since punishing people is not the goal. The goal is making the world a better place.
I'm open for other suggestions on quick fixes for justice and equality and all that.
Yes, what you describe is of course not just or acceptable.
I'm not convinced that shareholders shouldn't in principle have more accountability, though. Why not let them be a bit more accountable for what the "machines" that they own and unleash into the world are up to.
I guess it would require more transparency into the dealings of publicly traded businesses. Obviously we shouldn't hold people responsible for things they can have no knowledge about.
This still leaves most of those who profit from this without accountability. Shareholders are not accountable. Sure, they can loose the investment, but they can profit from murder without accountability.
Advertising is offensive. It is lying and manipulation. And it works.
(Obviously you or me don't fall for advertising, but many other people do. Otherwise popular shoemakers and other "hip" brands wouldn't spend 2/3 (or whatever) of their budget on it.)
Advertisers should take some advice from Bill Hicks.
I'm not sure I agree with the way they "show" that a corporation is like a psychopath. That part is anthropomorphizing appeal to emotions, but I think it still has lot's of background and insight.
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"It is in all parties' interests that your reporting does not contain inaccurate or distorted information and the facts are presented in a manner which is not misleading or exaggerated."
Well, that sounds fair. I assume Sony won't make ads that contain any distortion or anything misleading or exaggerated, either.
Depending on how you pronounce BeOS, though.
The most immersive game I've ever played is Nethack.
So, it's the ISP:s responsibility to decide what is or isn't illegal activity? Shouldn't some court or something first decide whether Lois Vuitton has merit to their claims?
(I'm not saying it is so. I'm asking.)
Yes. And this raises the question of what issues can't. What are the issues we should postpone, because they only require some polish? I'd love to see a prioritized list of all the issues.
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Yeah of course people "just" want stuff for free, but you say that as if it's a badf thing. If you can provide something virtually for free to billions of people, it's obviously the right thing to do.
I don't know... I think TPB have done pretty well communicating a message and bringing people over to the side of freedom (or crime or entitlement or whatever you wanna call it).
They knew how to do the smart-ass punk thing and to me it seems they've made quite an impact in our culture. Other people work in other ways (and with more or less different goals).
Personally, I'm more interested in Free software and Creative commons than gratis Britney Spearses or Hollywood blockbusters, which seems to be what TPB excels in.
Fuck force. Especially fuck market based force.
Maybe the aliens time their visits to correlate with movies and whatever, just so that we'd think people just imagine things... ;)
How is the parent a troll? Did someone just look at the subject and assume the post says the opposite of what the post actually says?
So, one could go to this SEC, whatever it is, and protest that there isn't (if that's the case) a law that bans the banning of twitter at this private property.
Would that work for you?
"Or the more obvious, professionals use what they are paid to use at work [...]"
Well, I didn't mean to imply that the boss would come to the right conclusion. I was merely speculating what conclusion the boss might come to.
"Show this experiment to your boss the next time you are selecting a programming language for a project at work."J
What would the boss do? Maybe he'd come to the conclusion that Java and C# are for professionals while Python and Ruby are for hobbyists?
What if you're not guilty at all and all you have is encrypted holiday shots (of you and the spouse, not looking like mr/s universe on the beach) or something else that might be embarrassing?
Yes, one might look guilty when not volunteering the keys, but so what? How far down this slope should we slide?
In fact, you seem suspicious to me. Wouldn't a terrorist say s/he has nothing to hide?
If that's the case, it speaks for the GPL and against the BSD-style, as I see it. I mean, you don't expect me, as a FOSS zealot, to rejoice that we have the "Free and Open" MacOSX, do you?
OTOH, it could be argued, that killing MS is for the benefit of all customers in the world.
Does this logic of "it hasn't happened yet, therefor it will not happen" apply to other domains as well? Could it be that anything that hasn't happened all ready can never happen and that what all ready did happen, won't happen, since it all ready did? Shit! Nothing will ever happen aga
FYI: I suck at English and typing.
The world is degenerating back to an aristocratic class structure fast enough as is, let's not hasten it on its way to that Hell.
I sure wouldn't want that, so I think I'll be flip-flopping on this issue.
What I would want, is more transparency into what the powerful are up to. The approach of making that happen (in the real of business-power) through accountability of profiteers would be a hack, I guess, since punishing people is not the goal. The goal is making the world a better place.
I'm open for other suggestions on quick fixes for justice and equality and all that.
Yes, what you describe is of course not just or acceptable.
I'm not convinced that shareholders shouldn't in principle have more accountability, though. Why not let them be a bit more accountable for what the "machines" that they own and unleash into the world are up to.
I guess it would require more transparency into the dealings of publicly traded businesses. Obviously we shouldn't hold people responsible for things they can have no knowledge about.
This still leaves most of those who profit from this without accountability. Shareholders are not accountable. Sure, they can loose the investment, but they can profit from murder without accountability.
Ok. With your definition in place, I agree with you.
However, I'd argue there's still a difference between how decision making and power can be distributed.
Advertising is offensive. It is lying and manipulation. And it works.
(Obviously you or me don't fall for advertising, but many other people do. Otherwise popular shoemakers and other "hip" brands wouldn't spend 2/3 (or whatever) of their budget on it.)
Advertisers should take some advice from Bill Hicks.
Maybe you'd like to watch or read "The Corporation" by Joel Bakan. http://www.thecorporation.com/ ...or watch the whole thing here
I'm not sure I agree with the way they "show" that a corporation is like a psychopath. That part is anthropomorphizing appeal to emotions, but I think it still has lot's of background and insight.