as a whole. I'm scared of the individual in Government who abuses his knowledge against me.
And I hate this data collection by commercial interests, such as, credit bureaus and Choicepoint. And it really pisses me off that in order to get a job, you are now required to have a background check that also includes a credit check - even if your job has nothing to do with handling money. (What's happening is folks with a lot of school debt are not getting jobs because they "fail" the credit check.) And I have no way of checking their data - I think it is completely unethical that ChoicePoint collects this data without allowing me to check it, let alone without my permission.
The biggest anti-consumer provision in the communications market is also one that is anti-competition (amazing). It is called the Patent.
That is complete nonsense.
Patents and Copyrights allow creators to make a living. If I invest time and money into an invention, I want to profit from it. I don't want someone else taking my ideas and ruining any chance I have of making money and getting a decent return on my investment. Eliminating patents and copyright will greatly reduce or even eliminate the ability to profit from it resulting in innovation halting completely. Unfortunately here on/., everyone focuses on the abusers of the system and not on the folks who created something and added value to society.
Without Trademarks, there would be nothing stopping me from opening up the Disney Pornography store.
I predict that, in the future, the web will be used to for vast amounts of pornography, insane conspiricy theories, niche interest "news" sites that protect their users from anything that might challenge their worldview and to allow regular people to flourish in the utter jackassery that results from anonymity.
Regardless of how you define "moral behavior," many cases of AIDS are spread through "moral behavior."
You're correct. But I think the parent was referring to the truckers in Africa who solicit whores on their trips. Unfortunately, there is still sooo much misinformation on AIDS that quite a few folks have some misguided opinions about it. And to be honest, with all of the FUD out there, I'm not so sure I know anything more then the parent. SO, mod me down to as an ignoramus. And then again, it's un-PC to criticize Africans and their culture. I'll leave that to you to research and for me to take the karma hit - I'd much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much rather take a karma kit than have us Westerners live in ignorance - myself included!
Yup, and I'm sure this automated system will be able to correctly identify the make, model, and year of the car to which the plate was attached. And the person who registered the car is of course ALWAYS the driver.
You nailed it!
These cameras are just a means for the contractors who are hired by the state to make money.
Why, a friend of mine was nailed by a traffic camera in Tifton, GA for turning right on red in a right turn lane with a yield sign - after stopping. Now, he has to go to court to prove his innocence - just because some contractor has to lie to make money.
After all, they'd have to STEAL someone else's plate and put it on their vehicle!
When you pull up a license plate, you get the make, model, year of the car, and the driver's name and address. That was 25 years ago. I can only imagine what kind of information is available now.
No, I wasn't a cop. I was a tax collector. (I'll enjoy Hell: I'll get to meet all the politicians, Al Capone, etc....)
"There are so many damned companies you don't know who to pay," he said. "One guy called and said I had to pay him if I played any gospel music at all. It's really a mess."
Many of those guys are full of shit. They're just small time crooks. It's like the folks who send phony invoices to businesses for office supplies that they never ordered.
On the other hand, the employees of the Pizza place where a friend of mine worked, would play their own CDs of music they owned. You're not supposed to do that. A few years ago, here in Atlanta, the music folks went around and started billing local restaurants for playing music - even if it was CDs that was rightfully owned.
Circuit Courts of Appeals only have jurisdiction over cases arising in their proper Circuit. This decision is not applicable anywhere but the Ninth Circuit.
Yeah, but don't judges and lawyers in other districts use the decision as a precedent - I think that's the legal term.
The U.S. government, of course, has issued its share of reports debunking UFOs. Here in Roswell, those reports are generally seen as desperate attempts to whitewash the truth.
Wasn't there a ton of UFO sightings when the USAF was testing the F-117? As top secret that stealth aircraft was, the US Gov. eventually announced it.
And, whenever the US Gov. really wants to keep a secret - they can't - can you say Abu Ghraib or bombing in Cambodia, and wiretapping US citizens and violating the Fourth Amendment?
Sorry, I think between incompetence in Gov. and just decent people in the World (I guess I'm getting soft in my old age), any secrets won't stay secret very long.
What probably happened is they thought that they had a great idea and didn't bother to run it through the legal dept.
Advice a bunch of us received form an employment lawyer regarding (ex)substance abusers and the American with Disabilities Act:
What would you rather have: sitting across the table from the drunk being sued for at most $50,000 for not hiring him; or sitting at the same table because he was drunk or high and killed a little kid while on the job. Your choice.
Legal departments only gives legal advice and possible consequences: management makes the final decision.
The origin of this post isn't that 80 columns on a terminal don't fit new code - it's some intern's Eclipse code, full of tabbed indentation and java.foo.bar myFooBarObject = new java.foo.bar(someInstanceIStupidlyNamedThis, someInstanceIStupidlyNamedThat);...
I worked for a systems architect (15+ years experience, BS CS/EE from some prestigious school - not an MSCE holder.) that specified in his technical specs variables that had names that long or even longer! I asked him why and he said, "'C' allows it and it makes reading the code much easier and maintenance easier for the next guy. I couldn't argue with that.
originally wrote in 80 colvmns and then when we got the to the middle ages, paper was the width of 80 columns, then typewriters of the 19th century were 80 columns to continue the tradition and then finally computer terminals of the 20th?
"Starship Troopers" have there been any other screen adaptations of his books?
Yeah, some of them would get an 'R' rating at the minimum and some of the plot aspects probably wouldn't really be received too well. Although, some of his books would be great for the screen: 'Friday', "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls", "The Moon is a harsh Mistress" - to name a few.
I also don't get the "it costs too much" reasons I sometimes hear. Or is really, it costs too much for the individuals who actually make the movies. Meaning, if Lucas or Spielberg did it, budget wouldn't be a problem, but it is for the small timers who want to do it. I'm referring to the producers of "Starship Troopers". What was it, the way the troopers were dropped in the book couldn't be done for the movie because of cost. Like it would cost more than those dorky shuttles they used?! Hollywood accounting! Geeze!
Al-Buthi is now a "specially designated global terrorist," according to the Treasury Department, and he's under indictment in the United States for failing to declare $150,000 in travelers checks raised to help Chechnyan refugees when he last flew out of the country.
It's unfortunate for those folks because of the actions a few. You will have similar problems if you donate money to other organizations that have a history of violence: Greenpeace, any anti abortion/pro-life (ha!) groups that have killed or bombed clinics, or anyone else. Also, I can tell you that I know for a fact that supporting any of those groups I've mentioned will in fact jeopardize a security clearance that you may want to get and I wouldn't all be surprised if in the near future, your standard background check for a corp job will be jeopardized too.
Anyway, you don't have to use violence and it's a good idea not to. Ghandi used economic war. The Dali Lama is using peaceful means. And by not using violence, you stand on such high moral ground that you get only positive recognition for your cause. If you violence, you'll just get pegged as a terrorist.
And I'm sure that someone will mention that the Tibetans will probably not get their country back. I will respond with, "Like the Chechnyans will?" Actually, out of all the displaced people in the World, the Tibetans have the best chance of getting their freedom back. (If Arafat wasn't such a poor strategist by using and encouraging terrorism, the Palestinians would probably have their own country by now.)
The U.S. Department of Justice, which appealed the lower court ruling on behalf of the NSA, said it was pleased with the decision. The NSA program was "a vital intelligence program that helped detect and prevent terrorist attacks," Brian Roehrkasse, the DOJ's acting director of public affairs, said in a statement.
So, Mr. Roehrkasse, do you know what freedom is?
Do you even know what the fuck your organization is even defending?
I don't know about you, but if our freedoms are being taken away by our Government, than what is there for them to defend? I guess the status quo.
I'll do my best in the coming election to vote for someone that'll take our freedoms seriously and not just use the word as justification for eliminating the Bill of Rights - like Bush does. Sorry, when that idiot in Chief goes on national TV and says he's fighting for our freedom and then allows his henchmen in the DOJ and NSA to pull this kind of shit, it's obvious to me that he and th rest of his administration has absolutely no concept of what freedom is.
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And I hate this data collection by commercial interests, such as, credit bureaus and Choicepoint. And it really pisses me off that in order to get a job, you are now required to have a background check that also includes a credit check - even if your job has nothing to do with handling money. (What's happening is folks with a lot of school debt are not getting jobs because they "fail" the credit check.) And I have no way of checking their data - I think it is completely unethical that ChoicePoint collects this data without allowing me to check it, let alone without my permission.
The biggest anti-consumer provision in the communications market is also one that is anti-competition (amazing). It is called the Patent.
That is complete nonsense.
Patents and Copyrights allow creators to make a living. If I invest time and money into an invention, I want to profit from it. I don't want someone else taking my ideas and ruining any chance I have of making money and getting a decent return on my investment. Eliminating patents and copyright will greatly reduce or even eliminate the ability to profit from it resulting in innovation halting completely. Unfortunately here on /., everyone focuses on the abusers of the system and not on the folks who created something and added value to society.
Without Trademarks, there would be nothing stopping me from opening up the Disney Pornography store.
It's in the same part where it authorizes the existence of the FCC.
Dude, you are so anti-semantic!
You're correct. But I think the parent was referring to the truckers in Africa who solicit whores on their trips. Unfortunately, there is still sooo much misinformation on AIDS that quite a few folks have some misguided opinions about it. And to be honest, with all of the FUD out there, I'm not so sure I know anything more then the parent. SO, mod me down to as an ignoramus. And then again, it's un-PC to criticize Africans and their culture. I'll leave that to you to research and for me to take the karma hit - I'd much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much rather take a karma kit than have us Westerners live in ignorance - myself included!
I wasn't posting my comment as proof that the authorities are infallible. I was merely stating what information was available when I had access.
Oh, and guess what, those cameras are pretty accurate, so you better have a really great argument when they nail you blowing a red light.
You nailed it!
These cameras are just a means for the contractors who are hired by the state to make money.
Why, a friend of mine was nailed by a traffic camera in Tifton, GA for turning right on red in a right turn lane with a yield sign - after stopping. Now, he has to go to court to prove his innocence - just because some contractor has to lie to make money.
When you pull up a license plate, you get the make, model, year of the car, and the driver's name and address. That was 25 years ago. I can only imagine what kind of information is available now.
No, I wasn't a cop. I was a tax collector. (I'll enjoy Hell: I'll get to meet all the politicians, Al Capone, etc....)
Many of those guys are full of shit. They're just small time crooks. It's like the folks who send phony invoices to businesses for office supplies that they never ordered.
On the other hand, the employees of the Pizza place where a friend of mine worked, would play their own CDs of music they owned. You're not supposed to do that. A few years ago, here in Atlanta, the music folks went around and started billing local restaurants for playing music - even if it was CDs that was rightfully owned.
Yeah, but don't judges and lawyers in other districts use the decision as a precedent - I think that's the legal term.
Stop widespread public panic? would the panic be anymore than the terrorism panic?
Unfortunately, the Wikipedia article doesn't have what he said about the UFO thing.
To paraphrase from memory, Sagan said that he had the security clearances and access and he saw nothing about the Gov. covering up space aliens.
Wasn't there a ton of UFO sightings when the USAF was testing the F-117? As top secret that stealth aircraft was, the US Gov. eventually announced it.
And, whenever the US Gov. really wants to keep a secret - they can't - can you say Abu Ghraib or bombing in Cambodia, and wiretapping US citizens and violating the Fourth Amendment?
Sorry, I think between incompetence in Gov. and just decent people in the World (I guess I'm getting soft in my old age), any secrets won't stay secret very long.
Advice a bunch of us received form an employment lawyer regarding (ex)substance abusers and the American with Disabilities Act:
What would you rather have: sitting across the table from the drunk being sued for at most $50,000 for not hiring him; or sitting at the same table because he was drunk or high and killed a little kid while on the job. Your choice.
Legal departments only gives legal advice and possible consequences: management makes the final decision.
I worked for a systems architect (15+ years experience, BS CS/EE from some prestigious school - not an MSCE holder.) that specified in his technical specs variables that had names that long or even longer! I asked him why and he said, "'C' allows it and it makes reading the code much easier and maintenance easier for the next guy. I couldn't argue with that.
originally wrote in 80 colvmns and then when we got the to the middle ages, paper was the width of 80 columns, then typewriters of the 19th century were 80 columns to continue the tradition and then finally computer terminals of the 20th?
Also, can it run Windows?
Yeah, some of them would get an 'R' rating at the minimum and some of the plot aspects probably wouldn't really be received too well. Although, some of his books would be great for the screen: 'Friday', "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls", "The Moon is a harsh Mistress" - to name a few.
I also don't get the "it costs too much" reasons I sometimes hear. Or is really, it costs too much for the individuals who actually make the movies. Meaning, if Lucas or Spielberg did it, budget wouldn't be a problem, but it is for the small timers who want to do it. I'm referring to the producers of "Starship Troopers". What was it, the way the troopers were dropped in the book couldn't be done for the movie because of cost. Like it would cost more than those dorky shuttles they used?! Hollywood accounting! Geeze!
And an Elvis painted on velvet for a screen saver! Nice!
It's unfortunate for those folks because of the actions a few. You will have similar problems if you donate money to other organizations that have a history of violence: Greenpeace, any anti abortion/pro-life (ha!) groups that have killed or bombed clinics, or anyone else. Also, I can tell you that I know for a fact that supporting any of those groups I've mentioned will in fact jeopardize a security clearance that you may want to get and I wouldn't all be surprised if in the near future, your standard background check for a corp job will be jeopardized too.
Anyway, you don't have to use violence and it's a good idea not to. Ghandi used economic war. The Dali Lama is using peaceful means. And by not using violence, you stand on such high moral ground that you get only positive recognition for your cause. If you violence, you'll just get pegged as a terrorist.
And I'm sure that someone will mention that the Tibetans will probably not get their country back. I will respond with, "Like the Chechnyans will?" Actually, out of all the displaced people in the World, the Tibetans have the best chance of getting their freedom back. (If Arafat wasn't such a poor strategist by using and encouraging terrorism, the Palestinians would probably have their own country by now.)
Were they dangerous, too?
I don't know what it would do to the ecosystem if we had armed and dangerous squids running around.
God forbid if one of those poor bastards saw Aunt May naked! Vomit in the PC, for example.
And I hope there's a special Hell for the politicians an bureaucrats who are doing this
FTFA:
So, Mr. Roehrkasse, do you know what freedom is?
Do you even know what the fuck your organization is even defending?
I don't know about you, but if our freedoms are being taken away by our Government, than what is there for them to defend? I guess the status quo.
I'll do my best in the coming election to vote for someone that'll take our freedoms seriously and not just use the word as justification for eliminating the Bill of Rights - like Bush does. Sorry, when that idiot in Chief goes on national TV and says he's fighting for our freedom and then allows his henchmen in the DOJ and NSA to pull this kind of shit, it's obvious to me that he and th rest of his administration has absolutely no concept of what freedom is.
Sounds like PHB to me! ;-)