Insightful? Hell no. All that means is "We hope our workers don't come to work smacked out of their minds." Doesn't say anything about after they leave their workplace.
> it strikes me that wiretaps being made more easy might have negative effects on their bottom line
Wait, no... These wiretaps are to monitor CITIZENS, they would never look for anything bad in corporations. That gets swept under the rug, as long as that company gave contributions to the administration's election campaign.
> In the so called land of the free, you are no longer free with the gov't watching your every move, because you may be a terrorist.
Tell me in exact terms, what you have done that the government has watched. The gov does NOT watch your every move. There are 280 million Americans, for the most part, they don't care what ranolen or hesiod are doing. Hell, they don't have the resources to do what you are claiming they are doing. Take off the fucking tinfoil hat, you maniac.
> does PG have any (moral or legal) right to impose restrictive licences on the library
Wasn't the whole point of PG to be that this stuff is free to use? Well, PG2 (despite the shady naming) is free to use them too. You can't say "anyone can use this, except my competitor." I realize they aren't exactly competitors, but it's the same idea.
> There are plenty of atheist scholars who'd be happy to point out if a mainstream version of the Bible contained dodgy translating.
I'd like to clear up that sentence a bit... "There are plenty of atheist scholars who are happy to point out [that] the Bible contains dodgy translating."
It does contain dodgy translating, which has been pointed out by many people, atheist & otherwise.
> If you are an open source developers people and companies will buy support from companies like IBM who don't do development, you are just free labour.
If you are an open source developer you are just free labour regardless what "good" or "evil" company (or none) uses it. It is a choice.
> I would feel better if the Sci Fi channel were handling this.
You want the Sci Fi channel to handle a law drama? PEOPLE, THIS SHOW IS NOT SCI-FI! It is simply SET in the future, that is all. A futuristic setting does NOT make it sci fi.
> if the media industry continues to buy laws at the current rate, by 2030 the average consumer can't avoid noticing the issues?
No, at this rate, by 2030 it will be ILLEGAL for consumers to notice they are being raped. Immediate death sentences if they speak any discontent with their corporate masters.
This isn't an either/or. It is just as likely that a (friend or relative of a) councilman found this and wanted to look like he was working. Just like High school, sleeping behind a book to find out later that the book was upside-down the whole time.
> It should be illegal to drive while impared, and it is possible to test for imparement (ie, the physical DUI tests).
While I agree that it should be illegal, I believe those "roadside sobriety tests" should not be allowed. There have been plenty of times I have been sober & wouldn't pass one, maybe because I was nervous/shaky, fatigued or even just tired (although that is just as dangerous as driving high). If some asshole cop decided that I looked drunk, I can be arrested for DUI even if I blow a 0.00 on the breathalyzer. This means I could have my license revoked while doing nothing wrong (aside from the first DUI, of course).
> I would happily install something that substitutes simple targeted ads for the flashing moving crap.
There was such a thing, I am not sure what it was (I keep thinking a version of Gator) that would load images overtop "legitimate" ads, but they were sued because of it. Don't remember the outcome.
Sure you do, you just don't remember them being called that. Let's say you downloaded a GIF file that had no file extension. Workbench would recognize what the file was & open it, instead of the stupid three-letter filename extensions. It did not rely on a filename to determine an appropriate program to use. You could even open a file called "jumper.txt," and if it was really a GIF, it would still open it in the right program to view the image.
That and the pull-down screens (the RAM disk was pretty cool too) were the two primary things that I loved & Windows cannot do.
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> the Amiga's Copper on a TV. Even an Amiga couldn't do that with a monitor.
Wow, I didn't know my TV had the Copper! Oh, wait, you're full of shit! I see.
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> "We strive to be a drug-free workplace."
Insightful? Hell no. All that means is "We hope our workers don't come to work smacked out of their minds." Doesn't say anything about after they leave their workplace.
> it strikes me that wiretaps being made more easy might have negative effects on their bottom line
Wait, no... These wiretaps are to monitor CITIZENS, they would never look for anything bad in corporations. That gets swept under the rug, as long as that company gave contributions to the administration's election campaign.
> From what little I know about satellite Internet, you have to use a modem for upstream traffic,
Not any more. That was the case a few years ago.
> In the so called land of the free, you are no longer free with the gov't watching your every move, because you may be a terrorist.
Tell me in exact terms, what you have done that the government has watched. The gov does NOT watch your every move. There are 280 million Americans, for the most part, they don't care what ranolen or hesiod are doing. Hell, they don't have the resources to do what you are claiming they are doing. Take off the fucking tinfoil hat, you maniac.
> does PG have any (moral or legal) right to impose restrictive licences on the library
Wasn't the whole point of PG to be that this stuff is free to use? Well, PG2 (despite the shady naming) is free to use them too. You can't say "anyone can use this, except my competitor." I realize they aren't exactly competitors, but it's the same idea.
> There are plenty of atheist scholars who'd be happy to point out if a mainstream version of the Bible contained dodgy translating.
I'd like to clear up that sentence a bit... "There are plenty of atheist scholars who are happy to point out [that] the Bible contains dodgy translating."
It does contain dodgy translating, which has been pointed out by many people, atheist & otherwise.
> If you are an open source developers people and companies will buy support from companies like IBM who don't do development, you are just free labour.
If you are an open source developer you are just free labour regardless what "good" or "evil" company (or none) uses it. It is a choice.
> A couple months after Kennedy refused to take part in the Military's plan to force a neverending "war on terrorism", he was dead.
Ummm.... Northwoods was about making up excuses to go to war with Cuba, not a neverending "war on terror."
> As if there are still going to be bald men 25 years from now, let alone 400 years.
Well, if we descended from hairy apes, I think evolution would be creating MORE baldness, although 25 years would not make any difference.
> > the issues Open Source advocates worry about today?
> Like getting dates?
Come on, we don't worry about that. We know it's futile.
> I would feel better if the Sci Fi channel were handling this.
You want the Sci Fi channel to handle a law drama? PEOPLE, THIS SHOW IS NOT SCI-FI! It is simply SET in the future, that is all. A futuristic setting does NOT make it sci fi.
> We aren't all libertarians.
Not everyone cares about their freedom, true.
> Babylon 5 : Space Soap Opera with Bad Hardo
No sure if you left out an 'i' or an 'n' in that.
> Why does no one consider that the Amish, rather than geeks, will rule the future?
Because the Amish cannot own guns.
> if the media industry continues to buy laws at the current rate, by 2030 the average consumer can't avoid noticing the issues?
No, at this rate, by 2030 it will be ILLEGAL for consumers to notice they are being raped. Immediate death sentences if they speak any discontent with their corporate masters.
> Simonetta Vespucci (1454 - 1476) -- Beauty is the most subtle form of intelligence.
Spoken like a true, stupid, snob of a bitch. Beauty takes no intelligence, subtle or not. Just luck.
> We may have a 50% divorce rate for people today
We don't. That statistic is a lie.
> What if he needs steroids to treat a medical condition?
Most medical conditions that require steroids would disqualify you from playing professional sports to begin with.
> Sure, but which is more likely:
This isn't an either/or. It is just as likely that a (friend or relative of a) councilman found this and wanted to look like he was working. Just like High school, sleeping behind a book to find out later that the book was upside-down the whole time.
> It should be illegal to drive while impared, and it is possible to test for imparement (ie, the physical DUI tests).
While I agree that it should be illegal, I believe those "roadside sobriety tests" should not be allowed. There have been plenty of times I have been sober & wouldn't pass one, maybe because I was nervous/shaky, fatigued or even just tired (although that is just as dangerous as driving high). If some asshole cop decided that I looked drunk, I can be arrested for DUI even if I blow a 0.00 on the breathalyzer. This means I could have my license revoked while doing nothing wrong (aside from the first DUI, of course).
> If this constitutes a "slick" website, then I'm Jeffry Zeldman!
Hi Jeff! Haven't seen many web pages, have you. That one isn't particularly bad, the guy isn't a fucking graphic artist!
> I would happily install something that substitutes simple targeted ads for the flashing moving crap.
There was such a thing, I am not sure what it was (I keep thinking a version of Gator) that would load images overtop "legitimate" ads, but they were sued because of it. Don't remember the outcome.
> It wouldn't shock me if Windows had similar functionality in DirectShow or somewhere.
No, Windows has this feature *nowhere* as they rely completely on TLA (Three-Letter Acronym) file extensions.
> Can't remember datatypes at all
Sure you do, you just don't remember them being called that. Let's say you downloaded a GIF file that had no file extension. Workbench would recognize what the file was & open it, instead of the stupid three-letter filename extensions. It did not rely on a filename to determine an appropriate program to use. You could even open a file called "jumper.txt," and if it was really a GIF, it would still open it in the right program to view the image.
That and the pull-down screens (the RAM disk was pretty cool too) were the two primary things that I loved & Windows cannot do.
> the Amiga's Copper on a TV. Even an Amiga couldn't do that with a monitor.
Wow, I didn't know my TV had the Copper! Oh, wait, you're full of shit! I see.