So basically they keep their mouth shut and use "discretion" to marshal their bias and prejudice in through the back door...just like every other employer out there.
I think we should hold everyone to the same standards.
Have a position, defend it scientifically.
Let the availability of the evidence, or the lack thereof, work naturally to sort out the wheat from the chaff about "who is right", and leave the politics behind.
And of course, zero tolerance for fabrication, or aiding and abetting it.
If exploiting your personal information is so valuable that no company in its right mind would dare pass up the chance, then the market does not work for you if you want to keep your privacy instead of whore it out.
Maybe the voters are apathetic because they know that the government has no incentive to behave once they're elected.
Even if the president gets voted out in an overwhelming landslide next term he still has 4 years to show his true colors, and until those years are over, only his fellow corporate trough feeders can oust him.
Disobeying a direct order from a comissioned officer carries a maximum sentence of dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for 5 years.
Ironically, wanting it to go away may be the most effective way to spread it. Streisand effect crossbred with good old fashioned schadenfreude.
I had some very embarrassing information that some asshole friends of mine made sure to spread purely out of spite.
My only defense was:
1. Not visibly give a shit and just let it fade into obscurity, thus minimizing the streisand effect. 2. Get lucky and meet the "admin" of the site hosting the information, and get him to delete it.
When your information is in someone else's hands, you are at their mercy, and when they know you'll get pissed if they spread it, they'll only be tempted to do so purely for the lulz.
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It doesn't matter.
Corporate approved gatekeepers will keep everyone with a conscience from even making it to the primaries.
I'd say that both ideas and rain come from the same place.
You generally have the right to enforce agreements.
Once you've made a deal, you've made a deal. If they don't cough up the cash they agreed to pay you, then they are in breach.
That's a mighty big if when there are vested interests in monopolizing the market, erecting high barriers to entry, and other such things.
Getting the government to grant monopolies is quite capitalist if you consider politicians as a commodity.
It's basically a trade.
"You cough up some creativity, and we'll give you the exclusive rights to use it."
Indeed, that is what the wording in the constitution means.
Seems though that after coopting the federal government they get to find a loophole and avoid upholding their end of the bargain.
Any professor sleazy enough to discriminate like that probably also has enough practice making up bullshit excuses to cover his own ass.
That's parmesan, ye carbless unbeliever you.
Coming from a time of old where people used their own arms as rulers (cubits), 3 may well have been a reasonable approximation at the time.
I wouldn't put it past the man upstairs to accomodate a reduced technology level back then.
So basically they keep their mouth shut and use "discretion" to marshal their bias and prejudice in through the back door...just like every other employer out there.
I think we should hold everyone to the same standards.
Have a position, defend it scientifically.
Let the availability of the evidence, or the lack thereof, work naturally to sort out the wheat from the chaff about "who is right", and leave the politics behind.
And of course, zero tolerance for fabrication, or aiding and abetting it.
Translation: Wait till the pillaging vikings have left, then start replanting, instead of fighting back.
That's why it's only an excuse.
OtherOS, homebrew, and anything else that doesn't bring Sony royalties is bad according to their bean counters.
For full details look at the amended complaints in Sony's class action.
And how was it wrong for Geohot to hack his OWN DAMN MACHINE?
Here, have some lube. And some insulin to counteract all that koolaid you're drinking.
Zero seconds.
If exploiting your personal information is so valuable that no company in its right mind would dare pass up the chance, then the market does not work for you if you want to keep your privacy instead of whore it out.
Maybe the voters are apathetic because they know that the government has no incentive to behave once they're elected.
Even if the president gets voted out in an overwhelming landslide next term he still has 4 years to show his true colors, and until those years are over, only his fellow corporate trough feeders can oust him.
The pirate bay got shafted by judges on the MAFIAA's payroll.
Has ISOHunt ever received a DMCA takedown notice?
Cops can arrest you, but the arrest might not stick if they don't have probable cause.
Without probable cause the cop risks being sued for false arrest.
Disobeying a direct order from a comissioned officer carries a maximum sentence of dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for 5 years.
I.e., it's a felony.
you'd think that would be a 403
Indeed. Getting court martialed for refusing to stay away from a forbidden web site will certainly reduce internet contention.
Thing is, even if you paid people to buy your app, negative price, you'd still see pirates.
Ironically, wanting it to go away may be the most effective way to spread it. Streisand effect crossbred with good old fashioned schadenfreude.
I had some very embarrassing information that some asshole friends of mine made sure to spread purely out of spite.
My only defense was:
1. Not visibly give a shit and just let it fade into obscurity, thus minimizing the streisand effect.
2. Get lucky and meet the "admin" of the site hosting the information, and get him to delete it.
When your information is in someone else's hands, you are at their mercy, and when they know you'll get pissed if they spread it, they'll only be tempted to do so purely for the lulz.