This whole thing about waiting 4 years is a big part of the problem.
At the local level we the people can usually recall (fire) politicians we don't like.
We can't do that at the federal level, which means that ALL candidates are able to lie their asses off during election season and they are untouchable once they are in office.
Hint: Legally the answer has everything to do with the law, and nothing to do with karma.
A lot of people say that the activists deserve to get raped in the ass and that somehow the hunters have a karma derived variety of diplomatic immunity that lets them shoot the drones down and get away with it just because the activists were being jerks.
It's an unlevel playing field and it holds people hostage with vendor lock-in. Shoving competitors out in the cold by locking your own formats down so that nobody else can read them.
Vendor lock-in means reduced competition.
Reduced competition means lower quality.
it is in the consumer's long term interest that things are open and free, even if they avoid hassle in the short term by following the path of least resistance.
In other news, mice still like cheese even if it's used as mousetrap bait.
Unless the shareholders decide to throw a short sighted tantrum and force a company's hand. a company should be aware of the very bad PR possible from being caught withholding this sort of information.
Tattling on yourself is good karma and protects you from being embarrassed later.
Interestingly enough the origin of the word "testify" comes from an old practice of swearing an oath on one's testicles. The penalty for perjury was castration.
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Yet.
Never underestimate the influence of a desperate special interest with loads of money to throw at congress critters.
They'll make some grounds by pushing their congress critters.
Small correction.
Ad companies get money from those they deliver ads for.
The loser is the vendor, not the ad company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_patents#New_law_on_tax_patents
But good luck getting the head honcho to agree to put himself on the chopping block.
Many social solutions require cooperation from the same people they seek to oust.
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Don't you mean CalSci?
...A real gamble.
And yet that magically makes it ok for Autonomy to lie through its teeth?
It's a good idea to lock your doors, but failing to do so doesn't automatically make it ok for a burglar to rob you.
I'm tired of "due diligence" being used as a blank cheque for companies to lie.
I wish they would actually pay attention to what we are saying, instead of taking our words as a danger signal that we're terrrorists.
http://wh.gov/XMC0
Sign that petition if you want to see what the whitehouse says about disbanding the TSA.
Note I did not promise that they'd actually get disbanded.
This whole thing about waiting 4 years is a big part of the problem.
At the local level we the people can usually recall (fire) politicians we don't like.
We can't do that at the federal level, which means that ALL candidates are able to lie their asses off during election season and they are untouchable once they are in office.
We can't fire them.
It's not a mistake if they're doing it on purpose.
I'd bet that appealing will only cause them to retaliate for challenging them.
Is shooting the drone down illegal?
Hint: Legally the answer has everything to do with the law, and nothing to do with karma.
A lot of people say that the activists deserve to get raped in the ass and that somehow the hunters have a karma derived variety of diplomatic immunity that lets them shoot the drones down and get away with it just because the activists were being jerks.
Still sounds like a piss poor excuse to let the gun lovers get away with breaking the law in the first place though.
If shooting the drone is illegal they should be prosecuted.
Same reason that burglars still go to jail for robbing you even if you're an idiot that leaves your door unlocked.
Nice thing about laws that make everyone guilty is that you get to selectively prosecute those you don't like.
That doesn't make the pot wrong.
I'd say that criticizing problems is an objective right for all, and not a mere privileged reserved for the perfect.
Problems are problems no matter who has them.
Given microsoft's track record I strongly suspect sabotage.
This is the problem with proprietary formats:
It's an unlevel playing field and it holds people hostage with vendor lock-in. Shoving competitors out in the cold by locking your own formats down so that nobody else can read them.
Vendor lock-in means reduced competition.
Reduced competition means lower quality.
it is in the consumer's long term interest that things are open and free, even if they avoid hassle in the short term by following the path of least resistance.
In other news, mice still like cheese even if it's used as mousetrap bait.
Unless the shareholders decide to throw a short sighted tantrum and force a company's hand. a company should be aware of the very bad PR possible from being caught withholding this sort of information.
Tattling on yourself is good karma and protects you from being embarrassed later.
Interestingly enough the origin of the word "testify" comes from an old practice of swearing an oath on one's testicles. The penalty for perjury was castration.
Throwing out the liars doesn't work when the system is rigged to keep the honest politiicians from being a choice in the first place.
The video will be in the custody of the government.