You might deserve it, but that still doesn't make it right for the guy dishing out the revenge in the first place.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
If I caught someone spitting in a customer's food I would fire them immediately and I would also report them to the health department because inserting bodily fluids of ANY kind into a customer's food is a SERIOUS health code violation. I don't care if the customer was being a jerk or not. I have a business to run, and the last thing I need is a cleanliness scandal, or worse, having my permit revoked because I stood by and let my cooks contaminate meals.
As for the condescending prick bitching to my wait staff, he would soon find himself 86'ed from the premesis if he failed to heed my warnings. Being a customer doesn't entitle you to be a dick to my staff.
It's all about respect for the free will of the consumer.
If I want to look at ads, let me. If I want them out of my sight, so be it. It's my eyeballs you're trying to market, so you do so on my terms or not at all.
Seriously, nothing pisses me off more than popups or "forced ad views". They get between me and the content I seek to read.
Also, because I never click on ads anyway, it's a waste of CPU and screenspace to show them.
By blocking ads I'm actually saving the site on their bandwidth bills.
Ads should be clearly labeled as ads, stay the hell out of my way when I'm using a site, and if I'm to click on them they also need to be relevant to my interests.
If you want to profile me, and you're willing to respect my privacy, go for it. Pull any underhanded tricks and I'll ditch you so fast your head will spin.
The law these days is hardly worth the paper it's written on.
Just look at the US constitution and how much government poop is on it from being used as toilet paper.
I have read the law, but the law means little enough if people are willing to break it to get what they want, and that includes government bureaucrats.
We americans aren't all blind to what's happening. There's also this thing called learned helplessness where fighting to change things at best wastes time and at worst backfires and makes us regret resisting.
I still find it strange that wikileaks got burned by a NEWS agency that supposedly leaked the decryption key.
Why would a news agency shit on its own sources like that?
The whole thing smells like a covert operation designed to give the world a reason to hate wikileaks.
All wikileaks did was mitigate the danger by making the leak public and giving everyone at risk a fair chance at protecting themselves. They TRIED to keep it redacted, but thanks to the decryption key leaking thanks to the news agency, their hand got forced.
Except he knows the charges are complete bullshit and just a facade to get him extradited to the US.
Considering what the US thinks is at stake, causing a diplomatic incident by kidnapping assange wouldn't be enough of a problem to make it not worthwhile.
The UK won't intervene, they don't want to piss off the US. Sweden will find assange swiped from right under their nose, probably before he even touches swedish soil
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Indeed it is, which is why although stealing is wrong, apple has little room to bitch about it.
The pot being the one calling the kettle black doesn't make the kettle whiter.
Unless done commercially, then the FBI gets involved.
Haven't you seen those warnings that play on movies?
They're still sovereign.
It's just that they have chosen to yield.
Just because the pot is the one calling the kettle black doesn't automatically mean the kettle isn't actually black.
In fact, the pot's own color could well make it an expert on knowing a black kettle when it sees one.
In other words, unwanted competition for the credit card companies.
No wonder mastercard didn't approve of it.
Please.
Being paid crap wages is not an excuse to steal. Stealing is wrong, period.
Want higher wages? Either work somewhere else or suck it up, the market conditions are what they are.
I'm not buying it.
You might deserve it, but that still doesn't make it right for the guy dishing out the revenge in the first place.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
If I caught someone spitting in a customer's food I would fire them immediately and I would also report them to the health department because inserting bodily fluids of ANY kind into a customer's food is a SERIOUS health code violation. I don't care if the customer was being a jerk or not. I have a business to run, and the last thing I need is a cleanliness scandal, or worse, having my permit revoked because I stood by and let my cooks contaminate meals.
As for the condescending prick bitching to my wait staff, he would soon find himself 86'ed from the premesis if he failed to heed my warnings. Being a customer doesn't entitle you to be a dick to my staff.
I wouldn't put up with crap from either side.
Unless you run a whistleblower organization that pisses off the world's governments.
In theory that would only be a problem if the burden of proof was on the government to establish the actual falsity of the so called lie.
In practice, we've already seen that not to be the case.
It's all about respect for the free will of the consumer.
If I want to look at ads, let me. If I want them out of my sight, so be it. It's my eyeballs you're trying to market, so you do so on my terms or not at all.
Seriously, nothing pisses me off more than popups or "forced ad views". They get between me and the content I seek to read.
Also, because I never click on ads anyway, it's a waste of CPU and screenspace to show them.
By blocking ads I'm actually saving the site on their bandwidth bills.
Ads should be clearly labeled as ads, stay the hell out of my way when I'm using a site, and if I'm to click on them they also need to be relevant to my interests.
If you want to profile me, and you're willing to respect my privacy, go for it. Pull any underhanded tricks and I'll ditch you so fast your head will spin.
It's because the charges are trumped up and nothing but a facade to get him extradited.
The women apparently only pressed charges after finding out he double dipped, whch was after they had already given consent.
Conflict of interest much?
Basically proof that MS is more interested in extortion than compliance with their patents.
I hope the trustee learns a lesson about withholding funds from a creditor that has a constructive trust.
I hope novell sues for negligence.
I said "claim"
Government bureaucrats are not above trying to bullshit their way through a legal proceeding.
The law these days is hardly worth the paper it's written on.
Just look at the US constitution and how much government poop is on it from being used as toilet paper.
I have read the law, but the law means little enough if people are willing to break it to get what they want, and that includes government bureaucrats.
Due process my ass.
They're not untouchable, it just becomes an act of war.
Considering what's at stake for the egos of the powers that be, however, it may well be worth the risk in their eyes.
+1, Funny :)
Bullshit.
"save when the acts giving rise to the request for asylum, whatever the case may be, are clearly of a political nature."
I'd call starting a witch hunt because you got embarrassed that your corruption was exposed VERY political indeed.
censored spot, more like.
We americans aren't all blind to what's happening. There's also this thing called learned helplessness where fighting to change things at best wastes time and at worst backfires and makes us regret resisting.
I still find it strange that wikileaks got burned by a NEWS agency that supposedly leaked the decryption key.
Why would a news agency shit on its own sources like that?
The whole thing smells like a covert operation designed to give the world a reason to hate wikileaks.
All wikileaks did was mitigate the danger by making the leak public and giving everyone at risk a fair chance at protecting themselves. They TRIED to keep it redacted, but thanks to the decryption key leaking thanks to the news agency, their hand got forced.
Except he knows the charges are complete bullshit and just a facade to get him extradited to the US.
Considering what the US thinks is at stake, causing a diplomatic incident by kidnapping assange wouldn't be enough of a problem to make it not worthwhile.
The UK won't intervene, they don't want to piss off the US. Sweden will find assange swiped from right under their nose, probably before he even touches swedish soil
Humans invented the patent system.