You ARE a fucking idiot, for purchasing a device you KNOW you can't open, should you chose to do so. Would the companies do this, unless they knew they could get away with it?
How about instead of snark, you contact your senators and representative, and vote for liberals (that's liberals, not Democrats) whenever possible?
Because voting doesn't work. When team blue is just as bad as team red (because they have the same corporate sponsors) voting not only doesn't matter, it legitimizes a broken system.
Here's the thing: If you're arrested, you go with it until you get your lawyer. You can remain silent, but being argumentative, uncooperative... is just going to make them view you as an uncooperative troublemaker, and then it's your word against theirs as to whether or not you got that black eye because you shoved a cop or because you just pissed one off. Being disrespectful, resistant, and uncooperative during an arrest will just make the arrest process more difficult.
That's right citizen. When confronted by your masters, always use the properly fawning words. "Sir" should be the first word out of your mouth, and "Sir" the last word out of your mouth. And if it isn't, if you are being "disrespectful, resistant, uncooperative", maybe they'll just give you a black eye. After all, it's your word against theirs.
So remember. The proper position an American Citizen should have when dealing with the police is to quietly assert your rights and hope they don't violate them. Better to live on your knees than die on your feet, right?
It wasn't lost, the people who argued it were militarily beaten. That's hardly the same thing. If I'm anti-abortion, and you are pro-abortion, and I simply shoot you, does that mean "that argument was comprehensively lost"?
4th amendment protects you against unreasonable search. How does this all square up?
Because you always have the option of waive your rights. They can't force you to walk through a scanner, but you can do so willingly. No one is taking away anyone's rights. But people sure do give them away.
Dark matter- God of the gaps. Can't explain something? Dark matter! That magical substance that is everywhere it wants to be, any way you need it to be!
Gravity calculations wrong? Dark matter!
What? That's makes other calculations wrong? Dark matter! The more the better!
I'm being sarcastic here, but actually it's because I'm just so jealous. Real scientists can't simply explain things away by using Substance X.
Anything that we can not or have not been able to explain used to be called an act of God. Now, it's an act of dark matter. Hubble proves it!
While that is great for the artist and the chans, it's missing the point. It's a bit like someone breaking into your house, and while you are away to buy new locks, a fire breaks out. "See!", the burglar says, "good thing I broke in, huh?"
You do not have permission to steal/post/copy/upload other people's works without their permission. Yes, even if it all works out in the end.
Who's "we"? The American people aren't choosing to have the current, unverifiable voting systems in place. They simply have no idea of the alternative, and no power to bring it about even if they did.
Frankly, I don't think it matters. The American political system is broken. What does it matter how they count the votes, when those votes mean so little?
When did the establishment of a hereditary leisure class become a social good?
When people realized the alternative was even worse. If you don't allow people to pass on their royalties, why allow them to pass on the business they built? Why not have the law state that upon the death of a company's founder, that company will become a public asset, for the good of the people?
Because it's theft, that's why. Because taking away a man's business is no different than taking away a man's royalties. He's earned it. And he can do whatever he wants with it, from giving it away to charity to giving it to his grandkids. We call that freedom.
What right to you have to tell anybody that they can no longer profit from work that they created?
I was just hired on by a company whose previous admin has the worst naming scheme I ever saw. Everything computer, then a number. Increment from there, no matter the device.
Computer11, Computer12, etc. Get a new printer? Computer13, etc. New server? Computer14, etc. New user? Computer15, etc. Passwords? Computer16, etc.
Not fully compliant? Is that the linux developer's motto or something? Why can't linux people understand that good enough just isn't good enough, especially when it isn't good enough?
Sure, intensive. Newspapers are going away not because of the technology, but the viewpoint. Readers are tired of reading the exact same viewpoint day after day. Theres no journalistic integrity anymore. No such thing as professional objectivity.
In my local paper, there are eight stories above the fold. One of them is Double murderer to get another chance. Another chance? Thats objective? The whole paper reads like an editorial page.
The right thing to do is to buy it in whatever medium is available, or don't use it at all. Whether the author is going to recieve royalties is irrelevant.
If all they offer the Model-T is in black, then you get to liking black or you do without. You don't steal one because it's not your "preferred method".
I know that figure because thats how much an album I wanted would have cost me had I bought it. Instead, I downloaded it. If the download wasnt available, I would have purchased it. But since it was, I didnt have to spend my money.
Another perfect example. I saw a training book I wanted, at the store. I came home, search for a torrent, and next day I had it. Again money lost due to piracy. I doubt Im the only one doing this.
I know/. Likes to pretend that such pirating activity doesnt exist, but of course most of it is exactly that. People can easily download, so they easily download. Theres no information wants to be free here. Theres no philosophy at all. Just plain old fashioned theft. I would have paid for it, but I didnt have to. I wanted it, and can take it, so I took it.
Im sure the numbers are not as high as these groups claim. But they are by no means zero.
Yes, I know this is "hate Microsoft" central, but lets try a bit of objectivity. HP, and Im sure other companies do the same thing.
Each year, during the holidays, I work for a subcontractor of HP in a Best Buy, Circuit City, whatever, to be a rep for HP products. For $20 an hour, ten hours a week I fix displays, keep track of inventory, help people with buying decisions, etc.
At no point was I told to exert undue pressure on someone to buy. Or to misrepresent the product. Or talk down competitors. I am there to demo products, and give my honest opinion.
This just isnt as ominous as people make it out to be. Standard practice, from any other company.
Instead of arguing about how many stack overflows can dance on the head of a pin, instead of creating videos, actually hack these machines!
Imagine across the land, hundreds, even thousands of geeks tamper with these machines. Imagine Homer Simpson winning his sixth state in a row on election night. That would be an effective way to demonstrate these systems vulnerabilities, or at least, a hell of a lot better way than posting on Slashdot.
The average voter doesnt know or care about these issues. But if fraud were perpetrated on a scale so large it couldnt be covered up, they would.
His actual, corporeal existence. Basically I figured he was selling his life, that the winner of the auction would get to kill him.
Actually not a bad idea. Imagine you have a terminal disease. So you auction your life. For half a million, they get to kill you three months from now. That gives you three months to really live it up, and they get the chance to legally kill someone. Call it assisted suicide to make it nice and legal.
I'll take 10% for the idea, if any entrepreneurs decide to run with this.
Im tired of Comcast pulling stunts like this too. So today I did something about it. I cancelled my Comcast service. Completely cancelled. And when I called to cancel, I let them know exactly why.
Granted, the person on the other end of the phone doesnt know or care about such issues as net neutrality. But she did ask why I was cancelling, and she did type in my response. So hopefully someone down the line will read it. But even if they dont, at least I know that my money will not be going to a company I despise.
The operative word here is military. While I dont agree with it, here is their reasoning.
There are lots of ways the constitution doesnt apply to the military. Soldiers do not have a 1st amendment right, for instance. They cant exercise free speech to insult a superior officer. They cant exercise a right to assembly if told to go somewhere else. Etc. The constitution is a civilian document, the military cant be bound by it.
As I said, this isnt what I believe, merely the argument currently being passed around by the government and its people.
I had a biofeedback device and game for my IBM PCjr. This tech isnt new. Now to be fair, the game was fairly lame. But even so this is a reinvention at best.
How is this an issue for regulators? If Apple if determined to make their product not work, its not the regulators job to change their mind. If Apple decides they want no Opera and no Java and nothing else, its their decision. Let them make it and face the consequences.
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You ARE a fucking idiot, for purchasing a device you KNOW you can't open, should you chose to do so. Would the companies do this, unless they knew they could get away with it?
How about instead of snark, you contact your senators and representative, and vote for liberals (that's liberals, not Democrats) whenever possible?
Because voting doesn't work. When team blue is just as bad as team red (because they have the same corporate sponsors) voting not only doesn't matter, it legitimizes a broken system.
Here's the thing: If you're arrested, you go with it until you get your lawyer. You can remain silent, but being argumentative, uncooperative ... is just going to make them view you as an uncooperative troublemaker, and then it's your word against theirs as to whether or not you got that black eye because you shoved a cop or because you just pissed one off. Being disrespectful, resistant, and uncooperative during an arrest will just make the arrest process more difficult.
That's right citizen. When confronted by your masters, always use the properly fawning words. "Sir" should be the first word out of your mouth, and "Sir" the last word out of your mouth. And if it isn't, if you are being "disrespectful, resistant, uncooperative", maybe they'll just give you a black eye. After all, it's your word against theirs.
So remember. The proper position an American Citizen should have when dealing with the police is to quietly assert your rights and hope they don't violate them. Better to live on your knees than die on your feet, right?
It wasn't lost, the people who argued it were militarily beaten. That's hardly the same thing. If I'm anti-abortion, and you are pro-abortion, and I simply shoot you, does that mean "that argument was comprehensively lost"?
4th amendment protects you against unreasonable search. How does this all square up?
Because you always have the option of waive your rights. They can't force you to walk through a scanner, but you can do so willingly. No one is taking away anyone's rights. But people sure do give them away.
Gravity calculations wrong? Dark matter! What? That's makes other calculations wrong? Dark matter! The more the better!
I'm being sarcastic here, but actually it's because I'm just so jealous. Real scientists can't simply explain things away by using Substance X.
Anything that we can not or have not been able to explain used to be called an act of God. Now, it's an act of dark matter. Hubble proves it!
While that is great for the artist and the chans, it's missing the point. It's a bit like someone breaking into your house, and while you are away to buy new locks, a fire breaks out. "See!", the burglar says, "good thing I broke in, huh?" You do not have permission to steal/post/copy/upload other people's works without their permission. Yes, even if it all works out in the end.
Who's "we"? The American people aren't choosing to have the current, unverifiable voting systems in place. They simply have no idea of the alternative, and no power to bring it about even if they did. Frankly, I don't think it matters. The American political system is broken. What does it matter how they count the votes, when those votes mean so little?
Considering the group, I think they have no problem at all with population control.
Dose the it with liquid mushroom culture, and next year the pile will not only smell better, it will be smaller. Everybody wins.
When people realized the alternative was even worse. If you don't allow people to pass on their royalties, why allow them to pass on the business they built? Why not have the law state that upon the death of a company's founder, that company will become a public asset, for the good of the people?
Because it's theft, that's why. Because taking away a man's business is no different than taking away a man's royalties. He's earned it. And he can do whatever he wants with it, from giving it away to charity to giving it to his grandkids. We call that freedom.
What right to you have to tell anybody that they can no longer profit from work that they created?
Computer11, Computer12, etc. Get a new printer? Computer13, etc. New server? Computer14, etc. New user? Computer15, etc. Passwords? Computer16, etc.
Not fully compliant? Is that the linux developer's motto or something? Why can't linux people understand that good enough just isn't good enough, especially when it isn't good enough?
In my local paper, there are eight stories above the fold. One of them is Double murderer to get another chance. Another chance? Thats objective? The whole paper reads like an editorial page.
Its not the technology, its the content.
If all they offer the Model-T is in black, then you get to liking black or you do without. You don't steal one because it's not your "preferred method".
I know that figure because thats how much an album I wanted would have cost me had I bought it. Instead, I downloaded it. If the download wasnt available, I would have purchased it. But since it was, I didnt have to spend my money. Another perfect example. I saw a training book I wanted, at the store. I came home, search for a torrent, and next day I had it. Again money lost due to piracy. I doubt Im the only one doing this. I know /. Likes to pretend that such pirating activity doesnt exist, but of course most of it is exactly that. People can easily download, so they easily download. Theres no information wants to be free here. Theres no philosophy at all. Just plain old fashioned theft. I would have paid for it, but I didnt have to. I wanted it, and can take it, so I took it.
Im sure the numbers are not as high as these groups claim. But they are by no means zero.
Each year, during the holidays, I work for a subcontractor of HP in a Best Buy, Circuit City, whatever, to be a rep for HP products. For $20 an hour, ten hours a week I fix displays, keep track of inventory, help people with buying decisions, etc.
At no point was I told to exert undue pressure on someone to buy. Or to misrepresent the product. Or talk down competitors. I am there to demo products, and give my honest opinion.
This just isnt as ominous as people make it out to be. Standard practice, from any other company.
Imagine across the land, hundreds, even thousands of geeks tamper with these machines. Imagine Homer Simpson winning his sixth state in a row on election night. That would be an effective way to demonstrate these systems vulnerabilities, or at least, a hell of a lot better way than posting on Slashdot.
The average voter doesnt know or care about these issues. But if fraud were perpetrated on a scale so large it couldnt be covered up, they would.
Actually not a bad idea. Imagine you have a terminal disease. So you auction your life. For half a million, they get to kill you three months from now. That gives you three months to really live it up, and they get the chance to legally kill someone. Call it assisted suicide to make it nice and legal.
I'll take 10% for the idea, if any entrepreneurs decide to run with this.
Granted, the person on the other end of the phone doesnt know or care about such issues as net neutrality. But she did ask why I was cancelling, and she did type in my response. So hopefully someone down the line will read it. But even if they dont, at least I know that my money will not be going to a company I despise.
There are lots of ways the constitution doesnt apply to the military. Soldiers do not have a 1st amendment right, for instance. They cant exercise free speech to insult a superior officer. They cant exercise a right to assembly if told to go somewhere else. Etc. The constitution is a civilian document, the military cant be bound by it.
As I said, this isnt what I believe, merely the argument currently being passed around by the government and its people.
Defendant used a file sharing program. Smoking gun.
I had a biofeedback device and game for my IBM PCjr. This tech isnt new. Now to be fair, the game was fairly lame. But even so this is a reinvention at best.
The article doesn't make it clear. This is a vulnerability in Windows, or in IE?
How is this an issue for regulators? If Apple if determined to make their product not work, its not the regulators job to change their mind. If Apple decides they want no Opera and no Java and nothing else, its their decision. Let them make it and face the consequences.