stand up for fair use and anonymity on the internet
You know, ah, Comcast is a cable company? They aren't a civil rights org.
I'd prefer my ISP take a neutral stance on everything, except delivering a quality product at a reasonable price. Be monomaniacal about that, please.:)
He's been on three times (96, 04, 07) before, so I'm sure it wouldn't be problem for him to make another appeance.
From the 04 recap:
While not seeing any UFOs himself, he said that the best evidence indicates that we have been visited by other intelligences, and that a governmental cover-up has taken place.
From the 07 recap:
While Mitchell said he found no signs of bases or artificial structures on the moon, he does believe there is an overwhelming amount of evidence that ETs have visited the Earth. He doesn't have first hand knowledge, but has heard accounts from multiple high-level sources, such as Wernher von Braun, regarding ET contacts and UFOs. Quite a few of the astronauts saw or chased UFOs in their careers as military pilots before they joined NASA, he added.
Why bother with innumerable blogs, when there's Wikileaks?
The problem is that most of the time there simply isn't a papertrail.
What sort of papertrail would be generated by a corrupt cop that shakes down a drug dealer or makes a "deal" with a prostitute to get a little freebie in exchange for not hauling her in? None.
<sarcasm>Well, you see... our new, half-assed, pieced-together technology will only properly work if we force users to use it the way we want. Remember: it's OUR content, so we get to determine how the USERS use it!</sarcasm>
What's the point? It'd be easier to convince a Creationist that God doesn't exist.
Doesn't matter, really, because someone else - rpillala - posted a link to a GAO report. You may want to look for it, since - ah, well - that's what people mean when they say non-partisan.
It's damn disturbing. And frustrating - because of the age of the report and the lack of analysis of socioeconomic factors.
You're going to have to do better than that, son.
Ugh. No. I don't. You're a self-satisfied twerp that wants to fight for the hell of it. Get a hobby.
Like I said: produce some real data, not from a Leftist "thinktank", and I'll consider it.
As for the Prof's blog, a quick scan revealed:
Now, two new reports, by The Sentencing Project and Human Rights Watch
It's a friggin' self-referencing circle. Much like the On Killing farce.
I may actually check out both "reports", but I suspect my bias will be confirmed.
If there actually is a widespread problem with sentencing, you're not going to win any converts to the cause by indirectly attacking a third/half of the population (eg: implying that only Leftists care about fair sentencing) or by only citing studies from Leftwing "thinktanks". A systemic problem, if that is the case here, can only by solved in a constructive, bipartisan way.
Save the Kool-Aid for the orgy, because I ain't drinking any.
... but on the "races" bit, yes, for the same offense, blacks more often get jail time while whites walk. Justice might be blind, but it ain't colour-blind when it comes to sentencing.
I've heard that, but I'd need to see some actual data. Not a press release from a Leftist "thinktank".
I suspect the gap would magically disappear if you took the socioeconomic levels into account. I'm sure a poor white kid (with a public defender) would get a worse sentence than a black kid from a rich family (with a family-hired lawyer).
if you don't like the terms of the game, don't buy it.
You don't get to read the terms / EULA until you've purchased it and you're in the process of installing it.
Since most places won't take an open game back - you could have copied it!, you're fucked.
But of course, this is slashdot, you get modded a troll for sticking up for anyone who actually creates entertainment.
It's the DRM, CD checks, and every goddamn thing else that pisses people off.
If I drop $50 for a game, I should be able to play it without having to jump through a dozen goddamn hoops. You've got my goddamn money, now let me play.
Why bother?
I ask myself that question every day. Still haven't found an answer.
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make your system less secure
The Net (imdb, wikipedia).
don't keep logs
WHAT?!
Clarify, please.
stand up for fair use and anonymity on the internet
You know, ah, Comcast is a cable company? They aren't a civil rights org.
I'd prefer my ISP take a neutral stance on everything, except delivering a quality product at a reasonable price. Be monomaniacal about that, please. :)
SF doesn't need any help.
Will he be on Coast to Coast AM soon?
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guests/764.html
He's been on three times (96, 04, 07) before, so I'm sure it wouldn't be problem for him to make another appeance.
From the 04 recap:
While not seeing any UFOs himself, he said that the best evidence indicates that we have been visited by other intelligences, and that a governmental cover-up has taken place.
From the 07 recap:
While Mitchell said he found no signs of bases or artificial structures on the moon, he does believe there is an overwhelming amount of evidence that ETs have visited the Earth. He doesn't have first hand knowledge, but has heard accounts from multiple high-level sources, such as Wernher von Braun, regarding ET contacts and UFOs. Quite a few of the astronauts saw or chased UFOs in their careers as military pilots before they joined NASA, he added.
Why bother with innumerable blogs, when there's Wikileaks?
The problem is that most of the time there simply isn't a papertrail.
What sort of papertrail would be generated by a corrupt cop that shakes down a drug dealer or makes a "deal" with a prostitute to get a little freebie in exchange for not hauling her in? None.
higher level than other infidels
Oh, so there's a caste system for infidels? Goody! Put me at the bottom, k?
I don't see the Muslims disparaging other religions
Really? I've heard Muslims call Jews rats, dogs, bastards, pigs....
As a side issue: wtf is up with Islam and dogs? Jesus friggin' Christ. Any religion that doesn't "allow" a boy to have a dog as a pet is... sick.
after the Mohammed cartoon controversity, I'd imagine they'd want more "protection"
You mean censorship?
"protected" against blasphemy
Fail.
Santa Clause is SCREWED!
Now do you understand why he lives at the North Pole?
He's hiding from lawyers!
And those nasty accusations, but nothing more should be said about that....
Next time it happens, how about saying along the lines of: Yeah, sorry, I dialed a wrong number and I didn't know what to say. Awkward, you know?
The person will be shocked by your honesty.
<sarcasm>Well, you see... our new, half-assed, pieced-together technology will only properly work if we force users to use it the way we want. Remember: it's OUR content, so we get to determine how the USERS use it!</sarcasm>
<serious>UseIt.com.</serious>
every hoodie-with-ASBOS-and-ringtones would be getting "free" rides.
And who will supply them, hm? Think of the money you could make!
Chavettes need rides, too, you know....
Unfortunately doing nothing isn't the answer either.
Works for me. If we're truly fucked, there's nothing we can do. So, enjoy your life.
A budding GW denier eh?
You'll have to count me among the heretics that refuse to believe in Global Warming.
Where is the broadband service capacity increases?
Why increase capacity when you can kill off the top 1% of users every month?
Another fact-free response.
What's the point? It'd be easier to convince a Creationist that God doesn't exist.
Doesn't matter, really, because someone else - rpillala - posted a link to a GAO report. You may want to look for it, since - ah, well - that's what people mean when they say non-partisan.
It's damn disturbing. And frustrating - because of the age of the report and the lack of analysis of socioeconomic factors.
You're going to have to do better than that, son.
Ugh. No. I don't. You're a self-satisfied twerp that wants to fight for the hell of it. Get a hobby.
There we go. The GAO. Truly non-partisan. Thank you.
Human Rights Watch is widely respected and aggressively non-partisan.
If you're a Leftist or, at the very least, are pro-abortion and pro-LGBT.
If you're a Conservative, well, ....
frankly, it's difficult for any reasonably intelligent observer
Yep. That about finishes my sentence.
But don't ever doubt for a second that your race, appearance and financial status affects how you are treated by the law.
You forgot attitude. :)
- A scruffy, disheveled, translucent white guy.
Sentencing Project and Human Rights Watch?
Fail.
Like I said: produce some real data, not from a Leftist "thinktank", and I'll consider it.
As for the Prof's blog, a quick scan revealed:
Now, two new reports, by The Sentencing Project and Human Rights Watch
It's a friggin' self-referencing circle. Much like the On Killing farce.
I may actually check out both "reports", but I suspect my bias will be confirmed.
If there actually is a widespread problem with sentencing, you're not going to win any converts to the cause by indirectly attacking a third/half of the population (eg: implying that only Leftists care about fair sentencing) or by only citing studies from Leftwing "thinktanks". A systemic problem, if that is the case here, can only by solved in a constructive, bipartisan way.
Save the Kool-Aid for the orgy, because I ain't drinking any.
... but on the "races" bit, yes, for the same offense, blacks more often get jail time while whites walk. Justice might be blind, but it ain't colour-blind when it comes to sentencing.
I've heard that, but I'd need to see some actual data. Not a press release from a Leftist "thinktank".
I suspect the gap would magically disappear if you took the socioeconomic levels into account. I'm sure a poor white kid (with a public defender) would get a worse sentence than a black kid from a rich family (with a family-hired lawyer).
The laws should be defined more explicitly, so that the same punishment for the same crime can be applied.
Leave it up to the judge and jury. They will have intimate knowledge of the case, a legislature hundreds of miles away won't.
People with certain personalities
Personalities? What in the hell? Is "dumb" a personality? Read the article, man. People like this deserve to go to prison.
and as we know certain races,
No, I don't know.
get effected disproportionally because the law gives too much flexibility in determining the severity of the punishment.
Wait, what?
too much flexibility
All right. How about this: mandatory death sentence - Texas style, not California - for anyone convicted of drunk driving.
Happy, now?
Any fucktard that drives drunk deserves - at the very least - a serious asskickin'.
omg!
if you don't like the terms of the game, don't buy it.
You don't get to read the terms / EULA until you've purchased it and you're in the process of installing it.
Since most places won't take an open game back - you could have copied it!, you're fucked.
But of course, this is slashdot, you get modded a troll for sticking up for anyone who actually creates entertainment.
It's the DRM, CD checks, and every goddamn thing else that pisses people off.
If I drop $50 for a game, I should be able to play it without having to jump through a dozen goddamn hoops. You've got my goddamn money, now let me play.
Why bother?
I ask myself that question every day. Still haven't found an answer.
It's guys like this that bring our IT occupations into ill-repute, by furthering their stereotype of Coke-swilling social retards on power trips.
Now you're just being silly. Some of us don't like Coke. I do, personally, but that doesn't prove anything.
Season 2, Episode 6.26
The IT staff at my dad's company blocked all communication with Gmail servers a few months ago,
Right. Maybe your Dad is just tired of his son begging for money, but doesn't have the heart to say anything?