What if I don't want to submit my Web site to be rated? What if I don't like the idea of some other agency telling the world what is and what isn't on my site? Why should I have to be blacklisted because I refuse to be evaluated?
And in any case, Web pages aren't static like movies, music, and (offline) video games. If I get an "All ages" rating on my Web site and some troll decides to post profanity in the comments, there could be a small window of possibility between the post and my filtering when the rating would be genuinely wrong, at which point the "Think of the children" groups start whining yet again.
They want their kids to be completely 100% safe, docile, fit, happy, and innocent, and not have to lift a finger to do anything about it themselves. Then never let them leave the house or consume any media, ever. Sooner or later society kills off the innocence of children, and it's expected to happen before you reach adulthood. If you somehow retain childlike innocence after adulthood (say you got into a coma at 5 and woke up at 18) then society will label you as crazy and delusional.
In short, most color printers print small yellow dots on every sheet in a code that identifies the printer and, potentially, its owner. Every instance I've heard of this involves color laser printers. AFAIK color inkjet printers don't do this.
Have you seen some of ESR's antics? Kudos to him for co-founding the OSI, but he's not the kind of person I'd like to see representing my district (assuming I lived in Silicon Valley of course).
So then what happens when the rest of the state, or the nation for that matter, votes against what he votes for? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that Congress has a significant amount of bad apples.
At least he has a tech platform. Every other candidate I've come across who's still in the race doesn't seem to have anything planned for the digital realm, other than the standard "no wiretapping without a warrant" promise of some candidates.
#1) What makes you think that the Internet Cafe service allows P2P on their network? "Allows" of course meaning in the technical sense. You would probably want to spoof your MAC address and pay in cash only so they won't ban you from the cafe if/when the MAFIAA comes knocking. #2) One word: Wireshark. #3) Tor=slow.
The sad thing is I actually know a few people who still like her music, despite it being painfully obvious to me now that she was utter crap from the start. The only excuse I can think of for them is nostalgia.
Well, to be fair, the laws of supply and demand eventually kicks in. The heirs of the folks who wrote Ragtime tunes probably wouldn't be seeing a whole lot of royalty income right now. In fact, I think Disney, Inc. and perhaps a handful of others are the only ones I've seen who are capable of zombifying their old stuff and still make some money off of it. Which is exactly why such an extension is pointless to begin with. It would be like the government setting a maximum price for a good or service that is far higher than the market price.
That depends. Some artists and songs are so bad that they are actually worth remembering and listening to for more than just five years, much like B-movies.
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Good to know that I'm still a child.
So why, exactly, is it Google's job to be a babysitter?
What if I don't want to submit my Web site to be rated? What if I don't like the idea of some other agency telling the world what is and what isn't on my site? Why should I have to be blacklisted because I refuse to be evaluated?
And in any case, Web pages aren't static like movies, music, and (offline) video games. If I get an "All ages" rating on my Web site and some troll decides to post profanity in the comments, there could be a small window of possibility between the post and my filtering when the rating would be genuinely wrong, at which point the "Think of the children" groups start whining yet again.
Apparently not, what with all of the cameras in the UK (some of which talk back).
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Well, at least he'll be an effective counter to Howard Berman.
Have you seen some of ESR's antics? Kudos to him for co-founding the OSI, but he's not the kind of person I'd like to see representing my district (assuming I lived in Silicon Valley of course).
So then what happens when the rest of the state, or the nation for that matter, votes against what he votes for? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that Congress has a significant amount of bad apples.
Google and Yahoo, perhaps, but methinks that Steve Jobs' position at Disney could be a real influence on Apple.
At least he has a tech platform. Every other candidate I've come across who's still in the race doesn't seem to have anything planned for the digital realm, other than the standard "no wiretapping without a warrant" promise of some candidates.
Quite unusual, considering that the FSF is at odds with Creative Commons, specifically their NonCommercial and NoDerivatives licenses.
That was over 10 years ago. What makes you think that he didn't learn form that?
Then how does one plan on reading the discs? The XO has no optical drive and external optical drives are expensive.
If I could make a perfect copy of his car and loan out the copies, then yes.
Or a free hat.
I'm assuming that question was rhetorical.
#1) What makes you think that the Internet Cafe service allows P2P on their network? "Allows" of course meaning in the technical sense. You would probably want to spoof your MAC address and pay in cash only so they won't ban you from the cafe if/when the MAFIAA comes knocking.
#2) One word: Wireshark.
#3) Tor=slow.
Well it certainly wouldn't blow.
The sad thing is I actually know a few people who still like her music, despite it being painfully obvious to me now that she was utter crap from the start. The only excuse I can think of for them is nostalgia.
That depends. Some artists and songs are so bad that they are actually worth remembering and listening to for more than just five years, much like B-movies.
Lots of people still buy Shakespeare plays. Should Shakespeare then be still under copyright?