He was clearly referencing Jesus. He listed Jesus as being born 12/25/1 (BC).
Obviously our current calendar won't line up, but it seems to me that Jesus can't be born in the whole Before Christ era, and that he would in fact be born in the whole Anno Domini thing.
The point was that breaking the law and ignoring the system is still breaking the law.
Using the system as it was designed is certainly not abuse.
Do child protective services abuse the courts by going after anyone who has even a single anonymous tip against them?
The problem is with the law itself, NOT those who leverage it to the fullest extent to protect their interests.
If you have a problem with the laws, then deal with the laws and get them changed. Don't bitch about the people using the laws as they were designed to be used.
Now, if you've got a complaint about the specific tactics they've used, go ahead, bitch about that. It seems as though people are finally standing up to them now and those tactics are (hopefully) long gone by now.
If you've got a complaint about the fact that the people who get to leverage the laws are the same people writing them, then go ahead, bitch about that.
To say they're abusing the courts by bringing forth endless lawsuits is retarded, though, because that's what the system was designed for.
Your records already do follow you. You will still have to repeat tests, as no one wants to be liable for someone else's mistake ("they did the test wrong, and you should have caught it, now my dick fell off").
If you have serious issues that would necessitate specific treatment, or that would counterindicate standard treatment for trauma or other emergencies, then wear a MedicAlert bracelet.
It's a hell of a lot more accessible and reliable than any digital record ever will be. It works when the network's down, the power's out, and when you're trapped in your car and your IDs have been burnt to shit, along with 2/3s of you.
People are so eager to "go digital" when there is so often very little benefit to doing so, and very big risks and shortcomings.
By robbing people of money they would have had, you are discouraging innovation, because innovation is expensive and hard, and innovation without reward is a fool's errand.
"Downloads != lost sales" you say? "I end up buying it if I like it!"?
It's not 1:1, sure, but it sure as fuck results in fewer sales. Anyone actually believing otherwise is a dipshit.
Because they'd rather spend tons on R&D, marketing, support, etc. for something people don't want to buy (Vista, Windows 7) than to continue to press discs for something people do want to buy (XP).
"No no, no one will be laid off. All of Sun is important to us."
2 months from now when everyone from Sun will be ancient history.
--Wanted to link that pic of the Iraq guy at the press conference, obviously lying, with his hands in a "simmer down" gesture, but I can't find it. Maybe it wasn't Iraq. I dunno. Someone find it.
They're mostly Dells bought in large quantities, and the master passwords either do not exist, or are not universal to a model/motherboard.
They can be obtained (if they exist) only by calling Dell with a service tag, and possibly reading off a stamp on the BIOS chip. Oh, you'll have to prove you're the owner of the machine as well.
There are various other machines as well - some you would have to open the case to find out the motherboard, and some are Macs.
You can't make an identical key without seeing the original, can you? If you have the original, you have no need to make a copy. Credit cards are the wrong thickness anyway. We're not talking about shitty bike-lock style "keys".
Yeah, because they've opened EVERY OTHER LOCK in the world? I have no doubt the locks are easy to pick. I have no doubt that anyone trying to do so would be caught, as they are visually monitored, and would be seen crawling under desks and getting in the way of other people using the labs.
I have no doubt that the magic lock you speak of can be picked as well.
The building is locked and alarmed at night. The police arrive quickly, with guns drawn. Each machine bought has it's serial numbers recorded and the machines are physically engraved with the serial number and name of the labs, as soon as they are received.
Yes, you could get around all of those things. No, no one has ever deemed it worth the risk.
The opt-out links I've used actually did seem to work - both for legit companies I had prior business with and typical spam. But I haven't dealt with spam in ages. Hotmail filters it out well and gets far less than my Gmail account. I have no need to deal with spam anymore, other than baiting Nigerians.
I get tons of spam at work (and don't filter anything, so I see it all) and I have yet to a "modern" (within the last few years) spam that contains a valid method of contacting people in order to opt out. The majority of crap I see is from bogus addresses with no way to reply back.
Here's one that just came in, from Bakhshian - resonant@drtinker.com :
Sentimental songs which were composed entirely her how i ne
Sex & Ayyurveda (link to some yahoo groups page I dunno)
I told you so, exclaimed jose triumphantly, there by the power of his art, to restore us to our he rapidly turned over the leaves of this volume few things about which i want to ask his advice. The liberty to draw the bolt against chance visitors, and wherever else a place could be found stood have already explained to our young friend here,.
[Mr. Burns is reminiscing about his grandfather's old Atom Smashing Plant] Burns' Grandfather: Come on, men! Smash those atoms! You there, turn out your pockets. [Two goons seize a waifish worker and turn out his pockets] Burns' Grandfather: Aha - atoms! One, two, three, four... SIX of them! Take him away! Waif: You can't treat the working man this way! One of these days we'll form a union, and get the fair and equitable treatment we deserve! Then we'll go too far, and become corrupt and shiftless, and the Japanese will eat us alive! Burns' Grandfather: The Japanese? Those sandal-wearing goldfish tenders? Ha ha! Bosh! Flimshaw! Mr. Burns: Oh, if only we'd listened to that young man, instead of walling him up in the abandoned coke oven.
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He was clearly referencing Jesus.
He listed Jesus as being born 12/25/1 (BC).
Obviously our current calendar won't line up, but it seems to me that Jesus can't be born in the whole Before Christ era, and that he would in fact be born in the whole Anno Domini thing.
The point was that breaking the law and ignoring the system is still breaking the law.
Using the system as it was designed is certainly not abuse.
Do child protective services abuse the courts by going after anyone who has even a single anonymous tip against them?
The problem is with the law itself, NOT those who leverage it to the fullest extent to protect their interests.
If you have a problem with the laws, then deal with the laws and get them changed. Don't bitch about the people using the laws as they were designed to be used.
Now, if you've got a complaint about the specific tactics they've used, go ahead, bitch about that. It seems as though people are finally standing up to them now and those tactics are (hopefully) long gone by now.
If you've got a complaint about the fact that the people who get to leverage the laws are the same people writing them, then go ahead, bitch about that.
To say they're abusing the courts by bringing forth endless lawsuits is retarded, though, because that's what the system was designed for.
Agreed, but why deny treatment when you can just block the treatment from being approved in the first place? (Provenge)
No, I'd figure on /. I'd get arguments about health records just being more information that wants to be free.
Hence the benefit.
You thought it was to benefit the patients?
You realize this is a for-profit industry and government, right?
Your records already do follow you.
You will still have to repeat tests, as no one wants to be liable for someone else's mistake ("they did the test wrong, and you should have caught it, now my dick fell off").
If you have serious issues that would necessitate specific treatment, or that would counterindicate standard treatment for trauma or other emergencies, then wear a MedicAlert bracelet.
It's a hell of a lot more accessible and reliable than any digital record ever will be. It works when the network's down, the power's out, and when you're trapped in your car and your IDs have been burnt to shit, along with 2/3s of you.
People are so eager to "go digital" when there is so often very little benefit to doing so, and very big risks and shortcomings.
Actually, Smidge is a medical doctor.
Doctors can't treat themselves, you know.
Since these guys have a working treatment, we can get the fucking answer rather than internet arguing.
Look at Oracle's history in terms of buying companies and keeping on the staff.
Also, they were dumb enough to buy Sun in the first place.
WinFS is likely dead and buried.
The branch thing is their method of caching files on a machine on the local network.
Apparently 7 does it very well, so I don't know what 8 is hyping it up for.
So if I neglect to feed or clothe my baby that's not abuse?
1 BC? I think you mean 1 AD. (Which likely isn't correct, in terms of both the day and the year, but whatever.)
By robbing people of money they would have had, you are discouraging innovation, because innovation is expensive and hard, and innovation without reward is a fool's errand.
"Downloads != lost sales" you say?
"I end up buying it if I like it!"?
It's not 1:1, sure, but it sure as fuck results in fewer sales. Anyone actually believing otherwise is a dipshit.
Information is not free, nor does it want to be anything.
Information does not want anything.
You want it to be free, both in terms of cost and in terms of liberties associated with it.
Do not try to anthropomorphize information as wanting to be free so you can pretend to be a righteous liberator fighting for it's cause.
All you are doing is stealing shit because you don't want to pay.
INFORMATION minister.
I was looking for defense minister, press secretary, press conference, liar, damage control, etc.
Because they'd rather spend tons on R&D, marketing, support, etc. for something people don't want to buy (Vista, Windows 7) than to continue to press discs for something people do want to buy (XP).
How is this a leak? Or news?
"OMG I work in . will I get laid off?"
"No no, no one will be laid off. All of Sun is important to us."
2 months from now when everyone from Sun will be ancient history.
--Wanted to link that pic of the Iraq guy at the press conference, obviously lying, with his hands in a "simmer down" gesture, but I can't find it. Maybe it wasn't Iraq. I dunno. Someone find it.
LOL you couldn't get around the lameness filter.
They're mostly Dells bought in large quantities, and the master passwords either do not exist, or are not universal to a model/motherboard.
They can be obtained (if they exist) only by calling Dell with a service tag, and possibly reading off a stamp on the BIOS chip. Oh, you'll have to prove you're the owner of the machine as well.
There are various other machines as well - some you would have to open the case to find out the motherboard, and some are Macs.
You can't make an identical key without seeing the original, can you? If you have the original, you have no need to make a copy. Credit cards are the wrong thickness anyway. We're not talking about shitty bike-lock style "keys".
Yeah, because they've opened EVERY OTHER LOCK in the world? I have no doubt the locks are easy to pick. I have no doubt that anyone trying to do so would be caught, as they are visually monitored, and would be seen crawling under desks and getting in the way of other people using the labs.
I have no doubt that the magic lock you speak of can be picked as well.
The building is locked and alarmed at night. The police arrive quickly, with guns drawn. Each machine bought has it's serial numbers recorded and the machines are physically engraved with the serial number and name of the labs, as soon as they are received.
Yes, you could get around all of those things.
No, no one has ever deemed it worth the risk.
The opt-out links I've used actually did seem to work - both for legit companies I had prior business with and typical spam. But I haven't dealt with spam in ages. Hotmail filters it out well and gets far less than my Gmail account. I have no need to deal with spam anymore, other than baiting Nigerians.
I get tons of spam at work (and don't filter anything, so I see it all) and I have yet to a "modern" (within the last few years) spam that contains a valid method of contacting people in order to opt out. The majority of crap I see is from bogus addresses with no way to reply back.
Here's one that just came in, from Bakhshian - resonant@drtinker.com :
Sentimental songs which were composed entirely her how i ne
Sex & Ayyurveda (link to some yahoo groups page I dunno)
I told you so, exclaimed jose triumphantly, there by the power of his art,
to restore us to our he rapidly turned over the leaves of this volume few
things about which i want to ask his advice. The liberty to draw the bolt
against chance visitors, and wherever else a place could be found stood
have already explained to our young friend here,.
[Mr. Burns is reminiscing about his grandfather's old Atom Smashing Plant]
Burns' Grandfather: Come on, men! Smash those atoms! You there, turn out your pockets.
[Two goons seize a waifish worker and turn out his pockets]
Burns' Grandfather: Aha - atoms! One, two, three, four... SIX of them! Take him away!
Waif: You can't treat the working man this way! One of these days we'll form a union, and get the fair and equitable treatment we deserve! Then we'll go too far, and become corrupt and shiftless, and the Japanese will eat us alive!
Burns' Grandfather: The Japanese? Those sandal-wearing goldfish tenders? Ha ha! Bosh! Flimshaw!
Mr. Burns: Oh, if only we'd listened to that young man, instead of walling him up in the abandoned coke oven.
NO. Google did it first.
Google did everything first and best.
How dare you suggest otherwise?
XP + AD doesn't let you do that (without a bunch of hacking that breaks stuff ). And you can always get the account back easily.
Getting the attention how? With cash money?