Well, if you want performance, can afford a BMW, and want something reliable (i.e. boots everytime, all the time) do you buy a Yugo...I mean Pentium III (shouldn't that be a Heptium anyway?)
I haven't seen the video, but, according to the Village Voice, the video is prefaced with the statement that it comes from someone named Steve who's in the Army and that this may be genuine footage... Does anyone recall the panic created by the original broadcast of "War of the Worlds"? Midway into the broadcast, announcers had to assure people that it was only a radio play. Now, I'm not a lawyer, but, by alluding to the footage as being genuine, it could be interpreted as being libelous/slanderous, in which case, the ISP had no choice but to remove the ad or face liability themselves. While I'm opposed to most forms of censorship (other than self-censorship), it might have been more appropriate to add some type of disclaimer that this is for entertainment and not meant to be taken seriously, then perhaps, the FBI, et.al. might not have done anything. We've already seen the damage that can occur when people post supposedly genuine news articles (i.e. the bogus story about the company that was about to be bought out by another causing the stock to artificially inflate) Since we already know that most people don't think for themselves, it's completely possible that some people might have seen that and taken action. We could potentially been faced with people acting out their perceived role in the video. It's also possible that others might want to prevent such action by the government and mis-interpreted someones completely innocent comment or actions and incited violence themselves.
I agree. I've used guns and, by themselves, they aren't dangerous at all. It takes a brain (supposedly)and at least one hand to load the gun, aim the gun and squeeze the trigger. All the manufacturer does is sell a tool. If I beat someone to death with a Craftsman wrench, is Sears guilty of murder? If a developer creates an application, such as BO2K, then, it's up to the user to responsilbly use the software in the manner it was designed to be used. MS SMS has the same "stealth" features built into it that BO2K does. If I use SMS in a stealth mode to do damage to someones computer, is Microsoft at fault? (granted, they're probably criminally liable for writing crappy software to begin with, but, that's a seperate issue)
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Well, if you want performance, can afford a BMW, and want something reliable (i.e. boots everytime, all the time) do you buy a Yugo...I mean Pentium III (shouldn't that be a Heptium anyway?)
I haven't seen the video, but, according to the Village Voice, the video is prefaced with the statement that it comes from someone named Steve who's in the Army and that this may be genuine footage... Does anyone recall the panic created by the original broadcast of "War of the Worlds"? Midway into the broadcast, announcers had to assure people that it was only a radio play. Now, I'm not a lawyer, but, by alluding to the footage as being genuine, it could be interpreted as being libelous/slanderous, in which case, the ISP had no choice but to remove the ad or face liability themselves. While I'm opposed to most forms of censorship (other than self-censorship), it might have been more appropriate to add some type of disclaimer that this is for entertainment and not meant to be taken seriously, then perhaps, the FBI, et.al. might not have done anything. We've already seen the damage that can occur when people post supposedly genuine news articles (i.e. the bogus story about the company that was about to be bought out by another causing the stock to artificially inflate) Since we already know that most people don't think for themselves, it's completely possible that some people might have seen that and taken action. We could potentially been faced with people acting out their perceived role in the video. It's also possible that others might want to prevent such action by the government and mis-interpreted someones completely innocent comment or actions and incited violence themselves.
I agree. I've used guns and, by themselves, they aren't dangerous at all. It takes a brain (supposedly)and at least one hand to load the gun, aim the gun and squeeze the trigger. All the manufacturer does is sell a tool. If I beat someone to death with a Craftsman wrench, is Sears guilty of murder? If a developer creates an application, such as BO2K, then, it's up to the user to responsilbly use the software in the manner it was designed to be used. MS SMS has the same "stealth" features built into it that BO2K does. If I use SMS in a stealth mode to do damage to someones computer, is Microsoft at fault? (granted, they're probably criminally liable for writing crappy software to begin with, but, that's a seperate issue)