It absolutely would. Imagine someone of a very conservative Middle Eastern country being faced with the decision to either shake the hand of a drag queen or rebuff them and piss off the most powerful military on the planet. It's lose-lose!
I say we just put some Delta guys in cocktail dresses and drop them into a political function in another country. It'll be super effective.
I think the proper way to do it would be to write the following under any and all ads that fall into a "dangerous body image" category:
"This model is 5'9" and weighs 103 lbs. at the time of this picture, which is classified by the AMA as 'underweight'. Image editing software or techniques were NOT used in this photoshoot."
Plugin variables as needed. Can a disclaimer of sorts be said to infringe on free speech?
Derp, forgot some kinda important words. You've got a pretty good case for getting a refund from customer service or a manager if you leave within the first 15 minutes or so of the actual movie.
Watch the first 10 minutes of this movie for free"
The rule of thumb is if you walk out within the first 15 minutes of the actual film or so you've got a pretty good case. Check this out. You'd be surprised what you can get done if you just ask.
Or, they could add an up and down arrow. Up for good, down for bad. Unless we're talking about Roman Gladiatorial judgements I think that "Up arrow good, down arrow bad" is pretty universal.
We have a lot of stuff over here in the states that doesn't come standard. SMS, Health care, a good social safety net... it's just one more thing to add to the list.
Facebook tracks every web page you visit that has a Facebook button (using Javascript). For example, if you visit the Oregonian Newspaper web site, Facebook tracks every story you visit, even if you don't click on the "Like" button. There are ways to prevent that (using Firefox with the NoScript add-on), but most people don't know about them.
Is there a way to do this but then activate the Like button on demand? So I don't get tracked by the Like button, but I can then share an article I read on ars technica or something at a later time if I so desire?
I don't think the Founding Fathers really anticipated the level of collusion that exists between the different branches of government. The ultimate check on government power is the people not taking any of their shit, and we fucked that up pretty righteously.
If you tried to pull any of the things that government departments do on a weekly basis here 200 or so years ago there would have been a goddamned rebellion.
What do you think the USA would do if Russia began installing a "Missile Defense System" in Cuba and Venezuela?
Covertly destroy the missile defense system using a coordinated strike between stealth bombers and special forces. Then, invade the country claiming that the missile sites were taken over by terrorists. Replace the conveniently assassinated leadership (taken out by a "terrorist attack") with someone more friendly to us. Oh, the Russians want to rebuild the missile defense system? That would not be terribly friendly to our new allies who helped us through this difficult time in our country's history.
For bonus points, clean up a coca plantation or two and claim the war on drugs is working, too.
Yea way to teach those other companies a lesson. You wont use any of their free products!
Usage statistics can determine certain things. I imagine the size of the install base affects how much Google pays Mozilla to be set as the default search engine.
I remember when I joined Slashdot 5+ years ago, Kuro5hin being bad was the joke.
Now that Slashdot seems to be becoming the joke, where do we go?
Why can't we have nice things? Why is every community we end up going to get shit all over by the idiots in corporate or wherever and turned into a hellhole? See: Facebook, Slashdot, and hundreds of other websites.
Do it the same way that people fed up with mainstream music and movies have - look at smaller leagues, different games, etc.
If I liked baseball, I'd go see my local team which is just across town. Basketball? College games. Or you can watch something that's not really looked at all that often (at least in America) such as rugby or Irish hurling.
A friend of mine USED to watch the Baltimore Ravens (in fact, the buddy whose website I write on and is linked below) - now he watches rugby. He got sick of the NFL's bullshit (especially with the lockout) and now it's a non-issue because he doesn't watch that stuff anymore.
Instead of attempting to name and shame companies, perhaps instead we should try to find a mega-corp that actually does fairly and honestly pay its full tax bill. How about a bit of positive reporting?
My only guess at such a company would be Chik-Fil-A since they close on Sundays despite the obviously lost business. I have a difficult time thinking of any other companies that would lose money solely on moral grounds like that.
To be honest I'm not entirely sure if "mega-corp" and "plays by the rules" would ever go hand-in-hand, now would they? If you read anything about nearly any big company you hear about how they got their hands dirty squashing the competition and skirting every rule they can. Look at Microsoft with their EEE philosophy.
If Apple went and did that and then gave these workers the opportunity to work and live somewhere that looks more like Cupertino than a favela, then maybe they wouldn't get so much shit over their products.
As someone who grew up with a LOT of Brazilian ex-patriates, it's true. I never heard the end of how lucky I was to be able to get an N.E.S. game for "only" $60-70 from Toys 'R' Us.
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Get an overly obese man to just put loads of stuff in- between his rolls of fat.
They have to search you... but they don't have to like it.
It absolutely would. Imagine someone of a very conservative Middle Eastern country being faced with the decision to either shake the hand of a drag queen or rebuff them and piss off the most powerful military on the planet. It's lose-lose!
I say we just put some Delta guys in cocktail dresses and drop them into a political function in another country. It'll be super effective.
I'll look into it, thank you.
Ah, I remember reading the Heise story. Thanks for that.
I think the proper way to do it would be to write the following under any and all ads that fall into a "dangerous body image" category:
"This model is 5'9" and weighs 103 lbs. at the time of this picture, which is classified by the AMA as 'underweight'. Image editing software or techniques were NOT used in this photoshoot."
Plugin variables as needed. Can a disclaimer of sorts be said to infringe on free speech?
Derp, forgot some kinda important words. You've got a pretty good case for getting a refund from customer service or a manager if you leave within the first 15 minutes or so of the actual movie.
Watch the first 10 minutes of this movie for free"
The rule of thumb is if you walk out within the first 15 minutes of the actual film or so you've got a pretty good case. Check this out. You'd be surprised what you can get done if you just ask.
Doctors are busy enough they don't need to do things just "to make more money."
Exactly! Damn those doctors and their $150,000+ medical school debt!
Admission of Liability & Disgorgment of Profits
It boils down to the simplest understanding of capitalism - if it's profitable, they'll do it.
A $100,000 fine on a $20,000,000 income is viewed as an expense more than anything else.
A $20,100,000 fine would stop this stuff dead cold.
Fines should seize any and all profits made while violating the law and add an additional penalty.
Or, they could add an up and down arrow. Up for good, down for bad. Unless we're talking about Roman Gladiatorial judgements I think that "Up arrow good, down arrow bad" is pretty universal.
STARTS AT?? WOW.. Comes as standard in the UK.
We have a lot of stuff over here in the states that doesn't come standard. SMS, Health care, a good social safety net... it's just one more thing to add to the list.
Facebook tracks every web page you visit that has a Facebook button (using Javascript). For example, if you visit the Oregonian Newspaper web site, Facebook tracks every story you visit, even if you don't click on the "Like" button. There are ways to prevent that (using Firefox with the NoScript add-on), but most people don't know about them.
Is there a way to do this but then activate the Like button on demand? So I don't get tracked by the Like button, but I can then share an article I read on ars technica or something at a later time if I so desire?
I think a balance can be struck.
One on-site backup, one off-site backup (either a HD/thumb drive in a safe deposit box or in the cloud). That's how I do it.
Lots of people have been killed in airplane crashes too, but your odds of being in one are still pretty damn low.
I don't think the Founding Fathers really anticipated the level of collusion that exists between the different branches of government. The ultimate check on government power is the people not taking any of their shit, and we fucked that up pretty righteously.
If you tried to pull any of the things that government departments do on a weekly basis here 200 or so years ago there would have been a goddamned rebellion.
What do you think the USA would do if Russia began installing a "Missile Defense System" in Cuba and Venezuela?
Covertly destroy the missile defense system using a coordinated strike between stealth bombers and special forces. Then, invade the country claiming that the missile sites were taken over by terrorists. Replace the conveniently assassinated leadership (taken out by a "terrorist attack") with someone more friendly to us. Oh, the Russians want to rebuild the missile defense system? That would not be terribly friendly to our new allies who helped us through this difficult time in our country's history.
For bonus points, clean up a coca plantation or two and claim the war on drugs is working, too.
1) Go to a rave with a laser light show.
2) Run a bootleg wireless.
3) ????
4) PROFIT
Yea way to teach those other companies a lesson. You wont use any of their free products!
Usage statistics can determine certain things. I imagine the size of the install base affects how much Google pays Mozilla to be set as the default search engine.
I remember when I joined Slashdot 5+ years ago, Kuro5hin being bad was the joke.
Now that Slashdot seems to be becoming the joke, where do we go?
Why can't we have nice things? Why is every community we end up going to get shit all over by the idiots in corporate or wherever and turned into a hellhole? See: Facebook, Slashdot, and hundreds of other websites.
Do it the same way that people fed up with mainstream music and movies have - look at smaller leagues, different games, etc.
If I liked baseball, I'd go see my local team which is just across town. Basketball? College games. Or you can watch something that's not really looked at all that often (at least in America) such as rugby or Irish hurling.
A friend of mine USED to watch the Baltimore Ravens (in fact, the buddy whose website I write on and is linked below) - now he watches rugby. He got sick of the NFL's bullshit (especially with the lockout) and now it's a non-issue because he doesn't watch that stuff anymore.
will eventually tinkle down upon myself.
I think I saw a video like that on Dailymotion a week or so ago...
Instead of attempting to name and shame companies, perhaps instead we should try to find a mega-corp that actually does fairly and honestly pay its full tax bill. How about a bit of positive reporting?
My only guess at such a company would be Chik-Fil-A since they close on Sundays despite the obviously lost business. I have a difficult time thinking of any other companies that would lose money solely on moral grounds like that.
To be honest I'm not entirely sure if "mega-corp" and "plays by the rules" would ever go hand-in-hand, now would they? If you read anything about nearly any big company you hear about how they got their hands dirty squashing the competition and skirting every rule they can. Look at Microsoft with their EEE philosophy.
If Apple went and did that and then gave these workers the opportunity to work and live somewhere that looks more like Cupertino than a favela, then maybe they wouldn't get so much shit over their products.
As someone who grew up with a LOT of Brazilian ex-patriates, it's true. I never heard the end of how lucky I was to be able to get an N.E.S. game for "only" $60-70 from Toys 'R' Us.
Very interesting. Thanks for the insight!