The 'as an educational institution we do not support the search for E.T' guy is wrong to suggest, on educational grounds, that the same behaviour would have been perfectly OK if the computers had been using power to do research on cancer. Doubtless the admin would have got the push for that too.
Natural language runs on human brains. Programming languages run on processors. The structure of the two different kinds of hardware differs so greatly that the only similarities are at the level of analogy. So you cannot draw useful conclusions about a person's use of a programming language from the way they use a natural language. In any case, someone who uses the term 'grammatical error' in the sense used in the blog post doesn't have a sufficiently sophisticated understanding of natural language to issue pronouncements on any related matter.
Wolfenstein was recalled in Germany because Germany has strict laws about display of swastikas and other Nazi insignia, which the game violated. Not simply because it gave offence.
This is akin to a feudal lord having himself frozen circa 1300 in the hope that enough serfs would breed in the meantime to farm his demesne more effectively.
It also recalls the Jack Vance story where beautiful youths preserved in capsules are regarded as a delicacy by the brutish cannibal peasants who, from time to time, dig them out of the ruins of their civilisation.
Well quite. If email isn't protected, solely because it is held on servers operated by third parties, surely postal mail isn't either? And the postal service could open mail without needing a warrant?
That's how New Labour like to do things. If the accused in these cases actually got a fair trial in a properly constituted court, it might be possible to see some faint gleam of sense in this idea. But no.
I can wait longer than you can. In fact, why not use the time to make some films I might actually want to watch? It's been a long time since Pleasantville.
It's the same in the UK - the government are rushing so fast into a no-evidence, no-trial, accusation equals conviction setup for this that even the ISPs are saying it's not right.
A classic tale from New Labour Britain - any organisation that can afford to retain lawyers can demand money from innocent people with impunity, because the victims can't afford to defend themselves, even when the alleged tort is, as in this case, non-existent.
Holders of rights to songs - often corporations and not songwriters - enjoy a uniquely privileged position under capitalism, receiving as they do a continuing share of the surplus value from their labour. If they want the rest of us to continue to allow them that privilege, they should review their policy of paying the PRS to threaten nuisance lawsuits on their behalf.
If you don't like it Rupert, you can either do as the OP suggests, or close down your papers, and Fox, and take your ball home. We won't miss you. Go on, clear off.
Facts : Data Protection Act is likely to squash this, as one of the commenters points out. Doesn't matter if the cameras are private or public, either, the operator's obligations under the DPA are the same. Opinions : It's bad enough being constantly surveilled by the police every time I go into town, without having the images distributed to an army of perverts and right-wing nutters. Surveillance cameras should only be used on people of whom the police have a genuine, particular suspicion that they intend to commit crimes - their use in any other case constitutes a false accusation against anyone who comes into shot. This evil scheme would simply increase the number of false accusations a hundredfold.
Interesting implication that, while your neighbours shouldn't be monitoring what you're doing inside your own house, it's perfectly acceptable for the police and the army to be watching you in this way.
The hypocrisy of this cannot even be charted - the people who made Firefox use the Internet Explorer security settings are complaining about 'browser soup'?
It's not a question of science itself, the point is that the agrochemical giants have a very strong financial incentive to make false statements about the safety and testedness of GM products.
Firefox needs to remain operable from the keyboard. The idea of turning it into a mouse-only ribbon app clearly hasn't been properly thought through. They should forget this nonsense and concentrate on fixing the broken 'don't download updates', 'don't use Internet Explorer security settings' and 'don't send data to Google every time I type something in the address bar' options.
In the US the 'subluxation'-based version of chiropractic appears to have a lot of public acceptability, chiropractors can even call themselves Dr. In the UK few people have heard of it and fewer still believe in its efficacy, so the pro-subluxationists still have a lot of ground to make up even if they do win the Singh case.
The parallels with creationism in this respect are noticeable.
It's good that the establishment have repudiated their former behaviour, but it was a mistake to campaign to demand one - that implied that the ruling class's had a right to dictate people's personal behaviour, but that that right had merely been misused in Turing's case.
Also, Gordo refers approvingly to the fight against fascism. What a pity that this anti-fascist fervour on his part wasn't in evidence when he voted in favour of the invasion of Iraq, a decision that led to mass civilian deaths, imprisonment without trial and torture on a scale that any fascist would have been proud of.
Nevertheless, there are many parallels between drafting laws and writing programs, most of all the 'unforeseen effects at run-time' one. It's such a good analogy that I'm surprised it's not used more often.
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The 'as an educational institution we do not support the search for E.T' guy is wrong to suggest, on educational grounds, that the same behaviour would have been perfectly OK if the computers had been using power to do research on cancer. Doubtless the admin would have got the push for that too.
Natural language runs on human brains. Programming languages run on processors. The structure of the two different kinds of hardware differs so greatly that the only similarities are at the level of analogy. So you cannot draw useful conclusions about a person's use of a programming language from the way they use a natural language. In any case, someone who uses the term 'grammatical error' in the sense used in the blog post doesn't have a sufficiently sophisticated understanding of natural language to issue pronouncements on any related matter.
Wolfenstein was recalled in Germany because Germany has strict laws about display of swastikas and other Nazi insignia, which the game violated. Not simply because it gave offence.
This is akin to a feudal lord having himself frozen circa 1300 in the hope that enough serfs would breed in the meantime to farm his demesne more effectively. It also recalls the Jack Vance story where beautiful youths preserved in capsules are regarded as a delicacy by the brutish cannibal peasants who, from time to time, dig them out of the ruins of their civilisation.
Man to whom transatlantic phone calls were high technology in 'doesn't understand how web works' shocker
Well quite. If email isn't protected, solely because it is held on servers operated by third parties, surely postal mail isn't either? And the postal service could open mail without needing a warrant?
New Labour always take the opportunity to import American terminology. Like our new 'Supreme Court'.
That's how New Labour like to do things. If the accused in these cases actually got a fair trial in a properly constituted court, it might be possible to see some faint gleam of sense in this idea. But no.
I expect the copyright goons are already on their way.
I can wait longer than you can. In fact, why not use the time to make some films I might actually want to watch? It's been a long time since Pleasantville.
No sir. Any side that kills thousands of civilians purely for shock and awe purposes, and uses torture and takes pictures to prove it, isn't our side.
It's the same in the UK - the government are rushing so fast into a no-evidence, no-trial, accusation equals conviction setup for this that even the ISPs are saying it's not right.
A classic tale from New Labour Britain - any organisation that can afford to retain lawyers can demand money from innocent people with impunity, because the victims can't afford to defend themselves, even when the alleged tort is, as in this case, non-existent. Holders of rights to songs - often corporations and not songwriters - enjoy a uniquely privileged position under capitalism, receiving as they do a continuing share of the surplus value from their labour. If they want the rest of us to continue to allow them that privilege, they should review their policy of paying the PRS to threaten nuisance lawsuits on their behalf.
Don't attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence.
If you don't like it Rupert, you can either do as the OP suggests, or close down your papers, and Fox, and take your ball home. We won't miss you. Go on, clear off.
Facts : Data Protection Act is likely to squash this, as one of the commenters points out. Doesn't matter if the cameras are private or public, either, the operator's obligations under the DPA are the same. Opinions : It's bad enough being constantly surveilled by the police every time I go into town, without having the images distributed to an army of perverts and right-wing nutters. Surveillance cameras should only be used on people of whom the police have a genuine, particular suspicion that they intend to commit crimes - their use in any other case constitutes a false accusation against anyone who comes into shot. This evil scheme would simply increase the number of false accusations a hundredfold.
Interesting implication that, while your neighbours shouldn't be monitoring what you're doing inside your own house, it's perfectly acceptable for the police and the army to be watching you in this way.
The hypocrisy of this cannot even be charted - the people who made Firefox use the Internet Explorer security settings are complaining about 'browser soup'?
I expect no less from New Labour's Grenzpolitzei. Tbh I'm surprised they aren't just proposing to shoot all asylum seekers on entry.
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It's not a question of science itself, the point is that the agrochemical giants have a very strong financial incentive to make false statements about the safety and testedness of GM products.
Firefox needs to remain operable from the keyboard. The idea of turning it into a mouse-only ribbon app clearly hasn't been properly thought through. They should forget this nonsense and concentrate on fixing the broken 'don't download updates', 'don't use Internet Explorer security settings' and 'don't send data to Google every time I type something in the address bar' options.
In the US the 'subluxation'-based version of chiropractic appears to have a lot of public acceptability, chiropractors can even call themselves Dr. In the UK few people have heard of it and fewer still believe in its efficacy, so the pro-subluxationists still have a lot of ground to make up even if they do win the Singh case. The parallels with creationism in this respect are noticeable.
It's good that the establishment have repudiated their former behaviour, but it was a mistake to campaign to demand one - that implied that the ruling class's had a right to dictate people's personal behaviour, but that that right had merely been misused in Turing's case. Also, Gordo refers approvingly to the fight against fascism. What a pity that this anti-fascist fervour on his part wasn't in evidence when he voted in favour of the invasion of Iraq, a decision that led to mass civilian deaths, imprisonment without trial and torture on a scale that any fascist would have been proud of.
Nevertheless, there are many parallels between drafting laws and writing programs, most of all the 'unforeseen effects at run-time' one. It's such a good analogy that I'm surprised it's not used more often.