I don't know this particular site, but just a generic comment. Sometimes the price is more than just the dollar amount, it is the time and effort to go through the process. Click, click, fill out this, accept this agreement, double check to make sure you aren't "opting in" to an unwanted mailing list, and so on. Or, just paste magnet link and wait. This is a big issue for me with various entertainment providers. Sure, I might prefer to pay some small amount to watch Game of Thrones, but the price is too high when I have to go sign up for their service at $2.99 a month, get their advertising emails even though I didn't opt in, support yet another clunky and antiquated browser plugin, and more. Ugh. Yeah, the price is a lot more than the dollar amount.
It didn't sound like they are retiring it, they just wouldn't say what they were doing with it and requested the removal. Which I guess is sort of like a retirement, but implies they will continue to use it for some unstated purpose. Almost as if some agency were forcing them to misuse it and they are skirting some legal requirement by asking others to stop trusting it. But that is 100% speculation on my part.
Fair. I was thinking that if the police showed up quickly it might not be due to a sudden change in efficiency, it might be because they just disregarded procedure due to a string pulled from above.
Using the word 'ethics' here is inappropriate, the article (and the referenced study) really has very little to do with ethics, other than a vaguely defined 'unfair' behavior. It's not like the boss was stealing so nearby employees magically became more likely to steal.
I thought this at first, then I found I could not switch between them without losing my place since the TV could not maintain state. And the apps were very unstable compared to the Roku. Maybe if I hadn't gotten that Black Friday special...
parent is probably used to seeing 'worker' as a synonym for 'employee'. I can't support this conclusion, but you may have gotten eight puppies with that post.
Interesting, is there an example of where this kind of setup has been implemented? It sounds sort of like the Android permissions model where they get applied to a specific application.
"Look at what's happened, in terms of breaches, thefts, extortion, and just plain misery." And how much of that was due to Linux kernel flaws? Or how much of that could be avoided by changing the Linux kernel without sacrificing all the other requirements?
Possibly having people sign the waiver has some effect on the number and frequency of lawsuits, and this has nothing to do with how enforceable it may be.
It would fall under the reasonable person doctrine, as the agreement stated "make myself reasonably available". Would a reasonable person make themselves available for anything more than a short phone call without compensation? I expect not.
Along with a 2 hour course (plus) for the police on how to apply courtesy to their interactions with citizens. I live in a very homogeneous and crime free area and it is amazing how rude (some of) the police are. There's no requirement in the police/public dynamic that the public should simply roll over and accept abusive behavior from public servants.
Sure it could work, as long as you have a box that can turn energy into any physical good you like. Since there is only one real commodity, the system doesn't have to deal with different preferences, even time preferences. (They did have energy usage rations). Without that equalizer, different preferences and relative scarcity will produce 'money' in one form or another.
Well, the only function they would need is the ability to get themselves replicated. There isn't a need for them to have any function in the larger picture of the body. But I read the same thing, many of the genes are turning out to be not as quiet as we thought.
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I don't know this particular site, but just a generic comment. Sometimes the price is more than just the dollar amount, it is the time and effort to go through the process. Click, click, fill out this, accept this agreement, double check to make sure you aren't "opting in" to an unwanted mailing list, and so on. Or, just paste magnet link and wait. This is a big issue for me with various entertainment providers. Sure, I might prefer to pay some small amount to watch Game of Thrones, but the price is too high when I have to go sign up for their service at $2.99 a month, get their advertising emails even though I didn't opt in, support yet another clunky and antiquated browser plugin, and more. Ugh. Yeah, the price is a lot more than the dollar amount.
It didn't sound like they are retiring it, they just wouldn't say what they were doing with it and requested the removal. Which I guess is sort of like a retirement, but implies they will continue to use it for some unstated purpose. Almost as if some agency were forcing them to misuse it and they are skirting some legal requirement by asking others to stop trusting it. But that is 100% speculation on my part.
Fair. I was thinking that if the police showed up quickly it might not be due to a sudden change in efficiency, it might be because they just disregarded procedure due to a string pulled from above.
Clever. Your implication that due process doesn't exist in Australia is false.
Reckless disregard for due process isn't the same thing as efficiency.
I want to drive down this street just to get one of those letters! Public and widespread mockery is an effective countermeasure.
"Assholes always advertise" -Walter Jon Williams
Using the word 'ethics' here is inappropriate, the article (and the referenced study) really has very little to do with ethics, other than a vaguely defined 'unfair' behavior. It's not like the boss was stealing so nearby employees magically became more likely to steal.
I thought this at first, then I found I could not switch between them without losing my place since the TV could not maintain state. And the apps were very unstable compared to the Roku. Maybe if I hadn't gotten that Black Friday special...
Ha ha from TFA: "Most notably, Best Buy's model lacks smart TV features"
"manufacturers creating stripped-down versions of their electronics" Good, as long as the spyware and useless crap is stripped out.
parent is probably used to seeing 'worker' as a synonym for 'employee'. I can't support this conclusion, but you may have gotten eight puppies with that post.
I would be glad to, but they generally don't use English which is what the E in OED stands for
Interesting, is there an example of where this kind of setup has been implemented? It sounds sort of like the Android permissions model where they get applied to a specific application.
"Look at what's happened, in terms of breaches, thefts, extortion, and just plain misery." And how much of that was due to Linux kernel flaws? Or how much of that could be avoided by changing the Linux kernel without sacrificing all the other requirements?
"diverging to a common design template" does not compute
Didn't Captain Kirk use this idea to cause an evil computer to explode?
Possibly having people sign the waiver has some effect on the number and frequency of lawsuits, and this has nothing to do with how enforceable it may be.
It would fall under the reasonable person doctrine, as the agreement stated "make myself reasonably available". Would a reasonable person make themselves available for anything more than a short phone call without compensation? I expect not.
Along with a 2 hour course (plus) for the police on how to apply courtesy to their interactions with citizens. I live in a very homogeneous and crime free area and it is amazing how rude (some of) the police are. There's no requirement in the police/public dynamic that the public should simply roll over and accept abusive behavior from public servants.
Sure it could work, as long as you have a box that can turn energy into any physical good you like. Since there is only one real commodity, the system doesn't have to deal with different preferences, even time preferences. (They did have energy usage rations). Without that equalizer, different preferences and relative scarcity will produce 'money' in one form or another.
I guess the FAT filesystem has to go too.
Well, the only function they would need is the ability to get themselves replicated. There isn't a need for them to have any function in the larger picture of the body. But I read the same thing, many of the genes are turning out to be not as quiet as we thought.
Those genes are not expressed, and we don't have copies of those viruses floating around our bloodstream.
Let's hope cinemagoer doesn't regret the choice of hot butter topping