Anyone who thinks that Michael Moore makes documentaries doesn't know the meaning of the word. Just to help some people out, here's the definition of the word: documentary (dk'y-mn't-r) pronunciation adj. 1. Consisting of, concerning, or based on documents. 2. Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting fictional matter, as in a book or film.
Moore's films have very little to do with fact and more to do with his personal agenda. A real documentary will use 100% facts, not just pick facts that only support your view and then fill in the holes with opinions.
Has anyone seen the iPhone commercial where someone is looking for a seafood restaurant, does a search, clicks on the restaurant on the map, sees the info, and clicks the phone number to call the restaurant? How is that innovative? I've been able to do that on my blackberry for over 3 years now.
In which case, you'll end up allowing unfair discrimination. Let's say someone doesn't like black people, homosexuals and christians (and especially black homosexual christians) - do they have a right to not hire someone who is black and/or homosexual and/or christian simply because of they are black and/or homosexual and/or christian? After all, they aren't the kind of people they want working for them.
Discrimination is apart of every hire for every company whether you like it or not.
Should employers do background checks? If my current employer has an applicant from Acme, Inc. and I used to work at Acme, Inc. does the employer have the right to ask me about my experience with the applicant?
Seems to me that an employer has every right to decide what kind/type of person will be working for them.
Something isn't right with this story and I don't think we know both sides of the story yet. This whole MySpace, Facebook, etc... crowd is probably hurting themselves more by using these services than doing good. I know that my company checks all of the "social networking" sites when someone applies for a job and more times than not, their online profiles cast them in a negative light.
Now before anyone accuses me of being a prude, I've done most things shown on myspace. I had a great time at college(s). There is a time and place to be crazy. When it's time to look for a job it would be best to clean up the online profiles or at least make them private.
If my house weren't made of flamable materials, we wouldn't need a fire department. If we didn't have people breaking the law then we wouldn't need police officers. If all nations were buddies we wouldn't need armies. If friction didn't exist I wouldn't need to do maintenance on my car.
I'm tired of the RIAA/MPAA crying "Priracy!" every time their numbers drop. Apparently the RIAA/MPAA thinks that the rules of economics don't apply to them. Obviously when the economy slows down people will purchase less. To be more specific, people will cut out the fat from their purchasing. I don't know of anyone who will choose buying a CD or movie over paying the electric bills or putting food on the table.
Just another example of the Hollywood types being out of touch with reality.
Do the US Representatives and Senators that passed this law remember that they also passed laws banning certain content on the Internet? I realize that blocking child pornography and blocking political speech are two different things, but it is still censorship.
Or maybe I should say that they're becoming their own BIGGEST enemy. Inconveniences like this will drive people away from Vista and into the arms of Apple or Linux.
How are these malicious networks getting into the airports? People aren't allowed in the waiting areas unless they have a ticket for a flight. So where are these wi-fi signals coming from???
So now we're not supposed to kill the enemy, but instead make him/her feel uncomfortable? Isn't the purpose in military action to kill the enemy and make sure that they don't return to fight another day? I know it's brutal, but dammit people we're talking about war not a slap fight between teenage girls.
I guess the hundred of thousands that Saddam gassed while he was in power don't count? Your hatred of Bush is making you forget what really happened under Saddam.
I thought this was a Linux site (or at least a Windows-bashing site)? If Linux is superior to Windows in every way then why don't they link to the Linux install?
I thought the point of open source software was to provide an alternative to closed source software. I thought OSS was trying to provide a better product. I thought OSS was trying to provide a (sometimes) free product. Who cares about market share? I thought that market share was just icing on the cake.
A lot of people hate Microsoft because their strangle-hold on the market. (There's other reasons too, but I'm not arguing those.) Now we have people that want OSS to become the next Microsoft? That doesn't sound right to me.
Comcast should be using QoS to woo customers. Comcast should be able to provide better quality because they can better control traffic on their network. Vonage relies on lots of other providers, whereas Comcast probably keeps most of the VoIP traffic on their own network.
If we have learned ANYTHING in the last 5-10 years of trying to make wireless work it is that wireless is not reliable. It didn't work on 9/11 (ask the policemen and firemen). How are we going to make it work now? Wireless has too many issues with buildings, security, etc to be useful in another similar situation. Plus, if someone really wanted to make things messy all they would have to do is jam the emergeny frequencies being used.
"Our current state of affairs is largely because of our own shady dealings in the middle east. Your question supposes that we are just innocent victims, but if you look at the history, 9/11, or something like it, was long overdue to occur."
I wasn't alive when these "shading dealings" started. Especially since Israel was formed back in the 50s. My question doesn't suggest one way or another that we (as a country) are innocent. I asked how we are supposed to defend ourselves.
"People have died for the right to privacy and the right to freedom, so now we want to give up those rights so we don't have to die? It doesn't work like that and you should be ashamed of yourself for even thinking it."
I'm not asking anyone to give up anything. I knew that I was being watched by the government and I knew that before 9/11. Am I concerned that they might misuse the information? Sure. But I also know that there are private companies out there that have just as much info on me as the government does. My rights as an individual go as far as to not infringe on anyone else's rights. So if someone says in a phone conversation that they're going to fly an airliner into a building and then has also taken the necessary steps to prepare for it, I would expect the government to do everything within their power to stop it.
"Millions have fought and died to insure the American idea of basic human freedoms, so to erode them in exchange for safety and comfort is disgusting and cowardly."
Why must you make personal attacks? I asked a question to get a discussion going.
"But will this also mean that the poor in New Orleans won't be able to pay the charge for fiber-to-premises? Or will they make it so cheap so that New Orleans becomes the haven for geeks and technological companies?"
Poor people have other expenses to worry about. They don't need fiber to the premises. Just like the poor in the rest of the country doesn't have FTTP. Why should N.O. be treated any differently?
This quote: "which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy" does't make any sense to me. First, no one is being stripped of their rights to free speech. Second, I am not aware of any law that guarantees a right to privacy.
I agree that we need to hold the government accountable for its actions. But we also need to make sure that we don't restrict the government's ability to protect the country.
I'm not worried about this NSA situation at all as long as they are only recording phone numbers and not any personal information.
Let me preface my next comment by saying that I love this country and all of the freedoms that I take for granted. With that said, I'm not pleased to see certain groups of people slam the government for trying to protect it's citizens. How is a completely open society suppose to protect itself? How can we keep our plans for protecting oursleves a secret when we have people forcing the government to reveal it's plans? This is something that we have yet to find an answer to.
I also find it strange that there are people who blame Bush, Clinton, the cabinet members, FBI, CIA, NSA, and Congress for 9/11 but they won't let these people/agencies try to protect us against future attacks. What happens if there is another attack on our country and we find out later that one of these "questionable spying techniques" would have stopped the attacks and saved lives? Who's to blame then?
These questions need to be out in the open. Why aren't our representatives putting politics aside and trying to come up with a protection plan that most of the country will support?
My experience (in central Iowa) is that the cable companies have been upgrading their systems for the last 5-7 years. They're spending millions and millions to upgrade their own networks. They've obviously been planning on offering new services (cable modems, VOD, more channels, more ppv, hdtv, VOIP,...) for quite some time.
Why haven't the telecoms be doing the same? Why didn't they push this issue earlier? As far as I can tell, Verizon is the only telco that is really serious about upgrading and using fiber to the doorstep.
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Anyone who thinks that Michael Moore makes documentaries doesn't know the meaning of the word. Just to help some people out, here's the definition of the word: documentary (dk'y-mn't-r) pronunciation adj. 1. Consisting of, concerning, or based on documents. 2. Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting fictional matter, as in a book or film.
Moore's films have very little to do with fact and more to do with his personal agenda. A real documentary will use 100% facts, not just pick facts that only support your view and then fill in the holes with opinions.
Nick
Has anyone seen the iPhone commercial where someone is looking for a seafood restaurant, does a search, clicks on the restaurant on the map, sees the info, and clicks the phone number to call the restaurant? How is that innovative? I've been able to do that on my blackberry for over 3 years now.
Nick
Discrimination is apart of every hire for every company whether you like it or not.
Nick
Should employers do background checks? If my current employer has an applicant from Acme, Inc. and I used to work at Acme, Inc. does the employer have the right to ask me about my experience with the applicant?
Seems to me that an employer has every right to decide what kind/type of person will be working for them.
Nick
Something isn't right with this story and I don't think we know both sides of the story yet. This whole MySpace, Facebook, etc... crowd is probably hurting themselves more by using these services than doing good. I know that my company checks all of the "social networking" sites when someone applies for a job and more times than not, their online profiles cast them in a negative light.
Now before anyone accuses me of being a prude, I've done most things shown on myspace. I had a great time at college(s). There is a time and place to be crazy. When it's time to look for a job it would be best to clean up the online profiles or at least make them private.
Nick
If my house weren't made of flamable materials, we wouldn't need a fire department. If we didn't have people breaking the law then we wouldn't need police officers. If all nations were buddies we wouldn't need armies. If friction didn't exist I wouldn't need to do maintenance on my car.
Nick
This is correct.
I also receive emails faster on my BB handheld than I do through Outlook, but that's because I run Outlook in cached mode.
Nick
I'm tired of the RIAA/MPAA crying "Priracy!" every time their numbers drop. Apparently the RIAA/MPAA thinks that the rules of economics don't apply to them. Obviously when the economy slows down people will purchase less. To be more specific, people will cut out the fat from their purchasing. I don't know of anyone who will choose buying a CD or movie over paying the electric bills or putting food on the table.
Just another example of the Hollywood types being out of touch with reality.
-Nick
Launch scrubbed for today. Haven't heard when it will be rescheduled.
Nick
Do the US Representatives and Senators that passed this law remember that they also passed laws banning certain content on the Internet? I realize that blocking child pornography and blocking political speech are two different things, but it is still censorship.
Nick
Or maybe I should say that they're becoming their own BIGGEST enemy. Inconveniences like this will drive people away from Vista and into the arms of Apple or Linux.
Nick
How are these malicious networks getting into the airports? People aren't allowed in the waiting areas unless they have a ticket for a flight. So where are these wi-fi signals coming from???
Nick
So now we're not supposed to kill the enemy, but instead make him/her feel uncomfortable? Isn't the purpose in military action to kill the enemy and make sure that they don't return to fight another day? I know it's brutal, but dammit people we're talking about war not a slap fight between teenage girls.
-Nick
I guess the hundred of thousands that Saddam gassed while he was in power don't count? Your hatred of Bush is making you forget what really happened under Saddam.
Nick
I thought this was a Linux site (or at least a Windows-bashing site)? If Linux is superior to Windows in every way then why don't they link to the Linux install?
Nick
I thought the point of open source software was to provide an alternative to closed source software. I thought OSS was trying to provide a better product. I thought OSS was trying to provide a (sometimes) free product. Who cares about market share? I thought that market share was just icing on the cake.
A lot of people hate Microsoft because their strangle-hold on the market. (There's other reasons too, but I'm not arguing those.) Now we have people that want OSS to become the next Microsoft? That doesn't sound right to me.
Nick
Comcast should be using QoS to woo customers. Comcast should be able to provide better quality because they can better control traffic on their network. Vonage relies on lots of other providers, whereas Comcast probably keeps most of the VoIP traffic on their own network.
Nick
If we have learned ANYTHING in the last 5-10 years of trying to make wireless work it is that wireless is not reliable. It didn't work on 9/11 (ask the policemen and firemen). How are we going to make it work now? Wireless has too many issues with buildings, security, etc to be useful in another similar situation. Plus, if someone really wanted to make things messy all they would have to do is jam the emergeny frequencies being used.
Nick
Delete the wav file. Or replace it with a sound you want. Problem solved. However, it still is a stupid move if Microsoft decides to do this.
Nick
I wasn't alive when these "shading dealings" started. Especially since Israel was formed back in the 50s. My question doesn't suggest one way or another that we (as a country) are innocent. I asked how we are supposed to defend ourselves.
"People have died for the right to privacy and the right to freedom, so now we want to give up those rights so we don't have to die? It doesn't work like that and you should be ashamed of yourself for even thinking it."
I'm not asking anyone to give up anything. I knew that I was being watched by the government and I knew that before 9/11. Am I concerned that they might misuse the information? Sure. But I also know that there are private companies out there that have just as much info on me as the government does. My rights as an individual go as far as to not infringe on anyone else's rights. So if someone says in a phone conversation that they're going to fly an airliner into a building and then has also taken the necessary steps to prepare for it, I would expect the government to do everything within their power to stop it.
"Millions have fought and died to insure the American idea of basic human freedoms, so to erode them in exchange for safety and comfort is disgusting and cowardly."
Why must you make personal attacks? I asked a question to get a discussion going.
Nick
...that doesn't have a simple answer: How can the government protect the country from another 9/11 if it's not allowed to spy?
Nick
Poor people have other expenses to worry about. They don't need fiber to the premises. Just like the poor in the rest of the country doesn't have FTTP. Why should N.O. be treated any differently?
Nick
I agree that we need to hold the government accountable for its actions. But we also need to make sure that we don't restrict the government's ability to protect the country.
Nick
I'm not worried about this NSA situation at all as long as they are only recording phone numbers and not any personal information.
Let me preface my next comment by saying that I love this country and all of the freedoms that I take for granted. With that said, I'm not pleased to see certain groups of people slam the government for trying to protect it's citizens. How is a completely open society suppose to protect itself? How can we keep our plans for protecting oursleves a secret when we have people forcing the government to reveal it's plans? This is something that we have yet to find an answer to.
I also find it strange that there are people who blame Bush, Clinton, the cabinet members, FBI, CIA, NSA, and Congress for 9/11 but they won't let these people/agencies try to protect us against future attacks. What happens if there is another attack on our country and we find out later that one of these "questionable spying techniques" would have stopped the attacks and saved lives? Who's to blame then?
These questions need to be out in the open. Why aren't our representatives putting politics aside and trying to come up with a protection plan that most of the country will support?
Nick
My experience (in central Iowa) is that the cable companies have been upgrading their systems for the last 5-7 years. They're spending millions and millions to upgrade their own networks. They've obviously been planning on offering new services (cable modems, VOD, more channels, more ppv, hdtv, VOIP, ...) for quite some time.
Why haven't the telecoms be doing the same? Why didn't they push this issue earlier? As far as I can tell, Verizon is the only telco that is really serious about upgrading and using fiber to the doorstep.
Nick