Then those minors will be PERMANENTLY DAMAGED FOR LIFE. Permitting minors to know of the existence of adult novelty items is a crime against humanity and should be punished by death.
You say that (I assume) in jest, but there's going to be people who think along those lines. I do expect some Concerned Parent type to try to jail someone over something like that on Facebook sooner or later, especially considering the fact that Facebook's the new Myspace as far as the Think Of The Children crowd are concerned.
Jesus Christ, what kind of person would choose to link to a site about a topic unrelated to taxes that references taxes in its masthead?
People who believe that eliminating taxation and reverting to 19th-century ideas free markets are a panacea for all the world's problems, pretty much.
That and, well, opinions can't ever be wrong these days, apparently. That means that if someone wants to discard information learned by people who have likely forgotten more about how the climate works than the deniers are ever going to learn, it's alright. Who needs experts? They just use words with more than three syllables and can potentially make us uncomfortable, so they've obviously got nothing to contribute.
(Of course, someone's likely to respond to this with the usual list of "scientific experts who oppose global warming" that's composed of social scientists, economists, people who got their faux-doctorates by mail order, etc.)
(I'm sure most of us get next to no spam, but the typical Slashdot user is far from the typical computer user. Most people I know are drowning in the stuff, even ones with Gmail accounts.)
I'm kinda getting the impression that Apple's operating on the assumption that they still own each and every iPhone, and that you're only paying out your ass to borrow the things.
I'm increasingly tempted to just get a bullhorn for my telecommunications purposes...
'd hate to know how you'd feel if you were French and actually had to live with the knowledge that not only did your country surrender to Germany without a fight
The fact that the only country to survive a blitzkrieg on the ground - and no, I don't consider the 1944-45 Ardennes campaign to count - was the Soviet Union aside, I'm sure the 160,000 Germans and Italians killed or wounded in the Battle of France would agree that it was just a walk in the park.
One thing I'm wondering about that would be enforcement.
Say I write a story - and, by extension, own it - and I publish it someplace where Google's non-exclusive transfer (or the non-exclusive transfer of anyone else with similar clauses) applies. Time passes, and some third party files my name off what I right and starts doing something actionable copyright-wise with it.
Who would get to go after that legally? Would it be me, Google (or whoever), both, whoever managed to shoot for it first...?
what were they protesting? you only protest if something is wrong, right?
I dunno, have you seen many student protests lately? I'm pretty sure some of the local protests are because it's a nice day out as much as [insert pressing issue].;)
Well, I'd assume a lot of the CIA folks are a bunch of cynical full-wits. Of course, whether that conflicts with being nice guys or not is a matter for interpretation.;)
I actually have some sympathy for the reporters involved in this, because they have no clue what they're getting themselves in to.
That's precisely why I don't have sympathy for them. Anyone whose day job (theoretically) involves disseminating accurate or relevant information should know better than to go off that half-cocked. Or, since it's a net-related thing, maybe ask a random fourteen-year-old.
And the affiliate's taking shit for it now? Gee. Cause, I'd like to introduce you to Effect.
I assumed his point is that it doesn't - or at least *shouldn't* - matter, but that it can be hard to shut up that nagging voice in the back of your head that says "Oh, come on" whether it has any business doing so or not.
Does anyone actually roleplay as opposed to rollplay in WoW anyway?
Not trying to be too flippant; I'm genuinely curious. Anyone I know who talks about WoW goes on almost exclusively about either gaming the system or inter-player drama, and I'm wondering if there's more than a handful of exceptions in the game.
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Then those minors will be PERMANENTLY DAMAGED FOR LIFE. Permitting minors to know of the existence of adult novelty items is a crime against humanity and should be punished by death.
You say that (I assume) in jest, but there's going to be people who think along those lines. I do expect some Concerned Parent type to try to jail someone over something like that on Facebook sooner or later, especially considering the fact that Facebook's the new Myspace as far as the Think Of The Children crowd are concerned.
Jesus Christ, what kind of person would choose to link to a site about a topic unrelated to taxes that references taxes in its masthead?
People who believe that eliminating taxation and reverting to 19th-century ideas free markets are a panacea for all the world's problems, pretty much.
That and, well, opinions can't ever be wrong these days, apparently. That means that if someone wants to discard information learned by people who have likely forgotten more about how the climate works than the deniers are ever going to learn, it's alright. Who needs experts? They just use words with more than three syllables and can potentially make us uncomfortable, so they've obviously got nothing to contribute.
(Of course, someone's likely to respond to this with the usual list of "scientific experts who oppose global warming" that's composed of social scientists, economists, people who got their faux-doctorates by mail order, etc.)
125875 is a low ID now?
:(
I am wracked with virtual ancience.
Come on, this is Slashdot. That can't be more than the third most stupid argument you've ever heard.
Shades of Usenet. :P
(I'm sure most of us get next to no spam, but the typical Slashdot user is far from the typical computer user. Most people I know are drowning in the stuff, even ones with Gmail accounts.)
Presidential elections in twenty or thirty years are going to be hilarious.
Like in every other thing in our life where's the red line?
A lot of the time, there isn't one.
Welcome to the real world.
I'm kinda getting the impression that Apple's operating on the assumption that they still own each and every iPhone, and that you're only paying out your ass to borrow the things.
I'm increasingly tempted to just get a bullhorn for my telecommunications purposes...
'd hate to know how you'd feel if you were French and actually had to live with the knowledge that not only did your country surrender to Germany without a fight
The fact that the only country to survive a blitzkrieg on the ground - and no, I don't consider the 1944-45 Ardennes campaign to count - was the Soviet Union aside, I'm sure the 160,000 Germans and Italians killed or wounded in the Battle of France would agree that it was just a walk in the park.
One thing I'm wondering about that would be enforcement.
Say I write a story - and, by extension, own it - and I publish it someplace where Google's non-exclusive transfer (or the non-exclusive transfer of anyone else with similar clauses) applies. Time passes, and some third party files my name off what I right and starts doing something actionable copyright-wise with it.
Who would get to go after that legally? Would it be me, Google (or whoever), both, whoever managed to shoot for it first...?
I'd figure anything that attracted Slashdot's attention would quickly become somewhat more expensive to host, yes.
what were they protesting? you only protest if something is wrong, right?
;)
I dunno, have you seen many student protests lately? I'm pretty sure some of the local protests are because it's a nice day out as much as [insert pressing issue].
Well, I'd assume a lot of the CIA folks are a bunch of cynical full-wits. Of course, whether that conflicts with being nice guys or not is a matter for interpretation. ;)
What about the ones who do present valid arguments for intelligent design?
The fictional ones, you mean?
Actually, someone did complain about Slashdot by name in the comments. ;)
I actually have some sympathy for the reporters involved in this, because they have no clue what they're getting themselves in to.
That's precisely why I don't have sympathy for them. Anyone whose day job (theoretically) involves disseminating accurate or relevant information should know better than to go off that half-cocked. Or, since it's a net-related thing, maybe ask a random fourteen-year-old.
And the affiliate's taking shit for it now? Gee. Cause, I'd like to introduce you to Effect.
If he's not "promoted" to Global Visionary and shuffled into a basement office somewhere in the next year or three, I'll be astonished.
Right, because everyone knows a continent with a population of nine hundred million across fifty-three countries is incapable of multitasking.
'Cause no self-described nerds use AOL or Vista, right?
What's the reward for goodwill towards murderous enemies again?
Most-favored-nation status.
Intelligent design isn't free thinking, it's free of it.
I dunno, I can see the latter if it sucks or is cancelled altogether.
I assumed his point is that it doesn't - or at least *shouldn't* - matter, but that it can be hard to shut up that nagging voice in the back of your head that says "Oh, come on" whether it has any business doing so or not.
Does anyone actually roleplay as opposed to rollplay in WoW anyway?
Not trying to be too flippant; I'm genuinely curious. Anyone I know who talks about WoW goes on almost exclusively about either gaming the system or inter-player drama, and I'm wondering if there's more than a handful of exceptions in the game.
It gets even more entertaining if the minimum-wage employee is himself, say, sixteen and on his first or second job.