What your are describing is a situation where the word posted did, in fact, originate with you; you simply want to disown them after the fact. That is substantially different than the case where the words did not originate with you and you were given no opportunity to vet them before they were assigned to you.
They can do those things on your behalf, but it must be so stated, legally and formally and they may not assume your identity to do so. They must do so under their own identity, on your behalf.
Someone cannot apply for credit, file their taxes, or vote under another's identity, even with the rightful identity holder's complicity. The people whose identities were hijacked were not the only victims here, by any means. Those who read the posts were deliberately given the impression that the individual posts were the product of the person whose identity was attached to the post. That's fraud. Prosecute them.
An established principle in the law is that there are certain rights you cannot sign away. For instance, you cannot legally, voluntarily or otherwise, enter into slavery in the United States of America. It remains for the courts to decide if one's identity is one of those rights. Prosecute them.
I was of the impression that anything that accesses the cell network already has a unique IMEI adddress and that devices that access networks have a unique MAC address. What does this provide that they don't? It would seem this information could be spoofed at least as easily as such hardware addresses.
... what really need are laws keeping Congress out of science. Of course, government funding is needed, but in the area of administration Congress can't even keep their own house, (or their own House), in order.
Quite truthy, but that overlooks an increasing population that exceeded agricultural demand and the fact that the peasants doing the work were now in the same boat as the factory workers; they were disposable labor. Of course, you can lay some of the blame for that on social change, but much of the social change on the farm was driven by the changes in town and the financial impacts that had for the feudal model.
Not exactly. Their jobs on the land evaporated, leaving them the choice of starving or trying to find work in town. Unless you want to argue death by starvation is a viable choice.
A serf in the Middle Ages was usually reasonably well cared for by his lord. For instance, many, if not most, had access to free medical care, such as it was, as the lord didn't want to lose his property. With the dawn of the Industrial Age, that all went away as the factory owner had no investment in his workers and they were easily replaceable. The life of those workers was, generally, much worse than their predecessor serfs.
Today, H1-B visas are about the same phenomenon. Make workers a disposable commodity and the riches you accrue will be without limit. But all of this overlooks the ascent of robotics, which truly will replace human workers. It will be less effective to throw you shoe in the works when the works just throw it back at you.
Exactly, and it is developing the ability to discern truth, or, in other words, reality, that is most neglected in much of our children's nurturing. Coming from such as religious or political interests, many in our society have been inculcated with the perception that belief trumps reality, (except, of course, for those living in it). From suicide bombers to government-shutdown advocates in Congress, the costs stemming from this cannot be overstated.
Young, developing minds have difficulty separating reality from fantasy. In many ways society encourages this, whether with Santa Claus or "happily ever after". This disconnect is used to comfort and motivate the developing child. The cost comes later in life, when many still have trouble discerning between attractive falsehoods, ("global warming has no anthropogenic causes"), and hard, cold fact.
Many here have proposed teaching logic before coding, and that is reasonable, but as a first step, perception must be groomed to discern between that which we want to believe and that which actually is. Without that, logic has no basis in fact and is as useless as a no-op code.
In the '70s Boeing shut down the SST project. Seattle reeled in the aftermath, prompting the billboard, "Will the last person to leave Seattle, please, turn off the lights."
Of course, politicians love to make hay by decrying the loss of jobs. Social progress and clear thinking are sidelined by such facile, emotional arguments. Had today's political climate existed 100 years ago, we would still be paying for whale oil price supports.
... is subject to criminal punishment, what are the remifications for the legal industry? Is this man's only crime that he did what he did without a law license?
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What your are describing is a situation where the word posted did, in fact, originate with you; you simply want to disown them after the fact. That is substantially different than the case where the words did not originate with you and you were given no opportunity to vet them before they were assigned to you.
They can do those things on your behalf, but it must be so stated, legally and formally and they may not assume your identity to do so. They must do so under their own identity, on your behalf.
Someone cannot apply for credit, file their taxes, or vote under another's identity, even with the rightful identity holder's complicity. The people whose identities were hijacked were not the only victims here, by any means. Those who read the posts were deliberately given the impression that the individual posts were the product of the person whose identity was attached to the post. That's fraud. Prosecute them.
An established principle in the law is that there are certain rights you cannot sign away. For instance, you cannot legally, voluntarily or otherwise, enter into slavery in the United States of America. It remains for the courts to decide if one's identity is one of those rights. Prosecute them.
... for identity theft. Period.
Clearly, the people reading such comments are the ones responsible for them; othewise the poster wouldn't make the effort.
I was of the impression that anything that accesses the cell network already has a unique IMEI adddress and that devices that access networks have a unique MAC address. What does this provide that they don't? It would seem this information could be spoofed at least as easily as such hardware addresses.
Spend some time around a 2-year old and you'll realize all kids start as psychopaths, some grow out of it, some become Wall Street bankers.
... and little else will change.
... what really need are laws keeping Congress out of science. Of course, government funding is needed, but in the area of administration Congress can't even keep their own house, (or their own House), in order.
Quite truthy, but that overlooks an increasing population that exceeded agricultural demand and the fact that the peasants doing the work were now in the same boat as the factory workers; they were disposable labor. Of course, you can lay some of the blame for that on social change, but much of the social change on the farm was driven by the changes in town and the financial impacts that had for the feudal model.
Bear in mind, they were characteristically also evicted from their homes by the lord, who still owned their homes.
Not exactly. Their jobs on the land evaporated, leaving them the choice of starving or trying to find work in town. Unless you want to argue death by starvation is a viable choice.
A serf in the Middle Ages was usually reasonably well cared for by his lord. For instance, many, if not most, had access to free medical care, such as it was, as the lord didn't want to lose his property. With the dawn of the Industrial Age, that all went away as the factory owner had no investment in his workers and they were easily replaceable. The life of those workers was, generally, much worse than their predecessor serfs.
Today, H1-B visas are about the same phenomenon. Make workers a disposable commodity and the riches you accrue will be without limit. But all of this overlooks the ascent of robotics, which truly will replace human workers. It will be less effective to throw you shoe in the works when the works just throw it back at you.
Of course, Monty Python revealed to us that sperm in general is sacred: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk
Sex with relatives, at that.
Are you sure you aren't mything the point?
Yes, let's all worship angiosperms.
Be aware, however, that side effects of this action can include headaches, nausea, starvation, failure to evolve and a nasty rash of nonexistence.
Just use your T.A.R.D.I.S. trowel.
Exactly, and it is developing the ability to discern truth, or, in other words, reality, that is most neglected in much of our children's nurturing. Coming from such as religious or political interests, many in our society have been inculcated with the perception that belief trumps reality, (except, of course, for those living in it). From suicide bombers to government-shutdown advocates in Congress, the costs stemming from this cannot be overstated.
Young, developing minds have difficulty separating reality from fantasy. In many ways society encourages this, whether with Santa Claus or "happily ever after". This disconnect is used to comfort and motivate the developing child. The cost comes later in life, when many still have trouble discerning between attractive falsehoods, ("global warming has no anthropogenic causes"), and hard, cold fact.
Many here have proposed teaching logic before coding, and that is reasonable, but as a first step, perception must be groomed to discern between that which we want to believe and that which actually is. Without that, logic has no basis in fact and is as useless as a no-op code.
In the '70s Boeing shut down the SST project. Seattle reeled in the aftermath, prompting the billboard, "Will the last person to leave Seattle, please, turn off the lights."
Of course, politicians love to make hay by decrying the loss of jobs. Social progress and clear thinking are sidelined by such facile, emotional arguments. Had today's political climate existed 100 years ago, we would still be paying for whale oil price supports.
... might be difficult to explain to shareholders. Unless MS outright intends to kill Nokia, they had better clue-up on the salability issue.
... is subject to criminal punishment, what are the remifications for the legal industry? Is this man's only crime that he did what he did without a law license?