If they can create a list of sites that contain this vile shit, wouldn't it make sense to, oh, I don't know, maybe shut them down, prosecute the scumbags that are running the sites, and then use their client records to find and prosecute the people who were paying for it?
You're responsible for the mechanical condition of whatever car you're driving. Period.
That's why you can get tickets and be fined for things like 'insufficient brakes' even if you're driving your employer's car. In New York you get fewer points than if it were to occur in a car you owned, but you still get points against your license for operate an unsafe vehicle.
It seems to me that there's got to be a reason that pedestrians have the right of way. Maybe it's that in exchange for being granted the privilege of driving an automobile on a public road these drivers assume responsibility for remaining in control of their vehicles and are accountable for the consequences of failing to do so.
You get in a Mazda Miata, drive off the road at 30mph, you run through a mailbox and crash into a light pole. You do the same thing in a Ford Excursion at 30mph, you go through the mailbox, pole, the two kids in their plastic wading pool, grandma whose watching them from a lawn chair, and crash in to the house, maiming mom and dad who were watching tv sitting against the wall you just drove through.
I was the senior sysadmin at a mom'n'pop ISP for several years.
It's economy of scale. You will always have 90% of your resources used by 10% of the population.
If you want to offer 'unlimited' dial-up you do the numbers to figure out how much, on average, you have to charge each user to make a reasonable profit. Same applies to broadband service, I'd expect.
As others have mentioned, if I did resign myself to being locked in and buy one it would be because of design and the 'tucked in' feeling.
Apple makes excellent products; the question is if those benefits outweigh the limitations in the case of this particular product. Doubtful.
I've been planning on snagging an iPhone as soon as the next model is released.
Unless a) this situation plays out differently than currently seems likely or b) I come to decide that a phone is just an appliance and I can live with Apple's constraints... I will not be buying an iPhone after all.
Certifications provide a baseline clue as to whether or not your has proven at some point to meet certain minimum requirements of knowledge and/or skill.
I agree though that certifications don't protect the public- such professionals would have to be bonded for that.
I'm thinking CISSP or along those lines get the official certification 'for free'. Let current uncertified IT professionals get a grace period of a few years to take a free test to get certified.
New IT professionals officially 'apprentice' grade or somesuch until they're take the same exam and perhaps some mandatory formal education.
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Does France not have anything along the lines of the 'first sale' doctrine?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine
If they can create a list of sites that contain this vile shit, wouldn't it make sense to, oh, I don't know, maybe shut them down, prosecute the scumbags that are running the sites, and then use their client records to find and prosecute the people who were paying for it?
You're responsible for the mechanical condition of whatever car you're driving. Period.
That's why you can get tickets and be fined for things like 'insufficient brakes' even if you're driving your employer's car. In New York you get fewer points than if it were to occur in a car you owned, but you still get points against your license for operate an unsafe vehicle.
It seems to me that there's got to be a reason that pedestrians have the right of way. Maybe it's that in exchange for being granted the privilege of driving an automobile on a public road these drivers assume responsibility for remaining in control of their vehicles and are accountable for the consequences of failing to do so.
You get in a Mazda Miata, drive off the road at 30mph, you run through a mailbox and crash into a light pole. You do the same thing in a Ford Excursion at 30mph, you go through the mailbox, pole, the two kids in their plastic wading pool, grandma whose watching them from a lawn chair, and crash in to the house, maiming mom and dad who were watching tv sitting against the wall you just drove through.
Bigger car = more potential for harming others.
Because with greater vehicular mass should come greater driver responsibility.
So what you're really asking is what sort of evidence of tampering you should be sure to avoid leaving behind?
I tried:
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Disappointing indeed.
Just set up QoS such that VOIP, SMTP, HTTP, HTTPS, and whatever else you care about gets prioritized.
Deny them common carrier status.
What kind of idiot would have a windows box controlling a heart monitor?
I was the senior sysadmin at a mom'n'pop ISP for several years.
It's economy of scale. You will always have 90% of your resources used by 10% of the population.
If you want to offer 'unlimited' dial-up you do the numbers to figure out how much, on average, you have to charge each user to make a reasonable profit. Same applies to broadband service, I'd expect.
or, how about instead they just provide the service people are, um, you know paying for?
Just move my packets around without f'ing with them, please and thank you.
Headstones... Heh.
> a truly just society is one that metes out punishments that are milder than the actual crimes being punished (but not too mild, just milder).
That's ridiculous.
Steal $100, so a just society fines you $95?
Congratulations, it's now profitable to steal even if caught in this just society of yours.
As others have mentioned, if I did resign myself to being locked in and buy one it would be because of design and the 'tucked in' feeling. Apple makes excellent products; the question is if those benefits outweigh the limitations in the case of this particular product. Doubtful.
You've got it exactly right.
I've been planning on snagging an iPhone as soon as the next model is released.
Unless a) this situation plays out differently than currently seems likely or b) I come to decide that a phone is just an appliance and I can live with Apple's constraints... I will not be buying an iPhone after all.
|If Mexico or Canada invaded[1] the USA, would you expect support from your European allies?
Interesting idea.
| And how would you feel about them deciding that you need liberating from your current president and invading?
Sounds great. When can you guys get started?
I admit it, your joke is better than mine.
In Pliocene-era Russia giant rodents unearth you!
mine is smaller still. so?
I live in NY too...
Certifications provide a baseline clue as to whether or not your has proven at some point to meet certain minimum requirements of knowledge and/or skill.
I agree though that certifications don't protect the public- such professionals would have to be bonded for that.
I'm thinking CISSP or along those lines get the official certification 'for free'. Let current uncertified IT professionals get a grace period of a few years to take a free test to get certified.
New IT professionals officially 'apprentice' grade or somesuch until they're take the same exam and perhaps some mandatory formal education.
How about if such tools were only legal for licensed/certified IT and Information Security professionals?
Yes, this would mean our having to get certified as at least minimally competent at what we do, much like hairdressers and engineers.
The idea is analogous to how, in New York at least, it's illegal for random people to carry lockpicks.
Ethernet jacks and a nic card?
Doubly redundant.
Those of you who haven't worked on the business side of an ISP may not realize this, but customers who actually use the service are [i]the enemy[/i].
Of course they're going to throttle p2p for as long as they can get away with it. It uses bandwidth!
Users using bandwidth costs them money. Much better to just have people pay without actually being able to use the service they're paying for.