That'll work - unless at least one ISP rolls over, avoiding the fine and thus the need to increase subscription costs. Consumers, uninterested in why all the service providers except X have raised prices, say "Fuck that, I'm switching to X - it's cheaper".
Basically... if I use their browser anything I do online becomes their property... how is that good for me or anyone?
Actually the terms say that you grant a royalty-free licence, not ownership. It's still an unacceptable condition, but I feel the distinction is important.
The GP's point is that by selling at 12.01, the obscure web posting has not had time to affect the stock price. You can sell up before the price crashes, but plausibly state that you were acting on publicly available knowledge.
2. There is no way to enforce age limits for WiiWare downloads.
Actually there is. Of course, it relies on the parents using the console's parental controls - and you can't expect the authorities to let parents make their own minds up, can you?
I'm perfectly aware of the horrific effect that such things had on people's minds. I am also aware of how callously they were treated. WWI soldiers suffering 'shell-shock' were branded as cowards and traitors. In WWII, the US military would use the euphemistic term 'exhaustion' to refer to psychiatric problems, rather than face the true impact on the soldier.
I think it is a sign of the times that people seem to think that physical agony can even begin to compare to psychological agony.
On the contrary, I think it is only a recent development that we can see psychological pain as being as real or more real than physical pain. It is not so long ago that mental problems were casually dismissed by most as being 'just in your head'.
The point I'm trying to make is that modern society is improving in this regard, rather than degrading.
UK citizens are safe in the knowledge that they're being watched.
That poster is no one-off either. After it became fashionable to compare everything to 1984 the Government agencies realised they could play on people's paranoia. Hence the 'watchful eyes' poster, the targeting benefit fraud campaign and the warning to car tax evaders ("You can't escape the DVLA computer").
You're quite right, this story had passed me by. Although it is Europe-wide, not just UK.
I saw some coverage on the BBC some months back when a group of bloggers were making a point of exposing misleading promos, but at the time there were only faint rumblings of a possible law being introduced.
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I still remember the time when people would wait for movie critics to give their opinion on a movie before they went to see it.
Which is why movie critics get advance screenings and then their (favourable) opinion gets blasted all over the mediasphere as part of the advertising campaign.
Which is utterly worthless. It is not beyond the promoters to take the line "Whatever you do, do not go and see this film!" from a review and use the last five words in the promo material.
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That'll work - unless at least one ISP rolls over, avoiding the fine and thus the need to increase subscription costs. Consumers, uninterested in why all the service providers except X have raised prices, say "Fuck that, I'm switching to X - it's cheaper".
Basically ... if I use their browser anything I do online becomes their property ... how is that good for me or anyone?
Actually the terms say that you grant a royalty-free licence, not ownership. It's still an unacceptable condition, but I feel the distinction is important.
He was killed by a soldier rather than police, but the shooting of Yasser Salihee in 2005 seems relevant.
Schroedinger's God can exist and not exist at the same time, as long as you don't look at Him.
Carrying your own flag upside-down? WTF?
What about George Bush, who was photographed at the games holding the US flag backwards?
Keep doing your thing, and if it's good enough people will play.
Is that you, Shoeless Joe?
I guarantee, I can already see a thousand Slashdotters preparing their best "NO CARRIER" jokes.
I would like to read the article.
I'm sorry, could you rephrase that? I'm not sure I quite grasp what you mean.
Actually it's got a million and one uses. Torgo's Thespian Powder!
Some combat sports are among the most cerebral activities you can do. They're 3d real time chess that hurts when you lose.
No kidding.
The /. lameness filter could use a little tweaking.
Was this story posted in response to a comment on the previous article?
I don't think anyone could argue that is not a more meaningful project than the WiFi trolley.
What is this, a knitting circle of nerds?
No, that's what you end up with when someone confuses Perl and purl.
The GP's point is that by selling at 12.01, the obscure web posting has not had time to affect the stock price. You can sell up before the price crashes, but plausibly state that you were acting on publicly available knowledge.
I think this may be the most surreal headline I've seen all year.
There are about a thousand gun deaths in America every year
Not exactly. In 2005 there were over 30,000 firearms related deaths.
2. There is no way to enforce age limits for WiiWare downloads.
Actually there is. Of course, it relies on the parents using the console's parental controls - and you can't expect the authorities to let parents make their own minds up, can you?
I'm perfectly aware of the horrific effect that such things had on people's minds. I am also aware of how callously they were treated. WWI soldiers suffering 'shell-shock' were branded as cowards and traitors. In WWII, the US military would use the euphemistic term 'exhaustion' to refer to psychiatric problems, rather than face the true impact on the soldier.
I think it is a sign of the times that people seem to think that physical agony can even begin to compare to psychological agony.
On the contrary, I think it is only a recent development that we can see psychological pain as being as real or more real than physical pain. It is not so long ago that mental problems were casually dismissed by most as being 'just in your head'.
The point I'm trying to make is that modern society is improving in this regard, rather than degrading.
If the original article is the same George Dyson I'm thinking of (inventor of the Dyson vacuum)
That was James Dyson.
UK citizens are safe in the knowledge that they're being watched.
That poster is no one-off either. After it became fashionable to compare everything to 1984 the Government agencies realised they could play on people's paranoia. Hence the 'watchful eyes' poster, the targeting benefit fraud campaign and the warning to car tax evaders ("You can't escape the DVLA computer").
Computers are already smart enough to talk to us.
Do computers worry you ?
They just don't have anything interesting to say.
I'm not sure I understand you fully.
Why don't you try starting a conversation?
Do you believe I don't try starting a conversation ?
You're quite right, this story had passed me by. Although it is Europe-wide, not just UK.
I saw some coverage on the BBC some months back when a group of bloggers were making a point of exposing misleading promos, but at the time there were only faint rumblings of a possible law being introduced.
Repeat as necessary or until dead.
Redundancy?
Which is utterly worthless. It is not beyond the promoters to take the line "Whatever you do, do not go and see this film!" from a review and use the last five words in the promo material.