5 year old Inspiron 8600.
but the 15.4" 1920x1080 display So you had a laptop with 1920x1080 display years before the WUXGA standard even came about? Can I have a ride in your time machine too?
I fully expect within the next few years we will see average Joe hacker... as in a person who likes to fool with technology... begin a personal and secret computer assault against any business or organization who uses the services of spammers. Why would he want to stop the hackers when he can use his expertise to help them and make tons of money? I'm sure they want a cut of the penis pill sales and Nigerian scam money too!
Everything can be abused that doesn't prove that it will be again. That is also a logical fallacy. Why should I trust what you said? Exactly what is going to stop any potential abuses from happening?
Right now the question is there anything wrong with blocking sites that are known sources of kiddie porn? You mean other than the fact that it will have little to no impact on the actual child porn trade? Do you think blocking a few newsgroups and other public sites is really going to do much of anything?
You mean like the legal system? Or anything else? Those public officials are accountable to the public. Last time I checked the Center for Missing and Exploited Children doesn't have any such public accountability.
Of course not but then the question becomes how can you stop the abuse. Can people the use the internet to commit crimes? Yes it can. So do you eliminate the internet or do you try and prevent the abuse by passing laws about spamming and phishing? Yes, you pass laws that create a system of transparency and accountability. You don't allow a private organization, who has no such obligations, full control of the policy. If you can't see the difference, then I don't know what to say.
You said that someone attempted to put Pirates Bay on kiddie porn list.... They didn't so it would seem that in that case the system worked. Only because there was intense pressure brought to bear because the Swedish police were publicly accountable. The group maintaining the list that we talk of here has no such analog. They can add anyone they want and the public really can't do a thing.
I don't see anyone calling you names but, if you're going to object to something, offer an alternative. If private collectors shouldn't be able to buy and horde these things, what should be done? Put them into a museum and charge a nominal fee to see it. Just like any privately-funded museum does. Good enough?
Yes I have heard of filtering software making an error. So you think there will be no errors in this system? Please explain how unlike in every other human endeavor this one is going to be error free? And what exactly does one do once a site gets incorrectly labeled as a kiddie porn site? Yeah, I'm sure that's not going to haunt the person for the rest of their lives. *rolls eyes*
If the police provide a list of known kiddie porn sites that wouldn't be an issue. You mean just like in Sweden when it was attempted to put The Pirate Bay on a kiddie pron site list? Yep, no issues at all. And secondly, this isn't a list coming from police, it's from an unaccountable private organization.
Most filtering problems come from trying to guess if they are legit or not. Or people just maliciously blocking stuff. http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/07/29/censorware/
So you want a situation to occur (artifacts to be in museums), but don't care where the funding comes from. Nope. I just don't want cultural artifacts to be hidden from the world. The rest of your statements are you attempting to put words in my mouth.
In other words, if a bill was proposed to expand museum public funding through increased taxation, you would be all for it. Where did I say anything of the sort? Pulling stuff out of thin air again, I see.
That is where my original complaint comes into play. You would be supporting a bill that forces people to give up a part of their productivity to fund a cause you support. This violates their rights as human beings. See my original reply. Sorry, but I wouldn't. So again, you're still bashing on a strawman.
Fine, then you can look at the concrete example where in Sweden some group was trying to get The Pirate Bay on some child porn filter list through false means. Are you really going to try to claim that groups would never try such similar tactics for other sites that they don't like?
Really is it such a wild idea that they may actually only block kidde porn? Yes. Have you been living under a rock to not hear the countless stories of legitimate sites being blocked by filtering software? Oh and that's not even getting to the ones where a group has blocked out websites that were critical of them.
What model are you hoping to see if you object so strongly to #1? I don't object to those who are willing to allow the public to see their own cultural artifacts. I have a big problem with people hoarding such things away from the public. I can get called any sorts of names and get modded as a troll, but my view on the subject isn't going to change.
You made the assertion that the "vast majority don't" donate/lease their items to museums. You need to back that up with some source. Saying "reality" is not the same as providing a source. Other replies to your original statement have made the same observation. So if the vast majority do, where's your evidence? Saying that you see a lot of donated items in a museum doesn't translate into the saying that the vast majority of private collectors do the same. In the end you are trying to hold me to a standard of evidence that you don't follow yourself.
Alright. I agree with that too. So your option then (that does not violate anyone's rights) is to donate and persuade others to donate. Yes. I don't feel that people should be hoarding cultural artifacts from the world. I couldn't give a shit less if it's privately or publicly owned though.
Based on what? Reality.
Almost every museum exhibit I've seen says that it was donated or leased from a private collector. And this translates into every private collector doing such a similar thing, how?
Are you citing some statistics, or just making stuff up? I'm doing exactly what you are doing. That is unless you are going to claim that you have some statistic that says that the vast majority of private collectors have their items all on loan to some museum.
You opposed private ownership, so you must be for public ownership, no? Sorry, but no. I said they should be in a museum rather than locked up in someone's private collection where it will most likely be unavailable for others to see. Last time I checked, there was nothing about an item being kept in a museum that implied public ownership of said item. The rest of your rant is going to be ignored because it all stems from your fault assumptions of what you thought i was saying.
Private collectors regularly donate or lease their collections to museums for display. Sure some do, but the vast majority don't.
And what's to stop a private collector from making their own exhibit to show for a fee? How often does this actually happen in the real world?
If you would like to help support a museum, feel free to donate, but don't tell everyone that they must give up a portion of their income to support your own cause. Who exactly are you attacking with this statement? It can't be me since I never made such a statement so I'm rather baffled why you made it in response to my post. *shrug*
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Because he killed his wife. Don't you read the news?
Then stop downloading songs that you don't have permission to do so, then it's pretty easy to avoid every having to pay a single cent in those fines.
Why should you have to pay 99 dollars to run an app that you wrote on your own phone?
I've had a 4 TB Raid 5 NFS for over 2 years now with another 3 TB one as backup. 8 TB is really not that much at all.
Those companies have to follow federal anti-discrimination laws if they are getting a government contract AFAIK.
Someone's gay, atheist boyfriend? :P
Fine, then you can look at the concrete example where in Sweden some group was trying to get The Pirate Bay on some child porn filter list through false means. Are you really going to try to claim that groups would never try such similar tactics for other sites that they don't like?
You can also choose not to say the pledge. That was decided by the Supreme Court decades ago.
Yes, I totally agree with them booting out loyal Eagle scouts because they came out of the closet. What a fine, upstanding organization.
Then they must have been pretty far removed from the national organization.
Nah, they just hate gays and atheists//agnostics.
Sure, a fraction of their collections, but the vast majority of such stuff stays locked up from the rest of the world.