The US extradition relied on its insistence that McKinnon had intentionally caused $700,000 of damage to their computers. McKinnon denied causing the damage.
The scientific method doesn't have "keep shouting the other guy down until he goes away" as part of the process.
They had to adopt this or the "I'm not talking to you anymore" strategy after the 9000th "debater" insisted on continuing to "question" the data and methods that have been approved by countless scientific societies.
you don't get to question the ethics of the guy with the opposing ideas just because he disagrees with you.
That is absolutely not true. It turns out you can, though you may have to ask those "boorish","loud-mouth", "antagonistic", "dogma-preaching", "name calling" jerks over at the local academy how and when it is appropriate to do so.
I know "climate scientists" who behave exactly that way, so pretending they don't exist won't earn you any points in this discussion.
Oh noes, a climatologist being arrogant and touchy? Wake me up never.
If you don't like the license agreement and the fact that it can be changed at any time, STOP USING PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT REQUIRES A LICENSING AGREEMENT
IANAS, but couldn't they seriously cut these practicality issues in half if they just used head rotation instead of eye position?
What if some people want some sort of "round lever" if you will, that we can use with our manipulators [hands] on to receive instant tactile feedback about the road?
Whatever happened to just wearing a ski mask when committing a "crime"? I'm not sure I'd feel less silly painting my face than simply putting on a mask.
Whats the point of bypassing facial recognition if you've still been recorded in a manner that could identify you? It would help abate real-time face-triggered alerts, but not much else.
If people start doing this, I predict it would only be a matter of time before the police would categorize anyone with a painted face as a possible terrorist threat, such as how the ski mask is considered now.
In addition, there are questions about IP addresses being an identifier of a pirate since users can steal or borrow another's IP address to commit file infringement.
"Whats that? We still need another fake company name? Crap. What was that movie you just bought on Blu-ray, Bob?"
Bob: "Uhh.. Tropic Thunder?"
"Tropical Thunder Appliances it is then!"
No, it is Gamestop's fault for misleading their customers; Fry's Electronics uses stickers that include disclaimers for used or returned products, which contain all kinds of legal information. If the box says "comes with free DLC", then free DLC better damn well be included in the product, regardless of who owned it last. If it were EA selling these used games, they would be liable, but they are not.
IANAL, but if that were actually true, then any store that puts ANY kind of sticker on the packaging could be held liable for "copyright and trademark" infringement. Fry's Electronics uses stickers that include disclaimers for used or returned products, so why couldn't Gamestop?
Why bother shutting down at all when they can remove all of the censorship filters on their Chinese site and let the local govt take care of the rest? Money saver!
Windows you have a known memory leaks in parts of svchost, so if you keep that thing up for a week you'll see it taking up anywhere from 250mb [windowsbbs.com] to more than a gig. [techguy.org] This occurs in all versions of windows from XP to 7, 64 bit and 32 all the same
Bullshit. If you actually believe that all Windows machines leak that bad only after a week you have been absolutely mislead.
you don't think the USAF folks in charge of White House communications can if they were ordered too?
If there was any conspiracy, informing the USAF of your intent to commit a conspiracy and then ordering them to participate doesn't strike me as the brightest thing to do. Perhaps someone saved them all as "insurance" or for blackmail material for later; I've seen that movie. I also have serious doubts about the technical capabilities of the former administration, but that may just be what they want me to think >.> Or maybe they want me to think that thats what they want me to think @_@
-- "Its only a conspiracy if they're not out to get you."
I dont care for the Afghan or Iraq wars because the people didnt stand up for themselves
It's hard to stand up for yourself when you have no guns, a hole in your belly, a family completely dependent on you, and extremest, well armed, well fed religious fanatics as enemies. You are usually too busy just trying to survive.
I can't understand how people come to expect heavily impoverished, repressed, and abused populations to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps" and kick out their well armed regime that took their power though acts of incredible violence in the first place.
A large government has far more opportunities for graft and corruption than a small one.
That is a good point, but as I see it, having a smaller government would mean fewer congressmen to bribe to reach a majority vote, allowing the company to expand its influence for the same budget. If you meant "small government" figuratively, you are right; a large government tends to have far more public projects to try to push through congress. However, without these, they would then focus their attack on public policy, resulting in additional lobbying against regulation and anything else detrimental to business yet necessary to ensure the rights and safety of the people.
Regardless of the literal and figurative size of the government, however, lobbyists had, have, and will continue to have more influence than entire political parties IMO.
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the crime was committed in the UK so
Was it? From the article:
The US extradition relied on its insistence that McKinnon had intentionally caused $700,000 of damage to their computers. McKinnon denied causing the damage.
I'm not sure what the ruling would be here.
... said the creature with the most complex structure in the universe (that we know of) in his or her head.
The scientific method doesn't have "keep shouting the other guy down until he goes away" as part of the process.
They had to adopt this or the "I'm not talking to you anymore" strategy after the 9000th "debater" insisted on continuing to "question" the data and methods that have been approved by countless scientific societies.
you don't get to question the ethics of the guy with the opposing ideas just because he disagrees with you.
That is absolutely not true. It turns out you can, though you may have to ask those "boorish","loud-mouth", "antagonistic", "dogma-preaching", "name calling" jerks over at the local academy how and when it is appropriate to do so.
I know "climate scientists" who behave exactly that way, so pretending they don't exist won't earn you any points in this discussion.
Oh noes, a climatologist being arrogant and touchy? Wake me up never.
If you don't like the license agreement and the fact that it can be changed at any time, STOP USING PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT REQUIRES A LICENSING AGREEMENT
FTFY
IANAS, but couldn't they seriously cut these practicality issues in half if they just used head rotation instead of eye position?
What if some people want some sort of "round lever" if you will, that we can use with our manipulators [hands] on to receive instant tactile feedback about the road?
Whatever happened to just wearing a ski mask when committing a "crime"? I'm not sure I'd feel less silly painting my face than simply putting on a mask.
Whats the point of bypassing facial recognition if you've still been recorded in a manner that could identify you? It would help abate real-time face-triggered alerts, but not much else.
If people start doing this, I predict it would only be a matter of time before the police would categorize anyone with a painted face as a possible terrorist threat, such as how the ski mask is considered now.
The Chinese approach to ethics is almost purely situational
Actually, it is a bit more ideological (fallow party lines) than most industrialized nations. Then I got to here
and what you get are fat, happy citizens
and then I just started laughing. Your analogy fails, but then after reading your name I suddenly stopped hearing this strange "WOOSH" sound.
In addition, there are questions about IP addresses being an identifier of a pirate since users can steal or borrow another's IP address to commit file infringement.
Time to invest in proxies.
Good thing enabling encryption only requires checking a single box.
"Whats that? We still need another fake company name? Crap. What was that movie you just bought on Blu-ray, Bob?"
Bob: "Uhh.. Tropic Thunder?"
"Tropical Thunder Appliances it is then!"
No, it is Gamestop's fault for misleading their customers; Fry's Electronics uses stickers that include disclaimers for used or returned products, which contain all kinds of legal information. If the box says "comes with free DLC", then free DLC better damn well be included in the product, regardless of who owned it last. If it were EA selling these used games, they would be liable, but they are not.
IANAL, but if that were actually true, then any store that puts ANY kind of sticker on the packaging could be held liable for "copyright and trademark" infringement. Fry's Electronics uses stickers that include disclaimers for used or returned products, so why couldn't Gamestop?
You won't get much of a clue to the timetable by reading the General Manager's pompous announcements.
What?
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Why bother shutting down at all when they can remove all of the censorship filters on their Chinese site and let the local govt take care of the rest? Money saver!
It's just a 20th-century digital processing appliance.
Mine is a 21st-century appliance, thank you very much!
It must be anecdotal evidence time! NYROOON~
Also, have you seen the relative difference in price for Nintendo DS and Sony PSP games versus the ones for the phones?
And have you seen the relative difference in quality for Nintendo DS and Sony PSP games versus the ones for the phones?
Windows you have a known memory leaks in parts of svchost, so if you keep that thing up for a week you'll see it taking up anywhere from 250mb [windowsbbs.com] to more than a gig. [techguy.org] This occurs in all versions of windows from XP to 7, 64 bit and 32 all the same
Bullshit. If you actually believe that all Windows machines leak that bad only after a week you have been absolutely mislead.
If the US nationalized their oil industry I imagine the standard of living would increase as well.
Obviously they should tell people they are now running it in reverse or switched the polarity or something so everyone can feel awesome.
you don't think the USAF folks in charge of White House communications can if they were ordered too?
If there was any conspiracy, informing the USAF of your intent to commit a conspiracy and then ordering them to participate doesn't strike me as the brightest thing to do. Perhaps someone saved them all as "insurance" or for blackmail material for later; I've seen that movie. I also have serious doubts about the technical capabilities of the former administration, but that may just be what they want me to think >.> Or maybe they want me to think that thats what they want me to think @_@
--
"Its only a conspiracy if they're not out to get you."
But so does the prosecutor's brief case.
Dad Delivers Baby Using Wiki
Amazing! How did he teach the baby to use wiki? Also, what number do I call to get one delivered?
I dont care for the Afghan or Iraq wars because the people didnt stand up for themselves
It's hard to stand up for yourself when you have no guns, a hole in your belly, a family completely dependent on you, and extremest, well armed, well fed religious fanatics as enemies. You are usually too busy just trying to survive.
I can't understand how people come to expect heavily impoverished, repressed, and abused populations to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps" and kick out their well armed regime that took their power though acts of incredible violence in the first place.
A large government has far more opportunities for graft and corruption than a small one.
That is a good point, but as I see it, having a smaller government would mean fewer congressmen to bribe to reach a majority vote, allowing the company to expand its influence for the same budget. If you meant "small government" figuratively, you are right; a large government tends to have far more public projects to try to push through congress. However, without these, they would then focus their attack on public policy, resulting in additional lobbying against regulation and anything else detrimental to business yet necessary to ensure the rights and safety of the people.
Regardless of the literal and figurative size of the government, however, lobbyists had, have, and will continue to have more influence than entire political parties IMO.