I keep thinking that it would be to our benifit to start a guild of contract IT people. We could get group rate health/dental/life insurence and probably have a way to lobby for causes that matter to us.
I think currently you are SOL.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Well in life from time to time you have to deal with people who annoy you. If you want to sell stuff online you have several options (Ebay, Amazon, Yahoo and Others) None are perfect, the Question you have to ask yourself, is what I get from using this service worth taking the bad parts too?
I can only say that for me it is sometimes worth using EBay. You may decide to use a different online auction or none at all.
There are things I don't like about many stores and services I use, I deal and if they are bad enough I go elsewhere if I can.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Actualy that was more or less my point. If you looked at the ADL Faq I noted the main thrust of it was that regulation of speach has to be in a content blind fashion.
When I was in college the school newspaper decided to print an add from one of the Holocost denial folks. In that case the whole campus was quite upset with them. People were realy *MAD*. it was more or less the most offensive thing that the Justice could have done.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
>Castration probably won't be effective. We've >already proven without a doubt that the losers >involved here have no balls.
And probably will never reproduce anyway. Just as well. What is it that drives people to wreck shared resources that other people are enjoying for no good reason? Can they find this gonnif and get rid of him please.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Yes and no, The Constition says Congress shall make no law the inibits the freedom of speach. But a private organazation can say you can't say that *HERE*. If I were to go to my local Walmart and stand on a soap box out front and shout about this or that they would be well within their rights to kick me out.
Now Universites are a different story, and Academic freedom is usualy rather wide. But even towns may limit speach in some ways as long as it is not done based on content. But for example a town could say that a group can't hold a protest outside of a school during school hours.
This should Help:
A FAQ from the ADL
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
in a corner of Hyde park for over a centruy, it is the place to go in London if you want to stand on a soap box and rant.
I really think that Universites should be very careful with what types of rules they put in and be very careful that they apply them equaly to all groups. But I do think there are a few cases where there can be rules, for example if you said that you wanted to hold a rally outside a dorm at 3:00 am I think they would have every right to say, no you can't do that. But besides that I think they should bascily say anything goes.
Now at least where I went to School campus rallies always happened at the Usdan Student center, but that was mostly because it was the logical place to have them, for one thing the Radio station (WBRS) was there and would probably put the whole thing on the air.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
The USPS rate raise is probably due to a lot of factors, I would guess that the rise in Oil prices are a big part of it. After all the UPS uses a lot of Gas/Diesel/Jet Fuel in getting your mail from here to there.
Plus wasn't the most recent raise in 1st class postage $0.01?
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Yes it is. The problem with arguing this from a free speach point of view is this. You are free to go stand on a soap box on a corner and rant about whatever you feal like, simmilarly you can make up flyers and post them around town. That is protected.
The problem is that if I send 10,000 emails or more via 1 ISP you have used a lot of the resources of that ISP. You have basicly made them support you free speach. Which you do not have the right to do. Similarly if you send a letter to the editor of a newspaper he does not have to print it. So while SPAM may cost you or me as end users a few seconds of time in the case of an ISP it may tie up a mail server for hours, during which time other emails are being delayed.
The other thing is that just because we are arresting spamers (And in this case it appears that fraud was what they were arrested for) it does not mean that we are not also hunting down Murderers and Rapists.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Well fundamentaly this is not a "Net" crime, this is fraud, using the Internet. If I do something that is illegal in the real world but do it online that should not make it any less Illegal.
For example if I were to call you and say "I hate you and am Going to kill you" I can reasonably expect the cops to be knocking on my door. I don't see why it should be any different if sent you an email that said the same thing.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
I would call fraud a very real crime. The main point of fraud is selling something under false pretense. Generaly fraud is directed at the people who can least afford it, the old, immigrants etc. Let the bastards rot.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
I would contend that at least in the case of Bradly (Who I met and supported) the reason he lost is that in truth his poistions were not that much different from Gore's. If you listened to what they were saying on policy they were rather close to each other. And I don't know of any electoral system in the world where you don't have the problem from time to time of 2 very dull canidates.
I think the true reason that this election was a virtual tie was that there is no great issue at stake, No Great Depression or Vietnam or anything else. There were about a dozen issues, (Tax Cut, Health care, etc) No one of which really defined the election of 2000, so there was no great polerizing force.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Office and School shootings are infact quite rare in the USA. Your chances of getting killed in one are a lot lower than your chance of getting hit by a drunk driver going home from work.
Its just when they happen they are *VERY* big news. I mean the one in the Boston area last week got covered in the British Press. (And probably other places as well, I don't read them). But the truth is that in a nation of 283 Million people this type of thing happens only about 2 times a year or so.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
I've lived in both the US and the UK. Which is more free, well it depends on how you want to look at it. I read a radio station in London got fined for supporting a canidate in an election, in the US that happens all the time. On the other I felt that it was much less of an issue to not be of the Majority religion there than here. At least socially.
There are a lot of things that I liked about living in the UK, but I have to say I really do feal that the US has more political freedom at least on the major fronts (Press, Religion etc)
Plus the UK is doing its best to get rid of Jurries and such.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
You might want to read it again, it says that they will need to get into your house to install the equipment. Now if they are installing something in your house I am going to assume that it is because *YOU* asked them to by ordering it.
If it breaks and you don't let them it to fix it I imagine it will stay broken.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
The best way to secure a computer is to disconnect it from the net and put it into a locked room. The only problem with that is that it makes using the computer that much harder. I know that is how the CIA secures their computers (Not the only way) is that to get at the CIA computers you have to get into the CIA's buildings, which require you to have a badge and get past the guard with a gun etc.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Modern Hebrew was created about a 100 years ago by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. Prior to that time no one spoke Hebrew, Jews prayed in Hebrew but spoke in Yiddish or Ladino. He created a dictonary of modern Hebrew and created hundreds of words including those for Soldier, Newspaper, toothbrush etc.
I am unsure exactly how much gramar was introduced, but I believe it was significant.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
I was discussing this with a friend of mine a while back about why Bershit (Gennisis) is in the Torah, and ofcourse the reason is that G-d is establishing that he created the universe and therefore can tell us how we should live in it. Not to tell us how he created it.
Imagine if G-d had said "In the begining was a mass of photons" to the Israelites, all that would have done is to confuse people who did not have the prior knowedge to understand it.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
I think most of the change for the Golden Rice was to introduce Beta Caratine into the rice. Which is not naturaly there. And it should be pointed out that most of the GM foods in the USA are desinged to be compatable with this chemical or that to make someone money.
The Golden rice was designed by a Swiss scientist to lower hunger rates in Africa.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
The Golden Rice is a rather cool thing. It is a GM rice that was created to add some nutriants that tend to be lacking in the diets of the very poor in some parts of the world.
If the folks who created it get their way it should go a long way to reducing world hunger.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Counter point Modern Hebrew, is an invented language. 150 years ago no one spoke Hebrew as a first language and no one had in well more than a 1000 years. A few people took Biblical and Talmudic Hebrew and expanded it into the modern language.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
It is also because most small used book shops tend to be rather disorganized affairs that are often run by 1 person who is mostly selling to people who live local or are passing by.
Again it should be noted that they are not telling Amazon that they can't sell used books just that they don't like it.
The writers guild has every right to dislike used book shops and even write a letter to amazon. It will go in the round file I imagine.
PS I know a number of authors who are avid used book fans.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Mainly the authors guild has in no place in that letter said Amazon can't do what it is doing. Just that they wish they wouldn't.
Hell there are a lot of things that I wish were true. It doesn't meen that it will happen.
Still I think the Authors guild mainly has made its self look silly.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
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Just CS, actualy I major in Physics but did a lot of CS stuff. I don't know that you will see much pay difference between the two. But CS will probably make you a better programer. Which will in the long run make you more employable.
And while you are at it take a class on Shakespear or history or whatever. There are too many 1 dimentional geeks out there!
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
All attempt to enforce trademarks are not by deffiniton bad. Yes I think WB is wrong to go after fan pages, but on the other hand CNN did say that 100+ Harry Potter domain names had all been registered by someone the day after WB announced the movie.
This does not sound like the actions of a fan who wants to put up a "Everything Harry Potter" web page but like the actions of someone who figures that WB will pay him or her a few thousand bucks for these domains and that is wrong.
Similarly if someone were to register "newyorktimes.com" the New York Times would have a good cause to go after them. (The NY Times is infact nytimes.com)
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
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I think currently you are SOL.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
I can only say that for me it is sometimes worth using EBay. You may decide to use a different online auction or none at all.
There are things I don't like about many stores and services I use, I deal and if they are bad enough I go elsewhere if I can.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
When I was in college the school newspaper decided to print an add from one of the Holocost denial folks. In that case the whole campus was quite upset with them. People were realy *MAD*. it was more or less the most offensive thing that the Justice could have done.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
And probably will never reproduce anyway. Just as well. What is it that drives people to wreck shared resources that other people are enjoying for no good reason? Can they find this gonnif and get rid of him please.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Now Universites are a different story, and Academic freedom is usualy rather wide. But even towns may limit speach in some ways as long as it is not done based on content. But for example a town could say that a group can't hold a protest outside of a school during school hours.
This should Help: A FAQ from the ADL
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
I really think that Universites should be very careful with what types of rules they put in and be very careful that they apply them equaly to all groups. But I do think there are a few cases where there can be rules, for example if you said that you wanted to hold a rally outside a dorm at 3:00 am I think they would have every right to say, no you can't do that. But besides that I think they should bascily say anything goes.
Now at least where I went to School campus rallies always happened at the Usdan Student center, but that was mostly because it was the logical place to have them, for one thing the Radio station (WBRS) was there and would probably put the whole thing on the air.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Plus wasn't the most recent raise in 1st class postage $0.01?
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
The problem is that if I send 10,000 emails or more via 1 ISP you have used a lot of the resources of that ISP. You have basicly made them support you free speach. Which you do not have the right to do. Similarly if you send a letter to the editor of a newspaper he does not have to print it. So while SPAM may cost you or me as end users a few seconds of time in the case of an ISP it may tie up a mail server for hours, during which time other emails are being delayed.
The other thing is that just because we are arresting spamers (And in this case it appears that fraud was what they were arrested for) it does not mean that we are not also hunting down Murderers and Rapists.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
For example if I were to call you and say "I hate you and am Going to kill you" I can reasonably expect the cops to be knocking on my door. I don't see why it should be any different if sent you an email that said the same thing.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
I think the true reason that this election was a virtual tie was that there is no great issue at stake, No Great Depression or Vietnam or anything else. There were about a dozen issues, (Tax Cut, Health care, etc) No one of which really defined the election of 2000, so there was no great polerizing force.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Its just when they happen they are *VERY* big news. I mean the one in the Boston area last week got covered in the British Press. (And probably other places as well, I don't read them). But the truth is that in a nation of 283 Million people this type of thing happens only about 2 times a year or so.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
There are a lot of things that I liked about living in the UK, but I have to say I really do feal that the US has more political freedom at least on the major fronts (Press, Religion etc)
Plus the UK is doing its best to get rid of Jurries and such.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
If it breaks and you don't let them it to fix it I imagine it will stay broken.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Modern Hebrew was created about a 100 years ago by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. Prior to that time no one spoke Hebrew, Jews prayed in Hebrew but spoke in Yiddish or Ladino. He created a dictonary of modern Hebrew and created hundreds of words including those for Soldier, Newspaper, toothbrush etc.
I am unsure exactly how much gramar was introduced, but I believe it was significant.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Imagine if G-d had said "In the begining was a mass of photons" to the Israelites, all that would have done is to confuse people who did not have the prior knowedge to understand it.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
The Golden rice was designed by a Swiss scientist to lower hunger rates in Africa.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
If the folks who created it get their way it should go a long way to reducing world hunger.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Again it should be noted that they are not telling Amazon that they can't sell used books just that they don't like it.
The writers guild has every right to dislike used book shops and even write a letter to amazon. It will go in the round file I imagine.
PS I know a number of authors who are avid used book fans.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
Hell there are a lot of things that I wish were true. It doesn't meen that it will happen.
Still I think the Authors guild mainly has made its self look silly.
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
And while you are at it take a class on Shakespear or history or whatever. There are too many 1 dimentional geeks out there!
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.
This does not sound like the actions of a fan who wants to put up a "Everything Harry Potter" web page but like the actions of someone who figures that WB will pay him or her a few thousand bucks for these domains and that is wrong.
Similarly if someone were to register "newyorktimes.com" the New York Times would have a good cause to go after them. (The NY Times is infact nytimes.com)
The cure of the ills of Democracy is more Democracy.