I'll probably be modding down for this thought, but someone needs to ask...
I do not doubt at all that this is censorship by a company. The funny thing is that the U.S. constitution does not say that this is illegal. All that is illegal in this country is the government making a law that allows for censorship. Censorship happens all the times in the private sector. I can't talk about certain things that pertain to my job, when I was working for a public company I couldn't discuss knowledge that could affect the outcome of selling stock. How is this any different.
It is one company a company/trade group that is trying to protect some valuable information, why should this be illegal and have everyone get up in arms about it because it inconveniences your life becuase then you'd have to actually do the work to figure out this key instead and how to go about using it.
Just a thought, but as I said above it has always puzzled me why people scream censorship about this stuff.
What is ironic is that if a cool site showed up and it was IE speicific the majority of slashdot folks would be bashing it saying I won't use this till they make it browser independent. What is the difference between Slashdot and anyother web site out there. Shouldn't we hold slashdot to the same standards and say that this should be made browser independent or else its not a good site?
Well many of you will take offense to this, but if your first paragraph is your belief then get out now!
I am tired of hearing all these people say I'm going to leave the United States cause it sucks so bad, well then go and leave the rest of us idiots to fend for ourselves. Does my country have issues? Heck yes, but I'd rather be here then anywhere else on this earth. If this place is so bad why are so many people trying to get in? I say you leave now and make room for the ones that want to show up. Have a good day and leave your passport at the borer.
I understand the thought of not going to college because the technology curve is so high. I disagree with this belief because many engineers I know cannot write a technical paper or any other document to save their life. When your dealing with geeks it's easy to talk because we all know most of the lingo. Other's who use the technology we create don't always know everything we do and we can confuse them even more if we don't know how to talk technically to non-technical people.
Also the belief that one cannot keep up with the technology curve at a institution is ludicrous. There are many prgramming languages out in the world today and the funny thing about them is that most use the same basic structure, but different syntax. Therefore once you learn one or two high level languages you've learned the basic concepts for most.
The other big plus of college is group/team work. I don't know many office places where you are not working within a team. Most people don't learn this before college because they are trying things on there own or with a group of other geeks, but what about working in a team with non geeks on a development project? That's a bit harder.
My college experience was worth the money and I wouldn't skip it so I could start earning by buck early. Also the things you learn when you're out of the class room is worth more that what one can learn inside it.
Slashdot Mirror
I'll probably be modding down for this thought, but someone needs to ask...
I do not doubt at all that this is censorship by a company. The funny thing is that the U.S. constitution does not say that this is illegal. All that is illegal in this country is the government making a law that allows for censorship. Censorship happens all the times in the private sector. I can't talk about certain things that pertain to my job, when I was working for a public company I couldn't discuss knowledge that could affect the outcome of selling stock. How is this any different.
It is one company a company/trade group that is trying to protect some valuable information, why should this be illegal and have everyone get up in arms about it because it inconveniences your life becuase then you'd have to actually do the work to figure out this key instead and how to go about using it.
Just a thought, but as I said above it has always puzzled me why people scream censorship about this stuff.
What is ironic is that if a cool site showed up and it was IE speicific the majority of slashdot folks would be bashing it saying I won't use this till they make it browser independent. What is the difference between Slashdot and anyother web site out there. Shouldn't we hold slashdot to the same standards and say that this should be made browser independent or else its not a good site?
Just someting to think on.
Ken
Well many of you will take offense to this, but if your first paragraph is your belief then get out now!
I am tired of hearing all these people say I'm going to leave the United States cause it sucks so bad, well then go and leave the rest of us idiots to fend for ourselves. Does my country have issues? Heck yes, but I'd rather be here then anywhere else on this earth. If this place is so bad why are so many people trying to get in? I say you leave now and make room for the ones that want to show up. Have a good day and leave your passport at the borer.
Ken
I understand the thought of not going to college because the technology curve is so high.
I disagree with this belief because many engineers I know cannot write a technical paper or any other document to save their life. When your dealing with geeks it's easy to talk because we all know most of the lingo. Other's who use the technology we create don't always know everything we do and we can confuse them even more if we don't know how to talk technically to non-technical people.
Also the belief that one cannot keep up with the technology curve at a institution is ludicrous. There are many prgramming languages out in the world today and the funny thing about them is that most use the same basic structure, but different syntax. Therefore once you learn one or two high level languages you've learned the basic concepts for most.
The other big plus of college is group/team work. I don't know many office places where you are not working within a team. Most people don't learn this before college because they are trying things on there own or with a group of other geeks, but what about working in a team with non geeks on a development project? That's a bit harder.
My college experience was worth the money and I wouldn't skip it so I could start earning by buck early. Also the things you learn when you're out of the class room is worth more that what one can learn inside it.