Basically what you are saying is that if I say something insulting and demeaning about someone, and you agree, it is gravy. But if you disagree with me and find it indecent it is a completely different story.
So, if I am a utility company, should I hire a convicted child molester and just got out of jail as a service technician who would have to enter homes with young children? From another perspective, if I am a customer with children who needs a service technician to visit my home should I not care that the service technician is a child molester just released from prison? My answer to both questions is hell no, but to each his own I guess.
Re:So, why couldn't the feds figure this one out?
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I did in fact read tfa. But do the reporters have investigative tools (or the right to use them in Canada) not available to law enforcement in the US? I'm not familiar with Canadian law so I truly do not know.
So, why couldn't the feds figure this one out?
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Kudos to TSG for breaking the story. But how is it that a small, independent online news outlet was able to figure out who was pulling pranks garnering national attention and a government with far greater resources was not?
Cell phone service is a life necessity for some people. And when all the cell phone providers enforce the same kind of rules, companies that can afford an extended lawsuit that they might very well win because of the court's (and governments) bias in favor of big businesses, it is serious.
They just target a different segment of the population now. When times are good they seem to focus on the not so bright who are slightly greedy with a little cash to spare. When times are tough they seem to focus more on the more vulnerable and desperate. To give an example I have been looking for a new apartment, and have been using craigslist to look for rentals. They still have deals that are too good to be true, and not just bait and switch deals from unscrupulous realtors. I ran across one where the rent was very low, but the owner of the property was out of the state and would have to mail me the keys, application, etc, after I mailed an application (that would require my ss #, bank info, etc.) and money order (not check) for doing a credit check.
After the bubble burst, back around 2001, and students started focusing on economic related major and getting their mba so they could go into banking/wall street. That worked out great.
I see why you posted as AC. The point of the article is he is a fairly well established musician breaking away from a well established platform for the music industry. I actually find it interesting, considering that a few years ago you often had to go through hell just to get anything to come out of the sound card using linux.
Then BringIt is setting themselves up for failure. Sporting events are games of skill too (mostly *cough* White Sox) but there is only one place in the US where you can bet on them.
Even if you win. I will admit I did not read TFA, but I'm pretty sure the US government would put the kibosh on this pretty quick. I would even venture to say there are criminal statutes that could come into play.
Hopefully I won't get trolled for this, but it's that kind of mentality that causes accidents. Not the part about slowing down in front of a tailgater necessarily, but intentionally speeding up as soon as they go to pass you in the other lane.
Agreed, the Belt Parkway feels like the biggest parking lot in the world sometimes. Once took me close to 3 hours to get to JFK going via the belt parkway.
But with the caveat of not having to deal with the possibility that an update to iTunes may break the compatibility with the Pre, no obligation to make previous version of their software available, and Palm telling their users such. I think it is pretty dumb on Palm's part that they would rely so heavily on a third party they have no control over.
You're not going to get up one day and find sea levels have raised 200 feet and we're all going to drown. It can't happen like that.
Not extreme as the hypothetical situation provided, but look at Katrina. Consider all of the Jews who decided to remain in Germany when the shit was about to hit the fan. I would even go so far as to argue that it is human nature to choose to remain blind to a problem lying before them until they can do so no longer, at which point it may be too late.
ps this isn't an endorsement for GreenPeace. They are a bunch of mindless drones trying to push mindless policies on the rest of the world.
Many of the people who are saying that it is no big deal because it was a small number of units would be calling off with their (Apple's) head if something bad were to happen, say causing a fire in an apartment building that results in fatalities.
The point I was making was that the programmers did an amazing job considering the constraints they had to work under. Many programmers don't have to work under many constraints which leads to lazy, sloppy and inefficient code. Of course this doesn't apply to everyone, but when you had to consider each and every byte that went into your code it manifested much better programming practices.
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Basically what you are saying is that if I say something insulting and demeaning about someone, and you agree, it is gravy. But if you disagree with me and find it indecent it is a completely different story.
So, if I am a utility company, should I hire a convicted child molester and just got out of jail as a service technician who would have to enter homes with young children? From another perspective, if I am a customer with children who needs a service technician to visit my home should I not care that the service technician is a child molester just released from prison? My answer to both questions is hell no, but to each his own I guess.
I did in fact read tfa. But do the reporters have investigative tools (or the right to use them in Canada) not available to law enforcement in the US? I'm not familiar with Canadian law so I truly do not know.
Kudos to TSG for breaking the story. But how is it that a small, independent online news outlet was able to figure out who was pulling pranks garnering national attention and a government with far greater resources was not?
Cell phone service is a life necessity for some people. And when all the cell phone providers enforce the same kind of rules, companies that can afford an extended lawsuit that they might very well win because of the court's (and governments) bias in favor of big businesses, it is serious.
They just target a different segment of the population now. When times are good they seem to focus on the not so bright who are slightly greedy with a little cash to spare. When times are tough they seem to focus more on the more vulnerable and desperate. To give an example I have been looking for a new apartment, and have been using craigslist to look for rentals. They still have deals that are too good to be true, and not just bait and switch deals from unscrupulous realtors. I ran across one where the rent was very low, but the owner of the property was out of the state and would have to mail me the keys, application, etc, after I mailed an application (that would require my ss #, bank info, etc.) and money order (not check) for doing a credit check.
After the bubble burst, back around 2001, and students started focusing on economic related major and getting their mba so they could go into banking/wall street. That worked out great.
If only I could mod you up to 6 for that.
I see why you posted as AC. The point of the article is he is a fairly well established musician breaking away from a well established platform for the music industry. I actually find it interesting, considering that a few years ago you often had to go through hell just to get anything to come out of the sound card using linux.
Mod parent up. Right you are. I thought it was still limited to Las Vegas.
Then BringIt is setting themselves up for failure. Sporting events are games of skill too (mostly *cough* White Sox) but there is only one place in the US where you can bet on them.
Even if you win. I will admit I did not read TFA, but I'm pretty sure the US government would put the kibosh on this pretty quick. I would even venture to say there are criminal statutes that could come into play.
Hopefully I won't get trolled for this, but it's that kind of mentality that causes accidents. Not the part about slowing down in front of a tailgater necessarily, but intentionally speeding up as soon as they go to pass you in the other lane.
Agreed, the Belt Parkway feels like the biggest parking lot in the world sometimes. Once took me close to 3 hours to get to JFK going via the belt parkway.
that blue M&M's would be this centuries aspirin?
I'm surprised with the first picture. I didn't realize they had trannies back then.
just the shitty music he has been playing all this time.
It would be a lot more painful.
But with the caveat of not having to deal with the possibility that an update to iTunes may break the compatibility with the Pre, no obligation to make previous version of their software available, and Palm telling their users such. I think it is pretty dumb on Palm's part that they would rely so heavily on a third party they have no control over.
You're not going to get up one day and find sea levels have raised 200 feet and we're all going to drown. It can't happen like that.
Not extreme as the hypothetical situation provided, but look at Katrina. Consider all of the Jews who decided to remain in Germany when the shit was about to hit the fan. I would even go so far as to argue that it is human nature to choose to remain blind to a problem lying before them until they can do so no longer, at which point it may be too late. ps this isn't an endorsement for GreenPeace. They are a bunch of mindless drones trying to push mindless policies on the rest of the world.
Sure people might not be using my software that goes with the hardware but who cares?
Apple makes a ton of money through itunes and the music/software sold there.
Many of the people who are saying that it is no big deal because it was a small number of units would be calling off with their (Apple's) head if something bad were to happen, say causing a fire in an apartment building that results in fatalities.
True that. Back then, computer science really was a science. Now it is largely a mess, but that is progress for you.
The point I was making was that the programmers did an amazing job considering the constraints they had to work under. Many programmers don't have to work under many constraints which leads to lazy, sloppy and inefficient code. Of course this doesn't apply to everyone, but when you had to consider each and every byte that went into your code it manifested much better programming practices.
When you consider how many shitty programmers there are now who use variable names that take up nearly 2k.