Do you have any idea how excited I got at hearing that Jobs wouldn't be returning to this country? Apple fanbois all over the U.S. would cry themselves to death!
Of course, if this REALLY happened, the headline of "No more Jobs in the U.S." might prove catastrophic! lol
It seems to me that this is just moving further in the FBI's renewed interest under Obama to go after file-sharers without the need of the courts prove their need. Everybody knows file-sharers are terrorists in disguise, anyway.
ACTA is failing on a worldwide scale, so why not make sure they can move forward in other - easier - ways?
*chuckle* The people making ACTA know very well how much resistance there is to their plans, and that's precisely WHY it's been kept secret. This guy isn't even near the top of the list of people in power (Senators and Representatives in the US) who have already demanded transparency and been ignored, so I'm not sure why this is news.
All the political powers not on the payrolls of the media industry are going to make a fuss about this, but they're in the minority, and obviously between Biden and Obama, between ACTA and the newly organized FBI police task force to back them up, this only gets worse from here.
The promise I fell for with Obama was that he'd work to open up government, and there wouldn't be any more, or at least less of, these closed-door decision-making policies. ACTA rambles on, human spaceflight gets the axe, and federal agents lying and breaking the law can't be prosecuted because they did it "with good intent".
We're losing a battle here, but I can't see the battlefield anymore.:(
Actually, my first impression is that it would clarify these people (who might not otherwise be widely known) to the mainstream employees as being employees - it is clearly noted that people recognize the help desk members by face, but not by name, and in companies were there is access control is in place, a strangle-familiar face is a security risk.
Don't get me wrong: I think uniforms is a bad idea, making janitors out of skilled talent, when an photo ID badge would probably serve better in a controlled environment.
IT and helpdesk workers don't usually support "walk-by" requests because it circumvents documentation and is very unproductive as a rule.
It would be a bad thing to those who are trying to get make this garbage law. By all appearances, any scrutiny of these plans would inflame the public's ire, and anyone with a public image to care about would not want to collect this kind of tarnish. We can only hope the two senators calling for transparency get some kind of traction going, but Big Media has money in so many pockets, it might be frivolous.
Jackassery thinking at its finest. It's not my fault, man. I voted, but that doesn't mean I voted for the people who put any one thing in motion. And when one of those politicians does the inevitable bonehead move, I most assuredly vote AGAINST her.
Is it our fault that they're doing ACTA in secret, knowing full well its not in our interests?
Is it my fault that somebody else won't vote? It's a right, one might call it a responsibility, but it's definitely not a demand. And to be honest, I'm GLAD some of the people I know don't vote.... but that's another story altogether.
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Of COURSE he can get them to self-assemble! But this isn't anything new, is it? ;)
Do you have any idea how excited I got at hearing that Jobs wouldn't be returning to this country? Apple fanbois all over the U.S. would cry themselves to death!
Of course, if this REALLY happened, the headline of "No more Jobs in the U.S." might prove catastrophic! lol
Hehehe Oops! I meant uh.... Open Sarcasm's alt+U0161!! Honest!
It seems to me that this is just moving further in the FBI's renewed interest under Obama to go after file-sharers without the need of the courts prove their need. Everybody knows file-sharers are terrorists in disguise, anyway.
ACTA is failing on a worldwide scale, so why not make sure they can move forward in other - easier - ways?
Somebody made you eat a SarcMark for breakfast this morning, didn't they? ;)
Or more specifically, he should shell out a lot of money for one.
Sic transit gloria mundi. [So passes away the glory of this world.] -- Thomas `a Kempis
Fare thee well, Britannia!
*chuckle* The people making ACTA know very well how much resistance there is to their plans, and that's precisely WHY it's been kept secret. This guy isn't even near the top of the list of people in power (Senators and Representatives in the US) who have already demanded transparency and been ignored, so I'm not sure why this is news.
All the political powers not on the payrolls of the media industry are going to make a fuss about this, but they're in the minority, and obviously between Biden and Obama, between ACTA and the newly organized FBI police task force to back them up, this only gets worse from here.
The promise I fell for with Obama was that he'd work to open up government, and there wouldn't be any more, or at least less of, these closed-door decision-making policies. ACTA rambles on, human spaceflight gets the axe, and federal agents lying and breaking the law can't be prosecuted because they did it "with good intent".
We're losing a battle here, but I can't see the battlefield anymore. :(
/. should probably change the link to this to the original author, Ina Fried at http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10426627-56.html?tag=mncol
Aviran's plagiarism shouldn't benefit from slashdotting.
Actually, my first impression is that it would clarify these people (who might not otherwise be widely known) to the mainstream employees as being employees - it is clearly noted that people recognize the help desk members by face, but not by name, and in companies were there is access control is in place, a strangle-familiar face is a security risk.
Don't get me wrong: I think uniforms is a bad idea, making janitors out of skilled talent, when an photo ID badge would probably serve better in a controlled environment.
IT and helpdesk workers don't usually support "walk-by" requests because it circumvents documentation and is very unproductive as a rule.
It would be a bad thing to those who are trying to get make this garbage law. By all appearances, any scrutiny of these plans would inflame the public's ire, and anyone with a public image to care about would not want to collect this kind of tarnish. We can only hope the two senators calling for transparency get some kind of traction going, but Big Media has money in so many pockets, it might be frivolous.
Jackassery thinking at its finest. It's not my fault, man. I voted, but that doesn't mean I voted for the people who put any one thing in motion. And when one of those politicians does the inevitable bonehead move, I most assuredly vote AGAINST her. Is it our fault that they're doing ACTA in secret, knowing full well its not in our interests? Is it my fault that somebody else won't vote? It's a right, one might call it a responsibility, but it's definitely not a demand. And to be honest, I'm GLAD some of the people I know don't vote.... but that's another story altogether.
One right or all rights, it always begins somewhere. Besides, if all of this is true, we might be needing our arms to deal with the lawyers.