With the exception of a few high profile cases [infoworld.com], almost all IT workers do not use these backdoors for sabotage, theft, etc.
I think you don't quite have all of your facts straight about Terry Childs. He didn't use it for sabotage/theft nor did he use a backdoor.
Please, go inform yourself before posting again.
Also, for this example, "savings" also refers to investments (incl. stocks). Yes, there are capital gains taxes, but these are only on _further_ income generated by the investments, so can only help this argument as their income increases.
Those making more money have a higher "propensity to save" - they put more of their income into savings than do the poor (they can afford it while the poor can't). As a percentage of income, the poor spend more than the rich. Sales tax is only applied to money spent, not money saved.
For example:
Income: $25,000
Spending: $22,000
Savings: $3,000 (usually actually $0 but I'll give you this)
Sales tax based on spending (@ %6): $1320
Sales tax as %income: 0.053%
Income: $250,000
Spending: $150,000
Savings: $100,000 (sometimes a lot higher)
Sales tax based on spending (@ 6%): $9,000
Sales tax as %income: 0.036%
In proportion to their income, yes actually they do. Some states had various "Luxury Taxes", or eliminate sales tax on "essentials" to offset this, but in general, sales tax is a regressive tax.
It wasn't until the decent majority of people chose to put morality above profit that slavery was made illegal
Exactly. That's why its called "Tyranny of the Majority" - because at the time the "Majority" were oppressing the Minority. You've got the facts right, but you're missing the point. The point is that Majority Rule is not *always* a good thing - and thankfully minorities have the constitution (specifically the Equal Protection Clause) to protect them from the majority. eg California Prop 8 was ruled unconstitutional (infringed some peoples' rights under the Equal Protection Clause), even though it was voted in by a majority (although there's a complicated appeals/stay process going on at the moment that you may want to read if you are actually interested in these learning about these things, instead of just talking out your ass).
From the summary: "decisions made by a majority under that system would place that majority's interests so far above a dissenting individual's interest that the individual would be actively oppressed, just like the oppression by tyrants and despots"
Examples from America, both past and present:
- Enslavement/Racial Segregation - the majority (anglo-saxons/whites) imposing their will upon a minority (african-americans/blacks), without regard for the minorities' rights to self-determination, liberty, and equal-treatment under the law
- California Prop 8 - the majority (straight/homophobic people) imposing their will upon a minority (homosexuals), without regard for the minorities' rights to self-determination, liberty, and equal-treatment under the law
The vast majority of Apple's "Assets" are its patents, copyrighted works, brand and mindshare - all of which are difficult if not impossible to put a specific price tag on. Not that Apple is going to be bought by anyone else anytime soon (who the hell can afford them at their ridiculous market cap), but it is important to asses the total value of a company, even if it doesn't pay dividends, in case such a thing were to happen - or perhaps MS decides it wants another 10% share.
Yes, but c is a measure of absolute velocity, not relative velocity. You ants story is a bad analogy because their "maximum speed" is a relative velocity. It is however possible that the universe is expanding at a rate of 2 * c, as any two given objects could each be moving at c in opposite directions to another.
He didn't email the hacker's mother, he emailed the security researcher's mother. Some unknown party hacked his website, and he blames the security researcher that was going out of his way to assist them in closing the vulnerability. After reading the researchers take on this, POF CEO could possibly be facing criminal charges for uttering death threats, harassment and perhaps a civil libel suit.
I seriously hope you're joking that these are private networks. They get paid subsidies by the government to provide these service. They are publicly funded. If they don't want to be regulated, they can pay back all the public money and tax credits they took to build the infrastructure. Until then, they need to shutup and do the job we've been paying them to do.
I also just noticed, in my own copy-paste from both sources above several other differences in the two. Lets see how many differences we can spot.
1. Obviously, the one we're already pointed out: "joins" vs "emulates"
2. "one quarter of" vs "one third of"
3. "who has taken on a similar role at Polaroid" vs "who is partnering with Polaroid"
Will.i.am is one quarter of the popular music group, the Black Eyed Peas, and joins the like of Lady Gaga, who has taken a similar role at Polaroid to produce some groovy products.
What slashdot "quotes" the article as saying:
Will.i.am is one third of the popular music group, the Black Eyed Peas, and emulates the like of Lady Gaga, who is partnering with Polaroid to produce some groovy products.
To me, these are quite different, as I had the same reaction as you did when I read the summary. Either the slashdot editors messed up, or the article has since been edited.
Would be nice if you could set something in http://www.google.ca/preferences?hl=en once, and then you would never see these sites though. If someone knows a setting that I'm missing that will let you do this, please let me know here.
Sales tax is a regressive tax. Higher-income earners have a higher "propensity to save" - that is they put a higher percentage of their income into savings rather than spend it. This means they would pay LESS sales tax as a percentage of their incomes.
You are acting quite irrationally. You are deciding the policy of your organization based upon this move by Google. The support, or lack thereof, will most likely not impact your users in one bit on their PCs at work - especially on their "2nd choice browser".
So it doesn't seem as though you are doing what's best for your organization. For the sake of your company, I truly hope you are not "in power" for much longer.
Slashdot Mirror
For me its:
- ATI drivers are garbage and get 1/4 the framerate running games in Wine.
*WOOSH*
With the exception of a few high profile cases [infoworld.com], almost all IT workers do not use these backdoors for sabotage, theft, etc.
I think you don't quite have all of your facts straight about Terry Childs. He didn't use it for sabotage/theft nor did he use a backdoor.
Please, go inform yourself before posting again.
Also, for this example, "savings" also refers to investments (incl. stocks). Yes, there are capital gains taxes, but these are only on _further_ income generated by the investments, so can only help this argument as their income increases.
Those making more money have a higher "propensity to save" - they put more of their income into savings than do the poor (they can afford it while the poor can't). As a percentage of income, the poor spend more than the rich. Sales tax is only applied to money spent, not money saved.
For example:
Income: $25,000
Spending: $22,000
Savings: $3,000 (usually actually $0 but I'll give you this)
Sales tax based on spending (@ %6): $1320
Sales tax as %income: 0.053%
Income: $250,000
Spending: $150,000
Savings: $100,000 (sometimes a lot higher)
Sales tax based on spending (@ 6%): $9,000
Sales tax as %income: 0.036%
In proportion to their income, yes actually they do. Some states had various "Luxury Taxes", or eliminate sales tax on "essentials" to offset this, but in general, sales tax is a regressive tax.
It wasn't until the decent majority of people chose to put morality above profit that slavery was made illegal
Exactly. That's why its called "Tyranny of the Majority" - because at the time the "Majority" were oppressing the Minority. You've got the facts right, but you're missing the point. The point is that Majority Rule is not *always* a good thing - and thankfully minorities have the constitution (specifically the Equal Protection Clause) to protect them from the majority. eg California Prop 8 was ruled unconstitutional (infringed some peoples' rights under the Equal Protection Clause), even though it was voted in by a majority (although there's a complicated appeals/stay process going on at the moment that you may want to read if you are actually interested in these learning about these things, instead of just talking out your ass).
So does paper - I can write down a copyrighted work
BAN PAPER OMG ITS BEING USED TO INFRINGE!!
I don't think you are quite understanding the full meaning of "Tyrany of the Majority"
From the summary: "decisions made by a majority under that system would place that majority's interests so far above a dissenting individual's interest that the individual would be actively oppressed, just like the oppression by tyrants and despots"
Examples from America, both past and present:
- Enslavement/Racial Segregation - the majority (anglo-saxons/whites) imposing their will upon a minority (african-americans/blacks), without regard for the minorities' rights to self-determination, liberty, and equal-treatment under the law
- California Prop 8 - the majority (straight/homophobic people) imposing their will upon a minority (homosexuals), without regard for the minorities' rights to self-determination, liberty, and equal-treatment under the law
Who's to say that these people agreed to their TOS?
True, but how exactly do you define "Assets"?
The vast majority of Apple's "Assets" are its patents, copyrighted works, brand and mindshare - all of which are difficult if not impossible to put a specific price tag on. Not that Apple is going to be bought by anyone else anytime soon (who the hell can afford them at their ridiculous market cap), but it is important to asses the total value of a company, even if it doesn't pay dividends, in case such a thing were to happen - or perhaps MS decides it wants another 10% share.
I think you need to read the researchers side of the story
http://grumomedia.com/plenty-of-fish-hacked-chris-russos-explains-how-he-did-it/
Yes, but c is a measure of absolute velocity, not relative velocity. You ants story is a bad analogy because their "maximum speed" is a relative velocity. It is however possible that the universe is expanding at a rate of 2 * c, as any two given objects could each be moving at c in opposite directions to another.
He didn't email the hacker's mother, he emailed the security researcher's mother. Some unknown party hacked his website, and he blames the security researcher that was going out of his way to assist them in closing the vulnerability. After reading the researchers take on this, POF CEO could possibly be facing criminal charges for uttering death threats, harassment and perhaps a civil libel suit.
I seriously hope you're joking that these are private networks. They get paid subsidies by the government to provide these service. They are publicly funded. If they don't want to be regulated, they can pay back all the public money and tax credits they took to build the infrastructure. Until then, they need to shutup and do the job we've been paying them to do.
I also just noticed, in my own copy-paste from both sources above several other differences in the two. Lets see how many differences we can spot.
1. Obviously, the one we're already pointed out: "joins" vs "emulates"
2. "one quarter of" vs "one third of"
3. "who has taken on a similar role at Polaroid" vs "who is partnering with Polaroid"
Any others? Remember, this is just ONE sentence.
What the article says:
Will.i.am is one quarter of the popular music group, the Black Eyed Peas, and joins the like of Lady Gaga, who has taken a similar role at Polaroid to produce some groovy products.
What slashdot "quotes" the article as saying:
Will.i.am is one third of the popular music group, the Black Eyed Peas, and emulates the like of Lady Gaga, who is partnering with Polaroid to produce some groovy products.
To me, these are quite different, as I had the same reaction as you did when I read the summary. Either the slashdot editors messed up, or the article has since been edited.
Would be nice if you could set something in http://www.google.ca/preferences?hl=en once, and then you would never see these sites though. If someone knows a setting that I'm missing that will let you do this, please let me know here.
Or if you're lazy you could watch the movie by the same name. Obviously not as good or in-depth, but gives you a quick 90min overview. :)
I personally still vote for IP-over-avian-carriers. Think of how many pigeons you can buy for $9 Billion.
I think the animal would happen to care a lot more while its alive rather than while its dead. Which one is the cruel one again?
No
Sales tax is a regressive tax. Higher-income earners have a higher "propensity to save" - that is they put a higher percentage of their income into savings rather than spend it. This means they would pay LESS sales tax as a percentage of their incomes.
You have it completely ass-backwards.
In Soviet Russia, source opens YOU!
geeks in positions of power
You are acting quite irrationally. You are deciding the policy of your organization based upon this move by Google. The support, or lack thereof, will most likely not impact your users in one bit on their PCs at work - especially on their "2nd choice browser".
So it doesn't seem as though you are doing what's best for your organization. For the sake of your company, I truly hope you are not "in power" for much longer.