So, if my first question is: "Am I detained?" (instead of arrested) what should the officer tell you?
INAL, but if you are not involved in a crime but may have information as a witness, why shouldn't you be willing to do you civic duty? Are you one of those libertarian assholes that want to benefit from everything you can get out of society but not do your fair share?
I stopped reading here. To put it in a polite way, you show a "catastrophic failure of imagination".
No, I'm not even a citizen of US. I was fiddling with the idea of travelling there as a tourist, so I was trying to make myself an idea about the "customs of the place". You managed to convince me it's not a place to visit: even ignoring TSA groping, the risk of meeting rabid creatures as yourself seem too high.
The irony is delicious. I am not an American or American resident. I am a Canadian who visits the US at least a couple times a year. I am also a european citizen. I really don't care where you are from pal. If you have no interest in stepping forward as a witness to a crime if you have something that could aid in the investigation then you are a waste of space
Asking about what should I expect as an answer to a question implies nothing about my capability or willingness to help or not.
People like you not only lack imagination but a moral compass.
How do you call people keen to jump on building strawmen for the sole reason to throw in some insults? FYI: I call them schmucks.
Why would you not want to help out if you can?
Where did I say something about willingness or unwillingness to help?
Countries like Canada and some countries in Europe are civil societies because some people are brave enough to do the right thing. Don't simply be a taker from society. Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Other assertions on my character... based on what exactly? The simple question I asked? The fact I refused to enter in an argument with you, argument constructed on false premises? The fact that I stopped a dialog at the first offensive phrase?
It is ironic that you assumed that I was an american.
My mistake. This is to show that schmucks are not the monopoly of US. My only excuse: where I live, I forgot this simple truth, it's not thrown in your face too often; besides, I was inquiring about what should I expect in a situation under the laws of US, and I failed to imagine that the rabid creature in my neck may actually not even live there.
Libertarianism is a political philosophy which I consider to be unrealistic utopian thought where it is assumed the society works without rules and obligations. There are libertarian parties in Canada as well but they only garner a handful of votes.
Meh, given the context (my initial question), the subject is absolutely offtopic and I'm not interested in dissecting what libertarianism would mean/imply/etc, much less with a person so willing to make their points by being gratuitous offensive. I'm past the age when ideologies determines my decisions.
The way I looked, it is the uploading and downloading that may enter under the incidence of copyright law (upload infringes on the "distribution rights" while download infringes the "reproduction rights"). In some countries, the download is actually legal (as long it's not for profit)
Possession? I can imagine heaps of ways in which one can be in the possession of a digital copy without be necessarily responsible for copyright infringement. Imagine someone places a bootlegged copy on the shelves of a movie rental store or in a library. Are these institutions to be held liable for that? Assume one pays for a genuine fashion item but is delivered a good counterfeit (only an expert could tell the difference): is the buyer to be held liable for that?
With ORACLE you never know.
Guess the worst, expect 10 times as worse.
Looking for the silver lining: using Oracle products, you'll always can delude yourself into thinking you'd contributed to the wellfare of the Lanai subjects of king Larry.
Not a lawyer, but a former police officer. Still not legal advice.
The deal is that there is an intermediate state, typically referred to as "investigative detention." In short, you're not under arrest (in the handcuffs-go-to-jail sense), but neither are you free to go
So, if my first question is: "Am I detained?" (instead of arrested) what should the officer tell you?
INAL, but if you are not involved in a crime but may have information as a witness, why shouldn't you be willing to do you civic duty? Are you one of those libertarian assholes that want to benefit from everything you can get out of society but not do your fair share?
I stopped reading here. To put it in a polite way, you show a "catastrophic failure of imagination".
No, I'm not even a citizen of US. I was fiddling with the idea of travelling there as a tourist, so I was trying to make myself an idea about the "customs of the place". You managed to convince me it's not a place to visit: even ignoring TSA groping, the risk of meeting rabid creatures as yourself seem too high.
It is a joke because it is absurd. The funny part is that this explanation cannot possibly be correct.
So either:
1. my lame attempts of humor are actually good jokes (at least as good as the one in the OP); *or*
2. what I posted is not humor because (you know?) they aren't absurd and it can actually happen (?!?)
I don't know which of the two I hate the most.
Anyway, time to give up. I'm better satisfied with the "A dyslexic walks into a bra" type of jokes, I find they work quite well at parties.
"Bottle Some Startup Spirit"... isn't this like "Bottling some desiccated hot water"? You know? The kind of concentrate one puts a teaspoon in a cup, fills it up with tap water and obtain a nice cup of hot water.
(in other words: is the "startup spirit" something that can be taken care by a single flight full of people lucky enough to strike gold or cunning enough to squeeze water from dry stones?)
First off, politicians who claim that everything that ever will be invented has been invented is worse than retarded.
Of course not, especially in HFT. Once the field is leveled, the time is ripe for a new round of "taking some risk to have a competitive edge". I can almost bet that the banksters will invest in some "optimized trading algorithms" and we are bound to see some spectacular flash crashes in the near future.
In addition to the Poe's law, lets see if I understand humor:
I once heard SAP described as "The Germany's way of getting back at us for winning the war."
I've spent my fair share of time beating SAP abomination into submission.
* Humor: maybe it a good time to assemble again a CoW, raise hell in the UN council and invade Germany for the deployment of SAP as weapons of mass destruction
* Humor: seize the SAP assets and send in the drones! Clearly SAP is a terrorist organisation, look how many in our IT industry are terrorized already.
* Humor: an ERP software with so many security holes, that's subversive! Surely some of them are actually planted backdoors to be exploited by zie Germans. Maybe they conspire to form an Axis of Evil with the Chinese. Good to have NSA on our side and intercepting them (together with the rest of Europeans, let God sort them out after we'll throw our nukes on their heads)
Do I consider the above humor? No I'm not and neither I would consider them acceptable. I'm just playing on the "score" of latest US actions, using some position I've seen expressed on/. and also suggesting (of course, everybody should see it as joking only, it's preposterous to say otherwise!) that all Americans are a "belligerent bunch of inglourious basterds". Pretty much as the "joke" (that wasn't even signaled as such) in the original post plays on the "score" of "Germans are a bunch of vindictive bastards".
It never stops being funny. I still laugh at Charlie Chaplin, and fart on a crowded subway.
I envy you... should be good to retain some infantile attributes over time, be it only for the reason it keeps attacks of acute hypo-alcoholism syndrome at bay.
Generally, they'll try really hard not to actually answer that question. You can also just ask "Am I free to go?" and if the answer is "no", or anything but "yes", you should assume that you are under suspicion and are being detained. That's a big clue that it's time to Shut Up.
Well, my own expectation is that your rant will have absolutely no effect whatsoever;
My motivation regarding the participation on/. have little to do with expectations of "impacting an effect". So, why not ranting? From a pragmatical perspective, by itself, anything posted on/. may have absolutely no effect (except consuming energy, bandwidth, storage space and whatnot): do you expect otherwise? From the "netiquette of/." perspective, my rant is entitled to existence.
but if you think otherwise, I am definitely both interested and intrigued in finding out why.
Why I chose to rant to the AC post? Be it only to vent my displeasure for a post displaying a position of "exceptionalism" ("we won the war [or any another "exceptionalist attribute"], so we are entitled to [insert there], even if has does nothing to do with the war".)
Another example: "Somebody hacked us. Send in the nukes, because - exceptionally - we have them plenty"
After seeing so many of the same genre, it stops even being funny (this allowing the benefit of the doubt warranted by the Poe's law)
I once heard SAP described as "The Germany's way of getting back at us for winning the war."
Oh... get over it, will you? Do you really think being on the winning side almost 60 years ago bear any relevance to the lack of security in the deployments of overly expensive software? Or, for the matter, entitles you to anything today?
You reckon Oracle applications or Microsoft CRM/ERP suites fair better?
Not a lawyer, but a former police officer. Still not legal advice.
The deal is that there is an intermediate state, typically referred to as "investigative detention." In short, you're not under arrest (in the handcuffs-go-to-jail sense), but neither are you free to go
So, if my first question is: "Am I detained?" (instead of arrested) what should the officer tell you?
Slashdot Mirror
The .net framework is designed to be portable because Microsoft Windows specific items were put in a Microsoft namespace.
Well Windows RT is portable too. You can carry it around with your Win RT tablet all day long.
That would be a transportable OS.
So, if my first question is: "Am I detained?" (instead of arrested) what should the officer tell you?
INAL, but if you are not involved in a crime but may have information as a witness, why shouldn't you be willing to do you civic duty? Are you one of those libertarian assholes that want to benefit from everything you can get out of society but not do your fair share?
I stopped reading here. To put it in a polite way, you show a "catastrophic failure of imagination". No, I'm not even a citizen of US. I was fiddling with the idea of travelling there as a tourist, so I was trying to make myself an idea about the "customs of the place". You managed to convince me it's not a place to visit: even ignoring TSA groping, the risk of meeting rabid creatures as yourself seem too high.
The irony is delicious. I am not an American or American resident. I am a Canadian who visits the US at least a couple times a year. I am also a european citizen. I really don't care where you are from pal. If you have no interest in stepping forward as a witness to a crime if you have something that could aid in the investigation then you are a waste of space
Asking about what should I expect as an answer to a question implies nothing about my capability or willingness to help or not.
People like you not only lack imagination but a moral compass.
How do you call people keen to jump on building strawmen for the sole reason to throw in some insults? FYI: I call them schmucks.
Why would you not want to help out if you can?
Where did I say something about willingness or unwillingness to help?
Countries like Canada and some countries in Europe are civil societies because some people are brave enough to do the right thing. Don't simply be a taker from society. Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Other assertions on my character... based on what exactly? The simple question I asked? The fact I refused to enter in an argument with you, argument constructed on false premises? The fact that I stopped a dialog at the first offensive phrase?
It is ironic that you assumed that I was an american.
My mistake. This is to show that schmucks are not the monopoly of US. My only excuse: where I live, I forgot this simple truth, it's not thrown in your face too often; besides, I was inquiring about what should I expect in a situation under the laws of US, and I failed to imagine that the rabid creature in my neck may actually not even live there.
Libertarianism is a political philosophy which I consider to be unrealistic utopian thought where it is assumed the society works without rules and obligations. There are libertarian parties in Canada as well but they only garner a handful of votes.
Meh, given the context (my initial question), the subject is absolutely offtopic and I'm not interested in dissecting what libertarianism would mean/imply/etc, much less with a person so willing to make their points by being gratuitous offensive. I'm past the age when ideologies determines my decisions.
Possession?
The way I looked, it is the uploading and downloading that may enter under the incidence of copyright law (upload infringes on the "distribution rights" while download infringes the "reproduction rights"). In some countries, the download is actually legal (as long it's not for profit)
Possession? I can imagine heaps of ways in which one can be in the possession of a digital copy without be necessarily responsible for copyright infringement.
Imagine someone places a bootlegged copy on the shelves of a movie rental store or in a library. Are these institutions to be held liable for that?
Assume one pays for a genuine fashion item but is delivered a good counterfeit (only an expert could tell the difference): is the buyer to be held liable for that?
With ORACLE you never know.
Guess the worst, expect 10 times as worse.
Looking for the silver lining: using Oracle products, you'll always can delude yourself into thinking you'd contributed to the wellfare of the Lanai subjects of king Larry.
Not a lawyer, but a former police officer. Still not legal advice.
The deal is that there is an intermediate state, typically referred to as "investigative detention." In short, you're not under arrest (in the handcuffs-go-to-jail sense), but neither are you free to go
So, if my first question is: "Am I detained?" (instead of arrested) what should the officer tell you?
INAL, but if you are not involved in a crime but may have information as a witness, why shouldn't you be willing to do you civic duty? Are you one of those libertarian assholes that want to benefit from everything you can get out of society but not do your fair share?
I stopped reading here. To put it in a polite way, you show a "catastrophic failure of imagination".
No, I'm not even a citizen of US. I was fiddling with the idea of travelling there as a tourist, so I was trying to make myself an idea about the "customs of the place". You managed to convince me it's not a place to visit: even ignoring TSA groping, the risk of meeting rabid creatures as yourself seem too high.
Does it make sense now?
By "Lead" do they mean "Control"?
Nope, by lead they mean Pb
Parent is (almost) spam: a bait article with links to a site asking you to create an account.
It is a joke because it is absurd. The funny part is that this explanation cannot possibly be correct.
So either:
1. my lame attempts of humor are actually good jokes (at least as good as the one in the OP); *or*
2. what I posted is not humor because (you know?) they aren't absurd and it can actually happen (?!?)
I don't know which of the two I hate the most.
Anyway, time to give up. I'm better satisfied with the "A dyslexic walks into a bra" type of jokes, I find they work quite well at parties.
> putting '100 of the most forward-thinking founders, CEOs, venture capitalists, and Silicon Valley game-changers' on a flight
What could possibly go wrong?
Ummm... that plane to actually land safely?
"Bottle Some Startup Spirit"... isn't this like "Bottling some desiccated hot water"? You know? The kind of concentrate one puts a teaspoon in a cup, fills it up with tap water and obtain a nice cup of hot water.
(in other words: is the "startup spirit" something that can be taken care by a single flight full of people lucky enough to strike gold or cunning enough to squeeze water from dry stones?)
First off, politicians who claim that everything that ever will be invented has been invented is worse than retarded.
Of course not, especially in HFT. Once the field is leveled, the time is ripe for a new round of "taking some risk to have a competitive edge". I can almost bet that the banksters will invest in some "optimized trading algorithms" and we are bound to see some spectacular flash crashes in the near future.
wooosh! There is this thing called humour,
In addition to the Poe's law, lets see if I understand humor:
I once heard SAP described as "The Germany's way of getting back at us for winning the war."
I've spent my fair share of time beating SAP abomination into submission.
* Humor: maybe it a good time to assemble again a CoW, raise hell in the UN council and invade Germany for the deployment of SAP as weapons of mass destruction
* Humor: seize the SAP assets and send in the drones! Clearly SAP is a terrorist organisation, look how many in our IT industry are terrorized already.
* Humor: an ERP software with so many security holes, that's subversive! Surely some of them are actually planted backdoors to be exploited by zie Germans. Maybe they conspire to form an Axis of Evil with the Chinese. Good to have NSA on our side and intercepting them (together with the rest of Europeans, let God sort them out after we'll throw our nukes on their heads)
Do I consider the above humor? No I'm not and neither I would consider them acceptable. /. and also suggesting (of course, everybody should see it as joking only, it's preposterous to say otherwise!) that all Americans are a "belligerent bunch of inglourious basterds".
I'm just playing on the "score" of latest US actions, using some position I've seen expressed on
Pretty much as the "joke" (that wasn't even signaled as such) in the original post plays on the "score" of "Germans are a bunch of vindictive bastards".
Does it feel right?
It never stops being funny. I still laugh at Charlie Chaplin, and fart on a crowded subway.
I envy you... should be good to retain some infantile attributes over time, be it only for the reason it keeps attacks of acute hypo-alcoholism syndrome at bay.
Alpha channel video sounds fun
That would be a first, indeed.
I mean... just think for a moment: a video channel that sounds!
I wonder how long until a sound channel that videos?
(ducks)
Generally, they'll try really hard not to actually answer that question. You can also just ask "Am I free to go?" and if the answer is "no", or anything but "yes", you should assume that you are under suspicion and are being detained. That's a big clue that it's time to Shut Up.
Thanks
(mods: +Insightful please).
You have a great sense of humor.
Or I might be tired of a certain types of jokes (or just tired), especially when they make the Poe's law applicable.
Well, my own expectation is that your rant will have absolutely no effect whatsoever;
My motivation regarding the participation on /. have little to do with expectations of "impacting an effect". So, why not ranting? /. may have absolutely no effect (except consuming energy, bandwidth, storage space and whatnot): do you expect otherwise? /." perspective, my rant is entitled to existence.
From a pragmatical perspective, by itself, anything posted on
From the "netiquette of
but if you think otherwise, I am definitely both interested and intrigued in finding out why.
Why I chose to rant to the AC post? Be it only to vent my displeasure for a post displaying a position of "exceptionalism" ("we won the war [or any another "exceptionalist attribute"], so we are entitled to [insert there], even if has does nothing to do with the war".)
Another example: "Somebody hacked us. Send in the nukes, because - exceptionally - we have them plenty"
After seeing so many of the same genre, it stops even being funny (this allowing the benefit of the doubt warranted by the Poe's law)
Interesting or intrigued? In other words, is your question a genuine one or just rhetorical?
IBM here ... did someone call me?
Get off, IBM... Oracle leased this line some time ago.
I once heard SAP described as "The Germany's way of getting back at us for winning the war."
Oh... get over it, will you? Do you really think being on the winning side almost 60 years ago bear any relevance to the lack of security in the deployments of overly expensive software? Or, for the matter, entitles you to anything today?
You reckon Oracle applications or Microsoft CRM/ERP suites fair better?
Not a lawyer, but a former police officer. Still not legal advice.
The deal is that there is an intermediate state, typically referred to as "investigative detention." In short, you're not under arrest (in the handcuffs-go-to-jail sense), but neither are you free to go
So, if my first question is: "Am I detained?" (instead of arrested) what should the officer tell you?
Tricky. What's the NBN status there?
I would gladly help with the digging if the NBN was likely to come anywhere near me, but unfortunately it isn't.
...you may consider P2P long range WiFi [wikipedia.org]. It's not that [whirlpool.net.au] unusual.
Now there's a thought..
wireless community networks in Tas, with the warning of: may be outdated.
But perhaps a good point to start "digging" before starting to actually dig.
Cheers
fucking brits
Beg your pardon, but allow me to correct you, chap. That would be "bloody brits", if you don't mind.
Everything else will seem simple after that...
Everything? I doubt it.