Did I use napster? Hell yeah I did. But I'm at least not enough of a hypocrite or turn a blind eye to the fact that using it for its intended purpose was wrong.
But still enough of a hypocrite to actively participate in something yourself that you apparently *DID* know was wrong? Hmmm. Okay... good to know.
That's all very well and good, and may have even been a perfectly arguable justification for having the video pulled from Youtube (although it may have taken longer), but why couldn't they have just said that in the first place, instead of making up some copyright violation excuse? Now, instead of coming across like they actually might have even cared about the people who were hurt, this after-the-fact excuse sounds very wholly contrived, and not really a priority for them at all.
Because I'd have to say I have a problem with that.
I don't use Bittorrent very often, but when I do, it's to download content that is entirely legitimate. I have to say that if they accuse you of infringing on copyright, you should be permitted to at the very least be able to say "No I didn't", and have that actually mean something.
There are two largely orthogonal aspects to getting a university degree. The first is a "depth requirement", which means that the person must have a certain number of credits before they can graduate. Satisfying this criteria shows somebody before they even know who you are that you have the ability to start something that is potentially long and difficult and carry it through to completion. The second aspect to a degree is a "breadth requirement", which ensures that there is a certain minimum amount of diversity in the education that was received. Satisfying this criteria means that you have a broader education than just what you happen to specialize in, or may be personally interested in. Not all tasks an employer will ask you to are likely to be equally enjoyable, after all, and having completed a broad education of a university degree, you are likely to have already demonstrated that you can handle dealing with tasks outside your expertise and interests.
Of course, a university degree doesn't guarantee success... but that's a far cry from saying that it can't ever say very much about a person, or what kind of employee they are likely to be.
There are many applications and utilities written in Java that are quite far from useless, and which are not web-based applications. The website Java.net alone has an enormous number of open source ones. I've personally played around with Klooge Werks, a virtual gaming table for RPG's, which is written entirely in Java. Minecraft was originally developed in Java. A large percentage of IBM's Watson is written in Java.. And of course, Eclipse is mostly written in Java, which is the most widely used development environment for Android
Many ISP's terms of service hold the subscriber responsible for any activity coming from the IP addresses that they are leasing to the subscriber, and can in those cases still be held civilly liable (albeit not criminally).
No... I'm simply stating that it's not illegal for people to do things that may be illegal in their home country when said things are legal in the country that they actually *ARE* in.
It's not illegal to unlock cell phones in Canada. It's not illegal to possess an unlocked cell phone in the USA. It's not really not that difficult a concept.
Going to a Canadian website while in the USA would still involve unlocking it while in the USA, and thus still subject to USA laws.
When you travel to another country, you are subject to the laws of the country you are visiting, not your own country's laws, except to the extent that you do not return with anything that your country prohibits.
As I said.... it is entirely legal in the USA to own an unlocked cell phone, and it's not illegal in Canada to unlock one, and the law does not apparently actually prohibit the distribution of unlocking codes, only the actual act of unlocking, it seems to me that you could take a phone from the USA, unlock it in Canada, and then return to the United States entirely legally.
Barring possible contract violations with your cell phone provider, I can't see any reason you couldn't take your cell phone into Canada, unlock it there, and then return.
It's not illegal in the USA to possess an unlocked cell phone, and as I said, it's legal in Canada to unlock cell phones.
I mean, if you can, say, travel to some country where, for example, marijuana is legal, and take advantage of that fact while vacationing and then return without being held legally accountable for that act upon reentering the United States, I see absolutely no reason why this should be any kind of problem for people who live close enough to the Can/USA border to unlock their phones completely legally.
Not that I think the prohibition against cell phone unlocking is good. It's actually extremely bad because the justification for removing the cell phone unlocking exemption won't generally apply, because it actually creates some additional incentive for more cell phone providers to only provide locked phones.
The interstellar space age isn't going to begin for humanity for several centuries at the earliest, barring some sort of breakthrough that allows us to travel between locations faster than light takes to travel between them.
There are, believe it or not, websites that are not indexed by *ANY* search engine. Many of these are private, and only a limited number of people would typically even know of any particular one's existence, but they still have web pages.
The claim was that you could navigate between *ANY* two pages on the web in 19 clicks or fewer. How do you propose to do this between two web pages on different sites where neither contain any links to any content offsite?
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But still enough of a hypocrite to actively participate in something yourself that you apparently *DID* know was wrong? Hmmm. Okay... good to know.
That's all very well and good, and may have even been a perfectly arguable justification for having the video pulled from Youtube (although it may have taken longer), but why couldn't they have just said that in the first place, instead of making up some copyright violation excuse? Now, instead of coming across like they actually might have even cared about the people who were hurt, this after-the-fact excuse sounds very wholly contrived, and not really a priority for them at all.
Nice try, but no. It assumes that God has similar priorities to human beings, like expedience.
Because I'd have to say I have a problem with that.
I don't use Bittorrent very often, but when I do, it's to download content that is entirely legitimate. I have to say that if they accuse you of infringing on copyright, you should be permitted to at the very least be able to say "No I didn't", and have that actually mean something.
There are two largely orthogonal aspects to getting a university degree. The first is a "depth requirement", which means that the person must have a certain number of credits before they can graduate. Satisfying this criteria shows somebody before they even know who you are that you have the ability to start something that is potentially long and difficult and carry it through to completion. The second aspect to a degree is a "breadth requirement", which ensures that there is a certain minimum amount of diversity in the education that was received. Satisfying this criteria means that you have a broader education than just what you happen to specialize in, or may be personally interested in. Not all tasks an employer will ask you to are likely to be equally enjoyable, after all, and having completed a broad education of a university degree, you are likely to have already demonstrated that you can handle dealing with tasks outside your expertise and interests.
Of course, a university degree doesn't guarantee success... but that's a far cry from saying that it can't ever say very much about a person, or what kind of employee they are likely to be.
But the reality is that most people are lazy.
Do you believe humanity is at some sort of evolutionary dead end? Why do you think that humans are no longer evolving?
Ah... my bad. I didn't spot the troll ears the first time. Carry on, good sir.
There are many applications and utilities written in Java that are quite far from useless, and which are not web-based applications. The website Java.net alone has an enormous number of open source ones. I've personally played around with Klooge Werks, a virtual gaming table for RPG's, which is written entirely in Java. Minecraft was originally developed in Java. A large percentage of IBM's Watson is written in Java.. And of course, Eclipse is mostly written in Java, which is the most widely used development environment for Android
This wasn't your main point, I know, but I know more than one person who claims that so-called "electric cigarettes" are not unhealthy at all.
Define "hello kitty" application.
Many ISP's terms of service hold the subscriber responsible for any activity coming from the IP addresses that they are leasing to the subscriber, and can in those cases still be held civilly liable (albeit not criminally).
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No... I'm simply stating that it's not illegal for people to do things that may be illegal in their home country when said things are legal in the country that they actually *ARE* in.
It's not illegal to unlock cell phones in Canada. It's not illegal to possess an unlocked cell phone in the USA. It's not really not that difficult a concept.
Going to a Canadian website while in the USA would still involve unlocking it while in the USA, and thus still subject to USA laws.
When you travel to another country, you are subject to the laws of the country you are visiting, not your own country's laws, except to the extent that you do not return with anything that your country prohibits.
As I said.... it is entirely legal in the USA to own an unlocked cell phone, and it's not illegal in Canada to unlock one, and the law does not apparently actually prohibit the distribution of unlocking codes, only the actual act of unlocking, it seems to me that you could take a phone from the USA, unlock it in Canada, and then return to the United States entirely legally.
Hmmm.... seems like that technology could have applications for creating a virtual piano keyboard (or typewriter keyboard, for that matter).
Barring possible contract violations with your cell phone provider, I can't see any reason you couldn't take your cell phone into Canada, unlock it there, and then return.
It's not illegal in the USA to possess an unlocked cell phone, and as I said, it's legal in Canada to unlock cell phones.
I mean, if you can, say, travel to some country where, for example, marijuana is legal, and take advantage of that fact while vacationing and then return without being held legally accountable for that act upon reentering the United States, I see absolutely no reason why this should be any kind of problem for people who live close enough to the Can/USA border to unlock their phones completely legally.
Not that I think the prohibition against cell phone unlocking is good. It's actually extremely bad because the justification for removing the cell phone unlocking exemption won't generally apply, because it actually creates some additional incentive for more cell phone providers to only provide locked phones.
.... that the very first thing I thought of when I read the headline was spiderman's webshooters.
By that reasoning, neither has Neptune.
Uh.... what?
The interstellar space age isn't going to begin for humanity for several centuries at the earliest, barring some sort of breakthrough that allows us to travel between locations faster than light takes to travel between them.
The only place iOS folks really need to go for their software is to Apple's online developer portal.
I've been developing for iOS for 2 years now, and had not ever heard of this particular web forum prior to this article.
What the heck is a "watering hole attack"?
There are, believe it or not, websites that are not indexed by *ANY* search engine. Many of these are private, and only a limited number of people would typically even know of any particular one's existence, but they still have web pages.
The claim was that you could navigate between *ANY* two pages on the web in 19 clicks or fewer. How do you propose to do this between two web pages on different sites where neither contain any links to any content offsite?