Here's a car analogy for you:
This is like having a car that automatically starts up for you and opens the doors when you walk by.
The manufacturer, however, neglected to require the key fob to be anywhere nearby, so any time ANYONE walks by, the car door opens and the car starts up.
The clinics that accept my health insurance all use Epic. I've gotten in the habit of asking all the docs how they like it. They universally respond (to butcher a Churchill quote):
[Epic] is the worst form of [EHR] except for all those other forms that [I] have been tried.
Nope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Coffee_mod
You can still get your hot coffee, just in a firmer container instead of the floppy little cups.... wait are we talking about something else here?
Does the same thing apply to carjacking? Armed robbery? Rape? "Oh, I'm sorry, but I don't participate in such activities so you must stop". Great plan.
Yes, yes, and yes... and it is a GREAT plan.
Good ideas:
"My car was stolen. I'll contact the police."
"My money was stolen at gunpoint. I'll contact my insurance company/security."
"I was just raped. Contact the authorities."
Bad Ideas:
"My car was stolen, I'll steal this guy's car to make up for it."
"My money was stolen at gunpoint. I'll just have to steal it back (and swipe that new TV while I'm at it)."
"I was just raped. I'll contact my well-endowed violence-prone brother to rape my attacker's children. All of them."
So let me get this strait... while he's a citizen, submitting to power, freedom of speech is the most important right we have. Then, once he gains a leadership role of a community that has freedom to say whatever it is they want, suddenly that right isn't so appealing? Excuse me while I fall out of my chair laughing at his dumb ass.
But the original topic was bigotry against gay people, which in any case is pretty far removed from beliefs about the universe and divinity, so fuck that asshole and whatever god he believes in too.
In the late 1700's, blacks were inferior to whites. People believed that slavery was better than freedom for blacks due to their brutish nature. The kind white masters could civilize them, see?
By today's standards, all of those statements are blatantly racist. In their own time, they were mainstream belief.
You're criticizing men who (as a group, if not individually) were more enlightened than the society they lived in because they haven't had the 200 years of research and knowledge that you do.
Have you never read 'Frankenstein,' 'Treasure Island,' 'Little Black Sambo,' or other books from that era?
Terrorism: The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. (according to google). Wearing a uniform means you're government-sponsored; your actions will determine whether or not you're a terrorist.
Apparently you haven't tried to ride a train in the US recently. I've recently priced a trip from the east to west coast and the train was both more expensive and took longer than going by car. Granted we were taking 5+ people, so YMMV if you're travelling alone.
Simply, put:
They're paid for it! They should be held to a higher standard because they can fire/hire 100's of thousands of employees. They *should* be held to a higher standard.
You wante the money? You get the responsibility that goes along with it.
(that being said, I do disagree with his analysis, too!)
I use my Windows computer for gaming and web-surfing, very little else. Is Linux more user-friendly for games? Does Linux have more gaming options than Windows?
I have a mortgage simply because it's cheaper than renting, and I have not yet accrued this 'life savings' you mention. I pay off my CC's monthly. The only debt I currently carry is my house and student loans.... and I am one bad accident away from bankruptcy.
I have enough saved right now for only 2 months jobless; after that I'll be racking up bills faster than any part-time job can compensate. Claiming people shouldn't have bought at 'the height of the bubble' is also disingenious, since nobody knew when the bubble would pop! Waiting 10 years for the housing market to deflate would make less financial sense that buying at a slightly-inflated price.
Making it difficult for people to have access to information, any information, is a bad thing. It's not about whether you can get around it, and it's not about who is behind the censorship. It's about whether it's acceptable to take any steps at all to make it harder for you to get your hands on a book. It's not.
Dead wrong. I don't want my kids reading, "How to build a bomb using common household chemicals" until they are mature enough to do it safely! It's my responsibility to a) keep them from information that will cause serious emotional, physicial, or mental damage and b) help them grow to the point that they *can* read those same texts safely.
You do realize that Assange, responding to criticism that he was not redacting confidential information, made a deal with five venerable papers of record in various countries
If your credit card company contracts an irresponsible security consultant for maintaining their network security, and then your credit card information leaks all over the internet, are you going to defend the credit card company on these same lines that you are defending Wikileaks?
So 'venerable papers of record' are now 'irresponsible security consultant[s]'? If the credit card company had hired a big-name security firm? Yeah, I'd be looking for blood at the security firm instead of the credit card company.
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Here's a car analogy for you: This is like having a car that automatically starts up for you and opens the doors when you walk by. The manufacturer, however, neglected to require the key fob to be anywhere nearby, so any time ANYONE walks by, the car door opens and the car starts up.
What about using the same password for everything, just changing them *all* every 2-3 months?
You mean one... hundred... billion?
It's spelt Tennant (see the Criticism & Review section)
I'm sure Sweden would like to avoid any chance of US criminals ending up living in Sweden afterwards...
Bull. This is the WHOLE POINT of "avoiding relapse into crime." Once they're out of prison, they're welcomed back into society.
Going to use the toilet must be a terrifying experience for you...
Nope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Coffee_mod You can still get your hot coffee, just in a firmer container instead of the floppy little cups. ... wait are we talking about something else here?
Just add a couple drops of soap to the water. It reduces the surface tension and the 'wrigglers' drown.
Does the same thing apply to carjacking? Armed robbery? Rape? "Oh, I'm sorry, but I don't participate in such activities so you must stop". Great plan.
Yes, yes, and yes... and it is a GREAT plan.
Good ideas:
"My car was stolen. I'll contact the police."
"My money was stolen at gunpoint. I'll contact my insurance company/security."
"I was just raped. Contact the authorities."
Bad Ideas:
"My car was stolen, I'll steal this guy's car to make up for it."
"My money was stolen at gunpoint. I'll just have to steal it back (and swipe that new TV while I'm at it)."
"I was just raped. I'll contact my well-endowed violence-prone brother to rape my attacker's children. All of them."
See?
So let me get this strait... while he's a citizen, submitting to power, freedom of speech is the most important right we have. Then, once he gains a leadership role of a community that has freedom to say whatever it is they want, suddenly that right isn't so appealing? Excuse me while I fall out of my chair laughing at his dumb ass.
Nah, it's more like a gulf than a strait.
But the original topic was bigotry against gay people, which in any case is pretty far removed from beliefs about the universe and divinity, so fuck that asshole and whatever god he believes in too.
Amen! Preach on, my brother!
they are cartoons. For kids.
Please tell me you've never rented Ninja Scrolls or Afro Samurai for your kids to watch...
And that would be a good thing!
In the late 1700's, blacks were inferior to whites. People believed that slavery was better than freedom for blacks due to their brutish nature. The kind white masters could civilize them, see?
By today's standards, all of those statements are blatantly racist. In their own time, they were mainstream belief.
You're criticizing men who (as a group, if not individually) were more enlightened than the society they lived in because they haven't had the 200 years of research and knowledge that you do.
Have you never read 'Frankenstein,' 'Treasure Island,' 'Little Black Sambo,' or other books from that era?
Just for fun, I tried reading this article with gender-neutral pronouns. It really makes its point that way.
Terrorism: The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. (according to google).
Wearing a uniform means you're government-sponsored; your actions will determine whether or not you're a terrorist.
Maxim #29: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.
Schlock Mercenary
Yes, and my neighbor calls himself "The Spawn of Satan," so it must be true!
Apparently you haven't tried to ride a train in the US recently. I've recently priced a trip from the east to west coast and the train was both more expensive and took longer than going by car. Granted we were taking 5+ people, so YMMV if you're travelling alone.
Simply, put: They're paid for it! They should be held to a higher standard because they can fire/hire 100's of thousands of employees. They *should* be held to a higher standard. You wante the money? You get the responsibility that goes along with it. (that being said, I do disagree with his analysis, too!)
I use my Windows computer for gaming and web-surfing, very little else. Is Linux more user-friendly for games? Does Linux have more gaming options than Windows?
I have a mortgage simply because it's cheaper than renting, and I have not yet accrued this 'life savings' you mention. I pay off my CC's monthly. The only debt I currently carry is my house and student loans. ... and I am one bad accident away from bankruptcy.
I have enough saved right now for only 2 months jobless; after that I'll be racking up bills faster than any part-time job can compensate. Claiming people shouldn't have bought at 'the height of the bubble' is also disingenious, since nobody knew when the bubble would pop! Waiting 10 years for the housing market to deflate would make less financial sense that buying at a slightly-inflated price.
Making it difficult for people to have access to information, any information, is a bad thing. It's not about whether you can get around it, and it's not about who is behind the censorship. It's about whether it's acceptable to take any steps at all to make it harder for you to get your hands on a book. It's not.
Dead wrong. I don't want my kids reading, "How to build a bomb using common household chemicals" until they are mature enough to do it safely! It's my responsibility to a) keep them from information that will cause serious emotional, physicial, or mental damage and b) help them grow to the point that they *can* read those same texts safely.
You do realize that Assange, responding to criticism that he was not redacting confidential information, made a deal with five venerable papers of record in various countries
If your credit card company contracts an irresponsible security consultant for maintaining their network security, and then your credit card information leaks all over the internet, are you going to defend the credit card company on these same lines that you are defending Wikileaks?
So 'venerable papers of record' are now 'irresponsible security consultant[s]'? If the credit card company had hired a big-name security firm? Yeah, I'd be looking for blood at the security firm instead of the credit card company.