Sony has a consumer division. The corporation is not consumer driven, in fact just the opposite, they steer the consumers like cattle anywhere it pleases. But it serves the heavy industry, where the real money is. Just like Mitsubishi or Toshiba. They couldn't care less if half of us were annihilated tomorrow. When their stock prices decline, they just shift their money to more profitable investments, and the CEO gets a huge bonus for *saving* the company, a bigger one for bankrupting it and eliminating its debts, and a bigger one still if they can get a "bailout".
Well, you know how submissions work. For better chances, always make sure it links to an advertising partner. If it's not on one of the mainstream *tech* rags, then chances are Slashdot won't have it. That's where its aggregator does most of its searching, and is why Slashdot is always showing up late to the party. And to see all the false rumors on the front page lately is kind of a sad display of editorial *quality*
Not going to buy Sony? Gee, you better rip open all your gear and look for Sony parts. And that CD-ROM? Hee hee hee.. Blu-ray? memory chips? You people think you're the customer? Think again... They sell to all those other people you buy from when you don't buy from Sony.
Okay, great.. So you put Sony out business. You think you're putting the execs into the street? How naive. They got a nice big bonus when they shut down, and you just relieved them of all debts, including their taxes.. Good show! You just made to the crooks ten times richer as they pick up a new job at the DOJ!
They have to answer to the law. The law is corrupt, but they still have to follow. It is up to us to ignore the propaganda and vote for people who make the proper changes. Until then, forget about it. Either way, don't blame the system you are propping up. I have very little doubt it will take a shooting war to tell the majority to fuck off as they vote our rights away.
The blackout could just as easily be an US/UK one to cover ongoing operations on the ground. There's a reason Qaddafi has been able to hold out this long. The players haven't found a replacement yet.
'salright. I don't really believe in free will either. It's all about statistics and probability. Eh, maybe some day we'll become human and learn things like self control in place of trying to control others. I know that seems unnatural in the grand scheme, but if we are to evolve, it must be done, or we shall forever remain nothing more than perpetually warring talking chimps.
I've already said it. Address how you respond to the words. That's all that matters. As long as you can physically turn your back on the words and walk away, then you can safely assume that other people are free to do the same thing, and you should leave the words alone. Those who decide to act are the ones who should face the consequences.
I say you have to be held accountable for your response. That's the point "society" chooses to ignore in the effect to avoid responsibility for their actions.
Exactly. Slander, defamation, racial hatred. These are crimes.
Only when it becomes an irresistible force. Not before then. The written law not withstanding.
Two words: NO LAW... It's right there in black and white. It doesn't say, "no unreasonable law, just "no law". You are not allowed to attach qualifiers that are not specifically permitted, and none are.
You can speak all you want. What you can't do is force someone to listen. So out the window goes that analogy. There is no such force in regards to computer forums. You have to read the message to be offended.
...congress shall make no law...
Try to comprehend that. And to place your desired restrictions, you should need to change the law to fit.
There's also the grand proposition of reprogramming society not to respond positively to hearsay. That's your "one size fits all". It's all about conditioned response and behavior modification, with specific keywords to set off the alarm, no matter the context. Real, honest to god psy-ops at work. Piece of cake. There's a small stink about the military trying it out on some congressmen in Afghanistan. I have to laugh when I consider how well it's working on genpop when they all recite almost word for word what they hear on the TV.
Precedence means crap to me. Bullfighting is well established and widely accepted also. Does that make it okay? And I said nothing about it being irrational or unprecedented. I said it's bullshit. It's suppression. An assertion of arbitrary authority. The commission of a crime has nothing to do with speech. Only those who actually commit the crime can be held accountable. What led them to it is totally irrelevant to me.
Oh please. You know they can order you to keep them, and to create logs if you haven't already. The whole "shield law" thing is bullshit. It gave consent to harass anybody who isn't officially a "journalist". And this story.. over defamation! Christ! that's the last thing you give up peoples' shit for. Just another display of the power of money
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We should give them up for 'droids. Much easier to control.
It's still smokeware
thankyouverymuch
And they are so poor
How poor are they?
Thank you! They are so poor... that they only have *one* God!
*We are so poor, we do not even have a language! Just this stupid accent! *
Sony has a consumer division. The corporation is not consumer driven, in fact just the opposite, they steer the consumers like cattle anywhere it pleases. But it serves the heavy industry, where the real money is. Just like Mitsubishi or Toshiba. They couldn't care less if half of us were annihilated tomorrow. When their stock prices decline, they just shift their money to more profitable investments, and the CEO gets a huge bonus for *saving* the company, a bigger one for bankrupting it and eliminating its debts, and a bigger one still if they can get a "bailout".
Yeah, something like this would sell much better in the states, where they are dumb enough to pay to receive calls.
Well, you know how submissions work. For better chances, always make sure it links to an advertising partner. If it's not on one of the mainstream *tech* rags, then chances are Slashdot won't have it. That's where its aggregator does most of its searching, and is why Slashdot is always showing up late to the party. And to see all the false rumors on the front page lately is kind of a sad display of editorial *quality*
Translation: I'm bored. Let's start a flame war
Not going to buy Sony? Gee, you better rip open all your gear and look for Sony parts. And that CD-ROM? Hee hee hee.. Blu-ray? memory chips? You people think you're the customer? Think again... They sell to all those other people you buy from when you don't buy from Sony.
Okay, great.. So you put Sony out business. You think you're putting the execs into the street? How naive. They got a nice big bonus when they shut down, and you just relieved them of all debts, including their taxes.. Good show! You just made to the crooks ten times richer as they pick up a new job at the DOJ!
They have to answer to the law. The law is corrupt, but they still have to follow. It is up to us to ignore the propaganda and vote for people who make the proper changes. Until then, forget about it. Either way, don't blame the system you are propping up. I have very little doubt it will take a shooting war to tell the majority to fuck off as they vote our rights away.
You can run, but you can't <hide>. A few of those scopes around the world and we can watch the watchers pretty effectively.
The blackout could just as easily be an US/UK one to cover ongoing operations on the ground. There's a reason Qaddafi has been able to hold out this long. The players haven't found a replacement yet.
The UK and US are spearheading the drive to insure that these *widely misplaced documents* are located and safely secured so they can cause no harm.
to the Tiger... for the paws that refreshes
only on a prepared surface
This is just idiocy of the highest order though.
'salright. I don't really believe in free will either. It's all about statistics and probability. Eh, maybe some day we'll become human and learn things like self control in place of trying to control others. I know that seems unnatural in the grand scheme, but if we are to evolve, it must be done, or we shall forever remain nothing more than perpetually warring talking chimps.
And that applies to the "Scream loudly at little girls" scenario?
Yep, Your only legitmate concern is the decibel level.
others will be able to see how hilariously retarded you are.
Ah yes, that should sidestep the real issue very nicely and convince the simple minded how right you are. By all means then...
I want to know what you think is right.
I've already said it. Address how you respond to the words. That's all that matters. As long as you can physically turn your back on the words and walk away, then you can safely assume that other people are free to do the same thing, and you should leave the words alone. Those who decide to act are the ones who should face the consequences.
I say you have to be held accountable for your response. That's the point "society" chooses to ignore in the effect to avoid responsibility for their actions.
Exactly. Slander, defamation, racial hatred. These are crimes.
Only when it becomes an irresistible force. Not before then. The written law not withstanding.
Two words: NO LAW... It's right there in black and white. It doesn't say, "no unreasonable law, just "no law". You are not allowed to attach qualifiers that are not specifically permitted, and none are.
You can speak all you want. What you can't do is force someone to listen. So out the window goes that analogy. There is no such force in regards to computer forums. You have to read the message to be offended.
Try to comprehend that. And to place your desired restrictions, you should need to change the law to fit.
There's also the grand proposition of reprogramming society not to respond positively to hearsay. That's your "one size fits all". It's all about conditioned response and behavior modification, with specific keywords to set off the alarm, no matter the context. Real, honest to god psy-ops at work. Piece of cake. There's a small stink about the military trying it out on some congressmen in Afghanistan. I have to laugh when I consider how well it's working on genpop when they all recite almost word for word what they hear on the TV.
I find these charges hard to believe
Then don't believe them
Precedence means crap to me. Bullfighting is well established and widely accepted also. Does that make it okay? And I said nothing about it being irrational or unprecedented. I said it's bullshit. It's suppression. An assertion of arbitrary authority. The commission of a crime has nothing to do with speech. Only those who actually commit the crime can be held accountable. What led them to it is totally irrelevant to me.
Oh please. You know they can order you to keep them, and to create logs if you haven't already. The whole "shield law" thing is bullshit. It gave consent to harass anybody who isn't officially a "journalist". And this story.. over defamation! Christ! that's the last thing you give up peoples' shit for. Just another display of the power of money
Then you have no problem with peoples' identities being sought out. The "qualifier" is bullshit.