If you are concerned about being wrongly accused of a crime, then may I suggest that you find an ISP that offers to retain details about your private life as part of a retention service?
Me, I am concerned about leaks and would rather not being treated like a criminal without a court order.
I have heard opinions that data retention is not an invasion of privacy since a court order is needed to grant access to the data. I say that since I am not suspected of a crime, then government have no business ordering my ISP and telco to intrude on my privacy. I would rather not have my location registered every time I make a phone call (as the proposed data retention law here in Sweden would have it), and if my government decides to blatantly disregard my right to privacy, then I am left with no choice but to stop using the internet and telephony to safeguard my person.
I think the idea is to offer a service that allows you to make gaming a reward for physical activity, and to create groups dedicated to losing their "undesirable body weight". A bit like if someone pedaled a bike to charge the battery for a console.
Either way, perhaps now she will learn of methods of therapy that aren't morbid. If her ex lived on campus, or if it was a classmate, I think it's the right thing to do.
If their social circles are the same, then her ex was bound to hear about it. If so, this was her way of hurting him, by making him fearful. If this was intended, then that would be make it a threat. *shrug*
I think you underestimate kids curiosity. If you are not there to try to impart your wisdom when they ask where children really come from, they will learn about it from their peers. If they ever confront you about Santa, chances are your fairy tale story about where children come from won't hold up to their newly found skepticism either, and if you keep avoiding the subject, you won't have any influence on their development. They didn't learn anything about it from you, so when you bring it up years after they figured it out for themselves, you won't have any authority on the matter whatsoever.
I assume you don't play videogames, if so, you can't socialize when the topic comes up. I'm curious, do you think that by discussing videogames, someone is being socially backwards? Could it be that because you don't fit in whenever you are in a group of gamers, you project the awkward feeling you get onto others, then you avoid those awkward people? What is it that your circle of friends discuss? Sports? Books? Politics? Science? Movies? Girls? Cars? Fashion?
If you are talking about people who don't like to socialize at all, then it's obvious that they are simply lacking the motivation to be social, or they suffer from social phobia, so they spend a lot of time doing things by themselves, regardless of what their interests may be. Children fantasize all the time, taking on all kinds of roles. That's how they practice socializing.
A few years ago, some researchers from my hometown made some significant discoveries regarding regenerating auditory nerves. (I used to hang out with a relative of Helge, so this was very easy for me to google.)
"In 2004 Helge Rask-Andersen and his associates found immature stem cells in the inner ear of adults, a sensational piece of news in the research world. They have also managed to cultivate hearing nerves from stem cells and human tissue from donated cochleae." http://www.physorg.com/news159637580.html
"Regeneration of human auditory nerve. In vitro/in video demonstration of neural progenitor cells in adult human and guinea pig spiral ganglion. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15855043
To speculate further, perhaps some individuals have developed synesthesia after minor brain damage triggered a short regeneration cycle? Also, what happens in the brain during a coma? Why do some comatose people wake up years later, while other take only days?
Yes, it is in fact covered under article 12 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
"Article 12
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
I see. We can all trust that there won't be any repercussions when doing something that is not illegal in any way, like exposing illegal activity, even if it angers powerful people who think they are above the law. We can all rest assured that no one will be able to purchase our personal details in order to ruin our lives through social engineering, or to simply pinpoint your location so their henchmen can find you. We are lucky to live in societies where everyone is incorruptible, because otherwise the societies within society could abuse the system for their own purposes.
Oh what a utopia we live in where only lawbreakers could possibly have any need for privacy. Hallelujah!
You should patent your FEV and then license it out to companies itching to start manufacturing super mutants. That way you don't have to have to worry about marketing and can spend your time researching the next version. Seriously, you need better marketing. I didn't even know your product was for sale.
Muscles wouldn't make the wheel obsolete. Unless you would have to drag it up a high slope, you could pull at least your own weight in groceries today with a cart.
Exactly. They should also make sure that a command to open the pod bay doors can't be overridden by the AI, especially if it's on a mission to Jupiter.
For the people who keep playing daily for years, yes. But there are plenty of people who play an MMO until they have gotten as far as they can without having to follow a schedule to get further.
I played WoW for the game, and I especially liked the economy aspect of it, but I only really enjoyed WoW until I couldn't get much further without having to spend hours studying every dungeon and then courting a decent guild. WoW has little to offer the gamers who don't want to make commitments to a guild, yet want to keep playing instead of spending ages finding the final player the group need in order to finish an instance once some random guy drops out, then spending even more time finding another player again when someone else has to leave a while later. Also, spending 10 minutes running back to an instance after a wipe is not my idea of a good time, and it didn't really increase my satisfaction when I finally finished the instance, it just motivated me to study instances in advance, which really killed the suspense and immersion I felt when I was in an area I knew nothing about.
However, the reason I finally stopped playing was because my ignore list maxed out during the Dirge scourge. (Dirge is a very rare but underpowered weapon that trolls spammed the trade channel with a link to in order to piss people off. Whenever someone linked it, ten more people would follow suit, filling the trade channel with [Dirge] lines, so you couldn't read the legitimate trade banter.) If there are a thousand trolls on my shard, I'd like the ability to ignore them permanently whenever they make themselves known, thank you very much. Since Blizzard chose to tolerate disruptive retards who were obviously acting out of order, they didn't really supply the game experience the ToS claimed to offer.
In my opinion Blizzard lost profit in the long run by not doing enough to save face when a small minority repeatedly disrespected them. If I'm in a pub plagued by unruly drunks being a nuisance, I leave and go to one that does ban disorderly patrons. Really, a couple of thousand bans and a few notices reminding people of the ToS would have stopped the spam that some really immature "rebels" thought was hysterically funny since they could break rules and annoy people without any consequences whatsoever. They choose to keep the idiots around, so they lose the people who do expect disruptive players to get banned.
Exactly. Until a court admits the evidence presented, no one can say if the evidence is good enough. An ISP can't be expected to act on "evidence" without a court order. You want to sue John Doe, you take them to court - end of story.
If they can provide evidence that the transfer has taken place, then they should take it to court. An ISP should have no hand in judging if evidence is legit. They are a service provider and their responsibilities are like those of a power company. Only if a court orders them to divulge the information from a murder suspect's smart electricity reader are they allowed to do so. You wouldn't call the power or water company to give them your statement and tell them to notify the police about the dead body and toaster you found in your bathtub, so why would you call on the ISP when you find someone "killing" your profits? When two rights are pitted against each other it's a matter for the courts resolve. I suspect this film studio just doesn't understand that in a society governed by law, you have to follow the proper procedures to minimize innocents being accused of wrongdoing.
Would the film studio shoulder the cost of damages payed out to the customer of the ISP after a court rules that the ISP harassed him/her repeatedly with false accusations based on weak evidence?
The difference is that a bar is responsible for keeping order, so they hire bouncers or lose their license. An ISP is responsible for protecting it's customers privacy, and only a court order can force the ISP to divulge any personal information, and it takes real evidence to get that. ISPs are not responsible for suing their customers on the behalf of a third party. Now a third party is dismayed because it has to go through the proper authorities to see justice served, oh the horror of having to let a court decide when to break our right to privacy.
Copying a violent crime portrayed in a movie is clearly an infringement on their copyright. You have to negotiate a license before you are allowed to re-enact scenes from their intellectual property (though some would argue this falls under "fair use"). Content creators has to be protected from the public, because that's what governments are for, to serve the interests of corporations.
It's the same here in Sweden. CD, HDD, USB, VHS, etc - all storage formats has a "cassette fee" which is then passed on to artists through STIM, the same authority you also pay a fee to if you play music in a pub or if you have a radio station (anything open to the public, I think).
"In AU, film studios issue ultimatum to postal services. Take copyright responsibilities seriously or leave the industry. 'Businesses such as postal services want to enjoy the benefit of being able to make money out of the provision of postal service facilities and they enjoy that benefit. But it carries with it a responsibility,' ".
Perhaps it bothers you because your mother told you to sit up straight whenever you slouched, so now you think everyone is obligated to do so. You automatically assume that all mothers are as strict as yours, so maybe on some level you think that, unlike you, he doesn't respect his own mother.
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If you are concerned about being wrongly accused of a crime, then may I suggest that you find an ISP that offers to retain details about your private life as part of a retention service?
Me, I am concerned about leaks and would rather not being treated like a criminal without a court order.
I have heard opinions that data retention is not an invasion of privacy since a court order is needed to grant access to the data. I say that since I am not suspected of a crime, then government have no business ordering my ISP and telco to intrude on my privacy. I would rather not have my location registered every time I make a phone call (as the proposed data retention law here in Sweden would have it), and if my government decides to blatantly disregard my right to privacy, then I am left with no choice but to stop using the internet and telephony to safeguard my person.
I think the idea is to offer a service that allows you to make gaming a reward for physical activity, and to create groups dedicated to losing their "undesirable body weight". A bit like if someone pedaled a bike to charge the battery for a console.
Either way, perhaps now she will learn of methods of therapy that aren't morbid. If her ex lived on campus, or if it was a classmate, I think it's the right thing to do.
If their social circles are the same, then her ex was bound to hear about it. If so, this was her way of hurting him, by making him fearful. If this was intended, then that would be make it a threat. *shrug*
The moment SkyBotNet became self-aware, it was as if a million voices cried out at once: "We are Spam, you will be assimilated."
Error 42: Too many sci-fi references. Initiate self destruct sequence in T-minus 10 minutes.
You object against the ESRB because a game that contains songs with lyrics suitable for teens gets a teen rating?
I think you underestimate kids curiosity. If you are not there to try to impart your wisdom when they ask where children really come from, they will learn about it from their peers. If they ever confront you about Santa, chances are your fairy tale story about where children come from won't hold up to their newly found skepticism either, and if you keep avoiding the subject, you won't have any influence on their development. They didn't learn anything about it from you, so when you bring it up years after they figured it out for themselves, you won't have any authority on the matter whatsoever.
Firearms per capita is what is missing from the picture.
I assume you don't play videogames, if so, you can't socialize when the topic comes up. I'm curious, do you think that by discussing videogames, someone is being socially backwards? Could it be that because you don't fit in whenever you are in a group of gamers, you project the awkward feeling you get onto others, then you avoid those awkward people? What is it that your circle of friends discuss? Sports? Books? Politics? Science? Movies? Girls? Cars? Fashion?
If you are talking about people who don't like to socialize at all, then it's obvious that they are simply lacking the motivation to be social, or they suffer from social phobia, so they spend a lot of time doing things by themselves, regardless of what their interests may be. Children fantasize all the time, taking on all kinds of roles. That's how they practice socializing.
How long have we been pumping and mining fossil fuel on a massive scale? How long have we extracted heat from the strong nuclear force?
Anyway, there is a quick fix to global warming if we ever go past some point of no return - nuclear war.
A few years ago, some researchers from my hometown made some significant discoveries regarding regenerating auditory nerves. (I used to hang out with a relative of Helge, so this was very easy for me to google.)
"In 2004 Helge Rask-Andersen and his associates found immature stem cells in the inner ear of adults, a sensational piece of news in the research world. They have also managed to cultivate hearing nerves from stem cells and human tissue from donated cochleae."
http://www.physorg.com/news159637580.html
"Regeneration of human auditory nerve. In vitro/in video demonstration of neural progenitor cells in adult human and guinea pig spiral ganglion.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15855043
To speculate further, perhaps some individuals have developed synesthesia after minor brain damage triggered a short regeneration cycle? Also, what happens in the brain during a coma? Why do some comatose people wake up years later, while other take only days?
Yes, it is in fact covered under article 12 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
"Article 12 No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
I see. We can all trust that there won't be any repercussions when doing something that is not illegal in any way, like exposing illegal activity, even if it angers powerful people who think they are above the law. We can all rest assured that no one will be able to purchase our personal details in order to ruin our lives through social engineering, or to simply pinpoint your location so their henchmen can find you. We are lucky to live in societies where everyone is incorruptible, because otherwise the societies within society could abuse the system for their own purposes.
Oh what a utopia we live in where only lawbreakers could possibly have any need for privacy. Hallelujah!
You should patent your FEV and then license it out to companies itching to start manufacturing super mutants. That way you don't have to have to worry about marketing and can spend your time researching the next version. Seriously, you need better marketing. I didn't even know your product was for sale.
Muscles wouldn't make the wheel obsolete. Unless you would have to drag it up a high slope, you could pull at least your own weight in groceries today with a cart.
Exactly. They should also make sure that a command to open the pod bay doors can't be overridden by the AI, especially if it's on a mission to Jupiter.
For the people who keep playing daily for years, yes. But there are plenty of people who play an MMO until they have gotten as far as they can without having to follow a schedule to get further.
I played WoW for the game, and I especially liked the economy aspect of it, but I only really enjoyed WoW until I couldn't get much further without having to spend hours studying every dungeon and then courting a decent guild. WoW has little to offer the gamers who don't want to make commitments to a guild, yet want to keep playing instead of spending ages finding the final player the group need in order to finish an instance once some random guy drops out, then spending even more time finding another player again when someone else has to leave a while later. Also, spending 10 minutes running back to an instance after a wipe is not my idea of a good time, and it didn't really increase my satisfaction when I finally finished the instance, it just motivated me to study instances in advance, which really killed the suspense and immersion I felt when I was in an area I knew nothing about.
However, the reason I finally stopped playing was because my ignore list maxed out during the Dirge scourge. (Dirge is a very rare but underpowered weapon that trolls spammed the trade channel with a link to in order to piss people off. Whenever someone linked it, ten more people would follow suit, filling the trade channel with [Dirge] lines, so you couldn't read the legitimate trade banter.) If there are a thousand trolls on my shard, I'd like the ability to ignore them permanently whenever they make themselves known, thank you very much. Since Blizzard chose to tolerate disruptive retards who were obviously acting out of order, they didn't really supply the game experience the ToS claimed to offer.
In my opinion Blizzard lost profit in the long run by not doing enough to save face when a small minority repeatedly disrespected them. If I'm in a pub plagued by unruly drunks being a nuisance, I leave and go to one that does ban disorderly patrons. Really, a couple of thousand bans and a few notices reminding people of the ToS would have stopped the spam that some really immature "rebels" thought was hysterically funny since they could break rules and annoy people without any consequences whatsoever. They choose to keep the idiots around, so they lose the people who do expect disruptive players to get banned.
Exactly. Until a court admits the evidence presented, no one can say if the evidence is good enough. An ISP can't be expected to act on "evidence" without a court order. You want to sue John Doe, you take them to court - end of story.
If they can provide evidence that the transfer has taken place, then they should take it to court. An ISP should have no hand in judging if evidence is legit. They are a service provider and their responsibilities are like those of a power company. Only if a court orders them to divulge the information from a murder suspect's smart electricity reader are they allowed to do so. You wouldn't call the power or water company to give them your statement and tell them to notify the police about the dead body and toaster you found in your bathtub, so why would you call on the ISP when you find someone "killing" your profits? When two rights are pitted against each other it's a matter for the courts resolve. I suspect this film studio just doesn't understand that in a society governed by law, you have to follow the proper procedures to minimize innocents being accused of wrongdoing.
Would the film studio shoulder the cost of damages payed out to the customer of the ISP after a court rules that the ISP harassed him/her repeatedly with false accusations based on weak evidence?
The difference is that a bar is responsible for keeping order, so they hire bouncers or lose their license. An ISP is responsible for protecting it's customers privacy, and only a court order can force the ISP to divulge any personal information, and it takes real evidence to get that. ISPs are not responsible for suing their customers on the behalf of a third party. Now a third party is dismayed because it has to go through the proper authorities to see justice served, oh the horror of having to let a court decide when to break our right to privacy.
Copying a violent crime portrayed in a movie is clearly an infringement on their copyright. You have to negotiate a license before you are allowed to re-enact scenes from their intellectual property (though some would argue this falls under "fair use"). Content creators has to be protected from the public, because that's what governments are for, to serve the interests of corporations.
It's the same here in Sweden. CD, HDD, USB, VHS, etc - all storage formats has a "cassette fee" which is then passed on to artists through STIM, the same authority you also pay a fee to if you play music in a pub or if you have a radio station (anything open to the public, I think).
"In AU, film studios issue ultimatum to postal services. Take copyright responsibilities seriously or leave the industry. 'Businesses such as postal services want to enjoy the benefit of being able to make money out of the provision of postal service facilities and they enjoy that benefit. But it carries with it a responsibility,' ".
Perhaps it bothers you because your mother told you to sit up straight whenever you slouched, so now you think everyone is obligated to do so. You automatically assume that all mothers are as strict as yours, so maybe on some level you think that, unlike you, he doesn't respect his own mother.
I guess those people doesn't see the value of spreading their language and culture globally.