How about an internet surtax of, say, 5% on top of any state tax? Or a flat internet tax of 15%? It's past time that internet businesses need government handouts to survive, especially Amazon. And we who are watching teachers, nurses, fire and police - or other vital local services - being laid off or threatening to stop pensions because tax revenues are falling are demanding that businesses who don't need subsidies not get subsidies. Congress can slap on whatever taxes it feels is appropriate. And internet businesses like Amazon that contribute nothing directly to local economies (unlike bricks and mortar retail houses) might need extra tax to exist globally but operate locally.
Japan currently has an evacuation zone of 20km radius from the Fukushima area. That's about 225 square miles (it's on the coast). They would not evacuate such an area based only on unsubstantiated fear. The US is recommending 30 Km radius to military employees, 500 square miles. Area flattened by the tsunami can be rebuilt right away (I hope they consider the possibility of another tsunami and build accordingly); area irradiated can't be resettled for awhile, years or possibly decades or more. They will need to evaluate it. I think there's a reason we're not getting lots of info from that area - it's not good news. Nuclear apologists, those here who believe that we can responsibly use highly and persistently toxic substances for profit with no possibility of harm, seem like brainwashed cultists to me right now, and I don't expect them to change their minds.
They didn't even talk about the tons of pizza and barrels of prune juice that lead to the bowel movement that made 13,000 feet of folded toilet paper necessary.
We need to accept that we are not capable of cutting through the BS and making clear decisions where highly toxic, unstable, and corrosive substances are handled in a complex manner for great profit (hundreds of millions of dollars). Put another way, we need trusted technologists to tell us if things are safe or not. Apparently these can be bought when there is lots of money to be made. At best, people don't think clearly. At worst, we are being lied to and as a result people die and whole regions are rendered toxic.
Someone or something needs to teach opportunistic politicians the difference between aggressive opportunism, and principled action. Going to court or to the floor of Congress to force the erasure of your mistakes is definitely in the opportunism column.
I'm assuming this is in the USA, where corporate liability trumps usage for the common good, because they have more money to affect legislation and their legislation reflects their needs and reality. If I were to say it's time to stand up and take it back, we would be straying too far from this topic and into politics.
It's discomforting to note that in the intro to this article, using file sharing programs and exchanging MP3's are casually referred to as activities that indicate copyright infringement. These actions are not in any way copyright violations.
Let's not allow the Copyright-holding criminals to define computer culture and misrepresent useful and lawful activity as criminal.
Rather in the US these days we prefer preventative denial of benefits. Preventative medicine is reserved for situations where the institution is not reimbursed, such as hospital acquired infections, falls, etc.
Only if you believe that money = free speech in your example. Because money greatly influences the reach of your speech (among other reasons), donations to political causes are a matter of public record. The public is then free to react to those donations: boycott the donors, patronize them, contact them and complain, etc. Hopefully there are other laws that regulate personal harassment, intimidation, threats, blackmail, etc. so that the reaction remains civil.
The greatest threat to nuclear power is a paid industry quick to proclaim that everything is perfectly safe, that new technologies or designs would never allow for the degree of catastrophe we see today, that we should continue to subsidize the use for profit of toxic, corrosive, and unstable materials as the best alternative energy source.
I understand that the app was never intended to allow for confession over the iphone, and that the Vatican banned that possibility. But it would indeed be possible to construct a confessional 2-way "chat room" between confessor and penitent, and there's no reason in my mind why they should not allow it - it could be written to allow the dialogue that the Vatican claims is necessary. I believe that it's inevitable, and that the Vatican will eventually create an offshore call center staffed with priests who "hear" confessions via some text system.
"App" means there's a chance that you'll be asked to pay for it, and that a lot of you actually will. The holy grail of the commercialization of the internet has finally been crafted.
Those same people - highly paid network "newscasters" or journalists - are just barely over treating bloggers as troglodyte threats to their profession (yet they constantly appear under-informed and over-impressed with themselves and their status). Today on NPR there was a story about how thoroughly difficult, nearly impossible, it would be to shut down the internet in the USA as it was shut down in Egypt recently, like the backbone ran by itself or something.
This is not a humorous look back at the first glimpse of a new technology, it is a revealing story that shows us that the people that many have relied on to tell them how the world works actually know very little for all their huge salaries, celebrity status, and elite access. That's the real story here.
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Irrelevant. A Library of Congress and an Archie comic both fall at the same rate.
Security through strong-armed obscurity, leading to security through censorship.
What, it's obviously not secure? Sorry, can't talk about the fact that the door is actually open.
"there is a need to establish rules to prevent cities and towns from having unfair advantage over private companies."
Bail on the USA - it's gone to the dark side.
How about an internet surtax of, say, 5% on top of any state tax? Or a flat internet tax of 15%?
It's past time that internet businesses need government handouts to survive, especially Amazon. And we who are watching teachers, nurses, fire and police - or other vital local services - being laid off or threatening to stop pensions because tax revenues are falling are demanding that businesses who don't need subsidies not get subsidies.
Congress can slap on whatever taxes it feels is appropriate.
And internet businesses like Amazon that contribute nothing directly to local economies (unlike bricks and mortar retail houses) might need extra tax to exist globally but operate locally.
Never mind the music, the DOD is in deep poop if they start using his software without permission from the copyright holder.
Japan currently has an evacuation zone of 20km radius from the Fukushima area. That's about 225 square miles (it's on the coast). They would not evacuate such an area based only on unsubstantiated fear. The US is recommending 30 Km radius to military employees, 500 square miles.
Area flattened by the tsunami can be rebuilt right away (I hope they consider the possibility of another tsunami and build accordingly); area irradiated can't be resettled for awhile, years or possibly decades or more. They will need to evaluate it.
I think there's a reason we're not getting lots of info from that area - it's not good news. Nuclear apologists, those here who believe that we can responsibly use highly and persistently toxic substances for profit with no possibility of harm, seem like brainwashed cultists to me right now, and I don't expect them to change their minds.
people like me who get the print version delivered and therefor have access to the online subscription free - ?
..but lacks a bit: it gives Rebecca Black some competition in the song department.
They didn't even talk about the tons of pizza and barrels of prune juice that lead to the bowel movement that made 13,000 feet of folded toilet paper necessary.
We need to accept that we are not capable of cutting through the BS and making clear decisions where highly toxic, unstable, and corrosive substances are handled in a complex manner for great profit (hundreds of millions of dollars).
Put another way, we need trusted technologists to tell us if things are safe or not. Apparently these can be bought when there is lots of money to be made.
At best, people don't think clearly. At worst, we are being lied to and as a result people die and whole regions are rendered toxic.
Someone or something needs to teach opportunistic politicians the difference between aggressive opportunism, and principled action.
Going to court or to the floor of Congress to force the erasure of your mistakes is definitely in the opportunism column.
I'm assuming this is in the USA, where corporate liability trumps usage for the common good, because they have more money to affect legislation and their legislation reflects their needs and reality. If I were to say it's time to stand up and take it back, we would be straying too far from this topic and into politics.
It's discomforting to note that in the intro to this article, using file sharing programs and exchanging MP3's are casually referred to as activities that indicate copyright infringement. These actions are not in any way copyright violations.
Let's not allow the Copyright-holding criminals to define computer culture and misrepresent useful and lawful activity as criminal.
Rather in the US these days we prefer preventative denial of benefits. Preventative medicine is reserved for situations where the institution is not reimbursed, such as hospital acquired infections, falls, etc.
Only if you believe that money = free speech in your example. Because money greatly influences the reach of your speech (among other reasons), donations to political causes are a matter of public record. The public is then free to react to those donations: boycott the donors, patronize them, contact them and complain, etc.
Hopefully there are other laws that regulate personal harassment, intimidation, threats, blackmail, etc. so that the reaction remains civil.
The greatest threat to nuclear power is a paid industry quick to proclaim that everything is perfectly safe, that new technologies or designs would never allow for the degree of catastrophe we see today, that we should continue to subsidize the use for profit of toxic, corrosive, and unstable materials as the best alternative energy source.
Moore's law says that the 2.5Pfl machine in a 20 watt package is about 25 - 30 years away.
Is it wrong if the people using the weapons think they are effective, but they're really not?
No one has explained what psyops actions were taken. Perhaps they just recommended asking the senators for money when the moon was in Libra.
But it's only dangerous if the sun farts in our general direction.
If they wanna pay w/ a credit card then we need a zip; pay with cash, no zip code required.
I understand that the app was never intended to allow for confession over the iphone, and that the Vatican banned that possibility.
But it would indeed be possible to construct a confessional 2-way "chat room" between confessor and penitent, and there's no reason in my mind why they should not allow it - it could be written to allow the dialogue that the Vatican claims is necessary. I believe that it's inevitable, and that the Vatican will eventually create an offshore call center staffed with priests who "hear" confessions via some text system.
Bl355 me f4ther, 4 i hv 5Innd.
If you can sequence the pathogen, maybe you can avoid storing a living or livable (spore, etc.) copy of it and minimize the risk of escape.
"App" means there's a chance that you'll be asked to pay for it, and that a lot of you actually will.
The holy grail of the commercialization of the internet has finally been crafted.
Those same people - highly paid network "newscasters" or journalists - are just barely over treating bloggers as troglodyte threats to their profession (yet they constantly appear under-informed and over-impressed with themselves and their status).
Today on NPR there was a story about how thoroughly difficult, nearly impossible, it would be to shut down the internet in the USA as it was shut down in Egypt recently, like the backbone ran by itself or something.
This is not a humorous look back at the first glimpse of a new technology, it is a revealing story that shows us that the people that many have relied on to tell them how the world works actually know very little for all their huge salaries, celebrity status, and elite access. That's the real story here.
Makes me wonder if I can sue the RIAA because Led Zepplin or (insert band here) never released more albums.