If that were the case then you wouldn't be able to call... because we'd all be cooked.
AC must have thought of this when asking for a call when the atmospheric thickness of earth increased 100x so the answer to your question is clearly: No
That may work on the local level, but I think once you reach the state and federal levels, there is so much gerrymandering and corporate interest in play that choice is greatly diminished or even snuffed out completely.
Couple this with the fact that the POTUS is elected by the electoral college who don't have any obligation to side with the popular vote.
The thing is, how are you supposed to make any kind of informed decisions if you don't have all of the information.
We may not like what terrorists have to say, but somewhere deep down there is a grievance or possibly an injustice.
This is the proverbial slippery slope. Once the government deems a group a terrorist organization, all information about that organization suddenly becomes filtered through approved channels. What if they were misidentified accidentally or purposefully? What if there are multiple "wings" of the same organization, some being non-violent who are just trying to affect change?
Yeah I don't like this idea at all.
By all means, put the repeated visitor of the site on a watch list or something, but don't lock them up for viewing proscribed content.
I am not a constitutional scholar or anything, but I always thought that freedom of speech extended to the point where it met my freedom to not be persecuted or slandered.
Besides, Facebook and Google (or any company) has any obligation to provide uncensored service.
I think that if they want to, and in the interest of fairness, can prove (to themselves) that the speech is hurtful to someone, then by all means, delete the content. I think these companies have an obligation to protect their customers equal to the obligation to make their services as accessible as possible to as many people as possible.
The other side of that coin is that if they do it too much and with too heavy a hand, they will drive away customers. But you can't please everyone.
You expressed what I did not (except for the name calling). But this is why I am so excited about what the next few years hold.
THIS is how MS can win a significant percentage of the mobile market back. It is hedging it's bets by making its apps available on other platforms, but if they could succeed with an x86 Surface Phone that runs a full blown Windows 10 scalable UI, I think that will be so huge.
Add in the bridges for universal apps to run non-native code and you just sweeten the pot.
MS may not be your favorite company, I and I know I come off as a fanboy, but I have always been about using what works and try not to let ideology get in the way.
I really see some real potential with the direction MS is going. It will be very interesting to see where MS is 5 years from now.
I think it would be absolutely fantastic to unify all of the operating systems into one. The UI being the only thing to change between different sized screens.
A full computer in my pocket that I can use as is, or use it with 4 large monitors, keyboard and mouse, or anything in between. One computer to do everything.
I think this is what Microsoft is ultimately driving toward and I think it is pretty awesome if they can pull it off.
However, I would assume that the new key features will leverage the Azure cloud. Like perhaps allowing you to remote to your computer no matter what network you are on in a "LogMeIn" type fashion without having to open up ports in your home router.
How could he, a responsible business person, trust a car dealership to remove his logo?
He is obviously trying to "defend" his business now that it is under attack, but he was not too worried about defending his brand enough to be bothered with simply painting over the decal or removing it despite what the dealership said.
He was selling his car WITH HIS LOGO ATTACHED... how could he think something WOULDN'T go wrong? You don't know who is going to get that car or what it is going to be used for.
He should have taken the completely reasonable action of either removing the decal himself or defacing/redacting/painting over the decal without removing it.
If he wanted the logo removed he should have done it himself.
At the very least, if he was worried about damaging the paint then get a can of black spay paint (Krylon fusion) and paint over the decal (masking off the painted part of the truck around the decal so as not to mar the paintwork).
about an hour of work all said and done and then even if they don't remove the decal, you are fine and you haven't marred the paint by trying to remove the decal.
People just always want to blame other people. In this case, there is a reasonable course of action he could have taken which would have solved all the problems.
I am not saying VTech shouldn't be annoyed with him and even sue him for damages.
But I don't condone "throwing the book" at him... as in "lock him away and throw away the key"
In your analogy, I would certainly pursue damages from you, but I would also learn from the incident and perhaps move away or install a better security system.
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They'll use up all the wind!
Wind farms can kill birds if they are built in migratory paths, but I am sure they are not concerned about that...
Yeah right.
More like Donald Trump has always been a big orange jerk that puts his name on everything and who is synonymous with gaudy, gold-plated tackiness....
The fact that he is running for POTUS doesn't change anything.
Perhaps it is Christian fundamentalists trying to makes sure that kids spend time with their family rather than play video games.
That's about the only reason I could come up with...
So.... they don't have software that will search the content of these PDF's or whatever for key language?
Maybe do a diff between the original doc and the new doc? Doesn't seem like this is a hard problem to solve.
If that were the case then you wouldn't be able to call... because we'd all be cooked.
AC must have thought of this when asking for a call when the atmospheric thickness of earth increased 100x so the answer to your question is clearly: No
As a contractor at some big companies, it was always fun to watch the reply-all to HUGE distribution lists.
The mix of confusion, frustration and attempts at control as everyone replied to all was always an afternoon's worth of entertainment.
For your information, I live in a windowless subterranean room and I have a romantic attraction to coleoidea, you insensitive clod!
I just meant that is what people will say.
I know that this is Germany we are talking about.
And you are right, Americans export their culture all the time.
Thanks for the great reply :)
That may work on the local level, but I think once you reach the state and federal levels, there is so much gerrymandering and corporate interest in play that choice is greatly diminished or even snuffed out completely.
Couple this with the fact that the POTUS is elected by the electoral college who don't have any obligation to side with the popular vote.
Right. A whole new version of swatting is born...
The thing is, how are you supposed to make any kind of informed decisions if you don't have all of the information.
We may not like what terrorists have to say, but somewhere deep down there is a grievance or possibly an injustice.
This is the proverbial slippery slope. Once the government deems a group a terrorist organization, all information about that organization suddenly becomes filtered through approved channels. What if they were misidentified accidentally or purposefully? What if there are multiple "wings" of the same organization, some being non-violent who are just trying to affect change?
Yeah I don't like this idea at all.
By all means, put the repeated visitor of the site on a watch list or something, but don't lock them up for viewing proscribed content.
Freedom of speech and all that.
I am not a constitutional scholar or anything, but I always thought that freedom of speech extended to the point where it met my freedom to not be persecuted or slandered.
Besides, Facebook and Google (or any company) has any obligation to provide uncensored service.
I think that if they want to, and in the interest of fairness, can prove (to themselves) that the speech is hurtful to someone, then by all means, delete the content. I think these companies have an obligation to protect their customers equal to the obligation to make their services as accessible as possible to as many people as possible.
The other side of that coin is that if they do it too much and with too heavy a hand, they will drive away customers. But you can't please everyone.
You expressed what I did not (except for the name calling). But this is why I am so excited about what the next few years hold.
THIS is how MS can win a significant percentage of the mobile market back. It is hedging it's bets by making its apps available on other platforms, but if they could succeed with an x86 Surface Phone that runs a full blown Windows 10 scalable UI, I think that will be so huge.
Add in the bridges for universal apps to run non-native code and you just sweeten the pot.
MS may not be your favorite company, I and I know I come off as a fanboy, but I have always been about using what works and try not to let ideology get in the way.
I really see some real potential with the direction MS is going. It will be very interesting to see where MS is 5 years from now.
Yes, from what I have heard, it sounds like MS will be doing a Surface Phone at some point in the near future.
I think this implies the x86 CPU in a small device.
You know that the only way to counter a bad guy with a bomb is to have a good guy with a bomb.
Obama, quit trying to take away my bombs!
See.... the issue here is they don't have their spam filter turned up high enough.
No e-mail, no problem
And I really like it.
I think it would be absolutely fantastic to unify all of the operating systems into one. The UI being the only thing to change between different sized screens.
A full computer in my pocket that I can use as is, or use it with 4 large monitors, keyboard and mouse, or anything in between. One computer to do everything.
I think this is what Microsoft is ultimately driving toward and I think it is pretty awesome if they can pull it off.
I don't know what is different exactly.
However, I would assume that the new key features will leverage the Azure cloud. Like perhaps allowing you to remote to your computer no matter what network you are on in a "LogMeIn" type fashion without having to open up ports in your home router.
Exactly!
You jest, but everyone knows this.
How could he, a responsible business person, trust a car dealership to remove his logo?
He is obviously trying to "defend" his business now that it is under attack, but he was not too worried about defending his brand enough to be bothered with simply painting over the decal or removing it despite what the dealership said.
Except that it was an easily avoidable situation.
He was selling his car WITH HIS LOGO ATTACHED... how could he think something WOULDN'T go wrong? You don't know who is going to get that car or what it is going to be used for.
He should have taken the completely reasonable action of either removing the decal himself or defacing/redacting/painting over the decal without removing it.
If he wanted the logo removed he should have done it himself.
At the very least, if he was worried about damaging the paint then get a can of black spay paint (Krylon fusion) and paint over the decal (masking off the painted part of the truck around the decal so as not to mar the paintwork).
about an hour of work all said and done and then even if they don't remove the decal, you are fine and you haven't marred the paint by trying to remove the decal.
People just always want to blame other people. In this case, there is a reasonable course of action he could have taken which would have solved all the problems.
What? The "Reeeeesearcher" post?
What is that supposed to mean? Is he a researcher? It doesn't state that in TFA.
I am not saying VTech shouldn't be annoyed with him and even sue him for damages.
But I don't condone "throwing the book" at him... as in "lock him away and throw away the key"
In your analogy, I would certainly pursue damages from you, but I would also learn from the incident and perhaps move away or install a better security system.
Wait.... 3CPO was annoying?
I thought that robot was about the only classy guy in the movie.
Now, R2D2.... that bot was freaking annoying.
That's right, "scrumtrulescent" is a perfectly cromulent word.
Well said, my friend.