I advocate it as a face-saving move for Apple. Perhaps it's a bit much but I think Apple would do well to distance themselves as far as possible from this nonsense.
Yes it is. I suppose it depends on your definition of "religious" but it is considered a sacred text, its writing is attributed to a god (or a sacred bull), and it contains moral instruction for readers.
I agree with the more "succinct" blog commenter that is linked in the summary; this is a truly execrable move on Apple's part. The point isn't just that the Kama Sutra can be found elsewhere or that it doesn't meet the definition of pornography. I'm sorry, but the Kama Sutra is one of the world's great religious texts, and is a great literary work in its own right. That Apple would put itself on the side of prohibiting access to it on some sort of moral grounds is completely outrageous. Apple should issue a public apology and fire the person who made this decision. Better yet, they should make the app store approval process more content-neutral, but we know that's not going to happen.
These are private security contractors. Mercenaries. They were paid a fee; they were not protected as an undercover agent is and they certainly did not have Non-Official Cover status. And there's no evidence that a "Democrat" blew their covers. In fact, it sounds like the CIA leaked their names themselves.
Cheney gave the go ahead to his staff to go after Plame; his notes on Wilson's editorial were entered into evidence to that effect and the point was never denied in the investigation. And remember, Armitage was carrying Cheney's water at that point; this happened long before he came out critical of Bush.
Novak is a liar, but that aside, he has no direct knowledge of Plame's actual situation. She was an undercover operative, and she was working on WMD issues concerning Iran. This is well known, uncovered by other reporters, and agreed to by the special prosecutor and the judge in one of the cases. It was also never denied by anyone in the actual court proceedings; only by pundits in staged media appearances reading Rove's talking points. It's because of the confusion they sowed that anyone even takes these silly arguments seriously at all.
It's refreshing to read some intelligent commentary about unions on this page rather than the typical knee-jerk anti-union comments that generally get attention.
You're right. I would have been fucking murdered. Or I would have murdered someone and gone to prison. Either way no good would have come of it. As it was I just lost fifty bucks and some of my faith in my fellow man.
It was a rough hood, Hyde Park around 1984, it was dusk, I clearly didn't belong there, and I was a scared 17 year-old kid. I was goddamn lucky I didn't have a gun.
Thanks to slashdot for highlighting one of the many great ideas that Big Blue has brought to our meager existences. It's things like color fonts in email that really put a smile on my face every day. I'm glad slashdot posts stories like this to remind us of who's behind some of the great ideas we use every day.
To celebrate this remarkable achievement I am going to send all my emails today using a Big Blue font.
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If gas jumps to 3 or 4 or 5 dollars a gallon, eventually other technologies will be competitive.
3 or 4 or 5? It's at least 5 almost everywhere in the world outside of the US.
I advocate it as a face-saving move for Apple. Perhaps it's a bit much but I think Apple would do well to distance themselves as far as possible from this nonsense.
Yes it is. I suppose it depends on your definition of "religious" but it is considered a sacred text, its writing is attributed to a god (or a sacred bull), and it contains moral instruction for readers.
Might as well burn some karma for truth.
Then you're no better than they are -- just another censoring bastard, taking the torch to the Karma Sutra...
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I'm guessing apple has a sweatshop somewhere in Asia stocked with marginal english speakers evaluating apps.
Well it's probably not a sweatshop in India, since they'd likely have recognized the Kama Sutra...
I agree with the more "succinct" blog commenter that is linked in the summary; this is a truly execrable move on Apple's part. The point isn't just that the Kama Sutra can be found elsewhere or that it doesn't meet the definition of pornography. I'm sorry, but the Kama Sutra is one of the world's great religious texts, and is a great literary work in its own right. That Apple would put itself on the side of prohibiting access to it on some sort of moral grounds is completely outrageous. Apple should issue a public apology and fire the person who made this decision. Better yet, they should make the app store approval process more content-neutral, but we know that's not going to happen.
So why didn't the iPod Touch kill the iPhone?
These are private security contractors. Mercenaries. They were paid a fee; they were not protected as an undercover agent is and they certainly did not have Non-Official Cover status. And there's no evidence that a "Democrat" blew their covers. In fact, it sounds like the CIA leaked their names themselves.
That you invoke Adams as you have strongly suggests you know nothing about him
He makes a damn good beer, what else is there to know?
Yeah you're right, he was probably just lying because he likes to lie, not because he actually had something to hide. Moron.
"creates new questions." Not "answers old questions." Jesus, it's amazing how much mileage Rove got off of this Armitage talking point.
Cheney gave the go ahead to his staff to go after Plame; his notes on Wilson's editorial were entered into evidence to that effect and the point was never denied in the investigation. And remember, Armitage was carrying Cheney's water at that point; this happened long before he came out critical of Bush.
Novak is a liar, but that aside, he has no direct knowledge of Plame's actual situation. She was an undercover operative, and she was working on WMD issues concerning Iran. This is well known, uncovered by other reporters, and agreed to by the special prosecutor and the judge in one of the cases. It was also never denied by anyone in the actual court proceedings; only by pundits in staged media appearances reading Rove's talking points. It's because of the confusion they sowed that anyone even takes these silly arguments seriously at all.
Yes she was an undercover operative. That is well established; CIA would never have complained in the first place if not.
I can't read all that. Can you summarize it in a few sentences, preferably using a car analogy?
the one that says BORK
MICRO~1
[citation needed]
It's refreshing to read some intelligent commentary about unions on this page rather than the typical knee-jerk anti-union comments that generally get attention.
apparently, the ability to get a joke is not a trait that is naturally selected for.
(Boy, is this going to cost me karma...)
Wait a minute - so you're a Hindu now?
Perfect idea! I just *want* more of those emails embedded inside bloat html for no reason!
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You're right. I would have been fucking murdered. Or I would have murdered someone and gone to prison. Either way no good would have come of it. As it was I just lost fifty bucks and some of my faith in my fellow man.
It was a rough hood, Hyde Park around 1984, it was dusk, I clearly didn't belong there, and I was a scared 17 year-old kid. I was goddamn lucky I didn't have a gun.
Thanks to slashdot for highlighting one of the many great ideas that Big Blue has brought to our meager existences. It's things like color fonts in email that really put a smile on my face every day. I'm glad slashdot posts stories like this to remind us of who's behind some of the great ideas we use every day.
To celebrate this remarkable achievement I am going to send all my emails today using a Big Blue font.