The distinction between libel per se and libel per quod (in context) is already an established part of defamation law; while the hypothetical scenario is a little different (it's the opposite of per quod libel in fact), I see no reason the same kind of rationale wouldn't govern here.
Yes because I'm sure the police will be willing to sign shady agreements that they will jump through hoops for you and financially compensate you afterwards in order to get you to do something that they already have the authority to just force you to do anyway.
Truecrypt provides something along these lines. It doesn't work exactly as you describe, but you can basically have 2 sets of encryption keys. One that decrypts your benign filesystem, the other that decrypts your hidden filesystem.
My hidden filesystem is benign, you insensitive clod!
how many times does this have to get reposted before people stop modding it up? I'm curious about how long it takes to copy a 17 megabyte file from your iPoo...
Decent TTS in a widely-used device will basically kill the audiobook market, and authors should be compensated in some way for the revenue lost there. What's wrong with that?
Two things are wrong:
(1) There is no need to compensate authors or any other businesses for revenue lost because of an obsolete business model.
(2) You're just wrong that this will kill the audiobook market. Until these devices can read the book in the author's own voice, audiobooks won't be going anywhere soon. Part of the thrill of many audiobooks is hearing the voice of the writer. The other benefit of that, of course, is being able to hear that an author like President Obama is tired of your motherfucking shit.
I would agree under normal circumstances, but they wanted me to design an entire circuit card in ONE week (the government offered a bonus to create a new tank variant in less than three months).
Pshaw, that's nothing! At my old gig I had to design an entire circuit card in two hours using nothing but some used tinfoil, a ball of yarn, and a roll of duct tape! And I was grateful for the work! The kids these days, I tell ya...
Disclaimer: I'm not even sure I know what a circuit card is.
'If Childs is convicted on the modem charges, then just about every network administrator in the world could be charged with the same "crime,"' Venezia writes. All the authorities would have to do is 'point out that you have a modem or two, and suddenly you're wearing pinstripes of the jailhouse variety.'"
This is definitely the turning point; the Register just last week published an article indicating that the one thing stopping most users from migrating from Windows was the lack of support for the `**' special glob pattern.
I mean damn, this is Small Govt Rhetoric 101, you must have been dozing during class.
I didn't take that class. But I have read Milton Friedman, et al, and I'm perfectly aware that there is a strain of free market libertarianism that opposes any government intervention in the market whatsoever. But only an idiot would call anything outside of that idealistic extreme "socialist." The basic fact is, we don't live in a world in which we choose between Ayn Rand and Karl Marx. Here on earth, governments have and will continue to play a significant role in the economy, and my point above was that real world business capitalists like Ben Bernanke and ideological capitalists like much of the CATO institute all agree that Obama is no "socialist." If your point is that even these capitalists aren't quite as laissez faire as Milton Friedman, well, I'm not going to argue with that, but you missed my original point completely.
Yes, of course you're right, about 90% of the time people should save to PDF, but have you ever worked at a large organization? People just don't do it. They're going to send you office documents no matter what (and of course there is still that 10% of the time where yes, you actually are working on the documents with other people). Either way, it should not be this much of a pain in the ass to exchange documents between different versions of the same damn program.
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The distinction between libel per se and libel per quod (in context) is already an established part of defamation law; while the hypothetical scenario is a little different (it's the opposite of per quod libel in fact), I see no reason the same kind of rationale wouldn't govern here.
Apple is in absolutely no way the "third-largest mobile supplier in the world".
Not even close.
The top are: Nokia (40%), Samsung (14%), Motorola (14%), Sony Ericsson (9%) and LG (7%). Apple is well down in the single digits.
Yes, but for very high values of those digits.
Yes because I'm sure the police will be willing to sign shady agreements that they will jump through hoops for you and financially compensate you afterwards in order to get you to do something that they already have the authority to just force you to do anyway.
I of course immediately tried logging in as root using variants of "asecret" for a password
And you think the cops would never think of doing this?
Truecrypt provides something along these lines. It doesn't work exactly as you describe, but you can basically have 2 sets of encryption keys. One that decrypts your benign filesystem, the other that decrypts your hidden filesystem.
My hidden filesystem is benign, you insensitive clod!
No; it's a picture the sun, actually. I don't get the big deal about this stupid picture; there's a whole fuckin planet in the way!
how many times does this have to get reposted before people stop modding it up? I'm curious about how long it takes to copy a 17 megabyte file from your iPoo...
In a similar vein, I'm curious what "game" it is that you feel minorities are playing?
Well, Xbox Live, of course!
Me too! Pics or it didn't happen.
The term "douchebag" also isn't in the DSM but it is nevertheless applicable in certain circumstances.
You may have heard of ... the Zune.
Nope; can't say I have.
Decent TTS in a widely-used device will basically kill the audiobook market, and authors should be compensated in some way for the revenue lost there. What's wrong with that?
Two things are wrong:
(1) There is no need to compensate authors or any other businesses for revenue lost because of an obsolete business model.
(2) You're just wrong that this will kill the audiobook market. Until these devices can read the book in the author's own voice, audiobooks won't be going anywhere soon. Part of the thrill of many audiobooks is hearing the voice of the writer. The other benefit of that, of course, is being able to hear that an author like President Obama is tired of your motherfucking shit.
I provide the same type of service and know how fast you can blow an hour or two
I'm pretty sure that it would take an hour or two to blow an hour or two. If you can do this faster, I know a company that could use your skills....
No kidding. I wonder why the author of the post is asking advice from slashdot readers, when he or she should be talking to a lawyer.
It may have to do with cost; what does advice from slashdot readers cost these days?
>>>If you can't do the job, you should be fired.
I would agree under normal circumstances, but they wanted me to design an entire circuit card in ONE week (the government offered a bonus to create a new tank variant in less than three months).
Pshaw, that's nothing! At my old gig I had to design an entire circuit card in two hours using nothing but some used tinfoil, a ball of yarn, and a roll of duct tape! And I was grateful for the work! The kids these days, I tell ya...
Disclaimer: I'm not even sure I know what a circuit card is.
'If Childs is convicted on the modem charges, then just about every network administrator in the world could be charged with the same "crime,"' Venezia writes. All the authorities would have to do is 'point out that you have a modem or two, and suddenly you're wearing pinstripes of the jailhouse variety.'"
It still beats having to wear a suit to work.
(Yes, I'm still bitter about System 7.)
But ... but .... but... System 7 introduced Balloon help!!!!
Just edit the article and add a [citation needed] tag; I'm sure someone will add the evidence.
What? Oh. Nevermind.
We already can't open Office 2007 documents in Office 2003 so this just equalizes things.
Yes, and then break all compatibility with all current applications that are currently running on Windows.
That's an added advantage of such an approach. Bonus!
This is definitely the turning point; the Register just last week published an article indicating that the one thing stopping most users from migrating from Windows was the lack of support for the `**' special glob pattern.
It's a cookbook!
I mean damn, this is Small Govt Rhetoric 101, you must have been dozing during class.
I didn't take that class. But I have read Milton Friedman, et al, and I'm perfectly aware that there is a strain of free market libertarianism that opposes any government intervention in the market whatsoever. But only an idiot would call anything outside of that idealistic extreme "socialist." The basic fact is, we don't live in a world in which we choose between Ayn Rand and Karl Marx. Here on earth, governments have and will continue to play a significant role in the economy, and my point above was that real world business capitalists like Ben Bernanke and ideological capitalists like much of the CATO institute all agree that Obama is no "socialist." If your point is that even these capitalists aren't quite as laissez faire as Milton Friedman, well, I'm not going to argue with that, but you missed my original point completely.
[citation needed]
Yes, of course you're right, about 90% of the time people should save to PDF, but have you ever worked at a large organization? People just don't do it. They're going to send you office documents no matter what (and of course there is still that 10% of the time where yes, you actually are working on the documents with other people). Either way, it should not be this much of a pain in the ass to exchange documents between different versions of the same damn program.