Um. No, the judges correctly noted that it was the FCC that was saying "fuck the law," by making up their own laws.
Do you really want federal judges who are going to allow federal agencies to do whatever they want, even when the law says they can't? That's scary stuff.
Yeah, good thing we have our great judicial branch to protect our Constitutionally protected rights and clearly established limits on the power of the Federal gov- oh wait.
I had a friend who believed the same thing. What he found out when he went into teaching was that the school required him to take attendance because many of the students had grants that required them to miss no more then two classes or else they would lose them and they'd be given to students willing to actually show up.
Like it or not, Higher Education, at least in public universities and community colleges, is no longer a pay your own way and we don't care if you don't make it sort of deal. They are heavily funded by tax payers and there are many programs designed to try to get underprivileged and underrepresented groups more interested and involved in higher education. This leads to making sure people are honestly TRYING, a much harder metric then whether they are succeeding, and often they turn towards attendance to make sure grant programs and taxpayers are getting their money's worth.
Okay, then take attendance but don't enforce it. If the college holds students on scholarships to a higher standard, then that's different.
I truly despise mandatory attendance. It forces students who don't want to be there to attend (remember the distracting assholes in K-12?). It punishes students who actually contribute when they are there, while others who do not contribute merely have to BE THERE. It is often used by professors who give boring lectures. As students, we should be allowed to manage our own time. I'm considering going into education (college level) and if I do, I will NEVER do this crap.
I don't play the victim game. We can put anything or anybody on the ballot we want. All verified by some of the goofy shit I see on some ballots. You produce enough signatures and make enough noise, and you'll get whatever you want on your ballot.
And misinformed and/or uninformed idiots will vote against your idea.
Mr. Jefferson would never support this; he was a libertarian who opposed the Treasury Department.
He was also a slaveholder who professed to abhor slavery.
Don't get me wrong here, I admire Thomas Jefferson very much, but he was a flawed individual (as are we all) and not all his views make sense.
He was in debt until he died and as a result he was never able to free all of his slaves. At one point in his life, he attempted to emancipate all the slaves.
Sadly us moderates don't get the attention. It seems like extremists are always the focus, regardless of whether you're talking about Apple fanboys, Linux zealots, or terrorists. No one hears the Apple user who isn't an annoying douche bag, or the Linux user who isn't sporting a neckbeard, or the Muslim who isn't calling the West the Great Satan. I guess we're too boring?
And while there are certainly people like that who like Apple, they are no different than Linux zealots; and would you say that either camp was indicative of the userbase of both platforms?
I'm a "Linux zealot." I consider myself way better than an Apple fanboy. I'll install Windows onto peoples' computers if they need/want it, and I try to talk them into a dual boot explaining they can use that for banking or "just screwing around." Some people like it, some people don't. I sometimes talk about reasons to not use Windows and instead to use a Linux distro. Either way, most people these days need Windows for some sort of software that is single platform. Most Apple fanboys I meet tend to talk about looks and "feel" of Apple devices, and how easy they are to use. Kudos for them. But that's not a "good reason" to use that OS. Either way, to each is his own. I explain various reasons to switch, and leave it up to the people.
Well, ok, then, I guess that's settled. Since you seem to be in charge of determining what an electronic device with a CPU, RAM, I/O, and a display is called, how should we refer to it?
If all your updates are spam posted by idiots, then get better friends. I remove people who spam bullshit all day, and so should you (or shut up about only seeing bullshit).
I agree that your data being used for any purpose should be opt-in, and its sale or transfer to a third party should also be opt-in. I don't really see how you can complain that they use your data for targeted advertising when you use their services. If you are on sites using their services, you are indirectly using their services.
I just want to have access to it and control over it. If I want to stop using Google's services, I should be able to delete my web history and they should be able to remove all of it in a reasonable time frame. My problem is that the Feds are almost certainly able to access Google's information on us, and so are other entities that Google might share their data with. If I knew that only Google would get my information, that I could control it, and that it would only be used to target advertisements to me, I would be content.
The gaming industry is not a single entity. Companies like Ubisoft no longer get my money, and those who are better do. If all the big gaming companies started to go the way of Ubisoft, I would just buy games from smaller companies. If I cannot buy a game from a company without getting draconian DRM, I will stick to FOSS games and will probably quit gaming all together.
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Um. No, the judges correctly noted that it was the FCC that was saying "fuck the law," by making up their own laws.
Do you really want federal judges who are going to allow federal agencies to do whatever they want, even when the law says they can't? That's scary stuff.
Yeah, good thing we have our great judicial branch to protect our Constitutionally protected rights and clearly established limits on the power of the Federal gov- oh wait.
This has already been done. Have you people never heard of Atlantis?
Watching Harper sell out Canadians in favour of US lobby groups is an affront.
If it makes you feel any better, watching our own Congress sell out all of us who live in the United States to US lobby groups was just as bad.
Yes, US lobbying groups, who represent multinational corporations, own our Congress.
Can't students claim religious exemption?
I had a friend who believed the same thing. What he found out when he went into teaching was that the school required him to take attendance because many of the students had grants that required them to miss no more then two classes or else they would lose them and they'd be given to students willing to actually show up.
Like it or not, Higher Education, at least in public universities and community colleges, is no longer a pay your own way and we don't care if you don't make it sort of deal. They are heavily funded by tax payers and there are many programs designed to try to get underprivileged and underrepresented groups more interested and involved in higher education. This leads to making sure people are honestly TRYING, a much harder metric then whether they are succeeding, and often they turn towards attendance to make sure grant programs and taxpayers are getting their money's worth.
Okay, then take attendance but don't enforce it. If the college holds students on scholarships to a higher standard, then that's different.
I truly despise mandatory attendance. It forces students who don't want to be there to attend (remember the distracting assholes in K-12?). It punishes students who actually contribute when they are there, while others who do not contribute merely have to BE THERE. It is often used by professors who give boring lectures. As students, we should be allowed to manage our own time. I'm considering going into education (college level) and if I do, I will NEVER do this crap.
I mean, really. The free software guys care about something that is irrelevant to most of Apple's customers, and vice-versa. What's the point?
The point is Jobs presented a false argument for Apple's refusal to allow Flash on iPads.
Who else is going to be able to fake the Mars landing?
Sorry for any confusion.
This is the internet. I expect to be confused.
Adult supervision? Heck, my kids know to behave better than those guards.
My palm is resting on my face, sir. He's implying that the guards have the maturity of children.
Great, now dolphins can choke on water too.
If you don't like Apple's censorship and their tight grip on their devices and marketplace, DON'T BUY FROM THEM.
"Furthermore, Apple requires that if you sell books through them that you absolutely cannot sell them for less through anyone else.
Uh....
If state and local government did their fucking jobs, there would be real competition between ISPs and the shitty ISPs would die off or change.
I figured it would link to an article by The Onion.
I don't play the victim game. We can put anything or anybody on the ballot we want. All verified by some of the goofy shit I see on some ballots. You produce enough signatures and make enough noise, and you'll get whatever you want on your ballot.
And misinformed and/or uninformed idiots will vote against your idea.
Mr. Jefferson would never support this; he was a libertarian who opposed the Treasury Department.
He was also a slaveholder who professed to abhor slavery.
Don't get me wrong here, I admire Thomas Jefferson very much, but he was a flawed individual (as are we all) and not all his views make sense.
He was in debt until he died and as a result he was never able to free all of his slaves. At one point in his life, he attempted to emancipate all the slaves.
In most cases what they deem to be "Intellectual Property" certainly is a crime. I think tax money could be better spent fixing the system.
When it comes to kids sharing songs, that's civil, not criminal.
I'm adding Brazil to the blacklist, along with UK, Australia, China, Iran, and a few other places hell-bent on destroying free speech.
You can add America and most of our allies once ACTA is signed.
Sadly us moderates don't get the attention. It seems like extremists are always the focus, regardless of whether you're talking about Apple fanboys, Linux zealots, or terrorists. No one hears the Apple user who isn't an annoying douche bag, or the Linux user who isn't sporting a neckbeard, or the Muslim who isn't calling the West the Great Satan. I guess we're too boring?
And while there are certainly people like that who like Apple, they are no different than Linux zealots; and would you say that either camp was indicative of the userbase of both platforms?
I'm a "Linux zealot." I consider myself way better than an Apple fanboy. I'll install Windows onto peoples' computers if they need/want it, and I try to talk them into a dual boot explaining they can use that for banking or "just screwing around." Some people like it, some people don't. I sometimes talk about reasons to not use Windows and instead to use a Linux distro. Either way, most people these days need Windows for some sort of software that is single platform. Most Apple fanboys I meet tend to talk about looks and "feel" of Apple devices, and how easy they are to use. Kudos for them. But that's not a "good reason" to use that OS. Either way, to each is his own. I explain various reasons to switch, and leave it up to the people.
Well, ok, then, I guess that's settled. Since you seem to be in charge of determining what an electronic device with a CPU, RAM, I/O, and a display is called, how should we refer to it?
As a tablet.
If all your updates are spam posted by idiots, then get better friends. I remove people who spam bullshit all day, and so should you (or shut up about only seeing bullshit).
I agree that your data being used for any purpose should be opt-in, and its sale or transfer to a third party should also be opt-in. I don't really see how you can complain that they use your data for targeted advertising when you use their services. If you are on sites using their services, you are indirectly using their services.
I just want to have access to it and control over it. If I want to stop using Google's services, I should be able to delete my web history and they should be able to remove all of it in a reasonable time frame. My problem is that the Feds are almost certainly able to access Google's information on us, and so are other entities that Google might share their data with. If I knew that only Google would get my information, that I could control it, and that it would only be used to target advertisements to me, I would be content.
The gaming industry is not a single entity. Companies like Ubisoft no longer get my money, and those who are better do. If all the big gaming companies started to go the way of Ubisoft, I would just buy games from smaller companies. If I cannot buy a game from a company without getting draconian DRM, I will stick to FOSS games and will probably quit gaming all together.