I think it should be up to the people to decide whats indecent or not.
If enough people complain the FCC should be called into action.
Or we could simply use a 'vote with your feet' system, the result of this would be some TV channels with very strict guidelines appealing to the strict families with young children. And other TV channels with varying degrees of nudity and profanity.
As our culture evolves our idea of whats indecent and what isn't changes so there shouldn't be a organisation deciding for everybody else what should and shouldn't be shown on TV.
Then the people who abuse the demographics see a amazing opportunity, they are the only ones who can differentiate the distorted and real data.
So they can use their unique knowledge to put themselves ahead of the game.
Assuming there is only one group of people distorting the data in a certain region.
Anyway, who cares if some company knows i like mint ice cream.
Or that I like to go jogging from 4pm - 7pm.
As long as they dont bug my bathroom and take pictures of me in the shower I really don't care.
Actually it would be quite nice to have products that suit me a bit more than ones on the market already.
Whats the big deal?
I already disclose a huge amount of information about myself to colleges, friends and partners so why should I go all ape shit when somebody tries to find out whether people in my village like tea or coffe.
I dont care if microsoft know my browsing habits.
As long as they don't publish the websites I visit together with my name and address I really do not care if im being tracked.
If I ever want to do anything under the radar I know how, but I have never been in that situation.
90% of developers are not happy working for nothing.
They want money to feed themselves and their families.
Its ludicrous to expect a highly educated workforce to work for absolutely nothing.
Why is it that you expect apps to be free and not food or electricity?
Indeed.
How hard can it be for a multi-billion pound company to make a browser that follows W3C rules.
It really is beyond me how IE can fail so badly.
i first learned
HTML + CSS (which arguably isn't programming)
Then I moved onto PHP and MySQL
And finally JavaScript
Learning C++ first in my opinion was a pain I tried looking it at it before I started programming at all and I was utterly confused (I was only 14:D)
But now I can easily grasp C++ thanks to all my experience with PHP and JavaScript
Not only you. The whole human species would be extinct by then. We have global warming, pollution, fuel shortage, wars, corruption. These are enough to finish us by 2100. What happens in 2182 is irrelevant.
Not really.
The human race started off as a primitive ape like species.
We managed to survive living in jungles, deserts and caves.
How is "global warming, pollution, fuel shortage, wars, corruption" going to kill ~7bn people.
Sure it might kill 3 billion or even 4 billion at the very worst (which is still unlikely)
But there is no way any of the things you mentioned will kill every single human being.
I think he is referring to the USA rather than his own company.
His excuse for using offshore labour is that he needs to do it to remain competitive.
When are people going to realise that countries don't matter that much any more in the 21st century.
We are all part of the same community and we all benefit from advanced in technology wherever they happen.
I dont understand why it would be illegal, so the offence is harbouring 'misleading evidence'?
What would be the crime?
(im not criticizing merely asking)
Is that the best you can do?;P
Islam is a vengeful and bloodthirsty religion (like most other religions)
You get your arm amputated for thieving making islam brutal, barbaric and stupid. If somebody was poor enough to steal by amputating their arm you are not going to improve the situation.
You get buried to your waist while your family and other locals throw stones at you, if you have pre-martial sex making islam brutal and barbaric.
You get hanged for blasphemy which is stupid.
You get hanged for apostasy (leaving islam), which contradicts the idea of free will, making islam hypocritical.
Women are treated as second class citizens making islam a sexist religion.
No but being able to think without knowing facts is completely useless.
A computer has massive 'thinking' ability.
But it can't do anything with it because it lacks the knowledge.
(Mind my semi-flawed analogy).
Once you know enough, you can use your knowledge with your 'thinking' skills to come up with solutions.
Or I might be wrong and don't know about it.
Okay, I really hate to do this.
But since you addressed 'the muslims' as a single entity, the following videos represent 'the muslims' or a part of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43fEk9F4wIg
This is done in the UK, and our law deems the things stated and promoted in the video, illegal.
They where promoting terrorism, violence and murder.
Which is very different from drawing pictures.
My final point is.
You cannot justify execution due to 'offence' caused by a cartoon.
EVEN if your 1400 year old book lets you do so.
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I think it should be up to the people to decide whats indecent or not. If enough people complain the FCC should be called into action. Or we could simply use a 'vote with your feet' system, the result of this would be some TV channels with very strict guidelines appealing to the strict families with young children. And other TV channels with varying degrees of nudity and profanity. As our culture evolves our idea of whats indecent and what isn't changes so there shouldn't be a organisation deciding for everybody else what should and shouldn't be shown on TV.
And for some strange reason that makes me a troll?
If i had mod points right now I would mod you up
Then the people who abuse the demographics see a amazing opportunity, they are the only ones who can differentiate the distorted and real data. So they can use their unique knowledge to put themselves ahead of the game. Assuming there is only one group of people distorting the data in a certain region. Anyway, who cares if some company knows i like mint ice cream. Or that I like to go jogging from 4pm - 7pm. As long as they dont bug my bathroom and take pictures of me in the shower I really don't care. Actually it would be quite nice to have products that suit me a bit more than ones on the market already. Whats the big deal? I already disclose a huge amount of information about myself to colleges, friends and partners so why should I go all ape shit when somebody tries to find out whether people in my village like tea or coffe.
We can still fire objects into planets at faster than light speed. Theoretically. (You know the whole move space but not the object thing?)
Now they have a excuse to hate ubuntu too.
As long as they dont fly one into my home and take pictures of my stash im cool.
I dont care if microsoft know my browsing habits. As long as they don't publish the websites I visit together with my name and address I really do not care if im being tracked. If I ever want to do anything under the radar I know how, but I have never been in that situation.
Being detained for absolutely no reason is disgusting.
The aliens did it.
the middle class therefore had it's luxury on the backs of these other people
Now they call them bankers. Oh how times have change
90% of developers are not happy working for nothing. They want money to feed themselves and their families. Its ludicrous to expect a highly educated workforce to work for absolutely nothing. Why is it that you expect apps to be free and not food or electricity?
Indeed. How hard can it be for a multi-billion pound company to make a browser that follows W3C rules. It really is beyond me how IE can fail so badly.
I agree, how can anybody possibly fault google for wanting to create a environment where app creators can be paid for their work.
i first learned HTML + CSS (which arguably isn't programming) Then I moved onto PHP and MySQL And finally JavaScript Learning C++ first in my opinion was a pain I tried looking it at it before I started programming at all and I was utterly confused (I was only 14 :D)
But now I can easily grasp C++ thanks to all my experience with PHP and JavaScript
Not only you. The whole human species would be extinct by then. We have global warming, pollution, fuel shortage, wars, corruption. These are enough to finish us by 2100. What happens in 2182 is irrelevant.
Not really. The human race started off as a primitive ape like species. We managed to survive living in jungles, deserts and caves. How is "global warming, pollution, fuel shortage, wars, corruption" going to kill ~7bn people. Sure it might kill 3 billion or even 4 billion at the very worst (which is still unlikely) But there is no way any of the things you mentioned will kill every single human being.
For uploading and keeping pictures and videos. And occasionally getting in touch with lost friends.
I think he is referring to the USA rather than his own company. His excuse for using offshore labour is that he needs to do it to remain competitive. When are people going to realise that countries don't matter that much any more in the 21st century. We are all part of the same community and we all benefit from advanced in technology wherever they happen.
I hibernate my laptop with Firefox running and hardly ever actually reboot it
You sir, are destroying the planet :D
Ah well, at least your doing it in a stylish open source way.
I dont understand why it would be illegal, so the offence is harbouring 'misleading evidence'? What would be the crime? (im not criticizing merely asking)
I hate it when people fail to make the distinction between the government of a country and the people living in it.
Is that the best you can do? ;P
Islam is a vengeful and bloodthirsty religion (like most other religions)
You get your arm amputated for thieving making islam brutal, barbaric and stupid. If somebody was poor enough to steal by amputating their arm you are not going to improve the situation.
You get buried to your waist while your family and other locals throw stones at you, if you have pre-martial sex making islam brutal and barbaric.
You get hanged for blasphemy which is stupid.
You get hanged for apostasy (leaving islam), which contradicts the idea of free will, making islam hypocritical.
Women are treated as second class citizens making islam a sexist religion.
Only if the company doesn't happen to be a tech company.
No but being able to think without knowing facts is completely useless. A computer has massive 'thinking' ability. But it can't do anything with it because it lacks the knowledge. (Mind my semi-flawed analogy). Once you know enough, you can use your knowledge with your 'thinking' skills to come up with solutions. Or I might be wrong and don't know about it.
Okay, I really hate to do this. But since you addressed 'the muslims' as a single entity, the following videos represent 'the muslims' or a part of them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43fEk9F4wIg This is done in the UK, and our law deems the things stated and promoted in the video, illegal. They where promoting terrorism, violence and murder. Which is very different from drawing pictures. My final point is. You cannot justify execution due to 'offence' caused by a cartoon. EVEN if your 1400 year old book lets you do so.