You realize that people from countries other than the United States generally are ordinary citizens right? Just not of the U.S.
True. This proposal may end up passing because, like any other pack animal, humans regard "not us" (i.e. not a member of our pack) as fair game. Then it will end up being applied to U.S. citizens because the "TSA pack" regards citizens as "not us."
All work -- emails, spreadsheets, and Google searches -- will be performed by mind control. I, for one, welcome the new overlords who will control our minds so we work.
Apparently it started with a group of professional trolls who call themselves "Warriors for Innocence" and whose website, I am told, is baited with enough spyware and malware to lay waste to a continent. They complained and LiveJournal caved without so much as a whisper of investigation.
Who are this bunch, exactly? Anything like those "family-friendly" folks who complain en masse to the FCC whenever the word "sex" is so much as whispered on the television or radio?
MySpace is clearly acting to deceive the public. They're intentionally taking actions they know will be ineffective at solving the problem in an attempt to trick users into thinking they have made real progress. And how does this differ from security theater or any other politically-motivated "display behavior"?
By author Spider Robinson, in his Hugo Award-winning story Melancholy Elephants, which he has placed on the internet.
"Senator, if I try to hoard the fruits of my husband's genius, I may cripple my race. Don't you see what perpetual copyright implies? It is perpetual racial memory! That bill will give the human race an elephant's memory. Have you ever seen a cheerful elephant?"
than to one that does something like vacuuming the carpet I'm not so sure about that. We have a Roomba at home and named it "Pinball." When it got caught on a couple of obstacles in our home and had to be rescued, I found myself feeling sorry for it.
People care about things that become part of their lives, particularly the animate ones, natural or artificial. For people or pets, we call it "empathy". The ability to feel such things is a sign of emotional health.
In one of his Modesty Blaise novels, Miss Blaise remarks to the head of a British security agency that:
"Security agencies are always too busy watching everyone else to watch themselves. How long has it been since you changed your locks or checked on your guards?"
Would you care to repeat that statement to all the people sued by the MAFIAA over the years who have watched their bank accounts dwindle in the face of the "unenforceable" DMCA?
either medicate the kid or let him go back to class Right idea, wrong target. Medicate the police and school board, let the kid go back to class, and send the police and school board to re-education camp.
The original constitution provided for the House to be elected directly by the people of their state, and for Senators to be elected or appointed by the state legislatures. What this meant was that Senators who acted against the perceived interests of their state would have a short service life. It also meant that a lot of the things we see coming out of Washington, including such "unfunded mandates" as the Real ID act, which imposes enormous costs on the states that the Federal government doesn't pay for, can't be remedied by the legislatures who have to vote the money for these things recalling them.
Short Answer is "Yes." I had surgery two weeks ago for carpal tunnel resulting from mouse usage. The problem isn't clicking the mouse, it's putting the wrists in a pronated position for long periods of time. I'm currently investigating mouse and keyboard alternatives that don't require me to keep my wrists twisted into the horizontal.
The RIAA has, until fairly recently, gotten pretty much a free ride for two reasons:
1. They've been suing "little people" who frequently cannot even afford a lawyer and for whom even ONE loss in court would wipe them out financially.
2. A court system in which computer-clueless judges have taken the RIAA's word that their "evidence" is valid and who have forgotten or overlooked the "innocent until PROVEN guilty" which is the basis of our entire legal system.
Now they're starting to wade in against people and institutions who DO have lawyers and aren't afraid to use them and who CAN carry on the "protracted struggle" the modern over-lawyered legal system demands. In the meantime, judges are getting more educated about what computers can and can't do, and are being reminded of the presumption of innocence.
So instead of "show me the money", of which the RIAA has plenty, they're about to hear "show me the evidence", of which they have little or none.
I think the last thing we want to do, is recreate it, now that those in power know what free flow of information can do... Damn straight. If the Powers That Be had seen what an open network would do, they'd have strangled it in its cradle. Quite possibly, in their "generosity," we might have gotten a centralized "information utility" monster, something like France's "Minitel" system on steroids, with all information filtered, censored, corporatized, and source-trackable.
Feh.
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True. This proposal may end up passing because, like any other pack animal, humans regard "not us" (i.e. not a member of our pack) as fair game. Then it will end up being applied to U.S. citizens because the "TSA pack" regards citizens as "not us."
Sooner or later, this will be applied to ordinary citizens, as well.
"I'm sorry, sir, but you didn't register your travel plans to go from Oakland to San Francisco."
"But my wife's having a baby and that's the nearest hospital!"
"Then where is the BABY's travel registration."
Apparently it started with a group of professional trolls who call themselves "Warriors for Innocence" and whose website, I am told, is baited with enough spyware and malware to lay waste to a continent. They complained and LiveJournal caved without so much as a whisper of investigation.
Who are this bunch, exactly? Anything like those "family-friendly" folks who complain en masse to the FCC whenever the word "sex" is so much as whispered on the television or radio?
and got themselves clawed.
I suspect an awful lot of the negative reaction comes from three factors:
1. Membership in the site would certainly have a "We own your postings." clause in the Terms of Service.
2. *And* a "We reserve the right to censor anything you post we don't like." clause.
and the cherry on top:
3. An unwritten consequence of (1) would be: "If it's really good, we'll use it to make money. Thanks suckers." clause.
And just remember, in Hollywood, "Trust us." translates to "F**k you."
music always know where to find you.
is still C.R.A.P.
In one of his Modesty Blaise novels, Miss Blaise remarks to the head of a British security agency that:
"Security agencies are always too busy watching everyone else to watch themselves. How long has it been since you changed your locks or checked on your guards?"
Would you care to repeat that statement to all the people sued by the MAFIAA over the years who have watched their bank accounts dwindle in the face of the "unenforceable" DMCA?
Sony vs. Sony
Laws like this make it clear that Europe has learned NOTHING from the lessons of the Nazis or Stalin.
The original constitution provided for the House to be elected directly by the people of their state, and for Senators to be elected or appointed by the state legislatures. What this meant was that Senators who acted against the perceived interests of their state would have a short service life. It also meant that a lot of the things we see coming out of Washington, including such "unfunded mandates" as the Real ID act, which imposes enormous costs on the states that the Federal government doesn't pay for, can't be remedied by the legislatures who have to vote the money for these things recalling them.
it would appear that Microsoft doesn't consider anything to be a security risk unless it's 0wn3d Bill Gates' personal machine.
I seem to remember there was a line about this in Tolstoy's "Hamlet."
When did that happen? After all, the RIAA has turned them into an art form.
Short Answer is "Yes." I had surgery two weeks ago for carpal tunnel resulting from mouse usage. The problem isn't clicking the mouse, it's putting the wrists in a pronated position for long periods of time. I'm currently investigating mouse and keyboard alternatives that don't require me to keep my wrists twisted into the horizontal.
"It's dead, Jim."
The RIAA has, until fairly recently, gotten pretty much a free ride for two reasons:
1. They've been suing "little people" who frequently cannot even afford a lawyer and for whom even ONE loss in court would wipe them out financially.
2. A court system in which computer-clueless judges have taken the RIAA's word that their "evidence" is valid and who have forgotten or overlooked the "innocent until PROVEN guilty" which is the basis of our entire legal system.
Now they're starting to wade in against people and institutions who DO have lawyers and aren't afraid to use them and who CAN carry on the "protracted struggle" the modern over-lawyered legal system demands. In the meantime, judges are getting more educated about what computers can and can't do, and are being reminded of the presumption of innocence.
So instead of "show me the money", of which the RIAA has plenty, they're about to hear "show me the evidence", of which they have little or none.
Game, set, and match!
"ground braking"
Obviously the return and land part of the project needs work.thelocal.se isn't responding. Anybody got a mirror?