To own a cell phone is a priviledge, not a right. Therefore, you've purchase the priviledge to use that technology. To code for it is also a priviledge, not a right. No one is stopping developers from coding Flash, just where it may be run.
I'm not a fan of Apple, and I don't support them in the way they treat customers. But Apple is a business and this is how they choose to do business.
As much as I personnally believe that criminals get off too easily from the crimes that they commit, I understand why the judge asked for this and why all judges should. The reason is so that people don't get railroaded or blamed for a crime that they potentially did not commit. If I stole a car regardless of the reason and I'm being blames in two other situations for stealing two other cars which puts me in three cases at once. Well since our laws dictact innocent until proven guilty. I'm am therefore entitled to a fair and unbiased trial. If the jurors of one trial knew of the other court case, they could presumably assume I'm guilty of the first and ignore any evidence to the contrary. If they don't know about the other cases and find me innocent which I might be then I've been fairly tried.
Now conversely, if you have a guy that is repeat offender of crimes and is in several trial simultaneously, the same still holds true. We must believe in our judicial system to handle things correctly. If the defense attornies are clever enough to take solid convicting evidence and make a juror doubt it, then we must hope that the jury pool works the truth out of the facts and comes to the correct conclusion.
Trust me when I say, you'll want those same protections for you if you should ever find yourself in the unfortunate situation of defending yourself at a trial.
Just because people are Ass Hats doesn't mean that outright lying and defamation of character isn't a crime. It is. I am quite aware of the fact that people troll, just to start arguement for the sake of arguement, but at some point, those who are being defamed, even by trolls, have a right to fight to keep lies from being printed about them. Since the posts were comments made about a on-line news site, and the news sites are printing their articles in a public written forum, any posters are also then contributing to written materials.
People take racism seriously, sometimes too seriously, and sometimes not seriously enough. If there is ample evidence that the posters comments are true, then the lawsuit will be likely thrown out. I'm gathering that the comments must be pretty bad for the judge to immediately state that the names must be turned over.
Deliberate lies in print, even on web-pages is Libel.
libel/labl/ Show Spelled [lahy-buhl] Show IPA noun, verb,-beled, -beling or (especially British) -belled, -belling. -noun 1.Law. a.defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures. b.the act or crime of publishing it. c.a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge. 2.anything that is defamatory or that maliciously or damagingly misrepresents.
Just because someone is trolling, doesn't mean that they aren't committing Libel.
This judge should be thrown from the bench. This is not Contempt of court. This is harrassment at best. Regardless whether Trudeau is an Asshat or not, he has the right to free speech, and unsolicited mail is harrassment.
As long a selling of credit is commission based, and the risk falls to the victims, this trend shall continue. It doesn't help either with restaurants and shops are not careful with who they hire and how those hired folks handle your credit card(s) once you make a purchase.
I had a waitress mis-place my credit card at a restaurant and rather than tell me ASAP, she delayed me for over 30 minutes, claiming she forgot or something. I was livid. For if someone had stolen it 30 min is more than enough time to destroy my account. As soon as I found out, I was on the phone with the bank locking down my account. Since then, I try to pay cash as much as possible. I almost always sign my cc receipts. I watch my account like a hawk. It's my money, and my account. It's my responsibility to make sure I'm not being had.
People's money should be a point of great care in the service industry, this includes the banks you service with. But in the end, it is your money, and your account, and it is up to you to be diligent about monitoring your money.
When ever a transaction doesn't go correctly at the bank you should contact the bank immediately. If it takes your money and doesn't credit your account, this is what receipts are for. If you receive counterfit cash, I'd park my car at the atm window and make sure you call the bank ASAP. It's a direct CYA move. The longer you wait to contact a bank the more difficult it is to fix the problem. If you have a bank ATM card, it's good to put their phone number on your cell, so if you card is lost or stolen or you suspect something fraudulent, you can stop bad transactions before they start.
I had a waitress mis-place my credit card at a restaurant and rather than tell me ASAP, she delayed me for over 30 minutes, claiming she forgot or something. I was livid. For if someone had stolen it 30 min is more than enough time to destroy my account. Since then, I try to pay cash as much as possible. I almost always sign my cc receipts. I watch my account like a hawk. It's my money, and my account. It's my responsibility to make sure I'm not being had.
Its sounds as if this is not the first time this billing issue has happened, and since these companies (in some cases) will only allow Credit Cards to be used, then I would believe that those players over billed excessively have the ability to protect your good name. I hate our litigous society, but to be recharge up to 22 times in a month and no one at the company realized the extra $$$ coming in? BULLSHIT! The accountants know what to expect.
Banks may forgive one or two overdrafts if you haven't had problems on your account in the last 6 months, but 22? They won't likely refund more than two. And it is your account and you the owner of that account are expected to monitor it. So a bank will say you are also at fault for not stopping this issue sooner. The only way the account owner might be really free and clear from bank fees is if the charges all happened with in a day or two of each other.
I would see it as part of the responsibility of the billing company to ensure this crap doesn't happen, and I would have to believe that they should be responsible for most of the overdraft fees for bad billing practices. If I were a lawyer, and I'm not. I'd be all over this one in a heart beat.
Maybe he declared himself a Cuban American. In Miami, the Cuban population, whether born here or not, are relatively proud of their Cuban Heritage, and often refer to themselves as Cuban Americans. Being a Floridian, I'm accutely aware of the self imposed distinctions often made by those people who are of Cuban descent.
Will the Start button be designed for both Startup and Shutdown of the reactor? Will the paperclip show up on Computer screens stating, "I'm detecting a meltdown, would you like some help?"
I would do this, not every week but every day after the intial test. I would also send a note home to the parent after the second miss, and explain that by the end of the week, the child will receive these tests because he/she is falling behind the other students. Of course it would be worded in such a way that implies that the school system knows that the parent values their childs good education and that this letter is to inform the parent of the efforts being made by the teacher to ensure that their child is prepared for the future. I would also note that continued poor performance may cause the child to fail that grade and force either a retake of the grade or summer school (if it's offered).
Personnally, I think parents need to be more involved with their children's education, and if a child is doing poorly, need to hear from the teachers early on.
Sadly, many parents just leave the education to the school system and the motivation of the child. I know for me, my folk told me I had to do my homework at the kitchen table so that they could see what I was doing. I was not allowed to play or do other things until I completed my homework each night. I used to get between 2 - 3 hours of homework a night.
Eventually my mom, would allow me to swim in the pool for a bit before homework started because she knew the exercise would wake up my brain.
So a ban or a censorship rule of this magnitude basically means that an adult is not allowed to buy or play a violent video game. Or am I mis-understanding what their rating system implies.
What ever happened to parental responsibility and just basic common sense? Aussie leaders need to wake up and realize they are creating a police state.
I'm all for private companies bidding on Govt. contracts, but frankly as a tax paying citizen I'm freaking tired of wasted tax dollars on projects that die. While most projects within Corporate America fail to go to completion this trend needs to NOT happen with tax payer monies.
If this project failed, why did it take well over 1 billion dollars to freaking figure this out. I personnally believe that the companies that bid on these contracts have an obligation to make the project work on time and within budget and should have a penality stake in it if the project fails to work and go to completion within the budget and time frame.
If Americans could get man to the moon in 10 years, what the heck is our problem these days?
Many Corporate emails have a disclaimer at the bottom, and most must go out to the internet to come back in company. That being said, if anyone sends a trade secret via email, it's fair game since email is being equated to a PostCard.
I call someone on the phone, my phone conversation is one on one, and it cannot (in some states) be recorded without my permission. Since many more people have VOIP, are not our conversations just data streams?
I should be able to expect a reasonable right to privacy. This means no matter how I communicate, whether text, twitter, phone, email, in person, and even postcard. Unless I'm yelling something at the top of my lungs for everyone to hear, I'm not openly announcing and relinquishing my right to reasonable privacy.
But apparently the law doesn't quite work that way./sigh
Good God, push your money into to credit cards directly? Are you insane? Can you imagine the fees the credit card companies can and would likely impose?
Your deposit is too small - FEE Your deposit is too big - FEE Your deposit is greater than your minimum payment we'll just apply your paycheck to what you owe us and here's a Fee for that service - FEE Your deposit is not every week - FEE We don't like who you work for, they are not in our network - FEE Your direct deposit bounced - FEE
Ok so those are a little crazy, but if you look at what credit card companies employ already, those aren't that far off.
I was having a similar discussion with my husband the other day when he was discussing how he wants some government regulation on those types of products that claim to provide male enhancement or are diet supplement pills that supposedly burn fat just because someone took the pill. He feels that people should be able to trust what companies advertise.
I pointed out to him, that right now our leaders feel any regulation should always go to the extreme. This is a prime example of going to the extreme. This is what this representative is proposing, the extreme.
Without some salt in foods, food will not stay preserved as long, and many other bad things will take place. This has the potential for increasing the cost of meals at restaurants because food will not last as long, which then means more deliveries or purchases will need to be made for a restaurant to keep up with the shortened lifetime of the food supply used to prepare the meals. This increases our carbon footprint for all of these service industries to meet the new regulation. And if this is only done in one area of the country or one state, now fast food places have to make separate batches of food for the consumers and if one batch is mistakenly sent to a No-Salt location, what are the ramifications then? Would people sue the restaurant because, OMG, I just ate salt...? Possibly, maybe even likely.
I completely agree, less salt is better, but an outright ban? Ridiculous! Regulations are in place by the FDA, correct? If companies are not following the regulations in place already go after them. Enforce existing rules and regulations first, and staff up to meet the needs of enforcement. If after regulation it is found that changes need to be made, tweak the regulations.
We need less govt. intervention. Govt. leave my food alone.
The problem or problems with laptops is that they are distracting. Even if someone is truely typing notes and doing it in a way that summarizes the lecture, for other people sitting near, seeing a display screen or hearing clicking can be vastly distracting.
While it is true, people learn in different ways, people need to be able to learn with out a monitor in their face. I fear one reason that students are opposed to this is simply because they don't know how to write using pen and paper. It has been stated in past Slashdot articles that the art of writing is dying. The thing about writing that people don't get today is that because we write slower than we listen, we force ourselves to remember what the professors said. If we miss what was stated, we asked for the statement to be revistied or repeated, thus adding to the natural way people learn and comprehend.
Some other posted suggested that the professor give the students the notes, well I almost spit my coffee out when I read that. Does not every class have a book that goes with it? I know I had a book for each class I took in college. Students are already expected to read before coming to class, and I suspect the majority of students rarely crack the books before the lessons, but rather only to cram for the exams.
College isn't about making your life easy. It is a place for higher education. It is a place for one to challenge themselves to learn and take in all this wonderful new information. Classroom discussions with professors are the ones students most remember and are very informative when people get involved. The purpose these professors have in mind is for students to interact more. Teaching isn't about spewing out a bunch of notest to students it is about exciting them and teaching them and prompting them to think outside of the box and explore the subject matter at hand.
Close those notebooks and listen. You'll be amazed at how much more you'll comprehend and take in, I promise....
The secrecy behind this act is insane. People have the right to Fair Use. And our Constitution and Bill of Right are meant to protect the people. Companies are not People, and that what this ACTA seems to be protecting, the bottom line of profit. Kudos European Parliament!
But the computer didn't type the IP address, therefore it's a conscience action of the user of the PC that got to the IP location, whether Published or UnPublished.
Also, who is to say it's not the woman in the Pic that made the app? Maybe she's a tiny figured hungry woman who has chosen this method of selling her body to the public? Why Apple feels that they have the right to censor is ridiculous. But this is also one of the reasons I don't have an iPhone.
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Apparently we do, it people are crazy enough to shoot a man in a traffic camera van.
Dump the keys, learn how to pick locks. A lock picking kit is way lighter and smaller.
To own a cell phone is a priviledge, not a right. Therefore, you've purchase the priviledge to use that technology. To code for it is also a priviledge, not a right. No one is stopping developers from coding Flash, just where it may be run.
I'm not a fan of Apple, and I don't support them in the way they treat customers. But Apple is a business and this is how they choose to do business.
As much as I personnally believe that criminals get off too easily from the crimes that they commit, I understand why the judge asked for this and why all judges should. The reason is so that people don't get railroaded or blamed for a crime that they potentially did not commit. If I stole a car regardless of the reason and I'm being blames in two other situations for stealing two other cars which puts me in three cases at once. Well since our laws dictact innocent until proven guilty. I'm am therefore entitled to a fair and unbiased trial. If the jurors of one trial knew of the other court case, they could presumably assume I'm guilty of the first and ignore any evidence to the contrary. If they don't know about the other cases and find me innocent which I might be then I've been fairly tried.
Now conversely, if you have a guy that is repeat offender of crimes and is in several trial simultaneously, the same still holds true. We must believe in our judicial system to handle things correctly. If the defense attornies are clever enough to take solid convicting evidence and make a juror doubt it, then we must hope that the jury pool works the truth out of the facts and comes to the correct conclusion.
Trust me when I say, you'll want those same protections for you if you should ever find yourself in the unfortunate situation of defending yourself at a trial.
Just because people are Ass Hats doesn't mean that outright lying and defamation of character isn't a crime. It is. I am quite aware of the fact that people troll, just to start arguement for the sake of arguement, but at some point, those who are being defamed, even by trolls, have a right to fight to keep lies from being printed about them. Since the posts were comments made about a on-line news site, and the news sites are printing their articles in a public written forum, any posters are also then contributing to written materials.
People take racism seriously, sometimes too seriously, and sometimes not seriously enough. If there is ample evidence that the posters comments are true, then the lawsuit will be likely thrown out. I'm gathering that the comments must be pretty bad for the judge to immediately state that the names must be turned over.
Deliberate lies in print, even on web-pages is Libel.
libel /labl/ Show Spelled [lahy-buhl] Show IPA noun, verb,-beled, -beling or (especially British) -belled, -belling.
-noun
1.Law.
a.defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
b.the act or crime of publishing it.
c.a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.
2.anything that is defamatory or that maliciously or damagingly misrepresents.
Just because someone is trolling, doesn't mean that they aren't committing Libel.
This judge should be thrown from the bench. This is not Contempt of court. This is harrassment at best. Regardless whether Trudeau is an Asshat or not, he has the right to free speech, and unsolicited mail is harrassment.
As long a selling of credit is commission based, and the risk falls to the victims, this trend shall continue. It doesn't help either with restaurants and shops are not careful with who they hire and how those hired folks handle your credit card(s) once you make a purchase.
I had a waitress mis-place my credit card at a restaurant and rather than tell me ASAP, she delayed me for over 30 minutes, claiming she forgot or something. I was livid. For if someone had stolen it 30 min is more than enough time to destroy my account. As soon as I found out, I was on the phone with the bank locking down my account. Since then, I try to pay cash as much as possible. I almost always sign my cc receipts. I watch my account like a hawk. It's my money, and my account. It's my responsibility to make sure I'm not being had.
People's money should be a point of great care in the service industry, this includes the banks you service with. But in the end, it is your money, and your account, and it is up to you to be diligent about monitoring your money.
When ever a transaction doesn't go correctly at the bank you should contact the bank immediately. If it takes your money and doesn't credit your account, this is what receipts are for. If you receive counterfit cash, I'd park my car at the atm window and make sure you call the bank ASAP. It's a direct CYA move. The longer you wait to contact a bank the more difficult it is to fix the problem. If you have a bank ATM card, it's good to put their phone number on your cell, so if you card is lost or stolen or you suspect something fraudulent, you can stop bad transactions before they start.
I had a waitress mis-place my credit card at a restaurant and rather than tell me ASAP, she delayed me for over 30 minutes, claiming she forgot or something. I was livid. For if someone had stolen it 30 min is more than enough time to destroy my account. Since then, I try to pay cash as much as possible. I almost always sign my cc receipts. I watch my account like a hawk. It's my money, and my account. It's my responsibility to make sure I'm not being had.
Its sounds as if this is not the first time this billing issue has happened, and since these companies (in some cases) will only allow Credit Cards to be used, then I would believe that those players over billed excessively have the ability to protect your good name. I hate our litigous society, but to be recharge up to 22 times in a month and no one at the company realized the extra $$$ coming in? BULLSHIT! The accountants know what to expect.
Banks may forgive one or two overdrafts if you haven't had problems on your account in the last 6 months, but 22? They won't likely refund more than two. And it is your account and you the owner of that account are expected to monitor it. So a bank will say you are also at fault for not stopping this issue sooner. The only way the account owner might be really free and clear from bank fees is if the charges all happened with in a day or two of each other.
I would see it as part of the responsibility of the billing company to ensure this crap doesn't happen, and I would have to believe that they should be responsible for most of the overdraft fees for bad billing practices. If I were a lawyer, and I'm not. I'd be all over this one in a heart beat.
Maybe he declared himself a Cuban American. In Miami, the Cuban population, whether born here or not, are relatively proud of their Cuban Heritage, and often refer to themselves as Cuban Americans. Being a Floridian, I'm accutely aware of the self imposed distinctions often made by those people who are of Cuban descent.
Will the Start button be designed for both Startup and Shutdown of the reactor?
Will the paperclip show up on Computer screens stating, "I'm detecting a meltdown, would you like some help?"
I would do this, not every week but every day after the intial test. I would also send a note home to the parent after the second miss, and explain that by the end of the week, the child will receive these tests because he/she is falling behind the other students. Of course it would be worded in such a way that implies that the school system knows that the parent values their childs good education and that this letter is to inform the parent of the efforts being made by the teacher to ensure that their child is prepared for the future. I would also note that continued poor performance may cause the child to fail that grade and force either a retake of the grade or summer school (if it's offered).
Personnally, I think parents need to be more involved with their children's education, and if a child is doing poorly, need to hear from the teachers early on.
Sadly, many parents just leave the education to the school system and the motivation of the child. I know for me, my folk told me I had to do my homework at the kitchen table so that they could see what I was doing. I was not allowed to play or do other things until I completed my homework each night. I used to get between 2 - 3 hours of homework a night.
Eventually my mom, would allow me to swim in the pool for a bit before homework started because she knew the exercise would wake up my brain.
So a ban or a censorship rule of this magnitude basically means that an adult is not allowed to buy or play a violent video game. Or am I mis-understanding what their rating system implies.
What ever happened to parental responsibility and just basic common sense? Aussie leaders need to wake up and realize they are creating a police state.
I'm all for private companies bidding on Govt. contracts, but frankly as a tax paying citizen I'm freaking tired of wasted tax dollars on projects that die. While most projects within Corporate America fail to go to completion this trend needs to NOT happen with tax payer monies.
If this project failed, why did it take well over 1 billion dollars to freaking figure this out. I personnally believe that the companies that bid on these contracts have an obligation to make the project work on time and within budget and should have a penality stake in it if the project fails to work and go to completion within the budget and time frame.
If Americans could get man to the moon in 10 years, what the heck is our problem these days?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_transfer
http://www.bankofamerica.com/deposits/checksave/index.cfm?template=lc_faq_wire
https://www.wellsfargo.com/investing/styles/wt/com_fees/fees
https://online.citibank.com/JRS/portal/template.do?ID=MoneyXfrCompare
This is just to name a few.
No, a wire transfer from my account to yours costs between $25 and $35 dollars on average, depending on the bank.
When I file a tax return, for the govt. to deposit my return to my account via a wire transfer I am charged a wire transfer fee.
It is only free from my one account to another one of my accounts, based on the account type.
There is no confusion of terms.
Send an inquiry to any US bank about wire transfer fees. It's still cheaper to write a check, those are still free.
Many Corporate emails have a disclaimer at the bottom, and most must go out to the internet to come back in company. That being said, if anyone sends a trade secret via email, it's fair game since email is being equated to a PostCard.
I call someone on the phone, my phone conversation is one on one, and it cannot (in some states) be recorded without my permission. Since many more people have VOIP, are not our conversations just data streams?
I should be able to expect a reasonable right to privacy. This means no matter how I communicate, whether text, twitter, phone, email, in person, and even postcard. Unless I'm yelling something at the top of my lungs for everyone to hear, I'm not openly announcing and relinquishing my right to reasonable privacy.
But apparently the law doesn't quite work that way. /sigh
Wire transfers cost $25 a transfer here.
Good God, push your money into to credit cards directly? Are you insane? Can you imagine the fees the credit card companies can and would likely impose?
Your deposit is too small - FEE
Your deposit is too big - FEE
Your deposit is greater than your minimum payment we'll just apply your paycheck to what you owe us and here's a Fee for that service - FEE
Your deposit is not every week - FEE
We don't like who you work for, they are not in our network - FEE
Your direct deposit bounced - FEE
Ok so those are a little crazy, but if you look at what credit card companies employ already, those aren't that far off.
I was having a similar discussion with my husband the other day when he was discussing how he wants some government regulation on those types of products that claim to provide male enhancement or are diet supplement pills that supposedly burn fat just because someone took the pill. He feels that people should be able to trust what companies advertise.
I pointed out to him, that right now our leaders feel any regulation should always go to the extreme. This is a prime example of going to the extreme. This is what this representative is proposing, the extreme.
Without some salt in foods, food will not stay preserved as long, and many other bad things will take place. This has the potential for increasing the cost of meals at restaurants because food will not last as long, which then means more deliveries or purchases will need to be made for a restaurant to keep up with the shortened lifetime of the food supply used to prepare the meals. This increases our carbon footprint for all of these service industries to meet the new regulation. And if this is only done in one area of the country or one state, now fast food places have to make separate batches of food for the consumers and if one batch is mistakenly sent to a No-Salt location, what are the ramifications then? Would people sue the restaurant because, OMG, I just ate salt...? Possibly, maybe even likely.
I completely agree, less salt is better, but an outright ban? Ridiculous! Regulations are in place by the FDA, correct? If companies are not following the regulations in place already go after them. Enforce existing rules and regulations first, and staff up to meet the needs of enforcement. If after regulation it is found that changes need to be made, tweak the regulations.
We need less govt. intervention. Govt. leave my food alone.
The problem or problems with laptops is that they are distracting. Even if someone is truely typing notes and doing it in a way that summarizes the lecture, for other people sitting near, seeing a display screen or hearing clicking can be vastly distracting.
While it is true, people learn in different ways, people need to be able to learn with out a monitor in their face. I fear one reason that students are opposed to this is simply because they don't know how to write using pen and paper. It has been stated in past Slashdot articles that the art of writing is dying. The thing about writing that people don't get today is that because we write slower than we listen, we force ourselves to remember what the professors said. If we miss what was stated, we asked for the statement to be revistied or repeated, thus adding to the natural way people learn and comprehend.
Some other posted suggested that the professor give the students the notes, well I almost spit my coffee out when I read that. Does not every class have a book that goes with it? I know I had a book for each class I took in college. Students are already expected to read before coming to class, and I suspect the majority of students rarely crack the books before the lessons, but rather only to cram for the exams.
College isn't about making your life easy. It is a place for higher education. It is a place for one to challenge themselves to learn and take in all this wonderful new information. Classroom discussions with professors are the ones students most remember and are very informative when people get involved. The purpose these professors have in mind is for students to interact more. Teaching isn't about spewing out a bunch of notest to students it is about exciting them and teaching them and prompting them to think outside of the box and explore the subject matter at hand.
Close those notebooks and listen. You'll be amazed at how much more you'll comprehend and take in, I promise....
The secrecy behind this act is insane. People have the right to Fair Use. And our Constitution and Bill of Right are meant to protect the people. Companies are not People, and that what this ACTA seems to be protecting, the bottom line of profit. Kudos European Parliament!
But the computer didn't type the IP address, therefore it's a conscience action of the user of the PC that got to the IP location, whether Published or UnPublished.
Also, who is to say it's not the woman in the Pic that made the app? Maybe she's a tiny figured hungry woman who has chosen this method of selling her body to the public? Why Apple feels that they have the right to censor is ridiculous. But this is also one of the reasons I don't have an iPhone.