The FBI totally shouldn't be invading people's privacy, but if they need to use it to catch child molestors and their like, I think we should all be willing to give up a little freedom. Think of the bad people they can stop, not the fact that someone might accidentally read about your dinner plans.
Let's take this another step further, shall we? Let's say that it's ok for the FBI to have listening and seeing devices in all of our homes. What's that you say? Invasion of privacy? Well, by doing this, won't the FBI be able to drastically reduce the amount of abuse, molestation, fighting, . Apparently, this is perfectly fine. Obviously, if people aren't doing anything wrong, what's the problem with having all your actions and communications traced?
It's a slippery slope, you don't want America to get on it. Although, I would argue that we are not only already on this slope, we're about half-way down. If Americans are so stupid and jaded about the value of their personal liberties and rights, then perhaps they don't deserve them.
And yeah, I'm American. But it pisses me off to no end when my fellow countrymen do not realize the value of the freedom they enjoy here.
To add to that, why pay so much for a single when you could get the song on the single with a bunch of other potentially good songs for only a little bit more?
hmph. Frankly, I'm unimpressed... if they were really that interested in aesthetics and unique design, they could've at least made the case be shaped like a giant apple! =)
I used to hate X windows. It was hard to configure, the defaults were ugly for the window managers. And I didn't even know what a window manager was. I work at a place where I was forced to work with it... little by little I've come to appreciate everything it can do that Win2K and the like can't. I don't claim to be expert. I'm still not clear on what seperates KDE,Gnome from Enlightenment and WindowMaker (ie: Desktop vs WindowManager). But I like the freedom of being able to switch my windowmanager to whatever I like and still have the ability to run the same programs. I prefer the configuration power that I get from editing a text file versus someone giving me a stripped down dialog box to make a few cosmetic changes. In short, X is something that grows on you. M$ windows should offer the same abilities, but then again, M$ knows what we really want in a GUI.
Definitely looking forward to it now... it looks cool from the commercials and previews... but then again, so did Starwars I: Phantom Menace (not that it sucked... it just didn't have the feel of the first 3)
Perhaps apple should look in to genetically engineering large, intelligent mice to replace their old, stuffy no wire, no button mouse. =) And make it cartoony like for the kids... like Tom & Jerry... everytime you want to click something, hit the mouse with a large mallet.
What, using violence as a means to get what you want without concern for the consequences or ethics? If that's what you mean Jon, then I fully agree that he's a role model for the history and "values" of the US, a nation which started a bloody revolution over taxes.
Taxes without fair representation. A government attempting to govern from overseas. The abuse and exploitation of the colonies by an oppressive King.
There's a slight different between that and a McDonald's cropping up in someone's town. McD wouldn't be there if there weren't a demand. Face, people, in general, like greasy, artery clogging slabs of beef between two pieces of bread... if they didn't, then we wouldn't have the fast food joints we do now.
s it my imagination, or does Katz's use of language get even more obscure and hard to follow when he has less to say?
You find that alot with people like him... politicians, journalists, lawyers, english majors... When they have little to say, or when they are saying something completely obvious, they feel the need to obscure the triteness of their statements in magniloquent drivel.
WOW! I used magniloquent in a sentence! My English teacher would be so proud. =)
Heh... hey, if this is how rich men want to spend their money... and eliminating themselves from the gene pool in a fiery ball of flames... I say give him more fuel:-)
Relax... just a joke... sheesh... well, perhaps if Gates and Ellison want to visit Mars... I don't think anyone will have anyproblem with it....
It's kinda cool though... this guy has balls the size of church bells, I'll give him that... hope he doesn't have any children though... that'd suck for them.
This is basically useless. It wouldn't be too hard to write a gnutella client that simply returns the query with ".mp3" attached to the end in response to a query. Wasn't this already done? Plus, for all intents and purposes, you can't prove too much about the content of a file just by the file name...
mmm... isn't Massachusetts the state where they tested a bunch of elementary school and high school teachers in the subjects they were teaching and found that a huge number couldn't pass the test?
heh... watch the Tuna Fish start flaming the Dolphins for kissing humanity's collective asses by doing backflips for entertainment just so they wouldn't get eaten. =)
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Let's take this another step further, shall we? Let's say that it's ok for the FBI to have listening and seeing devices in all of our homes. What's that you say? Invasion of privacy? Well, by doing this, won't the FBI be able to drastically reduce the amount of abuse, molestation, fighting, . Apparently, this is perfectly fine. Obviously, if people aren't doing anything wrong, what's the problem with having all your actions and communications traced?
It's a slippery slope, you don't want America to get on it. Although, I would argue that we are not only already on this slope, we're about half-way down. If Americans are so stupid and jaded about the value of their personal liberties and rights, then perhaps they don't deserve them.
And yeah, I'm American. But it pisses me off to no end when my fellow countrymen do not realize the value of the freedom they enjoy here.
To add to that, why pay so much for a single when you could get the song on the single with a bunch of other potentially good songs for only a little bit more?
A random thought:
If a million microsoft programmers worked at a million workstations would the entire microsoft software library eventually be produced, bug free?
hmph. Frankly, I'm unimpressed... if they were really that interested in aesthetics and unique design, they could've at least made the case be shaped like a giant apple! =)
Unfortunately, I don't think there are cures for human stupidity and/or insensitivity.
I used to hate X windows. It was hard to configure, the defaults were ugly for the window managers. And I didn't even know what a window manager was. I work at a place where I was forced to work with it... little by little I've come to appreciate everything it can do that Win2K and the like can't. I don't claim to be expert. I'm still not clear on what seperates KDE,Gnome from Enlightenment and WindowMaker (ie: Desktop vs WindowManager). But I like the freedom of being able to switch my windowmanager to whatever I like and still have the ability to run the same programs. I prefer the configuration power that I get from editing a text file versus someone giving me a stripped down dialog box to make a few cosmetic changes. In short, X is something that grows on you. M$ windows should offer the same abilities, but then again, M$ knows what we really want in a GUI.
Perhaps he can comment on the implications of cloning a mutant. :-P
Definitely looking forward to it now... it looks cool from the commercials and previews... but then again, so did Starwars I: Phantom Menace (not that it sucked... it just didn't have the feel of the first 3)
Did your friend BSOD during the Halloween Parties?
That, or they were just copying a printout.
But girls don't like geeky guys!
Wow, I must have one of those rare kind of girls... smart, beautiful, and loves this particular geek. =)
Perhaps apple should look in to genetically engineering large, intelligent mice to replace their old, stuffy no wire, no button mouse. =) And make it cartoony like for the kids... like Tom & Jerry... everytime you want to click something, hit the mouse with a large mallet.
Women with giant, well-formed tits and perfectly sculpted asses?
Horror of horrors! =)
I understand the fear... but framing it in a Christian mythological context doesn't really strengthen your argument.
Ofcourse, since the actions of a single individual will make no difference anyway, what's the point of resisting in the first place?
Taxes without fair representation. A government attempting to govern from overseas. The abuse and exploitation of the colonies by an oppressive King.
There's a slight different between that and a McDonald's cropping up in someone's town. McD wouldn't be there if there weren't a demand. Face, people, in general, like greasy, artery clogging slabs of beef between two pieces of bread... if they didn't, then we wouldn't have the fast food joints we do now.
Because you're not a representative sampling.
You find that alot with people like him... politicians, journalists, lawyers, english majors... When they have little to say, or when they are saying something completely obvious, they feel the need to obscure the triteness of their statements in magniloquent drivel.
WOW! I used magniloquent in a sentence! My English teacher would be so proud. =)
Just think... 16 cell phones in a car. Imagine the traffic accidents that will cause! :-)
That... or JarJar is just what most people want him to be... cannon fodder. =)
Socially inept, horny geeks dreaming of a piece of Portman Pie. Oh the horror! =)
Much more explicit. =)
Relax... just a joke... sheesh... well, perhaps if Gates and Ellison want to visit Mars... I don't think anyone will have anyproblem with it....
It's kinda cool though... this guy has balls the size of church bells, I'll give him that... hope he doesn't have any children though... that'd suck for them.
This is basically useless. It wouldn't be too hard to write a gnutella client that simply returns the query with ".mp3" attached to the end in response to a query. Wasn't this already done? Plus, for all intents and purposes, you can't prove too much about the content of a file just by the file name...
mmm... isn't Massachusetts the state where they tested a bunch of elementary school and high school teachers in the subjects they were teaching and found that a huge number couldn't pass the test?
heh... watch the Tuna Fish start flaming the Dolphins for kissing humanity's collective asses by doing backflips for entertainment just so they wouldn't get eaten. =)