"Just based on personal subjectivity, that's a pretty damn wide range of possible reasons. Even if she didn't see any other solution, that doesn't mean that her reasoning was valid (or stable)."
You are absolutely right, but if she did, she did once and never did again, so her range would have been pretty narrow.
Yes, if somebody escapes an never do any other crimes, guilty of not of the first one, they are not doing any (more) harm to society. Most likely she was innocent, or was caught in a situation where she did not see any other solution than murder. And if she did kill in a premeditated way and the threat of prison was not enough to stop her, well being convicted and sentenced scared her enough not to do it again. Instead of costing a lot in prison she led a productive life, she has learned her lesson. Isn't that one of the goal of imprisonment?.
"it's a good idea to have Microsoft able to stealth update the windows updater, it's one piece of software on your machine that doesn't really interact with the others all that much"
"The reason they're not doing this themselves because if they were to even think about trying they would be dropped down a bottomless pit of IBM et al counter patents."
That does not prevent IBM from attacking Microsoft with patents.
They do not rely on you actually looking at the ads, they just want them to be in your field of view all the time, influencing you without you even realizing it.
"It may help to have an assistant hold the young athlete from behind. Alternatively, Purity Athletic also provides various restraints for use with those young men who have not developed the self-discipline necessary during this procedure."
I don't care what the FCC leads anyone else to believe. The FCC themselves believe that they own the airwaves and they have proven time and time again that they are going to do with them what they see fit.
Remember, we don't get to choose who runs the FCC and that's a serious ****ing problem. We own the spectrum and thus the FCC should be a group of elected officials that can be ****ing bounced when the general voting public decides they should go. Unfortunately, they're not and they get to make these ****lish decisions to kill "indecency" and open spectrum for bidding and not give a ****ing cent of that money back to those that own it.
I'd love to see those ****ing franchise fees, random other taxes on my various telecom bills, and reduced rate Internet exist because of the money the FCC collected from the sale.
Slashdot Mirror
"they started off as a search engine, the ads followed later"
I do not know for sure, but that was probably the plan all along.
Google is not a seach company, it's an advertising company. It's really weird that this fact doesn't stick in people minds.
Google is an advertising company, no a web search company.
"Just based on personal subjectivity, that's a pretty damn wide range of possible reasons. Even if she didn't see any other solution, that doesn't mean that her reasoning was valid (or stable)."
You are absolutely right, but if she did, she did once and never did again, so her range would have been pretty narrow.
"It seems just as probable, if not more so, that people who buy more CDs are more likely to engage in file sharing."
If CDs are a cause of illegal file sharing I motion they should be outlawed! Let's cut the supply line of those pesky pirates!
"Thank God for that database...."
God is a coder? Shit, we are surely in the Matrix then.
Yes, if somebody escapes an never do any other crimes, guilty of not of the first one, they are not doing any (more) harm to society. Most likely she was innocent, or was caught in a situation where she did not see any other solution than murder. And if she did kill in a premeditated way and the threat of prison was not enough to stop her, well being convicted and sentenced scared her enough not to do it again. Instead of costing a lot in prison she led a productive life, she has learned her lesson. Isn't that one of the goal of imprisonment?.
permanent link, maybe?
LOL
"it's a good idea to have Microsoft able to stealth update the windows updater, it's one piece of software on your machine that doesn't really interact with the others all that much"
the updater just updates itself noting else? duh
"Like communism and anarchy, it relies on the flawed axiom that humans are, at their core, good."
so does Democracy.
This is a racist joke
"Australian" is not a race.
neither are Black, Jews, Caucasian, etc
"The reason they're not doing this themselves because if they were to even think about trying they would be dropped down a bottomless pit of IBM et al counter patents."
That does not prevent IBM from attacking Microsoft with patents.
They do not rely on you actually looking at the ads, they just want them to be in your field of view all the time, influencing you without you even realizing it.
I do not want ads to disappear, i just want less of them not more. There is a point were it's just to much.
Ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, and ads.
And then some ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, ads, and aslo ads and ads.
I think there is enough ads already, I'm starting to hate Google.
look an ad in my sig!
heurg!
"so that a person with limited world knowledge (like a kid or an american) can still follow what is happening in the world"
LOL
"This web site is Copyright © 1997-20002 by Purity Athletic, Inc. All rights reserved. Viriguard is a work of fiction. Resemblance to any existing athletic supporter, chastity belt, or sporting goods manufacturer is purely coincidental. No boys have been interviewed or fitted with a Viriguard. Research into actual Viriguard devices for adults is ongoing. In the mean time, if you need a real chastity belt, be at least eighteen years old and see Carrara. Letters sent to Viriguard become the property of Viriguard and may be published. "
it's fake
What is this? the middle ages?
"It may help to have an assistant hold the young athlete from behind. Alternatively, Purity Athletic also provides various restraints for use with those young men who have not developed the self-discipline necessary during this procedure."
I am disgusted.
cut his dick off, problem solved.
fixed it for you,
the FCC
I don't care what the FCC leads anyone else to believe. The FCC themselves believe that they own the airwaves and they have proven time and time again that they are going to do with them what they see fit.
Remember, we don't get to choose who runs the FCC and that's a serious ****ing problem. We own the spectrum and thus the FCC should be a group of elected officials that can be ****ing bounced when the general voting public decides they should go. Unfortunately, they're not and they get to make these ****lish decisions to kill "indecency" and open spectrum for bidding and not give a ****ing cent of that money back to those that own it.
I'd love to see those ****ing franchise fees, random other taxes on my various telecom bills, and reduced rate Internet exist because of the money the FCC collected from the sale.
Until that happens, we don't own ****.
Va chier ! :)
why does openiso.org make me think of expertsexchange.com ? weird ...
think about it five seconds.
"If it was the other way around , people would be yelling about choice."
what other way around? the ISP use Vista and only Vista can connect?
People would have the same complaint: Follow the standards!