Under CISPA, if it passes the Senate, the government can see any private corporate record it desires. Including your smartmeter electrical usage.
Even without CISPA, governments or govt-controlled utilities at the state level have passed laws mandating rolling blackouts. So your A/C could suddenly shutoff and you'd get nice and toasty. (I prefer dumb meters that *I* control without any communication back to the central entity.)
This/. post should probably be deleted or edited, since it is False. Here are several relevant quotes from the comment section of the linked article:
Foo WINE user here, not banned. Sensational journalism here, move along.
Kamezero Blizzard is well aware of Linux, they've actually tested D3 in wine to see if they'd get any false positives.
"And as far as anyone can tell, there have been exactly 4 people affected. Does anyone here actually know someone who was banned just for being on Linux? I've played D3 in wine and am still able to log in just fine.
>>>Linux users who crawl to Blizzard remind me of an cousin of mine who kept going back to her abusive boyfriend.
Could make the same argument about Linux (or Mac) OS. "Will it run Microsoft Visio or.vsd compatible program?" Nope. "Will it let me log to work from home?" Nope, doesn't even run the remote client. "Will it run Doors or ModelSim or Synplify?"
Nope. Linux & MacOS, like my AmigaOS, is fun to experiment with but unfortunately I can't really use it to meet work requirements. I'm locked into Windows. And to quote you: "Why not support the studios that really *DO* support Linux instead of studios that treat it like a red-headed stepchild?" Why not support OSes that really do support the program I need?
Oh and the reason Linux gamers are using Wine to play blizzard games: Because they like those games .
Buried lines isn't an automatic solution. I lost DSL/phone after a major rainstorm flooded the underground pipes. The power stayed on because it was above the water.
Oh and I forgot to mention that most stores have a 3-strike policy. No more than 3 returns per year. That policy would prevent the kind of "I liked the movie but I'm returning it anyway" abuse you describe.
>>>Why? You can secretly love the movie, but pretend it "sucks" (what defines sucks, btw?) and take it back
Why not? I can do it with candy. "If this product is not satisfactory, return the unused portion for a refund." - If I can return a sucky piece of chocolate, I see no reason why I can't return the sucky Transformers 2 DVD for store credit. You mean to tell me that Hershey and Mars Candy has more integrity & better customer service than MGM or Sony DVD? Wow.
Ahhh... first you slag off on the "clueless Americans" and then the Brits. They may not use the Euro but they are part of the EU and the nearly 1 trillion in bailouts. Sooooo who's next to get the hate? I suppose if I post the videos from the EU MEPs of Denmark and Poland saying the same things (Euro is in trouble; possibly a breakup) you'll be hating-on on the Danes and Poles as well.
BTW this all started when you said "America is headed for a dark age". OUR states are still getting along and working with one another. It is the EU states that are collapsing & bickering. It is the EU states that have firebombs being thrown at police. Not the US states.
>>>Says who? American media? I'm getting tired about this anti-EU / pro-USA behavior on/.
Oh look. Another person slagging off on the "dumb Americans" or "stupid USA" media. Europeans love to hate us Americans. Well here's a BRITISH man saying the exact same thing I just said, and not just any British man, but an esteemed member of the European Union's Parliament:
"It's a great shame Mr Van Rompuy's not here because a month ago he told us the worst was over, we'd reached the turning point. He even told us that he'd solved the Euro crisis! Well, today we've got a more realistic Mr Barroso who says if we follow his policies and stick together we can solve this in the end! Sorry! No one believes you anymore, and actually, in the face of the rapidly deteriorating situation these comments look ridiculous.
In Spain mass unemployment gathers by the day and internal democracy in Spain is now under threat. In Italy where we were told Mr Monti would sort it all out, growth figures are falling and the bond spreads are worsening and now an IMF official has come out and said that it is obvious that at some point the Euro break-up will happen................. Mercifully, outside of this institution, economists the world over now say that it is inevitable that the Euro will break up. It is just a question of how. And I really hope that the IMF now decide to stop pouring good money after bad into these bailouts and I really do hope that not one penny piece more of British taxpayers' money goes into propping something up that should be allowed to die."
I believe the Euro MAY still survive. But it won't be any fun.
Okay Anon. Coward. Do you think this British representative in EU Parliament is also a "clueless american"? - "Nigel Farage: puppet governments in Greece & Italy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5mjIuGObtM Transcript: "Here we are on the edge of a financial and social disaster and in the room today we have the four men who are supposed to be responsible. And yet we have listened to the dullest most, technocratic speeches I've ever heard.
"You are all in denial. By any objective measure the euro is a failure. And who exactly is responsible, who is in charge out of all you lot? The answer is none of you because none of you have been elected; none of you have any democratic legitimacy for the roles you currently hold within this crisis.
"And into this vacuum, albeit reluctantly, has stepped Angela Merkel. And we are now living in a German-dominated Europe - something that the European project was actually supposed to stop. Something that those who went before us actually paid a heavy price in blood to prevent. I don't want to live in a German-dominated Europe and nor do the citizens of Europe.
"But you guys have played a role, because when Mr Papandreou got up and used the word 'referendum' you ousted him. Or Mr Rehn, you described it as 'a breach of confidence', and your friends here got together like a pack of hyenas, rounded on Papandreou, had him removed and replaced by a puppet Government. That was an absolutely disgusting spectacle that was.
"And not satisfied with that, you decided that Berlesconi had to go. So he was removed and replaced by Mr Monti, a former European Commissioner, a fellow architect of this Euro disaster and a man who wasn't even a member of parliament.
"It's getting like an Agatha Christie novel, where we're trying to work out who is the next person that's going to be bumped off. The difference is, we know who the villains are. You should all be held accountable for what you've done. You should all be fired.
"And I have to say, Mr Van Rompuy. 18 months ago when we first met, I was wrong about you. I said you would be the quiet assassin of nation states' democracy, but not anymore, you are rather noisy about it aren't you. You, an unelected man, went to Italy and said, 'This is not the time for elections but the time for actions'. What in God's name gives you the right to say that to the Italian people."
Hold on pardner. I think you've forgotten the EU's currency is on the verge of breaking-up. Even if it manages to hold together, their economy is likely to fall into the "dark ages" before ours. Two of the EU states have already lost their democratic-elected leaders... replaced by banker puppets through EU dictate.
What can the U.S. government do against the whole of the E.U.? I suppose this decision means I can sell my Microsoft Office 2010 license on ebay. Yay! I never use the software anyway. (I wonder if I can sell ebooks too? Or maybe just the whole amazon account; ebooks and all.)
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>>>Would I genocide mosquitoes? Absolutely. Ticks, leeches, basically any parasite, lamprays, and all sorts of other things that I'm very happy to exterminate.
The frog and spider population would plummet. They might even go extinct (some frogs are already near extinction). When you add or remove a species, you upset the balance. Let's take rabbits for example: They overran Australia because they had no natural predator. Rabbits everywhere.
Back in the 90s when Star Trek DS9 and Babylon 5 were going head-to-head in the syndication market, their respective companies handled fanfiction and sites VERY differently:
- Paramount issued cease-and-desist letters to webowners and fans (else they would be prosecuted).
- Meanwhile PTEN (offshoot of Warner Bros) asked JMS how he thought fans of Babylon 5 should be handled. They decided fans would be free to use B5 images and characters, so long as a copyright notice was immediately underneath or ahead of the image.
On another note: It seems studios have no qualms about stealing ideas from others. Ever notice how many movies/TV shows arrive, in the same year, with the same concept? DS9/B5. Armageddon/Deep Impact, The Illusionist/Prestige, ANTZ/A Bug's Life, Mission to Mars/Red Planet, Dante's Peak/Volcano.
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Invasive species upset the natural balance between native species.
Starting in 1999 they developed a new engine that was fundamentally flawed. It ran too hot and died after only 10,000 to 25,000 miles due to oil sludging. Toyota responded to customer complaints by saying "It's your fault. Your warranty is void," and handing them 5000 to 7500 dollars worth of new engine replacement. This was despite the fact customers had *dealer* records showing the car had all its oil changes performed.
Sometime around 2005 the U.S. government got involved and told Toyota, "You can't just refuse to honor the warranty," and started prosecuting the company. And THAT is why I dislike Toyota. It's a really shitty, shitty thing to do to your customers to stick them with a multi-thousand dollar engine replacement and say, "It's your fault."
I don't understand this belief that the U.S. could build solar panels cheaper than China. We can't build iPhones and other electronics cheaper than China.
"IIn some cases, in order to provide an optimal experience on your home network, some updates may still be automatically applied, regardless of the auto-update setting." --- So Cisco will install some updates even when you specifically say no updates. I hope Microsoft or Google doesn't see this, and start updating Windows or Chrome w/o my permission.
"The Terms and Conditions of using the Cisco Connect Cloud state that Cisco may unilaterally shut down your account if finds that you have used the service for 'obscene, pornographic, or offensive purposes, to infringe anotherâ(TM)s rights, including but not limited to any intellectual property rights, or⦠to violate, or encourage any conduct that would violate any applicable law or regulation or give rise to civil or criminal liability.'" ---- So basically they'll be watching what we do, and if they don't like it, then they turn-off your Cisco account. Time to add Cisco to my ever-growing list of bad companies: - Cisco - Microsoft - GM - Ford - Toyota - et cetera
Not an OS. Just the Firefox browser running like an OS. "Is this going to be yet another platform for developers to code for? "No..... We don't want this work to lead to applications that only run atop one platform, or only run in Firefox. That's an important difference between what we're doing and proprietary mobile stacks today: we don't seek a competitive advantage for Mozilla, we seek a competitive advantage for the Web." Read more here: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/b2g/faq/
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Still don't see the speed control. Oh well.
It appears VLC has removed them since the version I'm using.
Under CISPA, if it passes the Senate, the government can see any private corporate record it desires. Including your smartmeter electrical usage.
Even without CISPA, governments or govt-controlled utilities at the state level have passed laws mandating rolling blackouts. So your A/C could suddenly shutoff and you'd get nice and toasty. (I prefer dumb meters that *I* control without any communication back to the central entity.)
This /. post should probably be deleted or edited, since it is False. Here are several relevant quotes from the comment section of the linked article:
Foo
WINE user here, not banned. Sensational journalism here, move along.
Kamezero
Blizzard is well aware of Linux, they've actually tested D3 in wine to see if they'd get any false positives.
"And as far as anyone can tell, there have been exactly 4 people affected. Does anyone here actually know someone who was banned just for being on Linux? I've played D3 in wine and am still able to log in just fine.
Blocked by work. What does this list tell us? A list of Linux-friendly games?
>>>Linux users who crawl to Blizzard remind me of an cousin of mine who kept going back to her abusive boyfriend.
Could make the same argument about Linux (or Mac) OS. "Will it run Microsoft Visio or .vsd compatible program?" Nope. "Will it let me log to work from home?" Nope, doesn't even run the remote client. "Will it run Doors or ModelSim or Synplify?"
Nope. Linux & MacOS, like my AmigaOS, is fun to experiment with but unfortunately I can't really use it to meet work requirements. I'm locked into Windows. And to quote you: "Why not support the studios that really *DO* support Linux instead of studios that treat it like a red-headed stepchild?" Why not support OSes that really do support the program I need?
Oh and the reason Linux gamers are using Wine to play blizzard games: Because they like those games
.
Buried lines isn't an automatic solution. I lost DSL/phone after a major rainstorm flooded the underground pipes. The power stayed on because it was above the water.
Oh and I forgot to mention that most stores have a 3-strike policy. No more than 3 returns per year. That policy would prevent the kind of "I liked the movie but I'm returning it anyway" abuse you describe.
>>>Why? You can secretly love the movie, but pretend it "sucks" (what defines sucks, btw?) and take it back
Why not?
I can do it with candy. "If this product is not satisfactory, return the unused portion for a refund." - If I can return a sucky piece of chocolate, I see no reason why I can't return the sucky Transformers 2 DVD for store credit. You mean to tell me that Hershey and Mars Candy has more integrity & better customer service than MGM or Sony DVD? Wow.
Ahhh... first you slag off on the "clueless Americans" and then the Brits. They may not use the Euro but they are part of the EU and the nearly 1 trillion in bailouts. Sooooo who's next to get the hate? I suppose if I post the videos from the EU MEPs of Denmark and Poland saying the same things (Euro is in trouble; possibly a breakup) you'll be hating-on on the Danes and Poles as well.
BTW this all started when you said "America is headed for a dark age". OUR states are still getting along and working with one another. It is the EU states that are collapsing & bickering. It is the EU states that have firebombs being thrown at police. Not the US states.
>>>Says who? American media? I'm getting tired about this anti-EU / pro-USA behavior on /.
Oh look. Another person slagging off on the "dumb Americans" or "stupid USA" media. Europeans love to hate us Americans. Well here's a BRITISH man saying the exact same thing I just said, and not just any British man, but an esteemed member of the European Union's Parliament:
http://www.ukipmeps.org/articles_367_Nigel-Farage-Euro-Break-Up-Just-a-Question-of-How.html
Transcript:
"It's a great shame Mr Van Rompuy's not here because a month ago he told us the worst was over, we'd reached the turning point. He even told us that he'd solved the Euro crisis! Well, today we've got a more realistic Mr Barroso who says if we follow his policies and stick together we can solve this in the end! Sorry! No one believes you anymore, and actually, in the face of the rapidly deteriorating situation these comments look ridiculous.
In Spain mass unemployment gathers by the day and internal democracy in Spain is now under threat. In Italy where we were told Mr Monti would sort it all out, growth figures are falling and the bond spreads are worsening and now an IMF official has come out and said that it is obvious that at some point the Euro break-up will happen. ................ Mercifully, outside of this institution, economists the world over now say that it is inevitable that the Euro will break up. It is just a question of how. And I really hope that the IMF now decide to stop pouring good money after bad into these bailouts and I really do hope that not one penny piece more of British taxpayers' money goes into propping something up that should be allowed to die."
I believe the Euro MAY still survive.
But it won't be any fun.
Okay Anon. Coward. Do you think this British representative in EU Parliament is also a "clueless american"?
- "Nigel Farage: puppet governments in Greece & Italy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5mjIuGObtM
Transcript:
"Here we are on the edge of a financial and social disaster and in the room today we have the four men who are supposed to be responsible. And yet we have listened to the dullest most, technocratic speeches I've ever heard.
"You are all in denial. By any objective measure the euro is a failure. And who exactly is responsible, who is in charge out of all you lot? The answer is none of you because none of you have been elected; none of you have any democratic legitimacy for the roles you currently hold within this crisis.
"And into this vacuum, albeit reluctantly, has stepped Angela Merkel. And we are now living in a German-dominated Europe - something that the European project was actually supposed to stop. Something that those who went before us actually paid a heavy price in blood to prevent. I don't want to live in a German-dominated Europe and nor do the citizens of Europe.
"But you guys have played a role, because when Mr Papandreou got up and used the word 'referendum' you ousted him. Or Mr Rehn, you described it as 'a breach of confidence', and your friends here got together like a pack of hyenas, rounded on Papandreou, had him removed and replaced by a puppet Government. That was an absolutely disgusting spectacle that was.
"And not satisfied with that, you decided that Berlesconi had to go. So he was removed and replaced by Mr Monti, a former European Commissioner, a fellow architect of this Euro disaster and a man who wasn't even a member of parliament.
"It's getting like an Agatha Christie novel, where we're trying to work out who is the next person that's going to be bumped off. The difference is, we know who the villains are. You should all be held accountable for what you've done. You should all be fired.
"And I have to say, Mr Van Rompuy. 18 months ago when we first met, I was wrong about you. I said you would be the quiet assassin of nation states' democracy, but not anymore, you are rather noisy about it aren't you. You, an unelected man, went to Italy and said, 'This is not the time for elections but the time for actions'. What in God's name gives you the right to say that to the Italian people."
>>> If something sucks, we're entitled to our money back.
Exactly.
This applies to DVDs and CDs too. I refuse to buy either if I can't later return them for refund or store credit, when the content sucks.
Apple's new slogan is borrowed from Google, but with an additional line:
Do no evil.
Let the courts do it for you.
Hold on pardner. I think you've forgotten the EU's currency is on the verge of breaking-up. Even if it manages to hold together, their economy is likely to fall into the "dark ages" before ours. Two of the EU states have already lost their democratic-elected leaders... replaced by banker puppets through EU dictate.
What can the U.S. government do against the whole of the E.U.? I suppose this decision means I can sell my Microsoft Office 2010 license on ebay. Yay! I never use the software anyway. (I wonder if I can sell ebooks too? Or maybe just the whole amazon account; ebooks and all.)
>>>Would I genocide mosquitoes? Absolutely. Ticks, leeches, basically any parasite, lamprays, and all sorts of other things that I'm very happy to exterminate.
The frog and spider population would plummet. They might even go extinct (some frogs are already near extinction). When you add or remove a species, you upset the balance. Let's take rabbits for example: They overran Australia because they had no natural predator. Rabbits everywhere.
Back in the 90s when Star Trek DS9 and Babylon 5 were going head-to-head in the syndication market, their respective companies handled fanfiction and sites VERY differently:
- Paramount issued cease-and-desist letters to webowners and fans (else they would be prosecuted).
- Meanwhile PTEN (offshoot of Warner Bros) asked JMS how he thought fans of Babylon 5 should be handled. They decided fans would be free to use B5 images and characters, so long as a copyright notice was immediately underneath or ahead of the image.
On another note: It seems studios have no qualms about stealing ideas from others. Ever notice how many movies/TV shows arrive, in the same year, with the same concept? DS9/B5. Armageddon/Deep Impact, The Illusionist/Prestige, ANTZ/A Bug's Life, Mission to Mars/Red Planet, Dante's Peak/Volcano.
Invasive species upset the natural balance between native species.
Starting in 1999 they developed a new engine that was fundamentally flawed. It ran too hot and died after only 10,000 to 25,000 miles due to oil sludging. Toyota responded to customer complaints by saying "It's your fault. Your warranty is void," and handing them 5000 to 7500 dollars worth of new engine replacement. This was despite the fact customers had *dealer* records showing the car had all its oil changes performed.
Sometime around 2005 the U.S. government got involved and told Toyota, "You can't just refuse to honor the warranty," and started prosecuting the company. And THAT is why I dislike Toyota. It's a really shitty, shitty thing to do to your customers to stick them with a multi-thousand dollar engine replacement and say, "It's your fault."
What subsidies do the oil companies get to make oil/gasoline/diesel cheaper?
I don't understand this belief that the U.S. could build solar panels cheaper than China. We can't build iPhones and other electronics cheaper than China.
Wow:
"IIn some cases, in order to provide an optimal experience on your home network, some updates may still be automatically applied, regardless of the auto-update setting." --- So Cisco will install some updates even when you specifically say no updates. I hope Microsoft or Google doesn't see this, and start updating Windows or Chrome w/o my permission.
"The Terms and Conditions of using the Cisco Connect Cloud state that Cisco may unilaterally shut down your account if finds that you have used the service for 'obscene, pornographic, or offensive purposes, to infringe anotherâ(TM)s rights, including but not limited to any intellectual property rights, or⦠to violate, or encourage any conduct that would violate any applicable law or regulation or give rise to civil or criminal liability.'" ---- So basically they'll be watching what we do, and if they don't like it, then they turn-off your Cisco account. Time to add Cisco to my ever-growing list of bad companies:
- Cisco
- Microsoft
- GM
- Ford
- Toyota
- et cetera
Not an OS. Just the Firefox browser running like an OS. "Is this going to be yet another platform for developers to code for?
"No..... We don't want this work to lead to applications that only run atop one platform, or only run in Firefox. That's an important difference between what we're doing and proprietary mobile stacks today: we don't seek a competitive advantage for Mozilla, we seek a competitive advantage for the Web." Read more here: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/b2g/faq/