>>>You are saying that the government has a right to censor a service paid for by taxes.
INSIDE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
You and other keeps skipping that part. When I worked for the FAA I certainly didn't expect to be able to get to playboy.com or SI_swimsuit.com or facebook.com via the LAN or the WiFi. (Even guests were not permitted to do that.)
But on my cellphone? Heck I could access any site, even at my desk.
The government is an employer and just like any employer they filter *inside the building* what may be accessed. Hell you can't even hang a bikini calendar on the wall (that's sexual harassment), even though that wall belongs to the People/taxpayers. I don't find that restriction on free speech unreasonable.
Sure block foxnews.com or alexjones.com across the "guest" WiFi connection --- I don't care. I'll just use my cellphone instead to listen to these radio programs. Or dialup through the phone line (like I'm doing right now since my private employer blocks radio).
Someone called me anti-social. Well the fact of the matter is that when I went to the arcade, I never saw anybody I knew. Hard to socialize with a bunch of strangers. ----- So I went in strictly to play the advanced games that didn't exist on consoles.
>>>kids aren't hanging around anywhere outside of the home
That's usually a good thing. Nobody dealing drugs or cigarettes or beer to the kids. Or just generally being a bad influence.
Anonymous Coward writes: >>>Console games aren't fun, though.
Maybe you're playing the wrong games? Fighting games are fun; Space Channel 5 is fun; Puyo Pop and other tetris-style games are fun. Ratchet & Clank is fun. Zelda and Final Fantasy are fun (if enjoy solving puzzles, exploring). Racing games are fun.
I don't see anyone crying because Radios replaced bandstands, Digital cameras replaced film, or Cars replaced manure-spewing horses.
The arcade was a product of an age when advanced graphics (basically: 16 bit) required an expensive machine, because home consoles (Atari, Intellivision) looked like crap. You went to the arcade to be awed by the sights and sounds.
That's no longer the case, because now you can bring the advanced graphics home. Hence no reason to visit the arcade and blow 100 dollars worth of quarters. Technology advanced - obsolete crap died out.
>>>the govt is prohibiting the public's access to it.
No it isn't. The public can access playboy.com or goatsecx or this union site anytime they desire. At home. Or by cellular.
The government is merely Filtering its OWN personal service, because it it didn't, there'd be an uproar that the government allows access to nudity or obscenity over its "guest" service.
You think the government HAS to provide access to the entire web through its "guest" service, even playboy.com or goatsecx, just because of the first amendment? Really??? - Is government also required to hand-out copies of free newspapers or provide printing presses to everyone who visits? No.
If you read the actual law it says government (specifically the US Congress) shall not prohibit speech, or press, or religion. It says NOTHING about them giving you access to these things - you are responsible to get your Own speech, your own press/internet, and your own religion. By yourself.
It also takes-away the kid's right to Refuse to participate in SSI. (Yes you can choose not to join the Social Security program, as many self-employed persons do.)
My parents claimed ME and my two nieces on tax returns, and we didn't get SSNs until we were 16 (i.e. when we started working). So your claim is false.
They aren't working. They aren't earning money, therefore they aren't depositing cash into an SSI account yet. Not until the kid starts working (age 16; 18; whatever) do they need to apply for an SSN.
No it isn't - just as it's not a violation when any other employer blocks access to workers for youtube.com or blog.com or playboy.com. - The government workers can still access the blocked sites from their home, or private cellular internet.
>>>It doesn't look like they even used a control group of people doing nothing
Yes they did.
>>>people just talking
Yes they did.
>>>people talking with the phone on the other side of their head
Yes they did. It helps if you actually READ the article, since the researchers tested the phone on both sides of the head, with the phone turned off, and with the phone turned on, and observed the brain only reactived with the phone turned on (and on whichever side it was located).
>>>Why are researchers so clueless?
They are not. You however are. Sorry but you posted the post, and I'm just responding in kind.
>>>Too lazy to RTFA, did they move the antenna away from the speaker, or is it possible that the sound waves or even the brain interpreting the sound from the ear, is responsible for the increase?,
Too lazy to AYQ. (shrug) Okay fine. The sound was muted. It said that ITFA.
"47 participants had pairs of Samsung cell phones strapped to their heads, one on each side. The phone on the left ear was turned off, while the one on the right received a 50-minute recorded message. This phone was kept muted so that the subject didnâ(TM)t know which phone was on, and also to prevent stimulation of the brainâ(TM)s hearing center.
"A few minutes after the call, a PET scan revealed that brain regions next to the working phone had higher levels of glucose metabolism. âoeThe human brain is sensitive to the electromagnetic radiation that is emitted from cell phones,â says study coauthor Nora Volkow of the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Bethesda, MD. The increase in brain metabolism observed in the experiment may be an underestimate, because cell phones emit more radiation when a person is talking.
Not sure why others are not? I have hulu.com and syfy.com to watch my favorite shows, but never had a good source for cheap movies - except bittorrent.
Now I can rent them for $7 a month PLUS get free shipping/priority shipping on all my books and games. Good deal. Makes me wonder how amazon can afford it?
Windows is okay as long as you stick with nothing but open source (Firefox, LibreOffice, VLC, et cetera). Avoid the Microsoft crap as much as possible, even if you have to use stuff that isn't strictly open source (like opera or winamp).
>>>Living in the Midwest, with significantly less warning time I can tell you that people did their grocery shopping the days before, stayed home from work (either on vacation or closed businesses), and had some kind of secondary heating source available for at least some of their house. >>>
Midwesterns and Northeasters think differently. People in the MW are used to being "close to the earth" and rearrange their lives to the rhythms and emergencies imposed by Nature.
Northeasters tend to think they should be able to travel anywhere they want, 24 hours a day, even when it's snowing, and blame the government for "failing to plow the roads" when they get stuck.
i.e. We in the NE are spoiled and demanding. Like little kids.
Yep. I know it's old-fashioned but in my whole life I've never seen the landline go out, even during blackouts. Plus it's good for internet backup. (When the DSLAM died, the netzero/dialup still worked.)
>>>we pay ~$25/mo for a land line
Wow. I only pay $10 for unlimited, while my parents have $5 per-call billing (they don't call out much). You may be paying more than you need to.
>>>(not to mention a few inactive ones that can still call 911)
I have an old analog phone from 1999. You think that would still call 911? Last I heard analog is no longer supported? Maybe I'll sell it on ebay (although the glowing green LED is kinda Matrix-like).
>>>if the excrement hits the air circulator
Just send out Twiki with a personal message. "Biddi biddi biddi - like - far out Buck!"
No. My argument has been the same - The average american is a dumbass that should not vote, because they just keep electing the same Dishonest, Corrupt Incumbents over and over (because they never do any research to see that the challenger is better).
Only people who do some actual research should be voting. i.e. The minority of voters.
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>>>You are saying that the government has a right to censor a service paid for by taxes.
INSIDE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
You and other keeps skipping that part. When I worked for the FAA I certainly didn't expect to be able to get to playboy.com or SI_swimsuit.com or facebook.com via the LAN or the WiFi. (Even guests were not permitted to do that.)
But on my cellphone? Heck I could access any site, even at my desk.
The government is an employer and just like any employer they filter *inside the building* what may be accessed. Hell you can't even hang a bikini calendar on the wall (that's sexual harassment), even though that wall belongs to the People/taxpayers. I don't find that restriction on free speech unreasonable.
Sure block foxnews.com or alexjones.com across the "guest" WiFi connection --- I don't care. I'll just use my cellphone instead to listen to these radio programs. Or dialup through the phone line (like I'm doing right now since my private employer blocks radio).
Someone called me anti-social. Well the fact of the matter is that when I went to the arcade, I never saw anybody I knew. Hard to socialize with a bunch of strangers. ----- So I went in strictly to play the advanced games that didn't exist on consoles.
>>>kids aren't hanging around anywhere outside of the home
That's usually a good thing. Nobody dealing drugs or cigarettes or beer to the kids. Or just generally being a bad influence.
Anonymous Coward writes:
>>>Console games aren't fun, though.
Maybe you're playing the wrong games? Fighting games are fun; Space Channel 5 is fun; Puyo Pop and other tetris-style games are fun. Ratchet & Clank is fun. Zelda and Final Fantasy are fun (if enjoy solving puzzles, exploring). Racing games are fun.
>>>leaks seem to work.
The slashvertisements sure work.
(hugs Apple G5) No I'm not upgrading yet! It still works! (pause) What do you mean the latest iTunes and safari require an Intel Mac? Oh crap.
>>>The purpose of forbidding access to a political website to the public
They are not forbidding access to "the public". They are forbidding access *inside the government building*. Jeez.
I don't see anyone crying because Radios replaced bandstands, Digital cameras replaced film, or Cars replaced manure-spewing horses.
The arcade was a product of an age when advanced graphics (basically: 16 bit) required an expensive machine, because home consoles (Atari, Intellivision) looked like crap. You went to the arcade to be awed by the sights and sounds.
That's no longer the case, because now you can bring the advanced graphics home. Hence no reason to visit the arcade and blow 100 dollars worth of quarters. Technology advanced - obsolete crap died out.
>>>the govt is prohibiting the public's access to it.
No it isn't. The public can access playboy.com or goatsecx or this union site anytime they desire. At home. Or by cellular.
The government is merely Filtering its OWN personal service, because it it didn't, there'd be an uproar that the government allows access to nudity or obscenity over its "guest" service.
So let's see if I understand:
You think the government HAS to provide access to the entire web through its "guest" service, even playboy.com or goatsecx, just because of the first amendment? Really??? - Is government also required to hand-out copies of free newspapers or provide printing presses to everyone who visits? No.
If you read the actual law it says government (specifically the US Congress) shall not prohibit speech, or press, or religion. It says NOTHING about them giving you access to these things - you are responsible to get your Own speech, your own press/internet, and your own religion. By yourself.
It also takes-away the kid's right to Refuse to participate in SSI. (Yes you can choose not to join the Social Security program, as many self-employed persons do.)
>>>may be claimed as tax deductions
My parents claimed ME and my two nieces on tax returns, and we didn't get SSNs until we were 16 (i.e. when we started working). So your claim is false.
They aren't working. They aren't earning money, therefore they aren't depositing cash into an SSI account yet. Not until the kid starts working (age 16; 18; whatever) do they need to apply for an SSN.
>>>isn't a first amendment violation?
No it isn't - just as it's not a violation when any other employer blocks access to workers for youtube.com or blog.com or playboy.com. - The government workers can still access the blocked sites from their home, or private cellular internet.
>>>It doesn't look like they even used a control group of people doing nothing
Yes they did.
>>>people just talking
Yes they did.
>>>people talking with the phone on the other side of their head
Yes they did.
It helps if you actually READ the article, since the researchers tested the phone on both sides of the head, with the phone turned off, and with the phone turned on, and observed the brain only reactived with the phone turned on (and on whichever side it was located).
>>>Why are researchers so clueless?
They are not.
You however are.
Sorry but you posted the post, and I'm just responding in kind.
>>>Too lazy to RTFA, did they move the antenna away from the speaker, or is it possible that the sound waves or even the brain interpreting the sound from the ear, is responsible for the increase?,
Too lazy to AYQ.
(shrug)
Okay fine. The sound was muted. It said that ITFA.
Yes this is a POOR article. The Summary I submitted was better:
LINK - http://sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/70134/title/Cell_phones_may_affect_brain_metabolism
"47 participants had pairs of Samsung cell phones strapped to their heads, one on each side. The phone on the left ear was turned off, while the one on the right received a 50-minute recorded message. This phone was kept muted so that the subject didnâ(TM)t know which phone was on, and also to prevent stimulation of the brainâ(TM)s hearing center.
"A few minutes after the call, a PET scan revealed that brain regions next to the working phone had higher levels of glucose metabolism. âoeThe human brain is sensitive to the electromagnetic radiation that is emitted from cell phones,â says study coauthor Nora Volkow of the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Bethesda, MD. The increase in brain metabolism observed in the experiment may be an underestimate, because cell phones emit more radiation when a person is talking.
1999 and 2000. When Clinton left office, the stock market had fallen almost as low as when he had started.
I hope you and BVis have a heart attack at age 40 and die. Then maybe you'll be replaced with a customer service ITT rep that's not a dick.
Never mind. Found it (below). Hard to believe that actress is in her 30s! So is the BBC Office better than the NBC Office???
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played With Fire
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest
>>>"Millennium trilogy" (Girl with..) series of movies
The what?
Never heard of that.
Not sure why others are not? I have hulu.com and syfy.com to watch my favorite shows, but never had a good source for cheap movies - except bittorrent.
Now I can rent them for $7 a month PLUS get free shipping/priority shipping on all my books and games. Good deal. Makes me wonder how amazon can afford it?
>>>we're all going to use Windows now?
Windows is okay as long as you stick with nothing but open source (Firefox, LibreOffice, VLC, et cetera). Avoid the Microsoft crap as much as possible, even if you have to use stuff that isn't strictly open source (like opera or winamp).
>>>Living in the Midwest, with significantly less warning time I can tell you that people did their grocery shopping the days before, stayed home from work (either on vacation or closed businesses), and had some kind of secondary heating source available for at least some of their house.
>>>
Midwesterns and Northeasters think differently. People in the MW are used to being "close to the earth" and rearrange their lives to the rhythms and emergencies imposed by Nature.
Northeasters tend to think they should be able to travel anywhere they want, 24 hours a day, even when it's snowing, and blame the government for "failing to plow the roads" when they get stuck.
i.e. We in the NE are spoiled and demanding. Like little kids.
Yep. I know it's old-fashioned but in my whole life I've never seen the landline go out, even during blackouts. Plus it's good for internet backup. (When the DSLAM died, the netzero/dialup still worked.)
>>>we pay ~$25/mo for a land line
Wow. I only pay $10 for unlimited, while my parents have $5 per-call billing (they don't call out much). You may be paying more than you need to.
>>>(not to mention a few inactive ones that can still call 911)
I have an old analog phone from 1999. You think that would still call 911? Last I heard analog is no longer supported? Maybe I'll sell it on ebay (although the glowing green LED is kinda Matrix-like).
>>>if the excrement hits the air circulator
Just send out Twiki with a personal message.
"Biddi biddi biddi - like - far out Buck!"
That's old news. I'm talking about the PRESENT. Bush was constantly pounded by the media, about Katrina, even 5 years later.
I don't see the same happening to Obama, and it's only been half a year.
>>>Your argument is all over the place.
No. My argument has been the same - The average american is a dumbass that should not vote, because they just keep electing the same Dishonest, Corrupt Incumbents over and over (because they never do any research to see that the challenger is better).
Only people who do some actual research should be voting. i.e. The minority of voters.