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I gave up on Flashforward when someone talked about the DHS existing in 1991; the department didn't exist until after 9/11. If you can't simple history like that right then what else are you going to screw up?
Telling people “no, we only have enough real products for you to buy two, sorry” is an example of real scarcity, not artificial scarcity.
Not if they have crates stacked like the last scene from Raiders in a hidden warehouse, chock full of the things. Pretending not to have enough is also artificial scarcity.
"No conviction shall be had in any prosecution for the publication of papers relating to the official conduct of officers or men in public capacity, or to any other matter proper for public investigation or information, where the fact that such publication was not maliciously or negligently made shall be established to the satisfaction of the jury
That's the devil in that detail. If he can persuade a jury that the tweets in question were "maliciously or negligently made", then he will not have violated the Constitution of PA.
The OP made the claim that Facebook occurred in a vacuum, and that that was the only reason for their success. Of course Facebook did things better than others did, that's the point I was driving home in my post.
How is killing people or even just protesting over a drawing not equating the subject of the drawing to godhood? In other words, these idiots have turned Mohammad into an idol by their actions and words, and so are violating the very law they seek to enforce on others.
I think it's just a problem with the CSS on Idle. If you remove "idle." from the URL it uses the default CSS, and everything looks normal again. Almost annoying enough to see if there's a Greasemonkey script to replace the Idle CSS with normal CSS on the fly.
Facebook seems to have gotten big mainly by chance. like being the only bacteria in the pietry dish. The only savvy they had was realizing the peitre dish was available and rushing to get there first.
Between Citrix, VPNs, and bootable CDs and flashdrives, there's no reason to travel abroad with a laptop that contains any data at all. Unless you're going to some far-flung location with negligible Internet connectivity, that is. Other than that, why risk having something important seized by an over-eager customs officer?
Very well said. Here's hoping the GP takes what you've said to heart and learns from it. But, sadly, if he's "much older" and still hopelessly naive, he probably won't.
If anything, by dropping two atomic bombs, we did the Japanese a favor: they could now surrender to us, before the Soviets got involved, and not risk losing face. I mean, who wouldn't surrender once two bombs remove two cities? Even hardcore samurai could see the wisdom in that position.
I don't know about the States, but that's not true in any country I've been
In most jurisdictions in the States with such laws it's a civil matter but there are a handful that treat is a criminal matter. One of the side effects of our system of laws is that it's pretty dang difficult to find a specific city or county ordinance that mentions it, but my city's building code specifically states it is unlawful not to have a gate with a self-latching catch installed around a pool. No specific penalties are spelled out as it is a civil matter.
Yes, helping other people may not be always to my advantage! Why wouldn't I always follow the path of maximum selfishness? All those guys helping in Haiti and other devastated places are just idiots too, by that rationale.
1) There's nothing wrong with helping people. Implying that's what I said is just a strawman. 2) There's nothing selfish in wanting to make sure you stay out of jail thanks to someone's thoughtlessness or criminality. You're confusing "being nice" with "being hopelessly naive". 3) Are you seriously comparing having an open WiFi router to traveling to another country to help people ravaged by a horrible natural disaster? Are you a sociopath that can't see the difference between those two things?
How about this one: if you don't put a lock on the gate around your pool and someone wanders in and gets hurt or even dies, you're liable for damages, possibly including prosecution for negligence. Doesn't matter that the other person was trespassing on your property, you're expected to secure dangerous parts of your property from the general public.
Then I guess I'm an idiot for being a nice guy and providing free access for people passing by.
Pretty much, yeah. Besides which, why would you open yourself up to potential legal trouble from someone downloading kiddie porn or something through your link? The defense "But it was open, anyone could've done it" probably won't help you much in that case. Better to be safe and turn off outside access altogether.
A friend of mine is a marketing and business consultant. I'm not sure of exact numbers, but something like half his business comes from either Facebook or Twitter.
No, the sharia will be that all internet usage must be in Arabic since that is the only language the Koran can be in (if it isn't in Arabic, it isn't the Koran according to Muslims).
And DNS is not even an integral part of the Internet
Really? You seriously believe that? DNS is the single most important element of the Internet, and is the part that allows the rest to work.
Email: can't send email to someone not on your local machine without doing a name lookup on their mail exchanger. Web: when was the last time you entered an IP address to go to a site? And without naming, virtual hosts just wouldn't work (unless you used a different port each time, which would become tedious) NNTP: how do you think news servers know how to contact other servers to share posts? VoIP: how do you think your client knows how to contact its server? P2P: ever really looked at a torrent file? It goes back to a server to get a list of peers. Guess how those servers are found?
Without DNS, the Internet as we know it simply wouldn't exist and would not be nearly as popular.
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I gave up on Flashforward when someone talked about the DHS existing in 1991; the department didn't exist until after 9/11. If you can't simple history like that right then what else are you going to screw up?
Telling people “no, we only have enough real products for you to buy two, sorry” is an example of real scarcity, not artificial scarcity.
Not if they have crates stacked like the last scene from Raiders in a hidden warehouse, chock full of the things. Pretending not to have enough is also artificial scarcity.
"No conviction shall be had in any prosecution for the publication of papers relating to the official conduct of officers or men in public capacity, or to any other matter proper for public investigation or information, where the fact that such publication was not maliciously or negligently made shall be established to the satisfaction of the jury
That's the devil in that detail. If he can persuade a jury that the tweets in question were "maliciously or negligently made", then he will not have violated the Constitution of PA.
Being atheist is the same as being religious, you simply don't realize that your belief is mirrored.
You keep using those words. I do not think they mean what you think they mean.
Reading comprehension FAIL on your part.
The OP made the claim that Facebook occurred in a vacuum, and that that was the only reason for their success. Of course Facebook did things better than others did, that's the point I was driving home in my post.
How is killing people or even just protesting over a drawing not equating the subject of the drawing to godhood? In other words, these idiots have turned Mohammad into an idol by their actions and words, and so are violating the very law they seek to enforce on others.
That counts as one big FAIL in my book.
I think it's just a problem with the CSS on Idle. If you remove "idle." from the URL it uses the default CSS, and everything looks normal again. Almost annoying enough to see if there's a Greasemonkey script to replace the Idle CSS with normal CSS on the fly.
Facebook seems to have gotten big mainly by chance. like being the only bacteria in the pietry dish. The only savvy they had was realizing the peitre dish was available and rushing to get there first.
You're right, no one ever thought of social sites before Facebook.
Between Citrix, VPNs, and bootable CDs and flashdrives, there's no reason to travel abroad with a laptop that contains any data at all. Unless you're going to some far-flung location with negligible Internet connectivity, that is. Other than that, why risk having something important seized by an over-eager customs officer?
Very well said. Here's hoping the GP takes what you've said to heart and learns from it. But, sadly, if he's "much older" and still hopelessly naive, he probably won't.
Ok. This is a big *u***** deal.
What's a "quieted deal"?
Who the fuck are you? The fucking Fuck Police?
If anything, by dropping two atomic bombs, we did the Japanese a favor: they could now surrender to us, before the Soviets got involved, and not risk losing face. I mean, who wouldn't surrender once two bombs remove two cities? Even hardcore samurai could see the wisdom in that position.
In modern politics, one finds it essential to consider the opposition either stupid, evil, or both. That way we don't have to listen to them anymore.
Didn't Cato the Elder say that originally?
I believe 8^O~~~ (eyes wide, mouth vomiting) is what you were looking for.
Or 6 sysadmins.
I don't know about the States, but that's not true in any country I've been
In most jurisdictions in the States with such laws it's a civil matter but there are a handful that treat is a criminal matter. One of the side effects of our system of laws is that it's pretty dang difficult to find a specific city or county ordinance that mentions it, but my city's building code specifically states it is unlawful not to have a gate with a self-latching catch installed around a pool. No specific penalties are spelled out as it is a civil matter.
Yes, helping other people may not be always to my advantage! Why wouldn't I always follow the path of maximum selfishness? All those guys helping in Haiti and other devastated places are just idiots too, by that rationale.
1) There's nothing wrong with helping people. Implying that's what I said is just a strawman.
2) There's nothing selfish in wanting to make sure you stay out of jail thanks to someone's thoughtlessness or criminality. You're confusing "being nice" with "being hopelessly naive".
3) Are you seriously comparing having an open WiFi router to traveling to another country to help people ravaged by a horrible natural disaster? Are you a sociopath that can't see the difference between those two things?
Likewise, maybe ISPs shouldn't allow customers to send mail out on port 25 to random machines - just route it all through their own mail server.
I'm pretty sure that's the default with most ISPs now. What's more, it's common for them to require SSL connections on 465, not 25.
Wrong analogy.
How about this one: if you don't put a lock on the gate around your pool and someone wanders in and gets hurt or even dies, you're liable for damages, possibly including prosecution for negligence. Doesn't matter that the other person was trespassing on your property, you're expected to secure dangerous parts of your property from the general public.
Then I guess I'm an idiot for being a nice guy and providing free access for people passing by.
Pretty much, yeah. Besides which, why would you open yourself up to potential legal trouble from someone downloading kiddie porn or something through your link? The defense "But it was open, anyone could've done it" probably won't help you much in that case. Better to be safe and turn off outside access altogether.
Germany is a civil law system, not a common law. Precedent doesn't work the same way over there.
A friend of mine is a marketing and business consultant. I'm not sure of exact numbers, but something like half his business comes from either Facebook or Twitter.
I got an idea how to prevent robot stabbings: don't buy them knives!
No, the sharia will be that all internet usage must be in Arabic since that is the only language the Koran can be in (if it isn't in Arabic, it isn't the Koran according to Muslims).
Ah man, now I have to get new toilet paper!
And DNS is not even an integral part of the Internet
Really? You seriously believe that? DNS is the single most important element of the Internet, and is the part that allows the rest to work.
Email: can't send email to someone not on your local machine without doing a name lookup on their mail exchanger.
Web: when was the last time you entered an IP address to go to a site? And without naming, virtual hosts just wouldn't work (unless you used a different port each time, which would become tedious)
NNTP: how do you think news servers know how to contact other servers to share posts?
VoIP: how do you think your client knows how to contact its server?
P2P: ever really looked at a torrent file? It goes back to a server to get a list of peers. Guess how those servers are found?
Without DNS, the Internet as we know it simply wouldn't exist and would not be nearly as popular.
Not all of the link on the blog seems to be rendering correctly: http://xn--4gbrim.xn----rmckbbajlc6dj7bxne2c.xn--wgbh1c/ar/default.aspx. I can make out most of it, but what does that "aspx" code at the end mean?