It has yet to implement any of its ideas in a shipping product
I certainly don't want to come to Apple's defense, but that isn't the same as saying they are not developing the technology. It just says they aren't shipping anything with the technology. It has only been 4 years since application, and it is entirely possible that the technology works but is incredibly expensive at this stage, or not reliable enough, or not "good" enough yet. Apple is typically NOT the first to release a product type, just the first to release a really good one. So I've heard at least, as I haven't owned an Apple product since my Mac 7600.
I'm not saying that they aren't planning to troll, but I don't think you can jump to any conclusion based on that single fact.
So if anything - go after the web sites that tracks users instead.
What if the site is being hosted in China? My guess is that if you are up to no good, or doing unethical things, you move offshore. Just like they route telemarketing calls through the Bahamas, etc. because the No Call List doesn't apply to foreign nations.
I think the real solution is to have government not get involved and individuals need to instead create methods to block being tracked, preferably open source. I don't want to depend on Nancy Pelosi or Bill Gates to insure my privacy. I might trust Linus, RMS or other open source authors.
And it would even be long on regional managers, vice presidents and CEOs. You are but a single person, they are busy converting the masses to their contractual religion. They genuinely couldn't care less what any individual customer thinks, at all levels of the organization.
That may be the case, but if we are a society of "equals" when it comes to gender, then you can't just favor women when it is to their advantage. Otherwise, it isn't equal. Most women get that, I think, but I still see plenty of women who demand to be treated as equal and expect special rights as well, eating their cake twice, so to speak.
How the hell do they prove something like that? "He said" + "She said" == Acquittal (proof beyond *reasonable* doubt!)
It's pretty easy, actually. You just assume that all men are liars. It has been "working" here in the US for years. The Duke Lacrosse Case is a good example of how the system really works, and fortunately, justice was somewhat served at the very end, after ruining a lot of lives and careers.
I am not sure if it is some kind of collective guilt or what, but in rape cases, the woman is usually believed even if she is a bad liar.
Exactly, if they really wanted to hurt them, wouldn't an attack on something that would cost them real money (like a RIAA-blessed streaming music service) be more damaging?
I got a better idea, we need to hit them financially. Let's distribute pirated copies of their movies for free, using P2P. Just think, if we can get 1 million people to download their movies, that means they will have lost $20 million in sales, since everyone knows that every time a movie is pirated, it equals exactly one lost sale. That would show them.
How about this then: Lets let Ma Bell listen to your phone calls using "deep packet inspection" so they can serve you up advertising. Both are communications channels.
wow, a whole million dollars? rly? In 1997, the US spent more than that every 20 minutes on intellegence. Imagine what they are spending AFTER 9/11 (cite)
You are missing the whole point: In your apartment, the landlord can't just put a clause that allows him to install hidden cameras or gets your first born child. It would be illegal regardless of whether it was in the fine print, as a general rule. (excepting reality shows...). Your ISP however, has the ability to chance the TOS any time without the housing authority oversight. You are stating the whole problem, that they can put shit in the TOS that should be illegal to begin with.
You should read your lease. There are a large number of things you can't do in your apartment.
You should read your TOS. There are a large number of things you can't do with your ISP as well. The point is that as long as you are being a good customer, neither should be meddling into your life. There is already protection on the books for renters that vary from state to state, ie: the landlord has to give notice before an inspection, they can't just kick you to the curb for no reason with 1 days notice, etc. The problem is that there is NO consumer protections for customers of internet access. They just keep figuring out new ways to try to make money off of you, typically at your expense. In older consumer markets, they would be subject to fines and/or prosecution for similar actions.
The problem is that since it is the internet, they think that there are no rules that apply to them, and unfortunately, they are almost correct.
I understand that government screwed the pooch when it came to designing the levy systems, my beef is they shouldn't have been put in place to begin with. It isn't like there is a shortage of good land in southern Louisiana to build on. Granted, much of it is low and marshy, but the government putting in a lake and levy system at the very LOWEST part for the purpose of encouraging housing growth wasn't smart. This isn't a comment on the individual people, it is a comment on the state and federal bureaucracy that decided it was good thing, what, around 100 years ago and continuing to this day.
And I know Louisiana is more than Mardi Gra. I have done plenty of hunting and fishing every year as a kid in the 70s, mainly around the Goldonna area, and half my family lives between there and Shreveport. It still sucks that bad planning costs everyone so much, and the government's patchwork and refusal to make the tough decisions (ie: some people have to move) will lead to more in the future. You might disagree, but once so much area was completely destroyed, my opinion was that much of it should have been bought out from the people at fair market value, and used as buffer and larger levies and to create lower population density. Almost all the area I am talking about was NOT historic per se. You have to know that having homes within 30 feet of levys is not smart, and there is plenty of that going on. To see them patch up the levies and act like it can't happen again just pisses a lot of people off, including me.
And yes, California is soon to experience the exact same thing only different. Their levies that trek water into LA were built by farmers over 100 years ago and are made primarily out of rock, with no engineering at all. One major collapse and LA has no water. Then you get you see your tax dollars pay for water delivered to a lot of rich people who wanted to live in a desert. It isn't a matter if "if", it is a matter of "when".
Maybe the person concerned just didn't think it through enough to make it funny?
That is what prisons are for. Not to rehabilitate or punish, but to isolate people who are stupid and their action have previously, and are likely in the future, to cause injury to other people. You protect society by isolating those that are not capable of functioning within it.
Please do continue living in Louisiana, just stop asking others to bail you out for bad decisions. And be realistic, I've lived all over the entire United States. Compare the average level of education, ranking of education, honesty in government and progressivism to any other place in the U.S. Seriously. Its a nice place to get drunk and listen to music, but calling any other place a shithole, particularly to anyone who is very familiar with Louisiana AND many other places, is downright comical.
My ancestry is from Louisiana. I'm quite familiar with the good and bad, ncluding it's long history of political corruption and racism. Be as unique as you care to, but move to higher ground as the rest of us are tired of subsidizing irresponsible city planning. Being from New Orleans doesn't make you or your culture any better than anyone else.
To even insinuate that the 300 years of culture is dependent on poor planning and building on soft ground under sea level is pretty silly. If anything, it has diminished the natural ecology of the area and hurt the environment.
Another advantage of Steam is they have older games, which run great on older systems and even netbooks. Many start well under $5. I have found several good games that I passed on for some reason 5-10 years ago, but are actually quite playable. I never feel bad if I don't finish a $3.99 game, especially if I still got lots of enjoyment out of it.
News isn't, which is why once source can get ideas and facts from another. Copying one source's interpretation and presentation of that news is property subject to copyright, understandably. We aren't even talking about paraphrasing here, we are talking about wholesale copying, which is obviously infringing. Again, there wasn't a need to sue when a letter would have served just fine, but it is still improper to copy every single word in someone else's work for your own website.
Would you travel to spend some "face time" with a client, and just fucking stand there looking at them? Now, I have no idea about Apple's product(s), but I damn sure know what "face time" means in the real world. It implies speech, and speech is the very center of what it implies.
In the business world, the entire purpose of traveling to spend some "face time" with a client IS TO SPEAK WITH THEM, face to face. The purpose being that they associate the mutual business with a person, not just a corporation, and people are more likely to do business with people they like instead of a random company.
The problem I see with wolves is, if it *does* go over the hood, then you have a really pissed off wolf in the car with you...
At 50+ MPH? I don't think so. Anyway, deer have a much higher center of mass than a wolf, (most of the weight is above the skinny legs) which is why they fly over the hood, and are somewhat more likely to survive for a time. Wolves are more skiddish about noises (cars) and less likely to be seen near traffic anyway, and become radiator food if you hit them in the average Buick. Keep in mind that in the wild, wolves are greatly outnumbered by deer, as it takes more than one deer a year to feed them, so a single wolf can "control" a few dozen deer per year. Adding a few wolves means less total animals in a given area, and a lower need to wander across traffic.
And now samzenpus has corrected his spelling. About time. If this crap was uncommon it would be one thing, but for a bunch of self professed nerds, this is ridiculous.
Caner? Rly? I mean, I know the editors are busy (choking back laughter) but caner? Has it really gotten so bad that an EDITOR can't spell cancer or properly proof read a one paragraph summary?
I wish New Orleans could catch a break, just one time.
It is difficult to catch a break when most of your problems are self inflicted. Even with Katrina, the problem was the hurricane as much as the levys. Oh, and the whole "Yes, the city is sinking, and yes this land is already below sea level, but it is still a great place to build houses!". Then, I don't feel all that sorry for people who bought houses with and 3 years later the APR jumped up to 15%, while the values dropped. At some point, people have to take a *little* personal responsibility for their actions. And stupidity.
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It has yet to implement any of its ideas in a shipping product
I certainly don't want to come to Apple's defense, but that isn't the same as saying they are not developing the technology. It just says they aren't shipping anything with the technology. It has only been 4 years since application, and it is entirely possible that the technology works but is incredibly expensive at this stage, or not reliable enough, or not "good" enough yet. Apple is typically NOT the first to release a product type, just the first to release a really good one. So I've heard at least, as I haven't owned an Apple product since my Mac 7600.
I'm not saying that they aren't planning to troll, but I don't think you can jump to any conclusion based on that single fact.
So if anything - go after the web sites that tracks users instead.
What if the site is being hosted in China? My guess is that if you are up to no good, or doing unethical things, you move offshore. Just like they route telemarketing calls through the Bahamas, etc. because the No Call List doesn't apply to foreign nations.
I think the real solution is to have government not get involved and individuals need to instead create methods to block being tracked, preferably open source. I don't want to depend on Nancy Pelosi or Bill Gates to insure my privacy. I might trust Linus, RMS or other open source authors.
Netcraft confirms this.
What, that /. is dying?
And it would even be long on regional managers, vice presidents and CEOs. You are but a single person, they are busy converting the masses to their contractual religion. They genuinely couldn't care less what any individual customer thinks, at all levels of the organization.
That may be the case, but if we are a society of "equals" when it comes to gender, then you can't just favor women when it is to their advantage. Otherwise, it isn't equal. Most women get that, I think, but I still see plenty of women who demand to be treated as equal and expect special rights as well, eating their cake twice, so to speak.
How the hell do they prove something like that? "He said" + "She said" == Acquittal (proof beyond *reasonable* doubt!)
It's pretty easy, actually. You just assume that all men are liars. It has been "working" here in the US for years. The Duke Lacrosse Case is a good example of how the system really works, and fortunately, justice was somewhat served at the very end, after ruining a lot of lives and careers.
I am not sure if it is some kind of collective guilt or what, but in rape cases, the woman is usually believed even if she is a bad liar.
Exactly, if they really wanted to hurt them, wouldn't an attack on something that would cost them real money (like a RIAA-blessed streaming music service) be more damaging?
I got a better idea, we need to hit them financially. Let's distribute pirated copies of their movies for free, using P2P. Just think, if we can get 1 million people to download their movies, that means they will have lost $20 million in sales, since everyone knows that every time a movie is pirated, it equals exactly one lost sale. That would show them.
How about this then: Lets let Ma Bell listen to your phone calls using "deep packet inspection" so they can serve you up advertising. Both are communications channels.
wow, a whole million dollars? rly? In 1997, the US spent more than that every 20 minutes on intellegence. Imagine what they are spending AFTER 9/11 (cite)
You are missing the whole point: In your apartment, the landlord can't just put a clause that allows him to install hidden cameras or gets your first born child. It would be illegal regardless of whether it was in the fine print, as a general rule. (excepting reality shows...). Your ISP however, has the ability to chance the TOS any time without the housing authority oversight. You are stating the whole problem, that they can put shit in the TOS that should be illegal to begin with.
You should read your lease. There are a large number of things you can't do in your apartment.
You should read your TOS. There are a large number of things you can't do with your ISP as well. The point is that as long as you are being a good customer, neither should be meddling into your life. There is already protection on the books for renters that vary from state to state, ie: the landlord has to give notice before an inspection, they can't just kick you to the curb for no reason with 1 days notice, etc. The problem is that there is NO consumer protections for customers of internet access. They just keep figuring out new ways to try to make money off of you, typically at your expense. In older consumer markets, they would be subject to fines and/or prosecution for similar actions.
The problem is that since it is the internet, they think that there are no rules that apply to them, and unfortunately, they are almost correct.
I suspect that Wikileaks might have an edge precisely because they are not a foreign intelligence agency.
You see, I would suspect that foreign intelligence agencies would have an edge because they can use tax payers money with no accountability.
I understand that government screwed the pooch when it came to designing the levy systems, my beef is they shouldn't have been put in place to begin with. It isn't like there is a shortage of good land in southern Louisiana to build on. Granted, much of it is low and marshy, but the government putting in a lake and levy system at the very LOWEST part for the purpose of encouraging housing growth wasn't smart. This isn't a comment on the individual people, it is a comment on the state and federal bureaucracy that decided it was good thing, what, around 100 years ago and continuing to this day.
And I know Louisiana is more than Mardi Gra. I have done plenty of hunting and fishing every year as a kid in the 70s, mainly around the Goldonna area, and half my family lives between there and Shreveport. It still sucks that bad planning costs everyone so much, and the government's patchwork and refusal to make the tough decisions (ie: some people have to move) will lead to more in the future. You might disagree, but once so much area was completely destroyed, my opinion was that much of it should have been bought out from the people at fair market value, and used as buffer and larger levies and to create lower population density. Almost all the area I am talking about was NOT historic per se. You have to know that having homes within 30 feet of levys is not smart, and there is plenty of that going on. To see them patch up the levies and act like it can't happen again just pisses a lot of people off, including me.
And yes, California is soon to experience the exact same thing only different. Their levies that trek water into LA were built by farmers over 100 years ago and are made primarily out of rock, with no engineering at all. One major collapse and LA has no water. Then you get you see your tax dollars pay for water delivered to a lot of rich people who wanted to live in a desert. It isn't a matter if "if", it is a matter of "when".
Maybe the person concerned just didn't think it through enough to make it funny?
That is what prisons are for. Not to rehabilitate or punish, but to isolate people who are stupid and their action have previously, and are likely in the future, to cause injury to other people. You protect society by isolating those that are not capable of functioning within it.
This is almost comical.
Please do continue living in Louisiana, just stop asking others to bail you out for bad decisions. And be realistic, I've lived all over the entire United States. Compare the average level of education, ranking of education, honesty in government and progressivism to any other place in the U.S. Seriously. Its a nice place to get drunk and listen to music, but calling any other place a shithole, particularly to anyone who is very familiar with Louisiana AND many other places, is downright comical.
My ancestry is from Louisiana. I'm quite familiar with the good and bad, ncluding it's long history of political corruption and racism. Be as unique as you care to, but move to higher ground as the rest of us are tired of subsidizing irresponsible city planning. Being from New Orleans doesn't make you or your culture any better than anyone else.
To even insinuate that the 300 years of culture is dependent on poor planning and building on soft ground under sea level is pretty silly. If anything, it has diminished the natural ecology of the area and hurt the environment.
Another advantage of Steam is they have older games, which run great on older systems and even netbooks. Many start well under $5. I have found several good games that I passed on for some reason 5-10 years ago, but are actually quite playable. I never feel bad if I don't finish a $3.99 game, especially if I still got lots of enjoyment out of it.
Since when has news been imaginary property?
News isn't, which is why once source can get ideas and facts from another. Copying one source's interpretation and presentation of that news is property subject to copyright, understandably. We aren't even talking about paraphrasing here, we are talking about wholesale copying, which is obviously infringing. Again, there wasn't a need to sue when a letter would have served just fine, but it is still improper to copy every single word in someone else's work for your own website.
face time does not imply speech.
Would you travel to spend some "face time" with a client, and just fucking stand there looking at them? Now, I have no idea about Apple's product(s), but I damn sure know what "face time" means in the real world. It implies speech, and speech is the very center of what it implies.
In the business world, the entire purpose of traveling to spend some "face time" with a client IS TO SPEAK WITH THEM, face to face. The purpose being that they associate the mutual business with a person, not just a corporation, and people are more likely to do business with people they like instead of a random company.
Does this mean I have to get a license or pay a fine if I want to get shitfaced?
The problem I see with wolves is, if it *does* go over the hood, then you have a really pissed off wolf in the car with you...
At 50+ MPH? I don't think so. Anyway, deer have a much higher center of mass than a wolf, (most of the weight is above the skinny legs) which is why they fly over the hood, and are somewhat more likely to survive for a time. Wolves are more skiddish about noises (cars) and less likely to be seen near traffic anyway, and become radiator food if you hit them in the average Buick. Keep in mind that in the wild, wolves are greatly outnumbered by deer, as it takes more than one deer a year to feed them, so a single wolf can "control" a few dozen deer per year. Adding a few wolves means less total animals in a given area, and a lower need to wander across traffic.
And now samzenpus has corrected his spelling. About time. If this crap was uncommon it would be one thing, but for a bunch of self professed nerds, this is ridiculous.
Caner? Rly? I mean, I know the editors are busy (choking back laughter) but caner? Has it really gotten so bad that an EDITOR can't spell cancer or properly proof read a one paragraph summary?
but why is the video backwards??
I wish New Orleans could catch a break, just one time.
It is difficult to catch a break when most of your problems are self inflicted. Even with Katrina, the problem was the hurricane as much as the levys. Oh, and the whole "Yes, the city is sinking, and yes this land is already below sea level, but it is still a great place to build houses!". Then, I don't feel all that sorry for people who bought houses with and 3 years later the APR jumped up to 15%, while the values dropped. At some point, people have to take a *little* personal responsibility for their actions. And stupidity.