It isnt the "anti-nuclear" or "pro-nuclear" that I have a problem with. It is the "vehemently". Blindly pushing any agenda, even one I mostly support, is going to lead to problems.
I suppose it is too much to ask for people to consider options rationally.
Politics can be defined as "If they are for it, then I am against it!"
Then he’s got to do what? Subpoena the service to see if the phone was actively used or not?
Yes. Yes he does.
Thank you. Came here to post this.
I realize that law enforcement is all about removing rights these days. But the excuse that "their job is too hard" is downright lazy. At least throw in some kind of "t3h terr'ists!" or "for the children!" excuse.
They didn't steal accounts from each other. They shared. What is this world coming to? A place for fascist corporations and governments who clearly support them.
Try going to a buffet restaurant and using the "it's only sharing" argument. It won't work. Buffet restaurants aren't "fascist" for not allowing you to feed all your friends for the price of one person.
But the buffet just kicks you out if you cheat. They don't try to send you to jail for a year.
But of course HBO doesn't want to disconnect even their cheating customers. That would be killing their own revenue stream. So instead they can scare people with this scary "1 year imprisonment" to convince people not to cheat the service. Its a hell of a lot easier than building in real security.
Yeah, potentially dangerous actions like aggressive driving are just fines (and maybe loss of license). Sometimes just Warnings. A prison sentence for account sharing is insane. If the person is using it to actually pirate shows (copying them to DVD and reselling them; the *real* definition of media piracy), then they should get prison time for that one, not this one (should still be a fine, and not a [value of TV watched times ten thousand] style of fine either).
Getting it from bittorrent has a far smaller sentence, and is far harder to prosecute. (Not to mention that spending a year in jail would ruin the entire life of a normal law-abiding citizen. Goodby career, goodby family, goodby prospects of getting a job at anyplace more demanding than mcdonalds.)
And flat-out stealing it from a store would carry even less of a sentence.
Also I find it amusing that he former owner of Slashdot had his website Slashdotted. I was going to go to Personal Audio's site to see if they actually produce any products aside from lawsuits.
What is the point of this? What are these people doing up there, besides "changing the political landscape"? Do they have jobs or families?
So is an entire town being paid by the RNC to do astroturfing, or do these people have real jobs? Did some Texas 'Merican factory owner moved a factory up there and then imported Republicans to work at it. (I have no idea if this is legal, having a political test for employment; but there are so many loopholes it can probably be done either way.)
So this is a plan to try to take over a small state that tends to vote democrat in national elections. Nothing wrong with that, in theory it is a great idea. But I can see why they are not looking to fix the broken electoral system; the last thing Republicans need is a direct vote, they would get crushed even more badly than they do now.
FTA
On the lighter side, in 2012 state Rep. Seth Cohn (R), in response to the attempted repeal of the 2009 New Hampshire law recognizing same-sex marriage, submitted legislation that would have banned marriages between two left-handed people. In previous years the jokester had submitted bills outlawing all marriages and replacing them with civil unions.
Ok, now I kind of like these guys. Legislative Trolling at its finest. Also maybe they are doing their own thing and are not just a propaganda wing of the RNC. Certainly the Republican rank and file would not support a group that is a proponent of same sex marriage. Hell, anything to get us out of our two standard parties.
If you ever had cancer yourself you would not make unfunny, insensitive comments.
A real loss --- Iain Banks was a terrific writer with a lot to say to us.
Spoken like someone that has never had cancer. There is a thing called "gallows humor", it can serve as a great relief to people that have hope of survival.
That being given, it is usually best to allow the person stricken to open up the humor avenue first, just in case.
This worked better in Canada as the PM is defacto dictator with a majority government whereas the American system allows party members to break ranks much easier if they disagree with their party leader.
Well it is possible for the US to have this when both congress and the white house get the same party. But sadly, this usually means that we will get even worse laws dumped on us with more corruption, since the other party is unable to stop them. When all of congress agrees on something we end up with something like 12 years of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and giant automobile and bank bailouts.
Reminds me of The Tactful Saboteur by Frank Herbert, except for politicians instead of scientists:.ILRT.
And before someone chimes in with "but there are lots of good games for linux!" Yes I am sure there are, but nor the ones I want to play. The choice of app is more important than is.
Now my work machine has been all Linux for years now. I honestly don't know how I put up with java development in windows for all those years.
Why would politicians that got elected enact laws to make it harder for them to be bribed? They specifically make the campaign finances difficult to track in order to hide the bribery.
Not only that, but we let the people being elected set their own paychecks as well.
Fair enough, since most beer that turns a profit is terrible stuff.
I would state that as "Beer that turns the most profit is terrible stuff." There are lots of local and smaller scale craft beers that are quite successful financially and produce great beer.
But only if you are trying to move as much mass as possible. I can guarantee that a car wins if your goal is to move a single person.
Actually, I was rather pointing out that cars are a really bad way of moving people -- mass transit trains are superior. But if you're talking about a single person, apparently a car beats a bike on emissions according to this poster...
A car only beats a bike on emissions if you hold your breath while driving and never exercise.
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Perhaps part of the problem is that there are laws that impact no one but the person breaking the law. That leads to disrespect for law in general.
So you want your driver's license taken away because one of your neighbors killed someone while texting behind the wheel?
If you were texting while driving... yes.
It isnt the "anti-nuclear" or "pro-nuclear" that I have a problem with. It is the "vehemently". Blindly pushing any agenda, even one I mostly support, is going to lead to problems.
I suppose it is too much to ask for people to consider options rationally.
Politics can be defined as "If they are for it, then I am against it!"
Yes. Yes he does.
Thank you. Came here to post this.
I realize that law enforcement is all about removing rights these days. But the excuse that "their job is too hard" is downright lazy. At least throw in some kind of "t3h terr'ists!" or "for the children!" excuse.
According to this logic the entire East Coast of the United States is also an island.
They didn't steal accounts from each other. They shared. What is this world coming to? A place for fascist corporations and governments who clearly support them.
Try going to a buffet restaurant and using the "it's only sharing" argument. It won't work. Buffet restaurants aren't "fascist" for not allowing you to feed all your friends for the price of one person.
But the buffet just kicks you out if you cheat. They don't try to send you to jail for a year.
But of course HBO doesn't want to disconnect even their cheating customers. That would be killing their own revenue stream. So instead they can scare people with this scary "1 year imprisonment" to convince people not to cheat the service. Its a hell of a lot easier than building in real security.
Yeah, potentially dangerous actions like aggressive driving are just fines (and maybe loss of license). Sometimes just Warnings. A prison sentence for account sharing is insane. If the person is using it to actually pirate shows (copying them to DVD and reselling them; the *real* definition of media piracy), then they should get prison time for that one, not this one (should still be a fine, and not a [value of TV watched times ten thousand] style of fine either).
Getting it from bittorrent has a far smaller sentence, and is far harder to prosecute. (Not to mention that spending a year in jail would ruin the entire life of a normal law-abiding citizen. Goodby career, goodby family, goodby prospects of getting a job at anyplace more demanding than mcdonalds.)
And flat-out stealing it from a store would carry even less of a sentence.
Why would a torrent swarm of people download a giant file that they cannot decrypt?
You know what, don't answer that. I am sure enough file hoarders will grab the file to keep the torrent alive alive.
Also I find it amusing that he former owner of Slashdot had his website Slashdotted. I was going to go to Personal Audio's site to see if they actually produce any products aside from lawsuits.
Suing end users of technology directly? How can you say this is not a patent troll behavior?
What is the point of this? What are these people doing up there, besides "changing the political landscape"? Do they have jobs or families?
So is an entire town being paid by the RNC to do astroturfing, or do these people have real jobs? Did some Texas 'Merican factory owner moved a factory up there and then imported Republicans to work at it. (I have no idea if this is legal, having a political test for employment; but there are so many loopholes it can probably be done either way.)
So this is a plan to try to take over a small state that tends to vote democrat in national elections. Nothing wrong with that, in theory it is a great idea. But I can see why they are not looking to fix the broken electoral system; the last thing Republicans need is a direct vote, they would get crushed even more badly than they do now.
FTA
On the lighter side, in 2012 state Rep. Seth Cohn (R), in response to the attempted repeal of the 2009 New Hampshire law recognizing same-sex marriage, submitted legislation that would have banned marriages between two left-handed people. In previous years the jokester had submitted bills outlawing all marriages and replacing them with civil unions.
Ok, now I kind of like these guys. Legislative Trolling at its finest. Also maybe they are doing their own thing and are not just a propaganda wing of the RNC. Certainly the Republican rank and file would not support a group that is a proponent of same sex marriage. Hell, anything to get us out of our two standard parties.
If you ever had cancer yourself you would not make unfunny, insensitive comments.
A real loss --- Iain Banks was a terrific writer with a lot to say to us.
Spoken like someone that has never had cancer. There is a thing called "gallows humor", it can serve as a great relief to people that have hope of survival.
That being given, it is usually best to allow the person stricken to open up the humor avenue first, just in case.
I thought the article was going to be about censo
This worked better in Canada as the PM is defacto dictator with a majority government whereas the American system allows party members to break ranks much easier if they disagree with their party leader.
Well it is possible for the US to have this when both congress and the white house get the same party. But sadly, this usually means that we will get even worse laws dumped on us with more corruption, since the other party is unable to stop them. When all of congress agrees on something we end up with something like 12 years of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and giant automobile and bank bailouts.
Reminds me of The Tactful Saboteur by Frank Herbert, except for politicians instead of scientists:.ILRT.
The pay! The people being elected don't care about the pay, they're nearly all extremely wealth individuals already. The pay is nothing to them.
And yet they are extremely well paid, with a guaranteed pension and huge travel perks.
And before someone chimes in with "but there are lots of good games for linux!" Yes I am sure there are, but nor the ones I want to play. The choice of app is more important than is.
Now my work machine has been all Linux for years now. I honestly don't know how I put up with java development in windows for all those years.
Why would politicians that got elected enact laws to make it harder for them to be bribed? They specifically make the campaign finances difficult to track in order to hide the bribery.
Not only that, but we let the people being elected set their own paychecks as well.
Yep, this is what I use. Not only is it able to update timezone data, the library isnt an pile of insane crap like java.util.Calandar.
In the current political climate, i wouldnt admit to anything regarding telecom or computers.
Or perhaps it is like me not admitting to knowing Perl when my boss asked my team if someone on my team could help with a Perl script.
Usually ethics is not on the side of Religion or Money. So it is more like Religion, Ethics, Money.. pick one.
This is me frowning at your use of stupid patents.
They will be sure to turn the camera off before assaulting you.
Wait, Vi and Emacs cannot be on the same side of a debate...
Fair enough, since most beer that turns a profit is terrible stuff.
I would state that as "Beer that turns the most profit is terrible stuff." There are lots of local and smaller scale craft beers that are quite successful financially and produce great beer.
But only if you are trying to move as much mass as possible. I can guarantee that a car wins if your goal is to move a single person.
Actually, I was rather pointing out that cars are a really bad way of moving people -- mass transit trains are superior. But if you're talking about a single person, apparently a car beats a bike on emissions according to this poster...
A car only beats a bike on emissions if you hold your breath while driving and never exercise.
Economies of scale. A container ship is even more efficient than a train as far as emissions go.
But only if you are trying to move as much mass as possible. I can guarantee that a car wins if your goal is to move a single person.