It has nothing to do with the Japanese society; regardless of how "warped" Japanese society may have been, his point is still correct. It's funny (and incredibly sad) how society (particularly American) has reached such a point where people are presumed to be incompetent, and expected to make mistakes without being expected to take any responsibilty for them (this doesn't happen in many other places, primarily because it's absoloutely ridculous). Regardless of whether Joe Punchclock can't read, his mistake will mean he will buy the wrong product, and wastes $x. If you are trying to argue that Lindows bears it's name purposefully to produce sales from the stupidity of others, then that's pretty pathetic. Fine, Joe might get use out of Lindows, but that was complete dumb-luck - either way, it's his own fault - the error came from him. Another analogy would be whether you think drugs should be legal - personally, yes, because at the end of the day whether heroin is legal or not, I still won't take it - the fault lies within the user who make the incorrect descision, not the dealer. Not to get theological (because I'm not at all), but in Eden, you either blame the snake for tempting Eve, or you blame Eve for beaking the instruction she was set. To not apologise for your errors is one thing, but to not even recognise them is nievity - something which lawyer seem to encourage when 'Sally Lunchpacker' sues the cigarrette companies.
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I'm sorry, but I should be allowed to own whatever domain I want. How can you claim it's fair to have a domain entitled fuckmsn.com, yet not fcuckmsn.com?
Although I can see the point of a company looking into this sort of stuff (even though the idea that "TSpaces will be the backbone communication middleware for accessing and controlling the electrical functions of the car" seem quite worrying), it's a shame the public have to pay to taxes for this sort of crap - have a guess at how much it would have cost (Blockbuster rentals included). It seems that the idea was probably borne more out of lasviscious gadget wants than practicality.
Although I agree that spammers deserve to be punished or fined, I certainly agree this is too harsh. The fact is, as the passage clearly states, the proposition "passed overwhelming in the House last year". All very well and good, but this is simply an example of politicians (governor's in the US, or whatever) simply passing bills out of a blind impetuous desire to see someone punished, rather than allocating a more fair and just punishment. I frequently hear Slashdotter's and technophiles complaining that criminal hacker's get punished far to harshly, but the fact is, they are a "common" target for ignorant members of state and people of higher power. Sure, they're both frowned upon and disliked (and we can see that by CmdrTaco distinctly hates the latter), but the punishment for sending some adverts seems frankly riduculous in comparison to breaking 'lesser' laws - the argument that it wastes baud is ridiculous, because 1. if it causes or comes close to causing a DoS, you can bust them, because it's seen a criminal activity, and 2. All spam must contain a link allowing you be removed from the list; again, it's the law.
Apologies for any gramatical errors; this was written while watching "The Simpsons".
They only reviewed the tapes WHEN a crime occurred. It doubt (and hope) they don't waste money employing people to keep watch 24/7 (that would be far more unsettling).
It's not about just about the ISP being held responsible for the actions of it's users, it's about them not doing anything about it, even AFTER becoming aware the law is being broken.
"The original court ruling had also stated that ISPs could only be responsible if they did not immediately block access to pirated material upon learning of its existence on their systems. AOL claimed at the time that it had followed the court's ruling to the letter of the law, according to press reports."
Listen, it's clear that CD's suck when it comes to durability. How many Slashdotter's have there floors/desk's covered it *nix, misc and music discs? Let's translate this to a PS user (12-34) with a PS in their living room, playing with friends, throwing caution to the wind when it comes to delicately preening each disc before putting it back in it's pristine case. Let's not forget that each disc probably cost a bomb (comparative to DVD price fixing depending on country - in England, people have to pay about twice as much than the US for compact discs of almost every nature). Wouldn't you rather be using a $1 backup, rather than losing $30 because a drunk/stoned/stupid fuck friend decided to use Tony Hawk 2 as a coaster?
The fact of the matter is, piracy IS wrong, and violaters should be prosecuted. However, it's simply riduculous to create concise, quick-fix "all or nothing" laws that Australia (and perhaps even the MPAA w/ the Napster case) implement, by blaming abitrary services (thus ruining it for everyone else), where it is more the fault of the prosecuters for their inability to incorporate proper laws that allow theives to be caught - who cares if it's hard to do? At the end of the day, its justice).
How many gun shops get shut down in Texas, because every sixth month a phsycho teenager decides to go on a rampage?
I decided to go out on a limb this week, and click some of Slashdot's infamous front page links. You might want to try The Filthy Critic; he's reviewed it too!
This is a classic example of the current snowballing tendancy to entangle ignorance of technology as a result of fear. Anyone can see that this is an unpractical and unethical idea (at least in the way it has currently been put forward), and witnessing numerous copycat attempts by countries to "catch up", many, frankly stupid false pretences have been made by governments and "Intelligence" services claiming they are in control of the situation, yet failing to realise the implications of their panicked reactions. IMHO, the fact that anyone could think this is going to work only re-emphasises their ignorance. However, if they even TRY and implement such a sick and ridiculous concept, I'll be the first to leave (not as a result of threat, but of despair).
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But the Fresh Prince might know.
I would appreciate if they could be posted (because frankly, Blockbuster UK is a total rip off in comparision to US counterparts).
It has nothing to do with the Japanese society; regardless of how "warped" Japanese society may have been, his point is still correct. It's funny (and incredibly sad) how society (particularly American) has reached such a point where people are presumed to be incompetent, and expected to make mistakes without being expected to take any responsibilty for them (this doesn't happen in many other places, primarily because it's absoloutely ridculous). Regardless of whether Joe Punchclock can't read, his mistake will mean he will buy the wrong product, and wastes $x. If you are trying to argue that Lindows bears it's name purposefully to produce sales from the stupidity of others, then that's pretty pathetic. Fine, Joe might get use out of Lindows, but that was complete dumb-luck - either way, it's his own fault - the error came from him. Another analogy would be whether you think drugs should be legal - personally, yes, because at the end of the day whether heroin is legal or not, I still won't take it - the fault lies within the user who make the incorrect descision, not the dealer. Not to get theological (because I'm not at all), but in Eden, you either blame the snake for tempting Eve, or you blame Eve for beaking the instruction she was set. To not apologise for your errors is one thing, but to not even recognise them is nievity - something which lawyer seem to encourage when 'Sally Lunchpacker' sues the cigarrette companies.
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What a sorry state the world is in.
But that's AOL for you.
I'm sorry, but I should be allowed to own whatever domain I want. How can you claim it's fair to have a domain entitled fuckmsn.com, yet not fcuckmsn.com?
Although I can see the point of a company looking into this sort of stuff (even though the idea that "TSpaces will be the backbone communication middleware for accessing and controlling the electrical functions of the car" seem quite worrying), it's a shame the public have to pay to taxes for this sort of crap - have a guess at how much it would have cost (Blockbuster rentals included). It seems that the idea was probably borne more out of lasviscious gadget wants than practicality.
Apologies for any gramatical errors; this was written while watching "The Simpsons".
When UNIX makes this mistake it, it's "pretty cool". What would it be if MS-Windows did it?
They only reviewed the tapes WHEN a crime occurred. It doubt (and hope) they don't waste money employing people to keep watch 24/7 (that would be far more unsettling).
I'd consider using crypto just to piss off carnivore.
It's not about just about the ISP being held responsible for the actions of it's users, it's about them not doing anything about it, even AFTER becoming aware the law is being broken. "The original court ruling had also stated that ISPs could only be responsible if they did not immediately block access to pirated material upon learning of its existence on their systems. AOL claimed at the time that it had followed the court's ruling to the letter of the law, according to press reports."
Listen, it's clear that CD's suck when it comes to durability. How many Slashdotter's have there floors/desk's covered it *nix, misc and music discs? Let's translate this to a PS user (12-34) with a PS in their living room, playing with friends, throwing caution to the wind when it comes to delicately preening each disc before putting it back in it's pristine case. Let's not forget that each disc probably cost a bomb (comparative to DVD price fixing depending on country - in England, people have to pay about twice as much than the US for compact discs of almost every nature). Wouldn't you rather be using a $1 backup, rather than losing $30 because a drunk/stoned/stupid fuck friend decided to use Tony Hawk 2 as a coaster?
The fact of the matter is, piracy IS wrong, and violaters should be prosecuted. However, it's simply riduculous to create concise, quick-fix "all or nothing" laws that Australia (and perhaps even the MPAA w/ the Napster case) implement, by blaming abitrary services (thus ruining it for everyone else), where it is more the fault of the prosecuters for their inability to incorporate proper laws that allow theives to be caught - who cares if it's hard to do? At the end of the day, its justice).
How many gun shops get shut down in Texas, because every sixth month a phsycho teenager decides to go on a rampage?
I decided to go out on a limb this week, and click some of Slashdot's infamous front page links. You might want to try The Filthy Critic; he's reviewed it too!
This is a classic example of the current snowballing tendancy to entangle ignorance of technology as a result of fear. Anyone can see that this is an unpractical and unethical idea (at least in the way it has currently been put forward), and witnessing numerous copycat attempts by countries to "catch up", many, frankly stupid false pretences have been made by governments and "Intelligence" services claiming they are in control of the situation, yet failing to realise the implications of their panicked reactions. IMHO, the fact that anyone could think this is going to work only re-emphasises their ignorance. However, if they even TRY and implement such a sick and ridiculous concept, I'll be the first to leave (not as a result of threat, but of despair).
A hyphen can be used to infer a short pause: email puts emphasis on the 'mail' of email (rather than the 'e'), which doesn't work.