But they can knock on your door to ask you to sign a petition.
Granted.
I would love it if 'no solicitors' and 'no trespassing' signs were truly enforceable everywhere in the US - without loopholes. I also wish I could place a true 'no solicitors' block on my phone (the current DNC list which has too many loopholes).
But they have the right to try and legally do something that I find extremely evil.
I don't think it's a 'right' so much as something that the law simply does not currently prohibit (at least during reasonable hours).
If tomorrow the feds implemented a true 'no charity/politician/etc loophole' DNC, or allowed true 'no trespassing' signs, what 'rights' of those who want to pester me are being violated?
Sorry but that is no different than people protesting or putting political signs up or stopping you to ask you to sign a petition.
Actually it is completely different. Protesters can not legally enter my home and annoy me. Someone can not enter my home uninvited to bug me to sign a petition.
Why should ANYONE I do not want to talk to be allowed to pester me in my own home?
I think you are confusing the "rare earth hypothesis" with "intelligent design horseshit".
Its been a while since I read "Rare Earth" - and their 'hypothesis' is certainly subject to criticism - but I never got the impression that they were ID proponents. Do you have a cite?
As a sort of pre-rebuttal, I would like to add that anybody who attempts to justify their finger-pointing uselessness by stating that "George Bush did it first, so it's OK" is officially at the mental level of a 6 year old fighting with his brother over a matchbox car, and should not be posting on Slashdot.
So you counter those who finger-point with more finger-pointing and insults? Then you have the gall to say finger-pointers shouldn't post on Slashdot?
The proper definition of a scientific theory is hardly a meme, new or old. If you think its less than a year old, then I can only assume you just had your first Internet connection installed.
Same with Occam's Razor. It was been bandied about on BBSes, on NNTP newgroups and discussion forums since they existed... ~long~ before "Contact".
The reason you see so many people insisting on the proper definition of a scientific theory is that without it, any loon can claim some explanation they recently removed from their rectal sheath is a 'theory' (see Intelligent Design). It has absolutely nothing to do with being different or ostricization.
Those insisting on the proper use of the term 'scientific theory' are not the one being 'uppity'...
My bet is soon every Skype customer w/o a caller filter gets innundated with unsolicited telemarketing calls, now that e-Bay - an uber-spammer themselves - controls things?
Volunteer to sell its violent and sexually explicit games in adult video stores only
Soooo... lemmee see if I understand this... this group is demanding Rockstar do something that will result in millions of teens - mostly male - flocking to adult video stores?
Can you say 'impulse buy'? I ~knew~ you could.
Give a written response within five business days of receipt of these demands
It's OK to grease police and mobsters, steal cars and blow things up, pick up hookers, but sex, now that's going too far?
Its the great US moral hypocrisy regarding violence and sex: Its okay for kids to know about and see all the myriad ways humans can be forced to exit this mortal coil, but its an abonimation if kids learn about or see the one way humans come into the world.
Yes, damn him for making quality films where stuff doesn't blow up enough...
I like most of his films. However, IMO it was stupid and pretentious of him to intentionally omit chapter markers in the DVD in order to supposedly force the watcher to watch the movie "as a whole".
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But they can knock on your door to ask you to sign a petition.
Granted.
I would love it if 'no solicitors' and 'no trespassing' signs were truly enforceable everywhere in the US - without loopholes. I also wish I could place a true 'no solicitors' block on my phone (the current DNC list which has too many loopholes).
But they have the right to try and legally do something that I find extremely evil.
I don't think it's a 'right' so much as something that the law simply does not currently prohibit (at least during reasonable hours).
If tomorrow the feds implemented a true 'no charity/politician/etc loophole' DNC, or allowed true 'no trespassing' signs, what 'rights' of those who want to pester me are being violated?
Sorry but that is no different than people protesting or putting political signs up or stopping you to ask you to sign a petition.
Actually it is completely different. Protesters can not legally enter my home and annoy me. Someone can not enter my home uninvited to bug me to sign a petition.
Why should ANYONE I do not want to talk to be allowed to pester me in my own home?
Well, I doubt they recorded much before they started recording.
Just sayin'
I think you are confusing the "rare earth hypothesis" with "intelligent design horseshit".
Its been a while since I read "Rare Earth" - and their 'hypothesis' is certainly subject to criticism - but I never got the impression that they were ID proponents. Do you have a cite?
The scary thing is this is a direct excerpt from the OOXML docs.
"First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price? Only, this one can be kept secret."
S. R. Hadden
Me thinks you mean Minerva.
RoHS?
Rodents of Huge Size?
As a sort of pre-rebuttal, I would like to add that anybody who attempts to justify their finger-pointing uselessness by stating that "George Bush did it first, so it's OK" is officially at the mental level of a 6 year old fighting with his brother over a matchbox car, and should not be posting on Slashdot.
So you counter those who finger-point with more finger-pointing and insults? Then you have the gall to say finger-pointers shouldn't post on Slashdot?
Please, heed your own advice...
What an utterly nonsensical rant.
The proper definition of a scientific theory is hardly a meme, new or old. If you think its less than a year old, then I can only assume you just had your first Internet connection installed.
Same with Occam's Razor. It was been bandied about on BBSes, on NNTP newgroups and discussion forums since they existed... ~long~ before "Contact".
The reason you see so many people insisting on the proper definition of a scientific theory is that without it, any loon can claim some explanation they recently removed from their rectal sheath is a 'theory' (see Intelligent Design). It has absolutely nothing to do with being different or ostricization.
Those insisting on the proper use of the term 'scientific theory' are not the one being 'uppity'...
[Scoble] came across as a man supremely interested in his own words, but not too bothered about making them particularly interesting to anyone else.
That pretty much sums up the entire blogging phenomenon.
"Bearback Mountin'"
Ugh... sorry.
You mean there are actually programmers and software persons who lack social graces, act immaturely and respond impatiently?!?
Shocked, I am. SHOCKED, I SAY!!!
...I would recommend users NOT download it.
My bet is soon every Skype customer w/o a caller filter gets innundated with unsolicited telemarketing calls, now that e-Bay - an uber-spammer themselves - controls things?
Loved the Max Headroom series...
But when the $%#& is it going to be available (legally) on DVD?
"Space.com reports that new data from the Spitzer Space Telescope showing that the Milky Way is in fact a barred spiral!
For the next two hours, its an open-barred galaxy!
*hic*
That one movie with Ewan McGregor. Can anyone think of it? I think it might have been "Trainspotting."
"Battlestar Gattica"?
Volunteer to sell its violent and sexually explicit games in adult video stores only
Soooo... lemmee see if I understand this... this group is demanding Rockstar do something that will result in millions of teens - mostly male - flocking to adult video stores?
Can you say 'impulse buy'? I ~knew~ you could.
Give a written response within five business days of receipt of these demands
How about a live one-finger response?
It's OK to grease police and mobsters, steal cars and blow things up, pick up hookers, but sex, now that's going too far?
Its the great US moral hypocrisy regarding violence and sex: Its okay for kids to know about and see all the myriad ways humans can be forced to exit this mortal coil, but its an abonimation if kids learn about or see the one way humans come into the world.
What about using $250,000 to send another spacecraft out to investigate?
If you know of a way to build such an experimental vehicle, launch it and monitor it for $250K, ~please~ call NASA (seriously).
Seems this guy historically has been against MS from the get go. Anything that MS does is [evil] in his view. ...
;-)
What I dont understand is if MS extends it, it is evil, if anyone else extends it, it is for universal good.
You're new to Slashdot, aren't you?
Yes, damn him for making quality films where stuff doesn't blow up enough...
I like most of his films. However, IMO it was stupid and pretentious of him to intentionally omit chapter markers in the DVD in order to supposedly force the watcher to watch the movie "as a whole".
(Anyone who's ever accidentally jumped to the next chapter while watching Mulholland Drive on DVD will appreciate this feature.)
(raises hand)
Frickin' pretentious a-hole David Lynch.
grumble... grumble...
I have no idea what a Cryptovolcano might be.
You jump in and the molten lump they pull out is you... just encrypted.
Unfortunately, there's no such thing as a Decrypovolcano.