I already have friend who refuse to buy an iPhone because it's locked down so tightly. The two most common complaints I hear, in order, are: "I refuse to sign up for AT&T's service," and "I keep reading about how they won't let people publish their apps."
That definitely reflects my reasoning. There are other reasons I prefer a Droid over an iPhone, but the way the latter is locked down is an absolute deal-killer for me, and I suspect a lot of other people who know of it.
The goal isn't just to outlaw Nazi symbols and the like - in fact, they aren't outlawed in all contexts - but to outlaw neo-Nazi activity. Organizations can be, and are, shut down if it can be demonstrated that they hold Nazi sympathies, even if they use none of the symbolism or other direct references.
Whether it's right to do so is an interesting question. I would oppose a law to outlaw neo-Nazi activity here in the US, but I can appreciate that such a law might be considered necessary in Germany. If I was a German citizen, I might be more opinionated (one way or the other) on the matter.
I should also point out that Mein Kampf was written for a mass audience, and so is unlikely to contain declarations by Hitler that he intends to mislead and manipulate people.
That's not an accurate quote. The second part is actually by a rabbi, and presumably isn't an endorsement of such a tactic.
"The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people." --Adolf Hitler
"As long as government is perceived as working for the benefit of children, the people happily will endure almost any curtailment of liberty." --Rabbi Daniel Lapin
The problem is, the powers that be over there decided to arbitrarily apply their "noteworthy" filter on everything, and so they've collapsed the infinite array of human knowledge down into a decidedly finite set of "relevant" human knowledge. Of course, they alone are the arbiters of what is and isn't relevant
It's true that their criteria for noteworthiness appears arbitrary and sometimes bitter (they resisted for years having an article on Encyclopedia Dramatica, for instance). But that's not really the problem; the problem is the very notion that information must be "noteworthy". I just can't get into the mind of a person who wants to remove information, to make Wikipedia less informative than it could be.
I like information. I want as much of it available as possible.
I don't really fancy a phone that can only run web apps
Unless I'm misunderstanding, Android is not a browser-based OS. You're perhaps thinking of Android's disallowing anything but a unique variant of Java-based applications - which is no longer the case, anyway.
NicVAX works by stimulating the immune system to produce antibodies that bind to nicotine in the bloodstream, making the nicotine molecule too large to cross the blood-brain barrier and enter the brain. That ultimately prevents the pleasure that keeps people addicted to smoking and other nicotine use.
Does this sound really dumb to anybody else? Now, instead of craving to have a cigarette, the addict will crave to skip their NicVAX and then have a cigarette. How would this be any better than, say, giving the addict smokable stick-shaped things without nicotine in them?
Despite basically being a really expensive cold-turkey method, I'm sure they'll make huge profits off desperate smokers.
No information is given about what those "values" are. Though I disagree completely with your assessment of socialism, you're correct that the rulers in China have zero interest in it. This is a country that defines "socialism" as a "harmonious [capitalist] society", with class struggle being the very antithesis of that.
the toolbar installation is clearly mentioned in the software EULA, so each time the toolbar is installed, the user agreed that he wanted it. As a developer for a Web optimizer plugin, this Firefox change will make it much harder for us to reach our users.
I fail to see the downside for anybody but you, and you make it sound like you clearly deserve it.
Names exist for reasons, and having two languages with the same name violates the most basic one. It's not like Google has any big need to call their language 'Go'. The decent thing to do is to at least consider the little guy, and in this case that means coming up with a unique name.
That quiz is apparently out of date. The linked entry in the GPL FAQ that supposedly answers question #1 contradicts the supposedly correct choice. "He can put the source code on his web site, and put the URL on the CD" is said to be false, but the FAQ entry linked to begins with "Version 3 of the GPL allows this".
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I already have friend who refuse to buy an iPhone because it's locked down so tightly. The two most common complaints I hear, in order, are: "I refuse to sign up for AT&T's service," and "I keep reading about how they won't let people publish their apps."
That definitely reflects my reasoning. There are other reasons I prefer a Droid over an iPhone, but the way the latter is locked down is an absolute deal-killer for me, and I suspect a lot of other people who know of it.
Are you basing your facts on anything more than guesswork?
The goal isn't just to outlaw Nazi symbols and the like - in fact, they aren't outlawed in all contexts - but to outlaw neo-Nazi activity. Organizations can be, and are, shut down if it can be demonstrated that they hold Nazi sympathies, even if they use none of the symbolism or other direct references.
Whether it's right to do so is an interesting question. I would oppose a law to outlaw neo-Nazi activity here in the US, but I can appreciate that such a law might be considered necessary in Germany. If I was a German citizen, I might be more opinionated (one way or the other) on the matter.
I should also point out that Mein Kampf was written for a mass audience, and so is unlikely to contain declarations by Hitler that he intends to mislead and manipulate people.
That's not an accurate quote. The second part is actually by a rabbi, and presumably isn't an endorsement of such a tactic.
"The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people." --Adolf Hitler
"As long as government is perceived as working for the benefit of children, the people happily will endure almost any curtailment of liberty." --Rabbi Daniel Lapin
Source: http://www.restoreliberty.com/ch5children.htm
The problem is, the powers that be over there decided to arbitrarily apply their "noteworthy" filter on everything, and so they've collapsed the infinite array of human knowledge down into a decidedly finite set of "relevant" human knowledge. Of course, they alone are the arbiters of what is and isn't relevant
It's true that their criteria for noteworthiness appears arbitrary and sometimes bitter (they resisted for years having an article on Encyclopedia Dramatica, for instance). But that's not really the problem; the problem is the very notion that information must be "noteworthy". I just can't get into the mind of a person who wants to remove information, to make Wikipedia less informative than it could be.
I like information. I want as much of it available as possible.
I've googled pulse audio and I *still* have no idea what it is.
I hate to do this, but...
fetishised over coddling their children
Really?
I don't really fancy a phone that can only run web apps
Unless I'm misunderstanding, Android is not a browser-based OS. You're perhaps thinking of Android's disallowing anything but a unique variant of Java-based applications - which is no longer the case, anyway.
Oh... or maybe I just forgot the meaning of "vaccine".
NicVAX works by stimulating the immune system to produce antibodies that bind to nicotine in the bloodstream, making the nicotine molecule too large to cross the blood-brain barrier and enter the brain. That ultimately prevents the pleasure that keeps people addicted to smoking and other nicotine use.
Does this sound really dumb to anybody else? Now, instead of craving to have a cigarette, the addict will crave to skip their NicVAX and then have a cigarette. How would this be any better than, say, giving the addict smokable stick-shaped things without nicotine in them?
Despite basically being a really expensive cold-turkey method, I'm sure they'll make huge profits off desperate smokers.
No information is given about what those "values" are. Though I disagree completely with your assessment of socialism, you're correct that the rulers in China have zero interest in it. This is a country that defines "socialism" as a "harmonious [capitalist] society", with class struggle being the very antithesis of that.
jerk :-P
Yeah, I did begin to suspect that I may have been taking sarcasm seriously... But I'm honestly still not sure.
the toolbar installation is clearly mentioned in the software EULA, so each time the toolbar is installed, the user agreed that he wanted it. As a developer for a Web optimizer plugin, this Firefox change will make it much harder for us to reach our users.
I fail to see the downside for anybody but you, and you make it sound like you clearly deserve it.
I'm pretty sure that's the first thing everybody here thought of.
No, that just pushes the question one level out. It may explain how Glenn Beck is so fuckall insane, but it still doesn't explain his controllers.
Nevermind, I just saw you post further down.
What kind of spinal implant could or would you turn on and off?
I'd let people express their own opinions, but that's why I'm not CEO.
Please, go jump off a bridge.
Names exist for reasons, and having two languages with the same name violates the most basic one. It's not like Google has any big need to call their language 'Go'. The decent thing to do is to at least consider the little guy, and in this case that means coming up with a unique name.
Fallout isn't a point and click?
a part of me looks at a game like this in 2009 and can't help but see it as, well...old-fashioned.
What's wrong with old-fashioned? I'm playing Fallout, which I've never played before, and I'm loving it.
That quiz is apparently out of date. The linked entry in the GPL FAQ that supposedly answers question #1 contradicts the supposedly correct choice. "He can put the source code on his web site, and put the URL on the CD" is said to be false, but the FAQ entry linked to begins with "Version 3 of the GPL allows this".