"I have a fundamental right to privacy, like every other American citizen."
Careful. The word "privacy" appears exactly zero times in the Constitution of the United States of America. Though the courts have established this right through legal precedent, these court decisions can be changed (see Dred Scott, et al). The right to privacy in the U.S.A. is hardly "fundamental."
A "whistleblower," under Federal law, is someone who, whilst still employed at the offending agency/company, brings illegal action to the attention of internal resources, the point being to remedy the problem. They then are protected from negative action being taken against them, since their intention is to help the organization improve and ferret out evil-doers.
The point is not to throw the issue to the sharks in the media AFTER being fired. That's vindictive, not constructive.
I seem to recall hearing about an election process somewhere whereby you could choose from the candidates given, or vote "none of the above." If "none of the above" got a majority/plurality/whatever-ity of the vote, then both/all parties had to find new candidates to nominate until they came up with one palatable enough for the voting populace to actually elect, rather than "settle for."
Never mind a "browser with a soul," I'd settle for a browser that doesn't crash when I try to view 20% of the web sites out there. I love Firefox and Mozilla in general, and I guess this is the price we pay for basically being unpaid beta testers, but get over yourself and spend more time fixing bugs, and less time making me feel warm and fuzzy about ditching Internet Exploder.
These messages come across on DirecTV, as well. Apparently, they are smearing each other over everyone's airwaves. Personally, I don't care about Viacom's packages, so leave me alone!
When I feel excessive heat or hear excessive noise come from my PC, I can open the S.O.B. and fix it. But that would void my XBox warranty, on a device that is meant to be built right the first time. That is, after all, the advantage of consoles: NO UPGRADE HEADACHES
Maybe if all those people had just LISTENED to M$ and went to http://xboxupdate.microsoft.com and downloaded the newest drivers...
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"I have a fundamental right to privacy, like every other American citizen."
Careful. The word "privacy" appears exactly zero times in the Constitution of the United States of America. Though the courts have established this right through legal precedent, these court decisions can be changed (see Dred Scott, et al). The right to privacy in the U.S.A. is hardly "fundamental."
A "whistleblower," under Federal law, is someone who, whilst still employed at the offending agency/company, brings illegal action to the attention of internal resources, the point being to remedy the problem. They then are protected from negative action being taken against them, since their intention is to help the organization improve and ferret out evil-doers. The point is not to throw the issue to the sharks in the media AFTER being fired. That's vindictive, not constructive.
But it looks a bit like NASCAR in England: nothing but left turns, and driving on the left side of the road.
You've moved away from your wife and you still have to ask that?
"1-2-3-4-5? That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!"
Slashdot could implement something like this, it would make article comments meaningful again.
I seem to recall hearing about an election process somewhere whereby you could choose from the candidates given, or vote "none of the above." If "none of the above" got a majority/plurality/whatever-ity of the vote, then both/all parties had to find new candidates to nominate until they came up with one palatable enough for the voting populace to actually elect, rather than "settle for."
Would this be such a bad idea for the U.S.?
"Voting is for Nerds. None of this matters."
The iPod is elegant, but (IMnot-soHO) lags behind in features.
The Archos AV4xx is kludgy, but plays tons of formats and has lots of bells and whistles.
Methinks Apple ought to hire away the Archos engineers and bring function to their proven form.
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Browser wars my arse:
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Calling this a "browser war" is tantamount to Trinidad & Tobago declaring war against the U.S.
Narrowcasting does in another hallmark of the industry. What's the bet that when it does return, it's a shadow of itsformer self?
"Surfing on a Surfboard" Sweet, what's next, biking on a bicycle? Crashing in MS Windows? Isn't this a bit redundantly redundant?
"Can you frag me now? ...Good!"
Never mind a "browser with a soul," I'd settle for a browser that doesn't crash when I try to view 20% of the web sites out there. I love Firefox and Mozilla in general, and I guess this is the price we pay for basically being unpaid beta testers, but get over yourself and spend more time fixing bugs, and less time making me feel warm and fuzzy about ditching Internet Exploder.
Are you kidding? Get off of my Internet, TROLL.
"That's what I did anyway. I built my own air-hockey and pool table also." ...and no one cares.
If that huge ship-mounted railgun had been included in Unreal Tournament 2003, it would have done about 15 points of damage on a direct hit.
Didn't the word "turbo" go out several years ago, along with the useless PC case button of the same name?
These messages come across on DirecTV, as well. Apparently, they are smearing each other over everyone's airwaves. Personally, I don't care about Viacom's packages, so leave me alone!
When I feel excessive heat or hear excessive noise come from my PC, I can open the S.O.B. and fix it. But that would void my XBox warranty, on a device that is meant to be built right the first time. That is, after all, the advantage of consoles: NO UPGRADE HEADACHES
Maybe if all those people had just LISTENED to M$ and went to http://xboxupdate.microsoft.com and downloaded the newest drivers...
Ditto. Sony's support people either know nothing or have been instructed to say nothing. (likely the latter)
When and how can one get a hold of one of these??