Your toolshed is obviously a metaphor for traditional feminism's subordination to the tenets of western capitalist imperialism at the hands of Henry Kissinger and the Theory of General Relativity.
let's use an analogy to real life: what if you had a site like drugnews.com, that tells you everything about the newest drugs released, their latest effects, and maybe has a forum with various people who know how to get those drugs and whom you can email etc.
Hm, didn't we just hear about a certain bill that got voted down?
But let's continue.
or an even better analogy: what if there was a site like stolengoods.com, where you see the booties of recent robberies, again with the message boards etc. how would you feel if you had been robbed and you saw your stuff traded on the site ? I bet you'd get pissed, wouldn't you ?
These people would have to put up contact info, wouldn't they? And it's better than seeing my stuff in a pawnshop.
(Yeah.... Give a strained analogy, get a strained response.)
Like I said, I am all for free speech,
Yeah, yeah, who doesn't say they are?
But, really: "Ok, everybody can speak. I mean, the people saying things that don't offend me too badly can speak. I mean -- hey! YOU! Shut up!"
but these sites IMHO are crossing the line: there is no reason for a law abiding citizen, somebody that doesn't pirate games, to go on these sites, and there is no reason for these sites to exist besides helping piracy and making money off it (via banner ads etc.).
There is NO REASON for the common citizen to know how to make a nuclear weapon. There is NO REASON for the common citizen to know how to make drugs. There is NO REASON for the common citizen to know how to build a bomb. There is NO REASON for the common citizen to own a gun. There is NO REASON for the common citizen to own drug-related paraphenalia. There is NO REASON... (etc.) Ban it all!
Free speech is a right, but helping people commit crimes is not a right.
Let's see. "This ISO was just released."
That statement does not infringe any copyrights or trademarks.
It is not obscene.
It is not libelous or slanderous.
It is not an incitement to violence.
Have I missed anything?
...reeks a lot of Sony fanboy-ism...
No. It reeks a lot of trying to be clever. You decide whether it succeeded. (But, really, WHO CARES?)
Ok, say you have a house in a nice neighborhood. And you have a tool shed out back, where you keep your tools and a canteloupe. But that's not all: all your neighbors ALSO have tool sheds out back, and all these toolsheds are locked, and each toolshed also contains a canteloupe. Got it so far? Ok. Now, you have a friend who has a website called "toolshedlockshop.com", and another friend with a site called "toolshedtheft.com". Now, the first site sells the locks that everybody uses to lock up their tool sheds, and the second has instructions on how to break in to these tool sheds. Are you with me so far? Only problem is, the instructions aren't quite right, because he forgets to mention that you need a roll of electrician's tape to do the job properly without being caught.
Ok. So. Another friend of yours both bought a lock from toolshedlockshop.com and read the instructions on toolshedtheft.com. Only problem is, he doesn't know about the electrician's tape thing. So, he goes to break in to your next-door neighbor's toolshed, but doesn't tape up her pet poodle (obviously), so he gets bitten by the poodle as he's trying to climb the fence to get out of her yard. So the next day this friend comes to you with half a canteloupe and asks you where to get rabies shots. Considering that you've been wanting to sleep with your next door neighbor whose canteloupe he stole for months, but you hate her poodle, but also now know that you can make a killing in the electricians' tape market, do you tell your friend you still have five CD's and an old sweatshirt that he left at your house four months ago?
after your private information is treated with CmdrTaco's spelling, timothy's grammar, and Jon Katz's writing style, who could possibly hope to understand it?
Does that mean you sit there tapping out the packet contents with your space bar?
No, it means each packet is carved from only the finest oak by third-generation master craftsmen in rural Vermont and comes with a signed certificate of authenticity.
Why can't someone create a webpad that isn't a User Experience?
Come on, which sounds better in the brochure?
a. "Audrey can be a family's nerve center in no time. She handles schedules, phone books, and notes. Every Palm handheld in your home can Hotsync to Audrey so everybody knows where everybody's going."
b. "Run your old software on a remote display."
Ok, you as a Slashdot reader might choose (b), but I can guarantee you that (as usual - see the XFce article for more details from just about anyone) most people want something that you just turn on and use, and doesn't involve old software or anything fiddly like that. The old software may very well actually BE easier, but it doesn't really sound that way. Stating the Audrey's capabilities and leaving the details out of the way paints a far more appealing picture.
Blah, blah, blah. Whatever. When the rest of us become cybernetic hyperintelligent machine-men with laser beams and superhuman powers, I don't want to hear you complaining.
Why don't we open up competition for the IRS? For the FBI? For the CIA? Hell, why not the National Parks Service? Or the NSF? Or the Treasury Department? Who says Alan Greenspan should get to call all the shots; I could do a better job running this country's economy than that loser! Or Congress? Why do THEY get to make all the laws? Competition is what this country's based on! What about the police? Or the FDA: shouldn't drug companies get to CHOOSE who approves their products? How about the CIA and the NSA? Shouldn't there be some good, old-fashioned, American style sink-or-swim, eat-or-be-eaten among intelligence agencies? Or the military! What a terrible waste! Shouldn't private companies be bidding for that contract?
The United States was founded on the principle that everyone should be able to do whatever they want, and that the government shouldn't be able to do a damn thing about it. I have every BIT as much right to veto a bill as our President does, I don't have a SPECK less justification than the Atomic Energy Commission does for building breeder reactors, and I have every DROP as much privilege to assassinate foreign leaders as the CIA does. I should be able to shut down restaurants for health violations, decide who is mentally competent to stand trial, and set environmental regulations, and so should you!
One mayor per city, one congressman per district, one governor per state, one president per nation: it's an absolute, monopolizing terror. So when the time comes to vote this November, don't let the instructions fool you into marking only one box. Competition's the name of the game: mark them all!
Slashdot Mirror
Bruce
Hm, didn't we just hear about a certain bill that got voted down?
But let's continue.
or an even better analogy: what if there was a site like stolengoods.com, where you see the booties of recent robberies, again with the message boards etc. how would you feel if you had been robbed and you saw your stuff traded on the site ? I bet you'd get pissed, wouldn't you ?
These people would have to put up contact info, wouldn't they? And it's better than seeing my stuff in a pawnshop.
(Yeah.... Give a strained analogy, get a strained response.)
Like I said, I am all for free speech,
Yeah, yeah, who doesn't say they are?
But, really: "Ok, everybody can speak. I mean, the people saying things that don't offend me too badly can speak. I mean -- hey! YOU! Shut up!"
but these sites IMHO are crossing the line: there is no reason for a law abiding citizen, somebody that doesn't pirate games, to go on these sites, and there is no reason for these sites to exist besides helping piracy and making money off it (via banner ads etc.).
There is NO REASON for the common citizen to know how to make a nuclear weapon. There is NO REASON for the common citizen to know how to make drugs. There is NO REASON for the common citizen to know how to build a bomb. There is NO REASON for the common citizen to own a gun. There is NO REASON for the common citizen to own drug-related paraphenalia. There is NO REASON
Free speech is a right, but helping people commit crimes is not a right.
Let's see. "This ISO was just released."
That statement does not infringe any copyrights or trademarks.
It is not obscene.
It is not libelous or slanderous.
It is not an incitement to violence.
Have I missed anything?
No. It reeks a lot of trying to be clever. You decide whether it succeeded. (But, really, WHO CARES?)
Bruce
Ok. So. Another friend of yours both bought a lock from toolshedlockshop.com and read the instructions on toolshedtheft.com. Only problem is, he doesn't know about the electrician's tape thing. So, he goes to break in to your next-door neighbor's toolshed, but doesn't tape up her pet poodle (obviously), so he gets bitten by the poodle as he's trying to climb the fence to get out of her yard. So the next day this friend comes to you with half a canteloupe and asks you where to get rabies shots. Considering that you've been wanting to sleep with your next door neighbor whose canteloupe he stole for months, but you hate her poodle, but also now know that you can make a killing in the electricians' tape market, do you tell your friend you still have five CD's and an old sweatshirt that he left at your house four months ago?
Bruce
Well, we already call areas of Mexico "Texas" and "California". How would this be breaking precedent?
Bruce
after your private information is treated with CmdrTaco's spelling, timothy's grammar, and Jon Katz's writing style, who could possibly hope to understand it?
Bruce
Bruce
No, it means each packet is carved from only the finest oak by third-generation master craftsmen in rural Vermont and comes with a signed certificate of authenticity.
Bruce
Bruce
Bruce
Hey, Apple's sold plenty of notebooks that look like toilet seats.
Bruce
Come on, which sounds better in the brochure?
a. "Audrey can be a family's nerve center in no time. She handles schedules, phone books, and notes. Every Palm handheld in your home can Hotsync to Audrey so everybody knows where everybody's going."
b. "Run your old software on a remote display."
Ok, you as a Slashdot reader might choose (b), but I can guarantee you that (as usual - see the XFce article for more details from just about anyone) most people want something that you just turn on and use, and doesn't involve old software or anything fiddly like that. The old software may very well actually BE easier, but it doesn't really sound that way. Stating the Audrey's capabilities and leaving the details out of the way paints a far more appealing picture.
Bruce
Bruce
Speak for yourself, bucko.
Bruce
Bruce
So, Mr. Luddite, where will you, personally, be when the Sun finally gives up the ghost? Let's consider the alternatives.
1. All-powerful, galaxy-spanning supermind, communing with its fellows to direct the fate of the Universe.
2. Long decomposed late model monkey.
I know which one I'd choose.
Bruce
Bruce
Bruce
The United States was founded on the principle that everyone should be able to do whatever they want, and that the government shouldn't be able to do a damn thing about it. I have every BIT as much right to veto a bill as our President does, I don't have a SPECK less justification than the Atomic Energy Commission does for building breeder reactors, and I have every DROP as much privilege to assassinate foreign leaders as the CIA does. I should be able to shut down restaurants for health violations, decide who is mentally competent to stand trial, and set environmental regulations, and so should you!
One mayor per city, one congressman per district, one governor per state, one president per nation: it's an absolute, monopolizing terror. So when the time comes to vote this November, don't let the instructions fool you into marking only one box. Competition's the name of the game: mark them all!
Thank you.
Bruce