What is the alternative, going deaf because of stupid noises that our jobs expose us to?
I'd much rather go deaf listening to The Dark Side of the Moon and my own music compositions than go deaf because of the stupid buzzer that says 'fries are done' or the one that says 'customer has entered the building' or some sort of jackhammer, or any of a million other ways that I could and will go deaf on the job. Not everyone has a cushy fairly silent cube-farm job-many jobs are downright dangerous, especially to hearing.
My hearing is not as good as it was in 1995, but it still somewhere around or above average (I had awesome hearing in 1995). Besides, if I ever lose my hearing, I'm changing my major from computer science to something like computer-science-medicine-cybernetics or just plain medicine.
Have economic trade sanctions in the name of peace, human rights or otherwise noble aims ever worked? No, really, I own a few history books and am probably more educated than you're average fire hydrant in matters of history, but I don't recall one ever working--can someone who has a better recollection of history please point one such event out?
"the poorly pictured political parties and poll promulgators"
Actually, to be honest, most political parties in canada don't have very much to work with. The Green Party and the new defunct Absolutely Absurd party are 'little guys' that could use some looking out for lest we end up with an american style two party "democracy."
Somehow though I doubt that the 8 of 12 political parties that are not in parliament are the worst of the telemarketer's, though.
Not that I'm saying that political parties should be able to spam phone networks -- I just don't think it's appropriate to group all the political parties together as not-underdogs.
In the real world people are violent, commit rape, and torture eachother. He had the decency not to kill the family of the microsoft employee who contacted for wasting his time.
Thermonuclear war. Get your facts straight.
Within an hour every square foot of the earth's surface can be obliterated by nuclear weapons. And there's people who have been in the past willing and able to go that far--it's a miracle we've gotten this far. I know you're probably too young to remember the cold war, but back during those days everyone knew that their death-by-nuke wasn't all that far away...and the only thing that's changed since then is that back then, the world didn't have to deal with Mr. Bush with his finger on the red button.
Now, Global Warming/destruction of the ocean is important--don't get me wrong, and getting rid of nuclear weapons may never be either feasible or a good idea, but they could eradicate us, much faster than global warming can.
"On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero."
It's pissed me off, for one.
I can handle not being able to moderate, and being called to metamoderate all the time, but
1) being banned from posting under any circumstances from certain places because of actions of other people and 2) watching my fan/friendlist slowly becoming 'unpopular opinion' and being unable to post more than once or twice a day is lunacy.
"Well said. My thought: fire their ass out of the WTO unless they're willing to play by the same rules as every other country wanting to do global business that belongs to the WTO."
That's right! Kick the US right out of the WTO. Oh wait we're not talking about the US? My mistake.
Canadian friend, it's in our best interest for quebec to use our currency. So long as we remain the sole source, we could use it as a leverage to control their economy, but most importantly it would keep demand high. Wouldn't it?
As a Canadian, I'll second epiphani's notion to reject the US's rejection of our DMCA rejection.
On an aside note, the party that goes against the best interests of america the loudest will probably get my vote come electiontime. So far it's a tie-up between the Action party and the New Democrats.
"It is a treaty that most countries have signed and are supposed to abide by unless they formally withdraw from that treaty."
As you have mentioned not all countries have signed the berne convention; yet what you do not make not of is that the United States has gone into nonsignatory countries who have and forced closures of websites who break it. That is arrogance.
that's an interesting point. I'll have to keep an eye on china & india, who might make a difference.
Let's just hope that india doesn't get nuked, since hoping for increased labour standards from china doesn't sound very promising.
"Seeking profit does not necessitate a race to the bottom on wages. "
You're right. This is only the case with a surplus labour pool, and since the current population of the earth is oh, 6.1 billion or so,
most of whom have no rights, no labour standards or unions affecting them,
and live in developing nations with oppressive governments, we have all the surplus labour we need to drive wages into, say, nothing.
It's not a dead end, it's only a dead end for the workers. If a company can work some people to death for profit, because when they are desperate they will work for even less money, ford or no ford, it will.
Keep in mind that Sasktel is going putting fibre to the door of (at least near) everyone in saskatchewan, and has already started the switch to a VoIP system(my livingspace is all VoIP, no POTS)
of course
with their prices I still won't be able to afford dialup. but it's the thought that counts.
"They still wouldn't want their addresses or phone numbers published on the Internet. Who would? Would the submitter?"
What and you think that your address or phone number is not on the internet as of yet? "Wanting" something doesn't necessarily make it happen. Either you consider yourself lucky, or you're totally ignorant as far as how much information about induviduals is stored; Privacy vanished during the 90's when it became feasible to get rid of it.
Publishing personal information, excluding mabye credit card and bank card information is doing no worse than has already been done. Just because you can't find "private" information on other people doesn't mean it doesn't exist on the internet.
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What is the alternative, going deaf because of stupid noises that our jobs expose us to?
I'd much rather go deaf listening to The Dark Side of the Moon and my own music compositions than go deaf because of the stupid buzzer that says 'fries are done' or the one that says 'customer has entered the building' or some sort of jackhammer, or any of a million other ways that I could and will go deaf on the job. Not everyone has a cushy fairly silent cube-farm job-many jobs are downright dangerous, especially to hearing.
My hearing is not as good as it was in 1995, but it still somewhere around or above average (I had awesome hearing in 1995). Besides, if I ever lose my hearing, I'm changing my major from computer science to something like computer-science-medicine-cybernetics or just plain medicine.
Have economic trade sanctions in the name of peace, human rights or otherwise noble aims ever worked? No, really, I own a few history books and am probably more educated than you're average fire hydrant in matters of history, but I don't recall one ever working--can someone who has a better recollection of history please point one such event out?
but if you leave disaster management to profit-seekers, the poor and the needy will not be protected.
compete with what, disaster management? Where's the profit in saving the ass of 50,000 poor mostly black people?
"the poorly pictured political parties and poll promulgators"
Actually, to be honest, most political parties in canada don't have very much to work with. The Green Party and the new defunct Absolutely Absurd party are 'little guys' that could use some looking out for lest we end up with an american style two party "democracy."
Somehow though I doubt that the 8 of 12 political parties that are not in parliament are the worst of the telemarketer's, though.
Not that I'm saying that political parties should be able to spam phone networks -- I just don't think it's appropriate to group all the political parties together as not-underdogs.
In the real world people are violent, commit rape, and torture eachother. He had the decency not to kill the family of the microsoft employee who contacted for wasting his time.
Fuck you and your secure little bubble world.
Go move to the states, traitor
d:
Thermonuclear war. Get your facts straight. Within an hour every square foot of the earth's surface can be obliterated by nuclear weapons. And there's people who have been in the past willing and able to go that far--it's a miracle we've gotten this far. I know you're probably too young to remember the cold war, but back during those days everyone knew that their death-by-nuke wasn't all that far away...and the only thing that's changed since then is that back then, the world didn't have to deal with Mr. Bush with his finger on the red button.
Now, Global Warming/destruction of the ocean is important--don't get me wrong, and getting rid of nuclear weapons may never be either feasible or a good idea, but they could eradicate us, much faster than global warming can.
"On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero."
It's pissed me off, for one. I can handle not being able to moderate, and being called to metamoderate all the time, but
1) being banned from posting under any circumstances from certain places because of actions of other people and
2) watching my fan/friendlist slowly becoming 'unpopular opinion' and being unable to post more than once or twice a day is lunacy.
Vote with your feet.
nt.
"Well said. My thought: fire their ass out of the WTO unless they're willing to play by the same rules as every other country wanting to do global business that belongs to the WTO."
That's right! Kick the US right out of the WTO. Oh wait we're not talking about the US? My mistake.
themusicgod1@jabberwocky.hn.org
rape is a violent crime.
copyright enfringement is not.
The whole idea of comparing copyright enfringement to rape is absurd, and insults people who have been raped.
Too bad our two major newspapers are owned by pro-american elites. They'd never print that story, even if it's what the public wanted.
Canadian friend, it's in our best interest for quebec to use our currency. So long as we remain the sole source, we could use it as a leverage to control their economy, but most importantly it would keep demand high. Wouldn't it?
nt
As a Canadian, I'll second epiphani's notion to reject the US's rejection of our DMCA rejection.
On an aside note, the party that goes against the best interests of america the loudest will probably get my vote come electiontime. So far it's a tie-up between the Action party and the New Democrats.
"It is a treaty that most countries have signed and are supposed to abide by unless they formally withdraw from that treaty."
As you have mentioned not all countries have signed the berne convention; yet what you do not make not of is that the United States has gone into nonsignatory countries who have and forced closures of websites who break it. That is arrogance.
that's an interesting point. I'll have to keep an eye on china & india, who might make a difference. Let's just hope that india doesn't get nuked, since hoping for increased labour standards from china doesn't sound very promising.
"Seeking profit does not necessitate a race to the bottom on wages. "
You're right. This is only the case with a surplus labour pool, and since the current population of the earth is oh, 6.1 billion or so, most of whom have no rights, no labour standards or unions affecting them, and live in developing nations with oppressive governments, we have all the surplus labour we need to drive wages into, say, nothing.
It's not a dead end, it's only a dead end for the workers. If a company can work some people to death for profit, because when they are desperate they will work for even less money, ford or no ford, it will.
why not?
"It is no longer possible for one player to be in alliance with a player who is at war with another player you are allied with."
seems like a horrible idea to me. What business do my allies have in knowing who I ally or who I do not ally with?
Keep in mind that Sasktel is going putting fibre to the door of (at least near) everyone in saskatchewan, and has already started the switch to a VoIP system(my livingspace is all VoIP, no POTS)
of course
with their prices I still won't be able to afford dialup. but it's the thought that counts.
"They still wouldn't want their addresses or phone numbers published on the Internet. Who would? Would the submitter?"
What and you think that your address or phone number is not on the internet as of yet? "Wanting" something doesn't necessarily make it happen. Either you consider yourself lucky, or you're totally ignorant as far as how much information about induviduals is stored; Privacy vanished during the 90's when it became feasible to get rid of it.
Publishing personal information, excluding mabye credit card and bank card information is doing no worse than has already been done. Just because you can't find "private" information on other people doesn't mean it doesn't exist on the internet.
(and some personal information)
What's wrong with flamewars? And what the fuck good is modesty? Fuck appearances, man; they are holding the internet back.