I'm not exactly sure what you think a "flop" is. But I would be surprised if, when the numbers come out on Monday, this movie is not number 1 for the weekend. --
"You posted a Canadian V-Chip piece to Slashdot earlier today but, unfortunately, the source both misspelled and got the CBC's name wrong. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is one of our country's greatest treasures; the institution of the V-Chip will allow parents more freedom in allowing their children to watch shows, giving the kids control of their TV time and helping them learn independence that much sooner."
War is peace; freedom is slavery. Oceania is at war with East Asia; Oceania has always been at war with East Asia.
Set up an internal IRC server that all of your techs are connected to. I worked in tech support once where we had that, and it was invaluable. Your newbies have access to the old guys, and someone whose expertise in one area could stand improvement has access to the guys whose expertise in that area shines. All your base are belong to us.
When you put data on this fiber ring, within a very short time all the computers on the ring have seen the data. So if you want a bunch of computers to cooperate on a job, this would be a great way for them to update each other on what they are doing.
Isn't this almost the definition of DNS? All your base are belong to us.
A question, though. If the airwaves are public, what's illegal about using a signal that you didn't permit someone to send onto your property? I think that DirecTV is spending far too much money trying to stop the fraction of a percent of their viewers from stealing service. Is it really cost effective?
I don't think you can make an argument that you are not permitting the signal onto your property if you're making use of the signal.
The junk mail is paid for in my fees, and in the price of my software.
Not misguided protest at all. You hit it right on the head: they pass those costs along to you the consumer. When their prices go up because of junk mail, they will pass those extra costs along to the consumer as well. If they pass along too many extra costs, and their prices go up too high, they'll lose sales. That's sort of the whole point to this. --
My inbox is my property. I may be renting it from some provider, but I am the primary custodian of my inbox. Spam in my inbox is the equivalent of vandalizing my property.
I wish they'd just make it legal to kill spammers. That would solve everyone's problem. I wouldn't get any more spam, and the poor pitiful bastards who can't think of any better ways to market their product than by spamming would be dead. Everybody wins! --
Treason I can see. First degree murder. But for misdemeanors?
"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." -- Amendment VIII, U.S. Constitution --
Florida Statutes, Title IX, Chapter 102, Section 111:
1) Immediately after certification of any election by the county canvassing board, the results shall be forwarded to the Department of State concerning the election of any federal or state officer. The Governor, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the Division of Elections shall be the Elections Canvassing Commission. The Elections Canvassing Commission shall, as soon as the official results are compiled from all counties, certify the returns of the election and determine and declare who has been elected for each office. In the event that any member of the Elections Canvassing Commission is unavailable to certify the returns of any election, such member shall be replaced by a substitute member of the Cabinet as determined by the Director of the Division of Elections. If the county returns are not received by the Department of State by 5 p.m. of the seventh day following an election, all missing counties shall be ignored, and the results shown by the returns on file shall be certified.
(2) The Division of Elections shall provide the staff services required by the Elections Canvassing Commission.
This one contains the "shall be ignored" part. I don't see a paragraph here that says "may accept". You lose points for proving you haven't read the statutes.
But we continue. Chapter 102, Section 112 states:
(1) The county canvassing board or a majority thereof shall file the county returns for the election of a federal or state officer with the Department of State immediately after certification of the election results. Returns must be filed by 5 p.m. on the 7th day following the first primary and general election and by 3 p.m. on the 3rd day following the second primary. If the returns are not received by the department by the time specified, such returns may be ignored and the results on file at that time may be certified by the department.
(2) The department shall fine each board member $200 for each day such returns are late, the fine to be paid only from the board member's personal funds. Such fines shall be deposited into the 1Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund, created by s. 106.32.
(3) Members of the county canvassing board may appeal such fines to the Florida Elections Commission, which shall adopt rules for such appeals.
In this one it says "may be ignored" (note the difference between that and "may accept"). In the sentence immediately prior to that, it says that "[r]eturns must be filed by 5 p.m. on the 7th day following the first primary and general election..." (emphases mine)
I'm not being sarcastic here. The last thing career bureaucrats (including high school principals) want is attention into the way they run their fiefs. That's exactly what our friend Patrick is giving them.
We'd have enough time to launch an anti-galaxy nuclear missile and destroy the rogue galaxy before it has a chance to collide with us and possibly wipe out all life on Earth.
Come up with a list of "inappropriate" sites (guns, drugs, pr0n, Congress, etc.) that are not blocked by Your Favorite Censorware Package. Then go into Your Favorite School and load 'em up. If taken to task over it, you have a ready defense: "But we're using censorware!"
Apropos of nothing, "congress" was once a term with the same meaning as "intercourse". --
Slashdot Mirror
Nuts.
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Okay, maybe he was a little bit. But he really annoyed the bad guy, who finally was like "Can I please kill him now?"
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I'm not exactly sure what you think a "flop" is. But I would be surprised if, when the numbers come out on Monday, this movie is not number 1 for the weekend.
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I know very few libertarians who feel any better about corporations collecting data on people than they feel about the government collecting data.
Corporations have a special place in the pantheon of state. They get special privileges and special protections.
So please don't confuse all libertarians with people who like corporations.
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"You posted a Canadian V-Chip piece to Slashdot earlier today but, unfortunately, the source both misspelled and got the CBC's name wrong. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is one of our country's greatest treasures; the institution of the V-Chip will allow parents more freedom in allowing their children to watch shows, giving the kids control of their TV time and helping them learn independence that much sooner."
War is peace; freedom is slavery. Oceania is at war with East Asia; Oceania has always been at war with East Asia.
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"We don't sell 'personal computers'. We sell 'workstations'."
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You can do some good before you leave. Set up their super spam boxen to flood the company's internal e-mail system.
Go down in a blaze of glory, I always say.
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Because it's changed. It's "rosebud" now.
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Now who are they going to sue? God?
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It's funny. Laugh.
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Set up an internal IRC server that all of your techs are connected to. I worked in tech support once where we had that, and it was invaluable. Your newbies have access to the old guys, and someone whose expertise in one area could stand improvement has access to the guys whose expertise in that area shines.
All your base are belong to us.
When you put data on this fiber ring, within a very short time all the computers on the ring have seen the data. So if you want a bunch of computers to cooperate on a job, this would be a great way for them to update each other on what they are doing.
Isn't this almost the definition of DNS?
All your base are belong to us.
A question, though. If the airwaves are public, what's illegal about using a signal that you didn't permit someone to send onto your property? I think that DirecTV is spending far too much money trying to stop the fraction of a percent of their viewers from stealing service. Is it really cost effective?
I don't think you can make an argument that you are not permitting the signal onto your property if you're making use of the signal.
All your base are belong to us.
Will the Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons?
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The junk mail is paid for in my fees, and in the price of my software.
Not misguided protest at all. You hit it right on the head: they pass those costs along to you the consumer. When their prices go up because of junk mail, they will pass those extra costs along to the consumer as well. If they pass along too many extra costs, and their prices go up too high, they'll lose sales. That's sort of the whole point to this.
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My inbox is my property. I may be renting it from some provider, but I am the primary custodian of my inbox. Spam in my inbox is the equivalent of vandalizing my property.
I wish they'd just make it legal to kill spammers. That would solve everyone's problem. I wouldn't get any more spam, and the poor pitiful bastards who can't think of any better ways to market their product than by spamming would be dead. Everybody wins!
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A USB floppy wouldn't be controlled by the PC floppy controller. Right?
I'm sure something could be hacked together to read Amiga floppies on a USB floppy drive.
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'nuff said.
How is more of a bad thing a good thing?
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Treason I can see. First degree murder. But for misdemeanors?
"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." -- Amendment VIII, U.S. Constitution
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Florida Statutes, Title IX, Chapter 102, Section 111:
1) Immediately after certification of any election by the county canvassing board, the results shall be forwarded to the Department of State concerning the election of any federal or state officer. The Governor, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the Division of Elections shall be the Elections Canvassing Commission. The Elections Canvassing Commission shall, as soon as the official results are compiled from all counties, certify the returns of the election and determine and declare who has been elected for each office. In the event that any member of the Elections Canvassing Commission is unavailable to certify the returns of any election, such member shall be replaced by a substitute member of the Cabinet as determined by the Director of the Division of Elections. If the county returns are not received by the Department of State by 5 p.m. of the seventh day following an election, all missing counties shall be ignored, and the results shown by the returns on file shall be certified.
(2) The Division of Elections shall provide the staff services required by the Elections Canvassing Commission.
This one contains the "shall be ignored" part. I don't see a paragraph here that says "may accept". You lose points for proving you haven't read the statutes.
But we continue. Chapter 102, Section 112 states:
(1) The county canvassing board or a majority thereof shall file the county returns for the election of a federal or state officer with the Department of State immediately after certification of the election results. Returns must be filed by 5 p.m. on the 7th day following the first primary and general election and by 3 p.m. on the 3rd day following the second primary. If the returns are not received by the department by the time specified, such returns may be ignored and the results on file at that time may be certified by the department.
(2) The department shall fine each board member $200 for each day such returns are late, the fine to be paid only from the board member's personal funds. Such fines shall be deposited into the 1Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund, created by s. 106.32.
(3) Members of the county canvassing board may appeal such fines to the Florida Elections Commission, which shall adopt rules for such appeals.
In this one it says "may be ignored" (note the difference between that and "may accept"). In the sentence immediately prior to that, it says that "[r]eturns must be filed by 5 p.m. on the 7th day following the first primary and general election..." (emphases mine)
Try reading it next time.
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Not to mention, missepelling.
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I'm not being sarcastic here. The last thing career bureaucrats (including high school principals) want is attention into the way they run their fiefs. That's exactly what our friend Patrick is giving them.
Give 'em hell.
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Bush and Gore both want to spend your money to destroy your rights.
Vote third party. I don't care if it's Browne, Buchanan, Hagelin, Nader, or someone else.
Don't vote for Bush or Gore.
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We'd have enough time to launch an anti-galaxy nuclear missile and destroy the rogue galaxy before it has a chance to collide with us and possibly wipe out all life on Earth.
(note: it's funny)
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Come up with a list of "inappropriate" sites (guns, drugs, pr0n, Congress, etc.) that are not blocked by Your Favorite Censorware Package. Then go into Your Favorite School and load 'em up. If taken to task over it, you have a ready defense: "But we're using censorware!"
Apropos of nothing, "congress" was once a term with the same meaning as "intercourse".
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