" if you truely feel that you are dependant upon your net access, " -- where did I even so much as hint that I was dependent on it? It is a niceity, one that will not kill you if you have to do without, but why should one have to wrongly do without it?
I'm not quite sure that the scope of the conversation was to debate the "perceived 'need' that some people associate with what is actually very trivial in the great scheme of life." I was under the impression that it was about doing without cable modem access, and the unjust nature of the way it was taken away. "Great scheme of life"? Maybe you're posting on the wrong board. Slashdot is all about "what is actually very trivial". If I wanted to debate what is truly necessary, maybe I would have posted to http://www.shit_that_I_cannot_live_without.com .
Do you need a drivers license? Do you need a phone? Do you need internet access? Do you need a loved one? Do you need soda? Sunshine? Dessert? TV? Furniture? Money left over after your bills are paid? So we take all that away from you, and you will still be OK with it?
Didn't think so. That is why I am reiterating my point. If the people of this country are willing to lay down and take it up the ass by thinking it's OK for [insert whatever entity here] to start taking away the nice things in life, they will soon have paved the way for the necessities to become a target.
"If you are going to foam and froth at the mouth, at least make the effort to think up a VALID example, please! " You know good and goddamn well what my point was. If you want to push it out of context to support your argument, maybe you should take a step back and think a little harder.
You know what ?!?! Fuck that! I've had enough of the "If I can survive it, it's not a problem; quit whining" mentalities.
You can live without electricity, phone service, blowjobs, and alot of other shit, too. Doesn't mean that you should have to do without.
It's the lay down, take it up the ass, sheep mentality that people like you present that is causing our rights to slowly erode away.
Here's another scenario for you, sheep boy:
After contacting your ISP, and getting your service shut off, they call your phone company, and have that service shut off as well, because "they were using the phone line to commit trademark/IP/Copyright/whatever violations". And the violation doesn't even have to be substantiated.
Think it can't happen? As long as people like you are willing to bend over and take it, it will. All you have to do is sit on your fat ass and give it time.
This was posted on The Register (www.theregister.co.uk), like, 2 or 3 weeks ago.
Lamedot. It's getting easier and easier to skip this site on the list of things to read each day...
Slashdot Mirror
Try www.safeweb.com - I use it for this exact purpose.
That site is Nimda infected. Do not hit it unless you have up to date anti-virus measures in place.
" if you truely feel that you are dependant upon your net access, " -- where did I even so much as hint that I was dependent on it? It is a niceity, one that will not kill you if you have to do without, but why should one have to wrongly do without it?
I'm not quite sure that the scope of the conversation was to debate the "perceived 'need' that some people associate with what is actually very trivial in the great scheme of life." I was under the impression that it was about doing without cable modem access, and the unjust nature of the way it was taken away. "Great scheme of life"? Maybe you're posting on the wrong board. Slashdot is all about "what is actually very trivial". If I wanted to debate what is truly necessary, maybe I would have posted to http://www.shit_that_I_cannot_live_without.com .
Do you need a drivers license? Do you need a phone? Do you need internet access? Do you need a loved one? Do you need soda? Sunshine? Dessert? TV? Furniture? Money left over after your bills are paid? So we take all that away from you, and you will still be OK with it?
Didn't think so. That is why I am reiterating my point. If the people of this country are willing to lay down and take it up the ass by thinking it's OK for [insert whatever entity here] to start taking away the nice things in life, they will soon have paved the way for the necessities to become a target.
"If you are going to foam and froth at the mouth, at least make the effort to think up a VALID example, please! " You know good and goddamn well what my point was. If you want to push it out of context to support your argument, maybe you should take a step back and think a little harder.
You know what ?!?! Fuck that! I've had enough of the "If I can survive it, it's not a problem; quit whining" mentalities.
You can live without electricity, phone service, blowjobs, and alot of other shit, too. Doesn't mean that you should have to do without.
It's the lay down, take it up the ass, sheep mentality that people like you present that is causing our rights to slowly erode away.
Here's another scenario for you, sheep boy:
After contacting your ISP, and getting your service shut off, they call your phone company, and have that service shut off as well, because "they were using the phone line to commit trademark/IP/Copyright/whatever violations". And the violation doesn't even have to be substantiated.
Think it can't happen? As long as people like you are willing to bend over and take it, it will. All you have to do is sit on your fat ass and give it time.
I have frost on my piss.
This was posted on The Register (www.theregister.co.uk), like, 2 or 3 weeks ago. Lamedot. It's getting easier and easier to skip this site on the list of things to read each day...