Catching polluters, for example. We probably don't want them seeing every detail, but there's at least a useful tension between having a pair of eyes and seeing everything. I wonder if existing property laws (defining airspace above property) are enough. Might be on a state-by-state basis.
While I agree with your sentiments, I think your idea that this would amount to unreasonable search/seizure is off because we're not talking about behaviour of the government. The bill of rights don't incorporate to private behaviour, alas.
It'd be best to avoid phrasing this in a way that suggests that any other feminist would be the same; feminism is a very diverse movement, and there are flavours (like mine) that are very anti-PC-policing.
The bits in parentheses above are meant to clarify how to handle situations like complaints from someone who prefers being referred to by weird extra pronouns if people don't agree to do that. Or therians. Or "transsexuals". Or any other group that makes demands of the conceptual frameworks of others beyond "no malice".
Calling someone something they don't like, to their face and particularly with malicious intent, might be inappropriate but it is not harassment per se. Doing so after being asked to stop (refusing to stop if there is no malicious intent does not constitute malice) probably is harassment.
A joke that somebody doesn't like, particularly if it's not told *to* them, shouldn't be considered harassment and we should be wary of attempts to ban salty jokes.
And the answer, as it always is when twisted in that libertarian way, is yes. Society has the right to set rules and enforce them. And I, as a part of society, can support such rules. Not as an individual, but as a society.
Hopefully it will keep us on X11 for the long-term, where we have network transparency. No proposed replacement without automatic and reliable network transparency for most apps is worth considering. Let Wayland and Mir die.
When people do dumb things, they can be criticised for them. GNOME was never essential, and Linux could happily exist without it. De Icaza had a few good innovations early on, and after that he's been nothing but negative for the Linux community. He's had well-deserved bad press for many years. Now he's finally leaving. Awesome.
So long as whatever new journals come along continue to act as gatekeepers for good science through a rigourous system of peer review, I'll be happy. I would not trust the author of this/. writeup to maintain that system though; the high level of sneer in his every word is worrying.
It's still a dumb patent; a trivial weighting addition doesn't change this. I mean, seriously, that's less complicated than your average photoshop filter, and it's an obvious "innovation" that any engineer would think up if they were to be asked to implement file expiration on Google's platforms.
If they're targeting low-end smartphones, either there's a range of super amazing phones I'm completely unaware of, or the decision to release for Nexus 4 as well is a bit odd.
The thing about systems is that you generally shouldn't need to think very hard to find a use for them, unless you have too many systems. You either buy systems to meet your needs, or you have standing needs that will tell you what to run on the thing.
Anyhow, the V1280 isn't an antique by any means. It was a really really nice piece of hardware when it was released, and I think that was just 3 or 4 years ago.
Sure. Metaphors only go so far. My point is I don't want others erasing bits of history that I depend on, and so letting people erase is kind of scary.
The actor is less interesting to me than the act; Big Brother itself is not scary, the acts that Big Brother did were scary. They would've been just as scary done by a big corporation in a "free" market ("Jennifer Government" is an interesting libertarian dystopian exploration of that) or done by some other social organisation.
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Catching polluters, for example. We probably don't want them seeing every detail, but there's at least a useful tension between having a pair of eyes and seeing everything. I wonder if existing property laws (defining airspace above property) are enough. Might be on a state-by-state basis.
Depends on what you mean by conclusive, but there's a motive and there's a capability. For the capability part, see:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/05/backdoor_found.html
While I agree with your sentiments, I think your idea that this would amount to unreasonable search/seizure is off because we're not talking about behaviour of the government. The bill of rights don't incorporate to private behaviour, alas.
Why do you think that?
That's not true. You can't sum up all of a diverse movement with such a curt dismissal and expect it to be convincing.
It'd be best to avoid phrasing this in a way that suggests that any other feminist would be the same; feminism is a very diverse movement, and there are flavours (like mine) that are very anti-PC-policing.
The bits in parentheses above are meant to clarify how to handle situations like complaints from someone who prefers being referred to by weird extra pronouns if people don't agree to do that. Or therians. Or "transsexuals". Or any other group that makes demands of the conceptual frameworks of others beyond "no malice".
Calling someone something they don't like, to their face and particularly with malicious intent, might be inappropriate but it is not harassment per se. Doing so after being asked to stop (refusing to stop if there is no malicious intent does not constitute malice) probably is harassment.
A joke that somebody doesn't like, particularly if it's not told *to* them, shouldn't be considered harassment and we should be wary of attempts to ban salty jokes.
Please figure out a way that doesn't make you stinky at work. Just because *you* can't smell you doesn't mean others can't.
Manga guys usually have big eyes too.
And the answer, as it always is when twisted in that libertarian way, is yes. Society has the right to set rules and enforce them. And I, as a part of society, can support such rules. Not as an individual, but as a society.
Perhaps if enough big players configure their nameservers not to resolve any domain names from the new TLDs....
Hopefully it will keep us on X11 for the long-term, where we have network transparency. No proposed replacement without automatic and reliable network transparency for most apps is worth considering. Let Wayland and Mir die.
Why are we considering new TLDs to begin with? We're taking a good, loose system of categorisation and throwing it away because... why exactly?
When people do dumb things, they can be criticised for them. GNOME was never essential, and Linux could happily exist without it. De Icaza had a few good innovations early on, and after that he's been nothing but negative for the Linux community. He's had well-deserved bad press for many years. Now he's finally leaving. Awesome.
So long as whatever new journals come along continue to act as gatekeepers for good science through a rigourous system of peer review, I'll be happy. I would not trust the author of this /. writeup to maintain that system though; the high level of sneer in his every word is worrying.
It's still a dumb patent; a trivial weighting addition doesn't change this. I mean, seriously, that's less complicated than your average photoshop filter, and it's an obvious "innovation" that any engineer would think up if they were to be asked to implement file expiration on Google's platforms.
I think a libertarian/"constitutionalist" (quotes intentional) bobble head doll would be even more hilarious.
It'd be a hoot if the toy were more expensive than the actual drones.
If they're targeting low-end smartphones, either there's a range of super amazing phones I'm completely unaware of, or the decision to release for Nexus 4 as well is a bit odd.
The kind of person who would waste that kind of money on a phone merits a phone that sucks.
The thing about systems is that you generally shouldn't need to think very hard to find a use for them, unless you have too many systems. You either buy systems to meet your needs, or you have standing needs that will tell you what to run on the thing.
Anyhow, the V1280 isn't an antique by any means. It was a really really nice piece of hardware when it was released, and I think that was just 3 or 4 years ago.
Oof. Never been compared to Ron Paul before. Harsh.
Sure. Metaphors only go so far. My point is I don't want others erasing bits of history that I depend on, and so letting people erase is kind of scary.
The actor is less interesting to me than the act; Big Brother itself is not scary, the acts that Big Brother did were scary. They would've been just as scary done by a big corporation in a "free" market ("Jennifer Government" is an interesting libertarian dystopian exploration of that) or done by some other social organisation.
I have. Perhaps you're familiar with the editing of history that was a theme in the work?