Excellent counter-argument: make an idiotic comment and then rebut legitimate criticism of said comment by pointing out the flaws in an argument that wasn't made.
I'm not religious. I didn't claim that the existence of a God could be proven.
The difference is that I don't claim superiority over a group in society whilst hiding behind the ironic foil of self-proclaimed superior intellect. You atheists are as bad as the fundamental Christians you hate on with such vitriol. Dawkins, Hitchens, you're all deluded by your arrogance whilst claiming to be arbiters of truth and empiricism. Einstein would be turning in his grave.
How do you figure? It's a modern age version of *exactly* the same damn thing.
Just because it's on a computer or modern piece of technological equipment doesn't mean that it's not as serious, insulting, offensive or just plain wrong. Just because our legislators, legislation and judiciary are dinosaurs that think Facebook is a high school yearbook doesn't mean that we should live our lives pretending we don't know any better.
We are those with a greater-than-average understanding and appreciation of technology, there is no excuse for such luddite thinking.
...a Windows install disc. Nuke that sucker.
But now I run OS X so I never get viruses. Did you know OS X is actually immune to viruses? *waits to get comment-raped*
Nothing more thought provoking than a man who feverishly denounces those who opposes him under the veil of "common sense." The guy was an atheist version of the extremists he was so venomous about. A poor man's intellectual, at best.
I have an 'unlimited' package for broadband and phone at £40pcm and I get an arsey email and phone calls from my provider if I approach 100GB of bandwidth, then throttled if I exceed it and penalty charges if I exceed it two months in a row. Whilst I rarely exceed that limit, it's hard not to when doing something as mundane as setting up new machines and downloading my Steam library, game installers, etc from the cloud (which is my primary purchase mechanism now).
Using a service to store backups to the cloud (which appeals to me, given that the vast majority of my data isn't too sensitive for such a medium) is out of the question. I'd like to know who provides you with such a cheap and lenient ISP package!!
I feel like I'm being trolled by an international organisation. This could only be more retarded if they changed their name to The Retarded Cross. And issued the statement in crayon. With a five year-old spokestoddler fielding questions from the press.
I attribute that more to the fact that George Lucas directed. Something that didn't happen with the original trilogy.
Besides which, the orginal trilogy's CGI was no less cutting edge for it's time than the prequel trilogy's is for it's day. Lightsabers, hovercars, holoprojectors, it was 1977 for goodness sake!!
Yep, and just like that 'mature content for persons over 17' warning, an ESRB warning will also be ignored by app purchasers.
The whole idea seems daft seeing as it cannot realistically be policed. The only example of policing consumer ages I've ever seen is a few sites that require consumers to send in a photocopy/email/fax of ID to confirm their age when buying alcohol online. I hardly think Google or Apple will decide they need to do this because somebody is trying to purchase Infinity Blade II or similar.
And, without forgetting the obvious example, there is Steam. Steam give such a massive shit about selling 18 rated games to minors. So much so that you have to enter your DOB before you can view an age restricted game; I'm sure age ratings were done with an honour system in mind. The local video game stores always assumed the fake beard I wore when trying to purchase Duke Nukem back in the day was real and definitely didn't ask me for ID.
I don't obsessively defrag, but I do change the oil more often than recommended - it's a diesel Italian car, so all precautions are strongly required;)
A contractual agreement to something deemed illegal does not overrule the law.
If a judge found the activity to be unlawful, which I suspect is where the core of the issue rests, then whether or not there was a contractual agreement is irrelevant. I see no reason for a carrier's data collection policy to include keylogging everything a customer does outside of extenuating circumstance (suspected terrorist or something).
Have you noticed any particular speed issues over time or, for lack of more precise terminology, 'decreased functionality' over time?
I ask because I've only just made the jump to an SSD and I can't get worries out of my head that writing and erasing huge amounts of data will be to the detriment of the disk's performance over time (and I do love this whole sub 10 second boot thing, so cool).
As to your comment about mechanical disks, I guess it's all luck of the draw. I still have a couple of old Seagate disks kicking around, used daily on a backup server at home. IDE disks in a RAID array that still function perfectly *touches wood* and have been doing so for well over five years now. They're slow as hell, but they do the job. To this day, I've only ever had 1 mechanical disk fail on me, all the others I've ever had continue to be used and used until their interface becomes so unavailable that I cannot continue to use them in extended RAID arrays.
I do realise I have been extremely lucky though. I also realise that if, at any point, a mission critical drive had failed I'd probably have embraced SSDs a lot sooner than I have done.
Pretty sure lawyers would argue otherwise, along the lines of hampering their ability to maintain brand awareness, do business etc etc.
You're comparing apples and oranges, the page central to the conflict is nothing the same as having a directory of a certain name, many firms are now using Facebook actively as an advertising tool - social business or whatever the latest buzzword for it is. In this sense, there is a very real legal dispute being raised. It's a dull and uninteresting one at face value, but a legitimate one no less.
They're a competing company in the same industry, they have every right to actively pursue their trademark and business interests. Just because it's a Facebook URL rather than a TLD URL doesn't mean that it doesn't matter; on the contrary since Facebook has been openly whoring itself out to corporate interests for a bantha's age now.
Until Google decide they're killing it off because it's another of their myriad of unprofitable projects.;)
Personally I think rumours of email's forthcoming demise are greatly exaggerated. Much the same as the personal cheque in the UK. What you have to remember is that whilst so many people on the internets are saying it's a dead medium, those people are far more technologically literate than the vast majority of computer users who are not airing their opinions on email's future. I'd wager a shiny penny that those same people see little reason for email to die out any time soon.
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Excellent counter-argument: make an idiotic comment and then rebut legitimate criticism of said comment by pointing out the flaws in an argument that wasn't made.
I'm not religious. I didn't claim that the existence of a God could be proven.
The difference is that I don't claim superiority over a group in society whilst hiding behind the ironic foil of self-proclaimed superior intellect. You atheists are as bad as the fundamental Christians you hate on with such vitriol. Dawkins, Hitchens, you're all deluded by your arrogance whilst claiming to be arbiters of truth and empiricism. Einstein would be turning in his grave.
How do you figure? It's a modern age version of *exactly* the same damn thing.
Just because it's on a computer or modern piece of technological equipment doesn't mean that it's not as serious, insulting, offensive or just plain wrong. Just because our legislators, legislation and judiciary are dinosaurs that think Facebook is a high school yearbook doesn't mean that we should live our lives pretending we don't know any better.
We are those with a greater-than-average understanding and appreciation of technology, there is no excuse for such luddite thinking.
I'd love to see your science that categorically disproves the existence of a God.
...a Windows install disc. Nuke that sucker. But now I run OS X so I never get viruses. Did you know OS X is actually immune to viruses? *waits to get comment-raped*
You sir, have made my afternoon.
Who the hell makes jokes about web browsers? :/
Nothing more thought provoking than a man who feverishly denounces those who opposes him under the veil of "common sense." The guy was an atheist version of the extremists he was so venomous about. A poor man's intellectual, at best.
Probably the most insightful post that will appear on this topic of pure flamebait. Absolutely agree with you, sir.
Lighten up, dude. It was a joke. What's your problem?
Ellison will rock up to court, invite the judge and jury to party hard on one of his many yachts and justice will be served.
He is just that awesome.
I think you just accidentally finance. Next time you tell somebody they're wrong try not doing so anonymously.
You are a hero for the modern age. God bless you, or, given your feverish atheism, perhaps I should say 'Dawkins bless you.'
Meanwhile, in the real world everybody else is enjoying themselves, free of nerd rage.
What? No restrictions at all??
I have an 'unlimited' package for broadband and phone at £40pcm and I get an arsey email and phone calls from my provider if I approach 100GB of bandwidth, then throttled if I exceed it and penalty charges if I exceed it two months in a row. Whilst I rarely exceed that limit, it's hard not to when doing something as mundane as setting up new machines and downloading my Steam library, game installers, etc from the cloud (which is my primary purchase mechanism now).
Using a service to store backups to the cloud (which appeals to me, given that the vast majority of my data isn't too sensitive for such a medium) is out of the question. I'd like to know who provides you with such a cheap and lenient ISP package!!
The West. Everybody else is too repressive to define and judge, obviously.
I feel like I'm being trolled by an international organisation. This could only be more retarded if they changed their name to The Retarded Cross. And issued the statement in crayon. With a five year-old spokestoddler fielding questions from the press.
My $500 iPad's battery outlasts that of my friend's $90,000 Mercedes.
I can make pointless comments too!
I am not mistake, son. I am disappoint. :/
Welcome to capitalism, by the way. Hope you enjoy your stay. We'll bill your credit card on departure.
I attribute that more to the fact that George Lucas directed. Something that didn't happen with the original trilogy. Besides which, the orginal trilogy's CGI was no less cutting edge for it's time than the prequel trilogy's is for it's day. Lightsabers, hovercars, holoprojectors, it was 1977 for goodness sake!!
Yep, and just like that 'mature content for persons over 17' warning, an ESRB warning will also be ignored by app purchasers.
The whole idea seems daft seeing as it cannot realistically be policed. The only example of policing consumer ages I've ever seen is a few sites that require consumers to send in a photocopy/email/fax of ID to confirm their age when buying alcohol online. I hardly think Google or Apple will decide they need to do this because somebody is trying to purchase Infinity Blade II or similar.
And, without forgetting the obvious example, there is Steam. Steam give such a massive shit about selling 18 rated games to minors. So much so that you have to enter your DOB before you can view an age restricted game; I'm sure age ratings were done with an honour system in mind. The local video game stores always assumed the fake beard I wore when trying to purchase Duke Nukem back in the day was real and definitely didn't ask me for ID.
I don't obsessively defrag, but I do change the oil more often than recommended - it's a diesel Italian car, so all precautions are strongly required ;)
A contractual agreement to something deemed illegal does not overrule the law.
If a judge found the activity to be unlawful, which I suspect is where the core of the issue rests, then whether or not there was a contractual agreement is irrelevant. I see no reason for a carrier's data collection policy to include keylogging everything a customer does outside of extenuating circumstance (suspected terrorist or something).
Have you noticed any particular speed issues over time or, for lack of more precise terminology, 'decreased functionality' over time?
I ask because I've only just made the jump to an SSD and I can't get worries out of my head that writing and erasing huge amounts of data will be to the detriment of the disk's performance over time (and I do love this whole sub 10 second boot thing, so cool).
As to your comment about mechanical disks, I guess it's all luck of the draw. I still have a couple of old Seagate disks kicking around, used daily on a backup server at home. IDE disks in a RAID array that still function perfectly *touches wood* and have been doing so for well over five years now. They're slow as hell, but they do the job. To this day, I've only ever had 1 mechanical disk fail on me, all the others I've ever had continue to be used and used until their interface becomes so unavailable that I cannot continue to use them in extended RAID arrays.
I do realise I have been extremely lucky though. I also realise that if, at any point, a mission critical drive had failed I'd probably have embraced SSDs a lot sooner than I have done.
Pretty sure lawyers would argue otherwise, along the lines of hampering their ability to maintain brand awareness, do business etc etc.
You're comparing apples and oranges, the page central to the conflict is nothing the same as having a directory of a certain name, many firms are now using Facebook actively as an advertising tool - social business or whatever the latest buzzword for it is. In this sense, there is a very real legal dispute being raised. It's a dull and uninteresting one at face value, but a legitimate one no less.
They're a competing company in the same industry, they have every right to actively pursue their trademark and business interests. Just because it's a Facebook URL rather than a TLD URL doesn't mean that it doesn't matter; on the contrary since Facebook has been openly whoring itself out to corporate interests for a bantha's age now.
Slashdot. Rage from nerds. Stuff that doesn't matter.
Until Google decide they're killing it off because it's another of their myriad of unprofitable projects. ;)
Personally I think rumours of email's forthcoming demise are greatly exaggerated. Much the same as the personal cheque in the UK. What you have to remember is that whilst so many people on the internets are saying it's a dead medium, those people are far more technologically literate than the vast majority of computer users who are not airing their opinions on email's future. I'd wager a shiny penny that those same people see little reason for email to die out any time soon.