Remember that, the next time they make you take off your shoes at the airport. Its nothing cabin door locks and a few air marshalls couldnt fix.
The "fix" here is not safety. The fix here is actually to make the public feel like Daddy is protecting all his little children.
People want an authority figure to do all the hard thinking for them and to tell them that they're safe now. Their simple minds see the long lines, the green-vinyl gloved hands gently (yet firmly) caressing their persons, the cool touch of the xray disrobing them, and the delays as simply more evidence that they're being taken care of, much as one would take care of a pet rabbit.
That is not always an option, for every situation. Personally, I'd rather have smoking banned completely; I'm uncomfortable giving the government with that much power, and Smoking Needs to Go Away. There's no easy solution of how to do it. And don't give me any of that "personal/property rights" junk. Smoking damages the health of others, therefore it is a public health issue.
In our apartment, we recently discovered that our son's room is filling with secondhand smoke from our neighbor's apartment (our neighbor is a heavy smoker). Here are our options:
Try to block the smoke with adding insulation to the outlets, switches, etc.
Pack up and move to another apartment.
Buy a house, pack up and move.
Ask the neighbor to stop smoking inside.
Do nothing.
"Encourage" the neighbor to move (due to the increased frequency of break-ins, vandalism to his car, repeated assaults).
Obviously, #6 is out of the question, being Not a Nice Thing (and illegal).
#5 is not an option, as my son's health is paramount.
We've already been through #2 three years ago, when we had to leave another apartment, thanks to a cross-connected ventilation system. This is no guarantee of a (mostly) permanent solution. We also would have to move further out from town, or to a junkier apartment in order to keep the rents about the same (we got a really good rate on our current place).
#3 is really sucky, as the housing market is tanking. While we are saving up to buy a house, we were figuring on pulling the trigger in 2 years. From past experience, buying a house when our back isn't against the wall allows us to negotiate a much better deal.
So, that leaves #4 as it is the easiest, cheapest method. If that doesn't work, then we'll do #1 and see what happens. Starting to look for a house now is probably what we're going to have to do as well.
Net-net, this guy, smoking in the privacy and comfort of his own home, is affecting the health of others. Too bad, so sad, but smoking needs to go away everywhere, for everyone.
Exactly. We have trained all of our family, friends, etc., to start talking when the answering machine engages.
We do not answer the phone at all before this unless we're expecting a call at a specific time. We may pick up the phone if we want to talk at that time; otherwise we'll call 'em back.
When we lived in a newly-built house, we were always getting the little entrepreneurs (selling gas logs, house numbers painted on the curb, front yard gas lamps, etc.) banging on the door or ringing the doorbell in the middle of the day. Those would go unanswered, too.
Because the X-Box division wanted immediate sales figures. They were sure that being the "first next-gen" console to market would give them such an advantage that they decided to forgo ---------- doing any hardware testing/QC which would have set back shipping schedules and increased the price of the console.
...fixed it for you.
// victim of one too many RRODs // my next b0xx3n will be a PSx or Wii
Once you lift them the hole is wide open for widespread abuse.
Huh.
That would explain why, when I flew out of Rome last year, they didn't make anyone take off their shoes.
Then, in the middle of the flight when we were over the Atlantic, about 5 or 6 (I forget) people whip off their shoes and attempt to light them, all the while screaming something about "death to the great satin."
Maybe they were disgruntled textile workers.
You can bet your ass if they stopped [ineffective security measure] that you'd get [hollywood-style terrorist antics] on the plane ~.
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~ many artists are not song writers and composers.
I'm assuming we're talking about musicians. FYI, many of them actually write their own stuff. But let's say that you are right.
If that is the case, did you consider that maybe the musicians would have to pay the composers/writers in order to use their stuff? Are you assuming that composers actually work for free--or that under the current system, the RIAAbots actually pay these people much of anything?
The first amendment guarantees that you *are* allowed to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
I'm sorry, but that's not how the American legal system works; it relies upon Case Law when determining how laws are interpreted. Note this is Law 101 stuff—something one would learn the first week of the first year of law school.
There is enough case law regarding the 1st amendment to put to rest the right to yell fire in a crowded theater: you dont have that right—it doesn't matter what words are written on the dusty parchment.
Now go yonder and gather knowledge (google is your friend):
It WILL bite them in the ass for the very reason laid out in the DMCA itself:
512(g)(1) No liability for taking down generally.-- Subject to paragraph (2), a service provider shall not be liable to any person for any claim based on the service provider's good faith disabling of access to, or removal of, material or activity claimed to be infringing or based on facts or circumstances from which infringing activity is apparent, regardless of whether the material or activity is ultimately determined to be infringing.
(2) Exception.-- Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to material residing at the direction of a subscriber of the service provider on a system or network controlled or operated by or for the service provider that is removed, or to which access is disabled by the service provider, pursuant to a notice provided under subsection (c)(1)(C), unless the service provider--
(C) replaces the removed material and ceases disabling access to it not less than 10, nor more than 14, business days following receipt of the counter notice, unless its designated agent first receives notice from the person who submitted the notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) that such person has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the subscriber from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on the service provider's system or network. source) [emphasis all mine]
You'll need to read the rest of the cited sections to get a complete understanding of the process, but here's how it goes:
Sally Sharer posts a video on YouTube.
B.I.G., Inc. sends a DMCA takedown notice to YouTube.
YouTube removes the video.
Sally sends a counter-claim to YouTube.
YouTube MUST (see 512(g)(2)(C) above, baby!) restore Sally's video.
B.I.G., Inc. must file in court to take any further action.
So when YouTube gets a takedown notice and the person counter-claims, 'Tube has a choice: either restore the video or be liable for a shiny new lawsuit.
If you never do anything bad, these mechanisms aren't strictly necessary.
Show me one programmer who hasn't done something 'bad' (i.e., made a mistake) and I'll say, "Just let him write his second line of code," just after I pry the delete, backspace and ctrl keys off his keyboard.
If you don't mind many others making stuff with your code, avoid GPL and use Apache/Mozilla instead. If you want to only have your code used by unwashed hippies like RSS, then go GPL and don't look back.
Many corporate shops I've worked with avoid GPL'd code, because they want the option of selling the product they make. They may never exercise that option, but they want it.
Anyone using ActiveX outside of an INTRA-net should be shot. ActiveX is an enterprise feature, it sucks on the public internet.
I'm a professional web developer, too (my sites get in the ~6 million hits/month range), and I have never come across a need for ANY Active/X
object. All it does is add bloat to the page, and anything it provides can be done with HTML/Javascript/SSI for better quality (i.e., lighter, compliant pages), easier extensibility (just try to change an Active/X object without using a compiler) and ease of use (does any Active/X POS work for folks who are on text-only or limited browsers?
The sooner Active/X is dead, the sooner dumb developers will leave the field and find work more suitable to their skills, such as cleaning toilets. No, that's insulting to janitors. Sorry.
Ever since the Engineers were forced out (early retirement/riffed) and replaced by people who didn't know or work under Bill or Dave, HP's products have sucked.
Their calculators have become a laughing stock. The lucky folks who still have a functional 12c from the days of old (early 80s) will enjoy them for decades more to come. I'd sooner use a bag of rocks than a 12c built during/after the Lewis Platt (successor: Carly) regime.
While this announcement is for a business printer, expect this trend to continue. Cheap printers are a commodity, so squeezing pennies out of the market will eventually lead to "virtual printers" or somesuch idiocy. Smart people are willing to pay for quality, someone just needs to offer a quality printer.
Reminds me of a certain Very Large Oil Company a few years ago, who's IT department (the "cream" of the crop, mind you) decided to lock down the computers to such a degree that word's spell-check wouldn't even run. It took about 3 months for them to figure out
that it was a problem, and
Then how to fix it.
Needless to say, said Very Large Oil Company was not very efficient and did not need to be; it had enough of the market that "cutting edge" only referred to the paper cuts one risked when filling out the various TPS reports...
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So far, you have that right.
See United States v. Boucher, 2007 WL 4246473 (November 29, 2007)
If ^h^h^h When they change the law, you could spend a few months in a luxurious 5' x 5' wire cage if you don't turn over your passwods.
The "fix" here is not safety. The fix here is actually to make the public feel like Daddy is protecting all his little children.
People want an authority figure to do all the hard thinking for them and to tell them that they're safe now. Their simple minds see the long lines, the green-vinyl gloved hands gently (yet firmly) caressing their persons, the cool touch of the xray disrobing them, and the delays as simply more evidence that they're being taken care of, much as one would take care of a pet rabbit.
That is not always an option, for every situation. Personally, I'd rather have smoking banned completely; I'm uncomfortable giving the government with that much power, and Smoking Needs to Go Away. There's no easy solution of how to do it. And don't give me any of that "personal/property rights" junk. Smoking damages the health of others, therefore it is a public health issue.
In our apartment, we recently discovered that our son's room is filling with secondhand smoke from our neighbor's apartment (our neighbor is a heavy smoker). Here are our options:
Obviously, #6 is out of the question, being Not a Nice Thing (and illegal).
#5 is not an option, as my son's health is paramount.
We've already been through #2 three years ago, when we had to leave another apartment, thanks to a cross-connected ventilation system. This is no guarantee of a (mostly) permanent solution. We also would have to move further out from town, or to a junkier apartment in order to keep the rents about the same (we got a really good rate on our current place).
#3 is really sucky, as the housing market is tanking. While we are saving up to buy a house, we were figuring on pulling the trigger in 2 years. From past experience, buying a house when our back isn't against the wall allows us to negotiate a much better deal.
So, that leaves #4 as it is the easiest, cheapest method. If that doesn't work, then we'll do #1 and see what happens. Starting to look for a house now is probably what we're going to have to do as well.
Net-net, this guy, smoking in the privacy and comfort of his own home, is affecting the health of others. Too bad, so sad, but smoking needs to go away everywhere, for everyone.
Exactly. We have trained all of our family, friends, etc., to start talking when the answering machine engages.
We do not answer the phone at all before this unless we're expecting a call at a specific time. We may pick up the phone if we want to talk at that time; otherwise we'll call 'em back.
When we lived in a newly-built house, we were always getting the little entrepreneurs (selling gas logs, house numbers painted on the curb, front yard gas lamps, etc.) banging on the door or ringing the doorbell in the middle of the day. Those would go unanswered, too.
Unfortunately, yes: cartalk.
Maybe not by you, but the Security Theater Lobbyists got 'em for a song.
Just think about that the next time you fly and you submit to giving up your 4th & 5th amendments at the shoe-removal/pat-down/keys-in-the-cup portal.
So, how are things in Alabama?
Other than that, the only skills you need are
The hard part: once you learn a thing or three, you need to go back and do #1 and 2 again. Forever.
Huh.
That would explain why, when I flew out of Rome last year, they didn't make anyone take off their shoes. Then, in the middle of the flight when we were over the Atlantic, about 5 or 6 (I forget) people whip off their shoes and attempt to light them, all the while screaming something about "death to the great satin."
Maybe they were disgruntled textile workers.
(All join in now) Your ideas are intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Silly script k!dd!35......LOL WTF?!
curl -oQ.
A. Here's why not: RROD.
Like shooting fish in a barrel...
I'm assuming we're talking about musicians. FYI, many of them actually write their own stuff. But let's say that you are right.
If that is the case, did you consider that maybe the musicians would have to pay the composers/writers in order to use their stuff? Are you assuming that composers actually work for free--or that under the current system, the RIAAbots actually pay these people much of anything?
I'm sorry, but that's not how the American legal system works; it relies upon Case Law when determining how laws are interpreted. Note this is Law 101 stuff—something one would learn the first week of the first year of law school.
There is enough case law regarding the 1st amendment to put to rest the right to yell fire in a crowded theater: you dont have that right—it doesn't matter what words are written on the dusty parchment.
Now go yonder and gather knowledge (google is your friend):
If he was smart, he'd have burned them in the library parking lot.
That would show them!!!!!
It WILL bite them in the ass for the very reason laid out in the DMCA itself:
You'll need to read the rest of the cited sections to get a complete understanding of the process, but here's how it goes:
So when YouTube gets a takedown notice and the person counter-claims, 'Tube has a choice: either restore the video or be liable for a shiny new lawsuit.
...but I will buy an xbox 360 once Halo comes out. I'm pretty much still having fun with my OG xbox and could care less about cross-grading.
Show me one programmer who hasn't done something 'bad' (i.e., made a mistake) and I'll say, "Just let him write his second line of code," just after I pry the delete, backspace and ctrl keys off his keyboard.
Many corporate shops I've worked with avoid GPL'd code, because they want the option of selling the product they make. They may never exercise that option, but they want it.
I'm a professional web developer, too (my sites get in the ~6 million hits/month range), and I have never come across a need for ANY Active/X object. All it does is add bloat to the page, and anything it provides can be done with HTML/Javascript/SSI for better quality (i.e., lighter, compliant pages), easier extensibility (just try to change an Active/X object without using a compiler) and ease of use (does any Active/X POS work for folks who are on text-only or limited browsers?
The sooner Active/X is dead, the sooner dumb developers will leave the field and find work more suitable to their skills, such as cleaning toilets. No, that's insulting to janitors. Sorry.
Their calculators have become a laughing stock. The lucky folks who still have a functional 12c from the days of old (early 80s) will enjoy them for decades more to come. I'd sooner use a bag of rocks than a 12c built during/after the Lewis Platt (successor: Carly) regime.
While this announcement is for a business printer, expect this trend to continue. Cheap printers are a commodity, so squeezing pennies out of the market will eventually lead to "virtual printers" or somesuch idiocy. Smart people are willing to pay for quality, someone just needs to offer a quality printer.
HP isn't the company to do it. Not any more.
WTF are you doing?
- that it was a problem, and
- Then how to fix it.
Needless to say, said Very Large Oil Company was not very efficient and did not need to be; it had enough of the market that "cutting edge" only referred to the paper cuts one risked when filling out the various TPS reports...If by "replacement" you mean, "something that is much more limited in scope and blocked off from creative use" then you are correct.
The new API is nothing more than an AJAX call to retrieve a widget from Google, limited to 8 search results with no paging. You DO NOT
The reason why they did this is obvious: they want to prevent websites from getting eyeballs with their data. With the new Google© API^h^h^h Widget®, they can^h^h^h will embed advertising and force visitors to go to their own site to get the remainder of the search results. The schlubs with websites but weak HTML/CSS/JS skills will be fine, because google made it easy -- just drop a script tag in your page and you're ready to go. Everyone else is teh 5uxxor5!