Can someone please let me know what content my ISP, RCN Cable is blocking me from seeing? I can view all the porn I want, view all the innacurate independent news sites that I want..... I don't see what I'm missing out on here.
The point is power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The US is atypical as the world's greatest power for not seeking to conquer the rest of the world. Name an empire that preceedes it that conducted itself in the same way.
My biggest guess would be not trying to take over the world and contributing to the pursuit of world peace, something we're doing now and most likely will continue to do until the US is no more.
Yes this is true even with the Iraq war in the background.
Whats the psychology behind a crackpot conspiracy theorist? I mean is it some kind of mental disorder? Do you think there could ever be a treatment?
If a plane had NOT hit the Pentagon that would be a huge story every network would want to get to the bottom of and scoop the rest of the news industry. The reason why no mainstream news sources dispute that a plane hit the Pentagon is because a PLANE ACTUALLY HIT THE PENTAGON.
So what else do you think is fake that the rest of the world accepts as fact?
Google and Wal-Mart (and Dell) for that matter have advanced algorithms that they're constantly tweaking and are better than anyone else's in their respective industries's when it comes to monitoring their consumer habits. So its not as simple as you say that just because you search for something you'll see commercials for it. Google has worked very hard on figuring out the difference between a genuine interest in a subject and a trivial inquiry about a subject.
The internet is not responsible for anyone losing a job. Capitalism and efficiency mandate periodic bouts of creative destruction. That means companies and whole industries change, morph, shift or completly dissapear so that better more efficient ones may arise and the entire economy benefits because of this. Some companies may not use the internet as well as others but its ridiculous to imply that the internet is somehow bad because some folks don't have jobs anymore. And I know it was just an observation but its an observation that could have no other intent.
You have to be reasonable. bnetd is a joke. Blizzard makes awesome games that are almost unparralled. If you're going to take a stick up your ass approach on everything we'd be confined to using an archaic OS (Linux) for everything and never buying any movies, music or video games from companines that have employed the use of the DMCA at some point in the past.
You are dreaming if you think ads don't fit into this new model or that customer prices could support the current quality level of programs that exist today. And when I say "quality" I'm talking production values, not the quality of the scripts, writing..etc. Instead product placements which have already begun will pick up the slack.
Killing and maiming are not always illogical activities. Wars are started and administered by very calm and thoughtful people. They have goals, they know what it takes to accomplish those goals and then they actually carry out their plans. This speaks not to morality, the rightness or wrongness of something, just to its logic and necessity.
Most people have a reason for doing what they do, whatever it is they do, and only vary rarely is it due to stark raving madness or mental illness. While not always calculating most folks respond to circumstances (feedback) in ways that follow very simple rules in a serial manner.
The only thing that happens to pacifists is they end up getting killed by those who are realists. Wars are necessary and logical, find your pair and get over it.
Isn't the RPL a we bit impossible to enforce? How is anyone outside of a company going to be aware that the source code to a piece of software was modified? Even in a 20,000 company or even a 200,000 person company only a very few are going to be programmers. Wouldn't you say the RPL is more idealistic than realistically effective and enforceable?
Might have something to do with there being more Mac users than Linux users out there and Linux users tending to not want to spend a dime on anything at all.
The profit doesn't come from the desktop browser so yes it is a failed business model. Without their mobile sales they would have gone out of business a long time ago.
What Microsoft has done is not equivalent to eatin g babies. So I don't see a problem with wanting the company to do better things with its "ill gotten gains"
Wow. With your comment you sum up the real problem with IT depts. You assume you are even on the same level of importance with those you serve, let alone superior.
You are not there to "grant" the privledge of computing. You are there to "support" it. The people who do the actual work of the company are the ones who bring the money in. So if they want to open risky attachments, then fine. Harden your network to brace for that and be done with the issue.
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Can someone please let me know what content my ISP, RCN Cable is blocking me from seeing? I can view all the porn I want, view all the innacurate independent news sites that I want..... I don't see what I'm missing out on here.
The point is power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The US is atypical as the world's greatest power for not seeking to conquer the rest of the world. Name an empire that preceedes it that conducted itself in the same way.
My biggest guess would be not trying to take over the world and contributing to the pursuit of world peace, something we're doing now and most likely will continue to do until the US is no more.
Yes this is true even with the Iraq war in the background.
Whats the psychology behind a crackpot conspiracy theorist? I mean is it some kind of mental disorder? Do you think there could ever be a treatment?
If a plane had NOT hit the Pentagon that would be a huge story every network would want to get to the bottom of and scoop the rest of the news industry. The reason why no mainstream news sources dispute that a plane hit the Pentagon is because a PLANE ACTUALLY HIT THE PENTAGON.
So what else do you think is fake that the rest of the world accepts as fact?
Google and Wal-Mart (and Dell) for that matter have advanced algorithms that they're constantly tweaking and are better than anyone else's in their respective industries's when it comes to monitoring their consumer habits. So its not as simple as you say that just because you search for something you'll see commercials for it. Google has worked very hard on figuring out the difference between a genuine interest in a subject and a trivial inquiry about a subject.
The internet is not responsible for anyone losing a job. Capitalism and efficiency mandate periodic bouts of creative destruction. That means companies and whole industries change, morph, shift or completly dissapear so that better more efficient ones may arise and the entire economy benefits because of this. Some companies may not use the internet as well as others but its ridiculous to imply that the internet is somehow bad because some folks don't have jobs anymore. And I know it was just an observation but its an observation that could have no other intent.
I deleted my blog because I would go nearly a year between updates. My life just isn't interesting enough to warrant keeping one so I got rid of it.
I still don't see how CmdrTaco abused his power.
How is it an abuse of power? Is there some law written somewhere that you cannot say WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT on an Website you yourself created?
You have to be reasonable. bnetd is a joke. Blizzard makes awesome games that are almost unparralled. If you're going to take a stick up your ass approach on everything we'd be confined to using an archaic OS (Linux) for everything and never buying any movies, music or video games from companines that have employed the use of the DMCA at some point in the past.
That would be a very sucky life.
That Still Not King link is hilarious. The Secret Diary of Aragorn and Legolas? My ribs hurt from laughing.
You are dreaming if you think ads don't fit into this new model or that customer prices could support the current quality level of programs that exist today. And when I say "quality" I'm talking production values, not the quality of the scripts, writing..etc. Instead product placements which have already begun will pick up the slack.
Killing and maiming are not always illogical activities. Wars are started and administered by very calm and thoughtful people. They have goals, they know what it takes to accomplish those goals and then they actually carry out their plans. This speaks not to morality, the rightness or wrongness of something, just to its logic and necessity.
Most people have a reason for doing what they do, whatever it is they do, and only vary rarely is it due to stark raving madness or mental illness. While not always calculating most folks respond to circumstances (feedback) in ways that follow very simple rules in a serial manner.
The only thing that happens to pacifists is they end up getting killed by those who are realists. Wars are necessary and logical, find your pair and get over it.
Skins are lame. They require effort. The clients need to be pretty by default, as Trillian is even though it too supports skins.
Isn't the RPL a we bit impossible to enforce? How is anyone outside of a company going to be aware that the source code to a piece of software was modified? Even in a 20,000 company or even a 200,000 person company only a very few are going to be programmers. Wouldn't you say the RPL is more idealistic than realistically effective and enforceable?
Might have something to do with there being more Mac users than Linux users out there and Linux users tending to not want to spend a dime on anything at all.
The profit doesn't come from the desktop browser so yes it is a failed business model. Without their mobile sales they would have gone out of business a long time ago.
Despite the moderation it looks like you got resoundly thumped for your incorrect opinion.
What Microsoft has done is not equivalent to eatin g babies. So I don't see a problem with wanting the company to do better things with its "ill gotten gains"
Anyone ever tell you that you are pretty uptight? It was a funny poem, I didn't percieve any overt homophobia or sexism in it.
How much effort does it take to just ignore this story?
An annonymous user. How quaint.
Or get your IT outsourced and fire the arrogant inhouse IT.
Simple is as simple does.
Nightly backups of user machines or even storing certain files on servers would solve the problem of potential loss of data on local drives.
Wow. With your comment you sum up the real problem with IT depts. You assume you are even on the same level of importance with those you serve, let alone superior.
You are not there to "grant" the privledge of computing. You are there to "support" it. The people who do the actual work of the company are the ones who bring the money in. So if they want to open risky attachments, then fine. Harden your network to brace for that and be done with the issue.
Why are you defending this guy and going light on him as if he has some sort of a mental illness? He's a technological hitman, plain and simple.