What People Seem to Miss is that Sony is the Microsoft of Japan
Not even close. Wish I could say that statement is close. But I will provide you with a different analogy.
Sony hasn't stifled innovation that it has caused an industry backlash to the point that there are people making Sony-like machines FOR FREE.
Matter of fact, Sony is rather innovative. A lot more innovative than you give them credit.
No, Beta SP and SX are definitely still alive...
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For people in the broadcast industry, Sony's Beta SP and Beta SX (which is the newer digital version of Beta... the visual quality is great) are the standard by which all others go by. Sony really never dropped the stick ever as far as a professional broadcast medium is concerned. If you have ever shot on Sony Professional with good lenses, you never want to go back. Its rugged stuff too. Of course, you're gonna pay through the nose. My old camera cost about $45k when it came out in 89. Figure for todays money.
I shoot on a Panasonic DVC Pro Dockable Camcorder (although it really should be called an ENG camera, camcorders have a connotation of tiny, mine weighs well over 30+ lbs with batteries and mics, lcds and lights) right now. My news station is DVC pro. AS the old addage goes, you get what you pay for. All of the other stations shoot on Sony in Nashville, TN.
Trust me. Sony is not giving up on the professional end with Beta. It probably has at least a.5 billion dollar a year business with professional TV. When all the other competitors in Pro TV say "well, this feature is just like a Sony" you know you're really got it all wrapped up.
Is your picture, your demographics and non-criminal history not your "effects", not your "person"?
I am a proferssional news photographer for a network affiliate, so I take photos of people who refuse all day. I am pretty knowledgeable about this. Also, media or not, there is no special legal protections I have ever gotten for taking photos, quite the contrary, people often think that they can refuse to have their picture taken and then I am required to turn the camera off. I don't think there is an issue with taking the photos, it is an issue with how they are applied.
As a citizen I can take a photo of anyone in public with or without their knowledge and use it close to any way I see fit IN PRIVATE. But this raises a bigger question with the whole possibility of the "these people might be troublemakers" page. That might be considered false representation, and even libel. However, seeing if the police used for personal purpose and not published it publicly, then it really doesn't appear to be a problem legally right now(I don't even want to talk about the whole "loss of my freedoms" thing, nor quote Mr. B. Franklin or T. Jefferson, because mostly, I don't see any black choppers in the sky)... and effectively, they can profile till their hearts content.
You raise a good point about personal information. Your personal information is not available at you by looking at you while walking down the street. So therefore getting it involves some form of invasion of privacy.
"Yeeeessssss. They are made of all of my victims! MUaaaaahhhhhHHHaaahhahhhahaa!"
Wow. You seeem to really hate America.
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They were U.S. based - labor costs were too high. / A worker in China or Malaysia will work for a month on what an American makes in less than a shift.
Let's hear it for people who wholeheartedly endorse paying poor people of other nations crap wages! You know what? You're slime. As long as you keep thinking that way, we will all be the next victim. The Maylasians are just the "fortunate benefactors of a small paycheck," realistically, they are the next ones on "the big screw job" list.
Know what happens when our corporate masters realize that there are famines in Africa and that they can pay people in breakfast cereal instead of money? They move right out of Maylasia and right into the Congo. Another bonus: "What government regualtion? What environmental concerns? What child labor laws?" Don't laugh. Someone behind a big ass mahogany desk is thinking about this right now. That man behind the desk is dissappointed that the political stability of the region hasn't changed and he can move in right now. Someone is waiting to see the civil wars end, then move right in. The sad part about all of this is that the Maylasians will be screaming foul in a much shorter time than Americans ever did. Because in the old days, they used to feign responsibility. Too late now. The only gold watches the MAylasians will get will be the ones they steal from the factory floor.
Also, has anyone noticed that without a well paying job, people cannot afford the shiny new products that these corporations make? When the jobs move overseas, no one wins but the owner of the corporations. Of course, in a couple of years, there is no one to market to, because the pay and prices have all turned to the Maylasia standard... soon to be the Congo standard.
"Thanks corporations! I love you all! Nah, forget my raise. Buy your daughter a BMW. She deserves it. Go play some golf. Your back must be killing you from sitting at that big desk all day. Have fun. Don't worry about me... I'll be working late."
We can all talk all day about Spam-busting techniques, but honestly, can we all get together and make sure that our nine year old doesn't get porn mail all the time? Stopping porn spam would really knock the wind out of the sails of all spammers everywhere. I mean, this thing seems like slam dunk legislation. I know that many of you will say that this is a slippery slope of legislation and scream "THINK ABOUT OUR FREEDOMS," but no one wants their children to see pornography.
Really, all we need is some new-era Tipper Gore to scream the phrase we all hate at a Senate hearing... and no more porn spam:
"Won't somebody please think about the children?!?"
The chilling effects of this will be monumental. Why the current Right-Wing U.S. administration hasn't gone after this is totally beyond me. Its a cheap and easy target. Shows that they reinforce family values. I hardly agree in anything super-right wing, but this whole children-looking-at-steaming-hot-teens thing is ridiculous.
Whether enforced or not, in the United States soliciting pornography to a minor is still very much illegal. I think that the/. crowd can really sell that tagline to our local legislator and put a real strike back in the spam wars.
So when you order the mower to get her lawn ornaments that you have hated for so long, you can throw your hands up and say "well, I loved that little windmill too, but honey, ITS THESE DARN HACKERS."
America signs off on an open public internet long before other nations realize its potential.
Americans as a whole adopt the internet faster than most other large nations.
American businesses get into the internet game before others do due to the bigger infrastructure available.
Europe and other nations, seeing that they are behind (for no other reason than not being in the know on a really interesting concept, certainly not cultural), and in the name of blind hatred of all things American, declare some sort of strange "American Conspiracy" against the freedoms of netizens the world over.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS, I COUNTER-DECLARE THE FOLLOWING ANTI-AMERICAN CONSPIRACIES:
1. The Swedish have been hoarding all of the hot chicks and cool furniture. For SHAME!
2. The Germans have been abusing the ability to make extremely dependable and stylish cars. We'll GET YOU!
3. The Japanese have a lock on small, compact, well-designed devices. HAND OVER THOSE BLUEPRINTS!
4. Belgium: Give us the secrets of your superior beer or face imminent invasion. ATTACK!
5. France: Fork over the bread and the director of Amelie. NOW!
Please, in the spirit of the ridiculousness of this article, add more anti-American conspiracies.
Pardon me, I know that most Americans are a bunch of arsemunches,
And after hearing this kind of near-racist crap, does anyone wonder why the whole freakin' world can't get along? Yeah, like you're hella better than us because your not American. Have you even been to America? Probably not. We're a lot more polite than you might think. How do I know? One of my best friends comes from the UK and has lived in the USA for 20 years. Goes back to London... gets treated like crap.
In other words, native UK son returns to the US and enjoys the fact that people are polite in America. Ifyou want to bitch about the charachter of others, do it over your smug teatime, limey, and be polite to the rest of the world like you should. I know I am. Maybe if you were learning about another culture instead of hurling invectives at them then you might actually get friends instead of people flaming you on the net.
Your mother should have taught you better, all that, and coming from a culture that prides itself on manners. What a loser. Show a little etiquette.
It is theft, pure and simple. You give them money so that they will grow a company for profit, and then with no regulation to watch that money, they funnel it to some tax haven and then lie to you about what it is doing. It is no different than paying for something in the mail and it never arrives, because the jerks have already skipped out with the cash.
Either way, if they go to "golf prison" or not, they come out and they will have money to play with for the rest of their lives.
*AND NOW MY POLITICAL SOAPBOX* (please disregard if you do not agree)
Please don't vote Republican again because we are in the middle of a "terrorist crisis." Its not good for you... Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
This is what happens when you take all of the restrictions off of business. I am not for restriced business, but I am defineitely not for what they have been getting away with. If they are doing this to people who spend their paychecks on a better future with this company, then what do you think they are doing with the environment? What about a little safety regulations to protect an employee?
Let's keep in mind that our Republican friends constantly say that they want to "run the Government like a business."
The last time I checked, that meant charging too much, underpaying the working stiffs, and playing golf on the profits for the handfull of winners. Good luck.
I've been a journalist quite a while too...
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And I rebuke all that you say.
I too, am a news man, a news photographer. I work the streets very, very, well.
Statements and facts are two seperate things, my friend. You should report the facts. You should report what they say too. More importantly you should check out what they claim. If you don't, your work is not sound. After all, people lie constantly. As a journalist, you should not be surprised if they lie to you more than most.
But here's some kickers between good journalists and poor journalists:
Good journalists check their facts as extensively as possible.
They also try to get both sides of the story.
Also they might admit to check those facts from someone of dubious character.
And another thing, they should be able to "smell a huckster a half-mile away."
Just saying that "I simply report" is a discredit to those that are willing to turn the tables on a "good interview" (Which I am sure this spam business man was, because schiesters always are) to find the real truth, and corroborate everything this man was saying.
The bad news is that the various networks use the ratings to price advertising and make scheduling choices.
There is really nothing "bad" about it. It is the entire model. That model tells you whether Shark Week is getting more air time, or whether anyone is watching Masterpiece Theatre or not.
You really can't say that statistics are evil.
That is, until they replace your favorite Saturday afternoon show with Charles in Charge.
First of all, Zimbabwe became the breadbasket of Europe and Asia because the farmers came in and INCREASED THE YIELD. Increasing the yield allowed more people to live off of the land in higher density.
Then Robert Mugambe said that he was going to take all of the land from the high yield farmers... and give it to a people that have not traditionally had much interest or ability at high yield farming. So the Mugabe government is letting people starve instead of GRADUALLY letting black farmers into the food business with incentives. After all, America doesn't have this good of a growing season, and Americans seem to always be shipping food to Africa. ALL THE TIME. Constantly. You put American farmers in Africa? You'd have corn flying out your ass. I assume the currently displaced farmers were doing the same. Africa should be shipping us food on the cheap. Instead we always seem to be sending it to them.
Matter of fact, it appears to most US citizens that we are constantly sending food and resources to countries that have an abundant ability to make and refine food and resources. Countries that have been around for hundreds more years... countries that should have taken us under their wings and showed us how their culture "works SO WELL and is better than ours" generations ago. Cultures that are thousands of years older.
Cultures that had more than enough time to really start giving a shit about agriculture.
IMHO it appears (please note appears, because I know there are some that are) as though most native groups in Africa have absolutely NO INTEREST IN AGRICULTURE. And with no interest in agriculture and a increased population brought about by the arrival of cheap food from whites, people starve. No interest in agriculture means no civilization.
No civilization means constant bickering and war over the table scraps instead of sitting at the head of the table like the big boys.
I'm not the biggest patriot on my block, and I don't like the direction that America is heading in, but I'm sure glad that we're still (basically) free to live in (almost) any way that doesn't harm others.
patriot [páytree t , páytree òt ] (plural patriots) noun supporter of own country: somebody who proudly supports or defends his or her country and its way of life
(Emphasis Mine) Encarta Encyclopedia-
Just because you don't support, doesn't mean you are not a patriot. You are being patriotic if you are trying to help your fellow citizens. Sometimes a patriot is a concerned citizen and tries to improve things.
Revolutionary war soldiers were considered patriots, bu they certainly didn't support the king. God speed to you.
The EFF I respect. I understand their issues, and the fact that we are totally under assault by corporations who want to chop up the digital world and sell it to us at as much as we can possibly afford to pay. Digital "Coal Towns" (look it up if you want to see some of America's greatest corporate crimes against humanity in the past).
As a member of the media, and a person that touches base with the ACLU every few weeks, I'll say that the ACLU is no longer interested in civil liberties, but more interested in legislating this society to a direction that they would prefer us to act. Trying to modify behavior through legislation is very different than protecting the right for us to act the way WE WANT TO ACT.
As of late, they seem to be only interested in anyone else but a person interested in computers. After talking with me several times face to face, the local rep of the ACLU has pretty much explained about their crusade against private Christian schools (please not the stressing of private) and their deemed "objectionable behavior" by those schools, and active interest in what goes on inside those schools. Those activities are rather curious for an organization like the ACLU, are they not?
After talkig to them about these subjects, I would never, EVER give them another dollar. They appear to represent the civil liberties of only SOME AMERICANS. OF COURSE, before I get slapped back, I would like to repeat this... imho, IMHO, IMHO!
So as a member in good standing of the/. crowd, I'd like to say lets stick to what we are specifically interested with on this board... and not give money to people who would love to "engineer through legislation" a power struggle at the expense of some Americans over other Americans.
This is a call to not listen to the ACLU. For computer issues, please stick your money to the EFF. The ACLU has gotten batty in its old age, and is trying to change the way we think, which the last time I checked, is a CIVIL LIBERTY.
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In the ENG news business, I have never been called a "Videographer." In the news business all across America a News Photographer is called a "Photog."
I would know this because I am currently a "photog." This person has more than likely never worked in a television newsroom.
What People Seem to Miss is that Sony is the Microsoft of Japan
Not even close. Wish I could say that statement is close. But I will provide you with a different analogy.
Sony hasn't stifled innovation that it has caused an industry backlash to the point that there are people making Sony-like machines FOR FREE.
Matter of fact, Sony is rather innovative. A lot more innovative than you give them credit.
For people in the broadcast industry, Sony's Beta SP and Beta SX (which is the newer digital version of Beta... the visual quality is great) are the standard by which all others go by. Sony really never dropped the stick ever as far as a professional broadcast medium is concerned. If you have ever shot on Sony Professional with good lenses, you never want to go back. Its rugged stuff too. Of course, you're gonna pay through the nose. My old camera cost about $45k when it came out in 89. Figure for todays money.
.5 billion dollar a year business with professional TV. When all the other competitors in Pro TV say "well, this feature is just like a Sony" you know you're really got it all wrapped up.
I shoot on a Panasonic DVC Pro Dockable Camcorder (although it really should be called an ENG camera, camcorders have a connotation of tiny, mine weighs well over 30+ lbs with batteries and mics, lcds and lights) right now. My news station is DVC pro. AS the old addage goes, you get what you pay for. All of the other stations shoot on Sony in Nashville, TN.
Trust me. Sony is not giving up on the professional end with Beta. It probably has at least a
Is your picture, your demographics and non-criminal history not your "effects", not your "person"?
I am a proferssional news photographer for a network affiliate, so I take photos of people who refuse all day. I am pretty knowledgeable about this. Also, media or not, there is no special legal protections I have ever gotten for taking photos, quite the contrary, people often think that they can refuse to have their picture taken and then I am required to turn the camera off. I don't think there is an issue with taking the photos, it is an issue with how they are applied.
As a citizen I can take a photo of anyone in public with or without their knowledge and use it close to any way I see fit IN PRIVATE. But this raises a bigger question with the whole possibility of the "these people might be troublemakers" page. That might be considered false representation, and even libel. However, seeing if the police used for personal purpose and not published it publicly, then it really doesn't appear to be a problem legally right now(I don't even want to talk about the whole "loss of my freedoms" thing, nor quote Mr. B. Franklin or T. Jefferson, because mostly, I don't see any black choppers in the sky)... and effectively, they can profile till their hearts content.
You raise a good point about personal information. Your personal information is not available at you by looking at you while walking down the street. So therefore getting it involves some form of invasion of privacy.
SO theft is okay now that you know the special way that others don't to steal somehting?
Exploiting a weakness of others is considered to be "good manners" among the computer community?
Wow. That's a new precedent.
"Hey nice diamonds! They look really nice!"
"Yeeeessssss. They are made of all of my victims! MUaaaaahhhhhHHHaaahhahhhahaa!"
They were U.S. based - labor costs were too high. / A worker in China or Malaysia will work for a month on what an American makes in less than a shift.
Let's hear it for people who wholeheartedly endorse paying poor people of other nations crap wages! You know what? You're slime. As long as you keep thinking that way, we will all be the next victim. The Maylasians are just the "fortunate benefactors of a small paycheck," realistically, they are the next ones on "the big screw job" list.
Know what happens when our corporate masters realize that there are famines in Africa and that they can pay people in breakfast cereal instead of money? They move right out of Maylasia and right into the Congo. Another bonus: "What government regualtion? What environmental concerns? What child labor laws?" Don't laugh. Someone behind a big ass mahogany desk is thinking about this right now. That man behind the desk is dissappointed that the political stability of the region hasn't changed and he can move in right now. Someone is waiting to see the civil wars end, then move right in. The sad part about all of this is that the Maylasians will be screaming foul in a much shorter time than Americans ever did. Because in the old days, they used to feign responsibility. Too late now. The only gold watches the MAylasians will get will be the ones they steal from the factory floor.
Also, has anyone noticed that without a well paying job, people cannot afford the shiny new products that these corporations make? When the jobs move overseas, no one wins but the owner of the corporations. Of course, in a couple of years, there is no one to market to, because the pay and prices have all turned to the Maylasia standard... soon to be the Congo standard.
"Thanks corporations! I love you all! Nah, forget my raise. Buy your daughter a BMW. She deserves it. Go play some golf. Your back must be killing you from sitting at that big desk all day. Have fun. Don't worry about me... I'll be working late."
We can all talk all day about Spam-busting techniques, but honestly, can we all get together and make sure that our nine year old doesn't get porn mail all the time? Stopping porn spam would really knock the wind out of the sails of all spammers everywhere. I mean, this thing seems like slam dunk legislation. I know that many of you will say that this is a slippery slope of legislation and scream "THINK ABOUT OUR FREEDOMS," but no one wants their children to see pornography.
/. crowd can really sell that tagline to our local legislator and put a real strike back in the spam wars.
Really, all we need is some new-era Tipper Gore to scream the phrase we all hate at a Senate hearing... and no more porn spam:
"Won't somebody please think about the children?!?"
The chilling effects of this will be monumental. Why the current Right-Wing U.S. administration hasn't gone after this is totally beyond me. Its a cheap and easy target. Shows that they reinforce family values. I hardly agree in anything super-right wing, but this whole children-looking-at-steaming-hot-teens thing is ridiculous.
Whether enforced or not, in the United States soliciting pornography to a minor is still very much illegal. I think that the
I particularly liked the Fortune 500 part.
Insulting Linux, of course, is standard.
So when you order the mower to get her lawn ornaments that you have hated for so long, you can throw your hands up and say "well, I loved that little windmill too, but honey, ITS THESE DARN HACKERS."
Unfortunately, I prefer his take on the history, probably because he has a plausable answer, and prior art backed up on the net and all.
Perhaps you need to move to the South.
People wave. People are friendly here.
America invents the internet years ago.
America signs off on an open public internet long before other nations realize its potential.
Americans as a whole adopt the internet faster than most other large nations.
American businesses get into the internet game before others do due to the bigger infrastructure available.
Europe and other nations, seeing that they are behind (for no other reason than not being in the know on a really interesting concept, certainly not cultural), and in the name of blind hatred of all things American, declare some sort of strange "American Conspiracy" against the freedoms of netizens the world over.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS, I COUNTER-DECLARE THE FOLLOWING ANTI-AMERICAN CONSPIRACIES:
1. The Swedish have been hoarding all of the hot chicks and cool furniture. For SHAME!
2. The Germans have been abusing the ability to make extremely dependable and stylish cars. We'll GET YOU!
3. The Japanese have a lock on small, compact, well-designed devices. HAND OVER THOSE BLUEPRINTS!
4. Belgium: Give us the secrets of your superior beer or face imminent invasion. ATTACK!
5. France: Fork over the bread and the director of Amelie. NOW!
Please, in the spirit of the ridiculousness of this article, add more anti-American conspiracies.
Pardon me, I know that most Americans are a bunch of arsemunches,
And after hearing this kind of near-racist crap, does anyone wonder why the whole freakin' world can't get along? Yeah, like you're hella better than us because your not American. Have you even been to America? Probably not. We're a lot more polite than you might think. How do I know? One of my best friends comes from the UK and has lived in the USA for 20 years. Goes back to London... gets treated like crap.
In other words, native UK son returns to the US and enjoys the fact that people are polite in America. Ifyou want to bitch about the charachter of others, do it over your smug teatime, limey, and be polite to the rest of the world like you should. I know I am. Maybe if you were learning about another culture instead of hurling invectives at them then you might actually get friends instead of people flaming you on the net.
Your mother should have taught you better, all that, and coming from a culture that prides itself on manners. What a loser. Show a little etiquette.
Can anyone say The Cayman Islands?
It is theft, pure and simple. You give them money so that they will grow a company for profit, and then with no regulation to watch that money, they funnel it to some tax haven and then lie to you about what it is doing. It is no different than paying for something in the mail and it never arrives, because the jerks have already skipped out with the cash.
Either way, if they go to "golf prison" or not, they come out and they will have money to play with for the rest of their lives.
*AND NOW MY POLITICAL SOAPBOX* (please disregard if you do not agree)
Please don't vote Republican again because we are in the middle of a "terrorist crisis." Its not good for you... Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
This is what happens when you take all of the restrictions off of business. I am not for restriced business, but I am defineitely not for what they have been getting away with. If they are doing this to people who spend their paychecks on a better future with this company, then what do you think they are doing with the environment? What about a little safety regulations to protect an employee?
Let's keep in mind that our Republican friends constantly say that they want to "run the Government like a business."
The last time I checked, that meant charging too much, underpaying the working stiffs, and playing golf on the profits for the handfull of winners. Good luck.
And I rebuke all that you say.
I too, am a news man, a news photographer. I work the streets very, very, well.
Statements and facts are two seperate things, my friend. You should report the facts. You should report what they say too. More importantly you should check out what they claim. If you don't, your work is not sound. After all, people lie constantly. As a journalist, you should not be surprised if they lie to you more than most.
But here's some kickers between good journalists and poor journalists:
Good journalists check their facts as extensively as possible.
They also try to get both sides of the story.
Also they might admit to check those facts from someone of dubious character.
And another thing, they should be able to "smell a huckster a half-mile away."
Just saying that "I simply report" is a discredit to those that are willing to turn the tables on a "good interview" (Which I am sure this spam business man was, because schiesters always are) to find the real truth, and corroborate everything this man was saying.
Once again, I say, BRING IT ON.
Good sarco-post. Verry funny.
Is it me or does anyone else get a warm and fuzzy feeling when you see the Adelphia execs come in with handcuffs on?
Time to put the tinfoil back on your head.
(Obvious sarcasm) I Juuust cannot belieeeve that a message like this one got a +5 on slashdot.
Australia: A horribly sunny, horribly beautiful, horribly warm place to spend the rest of your life after commiting crimes in England.
The bad news is that the various networks use the ratings to price advertising and make scheduling choices.
There is really nothing "bad" about it. It is the entire model. That model tells you whether Shark Week is getting more air time, or whether anyone is watching Masterpiece Theatre or not.
You really can't say that statistics are evil.
That is, until they replace your favorite Saturday afternoon show with Charles in Charge.
Let's stick this issue to Zimbabwe, please.
First of all, Zimbabwe became the breadbasket of Europe and Asia because the farmers came in and INCREASED THE YIELD. Increasing the yield allowed more people to live off of the land in higher density.
Then Robert Mugambe said that he was going to take all of the land from the high yield farmers... and give it to a people that have not traditionally had much interest or ability at high yield farming. So the Mugabe government is letting people starve instead of GRADUALLY letting black farmers into the food business with incentives. After all, America doesn't have this good of a growing season, and Americans seem to always be shipping food to Africa. ALL THE TIME. Constantly. You put American farmers in Africa? You'd have corn flying out your ass. I assume the currently displaced farmers were doing the same. Africa should be shipping us food on the cheap. Instead we always seem to be sending it to them.
Matter of fact, it appears to most US citizens that we are constantly sending food and resources to countries that have an abundant ability to make and refine food and resources. Countries that have been around for hundreds more years... countries that should have taken us under their wings and showed us how their culture "works SO WELL and is better than ours" generations ago. Cultures that are thousands of years older.
Cultures that had more than enough time to really start giving a shit about agriculture.
IMHO it appears (please note appears, because I know there are some that are) as though most native groups in Africa have absolutely NO INTEREST IN AGRICULTURE. And with no interest in agriculture and a increased population brought about by the arrival of cheap food from whites, people starve. No interest in agriculture means no civilization.
No civilization means constant bickering and war over the table scraps instead of sitting at the head of the table like the big boys.
You remove the sole identifying factor to your car.. well then, it is no longer your car the moment someone else wants it and calls the cops.
You remove your identification from your wallet? You forfeit the cash inside when someone takes it.
Take off that little mattress tag? Wll, lets just say I have a friend that ain't getting out for a loooong time.
I'm not the biggest patriot on my block, and I don't like the direction that America is heading in, but I'm sure glad that we're still (basically) free to live in (almost) any way that doesn't harm others.
patriot [páytree t , páytree òt ] (plural patriots) noun
supporter of own country: somebody who proudly supports or defends his or her country and its way of life
(Emphasis Mine) Encarta Encyclopedia-
Just because you don't support, doesn't mean you are not a patriot. You are being patriotic if you are trying to help your fellow citizens. Sometimes a patriot is a concerned citizen and tries to improve things.
Revolutionary war soldiers were considered patriots, bu they certainly didn't support the king. God speed to you.
Its not the saltwater that is the problem.
The problem is that the hook prosthetic is always pinching in the trackball mouse.
The EFF I respect. I understand their issues, and the fact that we are totally under assault by corporations who want to chop up the digital world and sell it to us at as much as we can possibly afford to pay. Digital "Coal Towns" (look it up if you want to see some of America's greatest corporate crimes against humanity in the past).
/. crowd, I'd like to say lets stick to what we are specifically interested with on this board... and not give money to people who would love to "engineer through legislation" a power struggle at the expense of some Americans over other Americans.
As a member of the media, and a person that touches base with the ACLU every few weeks, I'll say that the ACLU is no longer interested in civil liberties, but more interested in legislating this society to a direction that they would prefer us to act. Trying to modify behavior through legislation is very different than protecting the right for us to act the way WE WANT TO ACT.
As of late, they seem to be only interested in anyone else but a person interested in computers. After talking with me several times face to face, the local rep of the ACLU has pretty much explained about their crusade against private Christian schools (please not the stressing of private) and their deemed "objectionable behavior" by those schools, and active interest in what goes on inside those schools. Those activities are rather curious for an organization like the ACLU, are they not?
After talkig to them about these subjects, I would never, EVER give them another dollar. They appear to represent the civil liberties of only SOME AMERICANS. OF COURSE, before I get slapped back, I would like to repeat this... imho, IMHO, IMHO!
So as a member in good standing of the
This is a call to not listen to the ACLU. For computer issues, please stick your money to the EFF. The ACLU has gotten batty in its old age, and is trying to change the way we think, which the last time I checked, is a CIVIL LIBERTY.