When Apple ties our hands, it's to increase user experience. We're supposed to love that thumb up our ass.
When Microsoft ties our hands, 'how can this be legal and not an abuse of their monopoly power'?
The thing is, they don't have a monopoly, and never have. Anybody can run and write for whatever OS they want. Though every developer who's worked under multiple platforms has always told me Apple is the worst to program for.
No, it's not antitrust. You can get a phone or an apple device. Of course, those devices will also only let you run things the company wants you to run (with the exception of Android). Microsoft isn't doing anything evil here. They're simply moving from the high ground to the low ground, because that's what Apple already did.
Anything PC is always cheaper than the same thing on Android. Yea... HDMI off a phone. That just sounds great. I'm sure I'd love to have to set up a phone charger by my TV to watch a movie. Oh wait, my phone is a land line. 64kbps vs 5kbps. I can actually hear people.
Oh, all you'll get is funny looks? Really? You must not follow the news much. Teachers who were porn stars in former careers get fired from their tapes being found, even when it's 20 yrs ago. People get driven out of communities. My parents faced an angry mob because my dad threw away fucking playboys he found when they moved into their 1973 house. Literally an angry mob of neighbors. And this is 20 miles from the nation's capital. You are utterly full of shit that all anyone will get is a look. A 17 year old black kid gets a blowjob from a 15 year old classmate: He goes to jail and has to register as a sex offender. They're trying to make it illegal to film yourself without using a condom in California. The Obama Administration is still trying to throw people in jail for obscenity for publishing straight porn. Kids who take naked pictures of themselves are being labeled sex offenders. People still fight to stop strip clubs (let alone gay clubs). Straight sex only gets a few looks? bullshit.
You are basically giving extra protection to some people - but not all. I'm not cool with that. It doesn't matter what somebody else thinks. If baggy pants are demonized compared to khakis, and I tell the world you wear baggy pants, is that somehow more evil than telling the world you wear khakis? You're reaching way too deep. A 3rd party's reaction to information does not turn information from acceptable into hate crime.
This 30 day sentence is the right amount. Smart judge, for once.
Or just use TOR. And don't say "tor can be compromised". That's only true if they are already monitoring you. if you're doing something you've told nobody about and not already being monitored, you're fine.
Because they revised their numbers before the IPO, but didn't give those revisions to the people buying it. That's fraud in some peoples' minds. It's mis-representing. It's not buyer beware, it's give buyer something different than you said you were giving them. Your standing is being sold something on false pretenses.
That's because slot machines don't mislead on the odds. They have regulations and have to have specific odds - 98% payback for Vegas slots for example. They are regularly inspected to ensure that. You lose 2% playing slots in the long run, basically. The odds are known. They aren't presented as different numbers than they actually are, and are public knowledge for all casinos.
"Equal protection demands that people are treated fairly by the laws no matter who they are."
And to me, protecting me is putting my attacker in jail. And apparently, if the attacker happens to be the same race as me, they won't go to jail as long, and I won't be as protected. Because I'm not a persecuted minority* (*for purposes of this discussion).
Fill me in, then. To me, it says that if I get assaulted, I should get the same protection as anyone else. Because I belong to no oppressed groups (not actually true, but I'm saying this for the sake of argument), punishments for assaulting me are less.
I know you will come back with "but if you WERE, you'd have equal protection", but I'm not, and I don't.
No, gays cannot be denied employment and promotions legally. They are a protected class under federal law.
So they're not welcome in a church? Who the fuck cares! those are the people who created the hate in the first place!
I tried your plug-and-chug experiment and your argument failed to convince me. You're saying that if i told some people that someone was in an interracial relationship, that it would be MY fault if the people react badly and beat him, because I should have seen that coming?
You're argument is exactly why our government is secretive. People who think they should be able to manage the truth. You're all charlatans to me.
I'm sorry, but the truth is an absolute defense. Telling the truth should never be a crime. No one should be forced to lie to protect someone else. The fault of the suicide lies with the non-accepting parents, not the person who exposed a truth. (Who, by the way, never showed the video to anyone, so it would have been VERY EASY to deny.)
Sometimes shitty things happen due to the way social forces interact.
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And the GP's comment comes in the larger context of this article and its discussion, which is sabotage.
When Microsoft ties our hands, 'how can this be legal and not an abuse of their monopoly power'?
The thing is, they don't have a monopoly, and never have. Anybody can run and write for whatever OS they want. Though every developer who's worked under multiple platforms has always told me Apple is the worst to program for.
This is exactly the same as what Apple does. I am totally embarrassed and full of pity when reading your comment.
And this is different from Apple _____?
No, it's not antitrust. You can get a phone or an apple device. Of course, those devices will also only let you run things the company wants you to run (with the exception of Android). Microsoft isn't doing anything evil here. They're simply moving from the high ground to the low ground, because that's what Apple already did.
Anything PC is always cheaper than the same thing on Android. Yea... HDMI off a phone. That just sounds great. I'm sure I'd love to have to set up a phone charger by my TV to watch a movie. Oh wait, my phone is a land line. 64kbps vs 5kbps. I can actually hear people.
Looks like Microsoft is starting to take plays from Apple's playbook. Steve Jobs helped us race to the bottom. Steve Wozniak weeps.
Seriously though... Who thinks not using their real name gives them protection from their government? Naive much?
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Oh, all you'll get is funny looks? Really? You must not follow the news much. Teachers who were porn stars in former careers get fired from their tapes being found, even when it's 20 yrs ago. People get driven out of communities. My parents faced an angry mob because my dad threw away fucking playboys he found when they moved into their 1973 house. Literally an angry mob of neighbors. And this is 20 miles from the nation's capital. You are utterly full of shit that all anyone will get is a look. A 17 year old black kid gets a blowjob from a 15 year old classmate: He goes to jail and has to register as a sex offender. They're trying to make it illegal to film yourself without using a condom in California. The Obama Administration is still trying to throw people in jail for obscenity for publishing straight porn. Kids who take naked pictures of themselves are being labeled sex offenders. People still fight to stop strip clubs (let alone gay clubs). Straight sex only gets a few looks? bullshit.
By the wall, bullshit comparison. No sex tape was released in this case.
You don't seem to understand the role technology plays in transforming how societies work.
This 30 day sentence is the right amount. Smart judge, for once.
Or just use TOR. And don't say "tor can be compromised". That's only true if they are already monitoring you. if you're doing something you've told nobody about and not already being monitored, you're fine.
You do realize being a garbage man or taxi driver or farmer is more dangerous than being a cop, right?
this article would seem to indicate 98% is closer to what actually happens, tho law only mandates 75% in Vegas.
Because they revised their numbers before the IPO, but didn't give those revisions to the people buying it. That's fraud in some peoples' minds. It's mis-representing. It's not buyer beware, it's give buyer something different than you said you were giving them. Your standing is being sold something on false pretenses.
That's because slot machines don't mislead on the odds. They have regulations and have to have specific odds - 98% payback for Vegas slots for example. They are regularly inspected to ensure that. You lose 2% playing slots in the long run, basically. The odds are known. They aren't presented as different numbers than they actually are, and are public knowledge for all casinos.
hahahahahhahahahahahhah well-played
And to me, protecting me is putting my attacker in jail. And apparently, if the attacker happens to be the same race as me, they won't go to jail as long, and I won't be as protected. Because I'm not a persecuted minority* (*for purposes of this discussion).
Lower sentence is de facto less illegal.
I know you will come back with "but if you WERE, you'd have equal protection", but I'm not, and I don't.
So they're not welcome in a church? Who the fuck cares! those are the people who created the hate in the first place!
I tried your plug-and-chug experiment and your argument failed to convince me. You're saying that if i told some people that someone was in an interracial relationship, that it would be MY fault if the people react badly and beat him, because I should have seen that coming?
You're argument is exactly why our government is secretive. People who think they should be able to manage the truth. You're all charlatans to me.
Sometimes shitty things happen due to the way social forces interact.
Please show me an example of a black on black hate crime conviction, and I'll read the rest of your comment.