Many (American) people believe that because the First Amendment only restricts Government censorship then there is no such thing as 'private censorship'. They're wrong. 'Censorship' by a private company remains censorship, it just isn't unconstitutional...
As various posters have pointed out, the word censor basically means something along the lines of: 'to examine books etc for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political or other grounds'.
Thus, if in my ISP's chatroom, I criticise the company and its level of service, and that company deliberately deletes my posts, then I have been censored.
The fact that this is probably entirely lawful under my terms of service does not alter the fact that it is censorship.
The fact that this is not absolute (I can repost my comments elsewhere) does not alter the fact that it is censorship. (Censorship is almost never absolute. Texts censored by the Soviet Union would still pop up, printed and distributed illegally.)
This has been a brief digression on the subject of private censorship. I make no comment on the google-adwords thing (because I can't access the freakin' website as it's been slashdotted (but not censored)).
Moving further out, apparently our Galaxy-cluster as viewed from the outside, looks kind of like a small handful of Swedish meatballs, wrapped in lavendar tissue paper and tied with a length of green and yellow ribbon.
Surely, Microsoft can find a better use for its funds than... Oh, wait. That is off-topic.
OK. Cute Japanese cartoons. Cute Japanese cartoons that are somehow cooler than anyone else's cute cartoons.
Did they make them using Linux? Do they appeal to Lawrence Lessig as he whiles away the hours in the Supreme Court? Phew, at least they're not made by AOL/Time-Warner...
I did a search of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission business names register [www.asic.gov.au] and the Australian Business Register [www.abr.business.gov.au] and no company like Sharman Networks Limited exists...
I don't see how this company can be "Limited" and not be in ASIC's register.
If we can't tape TV shows anymore then we just have to be a little more inventive.
I can see a legion of enthusiasts sitting in front of their sets with pencils and sketchbooks, copying scene after scene with speech bubbles for dialogue. Then we reassamble these sketches into flipbooks to simulate the television experience...
"Wow, the animation in South Park is so much smoother than it used to be..."
Almost completely obscured by several quantum particles, French scientists measured another force believed to represent Enron chairman Ken Lay's sense of right or wrong.
A properly-designed exo-skeleton could really extend the range of human beings. If they built one with a remote control unit, you'd never have to get off the couch.
Note for military exoskeleton designers: perhaps bury the powerpack deep inside the armor; a large obvious powerpack jutting out from the rear of the exoskeleton may be counterproductive.
Other things to consider: perhaps also do not label the powerpack "powerpack" and do not color it bright red when the rest of the armor is dark blue.
Why can't he do something more useful? Like measure the cheese composition of the moon...?
Current estimates predict that all known gorgonzola deposits on Earth will be depleted by 2016. We need to think about cheese-mines on the moon now, before it's too late...
Think of all the misery that could have been prevented if this had been implemeted 20 years ago? Young Jean-Claude Van Damme could have been steered away from martial arts with a timely dose of computer games and warez cracking.
If only the Belgian Government had had a little more vision, films like 'Hard Target', 'Street Fighter' and 'Universal Soldier' might never have been made.
Little use in trying now. Only once every 50 years or so does something noteworthy come out of Belgium and JCVD was it for this half-century. We had our chance to stop this and we blew it...
First Lucas includes a death scene of a boy band at the request of his daughter. Then he removes it at the request of a howling Internet mob. Obviously Lucas learnt everything he knows about artistic integrity from George Costanza.
Maybe it would save time if he posted any script changes to Slashdot and we can mod them up and down: (Score 3, 'Funny'; Score 4, 'Jah-Jah suffering visibly'; Score 0 'Overrated')
I can see it now. You're making that last appeal for clemency from the Governor by email when the system crashes. You get back on-line only to discover that your licence agreement for Microsoft.COURT is only good for 4 appeals. You're still downloading the linux alternative KJustice when the warden reboots your nervous system.
Sure, the Duron may have the edge on the Celeron in the 'Windows XP benchmarking exercise' but in the 'Naked vaseline wrestling exercise' the Celeron bitch-slapped the Duron until it wept like a girl.
So which has more power? As always, it depends on what you need it for. If it's high-performance 3D graphics you want, go with the Duron. But if you like drinking in rough bars, I'd stick with the Celeron.
Fun-loving bipedal species with reasonable sense of humor seeks intelligent alien race for meaningful exchange. Must not have too much hair or too many legs. Not willing to serve as breeding stock. Brain-eaters need not apply.
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Many (American) people believe that because the First Amendment only restricts Government censorship then there is no such thing as 'private censorship'. They're wrong. 'Censorship' by a private company remains censorship, it just isn't unconstitutional...
As various posters have pointed out, the word censor basically means something along the lines of: 'to examine books etc for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political or other grounds'.
Thus, if in my ISP's chatroom, I criticise the company and its level of service, and that company deliberately deletes my posts, then I have been censored.
The fact that this is probably entirely lawful under my terms of service does not alter the fact that it is censorship.
The fact that this is not absolute (I can repost my comments elsewhere) does not alter the fact that it is censorship. (Censorship is almost never absolute. Texts censored by the Soviet Union would still pop up, printed and distributed illegally.)
This has been a brief digression on the subject of private censorship. I make no comment on the google-adwords thing (because I can't access the freakin' website as it's been slashdotted (but not censored)).
Nick
"25 % of TV celebrities synthetic: 2010".
I think we passed this milestone some years ago....
Moving further out, apparently our Galaxy-cluster as viewed from the outside, looks kind of like a small handful of Swedish meatballs, wrapped in lavendar tissue paper and tied with a length of green and yellow ribbon.
Or so I'm told....
Q: What costs millions of dollars to produce and is guaranteed to crash back to earth?
A: ABC's new Fall line-up...
Does this mean having a cadre of Winged Monkeys to despatch upon evidence of network intrusion?
"A DDOS attack coming from some script kiddie in Newark... Fly, my pretties, fly..."
Net-enabled lego-blocks, communicatng with each other... this is exactly how SkyNet got its start.
Sure, it starts with cute rocketships, next thing you know there'll be Hunter-Killer 'bots the size of houses, made entirely of lego.
To think that the end of humanity (until John Connor of course) should come out of Denmark...
1) Roughly speaking, where is space?
2) Is space (a) like a big hole or (b) more like a big black curtain with holes poked in it?
3) Aliens come from (a) space or (b) Mexico?
4) When was the moon landing faked? (a) 1962 (b) 1975 (c) 1992
5) What film do you think portrays space most accurately? (a) ET (b) Star Wars (c) Bring It On.
6) When we meet aliens from space, how should they be killed? [provide brief description]
Thank you for your time. You may never have to think about space again.
Surely, Microsoft can find a better use for its funds than... Oh, wait. That is off-topic.
OK. Cute Japanese cartoons. Cute Japanese cartoons that are somehow cooler than anyone else's cute cartoons.
Did they make them using Linux? Do they appeal to Lawrence Lessig as he whiles away the hours in the Supreme Court? Phew, at least they're not made by AOL/Time-Warner...
The source code is actually engraved in stone and the kernel is a small rock.
At least there's a ready-made slogan for the joint venture with US post:
"You've got mail."
Oh. Wait...
I did a search of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission business names register [www.asic.gov.au] and the Australian Business Register [www.abr.business.gov.au] and no company like Sharman Networks Limited exists...
I don't see how this company can be "Limited" and not be in ASIC's register.
If we can't tape TV shows anymore then we just have to be a little more inventive.
I can see a legion of enthusiasts sitting in front of their sets with pencils and sketchbooks, copying scene after scene with speech bubbles for dialogue. Then we reassamble these sketches into flipbooks to simulate the television experience...
"Wow, the animation in South Park is so much smoother than it used to be..."
Almost completely obscured by several quantum particles, French scientists measured another force believed to represent Enron chairman Ken Lay's sense of right or wrong.
But they admitted they could be mistaken....
Sure, they're having a 'Focus on Security' this week. Next week it's 'Focus on Thai Cuisine...' with free larb gai for all senior managers...
A properly-designed exo-skeleton could really extend the range of human beings. If they built one with a remote control unit, you'd never have to get off the couch.
Note for military exoskeleton designers: perhaps bury the powerpack deep inside the armor; a large obvious powerpack jutting out from the rear of the exoskeleton may be counterproductive.
Other things to consider: perhaps also do not label the powerpack "powerpack" and do not color it bright red when the rest of the armor is dark blue.
I think we need to consider internal applications first. Specifically, a powered spine for Congress-persons...
Why can't he do something more useful? Like measure the cheese composition of the moon...?
Current estimates predict that all known gorgonzola deposits on Earth will be depleted by 2016. We need to think about cheese-mines on the moon now, before it's too late...
Think of all the misery that could have been prevented if this had been implemeted 20 years ago? Young Jean-Claude Van Damme could have been steered away from martial arts with a timely dose of computer games and warez cracking.
If only the Belgian Government had had a little more vision, films like 'Hard Target', 'Street Fighter' and 'Universal Soldier' might never have been made.
Little use in trying now. Only once every 50 years or so does something noteworthy come out of Belgium and JCVD was it for this half-century. We had our chance to stop this and we blew it...
First Lucas includes a death scene of a boy band at the request of his daughter. Then he removes it at the request of a howling Internet mob. Obviously Lucas learnt everything he knows about artistic integrity from George Costanza.
Maybe it would save time if he posted any script changes to Slashdot and we can mod them up and down: (Score 3, 'Funny'; Score 4, 'Jah-Jah suffering visibly'; Score 0 'Overrated')
I can see it now. You're making that last appeal for clemency from the Governor by email when the system crashes. You get back on-line only to discover that your licence agreement for Microsoft .COURT is only good for 4 appeals. You're still downloading the linux alternative KJustice when the warden reboots your nervous system.
Sure, the Duron may have the edge on the Celeron in the 'Windows XP benchmarking exercise' but in the 'Naked vaseline wrestling exercise' the Celeron bitch-slapped the Duron until it wept like a girl.
So which has more power? As always, it depends on what you need it for. If it's high-performance 3D graphics you want, go with the Duron. But if you like drinking in rough bars, I'd stick with the Celeron.
It says: "where do you want to go today?"
Fun-loving bipedal species with reasonable sense of humor seeks intelligent alien race for meaningful exchange. Must not have too much hair or too many legs. Not willing to serve as breeding stock. Brain-eaters need not apply.
Are they absolutely sure someone didn't sneeze on the lens?
Nick