Initially, reviewers met the new technology with a blank stare. One expensive piece of meat later, and they were so happy they could've flickered and vanished right there on the spot.
You mean, if I enter personal information on a free web server run by some organization whose business model is the harvesting and sale of personal information, that my personal information might not be kept private?
"That Creative is allowed to buy out all their competition rather than be forced to produce top notch sound cards in an effort to battle over the market is a farce to me"
I wish people would stop bashing Creative, the fact is many of their cards are pretty good, even with some bumpy patches here and there (Live 5.1 under XP), The AWE series, extigy, speakers (almost every god damn set has been and fairly well made). There's other crap for sure, but the fact is you don't get to be top dog if you totally blow. Fact is, Creative knows how to play the capitalist game very well, and make lots of money doing it. They know what technology sells and produces it.
Now, in one of the most effective voting systems in the world, would the OS be the piece of paper with the guy's name on it, or the pencil you use to make a big X next to it?
Gee, could that be because Best Buy is not a computer store, perhaps?
If you want to buy a computer, go to a real computer store. We've all seen them, with the tiny shop space, store room in the back, fat white guy / skinny Chinese guy behind the counter, a few motherboards under glass and a price list printed out on a sheet of letter paper stuck to the counter with old tape. "We don't advertise" mumbles the sales guy, something about word of mouth being his best sales pitch, and from the looks of the greasy hordes in line behind you it seems to be working.
If you want a job done right, go to someone who does only that job, all day, every day. That someone would not be Circuit City guy, unless the job you want done somehow involves MONSTAR CABEL.
Ernst Zundel was extradited to Germany because his refugee claim (he fled to Canada from the US claiming refugee status) was denied, not because he said bad things about Jewish people. The fact that he's a racist and almost landed himself in jail for his hate speech had nothing to do with his deportation.
Except saying "Kill all the " isn't a conspiracy. It's not an incitement to riot either; I could simply argue that I intended to cause an individual to kill them one at a time.
The spreading of hate speech is a crime in and of itself. Yes it's a violation of our rights, but the violation is justified in our free and democratic society. It has been for decades. If we had a problem with it as a people, we'd have struck it down. We don't.
How is arguing a position the same as hate speech? If someone believes the Holcaust never happened, why can't they make that argument, show their facts, and show their logic.
It's not. Holocaust denial is not a crime here, as it is in Germany. This isn't about holocaust denial, it's about spreading hate speech.
Without knowing more about what was said, it's hard to discuss this specific case.
First off, one man's "hate speech" might be another man's social commentary. This is particularly true in the case of unflattering statistics about certain ethnic groups. No, it's not. "hate speech" in this country is the incitement of hatred, with a view to violence, against an identifiable group of persons. "Black people commit crimes hurrrr" is not hate speech. "Kill all the niggers" is.
No, it does not "lead to" anything. The law against hate speech has been on the books for a very long time, and this is just one more example of its proper enforcement. This has nothing to do with censorship by the evil government machien and everything to do with the removal of hate speech, which is against the law in this country, from webspace owned by Canadians.
When asked if there were plans to indict or sue any more of the people responsible for illegally sharing this movie, an RIAA spokesman was quoted as saying "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
This has nothing to do with BOSE being mainstream and hating it therefore becoming chic and everything to do with the fact that consumer-level BOSE equipment really is crap.
And that's the crux of it, folks. He broke a law in their country, their law enforcement agency requested/required Yahoo's cooperation, and Yahoo cooperated. The substance of the law is not relevant because Shi knew that he was doing something illegal. If you don't want to go to jail in China, don't be in China and do something that's against the law.
And the only assurance that paypal has, that they will, is cause, well, they say so? Yeah, because 60,000 paying customers don't know who they've been dealing with for the last four years. Moron.
Not quite. There was a subform in which some users sometimes posted pornographic photographs. This was against Paypal's TOS, so they pulled the plug on his service before he could pull the plug on the photos. That forum no longer exists, but the "No Paypal" policy remains.
Regardless, his website currently hosts no offensive content, because it has NO content other than a "Hey guys, raise money and help people!" message.
How they have avoided serious investigation for so long eludes me. Any other individual who abused a trust and hend onto the property of another person with no reason and no explanation, regardless of the terms of their AUP (the likes of which grow more toothless with each passing year) would be incarcerated.
Even if they did release the funds, their initial action and the profit they gained from collecting for charity - yes, their computer may not know but the person reviewing the file sure as hell ought to - will be an absolute PR disaster that will drive us all to their largest credible competitor.
As soon as one materialises.
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Yes, but that's assuming the average American consumer has the wherewithal to actually READ the terms & conditions of an agreement before agreeing to it. It's a lot eaasier to say "ZOMG TEH SIGN SAID NO LATE FEES*****+++ what do you those eleventy paragraphs at the bottom of the ad & the poster with all the stars and crosses and shit mean?"
Nothing. That person wasn't distributing them, the clients were having copies made and sent to them. It's an important distinction in French & Canadian copyright law.
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Just imagine what they want to do to him in Iran for hosting all of that capitalist filth.
Seriously though, so a judge in another country thinks I'm breaking his laws. Okay. That's nice. Good for him. What does he expect me to do about it?
I hereby accuse the entire Bloc Quebecois of copyright infringement.
Come on, guys. Two more accusations and we'll never hear from these clods again!
Initially, reviewers met the new technology with a blank stare. One expensive piece of meat later, and they were so happy they could've flickered and vanished right there on the spot.
You mean, if I enter personal information on a free web server run by some organization whose business model is the harvesting and sale of personal information, that my personal information might not be kept private?
Horror of horrors.
"That Creative is allowed to buy out all their competition rather than be forced to produce top notch sound cards in an effort to battle over the market is a farce to me"
I wish people would stop bashing Creative, the fact is many of their cards are pretty good, even with some bumpy patches here and there (Live 5.1 under XP), The AWE series, extigy, speakers (almost every god damn set has been and fairly well made). There's other crap for sure, but the fact is you don't get to be top dog if you totally blow. Fact is, Creative knows how to play the capitalist game very well, and make lots of money doing it. They know what technology sells and produces it.
Now, in one of the most effective voting systems in the world, would the OS be the piece of paper with the guy's name on it, or the pencil you use to make a big X next to it?
Gee, could that be because Best Buy is not a computer store, perhaps?
If you want to buy a computer, go to a real computer store. We've all seen them, with the tiny shop space, store room in the back, fat white guy / skinny Chinese guy behind the counter, a few motherboards under glass and a price list printed out on a sheet of letter paper stuck to the counter with old tape. "We don't advertise" mumbles the sales guy, something about word of mouth being his best sales pitch, and from the looks of the greasy hordes in line behind you it seems to be working.
If you want a job done right, go to someone who does only that job, all day, every day. That someone would not be Circuit City guy, unless the job you want done somehow involves MONSTAR CABEL.
Ernst Zundel was extradited to Germany because his refugee claim (he fled to Canada from the US claiming refugee status) was denied, not because he said bad things about Jewish people. The fact that he's a racist and almost landed himself in jail for his hate speech had nothing to do with his deportation.
I thought the comments that brought the fine involved "...material [suggesting] whites use any means possible to ensure the "white race prevails.""
Except saying "Kill all the " isn't a conspiracy. It's not an incitement to riot either; I could simply argue that I intended to cause an individual to kill them one at a time.
The spreading of hate speech is a crime in and of itself. Yes it's a violation of our rights, but the violation is justified in our free and democratic society. It has been for decades. If we had a problem with it as a people, we'd have struck it down. We don't.
How is arguing a position the same as hate speech? If someone believes the Holcaust never happened, why can't they make that argument, show their facts, and show their logic.
It's not. Holocaust denial is not a crime here, as it is in Germany. This isn't about holocaust denial, it's about spreading hate speech.
Without knowing more about what was said, it's hard to discuss this specific case.
First off, one man's "hate speech" might be another man's social commentary. This is particularly true in the case of unflattering statistics about certain ethnic groups.
No, it's not. "hate speech" in this country is the incitement of hatred, with a view to violence, against an identifiable group of persons. "Black people commit crimes hurrrr" is not hate speech. "Kill all the niggers" is.
No, it does not "lead to" anything. The law against hate speech has been on the books for a very long time, and this is just one more example of its proper enforcement. This has nothing to do with censorship by the evil government machien and everything to do with the removal of hate speech, which is against the law in this country, from webspace owned by Canadians.
Little do we know he has already died nine times, and that this was just his last time reversal cube and he's all out of quarters.
When asked if there were plans to indict or sue any more of the people responsible for illegally sharing this movie, an RIAA spokesman was quoted as saying "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
This has nothing to do with BOSE being mainstream and hating it therefore becoming chic and everything to do with the fact that consumer-level BOSE equipment really is crap.
he did break Chinese law
And that's the crux of it, folks. He broke a law in their country, their law enforcement agency requested/required Yahoo's cooperation, and Yahoo cooperated. The substance of the law is not relevant because Shi knew that he was doing something illegal. If you don't want to go to jail in China, don't be in China and do something that's against the law.
And the only assurance that paypal has, that they will, is cause, well, they say so?
Yeah, because 60,000 paying customers don't know who they've been dealing with for the last four years. Moron.
Not quite. There was a subform in which some users sometimes posted pornographic photographs. This was against Paypal's TOS, so they pulled the plug on his service before he could pull the plug on the photos. That forum no longer exists, but the "No Paypal" policy remains.
Regardless, his website currently hosts no offensive content, because it has NO content other than a "Hey guys, raise money and help people!" message.
How they have avoided serious investigation for so long eludes me. Any other individual who abused a trust and hend onto the property of another person with no reason and no explanation, regardless of the terms of their AUP (the likes of which grow more toothless with each passing year) would be incarcerated.
Even if they did release the funds, their initial action and the profit they gained from collecting for charity - yes, their computer may not know but the person reviewing the file sure as hell ought to - will be an absolute PR disaster that will drive us all to their largest credible competitor.
As soon as one materialises.
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I couldn't have put it better myself.
Yes, but that's assuming the average American consumer has the wherewithal to actually READ the terms & conditions of an agreement before agreeing to it. It's a lot eaasier to say "ZOMG TEH SIGN SAID NO LATE FEES*****+++ what do you those eleventy paragraphs at the bottom of the ad & the poster with all the stars and crosses and shit mean?"
The performer takes the stage, closed captioned program in sight and begins:
SO I WEBT DOWN TO THE BAR AND I SAW M_____________Y F RIEND GEORGE. I SAID TO HIM JOE ORANGE WHAT ARE Y@U
and the rest was unintelligible amid the hail of rotten fruit.
Nothing. That person wasn't distributing them, the clients were having copies made and sent to them. It's an important distinction in French & Canadian copyright law.
The word is PAID. Anyone unable to expressify themselfs in something approximmattinng third grade English should have himselve shot.