The only problem is where do you draw the line, how much science does there need to be to justify having it at all?
None. If there's reason to believe that people would like to be able to discriminate between products containing or not containing ground up spiders then it's legitimate to require labels to let them make the choice, regardless of the health benefits or lack of health problems associated with ground up spiders. Same goes for any other aspect of a product. When there's enough interest to act is a political decision, not a scientific one.
It Just Works. As long as you hold it the way Steve Jobs instructs you to. Coming from the supposed experts on user interface this is a major let down. Users holding the phone the way that comes most naturally to them are not wrong - the product is wrong.
Well, I think I understand what you're asking about now. As I said in my original comment, if you were withdrawing serious amounts, especially from a branch where you weren't known, then you might be asked for some documentation of identity just because it's such an unusual situation to arise and almost certainly at odds with the normal pattern of transactions on your account but I've never in my life encountered this situation, nor do I think I'm ever likely to so I have a hard time saying for sure.
Google did not use an OSI-approved license for WebM, meaning that, at least in theory, WebM cannot be considered open source under the OSD
Nonsense. OSI approval is not amongst the criteria in the Open Source Definition. OSI approval is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for meeting the OSD.
I'm rather bemused by this btw. I'm guessing you don't mean withdrawal of small sums for spending (you must have cash machines) and I said that if you were talking about seriously large sums in cash then that might be different (but when does that happen?) so I guess you mean bank transfers... but honestly, you have to go into your branch with an id card in order to do that? You can't do it through the cash point and there's no internet or telephone banking? I wouldn't want to have to go into my bank branch just to arrange a transfer.
Or do you mean the bank card for the cash point when you talk about ID? Or maybe your national ID card is used as a bank card? That still means no telephone or internet banking if someone has to somehow see the ID... or does the ID card somehow plug into the telephone network?
It's never happened to me, but if you mean a situation where the bank has paid money to someone else thinking they were me then I would expect that they still owe me the money. Just like if I was to pay money to the wrong person, that wouldn't absolve me of responsibility to the person I really did owe it to. I gather this happens quite a bit with credit/debit card fraud.
Really? It must be about fifteen years since I got a copy of my birth certificate but I don't think they asked whether it was in relation to my own birth or not. Nor do I think they could have told who I was anyway other than taking my word on it. Maybe things have chanegd though or maybe my memory's faulty.
A couple of times a month I guess. Larger transactions more rarely... are you suggesting that they ask for ID (beyond pin codes) for that? Unless you're thinking of tens of thousands in cash I can't see it happening. The most I've ever had for large bank transfers is a confirmatory phone call.
And that birth certificate will clearly be marked as a duplicate, not the original
Of course - the original is kept at (St Catherine's House ?) anything you have will always be a copy, won't it? In any event, all a birth certificate does is evidence that a birth took place. It doesn't attempt to show who someone is.
But of course this is still the basis an ID card would be issued on, birth certificate, statement by reliable person, utility bill...
That might be your point, but it's not the point I was responding to, which concerned how "waterproof" procedures are for identifying people. And "all that documentation" is basically a passport and a recent bill.
My understanding is that (some?) countries in the EU who are in Schengen still expect some sort of ID to be carried by people from other Schengen countries - not for crossing borders but for going about your daily life in their country. Maybe I've got that wrong though?
Of course this will leave in place the quaint system thats currently there -- theres no national register of who lives where. So opening a bank account requires you to bring in a random assortment of water bills, phone bills, as proof of address, getting a passport requires you to get the reverse of your passport photograph signed by "a person of standing" i.e. your doctor or a certified engineer or a company director. Hardly waterproof, really.
As compared to what? How did you think they were going to verify who you are for purposes of issing an ID card? You've ruled out anything that evidences your address, you've ruled out passport, you've ruled out testimony of reliable seeming person who knows you. So what's your plan? What is "waterproof"? The whole biometric thing comes AFTER you've established your identity to them, not before.
Because the whole idea of a cartel is control. 6 or 8 years ago, Bernanke didn't have any power, now he is probably the most powerful banker on the planet. Handing power over to some guy isn't a great way to maintain control.
Typically a cartel is about profit (though I'm not sure that universally has to be true). There's no reason a cartel can't be as meritocratic (or autocratic etc.) as any other form of organisation. If you can imagine other forms of profit-driven (or if you really feel it has to be then control-driven) enterprise that would decide that "some guy" is competent enough to help them achieve their aims then the same goes for a cartel. I think it's pretty clear that ignoring whether someone is the son of a pharmacist (so?) in making appointments can be a winning, profitable, strategy. So why would a cartel be failing if it adopted such a strategy?
There's just one island that is called Britain and another island called Ireland and a collection of some small islands in the channel and Irish sea
There's no such thing as the Irish Sea. There's one island called Ireland and another island called Great Britain separated by a lot of water with the Isle of Man in the middle of it. People who use the offensive term 'Irish Sea' are the same people who post moronic nationalistic crap like the post above.
Why not display the browser options according to their scores on the Acid3 test, in decreasing order?
Basing it on Acid3 seems rather short-sighted. Doubtless it would improve IE performance of Acid3 but there would be no incentive to improve beyond that. Whereas basing it on the latest AcidX at the time would give rather a lot of power to whoever makes up the Acid tests.
This kind of meet adds a whole new sub category for picky eaters to separate into. Those who eat meat from animals and those who eat meat from a factory lab.
I'm firmly in the dead-animals-only camp, not just for reasons of taste but of personal ethics. If people stop eating delicious animals then these animals will soon be endangered or even extinct. Protect biodiversity, insist on corpse-flesh.
So my solution is to hand out reading glasses to the older users I support?
No. But recommending a visit to the opticians to any users who complain of bad eyesight would be a good idea, regardless of age. Are you planning on getting comfy sofas for those that don't like the office chairs too? If there's a genuine medical need for special equipment like a larger monitor then of course it's good practice to provide that where it's economically viable to do so. But that's after they've sought medical advice and can support a need for special treatement. The reason you need to worry about other staff asking 'Why does Bill get a freaki'n big screen TV?!' is because you don't have a good explanation for it. That should tell you evrything about the situation.
Ah, but there is another side to this technology. Next Friday will be Junis day,a reminder to us all of the contributions of Commodore computers to the causes of liberty and to international journalism. Millions of impoverished Afghanis rely on Commodore Basic emulators on their iPhones to be able to participate in the international community. Apple are clearly hindering this in hopes of appealing to the lucrative Taliban market instead. Such cynicism is appalling.
The movie Brazil would have been better named "UK" because as they say, nobody does bureaucracy like the English
Huh? The name "Brazil" represents the fantasy land Sam Lowry escapes to in his dreams, not the society he lives in. It's no secret that the society is based on the UK. I think a UK address is clearly given at one point.
If I had to wager I'd suggest the more popular the band, the more they're hurt, relatively, by piracy, with the completely unknowns actually benefiting because then they get exposure
Assuming that that's an accurate assessment then it certainly sounds better than if the already popular bands were being boosted by it and those struggling to breka through were being held back. The question is whether it's a net good or a net bad. Is the overall effect such that more people can afford to dedicate time to creating music although fewer or none of them will become millionaires or is the overall effect that fewer people can afford to dedicate time to creating music. If the former then it's hard to see a problem with it. If the latter then it potentially raises issues to be resolved. But only potentially. Is there an optimum level of resources to dedicate to creating music? How do you tell what it is?
>>>250 years ago, there were no "newspapers". They were technologically impossible, and demographically unreadable.
That's only true if you completely-and-totally ignore the existence of founding father Benjamin Franklin. He ran a weekly Philadelphia newspaper for several decades, and became so rich he was able to retire at age 40 (circa 1750). Granted he also earned money from publishing other people's books, but to say newspapers were not possible is an untruth.
I bet the major cities of Europe also had newspapers in the 1700s.
I bet the major cities of Europe also had newspapers in the 1700s.
The Times, or "The Times of London" as Slashdot sometimes call it, was founded in 1785 (though it wasn't called The Times until 1788). I doubt very much that it was the first newspaper in the UK though it's probably one of the oldest still around.
Is there any way for contributors to the free software movement to block use of their software by military contractors?
That would be contrary to the goals of the GPL, which aims to grant freedom to use the software for any purpose and to modify it to achieve those purposes. You'd need to use a different license to achieve your aims.
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The only problem is where do you draw the line, how much science does there need to be to justify having it at all?
None. If there's reason to believe that people would like to be able to discriminate between products containing or not containing ground up spiders then it's legitimate to require labels to let them make the choice, regardless of the health benefits or lack of health problems associated with ground up spiders. Same goes for any other aspect of a product. When there's enough interest to act is a political decision, not a scientific one.
It Just Works. As long as you hold it the way Steve Jobs instructs you to. Coming from the supposed experts on user interface this is a major let down. Users holding the phone the way that comes most naturally to them are not wrong - the product is wrong.
Well, I think I understand what you're asking about now. As I said in my original comment, if you were withdrawing serious amounts, especially from a branch where you weren't known, then you might be asked for some documentation of identity just because it's such an unusual situation to arise and almost certainly at odds with the normal pattern of transactions on your account but I've never in my life encountered this situation, nor do I think I'm ever likely to so I have a hard time saying for sure.
Google did not use an OSI-approved license for WebM, meaning that, at least in theory, WebM cannot be considered open source under the OSD
Nonsense. OSI approval is not amongst the criteria in the Open Source Definition. OSI approval is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for meeting the OSD.
I'm rather bemused by this btw. I'm guessing you don't mean withdrawal of small sums for spending (you must have cash machines) and I said that if you were talking about seriously large sums in cash then that might be different (but when does that happen?) so I guess you mean bank transfers... but honestly, you have to go into your branch with an id card in order to do that? You can't do it through the cash point and there's no internet or telephone banking? I wouldn't want to have to go into my bank branch just to arrange a transfer.
Or do you mean the bank card for the cash point when you talk about ID? Or maybe your national ID card is used as a bank card? That still means no telephone or internet banking if someone has to somehow see the ID... or does the ID card somehow plug into the telephone network?
It's never happened to me, but if you mean a situation where the bank has paid money to someone else thinking they were me then I would expect that they still owe me the money. Just like if I was to pay money to the wrong person, that wouldn't absolve me of responsibility to the person I really did owe it to. I gather this happens quite a bit with credit/debit card fraud.
Really? It must be about fifteen years since I got a copy of my birth certificate but I don't think they asked whether it was in relation to my own birth or not. Nor do I think they could have told who I was anyway other than taking my word on it. Maybe things have chanegd though or maybe my memory's faulty.
How often you take money out of a bank account?
A couple of times a month I guess. Larger transactions more rarely... are you suggesting that they ask for ID (beyond pin codes) for that? Unless you're thinking of tens of thousands in cash I can't see it happening. The most I've ever had for large bank transfers is a confirmatory phone call.
And that birth certificate will clearly be marked as a duplicate, not the original
Of course - the original is kept at (St Catherine's House ?) anything you have will always be a copy, won't it? In any event, all a birth certificate does is evidence that a birth took place. It doesn't attempt to show who someone is.
But of course this is still the basis an ID card would be issued on, birth certificate, statement by reliable person, utility bill...
That might be your point, but it's not the point I was responding to, which concerned how "waterproof" procedures are for identifying people. And "all that documentation" is basically a passport and a recent bill.
My understanding is that (some?) countries in the EU who are in Schengen still expect some sort of ID to be carried by people from other Schengen countries - not for crossing borders but for going about your daily life in their country. Maybe I've got that wrong though?
Of course this will leave in place the quaint system thats currently there -- theres no national register of who lives where. So opening a bank account requires you to bring in a random assortment of water bills, phone bills, as proof of address, getting a passport requires you to get the reverse of your passport photograph signed by "a person of standing" i.e. your doctor or a certified engineer or a company director. Hardly waterproof, really.
As compared to what? How did you think they were going to verify who you are for purposes of issing an ID card? You've ruled out anything that evidences your address, you've ruled out passport, you've ruled out testimony of reliable seeming person who knows you. So what's your plan? What is "waterproof"? The whole biometric thing comes AFTER you've established your identity to them, not before.
Because the whole idea of a cartel is control. 6 or 8 years ago, Bernanke didn't have any power, now he is probably the most powerful banker on the planet. Handing power over to some guy isn't a great way to maintain control.
Typically a cartel is about profit (though I'm not sure that universally has to be true). There's no reason a cartel can't be as meritocratic (or autocratic etc.) as any other form of organisation. If you can imagine other forms of profit-driven (or if you really feel it has to be then control-driven) enterprise that would decide that "some guy" is competent enough to help them achieve their aims then the same goes for a cartel. I think it's pretty clear that ignoring whether someone is the son of a pharmacist (so?) in making appointments can be a winning, profitable, strategy. So why would a cartel be failing if it adopted such a strategy?
If it allows the largely anonymous son of a pharmacist to rise to the most powerful position in the world, it isn't much of a cartel.
Why not? I can't see the connection.
There's just one island that is called Britain and another island called Ireland and a collection of some small islands in the channel and Irish sea
There's no such thing as the Irish Sea. There's one island called Ireland and another island called Great Britain separated by a lot of water with the Isle of Man in the middle of it. People who use the offensive term 'Irish Sea' are the same people who post moronic nationalistic crap like the post above.
Why not display the browser options according to their scores on the Acid3 test, in decreasing order?
Basing it on Acid3 seems rather short-sighted. Doubtless it would improve IE performance of Acid3 but there would be no incentive to improve beyond that. Whereas basing it on the latest AcidX at the time would give rather a lot of power to whoever makes up the Acid tests.
This kind of meet adds a whole new sub category for picky eaters to separate into. Those who eat meat from animals and those who eat meat from a factory lab.
I'm firmly in the dead-animals-only camp, not just for reasons of taste but of personal ethics. If people stop eating delicious animals then these animals will soon be endangered or even extinct. Protect biodiversity, insist on corpse-flesh.
So my solution is to hand out reading glasses to the older users I support?
No. But recommending a visit to the opticians to any users who complain of bad eyesight would be a good idea, regardless of age. Are you planning on getting comfy sofas for those that don't like the office chairs too? If there's a genuine medical need for special equipment like a larger monitor then of course it's good practice to provide that where it's economically viable to do so. But that's after they've sought medical advice and can support a need for special treatement. The reason you need to worry about other staff asking 'Why does Bill get a freaki'n big screen TV?!' is because you don't have a good explanation for it. That should tell you evrything about the situation.
It's okay, Slashdot will keep you... ah, well anyway, if anything goes wrong then we'll be really outraged about it 6 months later.
Ah, but there is another side to this technology. Next Friday will be Junis day,a reminder to us all of the contributions of Commodore computers to the causes of liberty and to international journalism. Millions of impoverished Afghanis rely on Commodore Basic emulators on their iPhones to be able to participate in the international community. Apple are clearly hindering this in hopes of appealing to the lucrative Taliban market instead. Such cynicism is appalling.
The movie Brazil would have been better named "UK" because as they say, nobody does bureaucracy like the English
Huh? The name "Brazil" represents the fantasy land Sam Lowry escapes to in his dreams, not the society he lives in. It's no secret that the society is based on the UK. I think a UK address is clearly given at one point.
If I had to wager I'd suggest the more popular the band, the more they're hurt, relatively, by piracy, with the completely unknowns actually benefiting because then they get exposure
Assuming that that's an accurate assessment then it certainly sounds better than if the already popular bands were being boosted by it and those struggling to breka through were being held back. The question is whether it's a net good or a net bad. Is the overall effect such that more people can afford to dedicate time to creating music although fewer or none of them will become millionaires or is the overall effect that fewer people can afford to dedicate time to creating music. If the former then it's hard to see a problem with it. If the latter then it potentially raises issues to be resolved. But only potentially. Is there an optimum level of resources to dedicate to creating music? How do you tell what it is?
>>>250 years ago, there were no "newspapers". They were technologically impossible, and demographically unreadable.
That's only true if you completely-and-totally ignore the existence of founding father Benjamin Franklin. He ran a weekly Philadelphia newspaper for several decades, and became so rich he was able to retire at age 40 (circa 1750). Granted he also earned money from publishing other people's books, but to say newspapers were not possible is an untruth.
I bet the major cities of Europe also had newspapers in the 1700s.
I bet the major cities of Europe also had newspapers in the 1700s.
The Times, or "The Times of London" as Slashdot sometimes call it, was founded in 1785 (though it wasn't called The Times until 1788). I doubt very much that it was the first newspaper in the UK though it's probably one of the oldest still around.
Is there any way for contributors to the free software movement to block use of their software by military contractors?
That would be contrary to the goals of the GPL, which aims to grant freedom to use the software for any purpose and to modify it to achieve those purposes. You'd need to use a different license to achieve your aims.
Obviously we'll need somewhere to put them. Possibly we could clear some woodlands to make room for them.