I'm generally cool with is if a site doesn't want to let me participate cuz if my ad blocking is active. I can easily turn it off or white list the site if it is important to me, and also there's often content elsewhere.
i think you're confusing communist with socialist, or in bernie sanders' case, social democracy. if you took a poll of everybody in the world I think communism would be considered bad.
maybe this is why the US Navy ship went into Iran waters and the sailors were detained and were forced to bend the knee to the supreme leader, which is what obama would have wanted. Trump wouldn't put up with that!
i don't want to renounce my US citizenship cuz I don't want to close off any open avenues in the future shoudl I want to return to US. Trump would block me with his wall!
I just don't want to be double taxed or taxed at all, for that matter. That's why the revolutionary war was faught.
the irony is, of course, if I tried to avoid US taxes by living and working in ireland for irish companies, uncle sam would still cross the atlantic to tax me.
the board of directors at an organization (public, private, nonprofit) have an enormous impact. They do things like: 1) hire and fire the CEO. 2) Approve budgets, including layoffs 3) approve 5 year plans that detail where the company will be growing. Is it getting out of the wiki industry? doubling down on wiki? hiring a lot? changing editorial policies?
BOD does all of this, and a director has mucho powero.
I wonder what an ombudsman really is. like really. is it a particular person, does it always have to be a man? even the word, where does it come from? ombudsman. it just kind of falls our of your mouth like steve urkel. did I do that? try saying it or typing it three times fast!
In practice the demand/connection fee is not enough to actually cover the fixed costs of the system, and a lot of that expense is rolled into the energy rates.
In CA the electron prices are straight pass thru from the powerplants.
"We've already cracked everything, any encrypted data is clear as water for us; let's not make a big fuss so people just stay with what they've been doing. Keep cool, people."
When self-entitled consumers want everything for free, what possible solution could there be?
Many solutions are possible. I paid for nyt online access for over a year, because I found that their content justified the price. I stopped paying when I grew frustrated with their biased news coverage. I also don't mind when a site has sponsored storied or content, as long as they are clearly marked. Those are two ideas off the top of my head. There may be more!
the content is free (no money payments) regardless, so your first argument doesn't particularly hold up.
The content is free (no mony payments) because you're (supposed to be) viewing ads. Take away that source of revenue, and the argument very much holds up.
I'm not blown away by that argument. I see what you mean, but I'm not morally compelled. I'm pretty sure there isn't a shadow TOS on sites saying I'm obligated to look at the ads they show me.
I would be fine if there were a browser setting "ads are being blocked" and sites could choose whether or not to provide me content.
Somebody needs to come up with a holistic solution in which both providers and consumers are satisfied.
the content is free (no money payments) regardless, so your first argument doesn't particularly hold up. i think it's fair to want to block components of websites that can inject viruses into your computers, make the page load slower, and are generally annoying. it's also fair for a site like forbes to block access when an adblocker is present, which I'm fine with. i'm not going to try to find a way around that.
of course he's welcome to participate. I would suggest he post under a different name tho (as he probably has done all along). It's fair to say that his spam posts have reached the point of performance art, and his notoriety is deserved, and it's ok to poke fun at that.
maybe that was another autocorrect, or maybe the kid was talking to reporters and the reporters didn't understand properly. What's more likely - a 10 year old boy is conversant enough in home design terms to describe his home as a terraced house, or that he said tourist house, which is the kind of oversimplification that a 10 year old would make, and then the reporter mis heard him? hmm?
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I'm generally cool with is if a site doesn't want to let me participate cuz if my ad blocking is active. I can easily turn it off or white list the site if it is important to me, and also there's often content elsewhere.
i think you're confusing communist with socialist, or in bernie sanders' case, social democracy. if you took a poll of everybody in the world I think communism would be considered bad.
maybe this is why the US Navy ship went into Iran waters and the sailors were detained and were forced to bend the knee to the supreme leader, which is what obama would have wanted. Trump wouldn't put up with that!
i don't want to renounce my US citizenship cuz I don't want to close off any open avenues in the future shoudl I want to return to US. Trump would block me with his wall!
I just don't want to be double taxed or taxed at all, for that matter. That's why the revolutionary war was faught.
They gave unto themselves the authority
Yes. this is what boards do. this is why they are so powerful and why appointments matter.
nor is there really any CEO like you might find even with other non-profit groups
Yes there is.
Editorial policies on the other hand are usually decided by community consensus
That could change at any time based on board decision. This is why boards are so powerful.
if the ubers can't land, they could lower to a foot off the ground then throw out a rope ladder...
the irony is, of course, if I tried to avoid US taxes by living and working in ireland for irish companies, uncle sam would still cross the atlantic to tax me.
nice words, but i only need one: wrongsies!
the board of directors at an organization (public, private, nonprofit) have an enormous impact. They do things like:
1) hire and fire the CEO.
2) Approve budgets, including layoffs
3) approve 5 year plans that detail where the company will be growing. Is it getting out of the wiki industry? doubling down on wiki? hiring a lot? changing editorial policies?
BOD does all of this, and a director has mucho powero.
I wonder what an ombudsman really is. like really. is it a particular person, does it always have to be a man? even the word, where does it come from? ombudsman. it just kind of falls our of your mouth like steve urkel. did I do that? try saying it or typing it three times fast!
It depends... Which nation are wa in?
In practice the demand/connection fee is not enough to actually cover the fixed costs of the system, and a lot of that expense is rolled into the energy rates.
In CA the electron prices are straight pass thru from the powerplants.
we should put them all on a special island then use it for target practice.
ew ew ew that is so freaking wrong. send them all to jail! bernie sanders will clean house.
"We've already cracked everything, any encrypted data is clear as water for us; let's not make a big fuss so people just stay with what they've been doing. Keep cool, people."
When self-entitled consumers want everything for free, what possible solution could there be?
Many solutions are possible. I paid for nyt online access for over a year, because I found that their content justified the price. I stopped paying when I grew frustrated with their biased news coverage. I also don't mind when a site has sponsored storied or content, as long as they are clearly marked. Those are two ideas off the top of my head. There may be more!
my favorite show ever is Star Trek TSG. Picard will always be my captain.
why do you say that?
the content is free (no money payments) regardless, so your first argument doesn't particularly hold up.
The content is free (no mony payments) because you're (supposed to be) viewing ads. Take away that source of revenue, and the argument very much holds up.
I'm not blown away by that argument. I see what you mean, but I'm not morally compelled. I'm pretty sure there isn't a shadow TOS on sites saying I'm obligated to look at the ads they show me.
I would be fine if there were a browser setting "ads are being blocked" and sites could choose whether or not to provide me content.
Somebody needs to come up with a holistic solution in which both providers and consumers are satisfied.
the content is free (no money payments) regardless, so your first argument doesn't particularly hold up. i think it's fair to want to block components of websites that can inject viruses into your computers, make the page load slower, and are generally annoying. it's also fair for a site like forbes to block access when an adblocker is present, which I'm fine with. i'm not going to try to find a way around that.
of course he's welcome to participate. I would suggest he post under a different name tho (as he probably has done all along). It's fair to say that his spam posts have reached the point of performance art, and his notoriety is deserved, and it's ok to poke fun at that.
this is turning into a really sticky situation...
I'm not going to be browbeaten by somebody named Jizz Lad.
maybe that was another autocorrect, or maybe the kid was talking to reporters and the reporters didn't understand properly. What's more likely - a 10 year old boy is conversant enough in home design terms to describe his home as a terraced house, or that he said tourist house, which is the kind of oversimplification that a 10 year old would make, and then the reporter mis heard him? hmm?
it is relevant to tech if it's an autocorrect error. maybe the boy meant tourist house, like a boarding house.