Fine. You can have TCP/IP. Can we have the WWW back?
Its this stupid "We invented it" mentality that is horribly twisted thruths, that makes US people behave like overlords all the time.
Get a grip, complex technologgy isn't invented, hasnt been invented in this case, and sure as hell doesn't deserve the qualification "invented in the US".
"We are used to having privacy in public even though we have neither earned it nor voted for it. It is a totally unrealistic expectation that we should be able to maintain it."
But then again, this is not the problem. The real problem is people (Authoreetee) knowing more, then we the people, can possibly know. The aggregation of all this data is not public? Id argue, it should be.
After all, state can and should control civilians, but the reverse must be true also. THAT is the real danger, I think.
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Please never reply to a post of mine thinking Im the inventor of teh internet (tubes!), java, GPL or anything else old. Nor do I want to be called a "geek", even if it comes with "credentials".
IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY: This End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and Microsoft Corporation...
Thats the future thou, granted, for me to buy into it, it would have two things: cheap, and drm free. Then I have no issues sharing bandwith up, thats free anyway, the "cheap and drm-free" are more likely to be -my- showstoppers...
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"They aren't useful against a corrupt government in any meaningful way."
I don't see the Americans People take capitol hill back by force just yet, no... but we can hope!
You know, if half the US population did not indeed respond this way, it would be funny. Now it isnt.
Ratatatat! By Jove, I like Ratatatouille better thank you very much.
Fine. You can have TCP/IP. Can we have the WWW back?
Its this stupid "We invented it" mentality that is horribly twisted thruths, that makes US people behave like overlords all the time.
Get a grip, complex technologgy isn't invented, hasnt been invented in this case, and sure as hell doesn't deserve the qualification "invented in the US".
"I don't advocate vigilante justice but it seems in this case it's only fair."
You dont, but you do?
"The United States, where the internet was invented"
Yes... and The US of A also invented "Democrazy".
It was all done by B. Franklin including the "tubes"
Is this guy SERIOUSLY reporting on technical matters? What would the idiot call an african american startup? Nigger biz?
Seriously, this guy is insulting those who he analyses? WTF?
Sure it isnt 1.3?
Om a serious note, why are E-SATA connects so impopular on new systems? These are a godsend for external drives, compared to any USB.
False assuption: EULA's demanding idiocracy are legal and enforceble.
But you see, like this only California will have clean air!
Will the athlete's Vista workstation have UAC http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/group-policy/group-po licy-scripts-can-fail-due-to-uac enabled or http://trevinchow.com/blog/2007/01/27/vista-error- the-specified-print-monitor-is-unknown/ not?
One can argue that all art is a waste of time. I wont.
"Also, concert attendance has stayed flat"
Maybe, just maybe, the music is NOT so good?
"We are used to having privacy in public even though we have neither earned it nor voted for it. It is a totally unrealistic expectation that we should be able to maintain it."
But then again, this is not the problem. The real problem is people (Authoreetee) knowing more, then we the people, can possibly know. The aggregation of all this data is not public? Id argue, it should be.
After all, state can and should control civilians, but the reverse must be true also. THAT is the real danger, I think.
We all will become nazis, but call it something else.
SlashDread's correlation....
privacy law does not kill people, GUNS do...
"Department of State: Groucho Marx"
I think he'll decline on grounds of not wanting to belong to a club, that will have him as a member.
"Look! a TERRORIST!"
Please never reply to a post of mine thinking Im the inventor of teh internet (tubes!), java, GPL or anything else old.
Nor do I want to be called a "geek", even if it comes with "credentials".
thanks.
"For most Internet users, defending against phishing attacks is a top priority."
I cannnot read past this bullshit red herring line.
Not a single user I know, even understands the word "phishing".
"It works wonders with inefficient utilities"
It does? Like the wonders of rolling blackouts, higher prices and less service? I guess it does.
Please, make products that:
a. Dont crash.
b. Are manageble without 6 different shell languages.
c. can be backupped.
Thank you.
Was that all there is too it? Sjees should have thought about that 15 years ago.
IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY: This End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and Microsoft Corporation ...
Everyone knows the rights of megabusiness count for -two- citizins.
In case of a conflict, choose megamoney. Always.
Thats the future thou, granted, for me to buy into it, it would have two things: cheap, and drm free.
Then I have no issues sharing bandwith up, thats free anyway, the "cheap and drm-free" are more likely to be -my- showstoppers...
My mum switched from MS Office to OO, and still doesnt know