"Not necessarily true. Hacking can get you a long way, but eventually it usually breaks down."
Only for those who are later required to play on somebody else's hardware.
"But don't miss the fact that only 1 out of the 4 finalists was a cheater"
Oh, I don't miss it, I just wouldn't use the adjective "only." It suggests that at least 1/4 of the players in your game were cheaters, potentially as many as 100%-3. It also suggests that your security was so slipshod that you allowed a cheater to get so far as the finals, knocking out unknowable numbers of honest players in the process (potentially one that was better than the other three you had present). It sounds like this guy would have won if he simply had the foresight to sneak in a USB key drive. In fact, are you sure one of the other three didn't do just that?
I wouldn't be touting this as an accomplishment, rather this is a failure. This isn't a story of "Cheaters never win," but only "Don't get caught."
"The First Nations want to exert governmental control, of their own and not the surrounding governments"
They're attempting to exert control over their own property without outside interference.
"They're also using the court system to try get what they have dubious claims on, and as far as I know unbridled capitalism doesn't say take it to the courts (take it to the market, instead!)."
They're attempting to use the courts to protect their perceived property rights. Only the most rabid anarcho-capitalist would be against that. Capitalism is all about private enterprise, but that's difficult to do until private ownership is established.
"Lastly, trying to establish property rights or ownership in regards to radio spectrum is a bit absurd. How do you own energy emissions?"
As I said, through the ability to deny it. Simple jamming would give them control over when a frequency can and cannot be used, and one would need to seek their permission and ask them to stop jamming in order to use that frequency inside their zone of influence. Sounds like de facto ownership to me.
"Note that the U.S. government, on the other hand, does not try this, but licenses it -- i.e. taxes it as if its a publicly owned good, which makes the most sense."
"*65* years? That seems way over the top. Why can't laws just reflect some reason in the usa?"
"Reason?" What if I told you that his actions single-handedly required an extra 65 man-years to fix? Certainly not far-fetched: that's about 3 minutes for 10 million people, erasing spam, updating filters, installing firewalls, reinstalling the operating system, and that's before we get into the felonies he's charged with, such as wire fraud. And what about the hours worked by his victims to pay for the new security software they need?
He's easily caused 65 man-years of life to be wasted cleaning up problems he deliberately caused in an effort to profit off of it. What rational reason is there that he himself should not be subjected to the same loss of his finite time on this planet?
It is no mistake that this is coming out of autonomous territories where federal laws appropriating radio frequencies for specific uses have little or questionable jurisdiction. Whether or not you personally believe they are entitled to, these groups are perfectly capable of jamming radio transmissions used by others crossing over their sovereign territory, so they do have de facto control over them (by virtue of being able to disallow them). They own the territory and have the potential to fulfill this anarcho-capitalist's wet dream of a land where there are no governmental controls over frequency allotment.
Considering the flavor of politics around here, I'm surprised I'm not seeing more posts in support of these First Nations' actions.
'When you control the pipe you should be able to get profit from your investment.'
Except those tubes wouldn't be there without government intervention in the form of eminent domain. If you want to be able to use government force to require me to allow you to run your lines across my yard, my government should get a say in how you use it. Don't like it? Don't use eminent domain and pay whatever the landowners feel like charging you at that moment.
The problem with asking Slashdotters about this is that the vast majority (at least 79% according to that poll) are the hardcare gamers that everybody (including/especially Nintendo) acknowledges Sony and Microsoft as gearing their products toward. Even today, there are more than a few modded-up posts in this discussion thread about people who continue to discount the Wii for its graphics and its "mini games," in spite of the fact that the Wii continues to sell as well as, if not better than, it did during its launch.
You'd likely have better luck getting Slashdotters to discuss the popularity of Windows without cynicism. You can't expect accurate predictions about the mainstream from the people that are furthest from it.
"Provisions for the census are in the US Constitution. It was the law of the land long before you were ever born and most likely long before your family even arrived here."
The Census is required to ask you the following:
How many people are in your household? Don't count untaxed Indians
Of those, how many are men at least 21 years of age?
"The EU is a bigger market than the USA, and one that would survive quite happily without you. The USA manufactures very lttle these days, most of its made in china, and your currency is worth so little that your value as customers is steadily dropping."
I wish. Seriously, I as an American sincerely hope that what you say is true, so that you too can learn the economic joys of having the yuan pegged to your currency as it currently is to ours.
"Why is everyone making a big deal that the CG looks crap? BFD! It's about the stories, not the CG."
If it were truly "about the stories, not the CG," there'd be no CG to begin with because the stories have already been published with (mostly) hand-drawn goodness.
"And they rested on the seventh, but that was due to union regulations."
You think they'd hire such liberal leftists to build something so important? No, the workers worked all seven days, after which they were dropped back off at the Home Depot parking lot where they were found.
If they get to take the "We have to abide by local laws" in the case of China, they'll be similarly obliged to change their ways in Europe as well. Unless, of course, they want to reveal themselves to be two-faced, scum-sucking bastards.
Unless you're referring to the US Senator from New York, can't be done; you can't be VP unless you're qualified to be President, and after serving two terms he's no longer qualified.
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"Well, there goes my idea of opening a game shop where all the employees are topless women."
You'll likely scare away most of your customers; they're not accustomed to the real thing.
"Not necessarily true. Hacking can get you a long way, but eventually it usually breaks down."
Only for those who are later required to play on somebody else's hardware.
"But don't miss the fact that only 1 out of the 4 finalists was a cheater"
Oh, I don't miss it, I just wouldn't use the adjective "only." It suggests that at least 1/4 of the players in your game were cheaters, potentially as many as 100%-3. It also suggests that your security was so slipshod that you allowed a cheater to get so far as the finals, knocking out unknowable numbers of honest players in the process (potentially one that was better than the other three you had present). It sounds like this guy would have won if he simply had the foresight to sneak in a USB key drive. In fact, are you sure one of the other three didn't do just that?
I wouldn't be touting this as an accomplishment, rather this is a failure. This isn't a story of "Cheaters never win," but only "Don't get caught."
"Because the one I read features front page articles about how Republicans are going to outlaw elections,"
I was referring to crazy libertarians/anarcho-capitalists, not crazy Republicans.
"The First Nations want to exert governmental control, of their own and not the surrounding governments"
They're attempting to exert control over their own property without outside interference.
"They're also using the court system to try get what they have dubious claims on, and as far as I know unbridled capitalism doesn't say take it to the courts (take it to the market, instead!)."
They're attempting to use the courts to protect their perceived property rights. Only the most rabid anarcho-capitalist would be against that. Capitalism is all about private enterprise, but that's difficult to do until private ownership is established.
"Lastly, trying to establish property rights or ownership in regards to radio spectrum is a bit absurd. How do you own energy emissions?"
As I said, through the ability to deny it. Simple jamming would give them control over when a frequency can and cannot be used, and one would need to seek their permission and ask them to stop jamming in order to use that frequency inside their zone of influence. Sounds like de facto ownership to me.
"Note that the U.S. government, on the other hand, does not try this, but licenses it -- i.e. taxes it as if its a publicly owned good, which makes the most sense."
"Publicly owned" is a dirty word around here.
It's what the US would be without the accursed FCC. Beautiful, isn't it?
"*65* years? That seems way over the top. Why can't laws just reflect some reason in the usa?"
"Reason?" What if I told you that his actions single-handedly required an extra 65 man-years to fix? Certainly not far-fetched: that's about 3 minutes for 10 million people, erasing spam, updating filters, installing firewalls, reinstalling the operating system, and that's before we get into the felonies he's charged with, such as wire fraud. And what about the hours worked by his victims to pay for the new security software they need?
He's easily caused 65 man-years of life to be wasted cleaning up problems he deliberately caused in an effort to profit off of it. What rational reason is there that he himself should not be subjected to the same loss of his finite time on this planet?
It is no mistake that this is coming out of autonomous territories where federal laws appropriating radio frequencies for specific uses have little or questionable jurisdiction. Whether or not you personally believe they are entitled to, these groups are perfectly capable of jamming radio transmissions used by others crossing over their sovereign territory, so they do have de facto control over them (by virtue of being able to disallow them). They own the territory and have the potential to fulfill this anarcho-capitalist's wet dream of a land where there are no governmental controls over frequency allotment.
Considering the flavor of politics around here, I'm surprised I'm not seeing more posts in support of these First Nations' actions.
'When you control the pipe you should be able to get profit from your investment.'
Except those tubes wouldn't be there without government intervention in the form of eminent domain. If you want to be able to use government force to require me to allow you to run your lines across my yard, my government should get a say in how you use it. Don't like it? Don't use eminent domain and pay whatever the landowners feel like charging you at that moment.
No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
The problem with asking Slashdotters about this is that the vast majority (at least 79% according to that poll) are the hardcare gamers that everybody (including/especially Nintendo) acknowledges Sony and Microsoft as gearing their products toward. Even today, there are more than a few modded-up posts in this discussion thread about people who continue to discount the Wii for its graphics and its "mini games," in spite of the fact that the Wii continues to sell as well as, if not better than, it did during its launch.
You'd likely have better luck getting Slashdotters to discuss the popularity of Windows without cynicism. You can't expect accurate predictions about the mainstream from the people that are furthest from it.
The Census is required to ask you the following:
- How many people are in your household? Don't count untaxed Indians
- Of those, how many are men at least 21 years of age?
- Of those, how many are enfranchised?
Anything else isn't "the law of the land.""1. army"
"War Departmnet" = Army (this is before the Department of Defense)
"2. navy"
Department of the Navy != War Department (see previous parenthetical)
"3. air force"
Army Air Corps was War Department at the time still.
"4. marines"
Department of the Navy
"5. coast guard"
Department of the Navy during wartime, Department of Commerce during peacetime (at the time)
So, at the time of the building's construction, only two of the five you listed were being considered, and they were the same branch at the time.
the service agreement you signed when you started with your ISP. Fine print exists for a reason.
"Why deliberately degrade your service when you can simply get the customer to pay the difference?"
Truth in advertising is a prisoner's dilemma. "OK, I'll honestly describe the service I'm offering... right after you do."
"The EU is a bigger market than the USA, and one that would survive quite happily without you. The USA manufactures very lttle these days, most of its made in china, and your currency is worth so little that your value as customers is steadily dropping."
I wish. Seriously, I as an American sincerely hope that what you say is true, so that you too can learn the economic joys of having the yuan pegged to your currency as it currently is to ours.
"Why is everyone making a big deal that the CG looks crap? BFD! It's about the stories, not the CG."
If it were truly "about the stories, not the CG," there'd be no CG to begin with because the stories have already been published with (mostly) hand-drawn goodness.
TFA didn't mention sending people. Is "ZOMG manned spaceflight is teh expensive!" the "frost pist!" of space-related articles around here?
"We could, like sped the money on CO2 reductions or developing green technology."
Do your part to reduce CO2 by turning off your computer.
I was like that too until a few moments ago. I watched them all, and... you aren't missing anything.
"hire one or more ad agencies incognito, produce 5 amateur-looking (but good) ads, submit them to the contest.. let those win and tadaaa!"
alliwantforchristmasisabottleofheinz.com?
"And they rested on the seventh, but that was due to union regulations."
You think they'd hire such liberal leftists to build something so important? No, the workers worked all seven days, after which they were dropped back off at the Home Depot parking lot where they were found.
"As an alternative, these people should consider"
Why are you wasting your time posting on here instead of doing any of the things you have listed, hypocrite?
If they get to take the "We have to abide by local laws" in the case of China, they'll be similarly obliged to change their ways in Europe as well. Unless, of course, they want to reveal themselves to be two-faced, scum-sucking bastards.
Unless you're referring to the US Senator from New York, can't be done; you can't be VP unless you're qualified to be President, and after serving two terms he's no longer qualified.
Let the parties figure out who they want to present to the nation and ask again in one year. Until then, sound, fury, etc.
No, more a continuation of their "Why would you want to play last-gen games on your current-gen console?" attitude.