Being the majority does not make one right, it only makes them the majority.
Sometimes the majority is right, though, and there's no getting around that, fustakrakich. People everywhere overwhelmingly think that offering a bribe is wrong, and there's a reason for that: it's because it's seen as the initiation of a crime against what's right or just.
Sometimes the majority is the majority because it's the right position. Not always, but often.
BTW, I suspect/. is going to archive this thread shortly, so if I don't reply, that's why.
"the MS deal alienated a lot of hackers/coders who enjoyed writing mods for the platform and saw it as just another thing gobbled up by redmond to be slowly bled dry through incompetent mismanagement."
Pretty much everything Redmond touches turns to shit. I'm hard pressed to name something they've touched that hasn't, frankly.
Secondly, its difficult for a predator who looks rats to get a girl into their home
Gee whiz, I forgot that most rapists and predators and bad people look "rats" or are unattractive.
The UK Police should have just put out a PSA saying, "Only date attractive people! You have nothing to fear from attractive people because none of them have ever done anything bad."
That depends on what "improve" means. That word is bandied about a lot these days and seems to mean very different things depending on who's defining it.
Normal people like flowy transitions and crossfades and such.
Actually most people find them annoying after the novelty wears off. Unless the transitions are very rapid, they're usually just time-wasting distractions.
First they're neat, then they become tiresome, then they're downright annoying, and finally they're just infuriatingly cartoony.
Almost everyone I know turns off all that flashy transition shit after a day or so.
Is there any way to verify Microsoft isn't keylogging?
I doubt it. Perhaps by logging all the outbound traffic and inspecting it closely, but if they've encrypted it or obfuscated it in some way then you might not spot it. In short, I don't think you can trust MS with your sensitive info no matter what they say.
I do think that what you're doing,using a VM in Ubuntu, is probably pretty secure,
From his posts in that thread, it would appear that ShanghaiBill has a pretty fucked-up sense of right and wrong, as well as who should be the proper target for his anger. It also appears that he's a complete hypocrite with an infinitely-flexible set of "ethics".
Since you believe that offering a bribe should be legal, why don't you protest this by offering a judge a bribe, then filing a civil suit against the court when you get arrested?
"You can change the level under Diagnostic and usage data and also set the Feedback frequency to Never if you simply want to opt out."
To be frank, I don't believe you can actually "opt-out" of the monitoring and telelmetry, no matter what they claim.
I bet you could turn off every single telemetry-related setting and disable all of the "Diagnostic and usage data" widgets, and Windows would still be found to be sending all sorts of info back to Microsoft.
I just don't believe a word Microsoft says about monitoring or not monitoring users anymore, period.
They should also warn about the dangers of meeting people at bars, parties, friend's homes, outdoor areas, malls, indoor areas, businesses, parks, playgrounds, movie theaters, civic centers, post offices, forests, etc etc etc.
I didn't see this reply before I asked you the question again. You didn't, however, answer the other question. But let me address the answer you did give.
Okay, so there a zillion other things she could be doing that would bother you more. Does this mean you have a sliding scale for ethical behavior? Sure, she's and adult and makes her own decisions, but that's not really the point is it? She's engaging in what seems like calculated unethical behavior for money, and if it were my child I'd have a pretty hard time being okay with that.
Are you comfortable with her fraud or deception? Maybe in the big picture it's not the crime of the century, but still...it seems a matter of degree. If she's willing to do this, maybe she's willing to commit other kinds of fraud. How far down the ladder could she go before you actually felt she'd crossed a line? Identity theft? Abuse of a position of trust? Benefit fraud? False accounting? Loan scams? Shopping fraud?
But the question you didn't answer is this: if you were to spend your hard-earned money on a crappy product and then found that you'd based your buying decision on secretly-incentivized reviews, would you not feel that you'd been mislead, lied to, or deceived?
When you criticize someone for behavior that has nothing to do with their gender, you should avoid loaded terms like "whore" and "bitch". How would you describe her behavior if she was male?
I asked you the original question, and I didn't call your daughter any names. So if you're willing to respond, I'd appreciate an answer to the question, which was:
Does anything about her doing this bother you, from a moral or ethical standpoint?
On one hand it seems harmless, but if you, yes you were to spend your hard-earned money on a crappy product and then found that you'd based your buying decision on secretly-incentivized reviews, would you not feel that you'd been mislead, lied to, or deceived?
If my son were to do this, I couldn't help but feel that he wasn't the person I'd hoped he be.
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I know it is difficult to believe but not every problem can be solved by killing someone.
That is difficult to believe.
Being the majority does not make one right, it only makes them the majority.
Sometimes the majority is right, though, and there's no getting around that, fustakrakich. People everywhere overwhelmingly think that offering a bribe is wrong, and there's a reason for that: it's because it's seen as the initiation of a crime against what's right or just.
Sometimes the majority is the majority because it's the right position. Not always, but often.
BTW, I suspect /. is going to archive this thread shortly, so if I don't reply, that's why.
I would approve of Hunter Killer teams solving this problem.
Nope, the only subversion comes from the taking.
Not on my planet, and not on yours either.
It seems neat until you wear through the veneer, and then it's... oh, this thing is just plywood held together with duct tape
But it's procedurally generated duct tape!
You still have to pay for buses.
Hey, don't get all "facty" on us, okay?
Regardless, it only proves that people are obtuse about the truth that the only crime is in the taking the offer.
No. Face it, if you actively seek to subvert the course of justice, you are committing a crime.
Betteridge?
Yeah, pretty much, but in this case, definitely.
"Will Trump Protect America's IT Workers From H-1B Visa Abuses?"
No.
Next "story", please....
MS hardwares like mice, joysticks, etc.?
I could be wrong, but I don't think they originated those up by buying another company that made them.
That said, I think most of the hardware MS puts out is fairly decent. Not great, but decent.
Any software they acquire, on the other hand, is an almost certain "lets make it suck" saga.
Nothing I can do...
That's right.
"the MS deal alienated a lot of hackers/coders who enjoyed writing mods for the platform and saw it as just another thing gobbled up by redmond to be slowly bled dry through incompetent mismanagement."
Pretty much everything Redmond touches turns to shit. I'm hard pressed to name something they've touched that hasn't, frankly.
"Has The 'Hour of Code' Turned Into a Giant Corporate Infomercial?"
Yes, for fuck's sake. Yes it has turned Into a giant corporate infomercial. If Apple or Microsoft or Google are involved, the answer is "yes".
Stop asking these dumbass questions with embarrassingly obvious answers.
Secondly, its difficult for a predator who looks rats to get a girl into their home
Gee whiz, I forgot that most rapists and predators and bad people look "rats" or are unattractive.
The UK Police should have just put out a PSA saying, "Only date attractive people! You have nothing to fear from attractive people because none of them have ever done anything bad."
It is a good thing to improve all areas.
That depends on what "improve" means. That word is bandied about a lot these days and seems to mean very different things depending on who's defining it.
Normal people like flowy transitions and crossfades and such.
Actually most people find them annoying after the novelty wears off. Unless the transitions are very rapid, they're usually just time-wasting distractions.
First they're neat, then they become tiresome, then they're downright annoying, and finally they're just infuriatingly cartoony.
Almost everyone I know turns off all that flashy transition shit after a day or so.
Is there any way to verify Microsoft isn't keylogging?
I doubt it. Perhaps by logging all the outbound traffic and inspecting it closely, but if they've encrypted it or obfuscated it in some way then you might not spot it. In short, I don't think you can trust MS with your sensitive info no matter what they say.
I do think that what you're doing,using a VM in Ubuntu, is probably pretty secure,
> Does anything about her doing this bother you, from a moral or ethical standpoint?
Probably not. See what he feels is an appropriate use of Amazon product reviews: https://slashdot.org/comments....
From his posts in that thread, it would appear that ShanghaiBill has a pretty fucked-up sense of right and wrong, as well as who should be the proper target for his anger. It also appears that he's a complete hypocrite with an infinitely-flexible set of "ethics".
Damnit, I don't have a Facebook account so I never get to enjoy all these new malware strains.
Since you believe that offering a bribe should be legal, why don't you protest this by offering a judge a bribe, then filing a civil suit against the court when you get arrested?
You left out catholic churches
Good point.
"You can change the level under Diagnostic and usage data and also set the Feedback frequency to Never if you simply want to opt out."
To be frank, I don't believe you can actually "opt-out" of the monitoring and telelmetry, no matter what they claim.
I bet you could turn off every single telemetry-related setting and disable all of the "Diagnostic and usage data" widgets, and Windows would still be found to be sending all sorts of info back to Microsoft.
I just don't believe a word Microsoft says about monitoring or not monitoring users anymore, period.
They should also warn about the dangers of meeting people at bars, parties, friend's homes, outdoor areas, malls, indoor areas, businesses, parks, playgrounds, movie theaters, civic centers, post offices, forests, etc etc etc.
I didn't see this reply before I asked you the question again. You didn't, however, answer the other question. But let me address the answer you did give.
Okay, so there a zillion other things she could be doing that would bother you more. Does this mean you have a sliding scale for ethical behavior? Sure, she's and adult and makes her own decisions, but that's not really the point is it? She's engaging in what seems like calculated unethical behavior for money, and if it were my child I'd have a pretty hard time being okay with that.
Are you comfortable with her fraud or deception? Maybe in the big picture it's not the crime of the century, but still...it seems a matter of degree. If she's willing to do this, maybe she's willing to commit other kinds of fraud. How far down the ladder could she go before you actually felt she'd crossed a line? Identity theft? Abuse of a position of trust? Benefit fraud? False accounting? Loan scams? Shopping fraud?
But the question you didn't answer is this: if you were to spend your hard-earned money on a crappy product and then found that you'd based your buying decision on secretly-incentivized reviews, would you not feel that you'd been mislead, lied to, or deceived?
When you criticize someone for behavior that has nothing to do with their gender, you should avoid loaded terms like "whore" and "bitch". How would you describe her behavior if she was male?
I asked you the original question, and I didn't call your daughter any names. So if you're willing to respond, I'd appreciate an answer to the question, which was:
Does anything about her doing this bother you, from a moral or ethical standpoint?
On one hand it seems harmless, but if you, yes you were to spend your hard-earned money on a crappy product and then found that you'd based your buying decision on secretly-incentivized reviews, would you not feel that you'd been mislead, lied to, or deceived?
If my son were to do this, I couldn't help but feel that he wasn't the person I'd hoped he be.