There are a lot of uninformed and gullable Internet users out there.
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Verification? What about anonymous voting??
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How To Lose An Election
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You forget that an election is supposed to be 100% anonymous. While ideally we would have voting systems that were reliable, a paper trail identifying who voted for what candidate would fundamentally damage the concept of anonymous voting.
I'd rather take the chance that my vote may not be counted due to machine/process flaws than potentially letting politicians, corporations, and political activist groups knowing who I voted for.
"myster0n writes 'SCO's attempts to rescue its relationship with BayStar, its biggest backer, have come to naught. On Friday morning, Eastern time, SCO announced that the stock buyback deal it agreed with the unhappy investor had closed. Two hours and five minutes later, Baystar issued a statement saying that a) no it hadn't and b) we'll see you in court, matey.'"
Nope, The Register writes.
If you're going to plagiarize, at least try to make it a little less obvious than a cut-and-paste of the article's opening paragraph.
I'm always abused by the standard CmdrTaco response to calls to improve the Slashcode:
"Feel free to submit patches back to us if you come up with anything useful."
In other words:
"This clusterfuck is roping us a comfortable enough income from ad revenue that it's not worth our time to deliver a better product to you, our customers. If you want a better site, YOU do the work!"
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, Byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors! The next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt.45 and a.38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
"However, if you sit and think about it for a minute and wonder how those few people who are being punished for the actions of other people might feel, you might start to realize that maybe this law isn't reasonable at all."
If law-abiding people are upset with the government, their angst is misdirected. I submit that they should be mad at all the lawbreakers that ruined their hobby for them.
I don't know how people get these things in the UK, but the reasoning behind this kind of law is not to restrict the behavior, but to cut off the means by which people commit the infringement. If (hypothetically speaking) people can't buy mod-chips, then they can't play copied games, removing the incentive to copy games in the first place.
And yes, those few who aren't using mod-chips to break the law are getting screwed, but they should be getting mad at the lawbreakers ruining it for them, not the government.
"Huh? And who defined the primary purpose of these chips?"
The people using them. In this case it's the majority of people who are using them to play copied games.
"Take fire for example."
That's not a really good example, as most people don't use fire to commit arson. That and fire isn't manufactured/assumbled my humans.
Fundamentally I don't disagree with you. I just wish people around here would take an honest look at the problem at hand, rather than dodging around it with irrelevant hypotheticals.
"This means all homebrew and hobbyist coders in the UK can no longer modify their consoles to run games they have written, and criminals who violate copywrite laws can no longer play the games they illegally downloaded and burned."
We all know that these mod chips have limited legitimate uses, but it is intellectually dishonest of the Slashdot crowd to intentionally ignore the primary purpose of these chips.
MoveOn.org was established in 1998 to (in brief summary) get people's attention away from the Clinton impeachment. After the 2000 election, the group became the de-facto figurehead for the anti-Bush movement. Today shrill, hate-filled anti-Bush rhetoric is the common denominator in just about all of MoveOn's political involvements.
And I find it awful ironic that a group calling itself "MoveOn" still very publicly maintains that Bush lost the election four years ago.
They hate President Bush and they hate Vice President Cheney.
Of course they don't come out and say that, but then the KKK doesn't publicly state that they hate black people either. But anyone with half a brain can see the true motivation behind their message.
Can you honestly say with a straight face that MoveOn.org isn't motivated by their hatred of Bush?
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors.. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt.45 and a.38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
Ya gotta remember that a large portion of Canada primarily speaks French. Broken English with a heavy French accent can be just as hard to understand as broken English with a Hindi accent.
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And how do you sell or give away an eBook? What physical property is transfered?
The same argument asserting that one can't "steal" music renders other such transactions impossible as well.
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I'd rather take the chance that my vote may not be counted due to machine/process flaws than potentially letting politicians, corporations, and political activist groups knowing who I voted for.
Isn't that what the Duron was supposed to do?
"myster0n writes 'SCO's attempts to rescue its relationship with BayStar, its biggest backer, have come to naught. On Friday morning, Eastern time, SCO announced that the stock buyback deal it agreed with the unhappy investor had closed. Two hours and five minutes later, Baystar issued a statement saying that a) no it hadn't and b) we'll see you in court, matey.'"
Nope, The Register writes.
If you're going to plagiarize, at least try to make it a little less obvious than a cut-and-paste of the article's opening paragraph.
"Feel free to submit patches back to us if you come up with anything useful."
In other words:
"This clusterfuck is roping us a comfortable enough income from ad revenue that it's not worth our time to deliver a better product to you, our customers. If you want a better site, YOU do the work!"
You mean formerly one of the largest media moguls...
"What motives does Ted Turner have?"
Seeing Rupert Murdock's empire torn apart by Big Government (tm) would give him the first erection he's had in three decades.
"He has everything to LOSE by having big media broken up."
Not since he divested himself from AOL Time Warner
"Everything but his honor and dignity..."
...which he shed LONG ago.
Believing that Ted holds similar views is not an extraordinary stretch of the imagination.
Ted Turner is a lot of things, but he is NOT an advocate for the little guy.
If silicon microchips were a naturally-occuring phenomenon, you might have been on to something.
Are you nuts? You're going to give them ideas!
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
.45 and a .38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, Byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors! The next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
If law-abiding people are upset with the government, their angst is misdirected. I submit that they should be mad at all the lawbreakers that ruined their hobby for them.
And yes, those few who aren't using mod-chips to break the law are getting screwed, but they should be getting mad at the lawbreakers ruining it for them, not the government.
The people using them. In this case it's the majority of people who are using them to play copied games.
"Take fire for example."
That's not a really good example, as most people don't use fire to commit arson. That and fire isn't manufactured/assumbled my humans.
Fundamentally I don't disagree with you. I just wish people around here would take an honest look at the problem at hand, rather than dodging around it with irrelevant hypotheticals.
If cars were used 99% of the time to run over people, they probably would be illegal.
If knives were used 99% of the time to murder people, they probably would be illegal.
If computers were used 99% of the time for vandalism and fraud, they probably would be illegal.
Suggesting that these mod chips are used primarily by "hobbiests" is proof that Slashdotters cannot honestly look this problem in the eye.
If cars were used 99% of the time to run over people, they probably would (rightfully) be outlawed.
"This means all homebrew and hobbyist coders in the UK can no longer modify their consoles to run games they have written, and criminals who violate copywrite laws can no longer play the games they illegally downloaded and burned ."
We all know that these mod chips have limited legitimate uses, but it is intellectually dishonest of the Slashdot crowd to intentionally ignore the primary purpose of these chips.
I assume that you'd also be pissing and moaning if the number of blocked attempts was high.
So why didn't you just say what you really meant, that filtering of any kind is wrong?
And I find it awful ironic that a group calling itself "MoveOn" still very publicly maintains that Bush lost the election four years ago.
If that isn't a hate-motivated attack (intended, of course, to generate more hatred towards Bush), then I don't know what hate is.
And yes this is WAY offtopic.
Of course they don't come out and say that, but then the KKK doesn't publicly state that they hate black people either. But anyone with half a brain can see the true motivation behind their message.
Can you honestly say with a straight face that MoveOn.org isn't motivated by their hatred of Bush?
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
.. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt .45 and a .38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
Just try to avoid non-life-threatening conditions that require surgery.
Ya gotta remember that a large portion of Canada primarily speaks French. Broken English with a heavy French accent can be just as hard to understand as broken English with a Hindi accent.