I remember it being done in a few movies — by the good guys — without anybody in the audience cringing. Nor do I remember any calls to boycott a movie over such things.
So, if popular culture approves of and encourages it, can't blame the cops too much for doing it despite it being merely illegal...
So what a group of people watching a fictional movie "approves of and encourages" should somehow translate to and justify actions in the real world? WTF? Man, that is some seriously busted logic, pal.
I can't imagine them making the leap to more loosely guarded information without a business case.
The business case is already there, unless you do business only in one of the few remaining states without a law that makes it truly painful to suffer a breach. But I get what you mean, even the reality of ruinous penalties, lawsuits, and bad PR is just theoretical to many decision makers. They won't part with a dime to mitigate security issues without at least a good scare or two.
I wonder how those elderly will feel as their Social Security and Medicare programs are stripped clean in order to pay for that police state they champion so much...
So the generation that votes wants to maintain Social Security and Medicare, even if it plunges future citizens into debt
I strongly disagree.. "online communities" are *not* proper new sources and are full of bias and half stories.
As usual, sweeping generalizations fail. The truth is out there on the net, accessible to all, but if you think you will always find it by querying one source or one "community" you are being stupid. That, or you just select for people saying the things you want to hear, which is the same thing, really.
This does almost nothing. Just more window dressing.
Most applications DO come from "trusted vendords" (such as Microsoft itself). Yet the virus attacks continue, and the security failures continue.
You don't understand. This isn't an "antivirus" solution. It works in completely different manner, one designed specifically to be effective even in the presence of porous and buggy operating systems like Windows. That approach is already being used, effectively.
Windows (like iOS and OSX) is no longer just an operating system, it's a platform. The new paradigm is to download from the app store ecosystem where it's vetted. Even Android has this process. The days of downloading programs from dubious vendors and websites zipping up files via shareware/freeware is over.
You're kidding, right? The "vetted" Android apps are (in general) collection shit, a sizeable portion of which is unsafe or downright toxic.
But it's fine for the 0.01% to rewrite the laws to allow themselves to seize an ever-greater portion of the national profits?
So basically, what you're saying is "The rich and powerful are corrupting the government. The only solution is more government!"
No, but nice try to sneak in that tired meme yet again.
Pay attention now. What we are saying is that the solution is a government that is more responsive to it's citizens and less of a grinning lackey for big business and the 1%. If you were at all familiar with the history of of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, you'd understand what a disastrous path we are on right now.
It's very easy for an arrogant scientist to say that it was stupid, but what was a better option? In our more enlightened era, we don't dispose of them at all, instead we keep shuttling them around. I'd argue that the waste is much better disposed of there than it isn't now.
Making an observation of an incontrovertible fact is not, in any way, "arrogant". And to suggest that no one had any idea that just sinking a shipload of incredibly toxic shit was a bad idea at the time is also "stupid". "They" knew. Most of those impacted did not, so "they" knew that they'd get away with it.
That's what's wrong with 'Murica today, too much socialism. We need to nip this kind of thinking in the bud! When will the working class realize that they only benefit when their betters are allowed to run things as they see fit, unrestricted by regulations and burdensome tax laws?
"Sheriff Nocco seems to be taking this threat seriously. The report says the student "was released on Wednesday from Land O'Lakes Detention Center into the custody of his mother," which means the kid was brought into a holding cell for the incident, which sounds completely unnecessary. But Nocco apparently wanted to send a message, and won't hesitate to lock up more teenagers for trying to use Skype in school."
So, uh..., why aren't we "sending a message" to the dumb-fuck faculty who are, no doubt, violating policy by using such weak access control procedures? Better question, why didn't the reporter think to ask that question?
How come proven liars such as Pelosi and Feinstein, and Boehner and McConnel keep on getting re-elected despite all the goddamn things that they have done?
Are the USian voters so damn stupid?
TFTFY
And yes, they are. They have voted against their own self interest more times than not in national elections for the last 40 years.
Which, at today's rates for experienced Software Engineers, is around $100 (considering taxation).
So you work all the time? Sucks to be you.
No, but I value my free time similarly to how my employer values my work time. That's the point. I'd rather not spend it schlepping that box of Tide that I need. And yes, it does suck to be me, but not for the reasons you think.
"After all, wealthier people have been shown to drive more recklessly than those who make less money. For example Steve Jobs was known to park in handicapped spots and drive around without license plates."
Let me explain this to you. Reckless means an action that puts people in danger.
OK, let me make it more clear, you know, so that you can't take some disingenuous smart-ass dodge like the above...
"...wealthier people have been shown to drive more recklessly and to otherwise act like self-centered pricks more often then poor people." Seriously. Take a look sometime and see which group gives more, as a percentage of income, to charity. According to the account, Jobs was a self-centered prick and should have had to pay for it, at the same effective rate as the janitor who cleaned his toilet. The fines are indeed intended to change behavior. If it doesn't hurt, it won't.
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The energy industry would like you to come work for them to help "prove" that climate change is hokum.
Rand Paul is not the Libertarian messiah after all. Just another whore for corporate interests.
I remember it being done in a few movies — by the good guys — without anybody in the audience cringing. Nor do I remember any calls to boycott a movie over such things.
So, if popular culture approves of and encourages it, can't blame the cops too much for doing it despite it being merely illegal...
So what a group of people watching a fictional movie "approves of and encourages" should somehow translate to and justify actions in the real world? WTF? Man, that is some seriously busted logic, pal.
I can't imagine them making the leap to more loosely guarded information without a business case.
The business case is already there, unless you do business only in one of the few remaining states without a law that makes it truly painful to suffer a breach. But I get what you mean, even the reality of ruinous penalties, lawsuits, and bad PR is just theoretical to many decision makers. They won't part with a dime to mitigate security issues without at least a good scare or two.
I wonder how those elderly will feel as their Social Security and Medicare programs are stripped clean in order to pay for that police state they champion so much...
So the generation that votes wants to maintain Social Security and Medicare, even if it plunges future citizens into debt
[citation needed]
I strongly disagree.. "online communities" are *not* proper new sources and are full of bias and half stories.
As usual, sweeping generalizations fail. The truth is out there on the net, accessible to all, but if you think you will always find it by querying one source or one "community" you are being stupid. That, or you just select for people saying the things you want to hear, which is the same thing, really.
With apologies to Momma, shitty is as shitty does.
This does almost nothing. Just more window dressing.
Most applications DO come from "trusted vendords" (such as Microsoft itself). Yet the virus attacks continue, and the security failures continue.
You don't understand. This isn't an "antivirus" solution. It works in completely different manner, one designed specifically to be effective even in the presence of porous and buggy operating systems like Windows. That approach is already being used, effectively.
>>
Windows (like iOS and OSX) is no longer just an operating system, it's a platform. The new paradigm is to download from the app store ecosystem where it's vetted. Even Android has this process. The days of downloading programs from dubious vendors and websites zipping up files via shareware/freeware is over.
You're kidding, right? The "vetted" Android apps are (in general) collection shit, a sizeable portion of which is unsafe or downright toxic.
"3.46-Billion-Year-Old 'Fossils' Were Not Created By Life Forms"
That would make them... rocks. Not fossils.
Give me a single example of socialism without rampant cronyism, and maybe I'll believe YOU.
Sweden.
But it's fine for the 0.01% to rewrite the laws to allow themselves to seize an ever-greater portion of the national profits?
So basically, what you're saying is "The rich and powerful are corrupting the government. The only solution is more government!"
No, but nice try to sneak in that tired meme yet again.
Pay attention now. What we are saying is that the solution is a government that is more responsive to it's citizens and less of a grinning lackey for big business and the 1%. If you were at all familiar with the history of of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, you'd understand what a disastrous path we are on right now.
It's very easy for an arrogant scientist to say that it was stupid, but what was a better option? In our more enlightened era, we don't dispose of them at all, instead we keep shuttling them around. I'd argue that the waste is much better disposed of there than it isn't now.
Making an observation of an incontrovertible fact is not, in any way, "arrogant". And to suggest that no one had any idea that just sinking a shipload of incredibly toxic shit was a bad idea at the time is also "stupid". "They" knew. Most of those impacted did not, so "they" knew that they'd get away with it.
How's the kool-aid today, chump?
That's what's wrong with 'Murica today, too much socialism. We need to nip this kind of thinking in the bud! When will the working class realize that they only benefit when their betters are allowed to run things as they see fit, unrestricted by regulations and burdensome tax laws?
"He's got the kind of moral fiber we're always looking for, that will to win."
- [insert name], CEO
[insert big business name], Inc.
"Sheriff Nocco seems to be taking this threat seriously. The report says the student "was released on Wednesday from Land O'Lakes Detention Center into the custody of his mother," which means the kid was brought into a holding cell for the incident, which sounds completely unnecessary. But Nocco apparently wanted to send a message, and won't hesitate to lock up more teenagers for trying to use Skype in school."
So, uh..., why aren't we "sending a message" to the dumb-fuck faculty who are, no doubt, violating policy by using such weak access control procedures? Better question, why didn't the reporter think to ask that question?
This type of monitoring makes me nervous.
Those who are not guilty of something have nothing to fear. Right? The rest of us can sleep easier knowing that someone is watching.
Considered what happened to Aaron Swartz, this prosecutor should lose the case.
Huh? I mean, Swartz got fucked, no question about it, but what the hell are you talking about here?
For democrats, it mainly comes down to the belief that their guy will give them free stuff...
[citation needed]
How come proven liars such as Pelosi and Feinstein, and Boehner and McConnel keep on getting re-elected despite all the goddamn things that they have done?
Are the USian voters so damn stupid?
TFTFY
And yes, they are. They have voted against their own self interest more times than not in national elections for the last 40 years.
I don't even trust Google that much, to take it's results as authoritative when making important decisions. If you do, then you are a fool.
Which, at today's rates for experienced Software Engineers, is around $100 (considering taxation).
So you work all the time? Sucks to be you.
No, but I value my free time similarly to how my employer values my work time. That's the point. I'd rather not spend it schlepping that box of Tide that I need.
And yes, it does suck to be me, but not for the reasons you think.
Yeah an April Fool's Joke is supposed to be subtle. Not that Slashdot has ever posted anything funny previously but this is seriously lame.
Apparently, double entendre is just too subtle for some people to grasp.
"After all, wealthier people have been shown to drive more recklessly than those who make less money. For example Steve Jobs was known to park in handicapped spots and drive around without license plates." Let me explain this to you. Reckless means an action that puts people in danger.
OK, let me make it more clear, you know, so that you can't take some disingenuous smart-ass dodge like the above...
"...wealthier people have been shown to drive more recklessly and to otherwise act like self-centered pricks more often then poor people." Seriously. Take a look sometime and see which group gives more, as a percentage of income, to charity. According to the account, Jobs was a self-centered prick and should have had to pay for it, at the same effective rate as the janitor who cleaned his toilet. The fines are indeed intended to change behavior. If it doesn't hurt, it won't.