sooner or later someone on your staff is going to crack and say "Yes, our tool is used for stabbing. You know it, I know it, we all know it's the 800lb gorilla in the room we can't talk about."
At which point you go on record as being shocked, fire that person for not pointing this out sooner, slap a cheap band-aid partial fix on the problem, make a show of making an example of a couple of problem customers, bribe the right people and return to business-as-usual...
Please, I'm begging you: stop trying to negotiate as though the other side was rational and honorable, and would honor any agreement for the long term.
That's how they get us, every time. They pretend that they'll act like human beings, and then they push for more. Every time. Because that's what sociopaths do: they see the pie and they want it all. And they're willing to be patient if it gets them what they want. And make no mistake: what they want is the whole thing, forever, and every one of us paying them, regardless of how much we use or enjoy.
The only way to counter that is to act as irrationally, and in the other direction. It's not that there can't be a sane middle ground; it's that as long as we advocated for a sane middle ground, we got extended and renegotiated into the current situation. If we keep trying to negotiate for a sane middle ground, we're the ones to blame when the next Mickey Mouse preservation act passes. We're the ones to blame when the public domain starts to shrink. We're the ones to blame, until we start acting as sociopathic as corporations, including being so utterly charming that our point of view seems as reasonable as theirs, so the sane middle ground must be the right compromise.
How about we teach people to do purely visual (1000 wpm+) reading, so they can teach themselves what words mean, before we start putting shiny nonsense in the way of their comprehension?
the first person to try and prosecute somebody with this will be the laughing stock of this country for quite a while.
Yes, that person may be a laughingstock, but that's really beside the point, isn't it? The real danger is in the process of litigation itself.
The accused may be exonerated -- eventually -- but in the mean time, they have to waste time, attention and money on the legal proceedings, being slowly bled dry and subject to additional scrutiny.
And if you don't think there are people who would be eager to become a laughing stock, in exchange for sufficient publicity or payment...
This law opens another door for exactly the sort of proxy harassment we've seen from Microsoft for years.
People only talk about consequences when they want to see blood.
When you walk too close to the sacred cliff, and you slip and fall to your death, that's a consequence.
When you walk too close to the sacred cliff, and return safely, and then the villagers who control the surrounding territory decide to stone you to death, that's not a consequence. That's just barbarity.
In this case, BMO is trying to create a sacred cliff where everyone can walk without fear of getting stoned.
As the article says, modafinil lets you go without sleeping for a couple of days. That's not much different than pulling a couple of all-nighters in college.
I know several people who use modafinil occasionally, and every one of them says they still feel awful if they miss too much sleep -- bad enough to know they're doing something stupid.
It's a huge leap from this, to a world where sleep is obsolete.
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"sun is center of our galaxy"
I suggest you zoom your view-port out a bit more; You're in for a surprise
...it's a terrible way to make a point for someone who wants to make a thoughtful decision about who they should elect.
I'm pretty sure all four of us already have all the sources of information that we need, in order to make thoughtful decisions.
As for the rest of the American electorate, this seems to suit them perfectly.
sooner or later someone on your staff is going to crack and say "Yes, our tool is used for stabbing. You know it, I know it, we all know it's the 800lb gorilla in the room we can't talk about."
At which point you go on record as being shocked, fire that person for not pointing this out sooner, slap a cheap band-aid partial fix on the problem, make a show of making an example of a couple of problem customers, bribe the right people and return to business-as-usual...
As a Christian, I'm against gay marriage from a religious point of view. ...Implying that anyone who supports gay marriage is less Christian than thou?
I've seen any number of people say that copying doesn't deprive anyone of access...
But when has anyone here ever argued that loss of (access to) data doesn't deprive you of anything real?
Who mods this drivel insightful?!
Please, I'm begging you: stop trying to negotiate as though the other side was rational and honorable, and would honor any agreement for the long term.
That's how they get us, every time. They pretend that they'll act like human beings, and then they push for more. Every time. Because that's what sociopaths do: they see the pie and they want it all. And they're willing to be patient if it gets them what they want. And make no mistake: what they want is the whole thing, forever, and every one of us paying them, regardless of how much we use or enjoy.
The only way to counter that is to act as irrationally, and in the other direction. It's not that there can't be a sane middle ground; it's that as long as we advocated for a sane middle ground, we got extended and renegotiated into the current situation. If we keep trying to negotiate for a sane middle ground, we're the ones to blame when the next Mickey Mouse preservation act passes. We're the ones to blame when the public domain starts to shrink. We're the ones to blame, until we start acting as sociopathic as corporations, including being so utterly charming that our point of view seems as reasonable as theirs, so the sane middle ground must be the right compromise.
You say that like it would be a bad thing for employees to have a direct stake in the ethics and competence of their management.
...always looking for another dog to tie bricks to the head of...
"What if a raw-gunpowder-store encouraged on-site smoking?"
Apple wants you to ruin *your* equipment, not theirs.
not... 1?
very few non-scientists [who are not terminally lazy and incurious] can ever hope to understand
Time and attention from interested, intelligent adults.
[quote]as well as saving the huge costs of elections and the corruption of election financing by big corporations[/quote]
Exactly. Instead, corporations shift their costs to the back end, by offering jobs to former elected officials who serve them well.
On second thought, that doesn't sound much better at all.
How about we teach people to do purely visual (1000 wpm+) reading, so they can teach themselves what words mean, before we start putting shiny nonsense in the way of their comprehension?
Is that you?
the first person to try and prosecute somebody with this will be the laughing stock of this country for quite a while.
Yes, that person may be a laughingstock, but that's really beside the point, isn't it? The real danger is in the process of litigation itself.
The accused may be exonerated -- eventually -- but in the mean time, they have to waste time, attention and money on the legal proceedings, being slowly bled dry and subject to additional scrutiny.
And if you don't think there are people who would be eager to become a laughing stock, in exchange for sufficient publicity or payment...
This law opens another door for exactly the sort of proxy harassment we've seen from Microsoft for years.
"I doubt it. raise the price too high and even addicts will find another drug...."
In practice, they turn to crime in order to subsidize their habits, first.
This could turn out really well, actually.
Just report EVERYONE.
BAHAHAHA!
I just realized that I had fallen for it, and believed you were serious.
Well played, sir! I salute you!
Which stones, exactly, have been thrown?
People only talk about consequences when they want to see blood.
When you walk too close to the sacred cliff, and you slip and fall to your death, that's a consequence.
When you walk too close to the sacred cliff, and return safely, and then the villagers who control the surrounding territory decide to stone you to death, that's not a consequence. That's just barbarity.
In this case, BMO is trying to create a sacred cliff where everyone can walk without fear of getting stoned.
(Involuntarily.)
How many terrorists have they caught?
I'd celebrate if Microsoft were reporthed obeying the law of gravity .
(Ballmer and his frickin' chairs... THEY NEVER COME DOWN!)
As the article says, modafinil lets you go without sleeping for a couple of days. That's not much different than pulling a couple of all-nighters in college.
I know several people who use modafinil occasionally, and every one of them says they still feel awful if they miss too much sleep -- bad enough to know they're doing something stupid.
It's a huge leap from this, to a world where sleep is obsolete.
As of iTunes 7, I can still subscribe to "podcasts".