What would the United States do if employees of Google, Apple, Microsoft, or another too-big-to-fail tech company whose absence could cripple the economy decided to file into the county jail one by one?
If the government counters that releasing real-time stats on surveillance orders should be censored for reasons of National Security, let that one fly all the way to the Supreme Court.
So you get a secret order, that comes along with a "do not tell anyone about the existence of this order" clause, and you announce it to the world by incrementing your "secret order counter". Off to sing-sing with you, for sure.
They are publicising the situation, giving the community the chance to have their say. What's the problem? If I have a problem with my company's policies, I voice them internally and carry on doing my job. I don't publish them on a blog or the company's internet page.
We aren't a hegemony. We are not the borg collective. We are all individuals (except for him at the back). Maybe the debate at the time was dominated by the more anarchic, individulalistic types, and now that time has passed, they are all too busy championing Snowden and Assange. Not that I'm saying that the cases are in anyway similar.
Of course. Your points are all valid, and are worth discussing.
The corollary, however, is that freedom taken to an extreme leads to anarchy and anarchy inevitably leads to feudalism, feudalism takes centuries of social reform to turn into a functioning and stable democracy, and that's how we got where we are now.
There needs to be a balance between freedom and regulation, because only regulation can provide freedom. Regulation requires some kind of governance, and that required taxes. I don't see any alternative. The only thing that is up for debate is how much governance and how much tax to pay for it. Right now, all western states seem to have much more governance than they are willing to pay for, leading to exponential national debt. Not ideal.
And yes, we have something of the same problem over here in Europe, we've removed the trade borders without harmonizing taxes. So a company operating out of Ireland into the UK pays no corporation tax in either. We need to sort that out too.
Are you a country, or are you a federation of states? If you are a country, then get your taxes sorted out. Your states seem to be willing to deprive another state of $100 in order to get $10 themselves, that way has just led to a crisis in state finances.
If you can physically access and modify a machine, you can change the way it behaves. Is this really news? Can they do it wirelessly? Over the internet?
"China" is just a western corruption of "Zhonghua" anyway The "Zh" is pronounched more like a "Ch" or "Jh" sound.
I did once upset an American friend by referring to "European Americans", in an attempt make the distinction from "African Americans" and "Native Americans". He didn't like that!
The first line in the violations section contains "65 mph" but I can't read the rest, so it looks like that was the main reason for stopping. The next line starts with 27602 which is the code for driving with a TV or monitor visible to the driver.
There is a niche for a small, fast, deadly predator. Snakes happen to have won the fight for that niche, and so it's them that we have evolved to spot. If it weren't for the snakes, we woud still exist because something else would exist that we had a need to spot and react really quickly to. Screw you, snakes, you're not all that.
What I would like to see is an extension of the Excel tabs concept, but where any tab can be any kind of document. So, a single Office file can have a word processing document, a couple of spreadsheets, and a powerpoint slide, and any element of any tab can be referenced by any other tab so you can have a chunk of the spreadsheet tab dynamically embedded in the word tab.
To be fair, they just quoted the Computerworld article, news organizations are copying each others' mistakes all the time. And a lot of people over on this side of the pond confuse the European Court of Human Rights with the European Union. It's all "bloody Europe, they should mind their own business" round here.
Estonian law holds news website liable for comments. The European court has ruled that Estonian law does not breach the human rights conventions. Ironically, I could not comment on the Computerworld article due to a "Forbidden (403)" error.
That is the third-most stupid thing I have read on slashdot this week... As you do not (understand the ethics of journalism), I shall now dispense a brief explanation...
Great way to engage with someone. Jump to concusions and throw insults. Good luck.
So? You can be biased and still do good journalism. In fact, I'd say it's impossible not to be biased. Everyone is biased, it's human nature. Organizations can go some way to mitigating that bias but you'll never remove it entirely.
I can see both sides of this. The House of Representatives appear to be within their rights to propose a budget that excludes the ACA. The Senate are within their rights to vote it down. The President would be within his rights to refuse to sign it if it got as far as him.
The only way to find out who was wrong and who was right is to wait and see what the voters say in the next elections, with the caveat that the whole electoral system is rigged. By both sides.
What we have here is two examples of ridiculous hyperbole. Any argument on the internet is invalid unless it is an extreme, ridiculous parody of the person's real opinion. You can't argue for lower taxes unless you argue for no taxes at all i.e. anarchy. And if you argue that no taxes at all brings about anarchy, then anywhere that aspires to lower taxation but still has police is proof that you don't know what you are talking about. A couple of idiots being idiotic at each other. Nothing new here.
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What would the United States do if employees of Google, Apple, Microsoft, or another too-big-to-fail tech company whose absence could cripple the economy decided to file into the county jail one by one?
Not many of them would do so.
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If the government counters that releasing real-time stats on surveillance orders should be censored for reasons of National Security, let that one fly all the way to the Supreme Court.
So you get a secret order, that comes along with a "do not tell anyone about the existence of this order" clause, and you announce it to the world by incrementing your "secret order counter". Off to sing-sing with you, for sure.
Unfortunately this is probably correct. You can't avoid the law just by smart-alec shenanigans.
They are publicising the situation, giving the community the chance to have their say. What's the problem? If I have a problem with my company's policies, I voice them internally and carry on doing my job. I don't publish them on a blog or the company's internet page.
We aren't a hegemony. We are not the borg collective. We are all individuals (except for him at the back). Maybe the debate at the time was dominated by the more anarchic, individulalistic types, and now that time has passed, they are all too busy championing Snowden and Assange. Not that I'm saying that the cases are in anyway similar.
Of course. Your points are all valid, and are worth discussing.
The corollary, however, is that freedom taken to an extreme leads to anarchy and anarchy inevitably leads to feudalism, feudalism takes centuries of social reform to turn into a functioning and stable democracy, and that's how we got where we are now.
There needs to be a balance between freedom and regulation, because only regulation can provide freedom. Regulation requires some kind of governance, and that required taxes. I don't see any alternative. The only thing that is up for debate is how much governance and how much tax to pay for it. Right now, all western states seem to have much more governance than they are willing to pay for, leading to exponential national debt. Not ideal.
Ever heard of a rhetorical question?
And yes, we have something of the same problem over here in Europe, we've removed the trade borders without harmonizing taxes. So a company operating out of Ireland into the UK pays no corporation tax in either. We need to sort that out too.
Are you a country, or are you a federation of states? If you are a country, then get your taxes sorted out. Your states seem to be willing to deprive another state of $100 in order to get $10 themselves, that way has just led to a crisis in state finances.
maybe it's like calling a Scot and Englishman or something, but I've never been brave enough to try that :)
More like calling an Irishman "British". Even if they're from Northern Ireland, and descended from 19th century British immigrants.
If you can physically access and modify a machine, you can change the way it behaves. Is this really news? Can they do it wirelessly? Over the internet?
"China" is just a western corruption of "Zhonghua" anyway The "Zh" is pronounched more like a "Ch" or "Jh" sound.
I did once upset an American friend by referring to "European Americans", in an attempt make the distinction from "African Americans" and "Native Americans". He didn't like that!
Or, is she one of the 2% of pre-Chinese indigenous population?
And yet the country calls itself "Zhnghuá Mínguó", which means "Republic of China".
The first line in the violations section contains "65 mph" but I can't read the rest, so it looks like that was the main reason for stopping. The next line starts with 27602 which is the code for driving with a TV or monitor visible to the driver.
There is a niche for a small, fast, deadly predator. Snakes happen to have won the fight for that niche, and so it's them that we have evolved to spot. If it weren't for the snakes, we woud still exist because something else would exist that we had a need to spot and react really quickly to. Screw you, snakes, you're not all that.
What I would like to see is an extension of the Excel tabs concept, but where any tab can be any kind of document. So, a single Office file can have a word processing document, a couple of spreadsheets, and a powerpoint slide, and any element of any tab can be referenced by any other tab so you can have a chunk of the spreadsheet tab dynamically embedded in the word tab.
To be fair, they just quoted the Computerworld article, news organizations are copying each others' mistakes all the time. And a lot of people over on this side of the pond confuse the European Court of Human Rights with the European Union. It's all "bloody Europe, they should mind their own business" round here.
Estonian law holds news website liable for comments. The European court has ruled that Estonian law does not breach the human rights conventions. Ironically, I could not comment on the Computerworld article due to a "Forbidden (403)" error.
That is the third-most stupid thing I have read on slashdot this week... As you do not (understand the ethics of journalism), I shall now dispense a brief explanation...
Great way to engage with someone. Jump to concusions and throw insults. Good luck.
So? You can be biased and still do good journalism. In fact, I'd say it's impossible not to be biased. Everyone is biased, it's human nature. Organizations can go some way to mitigating that bias but you'll never remove it entirely.
- Small kiddy fingers == smaller gadgets
When my uncle was 5 years old, his father came to school and took him home so that he could help a young sow giving birth. Small hands. Nothing new.
Of the 8 virtues of the great programmer, humility is the most important. And I'm always right about that sort of thing.
I can see both sides of this. The House of Representatives appear to be within their rights to propose a budget that excludes the ACA. The Senate are within their rights to vote it down. The President would be within his rights to refuse to sign it if it got as far as him.
The only way to find out who was wrong and who was right is to wait and see what the voters say in the next elections, with the caveat that the whole electoral system is rigged. By both sides.
What we have here is two examples of ridiculous hyperbole. Any argument on the internet is invalid unless it is an extreme, ridiculous parody of the person's real opinion. You can't argue for lower taxes unless you argue for no taxes at all i.e. anarchy. And if you argue that no taxes at all brings about anarchy, then anywhere that aspires to lower taxation but still has police is proof that you don't know what you are talking about. A couple of idiots being idiotic at each other. Nothing new here.