As I said, I retract that statement I made earlier:)
There could be a legal way for them to say "nope, not us, we're just a gateway for that ISP over there, you know - the one called Verizon Wireless Gateway Services" or something similar.
Or they could actually BE an ISP in the fullest and true meaning.
Teachers not allowed to consider stuff now? Thoughtcrime much? Jeez, if we were all held accountable for what we'd CONSIDERED, we'd all be on death row.
Is this an American thing - being anti-intelligent, anti-learning? I've lived in Britain and Canada, and in both places if you said what you had done (re-wiring your house) you'd get a slap on the back and an offer of another beer for being such a good bloke. I know a guy who re-wired his house and replaced all the plumbing too - you should see the smiles on the faces of people as he tells his stories about it.
News is mostly entertainment anyway; you will hear about the *really* important stuff from friends or relatives.
And where do *they* get their news from?
News *is* depressing, but so is "Sir, you have cancer, we need to get you on chemo straight away". You can't ignore all the depressing stuff - some of it is important. I'm going to guess you are an American, so if you were in the 1770's and had the same attitude, you'd probably be sitting at home with your fingers in your ears while the British marched through your town. Same thing is happening now, except it's not the British, it's Corporations.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilence, not American Idol.
Maybe *his* area is "everywhere except the USA". Someone upthread posted a link to politicalcompass which shows Obama is a centrist, though still a smidge to the right.
Because I, as a real live natural person, have more rights than a company. At least I do where I live - not sure about you lot in the US any more, given recent SCOTUS decisions.
I like it that way, as do the vast majority of citizens where I live now, and where I have lived before. Which is why the law (here) favours my right to stay employed and leave when I want, over a company's right to fire me for no reason.
Improperly THEN, sure, as IUPAC would not be around for another hundred years. But as IUPAC determines the proper name for an element NOW, unless you want to jump in a time machine, or get Davy to resurrect and argue his case, the correct and proper name for the element is Aluminium.
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As I said, I retract that statement I made earlier :)
There could be a legal way for them to say "nope, not us, we're just a gateway for that ISP over there, you know - the one called Verizon Wireless Gateway Services" or something similar.
Or they could actually BE an ISP in the fullest and true meaning.
After a bit of actual thinking, I retract what I just said :)
Why can't Verizon Wireless can be both?
Unless there are laws against that sort of thing, they can. But in this universe, they aren't.
You do realize that Verizon owns 55% of Verizon Wireless and effectively has total control over it's management and operations, right?
While true, this has nothing to do with the legal status of one or other being a common carrier.
Inevitable car analogy: You have total control over your car's management and operations, but only one of you has a legal requirement to file taxes(*)
(*)Yeah, not 100% correct but close enough for the point I am trying to make.
Locked?
So is your DVD player, ... How is that a bad thing?
Because I cannot play region 2 DVDs on my region 1 DVD player. That sounds like a bad thing to me.
> The genitals are pretty much the same for everybody.
Well, that attractive girl that just went through the scanner... she has a penis. And now everybody knows it.
Everybody? Surely just the security person looking at the screen.
For some people, it's their job.
How many people know CPR?
Sadly, not enough.
Oh, you weren't employing sarcasm when you said:
So good to see our youth are in good hands
My apologies.
I think you mean this
Teachers not allowed to consider stuff now? Thoughtcrime much? Jeez, if we were all held accountable for what we'd CONSIDERED, we'd all be on death row.
Is this an American thing - being anti-intelligent, anti-learning? I've lived in Britain and Canada, and in both places if you said what you had done (re-wiring your house) you'd get a slap on the back and an offer of another beer for being such a good bloke. I know a guy who re-wired his house and replaced all the plumbing too - you should see the smiles on the faces of people as he tells his stories about it.
News is mostly entertainment anyway; you will hear about the *really* important stuff from friends or relatives.
And where do *they* get their news from?
News *is* depressing, but so is "Sir, you have cancer, we need to get you on chemo straight away". You can't ignore all the depressing stuff - some of it is important. I'm going to guess you are an American, so if you were in the 1770's and had the same attitude, you'd probably be sitting at home with your fingers in your ears while the British marched through your town. Same thing is happening now, except it's not the British, it's Corporations.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilence, not American Idol.
Maybe *his* area is "everywhere except the USA". Someone upthread posted a link to politicalcompass which shows Obama is a centrist, though still a smidge to the right.
And this is precisely why I started to listen to the BBC World Service.
Make the analogy slightly worse: say you can only have your tank filled by a "qualified technician".
You mean like in New Jersey?
Yes I frakkin' do want space fries with that!
Safer cars. Got any figures on the number of accidents, as opposed to the number of fatalities?
Because I, as a real live natural person, have more rights than a company. At least I do where I live - not sure about you lot in the US any more, given recent SCOTUS decisions.
I like it that way, as do the vast majority of citizens where I live now, and where I have lived before. Which is why the law (here) favours my right to stay employed and leave when I want, over a company's right to fire me for no reason.
Notorious hacker group "The Librarians" thumbed their collective noses today
Ook?
Mr elrous0, we've traced those malicious emails you've been getting. They're coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE!
Double double. And some timbits.
2. Blame it on [insert group here]
Canada?
Improperly THEN, sure, as IUPAC would not be around for another hundred years. But as IUPAC determines the proper name for an element NOW, unless you want to jump in a time machine, or get Davy to resurrect and argue his case, the correct and proper name for the element is Aluminium.
So you almost agree with him?