Blaming Ford is like being accused of murder when you put your gun in a safe deposit box, J. Random Criminal says "I'm Amazing Quantum Man", and the bank gives them the gun, and J. Random Criminal kills someone.
Main Entry: irregardless Pronunciation: "ir-i-'gärd-l&s Function: adverb Etymology: probably blend of irrespective and regardless Date: circa 1912 nonstandard : REGARDLESS usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.
I don't believe protecting porn is anything even remotely close to what the founding fathers intended.
Wrong. While they weren't protecting pr0n per se, the point is that speech that everyone likes doesn't *NEED* protection. It's the offensive stuff, be it pr0n, Nazism, the Klan, etc., that needs protection.
Explain it so THEY will understand what you are talking about, without talking DOWN to them
Point out that bandwidth is like budget. They've all had to cut something so that everyone get some budget, and therefore understand that short budget is a zero-sum game. In this situation, your bandwidth is zero-sum.
Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. No, you don't have authority to impose an AUP on your own, but if you write one for the higher-ups, that's work *THEY* don't have to do, so it should be easy approval, as long as the AUP makes sense.
I'd come up with an AUP explicitly banning P2P, not for any ideological reasons, but stating the bandwidth/virus concerns.
Take it to the principal (or whoever administration is if you're above the individual school level), and get it approved. Use logical reasoning. By pointing out that bandwidth is very limited, and such programs are interfering with the educational use of the 'net (YES -- a legit "for the kids" argument!), you should be able to get the AUP approved. At that point, you can ban all such things, and block your incoming/outgoing ports.
And that, my friend is the attitude that causes the problems.
Parenting isn't supposed to be easy. And yes, IAAP (I Am A Parent). To misquote the Peace Corps, it's the toughest job you'll ever love. It's not the government's job to "make parenting easier". It's my job to make sure that my daughters are raised properly. Not yours, not Bush's, and certainly not John Ashcroft's.
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Yeah, it may be OT and it may be flamebait, but Alan mentioned this one...
After V7, more and more got thrown into the kernel. V7 was the last "minimalist" kernel, where small was beautiful.
And Banyan could have taken a page from Mr. Chekov, and created "Vindows", for Vines users!
Do N*Sync count as humans? :-P
The way I read it is this:
Blaming Ford is like being accused of murder when you put your gun in a safe deposit box, J. Random Criminal says "I'm Amazing Quantum Man", and the bank gives them the gun, and J. Random Criminal kills someone.
That's not a haiku. The first line only has 3 syllables.
IRREGARDLESS IS NOT A WORD!
From Merriam-Webster, quoted under fair use:
Main Entry: irregardless
Pronunciation: "ir-i-'gärd-l&s
Function: adverb
Etymology: probably blend of irrespective and regardless
Date: circa 1912
nonstandard : REGARDLESS
usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.
I don't believe protecting porn is anything even remotely close to what the founding fathers intended.
Wrong. While they weren't protecting pr0n per se, the point is that speech that everyone likes doesn't *NEED* protection. It's the offensive stuff, be it pr0n, Nazism, the Klan, etc., that needs protection.
No, that's the COPPA. (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act). Very easy to get them confused.
Most of the machines at my kids' schools are donated. They don't have the $999 to shell out for ANY computers.
Don't know why (maybe it's the fact that it's in LA), but the LA Times always seems to take a hard line on all sorts of copyright issues.
The Wayback Machine is your friend.
No, it was Drax. Drax wasn't in SPECTRE.
And one of the supporters of this bill - the beloved Mr. Boucher.
O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
<VOICE type=luke-skywalker>
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
</VOICE>
I didn't see Eludium Phosdex (the shaving cream atom) in his table!
You'll get your .consumer TLD when the Corporations decide you're good and ready for it!
TLDs aren't three letters anymore:
.museum, .coop
.aero,
I want to register chicken.coop!
Your math is off.
12E * $1/.91E = $13.19 ($13.186+)
You multiplied when you should have divided.
Nope, you should know better by now. Standard EULA boilerplate states that the software is licensed "AS-IS" and disclaims any warranty.
Explain it so THEY will understand what you are talking about, without talking DOWN to them
Point out that bandwidth is like budget. They've all had to cut something so that everyone get some budget, and therefore understand that short budget is a zero-sum game. In this situation, your bandwidth is zero-sum.
I hate replying to myself...
Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. No, you don't have authority to impose an AUP on your own, but if you write one for the higher-ups, that's work *THEY* don't have to do, so it should be easy approval, as long as the AUP makes sense.
I'd come up with an AUP explicitly banning P2P, not for any ideological reasons, but stating the bandwidth/virus concerns.
Take it to the principal (or whoever administration is if you're above the individual school level), and get it approved. Use logical reasoning. By pointing out that bandwidth is very limited, and such programs are interfering with the educational use of the 'net (YES -- a legit "for the kids" argument!), you should be able to get the AUP approved. At that point, you can ban all such things, and block your incoming/outgoing ports.
MPAA != government
Though Jack Valenti wishes it were.
You forgot:
4) Parents who don't want the damn government running our lives. And yes, IAAP.
this Law makes parenting easier.
And that, my friend is the attitude that causes the problems.
Parenting isn't supposed to be easy. And yes, IAAP (I Am A Parent). To misquote the Peace Corps, it's the toughest job you'll ever love. It's not the government's job to "make parenting easier". It's my job to make sure that my daughters are raised properly. Not yours, not Bush's, and certainly not John Ashcroft's.
Some countries don't allow red blood, for example.
So I could sell a Trek-based Wolfenstein variant wherein the object is to waste a bunch of Vulcans?
(For the few out there who don't know, Vulcans have *GREEN* blood).