I'm happiest when a movie doesn't have any huge names at all you usually get a more enjoyable experience because the actors don't carry the baggage that someone you've seen in a number of movies does.
Um...you don't see a contradiction here? If they're saying "who?" then there's no baggage.
I agree with Conan O'Brien: Lucas did it "to make C3PO look less gay."
That is, if he did it at all. I suspect the newspaper stories were sourced (uncredited) from ananova, which credits a fan site. Any Kubrick fans here? Do you remember the outrageous rumors about the plot of Eyes Wide Shut? There has not yet been any official source on this.
The prisons are filled, primarily, with drug offenders, not perpetrators of violent crime.
You contend that criminalizing violent crime is not a deterrent? That is laughable. In the case of violent crime, it at least gets the bad guys off the street for a while.
I agree that the law should have teeth - all laws should, ineffectual laws are an injury to all law. Your suggestion that an outfit like Qwest would flagrantly pursue a policy that violates an enforcable law is as ridiculous as your contention that laws have no affect on violent crime.
On the one hand, you indicate that law is useless, on the other you say that the law should be Draconian (massive teeth).
Perhaps you haven't really thought things out, or perhaps you are merely nostalgic for an age where laws were few but vicious, say the medieval era.
Personally, I can't even believe this was posted to slashdot.
That it was published in the Register makes it an "interesting fake," even if fake. I agree that the style does not sound like that of a professional (no guarantee that it's fake though). I think/. would have been well-advised to hedge a bit more in the headline, and be a little more forward about the possibility of this being a sham. But the fact that/. isn't run by lawyers is a good thing, right?
If you wish to read AC's you can. Despite the tendency of moderators to smoke too much crack, the moderation system allows posting rights without making the right to read worthless. Maximum freedom to posters without abridging the freedom of others.
You may have noticed that, since February, entering a typo in the address bar of a browser is much less likely to send you to an advertising site. That's due to the FTC action against Gregory Lasrado. This may have helped reduce the number of registrations.
, why do I see "[qwest.com]" in my text after the URL?
You may not work in the typical corp. environment. While URLs can be easily checked, they can also easily be clicked upon with no checking, which can be cause for termination (at my workplace) if they're the wrong kind of site.
Displaying the domain of the link cuts down the incidence of that kind of trolling.
I mean no offense, but whenever I hear the phrase, "What we really need is... legislation," it makes me want to head for the hills.
Were you in the hills when laws were passed against assault? murder? rape? Violation of my privacy deprives me of my rights, and if laws don't forbid it, what possible control do I have over information that is out there in the control of anyone who can buy, borrow or steal it?
What do you propose? Ask them nicely? Depend on market forces, when market forces will always favor the person who cheat, lies and steals? You may not mean offense, but knee-jerk libertarianism (like knee-jerk anything) makes me sick.
When you install ISP software, it will present a software license and in most cases the Terms & Conditions of the service for approval. But no ISP I know of presents its Privacy Statement in the course of installation or signup. They do sometimes tell you where to find it on the web, or even provide a link.
What they don't want to do -- and correct me if your ISP does this -- is put it in front of people's faces. Unlike software licenses and TOS, people will read a Privacy Statement. The reason is, most ToS and software license agreements don't affect your life outside the use of the specific service. Privacy affects your life.
I will bet you dollars to donuts that this "existing Privacy Policy" was not (until very recently) a published privacy policy, and was not part of any signed contract.
There's fewer now than there used to be, but most of the "free" ISP's used tracking to target ads (i.e., visit auto sites, get car ads).
From Netzero's Privacy Statement:
Non-Personal and Aggregated Information. This refers to information that cannot be traced back to a specific individual. We automatically gather certain information about you based upon your activity on the Site or the way you use the Service. We also collect machine data such as processor type, processor speed, operating system type, browser type, audio devices, modem devices and video cards. This information may include the web site's Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") that you just came from, which URL you next go to, what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol ("IP") address.
Think, my friend, of normal people. With kids. Who aren't born with the ability to read.
Miyazaki's stuff is slowly coming out in a form that the young ones can enjoy, but I fear Disney may drop the ball on thsi one, and market it only for adults (ie, subbed only).
Not much of a trick. Just give your next-door neighbor a WAP for Xmas and cancel your own broadband.
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Another Free Software Gunslinger...
He was making a broader point about intellectual property and the current state of copyright law, not "Free Software." Perhaps you are too young to remember the days when books would become public domain after about 30 years, in most instances. This is more nostalgia for copyright as intended by the framers than it is "hippy revolutionairies."
"Another Gutenberg Project Gunslinger" would have been more appropriate.
Please read before sharing your knee-jerk reactions.
I've read that the major HD manufacturers have been toying with implementing Digital Rights Management on the hard drive, but I doubt any OEM would touch that...geeks would then make a small fortune building gray boxes for all their neighbors, who might finally realize that trusting the techie guy next door is a better idea than giving Dell/Gateway their $$$.
Unless, of course, the absence of rights management on a PC is outlawed. Way, way unlikely, that. Would you sit still for it? I wouldn't.
I gather you are under the impression that an in-store demo Xbox is not from the production run? What would be the point of retooling the production line to make special "demo" boxes that are defective in ways the stock model is not?
Every other electronic appliance, the "floor model" is straight out of inventory. Perhaps you have confused the pre-production demo boxes (which would have been PCs with special hand modifications) with "floor model" or "in-store demo" machines, quite a different thing and, unless I am grossly mistaken, right off the production line.
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I'm happiest when a movie doesn't have any huge names at all you usually get a more enjoyable experience because the actors don't carry the baggage that someone you've seen in a number of movies does.
Um...you don't see a contradiction here? If they're saying "who?" then there's no baggage.
I agree with Conan O'Brien: Lucas did it "to make C3PO look less gay."
That is, if he did it at all. I suspect the newspaper stories were sourced (uncredited) from ananova, which credits a fan site. Any Kubrick fans here? Do you remember the outrageous rumors about the plot of Eyes Wide Shut? There has not yet been any official source on this.
Just look at our idiotic voters. They are the mediorce masses
[sig:]Capitalism has a shelve life of 250 years. Unforunately, we are way past due for a revolution.
Pardon me, but who, if not the "proles," will foment this revolution? Perhaps you are a member of the CorporoTechnoCratic Party International?
At least correct your sig so "shelf" is spelled correctly.
BTW, if you happen to work for GM and you tell the media, you'd also probably lose your job.
Better, then, to say "screw the public" and collect the paycheck? Your own argument demonstrates that full disclosure is the high road.
The prisons are filled, primarily, with drug offenders, not perpetrators of violent crime.
You contend that criminalizing violent crime is not a deterrent? That is laughable. In the case of violent crime, it at least gets the bad guys off the street for a while.
I agree that the law should have teeth - all laws should, ineffectual laws are an injury to all law. Your suggestion that an outfit like Qwest would flagrantly pursue a policy that violates an enforcable law is as ridiculous as your contention that laws have no affect on violent crime.
On the one hand, you indicate that law is useless, on the other you say that the law should be Draconian (massive teeth).
Perhaps you haven't really thought things out, or perhaps you are merely nostalgic for an age where laws were few but vicious, say the medieval era.
Personally, I can't even believe this was posted to slashdot.
That it was published in the Register makes it an "interesting fake," even if fake. I agree that the style does not sound like that of a professional (no guarantee that it's fake though). I think /. would have been well-advised to hedge a bit more in the headline, and be a little more forward about the possibility of this being a sham. But the fact that /. isn't run by lawyers is a good thing, right?
If you wish to read AC's you can. Despite the tendency of moderators to smoke too much crack, the moderation system allows posting rights without making the right to read worthless. Maximum freedom to posters without abridging the freedom of others.
You may have noticed that, since February, entering a typo in the address bar of a browser is much less likely to send you to an advertising site. That's due to the FTC action against Gregory Lasrado. This may have helped reduce the number of registrations.
Once in a while the gov does something right.
, why do I see "[qwest.com]" in my text after the URL?
You may not work in the typical corp. environment. While URLs can be easily checked, they can also easily be clicked upon with no checking, which can be cause for termination (at my workplace) if they're the wrong kind of site.
Displaying the domain of the link cuts down the incidence of that kind of trolling.
I mean no offense, but whenever I hear the phrase, "What we really need is... legislation," it makes me want to head for the hills.
Were you in the hills when laws were passed against assault? murder? rape? Violation of my privacy deprives me of my rights, and if laws don't forbid it, what possible control do I have over information that is out there in the control of anyone who can buy, borrow or steal it?
What do you propose? Ask them nicely? Depend on market forces, when market forces will always favor the person who cheat, lies and steals? You may not mean offense, but knee-jerk libertarianism (like knee-jerk anything) makes me sick.
When you install ISP software, it will present a software license and in most cases the Terms & Conditions of the service for approval. But no ISP I know of presents its Privacy Statement in the course of installation or signup. They do sometimes tell you where to find it on the web, or even provide a link.
What they don't want to do -- and correct me if your ISP does this -- is put it in front of people's faces. Unlike software licenses and TOS, people will read a Privacy Statement. The reason is, most ToS and software license agreements don't affect your life outside the use of the specific service. Privacy affects your life.
I will bet you dollars to donuts that this "existing Privacy Policy" was not (until very recently) a published privacy policy, and was not part of any signed contract.
An honorable man would return those mod points.
He means the Times. You do not need to register to read/write anonymously here.
There's fewer now than there used to be, but most of the "free" ISP's used tracking to target ads (i.e., visit auto sites, get car ads).
From Netzero's Privacy Statement:
Non-Personal and Aggregated Information. This refers to information that cannot be traced back to a specific individual. We automatically gather certain information about you based upon your activity on the Site or the way you use the Service. We also collect machine data such as processor type, processor speed, operating system type, browser type, audio devices, modem devices and video cards. This information may include the web site's Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") that you just came from, which URL you next go to, what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol ("IP") address.
Knockin' on Heaven's Door takes place between episodes 22 and 23 of the original TV series.
Miyazaki's stuff is slowly coming out in a form that the young ones can enjoy, but I fear Disney may drop the ball on thsi one, and market it only for adults (ie, subbed only).
Not much of a trick. Just give your next-door neighbor a WAP for Xmas and cancel your own broadband.
He was making a broader point about intellectual property and the current state of copyright law, not "Free Software." Perhaps you are too young to remember the days when books would become public domain after about 30 years, in most instances. This is more nostalgia for copyright as intended by the framers than it is "hippy revolutionairies."
"Another Gutenberg Project Gunslinger" would have been more appropriate.
Please read before sharing your knee-jerk reactions.
Cutting off people's hands will stop theft in general. Blowing up the planet would stop all kinds of crime. So, what's your point?
I've read that the major HD manufacturers have been toying with implementing Digital Rights Management on the hard drive, but I doubt any OEM would touch that...geeks would then make a small fortune building gray boxes for all their neighbors, who might finally realize that trusting the techie guy next door is a better idea than giving Dell/Gateway their $$$.
Unless, of course, the absence of rights management on a PC is outlawed. Way, way unlikely, that. Would you sit still for it? I wouldn't.
I gather you are under the impression that an in-store demo Xbox is not from the production run? What would be the point of retooling the production line to make special "demo" boxes that are defective in ways the stock model is not?
Every other electronic appliance, the "floor model" is straight out of inventory. Perhaps you have confused the pre-production demo boxes (which would have been PCs with special hand modifications) with "floor model" or "in-store demo" machines, quite a different thing and, unless I am grossly mistaken, right off the production line.
Built-in NIC (single-player games are for people with no friends)
And NICs are for people whose friends live inside their computer.
just to prevent biasedness.
I hope you're not an editor. You are preventing bias.
That makes me regret not screwing up the country a little more before I passed it on.
Another fine argument for establishing a mod-up for skilled trolling.