Mod parent up. People who protest in the street are (mostly rightfully) seen as a nutcase spectacle.
Besides any moron can carry a sign and yell stupid rhymes in the street. But what good does it do, apart from satisfying some testosterone-rooted wet dreams of the neo-fascists who do it just to pick fights with the police every time G8/WB/Bush/IMF/whatever is in town?
"Revolution, armed or not, is at the core of our system of government."
Maybe on a piece of paper that the current establishment does not take seriously, and hasnt for a long time.
You seem to have a poor grasp of what government is, or is just out walking your verbal pet rock. A revolution is an action that totally eliminates the power of current government, replacing it with a new one. Democratic elections are way different from revolutions and what may be derived from this concept.
THis is an interestign question. If privacy laws supposedly protect an individual's privacy when the data of said individual is in teh hands of a business, would it also protect the individual's privacy from gaining access to said data, if the individual was not consenting to them getting their hands on it in the first place?
Disregarding the abrasiveness of former poster, he is right. It is an old maxim that individual states operate in a lawless environment, and they have no obligations to citizens of other nations. The only danger is that if you fuck around too much with subjects of other states, then you are in danger of contracting angry reactions from said state, which in some cases - historically - means war.
"Why would a company keep all of that information, especially when they know there is a high degree of certainty that they will be involved in some legal troubles later. Keeping this information is just asking for trouble."
Because they are stupid to the point of near-moronity (yes, i made it up), and individual privacy, decency and rights matter jack shit to them if it doesnt have a dollar value attached. There is truth to the claim that businesses are very shortsighted, if the businesses in question are US corporate giants, that is.
After my first 8-hour SimCity session, I didn't really have "burning eyes" problems. I do on occasion have "tired eyes", but that's more a mental phenomenon imo.
"We disagree on what, if anything, should be done to make the system more "fair.""
Yes. I say - free super size fast food meals for all people with BMI 35 or more, 3 times a day. Hopefully they will eat thmselves to death ad lower my insurance premiums that way.
"I very much doubt the amount of people browsing Slashdot from a Linux computer is more than a couple percent. Anyway if the software is shitty & overpriced, does that make it OK to steal it? "
Corrected for 10.000th time - casual copying is NOT stealing.
Stealing involves that the owner of a thing is permanently deprived of it. Nobody is actually deprived of anything when a piece of commercial software gets duplicated. The fact that they do not (in some cases, immediately) get a potential profit is irrelevant.
Another excuse for the collectivist politicians to tax the crap out of anyone who dares use energy for whatever reason. Remember Al Gore's Carbon Tax...
It's tiresome to read all those comments the bash the GW critics as simply being shills for "Big industry". Those have become predictable criticisms.
But where are the same cries of vested interests, when you consider how many scientists are funded by government? Where are the cried of "GOVERNMENT SHILLS"?!
The reason i look for specialist shops is exactly that i need to get my hands on things that other shops don't have. Then again, I don't know if supermarkets etc. in Britain also pull 35 mm film off their shelves?
Slashdot Mirror
Obviously a rhetorical question.
But to answer - because it serves the purposes of the politicians.
Mod parent up. People who protest in the street are (mostly rightfully) seen as a nutcase spectacle.
Besides any moron can carry a sign and yell stupid rhymes in the street. But what good does it do, apart from satisfying some testosterone-rooted wet dreams of the neo-fascists who do it just to pick fights with the police every time G8/WB/Bush/IMF/whatever is in town?
Such idealism. Thinkign the same officials who have you snared in a little democratic fantasy can be voted out in teh same way they have subverted?
You really don't think elections have been altered before the age of computers?
"Revolution, armed or not, is at the core of our system of government."
Maybe on a piece of paper that the current establishment does not take seriously, and hasnt for a long time.
You seem to have a poor grasp of what government is, or is just out walking your verbal pet rock. A revolution is an action that totally eliminates the power of current government, replacing it with a new one. Democratic elections are way different from revolutions and what may be derived from this concept.
Agree. Brain is hardware, mind is software.
Not what I'm saying, and not what I want.
THis is an interestign question. If privacy laws supposedly protect an individual's privacy when the data of said individual is in teh hands of a business, would it also protect the individual's privacy from gaining access to said data, if the individual was not consenting to them getting their hands on it in the first place?
Interim solution - abolish corporations, and watch Viacom and like scourges get sucked out the drain. And good riddance.
Disregarding the abrasiveness of former poster, he is right. It is an old maxim that individual states operate in a lawless environment, and they have no obligations to citizens of other nations. The only danger is that if you fuck around too much with subjects of other states, then you are in danger of contracting angry reactions from said state, which in some cases - historically - means war.
And to nitpick, rain forests aren't used for paper-making. Good 'ol pine forest usually is.
"Why would a company keep all of that information, especially when they know there is a high degree of certainty that they will be involved in some legal troubles later. Keeping this information is just asking for trouble."
Because they are stupid to the point of near-moronity (yes, i made it up), and individual privacy, decency and rights matter jack shit to them if it doesnt have a dollar value attached. There is truth to the claim that businesses are very shortsighted, if the businesses in question are US corporate giants, that is.
Depends on the worth of the object in question. Do you give away a Ferrari?
FYi the page may kill your browser or make your computer comatoze for a while if it is unworthy.
As the author also points out:
"Do your friends a favor. Link to the parent page instead. Thanks!"
Which is this - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~maverick/VimColorSchemeTest/index.html
After my first 8-hour SimCity session, I didn't really have "burning eyes" problems. I do on occasion have "tired eyes", but that's more a mental phenomenon imo.
"We disagree on what, if anything, should be done to make the system more "fair.""
Yes. I say - free super size fast food meals for all people with BMI 35 or more, 3 times a day. Hopefully they will eat thmselves to death ad lower my insurance premiums that way.
So, in your idea of the free market, no agent (company) may ever do something the customers don't like?
Methinks you miss the point of the free market.
"I very much doubt the amount of people browsing Slashdot from a Linux computer is more than a couple percent. Anyway if the software is shitty & overpriced, does that make it OK to steal it? "
Corrected for 10.000th time - casual copying is NOT stealing.
Stealing involves that the owner of a thing is permanently deprived of it. Nobody is actually deprived of anything when a piece of commercial software gets duplicated. The fact that they do not (in some cases, immediately) get a potential profit is irrelevant.
Wrong. If there is profit in it for MS, Ballmer will take it up the ass, hard, and so will all Windows users eventually.
Judging from the result of the state's "War On drugs"? Yes...
Where Is The Money?
Another excuse for the collectivist politicians to tax the crap out of anyone who dares use energy for whatever reason. Remember Al Gore's Carbon Tax...
It's tiresome to read all those comments the bash the GW critics as simply being shills for "Big industry". Those have become predictable criticisms.
But where are the same cries of vested interests, when you consider how many scientists are funded by government? Where are the cried of "GOVERNMENT SHILLS"?!
Does that mean my chances of coupling with with a female is increased?
Anybody up for a round of Red Alert?
The reason i look for specialist shops is exactly that i need to get my hands on things that other shops don't have. Then again, I don't know if supermarkets etc. in Britain also pull 35 mm film off their shelves?