Plus with all the mobile devices I would imagine that internet bandwidth has grown to accompany this. But how many people download a torrent on their mobile phone?
Yeah I think even the ancient Greeks made that argument at one point. It's called growing up, when you get to the point when you shake your head at all "those darned kids and the stuff they get up to nowadays". Mr. Psychologist should just look in the mirror and accept the fact that he has reached middle age instead of acting all paranoid and thinking there is something sinister happening.
The children's needs should be second. That way they learn patience, discipline, and that the whole universe does not exist to please them. Parents who are run by their children and do otherwise usually end up with spoiled brats.
I guess you missed what recently happened here on Earth when Spain ordered a US treasure hunting company to return hundreds of million worth of gold they "salvaged" from the bottom of the ocean and won the court case. Governments ignore laws when it suits them, and if it's important enough they will make a special law just for you.
so it IS okay to force cyberbullies to reveal their identity
No, not even this is ok. Because then you just have to re-define the word "bullying" to mean whatever you want, and you're back to square 1. It should never be illegal to be an idiot, or to be rude. Otherwise we will all end up in jail one way or another.
Go live on the Cayman islands and make your fortune there - I don't think they have any income tax or capital gains tax, so you can keep 100% of your money!
Exactly what I do. Except it's not the Cayman Islands. Yes don't worry I will continue "suffering" in this tropical paradise while you reap the fruits of living in a "developed" society. So I have to put up with more pot-holes. It's a small price to pay, believe me.
No-one's taking anything from you - it wasn't yours to keep in the first place.
Yeah you tell yourself that the next time someone steals your car. It wasn't yours to begin with. You were merely holding it for the thief. The police report, insurance stuff and taking the bus to work is just an administrative thing. Funny, people who entirely by accident are born outside the US don't have to pay those same taxes you do. In fact some people are smart and engineer a way to not to have to pay taxes at all, and it's 100% legal. Of course it upsets certain senators who think like you do - that taxes are an entitlement of the US government. But you obviously have drunk the kool aid. Keep telling yourself what a good little tax paying citizen you are, while idiots squander everything you pay.
Er, no. M = mega. m = meter. Micron usually uses the abbreviation (mu, which slashdot refuses to print), and where you can't use mu for some reason some texts cheat by using the letter u. You, however, are dead wrong..
It was a long time ago that's for sure. I was a teenager. I remember we first got an Apple IIe. Then we went IBM, and have stayed that way ever since. You're probably right on the dates though. Still, back then the PC you wanted always cost around $5000, regardless of brand.
despite claims that the drilling would put the population of Naples at risk of small earthquakes or an explosion
How much risk is actually behind that statement, versus making such a statement only to avoid ending up on manslaughter charges like some other Italian geologists... See what happens when you mix politics and truth?
Let's solve the problem of government being locked into exclusive relationships with other vendors by - locking them into an exclusive relationship with us! But our dog and pony show is more elaborate than theirs.
Did someone else just learn how to google for CCTV feeds? Best one I ever found was at a dog shelter or animal hospital. Cute little doggies 24/7, and none of the smell. Of course I have more fun with my own dog, but it was a good find.
Seriously, I hate seeing the PC become prostituted and sold short. I've watched its decline since last century, where it has gone from number-crunching powerhouse to (almost) just a dumb terminal. Why bother getting a PC at all under these conditions? Let's go back to coin-operated video games. I'm sure the "market" will love that. Except of course it's going to cost you much more than $0.25 per go this time. $10 bills only.
Only if you think in absolutes: right and wrong, verus less wrong and more right. Absolute thinking is what the law is about, but of course absolute thinking is also a sure sign of a deranged mind. Charging people a millions of dollars, extraditing them and throwing them in jail over a torrent is also not "right", especially when actual real "losses" can't be demonstrated.
Slashdot does not speak for me. I certainly do not want to be "represented" by a collection of nerds and trolls in any point of view - I am perfectly capable of taking my own stand where I choose.
Communications sectors in all countries are run by oligopolies at best and are beset by regulations and restrictions. Where the hell do you see a "free market"?
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Plus with all the mobile devices I would imagine that internet bandwidth has grown to accompany this. But how many people download a torrent on their mobile phone?
Yeah I think even the ancient Greeks made that argument at one point. It's called growing up, when you get to the point when you shake your head at all "those darned kids and the stuff they get up to nowadays". Mr. Psychologist should just look in the mirror and accept the fact that he has reached middle age instead of acting all paranoid and thinking there is something sinister happening.
The children's needs should be second. That way they learn patience, discipline, and that the whole universe does not exist to please them. Parents who are run by their children and do otherwise usually end up with spoiled brats.
but we don't spend more money than you on military equipment because we are nice people.
No, you do that because you are idiots. Billion dollar planes that don't fly. Etc. The more you spend the less you get for your money.
I guess you missed what recently happened here on Earth when Spain ordered a US treasure hunting company to return hundreds of million worth of gold they "salvaged" from the bottom of the ocean and won the court case. Governments ignore laws when it suits them, and if it's important enough they will make a special law just for you.
Pakistan, for a start?
But the moon surface is rock stable.
I guess you've never heard of moon quakes. Rock stable my ass. Consider this the new thing you learned today.
so it IS okay to force cyberbullies to reveal their identity
No, not even this is ok. Because then you just have to re-define the word "bullying" to mean whatever you want, and you're back to square 1. It should never be illegal to be an idiot, or to be rude. Otherwise we will all end up in jail one way or another.
Go live on the Cayman islands and make your fortune there - I don't think they have any income tax or capital gains tax, so you can keep 100% of your money!
Exactly what I do. Except it's not the Cayman Islands. Yes don't worry I will continue "suffering" in this tropical paradise while you reap the fruits of living in a "developed" society. So I have to put up with more pot-holes. It's a small price to pay, believe me.
No-one's taking anything from you - it wasn't yours to keep in the first place.
Yeah you tell yourself that the next time someone steals your car. It wasn't yours to begin with. You were merely holding it for the thief. The police report, insurance stuff and taking the bus to work is just an administrative thing. Funny, people who entirely by accident are born outside the US don't have to pay those same taxes you do. In fact some people are smart and engineer a way to not to have to pay taxes at all, and it's 100% legal. Of course it upsets certain senators who think like you do - that taxes are an entitlement of the US government. But you obviously have drunk the kool aid. Keep telling yourself what a good little tax paying citizen you are, while idiots squander everything you pay.
Er, no. M = mega. m = meter. Micron usually uses the abbreviation (mu, which slashdot refuses to print), and where you can't use mu for some reason some texts cheat by using the letter u. You, however, are dead wrong..
With all the tariffs, rules and regulations, barriers to entry and existing oligopolies, the market is far from "free". Only idiots think otherwise.
It was a long time ago that's for sure. I was a teenager. I remember we first got an Apple IIe. Then we went IBM, and have stayed that way ever since. You're probably right on the dates though. Still, back then the PC you wanted always cost around $5000, regardless of brand.
despite claims that the drilling would put the population of Naples at risk of small earthquakes or an explosion
How much risk is actually behind that statement, versus making such a statement only to avoid ending up on manslaughter charges like some other Italian geologists... See what happens when you mix politics and truth?
Roughly the same price, because the only other alternative was from IBM. The PC clones had not arrived yet.
Vermont is small enough that they can just slant drill under it from neighboring states.
Feds != MPAA. Oh wait, yes they are.
Let's solve the problem of government being locked into exclusive relationships with other vendors by - locking them into an exclusive relationship with us! But our dog and pony show is more elaborate than theirs.
Did someone else just learn how to google for CCTV feeds? Best one I ever found was at a dog shelter or animal hospital. Cute little doggies 24/7, and none of the smell. Of course I have more fun with my own dog, but it was a good find.
on-demand games market
Seriously, I hate seeing the PC become prostituted and sold short. I've watched its decline since last century, where it has gone from number-crunching powerhouse to (almost) just a dumb terminal. Why bother getting a PC at all under these conditions? Let's go back to coin-operated video games. I'm sure the "market" will love that. Except of course it's going to cost you much more than $0.25 per go this time. $10 bills only.
Actually that's quite old, and it's not really a joke at all. The joke is if you have actually read it.
A challenger appears.
Only if you think in absolutes: right and wrong, verus less wrong and more right. Absolute thinking is what the law is about, but of course absolute thinking is also a sure sign of a deranged mind. Charging people a millions of dollars, extraditing them and throwing them in jail over a torrent is also not "right", especially when actual real "losses" can't be demonstrated.
If Slashdot is truly taking a stand
Slashdot does not speak for me. I certainly do not want to be "represented" by a collection of nerds and trolls in any point of view - I am perfectly capable of taking my own stand where I choose.
Communications sectors in all countries are run by oligopolies at best and are beset by regulations and restrictions. Where the hell do you see a "free market"?