Thomas Jefferson said "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." Democracy is like a European sports car, it needs a lot of tending to. Too bad Democracy isn't like my old Fairlane, which ran despite all of my neglect.
The problem I had with it was the potential for abuse. Athletes aren't allowed to bet on games and for the same reason the CIA shouldn't be allowed to "bet" on things that they can have an influence over. Especially when they might be tempted to create even more chaotic and violent situations than they normally do.
Perhaps you missed this sentence fragment from the original poster: ...I'm quite sure I'm not the only one who doesn't have english as primary language.
It would be hard to classify this person as an American.
I doubt it. If Mike Tyson can get a date I'm sure this Tucker Max character can get one, too. There are plenty of women out there who are perfectly willing to go out with men who have personality disorders. Keep in mind, I'm not saying Tucker Max has a personality disorder, just that if there are women who will go out with those types of men then he too should have no trouble. He'll probably even get an attractive one. Quality, however, is another issue.
Minor technical point: Killing certain people in certain situations is illegal. Other times it's legal. Killing your next door neighbor is illegal. Killing someone in a neighboring country is legal. As long as you're sent there by the government.
Just for the record, I saw Mitnick speak and he never claimed to be innocent. In fact, he said he deserved to be punished for what he did, just that the punishment in no way fit the crime.
The problem is, if Apple wants to expand it's core business to other areas, they need to target geeks.
I doubt that's going to make Apple's market. It's probably more similar to Kodak, which has an extensive line of professional products but make most of their money on consumer grade stuff. I'm sure Kodak supported professionals because of marketing. It looks good for your company when the pros are using your stuff.
Apple might achieve a similar effect but I don't think the visibility is the same. At a football game or other event you might see a bunch of photographers (before digital) pulling out yellow Kokak canisters but aside from a few laptops being used in coffee shops here and there it's not the same for computers. Why target a geek who spends his time sequestered with his computer and who might not have any influence over other potential users?
This comment hits the nail on the head. Are we seeing the increasing privatization of the justice system? Of course, there's increasingly little justice left in the system as it is with fat checkbooks weighing in heavily for the winning side. But it's disturbing to see the RIAA given carte blanche to crack a computer (something that is illegal for everyone else to do) just because they suspect that you're violating a copyright. What is interesting, however, is that we're seeing just how blatant big money influence on our justice system is.
Yes, I realize that the original post is actually about the government's right to destroy property, but it is being proposed on behalf of the big money. Every notice how you never see legislation that says it's OK to crack/destroy computers of corporations that are guilty of supporting human rights abuses?
Perhaps someone could come up with a remote method for removing politicians who no longer see the Constitution as necessary or relevant.
NPR is the biggest piece of liberal trash in the world, and I gotta pay for it. Communism?
Relax. Less money comes from the governement than you think. Most funds are coming from listeners and corporate sponsors these days. So ease up, there'll be plenty of government money left to sponsor Central American death squads.
Likewise. I wish more people would "vote with their dollar" by switching off, but apparently most of them actually like what's on the airwaves (or cable) these days or they can't imagine not watching TV for hours a week. After all, if people didn't watch TV what would they have to talk about? Art? World politics? Human rights? Physics? Science? Literature? Technology? Music?
From reading the article it looks like the W3C proposal is about interoperability on the web. Does that mean that idiotic patents such as the one on e-commerce and streaming will be revoked? And while it may legally hold water, who was so on the take as to approve Amazon's One-Click patent? I suppose I should have placed a registered symbol or trademark symbol after that or something. Perhaps I should move now to get my patent on No-Click buying. By the way, you all owe me five dollars.
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Thomas Jefferson said "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." Democracy is like a European sports car, it needs a lot of tending to. Too bad Democracy isn't like my old Fairlane, which ran despite all of my neglect.
The problem I had with it was the potential for abuse. Athletes aren't allowed to bet on games and for the same reason the CIA shouldn't be allowed to "bet" on things that they can have an influence over. Especially when they might be tempted to create even more chaotic and violent situations than they normally do.
Perhaps you missed this sentence fragment from the original poster:
...I'm quite sure I'm not the only one who doesn't have english as primary language.
It would be hard to classify this person as an American.
I doubt it. If Mike Tyson can get a date I'm sure this Tucker Max character can get one, too. There are plenty of women out there who are perfectly willing to go out with men who have personality disorders. Keep in mind, I'm not saying Tucker Max has a personality disorder, just that if there are women who will go out with those types of men then he too should have no trouble. He'll probably even get an attractive one. Quality, however, is another issue.
I suppose you mean the ones that haven't moved their corporate mailing addresses to Bermuda so they can avoid paying taxes.
Minor technical point: Killing certain people in certain situations is illegal. Other times it's legal. Killing your next door neighbor is illegal. Killing someone in a neighboring country is legal. As long as you're sent there by the government.
If I was a Republican I'd post anonymously, too.
...but what about ME? I was no genius to start with. I'm married...and I'm worried.
That's just unacceptable. It would leave out too many Slashdotters....
Just for the record, I saw Mitnick speak and he never claimed to be innocent. In fact, he said he deserved to be punished for what he did, just that the punishment in no way fit the crime.
Sure thing. See you there! (dibs on the fryer)
I doubt that's going to make Apple's market. It's probably more similar to Kodak, which has an extensive line of professional products but make most of their money on consumer grade stuff. I'm sure Kodak supported professionals because of marketing. It looks good for your company when the pros are using your stuff.
Apple might achieve a similar effect but I don't think the visibility is the same. At a football game or other event you might see a bunch of photographers (before digital) pulling out yellow Kokak canisters but aside from a few laptops being used in coffee shops here and there it's not the same for computers. Why target a geek who spends his time sequestered with his computer and who might not have any influence over other potential users?
Yes, I realize that the original post is actually about the government's right to destroy property, but it is being proposed on behalf of the big money. Every notice how you never see legislation that says it's OK to crack/destroy computers of corporations that are guilty of supporting human rights abuses?
Perhaps someone could come up with a remote method for removing politicians who no longer see the Constitution as necessary or relevant.
That's a lot of hardware, but just how much noise does that switch and hub make anyway?
"My God, it's full of chickens"
Just more reasons to go veggie. No one ever got hurt taking down a wild tofudebeast....
Just two cents? Student labor is cheaper than I thought....
Relax. Less money comes from the governement than you think. Most funds are coming from listeners and corporate sponsors these days. So ease up, there'll be plenty of government money left to sponsor Central American death squads.
Likewise. I wish more people would "vote with their dollar" by switching off, but apparently most of them actually like what's on the airwaves (or cable) these days or they can't imagine not watching TV for hours a week. After all, if people didn't watch TV what would they have to talk about? Art? World politics? Human rights? Physics? Science? Literature? Technology? Music?
"...just remember, nobody ever picks on number 2."
And just what number do you think Iraq is? I suspect that Max has plenty of intellectual authority.
I'm probably missing the sarcasm of this post....
I doubt that they're trying to protect us from ourselves as much as they're trying to protect themselves from us.
...but could I get a table a little farther away from those guys? No, a little farther....
From reading the article it looks like the W3C proposal is about interoperability on the web. Does that mean that idiotic patents such as the one on e-commerce and streaming will be revoked? And while it may legally hold water, who was so on the take as to approve Amazon's One-Click patent? I suppose I should have placed a registered symbol or trademark symbol after that or something. Perhaps I should move now to get my patent on No-Click buying. By the way, you all owe me five dollars.
I doubt he would have found the world so comprehensible if he had.
So, what you're saying is that they're still hitting two-thirds of the time?