It's funny because she claims she couldn't get online because her Verizon install CD didn't work. She should have checked to see if she wasn't already online before complaining...
So she should know more than the authors of the Verizon install software, the software that told her 'Sorry, you're SOL'?
I mean, granted, the Verizon install CD was probably written by a bunch of trained marmosets, but the marmosets were specialists; it's not fair to ask an untrained human to compete with them.
It's not like openoffice doesn't work, or that networking under linux isn't pretty much "plug it in and go online."
If someone told her "you need MS word to do this class", it's not her fault if she doesn't know that OpenOffice.org would also work. And if Verizon told her "you need to run CD to go online", it's not her fault if she doesn't know that the CD is unnecessary bullshit.
The fault here lies with the school, Dell, and Verizon, not the student. She was trying to learn something new - hip-hip-hoorray! They gave her bad info and crappy support - bunch of mindless jerks who will be first against the wall when the revolution comes.
And then, apparently, her solution to this life crisis wasn't to ask someone knowledgeable about computers - it was to call the local news!
She contacted the fscking manufacturer - doesn't that count as "someone knowledgeable about computers"?
Well, maybe not, since this was Dell...
Anyway, she had a consumer complaint about a product. She called the local news' consumer division, and everything got worked out.
The guilty parties here are Dell, for sending her a laptop with Ubuntu without making it clear that that's what she was getting and not giving good support afterward, and Verizon, for the usual unnecessary "install disk" bullshit.
given that a wedge has ALREADY been driven into that by the so-called "campaign finance reform" law
Campaign finance law isn't about the speech, it's about the money. I'm all in favor of restricting bribery.
There's no difference between "Gee, officer, I'm not sure how fast I was going, but while I've got you here I'd like to buy a ticket to the Policeman's Ball, wink wink nudge nudge" and "Gee, Senator, thanks for seeing me about this bill that's so critical to my bottom line, and while I've got you here I'd like to make a contribution to your re-election campaign, wink wink nudge nudge". You're not prohibited from saying "Support your local police" or "Vote for Senator Smith"; cops and elected officials are being prohibited from quid pro quo.
I am little confused about the "restored" part of your comment tho. I can buy guns no problem where I live as long as I'm not insane or a felon.
I live in Maryland, one of the more firearms-unfriendly states - carry permits (necessary for armed citizens to act as a check on rouge cops) are almost impossible for ordinary citizens to obtain. Only handguns on an approved roster may be sold, and we have a seven day waiting period for handguns and mean-looking long guns. And in my county there's a total ban on stunguns - except for police.
One other thing the Doctor relies on - other people (companions, etc.) to 'do the right thing' and be clever.
I think that's been one of the interesting themes of the show, at least since the revival - not the Doctor himself, but the impact he has on those he encounters. Prime example being Rose, of course, who goes from a chavvy shop girl to someone who can put the scare into Daleks!
It's an unusual usage these days - at least in American English - but not an incorrect one: loose... -verb (used with object) 20. to let loose; free from bonds or restraint. 21. to release, as from constraint, obligation, or penalty. 22. Chiefly Nautical. to set free from fastening or attachment: to loose a boat from its moorings. 23. to unfasten, undo, or untie, as a bond, fetter, or knot. 24. to shoot; discharge; let fly: to loose missiles at the invaders. 25. to make less tight; slacken or relax. 26. to render less firmly fixed; lessen an attachment; loosen. -verb (used without object) 27. to let go a hold. 28. to hoist anchor; get under way. 29. to shoot or let fly an arrow, bullet, etc. (often fol. by off): to loose off at a flock of ducks. 30. Obsolete. to become loose; loosen.
it's more possible to do more stories where lots of physical movement, agility, and sheer conditioning play a part.
Jon Pertwee was long past his 20s, but his Doctor buckled swashes rather well and kicked butt with his "Venusian karate". There's a sword-fight with The Master, and even a good old-fashioned pit fight in one ep. A very silly video highlight real of Third Doctor fight scenes here.
Don't make ageist assumptions about the correlation between age and fitness or butt-kicking ability. And get off my lawn, damn kid.
Raggedy-ass infrastructure, in the presence of billions of dollars, is just one of the reasons i could not bear to live on the east coast.
If you think Penn Station is raggedy-ass, try any Greyhound Bus depot...
But yes, the state of NYP is shameful. I used to think the Amtrak trains were ok, even if the stations (I ride from Baltimore's Penn Station to NYC's station of the same name once or twice a year) were decrepit. But now I've taken the shinkansen from Osaka to Tokyo - the only truly civilized way to travel. It makes me embarrassed for the state of rail travel here.
Improving rail transit in the U.S. would be an excellent infrastructure project for the economic stimulus spending currently being contemplated.
Why didn't he just follow the orders, leave, then file a complaint?
Because the order was manifestly illegal. Not a mere technicality, not merely being issued a ticket you can fight in court later, or being asked to leave the premises, but an act of censorship, of the destruction of information, an act as nauseating as a cop telling you to drop your pants so he can fuck you up the ass with his "baton".
The only proper response is "I'm sorry, but I stand on my rights and cannot comply with that request." And if they insist, you might consider the precedent set in the Bad Elk case, which upheld the right to use reasonable force to resist an illegal arrest attempt.
Exactly, just like a gun and bullets. By themselves, they are harmless. Even the collection of them may mean nothing, therefore it should not be prohibited or limited in any way.
Since a gun and bullets are harmless by themselves and are much more likely to be used in legitimate defense than in a aggressive action, yes, they should not be prohibited or limited in any way. Glad you understand that.
Cops dont like to be challenged. They especially do not like to be outsmarted....Make the officer feel comfortable with you, even if the officer is being a complete dick. You can often diffuse their attitude with politeness because people respond to respect and politeness.
We just have to help cops get over being camera shy. I'd like to start a project to get people to take pictures of police every chance they get, to get them used to sousveillance.
There is no way I can physically stand up to guys with guns, batons, and tazers...
Which is why we need to restore respect for the right to keep and bear arms.
The civil rights struggle of the 1960s was not just by the peaceful tactics of men like MLK, but also by the work of groups like the Deacons for Defense and the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. Unfortunately, in the "official history", only the nonviolent resistance of King is credited, the guys with guns who often protected him and other high-profile peaceful activists get no mention, and the Panthers are considered dangerous radical terrorists with no redeeming value - you never hear about all their work providing food and medical care in ghettos, or the casual police brutality that was the very reason for their founding.
The only thing that's going to reign in the current excesses of police is to put the same tools they have - tazers, pepper spray, and firearms - in the hands of ordinary citizens willing to use them on cops gone bad.
Read the link you provide. "Thor Shield is only sold to Military and Law Enforcement Agencies". Typical police-state stuff.
The Tazer is a potentially lethal torture device. In a sane and civilized society, any cop pointing one at a person who is not armed and is not an immediate threat to anyone's life, would be subdued and hogtied by citizen bystanders, removed from his or her position of authority, and put on trial for the assault. Unfortunately, we instead live in a society that thinks electric shock torture is funny.
If you're a zebra, it's not paranoid or delusional to think that a lion will eat you first chance it gets. It's the nature of the beast. Yes, you might have found the one lion in all the jungle that was raised in a vegan commune, or that doesn't have a taste for zebra; but that's an extraordinary claim requiring extraordinary evidence.
If you're an ordinary citizen, it's not paranoid or delusional to think that a large for-profit corporation will screw you first chance it gets. It's the nature of the beast - the corporation that doesn't maximize its short-term profits by any means necessary gets hit by shareholder lawsuits. Yes, you might have found the one multinational corporation in all the world that has found a way to keep profits high without screwing anyone over; but that's an extraordinary claim requiring extraordinary evidence.
Hmm. The linked cartoon suggests that anonymity makes for fuckwad behavior. Since my actual name appears on all my posts, and yours doesn't...are you saying you're a fuckwad?
Look, I'm just pointing out the consequences of your statement. "[I]f someone wants my hard work, they either pay me for the agreed upon price or they get a good lawyer", plus the fact that good lovemaking is hard work, implies that the speaker will either be paid a negotiated price, or will engage in some sort of legal action for compensation, in return for lovemaking. If that's not what you meant, I suggest you retract or amend your statement.
For many people, contributing to projects like Wikipedia gives a satisfaction somewhat similar to contributing to a lover's sexual satisfaction. (Obviously much less intense, but on the other hand a Wikipedia contribution last longer than an orgasm.) Based on your statement, you appear to be immune to such satisfaction derived from giving; if that's the case, too bad for you.
Why does everyone think as soon as you start to throw up billboards and advertisements that the organization in question has become unethical?
When a publisher gets paid by advertisers, those advertisers have tremendous influence over what gets published. When the evening news is "brought to you by Amalgamated Profits, Inc.!", don't expect to see any coverage of that company's shady dealings.
If the Encyclopedia Britannica had ads for Pepsi on the endpapers of each volume, would you trust its entry on Coca-Cola?
There are only a few other options here...
And then there's the one that they're using, and that is working: asking for donations.
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So she should know more than the authors of the Verizon install software, the software that told her 'Sorry, you're SOL'?
I mean, granted, the Verizon install CD was probably written by a bunch of trained marmosets, but the marmosets were specialists; it's not fair to ask an untrained human to compete with them.
If someone told her "you need MS word to do this class", it's not her fault if she doesn't know that OpenOffice.org would also work. And if Verizon told her "you need to run CD to go online", it's not her fault if she doesn't know that the CD is unnecessary bullshit.
The fault here lies with the school, Dell, and Verizon, not the student. She was trying to learn something new - hip-hip-hoorray! They gave her bad info and crappy support - bunch of mindless jerks who will be first against the wall when the revolution comes.
She contacted the fscking manufacturer - doesn't that count as "someone knowledgeable about computers"?
Well, maybe not, since this was Dell...
Anyway, she had a consumer complaint about a product. She called the local news' consumer division, and everything got worked out.
The guilty parties here are Dell, for sending her a laptop with Ubuntu without making it clear that that's what she was getting and not giving good support afterward, and Verizon, for the usual unnecessary "install disk" bullshit.
Campaign finance law isn't about the speech, it's about the money. I'm all in favor of restricting bribery.
There's no difference between "Gee, officer, I'm not sure how fast I was going, but while I've got you here I'd like to buy a ticket to the Policeman's Ball, wink wink nudge nudge" and "Gee, Senator, thanks for seeing me about this bill that's so critical to my bottom line, and while I've got you here I'd like to make a contribution to your re-election campaign, wink wink nudge nudge". You're not prohibited from saying "Support your local police" or "Vote for Senator Smith"; cops and elected officials are being prohibited from quid pro quo.
I live in Maryland, one of the more firearms-unfriendly states - carry permits (necessary for armed citizens to act as a check on rouge cops) are almost impossible for ordinary citizens to obtain. Only handguns on an approved roster may be sold, and we have a seven day waiting period for handguns and mean-looking long guns. And in my county there's a total ban on stunguns - except for police.
The Outer Limits covered this one a long time ago.
U.S. military spending is greater than that of the rest of the world combined.
We could halve our military spending, and still massively outspend any potential adversary.
Unfortunately, AFAIK nothing like that is in the new administration's plans.
I think that's been one of the interesting themes of the show, at least since the revival - not the Doctor himself, but the impact he has on those he encounters. Prime example being Rose, of course, who goes from a chavvy shop girl to someone who can put the scare into Daleks!
It's an unusual usage these days - at least in American English - but not an incorrect one: ...
loose
-verb (used with object)
20. to let loose; free from bonds or restraint.
21. to release, as from constraint, obligation, or penalty.
22. Chiefly Nautical. to set free from fastening or attachment: to loose a boat from its moorings.
23. to unfasten, undo, or untie, as a bond, fetter, or knot.
24. to shoot; discharge; let fly: to loose missiles at the invaders.
25. to make less tight; slacken or relax.
26. to render less firmly fixed; lessen an attachment; loosen.
-verb (used without object)
27. to let go a hold.
28. to hoist anchor; get under way.
29. to shoot or let fly an arrow, bullet, etc. (often fol. by off): to loose off at a flock of ducks.
30. Obsolete. to become loose; loosen.
Jon Pertwee was long past his 20s, but his Doctor buckled swashes rather well and kicked butt with his "Venusian karate". There's a sword-fight with The Master, and even a good old-fashioned pit fight in one ep. A very silly video highlight real of Third Doctor fight scenes here.
Don't make ageist assumptions about the correlation between age and fitness or butt-kicking ability. And get off my lawn, damn kid.
If you think Penn Station is raggedy-ass, try any Greyhound Bus depot...
But yes, the state of NYP is shameful. I used to think the Amtrak trains were ok, even if the stations (I ride from Baltimore's Penn Station to NYC's station of the same name once or twice a year) were decrepit. But now I've taken the shinkansen from Osaka to Tokyo - the only truly civilized way to travel. It makes me embarrassed for the state of rail travel here.
Improving rail transit in the U.S. would be an excellent infrastructure project for the economic stimulus spending currently being contemplated.
Because the order was manifestly illegal. Not a mere technicality, not merely being issued a ticket you can fight in court later, or being asked to leave the premises, but an act of censorship, of the destruction of information, an act as nauseating as a cop telling you to drop your pants so he can fuck you up the ass with his "baton".
The only proper response is "I'm sorry, but I stand on my rights and cannot comply with that request." And if they insist, you might consider the precedent set in the Bad Elk case, which upheld the right to use reasonable force to resist an illegal arrest attempt.
Since a gun and bullets are harmless by themselves and are much more likely to be used in legitimate defense than in a aggressive action, yes, they should not be prohibited or limited in any way. Glad you understand that.
We just have to help cops get over being camera shy. I'd like to start a project to get people to take pictures of police every chance they get, to get them used to sousveillance.
Which is why we need to restore respect for the right to keep and bear arms.
The civil rights struggle of the 1960s was not just by the peaceful tactics of men like MLK, but also by the work of groups like the Deacons for Defense and the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. Unfortunately, in the "official history", only the nonviolent resistance of King is credited, the guys with guns who often protected him and other high-profile peaceful activists get no mention, and the Panthers are considered dangerous radical terrorists with no redeeming value - you never hear about all their work providing food and medical care in ghettos, or the casual police brutality that was the very reason for their founding.
The only thing that's going to reign in the current excesses of police is to put the same tools they have - tazers, pepper spray, and firearms - in the hands of ordinary citizens willing to use them on cops gone bad.
Read the link you provide. "Thor Shield is only sold to Military and Law Enforcement Agencies". Typical police-state stuff.
The Tazer is a potentially lethal torture device. In a sane and civilized society, any cop pointing one at a person who is not armed and is not an immediate threat to anyone's life, would be subdued and hogtied by citizen bystanders, removed from his or her position of authority, and put on trial for the assault. Unfortunately, we instead live in a society that thinks electric shock torture is funny.
No, but you can stop them from using those ideas. That's what a patent is for.
If you're a zebra, it's not paranoid or delusional to think that a lion will eat you first chance it gets. It's the nature of the beast. Yes, you might have found the one lion in all the jungle that was raised in a vegan commune, or that doesn't have a taste for zebra; but that's an extraordinary claim requiring extraordinary evidence.
If you're an ordinary citizen, it's not paranoid or delusional to think that a large for-profit corporation will screw you first chance it gets. It's the nature of the beast - the corporation that doesn't maximize its short-term profits by any means necessary gets hit by shareholder lawsuits. Yes, you might have found the one multinational corporation in all the world that has found a way to keep profits high without screwing anyone over; but that's an extraordinary claim requiring extraordinary evidence.
Sometimes typos are beautiful!
And with Google paying the Wik, how much faith can we put in any article about Google, or its subsidiaries, or competitors?
Advertising has a corrosive effect on the perceived neutrality of a source.
Slave? Perhaps not. Influenced by? Yes. How often do we hear claims of "Slashvertisement!" here when a story relates to a /. advertiser?
Hmm. The linked cartoon suggests that anonymity makes for fuckwad behavior. Since my actual name appears on all my posts, and yours doesn't...are you saying you're a fuckwad?
Look, I'm just pointing out the consequences of your statement. "[I]f someone wants my hard work, they either pay me for the agreed upon price or they get a good lawyer", plus the fact that good lovemaking is hard work, implies that the speaker will either be paid a negotiated price, or will engage in some sort of legal action for compensation, in return for lovemaking. If that's not what you meant, I suggest you retract or amend your statement.
For many people, contributing to projects like Wikipedia gives a satisfaction somewhat similar to contributing to a lover's sexual satisfaction. (Obviously much less intense, but on the other hand a Wikipedia contribution last longer than an orgasm.) Based on your statement, you appear to be immune to such satisfaction derived from giving; if that's the case, too bad for you.
When a publisher gets paid by advertisers, those advertisers have tremendous influence over what gets published. When the evening news is "brought to you by Amalgamated Profits, Inc.!", don't expect to see any coverage of that company's shady dealings.
If the Encyclopedia Britannica had ads for Pepsi on the endpapers of each volume, would you trust its entry on Coca-Cola?
And then there's the one that they're using, and that is working: asking for donations.
And plenty of newspapers and "online websites" (?) absolutely suck as sources of unbiased, accurate information.
The Wik is useful because it is not part of the right-wing corporate media.
And of course no one could possibly ever think of a new and better model.
Wow, you must be a hoot between the sheets.
Er? A dogma is that which is accepted on faith. No faith, no dogma.
So fundamentalist capitalists creep you out too. Great. Why are you insulting the GP poster, then?
Incorrect. GM crops do not include the "Terminator" trait, nor is that trait 100% effective. Nor does it prevent horizontal gene transfer.