I'm personally against all government issued identification.
Why? Because my government doesn't own me. They don't get to brand me.
The Internet is the perfect example of freedom from identification. If I want to be QuantumG on some other board, I will be. If I want to be some other pseudonym, I will be. Life used to be like this. In the old west you'd use whatever name you wanted and you could build your "personal brand" however you choose. If you fuck up, you just move away from the people who know you and make up another name. Identification started going backwards around the turn of the century.. thanks to the automobile. The increase in identification requirements in our society has led people to believe that each person has only one identity. You get one shot, so don't fuck it up. You have to be the same person to everyone. "Role-players" are freaks!
If you're against "biometric IDs" entirely then pictures on driver's licenses are dumb right?
The reason why "identity theft" is such a problem is because people accept identification as authorization.. just because some scammer can put together 100 points of identification doesn't mean that I have authorized him to do transactions on my behalf.
There is absolutely NO repercussions to a judge who authorizes a search warrant on shoddy evidence. Law enforcement can literally *lie* to get the warrant and, even if you can prove they were lying, there isn't a venue to file your complaint. Even if they cause damage to your property, you can't sue... they had a valid warrant. About the only people you *can* file your complaint with is the FBI.. who will action it, around the 4th of never.
That includes those people who think that driving at 50kph over the speed limit entitles them to private use of the inside lane. Look at me, I'm doing 160 in a 110 zone, everybody F'ing pull into the right lane like this is my private German autobahn or I'm going to hang inches behind your bumper pulsing my halogen highbeams like a prolapsed hemorrhoid. I don't feel myself radiating "acceptance", toward your average MF POS. In most civilized countries the "inside" lane is for overtaking.. people who do less than speed limit in it are just slowing up the traffic.
Wow, that's gotta be the best analogy ever. You are aware that people fill cracks right? Even if your suggestion was that we "level the foundation" of the planet, what would that entail? Build a new planet? How about just a new place to live.. like, say, an island in the sky....
Maybe I'm just naive but what does the cause matter? If we figure out that it is cows that are causing the ice caps to melt, what are we going to do? Ban cows?
You've identified a problem, fix it. Knowing what causes it would be nice but it is hardly necessary.
That's exactly right. And it kind of annoys me that every time there is a story like this they say "British Astronauts Banned".. like there's some law prohibiting citizens of the UK from going to space.
Are you trying to suggest that a single contributor to an open source project can't sue for violation of their copyright?
If you want a cut, file your own lawsuit against Verizon.. you shouldn't have any trouble getting a settlement nor that Erick and Rob have done the hard work for you.
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Yes, I'll tell that to the barman looking at my ID to verify my age.
Dickhead.
I speak from experience. You speak from your ass.
I'm personally against all government issued identification.
Why? Because my government doesn't own me. They don't get to brand me.
The Internet is the perfect example of freedom from identification. If I want to be QuantumG on some other board, I will be. If I want to be some other pseudonym, I will be. Life used to be like this. In the old west you'd use whatever name you wanted and you could build your "personal brand" however you choose. If you fuck up, you just move away from the people who know you and make up another name. Identification started going backwards around the turn of the century.. thanks to the automobile. The increase in identification requirements in our society has led people to believe that each person has only one identity. You get one shot, so don't fuck it up. You have to be the same person to everyone. "Role-players" are freaks!
If you're against "biometric IDs" entirely then pictures on driver's licenses are dumb right?
The reason why "identity theft" is such a problem is because people accept identification as authorization.. just because some scammer can put together 100 points of identification doesn't mean that I have authorized him to do transactions on my behalf.
apologize? The FBI? You're kidding right?
There is absolutely NO repercussions to a judge who authorizes a search warrant on shoddy evidence. Law enforcement can literally *lie* to get the warrant and, even if you can prove they were lying, there isn't a venue to file your complaint. Even if they cause damage to your property, you can't sue... they had a valid warrant. About the only people you *can* file your complaint with is the FBI.. who will action it, around the 4th of never.
Hint: your second definition is wrong.
People continue to confuse identification with authentication.
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=identification
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=define%3Aauthentication
Biometrics are good for identification.. they replace your "login", not your "password".
Driving is dangerous.
When you get into a car you take your life in your hands. Everyone should know this.
We accept the dangerous because the convenience is worth it.
Wow, that's gotta be the best analogy ever. You are aware that people fill cracks right? Even if your suggestion was that we "level the foundation" of the planet, what would that entail? Build a new planet? How about just a new place to live.. like, say, an island in the sky....
In case you haven't noticed, the first world doesn't give two shits about the starving children in the third world.
They do, however, care about their own children.
Welcome to human nature.
And you're telling me this because?
The house is burning down.
You want to debate the finer points of who is responsible for starting the fire.
I just want someone to put it out.
Maybe I'm just naive but what does the cause matter? If we figure out that it is cows that are causing the ice caps to melt, what are we going to do? Ban cows?
You've identified a problem, fix it. Knowing what causes it would be nice but it is hardly necessary.
Conclusion: the ice is melting.
We knew that already.. we even have a good idea of the rate at which it is melting and how fucked we are going to be as a result.
Now that we know this, can we please do something about it? Or are we just not ready for that yet? Another 20 years of study perhaps?
Can we at least direct some of that study towards solutions?
No man, they need all that white plastic covered processing power to use a full screen text editor.
"homoeopathic copyright" is pretty witty in its own right I thought.
Thanks for that Comic Book Guy.
That's exactly right. And it kind of annoys me that every time there is a story like this they say "British Astronauts Banned".. like there's some law prohibiting citizens of the UK from going to space.
You mean like this one?
http://www.ohloh.net/projects/4929/contributors
What exactly is your complaint?
Are you trying to suggest that a single contributor to an open source project can't sue for violation of their copyright?
If you want a cut, file your own lawsuit against Verizon.. you shouldn't have any trouble getting a settlement nor that Erick and Rob have done the hard work for you.
oholoh.net estimates the cost of developing the software at $2,446,697.
Are there any organisms that communicate by radio?
If not, why not?
There's certainly animals that communicate by light..
You're actually asking me why webapps are popular?
Because install software is too damn hard and insecure?
I'm not a huge *fan* of webapps but they exist for a reason.
The problem with skill levels is that kicking someone from a game because they are too good is considered "unfair" or something.
So the only skill level recognized as legitimate is "high skill".