"...mostly because he usually tells it like it is even when how it is isn't what people wish they were hearing."
Rumsfeld doesn't "tell it like it is", he uses condescension and (indirect) insults to avoid answering questions he doesn't like. *That* is why people don't like him.
"Some US prisons terrorize inmates with dogs-report"
"BOSTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Dogs are allowed to terrify and even bite unruly prisoners who refuse to leave their cells in five U.S. states, a human rights group said on Tuesday, comparing the policy to abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison."
...they're properly engaging with other people in pushing for genuinely better specifications and interoperability in this area. OK, some slashbots will fail to accept this, but MS aren't uniformly evil; they're more like the proverbial Curate's Egg: good in parts...
It may sound like a cliche, but Micrsoft's strategy is *always* "embrace, extend, extinguish." The fact that they're in the "embrace" phase right now, does not make them non-evil.
"National security" has become Bush's get-out-of-jail-free card! He can violate any law, he can rape the Bill of Rights, and he can imprison anyone - he just has to claim "national security" to avoid punishment.
"Once you make something publicly available you can't argue that it's an invasion of privacy for others to look at it."
We don't know what data they're correlating. Is it limited to public available bits? We don't know. That's the thing with this Administration, they think they're beyond being questioned by mere citizens.
"McCarthy was way too brusque for someone in elected office but hardly a lunatic. The KGB's Verona files revealed that there WERE a couple of hundred people on their payroll working in the State Department and FBI during McCarthy's time in office."
But the newly (2003) released transcripts of McCarthy's hearings paint him as more of a professional asshole than a lunatic:
...the courts which have no jurisdiction over Guantanamo?
>Idiot. The courts get to determine where they have jurisdiction. Further, if you read the news, you would know that the Supreme Court has ruled that it does.
Who *wrote* the "Patriot" act? John Ashcroft. Who got to read the gawd-awful thing before voting on it? Almost no one in Congress. What was your point again?
Before you dismiss "vague notions" - consider the phrases "War on terror" and "No child left behind". The first of these nonsense rubrics was used to justify unconstitutional searches (among other things) and the second was used to get names and addresses for Selective Services.
These slimeballs are entirely without shame.
You're assuming it will be done with exclusively privacy invasion, with no other benefit, even though that's diametrically opposed to what the article said.
The Bush Administration is no fan of civil rights or privacy. Given abominations like the "Patriot" act, it's hard not to jump to conclusions when they float trial balloons like this.
The "Patriot" act was designed specifically to circumvent normal oversight. How can you file a complaint if you don't know your rights are being violated?
1) I did *not* call you a right wing propagandist. I said you were repeating right wing propaganda. There's a significant difference between the two assertions. If you're going to put quotes around a statement, then make sure it actually is a f'ing quote!
2) Your initial statement was "The ACLU has no relevance for protecting rights anymore." Now, you're saying that they have a role, but aren't as important as the EFF. Again, very different.
Please, keep giving money to the EFF. They're a good organization. So is the ACLU. Bad mouthing one to promote the other is counter productive.
Thanks for repeating right wing propaganda about the irrelevance of the ACLU. However, a quick search of the ACLU web page comes up with several DMCA related actions. For example, here's one:
Most of the people at Gitmo are picked up in Afghanistan and were often involved in the fighting.
And how do you know that? We don't really know who the US is holding in Cuba or how they got there. All the have is the administration's word - which, IMHO, isn't worth a pre-war Iraqi dinar.
China is more of a pseudo-communist/totalitarian-capitalist.
Yes. A friend of mine tried to start an off-shore GIS data conversion shop in Vietnam. At some point the Vietnamese government decided that *they* owned his computers. Businesses are going to be very leery of opening shops in countries where the normal laws of ownership do not exist.
So long and thanks for the herring!
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A race of super-intelligent interstellar penguins did it.
...I mean how many people actually sit and watch the flash intro on a site?
Exactly! What do you want to bet that the intro is the *only* part of the page that actually uses Flash?
The only saving grace with this page is that they have a feedback link that can be used without the Shockwave plugin. The "Ghost in a Shell" page doesn't have one AND they don't have a webmaster alias.
It seems like most sites that require Flash also have no webmaster alias. I guess, if they're too stupid to code their page correctly, they are (usually) too stupid to set up a webmaster mail alias.
Very well said! Pass that guy/gal a mod point!
If a designer wants to use Flash, limit it to the pages where it is really required. And never, never, never, never make the main page dependent on a plugin!
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"Outlook has usability problems, but Lotus Notes is a usability nightmare."
Lotus Notes certainly has usability problems, but Outlook/Exchange is a security nightmare.
A pox on all their houses.
"...mostly because he usually tells it like it is even when how it is isn't what people wish they were hearing."
Rumsfeld doesn't "tell it like it is", he uses condescension and (indirect) insults to avoid answering questions he doesn't like. *That* is why people don't like him.
things are MUCH worse than that in the US:
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"Some US prisons terrorize inmates with dogs-report"
"BOSTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Dogs are allowed to terrify and even bite unruly prisoners who refuse to leave their cells in five U.S. states, a human rights group said on Tuesday, comparing the policy to abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N1055091
It may sound like a cliche, but Micrsoft's strategy is *always* "embrace, extend, extinguish." The fact that they're in the "embrace" phase right now, does not make them non-evil.
"National security" has become Bush's get-out-of-jail-free card! He can violate any law, he can rape the Bill of Rights, and he can imprison anyone - he just has to claim "national security" to avoid punishment.
Sieg heil baby!
'So far, Novak is the only "journalist" who has put anyone in potential danger, and we know the leak came out of the Vice President's office.'
Yes! And funny how nobody's calling for him to be jailed or executed. All the howl about "putting lives in jeopardy" is just a smokescreen.
"Once you make something publicly available you can't argue that it's an invasion of privacy for others to look at it."
We don't know what data they're correlating. Is it limited to public available bits? We don't know. That's the thing with this Administration, they think they're beyond being questioned by mere citizens.
"McCarthy was way too brusque for someone in elected office but hardly a lunatic. The KGB's Verona files revealed that there WERE a couple of hundred people on their payroll working in the State Department and FBI during McCarthy's time in office."
y .hearings/
But the newly (2003) released transcripts of McCarthy's hearings paint him as more of a professional asshole than a lunatic:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/05/05/mccarth
And after all those lives he destroyed in his pursuit of Communists, how many did he catch? Zippo.
I remember the introduction of Mosaic too. Also remember that the Linux community almost lynched the developers for not releasing a Linux binary. ;)
the President Gasman! Bombs-away is your punishment..."
Well said. I'd go as far as suggesting they be codified, ala the Ten Commandments:
#1 "Flash shouldn't be used where HTML/CSS will suffice."
#2 "Images shouldn't be used where an HTML table will suffice."
#3 "Webpages should convey all their content in lynx unless there's a really good reason not to."
#4 "...people who suck at creating interactive content shouldn't create interactive content."
Of course, #4 is only a nice theory - like the commandment against coveting thy neighbor's wife. Great idea, impossible to obey.
>Idiot. The courts get to determine where they have jurisdiction. Further, if you read the news, you would know that the Supreme Court has ruled that it does.
Who *wrote* the "Patriot" act? John Ashcroft. Who got to read the gawd-awful thing before voting on it? Almost no one in Congress. What was your point again?
Before you dismiss "vague notions" - consider the phrases "War on terror" and "No child left behind". The first of these nonsense rubrics was used to justify unconstitutional searches (among other things) and the second was used to get names and addresses for Selective Services. These slimeballs are entirely without shame.
The Bush Administration is no fan of civil rights or privacy. Given abominations like the "Patriot" act, it's hard not to jump to conclusions when they float trial balloons like this.
I hope it's the city, 'cause the beer was nasty!
Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Heidelberg beeeeer!
(guess you have to have heard the ad for that to work :)
The "Patriot" act was designed specifically to circumvent normal oversight. How can you file a complaint if you don't know your rights are being violated?
1) I did *not* call you a right wing propagandist. I said you were repeating right wing propaganda. There's a significant difference between the two assertions. If you're going to put quotes around a statement, then make sure it actually is a f'ing quote!
2) Your initial statement was "The ACLU has no relevance for protecting rights anymore." Now, you're saying that they have a role, but aren't as important as the EFF. Again, very different.
Please, keep giving money to the EFF. They're a good organization. So is the ACLU. Bad mouthing one to promote the other is counter productive.
Thanks for repeating right wing propaganda about the irrelevance of the ACLU. However, a quick search of the ACLU web page comes up with several DMCA related actions. For example, here's one:
http://www.aclu.org/FreeSpeech/FreeSpeech.cfm?ID =7109&c=42
Most of the people at Gitmo are picked up in Afghanistan and were often involved in the fighting.
And how do you know that? We don't really know who the US is holding in Cuba or how they got there. All the have is the administration's word - which, IMHO, isn't worth a pre-war Iraqi dinar.
China is more of a pseudo-communist/totalitarian-capitalist.
Yes. A friend of mine tried to start an off-shore GIS data conversion shop in Vietnam. At some point the Vietnamese government decided that *they* owned his computers. Businesses are going to be very leery of opening shops in countries where the normal laws of ownership do not exist.
A race of super-intelligent interstellar penguins did it.
Yes! There are a hundreds of semi-naked statues out there he hasn't yet covered!
"Curtains for semi-nude justice statue"
Exactly! What do you want to bet that the intro is the *only* part of the page that actually uses Flash?
The only saving grace with this page is that they have a feedback link that can be used without the Shockwave plugin. The "Ghost in a Shell" page doesn't have one AND they don't have a webmaster alias.
It seems like most sites that require Flash also have no webmaster alias. I guess, if they're too stupid to code their page correctly, they are (usually) too stupid to set up a webmaster mail alias.
Very well said! Pass that guy/gal a mod point! If a designer wants to use Flash, limit it to the pages where it is really required. And never, never, never, never make the main page dependent on a plugin!