It's really too bad for Comcast that the courts have ruled against AT&T's arbitration clause. I doubt that they'd treat a similar policy from another government-granted monopoly any differently. Maybe so, but you still need the time, resources, and energy to take them to court to have their own arbitration clause contested. By the time you pay for the lawyer and work your way through the U.S. legal system, you will have already been using DSL for at least over a year. I'm going to bet that that is the way Comcast's legal team and management is betting.
Nut-shell: Unless you opt out, you are bound to arbitration only by their 2007 Residential Agreement. There are restrictions and exceptions, but you have to overcome them before you can consider legal recourse.
This year, Comcast has issued a revised Subscriber (Residential) Service Agreement. In this agreement, you agree to arbitration only unless you opt out within 30 days of receiving this agreement.
If you don't opt out of this clause, your chances of receiving any civil compensation are greatly reduced. All of the other posts that talk about turning your team of lawyers loose on Comcast would be wise to review the entire agreement first.
We're not saying 'ah yes, this must be what is here', we're saying 'well, something is there as evidenced by this, this, and this, but damn if I can tell you what, so I will call it "dark matter" until I can figure out what it really is'.
While not following a strict orthodox religious view, your above statement defines my belief of God quite adequately:
We're not saying 'ah yes, this must be what is here', we're saying 'well, something is there as evidenced by this, this, and this, but damn if I can tell you what, so I will call it "God" until I can figure out what it really is'.
For those of us that are on a continent that ends with "America" or lives in Europe, this idea may not seem new or even novel. For us, dealing with Trolls and Frames are just annoying necessary evils for communicating in a broad, public forum. We deal with it ( Ignore, Moderate, Meta-moderate, etc ), and keep moving forward.
Now, to say that Japan, and its society, resembles nothing like Western cultures is a massive understatement. In that culture, being able to speak your mind, in a raw form, can be dangerous to your reputation which affects your career, finances, and relationships, and the last thing a Japanese person wants is to be alienated from the Group. The issues of Tatemae and Honne cover this social restraint of tactful to the group and honest in private, among other aspects of Japanese life.
Basically, this public, anonymous forum gives Japanese people the ability ( It is still a novelty to most of them, I would imagine ) to act "normal": Polite, Helpful, Insight, Confrontational, Insulting, Argumentative, etc. These free-flowing interactions are just not acceptable in a Japanese public setting. In the end, if you know the context of the culture ( I have a little insight into it, but I am sure other/. with more experience in Japan than I can pick up where I leave off. ), this bulletin board is a very big deal.
If you go to the Drupal website, you'll see that Brad posted some brief comments from his interaction with the Dean campaign (9/10/2003).
(Taken from Drupal.org)
I met with a Presidential campaign yesterday. They asked me to advise in general on their web site, but when we got into our discussion, I learned they were doing the static html thing. So, I demoed three CMS' to them - Drupal, Typo3, and a fork of Backend my company developed. They were blown away by all of them,. But I steered them to Drupal for speed of setup, flexibility and features. As a matter of fact, if you compare the features to what Howard Dean has on his site, you are basically setup with everything he has.
Having managed campaigns for a living in a previous life, I realized that if a Presidential campaign is this far behind technologically, then there are likely hundreds of candidates running now and next year that will not have a system in place. Additionally, most do not have the budget of this campaign and are unable to hire developers, designers, and writers, but know it is necessary.
Regardless, it is quite impressive to see an open project get this kind of press (Presidential campaigns?), and the modifications given back to the community?! Ye gods! w00t!
Actually, if you read the constitution, there is no mention that corporations and trade groups are covered and protected by the Bill of Rights. It has been the assumption by corporate lawyers that corporations have first amendment rights.
You are right that there is no mention of corporations being protected by the Constitution, but you are wrong that it is strictly a concoction of corporate lawyers. We have the power of "Judicial Review" to thank for this situation.
"The major event that truly fostered corporate power was another Supreme Court case, this one in 1886: Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad. This baffling ruling defined a corporation as equivalent to a natural individual person for the purposes of the U.S. Constitution - that is, all corporations were entitled to the same rights that individuals had. Given corporations' vast financial resources and considerable legal advantages, this ruling actually gave them far more power than the individual. Today, however, this definition of the corporation is seen as perfectly natural, and is seldom questioned."
Why would it be any different for a fork of X for a choice between client/server and direct rendering, if backwards compatability was kept? Would that not help the the people who only use Linux on their desktop, while allowing people with networks to use the tool, as it is now, that works for them?
Being a NJ resident I am happy to finally see SOMETHING/ANYTHING being done to control gun violence. I'm just surprised the NRA couldn't lobby its way out of this, although I'm sure they tried like hell.
Citing a pro gun control website, in 1999, New Jersey had 366 firearm related deaths (Suicide, Homicide, etc). Compared to my state, Tennessee, with its 848 firearm related deaths (with 3 million less people), I'm trying to grasp your problem with New Jersey's ability to "control gun violence." Your state seems relatively safe to me (stat-wise).
Could you provide a little more data for your area besides ranting? I can easily tell you how much crime happened in my city. One death may be too many, but technology cannot protect everybody.
Second it can hopefully prevent little Johnny from... B) prevent him from bringing it to school and harming anyone.
Less than 1% of all homicides among school-aged children (5-19 years of age) occur in or around school grounds or on the way to and from school. (Centers for Disease Control, 1997)
...overturned by gun nuts.
I've never ran into a "gun nut" that thought people using firearms in aggressive manners did not deserve: a) an a$$ whopping and b) prosecuted. Pretty low-tech / law-lite ways of handling the problem, aren't they?
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"...Well, unless they get to pick the arbitrator or you are paying for it."
The devil is in the details--especially when dealing with the legal system.
Maybe so, but you still need the time, resources, and energy to take them to court to have their own arbitration clause contested. By the time you pay for the lawyer and work your way through the U.S. legal system, you will have already been using DSL for at least over a year. I'm going to bet that that is the way Comcast's legal team and management is betting.
See my comment here: http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=280157&cid =20368801
Nut-shell: Unless you opt out, you are bound to arbitration only by their 2007 Residential Agreement. There are restrictions and exceptions, but you have to overcome them before you can consider legal recourse.
This year, Comcast has issued a revised Subscriber (Residential) Service Agreement. In this agreement, you agree to arbitration only unless you opt out within 30 days of receiving this agreement.
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If you don't opt out of this clause, your chances of receiving any civil compensation are greatly reduced. All of the other posts that talk about turning your team of lawyers loose on Comcast would be wise to review the entire agreement first.
http://www.comcast.com/arbitrationoptout/default.
We're not saying 'ah yes, this must be what is here', we're saying 'well, something is there as evidenced by this, this, and this, but damn if I can tell you what, so I will call it "dark matter" until I can figure out what it really is'.
While not following a strict orthodox religious view, your above statement defines my belief of God quite adequately:
We're not saying 'ah yes, this must be what is here', we're saying 'well, something is there as evidenced by this, this, and this, but damn if I can tell you what, so I will call it "God" until I can figure out what it really is'.
Umm...
Has TiVO's Fate Been Sealed?: NO
Wouldn't that kinda mean that TiVO still has a chance? Following that logic, it is only 2-1 on the ol' pitch count.
For those of us that are on a continent that ends with "America" or lives in Europe, this idea may not seem new or even novel. For us, dealing with Trolls and Frames are just annoying necessary evils for communicating in a broad, public forum. We deal with it ( Ignore, Moderate, Meta-moderate, etc ), and keep moving forward.
/. with more experience in Japan than I can pick up where I leave off. ), this bulletin board is a very big deal.
Now, to say that Japan, and its society, resembles nothing like Western cultures is a massive understatement. In that culture, being able to speak your mind, in a raw form, can be dangerous to your reputation which affects your career, finances, and relationships, and the last thing a Japanese person wants is to be alienated from the Group. The issues of Tatemae and Honne cover this social restraint of tactful to the group and honest in private, among other aspects of Japanese life.
Basically, this public, anonymous forum gives Japanese people the ability ( It is still a novelty to most of them, I would imagine ) to act "normal": Polite, Helpful, Insight, Confrontational, Insulting, Argumentative, etc. These free-flowing interactions are just not acceptable in a Japanese public setting. In the end, if you know the context of the culture ( I have a little insight into it, but I am sure other
If you go to the Drupal website, you'll see that Brad posted some brief comments from his interaction with the Dean campaign (9/10/2003).
(Taken from Drupal.org)
I met with a Presidential campaign yesterday. They asked me to advise in general on their web site, but when we got into our discussion, I learned they were doing the static html thing. So, I demoed three CMS' to them - Drupal, Typo3, and a fork of Backend my company developed. They were blown away by all of them,. But I steered them to Drupal for speed of setup, flexibility and features. As a matter of fact, if you compare the features to what Howard Dean has on his site, you are basically setup with everything he has.
Having managed campaigns for a living in a previous life, I realized that if a Presidential campaign is this far behind technologically, then there are likely hundreds of candidates running now and next year that will not have a system in place. Additionally, most do not have the budget of this campaign and are unable to hire developers, designers, and writers, but know it is necessary.
Regardless, it is quite impressive to see an open project get this kind of press (Presidential campaigns?), and the modifications given back to the community?! Ye gods! w00t!
Actually, if you read the constitution, there is no mention that corporations and trade groups are covered and protected by the Bill of Rights. It has been the assumption by corporate lawyers that corporations have first amendment rights.
You are right that there is no mention of corporations being protected by the Constitution, but you are wrong that it is strictly a concoction of corporate lawyers. We have the power of "Judicial Review" to thank for this situation.
"The major event that truly fostered corporate power was another Supreme Court case, this one in 1886: Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad. This baffling ruling defined a corporation as equivalent to a natural individual person for the purposes of the U.S. Constitution - that is, all corporations were entitled to the same rights that individuals had. Given corporations' vast financial resources and considerable legal advantages, this ruling actually gave them far more power than the individual. Today, however, this definition of the corporation is seen as perfectly natural, and is seldom questioned."
(Taken from here)
Whatever happened to choice in this debate?
We can choose between various window managers, various linux flavors, and even office suites. Why don't we have a choice with our window system?
Why would it be any different for a fork of X for a choice between client/server and direct rendering, if backwards compatability was kept?
Would that not help the the people who only use Linux on their desktop, while allowing people with networks to use the tool, as it is now, that works for them?
If you can't beat 'em, sue 'em. What a wonderful philosophy.
Yeah, Amazon is planning to file suit against SCO for violating its patent covering the process of suing someone for patent violations.
Being a NJ resident I am happy to finally see SOMETHING/ANYTHING being done to control gun violence. I'm just surprised the NRA couldn't lobby its way out of this, although I'm sure they tried like hell.
Citing a pro gun control website, in 1999, New Jersey had 366 firearm related deaths (Suicide, Homicide, etc). Compared to my state, Tennessee, with its 848 firearm related deaths (with 3 million less people), I'm trying to grasp your problem with New Jersey's ability to "control gun violence." Your state seems relatively safe to me (stat-wise).
Could you provide a little more data for your area besides ranting? I can easily tell you how much crime happened in my city. One death may be too many, but technology cannot protect everybody.
Second it can hopefully prevent little Johnny from ... B) prevent him from bringing it to school and harming anyone.
Less than 1% of all homicides among school-aged children (5-19 years of age) occur in or around school grounds or on the way to and from school. (Centers for Disease Control, 1997)
I've never ran into a "gun nut" that thought people using firearms in aggressive manners did not deserve: a) an a$$ whopping and b) prosecuted. Pretty low-tech / law-lite ways of handling the problem, aren't they?