Well, considering a lot (NOT ALL) gay and lesbian organizations bash the living shit out of Christians, I wouldn't go around bashing like that. There's plenty of bashing to go around.
Until both sides stop this crap and figure out a way to meet in the middle, this will never end.
If you want to change the current law, lobby to change it. None of your arguments would hold up in court. If your arguments were true, we wouldn't even be talking about this.
You're exactly right, people are pretty gullible. It's amazing how many people don't believe that "They hate our freedoms" isn't actually true. It's like the "War for Oil" crapola. Riiiiight!
It's usually the reactionaries that don't read for themselves, and just have knee-jerk reactions to anything that isn't socialist. Sorry, check the facism at the door bub.... Let people think for themselves.
First, Godwin's Law invoked, so you lose the argument by default.
Second, that's Hong Kong we're talking about, not the US, at least for this story....I agree with everything else you said though.
The "Polticially Correct" speech that's forced in schools these days IS what was warned about in 1984.
Those not saying the "right words" are accused of "thought crimes", or "hate speech" just because they used words someone else didn't like. So much for free speech.
So, why is Indiana a good choice? Considering there's a reasonable amount of good engineering activity going on there (Internet2, Purdue University, Indiana University, etc), I'd be interested in hearing your explanation.
They tried this before, more than 10 years ago with other UNIX systems.... Didn't end up working then, and it won't end up working now.
People will always want to change things, and make their products "different" or "better". Whether or not they really do it or not... well, that's up to the people that end up buying and using what they come with.
Yep, sounds like a big waste of money. They should make people pay for it (preferably by a non-government outfit), then the whole censorship thing would be a complete non-issue. They should have done that in the first place.
" Free speech is meant to protect political speech."
No, "free speech" is meant to protect ALL speech. Obvious objections are you don't yell "Fire" in a movie theater, etc.
"If something similar to an ad blocker filtered out criticism of the current government of (insert your country here) would that be ok?"
Yup. Just as filtering out praising the current government would be OK.
You just can't pick and choose what people say about things. That's especially true for things you disagree with.
There are a lot of people in this country whose reaction to speech they don't agree with is to try and get those who are speaking to shut up so no one can hear them. And these are the same people who constantly run around saying they have a right to say whatever they want. Well, that's true...but so do the people they disagree with.
Espousing your own right to free speech, while trying to shut down someone else's is hypocritical.
Back to the main point: People running around acting like goofballs, saying idiotic things have a perfect right to do it. They just don't have a right to make other people listen.
You'd be surprised now some cashiers react to money like that. At the grocery store, I saw someone ahead of me try and pay part of their bill with a 50 cent piece, and the cashier handed it back saying "We don't take Canadian money". I gave the lady two quarters for it after trying to convince the cashier it was really a US coin.
Vinton Cerf once took credit the term "surfing the net" ("cerf-ing" the net, I suspose), on CNN, or CNBC. After I saw that interview, I quit listening to what he had to say.
That's exactly what they were trying to do in Florida 2000. Recount, recount, and recount again until they get the result they want, and then declare victory. Oh, and act self-righteous if anyone questions what they did.
Frankly, I hope it stays the way it is.... and that the Governor-select up there drives the whole state into the ground. It'd serve 'em right.
If you have one of those DirectTV TiVos, DirectTV is the outfit that sold it to you in the first place. If they change their signal, complain to DirectTV, not the TiVo.
"But they are more competent than our US government."
You've GOT to be kidding! You really need to read a lot more about what's going on at the UN these days. Oil for food bribes, child molestation in third world countries, and complete inaction leading to genocide in Africa. For you to completely ignore that, you have to have your head up your ass.
Whoa Whoa whoa.... "accountability on the airwaves"?
By who?
What ever happened to freedom of speech?
People might not like it, but everyone has the ability to turn the dial. Don't like the New York Times? Don't read it. Don't like Fox? Switch 'em off. Trying to shut down commentary because you don't like what they're saying.... not in my country thank you. Those SF dorks can go jump.
You know, I can't help but think if the world were reversed and if the newspapers and the MSM were slanted to the right, and the AM dial was slanted left, those folks in SF would be calling for accountability of newspapers and the rest of the MSM.
People, people, people.... You can't choose to single out those you disagree with for accountability. You have to do it universally. And that means keep the editorial CRAP out of straight news reporting, unless you're a pundit of some sort. If you're a pundit, then say what you want, and expect...no DEMAND... that people hold you responsible for what you're saying. If you're proven wrong, own up to it and try and do better next time.
Anything else and people will just blow off your efforts for what they are, just political balthering.
Reading status over the network is one thing, reading resources implies something different.
Anyone trying to treat a phone just as they would a full fledge PC has to rethink how to do their apps, because it's just not the same thing. Anyone that would try and shoehorn old techniques using a device like that is bound to fail.
If you're really working on a high performance game on a handset, the last thing you'd want to do is read resources during the middle of the game, unless of course you're between levels.
The memset argument is laughable. That's got to be the easiest thing to code on earth.
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Well, considering a lot (NOT ALL) gay and lesbian organizations bash the living shit out of Christians, I wouldn't go around bashing like that. There's plenty of bashing to go around.
Until both sides stop this crap and figure out a way to meet in the middle, this will never end.
You are completly wrong.
If you want to change the current law, lobby to change it. None of your arguments would hold up in court. If your arguments were true, we wouldn't even be talking about this.
Nice try though.
No offense, but that argument is going no where.
Under current law, copyright violations are a crime.
Period.
Just saying "it's not a crime" won't float if you're in court.
If you don't like the law, lobby to change it. Don't use lame arguments.
You're exactly right, people are pretty gullible. It's amazing how many people don't believe that "They hate our freedoms" isn't actually true. It's like the "War for Oil" crapola. Riiiiight!
It's usually the reactionaries that don't read for themselves, and just have knee-jerk reactions to anything that isn't socialist. Sorry, check the facism at the door bub.... Let people think for themselves.
First, Godwin's Law invoked, so you lose the argument by default.
...I agree with everything else you said though.
Second, that's Hong Kong we're talking about, not the US, at least for this story.
The "Polticially Correct" speech that's forced in schools these days IS what was warned about in 1984.
Those not saying the "right words" are accused of "thought crimes", or "hate speech" just because they used words someone else didn't like. So much for free speech.
Uh, dude... it's not 1897 anymore....
So, why is Indiana a good choice? Considering there's a reasonable amount of good engineering activity going on there (Internet2, Purdue University, Indiana University, etc), I'd be interested in hearing your explanation.
I take issue with the statement:
"one of the worst decisions in the history of the MMORPG industry..."
No, I believe that releasing Anarchy Online when they did was one of the worst decisions in the history of the MMORPG industry.
They tried this before, more than 10 years ago with other UNIX systems.... Didn't end up working then, and it won't end up working now.
People will always want to change things, and make their products "different" or "better". Whether or not they really do it or not... well, that's up to the people that end up buying and using what they come with.
From the story submission:
"Sounds both wasteful and unconstitutional."
Yep, sounds like a big waste of money. They should make people pay for it (preferably by a non-government outfit), then the whole censorship thing would be a complete non-issue. They should have done that in the first place.
" Free speech is meant to protect political speech."
No, "free speech" is meant to protect ALL speech. Obvious objections are you don't yell "Fire" in a movie theater, etc.
"If something similar to an ad blocker filtered out criticism of the current government of (insert your country here) would that be ok?"
Yup. Just as filtering out praising the current government would be OK.
You just can't pick and choose what people say about things. That's especially true for things you disagree with.
There are a lot of people in this country whose reaction to speech they don't agree with is to try and get those who are speaking to shut up so no one can hear them. And these are the same people who constantly run around saying they have a right to say whatever they want. Well, that's true...but so do the people they disagree with.
Espousing your own right to free speech, while trying to shut down someone else's is hypocritical.
Back to the main point: People running around acting like goofballs, saying idiotic things have a perfect right to do it. They just don't have a right to make other people listen.
There's an old saying that seems appropriate here:
Free speech is the right to say whatever you want; it's not the right to make people listen.
You'd be surprised now some cashiers react to money like that. At the grocery store, I saw someone ahead of me try and pay part of their bill with a 50 cent piece, and the cashier handed it back saying "We don't take Canadian money". I gave the lady two quarters for it after trying to convince the cashier it was really a US coin.
Vinton Cerf once took credit the term "surfing the net" ("cerf-ing" the net, I suspose), on CNN, or CNBC. After I saw that interview, I quit listening to what he had to say.
And, if they did away with it, they'd only try and carry the most populous states, so they only have to "carry" even fewer states.
Oh...and SURPRISE...doing away with the electoral college would heavily favor the Democrats, since most of them live in those populous states.
No thanks.
That's exactly what they were trying to do in Florida 2000. Recount, recount, and recount again until they get the result they want, and then declare victory. Oh, and act self-righteous if anyone questions what they did.
Frankly, I hope it stays the way it is.... and that the Governor-select up there drives the whole state into the ground. It'd serve 'em right.
More proof of UN being a complete disaster:
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/stor
If you have one of those DirectTV TiVos, DirectTV is the outfit that sold it to you in the first place. If they change their signal, complain to DirectTV, not the TiVo.
"But they are more competent than our US government."
You've GOT to be kidding! You really need to read a lot more about what's going on at the UN these days. Oil for food bribes, child molestation in third world countries, and complete inaction leading to genocide in Africa. For you to completely ignore that, you have to have your head up your ass.
Whoa Whoa whoa.... "accountability on the airwaves"?
By who?
What ever happened to freedom of speech?
People might not like it, but everyone has the ability to turn the dial. Don't like the New York Times? Don't read it. Don't like Fox? Switch 'em off. Trying to shut down commentary because you don't like what they're saying.... not in my country thank you. Those SF dorks can go jump.
You know, I can't help but think if the world were reversed and if the newspapers and the MSM were slanted to the right, and the AM dial was slanted left, those folks in SF would be calling for accountability of newspapers and the rest of the MSM.
People, people, people.... You can't choose to single out those you disagree with for accountability. You have to do it universally.
And that means keep the editorial CRAP out of straight news reporting, unless you're a pundit of some sort. If you're a pundit, then say what you want, and expect...no DEMAND... that people hold you responsible for what you're saying. If you're proven wrong, own up to it and try and do better next time.
Anything else and people will just blow off your efforts for what they are, just political balthering.
You've obviously never worked for a dirtbig....
Reading status over the network is one thing, reading resources implies something different.
Anyone trying to treat a phone just as they would a full fledge PC has to rethink how to do their apps, because it's just not the same thing. Anyone that would try and shoehorn old techniques using a device like that is bound to fail.
That's a stupid argument. It's blaming the original authors for something that implementors down the line screwed up.
Brew's been around a long time now. It's just never caught on.
The US is not the issue, so don't deflect the comment. (Nice try at US bashing, btw).
The UN wants to take over the Internet, and given what they've done with things in the past, this would be a very bad thing.
If you're really working on a high performance game on a handset, the last thing you'd want to do is read resources during the middle of the game, unless of course you're between levels.
The memset argument is laughable. That's got to be the easiest thing to code on earth.