Except that going back to 'the old days' also kills the honest use of P2P concepts for the average joe, and small company who sees the advantages of that form of distribution.
Oh, and dont forget the increased invasion of your rights..
You need to think beyond your little world.. and see the REAL ramifications of what is going on.
Sitting on the street in their car and looking IN my windows is a crime in my town. ( looking *at* my house would of course not be ). Its an invasion, rude, and around here would get you more then you bargin for. )
Fingerprints, in my case i often wear driving gloves in public so no, i dont 'just leave them laying around'. Furthermore, collecting the prints by a private company with out permission would also be a crime.
I also pay with cash, before you head down the 'they can track your credit card' path.
He who has the bigger pocket book gets justice. He that doesn't, gets the shaft. its got nothing to do with justice, right or wrong, or even the law anymore.
Lets see, companies that thrive off 'lock-in' are upset about a large customer going to an open environment. So they pay off an official to lobby for them before the concept spreads. Who would have thought.
Sure, its 'news', and we all need to know about it so it an be fought against, but its expected.
I can verify that the 4G 'poly side' DOES scratch easily. Not as easy as that damned chrome on the back, but it still scratches too easily and *requires* you to buy a cover of some sort.
Or you will regret it..
Thankfully the one i bought covers the chrome, screen AND clickwheel. Too bad i waited a week to get it.. I hear you can buff out the 'common surface scratches', but I'm not brave enough to try that on a 300$ device.
I also think that having a thousand trained professionals familiar with the code is preferable to 10 thousand clueless amatures any day. ( the original poster eluded to a situation where there were not thousands of 'eyes' in a corporation as huge as microsoft.. which prompted my post )
Now, that being said, open code *is* better then closed as you increase the chances of something being noticed. But just talking pure numbers with out some qualifying factors is silly and is not a fair comparison of anything.
While in retrospect his actions didnt stop the destruction of his country ( the south ), noone could have known at the time it would have been ineffective. It was a gamble.
His execution could have used a bit more planning, but his intentions were valid, which is all that matters in this context.
And as far as I'm concerned, anyone that puts his life on the line for his country is a patriot.
The definition of a patriot is a person that is willing to die in the defence of their country.
Regardless of his reasoning being right, or wrong, he felt that his country was at risk and took action. In the process laying his life on the line, for his country.
The train left the station long ago, this is not the first stop.
However, its one more step closer to the ideal situation of perpetual income for the software giant.
This is much how they screw the big corporations now, with the MOLP agreements.
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No, we get screwed too. Plus we get to foot the bill via higher taxes.
We actually stood up against the UN for a change.
The UN has its place, but they are trying to grab WAY too much power in their quest to be an effective 'world government'.
This is just one example.
As rabid as the *AA's are, they may see this as an opportunity to go after some real money.
Expect a suit to be filed.
If its *with* a warrant, nothing new here..
If its *without* then we have a privacy/rights problem that needs to be taken to the supreme court.
It will be pretty funny when all of us oldtimers are gone and no one knows how to even change a lightbulb, let alone how it works.
No appreciation or understanding of what it took to get here will be the death of them all someday.
Am i a grumpy old man that doesnt see the value in what people today call 'progress'? Damned right i am.
Except that going back to 'the old days' also kills the honest use of P2P concepts for the average joe, and small company who sees the advantages of that form of distribution.
Oh, and dont forget the increased invasion of your rights..
You need to think beyond your little world.. and see the REAL ramifications of what is going on.
Sitting on the street in their car and looking IN my windows is a crime in my town. ( looking *at* my house would of course not be ). Its an invasion, rude, and around here would get you more then you bargin for. )
Fingerprints, in my case i often wear driving gloves in public so no, i dont 'just leave them laying around'. Furthermore, collecting the prints by a private company with out permission would also be a crime.
I also pay with cash, before you head down the 'they can track your credit card' path.
He who has the bigger pocket book gets justice. He that doesn't, gets the shaft. its got nothing to do with justice, right or wrong, or even the law anymore.
Dear citizens, we have lost.
Lets see, companies that thrive off 'lock-in' are upset about a large customer going to an open environment. So they pay off an official to lobby for them before the concept spreads. Who would have thought.
Sure, its 'news', and we all need to know about it so it an be fought against, but its expected.
I can verify that the 4G 'poly side' DOES scratch easily. Not as easy as that damned chrome on the back, but it still scratches too easily and *requires* you to buy a cover of some sort.
Or you will regret it..
Thankfully the one i bought covers the chrome, screen AND clickwheel. Too bad i waited a week to get it.. I hear you can buff out the 'common surface scratches', but I'm not brave enough to try that on a 300$ device.
My line is where it crosses over from public to private. This violating my privacy.
Citing your example: Sitting on the street corner, looking down the STREET is ok. Looking in my windows, is not.
Its the USSA.. United Socialist States Of America
Wouldnt that require access to the end points instead of the 'transmission equipment' and fall outside of this ruling?
Not that they cant get a warrant to do that, but that would be a different issue.
No, i did not 'neglect' to see any point.
I just happen to disagree on his statement.
I also think that having a thousand trained professionals familiar with the code is preferable to 10 thousand clueless amatures any day. ( the original poster eluded to a situation where there were not thousands of 'eyes' in a corporation as huge as microsoft.. which prompted my post )
Now, that being said, open code *is* better then closed as you increase the chances of something being noticed. But just talking pure numbers with out some qualifying factors is silly and is not a fair comparison of anything.
Microsoft has this too. While i agree with the argument that 'openness' is better for security patches, thats not a good argument..
Remember the story about the camel's nose and the tent?
Here comes the nose..
Sorry But i dont agree on either statement.
While in retrospect his actions didnt stop the destruction of his country ( the south ), noone could have known at the time it would have been ineffective. It was a gamble.
His execution could have used a bit more planning, but his intentions were valid, which is all that matters in this context.
And as far as I'm concerned, anyone that puts his life on the line for his country is a patriot.
( this has veered way OT, so im done )
Ick.
The definition of a patriot is a person that is willing to die in the defence of their country.
Regardless of his reasoning being right, or wrong, he felt that his country was at risk and took action. In the process laying his life on the line, for his country.
That would qualify him as a patriot.
And it will keep coming back until its passed.
They have the money, and the will. So its just a matter of time before its passed into a law.
Then good luck ever getting it repealed. In another generation or so, it will just be accepted as ' its always been that way'.
The reason its wrong is its *none* of their business.
The fact you are complacent worries me. There are too many like you out there, which is why we are losing our rights right and left.
Where is your line? Police siting on your street corner watching everyone? On your lawn? How about in your house.. Its for your safety remember.
This will lead to more bandwidth wasting websites.. More bandwidth for spam and viruses.
Great.. Just f-ing great.
Yes, i know they are, and its still wrong.
Even the local police do it. Still doesnt make it right.
People should be outraged. But most people are sheep.
The train left the station long ago, this is not the first stop. However, its one more step closer to the ideal situation of perpetual income for the software giant. This is much how they screw the big corporations now, with the MOLP agreements.
The issue is not that they are collecting DNA, its that they are retaining *any* identifying information of people that are innocent of any crime.
DNA is just the most concrete form of ID we know of.