Perhaps refuse to put profit over human rights? We silly Slashdotters. If there were any justice in the world, it would be illegal for U.S.-owned companies to work with these regimes. Perhaps someday, the executives of Cisco, Yahoo, and the like will be brought to justice at The Hague for their role in repressing human rights.
I've seen that almost exclusively at Wal*Mart. You could call it a tax on people who can't do math, but I still find the practice appalling. And I'm always on guard against it now.
Can't say that I am. But I have known better. Gawd--he could have at least phrased it in terms of covering his hindquarters, rather than spouting as if he slavishly believed what he was saying.
The fact that someone with the title "CIO" would utter such an abominably stupid thing is an affront to everything I hold dear. I bet he knows his politics damn well, though.
Kerry might do a double take like Bush when he becomes President, but my perspective of him is more of a statesman, of a masterful politician, a man who chooses his words wisely, a man who did not have the Presidentship handed to him on a platter. Him, I can trust, atleast for the next 4 years. Bush, I have lost that trust.
If they wanted to earn my trust, they could have stuck to their rhetoric about the whole country being a free speech zone, rather than pulling this shit at the DNC.
One of my friends replied,"They never ended the war from '92."
Except that there was no declaration of war in '92, either. The U.S. is a sham democracy--to see some more proof of this, have a look at the "free speech zones" being used by both parties.
I remember that--buying toys online and watching the stock plummet as an "Internet company" proceeded to piss of just about the whole Internet. But Google has much more cred to burn and many apologists. They'd have to try darned hard to be another eToys.
Actually, I use secondspin.com mostly, and very occasional Wherehouse Music (where your caution against funding new CD purchases would apply).
I still think it's the least evil of the alternatives available while complying with the law. A wrinkle I've thought of is donating albums I'm no longer interested in to the public library--but a donation is no guarantee they'll shelve and lend them.
I switched to my local Baby Bell when AT&T decided they were going to charge me $5/mo. or so for the privilege of doing business with them. I had been an AT&T customer for 20 years.
And with the option of future changes any time they like. I'll stick to buying and ripping used CDs, thank you, though--not a cent to the RIAA and perfectly legal, until they can buy away the Doctrine of First Sale.
Right--as if they went to that kind of prison. No, they are going to go or have gone to a minimum security facility like the one Martha Stewart, if she really ends up doing any time at all, will go to. I guarantee you that the upper classes are not subject by the state to ass-fucking like the hoi polloi are when imprisoned.
At which time they should be kicked off for providing patently false information. Their accounts can be turned back on upon receipt of a notarized copy of their Iraqi passport.
I never cease to be amazed at the self-righteousness of those hiding behind a/. pseudonym not linkable to a real-world identity when berating those who post AC. Please, keep on ranting.
What is property but a grant of rights from the state? If you think you "own" your house or car, try not paying the taxes on them for a couple of years.
But then you're paying for bandwidth twice, assuming you're talking about SSHing to a cable/DSL ISP off-campus. That, and if your school really does have Network Nazis (TM) running the show, do you really think you're going to be able to move gigabytes of encrypted data without having your activities scrutinized, and even your machine looked over?
And if they didn't replace them, someone else would be bitching that they're collecting technology infrastructure fee money and not giving the students anything for it.
If you used that address as a whois contact, that's probably where your spam is coming from, as opposed to from Go Daddy. I have no affiliation with them except as a customer, but can say that over two years, my account address hasn't received any spam attributable to them.
By what logic do you think you'll attract the 80% (casual) you want by charging more? Surely you have something to offer that demographic other than "we charge more to keep out the riff-raff." While that kind of marketing might work for American Express, I don't expect it will sell many MMORPG subscriptions.
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Perhaps refuse to put profit over human rights? We silly Slashdotters. If there were any justice in the world, it would be illegal for U.S.-owned companies to work with these regimes. Perhaps someday, the executives of Cisco, Yahoo, and the like will be brought to justice at The Hague for their role in repressing human rights.
I've seen that almost exclusively at Wal*Mart. You could call it a tax on people who can't do math, but I still find the practice appalling. And I'm always on guard against it now.
Guess the BOfH has to stay in business :).
The fact that someone with the title "CIO" would utter such an abominably stupid thing is an affront to everything I hold dear. I bet he knows his politics damn well, though.
Hey, simmer down. I didn't say it was OK; I just said that that's the way it is.
If they wanted to earn my trust, they could have stuck to their rhetoric about the whole country being a free speech zone, rather than pulling this shit at the DNC.
Except that there was no declaration of war in '92, either. The U.S. is a sham democracy--to see some more proof of this, have a look at the "free speech zones" being used by both parties.
Which still isn't terrorism. This proves that the PATRIOT Act, while sold as an anti-terrorism tool, is already being misused.
I remember that--buying toys online and watching the stock plummet as an "Internet company" proceeded to piss of just about the whole Internet. But Google has much more cred to burn and many apologists. They'd have to try darned hard to be another eToys.
+5, Informative. Nice that all the other states were apparently derelict in this regard.
I still think it's the least evil of the alternatives available while complying with the law. A wrinkle I've thought of is donating albums I'm no longer interested in to the public library--but a donation is no guarantee they'll shelve and lend them.
2. If you were going to buy it new, and buy it used instead, it's still one less sale, despite the used one having been sold new once.
Buy your CDs used and send a buck to the artist. You break no copyright laws, save money, and, most imporantly, don't fund the War on Freedom.
I switched to my local Baby Bell when AT&T decided they were going to charge me $5/mo. or so for the privilege of doing business with them. I had been an AT&T customer for 20 years.
And with the option of future changes any time they like. I'll stick to buying and ripping used CDs, thank you, though--not a cent to the RIAA and perfectly legal, until they can buy away the Doctrine of First Sale.
Same problem as the U.S. Attorney General's office is having. Only they're buying copies of the Constitution.
Right--as if they went to that kind of prison. No, they are going to go or have gone to a minimum security facility like the one Martha Stewart, if she really ends up doing any time at all, will go to. I guarantee you that the upper classes are not subject by the state to ass-fucking like the hoi polloi are when imprisoned.
Heh :).
At which time they should be kicked off for providing patently false information. Their accounts can be turned back on upon receipt of a notarized copy of their Iraqi passport.
I never cease to be amazed at the self-righteousness of those hiding behind a /. pseudonym not linkable to a real-world identity when berating those who post AC. Please, keep on ranting.
What is property but a grant of rights from the state? If you think you "own" your house or car, try not paying the taxes on them for a couple of years.
But then you're paying for bandwidth twice, assuming you're talking about SSHing to a cable/DSL ISP off-campus. That, and if your school really does have Network Nazis (TM) running the show, do you really think you're going to be able to move gigabytes of encrypted data without having your activities scrutinized, and even your machine looked over?
And if they didn't replace them, someone else would be bitching that they're collecting technology infrastructure fee money and not giving the students anything for it.
If you used that address as a whois contact, that's probably where your spam is coming from, as opposed to from Go Daddy. I have no affiliation with them except as a customer, but can say that over two years, my account address hasn't received any spam attributable to them.
By what logic do you think you'll attract the 80% (casual) you want by charging more? Surely you have something to offer that demographic other than "we charge more to keep out the riff-raff." While that kind of marketing might work for American Express, I don't expect it will sell many MMORPG subscriptions.