"It is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8," explained Google co-founder Sergey Brin in 2008. "We should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love."
He also wrote: "While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument.."
Caveman: Nyaaaa.. I want no irc an no irfanview..no twisted Firefox extensions yeh..no buggy libraries.. I wan Aple to win big man...argghh...apple can afford to pay da tax....waiiit...small men cahhnnt. Ohhhh... goooodddd... Apple winnnnn. Yeeeaahhh.
Me: Meh.
It's obviously quite deliberate - they aren't that stupid. They want to attract the scorn and smug feelings of superiority the use of this term engenders in their primary opponents to action against Wikileaks. That is, they are lulzd into a false sense of security.
Because 'Tokay' is an anglicization of 'Tokaji' and consequently a descriptive word which has been adopted into the English language and now has a different substantive meaning. So does 'Port' and so does 'Sherry'. They have developed from the names of those regions, true, but they are part of our language now. We know what they mean. Agreeing not to use English words to describe products that they apply to is Orwellian at best. Noone in Australia confuses Tokay with Tokaji: they are made differently and similarly taste entirely different. Apparently we can't use the word 'Chateau' anymore, which as far as I know just means a manor house: remember the French invaded Britain back in the day so they have no right to object to a bit of linguistic crossover!;-)
They lost in the vicious ether eleventy-trillion-gazillion dollars from bad people stealing their software ferraris despite luckily breezing through the GFC because they had right on their side and you can't keep a good Corporate Feudalist down and if you flay the Villeins the cash will just pour in and we'll all be happier and more noble. I go now to tend my yams - the levy is due.
I find it strange that the article doesn't discuss the implications for normal U.S citizens, i.e how do you prove you are *not* a H-1B worker? You can't tell a citizen from a non-citizen if neither of them are carrying anything. Obviously no-one who merely arouses the suspicion of police wants to be detained, therefore this constitutes a defacto requirement for every citizen to carry papers.
I saw the band 'Dream Theater" last night and I can attest to the fact that the keyboardist (Jordan Rudess) used an iPhone as an electronic instrument for a couple of songs. I don't know if it added anything to the performance (except to show how you can get fairly sophisticated electronic sounds out of such a small device using deft fingering) but it was cutting edge, man:-P
The American taxpayer paid for that R&D, and it should be used in our interests, not to aid an inimical foreign power like China (no, they're not our friends, and probably never will be.)
You would probably be better off reigning in Yahoo, Google and Sony et al from colluding with the Chinese government in oppression of its citizens instead of jailing one of your own for engaging in open academic discourse. One should be discouraged, the other encouraged. America, with astounding regularity, reverses intelligence in astounding ways.
Reduce carbohydrate intake perhaps:-)
If you are conscious of the way you are moving then you can find lots of ways to expend more energy and not lose muscle to attrition. Instead of bouncing up stairs, walk up them slowly as if you were doing an exercise in the gym. You can do various exercise while on the phone, when you're lifting objects, while you are waiting for things, on public transport - look for these moments and make sure you don't just stand/sit around. A lot of our daily movement is done in the most efficient way - walking slowly, bounding up the stairs, lounging in the chair. Do it in the least efficient way. A short course of gym would be good, though, to build muscle which itself burns more energy than fat - it's easier to keep it later than to build it in the first place;-)
Of course there are the freeform exercises which can be done on the desk, kitchen benches and floors - always pleasurable.
It may not be true of the U.S, but I think that elsewhere, a lot of (especially older) people still routinely use cash for transactions like this.
In terms of Civil Liberties, what raises a red flag for me is not only the acquisition of legal rights over the non-citizen individual by the U.S, but also the virtual requirement to do business with a company like VISA simply to pay a bill. If there are no 'independent' forms of exchange such as cash, VISA controls your life:)
Aside from the evidently perspicacious observations made by most here that the measures won't be terribly effective, and will certainly prevent freedom-lovin' tourists such as myself from crossing a U.S border, what about the risks associated with the expanding and increasingly cross-referenced network of databases (biometric and otherwise) that pervade modern society??
It seems to me that there are really good reasons why fingerprints have not, until now, been summarily taken from people at birth. One of those is civil liberties/preservation of individual dignity and individual volition etc, but one is pragmatic: a repository of such information can be abused, or used by criminals for some illicit purpose.
In the past, this would't have been much of a problem - but with biometrics imbedded in many common documents, and modern technology (say the ability to credibly 'put' someone's fingerprint on a gun) it's going to be.
Every police force and public service has corrupt elements or people with criminal tendencies, no matter how careful they are. The more data held by these sources, the more enticing it will be for terrorists or common criminals to find some way to utilise it. I don't think terrorists, perhaps because of their rather luddite backgrounds, have fully comprehended yet what damage they could wreak through attacks on the very electronic systems we are falling over ourselves to put in place for their benefit.
As the citizen of another country, however friendly, I have no rights AFAIK under U.S law with regards to the way my personal data is treated. Who is to say they won't sell or otherwise distribute that data? Who is to say they won't provide it to my own Government in circumvention of our own Laws? (Remember Echelon?)One can only imagine the ghastly scenarios of identity theft and the consequent tribulations endured by the luckless individual whose personal data has become the plaything of some criminal.
Last time I checked, there was a free plug-in for Outlook which disabled HTML, (but it is not free for OE), and furthermore it was possible using filtering rules in OE for MACs to block the HTML tag - but for some reason not possible in OE for PC. I tried it:)
I just can't believe there is no way of blocking HTML in OE, it's absolutely ridiculous. Then again, for those that legitimately use HTML in email (is it possible?), that is no solution. Perhaps if Microsoft were expected to compensate people who suffer economic hardship as a result of their lazy programming?
As usual the forum is brimming with helpful comments such as 'don't use it', 'there is no excuse to use it' etc - let's be realistic people, and try and find a reasonable solution.
Diversity in mail client usage would help, but not solve, this problem, and in any case it just is not going to happen. Obviously the more popular, the more exploited, and there's always going to be one email program, whatever it is, that's a big fat target.
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"It is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8," explained Google co-founder Sergey Brin in 2008. "We should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love."
He also wrote: "While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument.."
Clearly they forgot that part.
Caveman: Nyaaaa.. I want no irc an no irfanview..no twisted Firefox extensions yeh..no buggy libraries.. I wan Aple to win big man...argghh...apple can afford to pay da tax....waiiit...small men cahhnnt. Ohhhh... goooodddd... Apple winnnnn. Yeeeaahhh. Me: Meh.
It's obviously quite deliberate - they aren't that stupid. They want to attract the scorn and smug feelings of superiority the use of this term engenders in their primary opponents to action against Wikileaks. That is, they are lulzd into a false sense of security.
Because 'Tokay' is an anglicization of 'Tokaji' and consequently a descriptive word which has been adopted into the English language and now has a different substantive meaning. So does 'Port' and so does 'Sherry'. They have developed from the names of those regions, true, but they are part of our language now. We know what they mean. Agreeing not to use English words to describe products that they apply to is Orwellian at best. Noone in Australia confuses Tokay with Tokaji: they are made differently and similarly taste entirely different. Apparently we can't use the word 'Chateau' anymore, which as far as I know just means a manor house: remember the French invaded Britain back in the day so they have no right to object to a bit of linguistic crossover! ;-)
"We reject add-ons that are impossible to figure out, have overly intrusive UI, or are annoying to users."
Strangely, you have summarized most succinctly my exact impressions of the new TACO. Yet still it remains.
They lost in the vicious ether eleventy-trillion-gazillion dollars from bad people stealing their software ferraris despite luckily breezing through the GFC because they had right on their side and you can't keep a good Corporate Feudalist down and if you flay the Villeins the cash will just pour in and we'll all be happier and more noble. I go now to tend my yams - the levy is due.
I find it strange that the article doesn't discuss the implications for normal U.S citizens, i.e how do you prove you are *not* a H-1B worker? You can't tell a citizen from a non-citizen if neither of them are carrying anything. Obviously no-one who merely arouses the suspicion of police wants to be detained, therefore this constitutes a defacto requirement for every citizen to carry papers.
Nokia PC tools is one of the worst for this - I had to write a batch file to run after closing it to expunge it completely ;-)
I saw the band 'Dream Theater" last night and I can attest to the fact that the keyboardist (Jordan Rudess) used an iPhone as an electronic instrument for a couple of songs. I don't know if it added anything to the performance (except to show how you can get fairly sophisticated electronic sounds out of such a small device using deft fingering) but it was cutting edge, man :-P
The American taxpayer paid for that R&D, and it should be used in our interests, not to aid an inimical foreign power like China (no, they're not our friends, and probably never will be.)
You would probably be better off reigning in Yahoo, Google and Sony et al from colluding with the Chinese government in oppression of its citizens instead of jailing one of your own for engaging in open academic discourse. One should be discouraged, the other encouraged. America, with astounding regularity, reverses intelligence in astounding ways.
Reduce carbohydrate intake perhaps :-)
If you are conscious of the way you are moving then you can find lots of ways to expend more energy and not lose muscle to attrition. Instead of bouncing up stairs, walk up them slowly as if you were doing an exercise in the gym. You can do various exercise while on the phone, when you're lifting objects, while you are waiting for things, on public transport - look for these moments and make sure you don't just stand/sit around. A lot of our daily movement is done in the most efficient way - walking slowly, bounding up the stairs, lounging in the chair. Do it in the least efficient way. A short course of gym would be good, though, to build muscle which itself burns more energy than fat - it's easier to keep it later than to build it in the first place ;-)
Of course there are the freeform exercises which can be done on the desk, kitchen benches and floors - always pleasurable.
As far as I can see, he was indeed *arrested* in part at least because of the Usenet posting: however he wasn't convicted of that offense.
It may not be true of the U.S, but I think that elsewhere, a lot of (especially older) people still routinely use cash for transactions like this.
:)
In terms of Civil Liberties, what raises a red flag for me is not only the acquisition of legal rights over the non-citizen individual by the U.S, but also the virtual requirement to do business with a company like VISA simply to pay a bill. If there are no 'independent' forms of exchange such as cash, VISA controls your life
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Aside from the evidently perspicacious observations made by most here that the measures won't be terribly effective, and will certainly prevent freedom-lovin' tourists such as myself from crossing a U.S border, what about the risks associated with the expanding and increasingly cross-referenced network of databases (biometric and otherwise) that pervade modern society??
It seems to me that there are really good reasons why fingerprints have not, until now, been summarily taken from people at birth. One of those is civil liberties/preservation of individual dignity and individual volition etc, but one is pragmatic: a repository of such information can be abused, or used by criminals for some illicit purpose.
In the past, this would't have been much of a problem - but with biometrics imbedded in many common documents, and modern technology (say the ability to credibly 'put' someone's fingerprint on a gun) it's going to be.
Every police force and public service has corrupt elements or people with criminal tendencies, no matter how careful they are. The more data held by these sources, the more enticing it will be for terrorists or common criminals to find some way to utilise it. I don't think terrorists, perhaps because of their rather luddite backgrounds, have fully comprehended yet what damage they could wreak through attacks on the very electronic systems we are falling over ourselves to put in place for their benefit.
As the citizen of another country, however friendly, I have no rights AFAIK under U.S law with regards to the way my personal data is treated. Who is to say they won't sell or otherwise distribute that data? Who is to say they won't provide it to my own Government in circumvention of our own Laws? (Remember Echelon?)One can only imagine the ghastly scenarios of identity theft and the consequent tribulations endured by the luckless individual whose personal data has become the plaything of some criminal.
Last time I checked, there was a free plug-in for Outlook which disabled HTML, (but it is not free for OE), and furthermore it was possible using filtering rules in OE for MACs to block the HTML tag - but for some reason not possible in OE for PC. I tried it :)
I just can't believe there is no way of blocking HTML in OE, it's absolutely ridiculous. Then again, for those that legitimately use HTML in email (is it possible?), that is no solution. Perhaps if Microsoft were expected to compensate people who suffer economic hardship as a result of their lazy programming?
As usual the forum is brimming with helpful comments such as 'don't use it', 'there is no excuse to use it' etc - let's be realistic people, and try and find a reasonable solution.
Diversity in mail client usage would help, but not solve, this problem, and in any case it just is not going to happen. Obviously the more popular, the more exploited, and there's always going to be one email program, whatever it is, that's a big fat target.