Because the RIAA isn't looking for MP3 sites, the BSA isn't looking for warez sites, and the IDSA isn't looking for ROM sites on the gopher:// protocol. Oh well, the clued already aren't using IE anyway, so no loss.
I agree with you--I was trying to point out that the comparison between programmers and doctors is still valid, even though programmers aren't conferred the godlike status that doctors are.
For the record, I didn't mod you down. That out of the way, how is not relaxing immigration policies to flood the market with cheap workers protectionism?
Or are you saying every country that doesn't open its borders to whoever wants to work therein is protectionist?
You just want to protect your own job, end of story.
And what's wrong with that? Shouldn't the U.S. take care of its own citizens' employment needs before importing foreign workers? It's obvious from the facts presented that industry has lied about the "IT shortage" and that the H-1B program needs to end now.
Ah. You're talking about the time they took you to the state pen to meet Bubba, and you were wondering why, exactly, after the encounter they called the program "Scared Straight."
Now, fugitive felons, DMCA violators, porn purveyors, and deadbeat dads can all be caught at the checkout, thanks to the PATRIOT act and the loyal cooperation of your local Thriftway.
Revelation 13:15-18 incorporated herein by reference.
There are some locales that ban porn and strip clubs for adults, too. The same can be accomplished for video games if they aren't speech.
The good thing is that these kind of restrictions are impossible to enforce. If someone wants to release a "Quake IV: Columbine Gunfest," they can get it out there. Because even if people find it reprehensible, he's got a right to publish it, damn it, because it's a form of speech.
It has nothing to do with the "protect the children" strawman you keep waving about.
won't be satisified until viewing a copied Disney movie in your VCR listening to a ripped Metallica track or using a cracked crippleware program will result in a no-knock warrant and gunplay.
Rosen, Eisner, and Valenti should be the ones taken to the Hague in chains. It's a pity the International Court of Justice doesn't have the death penalty available in its repertoire. But that's OK--a life sentence of forced listening to heavily amplified boy bands should be sufficient.
But cigarettes, booze, pr0n, &c. are not fundamental rights. Speech is. Now we've a decision that says that "it it be on 'puter, it 'tain't speech." And if it's not speech, it can be regulated like contraband--taking it away from minors is the same thing, only differing by degree.
Either the judge should be sent to remedial law school or exiled as a traitor.
No, a slippery slope argument would be "Oh, they're banning video games. Next, they'll ban computers" in the absence of (as in this case) a judicial declaration that computers are not protected.
And, as your employer probably doesn't understand, having employees worthy of trust is a privilege only granted to those enlightened enough to make an environment that attracts bright people, which your employer's obviously is not.
No, it's not. And the marriage analogy sucks--the terms are quite clear and simple, and are read to those agreeing to them. Not to mention that, at least in some states, the bride and groom must sign a document which is then witnessed by a third party. Now that is an agreement. A Diktat EULA is not.
You did dispute the charge with your credit card company, right? Even if you didn't get your $3 back, it've caused the deceptive bastards to have to pay about $20 to their bank, and use staff time to defend the charge.
I'm glad someone picked up on that. Of course it was hyperbole.
I agree that trying to saturate people with infringing copies isn't a useful tactic unless and after the court rules against bnetd and appeals are exhausted. After that, though, anything short of physical violence goes.
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You keep right on thinking that, MS fanboy.
Because the RIAA isn't looking for MP3 sites, the BSA isn't looking for warez sites, and the IDSA isn't looking for ROM sites on the gopher:// protocol. Oh well, the clued already aren't using IE anyway, so no loss.
I agree with you--I was trying to point out that the comparison between programmers and doctors is still valid, even though programmers aren't conferred the godlike status that doctors are.
I was thinking of something more like mob rule than an institutionalized thing. But whatever floats your boat.
Or are you saying every country that doesn't open its borders to whoever wants to work therein is protectionist?
And what's wrong with that? Shouldn't the U.S. take care of its own citizens' employment needs before importing foreign workers? It's obvious from the facts presented that industry has lied about the "IT shortage" and that the H-1B program needs to end now.
Ah. You're talking about the time they took you to the state pen to meet Bubba, and you were wondering why, exactly, after the encounter they called the program "Scared Straight."
Revelation 13:15-18 incorporated herein by reference.
The good thing is that these kind of restrictions are impossible to enforce. If someone wants to release a "Quake IV: Columbine Gunfest," they can get it out there. Because even if people find it reprehensible, he's got a right to publish it, damn it, because it's a form of speech.
It has nothing to do with the "protect the children" strawman you keep waving about.
Rosen, Eisner, and Valenti should be the ones taken to the Hague in chains. It's a pity the International Court of Justice doesn't have the death penalty available in its repertoire. But that's OK--a life sentence of forced listening to heavily amplified boy bands should be sufficient.
True dat.
Because only kids with no money to spend skateboard. People with Segways are people with lots of disposable income that they might spend.
Why? They'll never hold up, and even if one did, they're still unenforceable for all intents and purposes.
Either the judge should be sent to remedial law school or exiled as a traitor.
illegal != impossible
No, a slippery slope argument would be "Oh, they're banning video games. Next, they'll ban computers" in the absence of (as in this case) a judicial declaration that computers are not protected.
Freedom of speech is protected.
Video games are not speech.
Therefore, video games are not protected.
Child porn is not protected.
The government does not allow you child porn.
By analogy, video games could be witheld from you.
Congratulations. You are a moron.
Because if it can be withheld from kids because it's not speech, it can be withheld from grown-ups, too.
And, as your employer probably doesn't understand, having employees worthy of trust is a privilege only granted to those enlightened enough to make an environment that attracts bright people, which your employer's obviously is not.
pr0n partition full, huh?
No, it's not. And the marriage analogy sucks--the terms are quite clear and simple, and are read to those agreeing to them. Not to mention that, at least in some states, the bride and groom must sign a document which is then witnessed by a third party. Now that is an agreement. A Diktat EULA is not.
You did dispute the charge with your credit card company, right? Even if you didn't get your $3 back, it've caused the deceptive bastards to have to pay about $20 to their bank, and use staff time to defend the charge.
I'm glad someone picked up on that. Of course it was hyperbole.
I agree that trying to saturate people with infringing copies isn't a useful tactic unless and after the court rules against bnetd and appeals are exhausted. After that, though, anything short of physical violence goes.
Bill, why don't you create an account?
Although Linux does run fine, headless. And a Win2K box would make a great terminal emulator off the serial port for maintenance.