I would think that taking free time to publicly humiliate someone on the internet qualifies as being hateful and spiteful which, last I checked, isn't very socially acceptable. At that point it delves into a 'get a life' situation. Even though the bartender had very little contact with any of these 'outed' individuals she is injecting herself into their lives for some reason - maybe because she lacks one herself. From her blog it is clear that she gets off on doing this.
Everyone has their secret vices, I s'pose... and some are worse than others. I have to admit that it's hard for me to find a lot of compassion for this particular group of people--that is, the group with fake IDs.
About two years ago, my unit lost someone to underage drinking. He was 19 and toasted, and he tried to mimic some sort of acrobatic move other people were doing. Two problems: (1) he was drunk; (2) they were on the third floor of the junior enlisted dormitories. He fell, landed on his head -- but he didn't die immediately. He was alive just about long enough for the paramedics to get him to the hospital.
I know not everyone under the age of 21 is irresponsible... but a significant number of them are. If the threat of a little humiliation keeps someone from going out, having a few too many and then getting herself (or others) killed... I can't say that I mind.
The girl is lame for not just accepting this as a life lesson and moving on, and the bartender is a sad, pathetic, grisled individual who gets off by busting people who use fake IDs. They both need to get a life.
Here we are, dissecting the whole mess on Slashdot, and you think they need to get a life?
Will it still feel good when your friend is facing possible jail time and being booted out of school because she tried to pass the fake ID in the first place?
You and she both will learn, in time, to pick your battles. Until then, may you reap the full consequences of your actions.
As written, the bill would prohibit insurance companies from charging higher rates, and employers from discriminating in hiring, based on the results of genetic tests.
Isn't homosexuality genetic? Or has that not been explicitly traced to a specific set of genes?
Maybe you should've spent less time on the PowerPoint slides and more time thinking about how your idea was going to (figuratively) grab Billg around the throat and shake him until he said, "That's the best idea I've ever heard since I've been here at Microsoft."
I mean, shit, do you really think you're going to impress the CEO of Microsoft with a PowerPoint presentation, of all things?
Its at a stalemate. Its been there for 2 months. There are letters in the mail. These are legal threats. If they restrict my service I WILL file in court and I will serve them and I will ask for a court order to force them to reconnect the service. They will lose. They do not have a leg to stand on.
So instead of being on hold for a half hour, you've been effectively on hold for two months. How is this an improvement?
In my experience, being civil with the person on the other end of the phone always gets better results.
If computers were already secure against viruses, there wouldn't be any need for antivirus products. If bad network traffic couldn't be used to attack computers, no one would bother buying a firewall....
And if pigs flew out of my arse, I wouldn't need to go to the supermarket to buy bacon. What's his point?
Will they send the articles to the advertisers' public relations offices first to make sure the content of the stories is acceptable?
Yes, I know, I shouldn't give them any ideas. But if they're not going to be impartial in their reviews, they should stop calling themselves "media" and start calling themselves PR.
Copying a disc to an image requires no breaking of encryption.
Copying a disc to an image isn't a backup. Copying a disc to a disc is a backup.
It does not guarantee your right to use the content on unlicensed platforms.
Do you really think Joe Consumer gives a shit about whether a platform is licensed or unlicensed? He wants it to work. By your logic, someone who downloads an e-book might be able to print it to an HP printer but not an Epson, because one's "licensed" and the other isn't.
Perhaps you should leave it to those with legal training.
And maybe law should be straightforward enough that one doesn't need legal training. Absurdly complex laws are one more way the haves keep the have-nots out of the halls of government.
Copying does NOT require breaking encryption, nor does Linux playback.
If that were really true, why would you need software like BackupHDDVD to begin with? Why did HDTV owners get screwed over without benefit of lube in early 2006 because their sets didn't have decryption for HD-DVDs?
It's not your own account you're locked out of.
Mr. Fair Use disagrees with you. See, once I've bought that content, Fair Use grants me the right to make a backup copy of it and to play it on whatever device I want. AACS denies me those rights. I'm no lawyer, but I would think that makes AACS a violation of copyright law in and of itself.
Let's say you use a password to store your banking information, and that password is "dumbass5." Now a blog posts that your password to your banking account is "dumbass5." Would you call it censorship when you retained an attorney to shut down that blog/forum/site? More specifically, would you call it censorship that infringed on your rights?
Bullshit. That's my answer to your question... because we're talking as much about getting HD-DVDs to play on Linux boxes as we are about copying them. And, by the way, copyright law and Supreme Court precedent still give you the right to make backup copies of your media.
A better analogy is this: You've locked everyone out of their bank accounts, and they need a password only you can supply them with in order to get to their money. Then someone finds out the password is "dumbass5" and posts it. How are you going to look when you're intimidating and/or SLAPPing people into sharing something that you shouldn't be holding over their heads in the first place?
or they know how to spell Fiene...Feinama...that really cool and funny fizicist...phyzi...fiscis...you know, someone who studies how the Universe works.
I'm not sure I agree. I've compared Dell "build your PC" deals to parts I can get off NewEgg, and even with Windows, the two prices are comparable. They're not subsidizing the hardware purchase except on the cheapest models, but they put the nagware on everything.
No, it doesn't. But it also doesn't make you any more credible or better at espousing said beliefs than the next Joe, even though you might think that you are.
I agree. I'm just saying Stallman has the right to make controversial comments, if that's the choice he wants to make. Given the comments we've sometimes heard from lawmakers whose job is to run the country, it's kinda refreshing to hear from people who are capable of more than sound-bite commentary.
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I would think that taking free time to publicly humiliate someone on the internet qualifies as being hateful and spiteful which, last I checked, isn't very socially acceptable. At that point it delves into a 'get a life' situation. Even though the bartender had very little contact with any of these 'outed' individuals she is injecting herself into their lives for some reason - maybe because she lacks one herself. From her blog it is clear that she gets off on doing this.
Everyone has their secret vices, I s'pose ... and some are worse than others. I have to admit that it's hard for me to find a lot of compassion for this particular group of people--that is, the group with fake IDs.
About two years ago, my unit lost someone to underage drinking. He was 19 and toasted, and he tried to mimic some sort of acrobatic move other people were doing. Two problems: (1) he was drunk; (2) they were on the third floor of the junior enlisted dormitories. He fell, landed on his head -- but he didn't die immediately. He was alive just about long enough for the paramedics to get him to the hospital.
I know not everyone under the age of 21 is irresponsible ... but a significant number of them are. If the threat of a little humiliation keeps someone from going out, having a few too many and then getting herself (or others) killed ... I can't say that I mind.
The girl is lame for not just accepting this as a life lesson and moving on, and the bartender is a sad, pathetic, grisled individual who gets off by busting people who use fake IDs. They both need to get a life.
Here we are, dissecting the whole mess on Slashdot, and you think they need to get a life?
Will it still feel good when your friend is facing possible jail time and being booted out of school because she tried to pass the fake ID in the first place?
You and she both will learn, in time, to pick your battles. Until then, may you reap the full consequences of your actions.
-1, Wrong.
Entire Florida population last seen flocking for ... points north.
Thank gods! I thought they'd never go home.
As written, the bill would prohibit insurance companies from charging higher rates, and employers from discriminating in hiring, based on the results of genetic tests.
Isn't homosexuality genetic? Or has that not been explicitly traced to a specific set of genes?
Aren't all opinions subjective?
Suffering a powerpoint is nothing compared to watching the flying entrails of an infant.
You're right. There's significantly more entertainment value in the latter.
(That's a joke, mods ...)
Maybe you should've spent less time on the PowerPoint slides and more time thinking about how your idea was going to (figuratively) grab Billg around the throat and shake him until he said, "That's the best idea I've ever heard since I've been here at Microsoft."
I mean, shit, do you really think you're going to impress the CEO of Microsoft with a PowerPoint presentation, of all things?
Its at a stalemate. Its been there for 2 months. There are letters in the mail. These are legal threats. If they restrict my service I WILL file in court and I will serve them and I will ask for a court order to force them to reconnect the service. They will lose. They do not have a leg to stand on.
So instead of being on hold for a half hour, you've been effectively on hold for two months. How is this an improvement?
In my experience, being civil with the person on the other end of the phone always gets better results.
Oh, sure. Next you're gonna complain they're not Kosher! :)
If computers were already secure against viruses, there wouldn't be any need for antivirus products. If bad network traffic couldn't be used to attack computers, no one would bother buying a firewall. ...
And if pigs flew out of my arse, I wouldn't need to go to the supermarket to buy bacon. What's his point?
Will they send the articles to the advertisers' public relations offices first to make sure the content of the stories is acceptable?
Yes, I know, I shouldn't give them any ideas. But if they're not going to be impartial in their reviews, they should stop calling themselves "media" and start calling themselves PR.
Yes, but that was a good thing. After all, it's John Dvorak we're talking about.
Well, terrorists and Geraldo Rivera.
Welcome to Slashdot!
"One topic that is evidently too hot to handle: How do you cope with sexual desire among healthy young men and women during a mission years long?"
Three words: Pay-per-view. NASA will never again have to worry about funding.
Copying a disc to an image requires no breaking of encryption.
Copying a disc to an image isn't a backup. Copying a disc to a disc is a backup.
It does not guarantee your right to use the content on unlicensed platforms.
Do you really think Joe Consumer gives a shit about whether a platform is licensed or unlicensed? He wants it to work. By your logic, someone who downloads an e-book might be able to print it to an HP printer but not an Epson, because one's "licensed" and the other isn't.
Perhaps you should leave it to those with legal training.
And maybe law should be straightforward enough that one doesn't need legal training. Absurdly complex laws are one more way the haves keep the have-nots out of the halls of government.
Copying does NOT require breaking encryption, nor does Linux playback.
If that were really true, why would you need software like BackupHDDVD to begin with? Why did HDTV owners get screwed over without benefit of lube in early 2006 because their sets didn't have decryption for HD-DVDs?
It's not your own account you're locked out of.
Mr. Fair Use disagrees with you. See, once I've bought that content, Fair Use grants me the right to make a backup copy of it and to play it on whatever device I want. AACS denies me those rights. I'm no lawyer, but I would think that makes AACS a violation of copyright law in and of itself.
Let's say you use a password to store your banking information, and that password is "dumbass5." Now a blog posts that your password to your banking account is "dumbass5." Would you call it censorship when you retained an attorney to shut down that blog/forum/site? More specifically, would you call it censorship that infringed on your rights?
Bullshit. That's my answer to your question ... because we're talking as much about getting HD-DVDs to play on Linux boxes as we are about copying them. And, by the way, copyright law and Supreme Court precedent still give you the right to make backup copies of your media.
A better analogy is this: You've locked everyone out of their bank accounts, and they need a password only you can supply them with in order to get to their money. Then someone finds out the password is "dumbass5" and posts it. How are you going to look when you're intimidating and/or SLAPPing people into sharing something that you shouldn't be holding over their heads in the first place?
Actually, it's 535 grand poorly spent, if you think about it ...
Failure to 'sufficiently protect' American copyrights is the cause of the Bush administration's ire ...
Which, five or six years ago, might have meant something. Today, it doesn't. Can't imagine why that might be.
or they know how to spell Fiene...Feinama...that really cool and funny fizicist...phyzi...fiscis...you know, someone who studies how the Universe works.
Fein, man, be a killjoy! :)
I'm not sure I agree. I've compared Dell "build your PC" deals to parts I can get off NewEgg, and even with Windows, the two prices are comparable. They're not subsidizing the hardware purchase except on the cheapest models, but they put the nagware on everything.
No, it doesn't. But it also doesn't make you any more credible or better at espousing said beliefs than the next Joe, even though you might think that you are.
I agree. I'm just saying Stallman has the right to make controversial comments, if that's the choice he wants to make. Given the comments we've sometimes heard from lawmakers whose job is to run the country, it's kinda refreshing to hear from people who are capable of more than sound-bite commentary.