Who told you that the Bill of Rights doesn't apply to non-Citizens? Let's look at the 5th Amendment:
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Its pretty damned clear to me that "No person shall be... deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..." Not "no citizen," but "no person". Due process applies to anyone in the jurisdiction of the US, regardless of citizenship or residence (or in fact their physical location, but that's another argument). Note that "in actual service" phrase if you think you can use the military exemption clause as cover here - that only refers to the use of military courts to try US servicemen in time of war or public danger.
Funny, all of my iPods (all four of them) can play unDRMed MP3s (and unDRMed AACs, which after all are just MP4 audio) - my 3rd Gen, my 1st Gen Shuffle, my 5th gen, and my iPhone. Where did you find an iPod that couldn't play unDRMed MP3s???
They fixed one of the problems with the Sony Reader - they have 8 times the selection of DRMed books just going in, and the Amazon store is head and shoulders better than the Sony store when it comes to usability. From the looks of it, they didn't fix the other part of the problem: free content - they'll charge you for reading a Project Gutenberg book? They should also be offering free downloads of Kindle editions when you buy the print edition - as a way of developing something analogous to ripping a CD.
Murdoch's previous internet initiative, his acquisition of MySpace has worked out very well.
His previous project, sure. But his first Internet initiative, the Delphi online service (a "competitor" to AOL), wasn't so successful. Indeed, it was so unsuccessful that it's hard to find any trace of it on the Internet.
Hell, for that matter (since the goddamn corrupt parties ONLY want D/R alternations, the P/VP should be one D, one R in the SAME office election, then rotate half-way thru the term. This way, the assholes would (theoretically) be COMPELLED to "get work done". They couldn't bicker as much in the SAME office since blame would fall at BOTH their feet.)
Spain tried something roughly like this, turnismo, in the very late 19th and very early 20th centuries. It lead to a coup d'etat and then ultimately to the Spanish Civil War and Franco. In other words, not a good idea.
External coverups are another matter, but the Army tries reasonably hard to insure that bad news makes it to higher commanders. Historically, when it doesn't, battles are lost.)
No. Wikipedia is the source for Veropedia, and Wikipedia says it's not for original research. As a sibling post says, read the sources of Wikipedia. Then you can cite Wikipedia simply as an aggregator that you used to help you to get a handle on the sources. The same as you would any research guide or encyclopedia. I'm an ex-teacher, by the way.
You can download the SDKs with the freebie ADC membership (which is what I have - get paid to write on Windows, too, and I too feel unclean). You need the full ADC only to get the hardware deals and the OS updates (e.g., you get Leopard free if you have a paid ADC).
No, the difference is that the California wildfires hit San Diego County, which has a median household income in the mid $60Ks, while Katrina hit New Orleans, which has a median household income in the low $30Ks. It's a hell of a lot easier to get out of the way of a wildfire in your SUV than it is to get out of the way of a hurricane on a city bus.
A retroactive tax an ex-post-facto law. If this were the US, that part of the law would be unconstitutional on its face, article I, section 9, paragraph 3: "No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed." But of course, it's Canada, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms only affects criminal retrospective laws (and section 33 can be used to obtain a 5 year mulligan if it is). BUT I AM NOT A LAWYER, so maybe I'm wrong (but I may be right).
So where Microsoft is merely an evil corporation, Apple is a cult.
Yeah, but it's more like Scientology than the Hare Krishnas - it costs more, but everyone dresses snappily and there are lots of networking opportunities, and all the cool people belong.
I've read this argument before (can't remember, but it was in a conference proceeding). The economic costs of stepwise colonization aren't being factored in.
WHY should we worry about it? Since the chemical processes that our thoughts depend upon are themselves dependent upon a unidirectional dimension of time, if it happens, NONE of us will be around to face the consequences.
The point here is that it seems a bit hypocritical for Nokia to talk about how the iPhone is closed when their own browser depends upon code written at Apple and used on the iPhone. I also don't see why it's Apple's responsibility to support GTK+ or ext3, and am not sure where exactly they're badmouthing Linux (which is, after all, one of their competitors). As for open-sourcing ObjC and Cocoa, ok, those I can get behind as things that would make sense to show commitment to open source.
Perhaps it's also worth mentioning that the initial programs written for the iPhone exploited security holes in the software? It's possible that the death of the Installer.app applications was just a side effect of a security tightening.
Then again, that doesn't explain the ringtones, does it?
Slashdot Mirror
I'm guessing most of today's mods don't get the joke.
Who told you that the Bill of Rights doesn't apply to non-Citizens? Let's look at the 5th Amendment:
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Its pretty damned clear to me that "No person shall be ... deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..." Not "no citizen," but "no person". Due process applies to anyone in the jurisdiction of the US, regardless of citizenship or residence (or in fact their physical location, but that's another argument). Note that "in actual service" phrase if you think you can use the military exemption clause as cover here - that only refers to the use of military courts to try US servicemen in time of war or public danger.
Before spouting off, RTF Constitution!
Funny, all of my iPods (all four of them) can play unDRMed MP3s (and unDRMed AACs, which after all are just MP4 audio) - my 3rd Gen, my 1st Gen Shuffle, my 5th gen, and my iPhone. Where did you find an iPod that couldn't play unDRMed MP3s???
They fixed one of the problems with the Sony Reader - they have 8 times the selection of DRMed books just going in, and the Amazon store is head and shoulders better than the Sony store when it comes to usability. From the looks of it, they didn't fix the other part of the problem: free content - they'll charge you for reading a Project Gutenberg book? They should also be offering free downloads of Kindle editions when you buy the print edition - as a way of developing something analogous to ripping a CD.
Murdoch's previous internet initiative, his acquisition of MySpace has worked out very well.
His previous project, sure. But his first Internet initiative, the Delphi online service (a "competitor" to AOL), wasn't so successful. Indeed, it was so unsuccessful that it's hard to find any trace of it on the Internet.
I know time machine does not yet use ZFS, but snapshotting would get you something like TimeMachine with an open file system.
Like TimeMachine, can this restore multiple versions of the same file? Did you use ZFS? Or is this just a GUI front end for a simple rsync backup?
'Cause USENET binaries are 1337, apparently.
Hell, for that matter (since the goddamn corrupt parties ONLY want D/R alternations, the P/VP should be one D, one R in the SAME office election, then rotate half-way thru the term. This way, the assholes would (theoretically) be COMPELLED to "get work done". They couldn't bicker as much in the SAME office since blame would fall at BOTH their feet.)
Spain tried something roughly like this, turnismo, in the very late 19th and very early 20th centuries. It lead to a coup d'etat and then ultimately to the Spanish Civil War and Franco. In other words, not a good idea.
Best post of the week.
External coverups are another matter, but the Army tries reasonably hard to insure that bad news makes it to higher commanders. Historically, when it doesn't, battles are lost.)
Or even whole wars.
No. Wikipedia is the source for Veropedia, and Wikipedia says it's not for original research. As a sibling post says, read the sources of Wikipedia. Then you can cite Wikipedia simply as an aggregator that you used to help you to get a handle on the sources. The same as you would any research guide or encyclopedia. I'm an ex-teacher, by the way.
You can download the SDKs with the freebie ADC membership (which is what I have - get paid to write on Windows, too, and I too feel unclean). You need the full ADC only to get the hardware deals and the OS updates (e.g., you get Leopard free if you have a paid ADC).
No, the difference is that the California wildfires hit San Diego County, which has a median household income in the mid $60Ks, while Katrina hit New Orleans, which has a median household income in the low $30Ks. It's a hell of a lot easier to get out of the way of a wildfire in your SUV than it is to get out of the way of a hurricane on a city bus.
Who is this idiot, and how quickly can they fire him?
Doesn't ADC have a developer preview version of Java 6? I still write in Java 5, so my memory may be playing me false..
A retroactive tax an ex-post-facto law. If this were the US, that part of the law would be unconstitutional on its face, article I, section 9, paragraph 3: "No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed." But of course, it's Canada, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms only affects criminal retrospective laws (and section 33 can be used to obtain a 5 year mulligan if it is). BUT I AM NOT A LAWYER, so maybe I'm wrong (but I may be right).
So where Microsoft is merely an evil corporation, Apple is a cult.
Yeah, but it's more like Scientology than the Hare Krishnas - it costs more, but everyone dresses snappily and there are lots of networking opportunities, and all the cool people belong.
I've read this argument before (can't remember, but it was in a conference proceeding). The economic costs of stepwise colonization aren't being factored in.
Or humans are the only ones who use radio to communicate - nobody else got forced into the technological chute the way we did.
WHY should we worry about it? Since the chemical processes that our thoughts depend upon are themselves dependent upon a unidirectional dimension of time, if it happens, NONE of us will be around to face the consequences.
My god .... somebody on Slashdot GETS it. My brain is going to explode.
The point here is that it seems a bit hypocritical for Nokia to talk about how the iPhone is closed when their own browser depends upon code written at Apple and used on the iPhone. I also don't see why it's Apple's responsibility to support GTK+ or ext3, and am not sure where exactly they're badmouthing Linux (which is, after all, one of their competitors). As for open-sourcing ObjC and Cocoa, ok, those I can get behind as things that would make sense to show commitment to open source.
The point is that any explanation for why they keep locking up apps should also explain why they keep locking up ringtones.
Perhaps it's also worth mentioning that the initial programs written for the iPhone exploited security holes in the software? It's possible that the death of the Installer.app applications was just a side effect of a security tightening.
Then again, that doesn't explain the ringtones, does it?