Senator Hatch possibly is going to wind up being the next Jimmy Hoffa as soon as Microsofts robo-goons figure out that his proposed P2P law can be applied to their beloved livelihood?
(Ya know, this latest moronic crusade of his *might* turn out to be a good thing after all - if it successfully percludes him from having a political career!)
just slap a brand label on it and rocket it out the door after the initial concept demo?!? The dirty B@$^@&)S have been denying us valuable procrastination time!"
Hmm, when was the last time I remember seing something like that - uh, Einstein. Uh oh, this can't be good - I certainly hope they both share the same views about *not* using WMD...
PFY Tech walking along reading the ground facing radar:"Gopher skeleton, pottery, pottery, building wall... Hey, I think we've got some neolithic skeletal human remains over here!"
Professor in charge of the dig:"Finally some proof of actual neolithic habitation."
The supervisory tech was is now looking over the PFY techs shoulder:"False alarm, Everybody. It's just another buried mafia hit man. Remember jr, neolithic's didn't get buried with their guns and 1980 chevy malibu..."
1) Kids are not going to 'stumble' across pr0n. They are going to go out looking for it.
Yep, I completely agree with you on this point - It's completely pointless to try and stop anyone who is purposely looking to find it. Have you ever tried hiding your porn magazines from your kids that were constantly searching the house for it? You'd practically have to have them under constant surviellance(sp?) just even think of accomplishing such a feat... So what are we, as a culture, supposed to do to keep everyone else around us from looking for porn on the net? Switch over to a Big Brother kind of scenario for the rest of country? No Thanks - IMHO, Having Porn readily available is the lesser of the two evils.
2) The primary responsibility for children who browse the net, lies not with the government, or lawmakers, or ISPs, or pr0n websites, or even the owner of the computer. It lies with their parents.
The key problem you've overlook here OMF, is that in a fair number of people's minds the government is their parents! So naturally, in thier mindset; they want their parents, (the Government) to do something about problem (make a law), regardless of whether is smart idea or not.
The real problem here is simply not thinking the whole thing through, and realising these facts: 1) You can't protect people from themselves. 2) The bible says God gave everyone a free will, and therefore that means Evil people will exist, and there's nothing you can do about that. (Except maybe go and argue with God about the decision if want you *that* over the top about it...) 3) A because we live in a universe where free will and chance exists, Bad things happen just like all the good things that happen, therefore everything you try to do to ensure that only good things happen can have unintended or bad consequences that you didn't want to happen either. 4) Porn exists, whether for good or bad, Get over it and get on with your life. There's far more important things in life to worry about anyways.
News reports of the incident are sketchy, but mere moments before the "Big Bang", it was announced that Comcast was merging with Disney...
Hey, you think I'm joking? We're talking about the same incompetents who couldn't fix my Webpage & mailbox for nearly nine months after the AT&TBI merger because and I qoute one of the tech support supervisors - "Nobody here has the administrative skills or privileges to create an account, Sir. Only our scripts do.".
And #^% Michael Eisner in his grave while your at it too, Disney! We are getting sick of the bunch of you greedheads always making to get us buying your latest rip-off!"
I always *did* wonder who would originally create them, now I know, it'll probably be us!
Think about it for a moment; First it's to give the disabled mobility, then it's to cybernetically 'enhance' the already able, next it's to motivate the chronically lazy and slothful. Then shortly thereafter it's made for the braindead mass media consumers...
And finally, one faithful day, a slipup in the Microsoft update system accidently infects everyone with their corporate monopoly takeover program. Then *ZOT* we've got BORG.
It was found that being a career basketball player caused your hair to turn blue, along with all those little white ATM reciept slips in your wallet looking suddenly quite a bit greener than when you last looked at them...
but is it mechanically tough enough to cope with mach 25 winds? You don't want to get half-way through reentry and discover your heat shield blowing off in the breeze.
Man, that would certainly give a completely new meaning to the phrase "Gone with the Wind"!
Conversations like:
"Your mama wears Combat boots!"
"Which One - My biological mother #1 or #2? Or the one who raised me?"
---- Angry Wife: "Your Mother is a slut!"
husband: "Which one?"
Angry Wife: "They both are!" ----
Lawyer reading dead wife's will: "Your Wife left everything to your Mother-in-Law."
Greiving husband: "Which one? Her biological mother #1 or #2, the mother who raised her or her step-mother through her fathers divorce last year?"
----- Dr {reading off of a questionare}: "Has either your mother's or father's side of the family had a history of Diabetes, heart disease, or infertility?"
Ailing Patient {with head in hands}: "Oh god, wouldn't I like to know..." -----
Besides, just think of what this will do to maternity suits alone!
(like the 3D animation of Linux source code development) of Microsoft's code development would look like during thier patching processes?
I get this mental image of a huge shiny metal sphere (painted to look like an Apple) slowly flaking apart, interspersed with sudden appearances of Bill Gates shaped holes!
Capture some Kazaa usernames, perform a tracert to follow the usernames traffic back to it's origin so they can shotgun subpoena the the infringers?
Hey Martha - Get out the Nachos. This s**t's gonna be/REAL/ finger pointing comedy as soon as they hit a company that's using one of those simpleminded ISP "gateway" routers with NAT & DHCP!
RIAA: {looks at list of IP #'s) There's the Perp's PC with IP Address we're looking for! Seize it!
Company: Nope, that's just a Dos Print Server.
RIAA: {looks at list again} ok than, how about that thing over there? It's Ip address is also on the list.
Company: Umm sorry, that's the Router.
RIAA: {points to the nearby tower} That's our infriger than!
Company: {sighs} That's the Novell 3.12 server, Mr pointy hair. It couldn't play a tune even you reformated it and installed windows server on it because it doesn't even have a sound card!
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Senator Hatch possibly is going to wind up being the next Jimmy Hoffa as soon as Microsofts robo-goons figure out that his proposed P2P law can be applied to their beloved livelihood?
(Ya know, this latest moronic crusade of his *might* turn out to be a good thing after all - if it successfully percludes him from having a political career!)
just slap a brand label on it and rocket it out the door after the initial concept demo?!? The dirty B@$^@&)S have been denying us valuable procrastination time!"
You mean they haven't been already doing that?!?
Hmm, when was the last time I remember seing something like that -
uh, Einstein. Uh oh, this can't be good - I certainly hope they both share the same views about *not* using WMD...
BBC: "Okay, have it your way - your off the show!"
Daleks (while getting shoved in the trash):"Waaaaiiiitttt a miiiinuuuute..."
PFY Tech walking along reading the ground facing radar:"Gopher skeleton, pottery, pottery, building wall... Hey, I think we've got some neolithic skeletal human remains over here!"
Professor in charge of the dig:"Finally some proof of actual neolithic habitation."
The supervisory tech was is now looking over the PFY techs shoulder:"False alarm, Everybody. It's just another buried mafia hit man. Remember jr, neolithic's didn't get buried with their guns and 1980 chevy malibu..."
Go Mono, Go! I hope you infect everybody!
(at least I'm not back in college anymore, where they would've probably hauled me away in straight jacket for chanting that...)
So I don't have just imagine the smell of fresh napalm in the morning, but actually slap on the old MicroSmell game scent enhancer!
1) Kids are not going to 'stumble' across pr0n. They are going to go out looking for it.
Yep, I completely agree with you on this point - It's completely pointless to try and stop anyone who is purposely looking to find it. Have you ever tried hiding your porn magazines from your kids that were constantly searching the house for it? You'd practically have to have them under constant surviellance(sp?) just even think of accomplishing such a feat... So what are we, as a culture, supposed to do to keep everyone else around us from looking for porn on the net? Switch over to a Big Brother kind of scenario for the rest of country? No Thanks - IMHO, Having Porn readily available is the lesser of the two evils.
2) The primary responsibility for children who browse the net, lies not with the government, or lawmakers, or ISPs, or pr0n websites, or even the owner of the computer. It lies with their parents.
The key problem you've overlook here OMF, is that in a fair number of people's minds the government is their parents! So naturally, in thier mindset; they want their parents, (the Government) to do something about problem (make a law), regardless of whether is smart idea or not.
The real problem here is simply not thinking the whole thing through, and realising these facts:
1) You can't protect people from themselves.
2) The bible says God gave everyone a free will, and therefore that means Evil people will exist, and there's nothing you can do about that. (Except maybe go and argue with God about the decision if want you *that* over the top about it...)
3) A because we live in a universe where free will and chance exists, Bad things happen just like all the good things that happen, therefore everything you try to do to ensure that only good things happen can have unintended or bad consequences that you didn't want to happen either.
4) Porn exists, whether for good or bad, Get over it and get on with your life. There's far more important things in life to worry about anyways.
Now we get to play pass the Supervirus! (ALA "Nuke War" from Flying Buffalo games.)
Perhaps they'll arrest Bush the next time he visits for the constant game of "Terrorist bingo" that's going on in his head...
{taps microphone} Yo, Hollywood! Are you paying attention? This would make a great series just like Mike Moore Corporate Cops would... Hello?!?
Around the US, several statues of the blind lady of justice are seen gagging uncontrollably during the announcement of the case.
Sue Marvin Windows, And Anderson Windows to protect the Microsoft Windows trademark.
News reports of the incident are sketchy, but mere moments before the "Big Bang", it was announced that Comcast was merging with Disney...
Hey, you think I'm joking? We're talking about the same incompetents who couldn't fix my Webpage & mailbox for nearly nine months after the AT&TBI merger because and I qoute one of the tech support supervisors - "Nobody here has the administrative skills or privileges to create an account, Sir. Only our scripts do.".
And #^% Michael Eisner in his grave while your at it too, Disney! We are getting sick of the bunch of you greedheads always making to get us buying your latest rip-off!"
Wouldn't have been nice if MS lost, and had to rename Windows to tardOS?
that the Email adminstrator takes the Captains order to "Nuke that Spam." literally.
With an Inquirer headline that one day reads -
"New virus danger: wife's body peircings and explosive expansion results in the death of spouse."
creating the BORG.
I always *did* wonder who would originally create them, now I know, it'll probably be us!
Think about it for a moment;
First it's to give the disabled mobility,
then it's to cybernetically 'enhance' the already able, next it's to motivate the chronically lazy and slothful. Then shortly thereafter it's made for the braindead mass media consumers...
And finally, one faithful day, a slipup in the Microsoft update system accidently infects everyone with their corporate monopoly takeover program. Then *ZOT* we've got BORG.
It was found that being a career basketball player caused your hair to turn blue, along with all those little white ATM reciept slips in your wallet looking suddenly quite a bit greener than when you last looked at them...
Conversations like:
"Your mama wears Combat boots!"
"Which One - My biological mother #1 or #2? Or the one who raised me?"
----
Angry Wife: "Your Mother is a slut!"
husband: "Which one?"
Angry Wife: "They both are!"
----
Lawyer reading dead wife's will: "Your Wife left everything to your Mother-in-Law."
Greiving husband: "Which one? Her biological mother #1 or #2, the mother who raised her or her step-mother through her fathers divorce last year?"
-----
Dr {reading off of a questionare}: "Has either your mother's or father's side of the family had a history of Diabetes, heart disease, or infertility?"
Ailing Patient {with head in hands}: "Oh god, wouldn't I like to know..."
-----
Besides, just think of what this will do to maternity suits alone!
(like the 3D animation of Linux source code development) of Microsoft's code development would look like during thier patching processes?
I get this mental image of a huge shiny metal sphere (painted to look like an Apple) slowly flaking apart, interspersed with sudden appearances of Bill Gates shaped holes!
Capture some Kazaa usernames, perform a tracert to follow the usernames traffic back to it's origin so they can shotgun subpoena the the infringers?
/REAL/ finger pointing comedy as soon as they hit a company that's using one of those simpleminded ISP "gateway" routers with NAT & DHCP!
Hey Martha - Get out the Nachos. This s**t's gonna be
RIAA: {looks at list of IP #'s) There's the Perp's PC with IP Address we're looking for! Seize it!
Company: Nope, that's just a Dos Print Server.
RIAA: {looks at list again} ok than, how about that thing over there? It's Ip address is also on the list.
Company: Umm sorry, that's the Router.
RIAA: {points to the nearby tower} That's our infriger than!
Company: {sighs} That's the Novell 3.12 server, Mr pointy hair. It couldn't play a tune even you reformated it and installed windows server on it because it doesn't even have a sound card!