...probably just a civil suit for the coupon value plus penalties...
Most coupons have a cash value printed on them - some minuscule amount like a 12th of a cent or something. Fines would probably far-outstrip the cost of the coupons.
I've always thought I was a freak for having the symptoms you describe with rgard to consuming aspartame. I was excited when they finally started using splenda in sodas as a result - they simply don't give me the same headaches that aspartame does.
Spoken like someone who has not flipped burgers for a living. I have.
The pay sucks, no insurance, they treat employees like stupid cattle, the work is menial... You're so tired at the end of the day, you're dead on your feet when you get home. To remain employed, you do exactly what you are told, regardless of any safety concerns you might have. But hey, it is good exercise, since you're on your feet all day. And you typically get a discount on your purchases, like 50% or so.
Tell me you want to go clean a fast-food restaurant's bathroom for minimum wage (which, incidentally, is not typically enough to live on). Speaking of which, I'm reminded of the time that one of my co-workers was scalded by defective coffee pot's handle breaking off and breaking at her feet, which splashed hot coffee up her leg. Yeah, real fulfilling job that is.
"Going to the rsstroom will never be boring again" - that is hardly a selling feature. I for one, do not prefer my bathroom activities to be interesting, as that is typically an indicator of malfunction.
This will set the the cause of bovine freedom back several decades. I urge everyone to withold support of initiatives expanding the role of copyright in this manner.
I think your heart is in the right place, but I don't think diluting the message will be effective.
In talking with a few non-technical family members, part of the reason that this rootkit business is making headway with non-techy folks is because it is clear, in non-technical terms, that their music cd is "breaking" their computer. That computer that they find so damn incomprehensible, the one that they don't feel they have the expertise necessary to diagnose and fix.
Now they have a reason to blame their random computer slowness and its abberant behaviour on a big corporate monolith, (despite the fact that their computer probably contracted malware from elsewhere, seeing as they can't be bothered to patch it), and in having an identifiable target, they now want blood.
On one hand, I wish nothing but bad karma for Sony for putting a rootkit on people's machines. On the other, Sony is being made a scapegoat for the relative complexity of maintaining a secure and clean system.
Not in the case of a man-in-the-middle attack, as that would have been invisible to the user. How likely is a MITM attack anyway? Suppose your employer wanted to read your gmail... I know my employer carefully watches what goes across it's net pipes...
I wish I had mod points, both for the NoScript reference (I've found it incredibly useful and user-friendly as well) and for the spot-on remark about whitelisting.
Maybe it just was a political maneuver - getting Verisign properly incented to back them up in the upcoming brouhaha. Verisign has big pipes and lots of experience and hardware dedicated to this purpose. Having them defend the ICANN might be the "expert testimony" that sways the UN people to let the matter rest for now.
I too had problems with earlier versions, but so far the latest release has worked out well. The My Bookmarks sync is real benefit to me, my workstation, laptop, and all my home machines can share the same set of bookmarks in both Firefox and IE on all of them.
I even added a custom button using the web interface to check my gmail.:)
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...probably just a civil suit for the coupon value plus penalties...
Most coupons have a cash value printed on them - some minuscule amount like a 12th of a cent or something. Fines would probably far-outstrip the cost of the coupons.
I've always thought I was a freak for having the symptoms you describe with rgard to consuming aspartame. I was excited when they finally started using splenda in sodas as a result - they simply don't give me the same headaches that aspartame does.
Maybe the solutions isn't more jails, but rather decriminalizing things that aren't crimes, like addiction. or like filesharing
I wish I had mod points, because your post was deserving.
that was +1 impressive!
If the EFF actively lobbies congress, I thought they would put their tax exempt status in jeopardy. Anyone know for sure?
Spoken like someone who has not flipped burgers for a living. I have.
The pay sucks, no insurance, they treat employees like stupid cattle, the work is menial... You're so tired at the end of the day, you're dead on your feet when you get home. To remain employed, you do exactly what you are told, regardless of any safety concerns you might have. But hey, it is good exercise, since you're on your feet all day. And you typically get a discount on your purchases, like 50% or so.
Tell me you want to go clean a fast-food restaurant's bathroom for minimum wage (which, incidentally, is not typically enough to live on). Speaking of which, I'm reminded of the time that one of my co-workers was scalded by defective coffee pot's handle breaking off and breaking at her feet, which splashed hot coffee up her leg. Yeah, real fulfilling job that is.
How, exactly is it expandable? I can't just add some random tag I decide I want to add - that's a feature of something like XML.
Did you mean something else?
"Going to the rsstroom will never be boring again" - that is hardly a selling feature. I for one, do not prefer my bathroom activities to be interesting, as that is typically an indicator of malfunction.
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This will set the the cause of bovine freedom back several decades. I urge everyone to withold support of initiatives expanding the role of copyright in this manner.
I think your heart is in the right place, but I don't think diluting the message will be effective.
In talking with a few non-technical family members, part of the reason that this rootkit business is making headway with non-techy folks is because it is clear, in non-technical terms, that their music cd is "breaking" their computer. That computer that they find so damn incomprehensible, the one that they don't feel they have the expertise necessary to diagnose and fix.
Now they have a reason to blame their random computer slowness and its abberant behaviour on a big corporate monolith, (despite the fact that their computer probably contracted malware from elsewhere, seeing as they can't be bothered to patch it), and in having an identifiable target, they now want blood.
On one hand, I wish nothing but bad karma for Sony for putting a rootkit on people's machines. On the other, Sony is being made a scapegoat for the relative complexity of maintaining a secure and clean system.
Not in the case of a man-in-the-middle attack, as that would have been invisible to the user. How likely is a MITM attack anyway? Suppose your employer wanted to read your gmail... I know my employer carefully watches what goes across it's net pipes...
I wish I had mod points, both for the NoScript reference (I've found it incredibly useful and user-friendly as well) and for the spot-on remark about whitelisting.
That's hardly the case for Natural Selection...
At some point, I hope someone changes the newspaper under there...
Maybe it just was a political maneuver - getting Verisign properly incented to back them up in the upcoming brouhaha. Verisign has big pipes and lots of experience and hardware dedicated to this purpose. Having them defend the ICANN might be the "expert testimony" that sways the UN people to let the matter rest for now.
Darn those dendropheliacs
well put
three words: ascii goatse guy
Since when do corporations pay tax? Most just hire a CPA instead.
Not to mention that it probably performed excellently...
I know mine were irreversibly damaged by that goatse guy once.
I too had problems with earlier versions, but so far the latest release has worked out well. The My Bookmarks sync is real benefit to me, my workstation, laptop, and all my home machines can share the same set of bookmarks in both Firefox and IE on all of them.
:)
I even added a custom button using the web interface to check my gmail.
A garbage truck on nitrous - now that's a picture.