Or worse, it could open the door to collecting the information using some exotic class of secret warrant that can be issued in bulk and retroactively by a special judicial representative chosen to rubber stamp such documents.
I haven't read the bill, but given Wyden's stance on warnentless searches and the way the Justice Department is interrupting the PATRIOT Act, it wouldn't surprise me if this bill addressed this issue as well
Seumas you have no idea how much I agree with you on this one.
Last time a similar story was posted (couldn't find the link), somebody brought up that autism/aspergers as being the new "chic" diagnosis....it has everything a parents wants, an excuse to justify their child's behavioral issues as a manifestation of a disability which allows them to absolve themselves of any parenting failures with a label that's associated with high intelligence.
To the GP, as the parent of a severely autistic child this isn't at all reprehensible, providing autistic individuals with any kind of vocational/technical training is doing them, and their family/caregiver, a huge service. We just hope that Rachel will have an opportunity like this some day.
My family owned a bowling ally that had a decent sized arcade, so I'm not sure what my first video game was, but I definitely remember playing Space Invaders, Asteroids, Battle Zone and Crash before I started kindergarten.
When they person who we leased the games from would take the coins, he'd usually put a few credits on each for us.
Being the parent of a severely autistic child, I can tell you that it can be equally rewarding and heartbreaking. Rachel has the expressive language of an 18 month old and the receptive language of a 3 year old locked in the body of an 11 year old.
There are times when Rachel gets out-of-control and needs to be physically restrained from hurting herself or others, and there are times that she gets into the (locked) cupboard and eats the cake we were going to have for dessert and yes, we feel like we need to be 100% vigilant 100% of the time and it wears on us, her siblings and on Rachel.
But at the same time, you've never seen such happiness for things that you and I take for granted; writing her name, saying the alphabet, playing "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and being able to answer "How old are you?" are all things that most 3 or 4 year olds can do but at 11, they're accomplishments for Rachel.
In all likelihood she'll never be able to read and write functionally, but she can identify her favorite DVDs, put it in the player, make sure the stereo and TV are set properly and start the movie. She can also log into the computer, launch a browser and find the bookmark that takes her Playhouse Disney.
Do the highs out weigh the lows? It's hard to tell sometimes, but when I tuck her in at night and she wants to make sure that Pooh-Bear and Piglet get tucked in too, it sure seems like it.
When my wife and I first met, we didn't have much time together, so we'd fire up Warcraft II and play, teamed against the computer, until the very early hours of the next day.
We've spent more time then I can count playing the Age of Empires/Mythology games.
They probably wouldn't have needed access to his card. I don't normally shop at Safeway, so I don't have one of their membership cards, but I know that my parents do. On those occasions when Safeway is the nearest store, I tell them I forgot my card and give them my parents home phone number. No questions, it doesn't matter if the name on the membership card doesn't match the one on my debit card.
Does this mean if I find a copy of Halo 2 in the used game bin at EB, it's OK for me to download it, since the one profiting isn't the developer/publisher?
This doesn't prevent the pop-up hijacking from happening; it forces the address bar to display, so you can see the location of the pop-up.
From the page:
"Note that, although the attack site can inject its own content, it cannot change the URL appearing in the Location Bar. Firefox and Mozilla have the ability to deny access to the Location Bar so all pop-up windows always have it."
Haven't they heard of The Rocky Horror Picture Show? The outcasts of society have been doing to movies for years, but now it's the "in thing" and the geeks (freaks?) who started won't get the credit.
Slashdot Mirror
That's odd. It's Daimler using Tesla's batteries in their electric Smart?
Or worse, it could open the door to collecting the information using some exotic class of secret warrant that can be issued in bulk and retroactively by a special judicial representative chosen to rubber stamp such documents.
I haven't read the bill, but given Wyden's stance on warnentless searches and the way the Justice Department is interrupting the PATRIOT Act, it wouldn't surprise me if this bill addressed this issue as well
I'm sure many of the kids caught up in Zero Tolerance suspensions/expulsions didn't have any criminal intent either, but were still prosecuted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_tolerance_(schools)
, obviously not all result in criminal charges, but many do.
http://rutherford.org/articles_db/press_release.asp?article_id=561
Seumas you have no idea how much I agree with you on this one.
Last time a similar story was posted (couldn't find the link), somebody brought up that autism/aspergers as being the new "chic" diagnosis....it has everything a parents wants, an excuse to justify their child's behavioral issues as a manifestation of a disability which allows them to absolve themselves of any parenting failures with a label that's associated with high intelligence.
To the GP, as the parent of a severely autistic child this isn't at all reprehensible, providing autistic individuals with any kind of vocational/technical training is doing them, and their family/caregiver, a huge service. We just hope that Rachel will have an opportunity like this some day.
My family owned a bowling ally that had a decent sized arcade, so I'm not sure what my first video game was, but I definitely remember playing Space Invaders, Asteroids, Battle Zone and Crash before I started kindergarten.
When they person who we leased the games from would take the coins, he'd usually put a few credits on each for us.
I haven't even been given mod points yet despite regular meta moderation.
How odd, I never meta moderate, but get moderation points (that I don't use) every couple of weeks.
If one of the requirements is no dead links, what happens when a link goes dead after it's put in Veropedia?
Yeah, you're a tool ;-)
Yep, that was my thought too.
Oh well.
At first I thought it would be hard to come up with five, then I had trouble pairing it down.
X-Com
Masters of Magic
Masters of Orion II
Fallout Tactics
ADOM
- KT
And I bet the rest of the party laughed at him for bringing a 10' pole along.
- Kyle
I don't know about anybody else, but those sure look like Duplo blocks to me.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one that thought that.
Being the parent of a severely autistic child, I can tell you that it can be equally rewarding and heartbreaking. Rachel has the expressive language of an 18 month old and the receptive language of a 3 year old locked in the body of an 11 year old.
f e.html (I'm not the author, but it sure it close to home)
There are times when Rachel gets out-of-control and needs to be physically restrained from hurting herself or others, and there are times that she gets into the (locked) cupboard and eats the cake we were going to have for dessert and yes, we feel like we need to be 100% vigilant 100% of the time and it wears on us, her siblings and on Rachel.
But at the same time, you've never seen such happiness for things that you and I take for granted; writing her name, saying the alphabet, playing "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and being able to answer "How old are you?" are all things that most 3 or 4 year olds can do but at 11, they're accomplishments for Rachel.
In all likelihood she'll never be able to read and write functionally, but she can identify her favorite DVDs, put it in the player, make sure the stereo and TV are set properly and start the movie. She can also log into the computer, launch a browser and find the bookmark that takes her Playhouse Disney.
For a peek into our home-life, take a look at http://www.patientcenters.com/autism/news/tips_li
Do the highs out weigh the lows? It's hard to tell sometimes, but when I tuck her in at night and she wants to make sure that Pooh-Bear and Piglet get tucked in too, it sure seems like it.
You mean there's other ways then the psychopathic mass murderer method to playing CRPGs?
I agree completely.
When my wife and I first met, we didn't have much time together, so we'd fire up Warcraft II and play, teamed against the computer, until the very early hours of the next day.
We've spent more time then I can count playing the Age of Empires/Mythology games.
Right now we're playing World of Warcraft.
They probably wouldn't have needed access to his card. I don't normally shop at Safeway, so I don't have one of their membership cards, but I know that my parents do. On those occasions when Safeway is the nearest store, I tell them I forgot my card and give them my parents home phone number. No questions, it doesn't matter if the name on the membership card doesn't match the one on my debit card.
- KT
It was a strawman, I was feeling a little pissy when I was at work today.
Oh well.
- KT
Does this mean if I find a copy of Halo 2 in the used game bin at EB, it's OK for me to download it, since the one profiting isn't the developer/publisher?
- KT
Mayer-Johnson makes several great products for disabled folk. We have a ChatPC for our severally autistic daughter.
http://www.mayer-johnson.com/
Unless your Friendly Neighborhood Gamestore is Things From Another World and they plastic wrap all their books.
- Kyle
This doesn't prevent the pop-up hijacking from happening; it forces the address bar to display, so you can see the location of the pop-up.
From the page:
"Note that, although the attack site can inject its own content, it cannot change the URL appearing in the Location Bar. Firefox and Mozilla have the ability to deny access to the Location Bar so all pop-up windows always have it."
Rember, software doesn't kill people, people kill people.
I can't believe that there have been 4 million patents filed and approved since 1988.
Haven't they heard of The Rocky Horror Picture Show? The outcasts of society have been doing to movies for years, but now it's the "in thing" and the geeks (freaks?) who started won't get the credit.
I guess nothing changes.
Now you can mod me down for being redundant.