Fine, but that is not today. When it is job related and a person is idle because of a 430 or $120 part, that $90 is not that big a deal. Of course, it stall takes way to damn long to actually get in and out of Best Buy with what you came for...
As opposed to these people copying material from a 45 year old scripts for creating a derivative of a 45 year old series of shows? Clearly that is the height of creativity and original ideas.
Are you taking about fan art, or most new Hollywood productions?
Can someone explain why this was modded down? He made a point and backed it up links. If you don't agree, that's fine. Reply and tell him why he's wrong.
Modding a comment down simply because you disagree with it against the moderation guidelines.
Welcome to slashdot, where the mods are reasoned professionals....when they agree with you. There are just some topics that will get slammed every time, no mater what is true or the reasoning. We just ignore the karma hit, as we have some spare karma just for this. Look at his comment history. http://slashdot.org/~zerosomething/comments Lots of responses, and several 4s and 5s, and a single "Troll" because he questions conventional wisdom. Actually, looks a lot like my page...
Having lived through more than 10 Hurricanes, I would say they are not just light summer breezes. To be clear, all "severe storms" are not hurricanes, but all hurricanes are "severe storms."
I think you misunderstand. I did not say "Both sides do it so it is OK." I said "Both sides do it so I trust neither, at face value." And you are asking me to do a lot more research before posting then the policy makers do before voting... The later is the real problem.
It also predicts larger economic damages due to weather. Well, no duh. We're building more and more expensive stuff. The weather could stay the same and this will be true.
Not just more stuff, but in more places. It is a lot harder for the storm to rip through empty fields now as we are filling them with homes.
I don't know... Perhaps because the science on both sides has been so manipulated, exaggerated and falsified that critical thinkers don't trust it at face value? No one with half a brain says we did not cause any change. The question is did we cause "this" (for many different versions of "this") change? And will doing "this" specific thing fix it? There are still a lot of unknowns here, and acting without all the facts can be dangerous. After all, MTBE was initially "required" to "protect" the environment. Now it is outlawed for the same reason...
You do not have the right to give others access to my system. If I give you a password, that gives you, and only you, the right to access it. This is spelled out in the TOS for FaceBook.
But they can't. Seriously. It is illegal now. In Texas, it is a state jail crime. (I am sure in other states too, but I do not know all the laws.) The FaceBook TOS forbids sharing passwords, and using another password is "accessing a computer or system without the express permission of the owner" and put both the user and the employer in violation of the Texas hacking statute.
Has this been tested in any court of law? Because I'm failing to see the connection between a company's ToS and state law -- one has nothing to do with the other. I'd go so far as to say that if you're logging in with a user id and a password that has been provided to you by the owner of that uid/password, no law has been broken because you're not obtaining unauthorized access. (Even if according to the ToS you are - again no connection between ToS and law.)
Violating that TOS means you are accessing a restricted system against the expressed wishes of the owner. That is the definition of hacking in the law. Like if you work for me, and you give a password to my computer to a friend and he uses it in a way that costs me money, I can nail you both.
Nothing makes it illegal in general for an employer to make such a request or to make use of the password obtained through it.
No, but if they then use that password, they are accessing a restricted system against the expressed wishes of the owner, FaceBook, which expressly forbids sharing passwords.
Some problems here... "But University of Notre Dame labor law professor Barbara Frick said the school didn’t break any laws by asking for Hester’s Facebook information." That is a nice example of "those who can not do, teach." Sharing passwords in violation of the TOS is a violation of many laws, both state and federal. But, I think they are going with “He asked me three times if he could view my Facebook..." which is not sharing passwords, and not what the amendment was about. The answer to that is "sure." The next question of "Will you friend me" is no... I think this case will settle out of court, and soon.
So sue. Your FaceBook includes a lot of protected information that they can not ask for by law. If you do not get the job, sue. You will probably win, and have a job at a company willing to violate the law against you... This is what you want, right?
That was not the place to do so. Doing so at that time would have violated the procedural rules of the house. Then the headline would have read, "Evil Republicans Violate House Rules to Pass Bad FaceBook Password Bill." And for the record, the republicans are evil. As are the democrats.
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Best Buy is being killed by their own stupidity, not by Amazon.
That is worth repeating right there.. So true.
Actually, I went to the manager, complained about the horrendous markup, and got a 50% discount. Even she was embarrassed about the price.
A reasonable manager at Best Buy? How did they overlook this egregious error!?!
...or, if there were such a thing as justice in the world, 50 Percent of their stores?
Patience... It will get there.
What is insightful about this comment? I'm fine with people not liking Best Buy, but there is no substance to this.
You will find a lot of substance here... http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=why+best+buy+deserves+to+fail&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Seems it takes a Manager to authorize sale of a PC without the Geek Squad activating Windows (and doing G*D knows what else).
I have run into that too. I said, "No, I want a new computer, not a used computer." I ended up leaving as well.
Fine, but that is not today. When it is job related and a person is idle because of a 430 or $120 part, that $90 is not that big a deal. Of course, it stall takes way to damn long to actually get in and out of Best Buy with what you came for...
It couldn't be how every time I go into a Best Buy it is a horrible experience. It couldn't be how any time you ask one of the minimum wage sales people a question about a product, the answer is, "I don't know, but would you like an extended warranty?" It couldn't be that to make up for the loss leaders they price other things through the roof. Just Google "Why best buy deserves to fail" and you will see I am not alone. My two favourites are http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrydownes/2012/01/02/why-best-buy-is-going-out-of-business-gradually/ and http://www.jrdeputyaccountant.com/2012/02/why-best-buy-deserves-to-die-horrible.html personally.
Why a shell? The way things are going, they may just move the whole damn company over seas. Most of the workforce is going there anyway...
Or better yet, give the naming rights to the opposition.
I REALLY like this idea! A lot!
My thoughts too... So it is bad if we export it to governments, but OK if we mandate it for the use of the *IAAs? Really?
As opposed to these people copying material from a 45 year old scripts for creating a derivative of a 45 year old series of shows? Clearly that is the height of creativity and original ideas.
Are you taking about fan art, or most new Hollywood productions?
Can someone explain why this was modded down? He made a point and backed it up links. If you don't agree, that's fine. Reply and tell him why he's wrong.
Modding a comment down simply because you disagree with it against the moderation guidelines.
Welcome to slashdot, where the mods are reasoned professionals. ...when they agree with you. There are just some topics that will get slammed every time, no mater what is true or the reasoning. We just ignore the karma hit, as we have some spare karma just for this. Look at his comment history. http://slashdot.org/~zerosomething/comments Lots of responses, and several 4s and 5s, and a single "Troll" because he questions conventional wisdom. Actually, looks a lot like my page...
Having lived through more than 10 Hurricanes, I would say they are not just light summer breezes. To be clear, all "severe storms" are not hurricanes, but all hurricanes are "severe storms."
I think you misunderstand. I did not say "Both sides do it so it is OK." I said "Both sides do it so I trust neither, at face value." And you are asking me to do a lot more research before posting then the policy makers do before voting... The later is the real problem.
It also predicts larger economic damages due to weather. Well, no duh. We're building more and more expensive stuff. The weather could stay the same and this will be true.
Not just more stuff, but in more places. It is a lot harder for the storm to rip through empty fields now as we are filling them with homes.
Just ignore all the reports that do not agree with %myfacts% and you will be OK. (And be ready to be modded to oblivion... Sigh)
I don't know... Perhaps because the science on both sides has been so manipulated, exaggerated and falsified that critical thinkers don't trust it at face value? No one with half a brain says we did not cause any change. The question is did we cause "this" (for many different versions of "this") change? And will doing "this" specific thing fix it? There are still a lot of unknowns here, and acting without all the facts can be dangerous. After all, MTBE was initially "required" to "protect" the environment. Now it is outlawed for the same reason...
You do not have the right to give others access to my system. If I give you a password, that gives you, and only you, the right to access it. This is spelled out in the TOS for FaceBook.
But they can't. Seriously. It is illegal now. In Texas, it is a state jail crime. (I am sure in other states too, but I do not know all the laws.) The FaceBook TOS forbids sharing passwords, and using another password is "accessing a computer or system without the express permission of the owner" and put both the user and the employer in violation of the Texas hacking statute.
Has this been tested in any court of law? Because I'm failing to see the connection between a company's ToS and state law -- one has nothing to do with the other. I'd go so far as to say that if you're logging in with a user id and a password that has been provided to you by the owner of that uid/password, no law has been broken because you're not obtaining unauthorized access. (Even if according to the ToS you are - again no connection between ToS and law.)
Violating that TOS means you are accessing a restricted system against the expressed wishes of the owner. That is the definition of hacking in the law. Like if you work for me, and you give a password to my computer to a friend and he uses it in a way that costs me money, I can nail you both.
Nothing makes it illegal in general for an employer to make such a request or to make use of the password obtained through it.
No, but if they then use that password, they are accessing a restricted system against the expressed wishes of the owner, FaceBook, which expressly forbids sharing passwords.
My first though was a 7 layer dip I had a while back that raced through my system like a teenager in the parking lot after "Fast 5."
Some problems here... "But University of Notre Dame labor law professor Barbara Frick said the school didn’t break any laws by asking for Hester’s Facebook information." That is a nice example of "those who can not do, teach." Sharing passwords in violation of the TOS is a violation of many laws, both state and federal. But, I think they are going with “He asked me three times if he could view my Facebook..." which is not sharing passwords, and not what the amendment was about. The answer to that is "sure." The next question of "Will you friend me" is no... I think this case will settle out of court, and soon.
So sue. Your FaceBook includes a lot of protected information that they can not ask for by law. If you do not get the job, sue. You will probably win, and have a job at a company willing to violate the law against you... This is what you want, right?
but we should really consider...
I think you found the problem. We do not consider, we react. It sure makes it easy for the when we do it, too.
That was not the place to do so. Doing so at that time would have violated the procedural rules of the house. Then the headline would have read, "Evil Republicans Violate House Rules to Pass Bad FaceBook Password Bill." And for the record, the republicans are evil. As are the democrats.