Heh, they say that's how they got Al Capone - not for the illegal activity, per se, but for the tax evasion for not paying for the profits.
Can't you see it? Expensive spy bots invade your personal space, along with a national law prohibiting destruction of government property... you step on a "bug", you've really stepped in it now.
You sound racist, by implying that/. topics have to do with the race of their subjects.
/. is about culture - geek/nerd culture... hmm come to think of it, most things deemed "racist" are actually culturalist. E.g. if you don't share my culture and beliefs, I really don't care that much. Race doesn't matter.
Currently, most people who bitch about racism are the most racist, IMHO.
Most people don't give a shit. Don't confuse that for racism. If you are not getting ahead in life, change your strategy.
Not that you brought it up, but it is the underlying theme when mentioning Blacks in America, but, I hope everyone realizes the root word for "slave" refers to white people of the slavic regions? But I suppose that bit of history is racist too?
I could be wrong, but the other alternative is to PAY MONEY to get a certificate and sign your code.
I don't think the certificate lasts more than a year at a time either. Anyone writing free utilities that need privs isnt' going to want to spend several hundred $ a year to "certify" their sw...
No kidding, if you can't go a few days without checking things online, you are going to have a hell of time when you get hit by a bus. If you are "on call", get a phone.
Enjoy your time off. I've never been in trouble for keeping my word, and when I say "I will not be checking email for two weeks." I mean it.
Heh, and Wasted CPU time translates to an environmental issue, so the EPA will probably be able to ban that with some bureaucratic regulation rather than going thru the bother of law.
And if you get typical American jurors, surely they will be able to follow the arguments that will be full of astro physical orbital maneuvering jargon...
To paraphrase an OJ juror... "Alls that proves is planets got gravity. We's all gots gravity."
Search for info on heartburn... get some post cards advertising the latest antacid. Search for info about Lasik eye surgery... gee handy flyers about your local providers appear.
You get the idea. If I were selling a service and an ISP offered to sell me names and addresses based on keyword searches, why wouldn't I buy that list?
I don't know what it costs to hire this thing, but don't count on the MPAA using it anytime soon.
Only the really big, evil, greedy types can afford this sort of thing - like oil companies and the telcos... I am sure they wouldn't spend money on expensive stuff like this just to deliver the goods people want, nah, I am sure they are more into the environmental aspects of digging up the ocean floor for fun and profit.
Naturally, I did not RTFA. So I am not saying it suggests anything useful or not.
The generalized question is do you want to be able to be identified or not?
Everyone bitches and moans about "identity theft", but then appear to not want the alternative - verified identity.
I agree with the majority here - I do not want to be tracked all the time, not because I have anything to hide, just because it doesn't seem right, for many of the reasons stated elsewhere.
However, it might be nice to have a method, decoupled from ubiquitous tracking, to ID myself in an unambiguous way - where I can categorically say, for instance, do not issue credit for "me" unless I ID myself via method X.
So, what is method X - where you can be happy that it "really" ID's you, but which you can withhold when you want to remain unknown?
The only way I can think of to prove you are you, is via biometrics, but I am not sure how to achieve that, bearing in mind I do not want to allow for the possibility of someone offering my severed fingers to a machine for ID, or my lifeless retinas, etc.
I have some personal interest in this, as I have been the victim of ID theft in the past, fortunately not a major hassle (and actually of some amusement, when reading one bogus credit card charge for attorneys fees:-). I had no monetary loss in any of the several instances, but it did cost me a few hours of calls and letters to clear things up. It certainly would be nice if one didn't have to know more than my name, date of birth, ssn, and mother's maiden name to steal from a credit card company under my name.
Most credit companies now allow you to use some other "secret" (than your mother's maiden name) to ID you. I would suggest you preemptively put that that in place, but the question is what is the "real" answer for a positive ID?
Seems to me it will ultimately involve biometrics, wherein you present your live body, in person, for verification. An alive "you" can't be stolen, duplicated, or forgotten... at least until we have SF grade teleporters and digital cloning of your transport stream... maybe even regular cloning for that matter, but it will be a while before petty crooks will force grow an adult body from your dna scraped from your discarded star bucks cup.
Slashdot Mirror
"not yet"
Can someone direct me to an open source Comic Serif font?
Thanks!
Or about the energy wasted by AC posters pushing buttons to post replys to Slashdot, per fortnight.
These banks prolly ought not mess with movie folks over things like trademarks and copyrights...
Can't you see it? Expensive spy bots invade your personal space, along with a national law prohibiting destruction of government property... you step on a "bug", you've really stepped in it now.
Everyone knows evolution is just a theory.
There must be some intelligent design at work to make the Chinese sick.
Blood only comes in pretty much one shade, and it fades horribly.
Which, in turn, has links...
You sound racist, by implying that /. topics have to do with the race of their subjects.
Currently, most people who bitch about racism are the most racist, IMHO.
Most people don't give a shit. Don't confuse that for racism. If you are not getting ahead in life, change your strategy.
Not that you brought it up, but it is the underlying theme when mentioning Blacks in America, but, I hope everyone realizes the root word for "slave" refers to white people of the slavic regions? But I suppose that bit of history is racist too?
I don't think the certificate lasts more than a year at a time either. Anyone writing free utilities that need privs isnt' going to want to spend several hundred $ a year to "certify" their sw...
Enjoy your time off. I've never been in trouble for keeping my word, and when I say "I will not be checking email for two weeks." I mean it.
Of course they can, even content-less commercials are copyrighted.
However, if this model becomes popular, you can just side-step the networks and distribute direct.
A few years back there was a BMW series of movie shorts that were unabashedly product placement pieces, but they were quite enjoyable.
In fact, I just found them again
Of course, fast cars are inherently entertaining to many folks. I can hardly wait for the next episode of Kleenex Man!
Heh, and Wasted CPU time translates to an environmental issue, so the EPA will probably be able to ban that with some bureaucratic regulation rather than going thru the bother of law.
To paraphrase an OJ juror... "Alls that proves is planets got gravity. We's all gots gravity."
Perhaps the cure involves eating cow nuts or something and he'd rather not tell his clients...
Seems like Arabic will be the official language of France before too long.
Personally, I think it is turtles. Yup, all the way down.
Search for info on heartburn... get some post cards advertising the latest antacid. Search for info about Lasik eye surgery... gee handy flyers about your local providers appear.
You get the idea. If I were selling a service and an ISP offered to sell me names and addresses based on keyword searches, why wouldn't I buy that list?
How about an adjective like "thinks", "suspects", or "predicts".
Nobody is admitting anything here.
Seems like a little Hollywood Accounting could easily show that there is no profit for that particular guide...
The very first thing after "garnetlion writes" is that very same "informative" link.
They can just push an automatic opt-out update to fix it.
The advantage to a virtual keyboard, is that the keys can simply move to where they need to be as you type.
Only the really big, evil, greedy types can afford this sort of thing - like oil companies and the telcos... I am sure they wouldn't spend money on expensive stuff like this just to deliver the goods people want, nah, I am sure they are more into the environmental aspects of digging up the ocean floor for fun and profit.
The generalized question is do you want to be able to be identified or not?
Everyone bitches and moans about "identity theft", but then appear to not want the alternative - verified identity.
I agree with the majority here - I do not want to be tracked all the time, not because I have anything to hide, just because it doesn't seem right, for many of the reasons stated elsewhere.
However, it might be nice to have a method, decoupled from ubiquitous tracking, to ID myself in an unambiguous way - where I can categorically say, for instance, do not issue credit for "me" unless I ID myself via method X.
So, what is method X - where you can be happy that it "really" ID's you, but which you can withhold when you want to remain unknown?
The only way I can think of to prove you are you, is via biometrics, but I am not sure how to achieve that, bearing in mind I do not want to allow for the possibility of someone offering my severed fingers to a machine for ID, or my lifeless retinas, etc.
I have some personal interest in this, as I have been the victim of ID theft in the past, fortunately not a major hassle (and actually of some amusement, when reading one bogus credit card charge for attorneys fees :-). I had no monetary loss in any of the several instances, but it did cost me a few hours of calls and letters to clear things up. It certainly would be nice if one didn't have to know more than my name, date of birth, ssn, and mother's maiden name to steal from a credit card company under my name.
Most credit companies now allow you to use some other "secret" (than your mother's maiden name) to ID you. I would suggest you preemptively put that that in place, but the question is what is the "real" answer for a positive ID?
Seems to me it will ultimately involve biometrics, wherein you present your live body, in person, for verification. An alive "you" can't be stolen, duplicated, or forgotten... at least until we have SF grade teleporters and digital cloning of your transport stream... maybe even regular cloning for that matter, but it will be a while before petty crooks will force grow an adult body from your dna scraped from your discarded star bucks cup.