What about "outing" alleged criminals? Long before a person is convicted of cleared of robbery/rape/murder/etc. charges, their name and picture (from which the rest of their personal information can be easily found) are in the public eye for all to see and judge, whether they are in any way guilty or not. A public record is as good as a criminal one. The local news outlets are the worst offenders. Our local news channels ran with a story about a guy who was accused of molesting his daughter by his ex-wife. For a week, it was one of the top stories and they showed his picture and displayed his name for the entire time they were "reporting" it. After a week, his ex confessed that she was pissed at him for something stupid and she did that to get even. Not one of the TV stations reported that side of the story.
AT&T lost my business several years ago and can rot in hell for all I care. Too bad they treat their customers so poorly. Yes, I know many big companies do, but only AT&T has earned MY scorn.
far too many RTFM's for the OSS community to be lecturing Closed Source companies on treating people like they matter.Where do you see that? It's not on my LUG or in the class I help teach. Elitism is entirely a closed source constrution. Non free software is designed from the beginning to keep people helpless and divided, to create haves and have nots. Free software, by design, is inclusive and friendly. Have you ever seen a Vista install fest where enthusiastic volunteers come together and give a configured OS to anyone who wants it? I've seen serious elitism in several online Linux communities that I've visited over the past decade. To say it doesn't exist is just plain wrong.
WE took the time to lift it UP. THEY can take the time to put it DOWN. I had this HUGE discussion with a female co-worker once. When I made the argument that it took just as much time for me to lift the seat as it did for her to lower it, her very next comment was, "Well I shouldn't have to touch the toilet seat." WTF? You don't want to touch the seat but you expect that I should? I now make it a point to leave the seat up, even if I'm just in the restroom to wash my hands.;)
Sorry, somebody posted this two minutes before you did. You will now get modded to -1 for redundancy. Kiss your karma goodbye. Karma's highly over-rated. And/. should display comments faster. Then maybe there wouldn't be so much redundancy.;)
Your thoughtful and well worded insult was a shining example of how people should talk to each other. It must have taken you hours upon hours to come up with it. BRAVO! Nope. It took all of about thirty seconds. My child doesn't hate me or think that I've failed him as a parent (we do lots of father/son stuff together like fishing, riding bikes together, etc. and he's not afraid to voice his opinion, even it it is different from mine) because I've spanked him a couple times in his 11 years on this planet. If you think for one minute that I've failed as a parent, then you really are an idiot.
If you decide to have children, there is a period of time of 18 months that really tests your patience. It is known as the terrible twos. 18 months? I think it's more like 18 years.:)
As soon as you resort to smacking, spanking, or hitting in any way, you've signaled your failure as a parent. I have a 15 year old and a 10 year old. They're good kids, but the few times they've done something wrong, they've been more hurt by my disappointment than any physical pain I could inflict. However, it doesn't work unless you've been consistent since day one. You are an idiot. If your kids respond to your disappointment, then you got lucky. Not all kids respond the same way.
Raising kids can be easy, but I think a majority of parents fail because they cannot evolve beyond what their parents did to them. Bullshit. Raising kids can be, but isn't always easy. And my kid doesn't get treated anywhere close to how I was treated when I was a kid. He's a good kid but sometimes even good kids need a swat on the butt. Did I mention that you're an idiot?
Get over yourself. It's not a paragon of virtue and selflessness. It's a fucking kernel. That's it. What a brilliant statement. I couldn't have said it any better myself. Thank you!
Um, bandwidth isn't free, and they are hosting YOUR videos for free. If they want to put an ad on it, so be it. Go post your videos somewhere else. I am sure your homemade video of someone trying to light a fart on fire is really good, but YouTube will survive without it. I agree. And as I've stated before, as long as they give me the option of which type of content to advertise, it's good. I'd like to opt out of tobacco or alcohol related ads.
Why is it that anytime a company wants to break even or actually make a profit, it is called "greed"? Too many people want something for nothing! I'm surprised that no one complained when I put google ads on my website.
Watching an advertisement for Nike (for instance) on television only make watching television cheaper, it doesn't make buying shoes any cheaper, it actually increases the cost of the shoes. So here's the real question. Would you rather have cheaper TV/Internet/Magazines, or would you rather have cheaper "everything else"? I'll take the cheaper TV (not that my cable rates HAVE EVER dropped) please. I will never buy a pair of Nike(tm) shoes but if their advertising keeps broadcast television "free" then I'm OK with that.
Why don't they cut the million dollar plus salaries of those top executives and spread that wealth to the employees they fired? They stated on Good Morning America today that if they took that kind of measure, those fired employees would have three years worth of wages. BAH! Corporate greed.
Now, after receiving the notice I felt aggrieved, then pissed off, and then discouraged when I discovered the hoops I'd have to clamber through to get my vids reinstated. It just wasn't worth it, so I deleted the emails and have sworn off posting anything else to Youtube. I would have jumped through the hoops. I feel that they depend on people giving up too easily and thus, they've bullied their way into "winning" the game.
I am of the opinion that they are trying to shut down Internet radio in an effort to keep their stranglehold on the market.
Back when Live365.com first started, I was one of the founding broadcasters and I ran a very popular stream called Hair's To The 80s Internet Radio. For the first couple of years (the exact time frame escapes me) everything was free and advertiser supported. Live365 also had a neat feature where you could click on the song title and be taken to their online store to purchase the album the songs was on. Then, Live365 started charging all broadcasters fees to cover royalties and the founding broadcasters got a reduced rate on their fees since they helped grow Live365. The fees for the originals started out very reasonable but quickly escalated to the "too expensive for me" rate. Now, with the rules of Live365, one could not sell advertising in our broadcast so we had to depend upon our listeners to send donations that could only be requested on our email newsletters and website, not in our stream. Well as we all know the "the Internet should be free" mentality prevailed and no one wanted to donate but was quick to "pitch a bitch" when I took the stream down. Too bad, I really enjoyed programming that station.
Provide full quality WAVs or FLAK and I am there. Provide it at a reasonable price and they'll have 25 years worth of pent up music buying desire snatching up everything I always wanted. If they hit 50 cents a song or $5/album people will be stocking up on the full sets of all the artists they ever liked. Please keep in mind that while WAV or FLAC would be ideal, bandwidth and hosting costs need to be factored into the equation. Speaking as someone who is currently working with musicians in my local music scene, I am trying to find that balance between what the consumer wants and what my company can reasonably afford. There has to be compromise on both sides.:)
Just had a thought... I know that there are photos of me and my sisters in the bath when we were very young. I think my mother has them in a drawer somewhere, should I report her to the authorities??? Funny you mention this. Recently I was at a local Walmart in the photo center and a lady was arguing with the clerk over pictures that weren't in the envelope. The lady (mom or grandma) was pissed because the Walmart clerk refused to give them pictures of a kid in the bathtub because (GASP) the kid was naked. Times sure have changed since I was a kiddo!
Knowledge? No. But they paid for part of the work. As such, the state will most likely say that it was an implied contract and either say thanx for the unpaid work or offer to pay him some amount. The fact that the state gave him the machine and the time off to do it (to me) implies that he is being contracted to write this for the state. If he wrote the code on his own time, that's his own business. Now like most/.ers, I didn't bother to RTFA but I'm guessing that maybe he had plans to sell that code to other police departments.
Seriously, I know a lot of people who Google first to find the link to the website (i.e., type "CNN" to go to the CNN webstie). Some people are too lazy or ignorant to type out the full URL. I too have seen this. I have even seen them type the full URL into the search bar, click search and then follow the link. I even explained to one person that if they just type it into the address bar instead, they'd go directly to the site. Their response, "I know but I prefer to do it this way." I now know how to make the "WTF?" facial expression.:)
Always remember: You get what you pay for. AMEN! I made the mistake of dropping some serious coinage on a bunch of Dell Dimension 2400 machines. On several of them, either the motherboard or the power supply croaked very soon after warranty. Caveat emptor!
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Creepshow touched on this (kinda) in the eposide called The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill.
AT&T lost my business several years ago and can rot in hell for all I care. Too bad they treat their customers so poorly. Yes, I know many big companies do, but only AT&T has earned MY scorn.
If I had any mod points, I'd give 'em to ya. That was funny.
"If hacking tools are outlawed, only outlaws will have hacking tools."
Why don't they cut the million dollar plus salaries of those top executives and spread that wealth to the employees they fired? They stated on Good Morning America today that if they took that kind of measure, those fired employees would have three years worth of wages. BAH! Corporate greed.
I am of the opinion that they are trying to shut down Internet radio in an effort to keep their stranglehold on the market.
Back when Live365.com first started, I was one of the founding broadcasters and I ran a very popular stream called Hair's To The 80s Internet Radio. For the first couple of years (the exact time frame escapes me) everything was free and advertiser supported. Live365 also had a neat feature where you could click on the song title and be taken to their online store to purchase the album the songs was on. Then, Live365 started charging all broadcasters fees to cover royalties and the founding broadcasters got a reduced rate on their fees since they helped grow Live365. The fees for the originals started out very reasonable but quickly escalated to the "too expensive for me" rate. Now, with the rules of Live365, one could not sell advertising in our broadcast so we had to depend upon our listeners to send donations that could only be requested on our email newsletters and website, not in our stream. Well as we all know the "the Internet should be free" mentality prevailed and no one wanted to donate but was quick to "pitch a bitch" when I took the stream down. Too bad, I really enjoyed programming that station.
It's been a long day. I swear I thought (upon first browsing the topic) it said Sen. Brokeback. :)
Please keep in mind that while WAV or FLAC would be ideal, bandwidth and hosting costs need to be factored into the equation. Speaking as someone who is currently working with musicians in my local music scene, I am trying to find that balance between what the consumer wants and what my company can reasonably afford. There has to be compromise on both sides.
I, for one, welcome our new back bacon overlords.
I am surprised that my 10 year old son hasn't asked me about erectile dysfunction.