Authorities have made it illegal for Internet cafes to serve minors under the age of 18, stating that the Web's content could endanger their well-being.
I think there was a mix-up in translation here... "their" being the Chinese government, not the minors, right?
It's a right-wing plot trying to discredit NASA and divert funds to really important stuff like, ya know, empire-building, fighting piracy and fattening the wallets of Halliburton and Big Media cronies.
I choose sandpaper as my evoMouse work surface. The added bonus is that when my wife is murdered and they suspect me as the culprit there won't be any fingerprints for them to lift off the hammer.
I find it thoroughly ironic that this commentary issues from the head of an organization named Canonical. So does this mean that Canonical will shortly be changing its name? Will there be a contest - err, competition - with a prize to choose it?
I wonder whether IBTimes pays RedEaredSlider per submission or per word for his work?
In his brief time on Slashdot, RedEaredSlider has submitted many dozens of articles; every single one of them references IBTimes and only IBTimes. I could even forgive a little Roland-Piqepaille-like self promotion, but this pattern of behavior screams paid promotion.
I ask a question in rebuttal: has Slashdot become too reliant on corporate media promoters?
That cost seems "reasonable" to you only because by itself it's a trivial amount to you personally AND you're unconcerned with what the actual profit margin is. An educated consumer needs to be concerned with profit margins and actual cost-to-produce. Ignoring that is what allows manufacturers to continually manipulate their customers.
Business Law 101 will teach you that every contract ideally defines an equal exchange of value, so if the profit margin for one party in a transaction is excessive then that transaction is not balanced. That is the very definition of concentration of wealth, when it occurs on a large many-to-one scale, as happens with, say, text messaging services. That may not hurt you personally directly to a degree you notice, but it definitely hurts society and the economy collectively.
I understood that this incident is an abuse of existing laws, but I see that as irrelevant. So you think the original intent of the law was legitimate? I don't, no more than the subversion and abuse of it. What is so defensible about prohibiting the recording of phone conversations when the same thing done in person is not?
I further find it deeply disturbing that some citizens have been fighting tooth and nail to preserve the right to carry concealed firearms, yet seemingly no one has been fighting to preserve the right of citizens to protect themselves by carrying concealed recording devices. That SHOULD be a right. Instead we've had these so-called wiretapping laws in place for decades that prohibit it.
Which would you rather have: a concealed weapon to shoot the bad cop, only to face accusations you can't refute in the aftermath, or a concealed recording device to catch the bastard red-handed in the act? You might need both, but we only have laws that protect ONE (in some places) and not the other .
Ummmm... if he actually is a bad cop - you know, the sort who is the whole point of getting such "wire taps" in the first place - then he sure as hell isn't gonna give his consent now, is he? You'll be lucky to walk away with the recording device intact. You yourself will be lucky to walk away intact, since he now knows you suspect him of being a bad cop.
You know he'll do it again if - when - he decides he can get away with it. $20,000 per day trumps ethics for anyone but the Pope... and maybe not even him.
If you look at the profile of the original submitter, he's fairly new to Slashdot and has submitted many dozens of articles, but the ONLY SOURCE he has ever referenced has been IBTimes. I believe there's one or two more like him. IOW, they're being paid by IBTimes to do this.
Where are all these IBTimes submissions coming from now? I can't recall any IBTimes references at all before a few months ago, now all of a sudden can't seem to go a day without seeing one. This seems like a deliberate planned campaign.
I'm on the fence about this, and it's possible neither pasture is green. On the one hand, I might be the victim of a genuine crime, evidence of which happens to be hiding in an SSD drive. On the other hand, these techniques are just as routinely abused now to go after people for political noncriminal reasons that don't serve the Common Good at all, people and organizations like Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Bradley Manning, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce opponents... you name it.
These techniques are like nuclear physics: just as easily applied for Bad Things as Good. If we can't selectively prevent the abuses, maybe we should err on the side of caution and ban the techniques altogether. They aren't being universally applied to serve justice.
PBS did a piece in February (Frontline, Need To Know?) about this very issue, frakking, and the potential for earthquakes was mentioned although their focus was on the illegal use of diesel and other compounds in the frakking fluids.
Barr still doesn't grasp the obvious fact that he did Bad Things, meaning things that aren't ethical and damage rather than serve the Common Good. Good riddance, psychopath. Yet another corporate criminal who got off easy when he should have got the guillotine.
Tolkien's heirs need to have their necks introduced to a guillotine. Their behavior is precisely the sort that resulted in revolutions of the past. Their behavior makes Sauron seem like a nice guy by comparison.
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I think there was a mix-up in translation here... "their" being the Chinese government, not the minors, right?
It's a right-wing plot trying to discredit NASA and divert funds to really important stuff like, ya know, empire-building, fighting piracy and fattening the wallets of Halliburton and Big Media cronies.
I choose sandpaper as my evoMouse work surface. The added bonus is that when my wife is murdered and they suspect me as the culprit there won't be any fingerprints for them to lift off the hammer.
Ummm... no he doesn't. You don't watch enough. Or read. Or think.
... simple economics suggest that in fact Zuckerberg is "doing it" exactly right IF his goal is to enrich himself.
Guess what Zuckerberg's goal is?
... be a little less efficient at concentrating wealth?
Duh! Revolutions have been fought over this shit. Cake, anyone?
I see tribalism is alive and well even in the open source community. Go tribalism! Where would reality TV and genocide be without it?
I find it thoroughly ironic that this commentary issues from the head of an organization named Canonical. So does this mean that Canonical will shortly be changing its name? Will there be a contest - err, competition - with a prize to choose it?
I wonder whether IBTimes pays RedEaredSlider per submission or per word for his work?
In his brief time on Slashdot, RedEaredSlider has submitted many dozens of articles; every single one of them references IBTimes and only IBTimes. I could even forgive a little Roland-Piqepaille-like self promotion, but this pattern of behavior screams paid promotion.
I ask a question in rebuttal: has Slashdot become too reliant on corporate media promoters?
This will certainly redefine 'Spam', that's for sure.
That cost seems "reasonable" to you only because by itself it's a trivial amount to you personally AND you're unconcerned with what the actual profit margin is. An educated consumer needs to be concerned with profit margins and actual cost-to-produce. Ignoring that is what allows manufacturers to continually manipulate their customers.
Business Law 101 will teach you that every contract ideally defines an equal exchange of value, so if the profit margin for one party in a transaction is excessive then that transaction is not balanced. That is the very definition of concentration of wealth, when it occurs on a large many-to-one scale, as happens with, say, text messaging services. That may not hurt you personally directly to a degree you notice, but it definitely hurts society and the economy collectively.
What would happen to SMS pricing if people, en masse, simply stopped using it unless and until the price became actually reasonable and proportional?
Yes, I know... that solution requires educated consumers we don't have, but I can dream, can't I?
I think Brent Spiner should be Geminoided next. Can you imagine the convention possibilities? Trekkies everywhere will be wetting their pants.
I understood that this incident is an abuse of existing laws, but I see that as irrelevant. So you think the original intent of the law was legitimate? I don't, no more than the subversion and abuse of it. What is so defensible about prohibiting the recording of phone conversations when the same thing done in person is not?
I further find it deeply disturbing that some citizens have been fighting tooth and nail to preserve the right to carry concealed firearms, yet seemingly no one has been fighting to preserve the right of citizens to protect themselves by carrying concealed recording devices. That SHOULD be a right. Instead we've had these so-called wiretapping laws in place for decades that prohibit it.
Which would you rather have: a concealed weapon to shoot the bad cop, only to face accusations you can't refute in the aftermath, or a concealed recording device to catch the bastard red-handed in the act? You might need both, but we only have laws that protect ONE (in some places) and not the other .
Ummmm... if he actually is a bad cop - you know, the sort who is the whole point of getting such "wire taps" in the first place - then he sure as hell isn't gonna give his consent now, is he? You'll be lucky to walk away with the recording device intact. You yourself will be lucky to walk away intact, since he now knows you suspect him of being a bad cop.
No. Just no. Hell no.
You know he'll do it again if - when - he decides he can get away with it. $20,000 per day trumps ethics for anyone but the Pope... and maybe not even him.
Wow... I'll bet you can bend forks with that mind just as easily, huh?
If you look at the profile of the original submitter, he's fairly new to Slashdot and has submitted many dozens of articles, but the ONLY SOURCE he has ever referenced has been IBTimes. I believe there's one or two more like him. IOW, they're being paid by IBTimes to do this.
Where are all these IBTimes submissions coming from now? I can't recall any IBTimes references at all before a few months ago, now all of a sudden can't seem to go a day without seeing one. This seems like a deliberate planned campaign.
I'm on the fence about this, and it's possible neither pasture is green. On the one hand, I might be the victim of a genuine crime, evidence of which happens to be hiding in an SSD drive. On the other hand, these techniques are just as routinely abused now to go after people for political noncriminal reasons that don't serve the Common Good at all, people and organizations like Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Bradley Manning, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce opponents... you name it.
These techniques are like nuclear physics: just as easily applied for Bad Things as Good. If we can't selectively prevent the abuses, maybe we should err on the side of caution and ban the techniques altogether. They aren't being universally applied to serve justice.
PBS did a piece in February (Frontline, Need To Know?) about this very issue, frakking, and the potential for earthquakes was mentioned although their focus was on the illegal use of diesel and other compounds in the frakking fluids.
Barr still doesn't grasp the obvious fact that he did Bad Things, meaning things that aren't ethical and damage rather than serve the Common Good. Good riddance, psychopath. Yet another corporate criminal who got off easy when he should have got the guillotine.
Tolkien's heirs need to have their necks introduced to a guillotine. Their behavior is precisely the sort that resulted in revolutions of the past. Their behavior makes Sauron seem like a nice guy by comparison.