It baffles me why Americans are not rioting in the streets.
Because those who care are too busy discussing this on/.
Seriously, those things just don't hinder people enough. It annoys people when they need to board a plane but they still rather put up with it than go throught the trouble of actually doing something about it.
I've no problem with sites using popups to pay for their bandwidth (mozilla takes care of those). The majority of those adds are legit (e.g. the Scientific American site uses popups to sell subscriptions). It's those backdoor adds I disagree with (Like the "you're broadcasting an IP number" scam through messenger). IMHO abusing holes in the OS for advertising (And I'm using the word "advertising" as an euphemism here) is something differend than putting popups on your own site.
Not exactly. I was thinking of putting one in the front yard of a house you own without your consent.
Owners renting parts of their property as space for advertisements is something differend.
I would argue that your computer screen is more like a window to the world.
So you wouldn't mind if someone place a huge bill board in front of your window? After all you could just pull the drapes if you don't like what you see.
Weird isn't it. How/. can be so contradicting. Nobody reads the articles, yet most of the linked site's go down. But hey, who doesn't like a good paradox?
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I'dd say (d). either they sue now, or they'll sue after they bought another DMCA.
Better yet: if the park has wild animals (the dangerous kind of animal) trow the tag in the cage.
Seeing the number of Anonymous Cowards on /. I'dd say they've been using your teeth to clone you...
Considering the thief would be *in* your car, that would be a very stupid thing to do.
Indeed. Now I hope you Americans learned your lesson. Do not lauch at the Europeans or else we are forced to use our gravity again.
Yes, Most people call them Anonymous Cowards.
Not necesary atoms. Could as well be molecules, crystals or bicycles. The mol is a simulare concept as a 'dozen'.
Never been to a supermarket I presume?
Seriously, those things just don't hinder people enough. It annoys people when they need to board a plane but they still rather put up with it than go throught the trouble of actually doing something about it.
This is Slashdot. More likely it's going to go like this:
Honey, I'm home!
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hmmm, worste case scenario: reactor doesn't explode and France isn't replaced by a huge crater.
At least we gain a new power source.
I've no problem with sites using popups to pay for their bandwidth (mozilla takes care of those). The majority of those adds are legit (e.g. the Scientific American site uses popups to sell subscriptions). It's those backdoor adds I disagree with (Like the "you're broadcasting an IP number" scam through messenger). IMHO abusing holes in the OS for advertising (And I'm using the word "advertising" as an euphemism here) is something differend than putting popups on your own site.
Not exactly. I was thinking of putting one in the front yard of a house you own without your consent. Owners renting parts of their property as space for advertisements is something differend.
Actually the messenger service is quite usefull. It indicates when my gf shut down her firewall again.
Spam does have it uses, you know. This spam popup stuff is a good warning about how insecure a machine is.
It would be conviened if we made it a habit to write 35miles (56.3Km) and visa versa.
Weird isn't it. How /. can be so contradicting. Nobody reads the articles, yet most of the linked site's go down. But hey, who doesn't like a good paradox?