...then the compromise solution should be that all telemarketers MUST NOT use caller id blockers. Too many times telemarketers become harassing because they know you can't identify them and make a specific complaint to the phone company.
One telemarketer made repeated hangup calls to me after I told him I was not interested in his product, and would NEVER be interested in his product. Called the phone company about it, but they claimed they could not trace or identify the caller in any way.
isnt high enough to provide enough computer-idiots
There's no lack of computer idiots. However, most are cheap computer idiots, and most know somebody who will come over and provide casual tech support for free.
And they expect it to be free. Hell, if I mowed their lawn, they'd feel obligated to pay me $10 or $20, but not for computer support. No, it's not as if it were real work.
There is no right to assemble in the United States and there never has been.
First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
I never cease to be amazed at how quickly the fundamental tenets or our society can be brushed aside.
This is because most people think of the 1st Amendment as their freedom of speech, not everybody else's. They like it, until somebody else says something they don't like. You know, they say things like, "Freedom of speech is OK, but some people go too far."
FOS is a two-edged sword and you have to accept that or go find yourself a nice fascist state that agrees with your political slant.
And this is a (loose) quote from Voltaire: "I diagree with what you say, but I defend to the death your right to say it."
Some of his stories were based around some of the unexpected effects of having instantaneous matter transmitters. People could get into a public booth, and poof!, go anywhere on the planet.
Problem was, sometimes a particular place on the planet would become of great interest to a great number of people, everybody would rush there, and you have a "flash mob." Like the/. effect for matter transmitters.
In some cultures, if a person persists in making a rude obnoxious ass of himself, the community shuns him. Won't speak to him, pretends he does not exist. It would be very nice if one by one, then in groups, sites all across the net shut these obnoxious a-holes out.
should be possible to argue that you are acting as an ISP
Anything can be argued. Check the fine print of your Terms of Service. It probably says that and only you (can prevent forest fires, heh) are responsible for access to your account, and for anything you do with your account. And if somebody gets your password, and uses your account, you're in deep doodoo if they do something naughty. But AOL ain't.
When somebody comes in off the street and borrows a cup of 'net from you, you don't have any such agreement with them, as you do with AOL. Heck, you don't even know who they are. So whatever they do with your connection, looks for all the world like you did it. Especially with NAT.
That's just it. It has to get to court to prove anything. Which it does not if most of these people settle out because they don't have the scratch to fight a long court battle. RIAA has plenty scratch. They know it, and they're using it.
As long as automation is cheaper than a human to do the same task, it will be developed and used. If your job consists mainly of dull and repetitive tasks, you will eventually be replaced. As robots and their brains get more sophisticated, higher skilled jobs will be replaced as well.
Nice thing about robots is that they work long hours between maintenance, don't need coffee breaks, maternity leave, workers comp, don't wheedle the boss for a raise, sneak in late, duck out early, surf porn on company time, file sexual harassment suits... you get the idea.
The trend is there, but nobody can predict by when these things will happen, other than, before the next milennium.
And Madonna once did this, too, only she filled it with a vulgarity followed by about 5 minutes of silence. So whose side you on, anyway?;)
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They'd probably argue that you're responsible for access to your router. Somebody does something naughty on it (illegal file sharing, hacking, child porn, etc.), you get the blame anyway.
This could have a chilling effect on the public access WAPs.
appeals that finally lead to some kind of constitutionality ruling, by the Supreme court
And the RIAA will say "never mind" and drop it, if it looks to be heading that way. They have a bully mentality, and no stomach for a legal showdown at the OK Corral.
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Of course. Everybody knows that dressing up as a Romulan is a much better idea.
Any of his non-fiction books, and there's a ton. All subjects, from algebra to the brain to chemistry. (He even wrote about the Bible...)
I think you meant:
DAA-DAA DAA-DAAAAAA, DAA-DAA-DAAAAAAA
Did anybody else notice that? Solar power at night... now that's a real trick.
One telemarketer made repeated hangup calls to me after I told him I was not interested in his product, and would NEVER be interested in his product. Called the phone company about it, but they claimed they could not trace or identify the caller in any way.
yup, that's it!
...but how much is that in comrades with adding machines?
Umm, I believe Voyager used a dilithium-powered warp core. No nukes actually.
Wait a sec. You meant V-ger, right? Nevermind...
There's no lack of computer idiots. However, most are cheap computer idiots, and most know somebody who will come over and provide casual tech support for free.
And they expect it to be free. Hell, if I mowed their lawn, they'd feel obligated to pay me $10 or $20, but not for computer support. No, it's not as if it were real work.
First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble , and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Or has the First Amendment been repealed already?
This is because most people think of the 1st Amendment as their freedom of speech, not everybody else's. They like it, until somebody else says something they don't like. You know, they say things like, "Freedom of speech is OK, but some people go too far."
FOS is a two-edged sword and you have to accept that or go find yourself a nice fascist state that agrees with your political slant.
And this is a (loose) quote from Voltaire: "I diagree with what you say, but I defend to the death your right to say it."
Problem was, sometimes a particular place on the planet would become of great interest to a great number of people, everybody would rush there, and you have a "flash mob." Like the /. effect for matter transmitters.
Maybe somebody knows the stories I'm thinking of?
Make the net a very lonely place to be for them.
Anything can be argued. Check the fine print of your Terms of Service. It probably says that and only you (can prevent forest fires, heh) are responsible for access to your account, and for anything you do with your account. And if somebody gets your password, and uses your account, you're in deep doodoo if they do something naughty. But AOL ain't.
When somebody comes in off the street and borrows a cup of 'net from you, you don't have any such agreement with them, as you do with AOL. Heck, you don't even know who they are. So whatever they do with your connection, looks for all the world like you did it. Especially with NAT.
That's just it. It has to get to court to prove anything. Which it does not if most of these people settle out because they don't have the scratch to fight a long court battle. RIAA has plenty scratch. They know it, and they're using it.
But the backlash has only just begun...
Kinda like this tuna is dolphin safe, etc.
So... not surviving would be due to being smarter? Hmmm...
Yeah, and the average politician would end up looking like Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Nice thing about robots is that they work long hours between maintenance, don't need coffee breaks, maternity leave, workers comp, don't wheedle the boss for a raise, sneak in late, duck out early, surf porn on company time, file sexual harassment suits... you get the idea.
The trend is there, but nobody can predict by when these things will happen, other than, before the next milennium.
Get it done in 1 billion years, you got a deal.
Let the contract bidding begin!
And Madonna once did this, too, only she filled it with a vulgarity followed by about 5 minutes of silence. So whose side you on, anyway? ;)
This could have a chilling effect on the public access WAPs.
Already there. I haven't bought any music in months. Who knows when I will again...
And the RIAA will say "never mind" and drop it, if it looks to be heading that way. They have a bully mentality, and no stomach for a legal showdown at the OK Corral.