At school she's at, well, school. Out of the view of her parents.
But when she is on a computer in their home, its their responsibility to watch what's going on every bit as much as anyone claims its AOL's responsibility.
While I certainly don't condone sexual preditors, if she is going to sue AOL for not monitoring their workers, she needs to also sue her own parents for negligence for not keeping an eye on their child. I'm getting tired of all of this "its the fault of the bad old internet" bullshit. Its the duty of the parents to keep watch too.
No, in this case not buying at Best Buy is not the perfect protest. The perfect protest is for us to continue to buy at Best Buy, but pay ONLY with $2 bills and $1 *coins*.
Although I would like to see the sexy redhead at the local store in Playboy...
I'm not trying to be King Asshole, and to a point would even agree with you. The problem I have is when Slashdot goes overboard. Instead of being able to glance at the site and see if anything "important" has happened, I have to sit and read closely to sort out the one or two possibly real stories from the 574 joke ones.
Over the years I have come to depend on Slashdot as one of my major sources of "stuff that matters". When I get up in the morning, and at various times of the day, when I sit down at my machine I first look at email, then I look at Slashdot. And it bothers me when the one day of the year they can't be depended on for anything but fertilizer falls on a business day when plenty of "real" news happens.
Slashdot is, as usual, obviously the *last* place I should be looking for tech news today. Guess I don't need to bother with Slashdot, or most other FOSS news sites, until Saturday.
One joke story, even two, would be funny. Any more is useless, and Slashdot takes it to the point of being pathetic.
The interesting thing is how "real" tech news sites like news.com don't resort to that crap. They simply do what they do every day...report the tech news. Its too bad Slashdot can't be as mature and intelligent.
This is no surprise. SCO has bashed Linux and the GPL for several years now, and all that time have been still attempting to sell their products based on Linux and other GPL software. The left hand slams GPL, while the right hand sings the praises.
Its just further proof that no one at SCO has any idea what the fuck they are doing. I've said it before, I'll say it again...those who can, innovate, those who can't, litigate. And now we can add that those who can't litigate successfully steal from those who can.
It amazes me how many people start their reply with words to the effect of "they have accused you of doing something illegal, this is slander, sue them!" when in fact the parts of the letter that have been posted do no such thing.
Its also funny how many people say "they can't do that!" when the university owns the network in question, which means yes they can. There is no gray area, and there is ample court ruling to back that up.
Considering the legal consequences the school can face from the **AA crushing machine, I can't fault them for taking this stance. I think its unfortunate, and to an extent unfair, but they really don't have a lot of choices.
But then this is Slashdot. We never let a little thing like facts get in the way. Just like this post will probably get modded to "troll" because we also don't like it when simple truths are pointed out.
I may have problems spelling, but at least I have guts enough to put my name on what I write.
You do raise some good points. Too bad you have to further show your cowardace, and ignorance, by attacking me personally instead of just disagreeing with my opinion.
I just wanted to drop a quick "thank you" in here for doing something other than criticizing my spelling. I did get a good laugh out of the one that attacked my spelling and grammar but didn't even have balls enough to put his name on his post...the ultimate example of "coward".
I may not totally agree with your opinion, but at least you took the time to look at what I said and not how I said it.
As someone else has already said in a reply to you, basic human rights and the "right" to rip off corporations are two very different things. To compare the two is so rediculous I can't even come up with a better word than "rediculous".
But I would also like to point out something else.
If you check historical records, you will find that Martin Luther King and many others involved in civil rights protests spent many days in jail for their actions. They did what they had to do to effect change...but they also understood those actions came with a price. And many of them, not just MLK, and both black and white, paid a far greater price.
Are you willing to go to jail or take a bullet just so you can download Britney?
Its interesting that while Enterprise is failing, Berman claims he has an idea for a new movie. I find this interesting because, in my opinion, Berman is the main reason Enterprise is failing.
One could create open software to calculate taxes and spit out the forms with the appropriate blocks filled in. You would then sign the forms and mail them in the usual 'dead tree' fashion.
But there are so many hoops you have to jump through for your software to be allowed to offer electronic filing that a true open source alternative is simply not realistic. You can't just slap a program together using a certain data structure, throw it up on the net, and announce "Here it is, folks!"
For starters, if Joe Schmuck downloaded the source and recompiled it (whether he made any changes or not), the binaries would then have to be resubmitted and Joe Schmuck would have to then also jump through all those hoops.
The best one could do, given IRS regulations, is created a closed-source binaries only (just like Windows) Linux soloution for electronic filing. And I doubt seriously anyone is going to want to do the aforementioned federal hoop jumping (which includes background checks for some software authoring company employees and/or the company itself) and then give the program away for free.
Unless you regularly do personal business on your boss' transportation dime, you have no reason to object to this when used on company time and/or company vehicles. This is no invasion of your personal privacy, and there is no attack on your personal rights. Do your personal shit on your own time and money.
And seeing the volumes of stories in the news about workers slacking off on the job, its no surprise that the Teamsters would oppose the idea.
Sooner or later, RFID is going to be a reality in Walmart, with other retailers to follow. Why? Because Walmart is the 800 pound gorilla of the retail world. And what the gorilla wants, the gorilla gets. Its only a matter of time. Resistance is futile.
The lead-in for this story made it sound like suppliers are standing up to Walmart on philosophical grounds, when nothing could be further from the truth.
But for every spammer eliminated, 5 more pop up to take their place. And the new ones are popping up outside the US, where US court rulings don't matter.
Nothing will change in the long run until the email protocols are changed to prevent spoofing and such.
See, here's how it works on Slashdot. Microsoft is everything evil. Apple is everything good. The fact that they are both capitalistic megacorps is irrelevant. When Microsoft does it, its a monopolistic dirty trick and they should be crushed by the government. When Apple does it, its good marketing strategy and we should support them by buying their products. Bill Gates is Satan. Steve Jobs is God. Those who question this philosophy are minions of BillGatus of Borg, and must be crushed at all cost.
And I'm sure that, in fine Slashdot tradition, this reply will get modded down because I dare blaspheme the name of Apple and Jobs.
When I'm not programming, I raise range-fed chickens for their eggs, which get sold locally. In the spring, I'm considering also getting in to organically raised turkeys, ducks, and chickens for their meat...but there is some debate still on whether or not I have it in me to slaughter my own animals.
When I'm not doing IT work, I want my "side work" to be as far away from tech as I can get it.
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Apples and oranges.
At school she's at, well, school. Out of the view of her parents.
But when she is on a computer in their home, its their responsibility to watch what's going on every bit as much as anyone claims its AOL's responsibility.
While I certainly don't condone sexual preditors, if she is going to sue AOL for not monitoring their workers, she needs to also sue her own parents for negligence for not keeping an eye on their child. I'm getting tired of all of this "its the fault of the bad old internet" bullshit. Its the duty of the parents to keep watch too.
If I'm not mistaken, Voom isn't just closing its shutters and fading away. Most of its assets were bought/are being bought by Dish Network.
No, in this case not buying at Best Buy is not the perfect protest. The perfect protest is for us to continue to buy at Best Buy, but pay ONLY with $2 bills and $1 *coins*.
Although I would like to see the sexy redhead at the local store in Playboy...
I'm not trying to be King Asshole, and to a point would even agree with you. The problem I have is when Slashdot goes overboard. Instead of being able to glance at the site and see if anything "important" has happened, I have to sit and read closely to sort out the one or two possibly real stories from the 574 joke ones.
Over the years I have come to depend on Slashdot as one of my major sources of "stuff that matters". When I get up in the morning, and at various times of the day, when I sit down at my machine I first look at email, then I look at Slashdot. And it bothers me when the one day of the year they can't be depended on for anything but fertilizer falls on a business day when plenty of "real" news happens.
Slashdot is, as usual, obviously the *last* place I should be looking for tech news today. Guess I don't need to bother with Slashdot, or most other FOSS news sites, until Saturday.
One joke story, even two, would be funny. Any more is useless, and Slashdot takes it to the point of being pathetic.
The interesting thing is how "real" tech news sites like news.com don't resort to that crap. They simply do what they do every day...report the tech news. Its too bad Slashdot can't be as mature and intelligent.
This is no surprise. SCO has bashed Linux and the GPL for several years now, and all that time have been still attempting to sell their products based on Linux and other GPL software. The left hand slams GPL, while the right hand sings the praises.
Its just further proof that no one at SCO has any idea what the fuck they are doing. I've said it before, I'll say it again...those who can, innovate, those who can't, litigate. And now we can add that those who can't litigate successfully steal from those who can.
It amazes me how many people start their reply with words to the effect of "they have accused you of doing something illegal, this is slander, sue them!" when in fact the parts of the letter that have been posted do no such thing.
Its also funny how many people say "they can't do that!" when the university owns the network in question, which means yes they can. There is no gray area, and there is ample court ruling to back that up.
Considering the legal consequences the school can face from the **AA crushing machine, I can't fault them for taking this stance. I think its unfortunate, and to an extent unfair, but they really don't have a lot of choices.
But then this is Slashdot. We never let a little thing like facts get in the way. Just like this post will probably get modded to "troll" because we also don't like it when simple truths are pointed out.
What would really be news is if Slashdot authors started reading their own website to see what their co-authors are posting.
In addition, what would really be news is if Slashdot authors started reading their own website to see what their co-authors are posting.
But then also, what would really be news is if Slashdot authors started reading their own website to see what their co-authors are posting.
Damn...the first time in a month I don't have mod points to give. Your post should be modded to "+20, Required Reading Followed By A Quiz".
This is what's wrong with America...a guy feels he got ripped off for $1.50, and from this he launches a multi-million dollar class action law suit.
If I'm not mistaken, the postal service has not received public funding since 1982.
Currently, only the man arrested knows the real story
At this point, we don't even know someone really has been arrested.
I may have problems spelling, but at least I have guts enough to put my name on what I write.
You do raise some good points. Too bad you have to further show your cowardace, and ignorance, by attacking me personally instead of just disagreeing with my opinion.
I just wanted to drop a quick "thank you" in here for doing something other than criticizing my spelling. I did get a good laugh out of the one that attacked my spelling and grammar but didn't even have balls enough to put his name on his post...the ultimate example of "coward".
I may not totally agree with your opinion, but at least you took the time to look at what I said and not how I said it.
As someone else has already said in a reply to you, basic human rights and the "right" to rip off corporations are two very different things. To compare the two is so rediculous I can't even come up with a better word than "rediculous".
But I would also like to point out something else.
If you check historical records, you will find that Martin Luther King and many others involved in civil rights protests spent many days in jail for their actions. They did what they had to do to effect change...but they also understood those actions came with a price. And many of them, not just MLK, and both black and white, paid a far greater price.
Are you willing to go to jail or take a bullet just so you can download Britney?
Its interesting that while Enterprise is failing, Berman claims he has an idea for a new movie. I find this interesting because, in my opinion, Berman is the main reason Enterprise is failing.
I have read all the documentation.
One could create open software to calculate taxes and spit out the forms with the appropriate blocks filled in. You would then sign the forms and mail them in the usual 'dead tree' fashion.
But there are so many hoops you have to jump through for your software to be allowed to offer electronic filing that a true open source alternative is simply not realistic. You can't just slap a program together using a certain data structure, throw it up on the net, and announce "Here it is, folks!"
For starters, if Joe Schmuck downloaded the source and recompiled it (whether he made any changes or not), the binaries would then have to be resubmitted and Joe Schmuck would have to then also jump through all those hoops.
The best one could do, given IRS regulations, is created a closed-source binaries only (just like Windows) Linux soloution for electronic filing. And I doubt seriously anyone is going to want to do the aforementioned federal hoop jumping (which includes background checks for some software authoring company employees and/or the company itself) and then give the program away for free.
if you walk around in fear, then the terrorists have already won
Preach it, brother!
Unless you regularly do personal business on your boss' transportation dime, you have no reason to object to this when used on company time and/or company vehicles. This is no invasion of your personal privacy, and there is no attack on your personal rights. Do your personal shit on your own time and money.
And seeing the volumes of stories in the news about workers slacking off on the job, its no surprise that the Teamsters would oppose the idea.
I didn't think of them. If Walmart is the 800 pound gorilla, DoD is probably the 5000 pound gorilla :-)
Sooner or later, RFID is going to be a reality in Walmart, with other retailers to follow. Why? Because Walmart is the 800 pound gorilla of the retail world. And what the gorilla wants, the gorilla gets. Its only a matter of time. Resistance is futile.
The lead-in for this story made it sound like suppliers are standing up to Walmart on philosophical grounds, when nothing could be further from the truth.
This ruling is good.
But for every spammer eliminated, 5 more pop up to take their place. And the new ones are popping up outside the US, where US court rulings don't matter.
Nothing will change in the long run until the email protocols are changed to prevent spoofing and such.
You must be new here.
See, here's how it works on Slashdot. Microsoft is everything evil. Apple is everything good. The fact that they are both capitalistic megacorps is irrelevant. When Microsoft does it, its a monopolistic dirty trick and they should be crushed by the government. When Apple does it, its good marketing strategy and we should support them by buying their products. Bill Gates is Satan. Steve Jobs is God. Those who question this philosophy are minions of BillGatus of Borg, and must be crushed at all cost.
And I'm sure that, in fine Slashdot tradition, this reply will get modded down because I dare blaspheme the name of Apple and Jobs.
When I'm not programming, I raise range-fed chickens for their eggs, which get sold locally. In the spring, I'm considering also getting in to organically raised turkeys, ducks, and chickens for their meat...but there is some debate still on whether or not I have it in me to slaughter my own animals.
When I'm not doing IT work, I want my "side work" to be as far away from tech as I can get it.