Evil, outside of special pleading for a particular belief system, is usually framed in terms of actively choosing the harm of others (even if it is masked in deniability).
I'm not sure "special pleading" means what you think it means.
Can anyone explain to me why Millennials are so gung-ho about "codes of conduct", and why they're so hypocritical about them?
Well, I could be wrong but I suspect every generation has had problems with snobbish moralism and hypocrisy. I've heard that August Caesar claimed himself to be a first amongst equals. But I would have hated to be anyone who in his presence dared treat him as an equal. About 2000 years ago, the Jews had a group known as the Pharisees, whom Jesus is said to have excoriated for excelling at making sure everyone around them saw how well they followed Jewish ceremonial law, but ignoring God's moral laws. I.e., they were sanctimonious jerks. Etc.
But I think the bigger issue is that many of these organizations espouse code of ethics which are internally inconsistent, and yet they won't admit that. They won't admit that people might hold different moral viewpoints for reasons which are just as defensible as theirs.
For example, Google says (said) "don't be evil". But there are different groups which have very incompatible views on what's evil: Pro-lifers vs. Planned Parenthood; conservatives vs. liberals vs. libertarians vs. anarchists; Christians vs. Muslims vs. atheists; Taliban vs. the Boston Symphony, etc. It's pretty clear that Google doesn't limit its actions to only those which all of those groups consider to be not evil.
So which of those groups' definitions of "evil" does Google willingly transgress? That's how you know which religions they consider false, which ethnic groups' beliefs they consider outmoded, etc. But they will not admit this fundamental truth of moral logic. Making them, in addition to everything else, disingenuous hypocrites.
Another problem is that organizations try to side-step the issue of whose ethics are correct, but saying that the real problem is causing offense. But this means that the most-offended person in the room gets the power to suppress the speech or actions of anyone with whom he disagrees. Some of whom find that, well, offensive. It stinks of sophism inspired by the fear of lawsuits.
If they let someone into their servers by accident, shouldn't we / they also be curious if the private key has been stolen, even if not stored on those servers?
A complete medical report including dictated audio, and imagery, is maybe 50 MB, or 400 megabits, in size.
Let's just cut the crap, and use 2^(400 million) medical codes, each of which maps to one such report. Then the insurance companies may review than as they like.
Their tool only works (if at all) on certain categories of crime. It misses huge ones, particularly those in which the people in power engage:
* CIA torture. * CIA, NSA, FBI, and police violations of the Constitution. * CIA perjury to Congress. * Bank executives' racketeering in regards to mortgage origination.
I'd pay good money for a tool to detect those kinds of crimes, and to see them properly prosecuted.
Do you even realize what the Nuremberg trials were about? You should be modded troll just for downplaying the Nuremberg trials by several orders of magnitude by implying it's comparable to a couple dozen guys in jail at gitmo.
Yes, I do. Maybe I'm just a bleeding-heart conservative, and have a soft spot for even a small number of tortured detainees.
It's all a distraction until CIA officials, agents, and various past elected officials are tried for their crimes against humanity: torture. It's time to re-convene Nuremberg.
Why, when we are trying to encourage children to take up all things computing, is Programmers Day such a big flop?
Um, because the set of "${X} days/months" is a meaningless, stupid concept, curated by people without any meaningful claim to authority or unusual credibility?
This article's premise is about as sensical as asking why everyone named "Frank" isn't celebrating the fact that I live in North America.
Participants would pay tuition for 3-4 months of pre-apprenticeship training and then be placed with an employer such as Microsoft
People demanded that we stop letting prisons put people into solitary for months at a time, and now they use this as a replacement. Think things through, sheeple!!!
If he defines the mission of the CIA and NSA to include violating my Constitutionally confirmed, naturally inalienable rights, then yes, it should be all of our missions to undermine them. And have the perpetrators tried my impartial juries, and imprisoned if appropriate.
If a person knows he used that site, he can just go ahead and change his passwords everywhere else. Probably even without raising suspicion of his spouse.
They don't need it to work well for every possible customer. They just need it to be the most profitable strategy overall. Your real problem here, I think, is that their interests are not aligned with yours.
I was still on the fence about whether to stick to Windows 7 or upgrade to Windows 10. This just made my decision for me. Looks like I'll probably make the jump to Linux in a few years depending on how well they've got games running on Linux( since that is the only thing keeping me on Windows anyway).
You may find that in a few years, games mean less to you. I found that as I got further from college, had kids, etc. I just had less time for games. So they became less of a deciding factor for OS choice.
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That's a great theory, until your home is raided by FBI and IRS agents, whose guns are harder to ignore.
I'm not sure "special pleading" means what you think it means.
Well, I could be wrong but I suspect every generation has had problems with snobbish moralism and hypocrisy. I've heard that August Caesar claimed himself to be a first amongst equals. But I would have hated to be anyone who in his presence dared treat him as an equal. About 2000 years ago, the Jews had a group known as the Pharisees, whom Jesus is said to have excoriated for excelling at making sure everyone around them saw how well they followed Jewish ceremonial law, but ignoring God's moral laws. I.e., they were sanctimonious jerks. Etc.
But I think the bigger issue is that many of these organizations espouse code of ethics which are internally inconsistent, and yet they won't admit that. They won't admit that people might hold different moral viewpoints for reasons which are just as defensible as theirs.
For example, Google says (said) "don't be evil". But there are different groups which have very incompatible views on what's evil: Pro-lifers vs. Planned Parenthood; conservatives vs. liberals vs. libertarians vs. anarchists; Christians vs. Muslims vs. atheists; Taliban vs. the Boston Symphony, etc. It's pretty clear that Google doesn't limit its actions to only those which all of those groups consider to be not evil.
So which of those groups' definitions of "evil" does Google willingly transgress? That's how you know which religions they consider false, which ethnic groups' beliefs they consider outmoded, etc. But they will not admit this fundamental truth of moral logic. Making them, in addition to everything else, disingenuous hypocrites.
Another problem is that organizations try to side-step the issue of whose ethics are correct, but saying that the real problem is causing offense. But this means that the most-offended person in the room gets the power to suppress the speech or actions of anyone with whom he disagrees. Some of whom find that, well, offensive. It stinks of sophism inspired by the fear of lawsuits.
If they let someone into their servers by accident, shouldn't we / they also be curious if the private key has been stolen, even if not stored on those servers?
That's an argument for reading reports critically, but I would think that advice applies to any document.
A complete medical report including dictated audio, and imagery, is maybe 50 MB, or 400 megabits, in size.
Let's just cut the crap, and use 2^(400 million) medical codes, each of which maps to one such report. Then the insurance companies may review than as they like.
Their tool only works (if at all) on certain categories of crime. It misses huge ones, particularly those in which the people in power engage:
* CIA torture.
* CIA, NSA, FBI, and police violations of the Constitution.
* CIA perjury to Congress.
* Bank executives' racketeering in regards to mortgage origination.
I'd pay good money for a tool to detect those kinds of crimes, and to see them properly prosecuted.
Do you even realize what the Nuremberg trials were about? You should be modded troll just for downplaying the Nuremberg trials by several orders of magnitude by implying it's comparable to a couple dozen guys in jail at gitmo.
Yes, I do. Maybe I'm just a bleeding-heart conservative, and have a soft spot for even a small number of tortured detainees.
It's all a distraction until CIA officials, agents, and various past elected officials are tried for their crimes against humanity: torture. It's time to re-convene Nuremberg.
You're not being fair. It wouldn't be permissible to the Yankees fans either.
Based on Skype and now Windows 7-10, I'd say that Microsoft-owned --> Malware.
we don't arrest, try, and if convicted, punish nearly enough FBI, NSA, and CIA agents.
"What Congress' New Email-privacy Bill Means For Your Inbox"
If the Do-not-call Registry, or the 4th Amendment are any indication, not much.
Offer them H1B's.
Um, because the set of "${X} days/months" is a meaningless, stupid concept, curated by people without any meaningful claim to authority or unusual credibility?
This article's premise is about as sensical as asking why everyone named "Frank" isn't celebrating the fact that I live in North America.
People demanded that we stop letting prisons put people into solitary for months at a time, and now they use this as a replacement. Think things through, sheeple!!!
So you're basically saying that anyone who acts according to his conscience, and tries to not lie, should terrify us?
I think your point may have been more subtle than your wording suggests.
If he defines the mission of the CIA and NSA to include violating my Constitutionally confirmed, naturally inalienable rights, then yes, it should be all of our missions to undermine them. And have the perpetrators tried my impartial juries, and imprisoned if appropriate.
If a person knows he used that site, he can just go ahead and change his passwords everywhere else. Probably even without raising suspicion of his spouse.
I want to make some pun about Vic Firth, but I can't come up with any good ones. Dang it, I'm slipping.
You may want to watch the South Park episode regarding software EULA's.
No, you're their bitch. There's a difference.
They don't need it to work well for every possible customer. They just need it to be the most profitable strategy overall. Your real problem here, I think, is that their interests are not aligned with yours.
I was still on the fence about whether to stick to Windows 7 or upgrade to Windows 10. This just made my decision for me. Looks like I'll probably make the jump to Linux in a few years depending on how well they've got games running on Linux( since that is the only thing keeping me on Windows anyway).
You may find that in a few years, games mean less to you. I found that as I got further from college, had kids, etc. I just had less time for games. So they became less of a deciding factor for OS choice.
I wonder if you'll be forced to suck it up and join the time-honored crap-fest of grant proposal writing.