I believe the parent was suggesting a solution which adhered to the intent of the drafters of the bill. The drafters of the bill wanted to prevent children from accessing porn. In your solution, porn can be viewed by children if their parents let them. Do you see the difference?
By the way, I'm glad to hear you work. Thank you for that bit of insight.
Strangely enough, I'm on the same side as the ACLU on this one. I don't find myself here very often!
But anyway, kids need to be kept away from pornographic sites - that's clear. In the home, that's the job of the parents. In the library, that's the job of the library. Parents should be able to view the library as a trusted place to leave their kids. What needs to happen is that computers need to be available to kids which do have censorware installed but there also needs to be either a room that only adults are allowed into where computers free of censorware are available OR, upon issuing a library card, adults receive a password and user name to disable the censorware. That way, if kids are caught bypassing the censorware with a password, we can find out which user lost/lent his card to the wrong set of kids.
I don't want kids to look at naughty sites but I want people without Internet access to enjoy the fun of porno-babes as much as I do....well, not as much since they're in a public place.;-)
That was the most gay post I've read in awhile - easily this week, probably this month. I mean, you took The Gay and ran with it. Congrats! Not only was your comment gay but it was also completely devoid of any meaningful content. I suppose you were trying to make a joke and not actually post the Most Gay Post ever, right? It's okay. You didn't get the most gay post ever. Sorry bud. But you weren't funny either, you dickless ass-goblin.
Well, I'd say people who are generally interested in aspects of software engineering and programming in general are interested. It is true that most people aren't going to go past the first 2 or 3 pages so this 'bug/feature' isn't doing any negative harm BUT it's an oddity and I'm glad I've had it cleared up. I had never done such an experiment to see if the search result returns varied but now that I know that this happens, I'm glad to know why it happens. Of course, a little thought on the subject would probably lead to the conclusion that the searches must be being sent to different lookup engines since the same result going to the same DB will always return the same amount. And clearly Google is the type of enterprise that needs to have distributed data to distribute load.
You are making a slippery slope argument. This is a flawed way to debate a point. Your argument is that if online retailors are allowed to track certain data, any whatsoever, eventually they will begin tracking names and credit cards numbers to prevent piracy. I will quote this:
"The slippery slope argument is clearly invalid if it is meant to be a point of logic, for it does not follow that "if b is an exception to A, then no part of A is true." Specific exceptions to a rule or principle do not in any way logically imply that the rule is otherwise false or never justifiably applicable in any cases. In fact, calling something an "exception" points out that only it is the relevant act that the rule does not cover. If, for example, a pharmaceutical drug should be used only by people who have asthma, that does not imply people should also take it for arthritis or pregnancy. Permitting stem cell research on embryos does not logically imply that sacrificing infants or terminally ill patients is acceptable. It appears the argument is meant to be more an argument about people's psychology, and, spelled out, it seems to be something more like "if you make any exceptions to a rule, particularly a cherished or time-honored rule, people will think the rule arbitrary to begin with and will see no reason to follow it at all." Hence, any exceptions undermine respect for a rule, and thus eventually lead to the rule's not being followed at all. Or another intended argument might be "people cannot generally make fine distinctions, so if you make an exception to a (time-honored) rule, people will think you have shown the rule to be flawed and therefore unnecessary to follow." A slightly different, and more sophisticated version of the principle might be "if you make exceptions to a rule, people will generalize the reasons for that exception and apply them to other aspects of the rule to which those generalizations will also apply." In the embryo issue, the argument would be that "if you allow embryonic stem cell research people will see that defenseless human life has only instrumental value --value for helping others-- so nothing will stop people from wanting to kill infants or people with terminal diseases to help others." Or it might be phrased as "if you allow embryonic stem cell research because embryos are not viable on their own, then you will end up allowing infanticide and termination of the lives of the terminally ill because they are not viable on their own either."
So when a track is sold, the appropriate media conglomerate and artist are credited. This is basically the same thing as a UPC code on the products you buy in a store. At the point of sale, the UPC is scanned so that inventory is known on that item. Likewise, when an online retailor sells a track, the ID is read and fed into a database that will keep track of the cut for the music companies. Didn't you read the article?
Nothing! RTFA!!! This isn't an attempt to stop piracy!! This is a means of tracking sales - so once it has been sold from an online retailer, the ID number isn't an issue. You can encode it into mp3, upload it to Kazaa, and distribute it to your heart's desire. Why can't anyone read the article???
Did you read the article? This isn't an attempt to curb piracy. While the MSNBC article is a bit unclear as to why this needs to be done, here's what was said, "But music officials have complained that sales-tracking systems in place at the moment need to be standardised so that online sales, though small at the moment, can be better recorded." This isn't a way to put a tracker in an mp3 so the RIAA can track down the person who is distributing it but merely a way to keep track of sales.
I find your work most appealing and extend my congrats to another fine piece of work, with the above post. You are a master of your craft. You make Slashdot much more enjoyable. I especially like your recent turn by using 'words' like "clichayed" and "essentiallie."
The more aggravating part is that now that whoever put that link in has been called on this, it's been quietly removed. When this type of activity occurs, I think the readers of this website deserve a bit of an explanation from on high. I just want an editor to lay down the official policy regarding advertising. Are some stories paid advertisements or do you select some stories because you've already received paid advertisements for a product?
I'll be thinking a little bit more carefully about submitting a story in the future until this issue is addressed. If they want to advertise and call it journalism, that's fine - it's their sandbox. But I don't need to help them reach that goal. Of course, I could make sure to only submit stories concerning topics that couldn't possibly be related to any type of product release or the like. But then they could just throw a double-click link into the article. Oh well, no more submissions from this pony.
You cite my journal and call it "whiny." Please check my journal again son. There's no whining there - just good science. Now, on with the flame. (For the record, I troll for fun. You seem to be taking this much more seriously than I.)
If there's one thing you know a lot about - it is tools. I mean, doing a quick calculation, it appears that in your short lifetime you've already sucked 25,000 different dicks. That's a lot of dick. Now, let us assume that each dick was sucked a minimum of 10 times. Obviously this is a low estimate since we both know that you've sucked your dad off at least 1,000 times. But anyway, this means you've given 250,000 blow jobs. Now then this article points out that each ejaculation averages to be about 1 tablespoon of semen and semenal fluid. 1 tablespoon is equal to 15 mL according to this article. So if you've had 250,000 tablespoons of semen shot into you, you've consumed 3,750,000 mL of semen. Furthermore we know that 1 quart equals 946.36 mL from this webpage. Therefore, you have had 3,962 quarts of semen. Ultimately, this means that you've ingested 990 gallons of semen. Consider this, an in-ground pool with dimensions of five feet by seven feet and a shallow depth of one foot and a deep depth of seven feet holds roughly 1,050 gallons (source). You've drank an entire swimming pool of semen.
Ultimately, you're a homosexual and therefore will soon have AIDS.
Talk about the guy at the party who latches onto a joke way too late and keeps beating it into the ground...that's you!
Listen asshat, this whole being funny thing isn't as easy as I make it look. Try sticking to just reading and not posting. It'll be better for all involved. Thanks!
Here's a nice LCD display kit you can get for your case. Instead of telling you when your bus is late, it can tell you when there's a Quake 3 server to be found or when new pornographic spam has arrived in your inbox.
"I think our culture sucks nuts, but that doesn't mean our country does. By your reasoning, if I think the traffic light by my house takes way too long to change, I should just get the fuck out of the country."
You call this debate? You're a fucking idiot and at no point did you even come close to replying to my point. You'll notice that I posted another reply in the thread (in response to someone with half a brain, unlike your quarter) which I threw a bit more thought at before posting. When I respond to you, I think to myself "Well, this fucking moron doesn't even read what I write. He's got a European dick up his ass and he loves it so anything he reads has got a slant to it based on all the filthy European semen that's leaked into his brain. Thus, I won't waste too much time on this asshat."
I can tell that you're the typical liberal who loves to criticize American culture. You grew up in the suburbs. You don't have any black friends but you think (and use the word) "urban culture" is great. You think that like is perfect in Britain and France. So, what I have to say to you is 'get the fuck out.' You enjoy another culture, which is basically how you experience life, more so go live within that one. I'm not talking about the government of any country. I'm merely saying that if you like the culture of another country so much better, go live in that one.
Panic Room was surprisingly enjoyable. When I first heard the premise I thought to myself, "Holy shit, Jodie Foster and some little kid trapped inside a room for two hours annoying the shit out of me? Jesus Christ, this is going to get old really quickly." I was all set to shit my pants in protest but as the credits started to roll I realized that I had not soiled myself. While the little girl in the movie did annoy me, my level of annoyance never rose so high as to warrant a fecal matter bombing. So I'd suggest you see it.
And both Seven (don't call it "Se7en", that pisses me off) and Fight Club were very good. If you enjoyed Fight Club, you should read "Choke" and "Survivor" by the same author - but you might want to consider avoiding "Invisible Monsters." You have to be ultra-intelligent like myself to properly enjoy "Invisible Monsters" and, without the ability to test you, I can't say one way or the other as to how intelligent you are. Oh, and in that vein "American Psycho", "Less than Zero", and "The Rules of Attraction", all by Bret Easton Ellis are also some books you might enjoy. Don't go to movies. They're bad for you and usually lead to pants-shitting.
Why don't you go to Israel? You couldn't be a "pussy" and live there - what with all the filthy, stinking Muslims blowing themselves up all the time. Go for it. You're rugged and aren't afraid of a fight! Buy your plane ticket today.
Generalizing about an entire nation of people is akin to racism. If you had posted a comment about France being a nation of pussies, it would have been moderated as flamebait. But since bashing America is okay to you liberals, no one mods your post at all. Well, let me tell you - fuck you. You and the people you know may be pussies, but I'm not you fucking jackass. Go to Israel now.
You're wrong. I won't bother telling you why your arguments are flawed because you're far too excited about thinking you are right. Obviously anything I will say to you will not have an effect so I will save my time. Do me a favor though, choose a year by which the great America will have toppled and write it down, hang this somewhere in your living quarters, and then wait. If the year comes and goes without the fall of America, apologize to me through an e-mail. You can see my address attached to my info.
"Revelations is in heavy rewrites with "Panic Room" director David Fincher on "Rendezvous with Rama." Morgan will star in the Arthur C. Clark (author of "2001: A Space Odyssey") sci-fi epic. Bruce McKenna is revising his own first draft with David. Revelations is currently awaiting the approved "Fincher draft" before going out to financiers. Rama will be ground breaking and possibly even record breaking in its digital effects. That is why we're taling to "all the usual suspects" for special effects bids. We are also in serious negotations with Intel to become a major technology partner in the making of Rama."
I refuse to watch this program simply because I can't tolerate James Lipton. He's probably the worst thing on television, ever. He displays no intelligent whatsoever and only sucks up to whatever actors or actresses he has on. I mean, Jerry Springer's shows don't show any intelligence either but at least he doesn't try to fool you. Lipton is pretentious and annoying. I dislike him!
I can't wait for the 300th episode of the Simpsons though.
If you're going to bother to reply to something I post, at least think up something intelligent to say. Or, actually - you'd probably have to hire someone to think up something intelligent for you to say, since you're a fucking moron.
Don't bother replying again. You've obviously got no argument against your filthy suburbanite longing to be in another country where Dr. Phil doesn't reign supreme.
And you're really ignoring what I was saying. I was not telling him he had no right to argue with the government or express an opinion that differs from policy. What I was stating is that this trend that has caught on in bashing American CULTURE (I didn't bring up the fucking government you dumbass) in favor of European or Asian cultures by kids from the suburbs is apalling. Furthermore, if they are so in love with all things [insert whatever country they love] they should go there to live. If they think that American television is a wretched cesspool in comparison to the high comedy of Faulty Towers, they should get the fuck out of this country. I hope you get the point and stop trying to play the typical faggot liberal. There's are reasons I hate liberals and it appears you are one of them.
Could this be your chance to shine like the fucking asshat you are you worthless dick-goblin? Go back to San Francisco and stop wasting my time. Your mother runs embedded Linux in her uterus and look at the shit that has produced. You are the most stunning example of why Linux should never, ever be placed on a critical system. Microsoft loves having you to trot out at industry conferences you fuck.
If you need to impress people with cigarettes, you should become really good at cunnilingus or fellatio (whichever way you go) since you obviously have one of the smaller dongs ever.
Also, cut it out with your lame worship of Europe. I hate you beret-wearing liberals who like to bash American culture and elevate to idiotic heights any culture that isn't American. It's so pathetic. If you hate this country so much, get out. I'm sure some hairy French broads would love to play with your two-inch cock you yellow bastard.
I don't believe the discussion is about whether or not screen scrape is feasible for people and whether or not it can be stopped through a bit of intelligence but is instead a discussion of whether or not one company has a right to grab content from a website and redistribute it on their own. Yes, it's possible to stop people from doing aforementioned grab (of course, as this war escalates you're going to have to start shutting real people out of your content) but should people have the legal right to do the grab. Now, what do you think of that question?
Looking over your comment (skimming really; you certainly do go on at length, don't you? I hope no one lets you hold meetings.) I can see your point. You believe that blue collars have less interesting work and therefore are more often looking for ways to goof around. This is a good point and one I had not considered when replying to you. Thank you for clearing this issue up.
That being said, would I be misquoting you if I were to state that you said, "Hey guys, let's go cornhole some blue collar chimps in the breakroom. We'll use the big black anal dildo!"
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By the way, I'm glad to hear you work. Thank you for that bit of insight.
But anyway, kids need to be kept away from pornographic sites - that's clear. In the home, that's the job of the parents. In the library, that's the job of the library. Parents should be able to view the library as a trusted place to leave their kids. What needs to happen is that computers need to be available to kids which do have censorware installed but there also needs to be either a room that only adults are allowed into where computers free of censorware are available OR, upon issuing a library card, adults receive a password and user name to disable the censorware. That way, if kids are caught bypassing the censorware with a password, we can find out which user lost/lent his card to the wrong set of kids.
I don't want kids to look at naughty sites but I want people without Internet access to enjoy the fun of porno-babes as much as I do....well, not as much since they're in a public place. ;-)
You're soft and I'm better at this [and everything else that entails being a straight male] than you. Go back to Europe and be a fag.
That was the most gay post I've read in awhile - easily this week, probably this month. I mean, you took The Gay and ran with it. Congrats! Not only was your comment gay but it was also completely devoid of any meaningful content. I suppose you were trying to make a joke and not actually post the Most Gay Post ever, right? It's okay. You didn't get the most gay post ever. Sorry bud. But you weren't funny either, you dickless ass-goblin.
So, long story short - who cares? I do.
So when a track is sold, the appropriate media conglomerate and artist are credited. This is basically the same thing as a UPC code on the products you buy in a store. At the point of sale, the UPC is scanned so that inventory is known on that item. Likewise, when an online retailor sells a track, the ID is read and fed into a database that will keep track of the cut for the music companies. Didn't you read the article?
Nothing! RTFA!!! This isn't an attempt to stop piracy!! This is a means of tracking sales - so once it has been sold from an online retailer, the ID number isn't an issue. You can encode it into mp3, upload it to Kazaa, and distribute it to your heart's desire. Why can't anyone read the article???
Did you read the article? This isn't an attempt to curb piracy. While the MSNBC article is a bit unclear as to why this needs to be done, here's what was said, "But music officials have complained that sales-tracking systems in place at the moment need to be standardised so that online sales, though small at the moment, can be better recorded." This isn't a way to put a tracker in an mp3 so the RIAA can track down the person who is distributing it but merely a way to keep track of sales.
Might I suggest you use "havening" as well?
I'll be thinking a little bit more carefully about submitting a story in the future until this issue is addressed. If they want to advertise and call it journalism, that's fine - it's their sandbox. But I don't need to help them reach that goal. Of course, I could make sure to only submit stories concerning topics that couldn't possibly be related to any type of product release or the like. But then they could just throw a double-click link into the article. Oh well, no more submissions from this pony.
If there's one thing you know a lot about - it is tools. I mean, doing a quick calculation, it appears that in your short lifetime you've already sucked 25,000 different dicks. That's a lot of dick. Now, let us assume that each dick was sucked a minimum of 10 times. Obviously this is a low estimate since we both know that you've sucked your dad off at least 1,000 times. But anyway, this means you've given 250,000 blow jobs. Now then this article points out that each ejaculation averages to be about 1 tablespoon of semen and semenal fluid. 1 tablespoon is equal to 15 mL according to this article. So if you've had 250,000 tablespoons of semen shot into you, you've consumed 3,750,000 mL of semen. Furthermore we know that 1 quart equals 946.36 mL from this webpage. Therefore, you have had 3,962 quarts of semen. Ultimately, this means that you've ingested 990 gallons of semen. Consider this, an in-ground pool with dimensions of five feet by seven feet and a shallow depth of one foot and a deep depth of seven feet holds roughly 1,050 gallons (source). You've drank an entire swimming pool of semen.
Ultimately, you're a homosexual and therefore will soon have AIDS.
Listen asshat, this whole being funny thing isn't as easy as I make it look. Try sticking to just reading and not posting. It'll be better for all involved. Thanks!
Here's a nice LCD display kit you can get for your case. Instead of telling you when your bus is late, it can tell you when there's a Quake 3 server to be found or when new pornographic spam has arrived in your inbox.
I can tell that you're the typical liberal who loves to criticize American culture. You grew up in the suburbs. You don't have any black friends but you think (and use the word) "urban culture" is great. You think that like is perfect in Britain and France. So, what I have to say to you is 'get the fuck out.' You enjoy another culture, which is basically how you experience life, more so go live within that one. I'm not talking about the government of any country. I'm merely saying that if you like the culture of another country so much better, go live in that one.
And both Seven (don't call it "Se7en", that pisses me off) and Fight Club were very good. If you enjoyed Fight Club, you should read "Choke" and "Survivor" by the same author - but you might want to consider avoiding "Invisible Monsters." You have to be ultra-intelligent like myself to properly enjoy "Invisible Monsters" and, without the ability to test you, I can't say one way or the other as to how intelligent you are. Oh, and in that vein "American Psycho", "Less than Zero", and "The Rules of Attraction", all by Bret Easton Ellis are also some books you might enjoy. Don't go to movies. They're bad for you and usually lead to pants-shitting.
Generalizing about an entire nation of people is akin to racism. If you had posted a comment about France being a nation of pussies, it would have been moderated as flamebait. But since bashing America is okay to you liberals, no one mods your post at all. Well, let me tell you - fuck you. You and the people you know may be pussies, but I'm not you fucking jackass. Go to Israel now.
You're wrong. I won't bother telling you why your arguments are flawed because you're far too excited about thinking you are right. Obviously anything I will say to you will not have an effect so I will save my time. Do me a favor though, choose a year by which the great America will have toppled and write it down, hang this somewhere in your living quarters, and then wait. If the year comes and goes without the fall of America, apologize to me through an e-mail. You can see my address attached to my info.
Rama will be ground breaking and possibly even record breaking in its digital effects. That is why we're taling to "all the usual suspects" for special effects bids. We are also in serious negotations with Intel to become a major technology partner in the making of Rama."
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I can't wait for the 300th episode of the Simpsons though.
Don't bother replying again. You've obviously got no argument against your filthy suburbanite longing to be in another country where Dr. Phil doesn't reign supreme.
And you're really ignoring what I was saying. I was not telling him he had no right to argue with the government or express an opinion that differs from policy. What I was stating is that this trend that has caught on in bashing American CULTURE (I didn't bring up the fucking government you dumbass) in favor of European or Asian cultures by kids from the suburbs is apalling. Furthermore, if they are so in love with all things [insert whatever country they love] they should go there to live. If they think that American television is a wretched cesspool in comparison to the high comedy of Faulty Towers, they should get the fuck out of this country. I hope you get the point and stop trying to play the typical faggot liberal. There's are reasons I hate liberals and it appears you are one of them.
Could this be your chance to shine like the fucking asshat you are you worthless dick-goblin? Go back to San Francisco and stop wasting my time. Your mother runs embedded Linux in her uterus and look at the shit that has produced. You are the most stunning example of why Linux should never, ever be placed on a critical system. Microsoft loves having you to trot out at industry conferences you fuck.
Also, cut it out with your lame worship of Europe. I hate you beret-wearing liberals who like to bash American culture and elevate to idiotic heights any culture that isn't American. It's so pathetic. If you hate this country so much, get out. I'm sure some hairy French broads would love to play with your two-inch cock you yellow bastard.
I don't believe the discussion is about whether or not screen scrape is feasible for people and whether or not it can be stopped through a bit of intelligence but is instead a discussion of whether or not one company has a right to grab content from a website and redistribute it on their own. Yes, it's possible to stop people from doing aforementioned grab (of course, as this war escalates you're going to have to start shutting real people out of your content) but should people have the legal right to do the grab. Now, what do you think of that question?
Looking over your comment (skimming really; you certainly do go on at length, don't you? I hope no one lets you hold meetings.) I can see your point. You believe that blue collars have less interesting work and therefore are more often looking for ways to goof around. This is a good point and one I had not considered when replying to you. Thank you for clearing this issue up.
That being said, would I be misquoting you if I were to state that you said, "Hey guys, let's go cornhole some blue collar chimps in the breakroom. We'll use the big black anal dildo!"