Oh my goodness, no kidding. How many admins need a defibrillator after reading that headline? I certainly thought for a few minutes that this story would direct my entire weekend.
The last time this issue came up on Slashdot, the (L)ibertarians came out of the woodwork, blaming my parents for building a house somewhere where there's no broadband, despite the fact that they built the house in 1985. Which is about as rational as blaming settlers in the 1700's for not building cities where the interstates were going to be.
If by "blame" you mean that people live with the consequences of earlier decisions, then we certainly do. Those towns founded in the 1700s don't have Interstate service. You're in the position of saying that we should build an interstate to every town founded in the 1700s just so that people there aren't "blamed" for the founder's choice of location.
Thanks for this. Everybody carps about unemployment, but nobody wants to remove the minimum wage, which is a huge cause, especially for the young. The minimum wage keeps everybody from being flexible during times like these.
How is that different from a web site's ToS which binds me to something simply by downloading their page?
I don't know how the response is being formed. Maybe it IS by a human. Certainly could be. And certainly, any *client* might be a computer and not a human as well, which would nullify any web site ToS ever.
Basically, I agree with you that my "ToS" is stupid and useless, except to illustrate that web site ToSes are *also* stupid and useless.
I use the "Modify Headers" FF extension to add the following to all my browser requests:
X-Terms-Of-Service: By responding to this request, you agree to place no restrictions on the requesting user's use of the data you send, and that no subsequent terms of service may modify this provision.
Don't be so sure... One of our customers has her reply-to address set to an address pointing to a mailbox she never checks. She tells you her email address is X, and she does get mail addressed to X. But her emails come "from" (and "reply-to") Y. Y happily accepts mail, so there's no bounce or anything, it's just that it's a totally unused box at a no-longer-used domain.
New hardware has bought us the ability to use managed code for most (not all) software. Isn't this much better than expecting every programmer to perfectly manage his memory every time? Just wait a couple more years and we won't be feeling the hardware pinch even on phones.
hmm, well let's look at this one. It we could be losing it at x rate, or 4x! Translation: we don't have any frapping clue. Yeah, that's what we want to base worldwide economic policy on.
Does that work without the $30/month account extra? Since it can be turned on and off without re-upping the contract, and it's billed on a daily basis, I do find it useful on the odd occasion I know I'm going to need it.
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Oh my goodness, no kidding. How many admins need a defibrillator after reading that headline? I certainly thought for a few minutes that this story would direct my entire weekend.
The last time this issue came up on Slashdot, the (L)ibertarians came out of the woodwork, blaming my parents for building a house somewhere where there's no broadband, despite the fact that they built the house in 1985. Which is about as rational as blaming settlers in the 1700's for not building cities where the interstates were going to be.
If by "blame" you mean that people live with the consequences of earlier decisions, then we certainly do. Those towns founded in the 1700s don't have Interstate service. You're in the position of saying that we should build an interstate to every town founded in the 1700s just so that people there aren't "blamed" for the founder's choice of location.
Thanks for this. Everybody carps about unemployment, but nobody wants to remove the minimum wage, which is a huge cause, especially for the young. The minimum wage keeps everybody from being flexible during times like these.
What's the reason to not use Debian?
No.
PowerDNS. It is awesome.
Time to reboot and upgrade the kernel or something.
I didn't, because the page layout always obscures the first few letters of the article title.
How is that different from a web site's ToS which binds me to something simply by downloading their page?
I don't know how the response is being formed. Maybe it IS by a human. Certainly could be. And certainly, any *client* might be a computer and not a human as well, which would nullify any web site ToS ever.
Basically, I agree with you that my "ToS" is stupid and useless, except to illustrate that web site ToSes are *also* stupid and useless.
I use the "Modify Headers" FF extension to add the following to all my browser requests:
X-Terms-Of-Service: By responding to this request, you agree to place no restrictions on the requesting user's use of the data you send, and that no subsequent terms of service may modify this provision.
Don't be so sure... One of our customers has her reply-to address set to an address pointing to a mailbox she never checks. She tells you her email address is X, and she does get mail addressed to X. But her emails come "from" (and "reply-to") Y. Y happily accepts mail, so there's no bounce or anything, it's just that it's a totally unused box at a no-longer-used domain.
She doesn't seem to think this is a problem...
Why do you assume that the government "cares" about quality? A profit motive gives a reason to care about quality. A guaranteed monopoly does not.
How does this help me without naming names?
Then there are others whose main problem is their *central* nervous system. Had yours checked lately?
Aw dang, he got modded down so quickly I missed him!
"clinics of quacks" actually appeared in the summary, and yet NOTHING from "Dr" Bob yet?
New hardware has bought us the ability to use managed code for most (not all) software. Isn't this much better than expecting every programmer to perfectly manage his memory every time? Just wait a couple more years and we won't be feeling the hardware pinch even on phones.
Fair enough! I couldn't have even started to post in German. :-)
AC? What is AC? I assume you mean "AD", but have some objection to "Domini". You should have the same objection to "Christ", though.
hmm, well let's look at this one. It we could be losing it at x rate, or 4x! Translation: we don't have any frapping clue. Yeah, that's what we want to base worldwide economic policy on.
So how many games will the 'Horns win this year?
I remember in the original Civilization, if you had Scroll Lock on, the arrow keys would show you around the map rather than moving the active unit.
Does that work without the $30/month account extra? Since it can be turned on and off without re-upping the contract, and it's billed on a daily basis, I do find it useful on the odd occasion I know I'm going to need it.
This "Proof of Life" headline being folded up right next to the Mars announcement got me briefly very excited.
When will I be able to get an ARM laptop?