If this were a perfect representative democracy, we'd not have to worry about this. Basically they would say "The laws were too sketchy. We're going to make things very clear in favor of privacy, but with defined lines to allow the government to know exactly what it can and cannot do."
However with the past few years having been as bad as they were, I wouldn't be surprised if something similar to what you are suggesting comes true.
Heh. I'm not advocating the bans on violence by any stretch. I'm just saying maybe some good will come from this, such as an increase in the quality of other aspects of games.
Human beings are creative. When they want to do something, they will figure out how to get it done. If the law bans violence, we will figure out another way to get our kicks.
Maybe this will keep pieces of crap like "State Of Emergency" off the shelf, and will motivate Rockstar to do more with the GTA franchise than violence upgrades.
yes but I believe it was not a stab at arab nations, but rather the fact that the government touts it's push for less dependancy on foreign oil, and the media regularly associates this with the war in iraq.
besides, canada and mexico are just states anyways yeah?
That's because AOL is from the future. First they predicted that America would be entirely online. Next, they tracked down every single citizen, and their addresses between the years of 1996 and 2016. Using the United States Space-Time Parcel Service, they mailed trillions of cds out from 2054 to the end of the internet they flooded the market, beginning one month before the end of the internet and then moving backwards through time for two decades previous until they felt they had properly saturated the timeline with their program.
It's still unknown at this time if there is a connection between the name of the company, and the eventual domination (and subsequent termination) of American internet in the world market.
In late 2014 AOL, ADMATI, SonynVidia, and iMicroApple merged to form Skynet, which became a major funding body in the 2016 election.
I don't really see this as causing any major issues. It definitely hinders the "free knowledge for all" aspects of the guiding spirit of the development of the internet in the 90's. There comes a point, though, at which too many people are exposed to things, and when left unchecked, entire societies are affected by internet content. This is not inherently bad, but as they say, information is power. Those who control the information have the power.
Now here's an interesting dillema... Do we give unrestricted access to the internet, allowing anyone, good or bad, to have access to this power? Or do we censor, and potentially block someone bad from controlling the public?
I suppose the old saying still holds true though... "Those who would sacrifice privacy for security deserve neither."
Obviously he emigrated due to disagreements he had with the current government of Kashyyyk allowing companies such as the RIAAArrrarraaa or the MPAAAaaarrrrarar to run rampant within the vast loopholes of the law while they sit in their painted-in corner attempting to tie their hands behind their own back.
Whereas the Ewoks were developing their own music infrastructure within a program called iWok (which has an internal distribution service for various music genres such as Wok & Woll).
What operating system controls the majority of the internets? And what company owns that operating system?
I believe that "forever" is a bit of an exxageration. More like "Mirror it up to the point that Microsoft builds anti-theft controls into Windows" at which point they will just begin deleting the information they find to be in violation of whatever they think is correct.
Hey, I wonder if this sort of thing will actually hurt the illegal immigrant workforce, as these blacklisted folks will be competing for the same level jobs?
It was published in advance as a deterrent. Signal supression is not 100% effective, but because it's in the future, they can say right now that they will suppress all of it. This will trick the bad guys into thinking that it is pointless to attempt a signal detonation, and therefore more visible means of detonation will be attempted, making it easier to watch out for.
Not everyone working for the administration is stupid.
I am an American living in Germany, and surprisingly ICQ is very popular overseas.
The surprising part wasn't that it was used more than AIM, but that it took me an entire hour to realize it was because AIM is from AMERICA Online.
Anyways I have no basis for comparison and absolutely no time was spent studying this besides seeing my friends using it, but I'd venture to say it is the most popular IM client in Europe.
I remember on my camp in Kuwait, the TCNs (third-world country nationals) would come on to clean, and would also stop by our living quarters with a truck load of burned dvds and vcds for a few bucks a pop. And this was very often. I know it was even worse up in Iraq, with people ripping and burning movies to sell on the markets all the time.
So these other countries must be doing this in huge quantities to be on this list. It's rather impressive really.
So will this be a new target for identity theft? Someone steals info on a given demographic in a certain region and sells it to one of the running parties for a price. The people who don't vote wouldn't have any idea, and the people who do vote would know because they either would not be allowed to change their vote, or they would at least see that they voted in the past.
Hopefully they find something to verify their identities properly.
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I imagine a webcam video on youtube of him posting it to blogger.com
More than likely, they're spambots who accidentally filled out the registration form.
Coal mines were full of dangerous stuff too. That's why they used the canarys. Mining has never been a safe or clean business.
They raise the price on games. They raise the price on game systems. People buy the same amount of crap for more money.
And we're surprised that the market has produced higher spending numbers?
SMS on the Phune will be known as "spooging". You will be able to spooge on multiple numbers from your contact list at the same time!
So how long before this translates into the comm badges from Star Trek? Will I have to wear one of these things on my ACUs in Iraq?
Interesting implications as far as the warfighter is concerned. I can't really see any true benefits for the civilian sector though.
If this were a perfect representative democracy, we'd not have to worry about this. Basically they would say "The laws were too sketchy. We're going to make things very clear in favor of privacy, but with defined lines to allow the government to know exactly what it can and cannot do."
However with the past few years having been as bad as they were, I wouldn't be surprised if something similar to what you are suggesting comes true.
The link is here.
Heh. I'm not advocating the bans on violence by any stretch. I'm just saying maybe some good will come from this, such as an increase in the quality of other aspects of games.
Human beings are creative. When they want to do something, they will figure out how to get it done. If the law bans violence, we will figure out another way to get our kicks.
Maybe this will keep pieces of crap like "State Of Emergency" off the shelf, and will motivate Rockstar to do more with the GTA franchise than violence upgrades.
Last I checked it wasn't a series of wires...
You're right, it's actually more like a series of tubes.
yes but I believe it was not a stab at arab nations, but rather the fact that the government touts it's push for less dependancy on foreign oil, and the media regularly associates this with the war in iraq.
besides, canada and mexico are just states anyways yeah?
That's because AOL is from the future. First they predicted that America would be entirely online. Next, they tracked down every single citizen, and their addresses between the years of 1996 and 2016. Using the United States Space-Time Parcel Service, they mailed trillions of cds out from 2054 to the end of the internet they flooded the market, beginning one month before the end of the internet and then moving backwards through time for two decades previous until they felt they had properly saturated the timeline with their program.
It's still unknown at this time if there is a connection between the name of the company, and the eventual domination (and subsequent termination) of American internet in the world market.
In late 2014 AOL, ADMATI, SonynVidia, and iMicroApple merged to form Skynet, which became a major funding body in the 2016 election.
I don't really see this as causing any major issues. It definitely hinders the "free knowledge for all" aspects of the guiding spirit of the development of the internet in the 90's. There comes a point, though, at which too many people are exposed to things, and when left unchecked, entire societies are affected by internet content. This is not inherently bad, but as they say, information is power. Those who control the information have the power.
Now here's an interesting dillema... Do we give unrestricted access to the internet, allowing anyone, good or bad, to have access to this power? Or do we censor, and potentially block someone bad from controlling the public?
I suppose the old saying still holds true though... "Those who would sacrifice privacy for security deserve neither."
It really is a double edged blade, isn't it?
First it's Brain-controlled-computers. Next comes Computer-enhanced-brains.
And then we gotta deal with the hackers *sigh*
Obviously he emigrated due to disagreements he had with the current government of Kashyyyk allowing companies such as the RIAAArrrarraaa or the MPAAAaaarrrrarar to run rampant within the vast loopholes of the law while they sit in their painted-in corner attempting to tie their hands behind their own back.
Whereas the Ewoks were developing their own music infrastructure within a program called iWok (which has an internal distribution service for various music genres such as Wok & Woll).
What operating system controls the majority of the internets? And what company owns that operating system?
I believe that "forever" is a bit of an exxageration. More like "Mirror it up to the point that Microsoft builds anti-theft controls into Windows" at which point they will just begin deleting the information they find to be in violation of whatever they think is correct.
Hey, I wonder if this sort of thing will actually hurt the illegal immigrant workforce, as these blacklisted folks will be competing for the same level jobs?
When they begin making clothing of this stuff, I call dibs on being "Fred".
So perhaps gearing the Zune and Vista towards DRM was a bad move on Microsoft's part? Wow, I didn't see that coming.
It was published in advance as a deterrent. Signal supression is not 100% effective, but because it's in the future, they can say right now that they will suppress all of it. This will trick the bad guys into thinking that it is pointless to attempt a signal detonation, and therefore more visible means of detonation will be attempted, making it easier to watch out for.
Not everyone working for the administration is stupid.
I forsee nickelodeon making bank off the Spongebob implications.
I am an American living in Germany, and surprisingly ICQ is very popular overseas.
The surprising part wasn't that it was used more than AIM, but that it took me an entire hour to realize it was because AIM is from AMERICA Online.
Anyways I have no basis for comparison and absolutely no time was spent studying this besides seeing my friends using it, but I'd venture to say it is the most popular IM client in Europe.
I remember on my camp in Kuwait, the TCNs (third-world country nationals) would come on to clean, and would also stop by our living quarters with a truck load of burned dvds and vcds for a few bucks a pop. And this was very often. I know it was even worse up in Iraq, with people ripping and burning movies to sell on the markets all the time.
So these other countries must be doing this in huge quantities to be on this list. It's rather impressive really.
So will this be a new target for identity theft? Someone steals info on a given demographic in a certain region and sells it to one of the running parties for a price. The people who don't vote wouldn't have any idea, and the people who do vote would know because they either would not be allowed to change their vote, or they would at least see that they voted in the past.
Hopefully they find something to verify their identities properly.