In Germany, the supreme court has ruled that if a basic right can only be excercised in a way that the person exercising this right would feel monitored, threatened or otherwise limited while exercising that particular basic right in such a way that that person may decide not to exercise that basic right at all, then this is identical to an illegal takeway of such a basic right and therefore illegal.
You don't always have the right to refuse to do business. For example, you can't refuse to do business because of someone's race, religion, etc. Also, as others have pointed out, when you are monopoly you have to prove a clear reason to not do business, e.g. the person in question has the credit history from hell.
And a responsible person never gets his car stolen?
And for your information, not all guns are designed to kill something (or someone). Olympic class target pistols, while capable of killing, make piss-poor assassination tools.
I see too many "do it yourself" answers. This doesn't answer the question and falsely assumes the person wants to host his own email.
Question: Can someone suggest a good mechanic for my Chrysler Sebring JX? One who does good work and won't rip me off?.
Slashdot Answer: Spend a bunch of money on tools and buy a good book on autorepair. Next, spend hours every day tickering under the hood. Be careful that you don't completely screw up the pwer brake system and end up driving your family over a cliff.
This is a bullshit answer. What if I don't want to spend the time and resources to host my own email (or fix my car). I might have better things to do with my time.
They should be paid extra for simply being on call, whether they are called or not. This adds the further incentive to make the system as bullet-proof as possible since they still get the extra money. (kharma whoring on) Obviously, a non-Microsoft mail server would be a requirement (kharma whoring off).
Personally, I wouldn't take a job that required me to answer a page at odd hours without a guarantee of extra pay.
How about an automated signature program that randomaly attaches something like this to each email you send out:
DeCSS #1: blah blah
Where the number is the line number from the source code and the following text is the single line of source code.
To screw them even more, don't change it randomly. Always send out the same line, that way you can't be accused of releasing the code. Just image their lawyers arguing that you are an evil hacker because your signature is:
The so-called Robot Wars do not involve a single proper robot. They are all directed by radio controls.
A true robot would be let loose in the ring and would need to survive solely on its contruction and internal programming. Do a poor job of debugging and watch your robot suffer a system crash, a rather embarassing way to lose.
The Lego Mindstorm Robot competitions involve real robots. They may not have chainsaws and flamethrowers, but some rather slick programming is needed to win.
The RobotWar creatures are very cool, but they aren't robots.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Nobody gave us rights. The rights enumerated in the Constitition are rights we are born with. Your kind of thinking is exactly why the Framers of the Constitution felt it necessary to include the 9th Amendment.
I agree 100%. In most cases, how something is done is unimportant so long as it is always done that way.
One of the annoying details in Windows is how to do a search. Sometimes it is F3, sometimes Ctrl-F, sometimes Alt-S. Damn it! I don't care which one it is, so long as it is ALWAYS the same thing.
The ONLY purpose of a UI such as X or Windows is to provide a consistent interface to the user. If it fails in that it doesn't matter how good it looks, or how stable the OS is (and I'm of the school that does not confuse the UI with the OS).
Graphics are not a requirement for a good UI. Always using "--help" to bring up help on switches and supporting "info name" makes for a friendly environment. I'm new to Linux, but knowing these to features are available makes the learning curve a little less steep.
It's a known fact that information wants to be free
No it doesn't. Information doesn't have a mind or a will. YOU want information to be free.
When you encrypt something, whether it's your email or your grocery list, you are taking away that information's "freedom", and what's more, other people's rights to that information.
Why do you insist on giving information human charactaristics? You can not take away information's freedom. You can only take away a person's freedom to view information. I have a right to keep my information from you. This includes my email, my bank account, my medical records, and whatever else is mine.
open access to everything, at all times.
Even my personal information? That's none of your business! If this is the true intent of the Free Software Movement, then I will oppose it in every way possible.
But what about state secrets and military information, you ask? Without them, there is no need for the military: all nations will know what each other is planning, and all will be too afraid to act without the element of surprise
Only in your little dreamworld. Even the lack of surprise has never stopped war.
What you describe is a world similar to David Brin's Earth. The world describe in that novel was rather frightening. Sort of an 1984 meets the New Age. A world I would take up arms to prevent.
What's the difference between an American and a Brit? An American CITIZEN has rights that can not be taken. A Brit is a SUBJECT of the Crown. As such, you are not qualified to discuss the issue of freedom.
Your limited rights were granted by your government and can be taken away at any time (can you say "Crypto"). An American has inaliable rights that were endowed by our Creator (and I'm not even a Christian). They can not be taken away, only supressed (thus, the need for the 2nd Amend.).
Yes, I am somewhat bothered that just about anyone can own a gun. But it's better than the alternative. A right you desire for yourself must be extended to everyone. I can not insist on free speech for myself but not for the nazi fucks that I find repulsive.
Personally, I think English football should be banned. Look how often hooligans (sp?) cause riots at matches. It's simply too dangerous to allow footballs out in the general public.
A month ago my wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I told her I would love a Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention Set, but recommended against getting me one for several reasons:
1. They are too expensive. 2. I would spend far too much time playing with it. 3. I would want to by more stuff for it, thus agrevating the expense problem.
I was completely surprised when I received one on Christmas morning (my wife spoils me!). I spent four hours that day playing with it, prooving point 2. The next day I went to the book store and purchased my first book, hinting at point 3. She knows it will only get worse. Last night she caught me online looking at the Lego catalog. There are more sensors available, and I could always use an extra motor, and a remote control would be very handy...
I may be looking for a new place to live in a couple of months.
The White House becoming involved in the Microsoft case would be a clear violation of the Constitution, specifically, Article III.
The powers of the President are clearly stated in Article II. Nowhere does it state the president "shall have the power to interfere with the judical branch in the quest for justice."
Elected officials ignorant of the Supreme Law of the Land? This can't be true!
I met Pamut (her nickname)online via Yahoo Personals. I was in San Francisco, she was in Budapest, Hungary. For months we were online together whenever possible until finally I flew to Budapest to meet her. A few days later we married. This did not end our online romance as she could not return to the U.S. with me (immigration laws being what they are). Seven more months of the limitations of the internet and the occassional phone call (you should see some of my phone bills!) went by before she could move here permanently. We have been physically together since August and could not be happier.
I've always said Linux would go nowhere if a simplified installation and configuration method was not developed, something along the lines of InstallShield. I may not be very knowledgeable in Linux, but I do know software deployment on the Windows environment.
Our clients are not computer experts. Half the time they can barely boot the damn things up - expecting any of them to do any manual configuring is out of the question. Even if they were knowledgeable enough to do it, why shoud they? They pay us big bucks to solve their computing problems. A simple installation is just part of the package.
And no, they will not look at the README. No they will not manually enter anything into a configuration file. And no, they will not look up what switches to use to unpack a tar ball. The most we can expect them to do is double click on "setup".
And this is how it should be. They are computer USERS. Let me repeat that word. USERS! They want to use their computer as a tool. Just like most of you can not rebuild your car engine, they do not care about the internal workings of the operating system. They want the program installed without having to know ANYTHING about their computer. They want it to create pretty little icons that will launch their programs.
Let's face it. Most users are idiots. We don't want them mucking about with the internals.
Finally, just because a feature is in MS Windows does not make it bad. Microsoft has stolen the best ideas from other operating systems. Someday they might even figure out how to get it to work!
I'm also an "older" programmer (40) who spent far too many years in the game industry. My experience mirrors closely this essay. The hours were too long, the pay too little, and job stability was nonexistent.
I would work 12 hour days, six days a week. They wanted me to work longer and seven days a week, but I refused. I needed a little time to sleep and wash my clothes! There is something wrong in an industry when it is not considered unusual that you keep a sleeping bag and several changes of clothes under your desk!
These conditions were the result of the competitive nature of the business. Most games were "outsourced" to small shops by the big names. The only way you could get a contract was by under bidding the other guys in both cost and time. This meant the small shop could not afford to hire enough programmers and artists to do the job properly, resulting in the long hours and a hastily shipped (incomplete) product.
Now I work on software for finance managers (stock brokers, etc.). I work normal hours, have great benefits, and don't worry about losing my job because the project was killed.
Taxing email would be a violation of the 1st Ammendment of the Constitution (free speech).
Postage for a letter is not a tax, it's the price for a service (and a very reasonable price, in my opinion). Since the government is not involved in the delivery of email, they can not charge a fee.
Using the argument that this is a wonderful educational tool for my daughter, I think I've convinced my wife that we should purchase a set. Or she's just pretending to believe me because she knows how much I love gadgets.:)
When I am too old to play with LEGO, just put me in a box and bury me, I'm dead.
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Wow. What an incredible piece of common sense!
You don't always have the right to refuse to do business. For example, you can't refuse to do business because of someone's race, religion, etc. Also, as others have pointed out, when you are monopoly you have to prove a clear reason to not do business, e.g. the person in question has the credit history from hell.
And a responsible person never gets his car stolen?
And for your information, not all guns are designed to kill something (or someone). Olympic class target pistols, while capable of killing, make piss-poor assassination tools.
I see too many "do it yourself" answers. This doesn't answer the question and falsely assumes the person wants to host his own email.
Question: Can someone suggest a good mechanic for my Chrysler Sebring JX? One who does good work and won't rip me off?.
Slashdot Answer: Spend a bunch of money on tools and buy a good book on autorepair. Next, spend hours every day tickering under the hood. Be careful that you don't completely screw up the pwer brake system and end up driving your family over a cliff.
This is a bullshit answer. What if I don't want to spend the time and resources to host my own email (or fix my car). I might have better things to do with my time.
They should be paid extra for simply being on call, whether they are called or not. This adds the further incentive to make the system as bullet-proof as possible since they still get the extra money. (kharma whoring on) Obviously, a non-Microsoft mail server would be a requirement (kharma whoring off).
Personally, I wouldn't take a job that required me to answer a page at odd hours without a guarantee of extra pay.
Can your changes be introduced as new evidence in an appeal?
Absolutely not. New evidence can not be introduced in the appeal. There are exceptions, e.g. DNA evidence in a murder appeal, but they are rare.
FYI: IANAL
How about an automated signature program that randomaly attaches something like this to each email you send out:
DeCSS #1: blah blah
Where the number is the line number from the source code and the following text is the single line of source code.
To screw them even more, don't change it randomly. Always send out the same line, that way you can't be accused of releasing the code. Just image their lawyers arguing that you are an evil hacker because your signature is:
DeCSS #10: {
The so-called Robot Wars do not involve a single proper robot. They are all directed by radio controls.
A true robot would be let loose in the ring and would need to survive solely on its contruction and internal programming. Do a poor job of debugging and watch your robot suffer a system crash, a rather embarassing way to lose.
The Lego Mindstorm Robot competitions involve real robots. They may not have chainsaws and flamethrowers, but some rather slick programming is needed to win.
The RobotWar creatures are very cool, but they aren't robots.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Nobody gave us rights. The rights enumerated in the Constitition are rights we are born with. Your kind of thinking is exactly why the Framers of the Constitution felt it necessary to include the 9th Amendment.
I suggest you read the Constitution and the Bill of rights.
I agree 100%. In most cases, how something is done is unimportant so long as it is always done that way.
One of the annoying details in Windows is how to do a search. Sometimes it is F3, sometimes Ctrl-F, sometimes Alt-S. Damn it! I don't care which one it is, so long as it is ALWAYS the same thing.
The ONLY purpose of a UI such as X or Windows is to provide a consistent interface to the user. If it fails in that it doesn't matter how good it looks, or how stable the OS is (and I'm of the school that does not confuse the UI with the OS).
Graphics are not a requirement for a good UI. Always using "--help" to bring up help on switches and supporting "info name" makes for a friendly environment. I'm new to Linux, but knowing these to features are available makes the learning curve a little less steep.
No it doesn't. Information doesn't have a mind or a will. YOU want information to be free.
Why do you insist on giving information human charactaristics? You can not take away information's freedom. You can only take away a person's freedom to view information. I have a right to keep my information from you. This includes my email, my bank account, my medical records, and whatever else is mine.
Even my personal information? That's none of your business! If this is the true intent of the Free Software Movement, then I will oppose it in every way possible.
Only in your little dreamworld. Even the lack of surprise has never stopped war.
What you describe is a world similar to David Brin's Earth. The world describe in that novel was rather frightening. Sort of an 1984 meets the New Age. A world I would take up arms to prevent.
What's the difference between an American and a Brit? An American CITIZEN has rights that can not be taken. A Brit is a SUBJECT of the Crown. As such, you are not qualified to discuss the issue of freedom.
Your limited rights were granted by your government and can be taken away at any time (can you say "Crypto"). An American has inaliable rights that were endowed by our Creator (and I'm not even a Christian). They can not be taken away, only supressed (thus, the need for the 2nd Amend.).
Yes, I am somewhat bothered that just about anyone can own a gun. But it's better than the alternative. A right you desire for yourself must be extended to everyone. I can not insist on free speech for myself but not for the nazi fucks that I find repulsive.
Personally, I think English football should be banned. Look how often hooligans (sp?) cause riots at matches. It's simply too dangerous to allow footballs out in the general public.
A month ago my wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I told her I would love a Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention Set, but recommended against getting me one for several reasons:
1. They are too expensive.
2. I would spend far too much time playing with it.
3. I would want to by more stuff for it, thus agrevating the expense problem.
I was completely surprised when I received one on Christmas morning (my wife spoils me!). I spent four hours that day playing with it, prooving point 2. The next day I went to the book store and purchased my first book, hinting at point 3. She knows it will only get worse. Last night she caught me online looking at the Lego catalog. There are more sensors available, and I could always use an extra motor, and a remote control would be very handy...
I may be looking for a new place to live in a couple of months.
The White House becoming involved in the Microsoft case would be a clear violation of the Constitution, specifically, Article III.
The powers of the President are clearly stated in Article II. Nowhere does it state the president "shall have the power to interfere with the judical branch in the quest for justice."
Elected officials ignorant of the Supreme Law of the Land? This can't be true!
I met Pamut (her nickname)online via Yahoo Personals. I was in San Francisco, she was in Budapest, Hungary. For months we were online together whenever possible until finally I flew to Budapest to meet her. A few days later we married. This did not end our online romance as she could not return to the U.S. with me (immigration laws being what they are). Seven more months of the limitations of the internet and the occassional phone call (you should see some of my phone bills!) went by before she could move here permanently. We have been physically together since August and could not be happier.
I've always said Linux would go nowhere if a simplified installation and configuration method was not developed, something along the lines of InstallShield. I may not be very knowledgeable in Linux, but I do know software deployment on the Windows environment.
Our clients are not computer experts. Half the time they can barely boot the damn things up - expecting any of them to do any manual configuring is out of the question. Even if they were knowledgeable enough to do it, why shoud they? They pay us big bucks to solve their computing problems. A simple installation is just part of the package.
And no, they will not look at the README. No they will not manually enter anything into a configuration file. And no, they will not look up what switches to use to unpack a tar ball. The most we can expect them to do is double click on "setup".
And this is how it should be. They are computer USERS. Let me repeat that word. USERS! They want to use their computer as a tool. Just like most of you can not rebuild your car engine, they do not care about the internal workings of the operating system. They want the program installed without having to know ANYTHING about their computer. They want it to create pretty little icons that will launch their programs.
Let's face it. Most users are idiots. We don't want them mucking about with the internals.
Finally, just because a feature is in MS Windows does not make it bad. Microsoft has stolen the best ideas from other operating systems. Someday they might even figure out how to get it to work!
I'm also an "older" programmer (40) who spent far too many years in the game industry. My experience mirrors closely this essay. The hours were too long, the pay too little, and job stability was nonexistent.
I would work 12 hour days, six days a week. They wanted me to work longer and seven days a week, but I refused. I needed a little time to sleep and wash my clothes! There is something wrong in an industry when it is not considered unusual that you keep a sleeping bag and several changes of clothes under your desk!
These conditions were the result of the competitive nature of the business. Most games were "outsourced" to small shops by the big names. The only way you could get a contract was by under bidding the other guys in both cost and time. This meant the small shop could not afford to hire enough programmers and artists to do the job properly, resulting in the long hours and a hastily shipped (incomplete) product.
Now I work on software for finance managers (stock brokers, etc.). I work normal hours, have great benefits, and don't worry about losing my job because the project was killed.
Taxing email would be a violation of the 1st Ammendment of the Constitution (free speech).
Postage for a letter is not a tax, it's the price for a service (and a very reasonable price, in my opinion). Since the government is not involved in the delivery of email, they can not charge a fee.
Using the argument that this is a wonderful educational tool for my daughter, I think I've convinced my wife that we should purchase a set. Or she's just pretending to believe me because she knows how much I love gadgets. :)
When I am too old to play with LEGO, just put me in a box and bury me, I'm dead.