What I don't get is how a refusal to trade is a "human rights" issue. Nobody has a "human right" to force someone else to sell things to them (or to force someone else to buy their stuff).
There might be valid complaints about the embargo, but "human rights" isn't one of them.
Did you try reading the article you linked? Here's the first paragraph:
One of the most popular ways to make use of Google Voice on Android has long been GrooveIP. This app was able to route voice calls on a device through Google's free IP call service. Google finally ended third-party access to Google Voice yesterday, but GrooveIP was ready with an alternative.
The statement "Google ended third-party access" means it quit working, and that it did so because of Google, not any of the third-party developers!
O RLY? Okay then, explain why Groove IP and ObiTalk's Google Voice integration quit working at the same time! Surely Groove IP, at least, didn't do it out of greed since they told people to stop using their app at the same time...
Also provide a link to this mysterious "GVoice+" APK, because despite my quite decent web searching skills I couldn't find it and I don't believe it actually exists.
(But seriously, the point is that that "women's committee" might have really been innocuous for all I know, but there's no way to tell just from the name.)
The US government simply has acted like any other employer, in that it is selective in who it hires. What do you want them to do?
I want them to be a whole lot more restricted in what they can do than "any other employer," because they're not "any other employer," they're a goddamn government!
Governments should be held to a much higher standard than any natural person or private organization. There is no such thing as "equal rights" for governments; governments have no rights. Governments are always "guilty until proven innocent." Governments should not defend themselves -- governments should be the people's bitch. It is entirely reasonable for a government to be summarily dissolved by the governed, for any reason or no reason, with no recourse or argument. Anything otherwise is tyranny!
Okay, so that was a bit over-the-top, but I trust you got my point. More specifically, while the government should be allowed to be selective in terms of who it hires based on competency, it should not be allowed to be selective based on race, gender, age, political affiliation, favorite color, preference for vi vs. emacs or any other non-job-competency-related basis whatsoever.
Alright, so since EVERYONE MUST answer "yes" to that question just on the off chance that some random acquaintance might have done something at some point... in that case, WTF is the point of bothering to ask the question?
Let me make the question a little clearer: "Have you ever belonged to an organization that is trying to kill me?"
According to you, that's none of my business.
The difference is that it's a government, and you're not. Natural persons have a right to live; governments do not. If [a critical mass of] people are trying to overthrow a government, it's probably because it's become tyrannical and therefore deserves to be overthrown!
(Before you try to tell me I'm wrong, you should note that the Declaration of Independence uses exactly the same argument.)
I advocated a "revolution" by absolute and unflinching non-participation in all government interactions.... For many reasons, this became a giant mess for me and I ended up a target. It started off quite subtle and juvenile... but ultimately ended up with things that I do not believe were legal to do to a person in the least.
You don't want to interact with government, but you want it to provide legal protection to you?
the Libertarians or the Greens, which have completely opposite views on almost every issue.
On the contrary, the Libertarians and Greens agree on several fundamental principles:
Free speech as an absolute right (i.e, no bullshit "free speech zones")
Strong support for other civil rights (much stronger than the Democrats or Republicans, which are both authoritarian)
Reduction in scope of Federal government / more localized control
Non-aggressive / less interventionist foreign policy
More inclusive ballot access / abolishment of rules that favor the two-party system
IMO, the two "major" parties have gone so far off the totalitarian/fascist deep end that the civil rights issue alone should be enough to sustain a Green-Libertarian coalition!
When enabling two-factor authentication, you should tell Google to send the SMS to your "real" phone number, not your Google Voice number. (However, I suppose if you picked e.g. Sprint's Google Voice integration then you're screwed...)
What's new is that the voice call feature only worked for iOS, not Android until now. Since they restricted the API, those of us who use Android devices have had to subscribe to a third-party VoIP service as a bridge.
This! I've actually been using Google Voice with VoIP and that exact T-Mobile plan since last fall. Google Voice + Talkatone (via the XMPP access) worked great until Google disabled it back in the spring, and Google Voice + CSipSimple + a cheap VoIP provider has worked somewhat less well since then. (I wish Google hadn't left people like me in the lurch, and had delayed disabling the API until this new Hangouts functionality was ready, but it's a free service so what are you gonna do...) Hangouts 2.3 isn't showing up in the Play Store for me yet, but I'm excited to see if it works at least as well as Talkatone did.
(However, I'll be keeping my third-party VoIP plan too, for now, since a) I prepaid for a year of service and b) I need it for my ObiHai ATA anyway.)
Nuclear power has already been tried on a merchant ship. The problem is the manpower to operate it just doesn't scale well to something as small as a ship.
Sure, when the reactor in question is operated using 1950s-era dials and valves and shit! But you'll have to do more to convince me that what you say still holds true today, with modern computer control.
The people deciding to bring the suit get paid either way. In fact, the existence of the suit is more "work" which therefore justifies a larger budget for their department (whether they win or lose).
The only way to fix it would be for the people in charge of the budget to withhold funding for frivolous lawsuits, but A) they don't really care anyway, B) separation of powers means they might not have the authority to decide which lawsuits are frivolous, and C) if they cut the prosecutors' budget they'd look "soft on crime" and lose the next election.
Electricity is fine for many things but you will not see an electric airliners or long haul truck anytime soon. I also do not see the US electrifying all of it's railways anytime soon.
I agree that electrifying the railways isn't likely to happen, but it would still be a good idea. I'd go so far as to say it would be a better idea than running long-haul trucks off of natural-gas-derived synthetic diesel. Heck, I'd even rather see the trains running off the synthetic diesel, just because the fuel economy is so much better.
Mojang actually hired some of the Bukkit developers, so they own at least part of it.
No it doesn't. It means that any future code they contribute while employed might be under Mojang's copyright as a "work for hire," but it doesn't mean the developers' previous contributions magically become Mojang's unless there's a separate copyright assignment agreement.
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I'm thinking Black Friday / Cyber Monday might be a good time to get a 4K monitor.
Hey, I know what you are thinking, there isn't any other options.. But that may not be exactly true. Where I live, even if you remove the two wire based options for ISPs, there are multiple wireless ISP's which cover my area.
Oh yes, that's true! I, for example, have a whopping three options at my house (near downtown Atlanta):
AT&T DSL (which doesn't work; my phone lines are too old)
Clear Wi-Max (which doesn't work; my house is halfway between two towers
Comcast cable (which is fast and reliable, but evil and has terrible customer service)
I'm using Comcast, under protest, as my last resort.
I'm absolutely certain there was something the TI-89 was not allowed to be used for, because I bought a TI-86 when entering high school and then a TI-89 when entering college for exactly that reason. If a TI-89 were allowed for everything in high school, then I would never have bought the TI-86. Admittedly, it might have been due to a state or local requirement, but nevertheless some requirement existed.
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What I don't get is how a refusal to trade is a "human rights" issue. Nobody has a "human right" to force someone else to sell things to them (or to force someone else to buy their stuff).
There might be valid complaints about the embargo, but "human rights" isn't one of them.
Did you try reading the article you linked? Here's the first paragraph:
The statement "Google ended third-party access" means it quit working, and that it did so because of Google, not any of the third-party developers!
How? By itself, it doesn't do VoIP.
O RLY? Okay then, explain why Groove IP and ObiTalk's Google Voice integration quit working at the same time! Surely Groove IP, at least, didn't do it out of greed since they told people to stop using their app at the same time...
Also provide a link to this mysterious "GVoice+" APK, because despite my quite decent web searching skills I couldn't find it and I don't believe it actually exists.
Yeah, it's almost as innocuous as the "National Socialist Workers' Party."
Oh, wait...
(But seriously, the point is that that "women's committee" might have really been innocuous for all I know, but there's no way to tell just from the name.)
I want them to be a whole lot more restricted in what they can do than "any other employer," because they're not "any other employer," they're a goddamn government!
Governments should be held to a much higher standard than any natural person or private organization. There is no such thing as "equal rights" for governments; governments have no rights. Governments are always "guilty until proven innocent." Governments should not defend themselves -- governments should be the people's bitch. It is entirely reasonable for a government to be summarily dissolved by the governed, for any reason or no reason, with no recourse or argument. Anything otherwise is tyranny!
Okay, so that was a bit over-the-top, but I trust you got my point. More specifically, while the government should be allowed to be selective in terms of who it hires based on competency, it should not be allowed to be selective based on race, gender, age, political affiliation, favorite color, preference for vi vs. emacs or any other non-job-competency-related basis whatsoever.
Alright, so since EVERYONE MUST answer "yes" to that question just on the off chance that some random acquaintance might have done something at some point... in that case, WTF is the point of bothering to ask the question?
Are you sure you aren't thinking of "libertarians?" Today's Republicans like fascism.
The difference is that it's a government, and you're not. Natural persons have a right to live; governments do not. If [a critical mass of] people are trying to overthrow a government, it's probably because it's become tyrannical and therefore deserves to be overthrown!
(Before you try to tell me I'm wrong, you should note that the Declaration of Independence uses exactly the same argument.)
You don't want to interact with government, but you want it to provide legal protection to you?
On the contrary, the Libertarians and Greens agree on several fundamental principles:
IMO, the two "major" parties have gone so far off the totalitarian/fascist deep end that the civil rights issue alone should be enough to sustain a Green-Libertarian coalition!
When enabling two-factor authentication, you should tell Google to send the SMS to your "real" phone number, not your Google Voice number. (However, I suppose if you picked e.g. Sprint's Google Voice integration then you're screwed...)
What's new is that the voice call feature only worked for iOS, not Android until now. Since they restricted the API, those of us who use Android devices have had to subscribe to a third-party VoIP service as a bridge.
This! I've actually been using Google Voice with VoIP and that exact T-Mobile plan since last fall. Google Voice + Talkatone (via the XMPP access) worked great until Google disabled it back in the spring, and Google Voice + CSipSimple + a cheap VoIP provider has worked somewhat less well since then. (I wish Google hadn't left people like me in the lurch, and had delayed disabling the API until this new Hangouts functionality was ready, but it's a free service so what are you gonna do...) Hangouts 2.3 isn't showing up in the Play Store for me yet, but I'm excited to see if it works at least as well as Talkatone did.
(However, I'll be keeping my third-party VoIP plan too, for now, since a) I prepaid for a year of service and b) I need it for my ObiHai ATA anyway.)
Sure, when the reactor in question is operated using 1950s-era dials and valves and shit! But you'll have to do more to convince me that what you say still holds true today, with modern computer control.
The people deciding to bring the suit get paid either way. In fact, the existence of the suit is more "work" which therefore justifies a larger budget for their department (whether they win or lose).
The only way to fix it would be for the people in charge of the budget to withhold funding for frivolous lawsuits, but A) they don't really care anyway, B) separation of powers means they might not have the authority to decide which lawsuits are frivolous, and C) if they cut the prosecutors' budget they'd look "soft on crime" and lose the next election.
I agree that electrifying the railways isn't likely to happen, but it would still be a good idea. I'd go so far as to say it would be a better idea than running long-haul trucks off of natural-gas-derived synthetic diesel. Heck, I'd even rather see the trains running off the synthetic diesel, just because the fuel economy is so much better.
Arrrrr, matey, that be debit port and credit starboard! Get it right or I'll make ye walk the plank!
No it doesn't. It means that any future code they contribute while employed might be under Mojang's copyright as a "work for hire," but it doesn't mean the developers' previous contributions magically become Mojang's unless there's a separate copyright assignment agreement.
I'm thinking Black Friday / Cyber Monday might be a good time to get a 4K monitor.
Oh yes, that's true! I, for example, have a whopping three options at my house (near downtown Atlanta):
I'm using Comcast, under protest, as my last resort.
You may be right! Maybe it was the TI-92 that wasn't allowed (because of the QWERTY keyboard), and the TI-86 was the next model down at the time.
Yeah, it makes me sad that gmail isn't free for custom domains (I think it used to be, but I missed out on it).
This is why if you're a freelancer, you should have your own domain.
I'm absolutely certain there was something the TI-89 was not allowed to be used for, because I bought a TI-86 when entering high school and then a TI-89 when entering college for exactly that reason. If a TI-89 were allowed for everything in high school, then I would never have bought the TI-86. Admittedly, it might have been due to a state or local requirement, but nevertheless some requirement existed.