If you put something on your myspace page, it is publicly accessible. Therefore by definition, you have no right to privacy concerning this item. What is the actual issue here?
Very very insightful. I couldn't agree more. American business culture simply does not reward risk-taking anymore. Look at what most public companies are spending their cash on right now: share price pumping, ie. stock buybacks. Is there no better use for that capital?
Is anyone else getting a little sick of these patent infringment stories? Its now common knowledge that you can't build anything in the United States without some IP leech suing you, so is this really even a big deal anymore? We all know the eventual result of this: either more products will be invented in other countries or the only things that will be made in the U.S. anymore will be by companies that have a large legal budget, which I'm sure Intel does. Stories like this will become small insignificant news.
That's marketroid speak for "protecting our revenue stream from you". Many companies use this. Notice the wording of the annual letters from your cable company announcing the latest rate increase. They never say "we're raising rates because we can". They say "we're introducing these exciting new cable packages" and leave it up to you to figure out that if you want to keep getting what you've been getting you'll be paying $5 more a month.
Most shady people who would sell others' information would not care about being fired from some $7.50/hr call center job. Prosecution is not a big threat either, as rare as it is for people to be aggressively prosecuted for data theft. This is true no matter what country the call center operates in. It's just what will inevitably happen when you farm out important corporate operations to the lowest bidder. Of course they will take shortcuts and of course there will be shady people willing to exploit the situation. The only thing surprising about this article is that people didn't realize the potential for these problems a lot sooner. And the only thing that surprises me about fraud is that it isn't more common, as easy as it is to do. All it takes to succeed is a little common sense is a complete lack of morals.
Based on what I've been hearing about Vista, when I get my next computer I'm going to remove it and install XP. I haven't seen one even slightly good reason why I should use Vista. And I bet that new computer will be lightning fast on XP since it will have been designed for bloated Vista. I think this is the route most corporations will take, and the only "sales" of Vista will be with new machines. This revenue would have otherwise been generated by XP, making Vista a huge loss for Microsoft.
From what I've heard about Vista, Microsoft won't have to worry much about piracy. It will suck so bad nobody will want it, free or otherwise. Seriously, why not just stick with XP?
The Arab world could care less about the Palestinians. They consider them to be subhuman but use them to fight a proxy war against Israel. They will never let a Palestinian in to another Arab nation, and will do everything they can to keep them in squalid refugee camps. Poverty and hopelessness makes them feel they have no other choice than to blow themselves up among Israelis, which is what other Arabs want. Notice whenever an Arab nation sends aid to Palestinians, its mostly weapons with minimal humanitarian supplies. Do Arab nations want a functioning economy for Palestinians? Hell no.
The only hope seems to emerge from Islamists. I don't condone their methods nor do I agree with their agenda but I do know they're the only ones who can make a change. If it's for the worse, then be it! As long as they show some resistance to Bush&co, I'll vote for them any time.
Does the "Arab street" really believe the average American is dumb enough to believe that line of shit? When you vote for suicide bombers, I'll vote for those who support nuking your country.
My suggestion is a novel one: quit being such a pansy! Just don't fly at all. I sure wouldn't want to be forced to sit next to you on even a 2 hour flight, listening to you scream every time the plane hits a bump.
The poster you are replying to never said terrorists shouldn't be treated like human beings. He merely said they (correctly) don't qualify for Geneva protections. Read the document and see.
Have you ever READ the Geneva Conventions? They apply to uniformed soldiers of signing nations. NOT random terrorists. When did Al Quaeda ever sign the conventions? I'm really sick of people who keep ranting about this issue without even knowing what it applies to.
Companies that think like this (and there are a lot of them) are doomed in the long term. Nothing innovative or truly successful can be produced in this kind of environment and soon their competitors will be doing the same thing for less. What will they fall back on then?
Stockholders want to hear current buzzwords. Apparently "revenue stream" is not one of them, but "social networking" is. This explains why every idiot with some spare cash that wants to create a Web 2.0 business decides they're going to make it big on "social networking" without really understanding what its about or why it would succeed.
David Boies is very interesting, in that he is a high profile LOSING attorney. His biggest cases have ended in a loss for his side, but somehow he is highly regarded.
I don't think very many people would consider this cheating at all. Why would some professor think he can control how people do their homework outside of the classroom anyway? The answer you turn in is still your own, and collaborative thought was used to help each person come up with something. It would be a different story if one person did the work and gave/sold it to everyone else to just turn in a copy with their name on it.
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If you put something on your myspace page, it is publicly accessible. Therefore by definition, you have no right to privacy concerning this item. What is the actual issue here?
Very very insightful. I couldn't agree more. American business culture simply does not reward risk-taking anymore. Look at what most public companies are spending their cash on right now: share price pumping, ie. stock buybacks. Is there no better use for that capital?
Yup. Just like Michael Moore is now rotting away in prison for making a movie critical of the Bush administration.
This is one of those "problems" that costs a lot more to solve than to just deal with. Who cares if your LCDs are costing you $5 a year to power?
It worked for Germany for a certain period in the mid-1900s.
Is anyone else getting a little sick of these patent infringment stories? Its now common knowledge that you can't build anything in the United States without some IP leech suing you, so is this really even a big deal anymore? We all know the eventual result of this: either more products will be invented in other countries or the only things that will be made in the U.S. anymore will be by companies that have a large legal budget, which I'm sure Intel does. Stories like this will become small insignificant news.
And why was I moderated Troll, twice, for making what I think is a valid point? Disagreement does not equal trolling.
You must be new here.
Most states don't.
That's marketroid speak for "protecting our revenue stream from you". Many companies use this. Notice the wording of the annual letters from your cable company announcing the latest rate increase. They never say "we're raising rates because we can". They say "we're introducing these exciting new cable packages" and leave it up to you to figure out that if you want to keep getting what you've been getting you'll be paying $5 more a month.
Most shady people who would sell others' information would not care about being fired from some $7.50/hr call center job. Prosecution is not a big threat either, as rare as it is for people to be aggressively prosecuted for data theft. This is true no matter what country the call center operates in. It's just what will inevitably happen when you farm out important corporate operations to the lowest bidder. Of course they will take shortcuts and of course there will be shady people willing to exploit the situation. The only thing surprising about this article is that people didn't realize the potential for these problems a lot sooner. And the only thing that surprises me about fraud is that it isn't more common, as easy as it is to do. All it takes to succeed is a little common sense is a complete lack of morals.
Based on what I've been hearing about Vista, when I get my next computer I'm going to remove it and install XP. I haven't seen one even slightly good reason why I should use Vista. And I bet that new computer will be lightning fast on XP since it will have been designed for bloated Vista. I think this is the route most corporations will take, and the only "sales" of Vista will be with new machines. This revenue would have otherwise been generated by XP, making Vista a huge loss for Microsoft.
From what I've heard about Vista, Microsoft won't have to worry much about piracy. It will suck so bad nobody will want it, free or otherwise. Seriously, why not just stick with XP?
Some asshole will probably find a way to use this sound as his ringtone!
The Arab world could care less about the Palestinians. They consider them to be subhuman but use them to fight a proxy war against Israel. They will never let a Palestinian in to another Arab nation, and will do everything they can to keep them in squalid refugee camps. Poverty and hopelessness makes them feel they have no other choice than to blow themselves up among Israelis, which is what other Arabs want. Notice whenever an Arab nation sends aid to Palestinians, its mostly weapons with minimal humanitarian supplies. Do Arab nations want a functioning economy for Palestinians? Hell no.
I never said I'd vote for suicide bombers.
Oh really?
The only hope seems to emerge from Islamists. I don't condone their methods nor do I agree with their agenda but I do know they're the only ones who can make a change. If it's for the worse, then be it! As long as they show some resistance to Bush&co, I'll vote for them any time.
Bullshit.
Does the "Arab street" really believe the average American is dumb enough to believe that line of shit? When you vote for suicide bombers, I'll vote for those who support nuking your country.
My suggestion is a novel one: quit being such a pansy! Just don't fly at all. I sure wouldn't want to be forced to sit next to you on even a 2 hour flight, listening to you scream every time the plane hits a bump.
The poster you are replying to never said terrorists shouldn't be treated like human beings. He merely said they (correctly) don't qualify for Geneva protections. Read the document and see.
Have you ever READ the Geneva Conventions? They apply to uniformed soldiers of signing nations. NOT random terrorists. When did Al Quaeda ever sign the conventions? I'm really sick of people who keep ranting about this issue without even knowing what it applies to.
What do you think Slashdot would look like if trolls were able to post images directly in their post? Remember the days of constant goatse trolls?
Companies that think like this (and there are a lot of them) are doomed in the long term. Nothing innovative or truly successful can be produced in this kind of environment and soon their competitors will be doing the same thing for less. What will they fall back on then?
Stockholders want to hear current buzzwords. Apparently "revenue stream" is not one of them, but "social networking" is. This explains why every idiot with some spare cash that wants to create a Web 2.0 business decides they're going to make it big on "social networking" without really understanding what its about or why it would succeed.
David Boies is very interesting, in that he is a high profile LOSING attorney. His biggest cases have ended in a loss for his side, but somehow he is highly regarded.
Do Macs still go "eeep!"?
I don't think very many people would consider this cheating at all. Why would some professor think he can control how people do their homework outside of the classroom anyway? The answer you turn in is still your own, and collaborative thought was used to help each person come up with something. It would be a different story if one person did the work and gave/sold it to everyone else to just turn in a copy with their name on it.