By your logic, a photo of you under a non-commercial Creative Commons license that is none-the-less used in a commercial activity should be responded to by a criminal investigation and prosecution for rape.
Correct. Even if he prevails, he loses. Any future date or employer or friend or other associate that ever googles his name until the end of time will see this disgusting accusation tied to his name at the top of the results and there's nothing he can do about it.
On the other hand, if you're a woman, you can rape children all you want and even have children with them and marry then when they grow up and then exploit your child-raping notoriety by hosting "Hot for Teacher" nights at local clubs alongside the guy you raped when he was a child. And instead of labeling you as a pariah and an evil villian who should rot in prison, you're called "America's hottest cougar" while you make cash signing autographs and selling merchandise.
Of course, that's only if you're at least a mildly attractive woman. If you're ugly, then we treat you like the criminal you are. Well, not like the criminal you are, but like a criminal that stole a candy bar or something and must be punished with a typically light sentence.
Don't forget another trend in America: Child abuse of all types is okay, as long as it's against your own child. If you smack someone's kid around or touch them inappropriately, you rightfully find yourself in court and maybe prison. Do it to your own child and you are sentence to counseling sessions with a therapist.
And to keep in line with ignorant idiots like Vivek Kundra (National CIO) who talk in meaningless non-sense phrases and don't know what they're talking about and approve $20mm Drupal websites that are half broken, the certification will be $50,000 per person and re-certification every two years will be another $25,000. And practicing technology services without a certification will be punishable by five years in prison.
Now that they don't need a warrant to wire tap, they want the actual process of executing the wire tap to be just as mindlessly easy and convenient. After all, why shouldn't it be? As it stands, there is absolutely zero value given to civil liberties and especially privacy so why put any hurdles between them and the people they want to violate? Hell, maybe once there is truly zero impedance from A to Z in tapping anyone at any time for any reason, immediately and without effort . . . just maybe people will get pissed enough that they attack the real problem, which isn't making sure it's difficult for them to execute on the technical end, but very difficult to acquire tapping rights on the legal end, to begin with.
"We live in a time when national security is the highest priority, but it must be delicately balanced with personal privacy"
Calling it a delicate balance is a sleazy way of excusing any violations by suggesting that it's such a difficult fine line that nobody could be expected to do the right thing, all the time. There is no delicate balance. Personal privacy and liberty must always trump security, for without privacy and liberty, there's nothing worth securing. There's no point in protecting a bank vault that has already been looted of everything.
Also. A corrections officer in a prison. Hardly in a position to be trading secrets with Iran or Osama.
I don't think it should be a point of accomplishment that 99% of the country is connected to a low speed option. In most cases, our highest speed wired broadband connections are slower than the slowest wireless (4G) connections available in other countries. Especially since it's the result of us paying for the lines and then handing them over to monopolies for whom it is in their best interest to hold back and artificially restrict service capacities.
At the same time, the map shows (*shock*!) that the denser an area's population, the greater the broadband penetration (of course, you're still only left with ONE option, no matter how dense the population is in your area). If you're way out in the fucking middle of nowhere and you don't get broadband internet, you probably also may not get cable television. Or be connected to a city sewer line. Or have a robust library system. That's what you get when you live in the middle of nowhere and that's why people tend to congregate in bigger cities. You know, where you can get stuff.
What are you viewing it in? I don't think it's slashdotted. It just doesn't work in Firefox or Chrome (it'll load the header and then all you'll get is a blank page with a single horizontal rule at the top).
Yep. For $200,000,000, you'd think it could at least work on something other than MSIE. Enormous government waste to document enormous government waste. Go figure.
I don't know about that. Most gamers may be around 34 years old, but most 34 year olds do not game. And the attitude about gaming being "for kids" isn't going to change any time soon, considering you are constantly hearing kids and teens on XBOX Live surprised when they're playing against guys that are in their late 20s or 30s or even 40s. Their attitude is very often "wait, why are you still playing games when you're 30?" as if it's equivalent to a 30 year old still playing with action figures or dolls.
You're naive if you think you're not going to be hassled just as much and experience just as much inconvenience with the train system as you do with the air system. The only difference is that on top of all the hassle, you'll be traveling in a much slower fashion. But you'll feel "oh so continental".
Yes, America needs to catch up to the rest of the world for an overhyped shitty form of travel (when adjusting for expense, frequency of use, and convenience).
High speed rail is a corporate welfare joke. We already have rail in this country that nobody cares about. High speed rail will be expensive and slow. Yeah, it goes 250mph when unimpeded. Guess what? It's not doing that most of the time. It is a ridiculous and expensive "investment" (welfare). They can build it. Nobody will ride it. Except in specific sections of the northeast of the country, where rail travel has an unusual popularity.
I like how the author calls them "scientists" and "professors". Of what? Where is their degree? There is no actual suggestion or evidence that these guys are anything but a couple of crazy fucks screwing around with random shit in their back yard like some crazy junk-yard collector who thinks he's making a giant communication device to the space aliens hiding behind the moon.
Don't worry, the fact that the story is completely fucking stupid won't keep our tax-supported "national-treasure" from wasting an hour reporting on it in a near whisper-voice that puts you to sleep.
Really? If they got Comcast and Sprint/AT&T to shut down service, that would pretty much cut off the entire state that I'm in. Are you up for traveling hundreds of miles to get to that "competing" service provider during some sort of a major national event?
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By your logic, a photo of you under a non-commercial Creative Commons license that is none-the-less used in a commercial activity should be responded to by a criminal investigation and prosecution for rape.
Correct. Even if he prevails, he loses. Any future date or employer or friend or other associate that ever googles his name until the end of time will see this disgusting accusation tied to his name at the top of the results and there's nothing he can do about it.
I say bull to this. I'm in exactly the same boat - happily married with a toddler girl.
THAT IS DISGUSTING.
On the other hand, if you're a woman, you can rape children all you want and even have children with them and marry then when they grow up and then exploit your child-raping notoriety by hosting "Hot for Teacher" nights at local clubs alongside the guy you raped when he was a child. And instead of labeling you as a pariah and an evil villian who should rot in prison, you're called "America's hottest cougar" while you make cash signing autographs and selling merchandise.
Of course, that's only if you're at least a mildly attractive woman. If you're ugly, then we treat you like the criminal you are. Well, not like the criminal you are, but like a criminal that stole a candy bar or something and must be punished with a typically light sentence.
Don't forget another trend in America: Child abuse of all types is okay, as long as it's against your own child. If you smack someone's kid around or touch them inappropriately, you rightfully find yourself in court and maybe prison. Do it to your own child and you are sentence to counseling sessions with a therapist.
And to keep in line with ignorant idiots like Vivek Kundra (National CIO) who talk in meaningless non-sense phrases and don't know what they're talking about and approve $20mm Drupal websites that are half broken, the certification will be $50,000 per person and re-certification every two years will be another $25,000. And practicing technology services without a certification will be punishable by five years in prison.
Now that they don't need a warrant to wire tap, they want the actual process of executing the wire tap to be just as mindlessly easy and convenient. After all, why shouldn't it be? As it stands, there is absolutely zero value given to civil liberties and especially privacy so why put any hurdles between them and the people they want to violate? Hell, maybe once there is truly zero impedance from A to Z in tapping anyone at any time for any reason, immediately and without effort . . . just maybe people will get pissed enough that they attack the real problem, which isn't making sure it's difficult for them to execute on the technical end, but very difficult to acquire tapping rights on the legal end, to begin with.
Of course, by then, it's probably also too late.
"We live in a time when national security is the highest priority, but it must be delicately balanced with personal privacy"
Calling it a delicate balance is a sleazy way of excusing any violations by suggesting that it's such a difficult fine line that nobody could be expected to do the right thing, all the time. There is no delicate balance. Personal privacy and liberty must always trump security, for without privacy and liberty, there's nothing worth securing. There's no point in protecting a bank vault that has already been looted of everything.
Also. A corrections officer in a prison. Hardly in a position to be trading secrets with Iran or Osama.
Weren't we just on Chrome 1.0 like . . . 18 months ago?
As do people who believe in numerology and astrology.
Sorry, but you are wrong.
When two groups of retards attack each other, everyone wins...
Yes, but we're not talking about Digg versus Reddit, right now.
As an atheist, I recognize that posting in threads on the internet and prayer are very similar. :)
I don't think it should be a point of accomplishment that 99% of the country is connected to a low speed option. In most cases, our highest speed wired broadband connections are slower than the slowest wireless (4G) connections available in other countries. Especially since it's the result of us paying for the lines and then handing them over to monopolies for whom it is in their best interest to hold back and artificially restrict service capacities.
At the same time, the map shows (*shock*!) that the denser an area's population, the greater the broadband penetration (of course, you're still only left with ONE option, no matter how dense the population is in your area). If you're way out in the fucking middle of nowhere and you don't get broadband internet, you probably also may not get cable television. Or be connected to a city sewer line. Or have a robust library system. That's what you get when you live in the middle of nowhere and that's why people tend to congregate in bigger cities. You know, where you can get stuff.
What are you viewing it in? I don't think it's slashdotted. It just doesn't work in Firefox or Chrome (it'll load the header and then all you'll get is a blank page with a single horizontal rule at the top).
Yep. For $200,000,000, you'd think it could at least work on something other than MSIE. Enormous government waste to document enormous government waste. Go figure.
Yeah, but this is one of those cases where it's a beautiful song even despite it's despicable association by lyrics.
I don't know about that. Most gamers may be around 34 years old, but most 34 year olds do not game. And the attitude about gaming being "for kids" isn't going to change any time soon, considering you are constantly hearing kids and teens on XBOX Live surprised when they're playing against guys that are in their late 20s or 30s or even 40s. Their attitude is very often "wait, why are you still playing games when you're 30?" as if it's equivalent to a 30 year old still playing with action figures or dolls.
Yeah, except the game and sound track came out six years ago. Welcome to 2005, Grammys!
You're naive if you think you're not going to be hassled just as much and experience just as much inconvenience with the train system as you do with the air system. The only difference is that on top of all the hassle, you'll be traveling in a much slower fashion. But you'll feel "oh so continental".
Yes, America needs to catch up to the rest of the world for an overhyped shitty form of travel (when adjusting for expense, frequency of use, and convenience).
High speed rail is a corporate welfare joke. We already have rail in this country that nobody cares about. High speed rail will be expensive and slow. Yeah, it goes 250mph when unimpeded. Guess what? It's not doing that most of the time. It is a ridiculous and expensive "investment" (welfare). They can build it. Nobody will ride it. Except in specific sections of the northeast of the country, where rail travel has an unusual popularity.
I like how the author calls them "scientists" and "professors". Of what? Where is their degree? There is no actual suggestion or evidence that these guys are anything but a couple of crazy fucks screwing around with random shit in their back yard like some crazy junk-yard collector who thinks he's making a giant communication device to the space aliens hiding behind the moon.
Don't worry, the fact that the story is completely fucking stupid won't keep our tax-supported "national-treasure" from wasting an hour reporting on it in a near whisper-voice that puts you to sleep.
No, this means telcos will get a nice big welfare check, just like the broadband carriers got.
Really? If they got Comcast and Sprint/AT&T to shut down service, that would pretty much cut off the entire state that I'm in. Are you up for traveling hundreds of miles to get to that "competing" service provider during some sort of a major national event?