Well, paid-vacation with the chance of not being able to pay your bills and maybe losing your apartment or home or car or other things which will seriously mess with their lives and well-being, if their full paychecks are delayed long enough. Just because they'll eventually get paid doesn't mean that they wouldn't be negatively impacted in the meantime, if they are in a position that forces them to live paycheck to paycheck.
Of course, I would fucking hope the average person has saved enough money to cover one month's worth of expenses just for an emergency.
In aspirational terms, the time the government is shut down is money in my tax-payer pocket.
In actual terms, the time the government is shut down is time that the people not working during it will be back-payed for it and -- at best -- my tax-payer pocket will be pilfered just as much. At worst, all the sensational bullshit of this event will be used to justify taking even *more* out of my tax-payer pocket.
So, really, the only way it impacts me is that either absolutely nothing changes or things get slightly financially worse, but they were headed that way anyway, so whatever.
Not only are there websites in the US, but we have actual print publications (some put together by the websites) in the US that are available at news stands and contain nothing but recent mugshots. It's pretty hideous. It's one thing to have someone's mugshot on television or in a paper, because it is relevant urgent news, but it's another to have every person who has ever for any reason been arrested, such as for being at a rowdy party with a bunch of people and then being released later, after you'd been processed and found not to be part of the rowdy group. Or have been a case of mistaken identity (like a couple decades ago, when my uncle was arrested because he looked exactly like a major counterfeiter in the region that they'd been looking for). Or even people who are guilty and maybe even convicted of small crimes. Just because it is a public record isn't justification in and of itself that it should be plastered all over.
I feel kind of gross whenever I see some site (hell, even popular major news sites like CBS affiliates or FOX websites and so on) that does a "look at these ridiculous mugshots!" or "look at how ugly the people in these mugshots are!" link-bait galleries. It's just fucking disgusting and feels wrong, even if the only benefit is clicks/views. I have never understood how we are "okay" with this.
It's kind of cute that you believe US laws have no relevance outside of the US. We totally don't read your email or listen to your phone calls, either.
Google should ALSO be pulling the plug on that "rip off report" site that let's anyone leave negative comments of any kind about anyone under any circumstances (including name, phone number, domains, address, etc) and never *ever* removes it . . . but will work with the person being attacked . . . if they pay for the "business/corporate relation services".
I banned a user from my website almost a decade ago for defrauding other users, using false information for their account, and sending death threats to other users (and myself) and shortly after, that person posted some pretty awful stuff on the site which I have no way to ever remove, unless I want to submit to the extortion of the guy behind that site. Google includes their results right at the top of most people's results (though I believe Yahoo! has since dinged the domain for SEO spamming).
It's no different than these mugshots, except that at least with mugshots, you have been arrested. With these "reputation" and "consumer protection" sites that are actual extortionists (especially this one), you don't have to have been arrested. Or even have done business with the person making the attack. Or even *have* a business (I don't and didn't). You can literally just take anyone you're pissed off at and sale vile things about them on the site, include personal information and contact information and so on, and it'll be up there until the end of time, marring any searches for them in the future.
I was just thinking about how the new episodes will likely not hit public domain until 2105 at the very earliest. Of course, who thinks current 95yr copyright law will really exist for the next hundred years and not be extended to "forever"?
On the other hand, there is a ton of television content from the 40s, 50s, and 60s which is available in full. Dick Van Dyke Show, Honeymooners, Andy Griffith, and so on.
Agreed. When you only pull in a billion dollars in the first three days after launch, you can't afford to go all-out in preparation of your online component just to make sure you maintain good-will and enthusiasm for your company's product and reputation going into the future.
GTA V wasn't released this Tuesday *or* last week. It was released more than two weeks ago. The online component went live (well, theoretically) Tuesday (yesterday).
Exactly. Most ranking or voting systems for content exist to help promote said content to the top. Therefore, one vote puts it much higher than all the other content at their default. It's like a lot of other things in life - the more exposure you have, the more opportunity you have. This is the entire reason I turn off that Slashdot feature that lets you post comments at a default of "Score: 2". That seems shitty and cheating, since there are a lot of great comments that deserve a chance to rise and a lot of shit comments are posted at an initial 2 score that don't deserve to be there.
Of course, on Slashdot it *is* a little different. We seem to be such consistent assholes that we eagerly await a chance to mod-down even more than we like to mod-up.
They're still going to take just as much of your money. Maybe more. And all those services will continue, because only the services that actually benefit you in any way are deemed "non-essential". Essential programs that violate civil liberties will continue. This doesn't last very long, they get all the money they need, ultimately, and shit goes back to normal.
Its the job of an intelligent citizen to not depend on the government to provide them with things and to stop saying "cut spending... OH NO DON'T TOUCH SHIT I CARE ABOUT!".
Everyone needs to suck it up and make cuts and then, maybe, they can afford to do some things they care about with their own money when it is kept in their own bank accounts.
It isn't a crises. The government shuts down most services for a couple weeks. Big fucking deal. We've done it before. We survived. Cities didn't burn to ashes and the world didn't end.
Fuck the democrats for the mandated healthcare bullshit; fuck the republicans for this bullshit maneuver in dealing with it. Fuck all politicians for being so disrespectful with the income of the people they are supposed to represent and their addiction to pork.
*gasp*... You mean, leave the cushy government jobs that have to be maintained for life, because the role of the government is apparently to create government jobs for employment? That's crazy talk!
PS: Yes, it sucks for the individual, but maybe we should be axing "non-essential" government positions more often to avoid budget issues in the first place.
I'm all for shutting down non-essential government services, to get our budget under control and even give some relief to tax-payers. Of course, this will only happen for a week or two and will do nothing (they'll make it up over the year). The real non-essential "services" they should be cutting are the last dozen years and the next dozen years of stirring up more future terrorists in the middle east for the sake of pipelines and corporate contracts rebuilding nations in Gen. Wesley Clark's list of seven.
Of course, that would impact corporations. Can't do that. Instead, we're going to move on prominent programs that garner a lot of sympathy, to really make tax-payers and voters feel bad. Cutting off their nose to spite *our* face.
Cue the slashdot Apologists who will tell you that any conversation and any activity you engage in outside of your own private home off-the-internet with your shades drawn is "public" and has no expectation of "privacy" and therefore it is completely fair to be eavesdropped on, recorded, and archived.
I remember the "replacements for google reader" thread here, on Slashdot at the beginning of 2013 and I was shocked at how many people claimed to use iGoogle as their main page. I tried using that for awhile, but it was such an ugly clunky pile of crap. It felt incredibly dated and if they weren't going to renovate it, ditching it seems to make the most sense.
Not saying it had no value -- just my opinion of iGoogle when I tried to use it for a few months. It really was quite a surprise to hear so many here upset that it was being yanked.
Likewise, you wouldn't confuse two groups with "scouts" in their name, when one is for making stuff and the other is for camping in the woods and survival stuff (well, theoretically -- when I was in scouts, we had women den leaders and we spent our time making christmas ornaments and mother's day cards).
There is no confusion to be had and confusion only to be *asserted* by a biased affinity for the BSA.
I completely agree. They have a legitimate concern that someone might confuse boys building 3D printers and setting up wireless networks for the homophobic religious organization full of child molesters. They are obligated by law to defend their bigoted child-fiddling reputation.
You can usually accomplish this with Adblock, too. I block out anything using disqus or similar commenting systems (which seemed to hit mass popularity about the time that discussion on the internet hit the absolute lowest, ever).
You're nuts. You really don't have anything to gain from insane discussions with lunatics and when the foundation of their points are fanatical, you might as well be talking to a brick wall. I mean, really, who around here is thinking "what I need is another abortion/gun/immigration/gay-marriage/climate discussion"? Even a child's incessant "why?" to every sentence is more informative and produces better results.
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Well, paid-vacation with the chance of not being able to pay your bills and maybe losing your apartment or home or car or other things which will seriously mess with their lives and well-being, if their full paychecks are delayed long enough. Just because they'll eventually get paid doesn't mean that they wouldn't be negatively impacted in the meantime, if they are in a position that forces them to live paycheck to paycheck.
Of course, I would fucking hope the average person has saved enough money to cover one month's worth of expenses just for an emergency.
In aspirational terms, the time the government is shut down is money in my tax-payer pocket.
In actual terms, the time the government is shut down is time that the people not working during it will be back-payed for it and -- at best -- my tax-payer pocket will be pilfered just as much. At worst, all the sensational bullshit of this event will be used to justify taking even *more* out of my tax-payer pocket.
So, really, the only way it impacts me is that either absolutely nothing changes or things get slightly financially worse, but they were headed that way anyway, so whatever.
Not only are there websites in the US, but we have actual print publications (some put together by the websites) in the US that are available at news stands and contain nothing but recent mugshots. It's pretty hideous. It's one thing to have someone's mugshot on television or in a paper, because it is relevant urgent news, but it's another to have every person who has ever for any reason been arrested, such as for being at a rowdy party with a bunch of people and then being released later, after you'd been processed and found not to be part of the rowdy group. Or have been a case of mistaken identity (like a couple decades ago, when my uncle was arrested because he looked exactly like a major counterfeiter in the region that they'd been looking for). Or even people who are guilty and maybe even convicted of small crimes. Just because it is a public record isn't justification in and of itself that it should be plastered all over.
I feel kind of gross whenever I see some site (hell, even popular major news sites like CBS affiliates or FOX websites and so on) that does a "look at these ridiculous mugshots!" or "look at how ugly the people in these mugshots are!" link-bait galleries. It's just fucking disgusting and feels wrong, even if the only benefit is clicks/views. I have never understood how we are "okay" with this.
It's kind of cute that you believe US laws have no relevance outside of the US. We totally don't read your email or listen to your phone calls, either.
It doesn't work.
Google should ALSO be pulling the plug on that "rip off report" site that let's anyone leave negative comments of any kind about anyone under any circumstances (including name, phone number, domains, address, etc) and never *ever* removes it . . . but will work with the person being attacked . . . if they pay for the "business/corporate relation services".
I banned a user from my website almost a decade ago for defrauding other users, using false information for their account, and sending death threats to other users (and myself) and shortly after, that person posted some pretty awful stuff on the site which I have no way to ever remove, unless I want to submit to the extortion of the guy behind that site. Google includes their results right at the top of most people's results (though I believe Yahoo! has since dinged the domain for SEO spamming).
It's no different than these mugshots, except that at least with mugshots, you have been arrested. With these "reputation" and "consumer protection" sites that are actual extortionists (especially this one), you don't have to have been arrested. Or even have done business with the person making the attack. Or even *have* a business (I don't and didn't). You can literally just take anyone you're pissed off at and sale vile things about them on the site, include personal information and contact information and so on, and it'll be up there until the end of time, marring any searches for them in the future.
That's a clever point. I hadn't even thought about that.
I was just thinking about how the new episodes will likely not hit public domain until 2105 at the very earliest. Of course, who thinks current 95yr copyright law will really exist for the next hundred years and not be extended to "forever"?
On the other hand, there is a ton of television content from the 40s, 50s, and 60s which is available in full. Dick Van Dyke Show, Honeymooners, Andy Griffith, and so on.
Agreed. When you only pull in a billion dollars in the first three days after launch, you can't afford to go all-out in preparation of your online component just to make sure you maintain good-will and enthusiasm for your company's product and reputation going into the future.
GTA V wasn't released this Tuesday *or* last week. It was released more than two weeks ago. The online component went live (well, theoretically) Tuesday (yesterday).
Exactly. Most ranking or voting systems for content exist to help promote said content to the top. Therefore, one vote puts it much higher than all the other content at their default. It's like a lot of other things in life - the more exposure you have, the more opportunity you have. This is the entire reason I turn off that Slashdot feature that lets you post comments at a default of "Score: 2". That seems shitty and cheating, since there are a lot of great comments that deserve a chance to rise and a lot of shit comments are posted at an initial 2 score that don't deserve to be there.
Of course, on Slashdot it *is* a little different. We seem to be such consistent assholes that we eagerly await a chance to mod-down even more than we like to mod-up.
Holding an election for 500-600 positions at the same time would take a lot of time and probably cost tens of billions of dollars or more.
Also, it would be irrelevant, because the people voted to replace them would be voted in based upon:
1) Are they the same party as me?
2) Do they promote my religious and personal selfish interests above anything else?
They're still going to take just as much of your money. Maybe more. And all those services will continue, because only the services that actually benefit you in any way are deemed "non-essential". Essential programs that violate civil liberties will continue. This doesn't last very long, they get all the money they need, ultimately, and shit goes back to normal.
Its the job of an intelligent citizen to not depend on the government to provide them with things and to stop saying "cut spending... OH NO DON'T TOUCH SHIT I CARE ABOUT!".
Everyone needs to suck it up and make cuts and then, maybe, they can afford to do some things they care about with their own money when it is kept in their own bank accounts.
You apparently have never heard of the European Union.
It isn't a crises. The government shuts down most services for a couple weeks. Big fucking deal. We've done it before. We survived. Cities didn't burn to ashes and the world didn't end.
Fuck the democrats for the mandated healthcare bullshit; fuck the republicans for this bullshit maneuver in dealing with it. Fuck all politicians for being so disrespectful with the income of the people they are supposed to represent and their addiction to pork.
*gasp*... You mean, leave the cushy government jobs that have to be maintained for life, because the role of the government is apparently to create government jobs for employment? That's crazy talk!
PS: Yes, it sucks for the individual, but maybe we should be axing "non-essential" government positions more often to avoid budget issues in the first place.
I'm all for shutting down non-essential government services, to get our budget under control and even give some relief to tax-payers. Of course, this will only happen for a week or two and will do nothing (they'll make it up over the year). The real non-essential "services" they should be cutting are the last dozen years and the next dozen years of stirring up more future terrorists in the middle east for the sake of pipelines and corporate contracts rebuilding nations in Gen. Wesley Clark's list of seven.
Of course, that would impact corporations. Can't do that. Instead, we're going to move on prominent programs that garner a lot of sympathy, to really make tax-payers and voters feel bad. Cutting off their nose to spite *our* face.
Cue the slashdot Apologists who will tell you that any conversation and any activity you engage in outside of your own private home off-the-internet with your shades drawn is "public" and has no expectation of "privacy" and therefore it is completely fair to be eavesdropped on, recorded, and archived.
I remember the "replacements for google reader" thread here, on Slashdot at the beginning of 2013 and I was shocked at how many people claimed to use iGoogle as their main page. I tried using that for awhile, but it was such an ugly clunky pile of crap. It felt incredibly dated and if they weren't going to renovate it, ditching it seems to make the most sense.
Not saying it had no value -- just my opinion of iGoogle when I tried to use it for a few months. It really was quite a surprise to hear so many here upset that it was being yanked.
Likewise, you wouldn't confuse two groups with "scouts" in their name, when one is for making stuff and the other is for camping in the woods and survival stuff (well, theoretically -- when I was in scouts, we had women den leaders and we spent our time making christmas ornaments and mother's day cards).
There is no confusion to be had and confusion only to be *asserted* by a biased affinity for the BSA.
I completely agree. They have a legitimate concern that someone might confuse boys building 3D printers and setting up wireless networks for the homophobic religious organization full of child molesters. They are obligated by law to defend their bigoted child-fiddling reputation.
You can usually accomplish this with Adblock, too. I block out anything using disqus or similar commenting systems (which seemed to hit mass popularity about the time that discussion on the internet hit the absolute lowest, ever).
You're nuts. You really don't have anything to gain from insane discussions with lunatics and when the foundation of their points are fanatical, you might as well be talking to a brick wall. I mean, really, who around here is thinking "what I need is another abortion/gun/immigration/gay-marriage/climate discussion"? Even a child's incessant "why?" to every sentence is more informative and produces better results.