The responsibility of the attorney is to advocate for a resolution favorable to his/her client, regardless of guilt or liability if the defendant, or baselessness of the charge or claim if the plaintiff.
Let's pretend that all of a sudden, everyone decided that it's a crime against humanity to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich -- everyone but you, that is -- and they get a law passed saying that to eat PB&J is a capital crime.
Now, you know that it's not wrong, so you do eat one anyway, and they find out and arrest you. Based on the Constitution, the Amendments, and the rulings of the Supreme Court, you must be allowed fair legal representation. Your lawyer might believe, along with the rest of them, that you are an evil bastard (for eating such a sandwich), but he has to advocate for you; he's a professional; it's his job.
Now, I may be one of those Sonic fans your mother warned you about, but even I am highly skeptical of this. It flies in the face of my conventional wisdom, which is that animal video game characters cannot win over the Western public in general but may find a niche market and be sucessful.
THE QUESTION IS: Can you really export intellectual work?
I think you missed the grandparent's question. I think he meant: can you really [afford to] export intellectual work?
That would be, if you consider his example, a big no. If the people whose job it is to install the system have to translate the code, rewrite the code, and then install the system, I would say that the outsourcing has miserably failed and is a waste of resources.
Having said all this, voice print ID avoids many of these pitfalls. It seems the most promising since no one can physically force you to speak your password, and if you die the data remains protected.
What about when one has a cold? or laryngitis? How does one then get normal access? The good thing about passwords and PIN numbers is that nothing prevents me from gaining my access. If I lose both of my arms, I can still type a password with my toes. Hell, if I lose my legs, I can type (alphanumerically) with my nose! I might look like the Black Knight, but I could still get to my pr0n collection (which, in retrospect, would be a bad idea).
Um... you don't have to use all of the features. In fact, Mozilla is just as usable out of the box as is IE, and any of the special things you may want to use later are usually about 5 clicks away.
It sounds like you don't know exactly what you want out of your browser. You want less bloat than Mozilla, but more features than Mosaic. There isn't really much in between (and IE has the worst of both worlds, so it doesn't count).
I'm sorry to say this, but your argument for not switching is very flimsy. At least you didn't say "because it's already there.":-0
Let bottom line not be the bottom line. Let the ends not justify the means.
For instance, if a company's lifespan has come to an end, and if they extend it past this, only undue suffering for all and the corruption of capitalism will be the result, because these companies usually resort to unethical methods in order to survive (see SCO).
his claim that the GPL violates the U.S. Constitution, patent laws, copyright laws, and the DMCA.
For good measure, let's throw in a few more which we all know he meant to add: the Sherman Anti-trust Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Magna Carta, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, Marbury v. Madison, Brown v. Board of Education, Occam's Razor, Zeno's Paradox, Quantum Mechanics, Evolution, and (of course) 42.
To those who aren't intentionally trying to troll.. and computer journalists;
Yes, Linux servers can be compramised.
No, the sky is not falling.
No, it's not the end of Linux or open source.
Well, I was very scared about seeing more FUD-slinging when, for instance, I saw that Yahoo, on Monday, had on its front page "Major Security Flaw Found in Linux" or something like that. The kind of headline that blows things WAAAAY out of proportion. So while I agree with you, the perception may have been different (and still can; it's impossible to know where else this sensationalized story can crop up).
I would say that any kind of complex certification is highly overrated. CC, MSCE, RHCE, all it means is that you learned about a system in abstract. Whoop-de-doo!
I would argue that sodomy laws turn the act into a victimless crime. I think that would fit "sex crime."
As for your second point, it just goes to show that I don't know about how crime really works. But the people who really do, didn't get to make the laws.
I think every criminal should be able to do their time and then get on with life, under the fair assumption that the due has been paid. This is pretty much the whole point of a legal system with prisons, right?
Just because I can, I present my opinion.
A lot of the time, so I think, crimes fall into three catagories:
1) The accused is criminally insane (e.g., serial killers). Therefore, he does not belong in a prison, but in a mental institution. If reformed, he should be allowed to reenter society unpunished. Otherwise, he should generally stay, lest they harm anyone else.
2) The accused made a mistake. Some guy did something wrong and then usually made it much worse when he realized what he did (e.g., hit and run). These people belong in prison, but for shorter sentences than the law currently gives. He should, again, be unpunished afterward.
3) The supposed crime is victimless. These should not be crimes.
Sex crimes fall into all of those catagories; and in the case of the third, the only examples I can think of are sex crimes.
[end opinion]
This "we have this legal system, but it doesn't apply for groups X and Y" attitude is dangerous and incoherent.
Not only that, but it hasn't been updated to incorporate many of the modern advances into understanding the human psyche made by criminology.
Yeah, I guess I did come out pretty harsh on WCW. No, I don't know his history.
Of course, you should also know that not all of his poems are both minimalist and short; did you think that I was equating the program's output and all unrhymed unmetered poetry? Also, as pointed out in another thread, poet Kenneth Koch parodied (IMO) Williams in "Variations on a Theme...." Also, is it not acceptable for an AI to try to create art? Is that not art squared? Is not that class of AI allowed to develop from something?
Methinks you were reading into my remarks too much. You sounded like one of my previous English teachers (who did his graduate thesis on and loves W. H. Auden) when he graded my paper which criticized Auden's interpretation of The Fall of Icarus in "Musee des Beaux Arts."
by "sponsoring organization" I meant the "poetry society" that was putting on the contest. No, sorry, it wasn't like some mega-corporation was giving big bucks to the winner... just $25.
I think I'll post the poem in a JE. Just give me time. I need to let this request sit for a while before it gets done.
I wrote a poem for English class once. It was one of those deals where I didn't have anything to write about. So I started reading Slashdot. This was at the time where there were three Palladium/TCPA/WTF-it's-now stories a day, as opposed to three SCO stories a day. To make a long story short, I wrote one of those poems that wasn't about Palladium, but really it was. Damn, I thought I had just written an absolute POS.
I was very surprised when my English teacher really liked it. She liked it so much that she entered it in a state-wide contest for high school students.
Yeah. Well, my poem won. So I get to read it at the sponsoring organization's next meeting. I go there and, of course, I see that my poem had been selected as the best by none other than old ladies and somewhat-less-than-straight men. One of the old ladies told me that my entry was one of the more "interesting" ones she'd seen.
Slashdot Mirror
Aww, these trolls are too cute. I can't resist...
[clears throat]
The responsibility of the attorney is to advocate for a resolution favorable to his/her client, regardless of guilt or liability if the defendant, or baselessness of the charge or claim if the plaintiff.
Let's pretend that all of a sudden, everyone decided that it's a crime against humanity to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich -- everyone but you, that is -- and they get a law passed saying that to eat PB&J is a capital crime.
Now, you know that it's not wrong, so you do eat one anyway, and they find out and arrest you. Based on the Constitution, the Amendments, and the rulings of the Supreme Court, you must be allowed fair legal representation. Your lawyer might believe, along with the rest of them, that you are an evil bastard (for eating such a sandwich), but he has to advocate for you; he's a professional; it's his job.
"Well, slap me silly and call me Gordon Freeman!"
Now, I may be one of those Sonic fans your mother warned you about, but even I am highly skeptical of this. It flies in the face of my conventional wisdom, which is that animal video game characters cannot win over the Western public in general but may find a niche market and be sucessful.
THE QUESTION IS: Can you really export intellectual work?
I think you missed the grandparent's question. I think he meant: can you really [afford to] export intellectual work?
That would be, if you consider his example, a big no. If the people whose job it is to install the system have to translate the code, rewrite the code, and then install the system, I would say that the outsourcing has miserably failed and is a waste of resources.
Or auto-immune disorders in general?
Those who cannot do anything -- become politicians.
Having said all this, voice print ID avoids many of these pitfalls. It seems the most promising since no one can physically force you to speak your password, and if you die the data remains protected.
What about when one has a cold? or laryngitis? How does one then get normal access? The good thing about passwords and PIN numbers is that nothing prevents me from gaining my access. If I lose both of my arms, I can still type a password with my toes. Hell, if I lose my legs, I can type (alphanumerically) with my nose! I might look like the Black Knight, but I could still get to my pr0n collection (which, in retrospect, would be a bad idea).
nonne iocas! numquam immemarebo... immemarebim... goddamnit! It's been only 6 months, and I've already forgotten 6 YEARS of Latin!
Um... you don't have to use all of the features. In fact, Mozilla is just as usable out of the box as is IE, and any of the special things you may want to use later are usually about 5 clicks away.
:-0
It sounds like you don't know exactly what you want out of your browser. You want less bloat than Mozilla, but more features than Mosaic. There isn't really much in between (and IE has the worst of both worlds, so it doesn't count).
I'm sorry to say this, but your argument for not switching is very flimsy. At least you didn't say "because it's already there."
Let bottom line not be the bottom line. Let the ends not justify the means.
For instance, if a company's lifespan has come to an end, and if they extend it past this, only undue suffering for all and the corruption of capitalism will be the result, because these companies usually resort to unethical methods in order to survive (see SCO).
his claim that the GPL violates the U.S. Constitution, patent laws, copyright laws, and the DMCA.
For good measure, let's throw in a few more which we all know he meant to add: the Sherman Anti-trust Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Magna Carta, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, Marbury v. Madison, Brown v. Board of Education, Occam's Razor, Zeno's Paradox, Quantum Mechanics, Evolution, and (of course) 42.
Even better...
He couldn't even manage the Houston Astros.
He was a part owner of the Texas Rangers, not the Astros.
He also wanted to become the commissioner of MLB, had he not become (I think) governor of Texas.
Well, I was very scared about seeing more FUD-slinging when, for instance, I saw that Yahoo, on Monday, had on its front page "Major Security Flaw Found in Linux" or something like that. The kind of headline that blows things WAAAAY out of proportion. So while I agree with you, the perception may have been different (and still can; it's impossible to know where else this sensationalized story can crop up).
I opened a super-sized can of worms with a (NULL, Dumbass) of a question... damn brain cramp...
Who here sends 2 messages a minute for 10 minutes? Do you treat e-mail like IM, or something? I am honestly curious.
In other words, who owns "*BSD is dying!"?
Maybe you should make it not sound like the end of the world.
I would say that any kind of complex certification is highly overrated. CC, MSCE, RHCE, all it means is that you learned about a system in abstract. Whoop-de-doo!
Now CPR certification, that's an important one.
I would argue that sodomy laws turn the act into a victimless crime. I think that would fit "sex crime."
As for your second point, it just goes to show that I don't know about how crime really works. But the people who really do, didn't get to make the laws.
I think every criminal should be able to do their time and then get on with life, under the fair assumption that the due has been paid. This is pretty much the whole point of a legal system with prisons, right?
Just because I can, I present my opinion.
A lot of the time, so I think, crimes fall into three catagories:
1) The accused is criminally insane (e.g., serial killers). Therefore, he does not belong in a prison, but in a mental institution. If reformed, he should be allowed to reenter society unpunished. Otherwise, he should generally stay, lest they harm anyone else.
2) The accused made a mistake. Some guy did something wrong and then usually made it much worse when he realized what he did (e.g., hit and run). These people belong in prison, but for shorter sentences than the law currently gives. He should, again, be unpunished afterward.
3) The supposed crime is victimless. These should not be crimes.
Sex crimes fall into all of those catagories; and in the case of the third, the only examples I can think of are sex crimes.
[end opinion]
This "we have this legal system, but it doesn't apply for groups X and Y" attitude is dangerous and incoherent.
Not only that, but it hasn't been updated to incorporate many of the modern advances into understanding the human psyche made by criminology.
Well of course this post is LAME; do you honestly expect text to get up and move? It's not like they let us put scripts in our posts...
Hmm...
[glances over post]
Yeah, I guess I did come out pretty harsh on WCW. No, I don't know his history.
Of course, you should also know that not all of his poems are both minimalist and short; did you think that I was equating the program's output and all unrhymed unmetered poetry? Also, as pointed out in another thread, poet Kenneth Koch parodied (IMO) Williams in "Variations on a Theme...." Also, is it not acceptable for an AI to try to create art? Is that not art squared? Is not that class of AI allowed to develop from something?
Methinks you were reading into my remarks too much. You sounded like one of my previous English teachers (who did his graduate thesis on and loves W. H. Auden) when he graded my paper which criticized Auden's interpretation of The Fall of Icarus in "Musee des Beaux Arts."
[exhales]
by "sponsoring organization" I meant the "poetry society" that was putting on the contest. No, sorry, it wasn't like some mega-corporation was giving big bucks to the winner... just $25.
I think I'll post the poem in a JE. Just give me time. I need to let this request sit for a while before it gets done.
I wrote a poem for English class once. It was one of those deals where I didn't have anything to write about. So I started reading Slashdot. This was at the time where there were three Palladium/TCPA/WTF-it's-now stories a day, as opposed to three SCO stories a day. To make a long story short, I wrote one of those poems that wasn't about Palladium, but really it was. Damn, I thought I had just written an absolute POS.
I was very surprised when my English teacher really liked it. She liked it so much that she entered it in a state-wide contest for high school students.
Yeah. Well, my poem won. So I get to read it at the sponsoring organization's next meeting. I go there and, of course, I see that my poem had been selected as the best by none other than old ladies and somewhat-less-than-straight men. One of the old ladies told me that my entry was one of the more "interesting" ones she'd seen.
So, uh, yeah... that's my story...