I think you mean the right not left, but whatever. Call me strange but I really don't see a problem with requiring people to follow the law and deporting them back when they don't. Perhaps if you lived here for a while you'd get off your moral high horse because you'd have more of a clue about the actual problems, such as the Mexican drug gangs using AZ as the biggest drugs corridor into the US.
> Play anything you like in Windows. Grab any recording software, and hit record. Choose the source as the "output mix" from your sound card.
I'm pretty sure Microsoft decided to actively prevent Windows users from using the sound output as an input recording source quite a while back, for exactly that reason. You can obviously still do it in Linux.
Why do you incorrectly presume I have any hate? I'm just noting what I have personally observed. And no, at least those on the streets here in AZ, most are really not #1. Most are clearly addicts to drugs or booze and/or have physchological issues.
It reminds me of a story my dad told me about what a Jewish landlord told him what he does when he cant get someone to admit they owe him rent money.
He emails them a bill with an obvious mistake (like double the money or much too long rent period), so when they email him back to say he made a mistake and that they actually only owe $xxx, he's now got all the evidence he needs.
My point was that too many Americans are happy to value their time in terms of cash value and if its more than the cash loss they walk away. Its actually a very selfish point of view, in that leaves society as a whole worse off.
Clearly they do need programmers, but they also want something for nothing, hence the H1B thing. The more enlightened companies are starting to finally realize that you actually do get what you pay for, so H1B workers are a false economy because all the rework and missing deadlines because H1B workers are actually shit costs 10x as much as paying more for experienced local workers to do it right the first time and get it out on time.
Maybe I'm oversimplifying but it seems to me there are mostly 3 basic reasons why people are homeless.
1) Fundamentally stable person who had a bad life emergency situation that wasn't their fault but they were unprepared, followed by a lack of opportunity to recover (e.g. laid off or bad health issues) (would do the right thing with $1000 given the opportunity, but $1000 would not be nearly enough to make a real difference)
2) Mentally disabled (because society pushes many out on the streets instead of providing institutional care). (would blow the entire $1000 on rubber chickens and would be no better off)
3) Loser too lazy to work/too stupid to make good lifestyle choices (e.g. drug addict, alcoholic etc) (would blow the entire $1000 on a giant drugs/alcohol binge and would be back on the street begging in a few days, probably worse off because their addiction symptoms will now be worse post-binge)
I'd phone them, make sure you're talking to someone a few levels up not just a tier-1 monkey, tell them your story and ask them nicely for a refund, and tell them that if they still say no then you have no option but to take them to small claims court and will also smear their name all over the internet.
You're obviously living under the myth that US society is people-centric. Its not, its corp-centric. We are just the cannon fodder to feed their needs. Right now the big corps badly need programmers, so guess what they force the schools to teach it.
> The Vancouver police maintained in May of this year that they possess no records relating to their use of IMSI catchers.
That just means they don't write it down, or that they dont keep the records, not that they don't use it.
Not having records actually sounds even worse, because it makes it sound like they are free to use it very informally, and/or don't want people to know how often they use it, so both strongly suggest they actually do use it very frequently.
I really hope this gets some serious traction. The only way manufacturers will stop their blatant abuse is if they have to admit to it up front, so customers can be informed enough to vote with their wallets.
You are obviously one of those Americans that don't give a shit about the environment and probably think global warming is some sort of anti-consumer conspiracy.
>> I thought the FCC is responsible for enforcing certain laws, and aren't you obligated to take some sort of action when a victim wishes to press charges?
Government services (including the Police) are there to protect the government and their interests, not the people.
I'm presuming this is only necessary because they intend to launch from the US? I mean its not like the US have declared they control the moon or something right?
>> It's about what to get your kid who's just now heading off to college
In this case you're probably best off with a Windows PC. It pains me to say that, but apart from the cost savings, any apps the college gives to students will at least be most likely to support Windows if not actually Windows-only.
One part of me agrees, but another part of me says If the stuff you need to do still runs OK then whats the problem? Apple is completely a walled garden so they can also control the software bloat.
It seems most of the push for new consumer hardware is actually because Microsoft themselves are always shovelling more and more sloppy and pointless resource-gobbling crap into Windows, and that the culture that Windows itself follows and encourages is to write temporary files and other crap all over the C: drive without ever deleting it.
I've met enough non-technical people that somehow believe that the thing to do is to to buy a new PC every time they fill up their old one or when it slows to a crawl because they can't stop installing shit that runs in the background.
I hear what you're saying but the Linux offering is still very sub-par. Pretty much all new AAA games at least that that I'm interested in (Fallout4, Elite Dangerous, No Mans Sky etc) all have developers that still apparently presume PC==Windows. So are both MMO games that I've been playing on-and-off: Elder Scrolls Online and World Of Tanks.
A while back I bought an HTC Vive (most of my Vive-vs-Rift decision was based on Steam/Valve's clear commitment to Linux vs. Oculus announcement right after Facebook bought them that they put Linux support on hold indefinitely), yet SteamVR itself still doesn't have a Linux version, let alone any Linux VR games built on it.
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I think you mean the right not left, but whatever.
Call me strange but I really don't see a problem with requiring people to follow the law and deporting them back when they don't.
Perhaps if you lived here for a while you'd get off your moral high horse because you'd have more of a clue about the actual problems, such as the Mexican drug gangs using AZ as the biggest drugs corridor into the US.
We're gonna totally spy on everyone but just THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
> Play anything you like in Windows. Grab any recording software, and hit record. Choose the source as the "output mix" from your sound card.
I'm pretty sure Microsoft decided to actively prevent Windows users from using the sound output as an input recording source quite a while back, for exactly that reason.
You can obviously still do it in Linux.
to completely eliminate me from ever being a potential iPhone customer.
Why do you incorrectly presume I have any hate? I'm just noting what I have personally observed.
And no, at least those on the streets here in AZ, most are really not #1. Most are clearly addicts to drugs or booze and/or have physchological issues.
It reminds me of a story my dad told me about what a Jewish landlord told him what he does when he cant get someone to admit they owe him rent money.
He emails them a bill with an obvious mistake (like double the money or much too long rent period), so when they email him back to say he made a mistake and that they actually only owe $xxx, he's now got all the evidence he needs.
My point was that too many Americans are happy to value their time in terms of cash value and if its more than the cash loss they walk away.
Its actually a very selfish point of view, in that leaves society as a whole worse off.
Instead of just a personal attack, how about you actually add some value to the discussion with some better information?
Clearly they do need programmers, but they also want something for nothing, hence the H1B thing.
The more enlightened companies are starting to finally realize that you actually do get what you pay for, so H1B workers are a false economy because all the rework and missing deadlines because H1B workers are actually shit costs 10x as much as paying more for experienced local workers to do it right the first time and get it out on time.
He's in the EU, where unlike the US, the system actually does defend citizens against greedy corporations.
...and that way AVAST wins, you send them exactly the wrong message so the problem may even get worse, and even more unsuspecting people get screwed.
Maybe I'm oversimplifying but it seems to me there are mostly 3 basic reasons why people are homeless.
1) Fundamentally stable person who had a bad life emergency situation that wasn't their fault but they were unprepared, followed by a lack of opportunity to recover (e.g. laid off or bad health issues) (would do the right thing with $1000 given the opportunity, but $1000 would not be nearly enough to make a real difference)
2) Mentally disabled (because society pushes many out on the streets instead of providing institutional care). (would blow the entire $1000 on rubber chickens and would be no better off)
3) Loser too lazy to work/too stupid to make good lifestyle choices (e.g. drug addict, alcoholic etc) (would blow the entire $1000 on a giant drugs/alcohol binge and would be back on the street begging in a few days, probably worse off because their addiction symptoms will now be worse post-binge)
I'd phone them, make sure you're talking to someone a few levels up not just a tier-1 monkey, tell them your story and ask them nicely for a refund, and tell them that if they still say no then you have no option but to take them to small claims court and will also smear their name all over the internet.
You're obviously living under the myth that US society is people-centric. Its not, its corp-centric. We are just the cannon fodder to feed their needs. Right now the big corps badly need programmers, so guess what they force the schools to teach it.
> The Vancouver police maintained in May of this year that they possess no records relating to their use of IMSI catchers.
That just means they don't write it down, or that they dont keep the records, not that they don't use it.
Not having records actually sounds even worse, because it makes it sound like they are free to use it very informally, and/or don't want people to know how often they use it, so both strongly suggest they actually do use it very frequently.
I really hope this gets some serious traction. The only way manufacturers will stop their blatant abuse is if they have to admit to it up front, so customers can be informed enough to vote with their wallets.
You are obviously one of those Americans that don't give a shit about the environment and probably think global warming is some sort of anti-consumer conspiracy.
Yet another American that doesn't realise that London is only one tiny part of the UK.
>> I thought the FCC is responsible for enforcing certain laws, and aren't you obligated to take some sort of action when a victim wishes to press charges?
Government services (including the Police) are there to protect the government and their interests, not the people.
This. Why/how the phone companies continue to get away with allowing callers to do this boggles my mind.
I'm presuming this is only necessary because they intend to launch from the US? I mean its not like the US have declared they control the moon or something right?
>> It's about what to get your kid who's just now heading off to college
In this case you're probably best off with a Windows PC. It pains me to say that, but apart from the cost savings, any apps the college gives to students will at least be most likely to support Windows if not actually Windows-only.
One part of me agrees, but another part of me says If the stuff you need to do still runs OK then whats the problem?
Apple is completely a walled garden so they can also control the software bloat.
It seems most of the push for new consumer hardware is actually because Microsoft themselves are always shovelling more and more sloppy and pointless resource-gobbling crap into Windows, and that the culture that Windows itself follows and encourages is to write temporary files and other crap all over the C: drive without ever deleting it.
I've met enough non-technical people that somehow believe that the thing to do is to to buy a new PC every time they fill up their old one or when it slows to a crawl because they can't stop installing shit that runs in the background.
I hear what you're saying but the Linux offering is still very sub-par.
Pretty much all new AAA games at least that that I'm interested in (Fallout4, Elite Dangerous, No Mans Sky etc) all have developers that still apparently presume PC==Windows. So are both MMO games that I've been playing on-and-off: Elder Scrolls Online and World Of Tanks.
A while back I bought an HTC Vive (most of my Vive-vs-Rift decision was based on Steam/Valve's clear commitment to Linux vs. Oculus announcement right after Facebook bought them that they put Linux support on hold indefinitely), yet SteamVR itself still doesn't have a Linux version, let alone any Linux VR games built on it.
If they would only develop games so they supported Linux too, I could totally get rid of Microsoft's malware off my PC forever.