It does appear the webmaster is a scumbag, and probably had evil intentions from the getgo. However, the sheriff's office made an oral agreement, no written contract, with this person.
The evil webmaster then said, after 3 years and however many hits later, I need some cash. Pay me a lot of money or I'll shut it off to cut my costs.
Sheriff replies "Screw You!" and throws him in jail.
This is a Civil Issue, not a bullshit criminal case.
This is the same administration who has essentially trampled your civil liberties as well.
This is the same administration who have turned a $200billion surplus into a $700billion deficit.
This is the same administration who wants to remove Evolution from schools and teach Creationism.
This is the same administration who thinks that abstience is the only topic which needs to be discussed in Sexual Education.
instead of "SPIN"....they would have a decent product.
Of course, I'm not taking into account the Access backend and the undying Republican support given by the Board of Diebold.
Nevermind.........
Well, I, for one, am certainly thankful the the strong-willed among us such as yourself, who with righteous indignation are able to make decisions for the rest of us weak, yellow-bellied tree-huggers.
Thank you, sir!
Oh jesus christ..it's people like this that scare the bejesus out of me, even more so than the Patriot Act itself.
Prosecutors are using the law, that's not the issue. The issue is that the law is fucked up!
Expanded wire tappings not requiring a judge's signature..the ability for prosecutors to listen in on attorney-client conversations without their knowledge, the list goes on.
And, for what it's worth, I sure as hell don't think someone cooking up crystal meth should be charged as a god-damn terrorist. I much prefer to sit back and allow darwinism to purge the idiots from our midst.
What people don't take into account is that search engines are not required to be objective. Typically, and yes this is a fallacy, people expect the news to be objective. The press is thought to have a certain responsibility for being both fair, accurate and objective.
People take this inherent belief and extrapolate it to search engines. MSN does not have to be objective. Google doesn't have to be objective. However, Google's whole premise is to help people find what they want fast, and they do it very well. If they didn't, people would not use it. MSN, too, wants to help people find things fast as well, but it might appear that they perhaps slant the search results just a tad. Maybe not, I don't know. My point is, if they do, that's fine because they are under no obligation to not do so.
Ideally, information would be free to all people, with no hidden agendas in the presentation. Ideally, communism works great, too.
Haven't they? And for good reason, this is basically what a good portion of his book "The Future of Ideas" is about....that is, a commons for everyone which enriches society, and how corporations are taking it over to the detriment of society in general.
Read this book.
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It does appear the webmaster is a scumbag, and probably had evil intentions from the getgo. However, the sheriff's office made an oral agreement, no written contract, with this person.
The evil webmaster then said, after 3 years and however many hits later, I need some cash. Pay me a lot of money or I'll shut it off to cut my costs.
Sheriff replies "Screw You!" and throws him in jail.
This is a Civil Issue, not a bullshit criminal case.
Produce your papers, comrade.
Always carry your papers, comrade.
Do not question us, comrade; that, of course, is our job.
Did I just wake up in 1950s Communist Russia?
I quote Michael Moore: "Dude, where the hell did my country go?!?!"
I think you mean "Right-wing" .
This is the same administration who has essentially trampled your civil liberties as well.
This is the same administration who have turned a $200billion surplus into a $700billion deficit.
This is the same administration who wants to remove Evolution from schools and teach Creationism.
This is the same administration who thinks that abstience is the only topic which needs to be discussed in Sexual Education.
What's trampling over the scientific process?
And why does everyone avoid me on Feb 14?
(Adjusts tape on glasses, scratches self, and resumes coding)
instead of "SPIN"....they would have a decent product. Of course, I'm not taking into account the Access backend and the undying Republican support given by the Board of Diebold. Nevermind.........
This is the most intelligent response I've read yet. Very well-worded.
"I didn't want to be known as the idiot who sued people for using the Shift Key"
I'm amazed you have such karma to burn. Anyway, that's really a lovely resume you have. Enjoy your new emails.
At this point, I'm just going to back off. I refuse to argue with such an imbecile. Have a wonderful, boring life.
Well, I, for one, am certainly thankful the the strong-willed among us such as yourself, who with righteous indignation are able to make decisions for the rest of us weak, yellow-bellied tree-huggers. Thank you, sir!
Oh jesus christ..it's people like this that scare the bejesus out of me, even more so than the Patriot Act itself. Prosecutors are using the law, that's not the issue. The issue is that the law is fucked up! Expanded wire tappings not requiring a judge's signature..the ability for prosecutors to listen in on attorney-client conversations without their knowledge, the list goes on. And, for what it's worth, I sure as hell don't think someone cooking up crystal meth should be charged as a god-damn terrorist. I much prefer to sit back and allow darwinism to purge the idiots from our midst.
What people don't take into account is that search engines are not required to be objective. Typically, and yes this is a fallacy, people expect the news to be objective. The press is thought to have a certain responsibility for being both fair, accurate and objective. People take this inherent belief and extrapolate it to search engines. MSN does not have to be objective. Google doesn't have to be objective. However, Google's whole premise is to help people find what they want fast, and they do it very well. If they didn't, people would not use it. MSN, too, wants to help people find things fast as well, but it might appear that they perhaps slant the search results just a tad. Maybe not, I don't know. My point is, if they do, that's fine because they are under no obligation to not do so. Ideally, information would be free to all people, with no hidden agendas in the presentation. Ideally, communism works great, too.
Haven't they? And for good reason, this is basically what a good portion of his book "The Future of Ideas" is about....that is, a commons for everyone which enriches society, and how corporations are taking it over to the detriment of society in general. Read this book.
We may be fat and lazy, but damn! we sure are efficient!