I dated a scottish woman for a while... The scots (or at least her) do say snog, but it refers something more active than just kissing.
The scots (or at least her) do say snog, but it refers something more active than just kissing.
If the law is *interpreted* to mean that even things like fast forwarding through commercials are inappropriate, well, then we have a problem.
I have a problem with it anyway. It's a law that says I can do a thing but I cannot have a machine that does that thing for me. WTF? It's as though they passed a law that says you cannot use an electric can opener because forcing people to open cans manually will keep the market for food contained in glass bottles competitive with cans.
And make no mistake, the intent is to keep people watching commercials, whatever the mechanics of the process. If the law as written doesn't have that end result, it will be reinterpreted or a new law will be written to further restrict our options.
How and when is it acceptable for products to be advertised?
How about letting the market decide that? If the payback from advertising drops to the point where it can no longer support creation and delivery of programming, what then? Will the demand for programming go away? I sincerely doubt it. Other revenue models will emerge, including direct payment (subscription and pay-per-view). What's wrong with that?
5. Company BigBox's customer says, "I'm supposed to be getting mail from Company X and it's not showing up in the mailbox I'm paying you for. Deliver my fucking mail RIGHT NOW or cancel my fucking account and refund my money."
Because our education system fails utterly to teach people about the basic function of our government.
Funny, isn't it, that people can recite the plot of every episode of Friends (or The Sopranos, or South Park, or what-have-you) without the educational system having had to teach it to them, but they can't name the three branches of government, identify their Congressman or, God knows, describe how a bill becomes law. But, hey, it's all the fault of the educational system, right?
Because for one thing, in marketing you're not just going to put up a site full of text, you need to use things for which there are no standards, such as Flash.
I can honestly say that I've never been influenced to do business with a company or buy a product due to a Flash presentation on a Web site. I have, however, given up and gone elsewhere if forced to screw around with Flash when all I wanted to do was get the damn product specs.
But what happens when a large company starts rejecting mail from a smaller company.
Depends on whether the large company values the small company's business. And since it's not likely to be just one small company that's affected, my guess is the value of the business will outweigh the value of Sender-ID.
When a small company upgrades to the MS product containing Sender-ID and their server suddenly starts rejecting mail from clients/customers whose mail systems implement SPF instead, will the small company:
tell their client/customer to switch to an MS product if they want to send e-mail to the company; or
the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
Yes, and Congress did just that when they passed the Defense of Marriage act in 1996:
"No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other State, territory, possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such relationship."
So as regards gay marriage, Uebergek is correct not by interpretation but by the specific language of the law.
However, you can still fool an ezpass if you stop for breaks on the road, though. If you stop into a rest area, it doesn't clock how much time you spent where.
And if they decide to start issuing speeding tickets based on EZ-Pass data, don't you think they'll invest in a couple of extra sensors at the entrances to and exits from the rest areas?
You have to compare it to the system it's intended to replace/augment: the current overseas absentee ballot system, which is also subject to coercion.
That's a valid point, but there has been a lot of talk about using systems like SERVE for domestic voting, so I think the issue of coercion needs to be raised.
It also suggests that the SERVE system is not attacking the problem of voting by deployed service members in a manner that solves the real underlying issues.
My problem with any such system is that it doesn't protect against coercion. One reason traditional polling booths are set up the way they are is to prevent anyone from knowing how you voted. If you're voting from home via the Internet, that's not possible. Imagine someone who has power over you standing behind you while you vote to ensure you vote "right." (If you're a leftie, you can think of that person as a representative of the evil corporation. If you're a rightie, you may want to think of a union shop steward.)
Note that this is not a computer security problem. Even if the voter's identity is established to a certainty, it doesn't ensure the voter is not being coerced.
There is simply no substitute for casting your vote in a manner that ensures your choice is unknown to those who might wish to coerce you. The only viable method for doing that is to have your privacy ensured in a public polling place, by poll watchers.
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How else are they going to keep people's minds off the Eagles? ("Oh, Donovan, what the hell were you doing... wait a minute, free pr0n...")
I don't mind that, I just don't want it to know I read /.
So, did you snog her?
I have a problem with it anyway. It's a law that says I can do a thing but I cannot have a machine that does that thing for me. WTF? It's as though they passed a law that says you cannot use an electric can opener because forcing people to open cans manually will keep the market for food contained in glass bottles competitive with cans.
And make no mistake, the intent is to keep people watching commercials, whatever the mechanics of the process. If the law as written doesn't have that end result, it will be reinterpreted or a new law will be written to further restrict our options.
How and when is it acceptable for products to be advertised?
How about letting the market decide that? If the payback from advertising drops to the point where it can no longer support creation and delivery of programming, what then? Will the demand for programming go away? I sincerely doubt it. Other revenue models will emerge, including direct payment (subscription and pay-per-view). What's wrong with that?
Put your tinfoil hat back in the closet, AC.
The philosophy of the Republican Party in a nutshell.
Canada is inexplicable.
Funny, isn't it, that people can recite the plot of every episode of Friends (or The Sopranos, or South Park, or what-have-you) without the educational system having had to teach it to them, but they can't name the three branches of government, identify their Congressman or, God knows, describe how a bill becomes law. But, hey, it's all the fault of the educational system, right?
I can honestly say that I've never been influenced to do business with a company or buy a product due to a Flash presentation on a Web site. I have, however, given up and gone elsewhere if forced to screw around with Flash when all I wanted to do was get the damn product specs.
But maybe that's just me.
Not even remotely comparable. If he was complaining because:
- Apple doesn't provide a mechanism for installing his music on the iPod; or
- someone else provided a way of running Real on the Mac and he wanted to prevent that
then he would be a hypocrite.Depends on whether the large company values the small company's business. And since it's not likely to be just one small company that's affected, my guess is the value of the business will outweigh the value of Sender-ID.
- tell their client/customer to switch to an MS product if they want to send e-mail to the company; or
- turn off Sender-ID?
I know what I would do.Yes, and Congress did just that when they passed the Defense of Marriage act in 1996:
"No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other State, territory, possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such relationship."
So as regards gay marriage, Uebergek is correct not by interpretation but by the specific language of the law.
And if they decide to start issuing speeding tickets based on EZ-Pass data, don't you think they'll invest in a couple of extra sensors at the entrances to and exits from the rest areas?
No, but you'll be amazed at the artistry of the chin shots you make after reading this article.
You forgot the step where you right-click on "ID10T".
You mean Apu?
I wonder if they produced the document in OpenOffice 1.1 so they could just click the "Export Directly as PDF" button?
I'd prefer to read it on the pot, but you go ahead and do it your way.
Mod parent down. :-)
Which raises some questions that perhaps someone with IP legal knowledge can address:
That's a valid point, but there has been a lot of talk about using systems like SERVE for domestic voting, so I think the issue of coercion needs to be raised.
It also suggests that the SERVE system is not attacking the problem of voting by deployed service members in a manner that solves the real underlying issues.
Note that this is not a computer security problem. Even if the voter's identity is established to a certainty, it doesn't ensure the voter is not being coerced.
There is simply no substitute for casting your vote in a manner that ensures your choice is unknown to those who might wish to coerce you. The only viable method for doing that is to have your privacy ensured in a public polling place, by poll watchers.