This used to be the case, but it's not true anymore. Thanks to flash cookies, adsense, Ip-logging, etc. large companies , advertisers, and the government can create a profile of your internet activities.
Today you went to cat-haters.com, exploding-cat.net, greatdanebitches.com, and googled for "retrieve sticks howto video", "understanding my owner", "sticking head through car windows tips" - looks like you are a dog.
The year of Linux will come. While you are off to buy a slate or smartbook, Richard Stallman will come in glory and those who are ready will feast with him. Then the door will be locked. Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour wherein the power of linux comes.
Nice of them to recall it anyhow, before the "slight melting of the external casing" leads to batteries slightly exploding, or laptops slightly catching fire and houses slightly burning down.
I would suggest to just switch to a one-byte storage format, this way we all can live up to 255 years, before insurance companies send us stupid letters intended for families with young children.
But then again, if anyone ever makes it to 127, she might turn -128 the next year.
If only there were a solution to this problem..
A tunnel to Minnesota would cause enough draft that the greenhouse wouldn't even be needed.
As extra benefit, anyone wanting to travel to Minnesota could simply be put in a Plexiglas cylinder and inserted into the tunnel. For the way back, they'd have to walk of course.
Exactly: faith. And because of that you shouldn't criticize the Appleologists. If they think that walking around in black turtle necks holding up shiny white things while worshiping a Deity they call Steve, will bring sense and purpose to their existence, let them proceed. This way they at least don't bother the rest of us normal people or interfere in our quest to improve Linux, which He has given to us.
Once you give them that right, you by necessity must give them the latitude to define what constitutes such an encroachment. They then define whatever they decide is in their interests as being in the interests of protecting citizens from each other. Hello, PATRIOT Act.
That's why you have separation of powers, warrants, process rights, and other safe guards. Patriot act, the no-fly list, Germany's attempted child pornography list, Australia's internet laws are examples of governments removing safeguards without too much public protest, because the government does it for "good" reasons. At some point they of course will abuse that power.
Limit the power of the administration: Not a direct appointed "Czar", but maybe a director, appointed by a board. Or term limits that are different from the election cycle.
It should be a decentralized agency with a clear mission that is not part of the day-to-day 2-party fight, but follows long-term goals. I would list the US Postal Service as an example, but then there was Comstock. It's hard to protect such a "service" agency from administrative "wishes" without making it immobile and resistive to any change. But then, there are basic safeguards, which haven't been restored yet.
Not that the Alliance cares to much about the public, but what they care about is where the public discussion goes.
They are kind of in a bind here: copyright enforcement through physical media is most likely a dead end, the current balance between fair share, free speech, and easy access on one side and copyright enforcement on the other side is shifting away from them.
The only way to fix this are new restrictions of usage rights, and controlled access only - taking away anonymity and some free speech. With states (US, Europe, China) that are more than willing to gain wider control over their citizens, this route has worked out pretty good so far. And as long as only a few geeks and librarians are protesting, it works fine. But once the press starts reporting about lawyers chasing down 10 yo girls, public opinion might shift.
In this year's election in Germany the pirate-party gained about 2%. Once they reach 5% they are in parliament. At that point other parties will start to "borrow" some of the topics to get voters back. With the voting system in the US -at least theoretically- 30% could vote for one party without getting a single seat, so I don't know where the tipping point in the US is. But I guess the Alliance doesn't want to find out.
I have had ATT-Dsl for 4 years now. With it comes "free" ATT-wifi at every McDonalds. But I haven't stopped once at a McDonalds to use their wifi.
When traveling, I usually stop at a Panera, where I can pretend to enjoy the coffee (free refills till you shake), pretend that I like the better bread, pretend that I like the general relaxing atmosphere.
Gosh, I am so pretentious. But I have to admit, that if I had any desire to feel like an important reporter covering a war, typing in the story in hostile territory, while constantly under the threat, that someone might be throwing something at you, I would for sure prefer to sit at a McDonalds.
Sorry, but that's BS. It's not about making the world more average, it's about making places more diverse.
A company with a diverse team usually has more institutional intelligence. A company with a mono-culture will have to do studies about everything they develop. "Let's ask a consultant what women / blacks / people with children" think about it. And then later: "We had no way of knowing."
And - only to have women going into child-care would be bad too. Because then, for a working single woman the only male role model the child had, would be her crappy ex;)
Eudora had something like that once, don't know if they still do, I stopped using it.
It would watch for inappropriate messages, both out-going as well as incoming. Depending on the language use, emails would be rated with a number of chillies. The only 3-chilly email I ever got was from someone who was totally enthusiastic about an upcoming kite festival. It didn't even contain any swear words. Go figure.
Harhar, that was a rhetorical question. I know I'm on/.
Just for you non-readers though: the proposal is just to have mp3 players shipped with a maximum loudness enabled, it's not suggesting that you can't change that later.
the industry thought "treaty for the blind" meant "treaty readable by the blind"
- which would seriously compromise the concept of illegible small print.
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Today you went to cat-haters.com, exploding-cat.net, greatdanebitches.com, and googled for "retrieve sticks howto video", "understanding my owner", "sticking head through car windows tips" - looks like you are a dog.
The year of Linux will come. While you are off to buy a slate or smartbook, Richard Stallman will come in glory and those who are ready will feast with him. Then the door will be locked. Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour wherein the power of linux comes.
Nice of them to recall it anyhow, before the "slight melting of the external casing" leads to batteries slightly exploding, or laptops slightly catching fire and houses slightly burning down.
Better than announcing "no peanuts will be served, because of the passenger in seat 17D".
I would suggest to just switch to a one-byte storage format, this way we all can live up to 255 years, before insurance companies send us stupid letters intended for families with young children.
But then again, if anyone ever makes it to 127, she might turn -128 the next year. If only there were a solution to this problem..
"Holiday season" is the pc term that refers to the time around the winter equinox when Jesus [our savior | the [false] prophet] was [not] born.
But this way they will also be able to use it for other things than gaming:
Customer credits, "rebates", prize money,..
As extra benefit, anyone wanting to travel to Minnesota could simply be put in a Plexiglas cylinder and inserted into the tunnel. For the way back, they'd have to walk of course.
Exactly: faith. And because of that you shouldn't criticize the Appleologists. If they think that walking around in black turtle necks holding up shiny white things while worshiping a Deity they call Steve, will bring sense and purpose to their existence, let them proceed. This way they at least don't bother the rest of us normal people or interfere in our quest to improve Linux, which He has given to us.
That's why you have separation of powers, warrants, process rights, and other safe guards. Patriot act, the no-fly list, Germany's attempted child pornography list, Australia's internet laws are examples of governments removing safeguards without too much public protest, because the government does it for "good" reasons. At some point they of course will abuse that power.
Limit the power of the administration: Not a direct appointed "Czar", but maybe a director, appointed by a board. Or term limits that are different from the election cycle.
It should be a decentralized agency with a clear mission that is not part of the day-to-day 2-party fight, but follows long-term goals. I would list the US Postal Service as an example, but then there was Comstock. It's hard to protect such a "service" agency from administrative "wishes" without making it immobile and resistive to any change. But then, there are basic safeguards, which haven't been restored yet.
It got removed because it went "dead or dormant"
You can read about it here : https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gspot/+bug/361175
.. should have named this the "Protect our children act".
Way to go before he catches up with the West.
Beetlejuice!
But once they control the south bridge, who can stop them from destroying the Shire?
I know own a hammer, that says "designed for Widows XP"
This will finally put an end to these cheap popes imported from China.
They are kind of in a bind here: copyright enforcement through physical media is most likely a dead end, the current balance between fair share, free speech, and easy access on one side and copyright enforcement on the other side is shifting away from them.
The only way to fix this are new restrictions of usage rights, and controlled access only - taking away anonymity and some free speech. With states (US, Europe, China) that are more than willing to gain wider control over their citizens, this route has worked out pretty good so far. And as long as only a few geeks and librarians are protesting, it works fine. But once the press starts reporting about lawyers chasing down 10 yo girls, public opinion might shift.
In this year's election in Germany the pirate-party gained about 2%. Once they reach 5% they are in parliament. At that point other parties will start to "borrow" some of the topics to get voters back. With the voting system in the US -at least theoretically- 30% could vote for one party without getting a single seat, so I don't know where the tipping point in the US is. But I guess the Alliance doesn't want to find out.
When traveling, I usually stop at a Panera, where I can pretend to enjoy the coffee (free refills till you shake), pretend that I like the better bread, pretend that I like the general relaxing atmosphere.
Gosh, I am so pretentious. But I have to admit, that if I had any desire to feel like an important reporter covering a war, typing in the story in hostile territory, while constantly under the threat, that someone might be throwing something at you, I would for sure prefer to sit at a McDonalds.
As for the question, where the deflected asteroid's gonna hit: not the US, Europe, Russia, or China.
A company with a diverse team usually has more institutional intelligence. A company with a mono-culture will have to do studies about everything they develop. "Let's ask a consultant what women / blacks / people with children" think about it. And then later: "We had no way of knowing."
And - only to have women going into child-care would be bad too. Because then, for a working single woman the only male role model the child had, would be her crappy ex ;)
It would watch for inappropriate messages, both out-going as well as incoming. Depending on the language use, emails would be rated with a number of chillies. The only 3-chilly email I ever got was from someone who was totally enthusiastic about an upcoming kite festival. It didn't even contain any swear words. Go figure.
"Qwerty" someone? Ever heard of i18? Not to mention the stupid Dvorak-nerds, they have feelings too! (I think)
Yep, this story. - Pretty disruptive for people who need a (quick) answer and not your stupid comment.
Has anyone read the proposal?
Harhar, that was a rhetorical question. I know I'm on /.
Just for you non-readers though: the proposal is just to have mp3 players shipped with a maximum loudness enabled, it's not suggesting that you can't change that later.
the industry thought "treaty for the blind" meant "treaty readable by the blind"
- which would seriously compromise the concept of illegible small print.