Who were they? What were their names? How high did the chain of command go? When will there be a trial? How many dozens of people (or hundreds?) will be serving 20 year sentences?
I think you'll find your answers by looking at how many of the bankers and wallstreeters that caused the panic and crash were prosecuted and went to jail (read:none). Not only did they get away with it, but now they are rewarded as "too big to fail" so they're free to do it again with impunity.
There are two levels of justice:
If you're rich, we're spying on you, we know what you did and we approve (it was a stroke of genius and we're going to use it to get rich as well).
If you're poor, we're spying on you as well (you didn't know this because you're a fucking moron who can't seem to get rich), we know what you did and, well... heh... haha... AhHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA... talk to the judge.
Court documents show that federal agents were so stymied by the encrypted iPhone 4S of a Kentucky man accused of distributing crack cocaine that they turned to Apple for decryption help last year... Because the waiting list had grown so long, there would be at least a 7-week delay...
As soon as they are able to get these phones decrypted, this war on drugs will be won!
Oh, boo fucking hoo. I don't care that you overengineered your tools and your lack of real social skills means you have feelings for them. That's your problem, not a problem with society.
Says the slightly more evolved hairless chimpanzee, as he furiously hammers away at his over-engineered communications device.
Is Netflix basically taking advantage of an infrastructure it doesn't pay for?
Nope. I'm taking advantage of an infrastructure that I pay for. I apologize for not contributing more to the CEOs of America, but I'm sure they'll find a way to get their money on my cash, one way or another.
Sheesh folks are getting bent over Yahoo increasing an already generous benefit for women but, not for men. How about we cut them a huss until everyone else in the country has the paltry 8 weeks of leave dads at Yahoo will get, then we can paint signs, hop on a buss, protest outside their offices, sign "Give Peace a Chance" and boycott their services...
Eight weeks is generous. Hell, even four weeks would be generous, and like you said, the women need the time to recuperate. So, I'm sure you'd be on board with them cutting the men's leave to four weeks so the women could have 16, right? I mean what would be wrong with that?
These exact same fears were written about in 1880.
So this must be exactly the same then.
Every wave of automation works the same way...
Except when they don't.
One of these automation revolutions is going to be qualitatively different from the ones in the past. I don't know if this one is the one, but it is coming. At some point when a machine can do any job better, faster, and more cheaply than any human, what's left for the human to do? Beg for food I guess... or something.
If they don't share then they deserve the unrest they get.
I sure hope we get this shit figured out before then, 'cause you know the curse,"may you live in interesting times"? We're all going to get the unrest, deserved or not.
I'm not hopeful though, the 1%ers that we have now are good at making money, but really fucking stupid in most other ways, especially governance.
I would advise against taking a short position in Bitcoins. What amazes me when watching a bubble is just how high it will go: it always goes much higher than anyone thinks it will go. Then, when the bubble pops, it goes much lower than anyone thought it could go.
Really Slashdot?! A post calling climate science 'Creation "science"' gets modded +4, Interesting? I am fucking disappointed. I get that it is no longer 'news for nerds', but if any of you fucking 'nerds' modded this up, drop the label 'nerd'.
I left these conversations wondering why these CEO's were more pro-alternative than any environmentalist I had ever met.
Hmm. So to be more 'pro-alternative' in your view should environmentalist put more of their funds towards helping to discredit climate scientists like oil - sorry - 'energy' companies do? Or do you suppose that talking about how important the environment is while sticking your drill-of-love deep in its ass is actually a different thing from trying to protect it?
Oh yeah, I forgot, oil is not only natural, it's organic!
Phucking Phil Phucktard is an [blah blah blah]... But funny you went fishing for "an irrational grudge against any scientist." [blah blah blah] Phucking Phil Plait can't. [blah blah blah] Phucking Phil Phucktard [blah blah blah] Phucking Phil's [blah] Phucking Phil's [spew] Phucking Phil Phucktard [vomit] phucking phucktard's ass.
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Who were they? What were their names? How high did the chain of command go? When will there be a trial? How many dozens of people (or hundreds?) will be serving 20 year sentences?
I think you'll find your answers by looking at how many of the bankers and wallstreeters that caused the panic and crash were prosecuted and went to jail (read:none). Not only did they get away with it, but now they are rewarded as "too big to fail" so they're free to do it again with impunity.
There are two levels of justice:
... Apple, Google, Samsung, and Microsoft are due to meet and discuss the implementation of a industry-wide 'kill switch' system."
Soon to be highjacked by the job-creating content industry.
Oops, sorry, looks like you'd better stop pirating Mickey Mouse from 75 years ago if you want to make that emergency call!
The child can learn about sex on their wedding night.
In muslim countries the child certainly can learn about sex on their wedding night.
The real issue is that Apple has access to its customers' private backdoor, and that they don't like lube.
You had some words switched around there.
It is irrelevant how much Apple spends to operate that backdoor.
Agreed.
You pay to play and you get what you want. Buying legislation successfully takes both parties.
Right?! Isn't there a typo in the summary? It's not supposed to be FWD.us but PWNED.us, as in "the U.S.? We fucking OWN it."
Court documents show that federal agents were so stymied by the encrypted iPhone 4S of a Kentucky man accused of distributing crack cocaine that they turned to Apple for decryption help last year... Because the waiting list had grown so long, there would be at least a 7-week delay...
As soon as they are able to get these phones decrypted, this war on drugs will be won!
Oh, boo fucking hoo. I don't care that you overengineered your tools and your lack of real social skills means you have feelings for them. That's your problem, not a problem with society.
Says the slightly more evolved hairless chimpanzee, as he furiously hammers away at his over-engineered communications device.
Is Netflix basically taking advantage of an infrastructure it doesn't pay for?
Nope. I'm taking advantage of an infrastructure that I pay for. I apologize for not contributing more to the CEOs of America, but I'm sure they'll find a way to get their money on my cash, one way or another.
Sheesh folks are getting bent over Yahoo increasing an already generous benefit for women but, not for men. How about we cut them a huss until everyone else in the country has the paltry 8 weeks of leave dads at Yahoo will get, then we can paint signs, hop on a buss, protest outside their offices, sign "Give Peace a Chance" and boycott their services...
Eight weeks is generous. Hell, even four weeks would be generous, and like you said, the women need the time to recuperate. So, I'm sure you'd be on board with them cutting the men's leave to four weeks so the women could have 16, right? I mean what would be wrong with that?
I think they should adjust in a more orderly fashion into a large furnace.
God? You're on Slashdot?!
Socialism.
And when those who provide, create and actually work refuse to give those who are lazy and do nothing the fruits of their efforts what then?
There's a word for those who work solely for the benefit of others with little to no practical choice but to do so. Slaves.
You do know that Ayn Rand's book Atlas Shrugged is a work of fiction, right?
These exact same fears were written about in 1880.
So this must be exactly the same then.
Every wave of automation works the same way...
Except when they don't.
One of these automation revolutions is going to be qualitatively different from the ones in the past. I don't know if this one is the one, but it is coming. At some point when a machine can do any job better, faster, and more cheaply than any human, what's left for the human to do? Beg for food I guess... or something.
If they don't share then they deserve the unrest they get.
I sure hope we get this shit figured out before then, 'cause you know the curse,"may you live in interesting times"? We're all going to get the unrest, deserved or not.
I'm not hopeful though, the 1%ers that we have now are good at making money, but really fucking stupid in most other ways, especially governance.
"If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."
If this is your definition of change, you can shove it up your ass.
Does this company offer a way to recover a Slashdot that doesn't disguise advertising as a story?
The driving computer sees the 4 feet of water ahead using the cameras/radar and stops because it determines the water is too deep to ford?
What if it's not too deep to Chevy?
Bubbles are unpredictable to say the least.
(posting as anon coward because this is the first post i've ever made on slashdot in almost 10 years of lurking)
a;lksdjoiuoihkjbkjbdkjbva dvbadfb, because really, it's not that fucking important, at least not anymore. Slashdot's been overrun with Libertardians.
Creation "science" has an explanation ...
Really Slashdot?! A post calling climate science 'Creation "science"' gets modded +4, Interesting? I am fucking disappointed. I get that it is no longer 'news for nerds', but if any of you fucking 'nerds' modded this up, drop the label 'nerd'.
Yeah! Give it a shot, they've been working on this since 7120 BCE (at least the computer has been running that long!)
Did you say Idiocracy?
It's a well orchestrated conspiracy by astrophysicists to vastly increase their government funding. These fat-cat scientists must be stopped now!
As long as that attitude remains dominant, miscarriages of justice will occur within every branch of justice(except for the super-rich).
Miscarriages of justice happen all of the time with the super-rich; they can get away with just about anything.
I left these conversations wondering why these CEO's were more pro-alternative than any environmentalist I had ever met.
Hmm. So to be more 'pro-alternative' in your view should environmentalist put more of their funds towards helping to discredit climate scientists like oil - sorry - 'energy' companies do? Or do you suppose that talking about how important the environment is while sticking your drill-of-love deep in its ass is actually a different thing from trying to protect it?
Oh yeah, I forgot, oil is not only natural, it's organic!
... what did Plait ever do to you AC?
Phucking Phil Phucktard is an [blah blah blah] ... But funny you went fishing for "an irrational grudge against any scientist." [blah blah blah] Phucking Phil Plait can't. [blah blah blah] Phucking Phil Phucktard [blah blah blah] Phucking Phil's [blah] Phucking Phil's [spew] Phucking Phil Phucktard [vomit] phucking phucktard's ass.
Phil fucked his mom.