No, not really. I know what BitCoin is, there's been no big epiphany here. It has been massively overposted on Slashdot as a solution for all of the world's ills. But yes, it's good as an anonymous payment method.
Other than the IRS stuff, you've pretty much described the situation in Canada (and even then they have a tight integration with Revenue Canada, though only to verify your income estimates given at the beginning of the year and cut your debt in the form of a grant if you weren't too far off the mark).
If a subsidy (and I argue that a loan is not a subsidy considering it has to be repaid with interest, but I digress) is going to a person rather than a corporation, for the purpose of education especially, I don't have much of a problem with it.
I'm a conspiracy theorist because I believe history is likely to repeat? That is exactly what they did the last time this happened. Perhaps they will answer it this time, who knows. The ad hominem is not needed.
He had a similar thing happen when he ran a widget on barackobama.com that allowed people to ask questions and vote for questions they'd like answered (alas, I cannot for the life of me remember its name). The marijuana question, near the top of the list by votes, was quickly and quietly deleted, along with other questions along the same grounds.
I wouldn't be surprised if we see the same thing happen here.
Shit, this is how they completely destroy the Fourth Amendment since just about everywhere is within 100 miles of an "international" airport. (If it flies to Canada, it's international.)
"Progressive" used in an aggressively negative context has become the de facto sign that a person is so hypnotized by Fox News and friends that they cannot be reasoned with.
They're USCBP / DHS. They don't have to give a badge number and are by and large above the law. You have no Fourth Amendment rights against them since according to the Government, CBP can do suspicionless searches under the "border search" exemption anywhere within 100 miles of the border (which of course includes most populated areas of the United States). The ACLU calls it the Constitution-Free Zone and if you don't like it, you might want to consider donating as they're trying to fight it.
Teleportation's easy, just redirect the location mid-transport. Imagine your surprise when instead of your girlfriend's house, you find yourself in an unspecified location that looks vaguely like Cuba.
Facebook wouldn't allow such an application. To export the data, you'd need a Facebook application. To make a Facebook application, you have to agree to their Terms of Service (Facebook likes to call it a "Statement of Rights and Responsibilities").
3. Safety We do our best to keep Facebook safe, but we cannot guarantee it. We need your help to do that, which includes the following commitments:...
3.2. You will not collect users' content or information, or otherwise access Facebook, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without our permission.
Believe me, it's been tried. Facebook is quick to respond and threaten a lawsuit if you continue.
Well, from their perspective they threw a huge amount of man-hours into creating the game, and to start over would mean those man-hours were wasted. Let them at least try to rescue it.
Course, I won't be trying it because I don't have the time or money for an MMO, but that's just me.
Don't you think publicly disclosing the vulnerability, as you have done here, might not be the best thing to do in the face of a potential lawsuit? If I was your lawyer, I would slap you upside the head. You just increased your liability by several orders of magnitude.
Apple fanboys will still flock to it, and others will start using it because it's "cool" since Apple courts the sort of people who drive what's cool. In the meantime Apple will add the features that everyone wants, cloning from other services as needed, while still locking in every feature they can to their applications. Within a year it will be the only major player.
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So, right now, then?
No, not really. I know what BitCoin is, there's been no big epiphany here. It has been massively overposted on Slashdot as a solution for all of the world's ills. But yes, it's good as an anonymous payment method.
Don't feel too bad, from what I remember Linus just randomly decided that a minor number of the 2.6 series was now 3.0 a few months back.
+1. Anyone who says something "shouldn't require evidence" deserves a reality check.
Semantics. The effect is the same; if the government gets out of the student loans business, it's a windfall to private banks.
I think this may be the first relevant BitCoin post I've seen here.
If only the US would look at other countries and think "hey, that kinda works" rather than "OMG COMMIES"...
Other than the IRS stuff, you've pretty much described the situation in Canada (and even then they have a tight integration with Revenue Canada, though only to verify your income estimates given at the beginning of the year and cut your debt in the form of a grant if you weren't too far off the mark).
If a subsidy (and I argue that a loan is not a subsidy considering it has to be repaid with interest, but I digress) is going to a person rather than a corporation, for the purpose of education especially, I don't have much of a problem with it.
Because deregulating financial matters always ends well.
I'm a conspiracy theorist because I believe history is likely to repeat? That is exactly what they did the last time this happened. Perhaps they will answer it this time, who knows. The ad hominem is not needed.
Are you seriously saying that Iraq should be forced to treat foreign soldiers on the same level as UN diplomats?
He had a similar thing happen when he ran a widget on barackobama.com that allowed people to ask questions and vote for questions they'd like answered (alas, I cannot for the life of me remember its name). The marijuana question, near the top of the list by votes, was quickly and quietly deleted, along with other questions along the same grounds.
I wouldn't be surprised if we see the same thing happen here.
Shit, this is how they completely destroy the Fourth Amendment since just about everywhere is within 100 miles of an "international" airport. (If it flies to Canada, it's international.)
"Progressive" used in an aggressively negative context has become the de facto sign that a person is so hypnotized by Fox News and friends that they cannot be reasoned with.
They're USCBP / DHS. They don't have to give a badge number and are by and large above the law. You have no Fourth Amendment rights against them since according to the Government, CBP can do suspicionless searches under the "border search" exemption anywhere within 100 miles of the border (which of course includes most populated areas of the United States). The ACLU calls it the Constitution-Free Zone and if you don't like it, you might want to consider donating as they're trying to fight it.
Teleportation's easy, just redirect the location mid-transport. Imagine your surprise when instead of your girlfriend's house, you find yourself in an unspecified location that looks vaguely like Cuba.
Really? This is a major world event. Do we really have to argue over whether or not it's "worthy" of Slashdot?
Sure, in Canada.
Facebook wouldn't allow such an application. To export the data, you'd need a Facebook application. To make a Facebook application, you have to agree to their Terms of Service (Facebook likes to call it a "Statement of Rights and Responsibilities").
3. Safety ...
We do our best to keep Facebook safe, but we cannot guarantee it. We need your help to do that, which includes the following commitments:
3.2. You will not collect users' content or information, or otherwise access Facebook, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without our permission.
Believe me, it's been tried. Facebook is quick to respond and threaten a lawsuit if you continue.
No current federal politician will ever lower funding for defense. Their opponents will quickly use it to crucify them.
"X is making us less safe! Do you want the terrorists to win?"
Well, from their perspective they threw a huge amount of man-hours into creating the game, and to start over would mean those man-hours were wasted. Let them at least try to rescue it.
Course, I won't be trying it because I don't have the time or money for an MMO, but that's just me.
Don't you think publicly disclosing the vulnerability, as you have done here, might not be the best thing to do in the face of a potential lawsuit? If I was your lawyer, I would slap you upside the head. You just increased your liability by several orders of magnitude.
Awww, butthurt Apple fanboys are moderating. How cute. My karma is nigh invincible.
Apple fanboys will still flock to it, and others will start using it because it's "cool" since Apple courts the sort of people who drive what's cool. In the meantime Apple will add the features that everyone wants, cloning from other services as needed, while still locking in every feature they can to their applications. Within a year it will be the only major player.