...bypassing the networks sponsors is not QUITE a victimless crime...
So far, it's not any kind of crime. Your statement could be taken to mean that if I don't buy a sponser's product, they lose money, therefore I should be forced to buy their product. There is no right to guaranteed profit. If their actual sales don't meet predictions, too bad. There's no crime in that. And just try to prove that I didn't but a product because I skipped their commercial. Though the ??AA might try to tell you different.
There are many powerful people all around the world who are working on doing just that. If someone tries to put up a true data haven(stronger than Sealand's feeble attempt), they'll get "liberated". Only real wireless and lots of chaf can save the day.
I think it's more simple than that. The two cars were just trying to occupy the same space at the same time.. It doesn't matter how fast. The attempt will always result in a collision.
is going to monitor my driving, let's complete the process. maybe it should do the driving itself. And it better be able to parallel park on the first try. For the women, it should apply their make-up. For the men it should shave them and read the paper and, what the hell, it should make a nice expresso,and maybe a cream cheese bagel. An automated gun turrent might be good if you live in LA.(to deal with those that drive too close to your front bumper) But when I start the thing up, I DON'T want to hear "Where do you want to go today?"
...if the corporation doesn't make money people lose jobs and or make less.
Please, no more of that trickle down crap. Let the corps go bust. So what? New ones will spring up. I'm not going to give these poeple a free ride just so I can keep my damn job. I'll find another one or another way to stay alive. They threaten us with this garbage about going bankrupt if they have to clean up their act or pay a descent wage. It's blackmail and they're getting away with it because we're too scared our jobs. Bunch of damn whores...all of us.
Uuuhh, just exactly how much do you want to complicate the simple act of voting? Why stop there? Let's give everyone a machine. There are a few things that we can do without a computer. Posting on Slashdot doesn't appear to be one of them, but I'm working on it.
And exactly who elected them? Satan? I think it's a lack of will on the part of the person one sees in the mirror. Also remember that most of the people who vote think that the status quo is just fine. The gov't says so, so it must be true:-)
Probably not, but their not so "gentle" reminder to "register your product" that won't close until you remove inetreg.exe from the registry and restart your computer did a good job of scaring me away. Good products? Maybe, but with this kind of marketing screaming "register now!", they should lose all their customers.
"We've seen this over and over again since the Industrial Revolution (textile industry was one of the earlier ones)."
Go farther back. You will find that copyright is just a negative reaction to the printing press(new tech). Ever since the beginning, we spend most of our energy building obsticles(sp) in order to exclude people from our little clubs.
Sure it does. It helps bring an end to an industry's control of something they have no right to control. The gov't gave them this power through copyright erroneously. They had no right to give them that power. The ease of copying just put the power back wehere it belongs...to all of us. Sometimes the law has to be violated in order to show it's a bad law. It's corrupt in its nature in that it's there to protect a small group of people. And now(pretty much like always) the law is being designed by the highest bidder, making it contemptable at least, not worth the paper it was written on.
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a pair of slax
I'm actually hooked on the VWs.
Me, too. But I'm kinda partial to a ratty '67 Bug. For some reason, the Bug is just fun to drive.
Its why we have free markets.
Where? The only free market we have is in contraband that I can buy that on any street corner 24/7/365.
...bypassing the networks sponsors is not QUITE a victimless crime...
So far, it's not any kind of crime. Your statement could be taken to mean that if I don't buy a sponser's product, they lose money, therefore I should be forced to buy their product. There is no right to guaranteed profit. If their actual sales don't meet predictions, too bad. There's no crime in that. And just try to prove that I didn't but a product because I skipped their commercial. Though the ??AA might try to tell you different.
There are many powerful people all around the world who are working on doing just that. If someone tries to put up a true data haven(stronger than Sealand's feeble attempt), they'll get "liberated". Only real wireless and lots of chaf can save the day.
May I assume that your next car WON'T be a Volkswagen?
Someone's always going too fast.
I think it's more simple than that. The two cars were just trying to occupy the same space at the same time.. It doesn't matter how fast. The attempt will always result in a collision.
is going to monitor my driving, let's complete the process. maybe it should do the driving itself. And it better be able to parallel park on the first try. For the women, it should apply their make-up. For the men it should shave them and read the paper and, what the hell, it should make a nice expresso,and maybe a cream cheese bagel. An automated gun turrent might be good if you live in LA.(to deal with those that drive too close to your front bumper) But when I start the thing up, I DON'T want to hear "Where do you want to go today?"
I wonder where I can get one for my daughter's car?
In that case you'll want it for the back seat. Or you can just put in a web cam.
Useless, unverifiable... Quote a source, dammit!
This should be sufficient.
Seeing a pattern here?
Yeah. "Green Eggs and Ham" without rhyme OR rhythm.
...but pornographic images stay in the brain forever,
Not with MY memory they don't. Maybe that's why I have to back and look again. Stupid brain.
...if the corporation doesn't make money people lose jobs and or make less.
Please, no more of that trickle down crap. Let the corps go bust. So what? New ones will spring up. I'm not going to give these poeple a free ride just so I can keep my damn job. I'll find another one or another way to stay alive. They threaten us with this garbage about going bankrupt if they have to clean up their act or pay a descent wage. It's blackmail and they're getting away with it because we're too scared our jobs. Bunch of damn whores...all of us.
The REAL question is why are there electronic voting machines that DON'T have a paper trail?
Why does that question always come up? Most people know why. The REAL question is...What are we going to DO about it?
Uuuhh, just exactly how much do you want to complicate the simple act of voting? Why stop there? Let's give everyone a machine. There are a few things that we can do without a computer. Posting on Slashdot doesn't appear to be one of them, but I'm working on it.
And exactly who elected them? Satan? I think it's a lack of will on the part of the person one sees in the mirror. Also remember that most of the people who vote think that the status quo is just fine. The gov't says so, so it must be true :-)
Wrong. There should be no voting machine. Pen and paper work just fine. Unless there's a big fire of course.
This is the news from some guy with a filefront account, so take it with a grain of salt.
If you don't trust the source, why did you post the story?? Trying to pull a "Dan Rather" here?
Watch out! The registration popups will drive you nuts. Buying decisions based simply on cost will get you burned big time.
Probably not, but their not so "gentle" reminder to "register your product" that won't close until you remove inetreg.exe from the registry and restart your computer did a good job of scaring me away. Good products? Maybe, but with this kind of marketing screaming "register now!", they should lose all their customers.
"We've seen this over and over again since the Industrial Revolution (textile industry was one of the earlier ones)."
Go farther back. You will find that copyright is just a negative reaction to the printing press(new tech). Ever since the beginning, we spend most of our energy building obsticles(sp) in order to exclude people from our little clubs.
"We should all pool our money and buy every Senator..."
Don't forget the House of Representatives...
Copyright = 211 or 10-31
People who believe copyright is good = 5150
Sure it does. It helps bring an end to an industry's control of something they have no right to control. The gov't gave them this power through copyright erroneously. They had no right to give them that power. The ease of copying just put the power back wehere it belongs...to all of us. Sometimes the law has to be violated in order to show it's a bad law. It's corrupt in its nature in that it's there to protect a small group of people. And now(pretty much like always) the law is being designed by the highest bidder, making it contemptable at least, not worth the paper it was written on.
But, but, but, disco really does suck. We can agree on that...right?