Certainly is lowbrow stuff. Definitely belongs in idle. What's happening to Slashdot front page today is very comparable to the commercialization and degradation of FM radio in the early/middle seventies. Thank goodness the comments and journals make up for it.
It's nothing more than a forfeiture like any other. Money doesn't matter to them. Whatever a regular fine would be, it would be made up for within a week. Nope, Gotta hit 'em where it hurts...if they really did anything wrong. And your basic economics and IP law is partly responsible for the broken economy designed solely for the benefit of the big dogs that we live under today. So I have little faith in what ever people with a vested interest would have to say. It is meaningless in a rigged system.
The EU should make them put up a bunch of their patents and copyrights into the public domain. Crippling their software is stupid. And in corporate settings where there is a in house IT staff, Linux is more than ready to replace Microsoft.
Yeah, that's one of the things I never could understand is how we let email get stuffed into some archive that only the program that created it can read. Dumb as hell. At worst, it should use a standard zip archive with the text files like you mentioned inside. Anyway, I was kinda talking more about secrecy in general, the stuff we fought against during Nixon's term. He proved that crime does pay, and quite well. And the subsequent people have learned from his mistake of not burning the tapes. and the voters have learned absolutely nothing from these sordid episodes. So, while the country "heals", criminals roam free, and another one will probably be elected president again. Shame on us for putting up with it.
And for all YOU know, you may BE a stupid, little cunt. Sure do sound like one. Of course because of the strong affection I have for you, I mean that in the nicest possible way.
Yeah? Can you read the web without a computer? Or even without electricity? Can you use the web to line the bottom of your bird cage? Wrap a fish? Or wipe your butt?
In my opinion the biggest enemy of the US democratic process is the financing of the elections.
No, the problem is influence the money has over the voters. Nobody is forcing them to vote for the guy with most money. And if they don't look past what mass media spoon feeds them, then that too is their own fault. Let them spend and contribute all they want. It's up to us to see past it and vote on the things that actually matter. Education is the key, not more legislation.
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...the only people who can see that information are the people on my friends list.
So can anybody with a subpoena. Or even without one nowadays.
...like all edifices built by the hand of Man they don't last forever.
But they will last as long as they are maintained. If this republic fails, there should be no doubt it will be for the same reasons Rome's did. Funny thing, in many ways the Roman Empire is still alive and well, headquartered in the Vatican, as rich and powerful as it has ever been, having much influence over many governments all over the world, including the US.
Just how many unemployed people do you think there are who are able and willing to do the work?
I know a guy in La Jolla that might tell you ha can pull it off for the right price, and he might even offer up a cure for malaria. He's a frickin genius.
Feel free to state something more exciting whenever you're up to it.
IMHO, the future of this country will be far better served if Obama spends time putting in rock solid data retention policies for his and future administrations, then it would be served by spending time digging through the mess that was George W.
I would like to go along with that, but it is necessary to send a message that the next "George W" (and there will be one, if we really don't already have one) won't get away with it. Kinda what justice is about. This George W was able to do what he did because Nixon walked away scott free, with full bennies. Let's see if we can't prevent a third occurrence during my lifetime.
Oh, and Hulu doesn't work here. That's another bit of openness we need to demand. This proxy thing is a pain in the ass.
You know, for those of us who lived through Johnson and Nixon, some of us find all this secrecy is just another example of our failure to learn from the past, especially such a recent past. To put it nicely, fuck that.
If there was a genuine investigation of the last 8 years...
I know perfectly well that that is why there will be no investigations. And yes the dems are just as responsible for the last eight year as anybody. The failure is indeed bipartisan. Again, our fault. We put them there and kept them there. And if we did the responsible thing by demanding an end to so much secrecy, we wouldn't having this "meltdown". But here we are with some people saying we should just them keep doing what we have been doing all along. Don't mistake me for any kind of democrat. I like them even less than the old republicans we use to have before Falwell showed up on the scene. And besides, both are nothing more than factions of the same party.
Couldn't agree more. It is we who put him there. And it is we who have the power to remove him. And if he wants to work in secret, I will always recommend that we do just that. I will always consider the last 45 years, and in particular, the last 8 years to be our failure, not the politicians'. It is a perfect example of majority rule gone haywire. They are just following orders. Whose, I don't know. That's why we need to put them in glass houses.
Nobody's saying we should hand our government over to a bunch of hereditary autarchs who claim their right to rule comes from "a higher power".
All I'm saying is that there's nothing wrong with hanging the Sword of Damocles over their heads either. Maybe that way they will have less desire to make the job a career. Being president should not be a job to aspire towards. It should be seen as an obligation of public service. I bet you the person who wants it the least would be your best candidate.
...and they can do whatever they want, without harassment.
That's exactly the kind of thing that got us into this second quagmire in less than 40 years. Sometimes, and this would be one of them, the majority is wrong. Winning an election does necessarily mean you are qualified for the job. It just means you're a good salesman and you won. The campaign is not the job. The majority continues to vote for those who allegiances are very questionable, either because they are misinformed or are just as greedy for a piece of the action, and the minority has to fight back with a bit more vigor. We might not win an election, but we sure as hell won't just let these people "do whatever they want, without harassment". The last eight years should be glaringly obvious as to why not. With government, openess and honesty go hand in hand, and I for one, will demand both.
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UMG can't just sell people MP3s for $20 and ask for them back- sale done, game over.
Don't be too sure about that.
...Oscars Recap on the front page...
Certainly is lowbrow stuff. Definitely belongs in idle. What's happening to Slashdot front page today is very comparable to the commercialization and degradation of FM radio in the early/middle seventies. Thank goodness the comments and journals make up for it.
It's nothing more than a forfeiture like any other. Money doesn't matter to them. Whatever a regular fine would be, it would be made up for within a week. Nope, Gotta hit 'em where it hurts...if they really did anything wrong. And your basic economics and IP law is partly responsible for the broken economy designed solely for the benefit of the big dogs that we live under today. So I have little faith in what ever people with a vested interest would have to say. It is meaningless in a rigged system.
The EU should make them put up a bunch of their patents and copyrights into the public domain. Crippling their software is stupid. And in corporate settings where there is a in house IT staff, Linux is more than ready to replace Microsoft.
Problem: "Test flight OK, except autoland very rough."
Solution: "Autoland not installed on this aircraft."
Hmmmm, this looks like a good place to drop anchor...
Yeah, you're right. Should've shot 'em all, right?
It's the threat of wireless mesh that provokes these laws. Gotta keep that grip. Of course they'll tell you it's fur die Kinder.
Yeah, that's one of the things I never could understand is how we let email get stuffed into some archive that only the program that created it can read. Dumb as hell. At worst, it should use a standard zip archive with the text files like you mentioned inside. Anyway, I was kinda talking more about secrecy in general, the stuff we fought against during Nixon's term. He proved that crime does pay, and quite well. And the subsequent people have learned from his mistake of not burning the tapes. and the voters have learned absolutely nothing from these sordid episodes. So, while the country "heals", criminals roam free, and another one will probably be elected president again. Shame on us for putting up with it.
I guess it's back to the more private networks. How's that wireless mesh coming along to help get around these people?
And for all YOU know, you may BE a stupid, little cunt. Sure do sound like one. Of course because of the strong affection I have for you, I mean that in the nicest possible way.
peace, love, dove
If I were a judge in this case...
And the world breaths a great sigh of relief that you're not a judge in any case.
Back at ya :)
Yeah? Can you read the web without a computer? Or even without electricity? Can you use the web to line the bottom of your bird cage? Wrap a fish? Or wipe your butt?
HEY!
Lameness filter override: Mairzy dotes and dozy dotes and little lamsy divey,
A kiddly divey, too -- wouldn't you?
In my opinion the biggest enemy of the US democratic process is the financing of the elections.
No, the problem is influence the money has over the voters. Nobody is forcing them to vote for the guy with most money. And if they don't look past what mass media spoon feeds them, then that too is their own fault. Let them spend and contribute all they want. It's up to us to see past it and vote on the things that actually matter. Education is the key, not more legislation.
...the only people who can see that information are the people on my friends list.
So can anybody with a subpoena. Or even without one nowadays.
...like all edifices built by the hand of Man they don't last forever.
But they will last as long as they are maintained. If this republic fails, there should be no doubt it will be for the same reasons Rome's did. Funny thing, in many ways the Roman Empire is still alive and well, headquartered in the Vatican, as rich and powerful as it has ever been, having much influence over many governments all over the world, including the US.
Just how many unemployed people do you think there are who are able and willing to do the work?
I know a guy in La Jolla that might tell you ha can pull it off for the right price, and he might even offer up a cure for malaria. He's a frickin genius.
Feel free to state something more exciting whenever you're up to it.
IMHO, the future of this country will be far better served if Obama spends time putting in rock solid data retention policies for his and future administrations, then it would be served by spending time digging through the mess that was George W.
I would like to go along with that, but it is necessary to send a message that the next "George W" (and there will be one, if we really don't already have one) won't get away with it. Kinda what justice is about. This George W was able to do what he did because Nixon walked away scott free, with full bennies. Let's see if we can't prevent a third occurrence during my lifetime.
Oh, and Hulu doesn't work here. That's another bit of openness we need to demand. This proxy thing is a pain in the ass.
You know, for those of us who lived through Johnson and Nixon, some of us find all this secrecy is just another example of our failure to learn from the past, especially such a recent past. To put it nicely, fuck that.
If there was a genuine investigation of the last 8 years...
I know perfectly well that that is why there will be no investigations. And yes the dems are just as responsible for the last eight year as anybody. The failure is indeed bipartisan. Again, our fault. We put them there and kept them there. And if we did the responsible thing by demanding an end to so much secrecy, we wouldn't having this "meltdown". But here we are with some people saying we should just them keep doing what we have been doing all along. Don't mistake me for any kind of democrat. I like them even less than the old republicans we use to have before Falwell showed up on the scene. And besides, both are nothing more than factions of the same party.
Couldn't agree more. It is we who put him there. And it is we who have the power to remove him. And if he wants to work in secret, I will always recommend that we do just that. I will always consider the last 45 years, and in particular, the last 8 years to be our failure, not the politicians'. It is a perfect example of majority rule gone haywire. They are just following orders. Whose, I don't know. That's why we need to put them in glass houses.
Nobody's saying we should hand our government over to a bunch of hereditary autarchs who claim their right to rule comes from "a higher power".
All I'm saying is that there's nothing wrong with hanging the Sword of Damocles over their heads either. Maybe that way they will have less desire to make the job a career. Being president should not be a job to aspire towards. It should be seen as an obligation of public service. I bet you the person who wants it the least would be your best candidate.
...and they can do whatever they want, without harassment.
That's exactly the kind of thing that got us into this second quagmire in less than 40 years. Sometimes, and this would be one of them, the majority is wrong. Winning an election does necessarily mean you are qualified for the job. It just means you're a good salesman and you won. The campaign is not the job. The majority continues to vote for those who allegiances are very questionable, either because they are misinformed or are just as greedy for a piece of the action, and the minority has to fight back with a bit more vigor. We might not win an election, but we sure as hell won't just let these people "do whatever they want, without harassment". The last eight years should be glaringly obvious as to why not. With government, openess and honesty go hand in hand, and I for one, will demand both.
...the Constitution was defined by Madison to correct some of the flaws that lead to the Roman drive to Empire.
Doesn't seem to have worked as we follow our "manifest destiny"