There's a pretty clear line here: Material that has a legal age restriction should not be openly provided by the library. Pornography makes that cut. If you don't like it, move to have that restriction lifted.
What is "acceptable" content has a goddamned LEGAL status! Porn is age-restricted, you know. Yes, teenagers jerk it to porno all the time, but legally, you must be 18 or older to view. If that isn't a good cutoff point as to what is "acceptable" in a public facility like a library, then what the hell is? There's no age restriction at the library.
Actually, there is. Porn is age-restricted by law. A public library is not. Do you not see the disconnect here? The government can't (well, shouldn't) legislate what happens at home in regard to filtering, child access to computers, etc, but they sure as hell can control it at a public library. There ARE restrictions on use of public facilities, you know, and I think porn at the library counts. Any material that is age-restricted like that should not be accessible at public facilities unless they are also age-restricted. I like porn as much as the next guy, but really, digging it up at a public library? Come on.
Only if you're willing to hack your Android phone with potentially daunting procedures and unsupported installs. The 3GS is about two and a half years old and it's still running the latest iOS. I don't know if there's a single Android handset as old running officially running the latest release. Really, you don't think that Android handset makers don't want to cut people out and try to force an upgrade?
Because they had very good reason to believe that Pakistan officials were protecting him. There's no way Bin Laden lived there for years without some public officials knowing about it. Tipping them off could've lost him.
No they don't. Geeks create technology, but they wouldn't go much of anywhere if there weren't masses of consumers to buy that technology. We might be able to make do, but not everyone knows someone geeky for tech support. If they did, crap like the Geek Squad wouldn't exist. Most people are clueless about computers and don't know anyone savvy enough to make a difference.
Right, because "geeks" are the whole market, right? Are you daft? "General purpose computing" applies to everyone, and only a very small subset of everyone is interested in devices like the Raspberry Pi.
Eh, they didn't really say anything new, but they brought existing exposure further into the limelight. I can at least give them credit for that. People who wouldn't have heard or cared (and might have become victims of that sham in the first place) found out about the dirty dealings of the CoS and stayed away.
Your point is irrelevant. When people left Myspace and Digg in droves, where did they go? Facebook and Reddit. They didn't just drop it entirely. They found something they liked better and went for it. People aren't going to leave social media because most people are too busy playing goddamned Farmville to give a crap about those privacy issues.
because, anyone who is dare able to say 'philosophy is not needed', deserves a sound kick in the face. the current capitalist mechanic of corporate exploitation not needing something to make immediate profits in short term, does not mean that that something is not needed.
Philosophy is needed. A truckload of philosophy majors is not. While there are many contributing factors in the way things are now, you can't write off a lot of these dimwitted kids who blow $60k in loans on a BS in Psychology or Fine Arts and then cry that they can't get a job with it.
And what is "the app"? Apple has never used the kill switch. They've pulled apps from the store, but they've never had to use the remote kill. Even tethering apps are still functioning after they've been yanked from the store.
And that has what do to with the Zetas? Last time I checked, the US wasn't bombing the hell out of Mexico. These guys are in it for the money and power, not to get back at the US.
So the US trained these guys when they were already a bunch of crooks, thugs, pushers, and murderers?
Oh, wait, they did that while they were still soldiers. The move to the drug trade came AFTER. That's a distinction you're missing here. You might as well say we should never train any soldiers because they could do bad things someday with that training.
I've never touched pot. I've never touched cigarettes. Hell, I've never even consumed alcohol. I am also firmly for the legalization of pot and other drugs based on the very simple principle that my body belongs to me and the government has no fucking right to tell me or anyone else what they can do with their own body.
Cigarettes and alcohol are also addictive and completely legal. So some things that are very bad for you and highly addictive are fine, but others are not?
In addition, thanks for pushing the nanny state onto us. I'm so glad you're around to protect people from themselves and try to make their decisions for them instead of letting them live and learn from their own decisions.
Right, because people who can only afford to rent can DEFINITELY afford to buy, right? I mean, I'm sure they all have good enough credit that a bank could give them a loan. And it would be so cheap to outright sell an apartment unit, I'm sure. Getting a six moth to one year lease because you're not sure if you're going to stay in the area? NO! You don't get to do that! You have to buy it outright, and then risk getting stuck under it if you need to move out of the area! Hoping to find a better place once your lease is up, perhaps a bit cheaper or in a better neighborhood? Well, you can't just pick up and move out, you have to get it sold! Are you a student? Buy that apartment! That's completely feasible! And apartment owners (who really aren't loaded to the gills. I mean, really, you're going to hold them up as a huge example of the wealthy? Are you kidding me?) will just have to eat it and sell off everything they have, putting them out of a job and a livelihood. On the business side, yeah, that's a brilliant idea. With so many small businesses going bankrupt and going under, what's going to happen when they all have to buy every lot and fold before it gets anywhere close to paid off? Banks eat shit as a result, and not the big guys (who can absorb it), but the smaller regional banks will suffer tremendously. As a result, good luck ever opening a business without some MAJOR investment to put down on that property, because most banks will have immensely high hurdles to buy a business property in the current climate. And business property is so cheap to purchase, especially in a big city. Want to open a seasonal store for a few months in an existing building? Better get ready to buy it and then sell it again!
And yes, it's such a wealth collector because renters owners are just LOADED, aren't they? A few big dogs are, but a lot of this stuff is handled through small-time outfits, especially outside of big cities. This is one of the dumbest damned things I've ever seen on Slashdot, and that's really saying something. You are all ideals and no idea. Rent exists partially because people DO NOT WANT OWNERSHIP. They want a place to live with someone else handling maintenance and they want to be able to move out at some point without being stuck with housing that they have to get sold. That's not applicable to everyone in a rental unit, but it's a good chunk. Try actually thinking about the impact of these things before posting this laughable drivel.
So you'd rather keep paying rent for a decade or so until you have enough cash to afford a house, especially if payments on that house in total would be less than all that decade of rent money plus the cost of the house?
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There's a pretty clear line here: Material that has a legal age restriction should not be openly provided by the library. Pornography makes that cut. If you don't like it, move to have that restriction lifted.
What is "acceptable" content has a goddamned LEGAL status! Porn is age-restricted, you know. Yes, teenagers jerk it to porno all the time, but legally, you must be 18 or older to view. If that isn't a good cutoff point as to what is "acceptable" in a public facility like a library, then what the hell is? There's no age restriction at the library.
There may be a legal issue, though. Libraries are not restricted by age. Porn is legally restricted by age.
Actually, there is. Porn is age-restricted by law. A public library is not. Do you not see the disconnect here? The government can't (well, shouldn't) legislate what happens at home in regard to filtering, child access to computers, etc, but they sure as hell can control it at a public library. There ARE restrictions on use of public facilities, you know, and I think porn at the library counts. Any material that is age-restricted like that should not be accessible at public facilities unless they are also age-restricted. I like porn as much as the next guy, but really, digging it up at a public library? Come on.
Only if you're willing to hack your Android phone with potentially daunting procedures and unsupported installs. The 3GS is about two and a half years old and it's still running the latest iOS. I don't know if there's a single Android handset as old running officially running the latest release. Really, you don't think that Android handset makers don't want to cut people out and try to force an upgrade?
Because they had very good reason to believe that Pakistan officials were protecting him. There's no way Bin Laden lived there for years without some public officials knowing about it. Tipping them off could've lost him.
No they don't. Geeks create technology, but they wouldn't go much of anywhere if there weren't masses of consumers to buy that technology. We might be able to make do, but not everyone knows someone geeky for tech support. If they did, crap like the Geek Squad wouldn't exist. Most people are clueless about computers and don't know anyone savvy enough to make a difference.
Right, because "geeks" are the whole market, right? Are you daft? "General purpose computing" applies to everyone, and only a very small subset of everyone is interested in devices like the Raspberry Pi.
Is that you, Richard Stallman? Are you in disguise?
Eh, they didn't really say anything new, but they brought existing exposure further into the limelight. I can at least give them credit for that. People who wouldn't have heard or cared (and might have become victims of that sham in the first place) found out about the dirty dealings of the CoS and stayed away.
Your point is irrelevant. When people left Myspace and Digg in droves, where did they go? Facebook and Reddit. They didn't just drop it entirely. They found something they liked better and went for it. People aren't going to leave social media because most people are too busy playing goddamned Farmville to give a crap about those privacy issues.
because, anyone who is dare able to say 'philosophy is not needed', deserves a sound kick in the face. the current capitalist mechanic of corporate exploitation not needing something to make immediate profits in short term, does not mean that that something is not needed.
Philosophy is needed. A truckload of philosophy majors is not. While there are many contributing factors in the way things are now, you can't write off a lot of these dimwitted kids who blow $60k in loans on a BS in Psychology or Fine Arts and then cry that they can't get a job with it.
Um...if a 24" iMac drive went bad within a year then it would've been covered under Apple's warranty.
Well, unless your ISP has given you the same IP address for a long, long time, this site isn't going to be accurate.
And what is "the app"? Apple has never used the kill switch. They've pulled apps from the store, but they've never had to use the remote kill. Even tethering apps are still functioning after they've been yanked from the store.
And that has what do to with the Zetas? Last time I checked, the US wasn't bombing the hell out of Mexico. These guys are in it for the money and power, not to get back at the US.
So the US trained these guys when they were already a bunch of crooks, thugs, pushers, and murderers?
Oh, wait, they did that while they were still soldiers. The move to the drug trade came AFTER. That's a distinction you're missing here. You might as well say we should never train any soldiers because they could do bad things someday with that training.
There were very few Baptists or bootleggers in Utah at the time.
I've never touched pot. I've never touched cigarettes. Hell, I've never even consumed alcohol. I am also firmly for the legalization of pot and other drugs based on the very simple principle that my body belongs to me and the government has no fucking right to tell me or anyone else what they can do with their own body.
Cigarettes and alcohol are also addictive and completely legal. So some things that are very bad for you and highly addictive are fine, but others are not?
In addition, thanks for pushing the nanny state onto us. I'm so glad you're around to protect people from themselves and try to make their decisions for them instead of letting them live and learn from their own decisions.
Steve Jobs wasn't terminal when he went for alternative treatment.
Right, because people who can only afford to rent can DEFINITELY afford to buy, right? I mean, I'm sure they all have good enough credit that a bank could give them a loan. And it would be so cheap to outright sell an apartment unit, I'm sure. Getting a six moth to one year lease because you're not sure if you're going to stay in the area? NO! You don't get to do that! You have to buy it outright, and then risk getting stuck under it if you need to move out of the area! Hoping to find a better place once your lease is up, perhaps a bit cheaper or in a better neighborhood? Well, you can't just pick up and move out, you have to get it sold! Are you a student? Buy that apartment! That's completely feasible! And apartment owners (who really aren't loaded to the gills. I mean, really, you're going to hold them up as a huge example of the wealthy? Are you kidding me?) will just have to eat it and sell off everything they have, putting them out of a job and a livelihood. On the business side, yeah, that's a brilliant idea. With so many small businesses going bankrupt and going under, what's going to happen when they all have to buy every lot and fold before it gets anywhere close to paid off? Banks eat shit as a result, and not the big guys (who can absorb it), but the smaller regional banks will suffer tremendously. As a result, good luck ever opening a business without some MAJOR investment to put down on that property, because most banks will have immensely high hurdles to buy a business property in the current climate. And business property is so cheap to purchase, especially in a big city. Want to open a seasonal store for a few months in an existing building? Better get ready to buy it and then sell it again!
And yes, it's such a wealth collector because renters owners are just LOADED, aren't they? A few big dogs are, but a lot of this stuff is handled through small-time outfits, especially outside of big cities. This is one of the dumbest damned things I've ever seen on Slashdot, and that's really saying something. You are all ideals and no idea. Rent exists partially because people DO NOT WANT OWNERSHIP. They want a place to live with someone else handling maintenance and they want to be able to move out at some point without being stuck with housing that they have to get sold. That's not applicable to everyone in a rental unit, but it's a good chunk. Try actually thinking about the impact of these things before posting this laughable drivel.
Rifftrax already had their wicked way with it. Good stuff.
I'd love to see a team of geeks with too much time on their hands try to do a George Lucas on it. CGI all over.
So you'd rather keep paying rent for a decade or so until you have enough cash to afford a house, especially if payments on that house in total would be less than all that decade of rent money plus the cost of the house?