"Why does the US have this fetish with keeping the government out of their private lives, yet allow corporations free reign to use, misuse, misplace and basically be asses with the same information?"
Because corporations cannot use (misuse) said information to jail people.
Think NASCAR. Sure, it might not be worth it to Google alone, but imagine a laptop "sponsored" by 15-20 vendors, each with their logo emblazoned on the case or the home screen.
"Republican Aide Tries to Hire Hackers" strongly implies that there was some political motive involved. There was none. Such a clumsy swipe damages any credibility Slashdot had of appearing politically neutral. Zonk, you should be ashamed.
The Fear Card has been played by the Bush Administration in destroying civil liberties and has always been a favorite tool of environmentalists. When somebody is trying to scare you, it's time to guard your wallet/Constitution.
No porn? It says a lot about their lack of business sense that they're deliberately blocking the content that has driven most of the technological innovation of our times.
You want a rational argument: The information the NSA is getting is illegal. There is a very specific legal process for obtaining wiretaps, and they aren't using it.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but as reported, the NSA obtained phone records (records of which number called which number), not the content of the conversations, as the term "wiretap" implies.
That said, (some) colleges are actually becoming quite notorious for having plenty of "laws" on campus that abridge or ammend what many consider to be their inalienable freedom of speech.
It goes way beyond college campuses. Consider the various hate-speech laws at all levels of government all across the country.
The geek in me marvels at the problems the programmers at Blizzard have had to solve. It must be some of the most interesting programming work ever done.
Well that's true of any US company, why is Google special? Yahoo has tons of peoples mail, Amazon has your entire book buying history.
Why is Google special? Because typing a keyword into a search engine should be a one-time, throw-away event. Purchases, by their nature, are recorded and tracked in a number of ways, and e-mail persists, at least long enough to be POP'ed and deleted (I don't use web-based mail except as junk collectors).
Keeping a record of what a person searched for (i.e. what a person was thinking at a given point in time) provides an opportunity for terrible misuse by criminals or, much worse, by the government.
Slashdot Mirror
...to get in a man's way.
Hopefully they will be removed as sources for Google News.
"Why does the US have this fetish with keeping the government out of their private lives, yet allow corporations free reign to use, misuse, misplace and basically be asses with the same information?" Because corporations cannot use (misuse) said information to jail people.
It wasn't until I recently fired up Chrome that I realized how spoiled I've become with FF+AdBlock.
Think NASCAR. Sure, it might not be worth it to Google alone, but imagine a laptop "sponsored" by 15-20 vendors, each with their logo emblazoned on the case or the home screen.
From a marketing standpoint this is indeed a much better demonstration of the technology, especially considering nVidia's target audience of nerds.
"Moving from computers to consumer electronics is dangerous for Apple. It's especially dangerous if the company thinks that MP3 players and its variants are the future."
Yes, Apple is giving folks #2, but not in the way that you mean.
Yes. This also comes with Safari.
Don't forget this week's war: the War on Illegal Immigrants
Because scientists hate mice.
"Republican Aide Tries to Hire Hackers" strongly implies that there was some political motive involved. There was none. Such a clumsy swipe damages any credibility Slashdot had of appearing politically neutral. Zonk, you should be ashamed.
The Fear Card has been played by the Bush Administration in destroying civil liberties and has always been a favorite tool of environmentalists. When somebody is trying to scare you, it's time to guard your wallet/Constitution.
What I want to know is: what games, what items, and his techniques. Has someone written a HOW-TO?
Are you sure you want the government deciding what behaviour you may engage in? Be careful what you ask for.
Do the "cruiser-cams" in patrol cars record audio? Without my consent?
No porn? It says a lot about their lack of business sense that they're deliberately blocking the content that has driven most of the technological innovation of our times.
The geek in me marvels at the problems the programmers at Blizzard have had to solve. It must be some of the most interesting programming work ever done.
Again.
...if this could me made to work as a controller for World of Warcraft.
A simple solution to that "problem": end government handouts.
Well that's true of any US company, why is Google special? Yahoo has tons of peoples mail, Amazon has your entire book buying history.
Why is Google special? Because typing a keyword into a search engine should be a one-time, throw-away event. Purchases, by their nature, are recorded and tracked in a number of ways, and e-mail persists, at least long enough to be POP'ed and deleted (I don't use web-based mail except as junk collectors).
Keeping a record of what a person searched for (i.e. what a person was thinking at a given point in time) provides an opportunity for terrible misuse by criminals or, much worse, by the government.