Technology shouldn't be deemed illegal because of the intents for which it was originally conceived. Or should we regulate microwave ovens like we regulate fighter jets?
When the microwave ovens turn into Star Trek like food dispensers, then yes, you will see regulation because the corporations who provided food before will be suing that they can't compete.
Oh, and they won't like copies of name brands because it would be "stealing" from them.
So do dogs. Cats yawn too. I'm not sure about mice.
What's the point of this story, is there some burning question as to what organisms yawn? A yawning controversy I haven't heard of perhaps? Or some prospective line of in inquiry into the science of yawning?
This story seems like a puff piece devoid of any significant detail or content worth posting to Slashdot.
Yep, and the prophet Muhammad is the perfect man, whose acts are a model for all to follow, for all eternity.
So go ahead and marry a 6 years old girl, wait for her to be 9 or 10, and then you can have sex with her (his dear Aisha).
Ahh, but she is a girl! That's where the Catholic priests got it wrong! To rape a 10 year old boy is wrong, but if it's a girl it's ok! Allahu akbar!
Too bad hell is a fictitious place, these people really deserve it.
Men have been marrying underage girls for most of history. Not saying it's right, but it is how it has always been. Only in the last 100 years or so has society started looking down on that, making laws against it.
Right or wrong, it isn't unusual to find in history.
Religion is what allows civilization to not just progress through a social evolution, but to survive. Humanity needs religion as a whole, because our brains are wired that way.
My brain isn't wired that way. I find religions offensive to the human spirit, and think they are what is holding society back.
Religions are the excuse humans use for the unexplained because they are either too scared or too lazy to find the truth. It's easier to pretend that "magical" things are going to happen after you die, since they do NOT happen while you are alive.
When South Africa did this (to black people, rather than women), under Apartheid, the civilised world rightly condemned it, and imposed trade sanctions. Where are the trade embargoes on Saudi Arabia? They're in contravention of the UN declaration of Human Rights.
As long as we get Oil from Saudi Arabia we are going to ignore the bullshit they do. After all 9-11 was funded by the Saudi's and we left them alone.
A significant proportion of all homes raided contain young children and in the case of cyber crimes the kids computer would likely get confiscated as well.
Regardless on how you feel about piracy, criminals do not get a free pass simply because they have children.
Yes, you are right. Put the criminal (in this case, a 9 year old girl) in jail because she is a threat to the profits of corporations.
I bust out my Prescott P4 (3.0 ghz, with HT), remove the heatsink, attach my cooking box to that, and then run a linux boot disk where I'm testing the CPU, usually Prime 95 for several hours until the turkey is done.
Oh ya.
honestly, i'm having chicken on thanksgiving, and using the oven like a person who wants to have something decent to eat. plus i sold that cpu, someone need it to heat up their 1 room school house.
24 hours for all the other drugs, including amphetamines
Considering the fact that amphetamine (e.g. Adderall) affects a person's system for about four hours, I fail to see how this is a good thing. I also fail to see how it can be a good thing given the large number of people who use amphetamines legally, as prescribed by a doctor. Therapeutic doses of amphetamines will improve a person's ability to drive, so I have to wonder why we would even be concerned about people driving under the influence of amphetamines.
24 hours for all the other drugs,... and THC
THC is the drug in marijuana, so you must be mistaken (or this is a scam).
If you are prescribed a medication from the doctor, like Adderall, it doesn't matter if it shows up in a drug test. You have a doctors prescription saying it's okay for you to take it. Granted, the cop might arrest you still and let the judge deal with that, but it's not illegal. Unless of course, the prescription says NOT to operate any heavy machinery, then you are in trouble.
Seems to me the problem is the test is too "far reaching". All a cop has to do is pull you over and say you were driving erratic to test you for drugs. That isn't right. Too much potential for abuse, imo.
Pot is still ILLEGAL everywhere that the United States federal government has jurisdiction. Don't make a stupid mistake, and get busted because you THINK that pot is legal.
What the new state laws amount to, is the states have told the feds, "We're not going to enforce your stupid laws for you, and we're turning a blind eye unless someone is really being stupid."
Ya, and the Federal police are the ones going on calls. Like when a party you are at gets busted, it's the Feds that bust you, right?
Or you get pulled over and it's the Feds that pulled you over?
Silly rabbit. If the Feds are following you, you have something worse then pot going on most likely.
I can't believe anything some "official" or "expert" says anymore. Too many lame people with dumb ass agendas that use the fear mongering tactic to scare people into doing what they want.
I have had enough!!!!
Fuck you people that think you can scare me into thinking like you do. Fuck you people that think fear is a good motivator to change what we do to something that you like.
The best value by far in shoes is Dr Martens. Especially if you drag your feet. You see, they have a guarantee on the sole of the shoe. If it wares out before the rest of the shoe, you can take yours into any retailer and trade them in for a new pare for free. I bought my first pair of Dr Martens over 15 years ago and haven't bought another pair since. I trade them in about every 1.5 to 2 years.
Maybe in england, but here in the USA Dr. Martens don't last. I will crack the sole of the shoe in less then a year. Of course, this was back in the 80's & early 90's.
Another thing I found about Dr. Martens if it's freezing out, once the bottom of the shoe freezes you lose all traction. Like you strapped ice to your shoes.
Don't get me wrong, i loved the Dr. Martens, but they were NOT made to last.
Since the EyeSee doesn't store any images, retailers can use it as long as they have a closed-circuit television license."
Can someone European (or British, I expect?) explain this point? I know about the Beeb's "TV license", but thought that applied only if you use a TV to watch OTA content. For closed circuit, what the hell do you pay for?
What is funny about this (have no idea about the license shit) is that you can put a recorder on the device at that point. So sure, maybe you are missing the digital to digital connection (it would be digital to analog back to digital for those who can't follow), but the ability to record it is still there.
Now the fight isn't about consumers against the RIAA & MIAA, but other corporations are starting to feel the pinch of the bullshit that the RIAA and MIAA have been representing.
This is good, because sooner or later it will hopefully wake up everyone to that fact that the RIAA and MIAA need a new business model, one that doesn't involve suing consumers.
If the rumors are indeed true, then this is further proof that stand-alone consoles are dying. The tabletop non-mobile console will be merged into the home TV; the portable consoles will become a tablet or an oversize smartphone. Everything will be downloaded, so while the world waits for gigabit Internet, smaller, less graphically intense games that require less minutes to download will become overwhelmingly popular.
As for the hardware controller zealots that insist that touch is no substitute for buttons, think of smartphone docks where you can embed your phone should you want old-fashioned console gaming. Separate controllers are already being sold for the Xboxen, PSations and Wiis of today, so for couch potato gamers, the decision will be whether to buy a hardcore controller or simply frag the enemy with their pointy fingers.
No, I don't like the way technologies are converging into a gadget singularity. But the writing is on the wall, or should I say LCD screen.
I don't get it. We don't call the PS2 or the PS3 "Playstation", We don't call the WiiU stuff Wii. Why do we call the Xbox 360 the Xbox? The Xbox was the first game console they released, not the xbox 360, yet everyone still calls it the 360. So if the new console is named Xbox 720, are we still going to call it Xbox? Even though it's the third generation and does NOT run any of the previous generation games?
wtf people. Lets call it by it's name. Xbox 360 or the 360.
Slashdot Mirror
...You might wonder why:
That's because an IP address is not a human being when it comes to matters of law.
This is what our friendly folks in Germany will find out sooner or later. The trouble is that they'll have wasted so much time. Sad indeed.
Germany is distracted with building their forces up for another go at taking over the world. please forgive them.
Technology shouldn't be deemed illegal because of the intents for which it was originally conceived. Or should we regulate microwave ovens like we regulate fighter jets?
When the microwave ovens turn into Star Trek like food dispensers, then yes, you will see regulation because the corporations who provided food before will be suing that they can't compete.
Oh, and they won't like copies of name brands because it would be "stealing" from them.
I'm sitting here with my newborn daughter. ...And I couldn't help but think, "She looks like an end level boss from DOOM." ...
This is what i got from your post.
I suggest you tell her personality is important.
So do dogs. Cats yawn too. I'm not sure about mice.
What's the point of this story, is there some burning question as to what organisms yawn? A yawning controversy I haven't heard of perhaps? Or some prospective line of in inquiry into the science of yawning?
This story seems like a puff piece devoid of any significant detail or content worth posting to Slashdot.
My cat sighs.
It's still a stupid naming convention. By that logic all 3D films are actually 4D films since they are not static pictures.
3D films are actually 2D, using tricks to seem like it has a 3rd Dimension.
Broadway shows are actually 3D if you watch them live. If you seem them recorded, they are 2D.
Also, a video is a 3D image.
No, it's a 2D image actually.
Yep, and the prophet Muhammad is the perfect man, whose acts are a model for all to follow, for all eternity.
So go ahead and marry a 6 years old girl, wait for her to be 9 or 10, and then you can have sex with her (his dear Aisha).
Ahh, but she is a girl! That's where the Catholic priests got it wrong! To rape a 10 year old boy is wrong, but if it's a girl it's ok! Allahu akbar!
Too bad hell is a fictitious place, these people really deserve it.
Men have been marrying underage girls for most of history. Not saying it's right, but it is how it has always been. Only in the last 100 years or so has society started looking down on that, making laws against it.
Right or wrong, it isn't unusual to find in history.
Religion is what allows civilization to not just progress through a social evolution, but to survive. Humanity needs religion as a whole, because our brains are wired that way.
My brain isn't wired that way. I find religions offensive to the human spirit, and think they are what is holding society back.
Religions are the excuse humans use for the unexplained because they are either too scared or too lazy to find the truth. It's easier to pretend that "magical" things are going to happen after you die, since they do NOT happen while you are alive.
When South Africa did this (to black people, rather than women), under Apartheid, the civilised world rightly condemned it, and imposed trade sanctions.
Where are the trade embargoes on Saudi Arabia? They're in contravention of the UN declaration of Human Rights.
As long as we get Oil from Saudi Arabia we are going to ignore the bullshit they do. After all 9-11 was funded by the Saudi's and we left them alone.
A significant proportion of all homes raided contain young children and in the case of cyber crimes the kids computer would likely get confiscated as well.
Regardless on how you feel about piracy, criminals do not get a free pass simply because they have children.
Yes, you are right. Put the criminal (in this case, a 9 year old girl) in jail because she is a threat to the profits of corporations.
Are you stupid or just a dick?
Honestly, I don't know why any article with a source link at the bottom of it ends up in slashdot summary.
What's wrong with Torrentfreak?
A few nice words can go a long way. Appreciation is important
That was a very post, thank you for it.
I bust out my Prescott P4 (3.0 ghz, with HT), remove the heatsink, attach my cooking box to that, and then run a linux boot disk where I'm testing the CPU, usually Prime 95 for several hours until the turkey is done.
Oh ya.
honestly, i'm having chicken on thanksgiving, and using the oven like a person who wants to have something decent to eat. plus i sold that cpu, someone need it to heat up their 1 room school house.
Some say that I'm the handsomest man in the world.
Moms don't count.
... we can pay people to drive buses, ...
Wait, you are telling me bus drivers don't get paid currently? Damn, I'm going to tip the next one I ride on. and thank him/her for volunteering.
OK fine, lets just allow people to drive under the influence of whatever they like and as much as they like. Problem solved?
that wouldn't change anything, people already do.
24 hours for all the other drugs, including amphetamines
Considering the fact that amphetamine (e.g. Adderall) affects a person's system for about four hours, I fail to see how this is a good thing. I also fail to see how it can be a good thing given the large number of people who use amphetamines legally, as prescribed by a doctor. Therapeutic doses of amphetamines will improve a person's ability to drive, so I have to wonder why we would even be concerned about people driving under the influence of amphetamines.
24 hours for all the other drugs, ... and THC
THC is the drug in marijuana, so you must be mistaken (or this is a scam).
If you are prescribed a medication from the doctor, like Adderall, it doesn't matter if it shows up in a drug test. You have a doctors prescription saying it's okay for you to take it. Granted, the cop might arrest you still and let the judge deal with that, but it's not illegal. Unless of course, the prescription says NOT to operate any heavy machinery, then you are in trouble.
Seems to me the problem is the test is too "far reaching". All a cop has to do is pull you over and say you were driving erratic to test you for drugs. That isn't right. Too much potential for abuse, imo.
Pot is still ILLEGAL everywhere that the United States federal government has jurisdiction. Don't make a stupid mistake, and get busted because you THINK that pot is legal.
What the new state laws amount to, is the states have told the feds, "We're not going to enforce your stupid laws for you, and we're turning a blind eye unless someone is really being stupid."
Ya, and the Federal police are the ones going on calls. Like when a party you are at gets busted, it's the Feds that bust you, right?
Or you get pulled over and it's the Feds that pulled you over?
Silly rabbit. If the Feds are following you, you have something worse then pot going on most likely.
I can't believe anything some "official" or "expert" says anymore. Too many lame people with dumb ass agendas that use the fear mongering tactic to scare people into doing what they want.
I have had enough!!!!
Fuck you people that think you can scare me into thinking like you do. Fuck you people that think fear is a good motivator to change what we do to something that you like.
Fuck off.
I always feel like somebody's watching me.
I'm just an average man with an average life
I work from nine to five, hey, hell, I pay the price
All I want is to be left alone in my average home
But why do I always feel like I'm in the twilight zone
I always feel like somebody's watching me
And I have no privacy
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Tell me is it just a dream
When I come home at night
I bolt the door real tight
then avoid the TV with a built in camera...
The best value by far in shoes is Dr Martens. Especially if you drag your feet. You see, they have a guarantee on the sole of the shoe. If it wares out before the rest of the shoe, you can take yours into any retailer and trade them in for a new pare for free. I bought my first pair of Dr Martens over 15 years ago and haven't bought another pair since. I trade them in about every 1.5 to 2 years.
Maybe in england, but here in the USA Dr. Martens don't last. I will crack the sole of the shoe in less then a year. Of course, this was back in the 80's & early 90's.
Another thing I found about Dr. Martens if it's freezing out, once the bottom of the shoe freezes you lose all traction. Like you strapped ice to your shoes.
Don't get me wrong, i loved the Dr. Martens, but they were NOT made to last.
Since the EyeSee doesn't store any images, retailers can use it as long as they have a closed-circuit television license."
Can someone European (or British, I expect?) explain this point? I know about the Beeb's "TV license", but thought that applied only if you use a TV to watch OTA content. For closed circuit, what the hell do you pay for?
What is funny about this (have no idea about the license shit) is that you can put a recorder on the device at that point. So sure, maybe you are missing the digital to digital connection (it would be digital to analog back to digital for those who can't follow), but the ability to record it is still there.
Now the fight isn't about consumers against the RIAA & MIAA, but other corporations are starting to feel the pinch of the bullshit that the RIAA and MIAA have been representing.
This is good, because sooner or later it will hopefully wake up everyone to that fact that the RIAA and MIAA need a new business model, one that doesn't involve suing consumers.
If the rumors are indeed true, then this is further proof that stand-alone consoles are dying. The tabletop non-mobile console will be merged into the home TV; the portable consoles will become a tablet or an oversize smartphone. Everything will be downloaded, so while the world waits for gigabit Internet, smaller, less graphically intense games that require less minutes to download will become overwhelmingly popular.
As for the hardware controller zealots that insist that touch is no substitute for buttons, think of smartphone docks where you can embed your phone should you want old-fashioned console gaming. Separate controllers are already being sold for the Xboxen, PSations and Wiis of today, so for couch potato gamers, the decision will be whether to buy a hardcore controller or simply frag the enemy with their pointy fingers.
No, I don't like the way technologies are converging into a gadget singularity. But the writing is on the wall, or should I say LCD screen.
Spoken like a non gamer.
I don't get it. We don't call the PS2 or the PS3 "Playstation", We don't call the WiiU stuff Wii. Why do we call the Xbox 360 the Xbox? The Xbox was the first game console they released, not the xbox 360, yet everyone still calls it the 360. So if the new console is named Xbox 720, are we still going to call it Xbox? Even though it's the third generation and does NOT run any of the previous generation games?
wtf people. Lets call it by it's name. Xbox 360 or the 360.