You can work in most states in the USA as well at age 15 or 16 (and often younger for family businesses). Why is it such a big deal that there are 14 year olds at Foxconn?
Considering that Foxconn overworks their workers, ya, having underage children there looks really fucking bad.
I do not know about satellite TV, but cable tv compresses the source so bad, that 720p TV looks blocky on a 1080p TV with little movement. Cable TV providers, like comcast are ruining HD TV by the crappy quality because they only care about money, not about quality. If they ever got on this bandwagon, they would fuck it up.
Things must of changed since the 80's, because, in my public school high schools (I went to 3), I got to pick my classes. Sure, I was required to take so many credits in math, english, etc., but I got to choose which classes. Never took a chemistry class, never had to. Got my science requirements via other classes.
I could of taken chemistry, or a writing class, or a speech class, but I choose to take computer & typing classes. And any class where i had access to a computer. Which oddly enough, back then, wasn't the science department. Besides the computer room, the only other class that had computers was the typing class.
I got what I wanted out of school, but I didn't get what I really needed. Maybe choice when you are wet behind the ears and don't really know what the world has to offer isn't the best way to go.
Frankly, New York City can do more to improve its citizens' health than banning certain sizes of HFCS drinks (because calling them "sugary" simply ignores the fact that soda can be made using real sugar).
While soda can and used to be made using real sugar, they haven't from the big corps in quite awhile. And seeing that you can only go Pepsi Products or Coke Products, you are stuck with soda made with HFCS instead of sugar.
It doesn't matter if you are republican or democrat, or a liberal, or a tea party, or Satan himself.
Who wins elections? Corporations.
If you aren't taking any corporation funds for your campaign, they don't want you playing. You are NOT furthering their goals at all.
People think it's about Democrats and repubs, but it's not. It's about corporate control, and if this doesn't prove it to ya, then hang out for the ride, it's going to get bumpy for the next few decades.
oh so YOU were the guy who used Megaupload for legal uses. We were wondering who that was.
The rest of us used it to download Avengers and Call of Duty: MW3.
A lot of legal software publishers hosted the latest versions of their software on megaupload.
I know, I downloaded a bunch. Sure, i've downloaded some hard to find copyrighted stuff from there also, but most the time, I was downloading legal software from megaupload.
Shit, I used the public bus to go pick up marijuana, maybe we should shut down the bus system because it's used for illegal activities?
Err, what are you saying would be different about the situation supposing that every person in Australia did have a gun?
The difference is, when the people go to the streets to protest, the government is afraid because people may have guns, meaning, if pushed, they can use force against the government. But if you take the guns away from the people, their protesting doesn't bother you as much, since you have all the force to keep the power.
Yeah, I have to really wonder about Ballmer. I've never seen him where he wasn't at least somewhat off his rocker.
You keep wondering there, armchair quarterback. Let us know when you successfully run the largest software company on the planet.
Pretty sure the company hasn't been that successful since Bill left. Sure, it makes money here and there, but almost all the new stuff, mainly these "devices" have been money losing failures by a company that doesn't understand the market.
Updated: NASA’s initial assessment is that the object is in fact a piece of plastic that has fallen off Curiosity. Further analysis will be performed before a final judgment is made.
A DMCA takedown notice for something that doesn't belong to you is simply theft, and should be treated as such. If the whole purpose of DMCA is to protect the owner of some property, it needs to work both ways.
If I called a towing company claimed that the car you had parked in your driveway was mine and that I wanted it towed to my house, that would be theft.
huh?
This is more like your neighbor called and got your car towed from the front of your house (or driveway). Why they are doing it is because they don't bother to check that the car is yours, and belongs there. And since it's not against the law to call up and get someone else car towed, they are doing it to every car they see.
Now, if I was Google, I'd just start charging for bogus requests. Wouldn't charge for legitimate requests, but charge like $1 or so for every bogus request that comes in. If a place has an outstanding balance of too much, then do not process any more requests from them until they pay up.
A couple weeks ago I woke up and found the Internet signal on my DSL modem was red, so i called up and was told I have downloaded more then the 250 gb I am allowed a month, so they turned off my internet, and I needed to upgrade my service. Well, I got hung up on after I told the worker what I thought about that. So I called back, and the person I talked to hadn't even heard of that, and was surprised it happened, and got my internet turned back on.
But it comes down to I have a 250gb limit each month on my DSL internet.
I was downloading about 1000gb a month. This is going to be hard, because IMO, 250 gb isn't very much. I am disabled, I don't work, I am on the internet all day. It's basicly my lifeline to the world. And it's seriously limited because of greedy corporations.
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You can work in most states in the USA as well at age 15 or 16 (and often younger for family businesses). Why is it such a big deal that there are 14 year olds at Foxconn?
Considering that Foxconn overworks their workers, ya, having underage children there looks really fucking bad.
My contract with AT&T ends in December. Now I can scratch Verizon off the list. Now which company DOESN'T do this?
The all do it, they all have the means and the access to your data, Verizon was just stupid enough to admit it in public.
I do not know about satellite TV, but cable tv compresses the source so bad, that 720p TV looks blocky on a 1080p TV with little movement. Cable TV providers, like comcast are ruining HD TV by the crappy quality because they only care about money, not about quality. If they ever got on this bandwagon, they would fuck it up.
Things must of changed since the 80's, because, in my public school high schools (I went to 3), I got to pick my classes. Sure, I was required to take so many credits in math, english, etc., but I got to choose which classes. Never took a chemistry class, never had to. Got my science requirements via other classes.
I could of taken chemistry, or a writing class, or a speech class, but I choose to take computer & typing classes. And any class where i had access to a computer. Which oddly enough, back then, wasn't the science department. Besides the computer room, the only other class that had computers was the typing class.
I got what I wanted out of school, but I didn't get what I really needed. Maybe choice when you are wet behind the ears and don't really know what the world has to offer isn't the best way to go.
Frankly, New York City can do more to improve its citizens' health than banning certain sizes of HFCS drinks (because calling them "sugary" simply ignores the fact that soda can be made using real sugar).
While soda can and used to be made using real sugar, they haven't from the big corps in quite awhile. And seeing that you can only go Pepsi Products or Coke Products, you are stuck with soda made with HFCS instead of sugar.
... If you believe in evolution, you can't be in favour of homosexuality, or the ducks will get you in the end.
Ducks, homosexuality and evolution. Well put. Here's an article that also has homosexuality and ducks. And some necrophilia...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2005/mar/08/highereducation.research
No but they sell ads. And people want to put their ads where people will see them. So it isn't much of a stretch to claim that they sell search.
They also sell sponsored results in their search results.
They sell ads. They do not sell search. Sponsored results yes, but no matter how you stretch it, they do NOT sell search.
So stretch your anus as far as you like, it's still an anus, might be the goat.se anus, but it's an anus, not a vagina or a back hole.
It doesn't matter if you are republican or democrat, or a liberal, or a tea party, or Satan himself.
Who wins elections? Corporations.
If you aren't taking any corporation funds for your campaign, they don't want you playing. You are NOT furthering their goals at all.
People think it's about Democrats and repubs, but it's not. It's about corporate control, and if this doesn't prove it to ya, then hang out for the ride, it's going to get bumpy for the next few decades.
http://www.leedberg.com/mad/satsq/satsq.html
http://www.madmagazine.com/tags/snappy-answers-to-stupid-questions
Didn't know how much that would prepare me for life, but it did.
Another book, Only The Earth And Sky Last Forever by Nathaniel Benchley. Loved that book. Taught me not to trust the white man.
Also, The Bible. It taught me that religion is man made, and that people are really really fucking stupid when it involves belief/faith.
Let me sell you this copy of Photoshop for $10.
It is OK because I give 90% to Adobe.
Let me sell you this perfectly forged $1 note for 90 cents. It is OK because I give the government 81 cents.
He's not selling illegal music.
He will be selling music that artists have signed up for. And he does have quite a few big artists with him on this.
You think he is so stupid that he's going to put up a service that is based off selling music he has no rights to? Seriously, during his court trial?
Let me guess, he killed you many times during MW3?
Because I keep seeing a bunch of statements that aren't even what is going on getting modded up. Like yours. It's not insightful, you are trolling.
oh so YOU were the guy who used Megaupload for legal uses. We were wondering who that was.
The rest of us used it to download Avengers and Call of Duty: MW3.
A lot of legal software publishers hosted the latest versions of their software on megaupload.
I know, I downloaded a bunch. Sure, i've downloaded some hard to find copyrighted stuff from there also, but most the time, I was downloading legal software from megaupload.
Shit, I used the public bus to go pick up marijuana, maybe we should shut down the bus system because it's used for illegal activities?
Read the whole article. He's spot on. He specifically said "wait 12 months, then this gets interesting". ...
Only problem is the world is supposed to end in 3 months.
Err, what are you saying would be different about the situation supposing that every person in Australia did have a gun?
The difference is, when the people go to the streets to protest, the government is afraid because people may have guns, meaning, if pushed, they can use force against the government. But if you take the guns away from the people, their protesting doesn't bother you as much, since you have all the force to keep the power.
Seriously, what example does that set that your Minister for Science and Education is a cheat?
Go Germany!!!!!!
Damage is done, it is not a secret anymore.
They scare me more then anyone else on this planet.
Even as I speak out like this, I'm afraid my emails, internet, phone will be monitored because I am speaking out.
I do NOT feel safe.
So, I store my memories/infomation on the "cloud" but still have a 250gb download limit a month, how does that help?
I'm thinking i'll be dead really....
Yeah, I have to really wonder about Ballmer. I've never seen him where he wasn't at least somewhat off his rocker.
You keep wondering there, armchair quarterback. Let us know when you successfully run the largest software company on the planet.
Pretty sure the company hasn't been that successful since Bill left. Sure, it makes money here and there, but almost all the new stuff, mainly these "devices" have been money losing failures by a company that doesn't understand the market.
Updated: NASA’s initial assessment is that the object is in fact a piece of plastic that has fallen off Curiosity. Further analysis will be performed before a final judgment is made.
We go, we explore, we litter!
A DMCA takedown notice for something that doesn't belong to you is simply theft, and should be treated as such. If the whole purpose of DMCA is to protect the owner of some property, it needs to work both ways.
If I called a towing company claimed that the car you had parked in your driveway was mine and that I wanted it towed to my house, that would be theft.
huh?
This is more like your neighbor called and got your car towed from the front of your house (or driveway). Why they are doing it is because they don't bother to check that the car is yours, and belongs there. And since it's not against the law to call up and get someone else car towed, they are doing it to every car they see.
Now, if I was Google, I'd just start charging for bogus requests. Wouldn't charge for legitimate requests, but charge like $1 or so for every bogus request that comes in. If a place has an outstanding balance of too much, then do not process any more requests from them until they pay up.
Since this is about money, make them pay.
is when the chick looks to be under 30...
And even then, they think I'm too old before I do...
I just downloaded a 10.8GB beta version of the Rift expansion and then spent the evening watching Netflix. Where are these caps people talk about?
That is what I used to think, till they started enforcing the caps. Which only happened 2 weeks ago...
So you are saying because it doesn't affect you it's not a problem?
A couple weeks ago I woke up and found the Internet signal on my DSL modem was red, so i called up and was told I have downloaded more then the 250 gb I am allowed a month, so they turned off my internet, and I needed to upgrade my service. Well, I got hung up on after I told the worker what I thought about that. So I called back, and the person I talked to hadn't even heard of that, and was surprised it happened, and got my internet turned back on.
But it comes down to I have a 250gb limit each month on my DSL internet.
I was downloading about 1000gb a month. This is going to be hard, because IMO, 250 gb isn't very much. I am disabled, I don't work, I am on the internet all day. It's basicly my lifeline to the world. And it's seriously limited because of greedy corporations.