I didn't say i was against GM in general. I am against common practices of the Patented GM for profit brigade read (Agribusiness) in which Monsanto is only one example. Using unorthodox methods such as firing a gene from a bacterium into the genome of soy and corn and not making sure that there is not contamination of crops in the wild or taking care to study the repercussions is the problem.
yes but through a natural cross-breeding process. Not by using a gene gun to fire a foreign gene from a bacterium into a random place in the genome of a plant and then waiting decades to see what happens. See Monsanto. Do yourself a favor. Just google "The world according to Monsanto" Watch the documentary and see for yourself behind the scenes.
If you file patents on any GM product that has the capacity to cross-contaminate natural organisms with your patented gene thereby giving you the opportunity to sue people for growing crop with your contaminated gene then you should be thrown in the same pool as Monsanto.
If engineering a plant that allows you to douse them with weedkillers killing all weeds while not affecting the plant and you tell the public there will be no repercussions from said practice then superweeds show up on the scene that are resistant to herbicides then you should be thrown in the same pool with Monsanto
If your internal documents show that you knew of many problems but you lied to the public then you should be thrown in the same pool as Monsanto
The question then becomes. What procedures are in place to absolutely 100% prevent these scenarios and many more from happening?
There is no fool-proof method. On Linux i mount external drives -noexec. However because employees are people and no matter how much you try to program/train them they still make mistakes. Even when they know they can be fired if they make a mistake they still do. Its a Human train me thinks.
The Siemens PLCs are managed by.... wait for it... WIndows software written by Siemens. IIRC months after the publication of Stuxnet and the Iranian infected PLSc from Siemens they still did not fix the vulnerabilities in their PLCs. The vendors that design the products have security as an afterthought. The power company is not smart enough to design such things as PLCs and control software etc. So they rely on commercial vendors such as Siemens and Microsoft. You know the rest.
It doesn't have to be. See stuxnet. Ihe Iranian network that was infected was completely isolated from the internet. Once the employee machines are quietly infect it sits and waits for more media to be inserted and it infects those then the media is carried by human to the "secure" network and.......
Hmmm I dunno, Off the top of my head I think one could just seed and employee parking lot with a few "FREE" USB flash drives. Whats the chance of an employee finding a USB flash drive in the parking lot and plugging it into an office computer when they sit down at their desk? 50%?
"If Microsoft approached HTC and threatened them with massive litigation costs and threats of injunctions that would halt sales of their products in the United States then it is due to Microsoft threatening HTC"
This is exactly what happened. Apple sued HTC then right after that Microsoft threatened HTC with infringing MS patents. HTC was getting attacked from both sides. They decided to pay MS their fee. Its possible that some of the patents that Apple is suing over are overlapping with MS patents and so HTC may be trying to use some of the licensed MS patents to defend themselves from Apple
Both Apple and MS are taking different approaches to killing off the Android competition in the marketplace. Apple is litigating to stop Android being sold in the marketplace because the competition is hurting them. Microsoft is trying to add a sticker price to Linux and extract a OS tax from any open source operating system that makes it to prime time. Both approaches are sleazy. Instead of competing in the marketplace on the merits of their products and outrunning competitors with innovation they decide to use litigation and extortion techniques respectively.
Its sad really.
It is a Sony product. Do not open/disassemble Sony Products without the proper authorization. You are just a mere customer who purchased the product. You do not own it.
There was a time when people had Trinitrons or just a regular old TV. Trinitrons rocked back then in the 80s and early 90s. They never failed. Nowadays I see Sony products and i say "oh looks nice....oh well...its Sony, they are hostile to their customers I'll pass."
+1 indeed. I too got a bad taste in my mouth when they got into the content production business. Back then I think it was their purchase of Columbia Records that started their downhill slide. Before that they used to make cool hardware and the fought many moons ago for consumer rights and the right to build unencumbered consumer hardware. I Remember getting Sony Style catalogs etc and wanting everything in it. I recommended and Sold many a Sony product over the years and now will not touch a Sony product nor recommend/sell their products to anyone.
While you have a point. I think its more than just he Americans. Not very many people in the world like Gaddafi. France and Britain were the main ones pushing for an NO-FLY-ZONE. Even the Arab League were pushing for action and Arab nations are participating also.
If Obama had acted unilaterally rather than getting the broad coalition and UN backing BEFORE going in then we would own this whole thing and you would be hammering him for how much this cost and is driving up the deficit because he failed to get a broad coalition.
Not exactly the same thing. The Syrian army just started using tanks THIS WEEK. They have not razed entire cities to the ground with rocket trucks and Jet aircraft like Colonel Qaddafi has done There is no call from the Syrian people for a NO-FLY-ZONE because they are not getting bombed to oblivion like Qaddafi was doing to his people. So no its not the same thing not even close.
Also there is not infinite resourses to go after every dictator that turns small arms and light armor at their people. I don't see North Koreans calling for a NO-FLY-ZONE over N-Korea. Nor are they threating to raze entire cities to the ground.
The dynamics of each and every situation in each country are totally different. There is not a one size fit all approach that will work for every single situation.
Thats good for you if it makes you feel better. No one said they broke the law. That was not even the discussion here. The discussion is that Sony in particular is hostile to the consumer and consumer rights and when you agree to their EULA they believe that they have every right to take away something you have purchased from them because of that EULA. I will advise anyone I know purchasing Sony products to seek the advice of a Lawyer before purchasing such products. This is the way the free market works. If a company believes they have the right because of their EULA to remove features after they have been sold to you then the customer has the right to avoid that company's products. And I have the right to alert everyone I know about the practices of this company in the marketplace. If I know someone who purchased a 4-door car and the manufacturer came into their driveway and welded the 2 back doors shut because they feel the EULA allowed them to do that then I have the right to advise friends, family and all my customers to avoid the products of such a company. Sony is such a company. No FUD its real.
It seems that Sony takes their holy EULA to be the end-all for any legal situation more so than most. I would advise people to seek the advice of legal counsel before purchasing *any* Sony products. Or just simply avoid Sony products all-together. When you look at the history of Sony and the consumer you see that they are consistently hostile towards the consumer. Cracking down on home brew, The wholesale disablement of their customers CD-R Drives on their computers with a rootkit. They also have tried relentlessly to lock people into proprietary technologies and control media standards over the decades. Beta-Max, Memory Stick, Mini-Disc, And finally better success with Blu-Ray. And now draconian legal policies against consumer freedom to tinker with products they bought and share information. At this point avoiding Sony products should be a no-brainer. I for one will advise anyone that mentions the word Sony in my presence to stay far far far away from Sony products.
As someone who has taken apart a quite a few engines I prefer clean oil in my engines thank you very much. The sand paper effect from 10000 miles of dirt buildup is will wear down your engine prematurely. I have seen the difference with my own two eyes and believe me. Its not pretty.
You're not serious right? Space-X already has all the necessary permits and certifications so that their rockets don't go crashing into your house. The Obama administration is already working to privatize nasa launches to.... wait for it.... SpaceX
Cluestick time. It is not a crime to _recieve_ and print classified information in the United States of America. End of story. Espionage charges do not apply here.
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I didn't say i was against GM in general. I am against common practices of the Patented GM for profit brigade read (Agribusiness) in which Monsanto is only one example. Using unorthodox methods such as firing a gene from a bacterium into the genome of soy and corn and not making sure that there is not contamination of crops in the wild or taking care to study the repercussions is the problem.
yes but through a natural cross-breeding process. Not by using a gene gun to fire a foreign gene from a bacterium into a random place in the genome of a plant and then waiting decades to see what happens. See Monsanto. Do yourself a favor. Just google "The world according to Monsanto" Watch the documentary and see for yourself behind the scenes.
If you file patents on any GM product that has the capacity to cross-contaminate natural organisms with your patented gene thereby giving you the opportunity to sue people for growing crop with your contaminated gene then you should be thrown in the same pool as Monsanto.
If engineering a plant that allows you to douse them with weedkillers killing all weeds while not affecting the plant and you tell the public there will be no repercussions from said practice then superweeds show up on the scene that are resistant to herbicides then you should be thrown in the same pool with Monsanto
If your internal documents show that you knew of many problems but you lied to the public then you should be thrown in the same pool as Monsanto
The question then becomes. What procedures are in place to absolutely 100% prevent these scenarios and many more from happening?
There is no fool-proof method. On Linux i mount external drives -noexec. However because employees are people and no matter how much you try to program/train them they still make mistakes. Even when they know they can be fired if they make a mistake they still do. Its a Human train me thinks.
The Siemens PLCs are managed by .... wait for it... WIndows software written by Siemens. IIRC months after the publication of Stuxnet and the Iranian infected PLSc from Siemens they still did not fix the vulnerabilities in their PLCs. The vendors that design the products have security as an afterthought. The power company is not smart enough to design such things as PLCs and control software etc. So they rely on commercial vendors such as Siemens and Microsoft. You know the rest.
It doesn't have to be. See stuxnet. Ihe Iranian network that was infected was completely isolated from the internet. Once the employee machines are quietly infect it sits and waits for more media to be inserted and it infects those then the media is carried by human to the "secure" network and .......
Hmmm I dunno, Off the top of my head I think one could just seed and employee parking lot with a few "FREE" USB flash drives. Whats the chance of an employee finding a USB flash drive in the parking lot and plugging it into an office computer when they sit down at their desk? 50%?
"If Microsoft approached HTC and threatened them with massive litigation costs and threats of injunctions that would halt sales of their products in the United States then it is due to Microsoft threatening HTC" This is exactly what happened. Apple sued HTC then right after that Microsoft threatened HTC with infringing MS patents. HTC was getting attacked from both sides. They decided to pay MS their fee. Its possible that some of the patents that Apple is suing over are overlapping with MS patents and so HTC may be trying to use some of the licensed MS patents to defend themselves from Apple Both Apple and MS are taking different approaches to killing off the Android competition in the marketplace. Apple is litigating to stop Android being sold in the marketplace because the competition is hurting them. Microsoft is trying to add a sticker price to Linux and extract a OS tax from any open source operating system that makes it to prime time. Both approaches are sleazy. Instead of competing in the marketplace on the merits of their products and outrunning competitors with innovation they decide to use litigation and extortion techniques respectively. Its sad really.
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It is a Sony product. Do not open/disassemble Sony Products without the proper authorization. You are just a mere customer who purchased the product. You do not own it.
There was a time when people had Trinitrons or just a regular old TV. Trinitrons rocked back then in the 80s and early 90s. They never failed. Nowadays I see Sony products and i say "oh looks nice....oh well...its Sony, they are hostile to their customers I'll pass."
+1 indeed. I too got a bad taste in my mouth when they got into the content production business. Back then I think it was their purchase of Columbia Records that started their downhill slide. Before that they used to make cool hardware and the fought many moons ago for consumer rights and the right to build unencumbered consumer hardware. I Remember getting Sony Style catalogs etc and wanting everything in it. I recommended and Sold many a Sony product over the years and now will not touch a Sony product nor recommend/sell their products to anyone.
While you have a point. I think its more than just he Americans. Not very many people in the world like Gaddafi. France and Britain were the main ones pushing for an NO-FLY-ZONE. Even the Arab League were pushing for action and Arab nations are participating also.
If Obama had acted unilaterally rather than getting the broad coalition and UN backing BEFORE going in then we would own this whole thing and you would be hammering him for how much this cost and is driving up the deficit because he failed to get a broad coalition.
Not exactly the same thing. The Syrian army just started using tanks THIS WEEK. They have not razed entire cities to the ground with rocket trucks and Jet aircraft like Colonel Qaddafi has done There is no call from the Syrian people for a NO-FLY-ZONE because they are not getting bombed to oblivion like Qaddafi was doing to his people. So no its not the same thing not even close.
Also there is not infinite resourses to go after every dictator that turns small arms and light armor at their people. I don't see North Koreans calling for a NO-FLY-ZONE over N-Korea. Nor are they threating to raze entire cities to the ground.
The dynamics of each and every situation in each country are totally different. There is not a one size fit all approach that will work for every single situation.
I think he was a Muslim leader as much as the KKK were Christian leaders. just sayin...
it has come out now the the women were completely oblivious to his activities. He kept that completely separate from them.
Thats good for you if it makes you feel better. No one said they broke the law. That was not even the discussion here. The discussion is that Sony in particular is hostile to the consumer and consumer rights and when you agree to their EULA they believe that they have every right to take away something you have purchased from them because of that EULA. I will advise anyone I know purchasing Sony products to seek the advice of a Lawyer before purchasing such products. This is the way the free market works. If a company believes they have the right because of their EULA to remove features after they have been sold to you then the customer has the right to avoid that company's products. And I have the right to alert everyone I know about the practices of this company in the marketplace. If I know someone who purchased a 4-door car and the manufacturer came into their driveway and welded the 2 back doors shut because they feel the EULA allowed them to do that then I have the right to advise friends, family and all my customers to avoid the products of such a company. Sony is such a company. No FUD its real.
It seems that Sony takes their holy EULA to be the end-all for any legal situation more so than most. I would advise people to seek the advice of legal counsel before purchasing *any* Sony products. Or just simply avoid Sony products all-together. When you look at the history of Sony and the consumer you see that they are consistently hostile towards the consumer. Cracking down on home brew, The wholesale disablement of their customers CD-R Drives on their computers with a rootkit. They also have tried relentlessly to lock people into proprietary technologies and control media standards over the decades. Beta-Max, Memory Stick, Mini-Disc, And finally better success with Blu-Ray. And now draconian legal policies against consumer freedom to tinker with products they bought and share information. At this point avoiding Sony products should be a no-brainer. I for one will advise anyone that mentions the word Sony in my presence to stay far far far away from Sony products.
As someone who has taken apart a quite a few engines I prefer clean oil in my engines thank you very much. The sand paper effect from 10000 miles of dirt buildup is will wear down your engine prematurely. I have seen the difference with my own two eyes and believe me. Its not pretty.
You're not serious right? Space-X already has all the necessary permits and certifications so that their rockets don't go crashing into your house. The Obama administration is already working to privatize nasa launches to .... wait for it.... SpaceX
Maybe you can send a donation to the EFF and ask then to do such while you are at it.
If patents were tied to source code then we wouldn't have this problem
Cluestick time. It is not a crime to _recieve_ and print classified information in the United States of America. End of story. Espionage charges do not apply here.
er. Hussein was never in power in Afghanistan. Just sayin'...