"That's the big issue there. Not that employees will sneak data away on USB keys (though that is a concern, too), but that employees will be too casual with large amounts of data and quite literally LOSE it."
I don't see what the big deal is. Huge companies have had really really really important data stolen with no real effect or punishment. I mean things like social security numbers, credit cards, personal information, credit records etc. Do people even remember what happened with choicepoint? Does anybody even know who choicepoint is or what they do?
This is just bullshit. Nobody really cares all that much. There are no consequences to the corporation at all for losing data. Worst comes to worst somebody gets fired. Big whoop.
They have other choices. Two obvious ones are 1) work around (they already said they have one) and 2) pay.
They have already offered to pay 450 million so I am sure a deal could be struck. As for working around the problem I am sure they would have to pay for the time they were infringing but it would be a separate lawsuit. By working around they would be admitting that they violated the patent so that's kind of a no brainer as far as lawsuits go.
So the choices are pay, pay or go out of business. It seems like pay is a good option.
"And I also call you ignorant because you find the need to name call. "Republitard". You've made up your mind, you dont care that YOUR side is doing it too and rationalize it away because "THEY" are doing it."
That's right. This is a war. I think it was a conservative who said "The war on terrorism is a war between religious fundamentalism and modernity". Of course what he really meant to say is "the war on terrorism is a war between christian fundamentalists and muslim fundamentalists".
In a war you can't cut your enemy any slack. You can't turn the other cheek. You can't sit on your hands and do nothing.
Our country, our precious democracy, our way of life is under serious threat from this administration and from the christian fundamentalists they have put into positions of power and influence.
Nothing "my side" does to counteract this threat can be seen as excessive. Nothing. In fact I think we haven't gone nearly far enough. We should take up arms if we have to. The constitution is too precious of a document not to protect with all your might and all your resources.
"Like I said, you are a puppet. I say that because you wont or cant think for yourself."
Republitards are incapable of accepting any point of view that disagrees with theirs. Your reaction does not surprise me. It's like a muslim fundamentalists believing that if they blow themselves up they will get 40 virgins in heaven. You can't tell them otherwise, they will not accept points of view outside of their narrow zealotry as being legit.
"I start by believing that the the RIGHT has a real desire to do good by our nation. I also believe the LEFT has a real desire to do good by our nation."
Ah yes, and everything is coming up roses for me and my gal too.
"They didn't like her ideology, but gave her a pass because she was QUALIFIED. "
So you think Alito isn't going to pass? You think the republicans didn't complain about ginsberg?
"f you're one of those "everything is Bush's fault" people, I'm done with you. If you commonly use the term "Bushies", I'm done with you."
Good then, I got done with republitards like you a long time ago.
"You are a puppet incapable of thinking for yourself."
Only a republitard thinks that people who see the world differently then they do are incapable of thinking. To a republitard there is only point of view and that's his/hers. All other points of view are invalid and unthinkable.
"Yeah, right. Maybe you should review some of the things said about Alito by high-ranking dems. They all but called him sexist and a bigot. They weren't out to destroy him, were they?"
He should be destroyed. He is a religious fundamentalist like roberts before him. These guys were specifically nominated because they care more about their republican ideology and a strict interpretation of the bible then they do about the US constitution. They lack the ability to critically and rationally evaluate evidence because their minds will only take them down the paths allowed by their zealotry.
Furthermore neither of these guys is going to vote against bush if he is impeached (as he should be for comitting felonies). The only reason he is not being impeached is that the republican controlled senate and house care more about their parties then they do about the constitution. If the control of the congress slips to the democrats then there might be some inquiry into the actions of this white house and those cases might end up in the supreme court. Bush has just assured himself of a certain victory in the supreme court by stacking it with republicans.
"This is wrong on BOTH ends of the political spectrum. And if you cant see it happening on the left, then you are wearing blinders."
It's happening in both spectrums but it's not wrong. As I said the proper response to being raped is not to ask for more. I want the left to hit back even more because the country is under a real threat to revert to a talibanic state. The US constitution is too important of a document to leave in the hands of religious fundamentalists.
Kellner said it was either a conspiracy or incompetence. Why is this radical? I think the entire world knows by now that the Bush admnistration was/is supremely incompetent. In fact I would say that anybody who thinks the Bush administration was competent are themselves radical in that the entire world disagrees with them.
You are simply calling him a radical because he is not lavishing praise on Bush and dares to critizise him.
Either that or turn the other cheek till all your teeth are broken. Republicans are not interested in compromise. They simply want to destroy everybody who gets in their way and do what they want. Trying to compromise with them is like trying to compromise with Osama. It's aint going to happen. The best response is overwhelming force.
So why haven't they formed the conservative party then? I think they don't do that because it would split the republican vote. Like it or not the vast majority of people who call themsevles conservatives vote republican and a vast majority of people who vote republican call themselves conservatives.
" Kellner: In my book, I explore the case for conspiracy and conclude that either the Bush administration knew the attacks were coming and exploited them to push through their rightwing domestic and foreign policy or they were utterly incompetent, failing to see all of the obvious signs of the coming Al Qaeda attack. Whether there will ever be a thorough investigation that gets to the bottom of the 9/11 attacks, or whether like the Kennedy assassination, it continues to be a source of speculation and theorizing, remains to be seen."
Why is this radical? I think it's pretty obvious the Bush administration was utterly incompetent in not seeing this coming and preventing it. After all he got a report that said "bin laden planning on attacking the US".
What's more he not only refused to fire anybody for the most collasal failure of intelilgence since pearl harbor but he actually gave a medal to the guy he should have canned.
Hardly radical thought. Is there any question about the incompetence of the Bush administration?
why not sue them and make money though? Besides the very good chance of winning damages you get to shut down these guys and discourage others from doing the same thing.
Hell just do it for the money. They are begging to be sued by setting up a web site "outing" people who don't toe the republican line.
"We, as a society, REALLY need to re-learn the TRUE backbone of our nation -- COMPROMISE."
That's like the rapist asking the rapee to compromise after the fact. Compromise is a two way street and I certainly don't see anybody in this administration willing to compromise on anything.
"The left doesn't have *ALL* the answers... It's certain the right doesnt either."
Of course not, but that doesn't mean there is not a difference between them.
"I look around and see mostly rich WASP kids with white man's guilt,"
Considering that whites make up an overwhelming majority of the US you would expect most kids in schools to be white. Having said that some schools are more WASP then others. Which school do you go to?
"essentially what im saying, is that correlation =/= causation"
Maybe but it doesn't rule it out either. If you have a statistically significant correlation you have to give it some weight.
"Now we have primarily public funding in college. What do you expect but State-loving socialists instead of true masters of academia?"
Right!. Look at how a republican controlled congress and white has drasitacly cut the size of the govt, slashed budgets and debt, and is running a surplus with a strong dollar.
"Arguing that all the smart people are liberals is amazing ignorant."
Statistically speaking people with collage educations are more likely to be liberals. Oddly enough the people with passports tend to overwhelmingly liberals. Furthermore a study showed that on average the viewers of the John Stewart show (liberal) were better educated and made more money then the viewers of Bill Oreilly.
I am afraid the facts disagree with you. Sure there are educated conservatives but the majority of people with degrees as liberals by a long shot.
The purpose of this site as far as I can tell is to call people radical liberals (i.e haters of america). I am wondering if this qualifies as slander? It seems like they might be opening themselves up to lawsuits by picking random people and calling them insulting things on a public web site. I imagine that being listed as a radical would destroy the reputation of a professor especially if they get fired for being radical.
This guy doesn't seem to have too much money to go after but I bet the supporters of the web site are pretty well funded and would make attractive targets for civil suits.
I suspect in this case the word "radical" means anybody who is not toeing the republican line 100%.
This is just a part of a campaign started a while ago by David Horowitz to purge democrats from universities and replace them with right wing professors.
Democracy is dead, replaces by capitalism. Everything is for sale to the highest bidder including your govt. Your only hope in hanging on whatever rights you have is to try and buy them.
"Why would Bush target Google? What's his (or his administration's) benefit?"
THis administration has a track record of attacking people who critize them and don't bend to their demands. Why wouldn't they go after google? They have gone after all kinds of other people and companies.
The stock goes down because the rest of wall st is taking a beating. A publication owned by Rupert Murdoch blames googles stock price drop on it's refusal to obey a silly order from the Bush administration.
This gives me an idea. I think today I will click on at least ten google ads. In a normal week I might click on one (if that), but I want to send a message to google and the WallSTBastards (TM) a message.
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"That's the big issue there. Not that employees will sneak data away on USB keys (though that is a concern, too), but that employees will be too casual with large amounts of data and quite literally LOSE it."
I don't see what the big deal is. Huge companies have had really really really important data stolen with no real effect or punishment. I mean things like social security numbers, credit cards, personal information, credit records etc. Do people even remember what happened with choicepoint? Does anybody even know who choicepoint is or what they do?
This is just bullshit. Nobody really cares all that much. There are no consequences to the corporation at all for losing data. Worst comes to worst somebody gets fired. Big whoop.
If you are in the village I would be happy to strike the first match.
By the way did you read what Bush told the fundamentalist xtians today? Put him the village with you.
They have other choices. Two obvious ones are 1) work around (they already said they have one) and 2) pay.
They have already offered to pay 450 million so I am sure a deal could be struck. As for working around the problem I am sure they would have to pay for the time they were infringing but it would be a separate lawsuit. By working around they would be admitting that they violated the patent so that's kind of a no brainer as far as lawsuits go.
So the choices are pay, pay or go out of business. It seems like pay is a good option.
Go ahead and fiddle while rome burns.
"And I also call you ignorant because you find the need to name call. "Republitard". You've made up your mind, you dont care that YOUR side is doing it too and rationalize it away because "THEY" are doing it."
That's right. This is a war. I think it was a conservative who said "The war on terrorism is a war between religious fundamentalism and modernity". Of course what he really meant to say is "the war on terrorism is a war between christian fundamentalists and muslim fundamentalists".
In a war you can't cut your enemy any slack. You can't turn the other cheek. You can't sit on your hands and do nothing.
Our country, our precious democracy, our way of life is under serious threat from this administration and from the christian fundamentalists they have put into positions of power and influence.
Nothing "my side" does to counteract this threat can be seen as excessive. Nothing. In fact I think we haven't gone nearly far enough. We should take up arms if we have to. The constitution is too precious of a document not to protect with all your might and all your resources.
"Like I said, you are a puppet. I say that because you wont or cant think for yourself."
Republitards are incapable of accepting any point of view that disagrees with theirs. Your reaction does not surprise me. It's like a muslim fundamentalists believing that if they blow themselves up they will get 40 virgins in heaven. You can't tell them otherwise, they will not accept points of view outside of their narrow zealotry as being legit.
"I start by believing that the the RIGHT has a real desire to do good by our nation. I also believe the LEFT has a real desire to do good by our nation."
Ah yes, and everything is coming up roses for me and my gal too.
"They didn't like her ideology, but gave her a pass because she was QUALIFIED. "
So you think Alito isn't going to pass? You think the republicans didn't complain about ginsberg?
"f you're one of those "everything is Bush's fault" people, I'm done with you. If you commonly use the term "Bushies", I'm done with you."
Good then, I got done with republitards like you a long time ago.
"You are a puppet incapable of thinking for yourself."
Only a republitard thinks that people who see the world differently then they do are incapable of thinking. To a republitard there is only point of view and that's his/hers. All other points of view are invalid and unthinkable.
"Yeah, right. Maybe you should review some of the things said about Alito by high-ranking dems. They all but called him sexist and a bigot. They weren't out to destroy him, were they?"
He should be destroyed. He is a religious fundamentalist like roberts before him. These guys were specifically nominated because they care more about their republican ideology and a strict interpretation of the bible then they do about the US constitution. They lack the ability to critically and rationally evaluate evidence because their minds will only take them down the paths allowed by their zealotry.
Furthermore neither of these guys is going to vote against bush if he is impeached (as he should be for comitting felonies). The only reason he is not being impeached is that the republican controlled senate and house care more about their parties then they do about the constitution. If the control of the congress slips to the democrats then there might be some inquiry into the actions of this white house and those cases might end up in the supreme court. Bush has just assured himself of a certain victory in the supreme court by stacking it with republicans.
"This is wrong on BOTH ends of the political spectrum. And if you cant see it happening on the left, then you are wearing blinders."
It's happening in both spectrums but it's not wrong. As I said the proper response to being raped is not to ask for more. I want the left to hit back even more because the country is under a real threat to revert to a talibanic state. The US constitution is too important of a document to leave in the hands of religious fundamentalists.
So let me get this straight. You don't know PHP, you don't want to learn PHP but you want use PHP to build some web apps. Did I get that right?
Seems like a fools errand to me. I predict you will fail miserably and your web site will be hacked within 24 hours of you putting it up.
You really should learn the language that you are trying to build web sites in.
Kellner said it was either a conspiracy or incompetence. Why is this radical? I think the entire world knows by now that the Bush admnistration was/is supremely incompetent. In fact I would say that anybody who thinks the Bush administration was competent are themselves radical in that the entire world disagrees with them.
You are simply calling him a radical because he is not lavishing praise on Bush and dares to critizise him.
Either that or turn the other cheek till all your teeth are broken. Republicans are not interested in compromise. They simply want to destroy everybody who gets in their way and do what they want. Trying to compromise with them is like trying to compromise with Osama. It's aint going to happen. The best response is overwhelming force.
Does he list any?
So why haven't they formed the conservative party then? I think they don't do that because it would split the republican vote. Like it or not the vast majority of people who call themsevles conservatives vote republican and a vast majority of people who vote republican call themselves conservatives.
You are trying to split hairs here.
" Kellner: In my book, I explore the case for conspiracy and conclude that either the Bush administration knew the attacks were coming and exploited them to push through their rightwing domestic and foreign policy or they were utterly incompetent, failing to see all of the obvious signs of the coming Al Qaeda attack. Whether there will ever be a thorough investigation that gets to the bottom of the 9/11 attacks, or whether like the Kennedy assassination, it continues to be a source of speculation and theorizing, remains to be seen."
Why is this radical? I think it's pretty obvious the Bush administration was utterly incompetent in not seeing this coming and preventing it. After all he got a report that said "bin laden planning on attacking the US".
What's more he not only refused to fire anybody for the most collasal failure of intelilgence since pearl harbor but he actually gave a medal to the guy he should have canned.
Hardly radical thought. Is there any question about the incompetence of the Bush administration?
"The left doesn't have *ALL* the answers... It's certain the right doesnt either."
So what? What does that have to do with liberals and conservatives? You don't see the conservatives who run the govt now shrinking it do you?
why not sue them and make money though? Besides the very good chance of winning damages you get to shut down these guys and discourage others from doing the same thing.
Hell just do it for the money. They are begging to be sued by setting up a web site "outing" people who don't toe the republican line.
"We, as a society, REALLY need to re-learn the TRUE backbone of our nation -- COMPROMISE."
That's like the rapist asking the rapee to compromise after the fact. Compromise is a two way street and I certainly don't see anybody in this administration willing to compromise on anything.
"The left doesn't have *ALL* the answers... It's certain the right doesnt either."
Of course not, but that doesn't mean there is not a difference between them.
"I look around and see mostly rich WASP kids with white man's guilt,"
Considering that whites make up an overwhelming majority of the US you would expect most kids in schools to be white. Having said that some schools are more WASP then others. Which school do you go to?
"essentially what im saying, is that correlation =/= causation"
Maybe but it doesn't rule it out either. If you have a statistically significant correlation you have to give it some weight.
"Now we have primarily public funding in college. What do you expect but State-loving socialists instead of true masters of academia?"
Right!. Look at how a republican controlled congress and white has drasitacly cut the size of the govt, slashed budgets and debt, and is running a surplus with a strong dollar.
Oh wait a minute...
"Arguing that all the smart people are liberals is amazing ignorant."
Statistically speaking people with collage educations are more likely to be liberals. Oddly enough the people with passports tend to overwhelmingly liberals. Furthermore a study showed that on average the viewers of the John Stewart show (liberal) were better educated and made more money then the viewers of Bill Oreilly.
I am afraid the facts disagree with you. Sure there are educated conservatives but the majority of people with degrees as liberals by a long shot.
The purpose of this site as far as I can tell is to call people radical liberals (i.e haters of america). I am wondering if this qualifies as slander? It seems like they might be opening themselves up to lawsuits by picking random people and calling them insulting things on a public web site. I imagine that being listed as a radical would destroy the reputation of a professor especially if they get fired for being radical.
This guy doesn't seem to have too much money to go after but I bet the supporters of the web site are pretty well funded and would make attractive targets for civil suits.
I suspect in this case the word "radical" means anybody who is not toeing the republican line 100%.
This is just a part of a campaign started a while ago by David Horowitz to purge democrats from universities and replace them with right wing professors.
What makes you think that creating your own hardware and software will not expose you to patent litigation?
Are you under some impression that if you write your own software you are immune to claims of patent infringement? If so please explain yourself.
Democracy is dead, replaces by capitalism. Everything is for sale to the highest bidder including your govt. Your only hope in hanging on whatever rights you have is to try and buy them.
"Why would Bush target Google? What's his (or his administration's) benefit?"
THis administration has a track record of attacking people who critize them and don't bend to their demands. Why wouldn't they go after google? They have gone after all kinds of other people and companies.
The stock goes down because the rest of wall st is taking a beating. A publication owned by Rupert Murdoch blames googles stock price drop on it's refusal to obey a silly order from the Bush administration.
Looks fishy to me.
This gives me an idea. I think today I will click on at least ten google ads. In a normal week I might click on one (if that), but I want to send a message to google and the WallSTBastards (TM) a message.