I believe it was Abraham Lincoln who suspended the writ of Habeous Corpus during the Civil War. There is precedence on both sides of the issue. Deal with it.
Are you a US Citizen?
a. yes
b. no
Do you like the way we are acting in our security?
a. yes
b. no
If answers are "a a" you are a patriot.
If answers are "a b" feel free to leave the country or be a patriot and join congress to debate the subject....
If your answers are "b a" thank you for understanding.
If answers are "b b" then fuck off.
How come "ad hominim" and "straw man attacks"(basic logical flaws) are considered insightful? Oh, did I also detect alot of "slippery slope" theories as well?? You need to pull your head out of that "everyone is naturally good" pie in the sky dream of yours and go talk to the families of the people killed on that morning in 2001. Simply grow up and drop the "mightier than thou" routine.
Sorry, that innoncent until proven guilty stuff only applies(AFAIK) to US Citizens being prosocuted for crimes outlined in State and Federal laws. The extension of those particular RIGHTS that are GARUNTEED to CITIZENS is only something we wish to do out of the kindness of our hearts. Technically if you're not a citizen or have a Visa, the country cand do what it wants with you since you aren't supposed to be there
Hopefully they will redo the old pinball machine that was Dr. Who based. That was probably the best pinball machines out there. But of course, someone will throw up a legal suit challenging the use of such copyrighted works that are put on display publicly........ BAH!
As much as I hate to admit this.... Microsoft is right on this one. They took the time to code software, and make a platform that has hard vendor tie-ins. By disabling free third party support, they are in effect fending off attacks on their intellectual property. Which, unfortunately IP in the US is enforceable through law or just plain old effort.
Oh, contraire mon frere.(sorry for the butchered french guys) The FEDERAL Government outweighs the State Government in interstate activities. Therefore unless the woman(we assume) he was chatting with had a direct connection to him or only passed through server located entirely within Florida(which is HIGHLY unlikely since these were chat rooms), Federal Wiretapping laws would apply here instead of State Wiretapping laws. A simply convoluted case of jurisdiction.
Love the new show and I'm hoping that it will once again regain a cult status with a new generation, allowing it to come to full fruition. Now with the mention of ST:ENT, I have to make a comment. If the people at the SciFi channel can make a Spin off of a spin off of the movie Stargate and revive a lond dead series, I'd like to see what they could do for ST:ENT. Then I would never have a reason to go out on Friday nights again!
Granted, individual contries do not take up alot of information. However, when you start including every known address across the entire world, plus street changes, and route calculations, how those addresses map to others(say metropolitan New York is actually 5 towns, all under New york). It becomes a massive undertaking and during a beta phase, it's better to do incremental development. So, is it better to start with something you know(USA) and incrementally add more countries? Or does it make more sense to just throw everything into the database from the begining and then start to weed out problems?
Somehow, I think Google wants to start with maps of the US since it costs less to store just US data, and they now have shareholders(with shares going $200+ per pop) to answer to. I wouldn't be suprised if they expanded later on to include more of the world, but come on. It's just good business sense to test the waters with relatively cheap product that develop the super product that costs way too much to manufacuture and no one would use ALL the features.
One thing you're also forgetting about on manned missions to distant areas of our solar system is the EXPLOSION of new technology that comes along with it. Think about cell phones(radio telephones), life support systems, new materials, better insulating materials, COMPUTERS. The list is probably literally longer than my arm. And all that was mainly from the Apollo, and Shuttle programs. It's AMAZING what we come up with to solve the challenges of space flight , and NOTHING spurs the technology growth like manned missions into space.
The reason they pre-install it is beacuse they NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS THAT REQUIRE IT! They aren't stupid people. Heck, if I could get a contract with my employer that forced them to send me a check even though I screw up everything I do, I definately would go for it.
Unfortunately, language is dynamic. As more morons *ehm* people *ehm* use a word, the more it's original meaning is changed. I guess it's kind of like the Heisenberg(sp?) principle. If you consider use of the word to be "speed" and the definition to be "position", then the more you fix it's definition, the less likely it's to be used. But if more people use it, the meaning becomes less clear.:)
There's one fundamental difference in the use of Linux and Windows that is the root(pardon the pun LUG guys). Windows creates administrative accounts for the average use by DEFAULT! Did you ever consider how few scans for spyware/adware/viruses/worms, updates, and security patches you'd have to worry about if you simply ran your day to day work in Windows under a restricted user account?
What makes this even worse is that Windows Programs (at least the high level engineering, graphic design, and such) REQUIRE you to run in full administrative mode and therebye worsening the problem.
If Windows would encourage you to run in a limited user account role the world would be a much nicer place to compute within.
Locks only keep honest people honest. Strict DRM is only going to make the average user turn away from anything that uses it. If history tells us anything it's that things created by man to protect information/goods from dis-honest men will be defeated. I believe it was Patton who said something to the effect of "anything built by man, can be conqured by man" (not a direct quote). All this will do is annoy the average person and keep the crackers busy for a few more days.
I have the utmost respect for people who do their best to improve the world around them, but lets face it, good intentions don't always amount to good effects. I think this is might be an attempt to re-integrate "global warming" into the world conciousness. There was, as the article stated, no cause-effect relationship. It was a large supposition that this activity generated a "greenhouse" effect that killed off everything. So lets spend money researching how the environment works before we go yelling how it ends.....
Oh, my f*ing g0d!
I'm tired of all these lawyers, judges, and "representatives" deciding that more laws banning certain "unfavorable" or "undersirable" behavior is the way to go. That's it. Someone who writes a program that can be extrememly beneficial in knowledge distribution goes to jail because some people use his program in an illegal manner. This litigation behavior is quite reminiscint(sp?) of eugenics
If that's this proceedure works, lets just jail EVERY inventer of ANYTHING that's used improperly because the inventer should have known better! OMFG! I feel sorry for the people who live in California. There is no way I'd move out there because I'd be afraid of getting sued by someone for stepping on their lawn, accidentally dropping a piece of paper, saying something that "offfends." Americans need to get off their collective lazy A$$ES and Stop being so F*ing SENSITIVE!
It's a disgrace to now be from a country that went to war across an entire world, assisting it's allies and turning back a plague on mankind. How did we go from that glorious time to this sniveling little coward of a nation who think that everyone is owed something and you can get millions of dollars only because someone said something that hurt your feelings!
Not Denying somethins is not and admission of guilt. Even in the courts, "No Contest" is NOT the same as "I'm Guilty." Yes, it is punished, but it's is not considered as saying "I'm guilty of this charge."
The ultimate in media phrases, "no comment," admits no guilt. When you speak, you only give people ammunition to use against you. I believe that it was the most prudent thing for the President to do.
--Poor college student in monologue--
Now comes the time to blackmail the US for 1 Miiiillion Doooolarrs... However since I only have 700 dollars and no reusable launch vehicle, I shall buy this green "laser" and a bathroom mirror to reflect the beam from the general direction of the moon and hope they don't notice the large black shadow.
--The RA walks in the door--
*Ahem!* (RA walks up and snatches 120 dollars from the kid's hands) I thought you would have the money you owed me by now....
--College Kid--
Damn, guess I'll just go watch some porn on the internet instead.
What if this is all an elaborate scam by Lycos to put a pretty little
screensaver on your computer, that just so happens to be a data miiner
as well, that does nothing really but use very small bits of your
bandwidth to look like it's doing something. The aim of this is to
get their name brand back into the public eye and MAYBE do some public
good by bluffing spammers out of the game??
Why don't we all peg our congressperson on this idea. Setup a registry for email service providers and have them fall under the jurisdiction of the FCC. Let people file complaints against these email providers and have the fcc investigate. If they are found responsible/negligent in policing their network.... *whack* fine em. and give the reasons why so the isps can then go and sue the people doing the spamming to recover the money from the fine, as well as boot them(if it's in their user agreements).
The irony is that's how they want to be. Them and Microsoft, that is. They want to own all the intellectual property out there so that all they have to do is sic a lawyer on someone and they have no choice but to settle. Sounds like someone is doing an end-run around anti-trust laws.
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I believe it was Abraham Lincoln who suspended the writ of Habeous Corpus during the Civil War. There is precedence on both sides of the issue. Deal with it.
Are you a US Citizen? a. yes b. no Do you like the way we are acting in our security? a. yes b. no If answers are "a a" you are a patriot. If answers are "a b" feel free to leave the country or be a patriot and join congress to debate the subject.... If your answers are "b a" thank you for understanding. If answers are "b b" then fuck off.
How come "ad hominim" and "straw man attacks"(basic logical flaws) are considered insightful? Oh, did I also detect alot of "slippery slope" theories as well?? You need to pull your head out of that "everyone is naturally good" pie in the sky dream of yours and go talk to the families of the people killed on that morning in 2001. Simply grow up and drop the "mightier than thou" routine.
Sorry, that innoncent until proven guilty stuff only applies(AFAIK) to US Citizens being prosocuted for crimes outlined in State and Federal laws. The extension of those particular RIGHTS that are GARUNTEED to CITIZENS is only something we wish to do out of the kindness of our hearts. Technically if you're not a citizen or have a Visa, the country cand do what it wants with you since you aren't supposed to be there
Hopefully they will redo the old pinball machine that was Dr. Who based. That was probably the best pinball machines out there. But of course, someone will throw up a legal suit challenging the use of such copyrighted works that are put on display publicly........ BAH!
As much as I hate to admit this.... Microsoft is right on this one. They took the time to code software, and make a platform that has hard vendor tie-ins. By disabling free third party support, they are in effect fending off attacks on their intellectual property. Which, unfortunately IP in the US is enforceable through law or just plain old effort.
Oh, contraire mon frere.(sorry for the butchered french guys) The FEDERAL Government outweighs the State Government in interstate activities. Therefore unless the woman(we assume) he was chatting with had a direct connection to him or only passed through server located entirely within Florida(which is HIGHLY unlikely since these were chat rooms), Federal Wiretapping laws would apply here instead of State Wiretapping laws. A simply convoluted case of jurisdiction.
Don't forget the fraday caged wallet... :) or even better, clear plastic with fine copper mesh... that way it's "look but don't scan"
Love the new show and I'm hoping that it will once again regain a cult status with a new generation, allowing it to come to full fruition. Now with the mention of ST:ENT, I have to make a comment. If the people at the SciFi channel can make a Spin off of a spin off of the movie Stargate and revive a lond dead series, I'd like to see what they could do for ST:ENT. Then I would never have a reason to go out on Friday nights again!
Granted, individual contries do not take up alot of information. However, when you start including every known address across the entire world, plus street changes, and route calculations, how those addresses map to others(say metropolitan New York is actually 5 towns, all under New york). It becomes a massive undertaking and during a beta phase, it's better to do incremental development. So, is it better to start with something you know(USA) and incrementally add more countries? Or does it make more sense to just throw everything into the database from the begining and then start to weed out problems?
Oh damn, and I REALLY wanted to work for the devil.....
Somehow, I think Google wants to start with maps of the US since it costs less to store just US data, and they now have shareholders(with shares going $200+ per pop) to answer to. I wouldn't be suprised if they expanded later on to include more of the world, but come on. It's just good business sense to test the waters with relatively cheap product that develop the super product that costs way too much to manufacuture and no one would use ALL the features.
One thing you're also forgetting about on manned missions to distant areas of our solar system is the EXPLOSION of new technology that comes along with it. Think about cell phones(radio telephones), life support systems, new materials, better insulating materials, COMPUTERS. The list is probably literally longer than my arm. And all that was mainly from the Apollo, and Shuttle programs. It's AMAZING what we come up with to solve the challenges of space flight , and NOTHING spurs the technology growth like manned missions into space.
The reason they pre-install it is beacuse they NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS THAT REQUIRE IT! They aren't stupid people. Heck, if I could get a contract with my employer that forced them to send me a check even though I screw up everything I do, I definately would go for it.
Unfortunately, language is dynamic. As more morons *ehm* people *ehm* use a word, the more it's original meaning is changed. I guess it's kind of like the Heisenberg(sp?) principle. If you consider use of the word to be "speed" and the definition to be "position", then the more you fix it's definition, the less likely it's to be used. But if more people use it, the meaning becomes less clear. :)
There's one fundamental difference in the use of Linux and Windows that is the root(pardon the pun LUG guys). Windows creates administrative accounts for the average use by DEFAULT! Did you ever consider how few scans for spyware/adware/viruses/worms, updates, and security patches you'd have to worry about if you simply ran your day to day work in Windows under a restricted user account?
What makes this even worse is that Windows Programs (at least the high level engineering, graphic design, and such) REQUIRE you to run in full administrative mode and therebye worsening the problem.
If Windows would encourage you to run in a limited user account role the world would be a much nicer place to compute within.
Locks only keep honest people honest. Strict DRM is only going to make the average user turn away from anything that uses it. If history tells us anything it's that things created by man to protect information/goods from dis-honest men will be defeated. I believe it was Patton who said something to the effect of "anything built by man, can be conqured by man" (not a direct quote). All this will do is annoy the average person and keep the crackers busy for a few more days.
If they can jump to conclusions without cause and effect as a "scientist," why can't I as a layman?
I have the utmost respect for people who do their best to improve the world around them, but lets face it, good intentions don't always amount to good effects. I think this is might be an attempt to re-integrate "global warming" into the world conciousness. There was, as the article stated, no cause-effect relationship. It was a large supposition that this activity generated a "greenhouse" effect that killed off everything. So lets spend money researching how the environment works before we go yelling how it ends.....
Oh, my f*ing g0d! I'm tired of all these lawyers, judges, and "representatives" deciding that more laws banning certain "unfavorable" or "undersirable" behavior is the way to go. That's it. Someone who writes a program that can be extrememly beneficial in knowledge distribution goes to jail because some people use his program in an illegal manner. This litigation behavior is quite reminiscint(sp?) of eugenics
If that's this proceedure works, lets just jail EVERY inventer of ANYTHING that's used improperly because the inventer should have known better! OMFG! I feel sorry for the people who live in California. There is no way I'd move out there because I'd be afraid of getting sued by someone for stepping on their lawn, accidentally dropping a piece of paper, saying something that "offfends." Americans need to get off their collective lazy A$$ES and Stop being so F*ing SENSITIVE!
It's a disgrace to now be from a country that went to war across an entire world, assisting it's allies and turning back a plague on mankind. How did we go from that glorious time to this sniveling little coward of a nation who think that everyone is owed something and you can get millions of dollars only because someone said something that hurt your feelings!
Not Denying somethins is not and admission of guilt. Even in the courts, "No Contest" is NOT the same as "I'm Guilty." Yes, it is punished, but it's is not considered as saying "I'm guilty of this charge." The ultimate in media phrases, "no comment," admits no guilt. When you speak, you only give people ammunition to use against you. I believe that it was the most prudent thing for the President to do.
The Alan Parson's Project......
--Poor college student in monologue-- Now comes the time to blackmail the US for 1 Miiiillion Doooolarrs... However since I only have 700 dollars and no reusable launch vehicle, I shall buy this green "laser" and a bathroom mirror to reflect the beam from the general direction of the moon and hope they don't notice the large black shadow.
--The RA walks in the door-- *Ahem!* (RA walks up and snatches 120 dollars from the kid's hands) I thought you would have the money you owed me by now....
--College Kid-- Damn, guess I'll just go watch some porn on the internet instead.
Ok, here comes my tinfoil hat moment:
//begin tinfoil hat mode
//end tinfoil hat mode
What if this is all an elaborate scam by Lycos to put a pretty little screensaver on your computer, that just so happens to be a data miiner as well, that does nothing really but use very small bits of your bandwidth to look like it's doing something. The aim of this is to get their name brand back into the public eye and MAYBE do some public good by bluffing spammers out of the game??
Why don't we all peg our congressperson on this idea. Setup a registry for email service providers and have them fall under the jurisdiction of the FCC. Let people file complaints against these email providers and have the fcc investigate. If they are found responsible/negligent in policing their network.... *whack* fine em. and give the reasons why so the isps can then go and sue the people doing the spamming to recover the money from the fine, as well as boot them(if it's in their user agreements).
The irony is that's how they want to be. Them and Microsoft, that is. They want to own all the intellectual property out there so that all they have to do is sic a lawyer on someone and they have no choice but to settle. Sounds like someone is doing an end-run around anti-trust laws.