User violates ToS and gets called on it. This is news?
Now, if he had NOT been running all those services for friends, if he himself just liked to stream 200 different movies on his 30 TVs, and download copious quantities of non-copyright infringing torrents for his "library", maybe that would be a different story.
Accepting them is a "no-brainer" as a donation, there is no loss. But for any other serious financial transaction, well, unless you are a mobster or a dope dealer or otherwise involved in something illegal, the real question is WHY DEAL WITH IT.
No, it should be forwarded to the relevant authorities (and bar association), the lawyer disbarred, whoever ordered it sent to jail (even only a week actual locked up will do...
It's nice to be "outraged", but connection to reality generally drives the actions that people who have something to spend and something to lose do.
A lawyer sending a uppity letter alleging this and that is not illegal. Everyone is entitled to an opinion.
But by all means, become "outraged", it's what the Internet is about these days, not rational clear thinking, apparently.
I like the way Facebook say they don't use HVAC... yet their entire BUILDING is a huge HVAC unit!
Amazon just hires local surfs to peddle bicycles that power belt-driven fans. When a surf drops, they simply hustle them out and replace them with another. Communities are so glad to have such a huge employer, they look the other way...
"a secure information-sharing platform called DeadDrop, built by Aaron Swartz shortly before he DroppedDead."
There is that. But also, The New Yorker is not really the first publication that comes to mind when I think of imparting secrets to a "news organization".
I mean, what would I send them? The inner secrets of socialites, dilitants, and various beat arteeests?
That's a very erotic take on my comment, Mr. Cornelius. I am intrigued, please sign me up for your newsletter, and let me know where the "key parties" you attend are being held.
The problem is that those people are being replaced by welding robots and tooling machines etching from 3D.
The machine tools for building complex tool and die work may be computer controlled, but in fact humans still run those machines and assemble the complex dies and service / manage / feed the machines. Cars still need to be fixed, HVAC still needs to be worked on, engines (car / generator / other) still require humans to keep them going, elevators are mechanical, toilets flush, computers need service, and robots need oiling.
One problem here is that for some reason we as a society have said *everyone* should attend a four year school and aim for a BA and then perhaps a Masters.
But many people - many who do attend a four year school - simply are not cut out for it. For some reason, we have decided that a skilled "vocation" is down-scale and to be avoided.
Fewer and fewer people study Machine Tool, complex welding, mechanical trades - but these areas can be as well or better paid than many "white collar" jobs, they are needed skills, and fit for many people.
Indeed, I know a number of people with advanced degrees that over time decide that it just isn't worth in, and go back to vocational school to learn a trade.
Facebook's changes are pissing off its users....the same people who put them in the dominant position it is in now.
I don't believe this is so.
I think Facebook is pissing of Techies and the Uber Cool but that the "average" Facebook user is still quite happy.
Maybe some of these Super Cool Proto Users should take another look at Google+ which as evolved into something very similar to the "original" Facebook. Of course you will not be able to validate your sad life with 100's of "friends" whom you really don't know and have never met in person...
Not many people inhabit Google+ yet but if they don't kill it off like so many of their "projects", it will be the natural transition when Facebook becomes passe by the normal non-Uber Cool Proto Users.
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User violates ToS and gets called on it. This is news?
Now, if he had NOT been running all those services for friends, if he himself just liked to stream 200 different movies on his 30 TVs, and download copious quantities of non-copyright infringing torrents for his "library", maybe that would be a different story.
have fun. You cant sue the state unless the state lets you sue it.
People here in Washington State sue the state (and often win) all the time.
I'd be a fat turd now with diabetes
Don't forget the neck beard.
Accepting them is a "no-brainer" as a donation, there is no loss. But for any other serious financial transaction, well, unless you are a mobster or a dope dealer or otherwise involved in something illegal, the real question is WHY DEAL WITH IT.
No, it should be forwarded to the relevant authorities (and bar association), the lawyer disbarred, whoever ordered it sent to jail (even only a week actual locked up will do...
It's nice to be "outraged", but connection to reality generally drives the actions that people who have something to spend and something to lose do.
A lawyer sending a uppity letter alleging this and that is not illegal. Everyone is entitled to an opinion.
But by all means, become "outraged", it's what the Internet is about these days, not rational clear thinking, apparently.
My phone told me...
My phone told me a good friend of mine discovered the great Penis Pills. So I ordered a case.
First of all, both these comapnies web sites are identical. Second of all, they look like some 14 year old put them together.
Look, this is just some sweatshop lawyer who wrote q $200 threatening letter. The threat has no value, and should be ignored.
Ah yes, the educated grammar / spelling Nazi has to chime in. To validate your pathetic life?
His compound is located here:
http://goo.gl/maps/EwSc3
The collection of blue roofed buildings witha pool and a dock are his place, as seen in a number of photographs in the press.
Wouldn't those workers be replaced by labor cost saving robots?
Apparently an endless supply of low-wage humans is cheaper than robots.
I like the way Facebook say they don't use HVAC... yet their entire BUILDING is a huge HVAC unit!
Amazon just hires local surfs to peddle bicycles that power belt-driven fans. When a surf drops, they simply hustle them out and replace them with another. Communities are so glad to have such a huge employer, they look the other way...
You know this because you run large-scale datacenters running millions of machines?
Is first-hand knowledge required to make a factual statement? You manage a large-scale datacenter, Mr. X?
Hervé Villechaize used to say ze Plane ze Plane.
I was thinking more of a hideously obese Marlon Brando chatting it up with Elvis over clam boats, while Google Mutants shamble around servicing them.
Kinda pisses people off that nothing is actually broken but the service bill is tendered, just the same.
There is a bill because there was "service". If the homeowner wants to hassle with tracking down the issue and clean out the dead ants, they can.
I do have cable. But since I'm no longer 14, I've moved on from South Park.
I think you are losing perspective of the original article. Yes, crime is bad, mmm-Kay?
"mmm-Kay"? What the fuck is that?
Pathetic.
Contrary to recent reports, data broker Acxiom is not planning to give consumers access to all the information they've collected on us.
Naturally.
Who are "dilitants"? Dilettante militants?
People with very dilated eyes.
"a secure information-sharing platform called DeadDrop, built by Aaron Swartz shortly before he DroppedDead."
There is that. But also, The New Yorker is not really the first publication that comes to mind when I think of imparting secrets to a "news organization".
I mean, what would I send them? The inner secrets of socialites, dilitants, and various beat arteeests?
Even the BlinkFeed missed it, it came and went so fast.
Who? I'm sorry, I'm not surgically attached to Internet Blogs...
That's a very erotic take on my comment, Mr. Cornelius. I am intrigued, please sign me up for your newsletter, and let me know where the "key parties" you attend are being held.
Oh please! Mythbusters did this five years ago...
The problem is that those people are being replaced by welding robots and tooling machines etching from 3D.
The machine tools for building complex tool and die work may be computer controlled, but in fact humans still run those machines and assemble the complex dies and service / manage / feed the machines. Cars still need to be fixed, HVAC still needs to be worked on, engines (car / generator / other) still require humans to keep them going, elevators are mechanical, toilets flush, computers need service, and robots need oiling.
One problem here is that for some reason we as a society have said *everyone* should attend a four year school and aim for a BA and then perhaps a Masters.
But many people - many who do attend a four year school - simply are not cut out for it. For some reason, we have decided that a skilled "vocation" is down-scale and to be avoided.
Fewer and fewer people study Machine Tool, complex welding, mechanical trades - but these areas can be as well or better paid than many "white collar" jobs, they are needed skills, and fit for many people.
Indeed, I know a number of people with advanced degrees that over time decide that it just isn't worth in, and go back to vocational school to learn a trade.
Facebook's changes are pissing off its users....the same people who put them in the dominant position it is in now.
I don't believe this is so.
I think Facebook is pissing of Techies and the Uber Cool but that the "average" Facebook user is still quite happy.
Maybe some of these Super Cool Proto Users should take another look at Google+ which as evolved into something very similar to the "original" Facebook. Of course you will not be able to validate your sad life with 100's of "friends" whom you really don't know and have never met in person...
Not many people inhabit Google+ yet but if they don't kill it off like so many of their "projects", it will be the natural transition when Facebook becomes passe by the normal non-Uber Cool Proto Users.