Unfortunately finding the one slashdot member who is qualified amongst the blather from those who are unqualified and yet still offer their opinion as fact makes it a futile task.
For a prime example, see timmarhy's post above mine.
Good luck with crime in your government free society. Without the government there is no difference between the police locking you up and the rapist three doors down from locking you up (that said, considering the state of American jails I'd be surprised if there is much difference even now).
Wrong. In any sane country (therefore this doesn't apply in the US) a CD tax has been a way to legalise pirating. Because you pay the tax, you get to fileshare until your heart's content.
You can already get Flash on your iPhone. Remote Desktop to any OS capable of running flash, and there you go. As long as you're within you're own personal network lag should be almost non-existent.
Well I want it to be able to read webcomics away from the computer and able to read e-books in colour. Marvel and other companies are also releasing comics on the platform. I prefer to read comics digitally, so this suits my needs.
Maybe so, but in reality it doesn't really matter if the problem is Firefox or a plugin, it's still a problem with using Firefox that I don't get from other browsers.
Because you don't install the problem plugin on other browsers. If you want to do a fair comparison, only use plugins that offer features available in other browsers (either natively or in plugins for those browsers).
Australia jeopardizes all of this by possibly starting a trend that spreads to other countries, in effect, legitimizing filtering.
The problem is, EVERYONE keeps saying its impossible (which isn't a problem for those who don't want a filter).
First the ISPs joined the test-run specifically to prove the idea is infeasible.
Then Stephen Conroy kept pushing for it, so the company whose filters they were going to use stepped up and said "It won't work. Our filters are for small networks such as at a high-school. They won't work on a nation-wide scale."
A company, who the government wanted to throw money at, said "Don't give us money. We can't sell you this product because it won't do what you want it to do." They did this. PUBLICLY! That degree of honesty is just staggering and shocking. And if that company is sacrificing the chance to make so much money, the filter simply can't be done.
So no matter how much Stephen Conroy might want a filter, it won't happen unless he gets some technicians from China to help us out.
Your ignore an important part of the issue which is we've completely massacred all the wildlife in the area and plants that grew there so they can no longer subsist on their land, because of what the Crown did.
almost every country's intelligence agency thought Iraq had a nuclear weapons program
Australia's intelligence agency didn't think so. And if something is so obvious that OUR intelligence agency picked up on it, what's the excuse for the rest of you?
Considering the Chinese government pays hackers to steal foreign companies secrets and spread propaganda to their own people, who knows what they've paid the company to insert into their office software. Perhaps nothing. Perhaps something. Why take that risk?
I have yet to notice any problems importing MS files to OO so that's hard to see.
Formatting. When you're sending out resumes businesses expect it to be in Microsoft Office (I don't know, PDF seems better to me) and so if you've got poor formatting then it reflects poorly on you for your employer. If they're getting dozens if not hundreds of job applications, poor formatting is enough to get your resume dismissed straight out the door.
If we know what normal-sighted people's DNA looks like, do we also know what colour-blind people's DNA looks like? If so, could this procedure also make someone colour-blind?
Too-light skin color will be seen more and more as a disability if the ozone layer gets worse - if you're too light, you're toast.
When that day comes we as a society can then judge the pros and cons of such treatment. That day has yet to come. On the other hand, colour-blind people do exist now and there is treatment for them if they wish it.
I have glasses. I choose to wear glasses over laser eye surgery. Partly because: * I remember when there was fear of laser-eye surgery damaging people's eyes more than it helps. Even if you are a perfect candidate for the surgery, the risk for damage still exists. That said, I recognise that my fears of these risks are probably disproportionate to the actual likelihood of any of the negative possibilities actually happening. * It doesn't guarantee I won't need glasses. * There is also also no guarantee my vision will be permanently corrected. * Its pretty expensive.
Given the above, I choose not to go for laser-eye surgery. Wearing glasses also doesn't bother me enough to want to spend the money and undertake the above risks.
That said, if there was a serious risk of me going blind I would immediately undertake the surgery.
Here's a question: Is it morally wrong to beat your kids ears (careful not to do any brain damage in the process) so they become deaf? Then why is it okay to deny them treatment that will cure them of deafness?
Of course, no-one wants the government forcing people to place cochlear implants into their children's ears. But as a society we can encourage parents to do it. Just as we encourage parents not to raise their kids as raging-racists.
And did so publicly. He didn't try to hide his illegal activities as that would have made him no better than a a common thief.
Infringing on people's IP and hoping you don't get caught is not civil disobediance. Its simply breaking the law because you feel like it.
After all, Ghandi said himself
When any person in authority seeks to arrest a civil resister, he will voluntarily submit to the arrest, and he will not resist the attachment or removal of his own property, if any, when it is sought to be confiscated by authorities.
I find it offensive when people try to cloak their criminal activities as civil disobedience. Of course, calling someone out for it is going to get me modded down here at slashdot, where people too afraid to take on authority figures like to fantasise about doing it.
encouraging people to ignore it when they can get away with it
You're modded insightful and yet you're post is completely identical to those of anonymous cowards who pirate music.
If you believe in abolishing intellectual property so much grow some balls and stand up for yourself. Ghandi went to jail for his beliefs. By the sounds of it the most you're willing to do is anonymously preach to the choir.
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The actual headline would be closer to "Government Sleeping on Job Kill Hundreds." Gotta keep stuff sensational enough.
Unfortunately finding the one slashdot member who is qualified amongst the blather from those who are unqualified and yet still offer their opinion as fact makes it a futile task.
For a prime example, see timmarhy's post above mine.
Good luck with crime in your government free society. Without the government there is no difference between the police locking you up and the rapist three doors down from locking you up (that said, considering the state of American jails I'd be surprised if there is much difference even now).
Wrong. In any sane country (therefore this doesn't apply in the US) a CD tax has been a way to legalise pirating. Because you pay the tax, you get to fileshare until your heart's content.
You can already get Flash on your iPhone. Remote Desktop to any OS capable of running flash, and there you go. As long as you're within you're own personal network lag should be almost non-existent.
Well I want it to be able to read webcomics away from the computer and able to read e-books in colour. Marvel and other companies are also releasing comics on the platform. I prefer to read comics digitally, so this suits my needs.
Maybe so, but in reality it doesn't really matter if the problem is Firefox or a plugin, it's still a problem with using Firefox that I don't get from other browsers.
Because you don't install the problem plugin on other browsers. If you want to do a fair comparison, only use plugins that offer features available in other browsers (either natively or in plugins for those browsers).
Australia jeopardizes all of this by possibly starting a trend that spreads to other countries, in effect, legitimizing filtering.
The problem is, EVERYONE keeps saying its impossible (which isn't a problem for those who don't want a filter).
First the ISPs joined the test-run specifically to prove the idea is infeasible.
Then Stephen Conroy kept pushing for it, so the company whose filters they were going to use stepped up and said "It won't work. Our filters are for small networks such as at a high-school. They won't work on a nation-wide scale."
A company, who the government wanted to throw money at, said "Don't give us money. We can't sell you this product because it won't do what you want it to do." They did this. PUBLICLY! That degree of honesty is just staggering and shocking. And if that company is sacrificing the chance to make so much money, the filter simply can't be done.
So no matter how much Stephen Conroy might want a filter, it won't happen unless he gets some technicians from China to help us out.
Your ignore an important part of the issue which is we've completely massacred all the wildlife in the area and plants that grew there so they can no longer subsist on their land, because of what the Crown did.
A new meaning to the phrase cruel and unusual punishment.
He got the idea only a week ago when he caught the family cat eating his mother out.
The same reason that you don't have spooks in the FBI and DMV?
Yes, neither of those agencies have spooks at all. Nope. Definitely not.
almost every country's intelligence agency thought Iraq had a nuclear weapons program
Australia's intelligence agency didn't think so. And if something is so obvious that OUR intelligence agency picked up on it, what's the excuse for the rest of you?
Consoles are also more convenient. Turn it on. Put in a disc, or load a game off the hard drive. Play. Turn it off. Easy.
Then what's up with all this install patches business for specific games?
Considering the Chinese government pays hackers to steal foreign companies secrets and spread propaganda to their own people, who knows what they've paid the company to insert into their office software. Perhaps nothing. Perhaps something. Why take that risk?
I have yet to notice any problems importing MS files to OO so that's hard to see.
Formatting. When you're sending out resumes businesses expect it to be in Microsoft Office (I don't know, PDF seems better to me) and so if you've got poor formatting then it reflects poorly on you for your employer. If they're getting dozens if not hundreds of job applications, poor formatting is enough to get your resume dismissed straight out the door.
You're not a nerd unless you only use open source software. Clearly you're an MS-fanboy who doesn't belong here.
P.S. Apple rules.
The idea of putting something ON my eye is something I'll never be comfortable with. I'm bad enough when it comes to eyedrops.
If we know what normal-sighted people's DNA looks like, do we also know what colour-blind people's DNA looks like? If so, could this procedure also make someone colour-blind?
I disagree with your position but I'm disheartened to see you modded a troll for it.
Too-light skin color will be seen more and more as a disability if the ozone layer gets worse - if you're too light, you're toast.
When that day comes we as a society can then judge the pros and cons of such treatment. That day has yet to come. On the other hand, colour-blind people do exist now and there is treatment for them if they wish it.
I have glasses. I choose to wear glasses over laser eye surgery. Partly because:
* I remember when there was fear of laser-eye surgery damaging people's eyes more than it helps. Even if you are a perfect candidate for the surgery, the risk for damage still exists. That said, I recognise that my fears of these risks are probably disproportionate to the actual likelihood of any of the negative possibilities actually happening.
* It doesn't guarantee I won't need glasses.
* There is also also no guarantee my vision will be permanently corrected.
* Its pretty expensive.
Given the above, I choose not to go for laser-eye surgery. Wearing glasses also doesn't bother me enough to want to spend the money and undertake the above risks.
That said, if there was a serious risk of me going blind I would immediately undertake the surgery.
Here's a question: Is it morally wrong to beat your kids ears (careful not to do any brain damage in the process) so they become deaf? Then why is it okay to deny them treatment that will cure them of deafness?
Of course, no-one wants the government forcing people to place cochlear implants into their children's ears. But as a society we can encourage parents to do it. Just as we encourage parents not to raise their kids as raging-racists.
Barney loves you alright.
he went and made salt without paying the tax
And did so publicly. He didn't try to hide his illegal activities as that would have made him no better than a a common thief.
Infringing on people's IP and hoping you don't get caught is not civil disobediance. Its simply breaking the law because you feel like it.
After all, Ghandi said himself
When any person in authority seeks to arrest a civil resister, he will voluntarily submit to the arrest, and he will not resist the attachment or removal of his own property, if any, when it is sought to be confiscated by authorities.
I find it offensive when people try to cloak their criminal activities as civil disobedience. Of course, calling someone out for it is going to get me modded down here at slashdot, where people too afraid to take on authority figures like to fantasise about doing it.
encouraging people to ignore it when they can get away with it
You're modded insightful and yet you're post is completely identical to those of anonymous cowards who pirate music.
If you believe in abolishing intellectual property so much grow some balls and stand up for yourself. Ghandi went to jail for his beliefs. By the sounds of it the most you're willing to do is anonymously preach to the choir.