In that case I'm sure you have plenty of examples you can link to where
If you aren't eagerly requesting that this filter be applied to your connection at home, you must be a software pirating, movie pirating, government terrorizing pedophile.
If there is consumer demand for wheelchair ramps at stores then capitalism dictates that stores would offer such services (either that or there isnt sufficient competition to encourage ISP's to change).
Guess what, capitalism doesn't solve everything. That's why America's health care system is so appalling to the rest of the civilized world.
It would only be such a button if all it did filter was child porn. If that's all it filtered and it was opt-out then I'd be up in arms about it as well. However it isn't either of these things, its a filter for things including legal pornography and so therefore opting out is not an admission of guilt for intent to break the law.
Except that only a pedophile would want to turn off child porn filters. You mean its only going to filter child porn? Well that certainly sounds al... oh wait, its going to filter other stuff as well? It looks like you can't equate someone with turning off the filter as someone who watches child porn. If it was just child pornography, I'm sure the filter wouldn't be optional (and as such should also fail).
It is definitely not a service to provide people with something they dont want I don't want wheelchair ramps. Does this mean NO-ONE wants wheelchair ramps?
It will be interesting to see when/if it ceaces to be optional. Probably the day after they make wheelchair ramps mandatory for everyone to have to use.
I'm asking you WHAT IF a power above which you already have got into government within the next 10 - 15 years and takes advantage of your own security... What if a power got into the government within the next 10 - 15 years and declared martial law and used the military to turn Australia into a police state!? We should get rid of the army, navy and air force! Oh and the police as well. Surely that will keep us safe!
If we get a bad government into power, then the last thing that will be on anyone's mind is whether or not they can download porn.
You can't compare real world problems with internet problems. Even at its worst, the internet can't kill and your actions online can't hurt other people. I wasn't doing that. I was taking one example of the government doing something, and then saying at its extreme its a bad thing (luckily they haven't taken it to its extreme). Then saying that just because they're doing this other reasonable thing (mandating ISPs provide optional filters), doesn't mean they're going to take this (the filters) to its extreme.
It's the job of the owner of the computer to decide how and what to filter if there even needs to be any filtering at all. Which job they'll still have.
Uh-huh. And I'm sure you have PLENTY of examples of the government doing this, right? You don't? Huh. Guess you're attack isn't much warranted then. Next up: Anyone who doesn't agree with the government will be deported to Gitmo. After all, Bush has done that, right? That's why there are no Democrats left in America? After all, my wild claim is just as valid as yours.
Its frightening that people like you not only have mod points, but can also vote! Regardless, I'll try to respond to your incoherent ramblings.
What happens when they come for you? they aren't? how long before they do? They aren't going to arrest anyone. At all. They're not going for anyone. They're simply mandating that ISPs provide a service for the people the government represents.
They're mandating that ISPs PROVIDE filters for those that want them. Those that don't, can have unfiltered access. Again, like with mandating cars need to have a certain level of safety. That's just as close as saying no car is ever safe enough.
Schools already employ filters so either people should be outraged over that (I've yet to hear anyone outraged) or they shouldn't care. While ever its optional for home users, who cares? What next, angry at laws that require cars have a certain level of safety before they're allowed on the road in case the government goes one step further and says no car is safe on the road?
So you might as well do it by hand to begin with. Except that's too expensive. Freedom isn't cheap. The soldiers who participated in the American Revolution knew that and still fought for it anyway.
or to which my clients have access, they had better conduct themselves in a manner that I deem suitable. Wow, so no public drinking at all by any of your employees (after all the client might be there!). I'd sure hate to work for a boss if he thought he could dictate everything I do outside of my home (after all, the client might be driving past!)
You work is appreciated, but the intelectual property isn't yours, and the risk wasn't yours What about the IP they develop on their own time? After all, if not for you they couldn't support themselves to develop it in the first place.
Actually I didn't forget any of those. Instead: * I didn't know about 5 of them. * I haven't needed to use 4 of them. * I've stopped using the one I did need and know about (Notebook) due to Google's habit of changing their functionality which can infringe on someone's privacy that they didn't want.
I doubt very many people thought those were fantastic features, and then simply forgot about them.
You can't infer the correlation that you are trying to infer, in that good artists do it themselves, and crappy sell-out artists use the labels. I didn't get that. I simply heard that good artists can succeed regardless of what they do while bad artists can't succeed without the studios pumping out their drek. Which means the sooner the studios die the better for all music lovers.
i for one look forward to a fracturing of culture: where before there were a few number of portals where people can find new music/ movies (a few radio stations, a few movie houses), now we will see a million online portals for all sorts of subgenres Let's hope they're more like this rather then drek like this.
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Sounds optional to me. It would be better if it were opt-in, but its still optional.
If there is consumer demand for wheelchair ramps at stores then capitalism dictates that stores would offer such services (either that or there isnt sufficient competition to encourage ISP's to change).
Guess what, capitalism doesn't solve everything. That's why America's health care system is so appalling to the rest of the civilized world.
It would only be such a button if all it did filter was child porn. If that's all it filtered and it was opt-out then I'd be up in arms about it as well. However it isn't either of these things, its a filter for things including legal pornography and so therefore opting out is not an admission of guilt for intent to break the law.
If we get a bad government into power, then the last thing that will be on anyone's mind is whether or not they can download porn.
Uh-huh. And I'm sure you have PLENTY of examples of the government doing this, right? You don't? Huh. Guess you're attack isn't much warranted then. Next up: Anyone who doesn't agree with the government will be deported to Gitmo. After all, Bush has done that, right? That's why there are no Democrats left in America? After all, my wild claim is just as valid as yours.
They're mandating that ISPs PROVIDE filters for those that want them. Those that don't, can have unfiltered access. Again, like with mandating cars need to have a certain level of safety. That's just as close as saying no car is ever safe enough.
By the sounds of it the ISP will be implementing the filter, which means you don't need to download or install anything.
Because the government feels this is a much needed service to the people it represents, like it does for stores having wheelchair access.
Schools already employ filters so either people should be outraged over that (I've yet to hear anyone outraged) or they shouldn't care. While ever its optional for home users, who cares? What next, angry at laws that require cars have a certain level of safety before they're allowed on the road in case the government goes one step further and says no car is safe on the road?
Actually no it really is Auto suggest!
Easy to reverse the outcome.
Actually I didn't forget any of those. Instead:
* I didn't know about 5 of them.
* I haven't needed to use 4 of them.
* I've stopped using the one I did need and know about (Notebook) due to Google's habit of changing their functionality which can infringe on someone's privacy that they didn't want.
I doubt very many people thought those were fantastic features, and then simply forgot about them.
Sorry dude, but that isn't going to do it.
He said talent, not ego.