As I read it, they were not concerned about the video game, as they were alowed to play it later, if they so wanted. He was worried about the glorification of war that the kids were showing. And he took them to a city impacted by war, not to a warzone.
So he was not teaching about what war was, but about the impact of war.
I think that is better than showing all the "Surprise the family. I am back fro war" videos that are shown all over. He showed the other side of the medal.
I hope you then also disagree with the MPAA rating system. Especialy the porn part of it. We all know it is fake, so kids should also be able to see this, right?
OTOH when I look at religion, I doubt very much that people call fantasy apart from reality (Well, everybodies religion, except for the pone that the person who reads this right now.)
And from what I read, He still let his kids choose what to play afterwards. He just taught them not to glorify war.
Sounds nice. Does not work. Otherwise there would not be some people working 80 hours and others having no job. It would be that they both would work 40. No I do not think all people without a job are lazy. Yes, they do it in some sort of way in Europe by limiting the maximum amount of hours you can work.
Is it pure risk for the backers? e.g. if they make a product, they get something they bought, but if the product flops, they loose their money. And now if the product makes a fortune, they only get their product they bought. In other words, is kickstarter just a pre-order sales website?
What a strange question to ask. Seeking legal advice for a British (or perhaps English) situation on a US oriented website where nobody is giving legal advice anyway.
If the person asking the question realy wants to know, find legal advice in the UK.
That said, as long as the clip is no longer than 3 minutes, it is not illegal in itself. It is possible to use the content. Obviously they are fighting it with all their might, bceuase they see it as slipping control on their assets and that is the broadcasting rights.
Just like any other major sports event, they make their gazillions by selling the TV rights. What they do is control of content and just like the MAFIAA they think that if anything that shows anything that belongs to them, they should get a shitload of money for it. Jay! SPORTS!
I persnaly do not care for sports. Instead of some men running I rather do the unmanly thing and watch fashion shows with beautifull women instead.
This. I somewhat can forgive Apple, but a company that owns the search business, Google should be able to do much, much better. If anything, I want to be able to filter on the type of free and on what access it has. Not even searching, but filtering.
And on how much you pay should not be the only option. Are there ads after I install it. And that includes enhancements. It also does not exclude asked if I want to join whatever social site.
I should be able to esily find a high rated solitaire game that does not have any ads, is free and does not need any speciall access.
And while I am moaning, please follow the language settings of my browser, nit where I am. (Dare I say it, Apple is much better in that regard)
Here is what I have done in the past. I call them. I tell them I do not want to waste their time or mine. e.g. I tell them what I want to earn and if that is in scope of what they are willing to negotiate about. Or where the company is located or something else I did not pick up from their job at and that I know somebody from HR will be able to answer.
I then also tell them my mini-resume (Last or current company, when I could be available) in 10 to 15 seconds and ask them if they are still interested in receiving my CV. If yes, I get the email adress.
To me this has several advantages. First they can easily say no if e.g. my asking price is too high. No need to waste time. The second is that you get a better treatment that others who just send it in, because there already was a contact. This means when they look at your CV they will remember that you already past the first test (otherwise they would have saidf they were not interested. As you have spoken to the person who handles them and often send it to them personally, it will be read.
And again, if they say no on the phone, I thank them for being honest and not wasting either of our time. When I say no, I also tell them the reason (e.g. not the specific job I was looking for) and on various occasions was invited for another job opening that was not even online (and in 2 cases known by anybody but the manager and HR)
Sending CVs is not only what you you write in them. The main thing is that it is being read. That is however only the first step. The second is on getting an interview.
Has it happend that they said "Fill out the form!"? Yes. Not often and what I said I would decline of working with them. My explanation was that I was looking for a company that has a more personal aproach to people and still thanked them for their time.
Obviously looking for a job is selling yourself and as each person is different, what works great for one might completely not work for the other. In the end it is about both you and the company finding a common ground to work together
I'm not surprised either, but I don't see, how this is unconstitutional
If that is true, that is your problem right there. (I would say it would be against the Fourth Amendment as I would say it is an unreasonable search)
If there is nothing to protect your right to privacy, then you will have no privacy. To me if you do not have th right to privacy, all the other rights will be compromised.
Just ask a European what they think privacy is and you will see that it is much more that just the stuff you do at home when you are alone. It inclused everything you do and what defines you as a person. That is the startingpoint.
The good part is that they are concerned about passwords. The bad news is that they do not come up with a good alternative.
There are two issues with passwords. The first is that we are looking for a technical problem with what is essentialy a social problem. Security in itself is already a social problem. How many people will give uup their password to the IT guy or their boss without any question? To their SO, kids or parents?
The second isssue is that we have way too many passwords to remember and there is no single solution. (1) IT people are only looking to how THEIR system is secured and look at it from an, again, technical and not a social point of view. They do not count in the weakest point : humans.
And as long as you do not caqlcualte those in, it won't be solved. So instead of saying 'We want to replace it with..." they should have said "We want to replace it". That way you are open for a REAL solution.
(1) If you have a solution, please let me know. It must be one that I can use at home (Linux), at work (Windows, but I am not allowed to install anything and have no Internet access and am not allowed to use any cellphone or other device), on my phone, on PCs that are not mine, on my ATM machine.
To write better Apps and Websites? Are these what the kids call programming languages these days? It doesn't sound very serious.
It is all the NSA needs to get access to your Internet Connected device. That means everything nowadays, including my Linux toaster.
Yes, I am very sceptical if I see the letters N, S and A. (It isn't paranoia, because that is only when you THINK you are being followed, not when it becomes a fact.)
In Belgium the schools also have a fixed period. That is a result from when the kids had to work on the farm during summer. We also have a period where some companies used to close. Especially the house building industry.
However that becomes less and less the case. So now all the places I used to work, the poeple with kids take the high season and everybody else takes it outside the high season.
In Germany the schools have differnt periods so no the whole of Germany has the same time off.
I can imagine this is not needed in the USofA because most won't get 20+ days payed vacation. (I have 34)
If you look at succesfull people in your company, you are not looking for 'smart' people in your company. There could be a hugfe difference.
The person who is interested more in family time than in company value might be (from some peoples point of view) the smart person. OK, he doesn't get the promotion and that is not what he wanted.
So you need to define what is 'smart'. And in many times the 'smartest' person wlll heavily depend on the situation. Many people are smart in one place but stupid in another.
It is not just progress, it is evolution at work. Soon we will have either drivers who are extremely quick to avoid pedestrians or pedestrians who are extremely quick to avoid cars.
Only some 100 or 200 generations and this should work out fine. In fact, that is why I would oppose to ANY speedlimit or road regulating laws. It will work out itself in the end.
I love these USofA stories where people are caught lying and then nothing changes. Next a lot of people say how this should not be allowed and is even illegal and nothing changes. Later some people will quote the consititution and then finaly nothing happens at all. Perhaps some likes on facepalm or an octothorpe will do something.
Anybody working with kids or dogs knows that unless there are consequenses for bad behaviour, the bad behaviour will not change. Instead it will become more persistant.
PS, if you clicked the link, hand in your geek card.
So what you saying is that it is hard to monitor those people efficiently as we can only monitor 500 efficiently. OK. So here is what we will do, we will increase the effeciency of monitoring. That would mean an increase of the budget. To make it a bit cheaper, you should give us more rights to do so.
You also have a valid point about those crazy Americans, so we will expand the nunmber of people on the list. Obviously that means more rights and a higher budget.
I hope this is to your satisfaction and adresses all your concerns.
A few years ago you could buy a Packard Bell PC and you would get some software with it. If you bought a different modell, you would get a lot more software with it. Often also complete games and a complete Windows Office suit.
During the first boot it would loo what PC you had, installed that and deleted all the rest. It did this by you typing in the 'pass' code you god with the PC. Later it looked at the serial number.
A bit of searching would give you the default 'override' password that you had to type in, instead of the standard code and you would have access to all the software with licenses.
So the image on the HD would be the same for all PCs. Not sure if that is still the case. Not sure if other brands (still) do this. The reason was also price.
Well, imagine sopmebody playing pop music from some current teen 'artists' all the time during the flight without the ability to turn it off. If that ever happens, I am sure people will storm the cockpit and fly the plane into the ground, if the pilots were not doing that already.
OTOH people here on/. know that email is as safe as a postcard. I assume that everybody here knows how a mailserver works in principle and that as long as people have phisical access to a server, the content on that server should be thought of as compromised.
And Google telling that people will not read the email means the following 1) It is not their policy to do so 2) They tell people they shouldn't do it
To me it does not mean that nobody never ever will ready any of the gazillions of mails.
OTOH I am sure even IF it is an automated prcedure, I am sure the verification is done by a human.so to be sure that it isn';t just a little boy with long hair on a beach in a swimingsuit and the 'thingy' is actualy a toe of somebody else. http://epicfails.net/2012/07/n... as an example
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Hey, you have voted for them. Several times. And will do so agian.
A kid has every right to say "50 cents for 4 minutes. It's the law."
Here's a dollar. Blow me. (Yes, I am going to hell for this.)
As I read it, they were not concerned about the video game, as they were alowed to play it later, if they so wanted. He was worried about the glorification of war that the kids were showing.
And he took them to a city impacted by war, not to a warzone.
So he was not teaching about what war was, but about the impact of war.
I think that is better than showing all the "Surprise the family. I am back fro war" videos that are shown all over. He showed the other side of the medal.
I hope you then also disagree with the MPAA rating system. Especialy the porn part of it. We all know it is fake, so kids should also be able to see this, right?
OTOH when I look at religion, I doubt very much that people call fantasy apart from reality (Well, everybodies religion, except for the pone that the person who reads this right now.)
And from what I read, He still let his kids choose what to play afterwards. He just taught them not to glorify war.
Sounds nice. Does not work. Otherwise there would not be some people working 80 hours and others having no job. It would be that they both would work 40.
No I do not think all people without a job are lazy. Yes, they do it in some sort of way in Europe by limiting the maximum amount of hours you can work.
Is it pure risk for the backers? e.g. if they make a product, they get something they bought, but if the product flops, they loose their money.
And now if the product makes a fortune, they only get their product they bought.
In other words, is kickstarter just a pre-order sales website?
What a strange question to ask. Seeking legal advice for a British (or perhaps English) situation on a US oriented website where nobody is giving legal advice anyway.
If the person asking the question realy wants to know, find legal advice in the UK.
That said, as long as the clip is no longer than 3 minutes, it is not illegal in itself. It is possible to use the content. Obviously they are fighting it with all their might, bceuase they see it as slipping control on their assets and that is the broadcasting rights.
Just like any other major sports event, they make their gazillions by selling the TV rights. What they do is control of content and just like the MAFIAA they think that if anything that shows anything that belongs to them, they should get a shitload of money for it.
Jay! SPORTS!
I persnaly do not care for sports. Instead of some men running I rather do the unmanly thing and watch fashion shows with beautifull women instead.
This. I somewhat can forgive Apple, but a company that owns the search business, Google should be able to do much, much better.
If anything, I want to be able to filter on the type of free and on what access it has.
Not even searching, but filtering.
And on how much you pay should not be the only option. Are there ads after I install it. And that includes enhancements. It also does not exclude asked if I want to join whatever social site.
I should be able to esily find a high rated solitaire game that does not have any ads, is free and does not need any speciall access.
And while I am moaning, please follow the language settings of my browser, nit where I am. (Dare I say it, Apple is much better in that regard)
Here is what I have done in the past. I call them. I tell them I do not want to waste their time or mine. e.g. I tell them what I want to earn and if that is in scope of what they are willing to negotiate about. Or where the company is located or something else I did not pick up from their job at and that I know somebody from HR will be able to answer.
I then also tell them my mini-resume (Last or current company, when I could be available) in 10 to 15 seconds and ask them if they are still interested in receiving my CV. If yes, I get the email adress.
To me this has several advantages. First they can easily say no if e.g. my asking price is too high. No need to waste time. The second is that you get a better treatment that others who just send it in, because there already was a contact. This means when they look at your CV they will remember that you already past the first test (otherwise they would have saidf they were not interested.
As you have spoken to the person who handles them and often send it to them personally, it will be read.
And again, if they say no on the phone, I thank them for being honest and not wasting either of our time. When I say no, I also tell them the reason (e.g. not the specific job I was looking for) and on various occasions was invited for another job opening that was not even online (and in 2 cases known by anybody but the manager and HR)
Sending CVs is not only what you you write in them. The main thing is that it is being read. That is however only the first step. The second is on getting an interview.
Has it happend that they said "Fill out the form!"? Yes. Not often and what I said I would decline of working with them. My explanation was that I was looking for a company that has a more personal aproach to people and still thanked them for their time.
Obviously looking for a job is selling yourself and as each person is different, what works great for one might completely not work for the other. In the end it is about both you and the company finding a common ground to work together
If that is true, that is your problem right there. (I would say it would be against the Fourth Amendment as I would say it is an unreasonable search)
If there is nothing to protect your right to privacy, then you will have no privacy. To me if you do not have th right to privacy, all the other rights will be compromised.
Just ask a European what they think privacy is and you will see that it is much more that just the stuff you do at home when you are alone. It inclused everything you do and what defines you as a person. That is the startingpoint.
They [...] their [...] them. [...] they [...] your [...] your [...] Oh, the irony...
Also:
People are group animals. News at 11.
The good part is that they are concerned about passwords. The bad news is that they do not come up with a good alternative.
There are two issues with passwords. The first is that we are looking for a technical problem with what is essentialy a social problem. Security in itself is already a social problem. How many people will give uup their password to the IT guy or their boss without any question? To their SO, kids or parents?
The second isssue is that we have way too many passwords to remember and there is no single solution. (1) IT people are only looking to how THEIR system is secured and look at it from an, again, technical and not a social point of view. They do not count in the weakest point : humans.
And as long as you do not caqlcualte those in, it won't be solved. ..." they should have said "We want to replace it". That way you are open for a REAL solution.
So instead of saying 'We want to replace it with
(1) If you have a solution, please let me know. It must be one that I can use at home (Linux), at work (Windows, but I am not allowed to install anything and have no Internet access and am not allowed to use any cellphone or other device), on my phone, on PCs that are not mine, on my ATM machine.
It is all the NSA needs to get access to your Internet Connected device. That means everything nowadays, including my Linux toaster.
Yes, I am very sceptical if I see the letters N, S and A. (It isn't paranoia, because that is only when you THINK you are being followed, not when it becomes a fact.)
In Belgium the schools also have a fixed period. That is a result from when the kids had to work on the farm during summer.
We also have a period where some companies used to close. Especially the house building industry.
However that becomes less and less the case. So now all the places I used to work, the poeple with kids take the high season and everybody else takes it outside the high season.
In Germany the schools have differnt periods so no the whole of Germany has the same time off.
I can imagine this is not needed in the USofA because most won't get 20+ days payed vacation. (I have 34)
If you look at succesfull people in your company, you are not looking for 'smart' people in your company. There could be a hugfe difference.
The person who is interested more in family time than in company value might be (from some peoples point of view) the smart person. OK, he doesn't get the promotion and that is not what he wanted.
So you need to define what is 'smart'. And in many times the 'smartest' person wlll heavily depend on the situation. Many people are smart in one place but stupid in another.
Sending an email? They provide a service that is communication. They could use this or this.
It is not just progress, it is evolution at work. Soon we will have either drivers who are extremely quick to avoid pedestrians or pedestrians who are extremely quick to avoid cars.
Only some 100 or 200 generations and this should work out fine.
In fact, that is why I would oppose to ANY speedlimit or road regulating laws. It will work out itself in the end.
I love these USofA stories where people are caught lying and then nothing changes.
Next a lot of people say how this should not be allowed and is even illegal and nothing changes.
Later some people will quote the consititution and then finaly nothing happens at all.
Perhaps some likes on facepalm or an octothorpe will do something.
Anybody working with kids or dogs knows that unless there are consequenses for bad behaviour, the bad behaviour will not change. Instead it will become more persistant.
PS, if you clicked the link, hand in your geek card.
We live in a thime where you can ask : Why would anyone reasonably think that their stuff is somehow private?
So what you saying is that it is hard to monitor those people efficiently as we can only monitor 500 efficiently. OK.
So here is what we will do, we will increase the effeciency of monitoring. That would mean an increase of the budget. To make it a bit cheaper, you should give us more rights to do so.
You also have a valid point about those crazy Americans, so we will expand the nunmber of people on the list. Obviously that means more rights and a higher budget.
I hope this is to your satisfaction and adresses all your concerns.
Kind regard,
All the three letter agencies.
A few years ago you could buy a Packard Bell PC and you would get some software with it. If you bought a different modell, you would get a lot more software with it. Often also complete games and a complete Windows Office suit.
During the first boot it would loo what PC you had, installed that and deleted all the rest. It did this by you typing in the 'pass' code you god with the PC. Later it looked at the serial number.
A bit of searching would give you the default 'override' password that you had to type in, instead of the standard code and you would have access to all the software with licenses.
So the image on the HD would be the same for all PCs. Not sure if that is still the case. Not sure if other brands (still) do this. The reason was also price.
Darn. If I had modpoints, I would have modded you troll, so nobody would read it and history would have changed.
BTW: We have always been at war against drugs.
That is not a story. That is a well known fact.
Well, imagine sopmebody playing pop music from some current teen 'artists' all the time during the flight without the ability to turn it off.
If that ever happens, I am sure people will storm the cockpit and fly the plane into the ground, if the pilots were not doing that already.
OTOH people here on /. know that email is as safe as a postcard. I assume that everybody here knows how a mailserver works in principle and that as long as people have phisical access to a server, the content on that server should be thought of as compromised.
And Google telling that people will not read the email means the following
1) It is not their policy to do so
2) They tell people they shouldn't do it
To me it does not mean that nobody never ever will ready any of the gazillions of mails.
OTOH I am sure even IF it is an automated prcedure, I am sure the verification is done by a human.so to be sure that it isn';t just a little boy with long hair on a beach in a swimingsuit and the 'thingy' is actualy a toe of somebody else. http://epicfails.net/2012/07/n... as an example