You voted them in, so they're your responsibility. Unless you want to go the tin-foil hat route and say that the Australian populace has no influence or control over their government - in which case I would be looking for another country of residence.
I really love how your criticism of the US was phrased as an absolute, and then you excuse yourself from your country's governmental choices because a least you voted, and a single voter can't change much.
This isn't just a one sided political happening. While I will agree that some conservative thought demands that people "don't ask questions," we also face liberal thought that severely punishes "asking the wrong questions."
You know, I can't shake this suspicion that I have the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) people might possibly have something better they could be doing with their time than taking over websites.
It is interesting to note that when corporations don't want a federal agency to enforce the laws then that's what happens.
And when corporations do want a federal agency to actually enforce law's then they get their way there too.
You're absolutely correct, in modern America the rights of the corporation, the banks, the unions are upheld and the rights of the individual are too much to pay attention to.
Yep, this is more about the government controlling its citizens communications in a time of crisis than about actual "security".
There is a large feeling and sentiment out there that believes things were much much better when citizens got information from only a handful of easily controlled and managed sources than from each other.
In the USA there is public debate of the law and it's pros and cons are discussed.
That's true right now, except it won't be true for the internet after the president uses the kill switch.
I am appalled that anyone can even begin to think this is a good idea.
I've feared from the very beginning that the whole "net neutrality" debate would yield sweeping, draconian policies for the internet. Well here we go....
That is the best, most succinct, post I've seen here on/. that explains why everyone should never, ever pay any attention whatsoever to anything Robert Kennedy Jr. ever says about the global warming and the environment.
It a hysterical rendering because if you actively protest or fight apples censorship of an app, they aren't eventually going to KILL you or put you in JAIL for it. China does.
That same old government that used to strongly encourage scientific research has allowed the tools they used to use for that purpose to be subverted into something evil.
The patent process is so broken today that the primary reason to get a patent is to sue someone who actually makes something instead of making it yourself. But what do you expect to happen with a process that's created by and supported by lawyers.
I was hoping to see some insightful comments about using nukes to stop the leak, but no, instead it apparently is WWII historical scenario day on/.
BTW: I wonder if one of our bunker busters could be deployed to the spill site on the ocean floor. Those suckers are pretty big bombs and might just do the trick without all that radioactivity.
Actually from the beginning I've been thinking that a big explosion down there might just be what's necessary.
I wonder if BP just doesn't want the bill for that sort of thing. Lord knows the price they'd have to pay for the US to set off a Nuke would probably be a little steep.
Actually if we could convince the federal government to be as lax in enforcing IP laws as they are with enforcing immigration laws, we'd be in great shape.
Its interesting that immigration laws are very very poorly enforced and yet the gov't doesn't really want to fix the situation, but the fact that someone might download a movie and watch it, omg release the hounds!!!
Everyone in Arizona is getting all up in arms about a law asking evernone to present proof of citizenship papers. In this IP battle, they're consistently asking us to provide proof of purchase papers at every step to view content, and no one in the general public bats an eye.
But there is one obvious parallel here. In both immigration and IP law the government we're getting is acting exactly how the big companies in control want it to.
Yeah, but in this case I think that along with the talent, HP also wants the devices and the patents of those devices.
I agree with the other posters here that this is about HP having a unified device and OS strategy ala the iPhone. As much as I like the iPhone, I would really like to see HP able to compete in this arena, and I also really want to see windows mobile fail. Basically, I'm rooting for every mobile os and platform that isn't based on one companies last ditch attempts to expand their PC OS monopoly to other platforms....
True, Macs generally work well, but even they have problems sometimes. When my iMac lost its internal hard drive I was faced with a fairly difficult task to service it myself. But for a lot of computer professionals like me, thats the exciting part. A service manual download later and I could take my iMac apart and fix it myself.
I always have a lot of trouble accepting that someone is a true computer professional if they aren't driven to continually learn more about computers and try new things. Thats why windows only because thats all we know tech support desks bug me so much.
Baloney, former employers don't give references anymore. You can get personal references from people you worked with, but those aren't company references.
Gizmodo did this guy great harm if he is indeed looking for a job by releasing his name.
I agree completely. Lately, I've heard many liberals push back the argument, "Your for smaller government, but do you support police and firemen?"
Its a misdirection play on their part. Sure I support the police and the firemen, of MY CITY! Federal tax dollars should not be spent on police or firemen. We have a federal system for a reason, local support for some government functions works much much better than federal support. The feds should get completely out of the education business. Its not mentioned in the constitution and therefore is the responsibility of the states. In fact the states have the most control, but the feds can't stop from sticking their noses into education at nearly every level.
NASA on the other hand is a national endeavor and is not something that can be done by the states.
The real problem with 3D is the edge of the screen and whether the 3D effect is positive (out from the screen) or negative (into the screen). Just saw "How to Train Your Dragon" last week, and most of the 3D in that was in negative space. On very few instances did anything stray out from the plane of the screen, but when it did (they had a smoke and soot effect that was great) it was well utilized, but they were very sure the effect was in front of the screen and wouldn't go outside the screen edge for any viewer.
I think I missed the exaggeration that a lot of 3D movies have, they played it straightforward and did a realistic (for an animated picture) portrayal. I didn't come away feeling that the movie was that much better in 3D than it would have been in 2D. Outside of the 3D the movie was excellent in itself, but I'm not completely convinced that 3D isn't still a gimmic.
However with ACTA, and basically every other big content initiative, Obama is openly and completely on their (big media's) side and shows every indication that he'll fight as hard to take away our rights as he did to pass health care.....
The next step is for those less tech savvy folks to begin flooding their Attorney General's offices with phone calls.
If a company requires internet service to run the game and a customer has the legally purchased game and internet service, but can't play the game, the company is being fraudulent in their marketing and sales for the game.
There should be an expectation (which has been true since the beginning of gaming) that if a single player sits down with a game and has an adequate system to play it that they should be able to PLAY THE GAME. The requirement that the game company have enough servers working and available to authenticate all possible customers querying the DRM servers, is IMHO absolute. Otherwise the company is selling fradulent software.
As to the companies being victims of DOS attacks, too bad. The customer has an expectation of the product working as advertised. If the customers can't use the product as designed to play the game they were sold, I think they have a right to sue over their grievances.
It amazes me how fast we've gone from "the customer is always correct" to "f the customer". If I were an Ubisoft customer and could not play this game due to their incompetence, I'd enact a lifetime ban on me buying their products.
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The first thing we'll have to get over in our quest to explore other solar systems will be that there will be no such thing as a "round trip."
I wish I still had some mod points. Fantastic post!
Wow, did you even look a the wikipedia link? Perhaps the part in the first paragraph might interest you. It says:
the two words are etymologically unrelated.
To make it simple for you. That means that neither word is derived or associated to the other.
You are doing _exactly_ what the GP post explained that people did before.
You voted them in, so they're your responsibility. Unless you want to go the tin-foil hat route and say that the Australian populace has no influence or control over their government - in which case I would be looking for another country of residence.
I really love how your criticism of the US was phrased as an absolute, and then you excuse yourself from your country's governmental choices because a least you voted, and a single voter can't change much.
This isn't just a one sided political happening. While I will agree that some conservative thought demands that people "don't ask questions," we also face liberal thought that severely punishes "asking the wrong questions."
You know, I can't shake this suspicion that I have the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) people might possibly have something better they could be doing with their time than taking over websites.
It is interesting to note that when corporations don't want a federal agency to enforce the laws then that's what happens.
And when corporations do want a federal agency to actually enforce law's then they get their way there too.
You're absolutely correct, in modern America the rights of the corporation, the banks, the unions are upheld and the rights of the individual are too much to pay attention to.
You don't like him so you just assign him to the other party?
I don't think the republicans really want him either.....
He's exactly the type of old school political hack that needs to be cleared out of Washington regardless of what party they belong to.
Yep, this is more about the government controlling its citizens communications in a time of crisis than about actual "security".
There is a large feeling and sentiment out there that believes things were much much better when citizens got information from only a handful of easily controlled and managed sources than from each other.
Its true freedom vs. perceived freedom.
In the USA there is public debate of the law and it's pros and cons are discussed.
That's true right now, except it won't be true for the internet after the president uses the kill switch.
I am appalled that anyone can even begin to think this is a good idea.
I've feared from the very beginning that the whole "net neutrality" debate would yield sweeping, draconian policies for the internet. Well here we go....
That is the best, most succinct, post I've seen here on /. that explains why everyone should never, ever pay any attention whatsoever to anything Robert Kennedy Jr. ever says about the global warming and the environment.
It a hysterical rendering because if you actively protest or fight apples censorship of an app, they aren't eventually going to KILL you or put you in JAIL for it. China does.
That same old government that used to strongly encourage scientific research has allowed the tools they used to use for that purpose to be subverted into something evil.
The patent process is so broken today that the primary reason to get a patent is to sue someone who actually makes something instead of making it yourself. But what do you expect to happen with a process that's created by and supported by lawyers.
Yep. 0.22 was a huge change, it should have finally been the 1.0 release and I say this having used Myth since 0.11.
Man, this entire story was godwined in 1 post.
I was hoping to see some insightful comments about using nukes to stop the leak, but no, instead it apparently is WWII historical scenario day on /.
BTW: I wonder if one of our bunker busters could be deployed to the spill site on the ocean floor. Those suckers are pretty big bombs and might just do the trick without all that radioactivity.
Actually from the beginning I've been thinking that a big explosion down there might just be what's necessary.
I wonder if BP just doesn't want the bill for that sort of thing. Lord knows the price they'd have to pay for the US to set off a Nuke would probably be a little steep.
Actually if we could convince the federal government to be as lax in enforcing IP laws as they are with enforcing immigration laws, we'd be in great shape.
Its interesting that immigration laws are very very poorly enforced and yet the gov't doesn't really want to fix the situation, but the fact that someone might download a movie and watch it, omg release the hounds!!!
Everyone in Arizona is getting all up in arms about a law asking evernone to present proof of citizenship papers. In this IP battle, they're consistently asking us to provide proof of purchase papers at every step to view content, and no one in the general public bats an eye.
But there is one obvious parallel here. In both immigration and IP law the government we're getting is acting exactly how the big companies in control want it to.
Yeah, but in this case I think that along with the talent, HP also wants the devices and the patents of those devices.
I agree with the other posters here that this is about HP having a unified device and OS strategy ala the iPhone. As much as I like the iPhone, I would really like to see HP able to compete in this arena, and I also really want to see windows mobile fail. Basically, I'm rooting for every mobile os and platform that isn't based on one companies last ditch attempts to expand their PC OS monopoly to other platforms....
True, Macs generally work well, but even they have problems sometimes. When my iMac lost its internal hard drive I was faced with a fairly difficult task to service it myself. But for a lot of computer professionals like me, thats the exciting part. A service manual download later and I could take my iMac apart and fix it myself.
I always have a lot of trouble accepting that someone is a true computer professional if they aren't driven to continually learn more about computers and try new things. Thats why windows only because thats all we know tech support desks bug me so much.
Baloney, former employers don't give references anymore. You can get personal references from people you worked with, but those aren't company references.
Gizmodo did this guy great harm if he is indeed looking for a job by releasing his name.
I agree completely. Lately, I've heard many liberals push back the argument, "Your for smaller government, but do you support police and firemen?"
Its a misdirection play on their part. Sure I support the police and the firemen, of MY CITY! Federal tax dollars should not be spent on police or firemen. We have a federal system for a reason, local support for some government functions works much much better than federal support. The feds should get completely out of the education business. Its not mentioned in the constitution and therefore is the responsibility of the states. In fact the states have the most control, but the feds can't stop from sticking their noses into education at nearly every level.
NASA on the other hand is a national endeavor and is not something that can be done by the states.
Yep, I was just thinking that the only people who win every time no matter what are the lawyers.
And more often than not their wins turn into losses for us.
The real problem with 3D is the edge of the screen and whether the 3D effect is positive (out from the screen) or negative (into the screen). Just saw "How to Train Your Dragon" last week, and most of the 3D in that was in negative space. On very few instances did anything stray out from the plane of the screen, but when it did (they had a smoke and soot effect that was great) it was well utilized, but they were very sure the effect was in front of the screen and wouldn't go outside the screen edge for any viewer.
I think I missed the exaggeration that a lot of 3D movies have, they played it straightforward and did a realistic (for an animated picture) portrayal. I didn't come away feeling that the movie was that much better in 3D than it would have been in 2D. Outside of the 3D the movie was excellent in itself, but I'm not completely convinced that 3D isn't still a gimmic.
It depends. But generally yes, colorblind people can see 3D effects in analyglyph images.
With the new polarization glasses, color is not an issue at all, the 3D effect works fine.
However with ACTA, and basically every other big content initiative, Obama is openly and completely on their (big media's) side and shows every indication that he'll fight as hard to take away our rights as he did to pass health care.....
There's just so much delicious irony in a condescending post that ends with "[I] banged my head into the steering wheel."
The next step is for those less tech savvy folks to begin flooding their Attorney General's offices with phone calls.
If a company requires internet service to run the game and a customer has the legally purchased game and internet service, but can't play the game, the company is being fraudulent in their marketing and sales for the game.
There should be an expectation (which has been true since the beginning of gaming) that if a single player sits down with a game and has an adequate system to play it that they should be able to PLAY THE GAME. The requirement that the game company have enough servers working and available to authenticate all possible customers querying the DRM servers, is IMHO absolute. Otherwise the company is selling fradulent software.
As to the companies being victims of DOS attacks, too bad. The customer has an expectation of the product working as advertised. If the customers can't use the product as designed to play the game they were sold, I think they have a right to sue over their grievances.
It amazes me how fast we've gone from "the customer is always correct" to "f the customer". If I were an Ubisoft customer and could not play this game due to their incompetence, I'd enact a lifetime ban on me buying their products.