Yeah, if they're 16, and only with parents consent, and only if they want to. There's a huge difference between having a part time job at McDonalds making 5.50 an hour and working 80 hours a week at a sweatshop making 16 cents a day.
I'm a born and bred American, lived there until I was 20. I've lived in Germany for the last three and a half years. I've made some trips back to the states, a few months here and there.
In the US, for us common rabble, it's "Do you have a cellphone?" Whereas, in Europe, it's "What's your number?" Most people assume that if you're giving them a telephone number, it's your cell phone number. And they will not ask you if you are capable of receiving SMS, they will assume that you are. It is more common in Europe for someone to have a cell and no landline than it is for someone to have a landline and no cell.
I'd be interested in how english appears to a native speaker of another language when it's been automatically translated. I've heard that native speakers of other languages see english as incredibly backward and whatnot... it's probably even worse than this.
Good idea. Hold 11 year old children responsible for their own actions, not the parents. While we're at it, let's issue them credit cards so they can pay for the PC and the 'net access they need to illegally fileshare. Oh, but they'll need money to pay it off... well, other countries use child-labor, why not the good 'ol U.S. of A? I mean, are we really any better than Cambodia, really?
The first paragraph or so of the hacked version of their site, as translated by InterTran. Either InterTran leaves something to be desired as a translation tool, or the hackers who hit the site leave something to be desired as far as proficiency in the swedish language goes. You decide:
Hi and greet to AUHs nya home in cyberrymden! We have displaced in here behind they precedence proprietor stayed outcast frn Internet liked a body as braces away kill and unwanted organ. We have as it were yourself wondered very about what as actually happened with Bahnhof and as wes is , formerly youngest , almighty arga s feels wes ourselves exhort that divide that information but s mnga as possible. All for that yous also ska kunna become arga , and that eras friends ska become arga and their friends and s forth until Internet gator is full by an mad mob as sound AUH! AUH! AUH! and am claiming Ponténs blood!
RemoteAmp is a PocketPC program that allows you to control, remotely, WinAMP and iTunes for Windows, running on a desktop (or a laptop I suppose).
This would be more of an 'at home' thing, but it's pretty nice if you, like me, have a PC as your primary music source. You can change playlists, volume, EQ settings, etc. All remotely.
The downside is that it only works for Windows. There might be something similar available for Linux/Mac/others, but I haven't checked.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg refused to extend to the Web sites a protection that shields journalists from revealing the names of unidentified sources or turning over unpublished material.
and...
Thomas Goldstein, a former dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism who worked as a reporter for the New York Times, filed a brief in support of the Web sites.
"Just because Apple does not want these publications to report on its activities does not mean that they are not news publications," Goldstein wrote.
This is setting a very dangerous precedent. If this holds up (through many appeals, unless I miss my guess), then what's to differentiate between CNN and CNN.com? Just because it's on the web means it's not journalism?
...when TOS, TNG, DS9 and Voyager were cancelled? I mean, I know that the fans have almost always been unanimous in their objections when one of the Treks have been cancelled, but are these huge monetary donations precedented?
My point is this:
Are people concerned about the series being cancelled, or are they concerned about the series being cancelled without another Trek incarnation on the horizon?
Well, yes, I agree. If they had their way they'd get whatever they wanted irregardless of patent or copyright restraints. But, they say this is a democracy, and Microsoft does still have some restraints imposed on them. By 'getting exactly what they want', I mean they're getting the same easy way out that they get 99% of the time. Pay out a measly $200M and get their way.
...For an announcement in the next few weeks announcing Microsoft settling out of court for a massive, yet undisclosed sum of money, and getting exactly what they want. As usual.
Being a charge card, not a credit card, the balance was due every month.
The exact same thing is true of the BoA travel card. Everything you said applies to the BoA GTC. And no, I haven't been in the Air Force quite that long.
The air force has smaller credit unions and banks on base, but for things like government travel cards and purchase cards, we are not given an option as to which financial institution to use. Further, we are -required- in many cases to have and use these cards... lose-lose situation.
Highly classified information is carried on commercial flights on a daily basis. Diplomatic pouches going to and from embassies and consulates around the world are handed to a plainclothes gov't employee, he/she gets on a plane and goes where he needs to go, makes his delivery, and flies back.
Makes you wonder what kind of security Bank of America employs in guarding this information.
GSA Smartpay is a program through which gov't employees are issued what is essentially a company credit card, but the US Gov't is the company. They're used for official purchases, for gas cards for government owned vehicles, etcetera.
As a US Government employee (US Air Force to be precise) I can tell you that Bank of America is regarded by most of us (us = gov't employees) as a faceless entity that cares nothing for customer service. I doubt this will come as much of a surprise to those of us who have been required by our occupation to associate with them for some time. Maybe now the powers that be will get their collective head out and pick a new bank.
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Are they saying that we should only kill the prostitutes we don't sleep with, or what?
Yet another example of how inmates forfeit nearly all of their civil rights. Isn't it bizarre that a man who was convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering a 12-year-old girl (You'll have to scroll down) can post personal ads online, but these inmates are forbidden from reading an eBook?
Yeah, if they're 16, and only with parents consent, and only if they want to. There's a huge difference between having a part time job at McDonalds making 5.50 an hour and working 80 hours a week at a sweatshop making 16 cents a day.
I'm a born and bred American, lived there until I was 20. I've lived in Germany for the last three and a half years. I've made some trips back to the states, a few months here and there.
In the US, for us common rabble, it's "Do you have a cellphone?" Whereas, in Europe, it's "What's your number?" Most people assume that if you're giving them a telephone number, it's your cell phone number. And they will not ask you if you are capable of receiving SMS, they will assume that you are. It is more common in Europe for someone to have a cell and no landline than it is for someone to have a landline and no cell.
Thanks :) That's a bit clearer. Although not by much... as is usually the case with extremists, it's a tad hard to comprehend.
I'd be interested in how english appears to a native speaker of another language when it's been automatically translated. I've heard that native speakers of other languages see english as incredibly backward and whatnot... it's probably even worse than this.
Good idea. Hold 11 year old children responsible for their own actions, not the parents. While we're at it, let's issue them credit cards so they can pay for the PC and the 'net access they need to illegally fileshare. Oh, but they'll need money to pay it off... well, other countries use child-labor, why not the good 'ol U.S. of A? I mean, are we really any better than Cambodia, really?
The first paragraph or so of the hacked version of their site, as translated by InterTran. Either InterTran leaves something to be desired as a translation tool, or the hackers who hit the site leave something to be desired as far as proficiency in the swedish language goes. You decide:
Hi and greet to AUHs nya home in cyberrymden! We have displaced in here behind they precedence proprietor stayed outcast frn Internet liked a body as braces away kill and unwanted organ. We have as it were yourself wondered very about what as actually happened with Bahnhof and as wes is , formerly youngest , almighty arga s feels wes ourselves exhort that divide that information but s mnga as possible. All for that yous also ska kunna become arga , and that eras friends ska become arga and their friends and s forth until Internet gator is full by an mad mob as sound AUH! AUH! AUH! and am claiming Ponténs blood!
RemoteAmp is a PocketPC program that allows you to control, remotely, WinAMP and iTunes for Windows, running on a desktop (or a laptop I suppose).
This would be more of an 'at home' thing, but it's pretty nice if you, like me, have a PC as your primary music source. You can change playlists, volume, EQ settings, etc. All remotely.
The downside is that it only works for Windows. There might be something similar available for Linux/Mac/others, but I haven't checked.
To find out more or to download: http://www.smashcasi.com/remoteamp/
Intel? Antitrust!? I don't believe it! I'd sooner believe that Linus Torvalds switched to a new OS!
Rats who jump from sinking ships, because somehow, they just instinctively KNOW that it's sinking?
Just kidding. For GODS SAKE I was just kidding. I swear.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg refused to extend to the Web sites a protection that shields journalists from revealing the names of unidentified sources or turning over unpublished material.
and...
Thomas Goldstein, a former dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism who worked as a reporter for the New York Times, filed a brief in support of the Web sites. "Just because Apple does not want these publications to report on its activities does not mean that they are not news publications," Goldstein wrote.
This is setting a very dangerous precedent. If this holds up (through many appeals, unless I miss my guess), then what's to differentiate between CNN and CNN.com? Just because it's on the web means it's not journalism?
...when TOS, TNG, DS9 and Voyager were cancelled? I mean, I know that the fans have almost always been unanimous in their objections when one of the Treks have been cancelled, but are these huge monetary donations precedented?
My point is this:
Are people concerned about the series being cancelled, or are they concerned about the series being cancelled without another Trek incarnation on the horizon?
Well, yes, I agree. If they had their way they'd get whatever they wanted irregardless of patent or copyright restraints. But, they say this is a democracy, and Microsoft does still have some restraints imposed on them. By 'getting exactly what they want', I mean they're getting the same easy way out that they get 99% of the time. Pay out a measly $200M and get their way.
...For an announcement in the next few weeks announcing Microsoft settling out of court for a massive, yet undisclosed sum of money, and getting exactly what they want. As usual.
Being a charge card, not a credit card, the balance was due every month.
The exact same thing is true of the BoA travel card. Everything you said applies to the BoA GTC. And no, I haven't been in the Air Force quite that long.
The air force has smaller credit unions and banks on base, but for things like government travel cards and purchase cards, we are not given an option as to which financial institution to use. Further, we are -required- in many cases to have and use these cards... lose-lose situation.
Highly classified information is carried on commercial flights on a daily basis. Diplomatic pouches going to and from embassies and consulates around the world are handed to a plainclothes gov't employee, he/she gets on a plane and goes where he needs to go, makes his delivery, and flies back.
Makes you wonder what kind of security Bank of America employs in guarding this information.
Guarantee:
Regardless of the amount and magnitude of data lost, all of the end-of-month invoices will make it out to cardholders on-time and intact.
GSA Smartpay is a program through which gov't employees are issued what is essentially a company credit card, but the US Gov't is the company. They're used for official purchases, for gas cards for government owned vehicles, etcetera.
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The following website explains it in governmentese:
http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/channelView.do?p
As a US Government employee (US Air Force to be precise) I can tell you that Bank of America is regarded by most of us (us = gov't employees) as a faceless entity that cares nothing for customer service. I doubt this will come as much of a surprise to those of us who have been required by our occupation to associate with them for some time. Maybe now the powers that be will get their collective head out and pick a new bank.
Just so long as it isn't in black and white, and doesn't feature a convenience store and the militantly non-personable employees thereof.