censor:to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable
Looks to me more like censorship means removing of rights TO SAY SOMETHING, not forcing the media to allow ANOTHER PERSON TO SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
The Fairness Doctrine only required that the opposing view be given the same amount of time on the air. If a broadcaster didn't want to do that, then he best not give HIS side the air time. I think that's where you got confused and called it "censorship".
He wasn't being kind - he was being specifically vague in their licensing allowances.
Mike Doyle doesn't really come off as the "kindness of my heart" kinda guy in some of his flames.
I remember hearing about all this crap, and the discussions about Pei's Viola project. The Viola project had this kind of code in it, and was distributed, before the patent was filed.
Mr. Doyle just got lucky that the USPTO is (was?) filled with a bunch of morons.
Believe it or not, upgrading can help. For example, if you have 15 Pentium 2 class machines handling your web services, 5 or 6 Pentium 4 class machines can easily handle the load, and upgrading will probably cost considerably less than the original hardware. To make up for purchasing more? eBay is your friend. People will buy anything if it's sold on eBay.
no. you're missing my point.
it craps out before it gets that far.
I've installed python. I've installed the wxPython package they put up for download, and I've downloaded the package.
It simply will not run, and the website is so un-fucking-intuitive I got a headache looking for the files to begin with.
Easy. With shady guys wearing black and grey uniforms, wearing insignias in the style of two bolts of wotan on their shoulder.
Transparency needs to be with the government, not the media. If someone's stupid enough to listen to "Fox News Live" as if it were unbiased fact, they deserve what they get.
Unfortunately, that also means we deserve the president they vote for.
And thus we come full circle to the source of all our societal (including economical) problems of today: crappy parents.
The social repercussions of lackluster or non-existant child rearing in this country have yet to be seen. Only now are we seeing some of the crime that comes from the child of a child of a child.
Anyways, before I stray TOO far off topic: the only way to change the system is by teaching the kids. It won't happen in our lifetimes - especially with the direction we're going right now.
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Yet another Godwin'd ./ discussion.
why this isn't modded funny, I have no idea.
censor :to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable
Looks to me more like censorship means removing of rights TO SAY SOMETHING, not forcing the media to allow ANOTHER PERSON TO SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
The Fairness Doctrine only required that the opposing view be given the same amount of time on the air. If a broadcaster didn't want to do that, then he best not give HIS side the air time. I think that's where you got confused and called it "censorship".
I still think they should force the cable companies to allow third-party boxes, using open standards (even new ones).
That's part of my point.
He wasn't being kind - he was being specifically vague in their licensing allowances.
Mike Doyle doesn't really come off as the "kindness of my heart" kinda guy in some of his flames.
I remember hearing about all this crap, and the discussions about Pei's Viola project. The Viola project had this kind of code in it, and was distributed, before the patent was filed.
Mr. Doyle just got lucky that the USPTO is (was?) filled with a bunch of morons.
This is from the www-talk@w3.org mailing list archives:
From: Mike Doyle
Please note from our Web site that, in almost all cases, Eolas' Weblet-related technologies will be licensed free of charge for noncommercial use.
Does this mean that the only case that it DOES violate it is if you're Microsoft?
I dislike a lot of things about Microsoft, but it looks to me like they were exercising on Mr. Doyle's offer. I could be wrong..
Believe it or not, upgrading can help. For example, if you have 15 Pentium 2 class machines handling your web services, 5 or 6 Pentium 4 class machines can easily handle the load, and upgrading will probably cost considerably less than the original hardware. To make up for purchasing more? eBay is your friend. People will buy anything if it's sold on eBay.
I'm using Windows XP - what they claim the application was designed for.. the wxPython libs required python 2.3 to be installed.
no. you're missing my point. it craps out before it gets that far. I've installed python. I've installed the wxPython package they put up for download, and I've downloaded the package. It simply will not run, and the website is so un-fucking-intuitive I got a headache looking for the files to begin with.
It's not like they read those "Is something wrong with this post?" emails..
or was that.. it's not like we use the link?
I can never remember.
This guy gets 2 million for something that doesn't even run?
I can't get the stupid THE thing to work at all.
I know! I'll write up a small p2p application and call it a social experiment! That'll roll in the dough!
Fox, of course, was just an example.
They're all bad, it's just a matter of finding the truth in it all.
good luck in that, I suppose...
How could transparency possibly be enforced?
Easy. With shady guys wearing black and grey uniforms, wearing insignias in the style of two bolts of wotan on their shoulder.
Transparency needs to be with the government, not the media. If someone's stupid enough to listen to "Fox News Live" as if it were unbiased fact, they deserve what they get.
Unfortunately, that also means we deserve the president they vote for.
dude.
We're NOT the largest chunk. We've been out bid by Germany AND Australia.
not to mention, we DID invade Iraq, and we DIDN'T have the "right" to do it.
I DO however, believe we WERE right in doing it.. I don't like the handling of what's come since Saddam was removed, however.
Just like you, D., to toss around insults in your sig line.
Your patriot,
Locke
I'd like to see the Ender's Game universe turned into a MMORPG.
However, comments above are right, non-combat MMO's can be pretty boring. I tried the Tales games, and after 10 minutes the point was lost to me.
Hate to break it to you, Bill, but Communism won.
In other words, the uneducated masses are the best targets for RIAA.
I'm glad settling out of court doesn't set judicial precedence.
I wonder if somethings posted here nefariously.. that is, to take it down with the /. effect.
"stuff" competition?
Understandable.
that's okay, for the price of a single SCSI drive, I have 4 times the capacity in SATA drives.
Someone just needs to press the reset button, that's all.
And thus we come full circle to the source of all our societal (including economical) problems of today: crappy parents.
The social repercussions of lackluster or non-existant child rearing in this country have yet to be seen.
Only now are we seeing some of the crime that comes from the child of a child of a child.
Anyways, before I stray TOO far off topic: the only way to change the system is by teaching the kids. It won't
happen in our lifetimes - especially with the direction we're going right now.
indeed. now if only there were an AMD-based handheld/wearable..