I remember, once upon a time, there used to be a distinction between physical addition and psychological dependence. Guess that's no longer operative, hey?
Well, if it's all about the possibility of a subpoena, perhaps ISPs should be required to collect additional information as well -- frequency of sex with your spouse, a meal log, travel records, number of extramarital affairs. And we might as well get other businesses in on the act. Want to buy that fishing pole at Walmart? Well, you've got to tell them your penis size. Is this intrusive? Well, just don't do anything wrong and you've got nothing to worry about.
Really, shouldn't we just be required to report to a police officer each day with a list of our activities for the past 24 hours? I mean, if it's only in case a court orders a subpoena, what's the big deal?
You know, other businesses are not required to retain data on customers. Seems like if you are going to force Comcast to do it, you probably ought to force Walmart as well...
IMO, the problem with third-party candidates is this: unless a third-party sweeps the two elective branches of government, and third-party candidate elected to office is going to find his or herself completely isolated and unable to get anything accomplished. With no accomplishments, the individual has nothing to run on in the next cycle.
Third parties have got to make a good strong showing in many state elections before they can make a serious impact on the national stage. They have to show they can actually govern. A bunch of weirdos got elected in Palestine, and now everyone is having serious misgivings about whether governance is among their skills.
True, the folks in power right now aren't too good at governance, but in the absence of all the money and influence, any third-party candidate faces a steeper standard when it comes to the national stage.
Not sure anyone else has mentioned this, but unless your procedural is generated once and then kept as a bitmap in memory, you can't make spot modifications to it. With this technique, you can keep every footprint or scorch mark that is created during the game -- all you have to do is modify the bitmap in memory, no additional resources used.
They can state whatever they like -- it doesn't change the fact that the U.S. is building a 104 acre embassy in Iraq. That's the size of 80 football fields. Awful lot of room for the ambassador and a few security troops. Given that the U.S. has admitted it is already running military operations out of embassies around the world, their claim of not having a permanent base sounds like malarky.
Now add in the fact that the U.S. is actually building 14 large bases at the same time they tell us they plan no permanent presence. I suppose that's technically true -- if by permanent they mean "the next 14 billion years," but really, their words may be counter to my theory, but their actions aren't.
I don't know your reasons for supporting this mess, but that right there ought to give you plenty of reason to question it. The U.S. government isn't being straight with anyone, least of all their own people. Not that that's anything new: the "stabilization" of Germany and Japan went on decades longer than necessary.
And what if the perceived threat is merely an imagined threat? Moreover, what if the imagined threat sucks away a lot of money that could be spent fighting an actual, looming threat?
Did it never occur to you that the oil motivation may be a little more long-term? By having a massive base in the middle of an OPEC country, we get a de facto vote in what OPEC does. Moreover, the U.S. now has forces on two Iranian borders -- rather a vulnerable position for Iran, regardless of whether bullets are fired in the near term. It may well not have anything to do with oil today, but you can be damned sure that Bush and Co. are thinking about oil in forty years, when we'll be in a position to fight for that last drop. This has nothing to do with media and popular culture and everything to do with common sense. What is our interest in the Middle East? Sand?
The tragedy is, they ought to be thinking about something *besides* oil in forty years.
Same as me saying I Lost $100,000 on the Palm IPO.
Almost, but not quite. They are assuming every movie not illegally duplicated equals a ticket sale. They fail to take into account the possibility that the only price the market will bear for some of these is zero, or close to it. So it's more like you saying you lost $100,00 playing "some stocks."
But Cable TV content is produced at great expense by companies that expect recompense. The internet is composed largely of user contributions. Blocking off ports is just a way of producing an artificial scarcity.
There are good reasons to block port 80 too: less risk of viruses, child porn, etc. I didn't elect these people, and I give them money for what they claim is unlimited access. Blocking port 25 may make sense, but they should be upfront about it.
Isn't this like saying "I'm not a fan of stuff?" I mean, nobody is going to throw a party for some Senate rules bill, but who can criticize the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956? There's good legislation and there's bad legislation. Let's not attack abstract categories, hey? The Feds already do enough of that (e.g. terrorism, drugs).
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Yes, hiding information that spammers will eventually happen upon independently will greatly enhance our ability to fight them.
Believe it or not, there are plenty of valid uses for filesharing. I took some design classes a few months back, and most of the class material was distributed via bittorrent. I doubt they're going to fold to the RIAA as long as plenty of people are getting mileage out of it.
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Yes, well, I hope you recognize that for most people on this earth, nothing has changed. Lucky us.
I remember, once upon a time, there used to be a distinction between physical addition and psychological dependence. Guess that's no longer operative, hey?
Can I trust a man who breaks into my house, rapes my wife and kills my children? I dunno. Any takers?
Well, if it's all about the possibility of a subpoena, perhaps ISPs should be required to collect additional information as well -- frequency of sex with your spouse, a meal log, travel records, number of extramarital affairs. And we might as well get other businesses in on the act. Want to buy that fishing pole at Walmart? Well, you've got to tell them your penis size. Is this intrusive? Well, just don't do anything wrong and you've got nothing to worry about.
Really, shouldn't we just be required to report to a police officer each day with a list of our activities for the past 24 hours? I mean, if it's only in case a court orders a subpoena, what's the big deal?
You know, other businesses are not required to retain data on customers. Seems like if you are going to force Comcast to do it, you probably ought to force Walmart as well...
Did Slashdot suddenly become a British publication? IIRC, the past tense of "fit" in American English is "fit," not "fitted."
I prefer a hammer. The buyer can get a new drive.
IMO, the problem with third-party candidates is this: unless a third-party sweeps the two elective branches of government, and third-party candidate elected to office is going to find his or herself completely isolated and unable to get anything accomplished. With no accomplishments, the individual has nothing to run on in the next cycle.
Third parties have got to make a good strong showing in many state elections before they can make a serious impact on the national stage. They have to show they can actually govern. A bunch of weirdos got elected in Palestine, and now everyone is having serious misgivings about whether governance is among their skills.
True, the folks in power right now aren't too good at governance, but in the absence of all the money and influence, any third-party candidate faces a steeper standard when it comes to the national stage.
As I said, just my opinion.
Much more easy on the psyche than the current look. Kudos.
It's the vestige, an accidental by-product
That's hogwash. You may well propose that it's a vestige, an accidental by-product. But there's not one shred of proof that that's a fact.You realize, don't you, that the OP did, in fact, try to explain the entire story?
Not sure anyone else has mentioned this, but unless your procedural is generated once and then kept as a bitmap in memory, you can't make spot modifications to it. With this technique, you can keep every footprint or scorch mark that is created during the game -- all you have to do is modify the bitmap in memory, no additional resources used.
That's what they use to staff the Indian call center so that when your service is out they have someone to feed you disinformation.
They can state whatever they like -- it doesn't change the fact that the U.S. is building a 104 acre embassy in Iraq. That's the size of 80 football fields. Awful lot of room for the ambassador and a few security troops. Given that the U.S. has admitted it is already running military operations out of embassies around the world, their claim of not having a permanent base sounds like malarky.
Now add in the fact that the U.S. is actually building 14 large bases at the same time they tell us they plan no permanent presence. I suppose that's technically true -- if by permanent they mean "the next 14 billion years," but really, their words may be counter to my theory, but their actions aren't.
I don't know your reasons for supporting this mess, but that right there ought to give you plenty of reason to question it. The U.S. government isn't being straight with anyone, least of all their own people. Not that that's anything new: the "stabilization" of Germany and Japan went on decades longer than necessary.
Well, that obviously can't be discounted. No pun intended.
And what if the perceived threat is merely an imagined threat? Moreover, what if the imagined threat sucks away a lot of money that could be spent fighting an actual, looming threat?
Did it never occur to you that the oil motivation may be a little more long-term? By having a massive base in the middle of an OPEC country, we get a de facto vote in what OPEC does. Moreover, the U.S. now has forces on two Iranian borders -- rather a vulnerable position for Iran, regardless of whether bullets are fired in the near term. It may well not have anything to do with oil today, but you can be damned sure that Bush and Co. are thinking about oil in forty years, when we'll be in a position to fight for that last drop. This has nothing to do with media and popular culture and everything to do with common sense. What is our interest in the Middle East? Sand?
The tragedy is, they ought to be thinking about something *besides* oil in forty years.
Same as me saying I Lost $100,000 on the Palm IPO.
Almost, but not quite. They are assuming every movie not illegally duplicated equals a ticket sale. They fail to take into account the possibility that the only price the market will bear for some of these is zero, or close to it. So it's more like you saying you lost $100,00 playing "some stocks."
Your cynicism is touching.
But Cable TV content is produced at great expense by companies that expect recompense. The internet is composed largely of user contributions. Blocking off ports is just a way of producing an artificial scarcity.
There are good reasons to block port 80 too: less risk of viruses, child porn, etc. I didn't elect these people, and I give them money for what they claim is unlimited access. Blocking port 25 may make sense, but they should be upfront about it.
I am not a big fan of legislation
Isn't this like saying "I'm not a fan of stuff?" I mean, nobody is going to throw a party for some Senate rules bill, but who can criticize the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956? There's good legislation and there's bad legislation. Let's not attack abstract categories, hey? The Feds already do enough of that (e.g. terrorism, drugs).Yes, hiding information that spammers will eventually happen upon independently will greatly enhance our ability to fight them.
Oh, wait...
Quite true. Plus, it's not like the Sox didn't have their chances in game 7.
Believe it or not, there are plenty of valid uses for filesharing. I took some design classes a few months back, and most of the class material was distributed via bittorrent. I doubt they're going to fold to the RIAA as long as plenty of people are getting mileage out of it.