Correct...prisoners in China will now have 2 options...
1) sign up for voluntary donor program with the complementary bullet
2) 48 hours of non-stop Justin Bieber & One Direction with a dull rusty knife, courtesy charge of $199.88 to your family.
I am amused that people automatically assume that the 16 or 17 year old was being "Wronged By The Man". If this was "close excel.exe and use scalc.exe"...the dorks in this page would be singing the praise and brilliance of said educator. But since this person has to gall to inadvertently diss FireFox...Death to the Infidel! Tar and feather the fascist clod!
And yes, teachers have and will dictate what you can use in the classroom...
Everybody have their #2 pencil ready?
Did you ever lose points for using a pen in math or a pencil in English Composition class?
You are forgetting 2 huge points...
1) This is Slashdot...most people here would not know what to do with that sexy, 20 year old, Russian housekeeper unless she also cracked the latest encryption to Adobe...
2) If robots built houses...then only the fast food restaurants would hire the illegals...we can't deny the illegals employment.
He will have some Nordic name that means ice or glacier or something like that...and then they will have him melt like the ice caps (think Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark or Last Crusade...)
I think the whole law is primarily aimed at small children who could possibly have problems with emotional and mental development because of exposure to pornography. Obviously every teenage boy goes looking for it, but I don't want an easy way for my 3 year old to be exposed to it....
What's really sad is that COPA doesn't completely ban Porn. It requires an Age verfication system that would prevent younger children from accessing the material, getting addicted to it and becoming their next generation of customers. They prey on kids like Big Tabacco has the past few decades. Are you telling us that your 3 year old has enough unsupervised internet time that he/she can develop an addiction to porn? Perhaps there is a larger problem in your household? There are many ways that you can limit the viewable content in your house without imposing your views on everyone else.
You and I don't know each other, so why should you feel that you can speak for me or tell me what is appropriate for me or others to view, say or do?
I am not sure that comparing porn to cigarettes is a far comparison. Please site even 1 valid example of porn being specifically targeted to children? Is there a "Joe Camel" for Hustler?
It seems that people seem to forget that our Rights should be defended even if we disagree with the case.
Remember the quote that is associated with Alan Isaacman (attorney for Larry Flynt):
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have heard a lot today, and I'm not gonna go back over it, but you have to go into that room and make some decisions. But before you do, there's something you need to know. I am not trying to suggest that you should like what Larry Flynt does. I don't like what Larry Flynt does, but what I do like is the fact that I live in a country where you and I can make that decision for ourselves. I like the fact that I live in a country where I can pick up Hustler magazine and read it, or throw it in the garbage can if that's where I think it belongs."
Do I think that Hurricane Katrina was caused by the popularity of SUVs? No. Not at all. Duh...everyone knows that it was the CIA, Microsoft, Walmart and the New World Order. It was a massive double victory for them...First they thinned the population of the "lesser desirables" from New Orleans and secondly by disrupting the oil platforms in the Gulf (which allowed them to make another billion zillion dollars from price gouging at the pumps to store in the International Bank of the Templar Knights).
What were we talking about?
This is where the analogy breaks down catastrophically. There is no simple, familiar motivation for anyone to try getting into a house as an intellectual exercise, or even as a challenge. Either the house is wide open - in which case it would be legal to enter in some jurisdictions, while in others the householder could legitimately shoot an intruder anyway - or it is secured, in which case any attempt to gain entry is almost certainly of a criminal nature.
Slightly off-topic, but there is a quite funny program on The Discovery Channel called 'It Takes a Thief'. The premise is the same; a non threatening crime to show the victim where they need to improve their security.
"So how safe is your house? Enter It Takes a Thief, a unique new Discovery Channel series that offers viewers something they've never seen before: a home burglary performed by convicted former thieves that is taped as it happens, followed by a lesson in what steps to take to prevent such a violation from occurring again."
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Correct...prisoners in China will now have 2 options... 1) sign up for voluntary donor program with the complementary bullet 2) 48 hours of non-stop Justin Bieber & One Direction with a dull rusty knife, courtesy charge of $199.88 to your family.
I think all Slashdot users can agree it would be terrible if Microsoft got in this game. If this might happen, show me where to protest!
I have bad news for you...they already are http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/healthvault/default.aspx
When should I start to panic?
My friend Ford Prefect says, "Don't panic"
I am amused that people automatically assume that the 16 or 17 year old was being "Wronged By The Man". If this was "close excel.exe and use scalc.exe"...the dorks in this page would be singing the praise and brilliance of said educator. But since this person has to gall to inadvertently diss FireFox...Death to the Infidel! Tar and feather the fascist clod!
And yes, teachers have and will dictate what you can use in the classroom...
You are forgetting 2 huge points...
1) This is Slashdot...most people here would not know what to do with that sexy, 20 year old, Russian housekeeper unless she also cracked the latest encryption to Adobe...
2) If robots built houses...then only the fast food restaurants would hire the illegals...we can't deny the illegals employment.
He will have some Nordic name that means ice or glacier or something like that...and then they will have him melt like the ice caps (think Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark or Last Crusade...)
You and I don't know each other, so why should you feel that you can speak for me or tell me what is appropriate for me or others to view, say or do? I am not sure that comparing porn to cigarettes is a far comparison. Please site even 1 valid example of porn being specifically targeted to children? Is there a "Joe Camel" for Hustler?
It seems that people seem to forget that our Rights should be defended even if we disagree with the case. Remember the quote that is associated with Alan Isaacman (attorney for Larry Flynt): "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have heard a lot today, and I'm not gonna go back over it, but you have to go into that room and make some decisions. But before you do, there's something you need to know. I am not trying to suggest that you should like what Larry Flynt does. I don't like what Larry Flynt does, but what I do like is the fact that I live in a country where you and I can make that decision for ourselves. I like the fact that I live in a country where I can pick up Hustler magazine and read it, or throw it in the garbage can if that's where I think it belongs."
"So how safe is your house? Enter It Takes a Thief, a unique new Discovery Channel series that offers viewers something they've never seen before: a home burglary performed by convicted former thieves that is taped as it happens, followed by a lesson in what steps to take to prevent such a violation from occurring again."