No, you wouldn't have gotten through because they'd see you for the nincompoop you are. Maybe you should take the time to learn what the Patriot Act applies to before you assail it.
Superman's relationship with "the establishment" has varied depending on the writer.
I'm thinking specifically of Frank Miller's depiction of him in "The Dark Night Returns". In that story he was literally a tool of the American government.
They haven't even apologized yet. At least I haven't seen it. Though just saying "sorry" doesn't cut it anymore as thousands of computers are now vulnerable in the world due to their greed.
I have no problems attributing Sony's action to callousness, stupidity, or lack of foresight, but I wouldn't go so far as to call their desire to see their CD's copied and illegally distributed "greed".
I've read about this instance before, and I think it's attributable to ignorance on both the user and the developer.
The software developer in this case knows the life of a human being is resting on his code, so it should have been nigh impossible to "trick" the software into allowing anything other than what the specs said it could do.
I've enjoyed the "no barfing" sections of restaurants my whole life. Even if new tech reduced the disease-carrying risk of barf to 10%, I still don't want people barfing near me while I'm eating. Smoking, either.
This amuses me, considering that I work in a legal office and on our lawsuits we redact the defendant's SSN except for...you guessed it, the last 4 digits.
Top flight security, that.
The idea of us ringing up the Australians and saying "What ho! We're going to build a rocket base in your outback. Look, I know you chaps think you're independent now, but Queen Liz says to tell you to bally well stuff off" is just not going to fly, I'm afraid.
I swear, as God as my witness, I will use the phrase "bally well stuff off" today in a sentence.
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I think the technical manual hedges it by saying the 1:1 ratio only applies to Warp 8 and above.
If you have to explain it...
That sounds suspicously like you're taunting Happy-Fun-XBox.
I read that to mean you can lock down a Windows box to the point that it's more secure than a default Linux installation.
No, you wouldn't have gotten through because they'd see you for the nincompoop you are. Maybe you should take the time to learn what the Patriot Act applies to before you assail it.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that line is part of the submitter's commentary. That's a bit too honest for big business.
I don't know...ask my wife!
It's too bad we can't moderate the original article Overrated.
I'm thinking specifically of Frank Miller's depiction of him in "The Dark Night Returns". In that story he was literally a tool of the American government.
Say what you will, but Armageddon was Perfectly Acceptable Filmmaking and I quite enjoyed The Island.
What does the pricing on iTunes have to do with MTV?
I have no problems attributing Sony's action to callousness, stupidity, or lack of foresight, but I wouldn't go so far as to call their desire to see their CD's copied and illegally distributed "greed".
I dare say there's more than one PHB out there that will take predictability and consistency any day of the week.
...That sounds dangerously close to a standard!
I've read about this instance before, and I think it's attributable to ignorance on both the user and the developer. The software developer in this case knows the life of a human being is resting on his code, so it should have been nigh impossible to "trick" the software into allowing anything other than what the specs said it could do.
That was before the mints were wafer-thin...
Typically neighboring states will have an agreement over income taxes, sales taxes, that kind of thing.
This amuses me, considering that I work in a legal office and on our lawsuits we redact the defendant's SSN except for...you guessed it, the last 4 digits. Top flight security, that.
We've got that already. It's called ICANN.
I swear, as God as my witness, I will use the phrase "bally well stuff off" today in a sentence.
"Un-codified" fair use.
46 replies as of this post, a good 75% look to be the same trollific MS bashing that passes for wit on /. these days.
I've heard it said before that orbiting the earth is simply the act of flinging yourself toward the ground and missing.
His warm glistening anus is like an old friend...