I'm sick and tired of thinking of the children, let's think about everybody for a while.
So you're saying that your anti-children?:-P
I agree that sex crime against children are very very bad but I think that if you look at the scope and size of the problems that plague the internet and ranked them in order, you'd find many other things precede sex crimes against children. Like Internet Fraud and Identity Theft. How much money do people lose to things like that? Hint: A lot.
I dislike the term "Internet Fraud". Fraud is fraud, whether it was conducted on eBay or at the local flea market.
That aside, I think you're saying that if you cut down on other crimes conducted online, sex crimes conducted online will drop as a matter of course. I tend to agree.
True, but the guy who owns clownpenisfart.com (assuming this is a real domain), didn't pay that much for it. He might *think* he wants $1,000,000 for it, but the truth is, if he takes $1,000 for it, he's out nothing.
OTOH, the dealer had to pay a factory invoice to get the new Pullman Silver Palace Viper Porsche with a red racing stripe on his lot. If he goes below that factory invoice, he's losing money.
I would suggest finding another Domain that they own and first asking them if you could buy that one. That will give you a high end price. Tell them no thank you. Wait a day and say you also like the real one. Then offer to buy it at 1/2 the price they gave for the first one.
Above all else, be prepared to walk away. It's only a domain name, there are lots of others, and if the guy isn't willing to give you a decent price you can afford to pay, tell him you're not interested. It's like buying a car: there's lots of wiggle room (even more than there is with a car!). Just like in poker, you always wait until the absolute last minute to show 'em your cards.
I wouldn't call it "economically properous". I would call it "in recovery".
Why is there always some hidden assumption that China must be economically prosperous? The downside of an economy of heavily dependent on exports is when the rest of the world's economy melts down, your buyers suddenly disappear.
Bah! You kids and your fancy telegraph keys! Why, back in my day, all we had were lanterns! One if by land, two if by sea! And we liked it that way! Now get off of my lawn!
Assuming they have been legally seized. OTOH, the potential for abuse is high. A cop stops you for speeding, sees your laptop and demands to see it. He plugs in his USB "felony probe device," which detects an unknown operating system (Linux? FreeBSD?), which alerts the cop with a flashing red LED on the device, and he subsequently arrests you. For what he has no idea, the device just told him to.
There being about 1000x more pot smokers then oxycontin abusers levels that out don't you think.
I doubt that's true. Since oxycontin is a completely legal, albeit controlled substance (Schedule II), and something for which you can have a legitimate prescription for, I'd be more likely to believe the converse.
I still am amazed that anyone else is shocked that a private company can do something for cheaper than the gov't. In the company there is one boss and he sets the vision of the company.
Never worked for a large multinational, huh?
This is why most gov't projects cost more than the original contract.
The real reason is is that Bruno has to eat. See, you wouldn't want to Bruno to go hungry. Oh, no. See, Bruno can get very, very cranky when he's hungry. And you wouldn't Bruno to be cranky, now would you? *slam* *smash* See what I mean?
increase productivity. Everyone knows ramen is brain food and people code better when sleep deprived.
Definitely. I'm sleep deprived and I can say that my code is excellent. When I can get it to compile. And after that, when I'm looking for bugs and stupid programming mistakes, like failing to initialize pointers prior to use or checking for buffer overflows, but hey, I like working for Microsoft's quality assurance department.
Exactly what my thoughts were when I said "decentralized". I, too, have had a similar idea for a while, but I've not put any real effort into a workable implementation.
If I were to implement such a system, I'm thinking that I would start with some of the P2P protocols out there; perhaps BitTorrent is a good start.
DNS is a centralized system, no matter how you look at it. It may be politically correct for the entire population of Europe to bash the U.S. these days, but my response is this: if you think you can do better, go for it.
Television stations do not 'pass the costs on'. They charge every last dime they can convince the advertiser to pay, regardless of what their costs are.
Ever have any accounting or business finance classes? If your prices do not correlate with your costs at least to some degree, either you won't make money or your competition will eat you for lunch.
Where have you been? Radio is already marginalized. Sirius/XM are bankrupt. Some company called Clear Channel bought up every last radio station for pennies on the dollar, and they aren't doing that well. Digital Media Killed the Radio Star.
No, they don't. The part nobody seems to understand is that it's all all taxpayer dollars. Consumer tax payer dollars.
Let's look at an FCC broadcast fee, for instance. The TV station/channel pays this. They, in turn, pass on that cost, plus a haircut, to their advertisers. The advertisers reflect the cost of advertising in their prices, plus a haircut. In the end, who pays that FCC fee?
Not some big ugly faceless corporation. No. You do.
Once you understand that the taxpayer pays for everything, your politics are likely to change, I believe.
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I'm sick and tired of thinking of the children, let's think about everybody for a while.
So you're saying that your anti-children? :-P
I agree that sex crime against children are very very bad but I think that if you look at the scope and size of the problems that plague the internet and ranked them in order, you'd find many other things precede sex crimes against children. Like Internet Fraud and Identity Theft. How much money do people lose to things like that? Hint: A lot.
I dislike the term "Internet Fraud". Fraud is fraud, whether it was conducted on eBay or at the local flea market.
That aside, I think you're saying that if you cut down on other crimes conducted online, sex crimes conducted online will drop as a matter of course. I tend to agree.
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What platform is the Web server for that link on? Eunuchs?
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True, but the guy who owns clownpenisfart.com (assuming this is a real domain), didn't pay that much for it. He might *think* he wants $1,000,000 for it, but the truth is, if he takes $1,000 for it, he's out nothing.
OTOH, the dealer had to pay a factory invoice to get the new Pullman Silver Palace Viper Porsche with a red racing stripe on his lot. If he goes below that factory invoice, he's losing money.
Like hedgehogtelescopebag.com and hjrooskkxgcbsifyywhflg.com, and many others.
Cool! I'm going to go register those right now!
I'm using it since yesterday, and I had to disable Turbo mode,
I, too, had to disable Turbo mode. I found that I couldn't play some games with it enabled.
But, damn, 12 Mhz is FAST!
I see you're being generous again. ;)
I would suggest finding another Domain that they own and first asking them if you could buy that one. That will give you a high end price. Tell them no thank you. Wait a day and say you also like the real one. Then offer to buy it at 1/2 the price they gave for the first one.
Above all else, be prepared to walk away. It's only a domain name, there are lots of others, and if the guy isn't willing to give you a decent price you can afford to pay, tell him you're not interested. It's like buying a car: there's lots of wiggle room (even more than there is with a car!). Just like in poker, you always wait until the absolute last minute to show 'em your cards.
While China is economically prosperous
I wouldn't call it "economically properous". I would call it "in recovery".
Why is there always some hidden assumption that China must be economically prosperous? The downside of an economy of heavily dependent on exports is when the rest of the world's economy melts down, your buyers suddenly disappear.
Bah! You kids and your fancy telegraph keys! Why, back in my day, all we had were lanterns! One if by land, two if by sea! And we liked it that way! Now get off of my lawn!
You must be...
by DeadBeef (15) Alter Relationship on Wednesday June 03, @06:38PM (#28202813) Homepage
Holy shit! Never mind. I'll get off your lawn now.
Assuming they have been legally seized. OTOH, the potential for abuse is high. A cop stops you for speeding, sees your laptop and demands to see it. He plugs in his USB "felony probe device," which detects an unknown operating system (Linux? FreeBSD?), which alerts the cop with a flashing red LED on the device, and he subsequently arrests you. For what he has no idea, the device just told him to.
Indeed. That CoreAVC is being open sourced in the form of Matroska, they are looking for more brothers in arms.
You forgot:
7. ICANN tells the new root to piss off and refuses to point the 'real' roots at it.
There being about 1000x more pot smokers then oxycontin abusers levels that out don't you think.
I doubt that's true. Since oxycontin is a completely legal, albeit controlled substance (Schedule II), and something for which you can have a legitimate prescription for, I'd be more likely to believe the converse.
It's not coherent, it's not helping, it's nothing but internet drivel.
Hey! I resemble that remark!
I still am amazed that anyone else is shocked that a private company can do something for cheaper than the gov't. In the company there is one boss and he sets the vision of the company.
Never worked for a large multinational, huh?
This is why most gov't projects cost more than the original contract.
The real reason is is that Bruno has to eat. See, you wouldn't want to Bruno to go hungry. Oh, no. See, Bruno can get very, very cranky when he's hungry. And you wouldn't Bruno to be cranky, now would you? *slam* *smash* See what I mean?
increase productivity. Everyone knows ramen is brain food and people code better when sleep deprived.
Definitely. I'm sleep deprived and I can say that my code is excellent. When I can get it to compile. And after that, when I'm looking for bugs and stupid programming mistakes, like failing to initialize pointers prior to use or checking for buffer overflows, but hey, I like working for Microsoft's quality assurance department.
Exactly what my thoughts were when I said "decentralized". I, too, have had a similar idea for a while, but I've not put any real effort into a workable implementation.
If I were to implement such a system, I'm thinking that I would start with some of the P2P protocols out there; perhaps BitTorrent is a good start.
I don't think it will happen for the very same reasons you state.
If it comes down to it, the only real way I see to fix this is whole mess amicably is to replace DNS with something that isn't centralized.
DNS is a centralized system, no matter how you look at it. It may be politically correct for the entire population of Europe to bash the U.S. these days, but my response is this: if you think you can do better, go for it.
Television stations do not 'pass the costs on'. They charge every last dime they can convince the advertiser to pay, regardless of what their costs are.
Ever have any accounting or business finance classes? If your prices do not correlate with your costs at least to some degree, either you won't make money or your competition will eat you for lunch.
Where have you been? Radio is already marginalized. Sirius/XM are bankrupt. Some company called Clear Channel bought up every last radio station for pennies on the dollar, and they aren't doing that well. Digital Media Killed the Radio Star.
The FCC has a lot more than taxpayer dollars...
No, they don't. The part nobody seems to understand is that it's all all taxpayer dollars. Consumer tax payer dollars.
Let's look at an FCC broadcast fee, for instance. The TV station/channel pays this. They, in turn, pass on that cost, plus a haircut, to their advertisers. The advertisers reflect the cost of advertising in their prices, plus a haircut. In the end, who pays that FCC fee?
Not some big ugly faceless corporation. No. You do.
Once you understand that the taxpayer pays for everything, your politics are likely to change, I believe.