I believe I understand your point, but I don't think it is paranoid to consider how such a proposed "kill" switch could be abused.
We live in an era where habeas corpus, Miranda rights, and free speech are all under fire. I've seen nebulously crafted laws abused to erode personal freedoms, and I've seen laws intended to protect freedoms rendered effectively useless through exemptions.
Many laws are acceptable in the right context; the problem is that once the law is there, the government tends to broaden the context.
I think a more suitable punishment would be to give the spammer a paper cut...a minor inconvenience...a tiny pain...for each spam message that was sent.
The problem is that if/when these public services are privatized, I doubt that my taxes will decrease. I will still have to write my check to the feds (ostensibly to pay off "my fair share" of the national debt), and in addition pay for my use of these privatized services.
In the Mythbusters interview, among other places, it has been suggested that the best way to counter the myth that the moon landing was faked is to go back to the moon and bring back something from the previous astronauts. Bring something back? Like one of the *actual* sets that they used to fake the original landings? I'm sure *that* will convince the skeptics!
You didn't spell what the President said correctly. He was just describing when two people have the same point of view. You know: "Dick Cheney and I are agreegious on the economy."
I have the 17" PowerBook, and the keyboard is its only flaw (and a big one at that). The half-height function and cursor keys are awkward, and you have to hold down the "fn" key for such rare combinations as "home" and "page down". Furthermore, most function keys by default are used for feature management (e.g. speaker volume and brightness) so you also need to hold down "fn" to access the raw function key mapping. I tried an extension to reverse the function key "fn" requirement, but it resets whenever you (gasp) unsleep your portable. All this makes accessing keyboard combinations in a dev environment unworkable. A rare instance of bad design from Apple. (BTW, first post! [for me at least])
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I believe I understand your point, but I don't think it is paranoid to consider how such a proposed "kill" switch could be abused.
We live in an era where habeas corpus, Miranda rights, and free speech are all under fire. I've seen nebulously crafted laws abused to erode personal freedoms, and I've seen laws intended to protect freedoms rendered effectively useless through exemptions.
Many laws are acceptable in the right context; the problem is that once the law is there, the government tends to broaden the context.
So let me get this straight: the TSA will have a bunch of machines displaying pictures of naked children? Aren't there laws against that?
Who will be the person who gets to hold the master crypto keys used to sign the root zone?
Somebody, somewhere, has to do this. Who?
...Gandalf and Elrond look pointedly at Frodo...
I think a more suitable punishment would be to give the spammer a paper cut...a minor inconvenience...a tiny pain...for each spam message that was sent.
Have we found an "in Soviet Russia" joke that doesn't work? In Soviet Russia, passive verbs do you!
It's a shame that Gandhi isn't around to lead a march to the sun to do the very simple thing of making photons in opposition to this rule.
A screenwriter gets an idea (probably derivative of society, culture, or the last n sequels of some other work) and writes a screenplay.
A director takes the screenplay and feels free to gut it, rearrange it, change and add dialog, etc.
A producer takes the rough cut and feels free to gut it, rearrange it, etc. before release.
A television network takes the release and edits it for content and running time for broadcast.
So who is the artist that is being protected, and when?
You must be new here. This is slashdot, where car analogies are king.
Actually, car analogies at slashdot are the Cadillac of comparisons.
Hulk Smash!
The problem is that if/when these public services are privatized, I doubt that my taxes will decrease. I will still have to write my check to the feds (ostensibly to pay off "my fair share" of the national debt), and in addition pay for my use of these privatized services.
The labels would like to sell most new music for more--$1.49/track?-- while older or more obscure tracks could go for less.
The older or more obscure tracks could be sold for less, but I would predict they would go for...99 cents.
Anyway I was shocked to read that to make a car compatible with E85 it only costs an extra $150.
I was shocked, too. That's way more than an African villager can afford, so why bother?
In the Mythbusters interview, among other places, it has been suggested that the best way to counter the myth that the moon landing was faked is to go back to the moon and bring back something from the previous astronauts. Bring something back? Like one of the *actual* sets that they used to fake the original landings? I'm sure *that* will convince the skeptics!
In addition, Earth will continue to be hit by large comets and asteroids. Better not to have all the population on a single planet.
Google has recruited online retailers to test GBuy...
What a horrible name for a product. It's what flight attendants say as you leave the plane. "Thanks for flying with us! G'bye! G'bye! Thanks! G'bye!"
Then perhaps a Mature server should be setup to set these kind of topic to rest A separate but equal server?
The President said "egregious"? I don't buy it...
You didn't spell what the President said correctly. He was just describing when two people have the same point of view. You know: "Dick Cheney and I are agreegious on the economy."
does google ever go down?
I don't know. How long has Google been married?
It's in Beta.
I have the Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle right here. Damn! Now I don't know how much it cost.
Woods is to replace the previous OS X spokesperson, Pink, who took over from Mick Jaguar.
There's also a huge difference between NASA proposing warming Mars and the Department of Defense proposing warming Mars. (Sorry)
Wow. That's exactly what the dinosaurs were saying!
Or they'll just say, "Look--our profits are down. See, the fansubbers are killing our market."
I have the 17" PowerBook, and the keyboard is its only flaw (and a big one at that). The half-height function and cursor keys are awkward, and you have to hold down the "fn" key for such rare combinations as "home" and "page down". Furthermore, most function keys by default are used for feature management (e.g. speaker volume and brightness) so you also need to hold down "fn" to access the raw function key mapping. I tried an extension to reverse the function key "fn" requirement, but it resets whenever you (gasp) unsleep your portable. All this makes accessing keyboard combinations in a dev environment unworkable. A rare instance of bad design from Apple. (BTW, first post! [for me at least])