I'm sorry, but the word cracker is a perjorative for white people, and has been for at least a hundred years. If geeks want to differentiate among "good" and "bad" hackers, they (we) must come up with a better term.
I don't know any geek who uses the word "cracker" to refer to bad hackers.
Um, I think you're totally missing the point, which is that these "rural girls" do not use protection. They grow up in an environment that does not encourage the use of protection or contraceptives, so teenage pregnancy is common. His daughter is going to have a hard time remaining chaste and/or safe if all of her classmates get knocked up.
Sooner or later, the original owner is going to find out who has his dog, and then the press are going to find out, and the new "owners" are going to find their names and faces on the front page of some rag, vilified by the community. This will happen even if the new owners have no idea what's going on.
What do you expect him to do? Stand up there and cry like a baby? Of course the words were rehearsed. The CEO is only answerable to the board and shareholders. He doesn't have to apologize to the managers or the employees. Considering how fickle investors are, he needs to say all the right things to make sure none of them panic.
Sounds to me like he had a consensual relationship with an underling that was prohibited by company rules. That's why it's not a sexual harassment violation, because no one felt he (or she) was harassed. If so, then as far as I'm concerned, he didn't really do anything wrong (IMHO), so he should just make his exit quickly and be done with it.
Due to their labor law demanding that jobs only be given to EU / UK citizens or spouses of citizens
Sorry if this is off-topic, but can you tell me more about this "spouses of citizens" part? I'm a dual US/Austrian citizen, but my wife is only a US citizen. If i work in the EU, does that mean that my wife can also get a job? If so, where exactly does it say that?
That's not the point. If I have a site that I consider to be porn, and I want it to be treated like porn, I'll put it on.xxx. I wouldn't put a site on.xxx unless I want it to be considered porn.
I seriously doubt we're going to have any web site *forced* to be put on.xxx even if the owner doesn't consider it to be porn.
First of all, it's "goodbye", not "goodbuy". Second, you don't have a wireless router in your house? Even with the unlimited 3G plan, using 802.11 is always better.
A lot of the problems with statutory rape laws would go away if the age of consent were 14, like it is in many countries. It's really hard to condone a 21-year-old having sex with a 13-year-old.
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So you finally agree with the rest of us that he sucks?
The editors would get a lot more respect if tried just a little to do some editing. They show no journalistic integrity whatsoever.
I'm sorry, but the word cracker is a perjorative for white people, and has been for at least a hundred years. If geeks want to differentiate among "good" and "bad" hackers, they (we) must come up with a better term.
I don't know any geek who uses the word "cracker" to refer to bad hackers.
Um, I think you're totally missing the point, which is that these "rural girls" do not use protection. They grow up in an environment that does not encourage the use of protection or contraceptives, so teenage pregnancy is common. His daughter is going to have a hard time remaining chaste and/or safe if all of her classmates get knocked up.
I've got a four year old. I'm too fucking tired to go out.
You'll be sorry in 10 years, when your daughter is the one screwing all the guys because she's bored.
That's because some of those streams have been crossed, which they really shouldn't do.
Wouldn't the Fifth Amendment protect him?
How are you blocking all IPs from China? Is that a feature of the router?
Sooner or later, the original owner is going to find out who has his dog, and then the press are going to find out, and the new "owners" are going to find their names and faces on the front page of some rag, vilified by the community. This will happen even if the new owners have no idea what's going on.
Fundie Christian != Catholic.
North Korea is probably a bit worse than the GDR was
A bit worse?
What do you expect him to do? Stand up there and cry like a baby? Of course the words were rehearsed. The CEO is only answerable to the board and shareholders. He doesn't have to apologize to the managers or the employees. Considering how fickle investors are, he needs to say all the right things to make sure none of them panic.
Sounds to me like he had a consensual relationship with an underling that was prohibited by company rules. That's why it's not a sexual harassment violation, because no one felt he (or she) was harassed. If so, then as far as I'm concerned, he didn't really do anything wrong (IMHO), so he should just make his exit quickly and be done with it.
Fun fact: the creator of the Fleshlight invented it while his wife was pregnant.
Due to their labor law demanding that jobs only be given to EU / UK citizens or spouses of citizens
Sorry if this is off-topic, but can you tell me more about this "spouses of citizens" part? I'm a dual US/Austrian citizen, but my wife is only a US citizen. If i work in the EU, does that mean that my wife can also get a job? If so, where exactly does it say that?
Hanny's Voorwerp ... is astounding because astronomers have never seen anything like it.
Is it really astounding? I thought astronomers see things they've never seen before all the time.
That's not the point. If I have a site that I consider to be porn, and I want it to be treated like porn, I'll put it on .xxx. I wouldn't put a site on .xxx unless I want it to be considered porn.
I seriously doubt we're going to have any web site *forced* to be put on .xxx even if the owner doesn't consider it to be porn.
still allowed to pedal Microsoft software
"peddle", not "pedal".
I bet most of the guys who started with Google in 1998 got rich and retired, which is why you don't see too many of them around.
then you have the attention span of a piece of lawn furniture.
My lawn furniture is extremely patient, so I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
So in other words, you had a choice between DSL or Comcast? Not that the GP was talking about how much Comcast sucks when you don't have a choice.
Goodbuy, browsing /. in the bathroom!
First of all, it's "goodbye", not "goodbuy". Second, you don't have a wireless router in your house? Even with the unlimited 3G plan, using 802.11 is always better.
Am I the only one who doesn't give a flying fuck about what facebook censors, as long as it doesn't affect me?
THEY CAME FIRST for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
THEN THEY CAME for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
THEN THEY CAME for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
THEN THEY CAME for me
and by that time no one was left to speak up.
-- Martin Niemöller
Did somebody actually do it?
Yes.
A lot of the problems with statutory rape laws would go away if the age of consent were 14, like it is in many countries. It's really hard to condone a 21-year-old having sex with a 13-year-old.
some sort of prison time for #3.
You really think a 21-year-old should go to jail for having a 16-year-old girlfriend?