Disclaimer: I do not work in the software industry, but I think this advice works no matter where you go. The best way to avoid drama (I think) while staying social is to not take sides in a conflict. Either that or (if there are distinct social circles at your job) associate with more than one of them -- that helps you avoid being around any drama all the time, and also works for networking and letting your boss see you are a team player.
But the best thing to do is avoid creating drama, and if drama occurs, stay out of it.
So we should dismantle our entire military for fear that we might accidentally take over the world or destroy part of it? I'm all for peace, but not keeping up to date on military tech is bad policy.
You're missing the ACTUAL fourth one, which is whether the damages were a direct and proximate result of the breach of duty. In this case, it appears that they were.
I see nothing in your long list of accomplishments about cyber law. In case you've been living under a rock, cyber law is just a tad different than the common law rules on everything. Yes, you may have taken Family Law and Slander/Libel Law courses, but how much did you truly learn about slander and libel as it relates to the Internet?
I would also suggest having a look at the Facebook Terms of Service just in case there's a provision in there.
But since you freely admit that you didn't pass law school, much less take the bar, your qualifications and knowledge are suspect here. Just because you work in a law firm doesn't make you knowledgeable in every facet of the law. Did your law firm ever deal with any cases like this one here?
What's a black hole? It's a super dense object, which attracts objects towards it, which in turn are crushed under it's gravitational attraction, adding to it's mass in an unstoppable chain reaction. All it takes is one atom, and poof, we're all screwed.
This happens when a lot of attorneys are ill-versed in the ways of the Internet. Things will get better once the old dinosaurs die out or retire and this generation starts practicing.
Based on the fact that we still have ongoing case law regarding illegal searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment, it doesn't appear to me that law enforcement as a whole has any idea what the Constitution actually says (I cannot speak for the armed forces), so I doubt that in the unlikely event something like this comes down from DC that law enforcement will be marching in the streets with the citizens and passing out firearms.
If not for precedent, our legal system would collapse. The reason precedent exists is so that judges (who have a better idea of what the law is than the representatives and senators in Washington) have something to be guided by, rather than just pulling something out of their ass and calling it law.
In a system without precedent, you could theoretically have judges decide cases based on the individual facts of each case, rather than on what the law says. You would have judges throwing the book at defendants that rub them the wrong way, or judges ruling a particular way because they woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day.
Yes, I knew you were trolling, but you'll have to do better than that.
The database is useless until these children reach an age where they are actually capable of committing crimes (we'll say 15 or so). Are the taxpayers funding this?
Because if they implemented that, they would have to train every user on how to properly use the alternative browser. Granted, the younger employees might not have such a tough time using it, but for people who have used IE since the beginning, the transition would be problematic and take up more time (and money) than any sensible corporation would want to use when they could just stick with IE6.
It was Harry Truman who coined the "the buck stops here" phrase. Or made it famous. Anyway, the point is that it's much easier for the man on the street (or the man running for office) to blame the state of our country on the guy at the top, when the problem is institutional. It sucks, but it's not going away any time soon.
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But the best thing to do is avoid creating drama, and if drama occurs, stay out of it.
What's USENET?
Only on /. would this be modded as Insightful.
So we should dismantle our entire military for fear that we might accidentally take over the world or destroy part of it? I'm all for peace, but not keeping up to date on military tech is bad policy.
You're missing the ACTUAL fourth one, which is whether the damages were a direct and proximate result of the breach of duty. In this case, it appears that they were.
I would also suggest having a look at the Facebook Terms of Service just in case there's a provision in there.
But since you freely admit that you didn't pass law school, much less take the bar, your qualifications and knowledge are suspect here. Just because you work in a law firm doesn't make you knowledgeable in every facet of the law. Did your law firm ever deal with any cases like this one here?
What's a black hole? It's a super dense object, which attracts objects towards it, which in turn are crushed under it's gravitational attraction, adding to it's mass in an unstoppable chain reaction. All it takes is one atom, and poof, we're all screwed.
Much like your mother.
Except, you know, that the University of Pennsylvania is not a public university but a private one. Your precious tax dollars don't enter into it.
You mean Shenanigans?
This happens when a lot of attorneys are ill-versed in the ways of the Internet. Things will get better once the old dinosaurs die out or retire and this generation starts practicing.
I've invented a device which makes you read this in your head, in my voice!
All in favor?
Based on the fact that we still have ongoing case law regarding illegal searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment, it doesn't appear to me that law enforcement as a whole has any idea what the Constitution actually says (I cannot speak for the armed forces), so I doubt that in the unlikely event something like this comes down from DC that law enforcement will be marching in the streets with the citizens and passing out firearms.
It's only defamation if the assertion is false. If he turns out to be a flaming homosexual, it's not defamation.
Son of a BITCH!
In a system without precedent, you could theoretically have judges decide cases based on the individual facts of each case, rather than on what the law says. You would have judges throwing the book at defendants that rub them the wrong way, or judges ruling a particular way because they woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day.
Yes, I knew you were trolling, but you'll have to do better than that.
The database is useless until these children reach an age where they are actually capable of committing crimes (we'll say 15 or so). Are the taxpayers funding this?
Because if they implemented that, they would have to train every user on how to properly use the alternative browser. Granted, the younger employees might not have such a tough time using it, but for people who have used IE since the beginning, the transition would be problematic and take up more time (and money) than any sensible corporation would want to use when they could just stick with IE6.
Oh wait, that's even more wrong.
It has to be deeper than just the President.
It was Harry Truman who coined the "the buck stops here" phrase. Or made it famous. Anyway, the point is that it's much easier for the man on the street (or the man running for office) to blame the state of our country on the guy at the top, when the problem is institutional. It sucks, but it's not going away any time soon.
There is no ctrl button on Church Norris' computer. Chuck Norris is always in control.
Actually, I think Chuck Norris would take the cake and use it to asphyxiate the headline, before roundhouse kicking said headline into the sun.
Fixed that for you.
Shit, I gotta write your names down or something.
I want to install WoW.
Well, there's your problem right there.
Except, you know, Jefferson Davis wasn't President of the United States.