Maybe because there's not really an applicable gender-neutral pronoun in the English language and the majority of librarians the GP has come in contact with are female?
This is a fundamentally different scenario. Johns/small-time pot smokers commit victimless crimes. The firms in this case are knowingly violating the privacy of each of these 3,000-plus workers. It would be more like prosecuting someone who attempts to hire a hitman.
What's preventing then from doing it with an existing subdomain? (bob.com, e.g. www.timewarner.bob.com)
Re:The news item is rather subjective though.
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I used it only because I could strip the DRM and it was provided for free by my university. Otherwise, I wouldn't have touched it--I certainly wouldn't have paid for it.
The quality wasn't bad, actually. I'm not an audiophile so I couldn't really hear the difference...plus, a lot of the songs I downloaded from Ruckus were spoken word albums (e.g. standup comedy), so quality wasn't as important.
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I'm not totally against the DRM that they put in place--with a subscription-based service, that's what you're gonna get. I didn't like it because the client itself was a piece of shit.
Ruckus plus FairUse4WM made for a good time. The only reason I used it was to download the songs, strip the DRM, and put 'em on my iPod as beautiful, DRM-free mp3s.
The client itself was horrible. I won't be missing it one bit.
And YOU don't realize that the funding generated from the football teams stays within the athletic department of the college. It doesn't go outside to the rest of the school...
If this was a Windows PC and she was trying to get it switched to Ubuntu, I would not be surprised if many in the/. community accused Dell of collaborating with Microsoft in order to keep users off of Ubuntu. I'm not defending the story or the news agency here, but that's my $0.02.
Nowhere on the website did it give me any indication that they thought "My religion is too sensitive for me to play a game with music that doesn't pander to it."
Did you read the "What Others Are Saying" page? (http://www.guitarpraise.com/others.php)
Here's a gem:
"This is a great product. I waited so long because I refused to let the secular guitar hero in my house and it was worth the wait. I was hooked the first night. I sure hope and will be believing that you will be coming out with a Praise Rock Band. Keep up the great work and may God continue to bless your ministry!!!"
In fact, in several of his stories, Isaac Asimov states that a robot following the Three Laws could very easily be mistaken for a perfectly moral human ("Bicentennial Man" and that one from I, Robot...don't remember the name).
I read almost every Asimov book. I also realize that they're not documentaries =). They're fiction...I'm not advocating using the Three Laws as written. There would need to be some sort of "base" ruleset, however.
As I understood TFA, they'll be controlled autonomously...if that's not the case, then they're no more robots than an M16 is a robot: they're just tools being directly controlled by humans.
Ethics" is such a poorly defined term...hell, different cultures have different definitions of the term. In feudal Japan, it was ethical to give your opponent the chance for suicide...today, many Westerners would in fact argue the opposite: the ethical thing to do is prevent a human from committing suicide as that's seen as a symptom of mental illness.
I've always defined "morality" as the way one treats oneself and "ethics" as the way one treats others. It's possible to be ethical without being moral--for example, I'd consider a person who spends thousands of dollars on charity just to get laid to be acting ethically but immorally. By that definition, the hullabaloo at Guantanamo would certainly be both immoral and unethical--not only were they treated inhumanely, but it was done against international law and against the so-called "rules of war".
These robots would have to be programmed with certain specific directives: for example, "Don't take any actions which may harm civilians", "take actions against captured enemy soldiers which would cause the least amount of forseeable pain", etc. Is this good? Could be...soldiers tend to have things like rage, fear, and paranoia. But it could lead to glitches too....I wouldn't want to be on the battlefield with the 1.0 version. Something like Asimov's 3 Laws would have to be constructed, some guiding principle...the difficulty will be ironing out all the loopholes.
The frightening thing is you are modded interesting..
Some sick and twisted people here.
I went further. The rings on my and my wifes hands together make up the encryption key to access the file I have of all my usernames and passwords on a thumbdrive in the safe. the combination to the safe is inside the ring on my and her rings.
The celtic runes when translated to english = the 25 character passphrase that decrypts the data.
works great and the kids and everyone else knows this. Although my mother told me to stop playing spy and rolled her eyes at me.
I don't know whether to be shocked that you got married or joyous at the beacon of hope that women exist on Earth who will incorporate encryption keys onto their matrimonial bands...
Unless they had an accident, needed surgery & the Doctors / Nurses refused to work on them?
No...if they had an accident, it would show the doctors that this person has AIDS, so proper precautions should be taken. Are you really suggesting that doctors be kept in ignorance of preexisting conditions?
I'm not arguing for the idea, but I just don't see that particular point...
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Maybe because there's not really an applicable gender-neutral pronoun in the English language and the majority of librarians the GP has come in contact with are female?
This is a fundamentally different scenario. Johns/small-time pot smokers commit victimless crimes. The firms in this case are knowingly violating the privacy of each of these 3,000-plus workers. It would be more like prosecuting someone who attempts to hire a hitman.
What's preventing then from doing it with an existing subdomain? (bob.com, e.g. www.timewarner.bob.com)
I used it only because I could strip the DRM and it was provided for free by my university. Otherwise, I wouldn't have touched it--I certainly wouldn't have paid for it.
The quality wasn't bad, actually. I'm not an audiophile so I couldn't really hear the difference...plus, a lot of the songs I downloaded from Ruckus were spoken word albums (e.g. standup comedy), so quality wasn't as important.
I'm not totally against the DRM that they put in place--with a subscription-based service, that's what you're gonna get. I didn't like it because the client itself was a piece of shit.
Ruckus plus FairUse4WM made for a good time. The only reason I used it was to download the songs, strip the DRM, and put 'em on my iPod as beautiful, DRM-free mp3s. The client itself was horrible. I won't be missing it one bit.
With that sense of humor, I think these are questions and quandaries that will be completely irrelevant to you.
And YOU don't realize that the funding generated from the football teams stays within the athletic department of the college. It doesn't go outside to the rest of the school...
Perl? For enterprise use and scalability?
Java I can definitely see. Python maybe. But Erlang and Perl?
Some of us enjoy programming but hate picking up trash. If it goes to benefit someone else and it's worth it to you, why not do it for free?
Really?
If this was a Windows PC and she was trying to get it switched to Ubuntu, I would not be surprised if many in the /. community accused Dell of collaborating with Microsoft in order to keep users off of Ubuntu. I'm not defending the story or the news agency here, but that's my $0.02.
Many companies don't want to find out which distro is the best. That's precisely why they'd buy from IBM--a full Linux environment set up for them.
Did you read the "What Others Are Saying" page? (http://www.guitarpraise.com/others.php)
Here's a gem:
What? I've found no evidence of this online...can you cite a source?
In fact, in several of his stories, Isaac Asimov states that a robot following the Three Laws could very easily be mistaken for a perfectly moral human ("Bicentennial Man" and that one from I, Robot...don't remember the name).
Love it.
I read almost every Asimov book. I also realize that they're not documentaries =). They're fiction...I'm not advocating using the Three Laws as written. There would need to be some sort of "base" ruleset, however.
Agreed. But giving doctors more information never hurts.
As I understood TFA, they'll be controlled autonomously...if that's not the case, then they're no more robots than an M16 is a robot: they're just tools being directly controlled by humans.
Ethics" is such a poorly defined term...hell, different cultures have different definitions of the term. In feudal Japan, it was ethical to give your opponent the chance for suicide...today, many Westerners would in fact argue the opposite: the ethical thing to do is prevent a human from committing suicide as that's seen as a symptom of mental illness.
I've always defined "morality" as the way one treats oneself and "ethics" as the way one treats others. It's possible to be ethical without being moral--for example, I'd consider a person who spends thousands of dollars on charity just to get laid to be acting ethically but immorally. By that definition, the hullabaloo at Guantanamo would certainly be both immoral and unethical--not only were they treated inhumanely, but it was done against international law and against the so-called "rules of war".
These robots would have to be programmed with certain specific directives: for example, "Don't take any actions which may harm civilians", "take actions against captured enemy soldiers which would cause the least amount of forseeable pain", etc. Is this good? Could be...soldiers tend to have things like rage, fear, and paranoia. But it could lead to glitches too....I wouldn't want to be on the battlefield with the 1.0 version. Something like Asimov's 3 Laws would have to be constructed, some guiding principle...the difficulty will be ironing out all the loopholes.
The frightening thing is you are modded interesting..
Some sick and twisted people here.
I went further. The rings on my and my wifes hands together make up the encryption key to access the file I have of all my usernames and passwords on a thumbdrive in the safe. the combination to the safe is inside the ring on my and her rings.
The celtic runes when translated to english = the 25 character passphrase that decrypts the data.
works great and the kids and everyone else knows this. Although my mother told me to stop playing spy and rolled her eyes at me.
I don't know whether to be shocked that you got married or joyous at the beacon of hope that women exist on Earth who will incorporate encryption keys onto their matrimonial bands...
No...if they had an accident, it would show the doctors that this person has AIDS, so proper precautions should be taken. Are you really suggesting that doctors be kept in ignorance of preexisting conditions?
I'm not arguing for the idea, but I just don't see that particular point...
We have laptops that we hook into docking stations, so this takes into account the time setting up and breaking down all the peripherals.