Don't be naive, you know damn well that it doesn't stop at "talking to congressional representatives." The founding fathers never meant for the right to petition to translate into "The right for multibillion dollar international conglomerates to take congressmen on luxurious junkets where they can be educated on the need to propose and pass legislation that has been helpfully written by ALEC." Lobbying firms don't just petition. They bribe. They cajole. They threaten. If it was as simple as petitioning government, why would they need 8 or 9 figure annual budgets? And don't even get me started on SuperPACs.
Not true. There have been people working on this problem for over a decade; it has not been proven impossible. In fact there are several promising solutions that provide both an audit trail and secrecy. And you left off a third thing, no way to prove to a third party who you voted for.
3. Those limits imposed by society. i.e. I'm not allowed to make wiener jokes around my wife's friends. But this isn't a legal limitation, it's a "I don't want to get hit with pots and pans" limitation.
Is that really so different from "I don't want to get get shot at or firebombed by fans of the prophet." Using violence or threats of violence to curb unwanted speech is an age-old phenomenon. I am surprised that people are just now getting rankled about it.
I'm a little befuddled by your conflation of European free speech curbing and the run-up to WWII. Keep in mind that most of the press during WWII was very right-wing and pro-fascist. And not just in Germany. There were several US and British newspapers that saw nothing wrong with Brownshirts destroying the godless communists and social democrats. In fact, it was common for the pro-fascists to hide behind free speech laws when "marching." They would claim it was just a legal protest against social democrats (and Jews). But that's a little off-topic and lot Godwin.
This is not just making a copy. They used her work in a major motion picture. Big difference, jones. Maybe you're not an artist of any kind, so you wouldn't understand. But those of us who dabble in the arts can tell you it's a very personal expression. That's why copyright is important. People feel like they are entitled to control what they make. That is a very human thing to feel.
Best response I've seen all day. But good luck convincing Apple that anybody but a "Genius" should be cracking open an apple device. Aren't they still using those patented fuck-you^W pentalobe screws?
Yeah either the article means BIOS or EEPROM, or Apple is clearly doing it wrong. From the article: "Malicious code installed in the MacBook boot ROM will be executed before the OS is loaded..."
Most of us hate various branches of Sony for different reasons, but remember, Sony Pictures is not the same as Sony BMG, is not the same as PlayStation. I personally don't have a beef with Sony Pictures, except that their DVDs tend to crash MTR.
We won a Fire in a raffle, so I put the next book of a series I've been reading on it. It works fine during the day and on the can, but it's awful right before bed. Even on its lowest brightness setting, it feels like staring into the sun (probably why it chews through battery so fast). Anybody know how to get Kindle books on an old Sony e-reader? Yay LCD!
Except my medical insurance is provided by my company, so all of my insurance claims are filed here at work via email. Employees have access to a benefit network that includes divorce/marriage/psych/legal counseling. Registration for these services goes through our local servers before getting to the service provider. so much for your sage advice.
Premiums went up because the insurance companies felt like they could get away with it by blaming Obamacare. People like you helped make that a reality.
Here I was thinking I was the only guy with that setup. Documents on one screen spreadsheets on the other. Pretty useful. I was surprised to find out that ClearType subpixel rendering still tries to subpixel in the horizontal on the portrait screen. But it won't matter pretty soon, Microsoft seems to be going back to gray-scale anti-aliasing anyway (boo-hiss).
the only unknown is when, but prediction doesnt carry a "when", only a statement that it will occur.
Herein lies the crux of the problem. If the when is "during my lifetime," then I might give a shit. Otherwise, I'll crank the A/C all the way down to 60, then drive my H2 to watch a NASCAR race. Hell, I might even burn a few science textbooks while I'm there; I hear it's a fun way to release some extra carbon.
First of all, there are several protesters who have been trying to police their own and talk people down. But if the bad protester is already committing acts of violence, trying to reign him in will get you hurt/killed by either him or the cops that come for him.
Second, police have a history of using agents provocateur as recently as the 2008 Republican Convention. And historically police have targeted left-wing protests for these sorts of incitements. I'm not saying that the Ferguson police are guilty of such a thing, but it's one of the reasons why policing your own people doesn't always work. That, and the folks are really, really, REALLY pissed off.
Just say no to the clauses you disagree with. I had an apartment owner let me lease there despite disagreeing to the big fine for keeping a Weber on the balcony. If you're signing a contract with a real person instead of a corporate "person" you'd be surprised at how reasonable they can be.
At work they made me sign a contract that included some language I knew would make the contract unenforceable in my state. So I helpfully revised it. They threatened to fire me if I didn't sign it as is. So now not only is it unenforceable, but I signed under duress! Yay! Big international corporate takeovers are fun!!
True, but which is more likely: "A carefully programmed and thoroughly tested robot" or "A shoddily kludged together POS that failed most rounds of safety tests, but passed the one (in demo mode) when the people signing the checks showed up to witness."
It's not really right to compare CIO and CTO in this regard. The CTO at my company is a PE and damn smart. But he doesn't know squat about IT security. That's not his job. The T in CTO stands for technology, but it refers to the technology that the company makes, not information technology.
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This. Bad text re-flow is simply inexcusable. The stupid subscribe ads make the site completely unusable, to boot.
Don't be naive, you know damn well that it doesn't stop at "talking to congressional representatives." The founding fathers never meant for the right to petition to translate into "The right for multibillion dollar international conglomerates to take congressmen on luxurious junkets where they can be educated on the need to propose and pass legislation that has been helpfully written by ALEC." Lobbying firms don't just petition. They bribe. They cajole. They threaten. If it was as simple as petitioning government, why would they need 8 or 9 figure annual budgets? And don't even get me started on SuperPACs.
Not true. There have been people working on this problem for over a decade; it has not been proven impossible. In fact there are several promising solutions that provide both an audit trail and secrecy. And you left off a third thing, no way to prove to a third party who you voted for.
3. Those limits imposed by society. i.e. I'm not allowed to make wiener jokes around my wife's friends. But this isn't a legal limitation, it's a "I don't want to get hit with pots and pans" limitation.
Is that really so different from "I don't want to get get shot at or firebombed by fans of the prophet." Using violence or threats of violence to curb unwanted speech is an age-old phenomenon. I am surprised that people are just now getting rankled about it.
I'm a little befuddled by your conflation of European free speech curbing and the run-up to WWII. Keep in mind that most of the press during WWII was very right-wing and pro-fascist. And not just in Germany. There were several US and British newspapers that saw nothing wrong with Brownshirts destroying the godless communists and social democrats. In fact, it was common for the pro-fascists to hide behind free speech laws when "marching." They would claim it was just a legal protest against social democrats (and Jews). But that's a little off-topic and lot Godwin.
If there is a sentence I could tell the Canadian government it would be " FUCK YOU !! "
Funny, that's the same sentence I hear from Dice with that beta link.
If you think having a preacher scream "God Damn America" is somehow stumping for anybody in any election anywhere in the US, you are clearly an idiot.
This is not just making a copy. They used her work in a major motion picture. Big difference, jones. Maybe you're not an artist of any kind, so you wouldn't understand. But those of us who dabble in the arts can tell you it's a very personal expression. That's why copyright is important. People feel like they are entitled to control what they make. That is a very human thing to feel.
Best response I've seen all day. But good luck convincing Apple that anybody but a "Genius" should be cracking open an apple device. Aren't they still using those patented fuck-you^W pentalobe screws?
Yeah either the article means BIOS or EEPROM, or Apple is clearly doing it wrong. From the article: "Malicious code installed in the MacBook boot ROM will be executed before the OS is loaded..."
Most of us hate various branches of Sony for different reasons, but remember, Sony Pictures is not the same as Sony BMG, is not the same as PlayStation. I personally don't have a beef with Sony Pictures, except that their DVDs tend to crash MTR.
We won a Fire in a raffle, so I put the next book of a series I've been reading on it. It works fine during the day and on the can, but it's awful right before bed. Even on its lowest brightness setting, it feels like staring into the sun (probably why it chews through battery so fast). Anybody know how to get Kindle books on an old Sony e-reader? Yay LCD!
Yeah, except it's not always a dictator that the US overthrows.
Except my medical insurance is provided by my company, so all of my insurance claims are filed here at work via email. Employees have access to a benefit network that includes divorce/marriage/psych/legal counseling. Registration for these services goes through our local servers before getting to the service provider. so much for your sage advice.
If I share my cake with you, I have given up a portion of my delicious cake I can no longer eat.
The cake is a lie!
Premiums went up because the insurance companies felt like they could get away with it by blaming Obamacare. People like you helped make that a reality.
Here I was thinking I was the only guy with that setup. Documents on one screen spreadsheets on the other. Pretty useful. I was surprised to find out that ClearType subpixel rendering still tries to subpixel in the horizontal on the portrait screen. But it won't matter pretty soon, Microsoft seems to be going back to gray-scale anti-aliasing anyway (boo-hiss).
the only unknown is when, but prediction doesnt carry a "when", only a statement that it will occur.
Herein lies the crux of the problem. If the when is "during my lifetime," then I might give a shit. Otherwise, I'll crank the A/C all the way down to 60, then drive my H2 to watch a NASCAR race. Hell, I might even burn a few science textbooks while I'm there; I hear it's a fun way to release some extra carbon.
Apart from at work, who uses email nowadays anyway?
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First of all, there are several protesters who have been trying to police their own and talk people down. But if the bad protester is already committing acts of violence, trying to reign him in will get you hurt/killed by either him or the cops that come for him.
Second, police have a history of using agents provocateur as recently as the 2008 Republican Convention. And historically police have targeted left-wing protests for these sorts of incitements. I'm not saying that the Ferguson police are guilty of such a thing, but it's one of the reasons why policing your own people doesn't always work. That, and the folks are really, really, REALLY pissed off.
Just say no to the clauses you disagree with. I had an apartment owner let me lease there despite disagreeing to the big fine for keeping a Weber on the balcony. If you're signing a contract with a real person instead of a corporate "person" you'd be surprised at how reasonable they can be.
At work they made me sign a contract that included some language I knew would make the contract unenforceable in my state. So I helpfully revised it. They threatened to fire me if I didn't sign it as is. So now not only is it unenforceable, but I signed under duress! Yay! Big international corporate takeovers are fun!!
True, but which is more likely: "A carefully programmed and thoroughly tested robot" or "A shoddily kludged together POS that failed most rounds of safety tests, but passed the one (in demo mode) when the people signing the checks showed up to witness."
Even NPR calls the Affordable Care Act by the moniker "Obamacare." If that's not tying it with one party (hence "partisan"), I don't know what is.
It's not really right to compare CIO and CTO in this regard. The CTO at my company is a PE and damn smart. But he doesn't know squat about IT security. That's not his job. The T in CTO stands for technology, but it refers to the technology that the company makes, not information technology.
You are joking right? If not, are you aware that the MPAA is a private organization?