Hasn't he seen a single science fiction movie?!?!? He'll be the comic-relief nerdy guy on the crew, who the pretty astronaut just regards as a friend, who gets killed about two-thirds the way through the mission--after providing a few laughs and some expertise in getting the escape shuttle at the abandoned space station online. No way is he going to make it to the sequel mission.
During the Vietnam War, Colt sold the M-16 to the Army with the promise that it would never need cleaning. And they were right. They just forgot to add the "unless you want it to keep firing" part.
No problem. After you open it up, just call your local police and let them know that any illegal activity on your IP address is probably not coming from you. Problem solved.
Go to any major city newspaper and type in child pornography and you'll find plenty of examples. I'm not going to provide you with a link because I'm not crazy enough to type that term into any search engine. But knock yourself out.
If someone downloads or distributes kiddie porn on your IP, no your legal protections don't mean jackshit. Sure, maybe you'll be found innocent at the end. But your life will already be ruined by even been charged. And newspapers don't print retractions saying "Hey, remember that guy whose picture we splashed all over the news as a child pornographer a year ago?...Well turns out he was innocent after all." And the money your spent on your lawyer isn't going to be reimbursed, your boss isn't going to rehire you, your wife isn't coming back to you, and the guys who spray-painted "Pedophile Get Out!" on the side of your house aren't going to say "Sorry about that."
I could probably name five or six just based on newspaper articles in my small city in the past few months. And that's only the kiddie porn guys worthy of press attention.
Fine. The rest of you lead the way! I would open mine up, mind you, but I think I lost my admin password. But you go on without me and I'll catch up later. Fight the power!
Reminds me of a war movie I saw once where a guy makes a really stirring speech about sacrifice, god, country, etc. When the time comes for the big battle charge, the men all tell him that he's been chosen to lead it. As he charges across the field, he's immediately killed. The men behind him take cover instead of following. One of them looks at another one and says "Damn, he was brave!" and the other replies "Yeah, and dead too."
One, my ass! In my small city alone I see newspaper stories all the time about people getting arrested on kiddie porn traced back to their IP address. And there are probably even more hackers and pirates being raided who don't make it to the press.
Hey, at least you will have the joy of knowing you were "socially responsible" after you've been labeled a pedophile in the press, been fired from your job, and had your wife leave you. And the judge will probably applaud you when your defense for the kiddie porn charges is "Well, Your Honor, the EFF told me that leaving my wifi open was my civic duty." Kudos to you, citizen!
Any time you claim that "consumers don't understand..." or "consumers need to be educated about..." you Have A Problem.
I suspect he already knows that. Trying to blame it on consumers (while slipping in a plug for how awesome your system is) just sounds a lot better than "We really fucked this one up. The 3D isn't that great, and the system is overpriced."
I hope your post is intended as a joke, because the GOP is one of the biggest supporters of an internet crackdown in the U.S. Who do you think has been screaming loudest about banning sites like WikiLeaks? And net neutrality is specifically designed to PROTECT a free internet. Without it, the handful of broadband ISP's in this country will be free to set up not only a national firewall and blacklist, but individual paywalls as well.
Not that the Dems are much better, mind you. But if you really think the GOP is going to protect a free internet, you are a truly deluded individual. The only chance for maintaining a free internet would be the rise of a third party, and that's almost an impossibility in the U.S.
Exactly! If you haven't bought the 3DS yet, that's only because you're an ignorant fool. If you're a smart person, clearly you would rush out and buy one. You ARE a smart person, aren't you?
The only thing that surprises me is that we've went so long WITHOUT more government-controlled internet firewalls. I remember telling people back in 1995 that the U.S. government wouldn't tolerate a free internet for very long. I was wrong on the timeframe, but make no mistake, it's coming. The more repressive regimes of the world were the first, but even the "progressive" governments who supposedly champion a free internet will eventually have to own up to their hypocrisy and clamp down.
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Hasn't he seen a single science fiction movie?!?!? He'll be the comic-relief nerdy guy on the crew, who the pretty astronaut just regards as a friend, who gets killed about two-thirds the way through the mission--after providing a few laughs and some expertise in getting the escape shuttle at the abandoned space station online. No way is he going to make it to the sequel mission.
During the Vietnam War, Colt sold the M-16 to the Army with the promise that it would never need cleaning. And they were right. They just forgot to add the "unless you want it to keep firing" part.
No problem. After you open it up, just call your local police and let them know that any illegal activity on your IP address is probably not coming from you. Problem solved.
No worries, I'm sure Northrop Grumman will bid on the contract to fix it.
A real friend would send me a Coke.
We learned not to let Stephen King direct.
And "capitalization" is what we do to the first word of a sentence.
And as soon as I find that password, I'm going to be right there behind you!
Well, we can't all be heroes like you anonymous cowards.
Go to any major city newspaper and type in child pornography and you'll find plenty of examples. I'm not going to provide you with a link because I'm not crazy enough to type that term into any search engine. But knock yourself out.
Of course legal protections matter
If someone downloads or distributes kiddie porn on your IP, no your legal protections don't mean jackshit. Sure, maybe you'll be found innocent at the end. But your life will already be ruined by even been charged. And newspapers don't print retractions saying "Hey, remember that guy whose picture we splashed all over the news as a child pornographer a year ago?...Well turns out he was innocent after all." And the money your spent on your lawyer isn't going to be reimbursed, your boss isn't going to rehire you, your wife isn't coming back to you, and the guys who spray-painted "Pedophile Get Out!" on the side of your house aren't going to say "Sorry about that."
I could probably name five or six just based on newspaper articles in my small city in the past few months. And that's only the kiddie porn guys worthy of press attention.
Fine. The rest of you lead the way! I would open mine up, mind you, but I think I lost my admin password. But you go on without me and I'll catch up later. Fight the power!
The FBI is like lightening, they follow the path of least resistance.
Reminds me of a war movie I saw once where a guy makes a really stirring speech about sacrifice, god, country, etc. When the time comes for the big battle charge, the men all tell him that he's been chosen to lead it. As he charges across the field, he's immediately killed. The men behind him take cover instead of following. One of them looks at another one and says "Damn, he was brave!" and the other replies "Yeah, and dead too."
One, my ass! In my small city alone I see newspaper stories all the time about people getting arrested on kiddie porn traced back to their IP address. And there are probably even more hackers and pirates being raided who don't make it to the press.
Hey, at least you will have the joy of knowing you were "socially responsible" after you've been labeled a pedophile in the press, been fired from your job, and had your wife leave you. And the judge will probably applaud you when your defense for the kiddie porn charges is "Well, Your Honor, the EFF told me that leaving my wifi open was my civic duty." Kudos to you, citizen!
You would think that Virtual Boy would have taught them the dangers of making 3D your main gimmick. Guess not.
Any time you claim that "consumers don't understand..." or "consumers need to be educated about..." you Have A Problem.
I suspect he already knows that. Trying to blame it on consumers (while slipping in a plug for how awesome your system is) just sounds a lot better than "We really fucked this one up. The 3D isn't that great, and the system is overpriced."
The interview doesn't cost anything. But prepping the set cost $700 million.
I hope your post is intended as a joke, because the GOP is one of the biggest supporters of an internet crackdown in the U.S. Who do you think has been screaming loudest about banning sites like WikiLeaks? And net neutrality is specifically designed to PROTECT a free internet. Without it, the handful of broadband ISP's in this country will be free to set up not only a national firewall and blacklist, but individual paywalls as well.
Not that the Dems are much better, mind you. But if you really think the GOP is going to protect a free internet, you are a truly deluded individual. The only chance for maintaining a free internet would be the rise of a third party, and that's almost an impossibility in the U.S.
You kids with your loud music and your Dan Fogelberg, your Zima, hula hoops and Pac-Man video games.
Exactly! If you haven't bought the 3DS yet, that's only because you're an ignorant fool. If you're a smart person, clearly you would rush out and buy one. You ARE a smart person, aren't you?
Yeah, I finally got mine too. Took them long enough.
The only thing that surprises me is that we've went so long WITHOUT more government-controlled internet firewalls. I remember telling people back in 1995 that the U.S. government wouldn't tolerate a free internet for very long. I was wrong on the timeframe, but make no mistake, it's coming. The more repressive regimes of the world were the first, but even the "progressive" governments who supposedly champion a free internet will eventually have to own up to their hypocrisy and clamp down.