Despite all the anti-immigrant rhetoric flying around right now, I think the US still is pretty open to foreigners. There are 40 million foreign-born residents in the US right now, and most are assimilating well. I say come on over, you might like it!
Thanks for the hospitality, it's not Americans specifically that I'm concerned about, it's the government. Frankly they scare the bejesus out of me. (Whatever that is)
Since you'd have a better chance of seeing some foreign object on a chick with a slim body...
We smuggled two wineskins into a concert once by taping them to a fat chicks legs. Everyone was losing their dope and booze to searches. We got in with two full wineskins! (Can't remember what they were full of)
What about the babies. They were always taking my babies away from me screaming. So they could check their poop or something. Everyone knows how deadly that is.
If you just check men, then people will start stuffing their infants with bombs.
Babies always spend their flight time screaming anyway.
Yes, I'm sure women who feel they were singled out in a body scanner so male security personnel could look at blurry pictures of their bodies would much rather be physically touched by those same men.
Pretty sure they don't go that far. Same sex pat down.
A possibly more effective solution: Refuse to fly. Take a bus, take a train, drive, or forgo travel, but don't pay into the system by buying a plane ticket.
Or, don't fly to the US. They don't like us foreigners there anyway.
"Against warrantless entry of your home? You must be abusing a child!"
"Against public cameras tracking your every move? You must be planning to abduct a child!"
"Against drug prohibition? You must want to give drugs to children!"
"Against warrantless wire-tapping? You must be a Nazi
Against the Nazi's... you must be a Je... Oh wait!
"Against warrantless entry of your home? You must be abusing a child!"
"Against public cameras tracking your every move? You must be planning to abduct a child!"
"Against drug prohibition? You must want to give drugs to children!"
"Against warrantless wire-tapping? You must be a Nazi
So, he searches through the firehose and composes posts to articles that he finds interesting, then loads up a bot that watches for the article to be posted. If it is, the bot makes the post, if not, well, it was worth a try.
Mavis Beacon? But yes, like you, I am noting the time discrepancy.
On the other hand, perhaps because he is such a prolific poster, he's spending time on the Firehose, found an article that he both wanted to promote and comment on. That would give him some time to put together a response.
Can you post a comment on an article in the firehose?
In your case were you actually guilty? Or were you innocent. If talking something that is minor and will not stay on your record yeah it may be worth it. If not then why take the easy road out?
I don't know if I was guilty or not. It was over a threat I apparently made when I was drunk, and it was 18 months in the past. I have no recollection, and since there were no other witnesses, there was no proof. It would have been thrown out, but I would have had to hire a lawyer and travel back and fourth to the court (300 miles). I pleaded guilty and got a $200 fine instead. The feminists got their statistic, I didn't have to suffer through a trial and associated court costs.
It doesn't bother me, what it does is lessen my already miniscule respect for our justice system. The judge did not like me pleading guilty, but he couldn't throw it out at that stage.
I guess all Canadians are presumed Guilty, until you can afford to provide your innocence.
You wouldn't want to negatively impact the ability of law enforcement to violate your rights would you?
You can always plead guilty if you don't want to pay the exorbitant cost of going to court. It would probably be cheaper. I did it once, saved thousands.
Apple should of never been allowed to get that patient! I would say the ability to unlock a phone through touch motion is active public domain knowledge and should fall outside the requirement for filing a patient. I think it's time for some major change in the US patient office. Technically Apple can now block EVERY single touch screen phone on the market and being developed. They have been allowed to secure a monopoly in a growing field, how on earth it that fair? Whats next is Apple going to patient toilet paper and go to court with everyone who goes to the bathroom?
s/should of/should have/
Patients are filed in the morgue, but at that point they have ceased to be... well, they have ceased to be.
The law is not concerned with what is fair. It used to be, but lawyers make a lot more money interpreting it literally. Intent has been thrown out with the bath water.
Also, toilet paper was patented in Italy, which is famous for it's lousy toilet paper.
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Despite all the anti-immigrant rhetoric flying around right now, I think the US still is pretty open to foreigners. There are 40 million foreign-born residents in the US right now, and most are assimilating well. I say come on over, you might like it!
Thanks for the hospitality, it's not Americans specifically that I'm concerned about, it's the government. Frankly they scare the bejesus out of me. (Whatever that is)
I wish I had moderator points left this week to mod you down. Try acting like a grown up. If you do, you might actually get some from a decent woman.
There are no decent women, they are all evil. However, drop decent and you have a point.
Since you'd have a better chance of seeing some foreign object on a chick with a slim body...
We smuggled two wineskins into a concert once by taping them to a fat chicks legs. Everyone was losing their dope and booze to searches. We got in with two full wineskins! (Can't remember what they were full of)
What about the babies. They were always taking my babies away from me screaming. So they could check their poop or something. Everyone knows how deadly that is.
If you just check men, then people will start stuffing their infants with bombs.
Babies always spend their flight time screaming anyway.
Yes, I'm sure women who feel they were singled out in a body scanner so male security personnel could look at blurry pictures of their bodies would much rather be physically touched by those same men.
Pretty sure they don't go that far. Same sex pat down.
A possibly more effective solution: Refuse to fly. Take a bus, take a train, drive, or forgo travel, but don't pay into the system by buying a plane ticket.
Or, don't fly to the US. They don't like us foreigners there anyway.
Alright, gimmie a second...
"Against warrantless entry of your home? You must be abusing a child!" "Against public cameras tracking your every move? You must be planning to abduct a child!" "Against drug prohibition? You must want to give drugs to children!" "Against warrantless wire-tapping? You must be a Nazi
Against the Nazi's. .. you must be a Je ... Oh wait!
FTFY.
AHA! You must be a terrorist.
Our PM is a proud and loyal member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance
This means:
A: He is a born again evangelical waiting on the second coming of Christ.
B: The US has not cornered the market on jackasses.
Alright, gimmie a second...
"Against warrantless entry of your home? You must be abusing a child!"
"Against public cameras tracking your every move? You must be planning to abduct a child!"
"Against drug prohibition? You must want to give drugs to children!"
"Against warrantless wire-tapping? You must be a Nazi
FTFY.
In the United States, we call our logical fallacies Texans. What do you call them in Canada?
From my experience with Canadians...Newfies. :p
Careful. We love our Newfies.
So, he searches through the firehose and composes posts to articles that he finds interesting, then loads up a bot that watches for the article to be posted. If it is, the bot makes the post, if not, well, it was worth a try.
Makes perfect sense to me.
Yeah, maybe that's what happened
Mavis Beacon? But yes, like you, I am noting the time discrepancy.
On the other hand, perhaps because he is such a prolific poster, he's spending time on the Firehose, found an article that he both wanted to promote and comment on. That would give him some time to put together a response.
Can you post a comment on an article in the firehose?
Unfortunately Microsoft is likely to make UEFI a requirement for Windows 8 machines. This means a 5 year old PC won't run Windows 8 at all.
But would it anyway?
I'm curious as to how you could post all that in the very same minute the article went up.
Obviously you didn't read the article, even then, you had a maximum of 60 seconds to formulate, type and post that message.
No flies on you.
In your case were you actually guilty? Or were you innocent. If talking something that is minor and will not stay on your record yeah it may be worth it. If not then why take the easy road out?
I don't know if I was guilty or not. It was over a threat I apparently made when I was drunk, and it was 18 months in the past. I have no recollection, and since there were no other witnesses, there was no proof. It would have been thrown out, but I would have had to hire a lawyer and travel back and fourth to the court (300 miles). I pleaded guilty and got a $200 fine instead. The feminists got their statistic, I didn't have to suffer through a trial and associated court costs.
It doesn't bother me, what it does is lessen my already miniscule respect for our justice system. The judge did not like me pleading guilty, but he couldn't throw it out at that stage.
I guess all Canadians are presumed Guilty, until you can afford to provide your innocence.
You wouldn't want to negatively impact the ability of law enforcement to violate your rights would you?
You can always plead guilty if you don't want to pay the exorbitant cost of going to court. It would probably be cheaper. I did it once, saved thousands.
...Both Microsoft and Apple HATE open source and this is their way to kill it. Will it work? who knows.
You can't kill open source. Not without wholesale censorship at least.
You can kill OSS business models though.
Yeah I was surprised at that myself. Maybe he's busy working some other forum and blogs.
This whole article is a flame war that hasn't happened. This has been a huge disappointment to me.
Could it be that even shills cannot defend this behavior?
Apple should of never been allowed to get that patient! I would say the ability to unlock a phone through touch motion is active public domain knowledge and should fall outside the requirement for filing a patient. I think it's time for some major change in the US patient office. Technically Apple can now block EVERY single touch screen phone on the market and being developed. They have been allowed to secure a monopoly in a growing field, how on earth it that fair? Whats next is Apple going to patient toilet paper and go to court with everyone who goes to the bathroom?
s/should of/should have/
Patients are filed in the morgue, but at that point they have ceased to be... well, they have ceased to be.
The law is not concerned with what is fair. It used to be, but lawyers make a lot more money interpreting it literally. Intent has been thrown out with the bath water.
Also, toilet paper was patented in Italy, which is famous for it's lousy toilet paper.
+1 insightful
... Perhaps we should make a "place genitals here" unlock mechanism. At least that may not be patented yet.
Yeah, Lotsa prior art there. I could send you some.
It's not that they are bogus but that there is substantial prior art for each of them that wasn't given to the patent office.
Talking to computers may have cropped up in sci-fi once or twice. Possibly before we actually even had computers.
I prefer my mobile communication devices to be surly.
Gone are the good ole days when your satellite phone was a briefcase.
Not everything needs to have an OS in it for god's sake!
Pretty hand to have one in a robot though.