...that when we watch TV, we expect commercials.
When I watch TV I expect to hit the fast forward button on my Tivo remote to zoom past the commercials. Guess I'm also an immoral thief for that now too.
Correction: I fastforward unless it's a new Mac/PC or Caveman/Geico commercial. Those at least have some comedic value.
Well I guess better make my reservation for a nice room in hell since I'm so immoral. Because I run AdBlock Plus and I use it extensively. Not about to stop using it either. I pay for the bandwidth to download pages when I surf so I get to choose what gets downloaded and what doesn't.
1. Entangle two atoms
2. Transport one of them to Jupiter (Or your favorite planetary body, Pluto excluded)
3. Detonate a bomb at the other atoms location
4. ???
5. PROFIT!
You're right, but I'm still going to exercise whatever level of control I can over the resources I pay for. So I'm still gonna run Firefox with AdBlockPlus. If it keeps me from viewing a few sites, I'll bet I either don't need anything they offer, or I can quickly find it elsewhere.
And that ad that your browser requested, downloaded and then prevented from displaying still took up bandwidth. Bandwidth that you had to pay for. I block ads cause they're annoying and I don't pay attention to them anyway, but I also block to save on the bandwidth utilization. I pay for that so I get to say what gets downloaded and what doesn't.
The owner does NOT lose money, he just doesn't make as much as he might have. There's a nit for you to pick but I like the difference.
I'm not browsing the Internet to help someone else make money, that's not my job. I'm surfing for my own purposes.
It already is popular.
The "ad filter" I'm referring to comes under a few different names, MythTV, ReplayTV, and my personal favorite, Tivo.
And surprisingly it doesn't seem to be undermining the television business model so far.
And how does your SIPRNET data get off the base? Most likely through a TACLANE that is SIPRNET on one side, NIPRNET on the other with the encryption inside the TACLANE.
The First Amendment does not apply to private enterprises. The U.S. military is no private enterprise.
It sure isn't, but it is a government entity, running a network on our tax dollars to support military operations. Before they get access every military member has to go through training about what is and is not allowed on that government network. In that training it is clearly stated that access is FOUO, "For Official Use Only". The network is NOT for personal use. The military does allow email to friends and family to help morale, and some limited web access again for morale. But it all comes down to if that personal use conflicts with official use, it will quickly go away.
Are you free to surf any website you want on your company network? Do any of us really think that the military lets troops surf anywhere they please on a government owned and operated network that is there for "Official Use Only"? The same network that carries Command & Control data that is vital for operational information.
I think if I were a Marine/Soldier/Sailor/Airman in the zone, I'd rather be limited in what websites I can surf from the combat zone in exchange for having the available bandwidth that lets an alert message come in about an impending attack.
After spending 22 years wearing the USAF uniform I think I can be confident in saying that the new mission statement has been looked over and discussed by many General officers, public affairs officers and lawyers both civilian and blue-suiters. They don't often post public statements like that without knowing exactly what ramifications might pop up.
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...that when we watch TV, we expect commercials.When I watch TV I expect to hit the fast forward button on my Tivo remote to zoom past the commercials. Guess I'm also an immoral thief for that now too.
Correction: I fastforward unless it's a new Mac/PC or Caveman/Geico commercial. Those at least have some comedic value.
Well I guess better make my reservation for a nice room in hell since I'm so immoral. Because I run AdBlock Plus and I use it extensively. Not about to stop using it either. I pay for the bandwidth to download pages when I surf so I get to choose what gets downloaded and what doesn't.
1. Entangle two atoms
2. Transport one of them to Jupiter (Or your favorite planetary body, Pluto excluded)
3. Detonate a bomb at the other atoms location
4. ???
5. PROFIT!
From what I've read most cars emit fractions of a gram per mile, nowhere near a pound per mile.
Nice spin...
Yeah!!
Earth First!!
We can strip-mine the other planets later!
Ehhhh! Wrong answer, thanks for playing. Johnny has a nice parting gift for you on your way out.
Glenn was the third man in space, second to orbit, first American to orbit.
Yuri Gagarin orbited April 12th, 1961
Alan Shepard achieved a suborbital flight on May 5th, 1961
John Glenn orbited on February 20th, 1962.
They're pointing at Waldo, he's finally been found!
You probably should have used that bold tag for this phrase also, but then your post would contradict what you were trying to say.
provided that such use constitutes 'fair use' under copyright law, or is otherwise permitted by applicable law."'"
As long as it's not TimeRider rules, those are just silly.
Who else looked at their Technologies page and saw:
Ela STINK
You're right, but I'm still going to exercise whatever level of control I can over the resources I pay for. So I'm still gonna run Firefox with AdBlockPlus. If it keeps me from viewing a few sites, I'll bet I either don't need anything they offer, or I can quickly find it elsewhere.
And that ad that your browser requested, downloaded and then prevented from displaying still took up bandwidth. Bandwidth that you had to pay for. I block ads cause they're annoying and I don't pay attention to them anyway, but I also block to save on the bandwidth utilization. I pay for that so I get to say what gets downloaded and what doesn't.
The owner does NOT lose money, he just doesn't make as much as he might have. There's a nit for you to pick but I like the difference.
I'm not browsing the Internet to help someone else make money, that's not my job. I'm surfing for my own purposes.
It already is popular.
The "ad filter" I'm referring to comes under a few different names, MythTV, ReplayTV, and my personal favorite, Tivo.
And surprisingly it doesn't seem to be undermining the television business model so far.
Which means that building one of these is most likely a "Moral Imperative".
That parrot's not dead, he's pining!!!
And how does your SIPRNET data get off the base? Most likely through a TACLANE that is SIPRNET on one side, NIPRNET on the other with the encryption inside the TACLANE.
They're not. Tunneled, encrypted, [joking] folded, spindled and mutilated [/joking]; but all the data rides the same pipes.
The First Amendment does not apply to private enterprises. The U.S. military is no private enterprise.
It sure isn't, but it is a government entity, running a network on our tax dollars to support military operations. Before they get access every military member has to go through training about what is and is not allowed on that government network. In that training it is clearly stated that access is FOUO, "For Official Use Only". The network is NOT for personal use. The military does allow email to friends and family to help morale, and some limited web access again for morale. But it all comes down to if that personal use conflicts with official use, it will quickly go away.
Are you free to surf any website you want on your company network? Do any of us really think that the military lets troops surf anywhere they please on a government owned and operated network that is there for "Official Use Only"? The same network that carries Command & Control data that is vital for operational information.
I think if I were a Marine/Soldier/Sailor/Airman in the zone, I'd rather be limited in what websites I can surf from the combat zone in exchange for having the available bandwidth that lets an alert message come in about an impending attack.
Of course he shareholders won't like it. But MS will just boost the price in the EU so every sale pays for the fine and they'll be out nothing.
The consumers will then be paying the fine for MS, instead of benefitting from the EU ruling.
In other words, MS gets richer and the little guys get screwed.
I taught the 3c0x1 3-level and 7-level courses from late 94 to late 2000. Came back here after a year in Korea to the E&I squadron.
Well I'm retired now.
But you're probably right, Slashdot and the Government/Military do have at least one thing in common:
Logic has no place in these organizations.
After spending 22 years wearing the USAF uniform I think I can be confident in saying that the new mission statement has been looked over and discussed by many General officers, public affairs officers and lawyers both civilian and blue-suiters. They don't often post public statements like that without knowing exactly what ramifications might pop up.
I would mod this one funny. If I had mod points.