Yes, change it to any Islamic regime and the liberals will have a field day telling you how unfunny it is.
I just can't believe that *Iranians* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *Pakistanis* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
Really? On what do you base this remarkable assertion? Oh..., right; the blathering of right-wing talking heads. If you'd bother to pull your head out of your ass, and look around, you'd find that most of the people you've labeled "liberal", will be soundly against human rights violations such as the one described in TFA.
Probably much less than having every state demand tax be paid to them at different rates for direct deliveries. If it was worse than that they wouldn't be lobbying for it.
To hell with the virtual - why the frig should those of us living in states with no sales taxes in the real world (Oregon) have to pay up for everyone else's, and since when would we be forced to start paying one?
Dunno about you, but it would pretty much change buying habits for most purchases around here. Sure, some things would still be cheaper online after figuring in shipping costs and (now this proposed) sales tax, but things online would end up being far less attractive than before... including a lot of Amazon's stock.
OTOH, maybe it'd be the push needed to support local (offline) business more?
I can see it springing up "local delivery companies" that only deliver within the state. If these were included in the federal sales tax then it would be hard to see any justification for making ordering a book on line any different to phoning a local store and ordering a newspaper delivery or a pile of building sand to be delivered.
It's interesting that persons promoting freedom want to restrict what other people do.
Yes its absolutely hypocritical for people promoting freedom to oppose the rights of others to enslave people, rape women they fancy, and things like that.
Every day I see more and more items coming out of our educational system that make me ask 'where the heck are the parents' when these dumbass policies are being implemented?
Funny. Here in Finland the back of the bus is traditionally reserved for the troublemakers. Just like the back of the classroom. Further away from the authorities (bus driver, teacher), less surveillance.
In the UK we all wanted to ride on the back of the bus - especially the middle seat that looks down the isle. I've no idea why, but I remember learning about Rosa Parks in primary school and wondering why on earth she didn't want to sit at the back.
Isn't motivating children their parents job? I'm saddened that they even came up with an idea like this. Public humiliation is more likely to destroy motivation than provide it.
I expect it would provide plenty of motivation.... but not necessarily to work harder. They'd better issue the teachers and "high color" kids with bulletproof vests if they roll this out nationwide - someone will crack.
He means, and this is my assumption, that running Java applications on the desktop via the JVM is no less secure than running natively compiled code on the desktop. Perhaps a better definition of where the security "holes" are located and/or transported would be a more enlightening discourse (applets? browser JVM integration? JNLP?)
Its interesting that when you come to general purpose programming languages they will all allow you to do insecure things. If you can't do something that the native os platform allows is a limitation of the language, not really an advantage. What counts is that the program should make it hard to do insecure things accidentally without adding too much of a burden on doing them deliberately. In my opinion C++ is moderately good at both, where as Java is probably better at preventing you from doing things accidentally but harder to do them deliberately - in some cases having to use JNI to call out to the system to do it.
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Intel Gives Up On TV
I don't blame them ... there are very few good programs and too many reality tv shows
NoScript blocks more malware than either.
And not browsing the web blocks more malware still
Yes, change it to any Islamic regime and the liberals will have a field day telling you how unfunny it is.
I just can't believe that *Iranians* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *Pakistanis* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
Really? On what do you base this remarkable assertion? Oh..., right; the blathering of right-wing talking heads. If you'd bother to pull your head out of your ass, and look around, you'd find that most of the people you've labeled "liberal", will be soundly against human rights violations such as the one described in TFA.
Point proven I think
I just can't believe that *Germans* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
Seriously, is there a nationality you could sub in there that would not make this funny?
I just can't believe that *French* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *British* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *Americans* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *Russians* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *Chinese* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *Canadians* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
Even that last one works.
Yes, change it to any Islamic regime and the liberals will have a field day telling you how unfunny it is.
I just can't believe that *Iranians* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *Pakistanis* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
we won't see David Cameron or Nick Cleg any more
They are a pair of tits.
Apostrophes, how do they work?
Apostrophe's? You add them at random.
The South pole isn't apart of the US.
Yes it is.
One things for certain, if it isn't for them then its against them.
Wow you are a moron, were taking about *software* here, not human rights.
you are a moron if you don't understand analogy
No State shall, without the Consent of the Congres ....
I guess they'll be lobbying congress then...
57 states?
Yes, the United States of Heinz.
No doubt it would negatively affect Amazon
Probably much less than having every state demand tax be paid to them at different rates for direct deliveries. If it was worse than that they wouldn't be lobbying for it.
To hell with the virtual - why the frig should those of us living in states with no sales taxes in the real world (Oregon) have to pay up for everyone else's, and since when would we be forced to start paying one?
Dunno about you, but it would pretty much change buying habits for most purchases around here. Sure, some things would still be cheaper online after figuring in shipping costs and (now this proposed) sales tax, but things online would end up being far less attractive than before... including a lot of Amazon's stock.
OTOH, maybe it'd be the push needed to support local (offline) business more?
I can see it springing up "local delivery companies" that only deliver within the state. If these were included in the federal sales tax then it would be hard to see any justification for making ordering a book on line any different to phoning a local store and ordering a newspaper delivery or a pile of building sand to be delivered.
It's interesting that persons promoting freedom want to restrict what other people do.
Yes its absolutely hypocritical for people promoting freedom to oppose the rights of others to enslave people, rape women they fancy, and things like that.
Every day I see more and more items coming out of our educational system that make me ask 'where the heck are the parents' when these dumbass policies are being implemented?
Working in the brothel?
Funny. Here in Finland the back of the bus is traditionally reserved for the troublemakers. Just like the back of the classroom. Further away from the authorities (bus driver, teacher), less surveillance.
In the UK we all wanted to ride on the back of the bus - especially the middle seat that looks down the isle. I've no idea why, but I remember learning about Rosa Parks in primary school and wondering why on earth she didn't want to sit at the back.
Isn't motivating children their parents job? I'm saddened that they even came up with an idea like this. Public humiliation is more likely to destroy motivation than provide it.
I expect it would provide plenty of motivation .... but not necessarily to work harder. They'd better issue the teachers and "high color" kids with bulletproof vests if they roll this out nationwide - someone will crack.
christ forbid that any american should feel ever feel bad about being stupid
... after all plenty of stupid people became President.
Jobs is dead.
-- Nietzche
Ding dong, the wicked Jobs is dead - The Munchkins
Or James joyce
By an electromagnetic poltergeist.
Pretty creepy.
Either that or magneto is their next door neighbour
Oracle must already by working hard to find out how to make it incompatible with their databases.
Dear user 894406,
We regret to inform you that Mormons stopped practicing polygamy in the late 1800s.
That's cute. BUT IT'S WRONG.
Though the LDS stopped practicing polygamy in the late 1800s, there are a number of other mormon groups who still practice it today.
Well, you know man, I had a laptop before it was cool.
I've still got one now it isn't cool any more you insensitive clod.
He means, and this is my assumption, that running Java applications on the desktop via the JVM is no less secure than running natively compiled code on the desktop. Perhaps a better definition of where the security "holes" are located and/or transported would be a more enlightening discourse (applets? browser JVM integration? JNLP?)
Its interesting that when you come to general purpose programming languages they will all allow you to do insecure things. If you can't do something that the native os platform allows is a limitation of the language, not really an advantage. What counts is that the program should make it hard to do insecure things accidentally without adding too much of a burden on doing them deliberately. In my opinion C++ is moderately good at both, where as Java is probably better at preventing you from doing things accidentally but harder to do them deliberately - in some cases having to use JNI to call out to the system to do it.
Citations please.
here and here