I think this is a good idea, as long as the "deceased" accounts are exempted from Facebook's recently implemented context ads. For those not familiar with them, on one's homepage, suggestions for wishing people a happy birthday or reconnecting with someone with whom you've not interacted for a while appear like ads in the right-hand column. However, in some cases, there is a good reason we haven't written on each others' walls in a while. Today, Facebook suggested to me that I reconnect with a dead friend of mine. While I'm not sensitive enough, nor was I close enough to this person, for it to be a emotional burden for me, I fear this could cause some distress for family and other close friends of the deceased. I hope that this new policy includes a more sensitive treatment of the dead person's account info and how it is used on other's Home pages.
Yet another erroneous Slashdot headline. These living cells are not "created," they are grown from existing stem cells. It's not like you put a nonliving substrate "in" the printer and get a spleen "out." The printer simply guides the cells' differentiation patterns.
...you've got a better option. If we get rid of e-mail, what will take its place? What protocol will be written? What standards will be created? What specs should be mandatory and what bells-and-whistles are desired? Like we've all heard from our bosses, "thanks for pointing out this problem, now give me a solution by next week." Otherwise, we're just whining about what is without substituting what should be.
This kind of finger-pointing happens every day: think about the problems with current automobile technology. Pollution, energy problems, petroleum issues, prohibitive costs. And we hear about all the evils of the internal combustion gasoline engine every day. But people who show us all the problems without giving us the solution(s) are *gasp* politicians. TFA offers precious little in the way of solutions, and has a very political air about it.
The better question is: if we wrote the standards for the new e-mail today, what would it be? The sky's the limit, but we need engineers to actually make it happen.
Can't they at least go after the DirecTV-affiliated persons who stated that they were not affiliated with DirecTV for perjury? Or, since it wasn't under oath, some sort of breach of contract? At the very least, lying?
In any case, even if they cannot be prosecuted, I think it is likely that any evidence they procured through the site will be thrown out of a court of law because it was obtained by illegal or at least immoral means.
On another note: Strange that it's illegal to double park but it's not illegal to lie.
I can lust after the perpendicular technology alone...how much more for 750GB at $420! Yeah, I think you're a bit too normal to get excited about this one.;)
The "selling point" of being able to multi-task while gaming is not a selling point for gamers. It's a selling point for consumers, many of whom would like to game or such. Marketing a PC to gamers by saying it will multi-task is self-contradictory: gamers by definition will want to do only one thing: game! Dell is making a smart marketing move to the general public with the XPS line, but it's only pseudo-aimed at gamers.
You mean 8 hours a day of internet time stolen from your employer? Perhaps it's sufficient but that doesn't mean it's right for you to use work access for your personal internet habits.
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I think this is a good idea, as long as the "deceased" accounts are exempted from Facebook's recently implemented context ads. For those not familiar with them, on one's homepage, suggestions for wishing people a happy birthday or reconnecting with someone with whom you've not interacted for a while appear like ads in the right-hand column. However, in some cases, there is a good reason we haven't written on each others' walls in a while. Today, Facebook suggested to me that I reconnect with a dead friend of mine. While I'm not sensitive enough, nor was I close enough to this person, for it to be a emotional burden for me, I fear this could cause some distress for family and other close friends of the deceased. I hope that this new policy includes a more sensitive treatment of the dead person's account info and how it is used on other's Home pages.
My Hobby: Insisting that real-life objects are Photoshopped.
I don't get it. What is this "woman" that you speak of?
Yet another erroneous Slashdot headline. These living cells are not "created," they are grown from existing stem cells. It's not like you put a nonliving substrate "in" the printer and get a spleen "out." The printer simply guides the cells' differentiation patterns.
Al Gore patented it already.
Did you say "no wander"? You'll have a hard time getting anyone to listen to you, too...
...you've got a better option. If we get rid of e-mail, what will take its place? What protocol will be written? What standards will be created? What specs should be mandatory and what bells-and-whistles are desired? Like we've all heard from our bosses, "thanks for pointing out this problem, now give me a solution by next week." Otherwise, we're just whining about what is without substituting what should be.
This kind of finger-pointing happens every day: think about the problems with current automobile technology. Pollution, energy problems, petroleum issues, prohibitive costs. And we hear about all the evils of the internal combustion gasoline engine every day. But people who show us all the problems without giving us the solution(s) are *gasp* politicians. TFA offers precious little in the way of solutions, and has a very political air about it.
The better question is: if we wrote the standards for the new e-mail today, what would it be? The sky's the limit, but we need engineers to actually make it happen.
Can't they at least go after the DirecTV-affiliated persons who stated that they were not affiliated with DirecTV for perjury? Or, since it wasn't under oath, some sort of breach of contract? At the very least, lying? In any case, even if they cannot be prosecuted, I think it is likely that any evidence they procured through the site will be thrown out of a court of law because it was obtained by illegal or at least immoral means. On another note: Strange that it's illegal to double park but it's not illegal to lie.
the LCARS version.
I can lust after the perpendicular technology alone...how much more for 750GB at $420! Yeah, I think you're a bit too normal to get excited about this one. ;)
As I pointed out in my post above.
The "selling point" of being able to multi-task while gaming is not a selling point for gamers. It's a selling point for consumers, many of whom would like to game or such. Marketing a PC to gamers by saying it will multi-task is self-contradictory: gamers by definition will want to do only one thing: game! Dell is making a smart marketing move to the general public with the XPS line, but it's only pseudo-aimed at gamers.
What stupid admin didn't get the joke and modded me down?
And hey, didn't you know that the band Tool (very heavy, but not simple music) used this technique in their song "Lateralus"?
Don't forget step three:
3. Now Google doesn't have your data, but you have a huge, unsecure paper trail for anyone to follow. Congratulations.
You mean 8 hours a day of internet time stolen from your employer? Perhaps it's sufficient but that doesn't mean it's right for you to use work access for your personal internet habits.
Amen, brother! This is called anti-trust. How appropriate!