Not everyone is as brave as you are, in the ways that you are.
You can discount or dismiss threats against yourself if you wish. That's your choice. You cannot always expect others to do likewise regarding tangible threats against themselves; that—including the determination whether a given threat is in fact a tanglible one—is their decision, not yours.
I am an author and editor by trade, have been one for close to 20 years now, and I know how encyclopaedias are supposed to work, thanks very much.
I am not the primary source; one vendor's online documentation is one but not the only primary source.
The fact that I also help maintain one set of vendor documentation (amongst many sources I've cited) is an altogether different issue, and it is not an issue that was ever actually raised.
And the fact you assume I "must" be doing something wrong with no evidence to suggest this still makes you a tool IMO. Just as a couple of tools at Wikipedia were convinced by someone (whom I suspect of working for a competitor and/or bearing a grudge against me and/or my employer) that, since I work for Company X, it's a given that I'll at some point begin to slant everything I write in favour of Company X, despite the fact that I'd never shown any evidence whatsoever of doing any such thing in years of Wikipedia edits on $subject. Other people who work for other big software companies continue to work unhindered on pages dealing with $subject.
But I can still make edits in other areas without being drawn into a revert war, so I continue to contribute occasionally by fixing spelling and grammar errors in articles on a variety of other subjects that interest me. At least nobody can claim such edits are politically or commercially motivated. Or so I hope.
(b) I didn't "insist" on anything. I was blocked from editing a couple of pages that I'd maintained for several years, without prior warning, by someone whom I suspect was connected with a competitor, over an alleged "conflict of interest" that I don't actually have, based on the odd notion that the fact that I work for a given company would automatically make me a shill for that company. Having never made a secret of my day job (it's in my user profile), I said, "Fine, whatever," and dropped it.
Wouldn't an old android phone with an SD card running a web server be the same thing, pretty much for free? It seems like it would be a great use for all those old phones sitting in drawers. They're compact, low power and come equipped with touchscreen interfaces, powerful processors, wifi capable and SD card slots (most of them).
Meet my old Galaxy S1. It also serves as a remote control for my router and my desktop.
I'm pretty sure all the software I use on it for those things is available on G-Play, even. There's probably better/more secure stuff from alternative sources, but I am fortunate enough to live in a building whose inhabitants seem blissfully unaware that there's even a 5GHz band (since I appear to have it all to myself), so I'm not real worried about anybody leeching copies of old Green Acres shows or what have you.
Oh, it gets better. I'm "not qualified" to edit a certain set of topics in software architecture because--get this--I'm a maintainer of the official documentation for one of the most popular/widespread implementations. And therefore POV. Or something.
"If you've done nothing wrong, you've nothing to hide"?
Just today, as a result of following links from Slashdot or the BBC, or looking up or following up on things mentioned in those places, I've browsed several pages about Alessandra and Benito Mussolini, sodomy laws, some stupid anime video on YouTube of which I only watched the first 5-10 seconds (but which now shows up in my YT history just as if I'd actually looked at the whole thing), a 1990s serial killer in Washington State, nuclear proliferation, and the status of women under Islam.
A crafty lawyer or government agent could try to turn that into... God knows what... about me. In court. Where the burden of proof is suddenly shifted on *me* to prove that I'm not a closet Neo-Fascist/homosexual/serial killer/nuclear terrorist/misogynist/anime fan.
The posters were just the icing on the cake. They just made it even more obvious that, at least in Sweden, the Pirate Party don't actually care about *reaching* people and *engaging* them on the issues, but only about appealing to themselves, which I found profoundly disappointing.
The PP had an opportunity to raise some badly-needed awareness, and they squandered it on a campaign that boiled down to, "Look at us, we're so fucking clever, and we don't really expect you to get our little inside jokes, but vote for us in any case."
Your fuzzy attempts to look clever are just that--obvious attempts to score some sort of points for *looking* clever, with little or no substance. It doesn't help that you apparently can't spell or punctuate. You come across as someone who became a self-absorbed stoner at age 14, and hasn't progressed a bit from that in the 15 or 20 years since.
I suggest you either get off the bong, or get off Slashdot. Or at least quit wasting your time and ours by responding to posts that you obviously do not understand.
Try living someplace where the length of the day is changing by 5 or 10 minutes every day that time of year *and* having your clock shifted an hour on top of that.
It's a pain in the ass, and my saying so does not make me some kind of misfit or weakling. KGFY.
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Not everyone is as brave as you are, in the ways that you are.
You can discount or dismiss threats against yourself if you wish. That's your choice. You cannot always expect others to do likewise regarding tangible threats against themselves; that—including the determination whether a given threat is in fact a tanglible one—is their decision, not yours.
I am an author and editor by trade, have been one for close to 20 years now, and I know how encyclopaedias are supposed to work, thanks very much.
I am not the primary source; one vendor's online documentation is one but not the only primary source.
The fact that I also help maintain one set of vendor documentation (amongst many sources I've cited) is an altogether different issue, and it is not an issue that was ever actually raised.
And the fact you assume I "must" be doing something wrong with no evidence to suggest this still makes you a tool IMO. Just as a couple of tools at Wikipedia were convinced by someone (whom I suspect of working for a competitor and/or bearing a grudge against me and/or my employer) that, since I work for Company X, it's a given that I'll at some point begin to slant everything I write in favour of Company X, despite the fact that I'd never shown any evidence whatsoever of doing any such thing in years of Wikipedia edits on $subject. Other people who work for other big software companies continue to work unhindered on pages dealing with $subject.
But I can still make edits in other areas without being drawn into a revert war, so I continue to contribute occasionally by fixing spelling and grammar errors in articles on a variety of other subjects that interest me. At least nobody can claim such edits are politically or commercially motivated. Or so I hope.
I should explain further by adding that
(a) You're a tool.
(b) I didn't "insist" on anything. I was blocked from editing a couple of pages that I'd maintained for several years, without prior warning, by someone whom I suspect was connected with a competitor, over an alleged "conflict of interest" that I don't actually have, based on the odd notion that the fact that I work for a given company would automatically make me a shill for that company. Having never made a secret of my day job (it's in my user profile), I said, "Fine, whatever," and dropped it.
"I'll bet you're great fun at parties."
Wouldn't an old android phone with an SD card running a web server be the same thing, pretty much for free? It seems like it would be a great use for all those old phones sitting in drawers. They're compact, low power and come equipped with touchscreen interfaces, powerful processors, wifi capable and SD card slots (most of them).
Meet my old Galaxy S1. It also serves as a remote control for my router and my desktop.
I'm pretty sure all the software I use on it for those things is available on G-Play, even. There's probably better/more secure stuff from alternative sources, but I am fortunate enough to live in a building whose inhabitants seem blissfully unaware that there's even a 5GHz band (since I appear to have it all to myself), so I'm not real worried about anybody leeching copies of old Green Acres shows or what have you.
So I'm going to sabotage the official docs--and thereby lose my job--just so I can score cheap points on Wikipedia? Yeah, that makes lots of sense.
Oh, it gets better. I'm "not qualified" to edit a certain set of topics in software architecture because--get this--I'm a maintainer of the official documentation for one of the most popular/widespread implementations. And therefore POV. Or something.
You do realise that in some countries adultery is a crime that carries the death penalty, right?
Imagine a court room where all of their money was tracked and then let the judge decide what is fair for their children's support.
Imagine a court room with the power to subpoena Dad's financial records if there's reason to suspect he's being substantially less than honest...
(...wait for it...)
...which the court already has.
But thanks for playing.
"If you've done nothing wrong, you've nothing to hide"?
Just today, as a result of following links from Slashdot or the BBC, or looking up or following up on things mentioned in those places, I've browsed several pages about Alessandra and Benito Mussolini, sodomy laws, some stupid anime video on YouTube of which I only watched the first 5-10 seconds (but which now shows up in my YT history just as if I'd actually looked at the whole thing), a 1990s serial killer in Washington State, nuclear proliferation, and the status of women under Islam.
A crafty lawyer or government agent could try to turn that into... God knows what... about me. In court. Where the burden of proof is suddenly shifted on *me* to prove that I'm not a closet Neo-Fascist/homosexual/serial killer/nuclear terrorist/misogynist/anime fan.
KGFY.
I'm sorry, you seem to have mistaken your own fantasies for a coherent response.
I grew up in the US, and took Civics just like everyone else.
Thanks for taking the time to answer my rhetorical question, though.
The posters were just the icing on the cake. They just made it even more obvious that, at least in Sweden, the Pirate Party don't actually care about *reaching* people and *engaging* them on the issues, but only about appealing to themselves, which I found profoundly disappointing.
The PP had an opportunity to raise some badly-needed awareness, and they squandered it on a campaign that boiled down to, "Look at us, we're so fucking clever, and we don't really expect you to get our little inside jokes, but vote for us in any case."
Your fuzzy attempts to look clever are just that--obvious attempts to score some sort of points for *looking* clever, with little or no substance. It doesn't help that you apparently can't spell or punctuate. You come across as someone who became a self-absorbed stoner at age 14, and hasn't progressed a bit from that in the 15 or 20 years since.
I suggest you either get off the bong, or get off Slashdot. Or at least quit wasting your time and ours by responding to posts that you obviously do not understand.
A course of action that is obvious to an intelligent observer is not usually considered a work of "genius".
And yes, it was an obvious thing to do... and perhaps you're new here.
Try living someplace where the length of the day is changing by 5 or 10 minutes every day that time of year *and* having your clock shifted an hour on top of that.
It's a pain in the ass, and my saying so does not make me some kind of misfit or weakling. KGFY.
..and thought the world should be a bit more like that.
What's the business interest in sub-orbital hops ?
That there are people who will pay to make them.
Get on Bus 4 at Gullmarsplan and ride all the way to the end of the line (Radiohuset).
If you don't get off at Radiohuset, but rather continue sitting on the bus... You'll eventually find yourself back at Gullmarsplan.
Did you or did you not actually go anywhere?
Discuss.
An airplane flies for long periods of time.
An "airplane" that can get you from NYC to Dallas in 30 minutes doesn't need to.
You've managed to troll yourself, bud. Nice job.
As a bonus, there's no longer any need for you to include Slashdot in the equation.
You mean it's YAYADE*? How so?
(Yet Another Young Adult Dystopian Epic)
History is on our side. We will bury you!
You're no match for For a Free Internet. But by all means keep trying.
Zontar voted for the MagickalMyst Party? Off to re-education camp with him!