No it's not. A postcard is directly in front of your eyes, in the open, and can be understood with out assistance.(same language of course and foreign language is no different than code, needs assistance) An email is not out in the open and has to be accessed via computer, hence assistance, taking some action to actually view it. Now what does the law say about taking action to actually view the communications of someone else.(spying)
It's amazing everyone forgets that information, about you, for you, from you, is yours. Third party is irrelevant. Make it the death penalty for violating it and the problem goes away. Oh course so does the gossip industry, data collection industry, domestic spying, uh I'm still trying to see a bad point about this. It also does away with third party issues as there won't be any.
Have you seen the prices for apple's garbage? They are a luxury niche.
sarcasm/ I see chasing the cheapest worker has produced real security, product quality, and stability of any kind. And why do you think that we can't get parts except from overseas, eh? It's not like the technical know how doesn't exist here, just the financial balls don't./sarcasm
"you take a mind that contemplates history or philosophy or art and replace it with one that is only concerned where its next fix comes from"
I hate to tell you this but many people already have this short-sighted view. Those inflicted are called corporate executives, stock holders, and congressman. It's the driving force of short-term capitalism, that we're trying to recover from as americans. I'm not holding my breath for a any recovery of common sense though.
Partner, great another backstabbing prick to watch out for. My uncle was in a partnership and even watching things close his partners took him to the cleaners. Believe it or not some people like to do things for themselves and can't do more than one thing at a time if you want it done right.
When citizens of the same government attack its a civil uprising. When its foreigners attacking your government/citizens its terrorism. Get a clue. Domestic terrorism is just BULLSHIT so government can get away with using more abusive terrorism laws illegally against their own citizens. Agenda is irrelevant as everyone has one.
If you don't like what a game corporation is doing then start supporting, contributing, and using open source games. It's not like there isn't plenty of them out there. This shit would go away if the market disappears. Damn whining babies and spoiled brats.
Engineers rarely get sued for mistakes, that's what the corp is for. So you want to hold programmers directly responsible for mistakes and outside actions that are often beyond their control then lets start with their bosses and upward who weren't doing their job in quality control by under paying them for the risk and not checking the code produced.
"So, it's not like motorists are somehow more law-abiding than cyclists -- because almost 100% of motorists break the speed limit. There's this one road I go down -- 30kph speed limit, and yet every car behind me always seems to catch up and pass me rather quickly when I'm going along at 30kph. In fact, I would say that most are going 50kph. That's more than 66% over the speed limit. Is every motorist continuously late for work or something? And in 50kph zones, it seems that 70kph or greater is the norm amongst motorists. On the highway you would be as lucky as a lottery-winner to see someone cruising not more than 90kph, the speed limit."
You do realize that the point of driving a car is to get from point A to point B as fast as possible, right?!!! Most of us are trying to get wherever we're going as quickly as possible. It's a method to get things done nothing less, nothing more. You may have the time to ride but most of us don't. Cars are meant to be driven fast, if we go as slow as a bicyclist the point of using them is largely lost. Motor vehicles are utilitarian, bikes are not. That's why there's hundreds of millions of motor vehicles used in all situations and bikes mostly in warm climates and only at the interests of certain people with the physical stamina and will to use them.
You left out that bicycling is only effective certain times of the year. Weather, health issues, physical condition, distance, and just plain time limit it's use. Or you could ride your bike to work and drop off the kids at school during a snowstorm in ten below zero temperatures and huff and puff the 25 miles to work after the 10 miles to the school to arrive just in time to leave for lunch.(run-on sentence intended)
"Driving is a privilege, not a right. Cell phone use is a privilege, not a right."
If I paid/pay for it, it's a right not a privilege that you don't have the right to take away. Try it, we'll quickly be at ammo and wars have been fought over less.
Then they tell you "ignorance of the law is no excuse" when given the size of our legal system it's the only excuse that matters. That's why there's specialized lawyers and you often go through several in just one case as no single lawyer can know the whole law and all its effects so what chance does a normal person have of actually knowing the law. When they arrest you for this BS law just wait for it. America is sliding down the drain. CA needs an outright civil war, given the number of guns it shouldn't be a problem and if it happens in America hopefully that like other times CA will start the trend.
"The reason why there are such laws is because we feel that we should have a moral responsibility to help those who are in immediate life-threatening danger when we are in a position to help them without (too much) personal sacrifice."
But in a country where helping is a catch-22 what would be the point? Remember America is a country born on individuality, capitalism, minimal public support, etc, and it's ingrained in our thinking.(conservative politics) Why would anyone do anything that is not in their own best interest? In this case, helping someone where getting involved opens up an unwanted legal can of worms never mind the physical/cultural risks. Plus the catch-22 can come from multiple directions(criminal,civil,financial,medical,cultural, on and on). How about stepping in and saving the life of that abortion doctor that instead died in Wichita, Kansas a while back. I'm sure the new death threats from the religious nutjobs would be wanted, that's where cultural comes in. And if you have a family, are lawmakers willing to take responsibility(all responsibility) if you get injured or killed or your family threatened because you followed that law. There's lots of reasons people don't help, many created by the very culture/legal system we live in that over-legislates, creating laws that don't actually protect anyone(abusing law), never mind biased enforcement of said laws, and then expects people to ignore survival instincts and do something not in their own interest.
"It's called freedom of choice and it's what the country was founded upon." -- George Carlin
Whose morality? It's all bullshit. Like any sport they were just enjoying the show and the girl should have known better. Besides where were the idiots who were in charge of the dance. Somehow I don't like actions being dictated to me that I don't choose for myself. Keep the blinders on america, the slide in despotism is accelerating.
"...criminalize failure to report crimes you witness..."
In a country with thousands of libraries dedicated to just housing the law, how would anyone besides an actual lawyer know? Only lawmakers, many of whom are lawyers, would care about this shit. Just another way to screw the rest of us trying stay out of the hell that is our legal system. Another excuse to harass individuals on made up charges. Make it lawyers only and public execution the punishment and I doubt it'll be around long.
How about the percentage of socially damaged kids between home schooled and public/private schools. I know public/private is higher as I'm one of them and I went to both public and private schools. Social benefits is just BS as socializing is about finding the best place to stick a knife. We are born on an individual basis and we'll die individually, well usually. How about each of us learning at our own speed, in our own way, and to our own limits? It's supposed to be a free world, or is it?
"What next? Stoning girls because they weren't virgins on their wedding?"
"This would cut down on teen pregnancy, abortion, children growing up in broken families, STDs, and so much more."
Ya, like it did before. STD's aren't new, neither is broken families; abortion and teen pregnancy???? You can't beat hormones and millions of years of evolution. Religion has been trying for thousands of years and has obviously lost. The only thing this will do is lower the population and guarantee a civil uprising like so many other times in history.
No congress didn't, the court abused the 14th amendment intended to protect the recently freed slaves for it's own ends. Kind of like what SCOTUS did today in not focusing on the actual issue that was before the court. Are we at ammo yet?
If I remember right, corporations owe their existence on the side notes of a court clerk about a case. May the bastard burn along with the judge that thought it was a good idea.
Corporations are chartered by governments, not nature, so how can they be the same as people?
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"Email is like sending a message on a postcard."
No it's not. A postcard is directly in front of your eyes, in the open, and can be understood with out assistance.(same language of course and foreign language is no different than code, needs assistance) An email is not out in the open and has to be accessed via computer, hence assistance, taking some action to actually view it. Now what does the law say about taking action to actually view the communications of someone else.(spying)
It's amazing everyone forgets that information, about you, for you, from you, is yours. Third party is irrelevant. Make it the death penalty for violating it and the problem goes away. Oh course so does the gossip industry, data collection industry, domestic spying, uh I'm still trying to see a bad point about this. It also does away with third party issues as there won't be any.
Actually when I'm paying for the connection I do expect privacy. Just like I expect it when I rent anything as at the moment its mine.(house, car)
"Wee need something to eliminate those genes from the pool.
But then there'd be no one in government or industry trying to screw us all the time. Ooooo, I like that.
"high end or luxury niches"
Have you seen the prices for apple's garbage? They are a luxury niche.
sarcasm/ I see chasing the cheapest worker has produced real security, product quality, and stability of any kind. And why do you think that we can't get parts except from overseas, eh? It's not like the technical know how doesn't exist here, just the financial balls don't. /sarcasm
"you take a mind that contemplates history or philosophy or art and replace it with one that is only concerned where its next fix comes from"
I hate to tell you this but many people already have this short-sighted view. Those inflicted are called corporate executives, stock holders, and congressman. It's the driving force of short-term capitalism, that we're trying to recover from as americans. I'm not holding my breath for a any recovery of common sense though.
"I for one would rather not have to pay those taxes."
Then how about doing-away with the f*cking taxes!
Partner, great another backstabbing prick to watch out for. My uncle was in a partnership and even watching things close his partners took him to the cleaners. Believe it or not some people like to do things for themselves and can't do more than one thing at a time if you want it done right.
When citizens of the same government attack its a civil uprising. When its foreigners attacking your government/citizens its terrorism. Get a clue. Domestic terrorism is just BULLSHIT so government can get away with using more abusive terrorism laws illegally against their own citizens. Agenda is irrelevant as everyone has one.
If you don't like what a game corporation is doing then start supporting, contributing, and using open source games. It's not like there isn't plenty of them out there. This shit would go away if the market disappears. Damn whining babies and spoiled brats.
Engineers rarely get sued for mistakes, that's what the corp is for. So you want to hold programmers directly responsible for mistakes and outside actions that are often beyond their control then lets start with their bosses and upward who weren't doing their job in quality control by under paying them for the risk and not checking the code produced.
"So, it's not like motorists are somehow more law-abiding than cyclists -- because almost 100% of motorists break the speed limit. There's this one road I go down -- 30kph speed limit, and yet every car behind me always seems to catch up and pass me rather quickly when I'm going along at 30kph. In fact, I would say that most are going 50kph. That's more than 66% over the speed limit. Is every motorist continuously late for work or something? And in 50kph zones, it seems that 70kph or greater is the norm amongst motorists. On the highway you would be as lucky as a lottery-winner to see someone cruising not more than 90kph, the speed limit."
You do realize that the point of driving a car is to get from point A to point B as fast as possible, right?!!!
Most of us are trying to get wherever we're going as quickly as possible. It's a method to get things done nothing less, nothing more. You may have the time to ride but most of us don't. Cars are meant to be driven fast, if we go as slow as a bicyclist the point of using them is largely lost. Motor vehicles are utilitarian, bikes are not. That's why there's hundreds of millions of motor vehicles used in all situations and bikes mostly in warm climates and only at the interests of certain people with the physical stamina and will to use them.
You left out that bicycling is only effective certain times of the year. Weather, health issues, physical condition, distance, and just plain time limit it's use. Or you could ride your bike to work and drop off the kids at school during a snowstorm in ten below zero temperatures and huff and puff the 25 miles to work after the 10 miles to the school to arrive just in time to leave for lunch.(run-on sentence intended)
If you're the one in power, go ahead. You won't be by the next election. That's assuming your administration lasts that long.
"Driving is a privilege, not a right.
Cell phone use is a privilege, not a right."
If I paid/pay for it, it's a right not a privilege that you don't have the right to take away. Try it, we'll quickly be at ammo and wars have been fought over less.
Then they tell you "ignorance of the law is no excuse" when given the size of our legal system it's the only excuse that matters. That's why there's specialized lawyers and you often go through several in just one case as no single lawyer can know the whole law and all its effects so what chance does a normal person have of actually knowing the law. When they arrest you for this BS law just wait for it. America is sliding down the drain. CA needs an outright civil war, given the number of guns it shouldn't be a problem and if it happens in America hopefully that like other times CA will start the trend.
"The reason why there are such laws is because we feel that we should have a moral responsibility to help those who are in immediate life-threatening danger when we are in a position to help them without (too much) personal sacrifice."
But in a country where helping is a catch-22 what would be the point? Remember America is a country born on individuality, capitalism, minimal public support, etc, and it's ingrained in our thinking.(conservative politics) Why would anyone do anything that is not in their own best interest? In this case, helping someone where getting involved opens up an unwanted legal can of worms never mind the physical/cultural risks. Plus the catch-22 can come from multiple directions(criminal,civil,financial,medical,cultural, on and on). How about stepping in and saving the life of that abortion doctor that instead died in Wichita, Kansas a while back. I'm sure the new death threats from the religious nutjobs would be wanted, that's where cultural comes in. And if you have a family, are lawmakers willing to take responsibility(all responsibility) if you get injured or killed or your family threatened because you followed that law. There's lots of reasons people don't help, many created by the very culture/legal system we live in that over-legislates, creating laws that don't actually protect anyone(abusing law), never mind biased enforcement of said laws, and then expects people to ignore survival instincts and do something not in their own interest.
"It's called freedom of choice and it's what the country was founded upon." -- George Carlin
Whose morality? It's all bullshit. Like any sport they were just enjoying the show and the girl should have known better. Besides where were the idiots who were in charge of the dance. Somehow I don't like actions being dictated to me that I don't choose for myself. Keep the blinders on america, the slide in despotism is accelerating.
"...criminalize failure to report crimes you witness..."
In a country with thousands of libraries dedicated to just housing the law, how would anyone besides an actual lawyer know? Only lawmakers, many of whom are lawyers, would care about this shit. Just another way to screw the rest of us trying stay out of the hell that is our legal system. Another excuse to harass individuals on made up charges. Make it lawyers only and public execution the punishment and I doubt it'll be around long.
How about the percentage of socially damaged kids between home schooled and public/private schools. I know public/private is higher as I'm one of them and I went to both public and private schools. Social benefits is just BS as socializing is about finding the best place to stick a knife. We are born on an individual basis and we'll die individually, well usually. How about each of us learning at our own speed, in our own way, and to our own limits? It's supposed to be a free world, or is it?
"What next? Stoning girls because they weren't virgins on their wedding?"
"This would cut down on teen pregnancy, abortion, children growing up in broken families, STDs, and so much more."
Ya, like it did before. STD's aren't new, neither is broken families; abortion and teen pregnancy???? You can't beat hormones and millions of years of evolution. Religion has been trying for thousands of years and has obviously lost. The only thing this will do is lower the population and guarantee a civil uprising like so many other times in history.
I heard the same story, you left out some "doctor" drugged the fool up.
No congress didn't, the court abused the 14th amendment intended to protect the recently freed slaves for it's own ends. Kind of like what SCOTUS did today in not focusing on the actual issue that was before the court. Are we at ammo yet?
If I remember right, corporations owe their existence on the side notes of a court clerk about a case. May the bastard burn along with the judge that thought it was a good idea.
Corporations are chartered by governments, not nature, so how can they be the same as people?
Wesley, put those nannites back.