£1 may not be converted to 1 pound of sterling silver, but it is declared legal tender by the authorities, ie: worth something.
Now the virtual couch (or the right to use a picture of a couch in a game) was bought with real money and the owner of the game has protections in place to ensure that the couch is associated with the holder of the game account. If someone breaks in and takes the virtual couch, it may not be a theft, but it should be treated as any other computer fraud.
"on this planet" may be a little exaggerated, but I really don't see why the USA should honour any concession agreement with a company guilty of negligence of these proportions.
I agree and was happy to pick up a used HP laserjet when my company was clearing out unused IT stuff... I even got an extra toner pack (a refill!) from ebay to ensure that the printer would be ready for work for a long while because I don't actually print that much... now the question is: what's stopping laser printers from becoming cheaper than the consumables in the same way as the inkjets have?
What facebook needs these days is moderation points to go around and allow people to filter out the rubbish. Some users will be clever enough to use them, some will just get all sorts of rubbish on their walls, pages, etc. At this stage in time, I see some people using facebook messaging as a white-listed email system, essentially leaving their normal emails to rot or to accumulate messages they only clean up once in a while.
The way I see it, the general public is using facebook and similar sites with the same carelessness the early adopters of the internet had a few years ago for email, forums and newsgroups. They will suffer the same spam, ID fraud, etc. that others have endured before and they will adapt. In the same way that my slashdot id is not my name, soon enough my facebook id will not be name.
Many of my true friends are on facebook and then there's a lot of contacts i would normally class as something different from "friends" if I had the chance. As years go by, it will be complicated for others like me to manage message feeds from hundreds of thousands of contacts, and moderation points and rules will be demanded by people in the same way that other online resources have had to provide solutions for trolls, noise and spam.
I don't know about people actually using it today, only that I would love to see this GUI (or a skin) on the OS used for machines with 1024x600 screens.
Is that person property? What happens if they have kids? Do they need to pay royalties?
if we take a look at the universal declaration of human rights I think it's clear that no special rules need to be made to protect the interests on individuals according to the kind of birth or technique involved in their conception. Taking the example of clones, after they're born it really is not possible to say that they are different from anyone else and therefore should have special status. right?
Article 6
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
One thing that bugs me about that clause you just quoted is that in day to day life you visit a company website where they state the purpose of the software; then the salesperson confirms that purpose and tries to prove the benefits of the software; then you read their ads on a magazine stating the purpose of the software... then when you are about to sign the contract, they say "this software is not fit for any purpose, therefore you're SOL". I would not be too bothered if the courts said that the clause you quoted is null and void.
The speech is about 90 minutes long and is very interesting, for those who care to watch. He's quite a good speaker with a very good knowledge of the industry, and he handles people's questions directly and in detail. What impressed me most was that he openly praises other companies and their cloud apps like Salesforce and Google.
I just watched it and it drags on a while. I wish there was a transcript. The meaty parts would not take more than 15 minutes to cover.
Maybe this is what I need to do for a living now that the web is turning into TV: get a bunch of people to watch videos, make transcripts and publish them for subscribers to save time instead of having to watch the whole bloody thing:)
[...] If we do find life, do we quarantine Mars so that we don't contaminate the native life there?[...]
Depends on the means used to find that life form and the motivation to go to Mars. If (say) China decides to colonise Mars as a means to ensure that human life goes on even if the Earth becomes uninhabitable, I do not think that other countries would shoot down their colony ships on the basis of preserving a pristine state of the Martian nature.
I'm sure there are international treaties about space exploration and ethics in space, but if there's an emergency or a huge amount of money waiting for a very limited subset of countries able to to reap the benefits of colonising before all others, those treaties IMHO will be ignored very quickly.
If you really want to make a honest comparison with the Netherlands, I would bet that on those Atlantic states with smaller territories and higher population density things aren't as bad as the average of the whole of the USA.
I don't know if that's insightful or scary. so you are saying that once you have been victim of identity fraud, you can't do anything to stop it from continuing?
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That's a good case study if you write it. What about your hardware? Are all laptops working fine, including powersaving features?
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£1 may not be converted to 1 pound of sterling silver, but it is declared legal tender by the authorities, ie: worth something.
Now the virtual couch (or the right to use a picture of a couch in a game) was bought with real money and the owner of the game has protections in place to ensure that the couch is associated with the holder of the game account. If someone breaks in and takes the virtual couch, it may not be a theft, but it should be treated as any other computer fraud.
"on this planet" may be a little exaggerated, but I really don't see why the USA should honour any concession agreement with a company guilty of negligence of these proportions.
and if that happens I'll blame Jennifer McCreight.
I agree and was happy to pick up a used HP laserjet when my company was clearing out unused IT stuff... I even got an extra toner pack (a refill!) from ebay to ensure that the printer would be ready for work for a long while because I don't actually print that much... now the question is: what's stopping laser printers from becoming cheaper than the consumables in the same way as the inkjets have?
What facebook needs these days is moderation points to go around and allow people to filter out the rubbish. Some users will be clever enough to use them, some will just get all sorts of rubbish on their walls, pages, etc. At this stage in time, I see some people using facebook messaging as a white-listed email system, essentially leaving their normal emails to rot or to accumulate messages they only clean up once in a while.
The way I see it, the general public is using facebook and similar sites with the same carelessness the early adopters of the internet had a few years ago for email, forums and newsgroups. They will suffer the same spam, ID fraud, etc. that others have endured before and they will adapt. In the same way that my slashdot id is not my name, soon enough my facebook id will not be name.
Many of my true friends are on facebook and then there's a lot of contacts i would normally class as something different from "friends" if I had the chance. As years go by, it will be complicated for others like me to manage message feeds from hundreds of thousands of contacts, and moderation points and rules will be demanded by people in the same way that other online resources have had to provide solutions for trolls, noise and spam.
I don't know about people actually using it today, only that I would love to see this GUI (or a skin) on the OS used for machines with 1024x600 screens.
Is that person property? What happens if they have kids? Do they need to pay royalties?
if we take a look at the universal declaration of human rights I think it's clear that no special rules need to be made to protect the interests on individuals according to the kind of birth or technique involved in their conception. Taking the example of clones, after they're born it really is not possible to say that they are different from anyone else and therefore should have special status. right?
Article 6 Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
One thing that bugs me about that clause you just quoted is that in day to day life you visit a company website where they state the purpose of the software; then the salesperson confirms that purpose and tries to prove the benefits of the software; then you read their ads on a magazine stating the purpose of the software... then when you are about to sign the contract, they say "this software is not fit for any purpose, therefore you're SOL". I would not be too bothered if the courts said that the clause you quoted is null and void.
To each their own I guess.
yes, this is Slashdot after all!
I resemble that comment!
Thanks, I will ask /. for a refund immediately.
The speech is about 90 minutes long and is very interesting, for those who care to watch. He's quite a good speaker with a very good knowledge of the industry, and he handles people's questions directly and in detail. What impressed me most was that he openly praises other companies and their cloud apps like Salesforce and Google.
I just watched it and it drags on a while. I wish there was a transcript. The meaty parts would not take more than 15 minutes to cover. Maybe this is what I need to do for a living now that the web is turning into TV: get a bunch of people to watch videos, make transcripts and publish them for subscribers to save time instead of having to watch the whole bloody thing :)
[...] If we do find life, do we quarantine Mars so that we don't contaminate the native life there?[...]
Depends on the means used to find that life form and the motivation to go to Mars. If (say) China decides to colonise Mars as a means to ensure that human life goes on even if the Earth becomes uninhabitable, I do not think that other countries would shoot down their colony ships on the basis of preserving a pristine state of the Martian nature. I'm sure there are international treaties about space exploration and ethics in space, but if there's an emergency or a huge amount of money waiting for a very limited subset of countries able to to reap the benefits of colonising before all others, those treaties IMHO will be ignored very quickly.
I was wondering when anyone would post the suggestion to "upgrade the pocket". Obvious!
"fugiu-lhe a boca para a verdade", as we say in Portugal :D
Can I offer a 3) NO children should be exposed to religion. Wait until people are 18 years old to make important decisions.
well I thought the cause and effect would be reversed in this case!
That's a lot of effort to get to... Glasgow... I hope that Frankie Boyle reads your post :D
If you really want to make a honest comparison with the Netherlands, I would bet that on those Atlantic states with smaller territories and higher population density things aren't as bad as the average of the whole of the USA.
I don't know if that's insightful or scary. so you are saying that once you have been victim of identity fraud, you can't do anything to stop it from continuing?
then there's the punctuation issue that is getting harder and harder to overcome.
you've never seen the northern England specimens have you?
yeah, they're the ones lobbying for those new Scrabble rules in Europe. They'll be crushed by the mighty Welsh team!
2) "You question the worthiness of my code? I should kill you where you stand!"
"should"?