Read the story that OP posted. It agrees with the other stories I just read. It's not rape at all, what a bunch of BS. Every time I heard it before I was wondering if either it was the CIA or whoever trying to get him, or him taking advantage of his position, but it just sounds like he's a womaniser. He had consensual sex with 2 women, who are now complaining he didn't use a condom, which is apparently illegal in Sweden, but it's hardy rape by most people's definition. The charges have obviously been used as an excuse to try to catch the guy though, it's all very dodgy and basically wouldn't have happened to anyone else.
It's a bit like Windows 7. You know the thing you want is there, but you don't know where they've hidden it with the latest redesign. So you just type the name of what you want into the search bar, and it magically appears.
Doesn't say how long they were working on it for. Plus, they didn't change it globally, it's an opt-in thing so a little more complex than just changing everyone's profile (though not by much).
The fact that it's optional means that nobody should be whining here. Obviously they're fed up of people bitching about all the changes and have decided to give them the choice this time.
To me it seems kind of like selling your wedding ring to a pawn broker and then calling the cops when someone buys it, claiming they stole it.
Obviously copyright law is different, but the act of putting the files up on a site whose sole purpose is for publicly sharing files.. that to me seems like explicit permission to share the files.
Can I delete them all in one go, or do I have to go through and pick them out? If it's the latter, I'd be tempted to go with rape.
Having said that, all the spam I get comes from marketing companies, and I find sales calls far more annoying. Even if the caller doesn't get through to me, reception still phones to ask if I want the call.
It's impossible for them to infringe upon their own copyright.
Yeah after reading my post I thought it was poorly worded, but what I mean is - if they put it on a public file sharing website, they then basically give implicit right for people to copy the files..
Morons. If they're the ones doing the original copyright infringement and putting the files up on a file sharing website for anyone to get to, doesn't that kind of negate their claim on copyright infringements when people, you know, copy the files?
Similar things were thought about phosphate groups. Unfortunately, we were wrong.
Unfortunate? I don't think it's unfortunate at all. It's things like this that make us question our "universal truths" that makes science so interesting and worthwhile.
If we already knew everything there would be no need for science. We may "know a lot", but there's not a shortage of new things to learn.
I don't necessarily think you're wrong about the carbon and hydrogen thing - I've only really studied a little physics and chemistry, no biology. But I do think you need to be more open to being wrong - and to see it as an opportunity to grow rather than as a slap in the face.
But you're missing the main point, it is still very difficult for a phone to get signal from GPS satellites, and therefore to geo-locate itself, when it is indoors, it doesn't matter whether that geo-coordinates is meant to be sent as an SMS or to be tweeted, you mentioned Twitter as if they have some magic, alternative way of getting the user's coordinates out of thin air.
I said elsewhere you could use the cell phone towers to get at least a vague position with one tower, slightly better with two, and fairly precise with 3. Someone else pointed out that they already do this for 911 calls, so they could do the same with SMS without requiring any new stuff like GPS.
I don't think that was his point exactly. Even the current English flag wasn't used around at the time of the crusades, but as a nation we've still done a lot of evil stuff. The point is that it's not the symbol that's important, it's the actions of the people behind the symbol.
Many computers have come out over the years using the Commodore and Amiga brands, but I haven't bought any since the A1200, because I know it's just a bunch of guys that have bought rights to the symbol. They don't have any of the ingenuity or flair as the original Commodore guys. If it doesn't mean anything for good symbols, why should it mean anything for the bad?
If a Twitter message can get an accurate geo-location metadata, what makes you think that information can't be attached to an SMS as well?
Are you serious? It may not be too much of an issue to update the messaging app on smartphones, but there are millions (potentially billions) of dumb phones that are still in use, many of which are not even in production any more, that would need firmware upgrades. The networks would presumably also need major upgrades too to handle the new standard.
Changing the protocol behind an already primarily web based service is relatively easy, even if the clients have to update their Twitter app for it to work. Changing something like SMS is a major undertaking. I don't think SMS has scope for extensions, otherwise MMS would be partially backwards compatible.
Whilst this perception exists use of this image shall be in bad taste; if you want change - then change the perception of the image.
To be honest I'm not one of the people that would want the image plastered on my character in a computer game, but I think by even having this conversation I'm trying to change the perception of the image.
It is possible that racist groups will keep using the Swastika for some time to come and things won't go back to "normal" in Western society, and that would be a shame. If some terrorist organisation started using the Coca Cola ribbon, would that make coke evil*?
* nevermind the fact that I already wouldn't touch it with a barge pole because of all the crap they put in it - most people still like it.
The swastika shape itself has been around for at least 8000 years according to that wiki entry. The swastika itself is still "generally associated" by millions or billions of people with their own religion.
Oh, and some idiot racist group used it for 20 years or so.
If some nation used the Christian cross as their symbol and committed a whole load of atrocities, do you think Christians would stop using the cross as a symbol? Somehow I doubt it. Crosses and cross like shapes make for very powerful and striking symbols. That's why Hitler used the Swastika in the first place.
? Cross shapes in and of themselves are pretty cool despite being used as the symbol of Christianity, and the swastika shape itself is cool, despite being used by the Nazis. If people can think shuriken make cool symbols, why do you find it so hard to believe that they might like a swastika simply for the shape?
You'd really rather a thief had easy access to your email and other personal info?
Having said that - when my last phone got stolen, they took the SIM out pretty much immediately anyway, which would stop any wiping from taking place until further connection to the net, or never if they disabled the Exchange account. They could then browse anything if they wanted. We had the IMEI blacklisted so the phone was basically useless. Hopefully the thief didn't manage to sell it.
Needless to say I now make sure to use a code to even allow unlocking of the phone (a swype-code on Android, so it's not a pain in the ass).
I mean the sort of situation where you literally can't speak, like the terrorist scenarios suggested.
I hate speaking to people on the phone. Really. I would much rather sent a text or an email in almost any situation, whether I know someone or not. But in the case of phoning for an ambulance, I'd rather do it in person because if it is indeed an emergency, you can communicate your location and other details a lot more quickly via a phone call, rather than have to have them text back to ask necessary details.
I've not been in many emergency situations but we have had to call an ambulance a couple of times this year. They like to ask questions about allergies, etc, which could be potentially important. They do like to ask pointless questions too of course, but it's good to keep someone talking if they're in shock so they maybe do it to keep the person on the phone talking to the injured person.
What if there's really shitty reception? What if the battery is almost dead? What if the user is deaf or mute? What if the phone got busted when they fell and broke their leg, and now it won't connect calls but can text? What if they have a concussion and don't remember how to speak or their hearing is messed up from that?
Those would fall under the "serious situations" category.
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Flat-pack children.. it could work, you know!
If he tried not to spill his beans so much, they wouldn't have been able to do this to him.
Read the story that OP posted. It agrees with the other stories I just read. It's not rape at all, what a bunch of BS. Every time I heard it before I was wondering if either it was the CIA or whoever trying to get him, or him taking advantage of his position, but it just sounds like he's a womaniser. He had consensual sex with 2 women, who are now complaining he didn't use a condom, which is apparently illegal in Sweden, but it's hardy rape by most people's definition. The charges have obviously been used as an excuse to try to catch the guy though, it's all very dodgy and basically wouldn't have happened to anyone else.
If she's that much of a selfish bitch she may not have actually wanted the kids anyway.
What's the point in having that much money in your wallet anyway? I use my card for everything, I get cash out only when I need it.
Same here.
It's a bit like Windows 7. You know the thing you want is there, but you don't know where they've hidden it with the latest redesign. So you just type the name of what you want into the search bar, and it magically appears.
The fact it reminded him of blow up dolls didn't give you a hint that it might be NSFW?
Doesn't say how long they were working on it for. Plus, they didn't change it globally, it's an opt-in thing so a little more complex than just changing everyone's profile (though not by much).
The fact that it's optional means that nobody should be whining here. Obviously they're fed up of people bitching about all the changes and have decided to give them the choice this time.
They presumably already have valid online outlets for their music via sites like iTunes and Amazon. This is just them being douches.
To me it seems kind of like selling your wedding ring to a pawn broker and then calling the cops when someone buys it, claiming they stole it.
Obviously copyright law is different, but the act of putting the files up on a site whose sole purpose is for publicly sharing files.. that to me seems like explicit permission to share the files.
And by "business model" you mean making their music available online and then suing people for illegally downloading said music?
Can I delete them all in one go, or do I have to go through and pick them out? If it's the latter, I'd be tempted to go with rape.
Having said that, all the spam I get comes from marketing companies, and I find sales calls far more annoying. Even if the caller doesn't get through to me, reception still phones to ask if I want the call.
It's impossible for them to infringe upon their own copyright.
Yeah after reading my post I thought it was poorly worded, but what I mean is - if they put it on a public file sharing website, they then basically give implicit right for people to copy the files..
Morons. If they're the ones doing the original copyright infringement and putting the files up on a file sharing website for anyone to get to, doesn't that kind of negate their claim on copyright infringements when people, you know, copy the files?
Similar things were thought about phosphate groups. Unfortunately, we were wrong.
Unfortunate? I don't think it's unfortunate at all. It's things like this that make us question our "universal truths" that makes science so interesting and worthwhile.
If we already knew everything there would be no need for science. We may "know a lot", but there's not a shortage of new things to learn.
I don't necessarily think you're wrong about the carbon and hydrogen thing - I've only really studied a little physics and chemistry, no biology. But I do think you need to be more open to being wrong - and to see it as an opportunity to grow rather than as a slap in the face.
But you're missing the main point, it is still very difficult for a phone to get signal from GPS satellites, and therefore to geo-locate itself, when it is indoors, it doesn't matter whether that geo-coordinates is meant to be sent as an SMS or to be tweeted, you mentioned Twitter as if they have some magic, alternative way of getting the user's coordinates out of thin air.
I said elsewhere you could use the cell phone towers to get at least a vague position with one tower, slightly better with two, and fairly precise with 3. Someone else pointed out that they already do this for 911 calls, so they could do the same with SMS without requiring any new stuff like GPS.
Consider that the Google search traffic for Ubuntu is cyclic, and matches the release cycle closely.
Part of this will of course be people trying to fix problems with the latest version :P
Though this year things have been pretty smooth sailing for me when upgrading.
I don't think that was his point exactly. Even the current English flag wasn't used around at the time of the crusades, but as a nation we've still done a lot of evil stuff. The point is that it's not the symbol that's important, it's the actions of the people behind the symbol.
Many computers have come out over the years using the Commodore and Amiga brands, but I haven't bought any since the A1200, because I know it's just a bunch of guys that have bought rights to the symbol. They don't have any of the ingenuity or flair as the original Commodore guys. If it doesn't mean anything for good symbols, why should it mean anything for the bad?
If a Twitter message can get an accurate geo-location metadata, what makes you think that information can't be attached to an SMS as well?
Are you serious? It may not be too much of an issue to update the messaging app on smartphones, but there are millions (potentially billions) of dumb phones that are still in use, many of which are not even in production any more, that would need firmware upgrades. The networks would presumably also need major upgrades too to handle the new standard.
Changing the protocol behind an already primarily web based service is relatively easy, even if the clients have to update their Twitter app for it to work. Changing something like SMS is a major undertaking. I don't think SMS has scope for extensions, otherwise MMS would be partially backwards compatible.
Whilst this perception exists use of this image shall be in bad taste; if you want change - then change the perception of the image.
To be honest I'm not one of the people that would want the image plastered on my character in a computer game, but I think by even having this conversation I'm trying to change the perception of the image.
It is possible that racist groups will keep using the Swastika for some time to come and things won't go back to "normal" in Western society, and that would be a shame. If some terrorist organisation started using the Coca Cola ribbon, would that make coke evil*?
* nevermind the fact that I already wouldn't touch it with a barge pole because of all the crap they put in it - most people still like it.
Except that the knife doesn't stand for a certain belief while the swastika did and is still generally associated with that belief.
Are you referring to Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism? That seems more like "beliefs" than "belief" to me.
The swastika shape itself has been around for at least 8000 years according to that wiki entry. The swastika itself is still "generally associated" by millions or billions of people with their own religion.
Oh, and some idiot racist group used it for 20 years or so.
If some nation used the Christian cross as their symbol and committed a whole load of atrocities, do you think Christians would stop using the cross as a symbol? Somehow I doubt it. Crosses and cross like shapes make for very powerful and striking symbols. That's why Hitler used the Swastika in the first place.
war wise, i can't think of many major wars against black people
Ahem.
? Cross shapes in and of themselves are pretty cool despite being used as the symbol of Christianity, and the swastika shape itself is cool, despite being used by the Nazis. If people can think shuriken make cool symbols, why do you find it so hard to believe that they might like a swastika simply for the shape?
You'd really rather a thief had easy access to your email and other personal info?
Having said that - when my last phone got stolen, they took the SIM out pretty much immediately anyway, which would stop any wiping from taking place until further connection to the net, or never if they disabled the Exchange account. They could then browse anything if they wanted. We had the IMEI blacklisted so the phone was basically useless. Hopefully the thief didn't manage to sell it.
Needless to say I now make sure to use a code to even allow unlocking of the phone (a swype-code on Android, so it's not a pain in the ass).
I mean the sort of situation where you literally can't speak, like the terrorist scenarios suggested.
I hate speaking to people on the phone. Really. I would much rather sent a text or an email in almost any situation, whether I know someone or not. But in the case of phoning for an ambulance, I'd rather do it in person because if it is indeed an emergency, you can communicate your location and other details a lot more quickly via a phone call, rather than have to have them text back to ask necessary details.
I've not been in many emergency situations but we have had to call an ambulance a couple of times this year. They like to ask questions about allergies, etc, which could be potentially important. They do like to ask pointless questions too of course, but it's good to keep someone talking if they're in shock so they maybe do it to keep the person on the phone talking to the injured person.
What if there's really shitty reception? What if the battery is almost dead? What if the user is deaf or mute? What if the phone got busted when they fell and broke their leg, and now it won't connect calls but can text? What if they have a concussion and don't remember how to speak or their hearing is messed up from that?
Those would fall under the "serious situations" category.