I'm not American, and I don't give a damn about "patriotism". People are always trying to draw up lines to divide themselves into groups be it through countries, sports, religion, politics, operating system preferences, whatever. Admittedly things like regions and countries are a necessity for governments to function effectively, but the rest are stupid to argue over. People are always looking out for a good argument/fight over anything and it's rather pathetic. I know I'm being slightly hypocritical as I can be quite argumentative and play devil's advocate a lot. But for fuck's sake, grow up.
Yes, "the terrorists". You sound like you're still worried about being attacked 8 years after one single incident. "The terrorists" don't even need to do anything because you're managing to terrorise yourself pretty well as it is. There have been far more terrorist incidents here in the UK over the last few decades - admittedly none as large as 9/11, but we don't sit here bitching about "the terrorists". I live in the oil capital of Europe btw - seems like a pretty good target to me.
Anyway, I hope you're just trolling because you seem far too much like you should be a parody character from Team America: World Police. You really are that pathetic..
First off, I'm not American so quit blaming me for your problems. Second, way to get your retard on. "He is the reason we have not been attacked since". Sure, because you were attacked soooo many times by foreign terrorists before, you can be damn sure it only happened once because Mr Bush put a stop to it. People are most afraid of that which has already happened to them, and everyone has been worrying about airplanes being asploded for the last 8 years when they should either be relaxing and getting on with their lives, or looking to shore up the whole of national security and not just airport security. And just because you think someone is a "terrorist" doesn't suddenly mean they shouldn't have rights. I think you're an asshole, but that doesn't give me a right to beat the shit out of you.
Um.. it's a six digit ID - might want to fill your own brain up a bit more before your next comment? And I'm 25, so neither particularly young nor particularly old. And you really don't have to be young to be naive, believe me.
Well, at least Guantanamo is being shut down, so we in the rest of the world can relax a little, while things stay the same for the actual US citizens..
I advise that the astronauts be restricted to plastic cutlery, otherwise it could seriously ruin the potential for turning this whole idea into a decent sci-fi movie.
Hmm, can't find anything to validate it on google so it does seem to be a kind of urban legend that downloading is legal but uploading isn't (though I think that was definitely the case in Canada a few years back before they closed up the loophole).
If you started realising that the world doesn't operate in absolutes, perhaps you wouldn't be a troll anymore. It is incredible how much oil we use and waste (millions of tons of plastic bags, 'gas', etc). There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to be more efficient in our use of resources, global warming or no global warming.
Legally copywrite violation is still a very grey area, hence the current "uploading is illegal but downloading is not" stance in a lot of places, and MP3 players only recently being made legal etc. Being "wrong" is very different from being "illegal".
Note that I didn't even say that I approve of sharing copies of digital music at all, you are assuming far too much. And I have no idea why you suddenly decided to rant about emulators, I must have hit a nerve.
The difference being that most people don't then announce that they did so in an official capacity on their company's website.
Sure the current laws on downloading are a bit of a grey area (though since uploading copyrighted files is illegal I don't see how downloading them can be acceptable, as it shows that you condone the uploading?), and if he'd done it on his own time it wouldn't be a big deal at all because it's unlikely anybody would ever know, but you can't announce that kind of thing publicly, despite (or maybe especially when..?) working for a media company.
Ah yes. I haven't seen it for years, because it was incredibly dull compared to the cartoon series.. the second and third ones were okay (unless you're a really serious fan of the original comics and hate the way they messed with the whole Jean Gray/Phoenix storyline)
Do you want your children to read review by such people, or have your children go to school with these people? To be taught by these people
I don't see that it matters as long as they aren't encouraging the kids to do likewise. Most people will have broken some law whether it's littering, speeding, whatever. Unless they are actively or passively teaching "the children" that it's okay to do the same, then it doesn't really bear any relevance. When you're acting in an official capacity for your job, you have to act responsibly or be prepared to face the consequences.
People regularly reject the law and go their own way, that doesn't mean that journalists are allowed to break the law to make sure that their reports are more "in depth". The guy deserves just what he got for being dumb enough to so publicly announce that he broke the law.
I do get it, but some people (like me) automatically skip past sigs, and the guy created his frickin name as KDawson's name plus his userID, what about that don't you get?
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they boast it as malware limiting
That's like a car's windows not being able to close fully and the manufacturer saying "it's a good thing too, because the air conditioning sucks!"
Aha, you spotted zit! I mean it. Glad we got that one cleared up.
I'm not American, and I don't give a damn about "patriotism". People are always trying to draw up lines to divide themselves into groups be it through countries, sports, religion, politics, operating system preferences, whatever. Admittedly things like regions and countries are a necessity for governments to function effectively, but the rest are stupid to argue over. People are always looking out for a good argument/fight over anything and it's rather pathetic. I know I'm being slightly hypocritical as I can be quite argumentative and play devil's advocate a lot. But for fuck's sake, grow up.
Yes, "the terrorists". You sound like you're still worried about being attacked 8 years after one single incident. "The terrorists" don't even need to do anything because you're managing to terrorise yourself pretty well as it is. There have been far more terrorist incidents here in the UK over the last few decades - admittedly none as large as 9/11, but we don't sit here bitching about "the terrorists". I live in the oil capital of Europe btw - seems like a pretty good target to me.
Anyway, I hope you're just trolling because you seem far too much like you should be a parody character from Team America: World Police. You really are that pathetic..
First off, I'm not American so quit blaming me for your problems. Second, way to get your retard on. "He is the reason we have not been attacked since". Sure, because you were attacked soooo many times by foreign terrorists before, you can be damn sure it only happened once because Mr Bush put a stop to it. People are most afraid of that which has already happened to them, and everyone has been worrying about airplanes being asploded for the last 8 years when they should either be relaxing and getting on with their lives, or looking to shore up the whole of national security and not just airport security. And just because you think someone is a "terrorist" doesn't suddenly mean they shouldn't have rights. I think you're an asshole, but that doesn't give me a right to beat the shit out of you.
Um.. it's a six digit ID - might want to fill your own brain up a bit more before your next comment? And I'm 25, so neither particularly young nor particularly old. And you really don't have to be young to be naive, believe me.
There's no way for me to know for sure yet, but I can live in hope for a little while at least.
Quiet you - you're making my imaginary kittens self harm again!
Meh. As long as the whole violation of human rights thing has stopped I don't care.
Well, at least Guantanamo is being shut down, so we in the rest of the world can relax a little, while things stay the same for the actual US citizens..
Actually, no it's discovered clearasol.
Thankyou, I'll be here all week!
I advise that the astronauts be restricted to plastic cutlery, otherwise it could seriously ruin the potential for turning this whole idea into a decent sci-fi movie.
Hmm, can't find anything to validate it on google so it does seem to be a kind of urban legend that downloading is legal but uploading isn't (though I think that was definitely the case in Canada a few years back before they closed up the loophole).
This is 100% wrong
If you started realising that the world doesn't operate in absolutes, perhaps you wouldn't be a troll anymore. It is incredible how much oil we use and waste (millions of tons of plastic bags, 'gas', etc). There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to be more efficient in our use of resources, global warming or no global warming.
It's much better than no Linux options. They don't even offer XP on all their machines. Some people are never happy..
Well, we haven't heard that he's actually facing any legal charges - so far he's just been fired (maybe on order from Rupert Murdoch himself?).
Legally copywrite violation is still a very grey area, hence the current "uploading is illegal but downloading is not" stance in a lot of places, and MP3 players only recently being made legal etc. Being "wrong" is very different from being "illegal".
Note that I didn't even say that I approve of sharing copies of digital music at all, you are assuming far too much. And I have no idea why you suddenly decided to rant about emulators, I must have hit a nerve.
The difference being that most people don't then announce that they did so in an official capacity on their company's website.
Sure the current laws on downloading are a bit of a grey area (though since uploading copyrighted files is illegal I don't see how downloading them can be acceptable, as it shows that you condone the uploading?), and if he'd done it on his own time it wouldn't be a big deal at all because it's unlikely anybody would ever know, but you can't announce that kind of thing publicly, despite (or maybe especially when..?) working for a media company.
Ah yes. I haven't seen it for years, because it was incredibly dull compared to the cartoon series.. the second and third ones were okay (unless you're a really serious fan of the original comics and hate the way they messed with the whole Jean Gray/Phoenix storyline)
wtflox, please don't tell me Firefox is owned by Rupert Murdoch too?
Do you want your children to read review by such people, or have your children go to school with these people? To be taught by these people
I don't see that it matters as long as they aren't encouraging the kids to do likewise. Most people will have broken some law whether it's littering, speeding, whatever. Unless they are actively or passively teaching "the children" that it's okay to do the same, then it doesn't really bear any relevance. When you're acting in an official capacity for your job, you have to act responsibly or be prepared to face the consequences.
People regularly reject the law and go their own way, that doesn't mean that journalists are allowed to break the law to make sure that their reports are more "in depth". The guy deserves just what he got for being dumb enough to so publicly announce that he broke the law.
I have to agree that 10 inches of wood should be enough to impress all but the most demanding of women.
I think tiny netbooks are the equivalent of a tiny piano (+pianist) for the uninitiated: They look stupid.
Hey! Leave my tiny pianist out of this!
I do get it, but some people (like me) automatically skip past sigs, and the guy created his frickin name as KDawson's name plus his userID, what about that don't you get?