This is an incredibly short-sighted decision that will ultimately cut GW off from a large number of customers. Every manufacturer has the right to do something like this, but they don't, for obvious reasons. Instead of merely saying "that's Capitalism," I'd say it's more of a short-term vs. long-term mistake...
Neither of those examples entail the TARGETTING of civilians, nor qualify as terrorism. Nobody denies that civilian casualties occur during war - but the coalition makes an effort to avoid these casualties wherever possible. It's the Iraqi army who deliberately puts civilians in the line of fire hoping that this will prevent attack...
I said in my post I'm interested in recent stuff, not from decades ago. As far as Castro goes, I think the US needs to write off the embargo as a complete failure and open up the trade doors to Cuba. But that's a whole 'nother story...
The operations in Iraq don't target civilians - they are directed against military targets. Terrorism is an attack directed at civilians. I can't think of anybody who fights a war while working harder to avoid civilian casualties than this present coalition.
What are the terrorist activities that the US supports or commits? I'm not interested in stuff from decades ago, but recently.
As far as double standards go, of course there's a separate standard for the US. When you're the biggest and baddest on the block, you get to make some of the rules. And frankly, if you'd rather have Russia or China as the top dog instead of the US, try picturing what that would be like...
So we should spam politicians in several countries to have them get rid of spam... you know, that just might work. Perhaps someone should register the various @house.gov addresses at a few online casinos and watch the fireworks...
What is your outlook for the future of hacking high-tech consumer products? Given the increasingly hostile legal climate regarding these activities (DMCA et al) it appears that corporations have much stronger legal tools to go after hackers that in days gone by were seen as more of a not-well-understood nuisance factor. Are the good old days gone forever?
Presidents don't pass laws, Congress does. All the President can do is use an (overrideable) veto, which they don't do very often, only on those issues which are truly fundamental to their platform. I think it's safe to say that nobody in Washington is informed well enough on this front to make it their central legislative focus, so the lobbyists get to define the details and steer the bill into law.
However, this Michigan case doesn't really relate to the DMCA, does it? It sounds like it's targetting towards cable theft, but is written overly broadly and catches a huge array of legitimate activity within its net.
This sounds like a marginal addition to the PS2, trying to attract the consumer who'd like a console and a DVD player, and for whom this would provide a good opportunity to get both in one package. While I can't imagine that this will be a huge boost to PS2 sales, it'll hopefully keep things going until the next generation console comes along...
Accounting investigations usually refer to SEC regulators, who are concerned with public companies. I can't imagine that there are many public companies engaging in pr0n/scam spamming!
The point is that the DMCA isn't by definition unconstitutional - it may be a REALLY bad law, but it doesn't violate the First Amendment just because it restricts lectures like this.
I think the real difference here is between a support and development function. For day-to-day support needs, there needs to be a well-defined and understood communication process that only brings in the technical staff at the point where they're truly needed. On the new development side, however, there needs to be more direct communication between the business users and the technical staff to make sure that what is being developed is actually what the customers want.
I don't think you'll see Social Security truly end, but rather they'll make the means testing tougher and tougher over time so that only the truly needy end up getting it. Overall, however, it is still needed as a safety net. Too many people tend to overweight their 401K's in stocks as they near retirement, and end up getting whacked right when they can least afford it.
The only problem, of course, is that the timeline involved is far beyond the political lifetime of these leaders. What does it gain a current president to pump up a project that's at least 11 years out?
Don't misunderstand, I think we definitely need strong backing from leadership to make space programs a higher priority. But I just don't see that happening...
"Apple is the bastard child of stocks, with a ridiculously low price-to-earnings/price-to-assets ratio because nobody actually invests in it but fanatics"
Hmm... With a P/E of roughly 287, I think they must be fanatics indeed. There's a reason Wall Street doesn't approve of what Apple does - they don't make money!
Exactly - this is a step towards the bad old days, when such-and-such video card or this specific sound card was needed to run a particular game. The loser in all this is the consumer, whose software choices become constrained by hardware... Boo hiss!
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Just imagine the size of the pizza that they'll order for delivery...
This is an incredibly short-sighted decision that will ultimately cut GW off from a large number of customers. Every manufacturer has the right to do something like this, but they don't, for obvious reasons. Instead of merely saying "that's Capitalism," I'd say it's more of a short-term vs. long-term mistake...
Neither of those examples entail the TARGETTING of civilians, nor qualify as terrorism. Nobody denies that civilian casualties occur during war - but the coalition makes an effort to avoid these casualties wherever possible. It's the Iraqi army who deliberately puts civilians in the line of fire hoping that this will prevent attack...
Care to provide a reference, perhaps??? And something other than the Iraqi Information Minister...
But you forget that the secretaries basically run the show anyway...
I said in my post I'm interested in recent stuff, not from decades ago. As far as Castro goes, I think the US needs to write off the embargo as a complete failure and open up the trade doors to Cuba. But that's a whole 'nother story...
And I don't watch Fox!
What are the terrorist activities that the US supports or commits? I'm not interested in stuff from decades ago, but recently.
As far as double standards go, of course there's a separate standard for the US. When you're the biggest and baddest on the block, you get to make some of the rules. And frankly, if you'd rather have Russia or China as the top dog instead of the US, try picturing what that would be like...
So we should spam politicians in several countries to have them get rid of spam... you know, that just might work. Perhaps someone should register the various @house.gov addresses at a few online casinos and watch the fireworks...
What is your outlook for the future of hacking high-tech consumer products? Given the increasingly hostile legal climate regarding these activities (DMCA et al) it appears that corporations have much stronger legal tools to go after hackers that in days gone by were seen as more of a not-well-understood nuisance factor. Are the good old days gone forever?
However, this Michigan case doesn't really relate to the DMCA, does it? It sounds like it's targetting towards cable theft, but is written overly broadly and catches a huge array of legitimate activity within its net.
This sounds like a marginal addition to the PS2, trying to attract the consumer who'd like a console and a DVD player, and for whom this would provide a good opportunity to get both in one package. While I can't imagine that this will be a huge boost to PS2 sales, it'll hopefully keep things going until the next generation console comes along...
Accounting investigations usually refer to SEC regulators, who are concerned with public companies. I can't imagine that there are many public companies engaging in pr0n/scam spamming!
It seems that /. could use a new topics logo for Piracy (perhaps modeled on the Pittsburgh Pirates logo?)...
The point is that the DMCA isn't by definition unconstitutional - it may be a REALLY bad law, but it doesn't violate the First Amendment just because it restricts lectures like this.
So the heat from the CPU creates bubbles in the liquid... Certainly sounds like a Boilermaker to me!
I think the real difference here is between a support and development function. For day-to-day support needs, there needs to be a well-defined and understood communication process that only brings in the technical staff at the point where they're truly needed. On the new development side, however, there needs to be more direct communication between the business users and the technical staff to make sure that what is being developed is actually what the customers want.
I don't think you'll see Social Security truly end, but rather they'll make the means testing tougher and tougher over time so that only the truly needy end up getting it. Overall, however, it is still needed as a safety net. Too many people tend to overweight their 401K's in stocks as they near retirement, and end up getting whacked right when they can least afford it.
Don't misunderstand, I think we definitely need strong backing from leadership to make space programs a higher priority. But I just don't see that happening...
There's another good review of this in the latest issue of Maximum PC.
Hmm... With a P/E of roughly 287, I think they must be fanatics indeed. There's a reason Wall Street doesn't approve of what Apple does - they don't make money!
Wall Street doesn't appear to approve - Apple's stock is down about 2% on light volume.
Exactly - this is a step towards the bad old days, when such-and-such video card or this specific sound card was needed to run a particular game. The loser in all this is the consumer, whose software choices become constrained by hardware... Boo hiss!
Look for tomorrow's story wherein Sun decides to implement the new evil bit as part of the Opteron rollout...