I'm not sure what this obsession with RFID payment methods is.
Call me cynical, but I imagine the conversation went something like this:
Big time retail exec: "I don't want a damn PIN code getting in the way of IMPULSE BUYING!!! The cost of fraud is nothing compared to the upsells we'll be getting if we just make it 2 seconds easier to purchase, with no chance of someone getting a bad pin and reconsidering their purchase of that palette of gummy bears! Do you know what our MARGIN on gummy bears is???"
I agree with the semi-serious argument that all anti-abortion advocates should have to sign up to adopt all the children that their cause prevents being aborted.
This is one of the most pathetic straw man arguments that anti abortionists pull out... that people who are capable of aborting will have irresponsible sex solely because they CAN abort.
People will have sex, period. Safe/Unsafe/plane/train/box/fox... The fact that this planet is very well populated with Homo Sapiens is proof enough of that. I've known my share of friends and lovers that experienced abortion... not a one of them enjoyed it, to grossly understate. All of them were responsible sexually. Of course, people of your opinion often take the position that abstinence is the only form of sexual responsibility unless procreation is desired.
To which I say, check the latest population figures and tell me if you think the rest of the planet agrees.
Namesys is dead in the water, and reiserfs will go with it.
Why would it be dead? I can see it getting much, much better... after all, what else will Reiser have to do in prison but code and play someone's girlfriend?
1. Entice ISPs to create adpages on your domain by putting out a crappy website with tonsa broken links. Further, be sure to run it on IIS 1.0.
2. Sue when you get hacked.
3....
4. Profit!
Good point about transporters. Probably not going to settle for lossy compression on that one:) Maybe transporters is what ATT is really worried about. Oh, I don't know... I wouldn't bitch about lossy compression if somehow my beer gut failed to make it to the other side.
On the one hand:
Sorry, but your "urban legend" was published in Nature by Cornell University [cornell.edu]
On the other hand:
Nice rant but you lose all credibility when you blame GM for Monarch Butterfly population declines. It is well known that this was caused by illegal deforestation of the winter breeding grounds in Mexico. Umm... one posting with a link to a respected, peer-reviewed publication, another posting with a nebulous claim that it's "well known" that "illegal deforestation" is the cause.
So... eric... are you a PR flak for Monsanto or just terrible at debate?
>> What *I* really don't get is why people don't just call Scientology for what it is: a sect. That way people who never
>> heard of them will be better prepared when meeting a recruiting member and on guard.
Isn't the difference between a sect and a religion pretty much the quality of your backstory? As they go, those CoS nutjobs... err... folks have one better than most other sects. It's got drama, action and intrigue... who ever said L. Ron was a crappy writer?
quality of backstory += number of belivers += perceived legitmacy
>> Remind me again... why is the U.S. mad at them?
> France has pulled worse shitball stunts against you than Cuba has.
> They nationalized property without compensating international businesses. This earned them the initial embargo. Then
> they became Soviet puppets. This made it permanent. And when they refused to change when Carter dropped the embargo
> they lost the sympathy of future administrations that restored it. Various acts like supporting leftist guerrillas or
> shooting down Cessnas with MiGs continued to earn them international contempt.
Oh yea... one more thing... they snuck a buch of nukes onto the island, pointed 'em at us, and wanted to use them. (ok, fine, I've only heard about the 'wanting to use them' bit... I wasn't there).
Just like you wouldn't soon forget if a neighbor pointed a gun at your head or want to be very friendly with him, U.S. Presidents have a memory just like that. I suppose Christians might turn the other cheeck and forgive, but what about Presidents?
They link it up with private data held by other companies, and then they sell it to other ad companies, who then go on to pester you, perhaps send you target you with potentially embarrassing ads. Or they sell the info to prospective employers.
Damn... that's why I'm getting all that penis enlargement spam =P
While I completely agree that copyright length is crazy, there are other considerations. For example, the U.S. is a signatory to the Berne Convention, which requires copyright protection for a minimum of the lifetime of the author plus 50 years.
That said, I never understood how the Mickey Mouse Protection act ever survived constitional scrutiny, since it added ex-post-facto restrictions, which are expressly *not* constitionally allowed.
Actually, wrong.
You *can* be arrested in the U.S. for violating US law in some other country. The concept seems odd and offensive in the abstract, but it is true. One example I recall reading about was a child molester who abused little girls in Thailand getting arrested upon his return to the US.
The sad part is, most of us slashdotter, that stand up against such absurdities in the video game world, will probably the first to shout at their children that they spend too much time in the Holodeck.
That's right: In the holodeck having holokids that can be turned off when they piss you off too much.
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Hmmm... writing your name in the snow versus multiple orgasms.... tell me again why you feel sorry for women?
Call me cynical, but I imagine the conversation went something like this:
Big time retail exec: "I don't want a damn PIN code getting in the way of IMPULSE BUYING!!! The cost of fraud is nothing compared to the upsells we'll be getting if we just make it 2 seconds easier to purchase, with no chance of someone getting a bad pin and reconsidering their purchase of that palette of gummy bears! Do you know what our MARGIN on gummy bears is???"
Dead or alive, you're coming to school!
This is one of the most pathetic straw man arguments that anti abortionists pull out... that people who are capable of aborting will have irresponsible sex solely because they CAN abort.
People will have sex, period. Safe/Unsafe/plane/train/box/fox... The fact that this planet is very well populated with Homo Sapiens is proof enough of that. I've known my share of friends and lovers that experienced abortion... not a one of them enjoyed it, to grossly understate. All of them were responsible sexually. Of course, people of your opinion often take the position that abstinence is the only form of sexual responsibility unless procreation is desired.
To which I say, check the latest population figures and tell me if you think the rest of the planet agrees.
Ahhh... this explains lawyers nicely. Thanks!
Why would it be dead? I can see it getting much, much better... after all, what else will Reiser have to do in prison but code and play someone's girlfriend?
1. Entice ISPs to create adpages on your domain by putting out a crappy website with tonsa broken links. Further, be sure to run it on IIS 1.0. ...
2. Sue when you get hacked.
3.
4. Profit!
Sorry, but your "urban legend" was published in Nature by Cornell University [cornell.edu]
On the other hand:
Nice rant but you lose all credibility when you blame GM for Monarch Butterfly population declines. It is well known that this was caused by illegal deforestation of the winter breeding grounds in Mexico. Umm... one posting with a link to a respected, peer-reviewed publication, another posting with a nebulous claim that it's "well known" that "illegal deforestation" is the cause. So... eric... are you a PR flak for Monsanto or just terrible at debate?
WTH? Are you suggesting I'm incompetent because the only way I know to put ram chips through the internet pipes is through brute force?
You're reading this posting, so obviously there are others who brute force their ramchips through the internet as well.
PIPES! Not Balloons... I guess in the future we'll have both... won't that be a technological marvel!
>> What *I* really don't get is why people don't just call Scientology for what it is: a sect. That way people who never
>> heard of them will be better prepared when meeting a recruiting member and on guard.
Isn't the difference between a sect and a religion pretty much the quality of your backstory? As they go, those CoS nutjobs... err... folks have one better than most other sects. It's got drama, action and intrigue... who ever said L. Ron was a crappy writer?
quality of backstory += number of belivers += perceived legitmacy
>> Remind me again... why is the U.S. mad at them?
> France has pulled worse shitball stunts against you than Cuba has.
> They nationalized property without compensating international businesses. This earned them the initial embargo. Then
> they became Soviet puppets. This made it permanent. And when they refused to change when Carter dropped the embargo
> they lost the sympathy of future administrations that restored it. Various acts like supporting leftist guerrillas or
> shooting down Cessnas with MiGs continued to earn them international contempt.
Oh yea... one more thing... they snuck a buch of nukes onto the island, pointed 'em at us, and wanted to use them. (ok, fine, I've only heard about the 'wanting to use them' bit... I wasn't there).
Just like you wouldn't soon forget if a neighbor pointed a gun at your head or want to be very friendly with him, U.S. Presidents have a memory just like that. I suppose Christians might turn the other cheeck and forgive, but what about Presidents?
They link it up with private data held by other companies, and then they sell it to other ad companies, who then go on to pester you, perhaps send you target you with potentially embarrassing ads. Or they sell the info to prospective employers.
Damn... that's why I'm getting all that penis enlargement spam =P56k?!? Hell, REAL security experts tap their 1s and 0s on an acoustic coupler at 300 baud.
While I completely agree that copyright length is crazy, there are other considerations. For example, the U.S. is a signatory to the Berne Convention, which requires copyright protection for a minimum of the lifetime of the author plus 50 years. That said, I never understood how the Mickey Mouse Protection act ever survived constitional scrutiny, since it added ex-post-facto restrictions, which are expressly *not* constitionally allowed.
Actually, wrong. You *can* be arrested in the U.S. for violating US law in some other country. The concept seems odd and offensive in the abstract, but it is true. One example I recall reading about was a child molester who abused little girls in Thailand getting arrested upon his return to the US.
That's why it's called "fiction"
...and all, but I can't help thinking that I have a wall full of DVDs and VHS tapes that I never watch.
I don't want to steal anything... I just want to get back all those $1.50 withdrawal fees =)
I find a hammer to be highly effective; it won't remove logos well, but you feel much better once the offending device is in twenty or thirty pieces.
The sad part is, most of us slashdotter, that stand up against such absurdities in the video game world, will probably the first to shout at their children that they spend too much time in the Holodeck.
That's right: In the holodeck having holokids that can be turned off when they piss you off too much.
Parents: The Next Generation.