Companies are meant to make money, that's how they pay their employees. As long as they're not using the law/government to take advantage (i.e. Apple) then there's nothing wrong with it.
Money is not evil. It's usually the most greedy who complain about the wealth of others.
Why do you hate people so much? Why do you believe you are so superior to the rest of us?
My guess is that you're a sad nerd in his early twenties (I hope so) who is at university and is going through that cocky "I know everything" phase. I'f you're older than 25, then I suggest getting a fucking job.
So they're preventing a return to Nazism by making it illegal to say certain things. Maybe they should be it illegal to wear or own certain things too (oh they have). And "civil rights" - what lunacy! Perhaps they could convince supporters of their laws that rounding up and executing a group of people is a great idea - I see you've already come to that conclusion. "Rounding up and executing" people?
Germany's sure staying clear or Nazism, that's for sure!
Tell me what are the Germans going about the Greek people, with all those Greeks just spending German money like there's no tomorrow? Time to take control? How about taking control of their finances first. Give it time.
Yep, strong government control over the population has really kept Germans from become Nazis.
Jesus fucking Christ. How about you learn what free speech is?
Free speech means that the government can't stop you from saying what you want. It doesn't guarantee that you're allowed to say "fuck" on TV. It doesn't free you from repercussions after calling someone an asshole.
It means that you're allowed to put out your own newsletter, or write your own blog, or stand on a public street corner and say whatever you want and the government can't arrest you for it. It doesn't force people to listen to you, and it doesn't stop you from being smacked in the head if you're being a dick.
Free speech doesn't guarantee you impunity from reaction. It guarantees us that the government can't stop us from saying what we want.
Private citizens, companies, blogs, youtube, twitter etc. aren't the government - they don't have to put up listening to whatever antagonising crap you keep spouting, and are under no obligation to publish it. They may have their own principles, people may shy away from Twitter if they're bowing down to authoritarian governments, but they're not bound by the first amendment to enable free speech.
Umm, you can yell fire in a crowded theatre. It is not that speech that it illegal, it's the act of inciting panic. And in the US most people would look at you, think you were a dick, and probably gently file out of the theatre.
Free speech doesn't mean you can insult people and not get punched. Free speech means the government can't stop you saying it.
Google and Twitter are within their rights to restrict publication of things they consider offensive. But the US government can't force them to.
Obviously the German government can - if they're operating within German borders. But that's because their population has a kind of social aspergers, and doesn't realise the irony of banning neo-nazi speech. They don't have that same tradition of the right to freedom that English speaking countries have had.
I've been using Windows 7 for quite a while now, and it has never crashed. I don't have any nagging AV software, and I've disabled the slow-old virus vector Java. I use AdBlock so don't see any Flash ads.
I've used Ubuntu in the past, and it was slow, craggy and ugly. Trying this version out on VirtualBox is abysmal.
Start LibreOffice - first time "Crash Report". Want to arrange the icons on that ubiquitous screen waster on the left? You can't. Here we go, another crash: "Sorry Ubuntu 12.10 has experienced an internal error. If you notice further problems, try restarting the computer."
Hey, where's my toolbar? I see, it's only there when you hover over it. Click on sound to adjust the volume. RhythmBox pops up. What's that envelope icon? I don't want to be automatically in a chat room when I start my computer. It's bad enough that gmail does it.
Ubuntu tries too hard to be like Mac. Which, contrary to hipster belief, is not particularly user friendly. Except Ubuntu's slow, laggy and feels unresponsive.
And how are the Democrats sociopaths anyway? Just because they want to take money you earn, and spend it on others doesn't make them bad. I know it's annoying having money taken from you for silly social projects but that's the price of living in a society.
Their obsession with sucking up to Hollywood is quite annoying though. All those laws protecting media companies and persecuting civilians, plus the fact the they dangle "free-trade" agreements in front of other countries to get the same laws written - I'll agree that that is sociopathic. I'd say the Republicans are probably slightly more into arguing Jesus approves of their policies than the Dems, but you'll hear Obama talk about "God", "faith" and other bullshit all the time.
Surely it's evaluating the difference between the effect of an Obama versus a Romney win, and establishing what that is first. To some people it will be minimal.
As the Republicans say: "Are you any better off with Obama?"
It is hardly an "expense of one's future" to forgo a vote which would make minimal difference. What's the worst thing that could happen? The greater of two evils wins, and you're slightly more angry that usual?
Voting a third party will show the media that people vote and have interests in third parties. If a third party starts getting significant support, the problems with the electoral system will become clearer. You're making more of a change than voting for one of two effectively similar individuals.
Slashdot Mirror
The were going to write an article on what you do, but "Slashdotter complains about 10,000th article" did not survive the Firehose.
Companies try to make money! How evil!
Companies are meant to make money, that's how they pay their employees. As long as they're not using the law/government to take advantage (i.e. Apple) then there's nothing wrong with it.
Money is not evil. It's usually the most greedy who complain about the wealth of others.
Why do you hate people so much? Why do you believe you are so superior to the rest of us?
My guess is that you're a sad nerd in his early twenties (I hope so) who is at university and is going through that cocky "I know everything" phase. I'f you're older than 25, then I suggest getting a fucking job.
Here are some webcams set up. Nothing too interesting at the moment.
http://aws1.earthcam.com/?c=tsstreet
To a Windows 8 opening?
Who really cares about getting it first? Who (non-geek) even installs new operating systems? People just use whatever is on their computer.
He can say whatever he wants to you. You can say whatever you want back.
That's free speech.
You're the one being incited.
You Germans seem to have a predilection for going ape shit over small infractions, and wanting to control other people.
You're not talking about the Jews are you?
It's just flip back 75 years are you'd sound like your Nazi great-grandfather.
1984:
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Lolita:
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I'm not even from the States. I randomly chose Dallas, because I know many arrogant Europeans seem to have an irrational hatred of people in Texas.
So they're preventing a return to Nazism by making it illegal to say certain things. Maybe they should be it illegal to wear or own certain things too (oh they have). And "civil rights" - what lunacy! Perhaps they could convince supporters of their laws that rounding up and executing a group of people is a great idea - I see you've already come to that conclusion. "Rounding up and executing" people?
Germany's sure staying clear or Nazism, that's for sure!
Tell me what are the Germans going about the Greek people, with all those Greeks just spending German money like there's no tomorrow? Time to take control? How about taking control of their finances first. Give it time.
Yep, strong government control over the population has really kept Germans from become Nazis.
So that's not much freedom of expression then for the Germans. Plenty of things offend people's personal honor.
It's amazing that this country holds so much sway over the rest of Europe.
Exactly. And as it should be.
Abortion is not something that is arranged on EU-level
Yet.
Jesus fucking Christ.
How about you learn what free speech is?
Free speech means that the government can't stop you from saying what you want. It doesn't guarantee that you're allowed to say "fuck" on TV. It doesn't free you from repercussions after calling someone an asshole.
It means that you're allowed to put out your own newsletter, or write your own blog, or stand on a public street corner and say whatever you want and the government can't arrest you for it. It doesn't force people to listen to you, and it doesn't stop you from being smacked in the head if you're being a dick.
Because only ugly people would do it.
But the assaults provoked, so you'll rightfully get off.
See Buzz Aldrin
Free speech doesn't guarantee you impunity from reaction. It guarantees us that the government can't stop us from saying what we want.
Private citizens, companies, blogs, youtube, twitter etc. aren't the government - they don't have to put up listening to whatever antagonising crap you keep spouting, and are under no obligation to publish it. They may have their own principles, people may shy away from Twitter if they're bowing down to authoritarian governments, but they're not bound by the first amendment to enable free speech.
Umm, you can yell fire in a crowded theatre. It is not that speech that it illegal, it's the act of inciting panic. And in the US most people would look at you, think you were a dick, and probably gently file out of the theatre.
Free speech doesn't mean you can insult people and not get punched. Free speech means the government can't stop you saying it.
Google and Twitter are within their rights to restrict publication of things they consider offensive. But the US government can't force them to.
Obviously the German government can - if they're operating within German borders. But that's because their population has a kind of social aspergers, and doesn't realise the irony of banning neo-nazi speech. They don't have that same tradition of the right to freedom that English speaking countries have had.
If you could pray to a god, and wish one of the world's religions away, which one would it be?
What religion is the most destructive to humanity at the moment and has the fewest redeeming features?
I've been using Windows 7 for quite a while now, and it has never crashed. I don't have any nagging AV software, and I've disabled the slow-old virus vector Java. I use AdBlock so don't see any Flash ads.
I've used Ubuntu in the past, and it was slow, craggy and ugly. Trying this version out on VirtualBox is abysmal.
Start LibreOffice - first time "Crash Report". Want to arrange the icons on that ubiquitous screen waster on the left? You can't.
Here we go, another crash: "Sorry Ubuntu 12.10 has experienced an internal error. If you notice further problems, try restarting the computer."
Hey, where's my toolbar? I see, it's only there when you hover over it. Click on sound to adjust the volume. RhythmBox pops up. What's that envelope icon? I don't want to be automatically in a chat room when I start my computer. It's bad enough that gmail does it.
Ubuntu tries too hard to be like Mac. Which, contrary to hipster belief, is not particularly user friendly. Except Ubuntu's slow, laggy and feels unresponsive.
Ubuntu sucks shit, and that why no-one likes it.
At this rate they better make it a QUAD integer.
It can have 256 different numbers, but one of them is zero.
You can work out the max by assuming all the bits were positive. 1+2+4+8+16+32+64+128 = 255
Noah might have made some name changes when he got a pair of each onto his rather large boat before the flood.
But what about the hipster factor?
That's the reason most iMerchandise got popular.
Well many of the millionaires in Hollywood love NAMBLA.
Zimbabwe? There's probably plenty of others.
And how are the Democrats sociopaths anyway? Just because they want to take money you earn, and spend it on others doesn't make them bad. I know it's annoying having money taken from you for silly social projects but that's the price of living in a society.
Their obsession with sucking up to Hollywood is quite annoying though. All those laws protecting media companies and persecuting civilians, plus the fact the they dangle "free-trade" agreements in front of other countries to get the same laws written - I'll agree that that is sociopathic. I'd say the Republicans are probably slightly more into arguing Jesus approves of their policies than the Dems, but you'll hear Obama talk about "God", "faith" and other bullshit all the time.
Surely it's evaluating the difference between the effect of an Obama versus a Romney win, and establishing what that is first. To some people it will be minimal.
As the Republicans say: "Are you any better off with Obama?"
It is hardly an "expense of one's future" to forgo a vote which would make minimal difference. What's the worst thing that could happen? The greater of two evils wins, and you're slightly more angry that usual?
Voting a third party will show the media that people vote and have interests in third parties. If a third party starts getting significant support, the problems with the electoral system will become clearer. You're making more of a change than voting for one of two effectively similar individuals.