Black Americans could never sue the families of slave owners because the accused behaved within the laws of the day and the offended are not alive to hold them liable. Simply speaking, someone has to have to be affected to sue. If you are not affected, then you have no grounds to sue. Simple as that. I as cannot sue you for running over my brother's dog because it is not my dog that was run over. -- Intro to the Legal System 101
Why is WoW so successful? I personally don't play WoW. I play FFXI. The simple fact is that the game creates a community environment that causes you to enjoy the people more than maybe the game. Sure, it's really cool to camp a dragon so everyone can get the rare item that the beast drops, but what are you really doing? You're interacting with people and hearing about their lives and creating relationships in the game. This creates a loyalty, not necessarily to the game, but to the characters you play with.
For me, I have a finite amount of time to play games. So I have to decide, do I buy game X and spend that time playing alone or building new relationships, or do I keep the game that connects me to several people I've got a relationships with already?
disclaimer: I am not a Microsoft supporter.
It is their operating system. I remember back in my days of using Windows downloading WinAmp immediatetly for my media player, and downloading, Avant browser (had tabs and used it while firefox was still in beta). Even KDE and Gnome have their own complimentary line of products like Amarok, etc. KDE even integrates its web browser into its file manager. To me, they're exhibiting similar behavior.
Microsoft built the better model for selling their software and then built a a very protective license (one that is popularly emulated). But at least the released an API so you could develop your own applications for Windows and profit yourself.
So, to make a long story short. I find it completely appropriate to use the word 'allow' as opposed to some other word.
FTA:...to a dock that doubles as a toilet-tissue holder.'"
When asking to borrow a friend's iPod, one must now ask if they have one of these little accessories. If your friend does, in fact, have one in his favorite upstairs bathroom. Do not, I repeat, Do not touch his iPod!
During the 90's the world got lost in the web and its, then virtually static existence. Young males who found it easier to read star wars character bios for hours than try and get a girl grew up missing something in their lives. A LIFE!!! So, they created Web 2.0 (doh! I said it). Now they've brought that LIFE to the Web (instead of going out and getting one), where they can, not only read Star Wars bios, but they can discuss the finer points of the character's psyche with other losers rather than contemplate the same by themselves while stripped to their boxers in front of thier computer in the corner of their mother's basement.
Can anyone recall what happened to a certain Dr. Connors for doing something like this? We're gonna have a whole bunch of Lizards running around. If I recall, he kinda went nuts too.
I've never actually been compelled to write anything using expressions which I haven't tested here at/. So here goes...
How much more freakin' gay can you be?!? It might be cool if it were, say, for my 70 year old grandpa! Hotlist? I don't think that has been used since... Ok. Maybe he 80's. I was going for something like the 30's to follow with the 70 year old grandpa comment. Regardless, my respet for Wal-mart as the great pillar of American business it is has been flushed.
I was really hoping this would work out differently. I mean, I've had a page rank of 4 for almost two years on my blog and I'm really not happy that Google maintains such a low algorithmic opinion of me. I write a whole lot better than this other guy with a PR7 about the same stuff. Google clearly has it out for me!
How do I sign up for the class action thingy?
sarcasm
This is less to do with cooperation with the law and more to do with finding a way the public will support the filtering of content. Child porn is horrible stuff. Of course we want ISP's to be responsible corporate citizens. Filter away my friends! [Sarcasm].
And for this you would yourself compromise a system, grab a few vunerable records for proof and then send it to me or just assume that I'm too arrogant to listen to my own short comming and post the vunerablility on a forum somewhere so everyone and their brother could check it out...
This is like checking to see if your neighbor's door is open, entering (without permission) because it's unlocked, and grabbing a twenty off my table just to makesure no one else took it. Doesn't make sense.
Your comment about unsecured laptops etc. is fine and dandy, but you make an assumption that adaquate security measures aren't already attempted to be in place.
Instead however, how about we insist on the importance of system security and the importance of a pofessional security analyst in an IT shop and if a company is illegally negligent, charge their asses.
I completely understand the policy... As an employee of an Athletic University for a School larger than Kent State, I see first hand how irresponsible these kids (student athletes) can be (Not saying the all are, but we all read our local papers). There is a lot of pressure on these kids and what an immature 18 year old would think nothing of may haunt them for their professional career. College athletes are celebrities in their own right and people are hungry for dirt. Say a hot shot freshman gets drafted by a major sports team and he posted photos of himself at parties drinking as a minor. Now we have dirt. What's worse, if he is a scholarship holder and he's publicly posting his lack of respect for the law and the school he plays for, it doesn't look good on the school, athletes, or staff.
A lot of responsibility is on these kids. Believe me. So, think of it as a rule that insists that student athletes CYA, for their sake and the school's sake.
This whole debate about black hats, grey hats, etc. is ridiculous. I don't give a crap about itension for the intrusion. If I didn't invite you to break into my system, then you're trespassing and should be punished. I don't care if you've told me about it or not.
Now, if you stumble and only stumble (As in not go any farther than to point out a potential weakness and not go snooping), that's different. You haven't actually hacked. When you cross that line, you've screwed yourself and should be punished.
Dell's Optiplex SX line tried to do this. They basically attempted to create a compact desktop quality machine and went with laptop hard drives. If you over look the machines constantly blowing capacitors on the motherboard, you'll see that you're spending more for drive capacity and sacrificing performance for workspace. Not a good idea on the desktop in my most humble opinion.
Dinner, movie, it's late. "Come back to my place baby. We can chill. Ok, I mean heat things up."
This boy had invested time talking with this girl and coercing her into a meeting, then spent money for a date. Only a chick would argue that an expectation to give a little back wasn't present. Whether it's right or not, or whether the girl puts out is separate from the expectations of the evening.
Think of what probably happened. The boy is 19. She's out with an older dude. She wanted to be cool. He knew she'd probably go for it. He got to pick the battle field. She felt guilty and told mom. Then mom told dad, and dad called his frat buddy to devise a way to get some money out of it.
Don't get me wrong, the boy was a pig and deserves to be put in prision. But as a victim of a school system that taught me what a vagina was by 5th grade and had me acting out skits of the right and wrong way to handle sexual pressure by 6th grade, I seriously doubt that the girl went to that boy's place without a clear understanding of the boy's expectations of the evening.
Clearly, this girl is stupid and the boy was manipulative. A girl that dumb couldn't possibly scrape up the mental juice to blame MySpace--unless only idiots sue for their own errors in judgment.
I think you miss the point... The big telecoms want to control what data you send/receive not priority. You can already do packet prioritization on your end. Managed switches are used plenty in networks that use VOIP to prioritize voice packets. This is a means for telecom companies to force you to use their specific services over their specific infrastructure.
Here's the deal... The RIAA disapproves of the idea of storing media in an electronic format. It makes it harder to control.
What about Internet radio stations? Ever hear of streamripper? You can rip streams for later use all day and all night. Why not sue all Internet radio stations?
Pop a cassette in the stereo. Who would you sue then? The radio stations of the radio manufacturers?
So XM gives you the opportunity to record songs for later playback. If it's anything like the Sirius devices, you can't get the music off of the device. Kinda like Tivo for a subcription paid for service? This is ultimately going to hurt the artists more than help them.
And in the morning open source wakes up screaming upon seeing its bedmate's horns and oddly reddish glow. ... and then [Open Source] proceeds to chew it's arm off to get away without it [M$] waking up.
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Black Americans could never sue the families of slave owners because the accused behaved within the laws of the day and the offended are not alive to hold them liable. Simply speaking, someone has to have to be affected to sue. If you are not affected, then you have no grounds to sue. Simple as that. I as cannot sue you for running over my brother's dog because it is not my dog that was run over. -- Intro to the Legal System 101
Why is WoW so successful? I personally don't play WoW. I play FFXI. The simple fact is that the game creates a community environment that causes you to enjoy the people more than maybe the game. Sure, it's really cool to camp a dragon so everyone can get the rare item that the beast drops, but what are you really doing? You're interacting with people and hearing about their lives and creating relationships in the game. This creates a loyalty, not necessarily to the game, but to the characters you play with.
For me, I have a finite amount of time to play games. So I have to decide, do I buy game X and spend that time playing alone or building new relationships, or do I keep the game that connects me to several people I've got a relationships with already?
I'm sorry, were you trying to be fashionably late?
disclaimer: I am not a Microsoft supporter.
It is their operating system. I remember back in my days of using Windows downloading WinAmp immediatetly for my media player, and downloading, Avant browser (had tabs and used it while firefox was still in beta). Even KDE and Gnome have their own complimentary line of products like Amarok, etc. KDE even integrates its web browser into its file manager. To me, they're exhibiting similar behavior.
Microsoft built the better model for selling their software and then built a a very protective license (one that is popularly emulated). But at least the released an API so you could develop your own applications for Windows and profit yourself.
So, to make a long story short. I find it completely appropriate to use the word 'allow' as opposed to some other word.
Who said anything about using public restrooms?
FTA: ...to a dock that doubles as a toilet-tissue holder.'"
When asking to borrow a friend's iPod, one must now ask if they have one of these little accessories. If your friend does, in fact, have one in his favorite upstairs bathroom. Do not, I repeat, Do not touch his iPod!
Could someone tell me why when this guy speaks he gets on /., but when I speak, I get modded 2 Funny? It is because my last name isn't cool enough?
During the 90's the world got lost in the web and its, then virtually static existence. Young males who found it easier to read star wars character bios for hours than try and get a girl grew up missing something in their lives. A LIFE!!! So, they created Web 2.0 (doh! I said it). Now they've brought that LIFE to the Web (instead of going out and getting one), where they can, not only read Star Wars bios, but they can discuss the finer points of the character's psyche with other losers rather than contemplate the same by themselves while stripped to their boxers in front of thier computer in the corner of their mother's basement.
Can anyone recall what happened to a certain Dr. Connors for doing something like this? We're gonna have a whole bunch of Lizards running around. If I recall, he kinda went nuts too.
I've never actually been compelled to write anything using expressions which I haven't tested here at /. So here goes...
How much more freakin' gay can you be?!? It might be cool if it were, say, for my 70 year old grandpa! Hotlist? I don't think that has been used since... Ok. Maybe he 80's. I was going for something like the 30's to follow with the 70 year old grandpa comment. Regardless, my respet for Wal-mart as the great pillar of American business it is has been flushed.
I was really hoping this would work out differently. I mean, I've had a page rank of 4 for almost two years on my blog and I'm really not happy that Google maintains such a low algorithmic opinion of me. I write a whole lot better than this other guy with a PR7 about the same stuff. Google clearly has it out for me!
How do I sign up for the class action thingy?
sarcasm
Burn!
This is less to do with cooperation with the law and more to do with finding a way the public will support the filtering of content. Child porn is horrible stuff. Of course we want ISP's to be responsible corporate citizens. Filter away my friends! [Sarcasm].
And for this you would yourself compromise a system, grab a few vunerable records for proof and then send it to me or just assume that I'm too arrogant to listen to my own short comming and post the vunerablility on a forum somewhere so everyone and their brother could check it out...
This is like checking to see if your neighbor's door is open, entering (without permission) because it's unlocked, and grabbing a twenty off my table just to makesure no one else took it. Doesn't make sense.
Your comment about unsecured laptops etc. is fine and dandy, but you make an assumption that adaquate security measures aren't already attempted to be in place.
Instead however, how about we insist on the importance of system security and the importance of a pofessional security analyst in an IT shop and if a company is illegally negligent, charge their asses.
I completely understand the policy... As an employee of an Athletic University for a School larger than Kent State, I see first hand how irresponsible these kids (student athletes) can be (Not saying the all are, but we all read our local papers). There is a lot of pressure on these kids and what an immature 18 year old would think nothing of may haunt them for their professional career. College athletes are celebrities in their own right and people are hungry for dirt. Say a hot shot freshman gets drafted by a major sports team and he posted photos of himself at parties drinking as a minor. Now we have dirt. What's worse, if he is a scholarship holder and he's publicly posting his lack of respect for the law and the school he plays for, it doesn't look good on the school, athletes, or staff.
A lot of responsibility is on these kids. Believe me. So, think of it as a rule that insists that student athletes CYA, for their sake and the school's sake.
This whole debate about black hats, grey hats, etc. is ridiculous. I don't give a crap about itension for the intrusion. If I didn't invite you to break into my system, then you're trespassing and should be punished. I don't care if you've told me about it or not. Now, if you stumble and only stumble (As in not go any farther than to point out a potential weakness and not go snooping), that's different. You haven't actually hacked. When you cross that line, you've screwed yourself and should be punished.
Dell's Optiplex SX line tried to do this. They basically attempted to create a compact desktop quality machine and went with laptop hard drives. If you over look the machines constantly blowing capacitors on the motherboard, you'll see that you're spending more for drive capacity and sacrificing performance for workspace. Not a good idea on the desktop in my most humble opinion.
Now, when a mouse is hit by a broom, there is a shred of hope that the little fella will walk again. *sniff* Walk, WALK! *sniff* *sniff*
Back to tin cans connected by string.
Dinner, movie, it's late. "Come back to my place baby. We can chill. Ok, I mean heat things up."
This boy had invested time talking with this girl and coercing her into a meeting, then spent money for a date. Only a chick would argue that an expectation to give a little back wasn't present. Whether it's right or not, or whether the girl puts out is separate from the expectations of the evening.
Think of what probably happened. The boy is 19. She's out with an older dude. She wanted to be cool. He knew she'd probably go for it. He got to pick the battle field. She felt guilty and told mom. Then mom told dad, and dad called his frat buddy to devise a way to get some money out of it.
Don't get me wrong, the boy was a pig and deserves to be put in prision. But as a victim of a school system that taught me what a vagina was by 5th grade and had me acting out skits of the right and wrong way to handle sexual pressure by 6th grade, I seriously doubt that the girl went to that boy's place without a clear understanding of the boy's expectations of the evening.
Clearly, this girl is stupid and the boy was manipulative. A girl that dumb couldn't possibly scrape up the mental juice to blame MySpace--unless only idiots sue for their own errors in judgment.
Come now. The Black Nintendo DS Lite are highly skilled ninja. They don't want to be found...
I think you miss the point... The big telecoms want to control what data you send/receive not priority. You can already do packet prioritization on your end. Managed switches are used plenty in networks that use VOIP to prioritize voice packets. This is a means for telecom companies to force you to use their specific services over their specific infrastructure.
Don't Panic
Your planet is about to be demolished to make way for an interstellar highway.
Here's the deal... The RIAA disapproves of the idea of storing media in an electronic format. It makes it harder to control.
What about Internet radio stations? Ever hear of streamripper? You can rip streams for later use all day and all night. Why not sue all Internet radio stations?
Pop a cassette in the stereo. Who would you sue then? The radio stations of the radio manufacturers?
So XM gives you the opportunity to record songs for later playback. If it's anything like the Sirius devices, you can't get the music off of the device. Kinda like Tivo for a subcription paid for service? This is ultimately going to hurt the artists more than help them.
And in the morning open source wakes up screaming upon seeing its bedmate's horns and oddly reddish glow.
... and then [Open Source] proceeds to chew it's arm off to get away without it [M$] waking up.