A stupid man should have the same right to utterly fuck his life up as an intelligent man. Should fat people and their risk of heart disease be allowed to eat at McDonald's?
The only drugs that should be outlawed are antibiotics, and the reason for that is your overuse diminishes their effectiveness in combatting MY infections.
I'm not advocating making antibiotic illegal to prescribe, I'm advocating removing all restrictions against adults buying and using OTHER drugs. The laws regarding antibiotics should stay the same IMO.
Maybe alcohol's famous effect of being "liquid courage" is affecting my bravery, mister coward? My speaking out against unjust laws is my civic duty.
Your juvinile ignorance is almost cute, son. heresay is not admissable in court, and the DEA is far too busy going after people importing billions of dollars worth of cocaine to squander its budget going after pot smokers.
My duty isn't to obey unjust laws; my duty is to try to get them changed.
Well first of all you've destroyed your lungs by smoking that (quasi-unfiltered) stuff.
I've probably destroyed my lungs, but by smoking that LEGAL stuff (tobacco) daily for thirty years. I have every expectation of dying of lung caner from the tobacco.
I never said DRUGS have no effect on you - all drugs are different. But right now the only two girlfriends I've had since my divorce are dying from drug use. Cris and Robyn are alcoholics, and both are dying of cirrhosis. My uncle died of lung cancer twenty years after giving up cigarettes. In fact, the two deadliest drugs there are, alcohol and noccotine, are legal.
That bullshit is what they want you to believe, since it encourages feelings of helplessness and acts to prevent most people from joining a boycott (which would hurt, as corporations tend to have substantial costs as well and the boycott doesn't cut those).
Has the RIAA ceased to exist yet? The organized boycott has been going on for half a decade and not only do they still exist, andy loss of sales is blamed on "piracy".
Bullshit has to be false to be bullshit. What's bullshit is the assertion that boycotts still work. They don't.
Very true, and you illustrate my point. Cocaine is a nasty drug; people I've known that used it for any sustained periods at all turned into utterly selfish money grubbing assholes (which makes me suspect that people running the MNCs are cocaine addicts).
But after listening to the government's utter bullshit about marijuana and discovering that it is in fact utter bullshit, does NOT fuck your life up, does NOT do anything the government says it does, Joe Kidd is likely to try crack or heroin, which ARE very nasty drugs indeed. The government's anti-drug lies are counterproductive.
Why is tobacco legal? None of its addicts survive; it is the deadliest of all drugs, and may be as addictive as any. Noccotine is one of the deadliest poisons of the planet; it's used in insecticides. All of the stated reasons for drugs being outlawed apply ito tobacco, and in spades. Either outlaw tobacco or legalize all the other drugs (except antibiotics).
Your sin is none of my business, mine is none of yours, and neither is government's business.
Incest results in an increased likelihood of genetic defects in the offspring
Thes days we have biorth control and abortion. And if increased rick of genetic defects is a reason fro a law, they should put Monsanto and Dow's Presidents in prison for the nasty stuff they spew into the invironment.
Yes, but the fact is that Federal law says that Verizon isn't responsible for what goes through their network. Is there a lawyer in the house? If so, does Verizon's censorship give them culpability if you stumble across child porn on their network?
I should point out that the Wikipedia page linked to above states that tin whisker problems 'are negligible in modern alloys,' but can we trust Wikipedia?
If course not! I left my cat alone with wikipedia and wikipedia huffed it!
Ah, but I wish I were young enough to be so naive again. I sorely envy you, young man.
The awful truth is that Darl McBride is no different than any other corporate shitbag. He is no more a thieving liar than any of the others. Only a sociopath cane run a modern corporation. All of them are just as stupid and arrogant.
When you're born into money, arrogance comes naturally. When you're born into influence you have no need of intelligence.
Am I the only one that laughs at the commercials where Donald Trump hawks his method for getting rich? What The Fuck would a man who was given a hundred million dollars at age 21 know about getting rich? The stupid, arrogand son of a bitch was not only born wealthy, but born super wealthy!
The only thing dumber would be listening to anything the arrogant moron has to say.
And no, it isn't Murphey or Moore. Murphy said "if there's a wrong way to do something, someone will do it that way". It has been bent out of shape and most people will tell you it says "anything that can possibly go wrong will".
Moores law is about transistor density in computer chips. You wouldn't be interested. So, what are you doing here?
Pretty typical attitude in any corporation I'd say. I can't think of anything more evil than corporations. Jack in the box? Kills children for profit with poison hamburgers. Ford? Kills its Pinto customers by fiery death for ten dollars per car. Tyson foods? Burns all the employees in its Georgia plant to death to keep them from stealing chicken parts (at least a guy went to prison for that one - for two years). Union Carbide: the Energiser Bunny company killed more Indans than Osama Bin laden killed Americans.
The list goes on and on. They will literally mass-murder people for chump change and you think they'd balk at infringing GPL's copyright?
Fire doesn't have to be hot? What are you smoking, crack or crystal? If you're going to make a laughably stupid comment like that you had damned well better explain it or everyone will know you're clueless. How in Satan's name can DRM ever be a good thing? It does absolutely nothing to prevent piracy but only serves to inconvinience the honest, paying customer.
Anyone who would use an incredibly brain-dead technology like this is too stupid to argue or bargain with. I refuse to do business with anyone who supports or apologizes for DRM. You should as well.
A SIM lock, Simlock or Network lock, not to be confused with PIN or PUK code, is a capability built-in to GSM phones by mobile phone manufacturers. Network providers use this capability to restrict the use of these phones to specific countries and network providers. Currently, phones can be locked to accept only SIM cards from one or more of the following:
Countries (the phone will work in one country, but not another)
SIM types (i.e. only specific SIM cards can be used with the phone).
In some countries, most mobile phones are shipped with country and/or network provider locks. In addition, these locked phones tend to have firmware installed on them which is specific to the network provider. For example, if you have a Vodafone or Telstra branded phone in Australia, it displays the relevant logo and may only support features provided by that network (i.e. Vodafone Live!). This firmware is installed by the service provider and is separate from the locking mechanism. You can unlock most mobile phones to work with any GSM, such as O2 or Orange (in the UK) but the phone may still display the original branding and may not support features of your new carrier. Most phones can be unbranded by uploading a different firmware version, a procedure recommended for advanced users only.
This is the main reason I love slashdot - it exposes me to new ideas and technologies. If I run across something unfamiliar, wikipedia almost alwasys comes to the rescue.
As to SIM locks and DRM, WTF? These are EVIL with a capital E and capital V, I, and L. They are the antithesis of OSS.
"Look" Satan said to me, I know that concepts like murder, adultery, and theift 'go against the Christian philosophy,' but they are necessary components of the current industry. Why do we need locked cages? We do," Satan continues. "Some of these things harm the industry but they're here [as things stand]. These are touchy, emotional issues, but this dialogue is very much needed. As an industry, we plan to use Christian technologies, but we are not yet ready to play by the rules; but this needs to work the other way round too."
I have three words for Jaaksi and his father Satan: "Fuck off, asshole."
We have two "real" third parties, the Green Party (I don't think they have a clear nominee yet) and the Libertarian Party. Unfortunately, this election the Libbies are running a Republican as their candidate.
The only reason they aren't considered "real" parties is that Corporate Media, run by the corporations who bribe both wings of the Republicrat Corporate party, don't want you to think of them as real or viable. If I give a ten thoudand dollar "campaign contribution" to the Republican wing of the party and another ten thousand dollars (chump change to a corporation) to the Democrat wing, it doesn't matter which candidate loses, I win. My only problem is if neither Republicrat candidate wins, so I'm not very damned likely to cover a Green or Libertarian.
This was especially telling in the 2000 elections. That was the year I decided to no longer vote for Republicrats.
In that race, the Grean Party cast Ralph Nader as its candidate. Nader got lots of mainstream corporate press, some would say in spite of (I now say because of) the fact that mathematically he had no chance of winning whatever; he wasn't on the ballot in enough states.
The Libertarians were on the ballot in 49 states, yet their candidate got nary a peep from the Corporate Media.
Union Carbide murdered more Indians than Osama murdered Americans. Jack-In-The-Box killed dozens of children with poison hamburgers. Sony put a trojan rootkit on music CDs that my daughter infected my computer with. Ford killed its customers for a ten dollar profit per Pinto. The list goes on - corporations are by their nature evil. If it comes to a choice between losing profits and killing people, the corporate CEO will gladly and willingly kill people. And corporate media is pro-corporation.
If you think we only have two real parties, you have been brainwashed by your corporate overlords.
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Extortion works using the threat of committing a crime
"Give me all your money or I'll smoke this joint!"
See how stupid your statement is? Extortion works by using the threat of HARMING YOU.
A stupid man should have the same right to utterly fuck his life up as an intelligent man. Should fat people and their risk of heart disease be allowed to eat at McDonald's?
The only drugs that should be outlawed are antibiotics, and the reason for that is your overuse diminishes their effectiveness in combatting MY infections.
I'm not advocating making antibiotic illegal to prescribe, I'm advocating removing all restrictions against adults buying and using OTHER drugs. The laws regarding antibiotics should stay the same IMO.
Maybe alcohol's famous effect of being "liquid courage" is affecting my bravery, mister coward? My speaking out against unjust laws is my civic duty.
Your juvinile ignorance is almost cute, son. heresay is not admissable in court, and the DEA is far too busy going after people importing billions of dollars worth of cocaine to squander its budget going after pot smokers.
My duty isn't to obey unjust laws; my duty is to try to get them changed.
Well first of all you've destroyed your lungs by smoking that (quasi-unfiltered) stuff.
I've probably destroyed my lungs, but by smoking that LEGAL stuff (tobacco) daily for thirty years. I have every expectation of dying of lung caner from the tobacco.
I never said DRUGS have no effect on you - all drugs are different. But right now the only two girlfriends I've had since my divorce are dying from drug use. Cris and Robyn are alcoholics, and both are dying of cirrhosis. My uncle died of lung cancer twenty years after giving up cigarettes. In fact, the two deadliest drugs there are, alcohol and noccotine, are legal.
That bullshit is what they want you to believe, since it encourages feelings of helplessness and acts to prevent most people from joining a boycott (which would hurt, as corporations tend to have substantial costs as well and the boycott doesn't cut those).
Has the RIAA ceased to exist yet? The organized boycott has been going on for half a decade and not only do they still exist, andy loss of sales is blamed on "piracy".
Bullshit has to be false to be bullshit. What's bullshit is the assertion that boycotts still work. They don't.
We feel helpless because we are helpless.
not all drugs are the same
Very true, and you illustrate my point. Cocaine is a nasty drug; people I've known that used it for any sustained periods at all turned into utterly selfish money grubbing assholes (which makes me suspect that people running the MNCs are cocaine addicts).
But after listening to the government's utter bullshit about marijuana and discovering that it is in fact utter bullshit, does NOT fuck your life up, does NOT do anything the government says it does, Joe Kidd is likely to try crack or heroin, which ARE very nasty drugs indeed. The government's anti-drug lies are counterproductive.
Why is tobacco legal? None of its addicts survive; it is the deadliest of all drugs, and may be as addictive as any. Noccotine is one of the deadliest poisons of the planet; it's used in insecticides. All of the stated reasons for drugs being outlawed apply ito tobacco, and in spades. Either outlaw tobacco or legalize all the other drugs (except antibiotics).
There have been times in my life when I smoked pot daily for periods of several years. I think I was stoned the whole time I was in college.
homosexuality is a sin under the law of Moses.
Your sin is none of my business, mine is none of yours, and neither is government's business.
Incest results in an increased likelihood of genetic defects in the offspring
Thes days we have biorth control and abortion. And if increased rick of genetic defects is a reason fro a law, they should put Monsanto and Dow's Presidents in prison for the nasty stuff they spew into the invironment.
I'm not buying RIAA CDs and I'll NEVER buy anothter Sony product, but I'm not going to try and fool myself into thinking it matters in any way.
Yes, and they also want to make people into criminals for exercising Fair Use rights
And a pony.
Yes, but the fact is that Federal law says that Verizon isn't responsible for what goes through their network. Is there a lawyer in the house? If so, does Verizon's censorship give them culpability if you stumble across child porn on their network?
How many millions could I snatch?
Wipe? Barbarians...
Real men use a bidet.
It seems Veriizon censored the above comment. Here is the uncensored version:
Real gay men use a bidet. You have to be REAL gat to use one, Mary.
I should point out that the Wikipedia page linked to above states that tin whisker problems 'are negligible in modern alloys,' but can we trust Wikipedia?
If course not! I left my cat alone with wikipedia and wikipedia huffed it!
Never trust wikipedia. It'll huff anything.
he's stuck between a rock (freedom) and a hard place (loosing face/being stuck with Symbian)...
He loosed his face? So that's why he talks so stupid!
IPR... for @#$% sake stop using "Intellectual Property."
You misspelled "Fuck's" and "intellectual pooperty".
Ah, but I wish I were young enough to be so naive again. I sorely envy you, young man.
The awful truth is that Darl McBride is no different than any other corporate shitbag. He is no more a thieving liar than any of the others. Only a sociopath cane run a modern corporation. All of them are just as stupid and arrogant.
When you're born into money, arrogance comes naturally. When you're born into influence you have no need of intelligence.
Am I the only one that laughs at the commercials where Donald Trump hawks his method for getting rich? What The Fuck would a man who was given a hundred million dollars at age 21 know about getting rich? The stupid, arrogand son of a bitch was not only born wealthy, but born super wealthy!
The only thing dumber would be listening to anything the arrogant moron has to say.
Yes, he would. That's how people who are born into wealth are.
If somone is programing for fun they can right whatever code they want
They can wrong it, too.
Yes, that's the gist.
And no, it isn't Murphey or Moore. Murphy said "if there's a wrong way to do something, someone will do it that way". It has been bent out of shape and most people will tell you it says "anything that can possibly go wrong will".
Moores law is about transistor density in computer chips. You wouldn't be interested. So, what are you doing here?
I know it is so last century
That's ok, so am I. Well, most of me anyway, all but the bionic implant.
I don't miss polio but I do miss honest businessmen. Why did the bastards all have to retire and leave these goddamned thieves in charge of business?
Pretty typical attitude in the industry I'd say.
Pretty typical attitude in any corporation I'd say. I can't think of anything more evil than corporations. Jack in the box? Kills children for profit with poison hamburgers. Ford? Kills its Pinto customers by fiery death for ten dollars per car. Tyson foods? Burns all the employees in its Georgia plant to death to keep them from stealing chicken parts (at least a guy went to prison for that one - for two years). Union Carbide: the Energiser Bunny company killed more Indans than Osama Bin laden killed Americans.
The list goes on and on. They will literally mass-murder people for chump change and you think they'd balk at infringing GPL's copyright?
DRM doesn't have to be a bad thing
Fire doesn't have to be hot? What are you smoking, crack or crystal? If you're going to make a laughably stupid comment like that you had damned well better explain it or everyone will know you're clueless. How in Satan's name can DRM ever be a good thing? It does absolutely nothing to prevent piracy but only serves to inconvinience the honest, paying customer.
Anyone who would use an incredibly brain-dead technology like this is too stupid to argue or bargain with. I refuse to do business with anyone who supports or apologizes for DRM. You should as well.
When information isn't free, you aren't free.
HAND.
As to SIM locks and DRM, WTF? These are EVIL with a capital E and capital V, I, and L. They are the antithesis of OSS.
"Look" Satan said to me, I know that concepts like murder, adultery, and theift 'go against the Christian philosophy,' but they are necessary components of the current industry. Why do we need locked cages? We do," Satan continues. "Some of these things harm the industry but they're here [as things stand]. These are touchy, emotional issues, but this dialogue is very much needed. As an industry, we plan to use Christian technologies, but we are not yet ready to play by the rules; but this needs to work the other way round too."
I have three words for Jaaksi and his father Satan: "Fuck off, asshole."
We have two "real" third parties, the Green Party (I don't think they have a clear nominee yet) and the Libertarian Party. Unfortunately, this election the Libbies are running a Republican as their candidate.
The only reason they aren't considered "real" parties is that Corporate Media, run by the corporations who bribe both wings of the Republicrat Corporate party, don't want you to think of them as real or viable. If I give a ten thoudand dollar "campaign contribution" to the Republican wing of the party and another ten thousand dollars (chump change to a corporation) to the Democrat wing, it doesn't matter which candidate loses, I win. My only problem is if neither Republicrat candidate wins, so I'm not very damned likely to cover a Green or Libertarian.
This was especially telling in the 2000 elections. That was the year I decided to no longer vote for Republicrats.
In that race, the Grean Party cast Ralph Nader as its candidate. Nader got lots of mainstream corporate press, some would say in spite of (I now say because of) the fact that mathematically he had no chance of winning whatever; he wasn't on the ballot in enough states.
The Libertarians were on the ballot in 49 states, yet their candidate got nary a peep from the Corporate Media.
Union Carbide murdered more Indians than Osama murdered Americans. Jack-In-The-Box killed dozens of children with poison hamburgers. Sony put a trojan rootkit on music CDs that my daughter infected my computer with. Ford killed its customers for a ten dollar profit per Pinto. The list goes on - corporations are by their nature evil. If it comes to a choice between losing profits and killing people, the corporate CEO will gladly and willingly kill people. And corporate media is pro-corporation.
If you think we only have two real parties, you have been brainwashed by your corporate overlords.