If I buy an advertisement on here will that also entitle me to stories that will directly contribute to my bottom line? I'm not sure the Slashdot readership appreciates these tactics.
Given the predominantly republican controlled government at the moment, I figured the proper strings would get pulled to slip this through. It would have been good move in that it would have given adult companies the opportunity and an avenue to regulate themselves, something that is sorely needed. For better or worse, it would also have prompted future legislation requiring adult companies to live solely on the.xxx TLD, which was the main complaint of those in the industry. Many adult industry heavyweights fought this tooth and nail.
I think everyone is reading too far into the whole "vista compatible hardware" racket. It will work on current hardware, it may not work well. So it's in exactly the same boat as every other major software product released in the past 10 years.
That will never happen, unfortunately.
I recently asked a friend why we don't just hold elections online, surely that could be done. To my surprise his immediate response was well thought out and eloquent, I won't do it justice, but the jist is.. If citizens can very easily just vote on issues from home, then why is there a need for decision makers in government at all? So once you allow everyone to vote from home, you open yourself up to that. Once you remove all the decision makers, you end up with a government totally run by committee (in this case, the American people). Not only would this not be a good thing (as anyone who has heard a "designed by committee" software engineering crack can understand), but with the racket that US politics has become, the politicians and those financing them will never allow this to happen. It becomes too hard to stack the deck in your favor.
I live in south Florida (Fort Lauderdale), where there is a 7/11 on every corner, and a VCom inside every single one of them. There is someone using the machine pretty much every time I walk into any of the neighborhood 7/11's (daily). Seems the white-collar's withdraw cash, and the blue-collar's cash checks. I can't say as I have seen anyone pay their bills or whatnot with one, however.
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If it is indeed a problem in practice, then it alone is plenty of reason.
Of course they are! F$%^ing DUH!
If I buy an advertisement on here will that also entitle me to stories that will directly contribute to my bottom line? I'm not sure the Slashdot readership appreciates these tactics.
Given the predominantly republican controlled government at the moment, I figured the proper strings would get pulled to slip this through. It would have been good move in that it would have given adult companies the opportunity and an avenue to regulate themselves, something that is sorely needed. For better or worse, it would also have prompted future legislation requiring adult companies to live solely on the .xxx TLD, which was the main complaint of those in the industry. Many adult industry heavyweights fought this tooth and nail.
I would be curious to hear arguments as to the viability of a pirate party in the US.
I like my apples with that yummy caramel stuff.
I think everyone is reading too far into the whole "vista compatible hardware" racket. It will work on current hardware, it may not work well. So it's in exactly the same boat as every other major software product released in the past 10 years.
That will never happen, unfortunately. I recently asked a friend why we don't just hold elections online, surely that could be done. To my surprise his immediate response was well thought out and eloquent, I won't do it justice, but the jist is.. If citizens can very easily just vote on issues from home, then why is there a need for decision makers in government at all? So once you allow everyone to vote from home, you open yourself up to that. Once you remove all the decision makers, you end up with a government totally run by committee (in this case, the American people). Not only would this not be a good thing (as anyone who has heard a "designed by committee" software engineering crack can understand), but with the racket that US politics has become, the politicians and those financing them will never allow this to happen. It becomes too hard to stack the deck in your favor.
I live in south Florida (Fort Lauderdale), where there is a 7/11 on every corner, and a VCom inside every single one of them. There is someone using the machine pretty much every time I walk into any of the neighborhood 7/11's (daily). Seems the white-collar's withdraw cash, and the blue-collar's cash checks. I can't say as I have seen anyone pay their bills or whatnot with one, however.