"There are only 2 parties here, but many other countries have far more than 2 parties."
I had to research to see that you are probably in the USA because you didn't state that specifically. While we in the USA have two predominant parties, there are many other registered parties. Keep in mind that the Libertarian and Green parties are slowly gaining supporters and the Democrats and especially Republicans are losing supporters as other parties propound ideals that fall in line with voters' primary concerns. Ron Paul has not done well in the primaries but he sure as hell has done well with fund gathering. Bloomberg may run as an independent and with his personal capital available as funds he may be a lot more successful than Perot was.
I've been a bit off topic here but I'll try to bring it back on track...It really doesn't matter how many parties are involved in a country's government. The majority party gets to write the rules (laws) and more importantly...interpret them. The Swedish government is no different than any other country. If the powers that be get a bug up their ass, they will swat it to the extent that they can whether that is "right" or not.
Now, if we can see the same kind of improvements in electricity transmission, solar power electricity generation, and larger scale electricity storage, we might be able to really reduce fossil based fuels and CO2 emissions.
"Yep, that is another big duh that city slickers don't understand. They cry about ethanol too, not realizing corn prices are set on the Chicago Board of Trade, not supply and demand, and that the prices have to do with NAFTA removing protectionist rules, not ethanol production, which is still minute."
Thbbtttt...the supply and demand problem comes with corn now having high prices and farmers reducing their hops and barley crops in order to cash in on high corn prices. Now the damn beer prices are going to go through the roof. Fucking Chicago Board of Trade and ethanol producers are going to kill my buzz.
"It's actually 0% education. Schools are run by state governments, not the federal government."
Right...so the "no child left behind" mandates that have to be followed in order to get federal funds show that state governments run the schools how? The states can choose to receive no federal funds or follow federal guidelines and receive federal funds. Kind of a catch 22 the way I see it.
"In the US at least, paper (and most lumber) is made from trees that are farmed. The more paper you use, the more trees are planted. Paperless distribution costs energy every second you spend reading the document."
The energy used to cut down the trees, transport the trees, convert the trees to paper, transport the paper, and then print has got to be more than the energy used to view the document electronically. Having said that, my stepson's grandparents have a tree farm and I've seen that trees are a wonderful renewable resource for our consumption. A properly managed tree farm is a net benefit as wildlife habitat as well as providing a renewable resource. The deer hunting and bird watching on their property is wonderful. Also, I think that more of the products we make from metal and plastic should be made from wood.
"Honestly I'm kinda wondering about Martin. He'd way too...wishy-washy. I kind of get the feeling that he may be more likely to have a personal issue against the CableCo's, or is trying to cause them more trouble to help the telco's get into the market. Now... the whole bittorrent thing.. Kinda hard to ignore it. It's pretty obvious after the AP story that something is fishy, and if he didn't do something he'd be a lot harder pressed to explain his actions. Besides... it's another reason to go after the Cable companies.. and comcast in general."
I think "wishy-washy" is generous. In my opinion he's not "wishy-washy", he's an administration corporate servant. The only reason that he's said he will investigate is that he thinks that will show the public that he is following his job description...minimally. If you think that his investigation will find that Comcast consumers have been denied their rights then think again. The quote I saw in another article today stated quite specifically that he knows and feels that providers have the right to "manage their traffic". I can just about guarantee that the FCC will find that "in the interests of all users, those sharing files (even if legitimate) must have their traffic delayed in order to provide the best service to all users". He won't even think about exploring the fact that providers over-promise services and should instead upgrade their infrastructure to provide those services as promised versus putting the brakes on traffic that might compromise overall end user satisfaction. What a crock.
Dude, your attitude may very well be a significant reason for being modded into oblivion.
"the slashdot discussion system is such a load of bullshit, I don't really care what people think. I've been up and down between -1 and +2 about 3 times now"
-good, learn, leave, or at least keep quiet...if you don't care what people think then why do you care about how you are modded?
"Maybe I don't get how this works but I like to actually post what I think about the story instead of some fluffy, karma magnet bullshit."
-right, you don't get how this works. No one cares what you think if you can't post your opinion intelligently or at least in a form that also asks a question (as in seeking enlightenment or other opinions).
"If some Linux assholes wanna mod me down cuz I merely said I don't use Linux then they should be banned as far as I'm concerned."
-way to go dude, this is Slashdot so calling folks who use Linux assholes is not a good way to win friends. While we're at it, most Linux users won't mod you down just because you don't use Linux. They may pity you or consider you an IT novice, but they won't mod you down just for not using Linux. If you think Slashdot users should be banned for any reason then you obviously don't get Slashdot. That's why we have a moderation system. Go back to Yahoo or AOL maybe?
"But I did change my sig for you. That's how it is and you know it cuz I keep it real"
-No one gives a crap about your sig although you might get bonus points if your sig is creative enough. A lot of Slashdot folks may consider you irrelevant just for saying, "cuz I keep it real".
As a final note...try reading the FAQ. While you're at it, please reread your post and see if you really even deserved my tongue in cheek reply much less whether if it was even worth anyone else's time to read. Get a grip and think before you post.
"Of course, while the Green factions that are all about energy will be all for this - they'll be fighting the Green factions that are all about saving every tiny scrap of land from human usage."
I think after all of the roof surfaces available are covered with PV cells then we might see that any additional land surfaces needed could be very small. We might be able to get away with roof surfaces and some small amount of desert areas. The New Orleans Superdome roof is 440,000 square feet, almost 10 acres. That's a whole lot of roof. I wonder if we have available the raw resources to create large coverage areas of PV cells.
Other ways of capturing power from the sun certainly need to be further explored, tested, and exploited on a large scale. The air compression and sodium heating ideas certainly bear further exploration. Conservation methods such as pre-heating the water supply to your hot water heater by running it through a network of pipes in your attic need to be implemented. I'm exploring that now for my home. My dad successfully heated his pool during the winter months in Florida using the same method.
"The very definition of a "Grammar Nazi" is not simply one who uses formal grammar, but one who expects its use in situations where the expectation is not justified."
Ah! Perhaps I see part of our difference of opinion. Where did you find a definition for "Grammar Nazi"? I couldn't easily find one using Google. The first hit is Wikipedia which redirects to "Linguistic prescription" and seems to provide no value pertinent to this discussion. The second hit is at "www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Grammar_Nazi" and describes it as "The standard response of the functionally illiterate when taken to task for their sins against the mother tongue is to label the offending party a grammar Nazi.".
What about my main issue?
"I want to be able to read article comments without the jarring, annoying, and to me, hugely distracting grammatical flaws that take away from what might otherwise be an insightful and valuable thought."
While you very effectively dissected the grammar of my post, can you honestly say that my usage was flawed to the point of being jarring, annoying, or hugely distracting? I'm not asking for perfection and while I grudgingly concede shortcuts are appropriate in some cases due to a desire for speed, is it asking too much to hope for and desire a slightly higher standard on Slashdot than might be found in some teen chat room? Hell, I'd be happy to see sentences capitalized and "their", "they're", and "there" used correctly.
"Their keyboards don't really seem that inventive once you give them a look. They seem to use a shift^2/Ng key which probably does the exact same thing as AltGr, which is present on a lot of multilingual keyboards, although not at the same location."
Let's take another step in that direction. Do typewriter manufacturers have to pay royalties to someone who owns the patent to Nigerian keyboard layout? I doubt it and I see no difference.
"Q: Should the word "Nazi" be capitalized? A: Yes."
-Good catch.
"Q: Do you hold article comments to the same grammatical standards as the articles themselves? A: No."
-Why not? In fact, some of the articles need to have their grammatical standards raised. I want to be able to read article comments without the jarring, annoying, and to me, hugely distracting grammatical flaws that take away from what might otherwise be an insightful and valuable thought. Wait, d00d, i think ur not f33lin me...
"Q: What do you call someone who does the above for no reason other than to attract attention and cause disruption? A: A troll."
-Let's try to be a little more generous. How about we call them a little anal or perhaps trending towards perfectionist? Trolls lurk under the bridge causing havoc and chaos when someone blithely comes by. Grammar Nazis have their place, especially in a forum such as Slashdot where we discuss "news for nerds". Who better to dispute grammar than nerds? It may be off topic in most cases but I can say that I have more than once learned something new from grammar Nazis and I really appreciate that. I take pride in trying to write and speak English well.
""Deprecate" is also technology jargon that means "to mark as obsolete." How you could be a Slashdot reader and not be familiar with that usage, I cannot understand."
In twenty plus years of IT I have never, ever heard deprecate used in relation to IT. Of course, I'm an admin/server guy so I'm pretty focused on care and feeding of the servers and users. As far as standards go I only nibble on the periphery. I guess maybe I could pull my head out the literary works where I'm used to seeing the word and expand into some more technical works... Apologies to the folks who follow standards issues and use deprecate in a way that is somewhat esoteric. As a side note, I couldn't find any definitions for the IT usage in any of the major dictionary sites, just wikipedia and tech sites.
"And as usual, there is no explanation as to *why* lithium batteries are now illegal to carry. I assume this is to reduce the possibility of a lithium battery shorting out, but if the batteries are contained in their shipping packages, they should be no more dangerous than many other items that you can carry on planes."
They are also talking about rechargeable laptop batteries. I know that the spare batteries I have for my laptops could hold enough plastic explosive to open up an airplane in flight. TSA doesn't explain a lot of their rules. Doing so might cause panic or give someone a tangent idea that TSA hasn't thought of yet. Having previously worked a block from the White House, I always wondered how the bike couriers kept their freedom of movement. You could certainly pack a bike frame with enough plastic explosive to cause grave damage and plenty of important folks stopped at the Starbucks at 1700 Penn. Just park your bike, walk down the block, and wait with remote until a good target stopped. The two or three SUV's filled with folks with automatic weapons certainly wouldn't do any good in that case.
"How did they ever get caught pulling their crap at a university with a whole faculty devoted to making lawyers? Can't you just see it...all those sweet little law students looking hopefully up at them, like a school of piranha that have learned how when their owner taps on the tank, a pork chop will be along shortly?"
It's the same arrogance they've been guilty of all along. Their so called "experts" are overdue in being taken down. All it will take is some litigation savvy assistance.
So, what is your proof that the defendant was the one using the internet connection at said IP and MAC address? What about IP and MAC spoofing? Can you please explain to the judge and jury what NAT is? Do you have video or witnesses? With effective representation the element of doubt SHOULD be easily introduced.
I'll take the grammar Nazi hit..."deprecating"? One usually deprecates oneself in every use I've ever read. While the use might be technically correct it certainly isn't current usage. I'd think "minimizes" or "plays to lowest common denominator" might be a whole lot more understandable.
From m-w.com
"Entry Word:
deprecate Function:
verb
Text: 1 to express scornfully one's low opinion of -- see decry 1 2 to hold an unfavorable opinion of -- see disapprove"
"Agreed on both counts. I love my Thinkpads, and try to keep them going so I don't have to get a Lenovo (they have much of a cheap feel to them). Also, I'm a Bank Of America customer and not exactly thrilled about their customer service outsourcing as well as their recent purchase of Lasalle Bank. Who wrote "How to shitcan customer service" and stuck it in the MBA manual?"
Well said. As a somewhat amusing ironic anecdote...I was shown the door by BofA at the beginning of the year, right after my contract had been extended into April. My manager tried to appease me with the tidbit that BofA dumps most of their contractors around that time for accounting purposes...can't let the stockholders know exactly what is going on. My wife now calls them "Bank of non-Americans".
So? They are an INTERNATIONAL company and have been so for a long, long time. They have employees everywhere. Instead of INTERNATIONAL Business Machines they are often known as "I've Been Moved". As in, their employees get to keep their jobs only if they are willing to relocate. Where were you in the '80s and '90s? My bigger beef is that they sold off their Thinkpad line.
Now, if you want to take issue with Bank of AMERICA outsourcing way too much of their work to India...I'm with you.
"What's so shady? They just happened to notice he had kiddie porn on his computer and reported it. It wasn't a conspiracy; I'll bet my tinfoil hat on that one."
I'll have to agree. Let's shoot for and maybe fail with an analogy. Back in the days of cameras that used film the folks that printed the photos from the film negatives were not prevented from reporting questionable/illegal content to the proper authorities. The authorities have always been able to use those photos and negatives as evidence. If a mirror in a photo showed sexual abuse of a minor due to some weird angle of reflection would they have not been allowed to report it because it took more than a brief glimpse for color and contrast to detect it? The similarity is that viewable evidence of an illegal act was placed in the hands of someone who was easily able to find it. I don't see how you can put your computer in the hands of someone who is installing a DVD burner and not expect that there is a good possibility that your files might be viewed. Think of all of the sensitive information people keep on their computers. Why would you leave your illegal porn much less the emails to your mistress, evidence of embezzling, or the set of books that you don't the IRS to see? I'm glad that some criminals are able to hand themselves over so easily. Thank god they aren't all geniuses.
"I think that the presence of some more extreme parties -communist, libratarian, etc.- within the formal debating center of the house/senate floor would do wonders for finding out exactly what it is that America as a country stands for."
I agree with just one reservation. We don't need the chaos seen in some legislatures where legislators come to blows and make even less progress than the current contemptible, vacillating, uncooperative lot we are faced with now. I would love to see more Libertarians holding office. In my opinion they seem to be the one party with a majority of their members wanting to actually do for the citizens and country and not themselves.
"The media has been doing and wonderful job of either making Kucinich look like a nutcase or just outright ignoring his existence. Being the best candidate for the people quickly earns enemies though, I suppose."
Welcome to the wonderful world of modern US politics. If you aren't in the pockets of the multiple corporate overlords then the corporate owned media will spin you into oblivion...if they mention you at all. I'm not sure what the solution is.
Please pardon my inability to contact you in your native language. I had a couple of years of French in high school but won't insult you with the small amount I remember. Use it or lose it. I am contacting you about an issue with one of your users of MyMiniCity.
This user's city is fohootville. Said user is spamming multiple discussion groups with bogus posts including links to his minicity. While this might be amusing to some, it is extremely annoying to those of us trying to carry on intelligent discussions. For examples, feel free to visit slashdot.org. Every news item over the last several days has posts linking to fohootville.
I don't know what your policy is regarding this type of juvenile behavior but I would hope that you will nuke their city and ban them from future access to your site.
"Man this chucklehead hasn't eaten more mod points over the last few days than the Cloverfield monster. Can/. ban his IP address?"
No, they probably can't if he's at least as smart as some of the script kiddies. However, those of us with friends in the government sector are already working on it. My wife worked for the Office of Naval Intelligence, my friend for more than 25 years works for the FBI, and my dad is Homer Simpson. The chucklehead is headed for doom. It may not be immediate the end is coming. Think suitcase nuke in his minicity.
Slashdot Mirror
"I also get this on my Compaq presario laptop from the front aluminium plates. I currently have duct tape over them to stop the shocks."
Gotta love duct tape. You know, if you're using standard silver duct tape you can use Sharpies to decorate or camouflage.
"There are only 2 parties here, but many other countries have far more than 2 parties."
I had to research to see that you are probably in the USA because you didn't state that specifically. While we in the USA have two predominant parties, there are many other registered parties. Keep in mind that the Libertarian and Green parties are slowly gaining supporters and the Democrats and especially Republicans are losing supporters as other parties propound ideals that fall in line with voters' primary concerns. Ron Paul has not done well in the primaries but he sure as hell has done well with fund gathering. Bloomberg may run as an independent and with his personal capital available as funds he may be a lot more successful than Perot was.
I've been a bit off topic here but I'll try to bring it back on track...It really doesn't matter how many parties are involved in a country's government. The majority party gets to write the rules (laws) and more importantly...interpret them. The Swedish government is no different than any other country. If the powers that be get a bug up their ass, they will swat it to the extent that they can whether that is "right" or not.
Damn, I sound awfully cynical tonight.
Now, if we can see the same kind of improvements in electricity transmission, solar power electricity generation, and larger scale electricity storage, we might be able to really reduce fossil based fuels and CO2 emissions.
"Yep, that is another big duh that city slickers don't understand. They cry about ethanol too, not realizing corn prices are set on the Chicago Board of Trade, not supply and demand, and that the prices have to do with NAFTA removing protectionist rules, not ethanol production, which is still minute."
Thbbtttt...the supply and demand problem comes with corn now having high prices and farmers reducing their hops and barley crops in order to cash in on high corn prices. Now the damn beer prices are going to go through the roof. Fucking Chicago Board of Trade and ethanol producers are going to kill my buzz.
"It's actually 0% education. Schools are run by state governments, not the federal government."
Right...so the "no child left behind" mandates that have to be followed in order to get federal funds show that state governments run the schools how? The states can choose to receive no federal funds or follow federal guidelines and receive federal funds. Kind of a catch 22 the way I see it.
"In the US at least, paper (and most lumber) is made from trees that are farmed. The more paper you use, the more trees are planted. Paperless distribution costs energy every second you spend reading the document."
The energy used to cut down the trees, transport the trees, convert the trees to paper, transport the paper, and then print has got to be more than the energy used to view the document electronically. Having said that, my stepson's grandparents have a tree farm and I've seen that trees are a wonderful renewable resource for our consumption. A properly managed tree farm is a net benefit as wildlife habitat as well as providing a renewable resource. The deer hunting and bird watching on their property is wonderful. Also, I think that more of the products we make from metal and plastic should be made from wood.
"Honestly I'm kinda wondering about Martin. He'd way too...wishy-washy. I kind of get the feeling that he may be more likely to have a personal issue against the CableCo's, or is trying to cause them more trouble to help the telco's get into the market. Now... the whole bittorrent thing.. Kinda hard to ignore it. It's pretty obvious after the AP story that something is fishy, and if he didn't do something he'd be a lot harder pressed to explain his actions. Besides... it's another reason to go after the Cable companies.. and comcast in general."
I think "wishy-washy" is generous. In my opinion he's not "wishy-washy", he's an administration corporate servant. The only reason that he's said he will investigate is that he thinks that will show the public that he is following his job description...minimally. If you think that his investigation will find that Comcast consumers have been denied their rights then think again. The quote I saw in another article today stated quite specifically that he knows and feels that providers have the right to "manage their traffic". I can just about guarantee that the FCC will find that "in the interests of all users, those sharing files (even if legitimate) must have their traffic delayed in order to provide the best service to all users". He won't even think about exploring the fact that providers over-promise services and should instead upgrade their infrastructure to provide those services as promised versus putting the brakes on traffic that might compromise overall end user satisfaction. What a crock.
Dude, your attitude may very well be a significant reason for being modded into oblivion.
"the slashdot discussion system is such a load of bullshit, I don't really care what people think. I've been up and down between -1 and +2 about 3 times now"
-good, learn, leave, or at least keep quiet...if you don't care what people think then why do you care about how you are modded?
"Maybe I don't get how this works but I like to actually post what I think about the story instead of some fluffy, karma magnet bullshit."
-right, you don't get how this works. No one cares what you think if you can't post your opinion intelligently or at least in a form that also asks a question (as in seeking enlightenment or other opinions).
"If some Linux assholes wanna mod me down cuz I merely said I don't use Linux then they should be banned as far as I'm concerned."
-way to go dude, this is Slashdot so calling folks who use Linux assholes is not a good way to win friends. While we're at it, most Linux users won't mod you down just because you don't use Linux. They may pity you or consider you an IT novice, but they won't mod you down just for not using Linux. If you think Slashdot users should be banned for any reason then you obviously don't get Slashdot. That's why we have a moderation system. Go back to Yahoo or AOL maybe?
"But I did change my sig for you. That's how it is and you know it cuz I keep it real"
-No one gives a crap about your sig although you might get bonus points if your sig is creative enough. A lot of Slashdot folks may consider you irrelevant just for saying, "cuz I keep it real".
As a final note...try reading the FAQ. While you're at it, please reread your post and see if you really even deserved my tongue in cheek reply much less whether if it was even worth anyone else's time to read. Get a grip and think before you post.
alshithead
"Of course, while the Green factions that are all about energy will be all for this - they'll be fighting the Green factions that are all about saving every tiny scrap of land from human usage."
I think after all of the roof surfaces available are covered with PV cells then we might see that any additional land surfaces needed could be very small. We might be able to get away with roof surfaces and some small amount of desert areas. The New Orleans Superdome roof is 440,000 square feet, almost 10 acres. That's a whole lot of roof. I wonder if we have available the raw resources to create large coverage areas of PV cells.
Other ways of capturing power from the sun certainly need to be further explored, tested, and exploited on a large scale. The air compression and sodium heating ideas certainly bear further exploration. Conservation methods such as pre-heating the water supply to your hot water heater by running it through a network of pipes in your attic need to be implemented. I'm exploring that now for my home. My dad successfully heated his pool during the winter months in Florida using the same method.
"The very definition of a "Grammar Nazi" is not simply one who uses formal grammar, but one who expects its use in situations where the expectation is not justified."
Ah! Perhaps I see part of our difference of opinion. Where did you find a definition for "Grammar Nazi"? I couldn't easily find one using Google. The first hit is Wikipedia which redirects to "Linguistic prescription" and seems to provide no value pertinent to this discussion. The second hit is at "www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Grammar_Nazi" and describes it as "The standard response of the functionally illiterate when taken to task for their sins against the mother tongue is to label the offending party a grammar Nazi.".
What about my main issue?
"I want to be able to read article comments without the jarring, annoying, and to me, hugely distracting grammatical flaws that take away from what might otherwise be an insightful and valuable thought."
While you very effectively dissected the grammar of my post, can you honestly say that my usage was flawed to the point of being jarring, annoying, or hugely distracting? I'm not asking for perfection and while I grudgingly concede shortcuts are appropriate in some cases due to a desire for speed, is it asking too much to hope for and desire a slightly higher standard on Slashdot than might be found in some teen chat room? Hell, I'd be happy to see sentences capitalized and "their", "they're", and "there" used correctly.
"Their keyboards don't really seem that inventive once you give them a look. They seem to use a shift^2/Ng key which probably does the exact same thing as AltGr, which is present on a lot of multilingual keyboards, although not at the same location."
Let's take another step in that direction. Do typewriter manufacturers have to pay royalties to someone who owns the patent to Nigerian keyboard layout? I doubt it and I see no difference.
Tutorial continued...
"Q: Should the word "Nazi" be capitalized?
A: Yes."
-Good catch.
"Q: Do you hold article comments to the same grammatical standards as the articles themselves?
A: No."
-Why not? In fact, some of the articles need to have their grammatical standards raised. I want to be able to read article comments without the jarring, annoying, and to me, hugely distracting grammatical flaws that take away from what might otherwise be an insightful and valuable thought. Wait, d00d, i think ur not f33lin me...
"Q: What do you call someone who does the above for no reason other than to attract attention and cause disruption?
A: A troll."
-Let's try to be a little more generous. How about we call them a little anal or perhaps trending towards perfectionist? Trolls lurk under the bridge causing havoc and chaos when someone blithely comes by. Grammar Nazis have their place, especially in a forum such as Slashdot where we discuss "news for nerds". Who better to dispute grammar than nerds? It may be off topic in most cases but I can say that I have more than once learned something new from grammar Nazis and I really appreciate that. I take pride in trying to write and speak English well.
""Deprecate" is also technology jargon that means "to mark as obsolete." How you could be a Slashdot reader and not be familiar with that usage, I cannot understand."
In twenty plus years of IT I have never, ever heard deprecate used in relation to IT. Of course, I'm an admin/server guy so I'm pretty focused on care and feeding of the servers and users. As far as standards go I only nibble on the periphery. I guess maybe I could pull my head out the literary works where I'm used to seeing the word and expand into some more technical works... Apologies to the folks who follow standards issues and use deprecate in a way that is somewhat esoteric. As a side note, I couldn't find any definitions for the IT usage in any of the major dictionary sites, just wikipedia and tech sites.
"And as usual, there is no explanation as to *why* lithium batteries are now illegal to carry. I assume this is to reduce the possibility of a lithium battery shorting out, but if the batteries are contained in their shipping packages, they should be no more dangerous than many other items that you can carry on planes."
They are also talking about rechargeable laptop batteries. I know that the spare batteries I have for my laptops could hold enough plastic explosive to open up an airplane in flight. TSA doesn't explain a lot of their rules. Doing so might cause panic or give someone a tangent idea that TSA hasn't thought of yet. Having previously worked a block from the White House, I always wondered how the bike couriers kept their freedom of movement. You could certainly pack a bike frame with enough plastic explosive to cause grave damage and plenty of important folks stopped at the Starbucks at 1700 Penn. Just park your bike, walk down the block, and wait with remote until a good target stopped. The two or three SUV's filled with folks with automatic weapons certainly wouldn't do any good in that case.
"How did they ever get caught pulling their crap at a university with a whole faculty devoted to making lawyers? Can't you just see it...all those sweet little law students looking hopefully up at them, like a school of piranha that have learned how when their owner taps on the tank, a pork chop will be along shortly?"
It's the same arrogance they've been guilty of all along. Their so called "experts" are overdue in being taken down. All it will take is some litigation savvy assistance.
So, what is your proof that the defendant was the one using the internet connection at said IP and MAC address? What about IP and MAC spoofing? Can you please explain to the judge and jury what NAT is? Do you have video or witnesses? With effective representation the element of doubt SHOULD be easily introduced.
I'll take the grammar Nazi hit..."deprecating"? One usually deprecates oneself in every use I've ever read. While the use might be technically correct it certainly isn't current usage. I'd think "minimizes" or "plays to lowest common denominator" might be a whole lot more understandable.
From m-w.com
"Entry Word:
deprecate
Function:
verb
Text: 1 to express scornfully one's low opinion of -- see decry 1 2 to hold an unfavorable opinion of -- see disapprove"
bah...humbug...
"Agreed on both counts. I love my Thinkpads, and try to keep them going so I don't have to get a Lenovo (they have much of a cheap feel to them). Also, I'm a Bank Of America customer and not exactly thrilled about their customer service outsourcing as well as their recent purchase of Lasalle Bank. Who wrote "How to shitcan customer service" and stuck it in the MBA manual?"
Well said. As a somewhat amusing ironic anecdote...I was shown the door by BofA at the beginning of the year, right after my contract had been extended into April. My manager tried to appease me with the tidbit that BofA dumps most of their contractors around that time for accounting purposes...can't let the stockholders know exactly what is going on. My wife now calls them "Bank of non-Americans".
I love my T
"Ah, that's where they went wrong. The police should've arrested him, seized the house, sold it off, and taken the money."
Had that been the US instead of the UK...that may have very well been what would happened.
"But 20% of IBM employees are in India."
So? They are an INTERNATIONAL company and have been so for a long, long time. They have employees everywhere. Instead of INTERNATIONAL Business Machines they are often known as "I've Been Moved". As in, their employees get to keep their jobs only if they are willing to relocate. Where were you in the '80s and '90s? My bigger beef is that they sold off their Thinkpad line.
Now, if you want to take issue with Bank of AMERICA outsourcing way too much of their work to India...I'm with you.
"What's so shady? They just happened to notice he had kiddie porn on his computer and reported it. It wasn't a conspiracy; I'll bet my tinfoil hat on that one."
I'll have to agree. Let's shoot for and maybe fail with an analogy. Back in the days of cameras that used film the folks that printed the photos from the film negatives were not prevented from reporting questionable/illegal content to the proper authorities. The authorities have always been able to use those photos and negatives as evidence. If a mirror in a photo showed sexual abuse of a minor due to some weird angle of reflection would they have not been allowed to report it because it took more than a brief glimpse for color and contrast to detect it? The similarity is that viewable evidence of an illegal act was placed in the hands of someone who was easily able to find it. I don't see how you can put your computer in the hands of someone who is installing a DVD burner and not expect that there is a good possibility that your files might be viewed. Think of all of the sensitive information people keep on their computers. Why would you leave your illegal porn much less the emails to your mistress, evidence of embezzling, or the set of books that you don't the IRS to see? I'm glad that some criminals are able to hand themselves over so easily. Thank god they aren't all geniuses.
"Was that sarcasm? If not why don't you post some ideas and we can discuss them... on the internet..."
Oh no, not sarcasm. I fully believe what I said. If anything, it is cynicism. And, as I said, here on the internet, I don't know what the solution is.
"I think that the presence of some more extreme parties -communist, libratarian, etc.- within the formal debating center of the house/senate floor would do wonders for finding out exactly what it is that America as a country stands for."
I agree with just one reservation. We don't need the chaos seen in some legislatures where legislators come to blows and make even less progress than the current contemptible, vacillating, uncooperative lot we are faced with now. I would love to see more Libertarians holding office. In my opinion they seem to be the one party with a majority of their members wanting to actually do for the citizens and country and not themselves.
"The media has been doing and wonderful job of either making Kucinich look like a nutcase or just outright ignoring his existence. Being the best candidate for the people quickly earns enemies though, I suppose."
Welcome to the wonderful world of modern US politics. If you aren't in the pockets of the multiple corporate overlords then the corporate owned media will spin you into oblivion...if they mention you at all. I'm not sure what the solution is.
To: contact@motion-twin.com
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Please pardon my inability to contact you in your native language. I had a couple of years of French in high school but won't insult you with the small amount I remember. Use it or lose it. I am contacting you about an issue with one of your users of MyMiniCity.
This user's city is fohootville. Said user is spamming multiple discussion groups with bogus posts including links to his minicity. While this might be amusing to some, it is extremely annoying to those of us trying to carry on intelligent discussions. For examples, feel free to visit slashdot.org. Every news item over the last several days has posts linking to fohootville.
I don't know what your policy is regarding this type of juvenile behavior but I would hope that you will nuke their city and ban them from future access to your site.
Sincerely,
"Man this chucklehead hasn't eaten more mod points over the last few days than the Cloverfield monster. Can /. ban his IP address?"
No, they probably can't if he's at least as smart as some of the script kiddies. However, those of us with friends in the government sector are already working on it. My wife worked for the Office of Naval Intelligence, my friend for more than 25 years works for the FBI, and my dad is Homer Simpson. The chucklehead is headed for doom. It may not be immediate the end is coming. Think suitcase nuke in his minicity.