This claim seems to amount to "Because your government is wrong about certain topics, clearly every citizen of that government has no standing to be critical of any other government."
No individual citizen has the capacity to control government policy so it seems to me a bit silly to claim that we all must have faulty reason when speaking on foreign governmental matters as a result of our government's lack of vision.
The expectation of hardship does not absolve a person of ethical responsibility to protect others. A company that will not protect the data of its partners is a company you ought not serve. I realize that it might be significantly difficult to find a company that engages in ethical dealings, but the moment you settle for anything less you've become yourself an agent of evil and have sold out your basic principles for a modest paycheck.
That said: I'm not in a position to evaluate whether or not there is a security threat here. The ethical demand to protect others when you are aware of their danger applies only if that is a security threat, so perhaps there is no moral liability at all.
Where I am is my business, and no one else's. Not if you are a guest in a foreign country. The interest a government has in preventing an attack does not imply that it would be right for that government to track all foreign nationals within its borders. At least, I would not support government policy that wanted this level of surveillance on foreigners. Even if you've bought into this nationalist mentality that foreigners are inherently more dangerous than domestic citizens consider: Once that infrastructure to track large numbers of foreigners is in place it would not be difficult to expand it to include tracking of citizens. I'm not willing to support any policy that will bring the government under which I live any closer to that type of police state. Are you?
We're talking about Viacom. Their whole BUSINESS is based on creating and selling content. Their information ain't free!!! Just because I can rip off their content and put it on the intarnet it should be free? Don't think so Sparky...
That's not what I said at all; I'm not advocating piracy. My point is that their content should be regarded with less value than content which is freely given. The value derived from expression is inherent and those who demand payment from me for me to hear their expression probably don't have something very important to say.
Would you want your content out there for free if you could otherwise get paid for it?
Such viewpoints undermine the value of information creation and distribution. Most of the time when I speak it's because I think I have at least some bit of insight that might be valuable to contribute to others. Don't you think there is a sacrifice of credibility when the motive for content creation is no longer dialog or social interaction, but is rather profit? Two questions we should answer: (1) how did our society come to expect people to pay them for information?, and (2) what is the most appropriate method of changing that?
Nonsense; I upgraded from the TI-83 to the TI-89 and never looked back. The 83/84 series are underpowered calculators that lack a computer algebra system which severely limits their effectiveness. Further, for any type of complex function the display on the 83 is going to be extremely difficult to read while the 89 will render it in a format closer to how you would write it down on paper.
For me, the 89 meant freedom from the mindless tedium of simply algebra and is a wonderful replacement for integral tables. I believe quite strongly that there is no glory in solving a problem a device could solve for you. If you already have mastered an integral or solving an algebraic equation, it's time to turn those functions over to a calculator so you can focus on bigger problems. The calculator isn't much harder than any of the others and the learning curve is going to be about the same if you're not already familiar with a TI calculator.
The advice that you buy the less worthy 83/84 because "everyone is doing it" or the 89 is "too hard" is bad advice. Make an investment (both of money and of learning time) in the powerful 89 which will end up serving you far better in the long run.
I think we'd think it obvious that we have to make it at least as capable as regular mail
The attachment capability of e-mail makes it just as capable of including relevant images or graphs when they are required with e-mail; Full out HTML is not required to fulfill that need. Opposition to HTML e-mail is not necessarily the incorrect stance, or at least not because the lack of HTML support would cripple e-mail.
The thought: "You Generation M (microwave oven) kids need to quit demanding everything on demand" is one which discourages advancement in technology. No matter how good something is, it can always be better. Life used waiting for a needed device to power-on is life wasted.
I do not here claim that we need to forgo ethical oversight, but there are people far more qualified within the medical community to evaluate both ethics and medical issues than any group of politicians will ever be.
Agreed and the whole scientific community needs to sing out on this issue. Science must be defended. Whether they are correct in the end of not, we must trust medical scientists in the field to choose the research topics on which they will focus and ignore the judgments of posturing politicians.
Even worse: I remember getting a Yahoo account deactivated for listing MM/DD/2000 as the birth date for want of keeping that information private (what need could Yahoo have for such information?) when I was of age to use it. It's worse than doing nothing at all.
Nonsense; the evil actions of a leader doesn't blind everyone under their rule to morality. Many of us are outraged at what is happening at those places as are we with the apparent lack of freedom of expression in the UK being shown right now.
Wouldn't this expose the voting pattern of individual citizens? If it's being printed out on a printer in a sequential order then all it's going to take is for one poll worker to keep highly detailed records about the order in which machines were used by individuals.
There appears to be an open proposal to implement the ID scenario that you're talking about, but it appears to be being thwarted by claims that it is a civil rights violation. See http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650192229,00 .html/.
I'm an out of state student at the University of Illinois and although it's a great school, it's not easy to forget that we are in need of increased state funding, especially for colleges other than Engineering. Instead of the state being able to use that half-million dollars for something useful now, it's going to be sucked into paying damages in a lawsuit over video games? Obviously the gaming law ruled unconstitutional was a Bad Thing, but so too is wasting taxpayer funds.
We've got laws dictating every little aspect of our behaviour. And I'm convinced we're little better off than we would be if we let people make their own decisions and suffer the consequences for them.
I couldn't disagree more. We'd be much better off it we accepted that the stupidity of others will indirectly cost us and insist on being free of legal micromanagement. It is better to be free and absorb those costs, than to not be free and pay a little bit less.
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But only if said redirection involves routing all of the ships power through a minor bridge terminal.
This claim seems to amount to "Because your government is wrong about certain topics, clearly every citizen of that government has no standing to be critical of any other government." No individual citizen has the capacity to control government policy so it seems to me a bit silly to claim that we all must have faulty reason when speaking on foreign governmental matters as a result of our government's lack of vision.
Will it be compliant with RFC 1149?
All "evolution" requires is change over time by nonrandom selection.
Source please?
The expectation of hardship does not absolve a person of ethical responsibility to protect others. A company that will not protect the data of its partners is a company you ought not serve. I realize that it might be significantly difficult to find a company that engages in ethical dealings, but the moment you settle for anything less you've become yourself an agent of evil and have sold out your basic principles for a modest paycheck.
That said: I'm not in a position to evaluate whether or not there is a security threat here. The ethical demand to protect others when you are aware of their danger applies only if that is a security threat, so perhaps there is no moral liability at all.
That's not what I said at all; I'm not advocating piracy. My point is that their content should be regarded with less value than content which is freely given. The value derived from expression is inherent and those who demand payment from me for me to hear their expression probably don't have something very important to say.
Such viewpoints undermine the value of information creation and distribution. Most of the time when I speak it's because I think I have at least some bit of insight that might be valuable to contribute to others. Don't you think there is a sacrifice of credibility when the motive for content creation is no longer dialog or social interaction, but is rather profit? Two questions we should answer: (1) how did our society come to expect people to pay them for information?, and (2) what is the most appropriate method of changing that?
Nonsense; I upgraded from the TI-83 to the TI-89 and never looked back. The 83/84 series are underpowered calculators that lack a computer algebra system which severely limits their effectiveness. Further, for any type of complex function the display on the 83 is going to be extremely difficult to read while the 89 will render it in a format closer to how you would write it down on paper. For me, the 89 meant freedom from the mindless tedium of simply algebra and is a wonderful replacement for integral tables. I believe quite strongly that there is no glory in solving a problem a device could solve for you. If you already have mastered an integral or solving an algebraic equation, it's time to turn those functions over to a calculator so you can focus on bigger problems. The calculator isn't much harder than any of the others and the learning curve is going to be about the same if you're not already familiar with a TI calculator. The advice that you buy the less worthy 83/84 because "everyone is doing it" or the 89 is "too hard" is bad advice. Make an investment (both of money and of learning time) in the powerful 89 which will end up serving you far better in the long run.
The attachment capability of e-mail makes it just as capable of including relevant images or graphs when they are required with e-mail; Full out HTML is not required to fulfill that need. Opposition to HTML e-mail is not necessarily the incorrect stance, or at least not because the lack of HTML support would cripple e-mail.
Bah! I think you forgot: "Get off my lawn!"
The thought: "You Generation M (microwave oven) kids need to quit demanding everything on demand" is one which discourages advancement in technology. No matter how good something is, it can always be better. Life used waiting for a needed device to power-on is life wasted.
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." -Thomas Jefferson
I do not here claim that we need to forgo ethical oversight, but there are people far more qualified within the medical community to evaluate both ethics and medical issues than any group of politicians will ever be.
Agreed and the whole scientific community needs to sing out on this issue. Science must be defended. Whether they are correct in the end of not, we must trust medical scientists in the field to choose the research topics on which they will focus and ignore the judgments of posturing politicians.
Even worse: I remember getting a Yahoo account deactivated for listing MM/DD/2000 as the birth date for want of keeping that information private (what need could Yahoo have for such information?) when I was of age to use it. It's worse than doing nothing at all.
Nonsense; the evil actions of a leader doesn't blind everyone under their rule to morality. Many of us are outraged at what is happening at those places as are we with the apparent lack of freedom of expression in the UK being shown right now.
Wouldn't this expose the voting pattern of individual citizens? If it's being printed out on a printer in a sequential order then all it's going to take is for one poll worker to keep highly detailed records about the order in which machines were used by individuals.
There appears to be an open proposal to implement the ID scenario that you're talking about, but it appears to be being thwarted by claims that it is a civil rights violation. See http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650192229,00 .html/.
No, plagarism is about intellectual theft. One can not steal from oneself.
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I'm an out of state student at the University of Illinois and although it's a great school, it's not easy to forget that we are in need of increased state funding, especially for colleges other than Engineering. Instead of the state being able to use that half-million dollars for something useful now, it's going to be sucked into paying damages in a lawsuit over video games? Obviously the gaming law ruled unconstitutional was a Bad Thing, but so too is wasting taxpayer funds.