That's a pretty stupid parliament-man or whatever you call them over there, then. That less than 1% is the only part of their constituency that cares enough about the issues to mail in letters. As long as that 1% doesn't raise enough public awareness, the rest of the voters aren't going to care. That one letter counts for one vote.
Well.. they were stupid. I didn't ask for them to die, and I seriously doubt many of them were dying to defend freedoms- probably most of them died because they were forced to by the draft. I don't know what was up with the revolutionary war militia, but I certainly don't owe anything to them. Have you ever seen Full Metal Jacket? I like the scene where mother laughs in the reporter's face and asks incredulously "You think we're dying for freedom?"
Ugh you are going to get struck down into the mud by the mods. The so-called "Libertarian Party" requires votes to get their non-candidates into office but no actual libertarian votes- that's part of the doctrine. We don't effect change within the system because the system shuts non-voters out, but there's nothing wrong with refusing to work within the system if you believe that system is wrong. And we're free to do that, for now, until people like you decide that libertarians are more trouble than we're worth and start taking away freedoms.
This is like the 5th comment that you've said the exact same thing and said the same grating "congresscritter". YES I am all talk and no action.. I read slashdot, obviously I'm way too afraid of the government to actually participate in politics
Oh lawd, here comes Reason to shatter your illusions. It's only dumb when there's a systemic breakdown in voting confidence- when everyone on slashdot realizes that they're better off doing something else because one vote, one letter can't possibly make a difference in a nation of 300 million. You can't possibly deny my specific statement- that my vote doesn't make a difference. It's statisitically absurd to suppose that 1 vote could ever make a difference. Plus all that libertarian squawking about legitimizing their power that you're going to come up against if you start politicking on slashdot.
Because one vote doesn't matter, which is why I don't vote. And which is why I don't want to waste my time writing a letter when I know my congressmen aren't going to waste their time worrying about my one vote- the only thing that can make a difference is a mountain of mail, and it'll still be a mountain without my letter in it. Why do you think your opinion matters? You're a face in a crowd, and majority rules, not you. Thats freedom- sucks doesn't it?
Do news sites even realize the sheer number of doomed bills that are introduced into congress? It's news when it has support past that initial congressman.
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Well, more than $1100; she did have to live without that computer for several months before she got offers of compensaiton. I'd call Best Buy's offer of $2000 with NDA reasonable, and $10 per song reasonable for the RIAA- there have to be punitive damages too
Yeah I love how she throws in the cost of music and video on her lost computer into her justification for suing for so much. What did she buy enough to fill up an iPod?:)
All we have to do is set up slashdot's robotic overlord in an abandoned movie theater and have it read aloud first posts. When inevitably one of them contains the word "fire", we can legally censor them.
I bet a lot of guys who are anarchists would be interested (and what kind of hacker isn't?). The thing we all hate about governments is how they commandeer your resources for someone else's use, and claim to have authority over you. Well, it's hard to have much of a problem with that when you're the one nomming down an entire county's taxes with state of the art equipment and you're the one with the authority..
He's opposing closing security holes that are obscure.. but by his own points, you only need ONE security hole. If you don't close the obscure ones it doesn't do you any good.
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That's a pretty stupid parliament-man or whatever you call them over there, then. That less than 1% is the only part of their constituency that cares enough about the issues to mail in letters. As long as that 1% doesn't raise enough public awareness, the rest of the voters aren't going to care. That one letter counts for one vote.
Well.. they were stupid. I didn't ask for them to die, and I seriously doubt many of them were dying to defend freedoms- probably most of them died because they were forced to by the draft. I don't know what was up with the revolutionary war militia, but I certainly don't owe anything to them. Have you ever seen Full Metal Jacket? I like the scene where mother laughs in the reporter's face and asks incredulously "You think we're dying for freedom?"
Did you even see that slashdot poll? And I wouldn't call your karma very good if you have half my UID and you're not even using your karma bonus.
So pretty much, you're saying that you're a sheep bleating its way through life only caring about things of immediate practical importance. How sad.
Also what's up with modding flamebait? The internet is for flamewars, there's nothing wrong with some friendly blasts between mortal enemies..
Ugh you are going to get struck down into the mud by the mods. The so-called "Libertarian Party" requires votes to get their non-candidates into office but no actual libertarian votes- that's part of the doctrine. We don't effect change within the system because the system shuts non-voters out, but there's nothing wrong with refusing to work within the system if you believe that system is wrong. And we're free to do that, for now, until people like you decide that libertarians are more trouble than we're worth and start taking away freedoms.
Because the government has armies, and a slashdot poster doesn't? Hm, you must be new here.
This is like the 5th comment that you've said the exact same thing and said the same grating "congresscritter". YES I am all talk and no action.. I read slashdot, obviously I'm way too afraid of the government to actually participate in politics
Libertarianism. ---- Heard of it? 22%.
Oh lawd, here comes Reason to shatter your illusions. It's only dumb when there's a systemic breakdown in voting confidence- when everyone on slashdot realizes that they're better off doing something else because one vote, one letter can't possibly make a difference in a nation of 300 million. You can't possibly deny my specific statement- that my vote doesn't make a difference. It's statisitically absurd to suppose that 1 vote could ever make a difference. Plus all that libertarian squawking about legitimizing their power that you're going to come up against if you start politicking on slashdot.
I think breaking up a few telecom monopolies would be a bit more of a realistic solution than scrapping the Internet...
Because one vote doesn't matter, which is why I don't vote. And which is why I don't want to waste my time writing a letter when I know my congressmen aren't going to waste their time worrying about my one vote- the only thing that can make a difference is a mountain of mail, and it'll still be a mountain without my letter in it. Why do you think your opinion matters? You're a face in a crowd, and majority rules, not you. Thats freedom- sucks doesn't it?
Also, man the "repshavenopower" tag...
Do news sites even realize the sheer number of doomed bills that are introduced into congress? It's news when it has support past that initial congressman.
Well, more than $1100; she did have to live without that computer for several months before she got offers of compensaiton. I'd call Best Buy's offer of $2000 with NDA reasonable, and $10 per song reasonable for the RIAA- there have to be punitive damages too
Yeah I love how she throws in the cost of music and video on her lost computer into her justification for suing for so much. What did she buy enough to fill up an iPod? :)
Ugh her blog made me facepalm hard. The Best Buy logo with "WORST" scrawled over it really puts the nail in the coffin.
Yeah uh, have you seen America's defense budget? One. Trillion. Dollars.
All we have to do is set up slashdot's robotic overlord in an abandoned movie theater and have it read aloud first posts. When inevitably one of them contains the word "fire", we can legally censor them.
As if a $50 gift certificate would pay for the steroids anyway
I've got a beowulf cluster of half adders in my basement that can do anything your fancy contraption can do.
I bet a lot of guys who are anarchists would be interested (and what kind of hacker isn't?). The thing we all hate about governments is how they commandeer your resources for someone else's use, and claim to have authority over you. Well, it's hard to have much of a problem with that when you're the one nomming down an entire county's taxes with state of the art equipment and you're the one with the authority..
I don't know why that's slow for any device? Why on earth do you need fancy graphics for a telephone anyway? Linux runs on much slower hardware.
Is the summary just supposed to be as shocking as possible? How about some details on why specifically they decided not to patch it?