One problem with ad libraries, which are served up via Google, Apple [emphasis mine] or other such companies, is that app users essentially give them the same access permissions as the apps themselves, allowing them to skirt standard security processes.
...Which has been their tactic all along with this kind of legislation. They start with the foregone conclusion that stricter copyright legislation is the solution. Once it's passed into law, things can go one of two ways:
1) If the MAFIAA's bottom line improves, then the stricter copyright law worked, so more/stricter laws are required to garner even more improvement for them.
2) If their bottom line continues to drop after the law is passed, then it obviously wasn't strict enough, so more/stricter legislation is required.
On a side note, how long until Disney blames the flop of John Carter on piracy, I wonder?
Seriously. I was all of twelve years old, installing my own serial and parallel cards into the family ][e. What modern platform encourages this kind of useful learning activity?
I wouldn't find it useful; it would feel neurotic. So I don't self track. What gets me is other engineers who do self-track in some manner, and regard me as abnormal, insane, and/or less of a technical person because I don't.
In TFA, it is stated that AT&T's threat to discontinue his service is based on his admission of tethering, which is against the TOS he agreed to. Not that their tactics here aren't shady, but they do have a contractual basis (excuse) for the threat.
something that's supposed to be an informed estimation of the maximum safe rate of travel under ideal conditions (high visibility, dry pavement, etc.).
This is the part where you're several decades out of touch. As has been demonstrated in numerous jurisdictions with shortened yellow lights, arbitrarily reduced speed limits in areas with heavy enforcement are a well-known cash cow as well. Ever driven through a "safety corridor" with a 10mph lower limit than the surrounding freeways, even though it has the exact same road conditions and traffic levels? It's not about safety, it's about money. If it were about safety, ALL the highways would be lowered by 10mph. But then they wouldn't know where to put the speed traps. Incidentally, I do slow down for those corridors, despite all the cars whizzing past me. And despite your herp UR A SPEEDUR derp, I haven't been pulled over for speeding since 1991. Being against speed cameras doesn't make one a speeder, any more than being against the Patriot Act makes one a terrorist.
It's not about the speeding, it's about the revenue. If a camera isn't earning its keep, they'll lower the speed limit to the point where more people get frustrated and start speeding, thus upping the revenues. Petition to have the speed limits raised? Yeah right. Good luck with that.
...alleges that he was discriminated against because he engaged his co-workers in conversations about intelligent design and handed out DVDs on the idea while at work.
and
He did not go around evangelizing or proselytizing.
So which is it? The belief itself shouldn't matter, but the proselytizing at work does. And it sounds like he and his lawyer haven't decided what actually occurred yet.
Not sure if you'd consider it forgotten, but "The King in Yellow" (1895) by Robert W. Chambers hasn't been mentioned yet. Not necessarily sci-fi, fantasy, or horror, but... weird.
How shocked was I to see that PJF was the subject of the first post! Definitely my all-time favorite author, regardless of genre. Riverworld has been my favorite series since I discovered it in the early 80s (while he was still finishing the final couple novels), but the World of Tiers series has a lot to offer as well - Zelazny borrowed inspiration from it for his Amber series. I have a nice collection of old and first edition Farmer paperbacks; I think it might be time to revisit some of them.
The ones most likely to dodge the draft during Vietnam were also the ones most likely to become record company executives when they reached middle age. Unintended consequences, eh?
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Do they allow tasers, tesla coils, or sprayed acid? I'm liking the sounds of this hardcore league...
One problem with ad libraries, which are served up via Google, Apple [emphasis mine] or other such companies, is that app users essentially give them the same access permissions as the apps themselves, allowing them to skirt standard security processes.
...how do you tip your strippers?
...Which has been their tactic all along with this kind of legislation. They start with the foregone conclusion that stricter copyright legislation is the solution. Once it's passed into law, things can go one of two ways:
1) If the MAFIAA's bottom line improves, then the stricter copyright law worked, so more/stricter laws are required to garner even more improvement for them.
2) If their bottom line continues to drop after the law is passed, then it obviously wasn't strict enough, so more/stricter legislation is required.
On a side note, how long until Disney blames the flop of John Carter on piracy, I wonder?
Seriously. I was all of twelve years old, installing my own serial and parallel cards into the family ][e. What modern platform encourages this kind of useful learning activity?
I wouldn't find it useful; it would feel neurotic. So I don't self track. What gets me is other engineers who do self-track in some manner, and regard me as abnormal, insane, and/or less of a technical person because I don't.
+1 Devious
I absolutely do not want that feature.
And no, I was not aware. I haven't bought a new PC game for about eight years. But since I was big into D2, I'm being tempted by D3.
This is true. 'Herp' must also be included for full edgy coolness.
Awesome. Will it automatically spam all my Facebook friends every time I level up?
In TFA, it is stated that AT&T's threat to discontinue his service is based on his admission of tethering, which is against the TOS he agreed to. Not that their tactics here aren't shady, but they do have a contractual basis (excuse) for the threat.
something that's supposed to be an informed estimation of the maximum safe rate of travel under ideal conditions (high visibility, dry pavement, etc.).
This is the part where you're several decades out of touch. As has been demonstrated in numerous jurisdictions with shortened yellow lights, arbitrarily reduced speed limits in areas with heavy enforcement are a well-known cash cow as well. Ever driven through a "safety corridor" with a 10mph lower limit than the surrounding freeways, even though it has the exact same road conditions and traffic levels? It's not about safety, it's about money. If it were about safety, ALL the highways would be lowered by 10mph. But then they wouldn't know where to put the speed traps. Incidentally, I do slow down for those corridors, despite all the cars whizzing past me. And despite your herp UR A SPEEDUR derp, I haven't been pulled over for speeding since 1991. Being against speed cameras doesn't make one a speeder, any more than being against the Patriot Act makes one a terrorist.
It's not about the speeding, it's about the revenue. If a camera isn't earning its keep, they'll lower the speed limit to the point where more people get frustrated and start speeding, thus upping the revenues. Petition to have the speed limits raised? Yeah right. Good luck with that.
Well, they have half a season left to squeeze it in...
Way to piss off all the environmentalists with 3+ biological children. Oops, paradox.
Sixteen hours warmup might be far too long for use as crowd control, but it's plenty of time for use in interrogations.
...alleges that he was discriminated against because he engaged his co-workers in conversations about intelligent design and handed out DVDs on the idea while at work.
and
He did not go around evangelizing or proselytizing.
So which is it? The belief itself shouldn't matter, but the proselytizing at work does. And it sounds like he and his lawyer haven't decided what actually occurred yet.
Ibogaine? I hear that Santorum is heavy into the Ibogaine... (/HST)
I find this less misinforming than the clock.
I was hoping someone could explain the percent chance of war with Iran in terms of a car analogy. It would be about as apt as the clock.
Three words: Global Thermonuclear War.
Not sure if you'd consider it forgotten, but "The King in Yellow" (1895) by Robert W. Chambers hasn't been mentioned yet. Not necessarily sci-fi, fantasy, or horror, but... weird.
You're imagining things. That never happened. LA LA LA...
How shocked was I to see that PJF was the subject of the first post! Definitely my all-time favorite author, regardless of genre. Riverworld has been my favorite series since I discovered it in the early 80s (while he was still finishing the final couple novels), but the World of Tiers series has a lot to offer as well - Zelazny borrowed inspiration from it for his Amber series. I have a nice collection of old and first edition Farmer paperbacks; I think it might be time to revisit some of them.
The ones most likely to dodge the draft during Vietnam were also the ones most likely to become record company executives when they reached middle age. Unintended consequences, eh?