"In the rush to complete the project, there was simply no time to change the design."
If you are in IT, construction, or just about any other business where one has to deal with stringent project deadlines, you know exactly how true this situation is.
But simple truth is way too mundane when compared to the rich fantasy available with conspiracy theories, Freemason plotting, The New World Order, Zionist global domination, Extraterrestrial influence, etc.etc. ad nauseam!
I think that there have been rumblings about Google being "Not-so-great" amongst the web developer community for a few years (due to questionable pageranking, the clickfraud problem and whatnot), but the combination of the "Don't be evil" mantra and the China censorship deal triggered lots of people to take a closer look at Google and Google's business practices. People who otherwise never before cared about Google.
Now Google faces a similar problem to that of the main stream media news outlets. They are too left-wing for the right-wingers. They are too right-wing for the left-wingers (at least as far as business practices), and the volume of Google criticizing exponentially increases, whether accurate or not.
Along with the spotlight comes the scrutiny, (fair or not).
I'm sure that they are using the latest and greatest software DB release available.
It's available from a street vendor right outside the building...... for three bucks.
Open Source Society, where not only does one have no privacy, you would have no right to privacy. How far could China (or we) go with this?
A logical conclusion would be the eventual development of a live video and sound feed wherever a person is, at any given time (including the bathroom and in the boudoir). Anyone at all could view you at any time, and could do so with the click of a mouse. The viewer would of course be recorded as well.
There are always those who insist that anyone participating in civil disobedience is simply a criminal regardless of whether or not the law being disobeyed is a good law or not.
While most people believe it's usually right to obey the law, most people would probably agree that there are some cases in which it's right to disobey it - especially if the disobedience takes a non-violent form.
To draw on an obvious but compelling example, few would suggest that African-Americans were wrong to protest segregation in the South by sitting at whites-only lunch counters and refusing to leave, or by refusing to move to the back of the bus.
Time will tell if civil disobedience of the DMCA and/or DRM is justified or not.
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If you are in IT, construction, or just about any other business where one has to deal with stringent project deadlines, you know exactly how true this situation is.
But simple truth is way too mundane when compared to the rich fantasy available with conspiracy theories, Freemason plotting, The New World Order, Zionist global domination, Extraterrestrial influence, etc.etc. ad nauseam!
Now Google faces a similar problem to that of the main stream media news outlets. They are too left-wing for the right-wingers. They are too right-wing for the left-wingers (at least as far as business practices), and the volume of Google criticizing exponentially increases, whether accurate or not.
Along with the spotlight comes the scrutiny, (fair or not).
To which she replied, "You're not wired for two twenty."
Jules: "Well, basically, I'm just gonna walk the earth."
Vincent: "What you mean 'walk the earth'?"
Jules: "You know, like Kane in 'Kung Fu'...go places...meet people...get in adventures..."
Vincent: "For how long?"
Jules: "As long as it takes."
Vincent: "As long as it takes for what?"
Jules: "Until God puts me where he wants me to be."
Vincent: "So you decided to be a bum?"
From: Pulp Fiction
I updated the Journal entry with the correction, thanks Dausha.
I'm sure that they are using the latest and greatest software DB release available. It's available from a street vendor right outside the building ... ... for three bucks.
Open Source Society, where not only does one have no privacy, you would have no right to privacy. How far could China (or we) go with this?
... open to everyone ... all the time.
A logical conclusion would be the eventual development of a live video and sound feed wherever a person is, at any given time (including the bathroom and in the boudoir). Anyone at all could view you at any time, and could do so with the click of a mouse. The viewer would of course be recorded as well.
Everything
PC is a excitedly showing off all of his charts and graphs.
With the Mac Guy looking on from the side with a slight smile...
While most people believe it's usually right to obey the law, most people would probably agree that there are some cases in which it's right to disobey it - especially if the disobedience takes a non-violent form.
To draw on an obvious but compelling example, few would suggest that African-Americans were wrong to protest segregation in the South by sitting at whites-only lunch counters and refusing to leave, or by refusing to move to the back of the bus.
Time will tell if civil disobedience of the DMCA and/or DRM is justified or not.
With China's internet users set to outnumber US users in two years, why wouldn't they wan't to control the whole enchilada? http://rawstory.com/news/2006/China_internet_users _to_overtake_US_01232007.html/