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Authored by: cricketjeff on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 06:11 AM EST |
In Douglas Adams's superb trilogy in 5 parts "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to
the Galaxy" it is explained that anyone who wants to run the Galaxy is
automatically excluded from any such role. The same principle may be applicable
here, anyone who wants to own a gun is probably not a person who should be
allowed to do so.
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- Who Is Too Unbalanced to Be Armed? - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 07:12 AM EST
- Who Is Too Unbalanced to Be Armed? - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 07:30 AM EST
- for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man - Authored by: SilverWave on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 08:09 AM EST
- that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed - Authored by: SilverWave on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 08:12 AM EST
- Wherever standing armies are kept up, - Authored by: SilverWave on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 08:14 AM EST
- have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might - Authored by: SilverWave on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 08:28 AM EST
- Exactly - Remember when Al Haig said that he was "in charge" (he meant/might have dreamed of it) - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 08:45 AM EST
- Armed 1776 vs 2012 - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 10:54 AM EST
- The Founding Fathers and their Single Shot Weapons - Authored by: hardmath on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 11:44 AM EST
- Unless they actually try to use it that way...? - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 04:49 PM EST
- Who Is Too Unbalanced to Be Armed? - Authored by: PJ on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 05:54 PM EST
- Who Is Too Unbalanced to Be Armed? - Authored by: cricketjeff on Friday, December 28 2012 @ 05:12 AM EST
- Who Is Too Unbalanced to Be Armed? - Authored by: odysseus on Friday, December 28 2012 @ 06:00 AM EST
- Here is a list (or the start of one)... in these links might be more to the story? - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 09:06 AM EST
- By the same token.. - Authored by: myNym on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 01:48 PM EST
- Who Is Too Unbalanced to Be Armed? - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 03:38 PM EST
- Logic Error! - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 03:45 PM EST
- Defense Against Oppressive Government - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 10:30 PM EST
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Authored by: SilverWave on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 06:52 AM EST |
[PJ: Yikes. *Half* of you? : D Well, that explains quite a
lot.] -
And yes I did Laugh Out Loud :-)
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RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions
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Authored by: SilverWave on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 07:54 AM EST |
Quote: "Yes, Randi Zuckerberg, speak to us about human
decency.
Because a photo that you posted on Facebook got shared on
the Internet.
How awful this must have been for you! How... invasive.
What
a violation. How terrible that someone might take something
that belongs
to you and use it in ways that you had not
anticipated, and for which you had
not given explicit
permission!
What kind of world are we living in
when just because you
post something on a website someone else can just take
your
stuff and do things with it?
Oh wait."
Yes, Randi Zuckerberg, Please
Lecture Us
About `Human Decency'--- RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 02:06 PM EST |
Am I the only one who thinks this excerpt from the from the Washington Post
article is a bit odd?
The University of Chicago medical center
operated an unsecure Dropbox site for new residents managing patient care
through their iPads, using a single user name and password published in a manual
online.
After a Post reporter called about the vulnerabilities, officials at
the cabinet manufacturer and the medical center took steps to close the gaps.
The Peace Corps said it was considering changes.
Does the author
really think Dropbox is a cabinet!? I can't see how this is a typo. Shouldn't
someone technical be reviewing these before publication?
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Authored by: Gringo_ on Friday, December 28 2012 @ 12:41 AM EST |
Link.
Absolutely bizarre that the Senate enacted legislation
specifically for the benefit of Netflix/Facebook. I wonder
how much they were
paid for that? Wouldn't it be cool if
they enacted legislation for the benefit
of the public
someday, rather than for special interests? Just think of
what
they could do! For example, they could have added
language requiring the
authorities to get a warrant to read
your e-mail or other data stored in the
cloud instead. I
suppose they aren't paid to do that sort of thing. Too
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- Freedom of Speech - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, December 28 2012 @ 05:30 AM EST
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, December 28 2012 @ 06:18 PM EST |
A quote from the
article:
Methods which can be performed entirely in the human
mind are unpatentable not because there is anything wrong with claiming mental
steps as part of a process containing non-mental steps but rather because
computational methods which can be performed entirely in the human mind are the
types of methods that embody the ‘basic tools of scientific and technological
work’ that are free to all men and reserved exclusively to
none.’
Here's hoping Trulia can carry that to it's conclusion and
get confirmation rather than ending up in a position to settle.
That
would be pretty sweet if that gets clear confirmation from the
Supreme's.
It would be even sweeter if the Federal Circuit confirms that
as well although I won't hold my breath on that one.
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Authored by: kg on Saturday, December 29 2012 @ 10:02 PM EST |
The eWeek headline (and the article itself) seem to be an
attempt to
obfuscate basic fact. The fact is, competition is
necessary to survive
elsewhere in the world. In the US, lack
of competition (resting on patents)
seems to be sufficient
to prevent others from staying in the
game.
Basically the EU is of the view that if someone violates
competition
law, they will investigate and issue a fine.
Just like they fined Microsoft for
Media Player in 2006, and
their current threat of a fine regarding IE. They may
take
their time, but they will get around to it.
In that light, their
action against Samsung is to be
expected, as Apple is refusing to comply with
the FRAND
terms on the standards essential patents in question, and it
is only
a matter of time before they are punished by the EU
for what
they're
doing.
That's not to say that Apple is not on thin ice, too,
when seeking
bans on other companies' products within the
EU.
It will be interesting to
watch this play out. For once,
the EU seems to be the one Western
super-regional government
that actively welcomes competition.
(original newspick
link) --- IANAL
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 30 2012 @ 12:16 AM EST |
Newspick , and a reference
point,
Should you upgrade to Mac OS X? If you don't already have a
copy (or plans to buy one), the answer is no. Most users should wait for a
future release, and
possibly new hardware to run it on. Should Apple have
released OS X in its current state? I think so. Nothing stimulates application
development like a shipping
OS. April 2001 arstechnica
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