However after that takeover fails (you already know it will,)

It had better fail. Corporate consolidation in the US has been a disaster.

Really? You've heard about this caliphate they are creating in what used to be Iraq before the US tore it to pieces?

If anything, I'd say 9/11 was a win/win for those involved.

Likely translation: He tried to shake the movie company down for a few weeks worth of work rather than a day or two, and they told him to piss off, then contacted someone more reasonably inclined. They obviously got the permits, meaning that someone was able to do the work in just a few days.

Or someone pulled the assessment from their ass for quick cash.

Sad as it is, you're not far from the truth. Sharks hate and love each other in equal parts, and when they find out someone under them fooled them, they do understand he's too dangerous to be there. But firing him can be dangerous, too - if he can fool you, who knows what else he's capable of? Making him an ally (temporarily, of course, there's no such thing as friendship among predators) is the wisest course of action.

That, in a nutshell, is why the biggest assholes get promoted instead of fired - because the ones making those decisions are the exact same kind of human trash.

Weren't there huge complaints as a result of this?

Oh yes. And they were told, "elections have consequences".

You idiots also said that about TV's, music devices, homes etc...

No, they didn't.

But I'll say it right now: My house does not need to be on the Internet. My shoes do not need to be on the Internet.

Not this Internet, at least. Because every one of those connected "things" is going to require connecting to a web page to manage, and that web page is going to require you to create a profile, that is connected to your personal information. The Internet of Things is not designed for your benefit. Right now, in 2014, do you really need to be told that? Have you not noticed anything happening around you?

For a group of people who are supposed to be tech-savvy, a lot of techies really don't seem to get what the Internet is about. There is some fantasy from the 1980's that still seems to hang on in the minds of people. Maybe a fairy tale that is told from generation to generation. But it has nothing to do with the truth. That Internet we dreamed about decades ago never happened.

YOU DIDN'T GET THE JOKE.

I got the joke. That's why it wasn't a whoosh.

Had the BIOS authors intended the error to say that

Lol, bios has some the worst english I've ever read.

I'm not sure I follow your analogy

I'll clarify. Suppose a city has ordinances requiring certain building codes be followed for new construction.

In some cities the city employs all its own inspectors. If just one of those inspectors can be bribed, does that really mean the organization (city) is not serious about the codes being followed? That seems a stretch.

In other cities, in addition to city employees, there are 3rd party consulting companies that can perform inspections, prepare reports, and submit them to the city. Provided the building developer provides the city a report done by one of these companies, the city will authorize an occupancy permit or whatever. So now if one employee of one of the consulting companies is corrupt does that really mean the city is somehow corrupt or not serious about buildings being to code? That seems a huge stretch.

Similarly, in many cases things like "environmental impact assessments" are not done by the country itself, instead they are done by universitys, researchers, and dedicated consulting companies. If you can find a student research or consultancy employee willing to fudge some data to get a 'pass'... that hardly means the whole country isn't serious about the environment.

If some corrupt organization granted the filming permits when they weren't supposed to, the government can always revoke them anyways.

Of course.

I don't understand why this has been modded as a troll. He took the words right out of my mouth.

My "things" don't need to be on the internet. I like the Internet being in a neat compartment where I can go when I want it. I don't want it following me around.

Seriously, what the fuck is so attractive, I mean, given that the Internet has become pretty much a combination of a low-rent shopping mall and the equivalent of having your boss, your government and your phone company looking up your ass every minute of the day, about an internet of things? Have people really gotten that bored with life? Can you really not live one single minute without the illusion that your measly existence matters one bit to the universe?

Can anyone be so dense as to not be able to see what this "internet of things" is really all about? And here's a hint: It's not about making your life better. For fuck's sake.

No, I think it works just fine. If I own a gun, and suddenly they become outlawed, I too become an outlaw.

That has never been what the phrase meant. It has always meant that if you outlaw something, then it won't stop the outlaws from having it, because by virtue of being outlaws they'll ignore the law anyway.

In the case of guns specifically it amounts to effectively disarming the law abiding citizens, leaving only the criminals with guns.

It has never meant that if you outlaw something that suddenly all the law abiding citizens will be outlaws too.

The point is, if you ban something that is commonly used or owned, people will suddenly become outlaws for no other reason than because it illegal to have.

There is, of course, some truth to that too, but it is not the point the maxim makes. Law abiding people presumably will abide by the law and dispose of the contraband in an orderly fashion.

For example, If your neighbors all commonly dumped old/extra pesticides, gasoline, motor oil, etc into the river, and a law banning the dumping of such into the river was passed, I expect they are generally law abiding, and they would stop. It wouldn't suddenly criminalize all of them.

But mostly I would say ... "whoosh".

Its not a 'whoosh'

The premise is that "keyboard missing, press F1 to continue" is "funny" is because you can incorrectly interpret it to mean the following contradiction:

  "The keyboard is missing, now press F1 on the keyboard to continue without one"

But it never meant that, it means the far more reasonable:

"The keyboard is missing; I'm currently configured to ensure that one is attached, so please attach one, and then press F1 on it to continue"

If the organizations that grant such permission are corrupt enough to accept a fee in exchange for ignoring the environment, then again., as I said, the environment isn't actually that important to them to begin with.

That's like saying the IRS is corrupt if it accepts even a single tax return prepared by a corrupt tax preparing accountant.

That's not really a fair standard by which to judge the organization.

Everything else you wrote i agree with though.

You know all you'll get is a big stack of completely blacked-out paper, right?

What happens when someone steals someone's account and does bad things?

Cyber bullying tends to takes place over a period of months years. A single death threat sure... you can use that defense and get away with it, with nothing more than "now change your damned password" and don't share it.

But weeks on end? After multiple incidents reported?

"I'm sorry your honor, those darned hackers just keep breaking into my account every single day... and I'm really trying to keep them out. And all the witness testimony about how I hate the victim, and was a beast to her at school...its all lies. And those texts sent bragging about making the bullying posts from my phone after 11 different incidents -- um you know... I'm always leaving my phone where strangers can have a go at it..."

That's the thing about evidence. It accumulates until you are "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt".