Comment Re:It's for the best (Score 1) 225
Who is John Galt?
Keyser Soze's equally well known second cousin.
Who is John Galt?
Keyser Soze's equally well known second cousin.
there is no need to use Google docs. Using those services is your choice
I have as much choice about that as people who work in a Windows shop have about using MS Excel and Word.
None, unless I want to find a new job.
I worked in a "Windows shop" and had no problem keeping my job while using OpenOffice.org (from the time it was still Star Office).
The NSA has been trusted with the discrete use of sigint since ww2
This has not resulted in any widespread misuse of data or emergence of a fascist state
Snowden's actions on the other hand have made each of us a little less safe
way to go dumbass
Only for a nonstandard definition of "misuse", and perhaps you should look at some properties of fascism.
If your 'debate' is out in the open so your advisories know exactly where you are watching or what you can track, then what is the point of debating? The 'civil libertarians' (who lost the last election), get their way. And then Snowden/Glenwald are in control until the NSA comes up with new ways to monitor everybody and keeps their secrets locked up a lot better.
FTFY
To all you idiots out there, if you've got nothing to hid then you have nothing to fear. Edward Snowden is a big a danger to the US today as the Soviet Union was 4 years ago. He should be executed without trial.
Thank you for that brilliant insight into your psyche, Mr. Mussolini - by the way, your black shirts are ready at the cleaners.
Respectfully fixed that for you.
This is a guess I'm pulling out of my @$$
You can say "ass" at Slashdot, we are mostly adults here.
And even more, if it's a "personal thing" about profanity, if you are typing "@$$", you are thinking "ass", and so you are just as "guilty" of offending whatever thing it is about the word "ass" that offends you.
Donkeys are offensive now?
The only real news is that a politician kept their pre-election promise.
During the campaign Rupert Murdoch ^w^w Typhoon Tony PROMISED fibre (probably) to the street (or near the street (or somewhere, anyway)) and whatever Telstra had left after a lot of neglect to the home. Not this [sarcasm] unnecessary luxury [/sarcasm] of fibre to the home.
And you would rather the state nationalising a private asset?
Like a shot. Vital infrastructure belongs to the country, not just a few shareholders. Privatising was a mistake.
I'm sorry that is just plain scary. It was privatised and the government got money for it. If you want it to go back into public hands then it has to be bought.
Yes, it does. Just like a house standing in the way of a freeway.
Yes. A major bit of the cost was Danegeld to Telstra to get access to the ducts that the taxpayer paid for not so long back (since Telstra haven't done much wired infrastructure since). Without that the cost would have been a shitload less. Simon Hackett of Internode wrote a few well reasoned articles back when the NBN ws proposed about how it couldn't possibly cost as much as proposed - but then it became clear later that Telstra had to be bought off.
And you would rather the state nationalising a private asset?
Like a shot. Vital infrastructure belongs to the country, not just a few shareholders. Privatising was a mistake.
The real question is at what point do these ideas become "common knowledge" enough that the patent should be no more. After all, every TV was rectangular with rounded corners in shape, with button (touch) controls in the lower right or right hand side. That's right, this is the USA where the patents are made up and the durations don't matter.
Sorry, couldn't resist fixing that for you.
Are your principles worth more to your than your career?
- In reply to "I dare the administration to tell me I have to teach this curriculum to my students. I'll give my own slant on it and end up teaching anonymous proxy, torrents, ripping, you name it..."
If they really are a teacher - yes (it's part of the job description).
But there's no need to concentrate on "anonymous proxy, torrents, ripping, you name it...", although they merit discussion - I'd just spend time on the public domain and how copyright can be, has been and is being used to steal from society.
They could just ask people to buy a license... It doesn't have to pirate-proof, just ask for a small payment in exchange for a license key, those who want will pay for it and those who don't want or can't afford will use a pirated key. Way back, I paid for an Opera license even though I could get a free Netscape or IE, because Opera was a much much better product IMO. I also drop some money into buskers' hats when I appreciate their performance, many other people do too. I'd pay for a solid spy-free Ubuntu as well.
Trouble is, it (the licence) isn't Canonical's to sell.
They can, however, charge for support, documentation, physical medium (the DVD set), access to their servers for downloading and a whole lot of other things I can't be bothered thinking up. But not for a licence. And if they charge too much for any of those things we can all look forward to the new free (as in beer) Tatmsa 9000 distribution (which will look a lot like Ubuntu).
I am not sure I understand this story: why US has its word to say about who is connecting Australia and New Zaeland? Aren't theses territories sovereign nations?
We like to think so, but we have our doubts (especially now that Tony is PM).
Who do you prefer listening into your communications? The US or China?
Given the inherent malignity of corporate entities, which is the least-worst?
An alternative and eqally valid wording.
You've just proven my point. Buy a linux friendly tablet then.
Serious question, are there any readily available tablets that are easily set up to run Linux natively without a trace of Android? All the ones I've seen do it in a chroot environment.
Really love my old HP netbook (Opensuse 12.3) - great for sitting on the couch and writing stuff during the breaks between the ads on TV. Hopefully by the time this one breaks down I'll be able to buy a cheap Chromebook, nuke Chrome and install some flavour of full Linux.
With your bare hands?!?
