Follow Slashdot blog updates by subscribing to our blog RSS feed

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×

Comment Re:Good luck (Score 1) 146

I'd have to disagree with the legally sound bit, they can get away with going against the spirit of the constitution precisely because they are the highest judges and they know full well they won't be brought to book for going against the constitution.

The wording of the constitution is clear and easy to understand, but some of the decisions the supreme court make are often backed by twisted ideas and any decent person would see they are morally corrupt.

Comment Re:Thank You Captain Obvious (Score 4, Informative) 391

I live in the UK and you're talking bollocks, unemployment is not exceptional, we have nothing like the poverty that the US has. We have far better minimum wages which combat poverty. there is no such thing as food stamps here. And of course the national health service is free to all so if you get sick it is not a problem financially (except for the time off work for some people).

And the Japanese guy disagrees too I see.

I don't earn great wages and I live in London and I still have plenty of spending money, food is not a concern.

Comment Yeah right (Score 1) 1

"a position that could arguably destroy all information-only sites if upheld since without consideration these sites cannot hold their users to their terms of use."

The early web survived fine without Terms of use, if I buy a newspaper - it doesn't have 'terms of use', 8bit games didn't have 'terms of use'. In the US can such terms trump laws - a bizarre situation if you ask me.

Terms of use are not necessary because there are already laws in place and because sites have administrators.

Really - who reads them and does anyone other than lawyers really give a damn what they say.

And what site would not be viable without terms and conditions? The article holds up Wikipedia as an example, but as we all know there are plenty of trolls on Wikipedia who routinely flout the terms of use there. Spammers are going to spam, no-one reads the terms and sees 'you will not spam' and then doesn't.

Submission + - The Promo Bay Blocked by UK ISPs (paritynews.com)

hypnosec writes: Pirate Bay’s artist promotion platform – the Promo Bay website, despite being perfectly legal, is being blocked by several UK Internet service providers including BT, Virgin Media it has been revealed. The Promo Bay was launched this week as a promotion platform for content creators like filmmakers, musicians enabling them to showcase their talent and work to thousands of people across the web. Even though the idea is novel, The Promo Bay has somehow found itself on a block list alongside the Pirate Bay because of which the site is facing the blockade.

Slashdot Top Deals

Old programmers never die, they just hit account block limit.

Working...