I don't care if it was deliberate or not. The result should be the same however.

We ought to stop allowing incompetence as an excuse, when the results are the same.

Except that Harvard has a history of not allowing certain viewpoints that DID NOT call for the genocide of an entire people group. Claims of Pro 1rst Amendment are hard to believe given the examples of speech not allowed in other cases. Free speech is for everyone or it is not free speech. KKK can't call for Genocide, but the Hamas Supporters can, isn't free speech.

I'm a 1st Amendment absolutist. I want to know who the assholes are that want to kill off people, so let them talk. And don't prevent me from pointing out that if you want to genocide a people you suck as a human being.

Calculus is a great example of what you questioned us on. We know the two men had similar conclusion with similar math proofs. But even then it is clear that the ideas were derived(pun intended) separately, because while the result was the same, how they got there was not exactly the same.

Such advances are RARE.

The chances two people create the exact same paragraph, EXACTLY is VERY unlikely.

That being said, my daughter, when she was in 7th grade was accused of plagiarism by one of her teachers because her work was not that of a 7th grade girl . Luckily another teacher stood up for her and said was capable beyond her years. No copying needed for the accusation.

So, I take a careful look before accusing one of illicit copying. Gay is not ignorant and therefore it is unreasonable that it was repeatedly made mistake. If it was reasonable excuse, she is incompetent. Those two choices are the real problem here. She did it on purpose or she is incompetent. Either way is a big problem. I don't care which was it falls, as I have not claimed that she plagiarized, only that is a reasonable version. The alternative is not a better choice, but still is viable.

Either outcome results are similar or the same, she isn't the excellence that school deserves.

Did you tell all the rich/powerful/elite people who bought beachfront property that their homes are threatened by the very thing they are trying to warn us about?

It is almost like they don't believe the claims they are making.

Is the issue a viable connection most of the time, or not? Do we need to be able to stream 4K or is 1080 or lower sufficient? Is low latency gaming a priority or is a luxury. Is you right to live out in rural Montana a choice or is it a necessity that the rest of us have to pay for? Does Starlink offer sufficient options for those that are willing to pay for its advantages?

The problem is that options and cost benefit aren't choices government shouldn't mandate. I remember when dialup where 14.4 was worth the $500 (often 2x for each end) modem in the early 90s.

Government didn't solve any "Broadband" problems during the last 30 years, it just changed what it means. That's how marketplace actually works. People willing to pay for technology where it makes sense. Government inserts itself where it doesn't.

Yes, we must use outdated methods of connecting to the internet because there is political will do keep those outdated methods to pay for corporate welfare to Political Donors to the Congress Critters.

This is not a D or R problem, but one where the Political Powers that be (both D and R) like their Laundered Taxpayer funds.

Starlink (and the Amazon version) is changing the game in ways that old school thinking cannot fathom. And Cell service is often good enough for most others.

Your Greybeard is showing !

(yes, I resemble that!)

The problem for Android is that it isn't "Linux" the way Linuxheads want it to be Linux. That's not Android's problem to solve though, as Android is a functional desktop in the same way that Windows is functional; that being my Mother-in-Law can make use of it to do the things she needs without much fuss most of the time. No, she doesn't use command-line, but she also doesn't need to. And that is a good thing.

ChromeOS is similar state, but even further away from what Linux power users might want.

My personal take is that we're too busy arguing the utility of a full distro vs a usable subset that is a full UI and ecosystem that works for most people. We've lost sight of what is actually important to most people.

Gaggle (among quite a few others) is just responding to the legal requirements states and liability laws require.

Schools have very little choice in the matter, being publicly funded with all the strings attached to that money could ever want. I have to deploy these types of tools in my day job. There are a couple options for those that don't like the situation, take your kids out of public schools, or run for School Board and/or be active locally in your kids schools.

The surveillance is probably the least worrisome of the things I know a lot of schools are having to deal with. Money rules what schools can and have do. Follow the money.

Just wait till Starlink gets Cell service and can stream exactly like Sirius, except with any phone you might have anywhere, including places your car can't go.

THIS is why I'll never sign up in the first place. Terrible Business Practices leads to people not ever trusting they can escape their prisons.

I wasn't advocating it. I was explaining what it would take.

However, those most engaged in advocating climate change agenda HAVE proposed reducing the population to solve this problem. See the former Georgia Guidestones for reference.

All taxes should be 100% avoidable. Taxation is not a NATURAL act, it is the use of force by the government.

It is a tax on living. Governments tax. That is what they do, and justify it by any means necessary.

RCS works well. It offers End to End encryption. AND is not locked to a single vendor.

Apple Proprietary stuff is just status of stupid. Check out this article explaining how much of a loser the android user is:

https://www.marieclaire.com/ce...