Comment Re:As a result (Score 1) 45
the ISPs will be forced to raise their rates due to the elimination of a scam, oops, I mean, the increased cost of doing business
... and then lower them again as competition returns to the marketplace.
the ISPs will be forced to raise their rates due to the elimination of a scam, oops, I mean, the increased cost of doing business
... and then lower them again as competition returns to the marketplace.
So you are saying I need to write this at a 3rd grade reading level in crayons?
Ah, the classic reductio ad absurdum. I see what you did there, sir.
lion food: [IBM] n. Middle management or HQ staff (by extension,
administrative drones in general).
From an old joke about two
lions who, escaping from the zoo, split up to increase their
chances but agreed to meet after two months.
When they do meet,
one is skinny and the other overweight. The thin one says "How
did you manage? I ate a human just once and they turned out a
small army to chase me --- guns, nets, it was terrible. Since then
I've been reduced to eating mice, insects, even grass."
The fat
one replies "Well, *I* hid near an IBM office and ate a
manager a day. And nobody even noticed!"
... I have the right to record you on a public street.
You're only proving my point. "I have the right" is synonymous with "There is no law banning."
Your statement does not change my expectations for how moral people behave.
You have no expectation of privacy on my property
Don't tell me what I expect.
I think you mean to say I have no legal expectation of privacy on your property. Unfortunately, too many people equate legality with morality. "If there's no law banning it, it must be ok."
I do expect some measure of privacy, even walking down the street or approaching your door. Whether I get that, or whether it's legally enforced, is often different from my expectations, unfortunately.
The public ultimately writes the laws we live under, so privacy laws could be changed if we only had the will, but there are plenty of other things we need to get in order first.
IBM Advanced Systems Group -- a bunch of mindless jerks, who'll be first against the wall when the revolution comes... -- with regrets to D. Adams