Re: Re: "This needs to change." -- Unless it's Google GRABBING your info without ANY consent or withholding possible. -- And now has your credit / debit records to collate too!
Well... sort of.
Microsoft has suggested to those of us creating ASP.NET web sites, that we drop the old web site authentication scheme in favor of OAuth. This is an open standard used by Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter to permit the users to share information about their accounts with third party applications or websites. Those folks will automatically be logged into your site if they've already logged into FaceBook, and vice versa.
Which sounds horrific from an security and privacy point of view, and the Wikipedia page backs this up. But then Microsoft's "suggestion" was rather forceful, with the tools needed to manage the old authentication scheme being removed from Visual Studio.
So from now on when you log into private company sites not in any way affiliated with Facebook or Google, it's... vague... how much they know about it. Especially if a Google or Facebook ad on a page in another tab notices that you've just been authenticated.
User: That's a data file that came with a game download. See, it's in the game's program directory. I have no idea what it's for.
Police: We think you're just hiding your encrypted files there. Unlock it or go to jail.
Voiceover: Purchase your games from Windows Store! Only Windows Store will certify the origin of your files. Anything else is pirated at best, and may be used against you.
Re: Censored, I mean "hidden" by "the [Techdirt] community" is yet another lie! -- Is that automatic by some number of clicks? How many? -- Or does an administrator okay it?
I think you guys are confused over the First Amendment. While it's true that business owners have the right to refuse service to someone, they need a legit reason to do so.
Instead of posting as "Anonymous Coward", perhaps you should adopt the name "Legit Reason."
If they acknowledge the drone strikes, they they'll have to acknowledge a few related unpleasantries.
Like their record of killing 49 innocent civilians for every known terrorist, according to a joint study by Stanford and New York Universities of drone strikes in Pakistan.
And the US's use of "double-taps" - something the US itself calls terrorism - and international law experts call war crimes - where after the first strike they'll send in more missiles to target rescuers.
You wouldn't want anyone thinking that American military contractors and the agencies they're in bed with, are creating the next generation of anti-American terrorists to kick-start the next war. Why, that would be as silly as the telecommunications industry being in bed with the FCC boss and working against Americans' interests.
Best to keep it a secret so the Pakistanis don't find out about it.
"You don't have many suspects who are innocent of a crime. That's contradictory. If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect." - Attorney General Edwin Meese , U.S. News and World Report, 10/14/85
Hopefully the current administration has a better sense of reality.
Lawyers are just like other people. Some are bad, but most are good.
I've learned to be wary of those who demonize lawyers. Often its CEOs and politicians. They want the "little people" to think ill of lawyers, because the law - as imperfect as it is - is the only equalizer left. It's being eroded rapidly, and demonizing lawyers helps that process.
JUST KIDDING! I once had to calm my lawyer down when he panicked after he stepped in cow manure and thought he was melting.
It certainly looks interesting for those who want some limits on the power of multinational corporations.
It might end in some voluntary breaking up of those companies. So that Google Canada could say "You can't penalize us; it's Google U.S. that still has the search results, and they're a different company." (As opposed to different branches of the same company.)
Canada: "Okie dokie. We're delisting Google. No collecting ad revenue or selling services in Canada. No Google Home and other devices. No selling enterprise services."
Google: "You can't do that under NAFTA!"
Canada: "We checked your tax filings. Bermuda isn't part of NAFTA."
GPS displays are a form of augmented reality. There are countless stories of people blindly following GPS directions into buildings, rivers, etc. Some of those stories, especially where remote roads are involved, end in death. The risks are far more real than for games.
To be fair, shouldn't Milwaukee also require GPS device and app makers to have permits, plans for garbage collection left by users, plans for on-site security to protect users, and estimates of "crowd sizes?"
In your "Republic" definition, the key criteria that applies to the US "whose head of state is not a monarch."
The third criteria, the "body of citizens who are entitled to vote", would apply to communist countries where only a small percentage of citizens are allowed into the party and entitled to vote. Most citizens have no say. It does not apply to the US. (Not even via the Electoral College. That's indirect democracy, but still democracy.)
Meanwhile your Democracy definition fully applies to the US.
Your claim of "We vote the people in, they can do whatever they want after." has a lot of truth, but it's equally true in non-Republic democracies.
Sure, there are some differences between countries: A Canadian Prime Minister with only minority support in Parliament can be kicked out of office, while a US President becomes a "lame duck." But that's not a republic vs. non-republic thing.
It says right there, "constitutional federal republic".
Weird; even with that section open, "constitutional" shows up in a search but "republic" does not.
In any case, the page says nothing whatsoever to the effect that the US is not a democracy. In fact it has multiple mentions of the electoral process and election results.
His other link directly calls the US a democracy.
And "the left?" What does this have to do with the left?
It is a Fact that the United States is a "Constitutional Republic."
No-one disagrees with this. It is also a democracy.
That is what the founding fathers called it!
Well sure, because America is indeed a republic. Just as it is indeed a democracy.
Yes, you can find all sorts of quotes from the founding fathers warning about the "tyranny of the majority" problems of democracies. (Which is why - like other successful democracy - they enacted a Constitution and Bill of Rights to protect minority rights.) But they don't deny that America is a democracy.
This is NOT secret knowledge and the fact that is not is what makes you a blithering idiot!
My irony meter just pegged.
And here is the link for the rest of you idiots that need one and cannot look it up for yourself! (CIA World Factbook link)
Your link makes no such claim.
And here is the Wikipedia page too... (Wikipedia: United_States link)
Your link states "The United States is the world's oldest surviving federation. It is a representative democracy, "in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law".
I hope you get a Democracy, because under that, you all would have committed suicide or invaded to comedic effect.
The Soviet Union, East Germany, China and North Korea were/are all republics. Reread your statement for more comedic effect.
"Republic" only means that America doesn't have a monarch. You can have democracies that are republics or not, and you can have republics that are democracies or not.
It sure is funny that some might think that Health Care should be universally available to rich and poor but NEVER the fucking justice system!
Good comparison, incorrect conclusion.
Health Care is universally available in Canada. It covers emergencies quickly and for free (1). But the less of an emergency you're facing, the more likely you are to encounter fees and waiting lists (2).
The US court system is already set up much that way. The criminal justice system universally available for free, serving rich and poor alike. Then you have small claims court, for a small fee. Then full civil court for large fees.
1) er, free by American standards. Canadians pay taxes for healthcare, but they pay less taxes per capita for healthcare than Americans. Americans often must pay a second time, even for emergencies.
2) Both of which you can avoid with private insurance. Private insurance which is much cheaper than in the US because of what the public insurance covers.
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PolitiFact says: "Whoa."
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Re: Re: "This needs to change." -- Unless it's Google GRABBING your info without ANY consent or withholding possible. -- And now has your credit / debit records to collate too!
Well... sort of.
Microsoft has suggested to those of us creating ASP.NET web sites, that we drop the old web site authentication scheme in favor of OAuth. This is an open standard used by Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter to permit the users to share information about their accounts with third party applications or websites. Those folks will automatically be logged into your site if they've already logged into FaceBook, and vice versa.
Which sounds horrific from an security and privacy point of view, and the Wikipedia page backs this up. But then Microsoft's "suggestion" was rather forceful, with the tools needed to manage the old authentication scheme being removed from Visual Studio.
So from now on when you log into private company sites not in any way affiliated with Facebook or Google, it's... vague... how much they know about it. Especially if a Google or Facebook ad on a page in another tab notices that you've just been authenticated.
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Well, sure. That's like a thousand White House communications directors ago.
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It's Not Just Devices, It's All Files.
User: That's a data file that came with a game download. See, it's in the game's program directory. I have no idea what it's for.
Police: We think you're just hiding your encrypted files there. Unlock it or go to jail.
Voiceover: Purchase your games from Windows Store! Only Windows Store will certify the origin of your files. Anything else is pirated at best, and may be used against you.
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Re: Censored, I mean "hidden" by "the [Techdirt] community" is yet another lie! -- Is that automatic by some number of clicks? How many? -- Or does an administrator okay it?
Instead of posting as "Anonymous Coward", perhaps you should adopt the name "Legit Reason."
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Re: Re: Techdirt has LONG been violating this principle! First FOUR attempts to get in at 9:38 Pacific Time...
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Re: lost the balance
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But... but...
If they acknowledge the drone strikes, they they'll have to acknowledge a few related unpleasantries.
Like their record of killing 49 innocent civilians for every known terrorist, according to a joint study by Stanford and New York Universities of drone strikes in Pakistan.
And the US's use of "double-taps" - something the US itself calls terrorism - and international law experts call war crimes - where after the first strike they'll send in more missiles to target rescuers.
You wouldn't want anyone thinking that American military contractors and the agencies they're in bed with, are creating the next generation of anti-American terrorists to kick-start the next war. Why, that would be as silly as the telecommunications industry being in bed with the FCC boss and working against Americans' interests.
Best to keep it a secret so the Pakistanis don't find out about it.
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Re: Re:
- Attorney General Edwin Meese , U.S. News and World Report, 10/14/85
Hopefully the current administration has a better sense of reality.
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Re: Re: Re: Marketplace Confusion
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Re:
I've learned to be wary of those who demonize lawyers. Often its CEOs and politicians. They want the "little people" to think ill of lawyers, because the law - as imperfect as it is - is the only equalizer left. It's being eroded rapidly, and demonizing lawyers helps that process.
JUST KIDDING! I once had to calm my lawyer down when he panicked after he stepped in cow manure and thought he was melting.
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Re:
It might end in some voluntary breaking up of those companies. So that Google Canada could say "You can't penalize us; it's Google U.S. that still has the search results, and they're a different company." (As opposed to different branches of the same company.)
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Re:
Google: "We're delisting Canada!"
Canada: "Okie dokie. We're delisting Google. No collecting ad revenue or selling services in Canada. No Google Home and other devices. No selling enterprise services."
Google: "You can't do that under NAFTA!"
Canada: "We checked your tax filings. Bermuda isn't part of NAFTA."
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Re:
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Re: Re: GPS?
You didn't.
Wikipedia: Reductio ad absurdum
Example: Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
The other involves issuing distracting and occasionally dangerous commands to users operating multi-ton power equipment at high speeds.
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GPS?
To be fair, shouldn't Milwaukee also require GPS device and app makers to have permits, plans for garbage collection left by users, plans for on-site security to protect users, and estimates of "crowd sizes?"
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: America
In your "Republic" definition, the key criteria that applies to the US "whose head of state is not a monarch."
The third criteria, the "body of citizens who are entitled to vote", would apply to communist countries where only a small percentage of citizens are allowed into the party and entitled to vote. Most citizens have no say. It does not apply to the US. (Not even via the Electoral College. That's indirect democracy, but still democracy.)
Meanwhile your Democracy definition fully applies to the US.
Your claim of "We vote the people in, they can do whatever they want after." has a lot of truth, but it's equally true in non-Republic democracies.
Sure, there are some differences between countries: A Canadian Prime Minister with only minority support in Parliament can be kicked out of office, while a US President becomes a "lame duck." But that's not a republic vs. non-republic thing.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: America
Weird; even with that section open, "constitutional" shows up in a search but "republic" does not.
In any case, the page says nothing whatsoever to the effect that the US is not a democracy. In fact it has multiple mentions of the electoral process and election results.
His other link directly calls the US a democracy.
And "the left?" What does this have to do with the left?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: America
No-one disagrees with this. It is also a democracy.
Well sure, because America is indeed a republic. Just as it is indeed a democracy.
Yes, you can find all sorts of quotes from the founding fathers warning about the "tyranny of the majority" problems of democracies. (Which is why - like other successful democracy - they enacted a Constitution and Bill of Rights to protect minority rights.) But they don't deny that America is a democracy.
My irony meter just pegged.
Your link makes no such claim.
Your link states "The United States is the world's oldest surviving federation. It is a representative democracy, "in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law".
The Soviet Union, East Germany, China and North Korea were/are all republics. Reread your statement for more comedic effect.
"Republic" only means that America doesn't have a monarch. You can have democracies that are republics or not, and you can have republics that are democracies or not.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: In Canada
Good comparison, incorrect conclusion.
Health Care is universally available in Canada. It covers emergencies quickly and for free (1). But the less of an emergency you're facing, the more likely you are to encounter fees and waiting lists (2).
The US court system is already set up much that way. The criminal justice system universally available for free, serving rich and poor alike. Then you have small claims court, for a small fee. Then full civil court for large fees.
1) er, free by American standards. Canadians pay taxes for healthcare, but they pay less taxes per capita for healthcare than Americans. Americans often must pay a second time, even for emergencies.
2) Both of which you can avoid with private insurance. Private insurance which is much cheaper than in the US because of what the public insurance covers.
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