I agree with Oxford, I think it's not just wrong, but painfully so. But the masses seem to disagree, and unfortunately it's the English-speaking masses who determine what is correct or not rather than you, I, or Oxford.
I don't think anyone should be prosecuted for saying "Child porn is awesome, everyone should make some!", but it's reasonable to prosecute people who actually make it.
I don't think anyone should be prosecuted for daying "Terrorism is awesome, everyone should go do some!", but it's reasonable to prosecute people who actually do it.
"If the holders of the trademark don't like the way you're giving them free advertising, don't give it to them."
I agree. I think it would be to everyone's benefit if the meaningless self-congratulatory industry wankfest that is the Oscars was completely ignored by news outlets.
"it is impossible to make internet voting both secure and anonymous."
Speaking from a mathematical point of view, this is far from impossible. There are a number of ways it could be done right now. None of which will be used in our lifetimes, of course.
Sadly, they're not, at least on this point. They're just providing a definition that is in common usage. Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive.
This "literally" usage is a battle lost years ago, and using it to mean "figuratively" is very much common practice. I'll still complain about it, though.
Re: Let's ban cops on the road because they're distracting
I have a ploicy of slamming on my brakes when a cop tailgates me. Once, the cop rear-ended me as a result. My answer to him when he asked why I slammed on the brakes: "a squirrel ran in front of my car".
It helps that in my state, any rear-end accident is automatically the fault of the car that did the rear-ending.
"Forgive me if the law does prohibit this, but wouldn't it be legal to use the phone hands-free? "
It depends on the state. However, using a phone hands-free doesn't eliminate the problem. Simply engaging in conversation with someone (whether over the phone or with them physically in the car) distracts drivers every bit as much as holding a phone to their heads.
They keep saying "court ordered" as if that somehow makes things better. As long as we have a FISA court, it does not. "Court ordered" or "with a warrant" mean absolutely nothing, and invoking those words does not bolster their case.
You can uncheck that, of course, and it solves that problem. However, it doesn't take away from the fact that AdBlock+ sold out. They just sold out in a way that you can disable.
You are technically correct, but in practice cookies are nearly always used to store identifiers. As such, it's entirely reasonable to assume they are dangerous unless proven otherwise.
"And there are folks that see ONLY cost and don't care about value."
Such people do care about value, it's just that for those people the value of the service is negligable so cost becomes the most important factor by far.
not only the integrity of our agents and prosecutors, but also the government’s capacity to self-correct in the (very small) minority of cases when someone falls short.
That's they can say this with a straight face, or even more frightening that they might even actually think this is even remotely true, is the clearest example of the deep and pervasive rot that has infested the DoJ.
Plus, the more surveillance a population is under, the more fearful the population is. Terrorists and those in power both want the average citizen to be as afraid as possible. This would be a win/win for them, but a lose for everyone else.
"Cell Phones have been listed as a potential carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)."
You should read what the IARC says this means. It's not nearly as bad as you imply. What they actually say is that there is no indication of any carcinogenic effect at all, with a single exception: extremely heavy cell phone usage may incur a tiny increase in the incidence of glioma, but the data is inconclusive. Therefore they classified it the way they did did said so that this aspect will be studied more closely.
What they did not say is that RF emissions are carcinogenic.
"So you are saying exposure to non ionizing radiation is harmless?"
At the power levels used by WiFi, there is currently zero evidence that exposure is harmful to anybody. Which indicates that, worst case, the risk is exceedingly minimal.
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I don't think anyone should be prosecuted for saying "Child porn is awesome, everyone should make some!", but it's reasonable to prosecute people who actually make it.
I don't think anyone should be prosecuted for daying "Terrorism is awesome, everyone should go do some!", but it's reasonable to prosecute people who actually do it.
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Re: Don't use the trademark
I agree. I think it would be to everyone's benefit if the meaningless self-congratulatory industry wankfest that is the Oscars was completely ignored by news outlets.
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Speaking from a mathematical point of view, this is far from impossible. There are a number of ways it could be done right now. None of which will be used in our lifetimes, of course.
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This "literally" usage is a battle lost years ago, and using it to mean "figuratively" is very much common practice. I'll still complain about it, though.
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I disagree in the strongest possible terms.
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Re: Let's ban cops on the road because they're distracting
It helps that in my state, any rear-end accident is automatically the fault of the car that did the rear-ending.
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Re: "Implied consent" is a horrible precedent to rely on
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It depends on the state. However, using a phone hands-free doesn't eliminate the problem. Simply engaging in conversation with someone (whether over the phone or with them physically in the car) distracts drivers every bit as much as holding a phone to their heads.
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Cell phones don't enter into it.
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Enoug of the "court ordered" nonsense
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Re: One specific error in the quoted document
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Such people do care about value, it's just that for those people the value of the service is negligable so cost becomes the most important factor by far.
"Value" is a very personal and relative thing.
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The core of the rot
That's they can say this with a straight face, or even more frightening that they might even actually think this is even remotely true, is the clearest example of the deep and pervasive rot that has infested the DoJ.
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You should read what the IARC says this means. It's not nearly as bad as you imply. What they actually say is that there is no indication of any carcinogenic effect at all, with a single exception: extremely heavy cell phone usage may incur a tiny increase in the incidence of glioma, but the data is inconclusive. Therefore they classified it the way they did did said so that this aspect will be studied more closely.
What they did not say is that RF emissions are carcinogenic.
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At the power levels used by WiFi, there is currently zero evidence that exposure is harmful to anybody. Which indicates that, worst case, the risk is exceedingly minimal.
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