Maybe that's it - 5G is an an alien plot! If satellites block the view of all the telescopes on Earth, it will be easier for the aliens to sneak up on us.
In most of my classes, I list books as recommended rather than required; the only exceptions are those (very few) classes for which I believe the book is really critical. I've done this for almost 20 years now, mostly because of the skyrocketing cost of textbooks. I also always list online references for those who don't want to buy a book at all.
I have never felt right about requiring that students buy anything that I might get royalties from, so for classes I teach where I use my own textbook, I never make it required, and I always tell my students about other equivalent texts.
Re: Why Real Interact Is Best Option While Choosing Live Chat Se
One thing I've noticed about the comment spammers here is how many of them actually create accounts in order to post their spam. I do see the occasional "drive-by" (anonymous) spam comment, but it seems to be much more common that the spammer will register, post one or two spam comments, and then disappear.
Well, yeah, if you want to be all adult and rational about it. But if you're looking for something to prosecute, where's the fun in that? It's kind of like living in a small off-the-beaten-track town - you don't have cable, so you have to make your own fun. Plus, the way things are now, you get to be all big and powerful and can go around touting your good deeds and spouting off about how you, at least, are "thinking of the children".
Yeah, that would be like selling consoles with the promise that you could run other operating systems on them - say, Linux - and then retroactively taking away that capability. Nobody would be crazy enough to do that, would they?
The FBI has been creating its own "terrorists" for years; now it's branching out into child pornography. It began by keeping child porn servers online, now it's trumping up charges against people who annoy it. What's next - fabricating images and planting them?
The FCC needed something that sounded plausible to explain away the failure of their comment infrastructure, and someone latched onto the first "technical" idea that sounded plausible. Unfortunately, that person didn't know enough about the subject to realize that it could easily be debunked.
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Maybe that's it - 5G is an an alien plot! If satellites block the view of all the telescopes on Earth, it will be easier for the aliens to sneak up on us.
On the post: A Decade Later, AT&T Pays A Pittance For Lying About Its Unlimited Data Plans
Misunderstanding
Oh, I get it now. I thought it was $60 million per customer who had been lied to. My bad.
On the post: Senator Mark Warner Repeats Senator Ted Cruz's Mythical, Made Up, Incorrect Claims About Section 230
"Reality - what a concept" seems to be the operative phrase guiding Washington these days.
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He should run for president! Or... maybe he already did....
On the post: Sprint Busted For Allegedly Defrauding The FCC Lifeline Program
Re: A slap on the wrist
Sprint sounds a lot like Smeagol, doesn't it?
On the post: University Of Alabama Is Using A Location-Tracking App To Punish Students For Leaving Football Games Early
Feature creep?
For now, at least. How long until someone finds a "good reason" to expand its use, or mandate its installation, do you suppose?
On the post: Judge Wants To Know Who's Behind Devin Nunes' Cow's And Mom's Twitter Account
Re: Re: Spartacus!
I am Devin Nunes' Mother's Cow.
On the post: Devin Nunes Discovery Requests Against Twitter, A Fake Cow, And Liz Mair Show Just How Much A Fishing Expedition He's On
One would also like a pony. (Hey, if we're going to wish for things, why not? It's at least as likely to happen as all those other things....)
On the post: The Death Of Ownership: Educational Publishing Giant Pearson To Do Away With Print Textbooks (That Can Be Resold)
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In most of my classes, I list books as recommended rather than required; the only exceptions are those (very few) classes for which I believe the book is really critical. I've done this for almost 20 years now, mostly because of the skyrocketing cost of textbooks. I also always list online references for those who don't want to buy a book at all.
I have never felt right about requiring that students buy anything that I might get royalties from, so for classes I teach where I use my own textbook, I never make it required, and I always tell my students about other equivalent texts.
On the post: Facebook Tested With Deepfake Of Mark Zuckerberg: Company Leaves It Up
Re: Why Real Interact Is Best Option While Choosing Live Chat Se
One thing I've noticed about the comment spammers here is how many of them actually create accounts in order to post their spam. I do see the occasional "drive-by" (anonymous) spam comment, but it seems to be much more common that the spammer will register, post one or two spam comments, and then disappear.
On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
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Well, yeah, if you want to be all adult and rational about it. But if you're looking for something to prosecute, where's the fun in that? It's kind of like living in a small off-the-beaten-track town - you don't have cable, so you have to make your own fun. Plus, the way things are now, you get to be all big and powerful and can go around touting your good deeds and spouting off about how you, at least, are "thinking of the children".
On the post: Telecom Lobby Suddenly Pretends To Care About Accurate Broadband Maps
I'm shocked - shocked! - to find that gambling is going on in here!
On the post: Sony: We Are Totally Open For Crossplay, Game Developers: No, You Totally Are Not
Re: Re: Last Gen
Yeah, that would be like selling consoles with the promise that you could run other operating systems on them - say, Linux - and then retroactively taking away that capability. Nobody would be crazy enough to do that, would they?
On the post: Contrary To Media Claims, There's No Evidence Russia Was Behind Fake Net Neutrality Comments
Re: Re: If that's what the cover looks like...
On the post: Appeals Court Says Of Course Georgia's Laws (Including Annotations) Are Not Protected By Copyright And Free To Share
On the post: Twelve Rules For Not Being A Total Free Speech Hypocrite
Re: Re: Re: Re:
Indeed: https://phys.org/news/2016-06-cats-grasp-laws-physics.html
On the post: DOJ And State Attorneys General Threatening Social Media Companies Over Moderation Practices Is A First Amendment Issue
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On the post: FBI Decides To Ruin A Man's Life Over Nude Photos Of His Legal Girlfriend He Took Seven Years Ago
Re: BOREDOM
On the post: Effort To Save Net Neutrality Via Congressional Review Act Appears Stuck In Neutral
On the post: Senators Wyden and Schatz Wants To Know Why The FCC Made Up A DDOS Attack
Why they made up the story
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