Never heard of the band, and if I ever heard the song, it made no impression. Totally forgettable. Looked up the lyrics, and see nothing "sweet" in them.
(Heh) I was really hoping the four guys who walked in at the end of the video were there to beat up the singer, but disappointed there, too. And people are filing lawsuits over this?
Heck, I remember using wireless email on an Apple Newton in the 90's. Seemed to to do most everything they're complaining about. May have been an Apple prototype (at least the wireless adapter) but that shouldn't matter.
For now, at least, we have term limits. What's being done can be undone, just as the current president devotes much of his efforts to undoing the work of his predecessor. Very little wall will be built in the next few years, and once we cease to maintain it, it will quickly crumble.
We'll be left with bits and pieces of a sad, sad, legacy. Maybe our next form of government will learn from this.
A smart Democrat (or Libertarian) will already be planning to take us forward to 2010, as the current administration pulls us back to 1949.
One could fantasize, and require them to also disclose in advertising what the "real" rate will be after the "trial period". "Only $79 for the first six months, and $199 thereafter!" would raise some eyebrows.
There difference is just that extreme for the two vendors in this area.
If you grew up in the 50's, as I did, you heard all about programs like this - executed by the KGB in the USSR. How lucky we are to live here, where... freedom lasted a little longer.
Re: By same token, it's easy to lawyerize un-found-able charges.
Confusing law with justice again, are we? Did infringement occur? I don't know; THEY don't know - and that's the point. If MM has reasonable proof the defendant did something wrong, they should present it before asking for a settlement.
I've been an avid watcher of all things Trek since the original series aired. I haven't seen Discovery, or (under current circumstances) do I plan to do so. What does that tell you?
I DO still have cable, but I'm tapped out on my monthly entertainment expenditure. 95% of it on channels I've never looked at, but are required to get the few I watch.
I'm a former camera store owner and professional photographer. I have NOT ONCE had a customer request an encrypt-able camera, nor ever had a desire for such a feature myself. Granted, I don't live or work in the third world, and recognize there are those who do. But given the complexity of such a feature, and the extremely small market for it, it's entirely reasonable that manufacturers show little interest.
Comparatively, there's probably a hugely larger need for physically rugged laptop computers (industrial use, etc.) and those just barely exist.
On smartphones, I daresay encryption exists much more because customers are concerned about losing their phones and having strangers rummage through them, than they are about the government seizing their party pics.
Call me naive, but wouldn't everyone be much better off if the files were finally and utterly destroyed? I understand a morbid curiosity, but as long as they exist, someone may yet use the files in an unfavorable manner. Start fresh, with a level playing field.
Borderline illiterate or not, the wording used in the officers statement is telling: "grabbing AT my leg" not actually grabbing, which might leave a mark. "swung my baton AT the dog", not actually hitting it, which might leave evidence as well.
I find it extremely unlikely one would go from ineffectually waving a baton in the air, a weapon already in hand, to holstering same and unholstering a different weapon. Any rational person would have tried hitting the dog, and then only after it's teeth had made contact.
In fact I was wondering why it was taking so long. I'd be very surprised if you could find a single government official who HASN'T used a private account when he shouldn't have. Usually more convenience than anything else, I'm sure. So, all the time The Great Orange One was pontificating, I was watching the clock.
"Next to a gun that was later determined to be stolen..." There are very few one-of-a-kind guns in the world; most exist in thousands of virtually identical copies. The photo included the complete serial number, distinguishing that particular Colt 1911 (say) from all others?
Ultimately, I suppose they invade US territory with tanks and flow up Google's offices - absent the US government enforcing their demands, which I'm not 100% sure of...
I don't use a cable box, I own a TiVo with cable company-supplied CableCard, which they rent to me. I wanted to get rid of that, so I called the cable company about buying my own card. "Sure!" they said; told me where to turn in their card, how much I'd save, and how to activate my own card.
Worked for a few days, then stopped. When I called again, I was told I COULD NOT use my own card, the previous representative must be crazy. "There's no way to add your card to our database of authorized cards."
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"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" - Upton Sinclair
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Never heard of the band, and if I ever heard the song, it made no impression. Totally forgettable. Looked up the lyrics, and see nothing "sweet" in them.
(Heh) I was really hoping the four guys who walked in at the end of the video were there to beat up the singer, but disappointed there, too. And people are filing lawsuits over this?
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Re:
Heck, I remember using wireless email on an Apple Newton in the 90's. Seemed to to do most everything they're complaining about. May have been an Apple prototype (at least the wireless adapter) but that shouldn't matter.
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So temporary
For now, at least, we have term limits. What's being done can be undone, just as the current president devotes much of his efforts to undoing the work of his predecessor. Very little wall will be built in the next few years, and once we cease to maintain it, it will quickly crumble.
We'll be left with bits and pieces of a sad, sad, legacy. Maybe our next form of government will learn from this.
A smart Democrat (or Libertarian) will already be planning to take us forward to 2010, as the current administration pulls us back to 1949.
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There difference is just that extreme for the two vendors in this area.
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Re: Exercise Left to the Interested Student
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Re: By same token, it's easy to lawyerize un-found-able charges.
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Star Trek: Discovery
I DO still have cable, but I'm tapped out on my monthly entertainment expenditure. 95% of it on channels I've never looked at, but are required to get the few I watch.
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I though it was a joke
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Over 100%
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Insufficient demand
Comparatively, there's probably a hugely larger need for physically rugged laptop computers (industrial use, etc.) and those just barely exist.
On smartphones, I daresay encryption exists much more because customers are concerned about losing their phones and having strangers rummage through them, than they are about the government seizing their party pics.
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Why?
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Wrong goals
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I find it extremely unlikely one would go from ineffectually waving a baton in the air, a weapon already in hand, to holstering same and unholstering a different weapon. Any rational person would have tried hitting the dog, and then only after it's teeth had made contact.
The report is an utter fabrication.
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Knew this was coming
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That must have been some great photo!
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Re: And what if Google doesn't pay?
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I HATE renting hardware from the cable company
Worked for a few days, then stopped. When I called again, I was told I COULD NOT use my own card, the previous representative must be crazy. "There's no way to add your card to our database of authorized cards."
Not easy to escape, this.
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