Hmmm. While I grant that this is a poorly designed toy, any programmer with a shit's bit of sense is going to do everything they can to make sure their device is not remotely brickable.
Forcing a company to attempt remote brickings is not much better than fining the toy owners. (It is SOMEWHAT better, but it's still really damned stupid)
Frighteningly enough, that IS illegal. Making multiple transactions at below the mandatory reporting level is enough for the IRS to seize your money in the "belief" that your were attempting to dodge the reporting requirements. They call it "structuring" Some links:
"People who are regular buyers of whisky are complete snobs about it."
That's really not fair, some whiskey drinkers aren't even aware that bourbon is the most superior form of whiskies. Some even CHOOSE to drink Canadian Mist or even Beam's Eight Star, which are the voluntary waterboarding of whiskey drinking.
Deliberately leaving one's filter bubble to encounter other views is the sign of a well-rounded individual. I don't think your comment was half as insulting as you'd hoped.
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Funny, it almost reads like you're saying that Trump's executive order was not the rights Armageddon folks acted like it would have been.
Heck, maybe ideologies that are inherently antithetical to our western secular values might not be able to mix with such easily and could be temporarily restricted from immigration.
Maybe tossing fags off of rooftops and raping women based on how they're dressed is a horrific, even barbaric, viewpoint, and stopping those who share that view at the gate is not a bad thing.
(btw, all the horrific shit I mentioned above is supported by Islamic majorities in multiple countries. "Alternative facts" is code for "facts that I don't like")
I really don't think Nintendo should be the company to use as an example. They are notorious for losing their shit over ANYTHING. Nintendo is the worst company in the industry when it comes to copyright maximalism.
(They're not the worst company all around though, they at least make good games that you can buy once instead of getting fucked with "DLC")
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Forcing a company to attempt remote brickings is not much better than fining the toy owners. (It is SOMEWHAT better, but it's still really damned stupid)
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The EFF recommends this site for VPN comparison, according to Brian Krebs. see https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/03/post-fcc-privacy-rules-should-you-vpn/
TigerVPN looks like it's a pretty bad choice.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/irs-structuring-civil-asset-forfeiture_us_573b908de4b0aee7 b8e83ae3
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/12/nc-store-owner-on-hook-for-107000-with-irs-over-s tructuring-laws.html
http://greatlakescustomslaw.com/money-seizures/structuring-31-usc-5324-cash-seiz ure/
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That's really not fair, some whiskey drinkers aren't even aware that bourbon is the most superior form of whiskies. Some even CHOOSE to drink Canadian Mist or even Beam's Eight Star, which are the voluntary waterboarding of whiskey drinking.
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You mean there aren't yet? BRB, starting a new business. I'll be the Keurig of the automotive world.
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Re: Re: Don't why even have even customs checkpoints. Every person in the world has a right to come here and stay.
Heck, maybe ideologies that are inherently antithetical to our western secular values might not be able to mix with such easily and could be temporarily restricted from immigration.
Maybe tossing fags off of rooftops and raping women based on how they're dressed is a horrific, even barbaric, viewpoint, and stopping those who share that view at the gate is not a bad thing.
(btw, all the horrific shit I mentioned above is supported by Islamic majorities in multiple countries. "Alternative facts" is code for "facts that I don't like")
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(They're not the worst company all around though, they at least make good games that you can buy once instead of getting fucked with "DLC")
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That's also the case in the US https://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime/fs17e_computer.pdf
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If so, I think the Democrats are learning the shit out of that lesson as we speak.
It's a shame for all of us that they're learning it via hindsight.
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