Cilla Black died the day after. So the guy you mention died on Harry Potter's birthday and the woman I mention died on St. Lammas' Day. Guess which one's the most cursed?
Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo the US Government and all who (strike)bribe(/strike) lobby it, and God Bravo Lima Echo Sierra Sierra NATO for creating this fantastic way of spelling Sierra Hotel India Tango. ;D
[...] the August 3rd release [in 1977] of the competing TRS-80 Micro Computer System, another major milestone in the history of personal computing. Was that 'milestone' the raising of prices to unaffordable levels and the reduction of security through the creation of walled gardens, or did that only come with the release of the iPhone?
They aren't the same thing, and don't even go through the same office. You mean that patents and trademarks don't go through the United States Patents and Trademarks Office? Well, you live and learn.
The main character, played by Channing Tatum, exudes the Army Values and honorably and realistically portrays an Army Soldier to a predominantly female audience. Does that mean the audience will see him sitting in a control room somewhere as he remotely pilots a smart missile into a hospital in the Middle East? :o
Yes, I know what you mean and I think it's wrong. If someone stands accused of threatening the people of a nation or state, then they should face true justice in a judicial court, not at a military court martial.
What if I retweet something posted by someone who only later becomes radicalised, am I 'providing material support to a terrorist' then? I mean, if I retweet something by someone I don't know is a Baptist or a Born Again Christian, and five years down the line they attempt, with a group of like-minded people, to re-enact the Crusades...
The fact is that Apple Music may be free as in beer, but it comes with a with a whole bunch of terms and conditions that many people find too objectionable to follow. Privacy and security are too high of a price for critically thinking people to pay. [W]hat mega-corps bombards with ads and tracks us? Pretty much all of them, and even those Android apps that don't want Device ID and Location permissions, for example (the latter of which I can separately deny, anyways), have their Internet access cut because of the visual disturbance caused to me by the flashing banner crap that tends to pop up.
Oh, my post was held for moderation, but I think that's simply because so many flamers (I won't dignify them with the word 'troll') have used Mike's full name, whether targeting him or not, that Techdirt's been forced to add it to the filters. Of course, because I had something substantive to say rather than just a load of barnyard noises, my comment made it. The fact that Mike's name was added to the filter and not any other is more a sign of the flamers' arrogance in believing/acting like he's the only person who writes articles on this site rather than any vanity on his part; that someone was able to avoid the filter by changing a single letter of the surname proves it.
Actually, I'm pretty sure that Mike Masnick supports my rights as a writer just as much as he supports my right to enjoy our shared culture. It's maximalists he has a beef with, as do I. (Um, what vanity filter?)
Well, if you think about encryption as being the envelope an email is sent in, and then realise that the Feds (or whoever) have to present a properly drawn up warrant to open that envelope when it's physical...
Subpoena, then. Either way, a legal mechanism already exists for getting the key off either the sender or the recipient, so let the authorities make use of that.
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TRS-80 Micro Computer System, another major milestone in the history of personal computing.
Was that 'milestone' the raising of prices to unaffordable levels and the reduction of security through the creation of walled gardens, or did that only come with the release of the iPhone?
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You mean that patents and trademarks don't go through the United States Patents and Trademarks Office? Well, you live and learn.
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Does that mean the audience will see him sitting in a control room somewhere as he remotely pilots a smart missile into a hospital in the Middle East? :o
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[W]hat mega-corps bombards with ads and tracks us?
Pretty much all of them, and even those Android apps that don't want Device ID and Location permissions, for example (the latter of which I can separately deny, anyways), have their Internet access cut because of the visual disturbance caused to me by the flashing banner crap that tends to pop up.
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