You must really miss the Obama years. MOAR GOVERNMENT EXPANSION. "Digital Divide?" You're still using that idiotic term? I thought that term stopped getting used 10 years ago at least.
No, be a good lad and go give your own money to the poor and downtrodden rather than demanding that the government does it by force.
The original requester should get the documents first and then they should be released to the public 10 business days later. That should satisfy all involved.
Also, documents that are released should include the parameters used to retrieve them and the legal basis for what is excluded/redacted.
Isn't it just as bad then for the Faulkner estate to quote the non-Faulkner parts of the movie in the lawsuit? Are they allowed to even talk about the movie dialog that is not the supposed infringing quote lest they run afoul of their own standards?
Hey Newmark, why don't you publish an API and perhaps charge a bit based on usage or something like that instead of remaining so closed and using legal threats. Open it up a bit so people can do some more useful things to make it better.
You will be required by law to watch a certain amount of network programming along with the commercials of course.
If you choose not to purchase a cable or satellite tv package, you will be penalized by the IRS.
How much programming you watch will be determined by an always active iris scanner that works closely with the Microsoft Kinect system which you will also be required to purchase.
If Columbia is anything like Mexico in terms of it's corruption, and selective enforcement of laws, this law will have no teeth. It won't be enforced except in a few cases of political expediency. The cops on the street aren't going to stop people from openly selling pirated DVD's and USB's sticks full of music like they do now.
It sucks that this happened, but you can pretty much expect nothing to change.
Dear Author: Piss off!
You must really miss the Obama years. MOAR GOVERNMENT EXPANSION. "Digital Divide?" You're still using that idiotic term? I thought that term stopped getting used 10 years ago at least.
No, be a good lad and go give your own money to the poor and downtrodden rather than demanding that the government does it by force.
Why Not Both?
Also, documents that are released should include the parameters used to retrieve them and the legal basis for what is excluded/redacted.
Go Get Him
These people should be ashamed of themselves and they are culpable if he hurts a child at any point in the future.
Watch out...
Tweeters?
Wait...
API Maybe?
Either that or make it better yourself.
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No they don't. They have to ACT like they want to hear from you so they can say they did before promptly ignoring anything not from industry insiders.
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Please?
Ubiquity
Somehwere...
Grace?
Next up...
If you choose not to purchase a cable or satellite tv package, you will be penalized by the IRS.
How much programming you watch will be determined by an always active iris scanner that works closely with the Microsoft Kinect system which you will also be required to purchase.
The first rule...
Useful?
But..
Unenforcable
It sucks that this happened, but you can pretty much expect nothing to change.
Now you've done it!
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