1.) Google/Facebook/Twitter are free to moderate the platforms that they built however they like; they're business entities, not government agencies. 2.) You're expositing, not writing code or poetry. Learn how to use the solidus correctly. 3.) Stop digging. Seriously. Stop.
The next logical step is to regulate the speech of individuals gathered in large groups, such as conventions. Thought Police will mill amongst the crowds and moderate conversational comments in real time.
I other news, the 2019 Sexpo UK expo was cancelled after registered attendees learned that they would be permitted to discuss only weather and stamp collecting.
Actually, as a former Microsoft employee, I recall training in which the representative from Legal specifically stated that they never wanted to test the EULA in court.
I strongly suspect that they never have taken the EULA as a legal argument in court and that there are no court cases in which Microsoft relied on the EULA for a victory or settlement.
Now you've got me wondering about the financing behind the production, distribution, and promotion of I Am Jane Doe.
I don't think it's any more cynical to question the financial impetus behind such a strident viewpoint as it is to question the motives of internet technology companies.
This seems like an open invitation for Geek Squad members to plant illegal content on the devices of someone who pissed them off, only to "discover" it, report it to the FBI, and collect the reward.
Okay, the real reason a broadband levy will never appear on a ballot here in Seattle is because the city is managed with such breathtaking ineptitude that we have to vote levies for basic road repair—something that should be covered by the general fund.
With such embarrassing mismanagement of even the most basic municipal services, the city can scarcely afford to let a special issue like broadband displace much-needed funding for transportation infrastructure maintenance.
And let's be clear: Kshama Sawant is a joke. She's one of the most prominent protesters who objected to the mooring of a drilling rig at the Port of Seattle. She loudly proclaimed that it was our moral duty to break ourselves free from the bonds of oil, that evil corporate greed was driving global warming and we must not let anyone drill for oil!
And, of course, she drove in her car, by herself to the protests....
Given their rocky history with mobile GPUs, Nvidia was crazy to even consider overclocking.
Back around 2008, Nvidia made changes to their mobile GPU manufacturing process—particularly to the solder "bumps" that both bonded and electrically connected the GPU chips to computer circuit boards. The cumulative result of these changes was an astonishingly high failure rate in notebook computers. The technology press predictably hung the label "bumpgate" on the whole mess.
It would be another year before Nvidia would officially acknowledge that the problem even existed and another year before they would settle the class-action lawsuit for $200 million. Add the inevitable direct suits from computer manufacturers and years of consumer distrust, and it's easy to understand why Nvidia's stock value took such a severe hit (from which it still hasn't fully recovered).
Given Nvidia's troubled past with thermal stress and GPU failures, their choice to disable overclocking for mobile GPUs is not terribly surprising, nor especially controversial.
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If his sentence is vacated, that only means he'll be released from prison; it does not mean that his conviction is overturned.
Sadly, I think there's no basis for a lawsuit unless his conviction is overturned.
Re: Re: Ah the classics...
Don't rule out malicious incompetence.
There's no shortage of people who are both stupid and mean.
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Oh great. So now we're going to have 5G with a notch?
Revised title
“toughest (disgraced former) sheriff in America”
Re: Nothing in Section 230 empowers arbitrary corporate censorship.
Oh, Doug...
1.) Google/Facebook/Twitter are free to moderate the platforms that they built however they like; they're business entities, not government agencies.
2.) You're expositing, not writing code or poetry. Learn how to use the solidus correctly.
3.) Stop digging. Seriously. Stop.
Re: Copyright ALL the stuff
I did that.
And then I registered the copyright for the list.
Re: Re: Three things
Methinks she doth protest too much....
Stamping out dumbassery!
The next logical step is to regulate the speech of individuals gathered in large groups, such as conventions. Thought Police will mill amongst the crowds and moderate conversational comments in real time.
I other news, the 2019 Sexpo UK expo was cancelled after registered attendees learned that they would be permitted to discuss only weather and stamp collecting.
Re: Re: Parallel Construction for Lazy People.
Your irony detector needs to be calibrated.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Copyright - DMCA Logic
Actually, as a former Microsoft employee, I recall training in which the representative from Legal specifically stated that they never wanted to test the EULA in court.
I strongly suspect that they never have taken the EULA as a legal argument in court and that there are no court cases in which Microsoft relied on the EULA for a victory or settlement.
How would this even be enforceable?
I'm pretty sure there's no law that requires a pedestrian to carry identification.
I expect a lot of citations would be issued to "John Smith," "Donald Trump," and "Rahm Emanuel."
Follow the money...
Now you've got me wondering about the financing behind the production, distribution, and promotion of I Am Jane Doe.
I don't think it's any more cynical to question the financial impetus behind such a strident viewpoint as it is to question the motives of internet technology companies.
Planting Evidence
This seems like an open invitation for Geek Squad members to plant illegal content on the devices of someone who pissed them off, only to "discover" it, report it to the FBI, and collect the reward.
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Okay, the real reason a broadband levy will never appear on a ballot here in Seattle is because the city is managed with such breathtaking ineptitude that we have to vote levies for basic road repair—something that should be covered by the general fund.
With such embarrassing mismanagement of even the most basic municipal services, the city can scarcely afford to let a special issue like broadband displace much-needed funding for transportation infrastructure maintenance.
And let's be clear: Kshama Sawant is a joke. She's one of the most prominent protesters who objected to the mooring of a drilling rig at the Port of Seattle. She loudly proclaimed that it was our moral duty to break ourselves free from the bonds of oil, that evil corporate greed was driving global warming and we must not let anyone drill for oil!
And, of course, she drove in her car, by herself to the protests....
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You might want to not parade your ignorance around in front of all these people, even hiding behind the shield of the Anonymous Coward.
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Windows Phone.
The default, factory apps are better than then ad-supported crapware in the Apple Store/Google Play.
And Windows Phone users aren't stupid enough to get into knife fights.
Bold faced lies is not a thing.
The phrase you are seeking is, "Bald-faced lies."
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Can we show harm?
CLASS ACTION!
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So it's not direct extortion, but rather a kind of facilitating tool for extortion?
I don't imagine VC money is beating a path to his door....
The REAL reason Nvidia has disabled overclocking on mobile GPUs
Given their rocky history with mobile GPUs, Nvidia was crazy to even consider overclocking.
Back around 2008, Nvidia made changes to their mobile GPU manufacturing process—particularly to the solder "bumps" that both bonded and electrically connected the GPU chips to computer circuit boards. The cumulative result of these changes was an astonishingly high failure rate in notebook computers. The technology press predictably hung the label "bumpgate" on the whole mess.
It would be another year before Nvidia would officially acknowledge that the problem even existed and another year before they would settle the class-action lawsuit for $200 million. Add the inevitable direct suits from computer manufacturers and years of consumer distrust, and it's easy to understand why Nvidia's stock value took such a severe hit (from which it still hasn't fully recovered).
Given Nvidia's troubled past with thermal stress and GPU failures, their choice to disable overclocking for mobile GPUs is not terribly surprising, nor especially controversial.