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871.
by motters 16y ago
Another way to phrase this might be that the terms of service document must take no more than 2 minutes to read, at some assumed average reading rate.
872.
by motters 16y ago
One relatively simple way to do this might be to pass legislation saying that the terms and conditions can only be up to a maximum number of words which must be from a standard dictionary, with no links or supplemental articles permitted.
873.
by motters 16y ago
Conditions like this were enjoyed by 19th century industrial workers - and still go on in some of the poorer countries today. It's the result of unregulated working conditions and inadequate or non-existent labour laws. If the factory own
874.
by motters 16y ago
Encryption in the cloud is probably the way to go, but if I were running a business, and even just as a private individual, I'd still be concerned about exposure to risk either of data loss or compromise. As I'm sure everyone reading this
875.
by motters 16y ago
I was once the IT administrator at a company for many years, and my policy regarding spying on internet/email communications was that unless something came to my attention which warranted surveillance of an individual all user communication
876.
by motters 16y ago
I notice that they imply that Greenpeace is a terrorist organisation.
877.
by motters 16y ago
My advice would be to try to live modestly, and don't spend more than is really necessary on indulgences like weddings. Life is about the long haul, not a few hours spent in mock-Victorian costumes.
878.
by motters 16y ago
Sounds amusing, but stuff like this used to happen before the event of high bandwidth internet a decade or so ago. In the olden days it was physically swapping cassette tapes, then later posting floppy disks. Flash drives are just the mod
879.
by motters 16y ago
facepalm It's kind of galling how such moronic things can make large amounts of money for one individual, whereas other folks (scientists, mathematicians, engineers) who are really striving to make a fundamental contribution to society ba
880.
by motters 16y ago
I suppose this is evidence that hype works, at least over short time scales, although in this case I guess that his reputation must have subsequently suffered.
881.
by motters 16y ago
I remember hearing about this a long time ago. Even then I thought it was a dumb idea. How many people would repeatedly visit this site to see the adverts, other than the advertisers themselves? Did the fellow ever end up making a million
882.
by motters 16y ago
To a mathematician, some things are far more important than mere money. Accepting tribute money from an organisation you believed to be fundamentally corrupt would be to become one of the very people you despise.
883.
by motters 16y ago
With SaaS I think there is always a danger of developing an unhealthy dependency, and some Facebook users are beginning to recognise this phenomena. As Stallman says, with SaaS the user has no access to or control over the program, either
884.
Do programmers need a union?(stackoverflow.com)
19 points by motters 16y ago|62 comments
885.
by motters 16y ago
The home computers of the early 1980s were more curiosities than utilitarian devices, although spreadsheets and word processors did begin to emerge at that time. The practical difficulties such as very restricted memory (the ZX-80 had <
886.
by motters 16y ago
My first computer was also a Sinclair ZX-80. My father had bought it, believing that he might be able to use it to organize his company accounts. When he discovered that it was useless for such a purpose he gave it to me as a toy, and the
887.
by motters 16y ago
The claim that open source doesn't have copyrights tends to cast her other claims into doubt. But in principle it would be great if there were no copyrights or patents in software. It would mean fewer things to worry about, and a whole ca
888.
by motters 16y ago
There's a kind of kudos in having been able to fool so many apparently savvy investors for so long, I guess. Most people of this type - which includes some very successful non-criminals too - seem to have the characteristic of being comple
889.
by motters 16y ago
That's the explanation I've heard given in the past, although I don't know if it's the official one given. The East German Stasi also used to mark typewriters so that they could tell who wrote subversive articles.
890.
The problem with walled gardens(opensource.appleseedproject.org)
2 points by motters 16y ago|0 comments
891.
by motters 16y ago
It wouldn't help at all, but it might give the impression that you are a "profeshniol" to clueless IT manager types.
892.
by motters 16y ago
Surely if users are tracked then this is no longer a privacy respecting search engine.
893.
by motters 16y ago
It's like building a house of cards. The most solid platforms are open standards, like HTML. Other platforms may be shakier, especially if they're controlled by a single individual or a single company who can change their mind at any time
894.
by motters 16y ago
It's an interesting yet sad story, showing how a single decision, which probably seemed completely rational at the time, can make or break your future prospects. Ron Wayne's conservative disposition probably helped him a great deal up to th
895.
by motters 16y ago
This sounds like they're basically copied what's been happening in the UK, where photographers in public places have been harassed and sometimes arrested. The excuse given is usually that photographs could aid terrorists in planning an att
896.
by motters 16y ago
> The facts don’t support the assertion. Unfortunately, the facts do support the assertion. I've been involved with computers since the early days of Windows 3.1, and if I tally up the number of times I've had to deal with Windows secu
897.
by motters 16y ago
I think there needs to be reform of the patent system, so that people who hold the rights to an invention but are not exercising those rights in any way (making or selling products) cannot sue others for royalties. Patents were intended to
898.
The ECHELON report(europarl.europa.eu)
41 points by motters 16y ago|5 comments
899.
by motters 16y ago
Based upon my observations there is no such thing as "sustained development" in academic robotics research. Otherwise I agree that larger versions of this with a weapon could make war crimes or acts of terrorism easy to commit.
900.
by motters 16y ago
The "only funded by the military" gripe only applies to the US, and is a peculiarity of American culture. In other areas robotics research is funded by a lot of other organisations besides military ones.

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