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on Sunday May 21 2017, @07:21AM
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from the trying-to-get-paid-for-what-they-do dept.
The Boston Globe website is closing off a hole in its paywall by preventing visitors who aren't logged in from reading articles in a browser's private mode.
"You're using a browser set to private or incognito mode" is the message given to BostonGlobe.com visitors who click on articles in private mode. "To continue reading articles in this mode, please log in to your Globe account." People who aren't already Globe subscribers are urged to subscribe.
Like other news sites, the Globe limits the number of articles people can read without a subscription. Until the recent change, Globe website visitors could read more articles for free by switching to private or incognito mode.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 23 2017, @12:43AM (3 children)
Thanks for the post.
No sweat.
I had not been following the guy all that close
I figured as much.
The frozen trucker case [mprnews.org] is particularly indicative of the direction things are headed.
The temperature in the cab was 17F and the heater didn't work with the truck idling.
He was back to the trailer within 30 minutes.
The fix-it guy had arrived within minutes of the trucker driving off and was still there upon the trucker's return.
It appears that Judge Gorsuch crafted his inhuman opinion in an effort to improve his chances for appointment by a Reactionary to a higher court.
our government seems like a Windows box [...] Lots of stray processes still running
...and, with this guy as admin, most of those are malicious.
Hoping all your projects work out.
Have a good one.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 1) by anubi on Tuesday May 23 2017, @02:18AM (2 children)
Yes... that "frozen trucker" case. Thanks for putting that one in quotes. That clued me in to google it.
That was a new one for me. You are absolutely right that I have not followed him all that close.
Anyway, when I fed the "frozen trucker" quote into Google, and was quite disgusted at what it returned... I read the NPR ( Democracy NOW ) writeup on it.
Your reply has had a huge negative influence on my impression of Trump.
I agree with the trucker and find minor fault in how he handled things. I am sure the trucker has had "phone promises" just as all of us have, and had no proof that the fixit guy was on his way ( so he could warm up in the fixit guy's truck ), but he KNEW he was freezing to death. Given the circumstances, I would have probably done the same thing. Isn't it against the law to order someone to kill themselves?
I got this snippet from your link:
If one cannot discern the letter of the law from the spirit of the law, I question why delegate that man as much authority as a dog-catcher?
I remember there is some phrase in law where one's intent is major thing that one is judged on. From Wikipedia:
Now, how in the hell could Gorsuch pull that one off? The trucker had a guilty mind? He caused this whole thing with the brakes frozen up?
I now question whether or not Gorsuch is human - this sounds like something right out of a Hitler-era concentration camp story. I wonder how Gorsuch himself would have handled it had HE been the trucker? The fact Trump is putting him in a powerful position, knowing this, to me is a huge negative reflection on Trump.
In my understanding, the trucker provided due stewardship of that which was entrusted to him. I am sad stuff like this happens, I am glad it got reported, and feel negligent that it went under my radar.
Sorry for another long rant, but I admit I got pretty steamed reading the links you sent me, and those found on Google.
Seems I learn more from you guys on this site than anywhere else. Not all of it is pleasant though, but stuff that needs to be known about.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 23 2017, @04:07AM (1 child)
Hey, this is important stuff.
If I got you aware of/interested in things, my work is done.
{Dusts off hands} 8-)
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 1) by anubi on Wednesday May 24 2017, @12:17AM
Thanks for the "heads up! Incoming!". And pointing me to the stinking piles I had not seen.
People like you are *exactly* what I find so important in reading Soylent News.
Like you say, this IS important stuff. Ignorance leads to poor decisions.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]