Lastly, how is this any different than what China is doing? I'm surprised nobody has made this connection and accused the government of being no better than anti-free-speech China.
Well, at least on/., this analogy has been done a _lot_ of times. Maybe more than the repeating "In Soviet Russia, etc" joke. But less then "The year of the Linux desktop".
Anyway, about this Aussie firewall, it's great, but... does it run linux?
They will label the protesters pedophile sympathizers.
That will depend on how many people really show up and how clear the protester's leaders get the message through. If they convince the average Aussie the real reasons they are protesting, the 'bad' people can say anything they want. Just like people calling Obama a terrorist (and here I'm only making an analogy) - he got the message through.
These protesters are only protesting the symptoms and not the root causes of modern censorship. That is why they will fail.
To get people on the streets, you need the symptoms. And, when they are already there, you tell them about the theory behind that, and the root causes. But you need facts and impact on people's lives to make them care.
Of course it could. But (and now I'm restricted to the realm of science) if you want to claim something is supernatural, you'll have to have good evidence to prove it.
You can believe anything you want (and anyone will have a hard time proving you're wrong, even if you really are). It's just a matter of choice. But if you want your claims to be heard (by me at least, a very skeptic person) you have to follow some more criteria. But that's just me.
Just because it happens frequently doesn't mean it is *not* supernatural in nature.
That's why I pray every day to our great Flying Spaghetti Monster so I can see his terrific, supernatural tentacles grabbing down everything where others just see "gravity".
I wonder that if your cat was named "The Dude", instead of just "Dude", he'd be the one hallucinating. I think it'd be great to have "The Dude" sleeping in your carpet:)
- So, Mr.... Machholz 1, you say you got to this star system without a visa by mistake? I'm sure Machholz 2 and 3 would be happy to join us in this beautiful, sucessful star system... right? Tell us the truth... you'd get an ilegal job and start bringing your lazy, alien-speaking relatives, that's the truth, isn't it? Don't lie to me, you foreign scum!
The robotic receptionist - which will be used at Microsoft headquarters, likely next year - will help Microsoft visitors find shuttles to get around campus. The receptionist can even identify visitors based on what they are wearing and provide information on shuttle routes using GPS tracking data.
Robotic voice:
- You're wearing a...yellow... Linux... T-shirt. You have a... Hattori Hanzo... sword. You must be here to... kill... Bill. Please take the next shuttle on your right.
So, you think 1% of the internet users are online gamers? I don't have numbers, but I guess it's much more than that. And these people will notice bandwith problems.
I completely agree with Gotung when he says you should get what you pay for. And if the ISPs don't like what is happening with p2p now, they should work out a way to bill the users according to the internet usage. I can't see why not.
OK, I understand what you said here, but saying that Physics was 'stuck' for 200 years is a little too much, don't you think? And between Newton and Einstein there were, many, many genius. Faraday, the Curies, Bohr in the same time as Einstein, Planck too. Physics was not stuck.
Dark matter is not the same thing as Dark energy. There are separate theories about each one of them.
And even if Dark Matter/Dark Energy really does not exist, I think it's justifiable that people search for it. If the experiments don't match what the scientists say about it, we'll know we need another explanation. The money will not be spent in vain.
Well the only reason that they think video game violence causes all sorts of mental illnesses are because of these bullshit studies... I've played violent video games since I was like 7 or 8... I have yet to kill someone.
Yeah, right. And your study involving... 1 person (you) is to be taken into consideration.
In the 30-second clip the iPhone is shown loading a webpage, finding its current location in Google Maps, opening a PDF from an email and finally taking a phone call.
What??? You can actually use it to make phone calls? I'm off to an Apple store!
I don't know about penis size, but Apple convinced me I'd be cooler with an iPhone. So I bought it and... strangely, no friends - except the ones I already had from online games and RPG conventions.
I want my money back so I can pay my phone sex bill.
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Lastly, how is this any different than what China is doing? I'm surprised nobody has made this connection and accused the government of being no better than anti-free-speech China.
Well, at least on /., this analogy has been done a _lot_ of times. Maybe more than the repeating "In Soviet Russia, etc" joke. But less then "The year of the Linux desktop".
Anyway, about this Aussie firewall, it's great, but... does it run linux?
They will label the protesters pedophile sympathizers.
That will depend on how many people really show up and how clear the protester's leaders get the message through. If they convince the average Aussie the real reasons they are protesting, the 'bad' people can say anything they want. Just like people calling Obama a terrorist (and here I'm only making an analogy) - he got the message through.
These protesters are only protesting the symptoms and not the root causes of modern censorship. That is why they will fail.
To get people on the streets, you need the symptoms. And, when they are already there, you tell them about the theory behind that, and the root causes. But you need facts and impact on people's lives to make them care.
You can believe anything you want (and anyone will have a hard time proving you're wrong, even if you really are). It's just a matter of choice. But if you want your claims to be heard (by me at least, a very skeptic person) you have to follow some more criteria. But that's just me.
Just because it happens frequently doesn't mean it is *not* supernatural in nature.
That's why I pray every day to our great Flying Spaghetti Monster so I can see his terrific, supernatural tentacles grabbing down everything where others just see "gravity".
I wonder that if your cat was named "The Dude", instead of just "Dude", he'd be the one hallucinating. I think it'd be great to have "The Dude" sleeping in your carpet :)
i can haz a livin' body? (creeeeeepy)
Shhh... that's tomorrow's news.
- So, Mr. ... Machholz 1, you say you got to this star system without a visa by mistake? I'm sure Machholz 2 and 3 would be happy to join us in this beautiful, sucessful star system... right? Tell us the truth... you'd get an ilegal job and start bringing your lazy, alien-speaking relatives, that's the truth, isn't it? Don't lie to me, you foreign scum!
If they get a patent on using a touchscreen with fat, cheetos-covered fingers, linux is doomed!
It will be the year of Windows desktop!
Ops, there's something wrong here.
The robotic receptionist - which will be used at Microsoft headquarters, likely next year - will help Microsoft visitors find shuttles to get around campus. The receptionist can even identify visitors based on what they are wearing and provide information on shuttle routes using GPS tracking data.
Robotic voice:
- You're wearing a ...yellow ... Linux ... T-shirt. You have a ... Hattori Hanzo ... sword. You must be here to... kill... Bill. Please take the next shuttle on your right.
So, what makes Firefox not an alternative to IE in Windows? IE is still the main browser.
All that is to the good, but there are some problems, mostly because Maxthon uses the same Trident rendering engine used by Internet Explorer.
The agreement was that his web-surfing was not to be filtered.
Maybe if they disable Zombo.com the problem you mentioned will be solved. But... damn, you won't be able to do anything at Zombo.com!
I completely agree with Gotung when he says you should get what you pay for. And if the ISPs don't like what is happening with p2p now, they should work out a way to bill the users according to the internet usage. I can't see why not.
OK, I understand what you said here, but saying that Physics was 'stuck' for 200 years is a little too much, don't you think? And between Newton and Einstein there were, many, many genius. Faraday, the Curies, Bohr in the same time as Einstein, Planck too. Physics was not stuck.
Mechanical voice:
- Come join us understand the real nature of the Universe. Together we will understand the deepest secrets of matter and energy...
Darth Vader approaches a group of scientists wearing white clothes, looking at a telescope and talking to each other.
- And you can be sure the smartest minds of the planet will be with you in this journey. May the energy, dark and bright, be with you, my friend.
Article about what I just said.
And even if Dark Matter/Dark Energy really does not exist, I think it's justifiable that people search for it. If the experiments don't match what the scientists say about it, we'll know we need another explanation. The money will not be spent in vain.
Well the only reason that they think video game violence causes all sorts of mental illnesses are because of these bullshit studies ... I've played violent video games since I was like 7 or 8 ... I have yet to kill someone.
Yeah, right. And your study involving ... 1 person (you) is to be taken into consideration.
In the 30-second clip the iPhone is shown loading a webpage, finding its current location in Google Maps, opening a PDF from an email and finally taking a phone call.
What??? You can actually use it to make phone calls? I'm off to an Apple store!
I want my money back so I can pay my phone sex bill.
Yeah, but... er... you do know that would ruin the joke... right?
So, what's up with Wu? Did he stop working after building a robot-building robot?
In China, robotic overlords welcome you.