i specifically said the hackers aren't innocent. do you see your prejudice at work in your statement when go from "deserve full" condemnation... because it "may have been" an inside job? your own words betray your uncertainty while you jump to full judgment
Sorry, I don't follow. They deserve full condemnation, whether or not it was an inside job. If it was an inside job, then I suppose in some sense they're not 'hackers', but nevertheless are clearly quite bad people. I don't see what you mean by 'prejudice' in the context of what I said.
Plus, if it was - say - a disgruntled employee, how on earth is it possible to hold the company to account for that? What if he or she hid his or her disgruntlement (quite possibly not a word) from their employer - how is an organisation supposed to operate if they become liable for every bad thing that any of their employees get up to? Which is why I cannot possibly agree with:
the owners of this company cannot escape any culpability here, no matter what the final story
The hackers do deserve full condemnation. Whether or not the Ashley Madison hacks were relatively easy to pull off, as in your analogy, or whether they were actually very difficult, is unknown at this point. There seems to be some indication that it may have been an inside job even.
Damn right - and let's throw other victims of criminal activity under the bus too, while we're at it.
Unless you have access to some information that I don't about how this hack was perpetrated, we have no idea whether or not it was lax data security, a disgruntled employee, social engineering of a credulous employee, hacking into data backups somewhere, etc etc etc.
The hackers are the ones at fault here. Let's not forget that. First they stole the data, then they attempted to blackmail the organisation into closing down, and then they released the data, punishing - it should be remembered - not the ashley madison site (which I'd never even heard of before, so they're certainly getting some free publicity out of this) but the (largely innocent probably, perhaps guilty only of fantasy and poor judgement) users of the site.
I find it as entertaining as the next guy to see a Christian Right Wing blogger have his dirty laundry aired in public, but remember that the criminals in this situation are the hackers, not the hacked.
In the iOS ecosystem, the only way to install an app is via the App Store
If you write a game in HTML5+javascript, which is what you have to do if you want to have games on the web in the way that Flash was (and still is) widely used, then you can have them on your system, and even on your home screen. Although you do have to be connected to the internet to play them.
Still, given that the above is true, how can you argue that apple disallowed flash on their system because of the app store? It simply doesn't make any sense.
I can look at a snippet of C code and figure out what it does, but any snippet of C++ code is likely gibberish without looking at numerous macros, class definitions, and documentation for subsets of the language I've never seen before.
Nonsense. You hate C++ because you don't know it, which is presumably because you've never taken the time to learn it. It's not that hard, and it's vastly superior to C. Best thing : you never have to use macros again.
Shared libraries are more trouble than they're worth. Having a go compiled executable be entirely standalone (OS calls notwithstanding, I suppose) is an advantage in my opinion.
I'll keep that in mind, so long as you in turn keep in mind that much child pornography is the product of childhood sexual abuse and ruins the victim's entire lives.
..But what happened to our legs? Do they not work anymore? What is it with transportation machines that force us to stand, but prevent us from walking?
They're not even useful for that. The color reproduction of the inkjet is completely different from the dye-sub (as in; it sucks), and so the proof is no better than just looking at the image on a calibrated monitor.
Well, yes, it would obviously be difficult to objectively test for a subjective property such as whether or not one's drawing is any good. Especially with art, since it's largely a matter of the amount of talent that a particular student has, rather than the teaching ability of their tutors. It's not something that should be tested. Are you seriously suggesting that it should be? In a standardised way. Such that the results are used to grade the school and/or the teachers?
Here's my drawing. Eyes in the middle of the face. Check. Do I pass? /----\ | oo | | -- | \----/
Knowledge of logical fallacies is a game slashdotters play, it has little application in the real world, and adds little to one's ability to think critically.
Do you have children? A serious question, because I cannot imagine how someone who has children in the school system can possibly ask such question.
Schools should teach reading and writing and maths (not just arithmetic either, but actual maths - that's another story). These things can to an extent be tested - though two of my children suffer severe dyslexia and will always score low on both of the former metrics. Should the teacher be penalised for this? Should they?
They should also teach how to be a good student, how to resolve issues that arise in the classroom or the playground, how to not be a bully, how to deal with a bully should they encounter one, how to deal with authority figures other than their parents, how to play sports, how to cope with losing at sports, and to graciously win, how to play music, or draw, or paint, or make animations, or whatever creative outlet gives them the most fulfilment.
Seems to me that the things that cannot be tested far outnumber the things that can.
Kinda blows out quite a lot of ideas before you even start.
Well, it's not like I have any good ideas or anything - but if the only ideas that you have for a smartwatch are to put a watch face on it, then perhaps writing watch apps isn't your forte?
Until there's background noise, or you have a slightly weird accent, or a speech impediment, or talk a bit fast, or a bit too slow, or push the 'listen to me now' button a bit late. So it's about 80% there in about 20% of cases.
a calculator
A calculator? On my wrist!!? What is this, the future??
A guitar tuner
Actually, that sounds quite useful... Sorry about the watch thing...
Slashdot Mirror
nothing would grow in it for decades. A couple decades later you had trees shooting up like weeds.
Which sounds to me like they got it about right then.
I'm confused. Exposing yourself makes you pregnant?
Technically, it's great - or at least, it's plenty good enough to show off what Blender is capable of.
From a storytelling, tone and general watchability perspective though, it's boring, unpleasant and doesn't make any sense.
doesn't even require right-click context menus.
Weird. Which OS 'requires' right-click context menus? OS X, just like Windows and Linux, has functionality that may be reached by either
OS X has context menus, just like everyone else. I truly don't understand what you might mean.
This statement
the owners of this company cannot escape any culpability here, no matter what the final story
Is plainly unsupportable. The key part being no matter what the final story.
The owners may be to blame, they may not. It would depend on what the final story is, wouldn't you say?
i specifically said the hackers aren't innocent. do you see your prejudice at work in your statement when go from "deserve full" condemnation... because it "may have been" an inside job? your own words betray your uncertainty while you jump to full judgment
Sorry, I don't follow. They deserve full condemnation, whether or not it was an inside job. If it was an inside job, then I suppose in some sense they're not 'hackers', but nevertheless are clearly quite bad people. I don't see what you mean by 'prejudice' in the context of what I said.
Plus, if it was - say - a disgruntled employee, how on earth is it possible to hold the company to account for that? What if he or she hid his or her disgruntlement (quite possibly not a word) from their employer - how is an organisation supposed to operate if they become liable for every bad thing that any of their employees get up to? Which is why I cannot possibly agree with:
the owners of this company cannot escape any culpability here, no matter what the final story
hackers deserve full condemnation
The hackers do deserve full condemnation. Whether or not the Ashley Madison hacks were relatively easy to pull off, as in your analogy, or whether they were actually very difficult, is unknown at this point. There seems to be some indication that it may have been an inside job even.
Damn right - and let's throw other victims of criminal activity under the bus too, while we're at it.
Unless you have access to some information that I don't about how this hack was perpetrated, we have no idea whether or not it was lax data security, a disgruntled employee, social engineering of a credulous employee, hacking into data backups somewhere, etc etc etc.
The hackers are the ones at fault here. Let's not forget that. First they stole the data, then they attempted to blackmail the organisation into closing down, and then they released the data, punishing - it should be remembered - not the ashley madison site (which I'd never even heard of before, so they're certainly getting some free publicity out of this) but the (largely innocent probably, perhaps guilty only of fantasy and poor judgement) users of the site.
I find it as entertaining as the next guy to see a Christian Right Wing blogger have his dirty laundry aired in public, but remember that the criminals in this situation are the hackers, not the hacked.
In the iOS ecosystem, the only way to install an app is via the App Store
If you write a game in HTML5+javascript, which is what you have to do if you want to have games on the web in the way that Flash was (and still is) widely used, then you can have them on your system, and even on your home screen. Although you do have to be connected to the internet to play them.
Still, given that the above is true, how can you argue that apple disallowed flash on their system because of the app store? It simply doesn't make any sense.
I can look at a snippet of C code and figure out what it does, but any snippet of C++ code is likely gibberish without looking at numerous macros, class definitions, and documentation for subsets of the language I've never seen before.
Nonsense. You hate C++ because you don't know it, which is presumably because you've never taken the time to learn it. It's not that hard, and it's vastly superior to C. Best thing : you never have to use macros again.
Shared libraries are more trouble than they're worth. Having a go compiled executable be entirely standalone (OS calls notwithstanding, I suppose) is an advantage in my opinion.
We build go code for ARM, so it can't be that missing. Don't know about MIPS though.
I'll keep that in mind, so long as you in turn keep in mind that much child pornography is the product of childhood sexual abuse and ruins the victim's entire lives.
k?
..But what happened to our legs? Do they not work anymore? What is it with transportation machines that force us to stand, but prevent us from walking?
Maybe ink jets are useful for doing proofs?
They're not even useful for that. The color reproduction of the inkjet is completely different from the dye-sub (as in; it sucks), and so the proof is no better than just looking at the image on a calibrated monitor.
It also modifies your sudoers file, which you might want to modify back again once you're tried it out.
I mean, you probably know that, but other people who run it may not, and it does rather leave you wide open even if this exploit is one day fixed.
Well, yes, it would obviously be difficult to objectively test for a subjective property such as whether or not one's drawing is any good. Especially with art, since it's largely a matter of the amount of talent that a particular student has, rather than the teaching ability of their tutors. It's not something that should be tested. Are you seriously suggesting that it should be? In a standardised way. Such that the results are used to grade the school and/or the teachers?
Here's my drawing. Eyes in the middle of the face. Check. Do I pass?
/----\
| oo |
| -- |
\----/
It highlights the impossibility of doing this kind of thing correctly.
I think this makes your statement more accurate.
Teachers can rarely choose their students.
Schools can though. And they do.
Knowledge of logical fallacies is a game slashdotters play, it has little application in the real world, and adds little to one's ability to think critically.
Do you have children? A serious question, because I cannot imagine how someone who has children in the school system can possibly ask such question.
Schools should teach reading and writing and maths (not just arithmetic either, but actual maths - that's another story). These things can to an extent be tested - though two of my children suffer severe dyslexia and will always score low on both of the former metrics. Should the teacher be penalised for this? Should they?
They should also teach how to be a good student, how to resolve issues that arise in the classroom or the playground, how to not be a bully, how to deal with a bully should they encounter one, how to deal with authority figures other than their parents, how to play sports, how to cope with losing at sports, and to graciously win, how to play music, or draw, or paint, or make animations, or whatever creative outlet gives them the most fulfilment.
Seems to me that the things that cannot be tested far outnumber the things that can.
Kinda blows out quite a lot of ideas before you even start.
Well, it's not like I have any good ideas or anything - but if the only ideas that you have for a smartwatch are to put a watch face on it, then perhaps writing watch apps isn't your forte?
about 80% there, i'd say.
Until there's background noise, or you have a slightly weird accent, or a speech impediment, or talk a bit fast, or a bit too slow, or push the 'listen to me now' button a bit late. So it's about 80% there in about 20% of cases.
a calculator
A calculator? On my wrist!!? What is this, the future??
A guitar tuner
Actually, that sounds quite useful... Sorry about the watch thing...
Guess they didn't quite get the point of "redistribute equally" then, eh?
Or equally rich, depending on which side of the social divide you started from.