This story, SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK OF regarding the P vs, NP problem is more important than the Pi story by the degree of n. I advise you all to review it. Also, if you're inclined to put in the time, you could win $1,000,000.
Everybody cares about what their homepage is; it's just that some don't know that it can be changed to a much speedier and useful site or hard disk file than the default. My opinion? AOL has really become a bunch of turds. You used to be able to count on them for support on important web issues -- spam, open broadband lines, etc. But now they've become just a bunch of corporate lackeys... Vacation at Shell Extension City
It's our fear of the enemy which forces us into using the same tactics he uses. I've often wondered at how insecure we in the United States must be as a society that we take such draconian measures against our social problems (i.e., very long mandatory sentences for drug use, the difficulty of using the insanity defense for any crime, etc.). Now you might say that you do not feel so insecure, or that, intuitively, you do not feel we are very insecure as a society---maybe not, but consider that the insecurity rises not from our society as a whole, but rather from a very small portion of it which is extremely rightward leaning. The problem is this small minority has gained a disproportionate amount of power because of its extreme wealth and ability to influence the political process.
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I see no flaw in their business plan, nor any danger to the company. Those who wish to use the scanner as intended can still just do it. The presence on the web of other drivers doesn't make the CueCat useless for DC's intended purpose. DC's big mistake is publicizing the presence of those other drivers (or rather, reacting to their presence in a manner that brings down publicity. mostly bad, on them). This alerts millions of potential users that alternatives are available.
'Scuse me? Every respectable newspaper practices the censored type of journalism you preach? Look just over the last 2 weeks. How 'bout the phrase uttered by Presidential candidate Bush when he called a reporter "New York Times Asshole"? Bush's words were broadcast, unchanged, by every major TV network, and carried, uncensored, by most newspapers, including my home town paper, the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
We have 2000 applications in our database here at Shell Extension City. Does this mean we have 2.8 percent of all applications ever made for the PC? Heh heh, I'm glad to hear that. Geeze, what a tremendously useful site we are.... (Uh..software for geeks, doncha know?)
I agree, Laetus--but here's more. How long before the Post Office declares its exclusive jurisdiction over email. Then you'll ONLY be able to use the USPS address, and only in the manner prescribed by USPS Rules and Regulations.... Remember, the bureaucracy's first duty is to perpertuate itself. No thanks post office... I'd rather have the freedom and convenience that come from keeping the government out of my affairs, thank you.
Open or closed, forever is forever, and everything must occur (infinite times) before eternity ceases, by definition. In other words, nothing can not happen. All you have to think about are the three monkeys eternally at the typewriter. Will they eventually recreate all the literature of the world, or will they just continue to create nonsense? Both. Thus, I stand on my point. Uh...maybe anyway....
Geez...where're your math skills? I don't care how empty the universe is, given the span of time the thing will drift (forever), it will eventually collide with each and every other body out there (assuming it's not destroyed in any given collision).
There are plenty of checks and balances--suit can only be brought under statute legislated by Congress (one check) or under a common law tort theory (which results from, literally, hundreds of years of court decisions fine tuning the tort's elements (another balance).
What would their demand have been the following week? That chunkymunky give a banner ad to chunkeymonkey or else lose the "license" granted by the chunky monkey people? How about if, just on a whim, the license had been withdrawn? The license was an attempt to assert control, and would have effectively given control.
I'm absolutely with Shaheen on this. Those of us involved in the chunkymunky dispute desperately hoped that slashdot would jump in and throw its support our way. But all we received was silence. Slashdot could have made a huge difference in the battle, since the Chunkey Monkey people proved they were susceptible to public opinion. We just didn't have enough public expressing its opinion.
As a result, I came to the conclusion that Slashdot was not really our friend, since it just had bigger fish to fry. Frankly, the fact that Slashdot will only run this kind of story on "a slow news day," just confirms my conclusion.
The "illegal acts" you're citing are torts, where you must right the "harm" you've caused by paying civil damages--this is derived from English common law. These are quite different from "illegal" acts, which are created by criminal statute. I'll agree a cracker who ruins a system must pay damages to right his wrong, and that intent will cause the level of his culpability to rise from pure negligence to the point where, for example, punitive damages may be imposed. But the act of sending a large amount of traffic to a site, while it may be a tort, is not an "illegal" act, as far as I know. As for your being too lazy to find the law, gee, why should anyone take your comments about it seriously? In fact, you admit you do not know what it is. And the same goes for all the rest of the posters who assume they know that a DOS "attack" is illegal, yet can't answer my initial question--that's sloppy thinking, my friend.
Exactly what law of the United States prevents one site from sending loads of traffic to another site? And if such a law exists, why isn't Slashdot being prosecuted under it? And what if the owner of a server experiencing the Slashdot Effect redirected all that traffic back to/.? Would that be a crime? Please cite the specific Act of Congress, if you can.
The problem with your analysis is that Slashdot moderates comments, MSN does not. In effect,/. is controlling the content it carries. So it is not simply an ISP or carrier.
Even though Wrapster is potentially a good program with lots of worthwhile uses, the idiot developer slurs his product, and those who download it, by explicitly inviting illegal uses. He says: "The software creates archives that can contain anything from movies, full albums and the latest warez releases..." And what's more, in his "Help.txt" file he says you could trade copies of Win2K with it. Thus, he's subverting the legitimate uses of the program, and discrediting all who download it. Unsurprisingly, his name is nowhere on his site or in his documentation.
Slashdot Mirror
Well, one game that never gets boring--and it's probably the greatest electronic game of all time--is called "Configuring your system"
Naw---it's the American way.
Programmers only work 47 days a year--- It's just that they're all 48 hour days.
Well I sat here in the Lotus position meditating until I became one with my cable TV converter box, and I'm composing this message in my mind.
Jeeze... Why not just tell him to get Zone Alarm. It''s free, reliable, easy to configure and use...
This story, SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK OF regarding the P vs, NP problem is more important than the Pi story by the degree of n. I advise you all to review it. Also, if you're inclined to put in the time, you could win $1,000,000.
Everybody cares about what their homepage is; it's just that some don't know that it can be changed to a much speedier and useful site or hard disk file than the default. My opinion? AOL has really become a bunch of turds. You used to be able to count on them for support on important web issues -- spam, open broadband lines, etc. But now they've become just a bunch of corporate lackeys...
Vacation at Shell Extension City
It's our fear of the enemy which forces us into using the same tactics he uses. I've often wondered at how insecure we in the United States must be as a society that we take such draconian measures against our social problems (i.e., very long mandatory sentences for drug use, the difficulty of using the insanity defense for any crime, etc.). Now you might say that you do not feel so insecure, or that, intuitively, you do not feel we are very insecure as a society---maybe not, but consider that the insecurity rises not from our society as a whole, but rather from a very small portion of it which is extremely rightward leaning. The problem is this small minority has gained a disproportionate amount of power because of its extreme wealth and ability to influence the political process.
Vacation at Shell Extension City
I see no flaw in their business plan, nor any danger to the company. Those who wish to use the scanner as intended can still just do it. The presence on the web of other drivers doesn't make the CueCat useless for DC's intended purpose. DC's big mistake is publicizing the presence of those other drivers (or rather, reacting to their presence in a manner that brings down publicity. mostly bad, on them). This alerts millions of potential users that alternatives are available.
VACATION AT SHELL EXTENSION CITY
'Scuse me? Every respectable newspaper practices the censored type of journalism you preach? Look just over the last 2 weeks. How 'bout the phrase uttered by Presidential candidate Bush when he called a reporter "New York Times Asshole"? Bush's words were broadcast, unchanged, by every major TV network, and carried, uncensored, by most newspapers, including my home town paper, the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Come vacation at Shell Extension City
We have 2000 applications in our database here at Shell Extension City. Does this mean we have 2.8 percent of all applications ever made for the PC? Heh heh, I'm glad to hear that. Geeze, what a tremendously useful site we are.... (Uh..software for geeks, doncha know?)
I agree, Laetus--but here's more. How long before the Post Office declares its exclusive jurisdiction over email. Then you'll ONLY be able to use the USPS address, and only in the manner prescribed by USPS Rules and Regulations.... Remember, the bureaucracy's first duty is to perpertuate itself. No thanks post office... I'd rather have the freedom and convenience that come from keeping the government out of my affairs, thank you.
Open or closed, forever is forever, and everything must occur (infinite times) before eternity ceases, by definition. In other words, nothing can not happen. All you have to think about are the three monkeys eternally at the typewriter. Will they eventually recreate all the literature of the world, or will they just continue to create nonsense? Both. Thus, I stand on my point. Uh...maybe anyway....
Geez...where're your math skills? I don't care how empty the universe is, given the span of time the thing will drift (forever), it will eventually collide with each and every other body out there (assuming it's not destroyed in any given collision).
Come visit Shell Extension City
I'd prefer to receive Slashdot's apology rather than Andover's. After all, I'd hate to think Andover is micromanaging Slashdot.
There are plenty of checks and balances--suit can only be brought under statute legislated by Congress (one check) or under a common law tort theory (which results from, literally, hundreds of years of court decisions fine tuning the tort's elements (another balance).
Am I the only one w3ho noticed that Symantic's stock price is currently (as of 12:15 pm, CST) up more than $3.00 per share?
What would their demand have been the following week? That chunkymunky give a banner ad to chunkeymonkey or else lose the "license" granted by the chunky monkey people? How about if, just on a whim, the license had been withdrawn? The license was an attempt to assert control, and would have effectively given control.
I'm absolutely with Shaheen on this. Those of us involved in the chunkymunky dispute desperately hoped that slashdot would jump in and throw its support our way. But all we received was silence. Slashdot could have made a huge difference in the battle, since the Chunkey Monkey people proved they were susceptible to public opinion. We just didn't have enough public expressing its opinion.
As a result, I came to the conclusion that Slashdot was not really our friend, since it just had bigger fish to fry. Frankly, the fact that Slashdot will only run this kind of story on "a slow news day," just confirms my conclusion.
The "illegal acts" you're citing are torts, where you must right the "harm" you've caused by paying civil damages--this is derived from English common law. These are quite different from "illegal" acts, which are created by criminal statute. I'll agree a cracker who ruins a system must pay damages to right his wrong, and that intent will cause the level of his culpability to rise from pure negligence to the point where, for example, punitive damages may be imposed. But the act of sending a large amount of traffic to a site, while it may be a tort, is not an "illegal" act, as far as I know. As for your being too lazy to find the law, gee, why should anyone take your comments about it seriously? In fact, you admit you do not know what it is. And the same goes for all the rest of the posters who assume they know that a DOS "attack" is illegal, yet can't answer my initial question--that's sloppy thinking, my friend.
Jeff--I note you haven't cited the law. "Computer Abuse"? What the hell's that?
Exactly what law of the United States prevents one site from sending loads of traffic to another site? And if such a law exists, why isn't Slashdot being prosecuted under it? And what if the owner of a server experiencing the Slashdot Effect redirected all that traffic back to /.? Would that be a crime? Please cite the specific Act of Congress, if you can.
The problem with your analysis is that Slashdot moderates comments, MSN does not. In effect, /. is controlling the content it carries. So it is not simply an ISP or carrier.
Remind me not to subscribe to your "service"
Even though Wrapster is potentially a good program with lots of worthwhile uses, the idiot developer slurs his product, and those who download it, by explicitly inviting illegal uses. He says: "The software creates archives that can contain anything from movies, full albums and the latest warez releases..." And what's more, in his "Help.txt" file he says you could trade copies of Win2K with it. Thus, he's subverting the legitimate uses of the program, and discrediting all who download it. Unsurprisingly, his name is nowhere on his site or in his documentation.