What about the censorship that happened here on our very own Slashdot? I don't mean to sound like a troll, but for a site that promotes freedom of speech as much as Slashdot does, that thread definately seemed to be full of heavy-handed, editor-initiated censorship. Anyone else agree?
Since when does a law outside the United States apply to us?
Since the US signed the treaty saying they would agree to it. America can walk away from it anytime our government chooses to, however. But until they do, we are obligated to fulfill the terms of the treaty.
Especially when our Constitution overrules it.
Can you show us which part of the Constitution prevents our government from signing treaties?
As has been rehashed numerous times in the past, Apple will never release a version of OSX for the Intel platform. Basically, Apple makes almost all of its money from hardware sales. Obviously if they sold OSX for x86 systems, thats a sizeable chunk of cash that they'd lose.
You may remember when Apple permitted clones that Apple almost went under. This was because the clones were causing Apple's finances to hemorage like a hemophilliac.
I agree it would be nice to have OSX for my PC. I'd dump Windows in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, doing this would also mean the end of Apple, so its nothing but wishful thinking.
John: I'm currently working my way through Ivor Horton's Beginning C to learn the language. However, I learn much better when I have someone to teach me. Would you teach me C?
Yeah, they should use an OpenSource solution, much like Slashdot. We all know that Slashdot never gets MySQL errors, either!;)
Seriously, though, its not so much the manufacturer of the backend, its the skill of the programmer. In this case it looks like the programmer didn't quality check his code enough.
US vs USSR Engineering Parable?
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Someone told me this (most likely apocrophyl) story about the differences between the US and the USSR engineers in the space program. The American's spent tens of thousands of dollars to come up with a pen that would work in the harsh enviroment of outter space: zero-g, temperature changes, uv rays, etc.
No more AOL chat rooms for Biff the big hairy trucker pretending to be Buffy the sweet little virgin. Now he can securely coerce little kiddies to visit without worrying about being traced.
While this is a legitimate issue, I think its a negligible one for two reasons: 1) most people like Biff get caught in sting operations, or when the kid has second thoughts and tells their parents. 2) At my office, I know our network admins sometimes get bored and grab packets from people's computers to see what they're up to. I'd rather not have someone in a filthy Doctor Who T-Shirt reading my Instant Messages. To me, this application of said protocol far outweighs the chance a child molestor will be able to cover his tracks a little bit better.
Pardon my ignorance, but I've seen this term used quite a bit in regards to bugs. What exactly is a buffer overflow, and how does it work? How does one prevent a buffer overflow from happening?
If you buy a map of the city, the restaurants and businesses you spend money at don't get a cut of the money you spent on the map
No, but then again those restaurants and businesses didn't create the map. If however, a restaurant discovered that a document it created was being copied and re-sold by a third party vendor, then their might be room for legal action.
Number one, if you're working in illegal working conditions, you are taking a chance -- you agreed to work there
Please read Upton Sinclaire's The Jungle for an excellent account of what life was like before the government stepped in to pass such laws. Specifically, pay attention to how companies will treat desperate workers like shit because there is no alternative for them to go to. Either work in this dangerous job for little pay and long hours, or your family can starve.
Secondly, if our employer's weren't FORCED by the government to pay for unemployment (and in some cases workman's comp), you could take out your own policy, picking what you felt you needed, rather than getting forced into your company's plan.
Yes, I'm sure the unemployment plan that I'd pay for would be much less expensive than the government program. Uh huh. Sure. If you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.
BECAUSE OF VOLUME OF YOUR MESSAGES, AN AUTO-REPLY SERVICE HAS BEEN
ACTIVATED.
X_ I agree. You're still a wanker.
__ I agree. I'm still a wanker.
__ I don't have a parrot-shaped dildo, and if you keep implying it, I
shall have to bloody your nose.
__ I DO have a parrot-shaped dildo. Are you free sometime next week?
X_ I have been bitten by a poisonous wolf spider and cannot reply
personally to your letter.
__ The Jews deserved it. Stop with the bleeding-heart crap.
__ I am a Jew. I agree fully.
X_ I really think most of the flame-bait in alt.sex.* groups is probably
done by government agents to keep real headway from being made in said
alt.sex.* newsgroups.
__ 14 seconds is more than enough time for me to get off. Why not enough
time to get off a Stinger?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE CHESHIRE CAT'S AFFAIRS. YOUR COMMENTS HAVE BEEN
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Please support your arguement that Emma Goldman was not an anarchist. Not only does she claim that title for herself, but most modern anarchist writing is based upon her belief (including the works of Chomsky.) Until I see proof otherwise, I'll continue to believe she's an anarchist.
China is a *communist* country, not fascist. Please, try to get it right.
No, you get it right.
China and other so-called communist countries (the Eastern Bloc, Marxist Africa, Vietnam, etc) are not true communism, as envisioned by Marx. They are state-capitalist countries economically, and facist politically. For a quick primer on what communism is supposed to look like, I suggest the works of Emma Goldman, although she would term it Anarchism. Basically China is going about its communism much the same way as its gone about liberating the suffering people of Tibet. And I hope you see the sarcasm in that statement.
PS: I don't believe in Communism personally, but I felt the need to correct your, ahem, facts.
Since numerous people above have pointed out this is a repeat, everyone should browse the older article and repost all the comments that were modded up to +5, and reap the benefits when that karma comes rollin' in!;)
Jon's silly, woefully incorrect rant really does sound like it came from Adequacy. I invite you to compare this article with this review of Mandrake, done by Adequacy.org. The similarities are striking. Even this troll by the notorious Egg Troll is probably as accurate as Jon's article.
This is piss-poor journalism and it really turns me off Slashdot. I know I can check the box to not see Jon Katz' articles, but I think his continued ability to post is symptomatic of everything that is wrong with Slashdot. But that's just my opinion.
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Dick, would you agree that the solution to this problem would be just to hit her in the shitter?
What about the censorship that happened here on our very own Slashdot? I don't mean to sound like a troll, but for a site that promotes freedom of speech as much as Slashdot does, that thread definately seemed to be full of heavy-handed, editor-initiated censorship. Anyone else agree?
Pardon my ignorance of C, but I'm hoping someone can explain to me in a bit of detail why the following code is bad:
/***WHAM!***/
/*handle error*/
char dest [MAXLEN]
strcpy (dest, input);
if (strlen(dest) => MAXLEN) {
Get your warm toilet seat right here.
Since the US signed the treaty saying they would agree to it. America can walk away from it anytime our government chooses to, however. But until they do, we are obligated to fulfill the terms of the treaty.
Especially when our Constitution overrules it.
Can you show us which part of the Constitution prevents our government from signing treaties?
You may remember when Apple permitted clones that Apple almost went under. This was because the clones were causing Apple's finances to hemorage like a hemophilliac.
I agree it would be nice to have OSX for my PC. I'd dump Windows in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, doing this would also mean the end of Apple, so its nothing but wishful thinking.
*sigh*
Perhaps that tells you that the scientists are doing something they shouldn't be doing...?
Take them to Kinko's and have them whack off the binding. Then ask them to comb bind it. Shouldn't cost you more than $3-4.
I used to work at a Kinko's and did this with several programming books for that very reason.
John: I'm currently working my way through Ivor Horton's Beginning C to learn the language. However, I learn much better when I have someone to teach me. Would you teach me C?
:)
Check out the first review of this story on Ping.
Do you have a link for this TIBS which you speak of? Apparently, I'm far too lazy to use google! ;)
Yeah, they should use an OpenSource solution, much like Slashdot. We all know that Slashdot never gets MySQL errors, either!
Seriously, though, its not so much the manufacturer of the backend, its the skill of the programmer. In this case it looks like the programmer didn't quality check his code enough.
Someone told me this (most likely apocrophyl) story about the differences between the US and the USSR engineers in the space program. The American's spent tens of thousands of dollars to come up with a pen that would work in the harsh enviroment of outter space: zero-g, temperature changes, uv rays, etc.
:)
The Russians used a pencil.
Interesting. Can one successfully sue someone for violating a license even if that individual hasn't suffered a monetary loss?
So why hasn't anyone filed suit against Medievia to make them comply with the license of the Diku source?
While this is a legitimate issue, I think its a negligible one for two reasons: 1) most people like Biff get caught in sting operations, or when the kid has second thoughts and tells their parents. 2) At my office, I know our network admins sometimes get bored and grab packets from people's computers to see what they're up to. I'd rather not have someone in a filthy Doctor Who T-Shirt reading my Instant Messages. To me, this application of said protocol far outweighs the chance a child molestor will be able to cover his tracks a little bit better.
Pardon my ignorance, but I've seen this term used quite a bit in regards to bugs. What exactly is a buffer overflow, and how does it work? How does one prevent a buffer overflow from happening?
No, but then again those restaurants and businesses didn't create the map. If however, a restaurant discovered that a document it created was being copied and re-sold by a third party vendor, then their might be room for legal action.
Please read Upton Sinclaire's The Jungle for an excellent account of what life was like before the government stepped in to pass such laws. Specifically, pay attention to how companies will treat desperate workers like shit because there is no alternative for them to go to. Either work in this dangerous job for little pay and long hours, or your family can starve.
Secondly, if our employer's weren't FORCED by the government to pay for unemployment (and in some cases workman's comp), you could take out your own policy, picking what you felt you needed, rather than getting forced into your company's plan.
Yes, I'm sure the unemployment plan that I'd pay for would be much less expensive than the government program. Uh huh. Sure. If you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.
BECAUSE OF VOLUME OF YOUR MESSAGES, AN AUTO-REPLY SERVICE HAS BEEN
ACTIVATED.
X_ I agree. You're still a wanker.
__ I agree. I'm still a wanker.
__ I don't have a parrot-shaped dildo, and if you keep implying it, I
shall have to bloody your nose.
__ I DO have a parrot-shaped dildo. Are you free sometime next week?
X_ I have been bitten by a poisonous wolf spider and cannot reply
personally to your letter.
__ The Jews deserved it. Stop with the bleeding-heart crap.
__ I am a Jew. I agree fully.
X_ I really think most of the flame-bait in alt.sex.* groups is probably
done by government agents to keep real headway from being made in said
alt.sex.* newsgroups.
__ 14 seconds is more than enough time for me to get off. Why not enough
time to get off a Stinger?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE CHESHIRE CAT'S AFFAIRS. YOUR COMMENTS HAVE BEEN
NOTED AND WILL BE PRINTED TO HARDCOPY AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
Please support your arguement that Emma Goldman was not an anarchist. Not only does she claim that title for herself, but most modern anarchist writing is based upon her belief (including the works of Chomsky.) Until I see proof otherwise, I'll continue to believe she's an anarchist.
No, you get it right.
China and other so-called communist countries (the Eastern Bloc, Marxist Africa, Vietnam, etc) are not true communism, as envisioned by Marx. They are state-capitalist countries economically, and facist politically. For a quick primer on what communism is supposed to look like, I suggest the works of Emma Goldman, although she would term it Anarchism. Basically China is going about its communism much the same way as its gone about liberating the suffering people of Tibet. And I hope you see the sarcasm in that statement.
PS: I don't believe in Communism personally, but I felt the need to correct your, ahem, facts.
Since numerous people above have pointed out this is a repeat, everyone should browse the older article and repost all the comments that were modded up to +5, and reap the benefits when that karma comes rollin' in! ;)
This is piss-poor journalism and it really turns me off Slashdot. I know I can check the box to not see Jon Katz' articles, but I think his continued ability to post is symptomatic of everything that is wrong with Slashdot. But that's just my opinion.