I can't express how sick I am of all this copyright and "OMG Piracy!" bullshit. It's like a second coming of the war on drugs.
That didn't work for 30 years, this won't either. You will not be able to stop it no matter what.
It is now to the point, that if someone were in my company and were to let slip that they were an employee of the **AA groups, or any other copyright group, there's a very good chance I would maim or dismember them... or both. Damn the jailtime. It would be worth it.
Hear that you completely dysfunctional fucktards? You are now the nerdy quiet kid in the class who nobody likes because you think you're better or smarter than everyone else. Not the dorky geeky kid who actually *IS* smarter than everyone else, but the one who has a 99 IQ and talks big all the time. You deserve to be bullied. You deserve to fail. Your institution deserves to die a fiery and horrible death, along with anyone who runs it.
FUCK YOU, recording industry. FUCK YOU, movie industry. FUCK YOU, software giants. If your products aren't selling, it's not because of piracy, it's because you've turned all your customers to hating you and there's few people left to be your consumer sheep./angry rant
The people who manage Hulu's advertising must be complete morons.
My favorite example is that they think you're going to sit through a 1:30 block of ads in the middle of your show. If you reload the page, it pops up a 15-30 second ad like you were just starting the video, and takes you right back to where you were. With a little F5 action I cut on average 45 seconds off of each ad break on Hulu. Seriously brain-dead.
The more commercials you force me to watch, the less likely I am to buy any of your shit. This is the case both out of spite, and a subconscious hatred toward the products caused by over-advertising.
All recordings of Jazz from the dawn of the 20th Century is a crudely-recorded almost-useless version. They were still recording on wax cylinders and primitive records back then. There was no hi-fi or analog tape yet.
I think by "fixed costs" you mean "fixed profits". Even $5 a month would recoup the cost of your equipment/service to Verizon for cable. $10 would make them a tidy profit.
The only reason they charge $50 is so they can guarantee that the top 1% of employees (read: executives) and their shareholders get that $10 Million bonus they were promised.
This is the problem with the 'Freedom' we get in America, and the way the government regulates business as a whole. It's criminal, but allowed and acceptable.
Only if you ban the US flag too. They are currently waging a war that costs tens of thousands of lives over oil. If that's not evil I don't know what is. Ban the US Flag!
And while you're at it, let's ban Australia's flag too! They're nothing but a bunch of criminals, since that's how they got there. They're just a penal colony for the Brits.
And let's ban the Brit flag too! They killed countless Americans during the revolutionary war. Totally evil.
Let's not forget to ban the Japanese flag, since they actually HELPED the Nazis, and went so far as to attack the US for no good reason. Clearly evil.
And I better not see any Cuban or Chinese flags up there, since they are communist dictatorships, which is just downright evil.
When does the mindless uneducated BS stop? Be a better person: ignore the douche from the article and formulate your own opinions.
Actually, there is a lot that is cool about the (original, actual) Swastika symbol.
There is a relevant point people are missing: the Nazi Swastika is not an actual, official Swastika. It is a bastardized perturbation of an ancient eastern religious symbol. The original has the 'tines' of the symbol pointing to the left (clockwise spiral) and is axis-aligned when displayed. It often comes with a paired 'mirror image' version which spirals in the opposite direction, but is also axis-aligned (not tilted).
The Nazi symbol is different. It is a single symbol, tilted 45degrees off-axis to make a sort of diamond shape, and uses the counter-clockwise spiral exclusively. It is also relevant to note the colors and context of the symbol in its surroundings to determine which it is being used as. In countries from China to India to Thailand to Japan, that symbol is all over the place. Wherever you see certain temples, they will denote it with a simple swastika. It's commonplace.
It is unfortunate that the Nazis chose to pollute such a peaceful and historical symbol. The swastika is NOT an 'evil' symbol, and it has a long and interesting history. It is - in fact - quite 'cool'.
Believe it or not? I'm going to choose 'not'.
There are billions of people in the Indo-Asia area which believe strongly that this is a valid, and respected religious symbol. To me, that does not equal his belief being 'normal and commonly held'. Maybe among ignorant fools.
Because this guy is uneducated on this fact, and seems to think all swastika symbols are Nazi-related regardless of how they are shown, he is imposing his personal opinion on everyone using this service and device under the guise of 'moderation' and his own misguided belief about history instead of fact.
Tack on the fact that seeing and knowing about the symbols doesn't necessarily mean you are PROMOTING the ideas of those that previously used the symbol, and this guy is - in fact - removing a source of exposure and education of history from their service by doing this.
I love programming and wiring up some microcontrollers as much as the next geek, but at what point does a chip become too complex for realistic home use?
I don't need hundreds of GPIO pins, and I don't even think I can solder detailed enough or design home-made PCB with enough detail to accommodate a processor with this many pins and features.
I am pretty happy to see FPGAs making it into commercial projects - they're just so useful.
"You want your processor to use this specific logic pipeline? There's a chip for that!"
They have their name in huge print at the top of the page, and all the links go to various pages on their domain! Clearly they're biased toward themselves!
I love how all the researchers materials are all "Humanitarian" and indicate that this will be used to help people (fires, safety, etc...).
I give it about 15 minutes before the government gets wind of it and turns it into a tool for mass invasion of privacy and uses it somehow in this ongoing war on our freedoms.
I would be more optimistic, but their track record isn't encouraging.
Then they're going to make visiting these sites a criminal offense, such that you get arrested if you happen to see a site with a copyrighted picture on it which they don't own.
Even the most reactive metals react weakly to the moisture in the air, and unimpressively to direct submersion in water. I'd be MUCH more worried about it heating to a point where some Magnesium pocket inside ignites and burns your house down.
If he was holding it in a frangible container 6 inches from his face with no protection while submersing it in water, then yes...he could get injured by an Alkali metal. They actually react quite slow in comparison to many other explosives, and have a very limited amount of power. In fact, several grams of Sodium wasn't even enough to break a soda bottle for me. It just filled with some nasty smoke/gas and distended the bottle.
Also, take into account that if he just found them lying there, there is almost zero chance they are alkali metals. They would long ago have disappeared thanks to rain and atmospheric humidity. A simple carbonate is the most likely answer.
"economic wars by China over a prisoner taken by Japan from a disputed island, etc"
If you mean Senkaku, they are firmly in Japanese control China can dispute it all they want, but they don't own the islands in any sense.
Also, the 'prisoner taken by Japan' was the captain of a boat that rammed two Japan Coast Guard ships. In retaliation, China took four hostages for 'trespassing' where there was no posting. Basically, they snatched these four and said "You can't have them back until we get our guy back." They are childish, and couldn't find their collective ass in broad daylight with both hands and a mirror. I do not think for one second that China is capable of something so robust and intricate.
That leaves pretty much the US or Russia. As Russia is the hacker capital of the world, I would put my money on them. Even the US government is too bumbling to ever get something like this right.
Almost all bittorrent clients are 'legal' P2P software. It's what you choose to do with it that makes it illegal, just like a gun.
I highly suggest they all start downloading and deleting repeatedly any recent linux distros. See how fast the cops stop paying attention to the reports.
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Last I checked we were moving AWAY from TDM for cell towers.
I can't express how sick I am of all this copyright and "OMG Piracy!" bullshit. It's like a second coming of the war on drugs.
That didn't work for 30 years, this won't either. You will not be able to stop it no matter what.
It is now to the point, that if someone were in my company and were to let slip that they were an employee of the **AA groups, or any other copyright group, there's a very good chance I would maim or dismember them... or both. Damn the jailtime. It would be worth it.
Hear that you completely dysfunctional fucktards? You are now the nerdy quiet kid in the class who nobody likes because you think you're better or smarter than everyone else. Not the dorky geeky kid who actually *IS* smarter than everyone else, but the one who has a 99 IQ and talks big all the time. You deserve to be bullied. You deserve to fail. Your institution deserves to die a fiery and horrible death, along with anyone who runs it.
FUCK YOU, recording industry. FUCK YOU, movie industry. FUCK YOU, software giants. /angry rant
If your products aren't selling, it's not because of piracy, it's because you've turned all your customers to hating you and there's few people left to be your consumer sheep.
Well this news is simply TITillating!
The people who manage Hulu's advertising must be complete morons.
My favorite example is that they think you're going to sit through a 1:30 block of ads in the middle of your show. If you reload the page, it pops up a 15-30 second ad like you were just starting the video, and takes you right back to where you were. With a little F5 action I cut on average 45 seconds off of each ad break on Hulu. Seriously brain-dead.
The more commercials you force me to watch, the less likely I am to buy any of your shit. This is the case both out of spite, and a subconscious hatred toward the products caused by over-advertising.
Doom is both imminent, and now thanks to the US Government, Eminent too:
"Terror! Terror! Terror!" they cry, rapidly seeding an imminent sense of doom from their eminent control over the press and all that you see and hear.
All recordings of Jazz from the dawn of the 20th Century is a crudely-recorded almost-useless version. They were still recording on wax cylinders and primitive records back then. There was no hi-fi or analog tape yet.
Every page on the web can now have its own Wikipedia-style disambiguation page!
I didn't really start with LOGO until I was about 6. I think 4 might still be a bit early for text programming.
Perhaps you could rig up Code Blocks in some way they'd understand? Good together time too.
Little Johnny: I did all my homework, but it died.
I think by "fixed costs" you mean "fixed profits". Even $5 a month would recoup the cost of your equipment/service to Verizon for cable. $10 would make them a tidy profit.
The only reason they charge $50 is so they can guarantee that the top 1% of employees (read: executives) and their shareholders get that $10 Million bonus they were promised.
This is the problem with the 'Freedom' we get in America, and the way the government regulates business as a whole. It's criminal, but allowed and acceptable.
Only if you ban the US flag too. They are currently waging a war that costs tens of thousands of lives over oil. If that's not evil I don't know what is. Ban the US Flag!
And while you're at it, let's ban Australia's flag too! They're nothing but a bunch of criminals, since that's how they got there. They're just a penal colony for the Brits.
And let's ban the Brit flag too! They killed countless Americans during the revolutionary war. Totally evil.
Let's not forget to ban the Japanese flag, since they actually HELPED the Nazis, and went so far as to attack the US for no good reason. Clearly evil.
And I better not see any Cuban or Chinese flags up there, since they are communist dictatorships, which is just downright evil.
When does the mindless uneducated BS stop? Be a better person: ignore the douche from the article and formulate your own opinions.
Actually, there is a lot that is cool about the (original, actual) Swastika symbol.
There is a relevant point people are missing: the Nazi Swastika is not an actual, official Swastika. It is a bastardized perturbation of an ancient eastern religious symbol. The original has the 'tines' of the symbol pointing to the left (clockwise spiral) and is axis-aligned when displayed. It often comes with a paired 'mirror image' version which spirals in the opposite direction, but is also axis-aligned (not tilted).
The Nazi symbol is different. It is a single symbol, tilted 45degrees off-axis to make a sort of diamond shape, and uses the counter-clockwise spiral exclusively. It is also relevant to note the colors and context of the symbol in its surroundings to determine which it is being used as. In countries from China to India to Thailand to Japan, that symbol is all over the place. Wherever you see certain temples, they will denote it with a simple swastika. It's commonplace.
It is unfortunate that the Nazis chose to pollute such a peaceful and historical symbol. The swastika is NOT an 'evil' symbol, and it has a long and interesting history. It is - in fact - quite 'cool'.
Believe it or not? I'm going to choose 'not'.
There are billions of people in the Indo-Asia area which believe strongly that this is a valid, and respected religious symbol. To me, that does not equal his belief being 'normal and commonly held'. Maybe among ignorant fools.
Because this guy is uneducated on this fact, and seems to think all swastika symbols are Nazi-related regardless of how they are shown, he is imposing his personal opinion on everyone using this service and device under the guise of 'moderation' and his own misguided belief about history instead of fact.
Tack on the fact that seeing and knowing about the symbols doesn't necessarily mean you are PROMOTING the ideas of those that previously used the symbol, and this guy is - in fact - removing a source of exposure and education of history from their service by doing this.
I love programming and wiring up some microcontrollers as much as the next geek, but at what point does a chip become too complex for realistic home use?
I don't need hundreds of GPIO pins, and I don't even think I can solder detailed enough or design home-made PCB with enough detail to accommodate a processor with this many pins and features.
I am pretty happy to see FPGAs making it into commercial projects - they're just so useful.
"You want your processor to use this specific logic pipeline? There's a chip for that!"
As long as it's for Hatch and his corrupt idiots, I welcome the concrete booties.
Sounds like it's time for a Coup. Have fun!
Slashdot is totally biased!
They have their name in huge print at the top of the page, and all the links go to various pages on their domain! Clearly they're biased toward themselves!
I find it funny that I, as an American game developer, want to go work in Japan.
I wonder if I can trade apartments and jobs with one of them or something?
I love how all the researchers materials are all "Humanitarian" and indicate that this will be used to help people (fires, safety, etc...).
I give it about 15 minutes before the government gets wind of it and turns it into a tool for mass invasion of privacy and uses it somehow in this ongoing war on our freedoms.
I would be more optimistic, but their track record isn't encouraging.
WTF, don't tell them that.
Then they're going to make visiting these sites a criminal offense, such that you get arrested if you happen to see a site with a copyrighted picture on it which they don't own.
I get earthquake alerts on my phone from some android app... ...and I don't even live somewhere that has earthquakes.
Are you sure you've seen south park?
They love to make fun of race, religion, and sexual orientation. Constantly. Every possible time they can.
Even the most reactive metals react weakly to the moisture in the air, and unimpressively to direct submersion in water. I'd be MUCH more worried about it heating to a point where some Magnesium pocket inside ignites and burns your house down.
If he was holding it in a frangible container 6 inches from his face with no protection while submersing it in water, then yes...he could get injured by an Alkali metal. They actually react quite slow in comparison to many other explosives, and have a very limited amount of power. In fact, several grams of Sodium wasn't even enough to break a soda bottle for me. It just filled with some nasty smoke/gas and distended the bottle.
Also, take into account that if he just found them lying there, there is almost zero chance they are alkali metals. They would long ago have disappeared thanks to rain and atmospheric humidity. A simple carbonate is the most likely answer.
"economic wars by China over a prisoner taken by Japan from a disputed island, etc"
If you mean Senkaku, they are firmly in Japanese control China can dispute it all they want, but they don't own the islands in any sense.
Also, the 'prisoner taken by Japan' was the captain of a boat that rammed two Japan Coast Guard ships. In retaliation, China took four hostages for 'trespassing' where there was no posting. Basically, they snatched these four and said "You can't have them back until we get our guy back." They are childish, and couldn't find their collective ass in broad daylight with both hands and a mirror. I do not think for one second that China is capable of something so robust and intricate.
That leaves pretty much the US or Russia. As Russia is the hacker capital of the world, I would put my money on them. Even the US government is too bumbling to ever get something like this right.
Almost all bittorrent clients are 'legal' P2P software. It's what you choose to do with it that makes it illegal, just like a gun.
I highly suggest they all start downloading and deleting repeatedly any recent linux distros. See how fast the cops stop paying attention to the reports.