ah. I certainly did misunderstand that. I agree that they are both rather dubious methods of enticing people to join the military. However I think the video game is quite a bit worse than giving people money to be spent on their education because it targets a different audience: younger children (say 15 years old and below) who wouldn't necessarily be thinking about joining the military at that point in their lives. I doubt anyone can argue that the younger a child is, the easier it is to shape their opinions. This video game explicitly tells them that war is cool, America Is The Best, and the best way to help your country is to join the army and kill people. It's propaganda, nothing less. It's like cartoons shown in the U.S. during World War II, only more blatant, and less funny.
Here's why: war is fucking stupid. The purpose of war is to kill others and take what they have from them. The purpose of college is to educate people so they can spend their time doing something constructive, rather than hurting others. I would much rather see money being given to people who want to learn than people who want to kill.
Better recording equipment does not necessarily make a better album. In my opinion Bleach is Nirvana's best album, because I like the music and the overall sound of it more than that of any other studio album they did. I think it was recorded well, just not with top of the line equipment. Sound is a pretty subjective thing in many cases but one thing is for sure, no amount of money, famous producers, and high tech recording studios can make crap sound like anything but crap (I'm talking to you, 'Nsync, Brittany Spears, and all of the other SHIT put out these days).
Someone could instead take them for free, or give you five bucks for them or something, and put them in a shipping container and send them someplace where people would like to have 486s.
It's been done before, and I was appalled at the number of ignorant fucks on slashdot that claimed it was stupid idea because of indymedia's political views, etc. But aside from that, recycling pc's to give to people who would not normally have the chance to own one is a very good idea. The only problem I see (especially WRT sending computers to people in countries like ecuador, etc) is that when they do become utterly useless (nothing lasts forever), they will definitely not be recycled, but the tradeoff is well worth it, in my opinion.
actually, it has been used in tomatoes. It's called "flavor saver" and causes tomatoes to ripen very quickly and makes them more resistant to damage while shipping (they also supposedly tasted much better than normal conventional tomatoes). They are fortunately no longer being grown due to the fact that nobody wanted fucking pig-tomatoes that still taste worse than organic ones.
suprisingly, I had no idea what the course curriculum for CS is here. I'm only taking one CIS/CS class at the moment and it's an elective, so I looked up the CS major requirements and it seems to be pretty similar to Chico's (as would be expected for most lower division units), and may even be lacking in some areas as compared to CSUC, but I'm probably not going to be staying here for long anyway, so it doesn't really bother me. Mostly what I like is that the CS major is brand new (CIS has been around for a while, though) and there is much enthusiasm amongst faculty, administration, and students. Most importantly, HSU is adequately funding the new major and required equipment (this seemed to be an area where Chico was lacking, at least recently). For example, I'm currently taking a class called Unix/Linux in depth, and we have been given a hefty new P4 SMP running SuSE linux for the class to do assignments on (though I don't use it.. why ssh to SuSE via modem when a nice Slack box sits right in front of me at home?)
Both HSU and CSUC are state colleges, so one can't really expect TOO much out of them in regards to course offerings, but its good to know that Humboldt has a little more discretion in choosing their professors, and makes sure that they at least have some knowledge of what they are teaching. Believe me, it was painful to sit through a class on C++ taught by a teacher who never had never actually programmed in the language before (or at least hadn't in a long time, either way he didn't know what he was doing).
Good luck at Chico, hope you have a better time than I did...
or, if you use the old netscape, the original message:
And the beast shall come forth surrounded by a roiling
cloud of vengeance.
The house of the unbelievers shall be razed
and they shall be scorched to the earth.
Their tags shall blink until
the end of days.
from The Book of Mozilla, 12:10
and, if you try it in IE, you get a nice blue background. Interesting, eh?
also, in mozilla or netscape, try about:fishcam or hit CTRL-ALT-F. or type about:anythingyouwanttowrite and you will see whatever you wrote after the about. (in the unix version of netscape it says "Whatchew talkin' 'bout, Willis?"). There are several other netscape easter eggs, but I forget them.. I think the funniest thing is that microsoft decided to include code for about:mozilla in IE (...or they didn't remove it entirely from the netscape source...)
at Chico State, you're learning what some might call crappy, inefficient programming. No offense to (most of) the professors at CSUC , but after suffering through two SHITTY teachers (whose names will remain anonymous unless you really wanna know..), and then listening to one of the better ones (Dr. Juliano) rant about how little the administration cares about the CS department, I decided to hightail it outta there. Not to mention I couldn't stand most of the people who go to Chico state (again, no offense intended toward the good people I did meet), and I wasn't too impressed with the course curriculum (java -> C++ -> 68k ASM -> C++ w/ STL...wtf?). After moving back to my hometown and attending the local college, I am finding that I enjoy CS (which is a brand new major here) much more than at Chico.
P.S. I also heard from Dr. J that ~10 professors were retiring or quitting, and were to be replaced with lecturers, is this true?
P.Sx2 also, two professors I really, really recommend: Clarke Steinback for any CS class, and Dr. Buchholtz for Physics (E&M). Both excellent people and excellent teachers.
The sims should also feature hundreds of thousands of acres of South American rainforest being clearcutted via slave labor to produce more farmland to raise more hormone-pumped cows just so you can have your nifty virtual McBurger every day.
But then people might think twice about eating at their favorite crap shack, and we wouldn't want that...
stereotypically if a person has managed to work their way up to the level of Bill Gates et al., he or she must have very little concern for other people, that's just the way it works.
Microsoft reminds me most of the quote: "You never loved me, all you wanted was for me to love you!"
Sorry, punk music died fifteen years ago. That attitude stopped being profitable when "Excuse me, I'm emo" and "BOING! BOING! POPPY POP!" overtook the market.
Whether you intended it or not, that touches on the fact that neither sony nor Nintendo are angels.. There's already some foul play in this game. Remember Nintendo in the eighties? Inferior product, superior marketing, anti-competitive practices, and here we are today (Remember the Sega Master System? The Atari... Well, Atari? didn't think so).
Microsoft is like sony at the release of the playstation, except in that case sony brought some cards with them, rather than just a shitload of cash...
This is nothing new, and people actually do that, though they don't have to see your tv. It's called Tempest. And building a receiver that interprets and redisplays monitor/TV signals is not that hard.
if its pirate radio! Not only is it fun to listen to, it's even more fun to "work" at. I say "work" because no one gets paid, and its more fun than any job I've ever had... Seriously, there is not a single commercial station that could ever compete with the quality of pirate radio. The FCC is not the enemy necessarily, it is merely a tool of corporate radio used to shut down superior channels that take away from their ad revenue.
Go 97.5 Rice Radio! (Aka Humboldt Free Radio Alliance)
I couldn't help but laugh at the number of people complaining about detail-obsessed comic book/movie nerds, yet all I see so far in this thread are people bitching about the grammar and mistakes in the slashdot story!!
You are of spanish/latin descent, as most of central and southern America is. In these cultures the dead are respected, not feared. Death is seen as a natural process that should be celebrated rather than grieved like many others believe (e.g. Dia de Los Muertos in Mexico is a very festive occasion where people dress up as skeletons, parade around, eat dulce, etc.).
Imagine the horror if thousands of years from now that were the surviving culture, and they stumbled upon this: "OOH look! a celebration of the dead! let's go see!"
Not likely, but just goes to show that the skull is not necessarily a feared symbol everywhere.
It's a lot easier to believe that the universe is controlled by a mischevious woman who enjoys wreaking chaos and confusion in our lives than a prudish old bearded guy. Or maybe he just thinks he runs the show while eris snickers in the background.
just look at the chaos in this thread. The first mention of religion here is like rolling a golden apple labeled "KALLISTI" into a room full of pretentious goddesses.
As a student, I LIKE to hear opinions from my professors. If schools were the way you would have it (and many are), the teachers job would be to merely drone out material from a textbook. Thanks but no thanks, I can get my fucking computer to read to me just fine. It pisses me off when a teacher does no more than what he or she is told, and I can easily tell when this is the case. The most satisifying knowledge and insight that I have gained in both elementary school, high school, and college classes are NOT directly from the course material but from the extra litte "tidbits" of information and opinion that good professors offer.
I understand the fear of teachers "corrupting" students minds with false information, but that is the beauty of an opinion: It can never be true or false, that is why it is an opinion. Granted, a teacher should never present their bias as the fact in an issue, but generally an opinion is easily spotted, or often prefaced with "personally, I believe..." or "in my opinion.."
To say that teachers should never teach more than they are told is fucking stupid as far as I'm concerned. When a good teacher disagrees with what is presented in the textbook, I WANT to hear that and WHY. It is all part of the learning process, and despite what some may think, students minds are not akin to a circuit board on an assembly line, at least mine isn't. It is akin to a piece of clay that is shaped and molded over time. The important fact, though, is that I am the artist of this sculpture I call my brain, and teachers can never lay their hands upon it, they may only give me advice on how to better it. Also note that for you to make generalizations about other people of whom you know NOTHING is horrible. Personally I think the United States' standards for education are FUCKED UP and the only thing that ever kept me in school was the teachers who realized this and revolted against the traditional forms of instruction.
we often see fairly insightful and eloquently worded posts in response to ludicrous rulings such as this, but how often do you think these judges actually hear stuff like this? Never I bet. All they get is a pat on the back from whatever corp. they are benefitting, and may even believe they are doing a good job. What I propose is that we select the top 10-20 best posts explaining "our" side of the story, and email them to the judge, lawyers, etc. in question. I find myself saddened that all of this talk on slashdot basically goes unnoticed, and it is primarily just "preaching to the choir." by compiling good arguments against this sort of government action, we can actually let them know how a large portion of the US (and the world) feels about these topics. Most people are happy to bitch and complain, but the problem is we aren't directing it to the right people.
US Supreme court: Elcomsoft! get your ass over here so we can prosecute you under our absurd new corporate-sponsored law!
Elcomsoft (from Moscow, making spitting noise with tongue): ppbthhpthhhh!!! I wave my private parts in your general direction, you filthy American Knnnnnnniggits!!
US: but if we don't do something Adobe will have our asses! If we piss them off, that means no more campaign donations or free anal beads!
Elcomsoft (still in Moscow): Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! etc. etc.
Seriously, would it be possible for Elcomsoft to just tell the US to piss off. I mean all this is is a corporation crying to mommy because their customers don't like their restrictive and unfriendly business tactics. Boo-fucking-hoo, go suck a dick Adobe. Either way what jurisdiction does the U.S. have over companies in Russia where the DMCA (thankfully) does not exist?
The saddest part of it all is that we'll never see any Elcomsoft employees at Defcon again, and I missed Dmitri's seminar....
You complain about not "Owning" a book, yet when you are done with it you sell it back. So in reality you are only renting it.
The point is that a book doesn't disappear after your done with the class, and you are in no way obligated to return it. If I buy a textbook, I have BOUGHT it. I can keep it as long as the paper holds up. And I find myself keeping my textbooks more and more as I find ones that I like. It's pretty handy to have a book that you can just pick up and thumb through when your bored or have a question on the subject.
And Information is NEVER deprecated and NEVER worthless. If it has meaning now, it may still be useful in the future. If eBooks become the staple of college literature, with every copy disappearing each year, who's to know when Big Brother decides to do some "editing." It sure makes it a lot easier when all of the evidence destroys itself automatically, rather than having to chang all of the previous literature.
...We are at war with Afghanistan. We have always been at war with Iraq^H^H^H^H Afghanistan.
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ah. I certainly did misunderstand that. I agree that they are both rather dubious methods of enticing people to join the military. However I think the video game is quite a bit worse than giving people money to be spent on their education because it targets a different audience: younger children (say 15 years old and below) who wouldn't necessarily be thinking about joining the military at that point in their lives. I doubt anyone can argue that the younger a child is, the easier it is to shape their opinions. This video game explicitly tells them that war is cool, America Is The Best, and the best way to help your country is to join the army and kill people. It's propaganda, nothing less. It's like cartoons shown in the U.S. during World War II, only more blatant, and less funny.
yes.
Here's why: war is fucking stupid. The purpose of war is to kill others and take what they have from them. The purpose of college is to educate people so they can spend their time doing something constructive, rather than hurting others. I would much rather see money being given to people who want to learn than people who want to kill.
Better recording equipment does not necessarily make a better album. In my opinion Bleach is Nirvana's best album, because I like the music and the overall sound of it more than that of any other studio album they did. I think it was recorded well, just not with top of the line equipment. Sound is a pretty subjective thing in many cases but one thing is for sure, no amount of money, famous producers, and high tech recording studios can make crap sound like anything but crap (I'm talking to you, 'Nsync, Brittany Spears, and all of the other SHIT put out these days).
Would be a rather nice thing to add to the "Things Linux do that you can't do on Windows"-list. It's not a very long one really...
"able to run more than an hour at a time without hardlocking" is a long enough list for me...
Someone could instead take them for free, or give you five bucks for them or something, and put them in a shipping container and send them someplace where people would like to have 486s.
It's been done before, and I was appalled at the number of ignorant fucks on slashdot that claimed it was stupid idea because of indymedia's political views, etc. But aside from that, recycling pc's to give to people who would not normally have the chance to own one is a very good idea. The only problem I see (especially WRT sending computers to people in countries like ecuador, etc) is that when they do become utterly useless (nothing lasts forever), they will definitely not be recycled, but the tradeoff is well worth it, in my opinion.
actually, it has been used in tomatoes. It's called "flavor saver" and causes tomatoes to ripen very quickly and makes them more resistant to damage while shipping (they also supposedly tasted much better than normal conventional tomatoes). They are fortunately no longer being grown due to the fact that nobody wanted fucking pig-tomatoes that still taste worse than organic ones.
suprisingly, I had no idea what the course curriculum for CS is here. I'm only taking one CIS/CS class at the moment and it's an elective, so I looked up the CS major requirements and it seems to be pretty similar to Chico's (as would be expected for most lower division units), and may even be lacking in some areas as compared to CSUC, but I'm probably not going to be staying here for long anyway, so it doesn't really bother me. Mostly what I like is that the CS major is brand new (CIS has been around for a while, though) and there is much enthusiasm amongst faculty, administration, and students. Most importantly, HSU is adequately funding the new major and required equipment (this seemed to be an area where Chico was lacking, at least recently). For example, I'm currently taking a class called Unix/Linux in depth, and we have been given a hefty new P4 SMP running SuSE linux for the class to do assignments on (though I don't use it.. why ssh to SuSE via modem when a nice Slack box sits right in front of me at home?)
Both HSU and CSUC are state colleges, so one can't really expect TOO much out of them in regards to course offerings, but its good to know that Humboldt has a little more discretion in choosing their professors, and makes sure that they at least have some knowledge of what they are teaching. Believe me, it was painful to sit through a class on C++ taught by a teacher who never had never actually programmed in the language before (or at least hadn't in a long time, either way he didn't know what he was doing).
Good luck at Chico, hope you have a better time than I did...
or, if you use the old netscape, the original message:
And the beast shall come forth surrounded by a roiling cloud of vengeance. The house of the unbelievers shall be razed and they shall be scorched to the earth. Their tags shall blink until the end of days.
from The Book of Mozilla, 12:10
and, if you try it in IE, you get a nice blue background. Interesting, eh?
also, in mozilla or netscape, try about:fishcam or hit CTRL-ALT-F. or type about:anythingyouwanttowrite and you will see whatever you wrote after the about. (in the unix version of netscape it says "Whatchew talkin' 'bout, Willis?"). There are several other netscape easter eggs, but I forget them.. I think the funniest thing is that microsoft decided to include code for about:mozilla in IE (...or they didn't remove it entirely from the netscape source...)at Chico State, you're learning what some might call crappy, inefficient programming. No offense to (most of) the professors at CSUC , but after suffering through two SHITTY teachers (whose names will remain anonymous unless you really wanna know..), and then listening to one of the better ones (Dr. Juliano) rant about how little the administration cares about the CS department, I decided to hightail it outta there. Not to mention I couldn't stand most of the people who go to Chico state (again, no offense intended toward the good people I did meet), and I wasn't too impressed with the course curriculum (java -> C++ -> 68k ASM -> C++ w/ STL...wtf?). After moving back to my hometown and attending the local college, I am finding that I enjoy CS (which is a brand new major here) much more than at Chico.
P.S. I also heard from Dr. J that ~10 professors were retiring or quitting, and were to be replaced with lecturers, is this true?
P.Sx2 also, two professors I really, really recommend: Clarke Steinback for any CS class, and Dr. Buchholtz for Physics (E&M). Both excellent people and excellent teachers.
It's more like a three year old throwing his blocks around the room because he got frustrated with his failed attempts to stack them higher.
That has to be the best definition of post-modernism that I have heard to date!
I'll just be adding that little quote to my fortunes file...
and here is My Favorite Got Milk? Ad.
No. I could say that 200 times but I think you get the point.
(P.S. really it's because Slackware is the only Linux distribution with SLACK!!)
The sims should also feature hundreds of thousands of acres of South American rainforest being clearcutted via slave labor to produce more farmland to raise more hormone-pumped cows just so you can have your nifty virtual McBurger every day.
But then people might think twice about eating at their favorite crap shack, and we wouldn't want that...
stereotypically if a person has managed to work their way up to the level of Bill Gates et al., he or she must have very little concern for other people, that's just the way it works.
Microsoft reminds me most of the quote: "You never loved me, all you wanted was for me to love you!"
Sorry, punk music died fifteen years ago. That attitude stopped being profitable when "Excuse me, I'm emo" and "BOING! BOING! POPPY POP!" overtook the market.
Whether you intended it or not, that touches on the fact that neither sony nor Nintendo are angels.. There's already some foul play in this game. Remember Nintendo in the eighties? Inferior product, superior marketing, anti-competitive practices, and here we are today (Remember the Sega Master System? The Atari... Well, Atari? didn't think so).
Microsoft is like sony at the release of the playstation, except in that case sony brought some cards with them, rather than just a shitload of cash...
This is nothing new, and people actually do that, though they don't have to see your tv. It's called Tempest. And building a receiver that interprets and redisplays monitor/TV signals is not that hard.
if its pirate radio! Not only is it fun to listen to, it's even more fun to "work" at. I say "work" because no one gets paid, and its more fun than any job I've ever had... Seriously, there is not a single commercial station that could ever compete with the quality of pirate radio. The FCC is not the enemy necessarily, it is merely a tool of corporate radio used to shut down superior channels that take away from their ad revenue.
Go 97.5 Rice Radio! (Aka Humboldt Free Radio Alliance)
I couldn't help but laugh at the number of people complaining about detail-obsessed comic book/movie nerds, yet all I see so far in this thread are people bitching about the grammar and mistakes in the slashdot story!!
Worst. Story. Ever.
You are of spanish/latin descent, as most of central and southern America is. In these cultures the dead are respected, not feared. Death is seen as a natural process that should be celebrated rather than grieved like many others believe (e.g. Dia de Los Muertos in Mexico is a very festive occasion where people dress up as skeletons, parade around, eat dulce, etc.).
Imagine the horror if thousands of years from now that were the surviving culture, and they stumbled upon this: "OOH look! a celebration of the dead! let's go see!"
Not likely, but just goes to show that the skull is not necessarily a feared symbol everywhere.
It's a lot easier to believe that the universe is controlled by a mischevious woman who enjoys wreaking chaos and confusion in our lives than a prudish old bearded guy. Or maybe he just thinks he runs the show while eris snickers in the background.
just look at the chaos in this thread. The first mention of religion here is like rolling a golden apple labeled "KALLISTI" into a room full of pretentious goddesses.
As a student, I LIKE to hear opinions from my professors. If schools were the way you would have it (and many are), the teachers job would be to merely drone out material from a textbook. Thanks but no thanks, I can get my fucking computer to read to me just fine. It pisses me off when a teacher does no more than what he or she is told, and I can easily tell when this is the case. The most satisifying knowledge and insight that I have gained in both elementary school, high school, and college classes are NOT directly from the course material but from the extra litte "tidbits" of information and opinion that good professors offer.
I understand the fear of teachers "corrupting" students minds with false information, but that is the beauty of an opinion: It can never be true or false, that is why it is an opinion. Granted, a teacher should never present their bias as the fact in an issue, but generally an opinion is easily spotted, or often prefaced with "personally, I believe..." or "in my opinion.."
To say that teachers should never teach more than they are told is fucking stupid as far as I'm concerned. When a good teacher disagrees with what is presented in the textbook, I WANT to hear that and WHY. It is all part of the learning process, and despite what some may think, students minds are not akin to a circuit board on an assembly line, at least mine isn't. It is akin to a piece of clay that is shaped and molded over time. The important fact, though, is that I am the artist of this sculpture I call my brain, and teachers can never lay their hands upon it, they may only give me advice on how to better it. Also note that for you to make generalizations about other people of whom you know NOTHING is horrible. Personally I think the United States' standards for education are FUCKED UP and the only thing that ever kept me in school was the teachers who realized this and revolted against the traditional forms of instruction.
we often see fairly insightful and eloquently worded posts in response to ludicrous rulings such as this, but how often do you think these judges actually hear stuff like this? Never I bet. All they get is a pat on the back from whatever corp. they are benefitting, and may even believe they are doing a good job. What I propose is that we select the top 10-20 best posts explaining "our" side of the story, and email them to the judge, lawyers, etc. in question. I find myself saddened that all of this talk on slashdot basically goes unnoticed, and it is primarily just "preaching to the choir." by compiling good arguments against this sort of government action, we can actually let them know how a large portion of the US (and the world) feels about these topics. Most people are happy to bitch and complain, but the problem is we aren't directing it to the right people.
US Supreme court: Elcomsoft! get your ass over here so we can prosecute you under our absurd new corporate-sponsored law!
Elcomsoft (from Moscow, making spitting noise with tongue): ppbthhpthhhh!!! I wave my private parts in your general direction, you filthy American Knnnnnnniggits!!
US: but if we don't do something Adobe will have our asses! If we piss them off, that means no more campaign donations or free anal beads!
Elcomsoft (still in Moscow): Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! etc. etc.
Seriously, would it be possible for Elcomsoft to just tell the US to piss off. I mean all this is is a corporation crying to mommy because their customers don't like their restrictive and unfriendly business tactics. Boo-fucking-hoo, go suck a dick Adobe. Either way what jurisdiction does the U.S. have over companies in Russia where the DMCA (thankfully) does not exist?
The saddest part of it all is that we'll never see any Elcomsoft employees at Defcon again, and I missed Dmitri's seminar....
You complain about not "Owning" a book, yet when you are done with it you sell it back. So in reality you are only renting it.
...We are at war with Afghanistan. We have always been at war with Iraq^H^H^H^H Afghanistan.
The point is that a book doesn't disappear after your done with the class, and you are in no way obligated to return it. If I buy a textbook, I have BOUGHT it. I can keep it as long as the paper holds up. And I find myself keeping my textbooks more and more as I find ones that I like. It's pretty handy to have a book that you can just pick up and thumb through when your bored or have a question on the subject.
And Information is NEVER deprecated and NEVER worthless. If it has meaning now, it may still be useful in the future. If eBooks become the staple of college literature, with every copy disappearing each year, who's to know when Big Brother decides to do some "editing." It sure makes it a lot easier when all of the evidence destroys itself automatically, rather than having to chang all of the previous literature.