I'm pretty sure Wal-Mart sells rated-R movies (including those arguably targeted at the same age group as this game is
Walmart does however, sell censored versions of a lot of media. Which is why I refuse to buy anything there. I'd hate to bring a cd or dvd home that's been Walmartized.
lol, I knew I should have previewed my post;) Oh well, I'll have to take solace in the fact that posting is an informal form of communication as opposed to front page stories.
... make sure you don't start your comments like so:
The AFFECTS of the DMCA...
Instead try:
The EFFECTS of the DMCA...
It'll will probably make you look a little more intelligent.
Seriously though, we (well, we meaning those of us who oppose the DMCA) should be all over this. It's important to make your voice heard through every avenue that is made available, as well as those that aren't.
Ah I see, the parent post didn't need any examples but I do? Ok, developement. Unix blows Windows out of the water as a developement platform. Better tools, stronger API's, more flexibility, faster not only in cycles, but in user speed.
This is beside the pont but: In fact the whole Windows is better on the desktop is a crock of shit. The simple fact of the matter is that people are USED to Windows so anything that deviates from it's interface is mis-labelled "un-usable" (I'm not ingoring you out of spite Apple fans, just out of simplicity).
As long as ($TASK !~/server/i), "Windows" is often the most suitable software.
Untrue, try, for playing games, and the business end of things maybe windows has the edge, but when it comes to just about anything else, not just server oreiented domains, unix systems have the edge.
I' m not going to get sucked into a flame war over the name but:
Besides, what GNU tool can you think of, with the possible exception of grep, that has as stunning performance in its field as the Linux kernel does?
Gcc, you jackass. Glibc, you moron. Bash, automake, emacs, make, tar, sed, patch, nethack, cvs..., retard.
any more than the terms "hacker" or "Free Software" will be used the way Stallman wants
The word hacker has been around for far longer than you, or anyone else who's perverted it in recent years. And regardless of what clueless newcomers mean when they say it, there will always be a core group who know what it really means.
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Two words: "version control". Easy to set up, easy to use, and will save your ass.
I won't complaing about a piece of software (un-in=stallable of course) to do the Trash Can thing though, to each his own. Linux is made to be customized, do we really need a holy war on what tools someone uses, err do we really need ANOTHER holy war on what tools someone uses?
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User accidently over-writes a file they spent all day working on at 5pm? At least a lost day's productivity, but it could also mean a missed deadline! Snapshots, midday backups, etc. help with the lost productivity, but when there is a deadline crunch, the user having the ability to restore a file they JUST deleted without administrator support is HUGE
I do see your point and agree in general that a trash can is not a bad thing, but in this specific example I have to disagree. If a user is in need of version control, they should be using a version control package. I use RCS for every little thing I write, just to make sure that I'm covered. Everything get's rcs'ed up until the point I check it into my CVS codebase. That's safety, and that's for home stuff that I can actually afford to lose. In a business environment it should be mandatory.
Did I mention Evolution, no, do you know what you're talking about no. Is your intelligence level such that you need a point and grunt interface, I'm not sure, but I'd take that bet.
Yes, you can, the fact that you don't know how perform those functions in a Unix environment is not proof that it doesn't exist. That's why you Windows people amuse me, your ignorance. Personally, I don't care what OS you use, as long as the work you need to send to me is platform independent, which is usually not the case with Windows users. So it's usually the more knowledgeable "Unix people" who have to take up the slack by doing the file conversions ect.
Also, the whole argument of evolution says that the eyes DIDN'T come about through a series of purely random events anyway. They were shaped by natural selection. What works is more likely to survive.
Err not exactly. Shaped implies direction, it implies choice, it implies decisions. IF evolution resulted in eyes, it is from random events. Anthropomorphizing is not an accurate way to describe it.
I know, I wasn't trying to flame you. In fact I can probably be accused of jumping to comclusions because I was sure someone would take that view. Sorry for the confusion;)
e're not at the end of evolution, nor are we at the beginning
There is no end to evolution, there is not beginning, well, other than at the beginning and end of all living things that is. Evolution is not a directed process, there is no goal, there is no end result. It's something that happens (maybe, err probably). So of course human's are evolving, everything is. However evolving DOES NOT mean that we are something better after a stage of evolution, it means we are better suited to our current environment.
That tends to be a pet peeve of mine, for example there is a local alternative radio station with the slogan "Evolve", as if they are assigning a value to your state of evolution. It's not possible to be "more" evolved than someone else in that sense of the word.
This isn't MS bashing per se, it's bashing the stupid. MS just happens to have been behind this particular case of stupidity. I would have expected this article to appear regardless of the company that was behind it.
Just about all of our developers have two monitors. not multi-head, two individual systems. I've had two machines for going on three years. One Windows, which I use for winamp, outlook, web-browsing (looking up rfc's, howtos, online api's ect) and my Linux box, where all my real work gets done (though I'm pretty bad about having entirely too many terminals open). VNC + x2vnc and I've only needed one keyboard and one mouse to control them both, no silly little swtich box, I just drag my mouse from one to the other and the keyboard follows... hmm just like the spectacular innovation they mention in the article.
At one desk, users can move a wireless mouse's pointer from the screen of one computer to the screen of a laptop, with no wire or wireless connection between the computers themselves. That allows copying or moving material between the computers, a task that would otherwise be more difficult......It's about concepts...
Wow I am really impressed, shocked even, amazed, astounded, floored, awed,... oh wait I've been doing this for three years at work with VNC and x2vnc between my linux and windows desktops. Plus, hold your breath for this... only one keyboard too. I know, I know, it's incredible isn't it? I find it hard to work I just stare at this amazing feature every day.
Give me a break, no wire, or wireless connection? It's on the network you fucking moron. IMHO that constitutes a fucking wire.
well, you can't really say that, 'cause it hasn't been decided yet
There is no decision involved, it is speech, it falls under free speech, case closed, it is protected, regardless of how the current government chooses to ignore that fact. What is in question however, is the limits that are imposed on free speech for the safety of the system. Personally, I don't give a shit about whether or not these kids have to take down a link to a terrorist site. What I do care about is the extent to which the government will try to exert it's power in these matters. Should you be able to shout fire in a crowded thatre? Insomuch as it put's other people in danger, no. Should you be able to say what you want as long as you aren't endangering the lives of other, hell yes.
This link is really pointless, as far it is "providing a method of communication"... I seriously doubt that terrorist members of this organization go to UCSD's site when they forget the link to their homepage. Although I imagine there is the potential for students to be recruited after seeing the site and liking what they saw, I'd find it hard to believe that a non-memeber, american would be accepted by the group.
As for Too Much Sex, they have a condition for that: nymphomania. People lose their friends, family, jobs over this stuff.
Too Much Sex != Nymphomania. Too Much is a relative term, nymphomania describes an addiction, not the condition of having too much sex. Oversexed does however, but that's not proof that such a thing exists;) But I do agree with you, it's nice to be idealistic and believe in absolute free speech, but we do have to be pragmatic, there are certain things that, if allowed to run unchecked, could bring the whole system down.
True, our tax dollars do go to funding for public schools, but the majority of the cash that funds a school is through tuition, books, fees ect. Furthermore, unless it's a "state" school, the tax money they get isn't very much. However, the money they receive is through the government, regardless of whether or not it comes from taxes, it is government money. So they are answerable to the government in how they use it. So yes you have a say, by choosing who you elect and what you vote for.
Gasp, it couldn't be the parents who pay for it, and the kids who are taught there, could it?
The answer to this is (unfortunately) no. The school is a business, the parents and students who pay for and go to the schools have no right to a say in what's allowed. They are paying for the service the school provides, not buying a share in ownership.
Whether the Patriot Act is moral or immoral is meaningless, it's law, and it must either a) be obeyed or b) fought. Obviously it's not that black and white, you could obey it while you fight it, ect. this school chooses to obey, they do get tax money, and I'm certain grants for research from the government and obviously don't want to rock the boat. I can't say I blame them, I don't agree with them, but I don't blame them.
In other, other news, yet another bad anlogy made on slashdot. If getting hooked up at MacDonalds made you more likely to spend money in the future at MacDonalds rather than Wendy's then the analogy would be stronger. Oh but wait, that destroys your attempt at a joke. Sheesh, wait again, THAT'S WHAT CORPORATIONS do to drive peopel in, give away a little now to get business in the future.
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Walmart does however, sell censored versions of a lot of media. Which is why I refuse to buy anything there. I'd hate to bring a cd or dvd home that's been Walmartized.
lol, I knew I should have previewed my post ;) Oh well, I'll have to take solace in the fact that posting is an informal form of communication as opposed to front page stories.
The AFFECTS of the DMCA...
Instead try:
The EFFECTS of the DMCA...
It'll will probably make you look a little more intelligent.
Seriously though, we (well, we meaning those of us who oppose the DMCA) should be all over this. It's important to make your voice heard through every avenue that is made available, as well as those that aren't.
This is beside the pont but: In fact the whole Windows is better on the desktop is a crock of shit. The simple fact of the matter is that people are USED to Windows so anything that deviates from it's interface is mis-labelled "un-usable" (I'm not ingoring you out of spite Apple fans, just out of simplicity).
As long as ($TASK !~
Untrue, try, for playing games, and the business end of things maybe windows has the edge, but when it comes to just about anything else, not just server oreiented domains, unix systems have the edge.
Besides, what GNU tool can you think of, with the possible exception of grep, that has as stunning performance in its field as the Linux kernel does?
Gcc, you jackass. Glibc, you moron. Bash, automake, emacs, make, tar, sed, patch, nethack, cvs..., retard.
any more than the terms "hacker" or "Free Software" will be used the way Stallman wants
The word hacker has been around for far longer than you, or anyone else who's perverted it in recent years. And regardless of what clueless newcomers mean when they say it, there will always be a core group who know what it really means.
I won't complaing about a piece of software (un-in=stallable of course) to do the Trash Can thing though, to each his own. Linux is made to be customized, do we really need a holy war on what tools someone uses, err do we really need ANOTHER holy war on what tools someone uses?
User accidently over-writes a file they spent all day working on at 5pm? At least a lost day's productivity, but it could also mean a missed deadline! Snapshots, midday backups, etc. help with the lost productivity, but when there is a deadline crunch, the user having the ability to restore a file they JUST deleted without administrator support is HUGE
I do see your point and agree in general that a trash can is not a bad thing, but in this specific example I have to disagree. If a user is in need of version control, they should be using a version control package. I use RCS for every little thing I write, just to make sure that I'm covered. Everything get's rcs'ed up until the point I check it into my CVS codebase. That's safety, and that's for home stuff that I can actually afford to lose. In a business environment it should be mandatory.
Did I mention Evolution, no, do you know what you're talking about no. Is your intelligence level such that you need a point and grunt interface, I'm not sure, but I'd take that bet.
Yes, you can, the fact that you don't know how perform those functions in a Unix environment is not proof that it doesn't exist. That's why you Windows people amuse me, your ignorance. Personally, I don't care what OS you use, as long as the work you need to send to me is platform independent, which is usually not the case with Windows users. So it's usually the more knowledgeable "Unix people" who have to take up the slack by doing the file conversions ect.
How you get "decision" or "choice" out of that, I don't know.
Very easily, you contrasted shaping against being created by randomness. Thus direction and choice.
Also, the whole argument of evolution says that the eyes DIDN'T come about through a series of purely random events anyway. They were shaped by natural selection. What works is more likely to survive.
Err not exactly. Shaped implies direction, it implies choice, it implies decisions. IF evolution resulted in eyes, it is from random events. Anthropomorphizing is not an accurate way to describe it.
I know, I wasn't trying to flame you. In fact I can probably be accused of jumping to comclusions because I was sure someone would take that view. Sorry for the confusion ;)
I'm sorry but WTF does Linus Torvalds have to do with any of this?
And a good one too, those are rare, hold on to that, it may be worth something someday.
e're not at the end of evolution, nor are we at the beginning
There is no end to evolution, there is not beginning, well, other than at the beginning and end of all living things that is. Evolution is not a directed process, there is no goal, there is no end result. It's something that happens (maybe, err probably). So of course human's are evolving, everything is. However evolving DOES NOT mean that we are something better after a stage of evolution, it means we are better suited to our current environment.
That tends to be a pet peeve of mine, for example there is a local alternative radio station with the slogan "Evolve", as if they are assigning a value to your state of evolution. It's not possible to be "more" evolved than someone else in that sense of the word.
Or alternatively, someone's read any one of the hundreds of philosophical texts that have existed for a very long time that this movie is based on.
This isn't MS bashing per se, it's bashing the stupid. MS just happens to have been behind this particular case of stupidity. I would have expected this article to appear regardless of the company that was behind it.
Just about all of our developers have two monitors. not multi-head, two individual systems. I've had two machines for going on three years. One Windows, which I use for winamp, outlook, web-browsing (looking up rfc's, howtos, online api's ect) and my Linux box, where all my real work gets done (though I'm pretty bad about having entirely too many terminals open). VNC + x2vnc and I've only needed one keyboard and one mouse to control them both, no silly little swtich box, I just drag my mouse from one to the other and the keyboard follows... hmm just like the spectacular innovation they mention in the article.
At one desk, users can move a wireless mouse's pointer from the screen of one computer to the screen of a laptop, with no wire or wireless connection between the computers themselves. That allows copying or moving material between the computers, a task that would otherwise be more difficult...
Wow I am really impressed, shocked even, amazed, astounded, floored, awed,... oh wait I've been doing this for three years at work with VNC and x2vnc between my linux and windows desktops. Plus, hold your breath for this... only one keyboard too. I know, I know, it's incredible isn't it? I find it hard to work I just stare at this amazing feature every day.
Give me a break, no wire, or wireless connection? It's on the network you fucking moron. IMHO that constitutes a fucking wire.
That make s sense, mymphs and satyr's and all ;) Wasn't the point of the reply but it is certainly and interesting tangent :)
well, you can't really say that, 'cause it hasn't been decided yet
There is no decision involved, it is speech, it falls under free speech, case closed, it is protected, regardless of how the current government chooses to ignore that fact. What is in question however, is the limits that are imposed on free speech for the safety of the system. Personally, I don't give a shit about whether or not these kids have to take down a link to a terrorist site. What I do care about is the extent to which the government will try to exert it's power in these matters. Should you be able to shout fire in a crowded thatre? Insomuch as it put's other people in danger, no. Should you be able to say what you want as long as you aren't endangering the lives of other, hell yes.
This link is really pointless, as far it is "providing a method of communication"... I seriously doubt that terrorist members of this organization go to UCSD's site when they forget the link to their homepage. Although I imagine there is the potential for students to be recruited after seeing the site and liking what they saw, I'd find it hard to believe that a non-memeber, american would be accepted by the group.
Too Much Sex != Nymphomania. Too Much is a relative term, nymphomania describes an addiction, not the condition of having too much sex. Oversexed does however, but that's not proof that such a thing exists
Gasp, it couldn't be the parents who pay for it, and the kids who are taught there, could it?
The answer to this is (unfortunately) no. The school is a business, the parents and students who pay for and go to the schools have no right to a say in what's allowed. They are paying for the service the school provides, not buying a share in ownership.
Whether the Patriot Act is moral or immoral is meaningless, it's law, and it must either a) be obeyed or b) fought. Obviously it's not that black and white, you could obey it while you fight it, ect. this school chooses to obey, they do get tax money, and I'm certain grants for research from the government and obviously don't want to rock the boat. I can't say I blame them, I don't agree with them, but I don't blame them.
In other, other news, yet another bad anlogy made on slashdot. If getting hooked up at MacDonalds made you more likely to spend money in the future at MacDonalds rather than Wendy's then the analogy would be stronger. Oh but wait, that destroys your attempt at a joke. Sheesh, wait again, THAT'S WHAT CORPORATIONS do to drive peopel in, give away a little now to get business in the future.