The site was run on OS X Server... I think this may be indicative of the level of IT effort with the company. Look, *I* run an OS X Server... but *I* am a Biology major that knows approximately dick about the UNIX command line, and use it to run a server that I probably wouldn't be able to run any other way. I also have it backup nightly to a cheap NAS, archiving old backups, and I've tested a restore to make sure it works.
This is probably just a couple guys who ran a website in their spare time... not a huge IT effort that failed.
Man everyone assumes malice and being able to be influenced by advertisers. You can be both ad sponsored AND not have an agenda. Newspapers do this by having a separate ad/biz department and news department... even the Editor In Chief at a newspaper has no say on the ads content. Wikipedia could produce a similar policy.
They shouldn't pay contributors though, and they should only accept enough money to handle operations.
It works via dot gain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_gain), where ink tends to spread on paper. This happens with both inkjet and offset presses.
This would be much better implemented as part of the pre-press process of the publisher. The publisher could select all headlines, and apply a "holes" pattern much more specific to their press and their ink levels.
I'm just surprised they manage to have a Privacy Czar. With the U.S.A. about to grant telecom immunity for illegally granting surveillance to the gov't (who asked for it illegally), and the U.K. about to start monitoring EVERY electronic communication, I'm glad there's a country left that values privacy. Maybe I'll move there if America keeps letting me down.
There are many errors in perspective/context regarding your arguments, and I'll let someone more eloquent than me list all of them. However, the glaring one I want to point out is your reference to the Comcast ruling this past week.
As with anything, there are ups and downs to a ruling... sure, Comcast may start charging by the bit and so forth. However, the big reason the EFF went after them was because they were forging packets, including the RST packets, and otherwise impersonating users on the bittorrent protocol.
The EFF was never saying they can't use traditional QoS on their network... they're saying companies need to reign in "bandwidth hogs" (as you put it) using protocol-agnostic methods, and they certainly shouldn't be forging any traffic.
Full disclosure: I'm a paid, card-carrying member of the EFF. Just gave them another $15 a week ago.
Hymm, I think it is a big stretch. Sure, sending spam and trying to defraud people into buying stocks (I believe that was the nature of most spam he sent) means you have a certain kind of sociopathology, however there are different kinds of criminals. You can't use the term criminal in a psychological context to refer to everyone in jail. I would venture to say most individuals in jail right now for drug possession are not criminals in this sense.
Honestly, I would spam every single email at my college right now if it would make me 100 bucks. Since its my first time, I'd probably just get an email from the IT people saying to cut it out. The email wouldn't promote anything illegal like swindling stocks.
But even if I was a hardcore spammer, that doesnt mean it would be a small stretch to move into murder. Seriously.
Lots of slashdotters bitch about tags. But today, tags are your friend. Today, I'm looking for the tags omgponies and aprilfools to know if stories are hoaxes, and !omgponies and !aprilfools to know if they are real.
Now, this story was just tagged !omgponies, but that tag is gone now. Ugh.
The story I read said 50GPa. Which is around 7-8 MILLION PSI. We're talking a whole boatload of pressure here. 50GPa is the minimum, the superconductivity is maintained at higher temperatures at around 120GPa (or 20 million psi).
The General's answer to the third question ("Accept, Retain, Solicit good people?") clearly shows that his answer to "Usually the outside industry pays quite well for the good ones. Are you prepared to financially compete for the best?" is "No."
So, US Government, please let us know when you're ready to put your money where your mouth is, and we'll subsequently give you the best damn computer security on Planet Earth. Until then, you're just another employer trying to get more than he's paid for out of his staff.
Thats it STEVE, I cant exist in a world where iPhones can't be used for porn... you've left me no choice. *crying* See, I have this gun... goodbye cruel worl#@#$+!##** NO CARRIER
Trinitron tubes are still in use by pro video editors as monitors. My school's visual arts program uses trinitron tubes as monitors (besides two large LCDs used for the actual editing, timelines, etc), and with good reason: CRT technology is STILL just plain better than LCD tech for a couple tasks.
Just like the/. article today about Microsoft saying that several ad impressions work together to persuade a consumer to part with some of his money, this Wired article points to the same phenomena. Someone selling a product will spend money on marketing... he can buy ads on radio or TV or the web, he can get posters and go around stapling them to telephone poles, or he can give out freebies of his product so the potential purchaser can experience the product for himself. All of the above will work together to try to get consumers to buy. Just marketing...
I really don't see the big statement he is trying to make.
Or, to put it in less condescending terms, a black hole tiny enough to be created in one of earth's particle accelerators would only last a very short amount of time before it disintegrated.
The Vulcan has more power (wattage). But this UofMI laser focuses the blast onto a smaller area, and it lasts less than 1/10th the time. So, the beam is more intense.
Here is a quote from the letter Ballmer wrote to Yahoo:
Microsoft reserves the right to pursue all necessary steps to ensure that Yahoo!'s shareholders are provided with the opportunity to realize the value inherent in our proposal.
That sounds like a full-fledged hostile takeover threat to me... "we can do this the easy way, or the hard way."
I think we can all agree that what Microsoft needs most is a complete change of corporate culture, not Yahoo. This would require a complete replacement of at least 80% of the Microsoft brass, however, so it's not likely to happen until the company is near-dead.
However, if Microsoft realizes that they need to change their corporate culture to attract a bigger audience/customer base, but doesn't want to go through the hassle of actually doing it, then theres one VERY EASY way to impart this realization onto the purchase of Yahoo: for the love of fucking god, DONT FUCK WITH YAHOO!! That means: no changing their servers from FOSS to Windows, no firing all of their managers, and no adulterating Yahoo's way of doing things with Microsoft's shittastic attitude (among other things).
Yes, you're correct factually that these will get more disseminated because of this news story. However, your negative connotation to it is incorrect.
News needs to be covered. People need to be aware of things. You'd think that being in the same world as the USA's Bush Administration would have taught you that.
If I watch the first 30 minutes of a movie, does that count as one full viewing? Does it mark the first 30 minutes as being watched once, so I can watch the rest of the movie X times but I can only watch the first 30 minutes again X-1 times? They CERTAINLY couldn't make it count as nothing, cause then people would never watch the credits of the movie, or whatever, and it wouldn't count.
And, I presume these will sync to video-capable iPods. If you only get to watch it three times, whats stopping me from downloading it, syncing it to my iPod, and then watching it three times on my computer AND iPod EACH.
Ok... so all of the above relies on a method that allows you to watch it a certain amount of times, instead of a method that lets you watch it unlimited times within a certain time period.
I know far less about DRM and encryption than guys like DVDJon, but whats stopping me from changing my Mac's system clock?
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The site was run on OS X Server... I think this may be indicative of the level of IT effort with the company. Look, *I* run an OS X Server... but *I* am a Biology major that knows approximately dick about the UNIX command line, and use it to run a server that I probably wouldn't be able to run any other way. I also have it backup nightly to a cheap NAS, archiving old backups, and I've tested a restore to make sure it works.
This is probably just a couple guys who ran a website in their spare time... not a huge IT effort that failed.
Man everyone assumes malice and being able to be influenced by advertisers. You can be both ad sponsored AND not have an agenda. Newspapers do this by having a separate ad/biz department and news department... even the Editor In Chief at a newspaper has no say on the ads content. Wikipedia could produce a similar policy.
They shouldn't pay contributors though, and they should only accept enough money to handle operations.
It works via dot gain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_gain), where ink tends to spread on paper. This happens with both inkjet and offset presses.
This would be much better implemented as part of the pre-press process of the publisher. The publisher could select all headlines, and apply a "holes" pattern much more specific to their press and their ink levels.
I'm just surprised they manage to have a Privacy Czar. With the U.S.A. about to grant telecom immunity for illegally granting surveillance to the gov't (who asked for it illegally), and the U.K. about to start monitoring EVERY electronic communication, I'm glad there's a country left that values privacy. Maybe I'll move there if America keeps letting me down.
There are many errors in perspective/context regarding your arguments, and I'll let someone more eloquent than me list all of them. However, the glaring one I want to point out is your reference to the Comcast ruling this past week.
As with anything, there are ups and downs to a ruling... sure, Comcast may start charging by the bit and so forth. However, the big reason the EFF went after them was because they were forging packets, including the RST packets, and otherwise impersonating users on the bittorrent protocol.
The EFF was never saying they can't use traditional QoS on their network... they're saying companies need to reign in "bandwidth hogs" (as you put it) using protocol-agnostic methods, and they certainly shouldn't be forging any traffic.
Full disclosure: I'm a paid, card-carrying member of the EFF. Just gave them another $15 a week ago.
Hymm, I think it is a big stretch. Sure, sending spam and trying to defraud people into buying stocks (I believe that was the nature of most spam he sent) means you have a certain kind of sociopathology, however there are different kinds of criminals. You can't use the term criminal in a psychological context to refer to everyone in jail. I would venture to say most individuals in jail right now for drug possession are not criminals in this sense.
Honestly, I would spam every single email at my college right now if it would make me 100 bucks. Since its my first time, I'd probably just get an email from the IT people saying to cut it out. The email wouldn't promote anything illegal like swindling stocks.
But even if I was a hardcore spammer, that doesnt mean it would be a small stretch to move into murder. Seriously.
The text doesn't do it service, watch the video.
Let me introduce you to my good friend, the comma: ,
Lots of slashdotters bitch about tags. But today, tags are your friend. Today, I'm looking for the tags omgponies and aprilfools to know if stories are hoaxes, and !omgponies and !aprilfools to know if they are real.
Now, this story was just tagged !omgponies, but that tag is gone now. Ugh.
Wife: Aww, you're gonna be out a couple days working again?
You: Yep, I'll be out laying pipe.
The story I read said 50GPa. Which is around 7-8 MILLION PSI. We're talking a whole boatload of pressure here. 50GPa is the minimum, the superconductivity is maintained at higher temperatures at around 120GPa (or 20 million psi).
The General's answer to the third question ("Accept, Retain, Solicit good people?") clearly shows that his answer to "Usually the outside industry pays quite well for the good ones. Are you prepared to financially compete for the best?" is "No."
So, US Government, please let us know when you're ready to put your money where your mouth is, and we'll subsequently give you the best damn computer security on Planet Earth. Until then, you're just another employer trying to get more than he's paid for out of his staff.
NO PORN?!?!!!!!!!
(Searh for the word "porn" here on ars.)
Why else does teh internet even f'ing exist?
Thats it STEVE, I cant exist in a world where iPhones can't be used for porn... you've left me no choice. *crying* See, I have this gun... goodbye cruel worl#@#$+!##** NO CARRIER
Trinitron tubes are still in use by pro video editors as monitors. My school's visual arts program uses trinitron tubes as monitors (besides two large LCDs used for the actual editing, timelines, etc), and with good reason: CRT technology is STILL just plain better than LCD tech for a couple tasks.
Judging by my freaking freezing ears, MIT is in the North.
Just like the /. article today about Microsoft saying that several ad impressions work together to persuade a consumer to part with some of his money, this Wired article points to the same phenomena. Someone selling a product will spend money on marketing... he can buy ads on radio or TV or the web, he can get posters and go around stapling them to telephone poles, or he can give out freebies of his product so the potential purchaser can experience the product for himself. All of the above will work together to try to get consumers to buy. Just marketing...
I really don't see the big statement he is trying to make.
Or, to put it in less condescending terms, a black hole tiny enough to be created in one of earth's particle accelerators would only last a very short amount of time before it disintegrated.
The Vulcan has more power (wattage). But this UofMI laser focuses the blast onto a smaller area, and it lasts less than 1/10th the time. So, the beam is more intense.
Touché fine sir!
Um... Romney? There's a 90% chance that McCain will seal the nomination TODAY.
That sounds like a full-fledged hostile takeover threat to me... "we can do this the easy way, or the hard way."
I think we can all agree that what Microsoft needs most is a complete change of corporate culture, not Yahoo. This would require a complete replacement of at least 80% of the Microsoft brass, however, so it's not likely to happen until the company is near-dead.
However, if Microsoft realizes that they need to change their corporate culture to attract a bigger audience/customer base, but doesn't want to go through the hassle of actually doing it, then theres one VERY EASY way to impart this realization onto the purchase of Yahoo: for the love of fucking god, DONT FUCK WITH YAHOO!! That means: no changing their servers from FOSS to Windows, no firing all of their managers, and no adulterating Yahoo's way of doing things with Microsoft's shittastic attitude (among other things).
Yes, you're correct factually that these will get more disseminated because of this news story. However, your negative connotation to it is incorrect.
News needs to be covered. People need to be aware of things. You'd think that being in the same world as the USA's Bush Administration would have taught you that.
What happens if I fail to scp them their movie file back within a timely manner? 99 cents a day?
Ok so how would this work exactly?
If I watch the first 30 minutes of a movie, does that count as one full viewing? Does it mark the first 30 minutes as being watched once, so I can watch the rest of the movie X times but I can only watch the first 30 minutes again X-1 times? They CERTAINLY couldn't make it count as nothing, cause then people would never watch the credits of the movie, or whatever, and it wouldn't count.
And, I presume these will sync to video-capable iPods. If you only get to watch it three times, whats stopping me from downloading it, syncing it to my iPod, and then watching it three times on my computer AND iPod EACH.
Ok... so all of the above relies on a method that allows you to watch it a certain amount of times, instead of a method that lets you watch it unlimited times within a certain time period.
I know far less about DRM and encryption than guys like DVDJon, but whats stopping me from changing my Mac's system clock?
I hope you seriously didn't just try that... 120VAC and 1.5VDC are different... NO that TV could not be powered by it.