> Why don't you write a song or book or create a painting, and I'll copy it. Lets see how quick you change your tune.
Enjoy!. I've made and produced four albums of my own, appeared in two and co-produced three others, and helped distributed almost a dozen more... all of them free. Nope, my tune (as far as opinion in this matter) still sounds the same.
To go through with elections the way the parent describes it would be reckless, foolish, and a total disaster. Read the other reply to his comment: the one describing dictators who make those who didn't vote for him "conveniently" disappear. Do you seriously not think that people would be harassed/strongarmed into voting a certain way? "Don't try to lie to us either: we can verify whether or not you voted with us afterward." Did you even think through the proposed system before saying how wonderful it is?
Or you take the time to understand the code yourself and verify that it has no nasty unintended items. Of course, it would be foolish to expect everyone to do that, but you do have that option...
Actually, if they sell your address, they have a better idea of who is sending you that spam. Then they can make money selling the address, and at the same time look like geniuses to you because it automatically goes to your spam folder.
> Maybe it is the memory of observing the radiation.
In the short-term, though, a rock has a "memory" of the radiation in the form of a small temperature increase, which it will probably pass on to something else, such as other rocks or dirt with which it is in contact.
> Good policy will make a secure environment regardless of what operating systems you use.
Sure, assuming you don't have any employees... Employees break policy routinely and don't give a crap if plugging in a USB drive is "against policy." They'll do it because they feel entitled to do whatever then damn well please. So if you don't lock down your systems to enforce an existing policy, you might as well throw all your PCs, with all their confidential information, out into the street.
Hate to break it to you, but not every company can afford to hire a full team of network engineers. Sometimes, small companies have to choose their IT employees (assuming they can even hire more than one) carefully, based on their immediate needs. They can't afford to pay someone to do everyday stuff as well as someone with a CCNA, so they hire the first person and ask him to do his best with what he has.
> As much as I'd like to see the world speaking freely we can all imagine where fascism and racism would come into play if such a blanket protection came around.
So you believe freedom of speech should be limited because you don't agree with what someone might say? That's pretty disturbing. If people are free to speak their minds without repercussions (excluding otherwise illegal action that had/may take place), it makes it much easier to spot the nutjobs and assholes. When they are forced to remain silent because you are offended by their idiocy, it's harder to keep an eye on them until they finally snap.
> Contrast this to most PCs where you have to install loads of drivers seperately and often need to reboot in between.
Amazingly, most of them don't demand you reboot before installing another driver. They ASK you to reboot, but you can say "no", install the rest of your drivers and software, and reboot once everything is done -- if you want. You can usually keep going without even that reboot. You don't have to mindlessly click "OK" every time a dialog box comes up.
> Anyone who actually goes to a search engine is doing so because they don't want www.fedex.com or www.ups.com. Those are simple enough that no one needs to search for them.
You need to meet more average Internet users (or maybe I need to meet fewer...). Their browser's home page is whatever it defaulted to when they bought the PC, and they _never_ type out URLs. If they wanted to find google, but their home page is Yahoo? They really will search for Google via Yahoo. If they want Fedex, they will search for FedEx through their home page's search engine.
> Now, if you have ripped the track from a CD yourself, the MD5 hash will be different
Are you sure about that? If two people use the same program (or at least the same algorithm) to rip the same song from two different physical CDs from the same production run, would the MD5s be different?
> What if some super-advanced alien race or alien races already thought of us in the way that we think of mice? There are plenty of people claiming to have been abducted.
Now that's just freaky... I was thinking this exact thing like a half-hour before I started reading the summary and comments for this article.
> But the instant they increase the risk to other people, they've crossed the line.
As soon as you do ANYTHING, in a way, increasing the risk to others. Drinking a single bottle of beer? If you throw that away when you are done, you are increasing the danger of getting cut to garbage collectors. The risk is very minimal, because it probably won't break while in the trash bag, and the collectors usually wear thick gloves, but the risk is there.
So your exact wording ("the instant", in particular) is a bit too extreme. It may be a semantic issue, and I may be saying what you already believe, but it seems it should be "as soon as they present a realistic risk to other people." That is a very different thing...
Slashdot Mirror
> Why don't you write a song or book or create a painting, and I'll copy it. Lets see how quick you change your tune.
Enjoy!. I've made and produced four albums of my own, appeared in two and co-produced three others, and helped distributed almost a dozen more... all of them free. Nope, my tune (as far as opinion in this matter) still sounds the same.
To go through with elections the way the parent describes it would be reckless, foolish, and a total disaster. Read the other reply to his comment: the one describing dictators who make those who didn't vote for him "conveniently" disappear. Do you seriously not think that people would be harassed/strongarmed into voting a certain way? "Don't try to lie to us either: we can verify whether or not you voted with us afterward." Did you even think through the proposed system before saying how wonderful it is?
Or you take the time to understand the code yourself and verify that it has no nasty unintended items. Of course, it would be foolish to expect everyone to do that, but you do have that option...
Aren't you just describing an agent?
I must be out of the loop, since I have NEVER seen a FOSS version of Flash.
Mow-ran
> my 1.13 GHz laptop, scaled back to 733 MHz on cpufreq
Just out of curiosity, why do people underclock processors (excluding flaky motherboards/CPUs or something)?
Actually, if they sell your address, they have a better idea of who is sending you that spam. Then they can make money selling the address, and at the same time look like geniuses to you because it automatically goes to your spam folder.
> Maybe it is the memory of observing the radiation.
In the short-term, though, a rock has a "memory" of the radiation in the form of a small temperature increase, which it will probably pass on to something else, such as other rocks or dirt with which it is in contact.
Disclaimer: I don't know shit about shit
What about those of us who are musical? Can anyone explain it in a song?
I must have missed that one, and couldn't find anything with the Slashdot search. Could someone please enlighten me?
Thanks, and sorry for the semi-offtopic post.
> How the fuck was John Lennon relevant?
This.
It sounds like the poster is a big Lennon or Beatles fan and wants people to think he's a deep, insightful person because of it.
Ah, you were unclear. "Policy" is a very different thing than "Windows Group Policy Objects."
> Good policy will make a secure environment regardless of what operating systems you use.
Sure, assuming you don't have any employees... Employees break policy routinely and don't give a crap if plugging in a USB drive is "against policy." They'll do it because they feel entitled to do whatever then damn well please. So if you don't lock down your systems to enforce an existing policy, you might as well throw all your PCs, with all their confidential information, out into the street.
Hate to break it to you, but not every company can afford to hire a full team of network engineers. Sometimes, small companies have to choose their IT employees (assuming they can even hire more than one) carefully, based on their immediate needs. They can't afford to pay someone to do everyday stuff as well as someone with a CCNA, so they hire the first person and ask him to do his best with what he has.
If only it was being run by Halliburton... Of course, then, the question would be "by which bombs do monkeys prefer to be blown up."
> As much as I'd like to see the world speaking freely we can all imagine where fascism and racism would come into play if such a blanket protection came around.
So you believe freedom of speech should be limited because you don't agree with what someone might say? That's pretty disturbing. If people are free to speak their minds without repercussions (excluding otherwise illegal action that had/may take place), it makes it much easier to spot the nutjobs and assholes. When they are forced to remain silent because you are offended by their idiocy, it's harder to keep an eye on them until they finally snap.
> Contrast this to most PCs where you have to install loads of drivers seperately and often need to reboot in between.
Amazingly, most of them don't demand you reboot before installing another driver. They ASK you to reboot, but you can say "no", install the rest of your drivers and software, and reboot once everything is done -- if you want. You can usually keep going without even that reboot. You don't have to mindlessly click "OK" every time a dialog box comes up.
> Anyone who actually goes to a search engine is doing so because they don't want www.fedex.com or www.ups.com. Those are simple enough that no one needs to search for them.
You need to meet more average Internet users (or maybe I need to meet fewer...). Their browser's home page is whatever it defaulted to when they bought the PC, and they _never_ type out URLs. If they wanted to find google, but their home page is Yahoo? They really will search for Google via Yahoo. If they want Fedex, they will search for FedEx through their home page's search engine.
Or correct opinions... when surrounded by morons/nonthinkers.
> If you're using a laptop, you're not on the right equipment for "serious" graphical work.
Fixed that for you.
Using two fingers on the single button does not make it another button. Some people are extremely uncoordinated... apparently.
> Now, if you have ripped the track from a CD yourself, the MD5 hash will be different
Are you sure about that? If two people use the same program (or at least the same algorithm) to rip the same song from two different physical CDs from the same production run, would the MD5s be different?
> What if some super-advanced alien race or alien races already thought of us in the way that we think of mice? There are plenty of people claiming to have been abducted.
Now that's just freaky... I was thinking this exact thing like a half-hour before I started reading the summary and comments for this article.
Biting the hand that trolls...
There is malicious intent in your pulled-from-the-air example.
The other is "involuntary" (the harm, not the drinking).
> But the instant they increase the risk to other people, they've crossed the line.
As soon as you do ANYTHING, in a way, increasing the risk to others. Drinking a single bottle of beer? If you throw that away when you are done, you are increasing the danger of getting cut to garbage collectors. The risk is very minimal, because it probably won't break while in the trash bag, and the collectors usually wear thick gloves, but the risk is there.
So your exact wording ("the instant", in particular) is a bit too extreme. It may be a semantic issue, and I may be saying what you already believe, but it seems it should be "as soon as they present a realistic risk to other people." That is a very different thing...