*read-->think-->understand-->post* in that order only
I did but I also added, my point of view in there (I am not a borg) and also netiquette, both before posting. Freedom of speech and I go off what I see. Re-read the post, if it was giving nothing of value only hearsay and an idea away why shut it down? The first bit was just a nice *thought* of mine.
Dude, what are you doing at slashdot? This is a nerd site, not a greedhead site. This advances human knowlege, who gives a damn if it ever makes a profit?
Does the Hubble bring profit? No. Do earth based telescopes bring anyone profit? No. Should they? Not as a primary function. There are more important things in life than money and profits!
There was a beautiful sunrise this morning. Although nobody made any money off of it, I greatly profited by the experience. Mankind greatly profits by knowing how much force is required to move an atom, whether IBM makes any money from the exersize or not.
Go back to the bank to worship your little green god and stop trolling us nerds.
And there was a breath taking clear night sky full of stars which the beauty of goes beyond words and profit. Sadly profit seems to be a primary "goal" for some but not for others.
Fingers crossed that the scientific "open source equivalent" geniuses who care about advance of science than money can work a way around it without the need for greed.
We may get charged for breathing oxygen soon, which we all kind of need so it would stand top reason great scientific breakthroughs would be in it for the money, we presume though, we never know the full facts 100%.
Regardless this is a great breakthrough and a step towards smaller and more effective technology.
Speaking as one who had her Hospital records "lost" due to a blunder, I (along with a massive amount of others) would be grateful for such things to be exposed instead of being buried and passed off as another statistic.
We know most of these things anyway, it is just nice to read the "proof" although it does state frauds do happen.
How exactly does it pose a threat to National security? It is things we all ready know, half the world has the data disks for and as for the war, the true heroes are the fighters not the powers that be.
Freedom of speech, bring it on. The master criminals will surely be reading "wikileaks" to find information and get ideas NOT have a team of covert hackers, undercover spies etc breaking into national security databases or say, making off with data disks. Wiki's or hard facts?
....The place all the dead calculators go, I do not have pigtails and bad shoes.
Happy is the geek with pink hair, DM boots, jeans and a Firefox / or Misfits / Candlemass T-shirt....
See all those in the boardroom "look the part" but it is those behind the scenes that do all the real work. No offence to those who are in the boardroom.....
Exactly! How would they know? Unless they have the extra secret alleged psychic warriors on the case, which would be easier than the whole wiretap thing.
I believe the age of "Enemy of the State" is upon us, I believe they have been doing it for a very long time! But that is just me and from what I hear.
It is good in one way as it will help reduce crime (allegedly) yet in another it is an invasion of privacy and as we know what is meant for good is usually used for bad by certain people.
I think they should do whatever they can to stop it, it's a disgrace!
The Internet may be for "adults" but my children "had to" use a computer from being 11 years old for their work. How many kids do you know that will not take a sneaky peek at something they shouldn't, everybody (who is anybody apparently) uses IM and social networking sites.
When anything happened online I told and taught my children to come and tell me, which they did. Obviously some sensitive soul is going to take it to heart, it hurts! So banning kids is the answer to these vile feckless idiots that bully? I think not!
This makes no sense at all, and must obviously come from a legal world and not a developer world.
Nothing that MS do makes any sense, much.
It is similar to somebody who becomes a priest for a "job" but does not actually believe in god.... Open source has the passion which MS lack and also the common sense and know how.... I could go on!
My god is my computer, well that, art, music and beer
Now that I am interested in! My autistic son is a computer genius, he has able autism and his "autistic" thing is computers. He was working with DOS before he was 11. He even impressed one of my ex-British Aerospace friends who said he knew more than most the people he worked with.
They cannot measure his IQ as he will not do the test. But I sit and watch in amazement as he goes from Win XP Pro to Linux to Vista, fixing them as he goes along. I dare say he would have Mac mastered within the hour.
Could there be a link? I do not know. His twin brother is hopeless on computers to the point we have to reformat his every month. Oh and my autistic son is for open source software. He clapped when they did what they did to Mr gates in the South Park movie!
Ah yes, Active X control etc, I like the fact and it is impressive, that Windows Defender (compulsory with Vista) blocks Windows Live Toolbar! A nation devided cannot stand.... Nothing beats common sense (trademarked) though does it?
Most of the hosts are not aware their site has been "infected" half of the time. I used a site regularly until one day it tried to download some malware in an iframe and an flv file. Not aware at all their site had got a problem.
Not helped by some people who use a certain "site advisor" program giving it a green tick because it was "full of pretty, cool and amazing things" instead of looking at what their anticrapware app was singing / doing and warning people accordingly.
For that fact alone I refuse to bank online, I just feel safer. Call me old fashioned....
As a proud mum of identical twin boys I had noticed that mine seem distant as opposed to those who feel empathy for each other.
They are part of a twin study, which basically involved some of the placenta, blood tests and for a few months DNA swabs from inside the cheek. The study never got back to us with the results yet as I believe it is still ongoing. But yes it was confirmed they are definitely identical.
As babies I used to "colour code" them so I knew who was who, now they are teenagers, totally different but I put it down to personality and obviously different tastes in dress. Silly me....
I will be following this with interest though! Esp. as one of my sons has autism and they are saying that could be a genetic thing, well I was told by a specialist if one had autism the other would have too? However my GP said that is crap. I have no idea but they are like chalk and cheese except for their voice.
I still do 99 percent of them listed on Scobleizer's blog. We still have a rotary phone and some of those methods are more reliable, in my humble opinion, maybe I am just old and need to reboot my humour..
"Can I borrow your Dictaphone?"
"No use your finger like everyone else!
In the wiki: Governmental Data Protection, LOL, being British knowing my data is all over the place thanks to governmental (or just mental) protection or lack of. If they had done it the old fashioned way (by hand) none of it would have gone AWOL...
I fondly remember the days of cleaning the betamax by taking a huge breath and giving it a good blow. Those cleaning tapes that used to jam up instead of cleaning it.
Hours of trying to load Jet Set Willy to my ZX Spectrum, making sure it had the right tone, the joys. I miss it actually!
I am trying two cups joined with a piece of string for my cable connection now, I just have to see if Mr Branson will let me stick one up his end
That wiki is like the Blue Peter for nerds, I like it
We have had the same ISP for years and never had any trouble, we pay for the fastest broadband available which is £40 per month. It changed hands (I will not repeat the name) and now we are throttled, but it is called an AUP. We do not download that much and many "name not mentioned" ISP customers have had exactly the same problem!
They even got found out!
My point is, they are making a public show when they are (or will) do it anyway... just with a nicer name than "throttling", Acceptable Use Policy is much nicer sounding, it really fools us Brits!
so, either we kill ourselves by burning coal and oil, or we kill ourselves chopping forests.
you know what ? fuckit!!!
if we're so stupid we can't find a stable balance to ensure the survival of the specie, so be it. let mass extinction come. and in 60 million years from now, some form of land dweling squid will be unearthing our bones, just like we do with the dinosaurs.
Well the powers that be (in my humble opinion) could not find their arse with both hands. I am sure they could improve this with the right knowledgeable people!
I mean look at the vast amount of pounds spent doing major research into obesity. After all that they come up with it is 1) because we eat to much or 2) because of genetics...
They seriously spent all that money to state the bleeding obvious! Anyway I thought rocket fuel did the most damage to our already fragile atmosphere, I am not an expert on such things though.
If we are still alive in a few millions years it will all be wearing "Sun Block 5000" and living in oxygen bubbles. We laugh but the prospect is frightening.
LOL. Is ANY browser 100% safe? I think not, unless you disconnect from the Internet your at risk. Firefox is like swiss cheese with security holes, IE is more like a chasm, not being rude but I look at the charts on Secuina. I just use the Proxomitron with every browser.. don't panic!
It is all Vista eye candy and my notebook is basic so no Aero, but some of the Xfce and Gnome desktops are *much* nicer. On the technical side of things it is slow, very slow and I am not an avid gamer... to each their own though.
I am thankful for my PS2, imagine: Zang He is asking permission to smack Lui Bu over the head with his axe. Do you wish to let him continue?
I have to agree that it sounds like PC Mag is talking a load of bang, my mother who spent over a year screaming at her Win 98 got the hang of Ubuntu within a day, she loves it (and is a lot calmer).
I bought a Vista laptop, I cannot access my email or surf the web as good as I can on linux. Gamers love Vista (apparently, personally I prefer those console thingies) everyone else hates it, including myself. Thanks god for linux for laptops site. Seriously it is causing major stress.
All these reviews are flawed anyway, the fact is they sold out... fast! Which speaks volumes, people are fed up with headaches, parting with lots of cash for the computer equivalent of the Emperor's new clothes and blue screens
Nobody is actually going to need a bomb soon, at the rate the "global warming" is going with cow farts and the like, we will just all fry, that and house music will probably end the lot of us.
Yes I smell it! I am so glad I got Vista basic, it will be easier to Linux.
Same kind of (but not exactly) thing here, I disabled my updates on my XP, well changed it to notify me but do not download or install... then when I was shutting down it started installing the updates? Despite the MS update site not being in the trusted zone and all others set to high! I rebooted to find that the updates had been installed and my guest account was now active? Despite it having a password! No spyware, no virus, no hacker (no Internet at all at one point due to throttled router)... I think it was a case of the *twilight zone* not trusted zone.
I must have configured it wrong, they cannot download them if you say not... can they?
I know that with all zones set to high (inc. Trusted), cookies blocked, all the Active X's disabled, Windows Media Player fills the Temp files up with tracking cookies, yes even with all the tracking, streams, metadata etc disabled in the player, I was experimenting one day with this. I really should get out more!
This has nothing to do with what OS is installed on the system, or they can prove that installing the OS damaged the screen joint.
I agree but PC World are notorious for using little things as excuses. I bought my desktop from there (against everyones advice as my daughters is from there too) and had a complete 2 year nightmare with them. My HD packed in less than a year and they replaced it with a non-standard PB hard drive (a crap one) which meant I had to go through 20 minutes of a "tattoo" on the phone (someone told me Packard Bell are part of the PC World, Dixons etc now?)... in the end I asked what the hell I was paying them for per month on my "cover plan" that covered nothing!
They also said it would "do all my music tasks" yeah it crashed when I tried to load iTunes due to it not being up to spec (also with an older version of iTunes).
They also made a comment that my daughters "I love Johnny Depp" sticky note may have affected the USP ports... right so it's out sticky notes to blame! Hmm.. or maybe Mr. Depp.
PC World are shysters IMHO
I would seek legal advice, it wouldn't hurt (if you don't try you don't know)I am sure they think they can *pull a fast one*, does it say on your agreement? Read the small print and I wish you luck! I hope you win!
My desktop is going linux (Ubuntu) now I've cancelled the laughable cover plan... (only because I cannot config Debian or Fedora)...
My Vista BSoD'd on 4th boot, due to updates, I've never seen Ubuntu do that! So PCW should be grateful that a more reliable OS was put on, M$ blows!
I like Gmail but am not a lover of Google Earth and Picassa, I don't see the big deal about them but whatever floats ones boat I guess. I am new to Linux and bowled over by it (you know what us new converts are like).
Will it be PORN powered? My mother once googled "French Dictionary" as she needed one... she didn't quite find what she was looking for but she said it was a real eye opener!
Slashdot Mirror
I was informed by a gamer that they do!
Other than that people who need everything yesterday I guess, well them and Virgin
I did but I also added, my point of view in there (I am not a borg) and also netiquette, both before posting. Freedom of speech and I go off what I see. Re-read the post, if it was giving nothing of value only hearsay and an idea away why shut it down? The first bit was just a nice *thought* of mine.
Have a great day, yoga is a great way to relax
Fingers crossed that the scientific "open source equivalent" geniuses who care about advance of science than money can work a way around it without the need for greed.
We may get charged for breathing oxygen soon, which we all kind of need so it would stand top reason great scientific breakthroughs would be in it for the money, we presume though, we never know the full facts 100%.
Regardless this is a great breakthrough and a step towards smaller and more effective technology.
Speaking as one who had her Hospital records "lost" due to a blunder, I (along with a massive amount of others) would be grateful for such things to be exposed instead of being buried and passed off as another statistic.
We know most of these things anyway, it is just nice to read the "proof" although it does state frauds do happen.
How exactly does it pose a threat to National security? It is things we all ready know, half the world has the data disks for and as for the war, the true heroes are the fighters not the powers that be.
Freedom of speech, bring it on. The master criminals will surely be reading "wikileaks" to find information and get ideas NOT have a team of covert hackers, undercover spies etc breaking into national security databases or say, making off with data disks. Wiki's or hard facts?
We live in hope though!
I am not surprised and does a Leopard (or a Window in this case) ever change it's spots?
We shall see
Viva La Resistance - Hail Open Sourcery!
....The place all the dead calculators go, I do not have pigtails and bad shoes.
Happy is the geek with pink hair, DM boots, jeans and a Firefox / or Misfits / Candlemass T-shirt....
See all those in the boardroom "look the part" but it is those behind the scenes that do all the real work. No offence to those who are in the boardroom.....
Exactly! How would they know? Unless they have the extra secret alleged psychic warriors on the case, which would be easier than the whole wiretap thing.
I believe the age of "Enemy of the State" is upon us, I believe they have been doing it for a very long time! But that is just me and from what I hear.
It is not just the US either, it is UK too http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/29/interception_communications_commissioner/ although they keep getting "wrong numbers" ahem! Bet it is those 0898 numbers they keep trying!
It is good in one way as it will help reduce crime (allegedly) yet in another it is an invasion of privacy and as we know what is meant for good is usually used for bad by certain people.
Bring back James Pond! Codename RoboCod....
....as bullying in reality, if not worse.
I think they should do whatever they can to stop it, it's a disgrace!
The Internet may be for "adults" but my children "had to" use a computer from being 11 years old for their work. How many kids do you know that will not take a sneaky peek at something they shouldn't, everybody (who is anybody apparently) uses IM and social networking sites.
When anything happened online I told and taught my children to come and tell me, which they did. Obviously some sensitive soul is going to take it to heart, it hurts! So banning kids is the answer to these vile feckless idiots that bully? I think not!
Nothing that MS do makes any sense, much.
It is similar to somebody who becomes a priest for a "job" but does not actually believe in god.... Open source has the passion which MS lack and also the common sense and know how.... I could go on!
My god is my computer, well that, art, music and beer
Now that I am interested in! My autistic son is a computer genius, he has able autism and his "autistic" thing is computers. He was working with DOS before he was 11. He even impressed one of my ex-British Aerospace friends who said he knew more than most the people he worked with.
They cannot measure his IQ as he will not do the test. But I sit and watch in amazement as he goes from Win XP Pro to Linux to Vista, fixing them as he goes along. I dare say he would have Mac mastered within the hour.
Could there be a link? I do not know. His twin brother is hopeless on computers to the point we have to reformat his every month. Oh and my autistic son is for open source software. He clapped when they did what they did to Mr gates in the South Park movie!
Ah yes, Active X control etc, I like the fact and it is impressive, that Windows Defender (compulsory with Vista) blocks Windows Live Toolbar! A nation devided cannot stand.... Nothing beats common sense (trademarked) though does it?
Most of the hosts are not aware their site has been "infected" half of the time. I used a site regularly until one day it tried to download some malware in an iframe and an flv file. Not aware at all their site had got a problem.
Not helped by some people who use a certain "site advisor" program giving it a green tick because it was "full of pretty, cool and amazing things" instead of looking at what their anticrapware app was singing / doing and warning people accordingly.
For that fact alone I refuse to bank online, I just feel safer. Call me old fashioned....
As a proud mum of identical twin boys I had noticed that mine seem distant as opposed to those who feel empathy for each other.
They are part of a twin study, which basically involved some of the placenta, blood tests and for a few months DNA swabs from inside the cheek. The study never got back to us with the results yet as I believe it is still ongoing. But yes it was confirmed they are definitely identical.
As babies I used to "colour code" them so I knew who was who, now they are teenagers, totally different but I put it down to personality and obviously different tastes in dress. Silly me....
I will be following this with interest though! Esp. as one of my sons has autism and they are saying that could be a genetic thing, well I was told by a specialist if one had autism the other would have too? However my GP said that is crap. I have no idea but they are like chalk and cheese except for their voice.
I still do 99 percent of them listed on Scobleizer's blog. We still have a rotary phone and some of those methods are more reliable, in my humble opinion, maybe I am just old and need to reboot my humour..
"Can I borrow your Dictaphone?"
"No use your finger like everyone else!
In the wiki: Governmental Data Protection, LOL, being British knowing my data is all over the place thanks to governmental (or just mental) protection or lack of. If they had done it the old fashioned way (by hand) none of it would have gone AWOL...
I fondly remember the days of cleaning the betamax by taking a huge breath and giving it a good blow. Those cleaning tapes that used to jam up instead of cleaning it.
Hours of trying to load Jet Set Willy to my ZX Spectrum, making sure it had the right tone, the joys. I miss it actually!
I am trying two cups joined with a piece of string for my cable connection now, I just have to see if Mr Branson will let me stick one up his end
That wiki is like the Blue Peter for nerds, I like it
... and even then depends on the company.
We have had the same ISP for years and never had any trouble, we pay for the fastest broadband available which is £40 per month. It changed hands (I will not repeat the name) and now we are throttled, but it is called an AUP. We do not download that much and many "name not mentioned" ISP customers have had exactly the same problem!
They even got found out!
My point is, they are making a public show when they are (or will) do it anyway... just with a nicer name than "throttling", Acceptable Use Policy is much nicer sounding, it really fools us Brits!
Well the powers that be (in my humble opinion) could not find their arse with both hands. I am sure they could improve this with the right knowledgeable people!
I mean look at the vast amount of pounds spent doing major research into obesity. After all that they come up with it is 1) because we eat to much or 2) because of genetics...
They seriously spent all that money to state the bleeding obvious! Anyway I thought rocket fuel did the most damage to our already fragile atmosphere, I am not an expert on such things though.
If we are still alive in a few millions years it will all be wearing "Sun Block 5000" and living in oxygen bubbles. We laugh but the prospect is frightening.
Well you can always talk to Frank...
What about "Telescope" it is short and to the point, failing that "Maxillion" is kind of endearing.
LOL. Is ANY browser 100% safe? I think not, unless you disconnect from the Internet your at risk. Firefox is like swiss cheese with security holes, IE is more like a chasm, not being rude but I look at the charts on Secuina. I just use the Proxomitron with every browser.. don't panic!
Vista has sent me more into the linux using fold.
It is all Vista eye candy and my notebook is basic so no Aero, but some of the Xfce and Gnome desktops are *much* nicer. On the technical side of things it is slow, very slow and I am not an avid gamer... to each their own though.
I am thankful for my PS2, imagine: Zang He is asking permission to smack Lui Bu over the head with his axe. Do you wish to let him continue?
I have to agree that it sounds like PC Mag is talking a load of bang, my mother who spent over a year screaming at her Win 98 got the hang of Ubuntu within a day, she loves it (and is a lot calmer).
I bought a Vista laptop, I cannot access my email or surf the web as good as I can on linux. Gamers love Vista (apparently, personally I prefer those console thingies) everyone else hates it, including myself. Thanks god for linux for laptops site. Seriously it is causing major stress.
All these reviews are flawed anyway, the fact is they sold out... fast! Which speaks volumes, people are fed up with headaches, parting with lots of cash for the computer equivalent of the Emperor's new clothes and blue screens
Nobody is actually going to need a bomb soon, at the rate the "global warming" is going with cow farts and the like, we will just all fry, that and house music will probably end the lot of us.
Yes I smell it! I am so glad I got Vista basic, it will be easier to Linux.
Same kind of (but not exactly) thing here, I disabled my updates on my XP, well changed it to notify me but do not download or install... then when I was shutting down it started installing the updates? Despite the MS update site not being in the trusted zone and all others set to high! I rebooted to find that the updates had been installed and my guest account was now active? Despite it having a password! No spyware, no virus, no hacker (no Internet at all at one point due to throttled router)... I think it was a case of the *twilight zone* not trusted zone.
I must have configured it wrong, they cannot download them if you say not... can they?
I know that with all zones set to high (inc. Trusted), cookies blocked, all the Active X's disabled, Windows Media Player fills the Temp files up with tracking cookies, yes even with all the tracking, streams, metadata etc disabled in the player, I was experimenting one day with this. I really should get out more!