Facebook is on it's way out too. I stopped using it when the plethora of stupid dirty looking applications starting taking over everybody's pages making facebook look more like myspace.
Now facebook is even spammier than myspace, with hundreds of applications I can't stand, and all their invites. I have to "add" an application in order to view it. I don't want to view it. I don't want a "drink" invitation, or a "pirate" invitation. Leave me alone.
To true- but true enlightenment is also lonely and depressing.. so possibly keeping a bit of foolishness around is the only way to keep from thinking about just how futile life is in general.
Couldn't have said it better myself. 'Tis the reason most of us are addicted to slashdot- I don't have too many friends in real life that share my rational way of thinking.. Truthfully- most people hate me for it.
After hearing about the copy-protection scheme announced earlier last month- I'm not interested in buying. No way am I connecting every other week to prove I purchased this game.
You're not alone- I get harrassed by cops all the time. I'm 22 and I'd say I don't fit the normal profile of a 22 year old in my city. I happen to have a very nice job in software development, I wear button up shirts daily, and I contribute to society- showing up to city meetings and.. you know.. paying taxes.
None-the-less I'm still profiled by police. Last weekend I was having a get-together at my apartment, when who should stop by? The Cops.
Turns out, one of my neighbors was being loud, and another neighbor must've called in a noise complaint. The cops were in the neighborhood, and I was standing outside with a friend as she smoked a cigarette.
They approached me as condescendingly and accused me of having underage drinkers upstairs in my apartment. I denied such an allegation, on account of the fact that it simply was not true. They had no basis for that accusation, and it rather pissed me off that I needed to deal with this interrogation, despite the fact that I hadn't broken any laws, not have I given any signs that I may have, or might plan to.
It was an average get-together with only 10 friends in my apartment. We were not loud, but you could see shadows of people upstairs having a good time through the blinds.
The cop threatened me with everything including prison, and continued to accuse me of feeding alcohol to underage drinkers- a false claim. I continued to deny and asked why they were making such baseless accusations. That pissed them off.
Fact of the matter is this- cops have freakin egos. They HATE it if you do something crazy like.. enjoy your rights.
"Well, if you're not doing anything illegal upstairs, you won't mind if we take a look around.."
I replied "I see no reason for you to do so, without a warrant."
That's when I knew they had it out for me. They spent the next 25 minutes harrassing me, trying to get me to trip up and say something that gave them probable cause. They ran all the license plates on the cars in my driveway, basically just trying to inconvenience me at this point.
Finally they were fed up with the fact they weren't getting anywhere and decided to leave- but before leaving they said "You know we can give you a ticket for the noise complaint." I responded, "No, you can't unless I was violating the city's noise ordinance, which I wasn't and still am not."
Then they told me they could get a warrant with the drop of a hat, and even though I thought I was mr tough guy, just non-chalantly walking over to them- they knew I was guilty and they were going to get me one way or another.
I responded, "Truthfully officers, I'm just attempting to enjoy my rights as a citizen, the very same rights that you two were sworn to protect."
The problem now is that the cops have it out for me. I live in a police state. It's the NH way.
For a game to be habit changing- the person playing it would NEED to know that it's trying to do that, and be willing to change. They must be willing to try to pick up the new habits the game is trying to teach.
As far as direct health benifits- I wouldn't be surprised if they find games like GTA releive stress. I feel it's a great way to let out some steam after a bad day at work....
I dunno, call me crazy, but life is meant to be lived, not watched on TV.
Just my 2cents.:) NO NO NO NO!! This is all wrong! Nothing is right at all! *I'm NOT LISTENING* blah blah blah
Yeah, not only would that cause verizon and comcast to actually start competing- but in the mean time, I've got a way to stream my favorite launchcast stations in my car! How much better does it get. Just because it's filtered doesn't mean everything will be! Look at public access, it's filtered, but doesn't make cable (or HBO) worse..
Ok, so, I don't like this idea, as many people here will agree- it's just another sign that the labels are out of touch with reality.
That being said- I would like to point out that it's already a losing model with something like Rhapsody in existance, which, btw, I absolutely could not live without! (Thanks to my new Squeezebox Duet, per recommendation of the slashdot crowd. thanks guys!)
Anyway, my point is this: They're late to catch on. Nobody will pay 10 cents to listen to a computer. Listening on the comp should be free, people want to and will pay to take it with them. That being said, 89 cent mp3s are a good idea, this might gain ground.
What's up with all these kotaku.com posts recently? I literally had to google to figure out that 'DS' is for the Nintendo DS. Call me out of touch, or cranky- but not every dumb little game release is news- not even games news. This looks more like some more of the kotaku pandering that went on yesterday.
I'm sure this will get me modded troll, or what not, but seriously..
AND HOW! Nothing's more annoying that typing an email- or a slashdot comment, just to look up and realize nothing you typed made it to the textbox. Why? Because an update alert just popped up and stole your focus. Or even worse- Windows Automatic Update has alerted you that you have 30 seconds before it restarts your computer. Your only options: Restart now, or Restart Later. That's it.
If you're away from your desk for a minute or two to go to the bathroom, and you didn't save your documents- shame on you, Microsoft decided that their software updates are more important than the productivity of the person using the software, which is absolute crap. It restarts without prompting for saving. It forces a shutdown. Does this on Server2003 too- REAAAAL good for production environments (and yes, automatic updates is off... not even sure how it got started )
I've seen this, and can confirm this behavior, but I think you're a bit mixed up... I work in computer repair, and yes, by default it should block port 80, unless you're running a webserver.
What you meant to say, is that it blocks internet access- and this is true. Norton Internet Security's default install would block any and all internet access. I think they finally put out an update that fixed it, but during one or two months in 2006ish/2007 we had about 15 computers come in with the same symptoms - no internet. Took us very little time to figure out that it was the NIS firewall's default settings. Bloody stupid if you ask me.
Slashdot Mirror
What reader are you using? I get both links and the picture in mine... (it may be that I'm a subscriber though...)
Facebook is on it's way out too. I stopped using it when the plethora of stupid dirty looking applications starting taking over everybody's pages making facebook look more like myspace.
Now facebook is even spammier than myspace, with hundreds of applications I can't stand, and all their invites. I have to "add" an application in order to view it. I don't want to view it. I don't want a "drink" invitation, or a "pirate" invitation. Leave me alone.
This is why I quit Facebook
To true- but true enlightenment is also lonely and depressing.. so possibly keeping a bit of foolishness around is the only way to keep from thinking about just how futile life is in general.
I heard it was in the water they were using to rinse. I also heard it was from mexico or southern florida.. so.. uh, yeah.
Couldn't have said it better myself. 'Tis the reason most of us are addicted to slashdot- I don't have too many friends in real life that share my rational way of thinking.. Truthfully- most people hate me for it.
After hearing about the copy-protection scheme announced earlier last month- I'm not interested in buying. No way am I connecting every other week to prove I purchased this game.
That would be weird if not only the earth tried to accomodate for the inbalance- but some sort of cosmic balance that we don't understand kicked in.
You're not alone- I get harrassed by cops all the time. I'm 22 and I'd say I don't fit the normal profile of a 22 year old in my city. I happen to have a very nice job in software development, I wear button up shirts daily, and I contribute to society- showing up to city meetings and .. you know.. paying taxes.
None-the-less I'm still profiled by police. Last weekend I was having a get-together at my apartment, when who should stop by? The Cops.
Turns out, one of my neighbors was being loud, and another neighbor must've called in a noise complaint. The cops were in the neighborhood, and I was standing outside with a friend as she smoked a cigarette.
They approached me as condescendingly and accused me of having underage drinkers upstairs in my apartment. I denied such an allegation, on account of the fact that it simply was not true. They had no basis for that accusation, and it rather pissed me off that I needed to deal with this interrogation, despite the fact that I hadn't broken any laws, not have I given any signs that I may have, or might plan to.
It was an average get-together with only 10 friends in my apartment. We were not loud, but you could see shadows of people upstairs having a good time through the blinds.
The cop threatened me with everything including prison, and continued to accuse me of feeding alcohol to underage drinkers- a false claim. I continued to deny and asked why they were making such baseless accusations. That pissed them off.
Fact of the matter is this- cops have freakin egos. They HATE it if you do something crazy like.. enjoy your rights.
"Well, if you're not doing anything illegal upstairs, you won't mind if we take a look around.."
I replied "I see no reason for you to do so, without a warrant."
That's when I knew they had it out for me. They spent the next 25 minutes harrassing me, trying to get me to trip up and say something that gave them probable cause. They ran all the license plates on the cars in my driveway, basically just trying to inconvenience me at this point.
Finally they were fed up with the fact they weren't getting anywhere and decided to leave- but before leaving they said "You know we can give you a ticket for the noise complaint." I responded, "No, you can't unless I was violating the city's noise ordinance, which I wasn't and still am not."
Then they told me they could get a warrant with the drop of a hat, and even though I thought I was mr tough guy, just non-chalantly walking over to them- they knew I was guilty and they were going to get me one way or another.
I responded, "Truthfully officers, I'm just attempting to enjoy my rights as a citizen, the very same rights that you two were sworn to protect."
The problem now is that the cops have it out for me. I live in a police state. It's the NH way.
For a game to be habit changing- the person playing it would NEED to know that it's trying to do that, and be willing to change. They must be willing to try to pick up the new habits the game is trying to teach.
As far as direct health benifits- I wouldn't be surprised if they find games like GTA releive stress. I feel it's a great way to let out some steam after a bad day at work....
You can have a paper trail without losing anonymity
Yeah, without a paper trail, the question you should be asking is - how can you spot E-Vote integrity? The answer is: You can't.
Yeah, not only would that cause verizon and comcast to actually start competing- but in the mean time, I've got a way to stream my favorite launchcast stations in my car! How much better does it get. Just because it's filtered doesn't mean everything will be! Look at public access, it's filtered, but doesn't make cable (or HBO) worse..
Ok, so, I don't like this idea, as many people here will agree- it's just another sign that the labels are out of touch with reality.
That being said- I would like to point out that it's already a losing model with something like Rhapsody in existance, which, btw, I absolutely could not live without! (Thanks to my new Squeezebox Duet, per recommendation of the slashdot crowd. thanks guys!)
Anyway, my point is this: They're late to catch on. Nobody will pay 10 cents to listen to a computer. Listening on the comp should be free, people want to and will pay to take it with them. That being said, 89 cent mp3s are a good idea, this might gain ground.
But wouldn't encryption fix that? yadda yadda yadda and so on..
They say don't feed the trolls, but.. *sigh* .. it's true.
How are you posting on slashdot?
No seriously.. I can't figure this out.
Edit: Oh nevermind, I think I've got this now.
No, NRT will remove everything norton. All files, folders, settings, registry entries. It's the real deal!
Typically, web browsing outbound happens on a variety of ports, however, not on port 80.
What's up with all these kotaku.com posts recently? I literally had to google to figure out that 'DS' is for the Nintendo DS. Call me out of touch, or cranky- but not every dumb little game release is news- not even games news. This looks more like some more of the kotaku pandering that went on yesterday.
I'm sure this will get me modded troll, or what not, but seriously..
I was on the moon...
...with steve.
AND HOW! Nothing's more annoying that typing an email- or a slashdot comment, just to look up and realize nothing you typed made it to the textbox. Why? Because an update alert just popped up and stole your focus. Or even worse- Windows Automatic Update has alerted you that you have 30 seconds before it restarts your computer. Your only options: Restart now, or Restart Later. That's it.
If you're away from your desk for a minute or two to go to the bathroom, and you didn't save your documents- shame on you, Microsoft decided that their software updates are more important than the productivity of the person using the software, which is absolute crap. It restarts without prompting for saving. It forces a shutdown. Does this on Server2003 too- REAAAAL good for production environments (and yes, automatic updates is off... not even sure how it got started )
I've seen this, and can confirm this behavior, but I think you're a bit mixed up... I work in computer repair, and yes, by default it should block port 80, unless you're running a webserver.
What you meant to say, is that it blocks internet access- and this is true. Norton Internet Security's default install would block any and all internet access. I think they finally put out an update that fixed it, but during one or two months in 2006ish/2007 we had about 15 computers come in with the same symptoms - no internet. Took us very little time to figure out that it was the NIS firewall's default settings. Bloody stupid if you ask me.