yesterday there was an article of the EFF website commenting that other colleges (Virginia Tech mentioned) were trying to deflect RIAA harassment.
Formal complaints are much better, but the article did bring up a good point; maybe things would be easier for the campuses that didn't log student's network behaviour, or made logs such that certain behaviours weren't linked to any particular student. Would this be reasonable?
Now, to continue a theme in this thread, "FUCK" everyone who uses "I really love the artists and hate oppression" as an excuse for pirating music. If you really want to support the artist, buy the CD and then go see a concert. Buy a t-shirt, even.
You bring up a good point. In this big conflict between Pirates and the *AAs, we the users and consumers are the ones that get hurt. But it's easy to forget that the artists themselves are also being taken advantage of by both aggressors as well.
I think they give you a few pixels margin of error, but pretty much exact. You'd have to study the picture for a while before deciding what your pattern would be.
At my university, they were trying an experimental password alternative that comp-sci students could opt-in for.
Basically, we were presented with an image; this particular image was a bunch of cars in a parking lot, with people walking or standing around. I think it was a 400 by 400 pixel image. To set your pattern, you had to click and memorize five or six arbitrary points in the image, and also memorize the order you click them in. The idea was that it was supposed to be a lot easier to remember than an equally powerful password. Some people liked the new system, while others had a lot of trouble remembering the exact position of each of their clicks. I fell into the latter group.
We all know that Santa Claus lives at the North pole. But there's a big difference between precise north and magnetic north, and it's never been made clear which one Santa occupies. While magnetic north has actually passed through Canada and also is predicted to move around true north and towards Siberia anyways.
So, the question is; what's so trollish about this parent?
I'm not speaking from any real experience or anything, but it might be a good idea to leave room in your pitch for flexibilities and possibilities. Or at least imply that you're willing to accept suggestions or criticisms. Producer-types like to feel like they've made some sort of impact on a project other than funding it. The main thing is getting them to actively think about the possibilities, which will force them to take it a little more seriously.
The tricky part is to not let them get too involved, because then they might start to suggest some silly ideas.
My point is that it's supposed to be a new product that everyone is interested in. And yet not everyone is, because the hassles of 'upgrading' outweigh the benefits. It's obvious.
Although, I guess I did phrase that rather trollishly.
Postel's Law: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others. A good networking rule to follow whether or not you're a computer scientist.
A DNS meltdown probably isn't the worst they could do. It'd be one of the more confusing tactics, but if they wanted to do some real damage, they would target something specific.
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yesterday there was an article of the EFF website commenting that other colleges (Virginia Tech mentioned) were trying to deflect RIAA harassment.
Formal complaints are much better, but the article did bring up a good point; maybe things would be easier for the campuses that didn't log student's network behaviour, or made logs such that certain behaviours weren't linked to any particular student. Would this be reasonable?
Now, to continue a theme in this thread, "FUCK" everyone who uses "I really love the artists and hate oppression" as an excuse for pirating music. If you really want to support the artist, buy the CD and then go see a concert. Buy a t-shirt, even.
You bring up a good point. In this big conflict between Pirates and the *AAs, we the users and consumers are the ones that get hurt. But it's easy to forget that the artists themselves are also being taken advantage of by both aggressors as well.
Is this guys a bot? I've seen this exact comment in at least one other thread.
We can see the humor in embarrassing moments like these and laugh at them
Exactly. If only they had gotten rick rolled instead.
Clever, but that would only happen if your cloak wrapped around the floor somehow.
No, you start as a Captain.
Does it really count if you're the red-shirted captain for the redshirt vessel?
Delivering a valuable cargo of freshly laundered red shirts?
I think they give you a few pixels margin of error, but pretty much exact. You'd have to study the picture for a while before deciding what your pattern would be.
At my university, they were trying an experimental password alternative that comp-sci students could opt-in for.
Basically, we were presented with an image; this particular image was a bunch of cars in a parking lot, with people walking or standing around. I think it was a 400 by 400 pixel image. To set your pattern, you had to click and memorize five or six arbitrary points in the image, and also memorize the order you click them in. The idea was that it was supposed to be a lot easier to remember than an equally powerful password. Some people liked the new system, while others had a lot of trouble remembering the exact position of each of their clicks. I fell into the latter group.
I guess I'd better leaving my Tim Horton's Quickpay card here in Canada, just in case, too.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/brainiac/2007/01/attack_of_the_m.html
This should answer your confusion.
And does that mean that assembly programmers are evil?
Apparently you have been dabbling blindly in the dark arts.
It's funny though, because creative use of JMP had actually earned me bonus points on a test in assembly class last year.
I AM RICH SLASHDOTTER
Oops, I did it accidentally. Do you prefer cash or cheque?
We could, but that would be, like, double off-topic.
We all know that Santa Claus lives at the North pole. But there's a big difference between precise north and magnetic north, and it's never been made clear which one Santa occupies. While magnetic north has actually passed through Canada and also is predicted to move around true north and towards Siberia anyways.
So, the question is; what's so trollish about this parent?
I'm not speaking from any real experience or anything, but it might be a good idea to leave room in your pitch for flexibilities and possibilities. Or at least imply that you're willing to accept suggestions or criticisms. Producer-types like to feel like they've made some sort of impact on a project other than funding it. The main thing is getting them to actively think about the possibilities, which will force them to take it a little more seriously.
The tricky part is to not let them get too involved, because then they might start to suggest some silly ideas.
But with Vista, upgrading is no trouble at all. It comes with your PC pre-installed
But even then that requires you to buy a new PC.
One of TFA's main points is that not everyone is willing to buy something new when they're satisfied with the machine and platform they already have.
Or, deposit the points to enter the raffle, where the grand prize is a John McCain 1962 AC Cobra with a V8 engine.
My point is that it's supposed to be a new product that everyone is interested in. And yet not everyone is, because the hassles of 'upgrading' outweigh the benefits. It's obvious.
Although, I guess I did phrase that rather trollishly.
Vista is being pushed too.
How about that?
Obviously nintendo is pretty mad at them for doing this. Nintendo no longer has a monopoly on the Wii remote...
They haven't for a while.
I'm with 3web in Ottawa, which buys from Rogers. So far, so good.
You can bet hackers didn't write those definitions. Those definitions are accurate in the context of mainstream media, but as the GP stated, this is /.
Did you say that out loud, and then quote yourself?
Postel's Law: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others. A good networking rule to follow whether or not you're a computer scientist.
A DNS meltdown probably isn't the worst they could do. It'd be one of the more confusing tactics, but if they wanted to do some real damage, they would target something specific.