I call it "enumerating badness". Continuing to approach spam as a social problem when it is in fact sent out by botnets is not going to help any more than it already has.
I'm not sure if you were saying that society now tolerates *all* crime but note that here in the US violent crime is much lower now than it was even 30 years ago, so something's working.
Right. It's a blacklist, and suffers from all of the problems that blacklists suffer from. Except, like you say, it's deceitful because they want to dumb things down so that you can treat it like a game.
Maybe blacklists don't grow quickly enough when people are careful. I'd guess that in that case the solution is to start whitelisting. But regardless of what's effective or ethical there will always be some moron who says "let's just make a bigger blacklist".
Sorry, I hadn't realized you felt so strongly about it. I'll remove the gun that I had to your head when I told you to use linux.
As for my real comment: HP includes something similar with their Windows machines. On there, it's extraneous bloat. On the Mi, it fills in a usability gap. I'm not sure who the target market is (certainly not linux geeks), but maybe this is a good enough idea that the market will form around it.
The best part of the article was when they said how they'll be offering a download that you can put on a USB stick to do a complete OS restore. It is a clear case where using a free OS allows an OEM to do their job right. Ever tried to install Windows from a USB drive? Huge PITA.
Housing & renting laws are much more complicated than that, and the agreements are limited by what the law allows. There a lot of things that a landlord is not allowed to force you to do. And the tenant has a lot of leeway when it comes to "breaking" the contract (being late on rent, etc). Otherwise you could be out on the street at a moment's notice, because you didn't agree with something stupid that your landlord did. And most of the content of the agreements are standard practice, with a few variations. So it's less like not reading a EULA, and more like buying or renting a place without caring anything about what's required of you.
And in the end, actual signature (especially one that comes with a monthly bill attached) is a much better indicator of your intent than a button clicked in some software you got for free. The question is not whether you broke the contract, it's whether there really was a contract.
It'd be a funny story if someone crossed out the parts they didn't like, then initialed next to them and mailed it off to CNN, adding something like "by throwing out this letter you are affirming my license to use your software under these revised terms". It's not like you're giving them any less notice or chance to reply than they're giving you.
No, it's the summit that's definitely coming. As for the actual singularity, I'll wager you a Crockoduck classroom poster and 30 copies of Of Pandas and People that utopia's still a while off.
Define progress. Preferably in a way that its "rate" can be objectively measured, and the acceleration of that rate can be predicted.
The singularity is intellectual posturing, not science. It was born of a sci-fi author and the idea has attracted followers who believe it to be true. Not unlike what happened with LRH and Dianetics. Kurzweil is not the conman that LHR aspired to be but scientist he ain't.
What it's about is that PETA can't afford a real Superbowl ad (and if they can then, as a charity, they shouldn't waste their money on one), so recently they've thrown together some shit for the internet, made sure it wouldn't pass NBC's censors, and then made a big deal of the fact that their ad was "banned".
PETA is a joke. Wanna help animals? Donate to your local SPCA. They know how to actually run shelters, rather than just euthanize every animal that comes in and then spend the Alpo money on celebrity endorsements.
I'm still not getting how it makes Firefox look bad. It makes MS look bad, not Firefox. If Mozilla Corp installed an IE BHO without telling you, then they'd be the ones that look bad.
Hadn't noticed that part. Sneaky sneaky. But I still don't see how someone could think MS did this to somehow tarnish Firefox's reputation. That's like beating someone up in order to gain sympathy. Look what he's making me do with my fists!
Shortened versions of Dylan songs, like my username is.
atraintocry: "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry"
other names: babyblue, highway61, hurricane, isis, johanna, corrina
I'm the only one that needs to know the names, so I went with some that made me happy. That was after I realized that hardware based names are very hard to remember.
Your post prompted me to check my own googlabiltiy (or whatever you want to call it). Not that I hadn't before. But this time I only tried my name and variations on it.
There's a lot of "me"s out there. Good luck to anyone trying to find the real one with only my name to go on. Sometimes having a really common name pays off, as in my case:)
So a photograph of a bowl of fruit (presumably one you owned and arranged yourself) would not fall under the conditions that Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel talks about. But a photo of an image that was public domain would. Where is it that we disagree?
Wait, what? I wasn't happy when I noticed it either, but how do you figure that ClickOnce is supposed to make Firefox look bad? From what I can tell it just changes a MIME type so that you can launch.Net apps stored on the network from Firefox the way you already could from IE.
In 1963 the FCC also had separate bathrooms for "whites" and "coloreds".
...the fuck?
Even if there was some sort of injustice in the switch, do you think it would have even a thousandth of the significance of legalized segregation in this country? A millionth, even? Or any amount that would make it worth bringing up in this discussion?
Right. This isn't out of obligation (though that would be nice), this is about the unreal hold that TV has on us as a planet. I'm not saying that to sound enlightened, my TV is on as I'm typing this. The converter box program is so that people don't start rioting:)
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I call it "enumerating badness". Continuing to approach spam as a social problem when it is in fact sent out by botnets is not going to help any more than it already has.
I'm not sure if you were saying that society now tolerates *all* crime but note that here in the US violent crime is much lower now than it was even 30 years ago, so something's working.
Right. It's a blacklist, and suffers from all of the problems that blacklists suffer from. Except, like you say, it's deceitful because they want to dumb things down so that you can treat it like a game.
Maybe blacklists don't grow quickly enough when people are careful. I'd guess that in that case the solution is to start whitelisting. But regardless of what's effective or ethical there will always be some moron who says "let's just make a bigger blacklist".
Wouldn't "blacklists suck" also be appropriate?
Sorry, I hadn't realized you felt so strongly about it. I'll remove the gun that I had to your head when I told you to use linux.
As for my real comment: HP includes something similar with their Windows machines. On there, it's extraneous bloat. On the Mi, it fills in a usability gap. I'm not sure who the target market is (certainly not linux geeks), but maybe this is a good enough idea that the market will form around it.
The best part of the article was when they said how they'll be offering a download that you can put on a USB stick to do a complete OS restore. It is a clear case where using a free OS allows an OEM to do their job right. Ever tried to install Windows from a USB drive? Huge PITA.
Housing & renting laws are much more complicated than that, and the agreements are limited by what the law allows. There a lot of things that a landlord is not allowed to force you to do. And the tenant has a lot of leeway when it comes to "breaking" the contract (being late on rent, etc). Otherwise you could be out on the street at a moment's notice, because you didn't agree with something stupid that your landlord did. And most of the content of the agreements are standard practice, with a few variations. So it's less like not reading a EULA, and more like buying or renting a place without caring anything about what's required of you.
And in the end, actual signature (especially one that comes with a monthly bill attached) is a much better indicator of your intent than a button clicked in some software you got for free. The question is not whether you broke the contract, it's whether there really was a contract.
It'd be a funny story if someone crossed out the parts they didn't like, then initialed next to them and mailed it off to CNN, adding something like "by throwing out this letter you are affirming my license to use your software under these revised terms". It's not like you're giving them any less notice or chance to reply than they're giving you.
No, it's the summit that's definitely coming. As for the actual singularity, I'll wager you a Crockoduck classroom poster and 30 copies of Of Pandas and People that utopia's still a while off.
Thanks, I hadn't heard that one before, but it sums things up perfectly.
Define progress. Preferably in a way that its "rate" can be objectively measured, and the acceleration of that rate can be predicted.
The singularity is intellectual posturing, not science. It was born of a sci-fi author and the idea has attracted followers who believe it to be true. Not unlike what happened with LRH and Dianetics. Kurzweil is not the conman that LHR aspired to be but scientist he ain't.
Probably? No, definitely. They did it last year, too.
What it's about is that PETA can't afford a real Superbowl ad (and if they can then, as a charity, they shouldn't waste their money on one), so recently they've thrown together some shit for the internet, made sure it wouldn't pass NBC's censors, and then made a big deal of the fact that their ad was "banned".
PETA is a joke. Wanna help animals? Donate to your local SPCA. They know how to actually run shelters, rather than just euthanize every animal that comes in and then spend the Alpo money on celebrity endorsements.
I'm still not getting how it makes Firefox look bad. It makes MS look bad, not Firefox. If Mozilla Corp installed an IE BHO without telling you, then they'd be the ones that look bad.
Hadn't noticed that part. Sneaky sneaky. But I still don't see how someone could think MS did this to somehow tarnish Firefox's reputation. That's like beating someone up in order to gain sympathy. Look what he's making me do with my fists!
Shortened versions of Dylan songs, like my username is.
atraintocry: "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry"
other names: babyblue, highway61, hurricane, isis, johanna, corrina
I'm the only one that needs to know the names, so I went with some that made me happy. That was after I realized that hardware based names are very hard to remember.
What if you have two t60s? Or, more likely, ten poweredge servers?
Your post prompted me to check my own googlabiltiy (or whatever you want to call it). Not that I hadn't before. But this time I only tried my name and variations on it.
There's a lot of "me"s out there. Good luck to anyone trying to find the real one with only my name to go on. Sometimes having a really common name pays off, as in my case :)
So a photograph of a bowl of fruit (presumably one you owned and arranged yourself) would not fall under the conditions that Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel talks about. But a photo of an image that was public domain would. Where is it that we disagree?
Wait, what? I wasn't happy when I noticed it either, but how do you figure that ClickOnce is supposed to make Firefox look bad? From what I can tell it just changes a MIME type so that you can launch .Net apps stored on the network from Firefox the way you already could from IE.
I think he was agreeing. And if you don't think prison labor is a huge industry, well, it is.
OK, then let's assume that those aren't the ones the study is talking about...instead they are talking about people who are aware of their falsehood.
Also, I know I'm being trolled, but: Antidarwinism? is that anything like Antiensteinism?
Replace "Slashdot" with "everywhere but Appalachia" and you'll be on the right track.
As opposed to an unelected private organization?
No, we copyright photos. Parent must be a little confused. The case cited only has to do with photos of public domain images.
In 1963 the FCC also had separate bathrooms for "whites" and "coloreds".
...the fuck?
Even if there was some sort of injustice in the switch, do you think it would have even a thousandth of the significance of legalized segregation in this country? A millionth, even? Or any amount that would make it worth bringing up in this discussion?
Right. This isn't out of obligation (though that would be nice), this is about the unreal hold that TV has on us as a planet. I'm not saying that to sound enlightened, my TV is on as I'm typing this. The converter box program is so that people don't start rioting :)