Don't argue! kdawson gets to post something inflammatory and controversial again, and we wouldn't want him to miss out on his daily dose of smug for once again trolling Slashdot's front page.
Seriously, start supporting the "Author" element in RSS feeds. He's already filtered from my front page, now all I need is this crap stripped from my feed aggregator.
Why? How does that benefit anyone? You can't cure being black; You can probably tune down melanin production, but you can't alter the genome sufficiently to change the way the skull develops, the facial features, or any other minor differences between native African and European people other than skin pigment levels. That's going to be a hell of a lot of genes to modify.
That doesn't cover the semantics, though. There is no benefit in "curing" skin colour or sexuality as these things no longer have any stigma in Western society. You can, however, prevent genetic diseases. Cancer susceptibility, neurological disorders, any kind of birth defect could be remedied just after conception.
Nobody is talking about Fourth Reich-style mass exterminations of people, for any reason. This is about preventing diseases and syndromes which directly prevent a person either contributing to society in any meaningful way, make them a significant burden on the healthcare system, or significantly shorten their lifespan to the point of it being next to pointless them even being born.
Here's an anecdote for you. I had a cousin with a brain tumour. He died at age 7. Up until that point, he had undergone multiple surgeries, numerous rounds of aggressive chemotherapy, and spent more time in a hospital bed than anywhere else. He did some great things, like meeting his favourite football team, but the most time was spent either unconscious or violently ill. Are you telling me that this is the life you would prefer your child to have if you had the option of disabling the gene which would cause the tumour? I can't see how any rational person can decide against it.
TL;DR: Well done for trotting out some straw men. Too bad you missed the point.
"Think of it as caller ID. You know who is calling you because caller ID tells you. Well, this is the internet equivalent of their phone number, and the ISP has an internet caller ID system. All they need is for you to give them this number, and they can tell you who pays the bills, and their address."
Similar anecdote regarding a question on a mock GCSE paper.
Q: A friend of your gets a virus on his computer. Do you: a) Give him a copy of your antivirus software. b) Tell him to go buy some antivirus software from a store. c) Leave him to it, it's probably nothing. d) [Some other dogshit answer].
Seeing as this didn't account for anything apart from letting the teacher know, once again, that I knew more about the technical side of ICT than she did, I answered a). I was given a mini lecture about copyright (you meant software licensing, love), theft (good one), file sharing, and some crappy analogies. Obviously my reply was "My antivirus program is free. Look up AVG on Google. And ClamAV."
Needless to say I was still wrong. Still, IT GCSE is almost "This is a CD drive, this is a keyboard, this is how you make text bold in a seven year old office package" anyway.
A paedophile may be an excellent teacher. Not saying we should put child molesters in schools, just saying that those two statements aren't mutually exclusive.
Considering the last line of your comment, I'd have thought you'd pick up on that.
In 2003 I got ripped off by a seller fraudulently selling graphics cards. It was featured in the national news in the UK... Kid bought cars, went on holiday etc with the money he made. Didn't hide it all. Out of a £230 transaction, I had £2.24 returned to me by PayPal and they closed the call. Paypal's dispute resolution people told me that they considered the fact that I had any money returned as a successful outcome, and the case was closed. They'd do nothing more.
Paypal may well have improved dramatically in the past 7 years, but there are many people who have been burned by scams like this through fraudulent eBay transactions, supposedly protected by Paypal's fraud protection which at the time meant precisely dick all. I've not used Paypal, or eBay, since. I'll never use them again. Much like a child learning why mommy said not to touch the iron, at least I'll only be burned once.
Money is the language of corporations, and Zynga / Bookface generate more per hour than you make in a year. They're not going to miss you. They're not going to miss the entirety of Slashdot. We are the informed minority, and our protest will be drowned out by the sound of 30m $0.99 digital livestock purchase, or a $0.59 pixel rake.
I've tried using FeedRinse to filter his name out, but because the/. RSS feed doesn't support the Author tag, it's ineffective. I've tried filtering by post, title, body, author, and tag. None are effective. PITA.
I don't think turning up at a girl's front door in a re-breather and stating "I'm a real fan of caving" will sound anywhere near as funny to her as it does to him.
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Compared to Apple, I'd let Microsoft watch my children.
So would I. I wouldn't use their operating systems on something important though, like a warship.
Oh.
Censorship is cheaper.
In the short term.
Maybe the data on the device is worth more than the device itself.
"Backup your data and store elsewhere" is another important lesson.
Indeed.
$foo = " = $NameOfEx";
$foo =~ s/=/!=/;
Nope, I can't write Perl and just copied this from an instructional website. What of it?
I'm disabling advertising until you do it. I've no other way of making my point clear enough.
Don't argue! kdawson gets to post something inflammatory and controversial again, and we wouldn't want him to miss out on his daily dose of smug for once again trolling Slashdot's front page.
Seriously, start supporting the "Author" element in RSS feeds. He's already filtered from my front page, now all I need is this crap stripped from my feed aggregator.
Yet both will end up on the No Fly List.
Why? How does that benefit anyone? You can't cure being black; You can probably tune down melanin production, but you can't alter the genome sufficiently to change the way the skull develops, the facial features, or any other minor differences between native African and European people other than skin pigment levels. That's going to be a hell of a lot of genes to modify.
That doesn't cover the semantics, though. There is no benefit in "curing" skin colour or sexuality as these things no longer have any stigma in Western society. You can, however, prevent genetic diseases. Cancer susceptibility, neurological disorders, any kind of birth defect could be remedied just after conception.
Nobody is talking about Fourth Reich-style mass exterminations of people, for any reason. This is about preventing diseases and syndromes which directly prevent a person either contributing to society in any meaningful way, make them a significant burden on the healthcare system, or significantly shorten their lifespan to the point of it being next to pointless them even being born.
Here's an anecdote for you. I had a cousin with a brain tumour. He died at age 7. Up until that point, he had undergone multiple surgeries, numerous rounds of aggressive chemotherapy, and spent more time in a hospital bed than anywhere else. He did some great things, like meeting his favourite football team, but the most time was spent either unconscious or violently ill. Are you telling me that this is the life you would prefer your child to have if you had the option of disabling the gene which would cause the tumour? I can't see how any rational person can decide against it.
TL;DR: Well done for trotting out some straw men. Too bad you missed the point.
He didn't stipulate that it was his job. He didn't even stipulate that it was in the daytime.
Or that he was fully clothed.
No way! Pro's would hack all IP's simultaneously
I'm not going to post the IP address here since that probably violates the TOS of Slashdot or something...
Uhhh... wut? You have a real short memory, bud.
Now that guy got *puts on sunglasses* framed.
"Think of it as caller ID. You know who is calling you because caller ID tells you. Well, this is the internet equivalent of their phone number, and the ISP has an internet caller ID system. All they need is for you to give them this number, and they can tell you who pays the bills, and their address."
Similar anecdote regarding a question on a mock GCSE paper.
Q: A friend of your gets a virus on his computer. Do you:
a) Give him a copy of your antivirus software.
b) Tell him to go buy some antivirus software from a store.
c) Leave him to it, it's probably nothing.
d) [Some other dogshit answer].
Seeing as this didn't account for anything apart from letting the teacher know, once again, that I knew more about the technical side of ICT than she did, I answered a). I was given a mini lecture about copyright (you meant software licensing, love), theft (good one), file sharing, and some crappy analogies. Obviously my reply was "My antivirus program is free. Look up AVG on Google. And ClamAV."
Needless to say I was still wrong. Still, IT GCSE is almost "This is a CD drive, this is a keyboard, this is how you make text bold in a seven year old office package" anyway.
A paedophile may be an excellent teacher. Not saying we should put child molesters in schools, just saying that those two statements aren't mutually exclusive.
Considering the last line of your comment, I'd have thought you'd pick up on that.
In 2003 I got ripped off by a seller fraudulently selling graphics cards. It was featured in the national news in the UK... Kid bought cars, went on holiday etc with the money he made. Didn't hide it all. Out of a £230 transaction, I had £2.24 returned to me by PayPal and they closed the call. Paypal's dispute resolution people told me that they considered the fact that I had any money returned as a successful outcome, and the case was closed. They'd do nothing more.
Paypal may well have improved dramatically in the past 7 years, but there are many people who have been burned by scams like this through fraudulent eBay transactions, supposedly protected by Paypal's fraud protection which at the time meant precisely dick all. I've not used Paypal, or eBay, since. I'll never use them again. Much like a child learning why mommy said not to touch the iron, at least I'll only be burned once.
Google cares. Honestly.
Money is the language of corporations, and Zynga / Bookface generate more per hour than you make in a year. They're not going to miss you. They're not going to miss the entirety of Slashdot. We are the informed minority, and our protest will be drowned out by the sound of 30m $0.99 digital livestock purchase, or a $0.59 pixel rake.
Uhhh... Apple refuses to support Flash on its mobile devices. I think your Megacorp should have been Micro'dobegooglesoft.
Waive your right to sue? That's pretty outrageous... Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract?
+1, I've already commented.
/. RSS feed doesn't support the Author tag, it's ineffective. I've tried filtering by post, title, body, author, and tag. None are effective. PITA.
I've tried using FeedRinse to filter his name out, but because the
You know damn well that in the future post nuclear-apocalyptic dystopia, gasoline is the currency of choice.
Or Nuka-Cola bottle caps.
Europa?! Have NASA learned nothing?!
I don't think turning up at a girl's front door in a re-breather and stating "I'm a real fan of caving" will sound anywhere near as funny to her as it does to him.
Oh don't start... You'll dig yourself a hole, and find yourself in deeper than you wished.