I'll run. I've allready got an overinflated self worth. Being president won't change me one bit. And I'm a total geek. And best of all, I'm not a liberal or a conservative. I'm a moderate!
"We have an MCSE in our group, he's a shining example. He asked me for the administrator password to get into a 95 box. I laughed at him and it took him 2 days to figure out how to bypass the security on the 95 machine."
While this certainly appears funny, this story once again raises a serious, IMO, side effect of the MS training machine. It's people like this who end up designing a network only to have it `h4X0red' and creating some giant `blame someone' game. Sure, this person might lose their job for being a moron, but the damage is usually allready done by that time.
Net result? The industry looks unstable, and insecure to the general non-technical crowd who aren't in the know. I know what a MCSE does to get that piece of paper, and I know that doing those things or getting the actual paper does nothing to actually guarantee anything except a minimal level of understanding.
But this might just be me holding NT admins to a level of excellence only uni* admins ever seem to strive for.
I submit that when a sentient being is produced, it won't be classified as `technology' so much as `people'. At least in pertenance to the effect of technology in society. Perhaps I'll update this premise.
No one forces anyone to accept a beta version of Linux in order to be supported properly. I'm not even running the 2.2 kernel on my server and I feel no pressure to update from Linus. But I do know, that if I wanted to, I could download the latest developement kernel and help beta test Linux. Sure, the stable releases of Linux aren't always perfect, but they are very stable and have few problems. Something I rather enjoy rather than having no choice via MS.
I don't know if reading this article and resulting posts makes me sad or not. Someone stands up to voice the same opinion as many people on Slashdot hold and he gets attacked. No wonder OSS has such a lingering bad taste in people's mouths. Nothing like trying to help out and having the people on your side question your motives and character. Face value people. It still exists.
"The problem with air superiority is that it cannot translate into ground superiority for the very reason that you cannot monitor everything that's going on on the ground when you're a thousand feet up going 500 miles per hour."
Yes, we can. We have orbital superiority right now. Our spy satellites and communications satellites allow us to watch the ground and know what's going on. Our AWACs and other air based tactical planes allow the same capability.
The point is that when a ground unit moves in against another ground unit, the ground unit with air support wins. Especially if the other ground units air support was totally vanquished earlier in the conflict.
"One problem with aliens invading us is that never has air superiority ever translated to ground superiority--which means they eventually have to land on the ground."
Um, once someone has orbit superiority, they can blow up any of our air planes. Then they have air superiority and they can blow up any of our ground troops. Then they have ground superiority and they won. Why do you think the US works so hard to obtain air superiority in modern warfare? It is the KEY to ground superiority.
Thanks for enlightening us all with your bitterness. Now I know more and am a better person for it.
Next time you feel like bringing up a point, try to keep in mind that not all of us know everything. You seem to think I do know everything but that I somehow oppress the black man. Spout your hateism someplace else.
"If the same thing were planned today, there would be tons of protests... back then it would have probably been "Yay for us!"..."
I think that back then, the general public felt the government was noble and honorable and would do no wrong. Today, I think we know better. How would you feel about your government blowing up atom bombs on the moon after they killed 4 students at Kent State.
I know others have made this point, but I have something so say about this.
"Your analogy is bad, because the air has no control over what sound it transmit, no will of its own. Thus, it cannot be sued anymore than the ocean. If you can't understand that difference, then I seriously pity you."
Exactly the point I was trying to make. The air has no control over what sound it transmits and Slashdot and Andover have no control over what is posted. It's that simple. Even if Slashdot removes the posts, it won't change the fact that they were posted. What you are suggesting is that Slashdot can prevent someont from posting news based on the content. If that were true, we wouldn't even be having this conversation, I'm sure.
So, as you can see, my analogy does work. Slashdot == Air.
"Another time, he had some none-too-favourable comments about OpenGL, claiming that Carmack was the only one who could 'afford' to take an ideological stand.
To me, this seems to intone that Tim Sweeney thinks Carmack can choose The Right Thing because he's got a legion of Quake-Heads who will buy anything he writes. But maybe, just maybe, Carmack has a legion of Quake-Heads who will purchase anything he writes BECAUSE he takes a stand and uses The Right Thing instead of bowing to pressure from other companies.
IIRC, Carmack was told many times that his ideas for Castle Wolfenstein couldn't possibly be done on a modern PC (486 at the time). Had Carmack decided to go with the flow, I don't think Tim Sweeney would even be listened to. IMO of course.
"I'm not surprised if Epic arrived at this decision as a result of lackluster enthusiasm from their Linux port of Unreal Tournament."
Yes, a lack of enthusiasm on THEIR part. I run a rather large LAN party and I try very hard to run Linux for my game servers. But when the guy doing the Linux ports doesn't give a fucking shit about the port, what do you do? Epic has EARNED their Linux enthusiasm, not had it dumped on them.
I don't know. I tend to see Slashdot as a digital manifestation of the toothpaste tube analogy of free speech. Once you say something, it's out. You said it and you are responsible. You can't (easily) put the paste back into the tube. If that means MS sues some Slashdot posters for violating their EULA, that's fine. And if that means the penalties are worse for making their code available for all time in the anals of Slashdot, so be it. Slashdot is no different (in my eyes) than the air that carries my words from my mouth to the ears of those who are near me. Can MS sue the air? They can try, I'm certain.
Free Speech is something we all say we want. Well, those people who posted the material that MS owns (supposedly) have got Free Speech and they used it. Good or bad, that's the extent of it. DMCA, Copyright law, EULAs all mean crap when applied to the air, so why should it mean anything to Slashdot? This is a good time, IMHO, to show people that the DMCA should not apply to forums of Free Speech in any circumstance.
"If you buy something that you think is cocaine, but actually turns out to be baking powder you are still guilty of purchasing drugs in the eyes of the law. The same for selling fake drugs."
This is going to vary, but usually this actually results in a charge of Attempt to Posses Nacotics. If a man lies dead and you feel he is sleeping and you shoot a bullet through his heart, you are guilty of attempted murder.
I have been contemplating marketing a new line of crackers. I would name them Hackers(tm). All of my commercial spots would revolve around the obvious misnaming of the snack food.
Jim: Want some Hackers(tm)? John: Wait! These are crackers! Jim: No, look, the box says Hackers(tm)! John: It's obviously wrong, these are crackers!
Hehehe. Even if you guys don't think it's funny, I laugh quite a bit at my ideas. Hehehe.
Slashdot Mirror
In any conflict, as one side's evilness approaches infinity, the other side's "Good Guy" index increases at the same rate.
Bad Mojo
I'll run. I've allready got an overinflated self worth. Being president won't change me one bit. And I'm a total geek. And best of all, I'm not a liberal or a conservative. I'm a moderate!
Woo hoo! Vote for me!
Bad Mojo
"We have an MCSE in our group, he's a shining example. He asked me for the administrator password to get into a 95 box. I laughed at him and it took him 2 days to figure out how to bypass the security on the 95 machine."
While this certainly appears funny, this story once again raises a serious, IMO, side effect of the MS training machine. It's people like this who end up designing a network only to have it `h4X0red' and creating some giant `blame someone' game. Sure, this person might lose their job for being a moron, but the damage is usually allready done by that time.
Net result? The industry looks unstable, and insecure to the general non-technical crowd who aren't in the know. I know what a MCSE does to get that piece of paper, and I know that doing those things or getting the actual paper does nothing to actually guarantee anything except a minimal level of understanding.
But this might just be me holding NT admins to a level of excellence only uni* admins ever seem to strive for.
Bad Mojo
Of all the posts I've seen you make, this one is the MOST obtuse. ;)
Bad Mojo
Eventually mankind will create a board with a nail in it so big that he will destroy himself. Hahahahaha!
Bad Mojo
This bring a whole new meaning to being an Open Source advocate. I can't wait!
Bad Mojo
"That said, someone needs to stop running around yelling "The sky is falling, the sky is falling"."
And what sucks is, that if enough people do this, the sky just might fall.
Bad Mojo
I submit that when a sentient being is produced, it won't be classified as `technology' so much as `people'. At least in pertenance to the effect of technology in society. Perhaps I'll update this premise.
Technology doesn't solve problems. Sentient beings solve problems.
Bad Mojo
But we exist outside even our own rules. You might be a cog in a big machine, but I choose to be the wrench!
Bad Mojo
"Technology solves problems."
I remind you of the first rule of Technosociology. "Technology doesn't solve problems. People solve problems."
A flawed premise is no place to start an argument.
Bad Mojo
No one forces anyone to accept a beta version of Linux in order to be supported properly. I'm not even running the 2.2 kernel on my server and I feel no pressure to update from Linus. But I do know, that if I wanted to, I could download the latest developement kernel and help beta test Linux. Sure, the stable releases of Linux aren't always perfect, but they are very stable and have few problems. Something I rather enjoy rather than having no choice via MS.
Bad Mojo
I don't know if reading this article and resulting posts makes me sad or not. Someone stands up to voice the same opinion as many people on Slashdot hold and he gets attacked. No wonder OSS has such a lingering bad taste in people's mouths. Nothing like trying to help out and having the people on your side question your motives and character. Face value people. It still exists.
Bad Mojo
"The problem with air superiority is that it cannot translate into ground superiority for the very reason that you cannot monitor everything that's going on on the ground when you're a thousand feet up going 500 miles per hour."
Yes, we can. We have orbital superiority right now. Our spy satellites and communications satellites allow us to watch the ground and know what's going on. Our AWACs and other air based tactical planes allow the same capability.
The point is that when a ground unit moves in against another ground unit, the ground unit with air support wins. Especially if the other ground units air support was totally vanquished earlier in the conflict.
Bad Mojo
"One problem with aliens invading us is that never has air superiority ever translated to ground superiority--which means they eventually have to land on the ground."
Um, once someone has orbit superiority, they can blow up any of our air planes. Then they have air superiority and they can blow up any of our ground troops. Then they have ground superiority and they won. Why do you think the US works so hard to obtain air superiority in modern warfare? It is the KEY to ground superiority.
Bad Mojo
Thanks for enlightening us all with your bitterness. Now I know more and am a better person for it.
Next time you feel like bringing up a point, try to keep in mind that not all of us know everything. You seem to think I do know everything but that I somehow oppress the black man. Spout your hateism someplace else.
Bad Mojo
"If the same thing were planned today, there would be tons of protests... back then it would have probably been "Yay for us!"..."
I think that back then, the general public felt the government was noble and honorable and would do no wrong. Today, I think we know better. How would you feel about your government blowing up atom bombs on the moon after they killed 4 students at Kent State.
Bad Mojo
I know others have made this point, but I have something so say about this.
"Your analogy is bad, because the air has no control over what sound it transmit, no will of its own. Thus, it cannot be sued anymore than the ocean. If you can't understand that difference, then I seriously pity you."
Exactly the point I was trying to make. The air has no control over what sound it transmits and Slashdot and Andover have no control over what is posted. It's that simple. Even if Slashdot removes the posts, it won't change the fact that they were posted. What you are suggesting is that Slashdot can prevent someont from posting news based on the content. If that were true, we wouldn't even be having this conversation, I'm sure.
So, as you can see, my analogy does work. Slashdot == Air.
Bad Mojo
"Another time, he had some none-too-favourable comments about OpenGL, claiming that Carmack was the only one who could 'afford' to take an ideological stand.
To me, this seems to intone that Tim Sweeney thinks Carmack can choose The Right Thing because he's got a legion of Quake-Heads who will buy anything he writes. But maybe, just maybe, Carmack has a legion of Quake-Heads who will purchase anything he writes BECAUSE he takes a stand and uses The Right Thing instead of bowing to pressure from other companies.
IIRC, Carmack was told many times that his ideas for Castle Wolfenstein couldn't possibly be done on a modern PC (486 at the time). Had Carmack decided to go with the flow, I don't think Tim Sweeney would even be listened to. IMO of course.
Bad Mojo
"I'm not surprised if Epic arrived at this decision as a result of lackluster enthusiasm from their Linux port of Unreal Tournament."
Yes, a lack of enthusiasm on THEIR part. I run a rather large LAN party and I try very hard to run Linux for my game servers. But when the guy doing the Linux ports doesn't give a fucking shit about the port, what do you do? Epic has EARNED their Linux enthusiasm, not had it dumped on them.
Bad Mojo
I don't know. I tend to see Slashdot as a digital manifestation of the toothpaste tube analogy of free speech. Once you say something, it's out. You said it and you are responsible. You can't (easily) put the paste back into the tube. If that means MS sues some Slashdot posters for violating their EULA, that's fine. And if that means the penalties are worse for making their code available for all time in the anals of Slashdot, so be it. Slashdot is no different (in my eyes) than the air that carries my words from my mouth to the ears of those who are near me. Can MS sue the air? They can try, I'm certain.
;)
Free Speech is something we all say we want. Well, those people who posted the material that MS owns (supposedly) have got Free Speech and they used it. Good or bad, that's the extent of it. DMCA, Copyright law, EULAs all mean crap when applied to the air, so why should it mean anything to Slashdot? This is a good time, IMHO, to show people that the DMCA should not apply to forums of Free Speech in any circumstance.
Now, take a deep breath of Slashdot.
Bad Mojo
When it comes to Karma on Slashdot, it's the getting, not the having that matters. ;)
Bad Mojo
"... this might signal a new phase in the human utilization of space."
/root]#w
I wonder what the load average of space is now?
[root@space
1:02pm up 71 days, 3:33, ALOT users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Bad Mojo
And if he's not available, I am a great lawyer. I've never lost a case! And I'll work for almost nothing!
"It does NOT make sense!"
Bad Mojo
"If you buy something that you think is cocaine, but actually turns out to be baking powder you are still guilty of purchasing drugs in the eyes of the law. The same for selling fake drugs."
This is going to vary, but usually this actually results in a charge of Attempt to Posses Nacotics. If a man lies dead and you feel he is sleeping and you shoot a bullet through his heart, you are guilty of attempted murder.
Or that's how it's supposed to go.
Bad Mojo
I have been contemplating marketing a new line of crackers. I would name them Hackers(tm). All of my commercial spots would revolve around the obvious misnaming of the snack food.
Jim: Want some Hackers(tm)?
John: Wait! These are crackers!
Jim: No, look, the box says Hackers(tm)!
John: It's obviously wrong, these are crackers!
Hehehe. Even if you guys don't think it's funny, I laugh quite a bit at my ideas. Hehehe.
Bad Mojo