I have more of a problem with the classification of sex offender. People get that title from pissing in a forest, to having consensual sex with someone a mere 2 years younger than them. If you really think that a 15-year-old is not competent enough to consent to sex, then you obviously don't remember being 15.
This is sadly a major blow to free speech and anonymity. I know many people usually think that they should be suppressed this much to prevent these things from happening, however, having services such as anonymous calling eliminated is not the solution. I hate it when people say that "free speech doesn't mean you can yell 'fire' in a crowded theater", because it was actually used in the case of "Schenck v. United States", in which Schenck was ONLY PROTESTING WITH LEAFLETS AGAINST THE WWI DRAFT, not manipulating people to cause any damage (it pisses me off that Schenck lost since it was one of the largest blows to the constitution). The solution to stopping events like these is information. People yelling 'fire' in a crowded theater? Take measures to assure the crowd that only the designated alarms will indicate danger, and when those fail, only the employees wearing distinguished clothes are to be listened to. Yes, I know that we can't stop all tragedies like this, and there are ways to get around them, but playing the despot and banning anonymity will have far worse consequences from people with more selfish ambitions.
The great advantage of those servers is that you can have the power of a supercomputer without its cost. Theoretically, you can pay as much as you would for a console, and it's like you and many people chipping in to buy a really high-end PC. This way, you can use the place like a cloud server to perform massive calculations that serve to execute games that conventional technology wouldn't be able to handle, thus allowing for really intricate games that the gaming community has never seen before. I think that your computer will be doing some work however. It will most likely compress the I/O, which might allow for such a high amount of data transfer to be feasible. Even of there is a high amount of latency, the games can be designed to get around it to create a whole new game market that will prevent it from driving others off the market. Examples could include truly evolutionary games that use powerful algorithms and detailed graphics in a game where the player does the part of natural selection for the body and behavior of a creature to make a civilization (Spore on steroids if you will). Or it can make a turn based strategy game that relies heavily on a physics engine that makes real life look less sharp.
I've never really realized how subconsciously evil I am until this topic was brought up. I'm usually a care-bear when it comes to online play, but when it comes to computers, I'm a total dick. For instance, in Spore I would pay all my allies to fight against each other in an effort to start a mindless massacre. In Oblivion, I would kill a whole town by using command humanoid to gather them, then casting a giant frenzy spell to start a mindless massacre (you can start to see the trend there). Then in other strategy games, I like to destroy everything except their main base. Then I build up a massive army of the strongest artillery, surround it, and then blast the bajesus out of it.
Don't forget they've been bought out, so they're not the Blizzard they used to be. It could be that "Blizzard" is working on some DRM which has really been disguised as Battle.net (i.e. you have to connect to it to verify your installation). Watch your step "Blizzard", because it wont be hard for hackers to offer the LAN support you were so quick to deny your fans, nor will it be difficult to set up a pirate server that out-competes the "wonderful experience" battle.net might have in store.
We're still a long way to legalizing cannabis. The biggest problem is the misinformation that organizations like DARE throw about. Hell, some of my friends still argue with me that THC is a hallucinogen and has a biological basis for addiction.
Actually, they were proud of what they did, not just doing their job. FTA (chief of the investigation no less):
"Piracy, counterfeiting and other intellectual property rights violations not only cost U.S. businesses jobs and billions of dollars a year in lost revenue, they can also pose significant health and safety risks to consumers," he said.
Counterfeiting and piracy have grown in recent years in both magnitude and complexity, according to ICE. Industry and trade associations estimate that counterfeiting and piracy now cost the U.S. economy as much as $250 billion a year and a total of 750,000 American jobs.
I wonder what his source of information is. Oh the MAFIAA? Thought so. Next thing you know they're going to release videos saying it supports terrorism and child molesters.
There are currently no laws stating that minors must wear clothes inside the house, so tell them not to. Then, the government records CP and they all burn at the stake!! It's flawless!!
Wouldn't that be nice!
No, what would actually happen is, the government would argue that the parents knew there were cameras in the house, so that by allowing their children to be nude in the house, they were complicit in the production of CP. Oh, I almost forgot! The kids knew it too, so they were also CP producers. So, they can pretty much throw the lot of them in jail, which is what they wanted in the first place, what with those being "the worst families in England." The government gets off clean because they can just argue that the purpose of the cameras wasn't to make CP, but was to rehabilitate those families, and part of rehabilitation is hiding their filthy, nasty, disgusting, sinful bodies at all times. So it's a double-strike against the families, and the government are heroes!
The one I'm waiting for isn't government sponsored. It's the biggest troll the world has ever known: A worm set up with a payload of hardcore CP, that sends emails to the FBI (truthfully!) alerting them that the host computer contains CP. I'm actually surprised this hasn't already been done several times now, let alone ever! You know, if your motive is mischief rather than money, why ruin mere data when you could ruin whole lives?
Someone mod this AC up. I was trying to be a wise ass, but this is a pretty good prediction of the implications of the proposed law.
There are currently no laws stating that minors must wear clothes inside the house, so tell them not to. Then, the government records CP and they all burn at the stake!! It's flawless!!
Put up a page for all Dutch users saying that they have been banned, then provide links on how to circumvent the ban. Any lawyer here know if they can get away with that?
Thanks for telling me this. You see, I am an inept and computer illiterate terrorist. We all are, since none of us are smart enough to get an education. Hell, I barely managed to read this web page, and all my dumb terrorist buddies simply couldn't. We go to www.I-AM-A-TERRORIST.com all the time, and if I didn't get the heads-up, we would all be in jail now. You guys were smart to allocate resources to this sure-fire way to catch us. Oh well, time to get back to using the internet for evil, not good.
This is pretty much why I support pirating. Yea, it is stealing, but you know what? Fuck them. They have enough money to run the world and they're still not satisfied. I'm not going to give them one red cent when they're exploiting the work of everyone else while thinking that they deserve everything. Want a solid example of the assholes you think might suffer because of copyright violation? My super sweet 16 (I've never seen a full episode because it gets me so pissed). All those spoiled little shits that cry when they only get 3 fucking sports cars will grow up. And when they do, their shitty little attitude and ineptitude for anything short of doing what it takes to get what they want will stay with them. Quite frankly, holding back their revenue through theft is the only way to truly make a difference, or at least prevent things from getting more sour.
What I would do is find someone who's well acquainted in the field, then tell him your idea in great detail. If it's a bad idea, nothing lost, if it's a good idea, you can threaten to slaughter his whole family.
Actually, I prayed the day would come where we observe speciation. Wait a sec. Damn, he does exist. I guess it's back to offering virgin sacrifices to the great lord Zuthulu.
Going back on topic here, what you really want is a way to get them into science. Kids are already curious and easily amused, so you've already won half the battle. Just get them science toys, videos, and equipment, and take trips to aquariums, science museums, and planetariums. I remember my first microscope. I was eight and I wouldn't put the damn thing down. You'd be surprised how much people get inspired by the sheer beauty of science. And if you really want to geekify them, get them Lego Mindstorms. A science hero to look up to usually comes after they start learning more and see who discovered what.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but even if we do have this magical 'soul', doesn't that mean it would just adhere to a set of rules that can still allow it to be manipulated? Let's face it, even if something is magic and mysterious, it can still be deciphered (and if it has an influence, then it must be possible to influence it). Hell, there's a lot of people trying to justify the existence of a soul with quantum physics, so it wouldn't be much of a stretch to say you could hack it with a quantum computer.
Not entirely. Remember that there is technology to hide what you are truly doing on the internet. ISPs banning you on a whim is easy because they don't have to prove anything. Now you just have to say that you use an encrypted p2p video chat network (with high resolution or some other lie to cover up excessive seeding) and it will make the judge look really bad if he rubber stamps anything. Plus, you might be able to make an appeal. Still, I don't think this law will be tolerated for long if the other wasn't. Really sleazy for them to do this if you ask me.
I would use my mod points to help you, but I think it's best to post a reply telling future moderators that the above is not a troll. That is what I thought before clicking the link. This is in fact a post spreading the awareness of child abuse in South Africa (at times resulting in gang-rape of an infant) because of the foolish and terrible myth that having sex with a virgin infant can cure your AIDS. Click on the link and help with the petition if you are interested
Does anyone else see the irony in this post? No? Well that's because all of us have the great advantage of the neocortex. You see, when you see a word in context, even if it's spelled wrong its meaning is properly interpreted. I know it's useless to yell at you grammar Nazis, but I have this small shimmer of hope that this message will make the following posters WRITE ABOUT FUCKING SOLAR ENERGY.
I was told by a doctor and many people in the fitness world that diet is many many times more important than exercise. There is no workout (save for long-distance Olympic training maybe) that can work of an extremely terrible diet. For best results from a diet, you need the right ratio of caloric intake. Try this website: http://www.mikesfitness.com/article_fitnessguide.php
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I have more of a problem with the classification of sex offender. People get that title from pissing in a forest, to having consensual sex with someone a mere 2 years younger than them. If you really think that a 15-year-old is not competent enough to consent to sex, then you obviously don't remember being 15.
Me and my Canadian buddy have now decided that anything that ends with a capital 'A' is now evil and must be destroyed.
This is sadly a major blow to free speech and anonymity. I know many people usually think that they should be suppressed this much to prevent these things from happening, however, having services such as anonymous calling eliminated is not the solution. I hate it when people say that "free speech doesn't mean you can yell 'fire' in a crowded theater", because it was actually used in the case of "Schenck v. United States", in which Schenck was ONLY PROTESTING WITH LEAFLETS AGAINST THE WWI DRAFT, not manipulating people to cause any damage (it pisses me off that Schenck lost since it was one of the largest blows to the constitution). The solution to stopping events like these is information. People yelling 'fire' in a crowded theater? Take measures to assure the crowd that only the designated alarms will indicate danger, and when those fail, only the employees wearing distinguished clothes are to be listened to. Yes, I know that we can't stop all tragedies like this, and there are ways to get around them, but playing the despot and banning anonymity will have far worse consequences from people with more selfish ambitions.
The great advantage of those servers is that you can have the power of a supercomputer without its cost. Theoretically, you can pay as much as you would for a console, and it's like you and many people chipping in to buy a really high-end PC. This way, you can use the place like a cloud server to perform massive calculations that serve to execute games that conventional technology wouldn't be able to handle, thus allowing for really intricate games that the gaming community has never seen before. I think that your computer will be doing some work however. It will most likely compress the I/O, which might allow for such a high amount of data transfer to be feasible. Even of there is a high amount of latency, the games can be designed to get around it to create a whole new game market that will prevent it from driving others off the market. Examples could include truly evolutionary games that use powerful algorithms and detailed graphics in a game where the player does the part of natural selection for the body and behavior of a creature to make a civilization (Spore on steroids if you will). Or it can make a turn based strategy game that relies heavily on a physics engine that makes real life look less sharp.
Am I... am I supposed to type with my penis?
I've never really realized how subconsciously evil I am until this topic was brought up. I'm usually a care-bear when it comes to online play, but when it comes to computers, I'm a total dick. For instance, in Spore I would pay all my allies to fight against each other in an effort to start a mindless massacre. In Oblivion, I would kill a whole town by using command humanoid to gather them, then casting a giant frenzy spell to start a mindless massacre (you can start to see the trend there). Then in other strategy games, I like to destroy everything except their main base. Then I build up a massive army of the strongest artillery, surround it, and then blast the bajesus out of it.
Don't forget they've been bought out, so they're not the Blizzard they used to be. It could be that "Blizzard" is working on some DRM which has really been disguised as Battle.net (i.e. you have to connect to it to verify your installation). Watch your step "Blizzard", because it wont be hard for hackers to offer the LAN support you were so quick to deny your fans, nor will it be difficult to set up a pirate server that out-competes the "wonderful experience" battle.net might have in store.
We're still a long way to legalizing cannabis. The biggest problem is the misinformation that organizations like DARE throw about. Hell, some of my friends still argue with me that THC is a hallucinogen and has a biological basis for addiction.
Actually, they were proud of what they did, not just doing their job. FTA (chief of the investigation no less):
"Piracy, counterfeiting and other intellectual property rights violations not only cost U.S. businesses jobs and billions of dollars a year in lost revenue, they can also pose significant health and safety risks to consumers," he said.
Counterfeiting and piracy have grown in recent years in both magnitude and complexity, according to ICE. Industry and trade associations estimate that counterfeiting and piracy now cost the U.S. economy as much as $250 billion a year and a total of 750,000 American jobs.
I wonder what his source of information is. Oh the MAFIAA? Thought so. Next thing you know they're going to release videos saying it supports terrorism and child molesters.
There are currently no laws stating that minors must wear clothes inside the house, so tell them not to. Then, the government records CP and they all burn at the stake!! It's flawless!!
Wouldn't that be nice!
No, what would actually happen is, the government would argue that the parents knew there were cameras in the house, so that by allowing their children to be nude in the house, they were complicit in the production of CP. Oh, I almost forgot! The kids knew it too, so they were also CP producers. So, they can pretty much throw the lot of them in jail, which is what they wanted in the first place, what with those being "the worst families in England." The government gets off clean because they can just argue that the purpose of the cameras wasn't to make CP, but was to rehabilitate those families, and part of rehabilitation is hiding their filthy, nasty, disgusting, sinful bodies at all times. So it's a double-strike against the families, and the government are heroes!
The one I'm waiting for isn't government sponsored. It's the biggest troll the world has ever known: A worm set up with a payload of hardcore CP, that sends emails to the FBI (truthfully!) alerting them that the host computer contains CP. I'm actually surprised this hasn't already been done several times now, let alone ever! You know, if your motive is mischief rather than money, why ruin mere data when you could ruin whole lives?
Someone mod this AC up. I was trying to be a wise ass, but this is a pretty good prediction of the implications of the proposed law.
There are currently no laws stating that minors must wear clothes inside the house, so tell them not to. Then, the government records CP and they all burn at the stake!! It's flawless!!
Put up a page for all Dutch users saying that they have been banned, then provide links on how to circumvent the ban. Any lawyer here know if they can get away with that?
Thanks for telling me this. You see, I am an inept and computer illiterate terrorist. We all are, since none of us are smart enough to get an education. Hell, I barely managed to read this web page, and all my dumb terrorist buddies simply couldn't. We go to www.I-AM-A-TERRORIST.com all the time, and if I didn't get the heads-up, we would all be in jail now. You guys were smart to allocate resources to this sure-fire way to catch us. Oh well, time to get back to using the internet for evil, not good.
This is pretty much why I support pirating. Yea, it is stealing, but you know what? Fuck them. They have enough money to run the world and they're still not satisfied. I'm not going to give them one red cent when they're exploiting the work of everyone else while thinking that they deserve everything. Want a solid example of the assholes you think might suffer because of copyright violation? My super sweet 16 (I've never seen a full episode because it gets me so pissed). All those spoiled little shits that cry when they only get 3 fucking sports cars will grow up. And when they do, their shitty little attitude and ineptitude for anything short of doing what it takes to get what they want will stay with them. Quite frankly, holding back their revenue through theft is the only way to truly make a difference, or at least prevent things from getting more sour.
TFA claims that he has electromagnetic hypersensitivity, which apparently affects 2% of the population. For those of you who are too lazy to google, here you are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_hypersensitivity
What I would do is find someone who's well acquainted in the field, then tell him your idea in great detail. If it's a bad idea, nothing lost, if it's a good idea, you can threaten to slaughter his whole family.
And I'm going to infringe on your patent for vehicular homicide.
Actually, I prayed the day would come where we observe speciation. Wait a sec. Damn, he does exist. I guess it's back to offering virgin sacrifices to the great lord Zuthulu.
100% chance? That's almost a 99% chance! Quick place your bets!
(be gentle mods, I thought this was funny)
Going back on topic here, what you really want is a way to get them into science. Kids are already curious and easily amused, so you've already won half the battle. Just get them science toys, videos, and equipment, and take trips to aquariums, science museums, and planetariums. I remember my first microscope. I was eight and I wouldn't put the damn thing down. You'd be surprised how much people get inspired by the sheer beauty of science. And if you really want to geekify them, get them Lego Mindstorms. A science hero to look up to usually comes after they start learning more and see who discovered what.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but even if we do have this magical 'soul', doesn't that mean it would just adhere to a set of rules that can still allow it to be manipulated? Let's face it, even if something is magic and mysterious, it can still be deciphered (and if it has an influence, then it must be possible to influence it). Hell, there's a lot of people trying to justify the existence of a soul with quantum physics, so it wouldn't be much of a stretch to say you could hack it with a quantum computer.
Not entirely. Remember that there is technology to hide what you are truly doing on the internet. ISPs banning you on a whim is easy because they don't have to prove anything. Now you just have to say that you use an encrypted p2p video chat network (with high resolution or some other lie to cover up excessive seeding) and it will make the judge look really bad if he rubber stamps anything. Plus, you might be able to make an appeal. Still, I don't think this law will be tolerated for long if the other wasn't. Really sleazy for them to do this if you ask me.
I would use my mod points to help you, but I think it's best to post a reply telling future moderators that the above is not a troll. That is what I thought before clicking the link. This is in fact a post spreading the awareness of child abuse in South Africa (at times resulting in gang-rape of an infant) because of the foolish and terrible myth that having sex with a virgin infant can cure your AIDS. Click on the link and help with the petition if you are interested
just assume that its okay to submit.
Does anyone else see the irony in this post? No? Well that's because all of us have the great advantage of the neocortex. You see, when you see a word in context, even if it's spelled wrong its meaning is properly interpreted. I know it's useless to yell at you grammar Nazis, but I have this small shimmer of hope that this message will make the following posters WRITE ABOUT FUCKING SOLAR ENERGY.
I was told by a doctor and many people in the fitness world that diet is many many times more important than exercise. There is no workout (save for long-distance Olympic training maybe) that can work of an extremely terrible diet. For best results from a diet, you need the right ratio of caloric intake. Try this website: http://www.mikesfitness.com/article_fitnessguide.php
(p.s. I'm not plugging anything--it's free)