Nike has a fair ammount of legal clout which allows them to not be sued for crimes against little kiddies in sweatshops that work for food while I pay $90 for 'em
This is my first troll, i have ten karma, be as mean as you like
I've said this before, but this time I'll use bold:
Who is at more fault? The intruder, or the person who left the door unlocked and didn't tell anyone?
And IMHO it is almost always the negligence that I am more angry about. Selling a house to someone and keeping one of the keys, or making it so that if you turn the doorknob in a certain way also unlocks the house would get you sued and fired. Why do we put up with this crap in the Computer industry?!? Why is it permissible to leave backdoors, or to simply ignore security or privacy? But, to take up tyler's point of view, "But that's what I think, I could be wrong."
The one thing I don't understand is the major difference between console video game development and PC development (for games). In one area (PC) the best games are the ones left half, or completely, open. Things that come to mind are the excellent developments using Carmack's great engine design [raise your digital hand if you ever made some kind of mod for doom and put it on a bbs]. When you then take a look at the structure and attitude of console companies, they only now seem to be getting the idea that openness can help (with the release of some of the PS2 specs), but for a long time emulators and hacks were a bad idea... Always left me wondering why. Anyways, this is an old idea for PC games, but still a great thing to discuss. And whatever happened to that guy trying to close the source on his mod to quake1?
What do people expect to pay for one of these. I checked out the homepage, and a cursory glance did not reveal any price, but I mean... Jesus people, four G4's on a PCI bus! Woohoo! Time to break open my pickle jar bank account and sigh again. The SETI@home folks have just gotta be licking their chops. As well as anyone planning to Beowulf, "And now I run a six node cluster in one boxen!" that just sounds kinda odd......
bruhha, the grammar nazi requires his grammar checking gene to checked into! ^CHuCK^ ignores it, does not need it, nor ever will. You missed the fact that "to stay to steps ahead" should have been "to stay _two_ steps...."
I believe the difference between TV/newspapers and this is that other companies provide net access without advertising for the same price or less. But then again, AOL users are either just plain stoopid, or suckers.
We can rebuild Linus, we have the technology. We can change him, make him better. Give him yellow feet, and a prehensile tail [to write code faster]. Super sonic hearing, to stay to steps ahead of the evil redmond empire. Better sight to see the transmeta code in a new light. And strength of titanium, because that would be cool.
I remember about a year ago [before winamp == AOL], that there was a DSP plugin that came with the binary that allowed you to improve the audio quality by throwing garbage into the ultrahigh frequencies [30khz - 44khz]. The idea was that even though you did not "hear" in the conventional sense, the music sounded fuller on a system that suffeciently quality enough. I tried it out on my beloved stereo [two JBLs standing tall and true at 5 feet], and while I felt I could hear something I didn't know if it was the plugin or the crack. While this harmonic/fundamental stuff seems to be different, still made me think about this.. Anyone else remember this, or should I go back to my crack pipe?
more useless crap that the struggling developer has no want nor need to learn... Oh well, at least we can take some solace in the fact that it will never be called C Sharp, but reduced to the silly sounding C Pound/number symbol. Anyways, you script kiddies have fun with your new toy, im gonna stick to my C and Java [,and tcl/tk, and assembler, and scheme, and... yawn, snore]
will be the ones that sell something of value to consumer. In other words, take the cheapness of setting up shop on the net, buy a warehouse in the middle of kansas, and sell. In terms of getting more eyes, thats where the advertisements come in. In other words, thinkgeek is i site i'd never known about without advertising. And they make their money selling quite real stuff. Plus it doesn't help that they successfully target the right audience without asking you twenty questions [ahem - realplayer].
Both of them And I completely agree. But my anger would stay longer with the builder if he continued to do the same, or if he failed to warn other owners of houses he built, while the anger at the (non-burglar)intruder would go away once I learnt of the problem and moved or changed the locks. And then what would happen if the builder claimed that it wasn't his fault, because he took measures prevent illegal entry (under mat) and that the intruder should not do that anyways. Basically, its my belief that if you leave your car door open and something gets stolen from inside, its really your own bloody fault, even if the law says otherwise. But if the car comes with car locks that look like they work, but can be opened by lifting the handle for five seconds, then the responsibility rests with the assholes who sold you the car.
Theft and illegal entry will happen[hell, what guy didn't try when he was 13/14?], but failing to prevent the obvious is just as bad a crime, if not worse.
In the CNN interview But if a stranger came into your house, looked through everything, touched several items, and left (after building a small, out of the way door to be sure he could easily enter again), would you consider that harmless? So lets continue the analogie. What if the builder of your house left a spare key to your house under the mat without telling you, but has been known by people in the industry to this at every house he builds? Who would you be mad at? The person who got in without a challenge, or the person that gave him the opportunity.
This argument always comes up every other month with people, albeit this is the first time its appeared on/. My whole outlook on it is, if you don't care, then it goes away. When i buy clothes, i buy them because they are neat, or just feel right. I dont care where in the hell they come from. In fact, most of my t-shirts, as I'm betting is the same with a lot of other/.'s, are free. I wear them because they are free. Yes I have t-shirts with logo's and corporate messages, but I dont really consider it. Why does it really matter? Example: As of right now im wearing a t that says GIVE BLOOD, PLAY RUGBY in huge letters on the back, on the front (in little letters) it says Rugby Imports. Did i buy it because it said rugby imports? No! I bought it because i like rugby! Would i consider buying more stuff from rugby imports? Sure, they make good t-shirts. For those of you in college, i think you understand me when I say, "It doesn't really matter! Just give me the free t-shirt!" That's really how it goes. Okay, now do I go out and buy Abercrombie and Fitch, or Gucci, or even polo? No. Why? Because i could care less what the logo says and if it is that much more expensive to wear, then i won't, and I am betting most of you don't wear it either. But I bet most/.'s wear sneakers (probably Nike), because that is the geek motif. What is the geek motif? Comfortability I say. That means t-shirt, jeans, sneakers. Not complicated, and definitely not the most stylish, but cheap and cozy. T-shirt can have nothing, can have everything, but I bet you couldn't tell me what labels you are wearing right now without checking. Which brings me right back to the beginning of my argument, which simply was, "I [insert we if you want] don't care." We might care about the honest, hard working indeginous people of wherever when we are challenged think about it, but most of the time are label's our Intel, Microsoft, GNU, Linus (fish -- which i have), etc. And we have every right to support and dis those, because they apply to us. So feel free to show a company your support, just have a valid reason why, not just "because it costs more", because on slashdot, everything is FREE!
What I am trying to say is that do we really need this kind of functionality? What good has visual programming environments provided for windows? This is not an obnoxious question, I'm actually just making through now as an intern, and can get my jobs done faster by just using a commmand line anyways. Maybe the prob I have with it is this. The Linux solution to a graphical environment as far as I'm concerend is something along the lines of TCL/TK. Just put a wrapper around some decent code that already exists. I'm into systems progamming, but how many, really, how many useful apps have been made with something like delphi or visual c or whatever?
This is a rather strange story for/. Other stories you may soon see:
You can now check your mail in a completely hassle free environment known as outlook.
Use linux but want the power of office, try Sun's StarOffice
New technology GUI developed, this time its for Linux! Download X11 here
Actual, don't knock me off as a troll. I'm trying to say, why should I bother with Borland when I can use gcc/g++ and any ol' IDE (sorry about that obscure pun) that I want. I just don 't make sense. I already got dem tools But you for you windows boys, yes now you too can write programs for Linux!
I fixed the invalid form key problem. Use lynx!! Good old lynx, nice to know in this day and age there is still a web browser that can work on even neural networks. Ouch, that was a stretch to tie it into the topic.
Surprisingly MSNBC has the best coverage on all this stuff thats going on. Of course there's some bias, but it only makes the poor writer look like he's trying to give a fair estimate, while towing the company line. hehe, oh yeah, there's a poll there that i think you slashdotters will like.:-D
So.. a piece of paper soaked in vinegar could work as well as a potato... if not much better.
but its not as cool as potato! You see giving someone a smart alecky response produces a big YAWN! I could make one out of batteries, but thats no fun! Now, a fruit bowl powered one would be cool. Better yet, how about a computer that charges batteries for a server by a toilet flushing... I know mine is used enough to power my boxen. (a such is the bowels of college students)
chuck wanted to get i-opener, but his friend got one and that was good enough. I-opener have nice flatscreen LCD monitor and look swish in kitchen of college apartment. New doohickey seem like need some ugly monitor, but have infrared keyboard, which is nice, but not nice enough. I suggest:
take i-opener hack that you have
buy new thingy
Take (and this is the clever part) both doohickeys into a beowulf cluster. put one without monitor in some descrete location, put i-opener someplace pretty.
remove i-opener keyboard
now (i don't know how to do this, but im sure you could) tell i-opener to accept input from other doohickey
you now have twice the power and an infrared keyboard without taking out your solder gun!
Hey, how about rackmounting these new doohickeys? then these things would actually have a bit of muscle! And yes, before you ask, building frankenfreak computers is my hobby.
Slashdot Mirror
yeah well i have my own slashdot webpage right here
So nyahh nyahh nyahh
Nike has a fair ammount of legal clout
which allows them to not be sued for crimes against little kiddies in sweatshops that work for food while I pay $90 for 'em
This is my first troll, i have ten karma, be as mean as you like
Who is at more fault? The intruder, or the person who left the door unlocked and didn't tell anyone?
And IMHO it is almost always the negligence that I am more angry about. Selling a house to someone and keeping one of the keys, or making it so that if you turn the doorknob in a certain way also unlocks the house would get you sued and fired. Why do we put up with this crap in the Computer industry?!? Why is it permissible to leave backdoors, or to simply ignore security or privacy?
But, to take up tyler's point of view, "But that's what I think, I could be wrong."
The one thing I don't understand is the major difference between console video game development and PC development (for games). In one area (PC) the best games are the ones left half, or completely, open. Things that come to mind are the excellent developments using Carmack's great engine design [raise your digital hand if you ever made some kind of mod for doom and put it on a bbs]. When you then take a look at the structure and attitude of console companies, they only now seem to be getting the idea that openness can help (with the release of some of the PS2 specs), but for a long time emulators and hacks were a bad idea... Always left me wondering why.
Anyways, this is an old idea for PC games, but still a great thing to discuss. And whatever happened to that guy trying to close the source on his mod to quake1?
So that makes the Open Source movement a school of goldfish swimming with sharks! Yeah! Why do I always back the side that deserves to win?!
What do people expect to pay for one of these. I checked out the homepage, and a cursory glance did not reveal any price, but I mean... Jesus people, four G4's on a PCI bus! Woohoo! Time to break open my pickle jar bank account and sigh again.
The SETI@home folks have just gotta be licking their chops. As well as anyone planning to Beowulf, "And now I run a six node cluster in one boxen!"
that just sounds kinda odd......
JB: Well, why don't i just sue you?
Lawyer: Sue who?
JB: Sue you.
L: Sue me?
JB: Sue everybody!
brought to you by a bored intern
bruhha, the grammar nazi requires his grammar checking gene to checked into! ^CHuCK^ ignores it, does not need it, nor ever will. You missed the fact that "to stay to steps ahead" should have been "to stay _two_ steps...."
Grammar nazis suck, NARF!
I believe the difference between TV/newspapers and this is that other companies provide net access without advertising for the same price or less. But then again, AOL users are either just plain stoopid, or suckers.
We can rebuild Linus, we have the technology. We can change him, make him better. Give him yellow feet, and a prehensile tail [to write code faster]. Super sonic hearing, to stay to steps ahead of the evil redmond empire. Better sight to see the transmeta code in a new light. And strength of titanium, because that would be cool.
Let the patent wars begin!
I remember about a year ago [before winamp == AOL], that there was a DSP plugin that came with the binary that allowed you to improve the audio quality by throwing garbage into the ultrahigh frequencies [30khz - 44khz]. The idea was that even though you did not "hear" in the conventional sense, the music sounded fuller on a system that suffeciently quality enough. I tried it out on my beloved stereo [two JBLs standing tall and true at 5 feet], and while I felt I could hear something I didn't know if it was the plugin or the crack. While this harmonic/fundamental stuff seems to be different, still made me think about this..
Anyone else remember this, or should I go back to my crack pipe?
more useless crap that the struggling developer has no want nor need to learn... ... yawn, snore]
Oh well, at least we can take some solace in the fact that it will never be called C Sharp, but reduced to the silly sounding C Pound/number symbol. Anyways, you script kiddies have fun with your new toy, im gonna stick to my C and Java [,and tcl/tk, and assembler, and scheme, and
will be the ones that sell something of value to consumer. In other words, take the cheapness of setting up shop on the net, buy a warehouse in the middle of kansas, and sell. In terms of getting more eyes, thats where the advertisements come in. In other words, thinkgeek is i site i'd never known about without advertising. And they make their money selling quite real stuff. Plus it doesn't help that they successfully target the right audience without asking you twenty questions [ahem - realplayer].
And I completely agree. But my anger would stay longer with the builder if he continued to do the same, or if he failed to warn other owners of houses he built, while the anger at the (non-burglar)intruder would go away once I learnt of the problem and moved or changed the locks. And then what would happen if the builder claimed that it wasn't his fault, because he took measures prevent illegal entry (under mat) and that the intruder should not do that anyways.
Basically, its my belief that if you leave your car door open and something gets stolen from inside, its really your own bloody fault, even if the law says otherwise. But if the car comes with car locks that look like they work, but can be opened by lifting the handle for five seconds, then the responsibility rests with the assholes who sold you the car.
Theft and illegal entry will happen[hell, what guy didn't try when he was 13/14?], but failing to prevent the obvious is just as bad a crime, if not worse.
In the CNN interview
But if a stranger came into your house, looked through everything, touched several items, and left (after building a small, out of the way door to be sure he could easily enter again), would you consider that harmless?
So lets continue the analogie. What if the builder of your house left a spare key to your house under the mat without telling you, but has been known by people in the industry to this at every house he builds? Who would you be mad at? The person who got in without a challenge, or the person that gave him the opportunity.
Naked women.......mmmmmm :-)
I'm sold, now what are you selling?
Example: As of right now im wearing a t that says GIVE BLOOD, PLAY RUGBY in huge letters on the back, on the front (in little letters) it says Rugby Imports. Did i buy it because it said rugby imports? No! I bought it because i like rugby! Would i consider buying more stuff from rugby imports? Sure, they make good t-shirts.
For those of you in college, i think you understand me when I say, "It doesn't really matter! Just give me the free t-shirt!" That's really how it goes.
Okay, now do I go out and buy Abercrombie and Fitch, or Gucci, or even polo? No. Why? Because i could care less what the logo says and if it is that much more expensive to wear, then i won't, and I am betting most of you don't wear it either. But I bet most
What is the geek motif? Comfortability I say. That means t-shirt, jeans, sneakers. Not complicated, and definitely not the most stylish, but cheap and cozy. T-shirt can have nothing, can have everything, but I bet you couldn't tell me what labels you are wearing right now without checking.
Which brings me right back to the beginning of my argument, which simply was, "I [insert we if you want] don't care." We might care about the honest, hard working indeginous people of wherever when we are challenged think about it, but most of the time are label's our Intel, Microsoft, GNU, Linus (fish -- which i have), etc. And we have every right to support and dis those, because they apply to us. So feel free to show a company your support, just have a valid reason why, not just "because it costs more", because on slashdot, everything is FREE!
Thank you for reading my stream of conscious
What I am trying to say is that do we really need this kind of functionality? What good has visual programming environments provided for windows? This is not an obnoxious question, I'm actually just making through now as an intern, and can get my jobs done faster by just using a commmand line anyways.
Maybe the prob I have with it is this. The Linux solution to a graphical environment as far as I'm concerend is something along the lines of TCL/TK. Just put a wrapper around some decent code that already exists. I'm into systems progamming, but how many, really, how many useful apps have been made with something like delphi or visual c or whatever?
Other stories you may soon see:
- You can now check your mail in a completely hassle free environment known as outlook.
- Use linux but want the power of office, try Sun's StarOffice
- New technology GUI developed, this time its for Linux! Download X11 here
Actual, don't knock me off as a troll. I'm trying to say, why should I bother with Borland when I can use gcc/g++ and any ol' IDE (sorry about that obscure pun) that I want. I just don 't make sense. I already got dem toolsBut you for you windows boys, yes now you too can write programs for Linux!
I fixed the invalid form key problem. Use lynx!! Good old lynx, nice to know in this day and age there is still a web browser that can work on even neural networks. Ouch, that was a stretch to tie it into the topic.
Please use your brain like powers
DSL faster
This morning brought to you by crack
Surprisingly MSNBC has the best coverage on all this stuff thats going on. Of course there's some bias, but it only makes the poor writer look like he's trying to give a fair estimate, while towing the company line. hehe, oh yeah, there's a poll there that i think you slashdotters will like. :-D
but its not as cool as potato! You see giving someone a smart alecky response produces a big YAWN! I could make one out of batteries, but thats no fun! Now, a fruit bowl powered one would be cool. Better yet, how about a computer that charges batteries for a server by a toilet flushing... I know mine is used enough to power my boxen. (a such is the bowels of college students)
New doohickey seem like need some ugly monitor, but have infrared keyboard, which is nice, but not nice enough.
I suggest:
Hey, how about rackmounting these new doohickeys? then these things would actually have a bit of muscle! And yes, before you ask, building frankenfreak computers is my hobby.