Bullies can't be bought, bargained, or reasoned with - unless and until you attempt to reason with them, in terms that they can understand. Bullies enjoy inflicting pain and suffering, but they don't enjoy pain and suffering. When they are shown that attempting to inflict said pain on someone will cause THEM to suffer, they often do stop bullying. Or, in some cases, they just move to different targets that don't fight back.
Which brings us back to TFA. Understanding bullies and how to deal with them is a good thing, whether you are socially inept, or not. Conventional wisdom in dealing with bullies generally doesn't work, or teachers could and would routinely change the behaviour of bullies.
Actually - your sarcastic explanation of rape may not be as wrong as you assume. Give it some serious thought. In real life, I knew a girl who got rid of a a dog, because the dog didn't like her new boyfriend. I TOLD her that she should trust the dog's judgement. After years of abuse, and a divorce, she admitted that she should have kept the dog.
Of course, suggesting that people in general, and women in particular, choose to ignore hints, cues, and clues that they are in danger isn't going to win any friends or respect. Especially among the women's rights activists.
I think that almost everyone on slashdot also mentions that security is a process, not a product. The process is so much simpler on Linux, that Windows can't be compared.
Oh - wait - am I feeding one of those Windows shills? Never mind - carry on - act as if I never said anything.
On the other hand, there are PROVEN bad reactions to almost every vaccination. The next opportunity you get to watch a doctor stick needles into an infant or a young child, STAY ALERT. You will see that the legal guardian is offered brochures on each and every vaccination. Take those brochures, and read them. Take the information from them, and research.
The "selling point" of inoculations is not that they are safe - but that they are SAFER than going without.
I was both ignorant and complacent about the risks of those inoculations, until I met in person a mindless little vegetable who was the victim of early childhood vaccinations. The staff at the children's hospital had no doubts as to the cause of the child's condition. They openly told the parents that reactions to two vaccinations in combination had destroyed the child's nervous system. A chance in something like 20 million, but the chance is there.
As for inoculations containing mercury in any form - I'm against them. On the one hand, the environmentalists make a huge issue of mercury in any amount in the air, water, and food - then we have these huge corporations telling us that mercury is perfectly safe when they inject it into our bodies. Hmmmm. I'm not reassured.
There is an American attitude that "We are just always right, and anyone who opposes us is just crazy"
What do you think bin Laden is all about? You don't have to agree with him, to understand that he is REACTING to things the US has done. You don't have to respect him, to understand that the US helped to make him who and what he is. Just take an honest look at reality, and you'll realize that today's problems are at least partly the result of our past actions.
American arrogance is simply amazing. Odd, that we don't make portraits of our past presidents and congress critters with halos. I mean, American foreign policy is at least as infallible as the Catholic Church's papal infallibility, right?
A mere decade ago, I'd have laughed at your statement. Today? I almost agree with you - and I'm a US citizen! Bush changed things an awful lot when he launched that preemptive war on Iraq. Afghanistan, not so much, but Iraq certainly.
Uhhhh - which of those madmen has a missile that can reach the continental US? Kim il can't keep his dong up, and the Arabs don't even have a dong. (and now you know why they enjoy blowing themselves up among women and children - it's the only way they can get their DNA NEAR a woman!)
You're right, and you're not quite right. Sit in any courtroom in America, and watch the proceedings for a day or six. Many, many people WAIVE their rights to a trial by jury, and accept a plea bargain.
In some cases - that's bad, because the guy is not guilty, but is either intimidated into accepting the plea, or just can't afford good representation.
In a lot more cases, it's bad, because real dirt bags get sweet deals, and they'll be back on the streets real soon, victimizing more people.
Some cases, I guess it's good. Some people get busted, they KNOW they have done wrong, and decide to accept the plea - and it saves us a lot of money.
But, for the most part, when the feds get hold of you, you're pretty sure of a conviction, whether by jury, or by plea. We just don't see a LOT of people walking after the FBI charges them.
Far to few people give any thought to Carlin's comment. The spikes go in ALL cars. If the assholes who rearended you had spikes on THEIR steering columns, they wouldn't have run into you. The idiot drivers would be weeded out in a matter of months. Sure, we'd have a lot of funerals to attend to, but after the first year, it's all good.
I think that if everyone who reads slashdot went out and tested their own vehicles, they would all report different results. ASSUMING a new or well maintained vehicle, results will be similar to yours. But - not all cars are engineered the same. Worse, not all cars are properly maintained - I HAVE driven vehicles that had more powerful engines than brakes. Not a comforting feeling, to be honest.
An incidental bit of trivia: I remember signs on the interstate highways, warning that motorcycles with less than 60 braking horsepower were prohibited. The bike may only have a 5 horsepower engine, but it had BETTER have 60bhp!
I remember those big red kill switches. Back in the day of naturally aspirated diesel engines, and mechanical fuel pumps, a diesel sometimes didn't shut down when you turned the key off. You could always reach down, and pull up on that kill button, and mechanically shut down the fuel pump. It was like a lawnmower throttle cable, and hooked to a lever on the pump. Those things were rapidly disappearing when I started driving. There has never been one on an electric, computer controlled fuel pump, that I was aware of.
And, this should have been done as much as 6 years ago - and not less than 4 years ago.
I simply do not give a rat's arse for those who "depend" on IE6. Use a standards compliant browser, or stay off the intartubez. Try driving a ratheap rustbucket junker down the interstate highways, and see how far you get. The cops WILL be along shortly to impound the damned thing for the safety of more responsible people who also use the interstate.
"So why it that using a browser should be any different?"
Because, morally speaking, if your computer is made into part of a botnet that eventually steals billions of dollars, incidentally wiping out the savings of Ma and Pa Kettle - you are responsible.
Secure your system. The law may not come after you to get Ma and Pa Kettle's money back, but you're still a snake for helping to rip them off.
More seriously - you link to that page, with words that seem to indicate there are a LOT of Firefox exploits in the wild. Care to name some? The IRC exploit only counts as one.
One more time, I'll point up Firefox's main advantage over IE: Vulnerabilities are made public, and people actually address the vulnerabilities as quickly as possible. Firefox exploits aren't hidden under a mountain of shit by some corporate boss, so that he hopes they can go away.
IMHO, Firefox is just about as safe as a browser can be, today, based on current knowledge. It ranks right up there with Chrome and Opera, and Safari, and Konqueror.
IMHO, Internet Explorer MIGHT be almost as secure - if and when people finally upgrade from IE6 to at least 7, and preferably 8. MIGHT BE. You'll notice that MS didn't publicize this newest vulnerability, until Google and others had already done so.
Windows for Warships(TM) combat kit unaffected, says MoD
By Lewis Page Get more from this author
Posted in Malware, 15th January 2009 16:53 GMT
Free whitepaper - What Exchange can't do - and Dell can
The Ministry of Defence confirmed today that it has suffered virus infections which have shut down "a small number" of MoD systems, most notably including admin networks aboard Royal Navy warships.
The Navy computers infected are the NavyStar (N*) system, based on a server cabinet and cable-networked PCs on each warship and used for purposes such as storekeeping, email and similar support functions. N* ship nets connect to wider networks by shore connection when vessels are in harbour and using satcomms when at sea.
"On the other hand the elected officials who represent these people pass, modify and enforce laws making what the electorate has accepted as normal illegal."
And, there is the core problem. Elected officials forget who they work for. Instead of representing voters, they whore themselves out to the highest bidder. If all the facts could be laid out, and the VOTERS were to express their will by way of a series of referendums, we might end up with something that I disagree with, but something that I could live with. So long as a few lobbyists with bottomless pockets are calling the shots in Washington, I can do little more than express my contempt for the representatives.
Again - going back to my earlier post, there MUST be a separation between casual home users, and for-profit business users. Commercial interests were the original target of copyright laws, and private individuals weren't even on the radar. In today's world, maybe private individuals SHOULD be targeted - but no one can justify the penalties being discussed in today's court rooms.
24 songs. Just 24 songs. That doesn't even begin to show up on anyone's radar, if they have any sense. If I'm not sharing several HUNDREDS of songs, at a minimum, it's pretty obvious that I'm not a commercial concern.
You're right. RIAA should respect copyright law. Instead of bribing politicians to pass ever more draconian measures to punish customers, they should accept fair use, and P2P sharing, then build a business model to take advantage of today's technology.
These freaks need to be brought to heel. Whatever happened to "The customer is always right!" ??????
We, the customers worldwide, DEMAND that when we buy something, we can use it as we see fit. And, we demand that copyright rights expire in a timely fashion - 15 years max. We refuse to support the parasites who think that buying up the rights to songs of long dead artists should ensure their luxurious lifestyles into the next century.
This is proven? Really? You have citations? What if - bear with me here - just imagine that people's PERCEPTION of their ability to multitask were proven to be unreliable?
While it is true that women in general are better multi-taskers than men are, NO ONE is such a great multi-tasker that they should risk their lives on it. Reading the myriad of real studies done on the subject, you will learn that those people who THINK that they are great at multitasking are less likely to be good multitaskers than some of us who DO NOT think we are so great at it.
Personally - I'm a male, and I resent when people want me to do 6, 12, or 100 things at once. I want one task, I want to focus on it, I want to complete it to the best of my ability, then I want to move on to the next task. And, the STUDIES show that I complete more jobs, with better results, than the multitasker who THINKS that (s)he is being productive.
Multitasking. There was a term for that long, long ago. Women who wouldn't focus on a single task, and flitted from one thing to another, were called "flighty".
As for testing people - what planet are you from? Here on earth, we routinely test people for driving skills, and award driver's licenses to people who have zero driving skills. You wish to test them, and award a higher class of license? Get real.
Some people also think that they can drink copious amounts of alcohol, and still be sober enough to drive. Such people are suffering from impaired judgement.
People who think they can multitask efficiently are also suffering from impaired judgement. Such people should NOT be permitted to drive, as they put lives at risk.
Don't be cruel. This IS the best day he's ever had. And, it's all downhill from here! Don't tell him that though - we would hate to be responsible for another failure suicide.
I've had that thought a time or two, but never voiced it. Why don't we run a poll, and find out how many developers actually develop anything, and how many just tie scripts together, like the guy at the circus who makes dogs and horses out of balloons. It could get interesting!
Slashdot Mirror
Whoosh, huh? Maybe something went over your head?
Bullies can't be bought, bargained, or reasoned with - unless and until you attempt to reason with them, in terms that they can understand. Bullies enjoy inflicting pain and suffering, but they don't enjoy pain and suffering. When they are shown that attempting to inflict said pain on someone will cause THEM to suffer, they often do stop bullying. Or, in some cases, they just move to different targets that don't fight back.
Which brings us back to TFA. Understanding bullies and how to deal with them is a good thing, whether you are socially inept, or not. Conventional wisdom in dealing with bullies generally doesn't work, or teachers could and would routinely change the behaviour of bullies.
Someone mod GP up a little bit, huh?
Actually - your sarcastic explanation of rape may not be as wrong as you assume. Give it some serious thought. In real life, I knew a girl who got rid of a a dog, because the dog didn't like her new boyfriend. I TOLD her that she should trust the dog's judgement. After years of abuse, and a divorce, she admitted that she should have kept the dog.
Of course, suggesting that people in general, and women in particular, choose to ignore hints, cues, and clues that they are in danger isn't going to win any friends or respect. Especially among the women's rights activists.
I think that almost everyone on slashdot also mentions that security is a process, not a product. The process is so much simpler on Linux, that Windows can't be compared.
Oh - wait - am I feeding one of those Windows shills? Never mind - carry on - act as if I never said anything.
You could be right.
On the other hand, there are PROVEN bad reactions to almost every vaccination. The next opportunity you get to watch a doctor stick needles into an infant or a young child, STAY ALERT. You will see that the legal guardian is offered brochures on each and every vaccination. Take those brochures, and read them. Take the information from them, and research.
The "selling point" of inoculations is not that they are safe - but that they are SAFER than going without.
I was both ignorant and complacent about the risks of those inoculations, until I met in person a mindless little vegetable who was the victim of early childhood vaccinations. The staff at the children's hospital had no doubts as to the cause of the child's condition. They openly told the parents that reactions to two vaccinations in combination had destroyed the child's nervous system. A chance in something like 20 million, but the chance is there.
As for inoculations containing mercury in any form - I'm against them. On the one hand, the environmentalists make a huge issue of mercury in any amount in the air, water, and food - then we have these huge corporations telling us that mercury is perfectly safe when they inject it into our bodies. Hmmmm. I'm not reassured.
Actually, not funny.
There is an American attitude that "We are just always right, and anyone who opposes us is just crazy"
What do you think bin Laden is all about? You don't have to agree with him, to understand that he is REACTING to things the US has done. You don't have to respect him, to understand that the US helped to make him who and what he is. Just take an honest look at reality, and you'll realize that today's problems are at least partly the result of our past actions.
American arrogance is simply amazing. Odd, that we don't make portraits of our past presidents and congress critters with halos. I mean, American foreign policy is at least as infallible as the Catholic Church's papal infallibility, right?
Speaking of titles, look at the title of this discussion again. Pretend that you don't know what the story is really about. Just read the title.
"Amazon surrenders to McMillan"
Sounds like a porno flick, doesn't it?
*sigh*
A mere decade ago, I'd have laughed at your statement. Today? I almost agree with you - and I'm a US citizen! Bush changed things an awful lot when he launched that preemptive war on Iraq. Afghanistan, not so much, but Iraq certainly.
Uhhhh - which of those madmen has a missile that can reach the continental US? Kim il can't keep his dong up, and the Arabs don't even have a dong. (and now you know why they enjoy blowing themselves up among women and children - it's the only way they can get their DNA NEAR a woman!)
Moral standards? What are those? God, I hate obscure standards!!
Oh, wait - didn't Microsoft Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish moral standards years back? It's hard to remember . . .
You're right, and you're not quite right. Sit in any courtroom in America, and watch the proceedings for a day or six. Many, many people WAIVE their rights to a trial by jury, and accept a plea bargain.
In some cases - that's bad, because the guy is not guilty, but is either intimidated into accepting the plea, or just can't afford good representation.
In a lot more cases, it's bad, because real dirt bags get sweet deals, and they'll be back on the streets real soon, victimizing more people.
Some cases, I guess it's good. Some people get busted, they KNOW they have done wrong, and decide to accept the plea - and it saves us a lot of money.
But, for the most part, when the feds get hold of you, you're pretty sure of a conviction, whether by jury, or by plea. We just don't see a LOT of people walking after the FBI charges them.
Far to few people give any thought to Carlin's comment. The spikes go in ALL cars. If the assholes who rearended you had spikes on THEIR steering columns, they wouldn't have run into you. The idiot drivers would be weeded out in a matter of months. Sure, we'd have a lot of funerals to attend to, but after the first year, it's all good.
I think that if everyone who reads slashdot went out and tested their own vehicles, they would all report different results. ASSUMING a new or well maintained vehicle, results will be similar to yours. But - not all cars are engineered the same. Worse, not all cars are properly maintained - I HAVE driven vehicles that had more powerful engines than brakes. Not a comforting feeling, to be honest.
An incidental bit of trivia: I remember signs on the interstate highways, warning that motorcycles with less than 60 braking horsepower were prohibited. The bike may only have a 5 horsepower engine, but it had BETTER have 60bhp!
This would be where you get the reality.sys message.
Reality.sys is corrupt; reboot universe now? Y/n:
I remember those big red kill switches. Back in the day of naturally aspirated diesel engines, and mechanical fuel pumps, a diesel sometimes didn't shut down when you turned the key off. You could always reach down, and pull up on that kill button, and mechanically shut down the fuel pump. It was like a lawnmower throttle cable, and hooked to a lever on the pump. Those things were rapidly disappearing when I started driving. There has never been one on an electric, computer controlled fuel pump, that I was aware of.
People trust computers to much, IMHO.
3 exploits. 3 in the past year. Oh-kay - now - how many exploits in IE in the same time period? And, how many have been fixed in each browser?
"No shortage" of exploits suggests a lot more than three, LMAO
And, this should have been done as much as 6 years ago - and not less than 4 years ago.
I simply do not give a rat's arse for those who "depend" on IE6. Use a standards compliant browser, or stay off the intartubez. Try driving a ratheap rustbucket junker down the interstate highways, and see how far you get. The cops WILL be along shortly to impound the damned thing for the safety of more responsible people who also use the interstate.
"So why it that using a browser should be any different?"
Because, morally speaking, if your computer is made into part of a botnet that eventually steals billions of dollars, incidentally wiping out the savings of Ma and Pa Kettle - you are responsible.
Secure your system. The law may not come after you to get Ma and Pa Kettle's money back, but you're still a snake for helping to rip them off.
You get your IT news from the register? Coool!
More seriously - you link to that page, with words that seem to indicate there are a LOT of Firefox exploits in the wild. Care to name some? The IRC exploit only counts as one.
One more time, I'll point up Firefox's main advantage over IE: Vulnerabilities are made public, and people actually address the vulnerabilities as quickly as possible. Firefox exploits aren't hidden under a mountain of shit by some corporate boss, so that he hopes they can go away.
IMHO, Firefox is just about as safe as a browser can be, today, based on current knowledge. It ranks right up there with Chrome and Opera, and Safari, and Konqueror.
IMHO, Internet Explorer MIGHT be almost as secure - if and when people finally upgrade from IE6 to at least 7, and preferably 8. MIGHT BE. You'll notice that MS didn't publicize this newest vulnerability, until Google and others had already done so.
This is the same UK government which thought that Windows for Subs was a good idea, right?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/15/royal_navy_email_virus_outage/
Royal Navy warships lose email in virus infection
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Windows for Warships(TM) combat kit unaffected, says MoD
By Lewis Page Get more from this author
Posted in Malware, 15th January 2009 16:53 GMT
Free whitepaper - What Exchange can't do - and Dell can
The Ministry of Defence confirmed today that it has suffered virus infections which have shut down "a small number" of MoD systems, most notably including admin networks aboard Royal Navy warships.
The Navy computers infected are the NavyStar (N*) system, based on a server cabinet and cable-networked PCs on each warship and used for purposes such as storekeeping, email and similar support functions. N* ship nets connect to wider networks by shore connection when vessels are in harbour and using satcomms when at sea.
Just get off the lawn, kid. Or, mow it. When we want your opinion, we'll offer you an ice cream.
"On the other hand the elected officials who represent these people pass, modify and enforce laws making what the electorate has accepted as normal illegal."
And, there is the core problem. Elected officials forget who they work for. Instead of representing voters, they whore themselves out to the highest bidder. If all the facts could be laid out, and the VOTERS were to express their will by way of a series of referendums, we might end up with something that I disagree with, but something that I could live with. So long as a few lobbyists with bottomless pockets are calling the shots in Washington, I can do little more than express my contempt for the representatives.
Again - going back to my earlier post, there MUST be a separation between casual home users, and for-profit business users. Commercial interests were the original target of copyright laws, and private individuals weren't even on the radar. In today's world, maybe private individuals SHOULD be targeted - but no one can justify the penalties being discussed in today's court rooms.
24 songs. Just 24 songs. That doesn't even begin to show up on anyone's radar, if they have any sense. If I'm not sharing several HUNDREDS of songs, at a minimum, it's pretty obvious that I'm not a commercial concern.
You're right. RIAA should respect copyright law. Instead of bribing politicians to pass ever more draconian measures to punish customers, they should accept fair use, and P2P sharing, then build a business model to take advantage of today's technology.
These freaks need to be brought to heel. Whatever happened to "The customer is always right!" ??????
We, the customers worldwide, DEMAND that when we buy something, we can use it as we see fit. And, we demand that copyright rights expire in a timely fashion - 15 years max. We refuse to support the parasites who think that buying up the rights to songs of long dead artists should ensure their luxurious lifestyles into the next century.
This is proven? Really? You have citations? What if - bear with me here - just imagine that people's PERCEPTION of their ability to multitask were proven to be unreliable?
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/august24/multitask-research-study-082409.html
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/08/25/multitaskers-are-bad-at-multitasking-study-shows/
http://www.google.com/search?q=multitask+study&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=Swiftfox:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a
Go. Browse. Study.
While it is true that women in general are better multi-taskers than men are, NO ONE is such a great multi-tasker that they should risk their lives on it. Reading the myriad of real studies done on the subject, you will learn that those people who THINK that they are great at multitasking are less likely to be good multitaskers than some of us who DO NOT think we are so great at it.
Personally - I'm a male, and I resent when people want me to do 6, 12, or 100 things at once. I want one task, I want to focus on it, I want to complete it to the best of my ability, then I want to move on to the next task. And, the STUDIES show that I complete more jobs, with better results, than the multitasker who THINKS that (s)he is being productive.
Multitasking. There was a term for that long, long ago. Women who wouldn't focus on a single task, and flitted from one thing to another, were called "flighty".
As for testing people - what planet are you from? Here on earth, we routinely test people for driving skills, and award driver's licenses to people who have zero driving skills. You wish to test them, and award a higher class of license? Get real.
Some people also think that they can drink copious amounts of alcohol, and still be sober enough to drive. Such people are suffering from impaired judgement.
People who think they can multitask efficiently are also suffering from impaired judgement. Such people should NOT be permitted to drive, as they put lives at risk.
Don't be cruel. This IS the best day he's ever had. And, it's all downhill from here! Don't tell him that though - we would hate to be responsible for another failure suicide.
I've had that thought a time or two, but never voiced it. Why don't we run a poll, and find out how many developers actually develop anything, and how many just tie scripts together, like the guy at the circus who makes dogs and horses out of balloons. It could get interesting!