troll? the guy has a point. But...the democrats did it too, and last I checked you can't get arrested for being Libertarian, you have to peacefully protest (or be expected of Futurecrime at) one of the national conventions for that.
If you believe that it is the duty of all Christians to actively bring about the end of the world and the second coming of Christ this is a disqualifier to nuclear weapons in my book.
Creationism isn't a big deal, though Palin has shown extreme ignorance of the tenents of Darwin's theories.
Attached to my care ==> it's mine. I can't afford a GPS transceiver and could sure use one, and I passed my frosh EE labs;P
The analogy here is that the police can trail you without suspicion or without a warrant because it is contactless and in a public place. Police can, if they see you committing a crime through an open window in your house, come in and arrest you for it.
So yes, I do think it's wrong and a terrifying harbinger of things to come from the MechaJewishObamaMcCainClintonMuslimRobotic new world order, but this particular small step doesn't scare me as much as, say, the laptop searches at borders.
False. It's actually beating Vista anywhere consumers have a choice, and of course there's no way to track all the pirated copies that are being used to "downgrade" from Vista.
Vista can't play games XP can on the same hardware. That's a pretty damning indictment. (Increased system resources)
I'm a paranoid privacy tinfoil wacko and I'm not/that/ outraged by this. I'm against it because it is unnecessary and excessive, but anywhere I'm driving is basically public as far as I'm concerned.
No matter what we do, we can't stop people from logging meta information: who emailed whom, who went where, etc. What we can do is prevent logging of the actual information: what was in the email (pgp), what you did there (park and walk) and so forth.
Still, if we make it illegal they'll just do it anyway without public oversight. Suppose Google was doing this, and the data was available online. How (if at all) would that change it? (Honest question, not intended rhetorically)
Agree. the OLPC was a learning tool for general purpose use. The Windows OLPC is indeed a "office platform" with basic productivity tools, too much bloat for any extensibility, and no hackability.
Do some research, the OLPC foundation has put a huge amount of work into preventing misappropriation, hence the laptops are shipped bricked and must be activated at the final end to prevent theft by the palletful.
The record keeping is necessary as the activation is done directly by teachers.
Lack of training is a fair point, I agree, but there is progress being made here as well.
Of course windows will kill the project, but I wouldn't believe too much of the fud on the OLPC foundation, it is definitely an academic project (read: rough around the edges) but their ways of dealing with problems they are accused of being vulnerable to in the mass media are surprisingly effective and innovative. I don't know why the media hates them so much, probably because it doesn't have an apple on the back.
Happen to have any source on that? I'm pretty sure that property rights are considered a human right, but I don't think the one trumps the other.
I'm speaking of how I think things are, not of how things ought to be. Given I'm on slashdot it should be clear I'm a raving anti-imaginary property zealot.
I've been paid even when insisting repeatedly not to be, and never treated with anything but the greatest help. But then it's not my job. Eventually they ask me to install linux and stop having problems;P Ubuntu ftw
Those X year aren't requirements set in stone, they just put it down so they have a documented reason to reject you and because they'd like it if you did have it (also it tells you/them some of what you'd be doing there).
Nearly ever job that advertises on the college I went to required 5+ years industry experience. So why are they advertising to (and hiring many) college students? It's HR-added value and has no meaning.
Besides, any job that involves Windows or Java is one I don't need.
I'd be happy to send $20 to a good cause like that, but for legal reasons I can't run an exit node myself. I do run a relay though, for all the good that does.
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troll? the guy has a point. But...the democrats did it too, and last I checked you can't get arrested for being Libertarian, you have to peacefully protest (or be expected of Futurecrime at) one of the national conventions for that.
Agreed as fact, though with a bitter, bitter thought to how disgusting the system is.
Parties make me sick. Thank the Intelligent Designer that in Michigan you don't have to register to vote in a primary*/election.
*Of course your vote won't count;) Thank you very much [R|D]NC/Michigan Congress.
There are many many ways to do such an election fairly. Look at Condorcet, single-transferable vote, and instant runoff.
Pretty much any system is superior to that in use in the United States.
thanks1!
Wow. I almost got trolled by that. Guess I should keep my finger a bit farther from the reply key.
If you believe that it is the duty of all Christians to actively bring about the end of the world and the second coming of Christ this is a disqualifier to nuclear weapons in my book.
Creationism isn't a big deal, though Palin has shown extreme ignorance of the tenents of Darwin's theories.
Anyone who is voting based on issues has already made up his mind. Unless you have strong feelings on one of the flip-flops.
Now it's time to convince the other 95% of the country.
He co-sponsored Stevens' drm-your-lamp bill. That said, as a friend of mine put it, he's from Delaware.
Isn't like every business still incorporated in the US incorporated there due to permissive laws?
Naah we'll just need to have a chip implanted in our right hand or forehead in order to buy or sell anything.
Anyone else getting some serious stupidity vibes from the fundies running this country?
*nerd rage*
Attached to my care ==> it's mine. I can't afford a GPS transceiver and could sure use one, and I passed my frosh EE labs;P
The analogy here is that the police can trail you without suspicion or without a warrant because it is contactless and in a public place. Police can, if they see you committing a crime through an open window in your house, come in and arrest you for it.
So yes, I do think it's wrong and a terrifying harbinger of things to come from the MechaJewishObamaMcCainClintonMuslimRobotic new world order, but this particular small step doesn't scare me as much as, say, the laptop searches at borders.
"XP is on its way out"
False. It's actually beating Vista anywhere consumers have a choice, and of course there's no way to track all the pirated copies that are being used to "downgrade" from Vista.
Vista can't play games XP can on the same hardware. That's a pretty damning indictment. (Increased system resources)
I'm a paranoid privacy tinfoil wacko and I'm not /that/ outraged by this. I'm against it because it is unnecessary and excessive, but anywhere I'm driving is basically public as far as I'm concerned.
No matter what we do, we can't stop people from logging meta information: who emailed whom, who went where, etc. What we can do is prevent logging of the actual information: what was in the email (pgp), what you did there (park and walk) and so forth.
Still, if we make it illegal they'll just do it anyway without public oversight. Suppose Google was doing this, and the data was available online. How (if at all) would that change it? (Honest question, not intended rhetorically)
wow. you got guts. epic win.
As long as everyone has access to it, it scares me a lot less than if it's a database only available to the gvmt.
Agree. the OLPC was a learning tool for general purpose use. The Windows OLPC is indeed a "office platform" with basic productivity tools, too much bloat for any extensibility, and no hackability.
Do some research, the OLPC foundation has put a huge amount of work into preventing misappropriation, hence the laptops are shipped bricked and must be activated at the final end to prevent theft by the palletful.
The record keeping is necessary as the activation is done directly by teachers.
Lack of training is a fair point, I agree, but there is progress being made here as well.
Of course windows will kill the project, but I wouldn't believe too much of the fud on the OLPC foundation, it is definitely an academic project (read: rough around the edges) but their ways of dealing with problems they are accused of being vulnerable to in the mass media are surprisingly effective and innovative. I don't know why the media hates them so much, probably because it doesn't have an apple on the back.
On the plus side those of us with citizenship have slightly more rights.
On the minus side, we live here.
Happen to have any source on that? I'm pretty sure that property rights are considered a human right, but I don't think the one trumps the other.
I'm speaking of how I think things are, not of how things ought to be. Given I'm on slashdot it should be clear I'm a raving anti-imaginary property zealot.
I've been paid even when insisting repeatedly not to be, and never treated with anything but the greatest help. But then it's not my job. Eventually they ask me to install linux and stop having problems;P Ubuntu ftw
Similar to all the totally unbelievable scams you get in email today. You ask yourself if anyone is dumb enough to fall for that.
Usually the answer is no. But someone was dumb enough to fall for a different scam but this is a shoddy imitation of it.
I also love how all of them mention God like 8*10^32 times because they think we're all religious wackos in America (to be fair, statistically...)
the future, is NOW!
Work for NASA. Have to be a US citizen. Problem largely solved (it's not the ones here that bug me...)
"I've only used Java for a year, but I've had 15 years experience with tinker toys"
Those X year aren't requirements set in stone, they just put it down so they have a documented reason to reject you and because they'd like it if you did have it (also it tells you/them some of what you'd be doing there).
Nearly ever job that advertises on the college I went to required 5+ years industry experience. So why are they advertising to (and hiring many) college students? It's HR-added value and has no meaning.
Besides, any job that involves Windows or Java is one I don't need.
I'd be happy to send $20 to a good cause like that, but for legal reasons I can't run an exit node myself. I do run a relay though, for all the good that does.