Yes, this is bad, but frankly, who the hell didn't see it coming?
I mean, shit, you buy a drive for a few hundred bucks, but for some reason, that doesn't entitle you to the goddamn write drivers for the thing! Imagine if they sold zips like this, or even floppies. It's absurd that you have to have some special program just to write to media.
Sorry guys, but we're a few years late on this one...
Perhaps this is really the new scheme- since customers won't watch commercials anymore, we'll make the commercials somehow newsworthy, including them in the print and broadcast news media. Best of all, those who are least likely to want a commercial in a show will be the ones who examine the in-news commercials most. Damn smart of them, too bad/.'s a pawn in it. (Of course, I stopped crediting this site with intelligence some time ago...)
The really amusing part is watching the counter at the top of the guy's site. When I first hit it, it was at 27. I reloaded about ten seconds later, and it was at 99.
Well, really, this was what we call a "reading comprehension test", and given that I'm at +4 right now, I'd say that the general/bot audience is failing pretty badly...
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Re:IT will never unionize...
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IT Unions?
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Yeah! Hack the Planet! Kill the Gibson! Do it for Joey and that hot Acid Burn chick!
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IT will never unionize...
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IT Unions?
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IT workers will never unionize, and for one very simply reason: They're Wimps!
The very first time some IT weenies tried to start a picket line, their corporate masters could have strike-busters there immidiatly. Those guys could clear the ITsters out in minutes. They wouldn't even need guns, just a few hits from a strong club would ruin these weakling's resolve.
The miners, the factory workers, the teamsters, the real men who started the Unions in the US, they did it by standing their ground, fighting the opposition, be it with rhetoris, clubs, knives, or guns. They didn't take any shit, and to try and believe that some asshole who gets paid to sit in an ergenomic chair all day could get off their ass and form a Union makes me laugh.
Boy, I can't wait 'till we have open hardware! That would be so cool. Maybe after that, we can move even further on, and have "Open Source" engineering. Wouldn't it be great to know that the bridge you're driving across of the skyscraper you work in weren't designed by professionals, but by the community during their spare time? Boy, that idea just excites me so much!
and it may usher in the next wave of MEMS and nanotechnology with it
The 'Next Wave' of nanotech? I don't think there was a first wave, unless you consider the masterbatory fantasies of extropians and sci-fi worshippers.
I've got a question, as someone with only a moderate knowledge of AI or chess (I constantly get whomped by xboard). While I'm sure that the number of possible chess moves and games is very large, it is finite, right? Wouldn't it be possible, then, to simply have a program with enough memory to know all possible moves and every possible game result, then allowing that program, at every turn, to simply perform whatever move has the highest number of possible wins associated with it? Also, if this is how it's done, how is this intelligence?
Okay, I'm going to throw this out there, and I know that there will be some pretty strong opposition to it, but I ask you, just hear me out...
I believe that if any of these young, innovative, linux-based companies are to survive, one very important thing has to happen:
Linux has to go Closed-Source.
Now don't get angry, this is just the truth. We need Linus and the kernel developers to seriously take into consideration a major license shift. Of course it couldn't possibly happen overnight, but if there isn't some type of intellectual property control for Linux by the 2.6 kernel, than you can pretty much kiss it goodbye.
Now, I know there will be those of you who argue "But Linux will never go away, since it's Open Source, hobbiest can keep it alive." Well, that's true in a sense, but in the event that all the major Linux distros go under, how quickly do you think all other device manufacturers and software companies would quickly forgot that Linux even existed? Sure, Linux would probably live on, and it could live on forever, provided that the hardware these "hobbyists" have it installed on now lasts forever.
Closed-source allows us to use the world's various copyright laws to our advantage. Siddenly, instead of having to charge a fee for updates and services, Redhat and the like can just charge for Linux itself. Heck, since so many of the developers are volenteers, you're looking at a wide enough profit margin to charge much less than M$.
That's another thing, with a closed-source license, and better control of the kernel, Linux could finally defeat those arguments M$ brings about it "possibly mutating" and "not having reliable corporations behind it". Linus, being the copyright holder, could maintain a much stricter control over the kernel, and with the distro providers making money, it's a win-win situation.
I know the idea of this isn't something people want to think of. Still, the bubble has burst, and every linux company (even media-based ones, like VA Linux and OSDN) is facing bankrupcy in the near future. The previous versions of Linux could always stay GPL'd, and they would remain for the hobbyists and those who just must have free software. The Linux of the future must protect itself with the security of intelectual property law, though, or else we might as well all pack up and leave right now...
Damnit, you Slashdoting bastards just had to put up this article today, just as I was about to get into a really interesting article on another section of the site. Now K5's responding about as slow as a 'Virgin for Jesus' on prom night, all so that you underappreciative bastards can have a look and not get it!
Well, you could always just turn it off. The resulting energy conservation wouldn't go to any corporation, it wouldn't be put towards some point of geeky minutia, and it would do just as much good, if not more, than your machine could do otherwise.
Well, while it is somewhat decietful to use other people's shares without them knowing, I believe that this is ultimantly a very good idea. What's really happening here is the innate, God-given ability for humans to share information for free.
Intellectual property is simply a form of secrecy, and secrecy itself is condemed in the Bible. Take this verse of scripture:
"In secret have I said nothing" - John 18:20
Those are the words of Christ himself, and I think that gives a pretty strong indication of where he would stand in the current intellectual-property debate.
Those who try and keep secrets and horde information through satanic "intellectual property laws" are the real villians. Without the free spread of information, where would we as citizens of the world even be today? I mean, what is Jesus had said "Remember my words, but don't repeat them, as they are (C)20 AD, Myself." The Word itself would have never spread and we would all be damned to Hell.
So, in short, sharing information is without a doubt a direct order edict from the One True God Himself.
Well, I think most people are right when they say that it won't change the minds of the hard-core creationers, but think about it this way... Would it be possible with this evidence to change it from the "Theory of Evolution" to the "Law of Evolution"? That one word would make for such a powerful rhetorical shift that I doubt that creationists could possibly hold on to the meager strip of credibility they have now with the less educated...
You realize that this is just another load of crap the government is dumping on us. The judical system has far more authority now than specified in the Constitution, and you sheeple just keep bleeting away and giving them more and more.
In a true libertarian government, the judicial system would only have the ability to sentance people accused of crimes, and yet now in this socialist system it's gotten so powerful that they're selecting our president for us.
I see my fellow libertarians on this site, and I see them rail against the evils of patents, drug laws, and outragious atrocities to American sovreignity like the UN, but they don't seem to realize that there's another tenticle of this horrible beast wrapped around the very system of justice we hold so much faith in.
I can only hope that people start to realize this, and no longer accept the false authority of those who would rule us in black robes.
Is there any thought or logic behind this phrase, or did you just think it sounded cool?
The logic behind this phrase is obvious, once you see the problems that exist on this planet because of the poor workings of evolution. The fact that we have to use technology at all to improve our rate of survival shows the falsehood of your mystical, earth-mother argument that "nature give the ability to endure in every climate on earth." The fact that I have to use an electric light to see at night is a sign that evolution hasn't gone far enough to improving our abilities.
Also, how could you decry humans creating new lifeforms as "short-sighted"? It's simply a use of technology, one that will improve our ability to survive. Hell, we're already talking about changing Earth's orbit and climate engineering, what makes this perticular use of technology so horrible (besides your own spiritualist clinging to false ideas about the sacredness of life?)
Well, with any luck, this will lead to the Holy Grail of a genetic compiler. I long for the day when we will be able to code life itself, when we can finally overcome the short-sightedness of nature and create the perfect forms for ourselves. Imagine just being able to code up a silicon-based life form, having the DNA assembled by nanites, and then being able to download your brain into it.
Imagine growing a body who's natural metabolism is so great that you never have more than 2% body fat, or one with neon green skin, or something realy extravagent (like wings). Of course, no meat-flesh could ever possibly match the greatness that would come from being able to put your brain into a computer, but this could prove an interesting diversion, anyways.
here will be (in theory) hundreds of coders, artists, and designers working on the free server
Okay, now I can't nessicarily disagree with you about designers and coders being attracted to the idea of a GLP'd game, but in all honestly, exactly how many artists actually have an interest in these things? Looking at the graphic quality of 99% of the games I have avaliable here under KDE, I'd say not very many at all.
Well, if I'm not mistaken, you can always run Windows2000 within Linux. Sure, you need some heafty hardware to take care of it, but it can be done... --
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Yes, this is bad, but frankly, who the hell didn't see it coming?
I mean, shit, you buy a drive for a few hundred bucks, but for some reason, that doesn't entitle you to the goddamn write drivers for the thing! Imagine if they sold zips like this, or even floppies. It's absurd that you have to have some special program just to write to media.
Sorry guys, but we're a few years late on this one...
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Oh no, this would be such a bastardization! It would be horrible if Lexus© did this. Why would Lexus© want to mess with our programs? Just to hawk their exciting, impressive, luxury vehicles?
Perhaps this is really the new scheme- since customers won't watch commercials anymore, we'll make the commercials somehow newsworthy, including them in the print and broadcast news media. Best of all, those who are least likely to want a commercial in a show will be the ones who examine the in-news commercials most. Damn smart of them, too bad /.'s a pawn in it. (Of course, I stopped crediting this site with intelligence some time ago...)
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The really amusing part is watching the counter at the top of the guy's site. When I first hit it, it was at 27. I reloaded about ten seconds later, and it was at 99.
It's like watching a Slashdotting in action...
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Ah well, I was already on my way down when I posted that... I've got plenty more Karma where that came from!
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Well, really, this was what we call a "reading comprehension test", and given that I'm at +4 right now, I'd say that the general /bot audience is failing pretty badly...
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Yeah! Hack the Planet! Kill the Gibson! Do it for Joey and that hot Acid Burn chick!
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IT workers will never unionize, and for one very simply reason: They're Wimps!
The very first time some IT weenies tried to start a picket line, their corporate masters could have strike-busters there immidiatly. Those guys could clear the ITsters out in minutes. They wouldn't even need guns, just a few hits from a strong club would ruin these weakling's resolve.
The miners, the factory workers, the teamsters, the real men who started the Unions in the US, they did it by standing their ground, fighting the opposition, be it with rhetoris, clubs, knives, or guns. They didn't take any shit, and to try and believe that some asshole who gets paid to sit in an ergenomic chair all day could get off their ass and form a Union makes me laugh.
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Boy, I can't wait 'till we have open hardware! That would be so cool. Maybe after that, we can move even further on, and have "Open Source" engineering. Wouldn't it be great to know that the bridge you're driving across of the skyscraper you work in weren't designed by professionals, but by the community during their spare time? Boy, that idea just excites me so much!
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and it may usher in the next wave of MEMS and nanotechnology with it
The 'Next Wave' of nanotech? I don't think there was a first wave, unless you consider the masterbatory fantasies of extropians and sci-fi worshippers.
Oh wait, they're the same thing...
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I've got a question, as someone with only a moderate knowledge of AI or chess (I constantly get whomped by xboard). While I'm sure that the number of possible chess moves and games is very large, it is finite, right? Wouldn't it be possible, then, to simply have a program with enough memory to know all possible moves and every possible game result, then allowing that program, at every turn, to simply perform whatever move has the highest number of possible wins associated with it? Also, if this is how it's done, how is this intelligence?
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Okay, I'm going to throw this out there, and I know that there will be some pretty strong opposition to it, but I ask you, just hear me out...
I believe that if any of these young, innovative, linux-based companies are to survive, one very important thing has to happen:
Linux has to go Closed-Source.
Now don't get angry, this is just the truth. We need Linus and the kernel developers to seriously take into consideration a major license shift. Of course it couldn't possibly happen overnight, but if there isn't some type of intellectual property control for Linux by the 2.6 kernel, than you can pretty much kiss it goodbye.
Now, I know there will be those of you who argue "But Linux will never go away, since it's Open Source, hobbiest can keep it alive." Well, that's true in a sense, but in the event that all the major Linux distros go under, how quickly do you think all other device manufacturers and software companies would quickly forgot that Linux even existed? Sure, Linux would probably live on, and it could live on forever, provided that the hardware these "hobbyists" have it installed on now lasts forever.
Closed-source allows us to use the world's various copyright laws to our advantage. Siddenly, instead of having to charge a fee for updates and services, Redhat and the like can just charge for Linux itself. Heck, since so many of the developers are volenteers, you're looking at a wide enough profit margin to charge much less than M$.
That's another thing, with a closed-source license, and better control of the kernel, Linux could finally defeat those arguments M$ brings about it "possibly mutating" and "not having reliable corporations behind it". Linus, being the copyright holder, could maintain a much stricter control over the kernel, and with the distro providers making money, it's a win-win situation.
I know the idea of this isn't something people want to think of. Still, the bubble has burst, and every linux company (even media-based ones, like VA Linux and OSDN) is facing bankrupcy in the near future. The previous versions of Linux could always stay GPL'd, and they would remain for the hobbyists and those who just must have free software. The Linux of the future must protect itself with the security of intelectual property law, though, or else we might as well all pack up and leave right now...
--
Damnit, you Slashdoting bastards just had to put up this article today, just as I was about to get into a really interesting article on another section of the site. Now K5's responding about as slow as a 'Virgin for Jesus' on prom night, all so that you underappreciative bastards can have a look and not get it!
Fucking Bastards!
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Well, you could always just turn it off. The resulting energy conservation wouldn't go to any corporation, it wouldn't be put towards some point of geeky minutia, and it would do just as much good, if not more, than your machine could do otherwise.
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The people who made these dot.coms were for the mostpart tricksters and conmen[...]
Don't attribute to malice what can easily be blamed on stupidity.
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Oh, well, in that case, I was obviously wrong. If you could tell I was a troll, that just proves that the average /bot is smarter than the NSA.
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Well, while it is somewhat decietful to use other people's shares without them knowing, I believe that this is ultimantly a very good idea. What's really happening here is the innate, God-given ability for humans to share information for free.
Intellectual property is simply a form of secrecy, and secrecy itself is condemed in the Bible. Take this verse of scripture:
Those are the words of Christ himself, and I think that gives a pretty strong indication of where he would stand in the current intellectual-property debate.
Those who try and keep secrets and horde information through satanic "intellectual property laws" are the real villians. Without the free spread of information, where would we as citizens of the world even be today? I mean, what is Jesus had said "Remember my words, but don't repeat them, as they are (C)20 AD, Myself." The Word itself would have never spread and we would all be damned to Hell.
So, in short, sharing information is without a doubt a direct order edict from the One True God Himself.
--
Well, I think most people are right when they say that it won't change the minds of the hard-core creationers, but think about it this way... Would it be possible with this evidence to change it from the "Theory of Evolution" to the "Law of Evolution"? That one word would make for such a powerful rhetorical shift that I doubt that creationists could possibly hold on to the meager strip of credibility they have now with the less educated...
--
You realize that this is just another load of crap the government is dumping on us. The judical system has far more authority now than specified in the Constitution, and you sheeple just keep bleeting away and giving them more and more.
In a true libertarian government, the judicial system would only have the ability to sentance people accused of crimes, and yet now in this socialist system it's gotten so powerful that they're selecting our president for us.
I see my fellow libertarians on this site, and I see them rail against the evils of patents, drug laws, and outragious atrocities to American sovreignity like the UN, but they don't seem to realize that there's another tenticle of this horrible beast wrapped around the very system of justice we hold so much faith in.
I can only hope that people start to realize this, and no longer accept the false authority of those who would rule us in black robes.
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Yep, that's about it.
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Is there any thought or logic behind this phrase, or did you just think it sounded cool?
The logic behind this phrase is obvious, once you see the problems that exist on this planet because of the poor workings of evolution. The fact that we have to use technology at all to improve our rate of survival shows the falsehood of your mystical, earth-mother argument that "nature give the ability to endure in every climate on earth." The fact that I have to use an electric light to see at night is a sign that evolution hasn't gone far enough to improving our abilities.
Also, how could you decry humans creating new lifeforms as "short-sighted"? It's simply a use of technology, one that will improve our ability to survive. Hell, we're already talking about changing Earth's orbit and climate engineering, what makes this perticular use of technology so horrible (besides your own spiritualist clinging to false ideas about the sacredness of life?)
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Well, with any luck, this will lead to the Holy Grail of a genetic compiler. I long for the day when we will be able to code life itself, when we can finally overcome the short-sightedness of nature and create the perfect forms for ourselves. Imagine just being able to code up a silicon-based life form, having the DNA assembled by nanites, and then being able to download your brain into it.
Imagine growing a body who's natural metabolism is so great that you never have more than 2% body fat, or one with neon green skin, or something realy extravagent (like wings). Of course, no meat-flesh could ever possibly match the greatness that would come from being able to put your brain into a computer, but this could prove an interesting diversion, anyways.
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It's a function of Netscape, since with Konquor, once it reaches a certain point, everything just goes flat, and there's no more indentation...
That's about it...
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here will be (in theory) hundreds of coders, artists, and designers working on the free server
Okay, now I can't nessicarily disagree with you about designers and coders being attracted to the idea of a GLP'd game, but in all honestly, exactly how many artists actually have an interest in these things? Looking at the graphic quality of 99% of the games I have avaliable here under KDE, I'd say not very many at all.
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That just about says it all.
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Well, if I'm not mistaken, you can always run Windows2000 within Linux. Sure, you need some heafty hardware to take care of it, but it can be done...
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