You wrecked so many people's world. Guess who had to fix it. Shit in your own nest this time Microsoft. Don't expect us to be as easy as you are being on yourself. You screwed up bad.
Hey if you want to marry your really nice vacuum cleaner and leave it your estate after you die, then more power to you. Still doesn't make that sucker a real boy.
Just because something looks and acts like it has consciousness does not make it so. The two facts are separate. A robot can mimic consciousness and not be aware.
Conversely it would seem that humans can have consciousness and be aware and still act completely oblivious.
When we crack the source of consciousness let me know. It's just like the ultimate question and all.
Electronic personas indeed. These people are smoking crack.
Can we please talk about something else besides whether your phone is better than my phone. I mean really - aren't you all like the smartest people on the planet and we have to debate which phone gets on Facebook the best?? I mean fuck man their burning the Amazon down and fracking the planet to pieces and this is what's fucking important to talk about? Isn't your super awesome genius brain made for better things than this?? Isn't it??
I started turning off automatic updates on XP boxes that people were going to keep as it had become an unnecessary service. Then I'm told that MS is going to issue another update via Windows update to IE. This irritates me. So what am I supposed to leave the Windows update service turned on just in case MS want to send another one sometime??
So let me get this straight. Facebook changes their privacy guidelines and defaults to having everyone's profile be mostly open. Then the founder of facebook says there is not the same expectation of privacy that there once was because people default to having their profiles open? Even though facebook is the one that opened it all up (not the users)? How is it that the will of the admins and founders of facebook is now the will of the people? When did they earn the right to speak for my desire for privacy?
Disable all the power saving stuff such as settings that turn off the hard drive, monitor, etc. after so many minutes..... disable that because they often don't know why their computer "just turned off" and often proceed to unplug, reboot, or otherwise fix this issue. Show them the power button and let the computer either be "on" or "off". Also the "desktop cleanup wizard" in XP - Oh my god that's crap - turn it off so it doesn't delete your big pretty icons you made for them. Try all the apps they are going to use first yourself so as to deal with any first time configuration and problem issues so they don't have to. just a few things off the top off my head....
because we probably shouldn't allow just ANYONE to be able to publish a book or write a paper. Perhaps we could allow Warner to control the printers too so that they could supervise and approve only those who should be allowed to write books or publish papers. just food for thought. i'm full of good ideas like this just ask me.
I think Warner should make a bill for congress to pass banning the internet as it has been terribly harmful to the recording industries CD/retail store distribution model. Look at all the harm the internet has done to the recording industry executives . And while we are discussing these serious problems - non-label music is really infringing on their profitability as well - also the internet's fault. So I say we all write our representatives and ask them to support banning the internet so we can go back to a more fair and industry friendly music distribution model. Thank you for your time. You may now go back to your regularly scheduled program.
Your letters do seem to have an effect folks. It's stopping the damn Diebold voting machines. Maybe we can pull together on this one. It is election season you know!
hmmmmm..... they think the can just pass a law and stop this stuff. "Honey, I bet if we pass a law I can get this monkey off of my computer! Plus, we gain even MORE control over what people can do with their computers. PERFECT!"
Maybe these lawmakers should just throw their own computers in prison. A computer is cheaper to maintain in a cell (no need for food, water, and exercise). Plus *POOF*, their problem goes away. No more adware! Hell no more viruses or evil hackers either! Their computer can be in prison with all the rest of the evil non-violent offenders! They can come visit it when they need to use Word
Hell you can even stack all the congressmans and senator's computers in a couple cells I bet ya! Simple solution. Cost effective!
Really I think that people with that little knowledge of computers have no business passing laws about computers. Ridiculous. Do you take your computer to a lawyer to have it fixed?????
OK so this guy has a good idea but he is a busy programmer and this is not open source software so we can't trust it.
I'm all for a new open source project where we could take all our old AT computers running linux (you know you've got a bunch of them) and put a new and improved open source honeypot/worm tracking and graphing distributed network software on them. It will be open source so we can trust it. We might have more volunteers to help write and test this if it is open source too so it will get done faster. And finally a linux box is less susceptible to these worms than Windows anyway and will have more of a chance of surviving these worms when they hit (i think).
OK I'm not a programmer, just a wishful netwrok guy but hey I'll set one up on my network if you guys out there who care will make it.
just my 2 cents for what it's worth
"Tell your elected officials that you disagree with what they are supporting, and command them to stop."
I don't mean to sound pessimistic, but I write all of my relevant gov't officials all the time (at least 3-4 / month) and I either get a response like "Don't worry we aren't going to use our new powers to harm you" or no response at all. I don't think they are listening a lot of the time. I agree that writing these people is important but I fear they are not listening to the concerned citizen as much as they are to the corporations funding their next campaign.
Making amends for the license agreement SNAFU?
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I think that is a step in the right direction for Borland and I applaud them.
Perhaps after discovering the anger of the programmers over the unreasonable terms of the their misguided Borland Kylix/JBuilder license, they are perhaps trying to make peace with the growing multitude of linux programmers which would be their customers if treated with respect.
I think Borland has a pretty good track record for being a friend to the community. I do appreciate Borland showing their support for linux.
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Just kidding! Actually a crime of this magnitude shouldn't be taken lying down.
You wrecked so many people's world. Guess who had to fix it. Shit in your own nest this time Microsoft. Don't expect us to be as easy as you are being on yourself. You screwed up bad.
Folding phone = Flip Phone? Right?
Ownership isn't real anyway. It's a state of mind. An internal perception of your own reality. Truth = You own nothing ever. Enjoy the music.
Thank you Google!! 3
Hey if you want to marry your really nice vacuum cleaner and leave it your estate after you die, then more power to you.
Still doesn't make that sucker a real boy.
Just because something looks and acts like it has consciousness does not make it so. The two facts are separate. A robot can mimic consciousness and not be aware. Conversely it would seem that humans can have consciousness and be aware and still act completely oblivious.
When we crack the source of consciousness let me know. It's just like the ultimate question and all. Electronic personas indeed. These people are smoking crack.
Google! Please take your job serious. This is no longer the '90's. WTF.
Can we please talk about something else besides whether your phone is better than my phone. I mean really - aren't you all like the smartest people on the planet and we have to debate which phone gets on Facebook the best?? I mean fuck man their burning the Amazon down and fracking the planet to pieces and this is what's fucking important to talk about? Isn't your super awesome genius brain made for better things than this?? Isn't it??
I use both Apple and Android. They certainly both have their strengths and weaknesses. Who cares. They all Facebook right?
I started turning off automatic updates on XP boxes that people were going to keep as it had become an unnecessary service. Then I'm told that MS is going to issue another update via Windows update to IE. This irritates me. So what am I supposed to leave the Windows update service turned on just in case MS want to send another one sometime??
Disgusting new form of torture invented. WAKE UP HUMANITY - We need to focus on the good not another way to hurt each other.
I can't remember why I needed them in the first place anyways.
I want that bad boy right in my eye...
Both eyes even!!!!
So let me get this straight. Facebook changes their privacy guidelines and defaults to having everyone's profile be mostly open. Then the founder of facebook says there is not the same expectation of privacy that there once was because people default to having their profiles open? Even though facebook is the one that opened it all up (not the users)? How is it that the will of the admins and founders of facebook is now the will of the people? When did they earn the right to speak for my desire for privacy?
Disable all the power saving stuff such as settings that turn off the hard drive, monitor, etc. after so many minutes..... disable that because they often don't know why their computer "just turned off" and often proceed to unplug, reboot, or otherwise fix this issue. Show them the power button and let the computer either be "on" or "off". Also the "desktop cleanup wizard" in XP - Oh my god that's crap - turn it off so it doesn't delete your big pretty icons you made for them. Try all the apps they are going to use first yourself so as to deal with any first time configuration and problem issues so they don't have to. just a few things off the top off my head....
because we probably shouldn't allow just ANYONE to be able to publish a book or write a paper. Perhaps we could allow Warner to control the printers too so that they could supervise and approve only those who should be allowed to write books or publish papers. just food for thought. i'm full of good ideas like this just ask me.
I think Warner should make a bill for congress to pass banning the internet as it has been terribly harmful to the recording industries CD/retail store distribution model. Look at all the harm the internet has done to the recording industry executives . And while we are discussing these serious problems - non-label music is really infringing on their profitability as well - also the internet's fault. So I say we all write our representatives and ask them to support banning the internet so we can go back to a more fair and industry friendly music distribution model. Thank you for your time. You may now go back to your regularly scheduled program.
Your letters do seem to have an effect folks. It's stopping the damn Diebold voting machines. Maybe we can pull together on this one. It is election season you know!
hmmmmm..... they think the can just pass a law and stop this stuff. "Honey, I bet if we pass a law I can get this monkey off of my computer! Plus, we gain even MORE control over what people can do with their computers. PERFECT!"
Maybe these lawmakers should just throw their own computers in prison. A computer is cheaper to maintain in a cell (no need for food, water, and exercise). Plus *POOF*, their problem goes away. No more adware! Hell no more viruses or evil hackers either! Their computer can be in prison with all the rest of the evil non-violent offenders! They can come visit it when they need to use Word
Hell you can even stack all the congressmans and senator's computers in a couple cells I bet ya! Simple solution. Cost effective!
Really I think that people with that little knowledge of computers have no business passing laws about computers. Ridiculous. Do you take your computer to a lawyer to have it fixed?????
Yes fair enough. You are right. This is a good idea that he has I think. Working together is the way for sure.... I think I will email him.
So.... question,
In the best possible universe, do you believe that a project like this should be closed source or open source?
OK so this guy has a good idea but he is a busy programmer and this is not open source software so we can't trust it.
I'm all for a new open source project where we could take all our old AT computers running linux (you know you've got a bunch of them) and put a new and improved open source honeypot/worm tracking and graphing distributed network software on them. It will be open source so we can trust it. We might have more volunteers to help write and test this if it is open source too so it will get done faster. And finally a linux box is less susceptible to these worms than Windows anyway and will have more of a chance of surviving these worms when they hit (i think).
OK I'm not a programmer, just a wishful netwrok guy but hey I'll set one up on my network if you guys out there who care will make it.
just my 2 cents for what it's worth
"Tell your elected officials that you disagree with what they are supporting, and command them to stop."
I don't mean to sound pessimistic, but I write all of my relevant gov't officials all the time (at least 3-4 / month) and I either get a response like "Don't worry we aren't going to use our new powers to harm you" or no response at all. I don't think they are listening a lot of the time. I agree that writing these people is important but I fear they are not listening to the concerned citizen as much as they are to the corporations funding their next campaign.
I think that is a step in the right direction for Borland and I applaud them.
Perhaps after discovering the anger of the programmers over the unreasonable terms of the their misguided Borland Kylix/JBuilder license, they are perhaps trying to make peace with the growing multitude of linux programmers which would be their customers if treated with respect.
I think Borland has a pretty good track record for being a friend to the community. I do appreciate Borland showing their support for linux.