Of course it is, as there is nothing else for me to quote, the blurb being completely devoid of any personal observation or touch by the "anonymous" submitter.
. ..the article is not some kind of Google ranking ploy.
Of course not. It would be silly to submit a PR piece to Slashdot as a Google ranking ploy. It's a PR ploy.
Ourrageously easy. You do understand that your phone works by radio broadcast, don't you? Throw in some cooperation from the phone company and anyone can do it.
Can some local cops in anytown, USA do this?
They can do this with your frickin' landline if they have a mind and it doesn't violate your rights.
So all the populace of China has to do to avoid having their text messages monitored is tell their phone company they don't want them to cooperate with the government in violation of their rights.
Perhaps you are reading about the wrong kind of cat. It's quite common behavior among lions for young, unpropertied males to form "street gangs" of two or three and use their combined power to to wrest real property from an older and stronger individual.
In any case this has nothing to do with the sense of ownership and even cats that typically act socially purely as individuals, such as leopards, still possess.
A cat, even your Little Fluffy, knows the property of another cat when it comes upon it, even when that other cat is unknown, not in possesion at the time and which cat is the owner when it shows up to reclaim possession.
What is the hallmark of governments is that ownership is recorded and enforced by completely uninvolved individuals, i.e. title, not the concept of ownership itself which all governmentless humans quite plainly recognize well beyond the mere act of possession (and as an aside noting that humans share traits with other animals isn't anthropomorphizing animals, it's animalizing humans).
That's why they formed governments to enforce title in the first place.
I doubt that the recording industry had much to do with coersion....I'm sure that the law firm was paid much more than $4000 to win this case illegally.
The RIAA is a law firm in the sole employ of the recording industry.
Don't be silly dude, I have just crafted an exact replica of the glorious ninth by Ludwig Van. It is identical to the original in every respect of art and craftsmanship so there's no reason I shouldn't be just as famous as Ludwig by this time next year.
Now if you'll excuse me I'm off to paint some rectangles. Mondrian made a bloody fortune doing that.
Music is the most effective way to externally stimulate your brain's "pleasure center." What's more, the pleasure response is proportional to volume, so the tendency is to crank it up a bit when you start getting down with the grove, no matter the musical genre (like a bit from the glorious ninth by Ludwig Van), then crank it up a bit more, then a bit more, then . . .
Even as the volume reaches the level of causing physical pain the pleasure reponse still increases with increasing volume.
Great news for masochists.
For the rest of us perhaps some modicum of awareness and self restraint is in order.
They better get there in a hurry. The dust is falling at 1.6 m/s^2. Ya see, there's no air to keep it wafting about.
Past astronauts did not have to deal with a corrosive dust cloud floating around.
They did a lot of shit we call by the technical term, "walking." Bit driving too. Not to mention the fact that the moon gets wacked by space rocks at a pretty good rate. Ever see a meteor shower? Remember what I said about there being no air on the moon?
No, as we learned from QM they are fundamentally the same. Photons can be viewed as little bits of stuff going really really fast. And atomic nuclei can be treated as propagating waves. Fundementally, they are the same.
Slashdot Mirror
Can you say "National Sales Tax"?
I knew ya could.
KFG
The article is what is quoted. . .
.the article is not some kind of Google ranking ploy.
Of course it is, as there is nothing else for me to quote, the blurb being completely devoid of any personal observation or touch by the "anonymous" submitter.
. .
Of course not. It would be silly to submit a PR piece to Slashdot as a Google ranking ploy. It's a PR ploy.
The medium is the message.
KFG
This is the bit that jumped out at me from the "anonymous" submission:
.we do get to share Research and some other resources . . .
. .
A story about corporate blogging just two stories ago; and now a practical demonstration of astroturfing a public forum.
Happy New Year, same as the old.
KFG
Whats so special about spot 18?
It's twice nine which is a magic number because it's three threes.
KFG
There are places where automation makes sense, like for repetitive tasks.
KFG
Real engineering solution would involve changing earth's rotation speed to match the clock. Any takers?
Yeeeeeeeeeeeah Baby! Which way to dee nuclear wessels?
KFG
let's wish for 365 more days of everything.
If you had everything, where would you keep it? -Stephen Wright
Actually, that's an easy one:
Everywhere.
KFG
I figure its because I'm missing the point.
Perhaps it is they who are missing the point. Perhaps there are so few users of RSS because it is, in fact, pointless.
Just a thought.
KFG
I may be misunderstanding you . . .
.do you think that the Chinese government is just going to say "oh, OK, you're right, if you don't consent to being monitored, we won't do it"?
Yes, you may.
. .
No, I do not. That is why I italicied "your rights" to emphasis that the only technical impediment to monitoring is your "rights."
Who the heck do you think the "phone company" is in China?
KFG
I am curious though, exactly how easy is it?
Ourrageously easy. You do understand that your phone works by radio broadcast, don't you? Throw in some cooperation from the phone company and anyone can do it.
Can some local cops in anytown, USA do this?
They can do this with your frickin' landline if they have a mind and it doesn't violate your rights.
So all the populace of China has to do to avoid having their text messages monitored is tell their phone company they don't want them to cooperate with the government in violation of their rights.
KFG
. . .what do I get once my win has been confirmed?
Cremated.
KFG
. . .it will claim that piece of property for itself without expecting any uninvolved cats to stop it.
.ownership implies . . .:
Because. . . it does not have a title.
. .
An awareness of what is, and is not, "yours."
KFG
Perhaps you are reading about the wrong kind of cat. It's quite common behavior among lions for young, unpropertied males to form "street gangs" of two or three and use their combined power to to wrest real property from an older and stronger individual.
In any case this has nothing to do with the sense of ownership and even cats that typically act socially purely as individuals, such as leopards, still possess.
A cat, even your Little Fluffy, knows the property of another cat when it comes upon it, even when that other cat is unknown, not in possesion at the time and which cat is the owner when it shows up to reclaim possession.
What is the hallmark of governments is that ownership is recorded and enforced by completely uninvolved individuals, i.e. title, not the concept of ownership itself which all governmentless humans quite plainly recognize well beyond the mere act of possession (and as an aside noting that humans share traits with other animals isn't anthropomorphizing animals, it's animalizing humans).
That's why they formed governments to enforce title in the first place.
KFG
I doubt that the recording industry had much to do with coersion....I'm sure that the law firm was paid much more than $4000 to win this case illegally.
The RIAA is a law firm in the sole employ of the recording industry.
KFG
But, thanks for being pedantic.
Dude, we're talking about law.
KFG
. . .other cats won't gang up on the big cat to enforce the concept of "ownership".
The hell they won't.
It's stupid to anthromorphize animals to make a social argument about humans
That's why it didn't do it and spoke strictly of cats as cats.
KFG
"Newflash people, "ownership" is a concept that _only_ exists within the context of a governmental legal system."
Nonsense. Cats recognize ownership.
Title is a concept that only exists within the context of a governmental legal system.
KFG
Don't be silly dude, I have just crafted an exact replica of the glorious ninth by Ludwig Van. It is identical to the original in every respect of art and craftsmanship so there's no reason I shouldn't be just as famous as Ludwig by this time next year.
Now if you'll excuse me I'm off to paint some rectangles. Mondrian made a bloody fortune doing that.
KFG
Until the average system needs over 4 gigs of RAM cheaper 32 bit systems will probably still be popular.
I know vim is getting a bit "bloated" these days, but how much bloody ram do you figure it's ever going to really take to run?
KFG
Why would you hate Opera?
Because this is Slashdot where the available options are limited to:
1. Love
2. Hate
3. Cowboy Neal
4. Boobs!
?
KFG
You can listen to anything loudly, and people do.
Music is the most effective way to externally stimulate your brain's "pleasure center." What's more, the pleasure response is proportional to volume, so the tendency is to crank it up a bit when you start getting down with the grove, no matter the musical genre (like a bit from the glorious ninth by Ludwig Van), then crank it up a bit more, then a bit more, then . . .
Even as the volume reaches the level of causing physical pain the pleasure reponse still increases with increasing volume.
Great news for masochists.
For the rest of us perhaps some modicum of awareness and self restraint is in order.
KFG
Future astronauts.
They better get there in a hurry. The dust is falling at 1.6 m/s^2.
Ya see, there's no air to keep it wafting about.
Past astronauts did not have to deal with a corrosive dust cloud floating around.
They did a lot of shit we call by the technical term, "walking." Bit driving too. Not to mention the fact that the moon gets wacked by space rocks at a pretty good rate. Ever see a meteor shower? Remember what I said about there being no air on the moon?
KFG
When I tell you that I love you
Don't test my love
Accept my love
Don't test my love
Because maybe
I don't love you
All that much
-Dan Bern
KFG
No, as we learned from QM they are fundamentally the same. Photons can be viewed as little bits of stuff going really really fast. And atomic nuclei can be treated as propagating waves. Fundementally, they are the same.
And so for ourselves.
KFG
Throw in a cube farm and it reminds me of our fucking lives.
I was complaining just the other day about how much money it takes to live like a monk these days.
KFG