Watching the video, the conclusion that the video makes is "...You are likely not in the fastest line".
That does not necessarily mean that the reverse (the title) is true -- and yet they somehow jump to that conclusion with the title "...You are likely in the slowest Line."
Can we get some people who actually understand this magical thing called "logic" to start editing Slashdot?
The problem here is that we've essentially created a duopoly in most countries. MC and Visa pretty much run the show and get to call the shots. If they say "all transactions involving company X are blocked", there's fuck all that company can do about it (they can't even appeal it judicially, MasterCard isn't breaking any laws here)
The only real solution is the creation of a payment processing system that isn't dependent on a single centralized authority.
(think wire transfers between banks, but easier to do online or POS)
Of course, try convincing someone to actually pay to develop the technology (and of course convince/distribute this to brick-and-mortar stores) and all you'll get is "if I don't get lock-in, how is this profitable...? How do I get to take over the world/build my own personal empire???"
Also, with something like this, merchants wouldn't have to pay the ridiculous 3% rates that MC/Visa charge.
What about Google's transactions? I'm sure on any given day you can always find copyrighted material on YouTube...
I'd also like to see how sites like RapidShare respond to getting blocked since they are one of the top sites for copyrighted material (excluding torrents)
Not only does this violate the concept of Net Neutrailty, I'd love to see Comcast get hit with Anti-Trust suits for stunts like this. Alas I doubt this will ever happen.
Very True. How many of us here have ever "plead guilty" to a lesser charge for a traffic violation?
I got a "careless driving" when I was in an accident a few years back. The officer even told me "we just give you the highest charge because most people plead it down anyways". I ended up doing just that - pleading it down to a lesser offense because I weighed the risks of "2 demerit points and $200" vs "lose your license and $700", multiplied by the probability of each. Pleading guilty is never proof of guilt.
So how about Netflix with commercials that you can get as soon as the show is aired?
If I miss an episode in a season, I will have to stop watching the television broadcast altogether, and start just watching Netflix (or, since neither of those solutions is optimal, pirate it)
I'm developing a "specification" that can go up to 500 Petabytes/second, with 2 Zettabytes of storage. Not that we have the materials to build it, but can I get in the news now??
You sir, live in a dream world. Apple is by no means whatsoever diversified, and really have no place in a discussion about Oracle. Apple sells pretty-looking consumer devices and multi-media. They have two things going for them: their user-interfaces are top-notch, and they got into the digital download market early.
The do none of the following which their competitors do:
1. Database Engines (Oracle, IBM, MS, Google, FOSS)
2. Server OS's that actually have market penetration (Oracle, IBM, MS, FOSS) If you actually think Mac OS X Server has any market share, I would repeat again to you: You sir, live in a dream world.
3. Productivity Suites (Oracle, IBM, MS, Google, FOSS)
Apple sells shiny little toys to amuse 5 year olds.
When's the last time you heard a kid say "Mommy I want an Oracle database for Christmas"?
When's the last time you heard an IT admin say "We should put our mission-critical application on an Apple product"?
They can sell the brand and the name. The name is what users recognize, and building brand-awareness on LibreOffice is what will determine its success in the coming months.
I believe you are confusing rights to the code with rights to the name. The name "OpenOffice" is the only thing that "LibreOffice" loses by forking it, and is the only thing that is actually worth anything to sell since the code has been GPL'd.
Apparently you never really watched/understood BSG. There are two races of cylons. One is the race that is created in Caprica (the black robots), the other are the "old" cylons from the planet in the final episode (that mimic humans).
Slashdot Mirror
Watching the video, the conclusion that the video makes is "...You are likely not in the fastest line".
That does not necessarily mean that the reverse (the title) is true -- and yet they somehow jump to that conclusion with the title "...You are likely in the slowest Line."
Can we get some people who actually understand this magical thing called "logic" to start editing Slashdot?
It could possibly, remotely, involve Wikileaks.. hence it is fit for slashdot frontpage.
Mastercard rep: We saw your comment on /. about us. We do not appreciate that... your accounts are hereby terminated. Have a good day.
The problem here is that we've essentially created a duopoly in most countries. MC and Visa pretty much run the show and get to call the shots. If they say "all transactions involving company X are blocked", there's fuck all that company can do about it (they can't even appeal it judicially, MasterCard isn't breaking any laws here)
The only real solution is the creation of a payment processing system that isn't dependent on a single centralized authority.
(think wire transfers between banks, but easier to do online or POS)
Of course, try convincing someone to actually pay to develop the technology (and of course convince/distribute this to brick-and-mortar stores) and all you'll get is "if I don't get lock-in, how is this profitable...? How do I get to take over the world/build my own personal empire???"
Also, with something like this, merchants wouldn't have to pay the ridiculous 3% rates that MC/Visa charge.
Hey how about 10^16 people cut up they're cards -- they'll be out of numbers!!!
(INB4 "its much smaller than that due to some fixed digits + verification alrgorithm" blah blah blah reality blah)
What about Google's transactions? I'm sure on any given day you can always find copyrighted material on YouTube...
I'd also like to see how sites like RapidShare respond to getting blocked since they are one of the top sites for copyrighted material (excluding torrents)
I lol'd
/facepalm... that joke was aBEEzmal.
Not only does this violate the concept of Net Neutrailty, I'd love to see Comcast get hit with Anti-Trust suits for stunts like this. Alas I doubt this will ever happen.
Very True. How many of us here have ever "plead guilty" to a lesser charge for a traffic violation?
I got a "careless driving" when I was in an accident a few years back. The officer even told me "we just give you the highest charge because most people plead it down anyways". I ended up doing just that - pleading it down to a lesser offense because I weighed the risks of "2 demerit points and $200" vs "lose your license and $700", multiplied by the probability of each. Pleading guilty is never proof of guilt.
That noticed this is on valentine's day?
So how about Netflix with commercials that you can get as soon as the show is aired?
If I miss an episode in a season, I will have to stop watching the television broadcast altogether, and start just watching Netflix (or, since neither of those solutions is optimal, pirate it)
I'm developing a "specification" that can go up to 500 Petabytes/second, with 2 Zettabytes of storage. Not that we have the materials to build it, but can I get in the news now??
Bath in my own urine, I do... I've never been sick a day in my life
You'll also probably never had a date in your life too..
To be honest, LINQ to SQL was never that good to begin with, and its also deprecated.
Just look at Apple. They've diversified
You sir, live in a dream world. Apple is by no means whatsoever diversified, and really have no place in a discussion about Oracle. Apple sells pretty-looking consumer devices and multi-media. They have two things going for them: their user-interfaces are top-notch, and they got into the digital download market early.
The do none of the following which their competitors do:
1. Database Engines (Oracle, IBM, MS, Google, FOSS)
2. Server OS's that actually have market penetration (Oracle, IBM, MS, FOSS) If you actually think Mac OS X Server has any market share, I would repeat again to you: You sir, live in a dream world.
3. Productivity Suites (Oracle, IBM, MS, Google, FOSS)
Apple sells shiny little toys to amuse 5 year olds.
When's the last time you heard a kid say "Mommy I want an Oracle database for Christmas"?
When's the last time you heard an IT admin say "We should put our mission-critical application on an Apple product"?
They can sell the brand and the name. The name is what users recognize, and building brand-awareness on LibreOffice is what will determine its success in the coming months.
I believe you are confusing rights to the code with rights to the name. The name "OpenOffice" is the only thing that "LibreOffice" loses by forking it, and is the only thing that is actually worth anything to sell since the code has been GPL'd.
Apparently you never really watched/understood BSG. There are two races of cylons. One is the race that is created in Caprica (the black robots), the other are the "old" cylons from the planet in the final episode (that mimic humans).
have unobtanium?
hey could've done it cheaper.
It's AOL, would you actually expect them to make intelligent, informed decisions?
Or they would just use BigTable or other distributed options. Scaling up can only do so much...
1 = 0.999...
since 0.999 can also be expressed as 1 - 1/infinity,
1 = 1 - 1/infinity
0 = - 1/infinity
0 * infinity = -1 / infinity * infinity
0 = -1
1 = 0
And this story happened in the USA. Are we talking about the story or about you?
You can go after the perps. They arrested almost 1000 innocent bystanders without charges.
Tell me, how much are your rights worth to you? I would hope more than $3500. Personally my rights are worth a whole lot more than your $3500.