If that's true, and the reason really was to avoid a DMCA lawsuit, then that IT guy needs to be fired for serious and obvious incompetence. This is not the solution to the "problem" of 1 illegal download.
The proper solution would be to blacklist the guy's MAC address and kick him from the network. Okay, so I have never seen such tools, but if such an administrative move is not possible, then someone else REALLY screwed up when implementing wireless networking admin tools in general.
Sure, MAC addresses are spoofable, but put enough obstacles in this guy's way and block him fast enough when he resurfaces, and he might just give up. And I don't think this would bother anyone else on the network. Again, if it doesn't block duplicate MAC addresses, then someone really screwed up the general system.
Denying people a public service such as Wifi hardly seems like "Collective Punishment".
Someone who was deemed to be doing something that is disapproved of had some favorable condition, and it was taken away in order to discourage the behavior that is disapproved of. That is the definition of negative punishment.
And this punishment was imposed on a collective of people because of the actions of a single person, so that seems to imply that it was a collective punishment in the same way that p -> p in logic.
So yes, it was collective punishment by definition.
Anyone want to guess whether the insurance companies made good on their promises?
Yeah, I'd like to make a guess.
My guess is that they did make good on their promises and lowered the cost of car insurance premiums. However, their personal profits went up by more than what the cost of the premium decreased by, so you, the driver, still get screwed in the end.
But I don't think that will happen anytime soon. It would be easier to remove the patent system completely.
I'm gonna take a guess that you're the kind of guy who, when his computer fills up with too many source code files, just uses `sudo rm -rf/` rather than picking through your disk and deleting only the files that you want to delete.
I, for one, never understood why programmers have such a hard time with legalese.
We learn many languages. Legalese is not one of them.
Could you read C code before you studied C? Did you know Java before you knew Java?
If legalese documents would include some sort of comment or remark before each section summarizing what the section's about, I think we could get people to understand the document before they decide it's tl;dr.
Yes, it's a legitimate error, unless some of them refuse to use the operating system produced by the company.
Question for which I would like an answer: How many Microsoft employees do you expect use a non-Windows OS, especially it's natural enemy, the FOSS Linux?
The problem with your math is that that shows that his average speed was 68 feet per second.
Conversion of units: 68 ft/s * 3600 s/hr * 1 mile/5280 ft = about 46.36 mph.
Therefore, his average speed was right around the 45 mph speed limit, and anyone who calls that little bit over the limit "speeding" is being far too pedantic.
But I suppose it should be taken into account that he did start from a stopped position, in which case, d = vt+0.5at^2.
I'm still too lazy to tackle that math right now, because I just got up. Someone finish this for me.
What's that? You want me to respect copyright? Why? Because it funnels money from my wallet into yours?
This executive has earned himself one unforgettable beating with a 2-by-4, to be held in the back alley as soon as someone gets the balls to actually go and give it to him.
We need to beat some sense into people like this. Literally.
If you feel like you need to change consumer behavior to fit your business model, then you aren't delivering something that consumers actually want (or want to pay for from you), and you deserve to fail as a business. Give 'em what they want, because that's what they will most likely be willing to pay for.
And to solve the piracy problem: Stop releasing stuff in forms that can be easily pirated. Stop releasing DVD box sets, stop releasing individual episodes on iTunes, and stop letting the media slip out of your control. Heck, that way, you save the entire production cost of the DVDs or whatever you need to give Apple to get into the iTunes store. The solution to shark attacks is not to cover up all open wounds and be blood-free and stuff. The solution is to stay out of the water.
I've been praying for the re-deactivation of this machine.
Obviously, the one true God, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the Judeo-Christian God, exists and has heard my request for the good of humanity.
He won't let a few scientists kill the whole human race!:D
Meh, mod as you will. I should be prepared to take a hit for what I just wrote.
So maybe Ubuntu had some bad Karma, but the next version will be Lucid.
1.) Easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible 2.) Characterized by a clear perception or understanding; rational or sane 3.) Shining or bright 4.) Clear; pellucid; transparent
Sounds to me like 10.04's gonna be a real winner, if the adjectives describe the distros.
Also, why is this under "Your Rights Online?" Nobody has a right to illegally download copyrighted materials.
No, but we certainly have the right to download torrents, which are legal in themselves! They aren't copyrighted material; they are pointers to copyrighted material!
Slashdot Mirror
Can it be represented by the five bits 00100?
By the way, I'm assuming that the administrator can get into the access point itself and administer the local side of the network from there.
Again, if such basic tools are missing...
If that's true, and the reason really was to avoid a DMCA lawsuit, then that IT guy needs to be fired for serious and obvious incompetence. This is not the solution to the "problem" of 1 illegal download.
The proper solution would be to blacklist the guy's MAC address and kick him from the network. Okay, so I have never seen such tools, but if such an administrative move is not possible, then someone else REALLY screwed up when implementing wireless networking admin tools in general.
Sure, MAC addresses are spoofable, but put enough obstacles in this guy's way and block him fast enough when he resurfaces, and he might just give up. And I don't think this would bother anyone else on the network. Again, if it doesn't block duplicate MAC addresses, then someone really screwed up the general system.
Denying people a public service such as Wifi hardly seems like "Collective Punishment".
Someone who was deemed to be doing something that is disapproved of had some favorable condition, and it was taken away in order to discourage the behavior that is disapproved of. That is the definition of negative punishment.
And this punishment was imposed on a collective of people because of the actions of a single person, so that seems to imply that it was a collective punishment in the same way that p -> p in logic.
So yes, it was collective punishment by definition.
Anyone want to guess whether the insurance companies made good on their promises?
Yeah, I'd like to make a guess.
My guess is that they did make good on their promises and lowered the cost of car insurance premiums. However, their personal profits went up by more than what the cost of the premium decreased by, so you, the driver, still get screwed in the end.
But I don't think that will happen anytime soon. It would be easier to remove the patent system completely.
I'm gonna take a guess that you're the kind of guy who, when his computer fills up with too many source code files, just uses `sudo rm -rf /` rather than picking through your disk and deleting only the files that you want to delete.
I, for one, never understood why programmers have such a hard time with legalese.
We learn many languages. Legalese is not one of them.
Could you read C code before you studied C? Did you know Java before you knew Java?
If legalese documents would include some sort of comment or remark before each section summarizing what the section's about, I think we could get people to understand the document before they decide it's tl;dr.
. . .
brb, patenting commenting. ;P
Patenting sudo is a slight legitimate error?
Yes, it's a legitimate error, unless some of them refuse to use the operating system produced by the company.
Question for which I would like an answer: How many Microsoft employees do you expect use a non-Windows OS, especially it's natural enemy, the FOSS Linux?
Your use of the word "brillant" is quite scholarly.
No need, I've filled it in. How am I doing?
(Score:0, Troll)
I'd say you hit the nail on the head.
MOD ME +1 OBSERVANT, PLEASE!
Tethering: So easy, a caveman can do it.
The problem with your math is that that shows that his average speed was 68 feet per second.
Conversion of units: 68 ft/s * 3600 s/hr * 1 mile/5280 ft = about 46.36 mph.
Therefore, his average speed was right around the 45 mph speed limit, and anyone who calls that little bit over the limit "speeding" is being far too pedantic.
But I suppose it should be taken into account that he did start from a stopped position, in which case, d = vt+0.5at^2.
I'm still too lazy to tackle that math right now, because I just got up. Someone finish this for me.
Yes! Now we're getting somewhere in this battle against the obviously evil, evil pirates!
What's that? You want me to respect copyright? Why? Because it funnels money from my wallet into yours?
This executive has earned himself one unforgettable beating with a 2-by-4, to be held in the back alley as soon as someone gets the balls to actually go and give it to him.
We need to beat some sense into people like this. Literally.
If you feel like you need to change consumer behavior to fit your business model, then you aren't delivering something that consumers actually want (or want to pay for from you), and you deserve to fail as a business. Give 'em what they want, because that's what they will most likely be willing to pay for.
And to solve the piracy problem: Stop releasing stuff in forms that can be easily pirated. Stop releasing DVD box sets, stop releasing individual episodes on iTunes, and stop letting the media slip out of your control. Heck, that way, you save the entire production cost of the DVDs or whatever you need to give Apple to get into the iTunes store. The solution to shark attacks is not to cover up all open wounds and be blood-free and stuff. The solution is to stay out of the water.
I've been praying for the re-deactivation of this machine.
Obviously, the one true God, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the Judeo-Christian God, exists and has heard my request for the good of humanity.
He won't let a few scientists kill the whole human race! :D
Meh, mod as you will. I should be prepared to take a hit for what I just wrote.
Rephrase: Zero, unless you'd like to point me to some real person who naturally sees an inverted world.
Zero, unless you'd like to point me to someone who naturally sees an inverted world.
Did you just make a computer analogy for a car discussion?
This thread is so backwards....
"Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses"
It's missing a 9! Where is the 9? It's supposed to be between the 8 and the 10! Where is it???
Headline would be perfect if there was a 9 in the proper place. >_>
So maybe Ubuntu had some bad Karma, but the next version will be Lucid.
1.) Easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible
2.) Characterized by a clear perception or understanding; rational or sane
3.) Shining or bright
4.) Clear; pellucid; transparent
Sounds to me like 10.04's gonna be a real winner, if the adjectives describe the distros.
nothing indicates that they [Canonical] have large piles of gold in some secret vault somewhere.
Because Mark Shuttleworth making 500 million dollars and throwing about ten of it at a group he called "Canonical" had nothing to do with it, right?
The guy who started it has the cash on hand to keep it going. He most definitely has large piles of gold* in some secret vault somewhere.
In fact, as of 2008, Canonical Ltd. has yet to turn profitable (but give it a few years, and that bug may yet work itself out).
*Or the equivalent value, calculated and stored in some nation's currency. The guy's completely loaded, and that's a fact.
Program crashed. Politicians != fairness. Impossible instruction given.
Well, let's think about the development cycle...
Ballmer throws chair at programmer ...
Programmer writes source code and calls compiler
Compiler writes binary
Seems to me like Ballmer might be programming in a way more abstract than Java's silliest concepts.
Pinin' for the fjords, what kind of talk is that? Look, why did it fall flat on its back the moment I got it home?
Also, why is this under "Your Rights Online?" Nobody has a right to illegally download copyrighted materials.
No, but we certainly have the right to download torrents, which are legal in themselves! They aren't copyrighted material; they are pointers to copyrighted material!
int x = 7;
int *px = &x;
Remind me: How does (x == px) evaluate?