The RIAA are the pirates, and you are a troll. Nothing new there. And GPL is a necessary defense against the restrictions of copyright, so screw you on that too. "Insightful"...Bunk!
If Windows suddenly goes out of copyright, do I then magically gain the source code to it?
Yes... You can staple, fold, spindle, mutilate, disassemble, modify it to your heart's desire. There would be nothing to stop you. That would be the proverbial "good thing". That's freedom, baby! Yeah!
...how many other geeks out there feel same way now ?
Probably not enough to make a difference, as indicated by that last quote in the Times article. Besides, "geeks" make up a tiny part of the population.
Just like all the private pilots in the states couldn't save Chicago's Meigs Field from destruction. There's not enough of them to matter.
"This is probably going to happen again and we just have to learn to live with it."
No punk, you need to grow a pair, and fight it! With that kind of 'tude, what little rights we have left will go completely unprotected in the very near future.
Yeah I saw other posts in the threads, and other articles that explain it all. It was one of the reasons I made the original comment about the story being posted a bit early before more info became available. I still kinda think an audio link between AT&T and 4chan could have been established before any blocking action had taken place. Maybe the attempt was made...don't know.
then why is it that since the beginning of the history of homo sapiens we have been a deeply religious/theistic species?
Well, considering that written history hardly goes 20,000 years back, that really doesn't mean much, does it? The fact that it was written might indicate a system of formal education already existed. And within the realm of psychology(funny that you brought that up, because it was on my mind), especially social(mass) psychology, the 1930s were exciting times, and they got a pretty good handle on the nature of religion, authoritarianism, and natural phobias. And I would bet that even 6,000 years ago they knew what they were doing with the tools they had. In those "olden" days people were very inquisitive, and fearful of the things they didn't understand, and the people who figured things out had the opportunity to teach and guide them, but instead they took advantage of the situation and enslaved them by exploiting those fears and killing off any critical thought. Tin hats? Don't think so. Just people doing "like they do on the Discovery Channel".
Well that makes no sense. AT&T should be taking no action unless somebody from 4chan calls them up and asks them to block the perceived source of the DDoS.. if that's what's happening. The whole thing sounds goofy. Maybe somebody at Slashdot is looking for a scoop which might backfire against him if it turns out to be fake. Credibility is a fickle mistress...or something like that...
Maybe it might have been a good idea to wait on posting this until a bit more info came in? Or is this part of the show? I'm preheating the microwave now to prep some popcorn.
Yeah, my bad. My explanation should've been more complete. Apparently Slashdot(slashcode?) won't display anything above ASCII 126 unless it has an HTML name. As you probably discovered, the number doesn't always work. Rather strange for a ten year old techie site....Just discovered it doesn't like any superscript. Oh well...
I would venture to say that most humans are born curious, but then have it beaten out of them, both figuratively through the demands of societal conformity(specifically through the education system, church, etc.), and literally by the parents. It all happens at a very early age usually beyond conscious memory of the adult. Either way, it's usually our environment that kills the urge. Genetics plays a comparatively small part.
I think the "correct" term is learned helplessness, and it is not entirely a matter of free will as much as it is of conditioning. And it really shows itself in our dealings with authority and why more people don't rebel against it.
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The RIAA are the pirates, and you are a troll. Nothing new there. And GPL is a necessary defense against the restrictions of copyright, so screw you on that too. "Insightful"...Bunk!
If Windows suddenly goes out of copyright, do I then magically gain the source code to it?
Yes... You can staple, fold, spindle, mutilate, disassemble, modify it to your heart's desire. There would be nothing to stop you. That would be the proverbial "good thing". That's freedom, baby! Yeah!
You're thinking of floppy disks.
of pulling your car over to the side of the road and kill the motor when try to use the phone?
"good thing"(TM) has been trademarked. You are so sued!
protect, point, and pray...Might work. Reading screen shots really sucks
Speech is not action.
...how many other geeks out there feel same way now ?
Probably not enough to make a difference, as indicated by that last quote in the Times article. Besides, "geeks" make up a tiny part of the population.
Just like all the private pilots in the states couldn't save Chicago's Meigs Field from destruction. There's not enough of them to matter.
Particularly depressing ending of the article:
"This is probably going to happen again and we just have to learn to live with it."
No punk, you need to grow a pair, and fight it! With that kind of 'tude, what little rights we have left will go completely unprotected in the very near future.
Yeah I saw other posts in the threads, and other articles that explain it all. It was one of the reasons I made the original comment about the story being posted a bit early before more info became available. I still kinda think an audio link between AT&T and 4chan could have been established before any blocking action had taken place. Maybe the attempt was made...don't know.
...won't investigate to see what is only going on.
Wouldn't dream of it. Nope. Not me. Never never never...
...pointless retort(s)
2-1... You win
Oh, and shitcan the lecture.
then why is it that since the beginning of the history of homo sapiens we have been a deeply religious/theistic species?
Well, considering that written history hardly goes 20,000 years back, that really doesn't mean much, does it? The fact that it was written might indicate a system of formal education already existed. And within the realm of psychology(funny that you brought that up, because it was on my mind), especially social(mass) psychology, the 1930s were exciting times, and they got a pretty good handle on the nature of religion, authoritarianism, and natural phobias. And I would bet that even 6,000 years ago they knew what they were doing with the tools they had. In those "olden" days people were very inquisitive, and fearful of the things they didn't understand, and the people who figured things out had the opportunity to teach and guide them, but instead they took advantage of the situation and enslaved them by exploiting those fears and killing off any critical thought. Tin hats? Don't think so. Just people doing "like they do on the Discovery Channel".
Well that makes no sense. AT&T should be taking no action unless somebody from 4chan calls them up and asks them to block the perceived source of the DDoS.. if that's what's happening. The whole thing sounds goofy. Maybe somebody at Slashdot is looking for a scoop which might backfire against him if it turns out to be fake. Credibility is a fickle mistress...or something like that...
Maybe it might have been a good idea to wait on posting this until a bit more info came in? Or is this part of the show? I'm preheating the microwave now to prep some popcorn.
But... I still can't get TM to show up...
Yeah, my bad. My explanation should've been more complete. Apparently Slashdot(slashcode?) won't display anything above ASCII 126 unless it has an HTML name. As you probably discovered, the number doesn't always work. Rather strange for a ten year old techie site....Just discovered it doesn't like any superscript. Oh well...
I would venture to say that most humans are born curious, but then have it beaten out of them, both figuratively through the demands of societal conformity(specifically through the education system, church, etc.), and literally by the parents. It all happens at a very early age usually beyond conscious memory of the adult. Either way, it's usually our environment that kills the urge. Genetics plays a comparatively small part.
Those are all dead cells. Bringing them back to life...now that would really throw a wrench into the works.
...but I don't know what to do about my ugly computer case...
I think they can do case transplants now
...willful helplessness...
I think the "correct" term is learned helplessness, and it is not entirely a matter of free will as much as it is of conditioning. And it really shows itself in our dealings with authority and why more people don't rebel against it.
® -- Close enough?
Here's a handy, dandy reference page. Have fun...
Not them again! I suppose they'll hit Linux next...Don't know how, but anything can happen...
In Pakistan it might...
It seems that your version of history is trite and disingenuous.
But it pays off in mod points from the diseased and their sockpuppets. And boy! They sure are proving Linus to be correct in his assertion.
...buyer===marketplace===vendor...
I say take out the middleman.