In other words: "I'm a cheap bastard and I don't want to contribute". You must be a load of fun at pizza parties. You're the type of guy who eats 10 slices and then complains that it was soggy and doesn't want to pay.
They use Wordpress and got hacked with the Pharma Hack. I wrote to their webmaster and explained the problem and sent them some links. They have since upgraded their version of Wordpress and secured the site. But, they still have junk in their database that needs to be cleaned out. He told me that they are working to correct the problem.
A lot of people make fun of the Tesla vs. Edison thing but, think about it: this man invented the modern world and nobody knows (or cares). I went through elementary, middle, and high school in America. Then, I went to college. I never once learned about Nikola Tesla. I didn't find out who he was until I was in my mid twenties. I read a biography about him and was blown away. This guy helped to create everything that I used on a daily basis and I had no idea who he was. It was sad really.
It's about time that the geeks and scientists of the world step up and pay this man some respect. He DESERVES a museum in his honor in the USA. He deserves a place in the science curriculum. Children of today deserve to learn the truth about Tesla and all the ideas that he gave us. I just chipped in and I'm going to help to spread the word. It's time to give Telsa the recognition he deserves.
I agree. I've contributed to Wikipedia articles and made corrections. If I go there and see some important information is missing (or is wrong) I will make a quick edit. But, I've never learned how to do "cites". It's confusing and I don't have 10 hours of time to spend learning the subtle nuances of how Wikipedia works. Someone needs to come up with cite-wizard that does two things: 1.) Asks you for the quote you're citing and 2.) Asks you for the link. Done! I'm not going to study the "grimoire of Wikipedia" to figure out the incantation needed to do cites to make some anal-retentive asshole happy.
The next time you come up with some brilliant idea or name the FIRST thing you should do is perform a domain name lookup to see if your name is already taken. If it isn't then you should register it immediately! Do not wait until you make the presentation. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Trying to retroactively take a domain name from some guy who snatched it up because you were too lazy to register it makes no sense. If you have some brilliant idea then chance are there are about 2,000 people out there with the same idea. Cover your ass and do your homework. That is all.
I think it's sad that they bring the priests and pastors in. Killing other people is wrong.... no matter what the reason is. I suppose if the man of god tells you it's OK to kill people then it must be alright? Reminds me of the bit from Monty Python:
"Then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'"
I suppose that as long as the foe is naughty in the eyes of our god then it's OK to kill them.
I think its possible too. Other people have started down the right path like: FreeNet and WASTE
We need a separate, encrypted darknet that cannot be controlled or contained by anyone or anything. Of course, most of the idiots here would rather point out misspellings with my post or tell everyone how dumb my choice of corporate names are. They are laughing and calling the rest of us tinfoil hat people. But, someday when they wake up they'll be in a jail cell or prison somewhere. They'll be accused of being a "terrorist" and simply disappear. Maybe the MP/RIAA will catch them downloading something and they'll be executed to make an example for other would-be pirates.
"Is there a place for an inexpensive ham/technogeek/FOSS solution that could bypass the antics of the for-pay providers?"
That question is just as relevant for the rest of the world as it is for the Navajo nation. What happens when AOL/Time Warner/Microsoft/CNN/MSNBC/Taco Bell and Carl's Jr. take over the world? There is no Net neutrality anymore. Everything we do is being watched, and reported to the corporations of the world. In the future we won't be able to sneeze or fart without someone knowing about it somewhere.
When are we going to get together to start forming our own backbones? We need a fat pipe that will always remain open and free and that can't be taken over by corporate greed. But, how would you pay for such a thing? How would you create it? How would you maintain it?
I'd be willing to pitch in $80 / month for a truly neutral network. What's your price? How much would you be willing to pay to have access to a FREE (as in speech) Internet connection?
I'll admit to my share of Microsoft bashing over the years. Bill has always been a great boogey man! My hats off to Bill Gates for being the arch-nemesis master . He's kind of like the guy who played Darth Vader. You hated him but,.... you cared about his character. He was meaningful. It's going to be sad to see Bill fading away. Ballmer is kind of like a laughable sidekick. You can imagine him dancing around like monkey-boy while Bill is plotting --like Mojo Jojo-- to take over the world. I think that the "Gates of Borg" icon from Slashdot will live forever. So, goodbye Bill. Go do good things with the remaining time you have and help make the world a better place.
We should put out an ad for a new Arch Nemesis. Who's going to be the next big, bad, evil symbol of corporate greed now that Bill is gone?
I, for one, look forward to the forked version. The ability to not resize the text area annoys the crap out of me. It's my window... let me control it the way I want to.
[Nikola Tesla:] "I was experimenting with vibrations. I had one of my machines going and I wanted to see if I could get it in tune with the vibration of the building. I put it up notch after notch. There was a peculiar cracking sound.
"I asked my assistants where did the sound come from. They did not know. I put the machine up a few more notches. There was a louder cracking sound. I knew I was approaching the vibration of the steel building. I pushed the machine a little higher.
"Suddenly all the heavy machinery in the place was flying around. I grabbed a hammer and broke the machine. The building would have been down about our ears in another few minutes. Outside in the street there was pandemonium. The police and ambulances arrived. I told my assistants to say nothing. We told the police it must have been an earthquake. That's all they ever knew about it."
Watch Out, Mr. Smith
Some shrewd reporter asked Dr. Tesla at this point what he would need to destroy the Empire State Building and the doctor replied: - "Five pounds of air pressure. If I attached the proper oscillating machine on a girder that is all the force I would need, five pounds. Vibration will do anything.- It would only be necessary to step up the vibrations of the machine to fit the natural vibration of the building and the building would come crashing down. That's why soldiers always break step crossing a bridge."
Why the HELL would you want cellphones on a flight anyway? You're flying from LA to NY and you got the ditzy college bimbo to your left and the sleazeball sales guy to your right. Six hours of this shit and I'd want to kill some people:
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Bimbo: "She like totally went to the store, and saw this like totally hot guy there. And I was like you want me to go to the store and like buy some milk? What-ever.I'm just, like, so there, you know?"
Sleazeball: Your name is "you're wanting", and you can't play the man's game, you can't close them, and then tell your wife your troubles. 'Cause only one thing counts in this world: get them to sign on the line which is dotted. You hear me you fuckin' faggots?
Bimbo: Okay, so you're probably going, "Is this like a Noxzema commercial or what?" But seriously, I actually have a way normal life for a teenage girl.
Sleazeball: That watch costs more than you car. I made $970,000 last year. How much you make? You see pal, that's who I am, and you're nothing. Nice guy? I don't give a shit. Good father? Fuck you! Go home and play with your kids. You wanna work here - close! You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you cocksucker? You can't take this, how can you take the abuse you get on a sit? You don't like it, leave.
Is a woman talking to you? | <Y> <N> --> End. | Is she really a woman? | <Y> <N> --> End. | Does she weigh less than 200 lbs? | <Y> <N> --> would your friends find out? --> <Y> (next line) or <N> (do her!) | Are you gay? | <N> <Y> --> End. | Do you have a penis? | <Y> <N> --> Sorry to hear that.:( | Do her!
What they need is a strictly "business class" and "no-kids" airline. One carry on bag. It gets measured in the terminal. If it doesn't fit... it gets checked. NO EXCEPTIONS. No strollers. No children. No families of 5. No fat people. No wheelchairs. No old people. No trying to pack your guitar in the overhead bin. No first time fliers. No tourists.
Start an airline that caters exclusively to the young, single, business individual (or couple). People who fly all the time. People who fly for a living. Cut out all the bullshit and what do you have? Comfortable air travel. I've had the privilege of flying on a few private chartered jets and MY GOD it makes you completely re-evaluate modern air travel. You show up to the airport with your bag in hand. The pilot(s) meet you in the terminal and ask: "Are you ready to go?". You get on the plane and you fly to where you want to go. There is no security check bullshit. There are no screaming children. No assholes who are visiting LA LA land for the first time. It's nothing but, pure bliss. I'd give my left nut to be able to travel this way on a regular basis.
Think back to the original Napster. Centralized. Open. Pretty easy to kill. If the industry had never gone after Napster then P2P technology would never have had any incentive to improve. Necessity is the the mother of invention. So, in the long run, this is actually going to be a good thing. People will develop better P2P clients which serve encrypted files and maybe break them up more in a highly-decentralized manner. The government is actually going to help P2P get better!
Slashdot Mirror
In other words: "I'm a cheap bastard and I don't want to contribute". You must be a load of fun at pizza parties. You're the type of guy who eats 10 slices and then complains that it was soggy and doesn't want to pay.
Maybe a world class scientific lab and museum is exactly what they need? When it gets built, I plan to visit.
Maybe if you would listen to what he's saying and stop getting hung up on his name you'd understand why people like him.
They use Wordpress and got hacked with the Pharma Hack. I wrote to their webmaster and explained the problem and sent them some links. They have since upgraded their version of Wordpress and secured the site. But, they still have junk in their database that needs to be cleaned out. He told me that they are working to correct the problem.
A lot of people make fun of the Tesla vs. Edison thing but, think about it: this man invented the modern world and nobody knows (or cares). I went through elementary, middle, and high school in America. Then, I went to college. I never once learned about Nikola Tesla. I didn't find out who he was until I was in my mid twenties. I read a biography about him and was blown away. This guy helped to create everything that I used on a daily basis and I had no idea who he was. It was sad really.
It's about time that the geeks and scientists of the world step up and pay this man some respect. He DESERVES a museum in his honor in the USA. He deserves a place in the science curriculum. Children of today deserve to learn the truth about Tesla and all the ideas that he gave us. I just chipped in and I'm going to help to spread the word. It's time to give Telsa the recognition he deserves.
Oh Microsoft.... is there *anything* that can't be handled by a lawsuit?
"How to deal with the after birth........ after the jump."
Step 1. -- you cut a hole in a box
Step 2. -- you stick your ass on that box
Step 3. -- whatever you do... don't have her open that box!
I agree. I've contributed to Wikipedia articles and made corrections. If I go there and see some important information is missing (or is wrong) I will make a quick edit. But, I've never learned how to do "cites". It's confusing and I don't have 10 hours of time to spend learning the subtle nuances of how Wikipedia works. Someone needs to come up with cite-wizard that does two things: 1.) Asks you for the quote you're citing and 2.) Asks you for the link. Done! I'm not going to study the "grimoire of Wikipedia" to figure out the incantation needed to do cites to make some anal-retentive asshole happy.
Dear Marketing Wonks:
The next time you come up with some brilliant idea or name the FIRST thing you should do is perform a domain name lookup to see if your name is already taken. If it isn't then you should register it immediately! Do not wait until you make the presentation. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Trying to retroactively take a domain name from some guy who snatched it up because you were too lazy to register it makes no sense. If you have some brilliant idea then chance are there are about 2,000 people out there with the same idea. Cover your ass and do your homework. That is all.
Signed,
The Internet
I think it's sad that they bring the priests and pastors in. Killing other people is wrong.... no matter what the reason is. I suppose if the man of god tells you it's OK to kill people then it must be alright? Reminds me of the bit from Monty Python:
"Then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'"
I suppose that as long as the foe is naughty in the eyes of our god then it's OK to kill them.
I think its possible too. Other people have started down the right path like: FreeNet and WASTE
We need a separate, encrypted darknet that cannot be controlled or contained by anyone or anything. Of course, most of the idiots here would rather point out misspellings with my post or tell everyone how dumb my choice of corporate names are. They are laughing and calling the rest of us tinfoil hat people. But, someday when they wake up they'll be in a jail cell or prison somewhere. They'll be accused of being a "terrorist" and simply disappear. Maybe the MP/RIAA will catch them downloading something and they'll be executed to make an example for other would-be pirates.
Yes companies are just a bunch of people. They call get together and form entities.
Entities that sue children... and old people. And who all have one (singular) objective: "Make a profit".
They don't care if they have to kill people, sue people, enslave children, destroy the planet, or throw you in jail.
As long as they make a profit. If people aren't evil... why do they allow the corporations they work for to do evil things?
Regardless of the corporate names the issue still remains the same.
"Is there a place for an inexpensive ham/technogeek/FOSS solution that could bypass the antics of the for-pay providers?"
That question is just as relevant for the rest of the world as it is for the Navajo nation. What happens when AOL/Time Warner/Microsoft/CNN/MSNBC/Taco Bell and Carl's Jr. take over the world? There is no Net neutrality anymore. Everything we do is being watched, and reported to the corporations of the world. In the future we won't be able to sneeze or fart without someone knowing about it somewhere.
When are we going to get together to start forming our own backbones? We need a fat pipe that will always remain open and free and that can't be taken over by corporate greed. But, how would you pay for such a thing? How would you create it? How would you maintain it?
I'd be willing to pitch in $80 / month for a truly neutral network. What's your price? How much would you be willing to pay to have access to a FREE (as in speech) Internet connection?
instead of quoting the word "Soon" they should have quoted the word "Practical"
i don't know about you... but, I don't happen to have $100,000 laying around.
"practical" in my mind is something in the $10,000 - $20,000 range.
I'll admit to my share of Microsoft bashing over the years. Bill has always been a great boogey man! My hats off to Bill Gates for being the arch-nemesis master . He's kind of like the guy who played Darth Vader. You hated him but,.... you cared about his character. He was meaningful. It's going to be sad to see Bill fading away. Ballmer is kind of like a laughable sidekick. You can imagine him dancing around like monkey-boy while Bill is plotting --like Mojo Jojo-- to take over the world. I think that the "Gates of Borg" icon from Slashdot will live forever. So, goodbye Bill. Go do good things with the remaining time you have and help make the world a better place.
We should put out an ad for a new Arch Nemesis. Who's going to be the next big, bad, evil symbol of corporate greed now that Bill is gone?
GuNgA-DiN
I, for one, look forward to the forked version. The ability to not resize the text area annoys the crap out of me. It's my window... let me control it the way I want to.
Man, I am so jealous. The more I work with computers the more I want to become a farmer.
Thoreau said it best: "Men have become the tools of their tools."
http://www.rastko.org.yu/rastko/delo/10896
[Nikola Tesla:] "I was experimenting with vibrations. I had one of my machines going and I wanted to see if I could get it in tune with the vibration of the building. I put it up notch after notch. There was a peculiar cracking sound.
"I asked my assistants where did the sound come from. They did not know. I put the machine up a few more notches. There was a louder cracking sound. I knew I was approaching the vibration of the steel building. I pushed the machine a little higher.
"Suddenly all the heavy machinery in the place was flying around. I grabbed a hammer and broke the machine. The building would have been down about our ears in another few minutes. Outside in the street there was pandemonium. The police and ambulances arrived. I told my assistants to say nothing. We told the police it must have been an earthquake. That's all they ever knew about it."
Watch Out, Mr. Smith
Some shrewd reporter asked Dr. Tesla at this point what he would need to destroy the Empire State Building and the doctor replied: - "Five pounds of air pressure. If I attached the proper oscillating machine on a girder that is all the force I would need, five pounds. Vibration will do anything.- It would only be necessary to step up the vibrations of the machine to fit the natural vibration of the building and the building would come crashing down. That's why soldiers always break step crossing a bridge."
Why the HELL would you want cellphones on a flight anyway? You're flying from LA to NY and you got the ditzy college bimbo to your left and the sleazeball sales guy to your right. Six hours of this shit and I'd want to kill some people:
---------------------
Bimbo: "She like totally went to the store, and saw this like totally hot guy there. And I was like you want me to go to the store and like buy some milk? What-ever.I'm just, like, so there, you know?"
Sleazeball: Your name is "you're wanting", and you can't play the man's game, you can't close them, and then tell your wife your troubles. 'Cause only one thing counts in this world: get them to sign on the line which is dotted. You hear me you fuckin' faggots?
Bimbo: Okay, so you're probably going, "Is this like a Noxzema commercial or what?" But seriously, I actually have a way normal life for a teenage girl.
Sleazeball: That watch costs more than you car. I made $970,000 last year. How much you make? You see pal, that's who I am, and you're nothing. Nice guy? I don't give a shit. Good father? Fuck you! Go home and play with your kids. You wanna work here - close! You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you cocksucker? You can't take this, how can you take the abuse you get on a sit? You don't like it, leave.
Is a woman talking to you? :(
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<Y> <N> --> End.
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Is she really a woman?
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<Y> <N> --> End.
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Does she weigh less than 200 lbs?
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<Y> <N> --> would your friends find out? --> <Y> (next line) or <N> (do her!)
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Are you gay?
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<N> <Y> --> End.
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Do you have a penis?
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<Y> <N> --> Sorry to hear that.
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Do her!
1. hydrogen sulfide = a TOXIC gas.
2. Mice are INHALING hydrogen sulfide.
So, they are inhaling a toxic gas? How can this be good for them?
I heard that arsenic is a good preservative too.
*sheesh*
What they need is a strictly "business class" and "no-kids" airline. One carry on bag. It gets measured in the terminal. If it doesn't fit... it gets checked. NO EXCEPTIONS. No strollers. No children. No families of 5. No fat people. No wheelchairs. No old people. No trying to pack your guitar in the overhead bin. No first time fliers. No tourists.
Start an airline that caters exclusively to the young, single, business individual (or couple). People who fly all the time. People who fly for a living. Cut out all the bullshit and what do you have? Comfortable air travel. I've had the privilege of flying on a few private chartered jets and MY GOD it makes you completely re-evaluate modern air travel. You show up to the airport with your bag in hand. The pilot(s) meet you in the terminal and ask: "Are you ready to go?". You get on the plane and you fly to where you want to go. There is no security check bullshit. There are no screaming children. No assholes who are visiting LA LA land for the first time. It's nothing but, pure bliss. I'd give my left nut to be able to travel this way on a regular basis.
Think back to the original Napster. Centralized. Open. Pretty easy to kill. If the industry had never gone after Napster then P2P technology would never have had any incentive to improve. Necessity is the the mother of invention. So, in the long run, this is actually going to be a good thing. People will develop better P2P clients which serve encrypted files and maybe break them up more in a highly-decentralized manner. The government is actually going to help P2P get better!