Please address people's concerns about the new web site look or put it off for a long time. I am trying to read very important stories on this web site and it's drowned in protesting (annoying but I understand why). So would the peeps running slashdot please ADRESS THE CONCERNS of people so we can have comments RELATED TO THE STORY. Thanks.
Wasn't the whole point of this to encourage advertisers to not track and if they do you have a leg to stand on in a court because you specifically made it clear you did not want to be tracked?
In rural Australia there is no NBN for you. Enjoy your congestion, I wouldn't be surprised if 50% of the exchanges in Australia have backhaul problems it's pretty appalling. NBN change it? I hope so but I am not exactly expecting a positive result.
Been using this for awhile now:
No script Options, Advanced,ABE.
># Block facebook on third party sites
>Site.facebook.com.facebook.net.fbcdn.com.fbcdn.net
>Accept from.facebook.com.facebook.net.fbcdn.com.fbcdn.net
>Deny ALL
Works like a charm, might need to make one for google+ soon. Of course slashdot is going to mash it into one big line > denotes a new line.
A lot of the people commenting here are not really getting the issue, as far as I can tell. The point of worry is control creep, much like the creep that is worried about when they start censoring the "bad things" off the Internet, I'd be all for it if it wasn't so easy to abuse. The problem is in fact, it is easy for the powers that be/status quo to abuse these systems and they have done so before. I've had laptops where I couldn't even switch the SATA mode, there's nothing to stop them making this into the worst possible situation for those who use OSes besides Windows.
Once you enter an area that requires a ticket or that is private property, you are no longer in a public venue for free unhampered expression; you are in an area for paying customers.
And when the goverment has finished selling just about all of the public land, train stations, bus stations you'll get to enjoy your lack of freedom to speak in those oh so not public places, you know, the ones where the public walk around and you have to use to access "public transport" yet it is private property...
Another recent thing is the ability to find out people's information just from their name and country, in the past without all these linked networks it took a lot longer to find someone if you could even find them at all... So we had anonminity in a form then the Internet and other various data retention events came along and we lost anonminity, then we got it back in the form of posting Anonymously or with a name we have made up. Like I am doing right now.
I'm sorry RIAA, MPAA,whateverAA no one can afford your shit anymore, if you haven't looked out front your door lately a lot of people are barely able to afford their food let alone some shiney discs you sell. I mean the USA is in big trouble right now so is half of europe, if we have a choice we're going with dinner > DVD thank you very much, please just go and fade away you're no longer relevant anymore.
Funny how we have an article on how anonymity online is bad just after a certain group of people who happen to be all about anonymity attack goverments and certain news paper... After all we don't want people being anonymous then we can't go after them when they say things we don't like!
Oh look people's rights being stomped on again, seems like a common theme these days. I hope goverments don't sit around wondering why their populations are pissed off at them, cause they sure as hell don't have to look far.
When the industry starts giving people what they want - DRM-free stuff they can 'own' and use whichever way they like, at a reasonable price - then piracy will go down.
They don't want that though, the minute you have a prefect digital copy you don't have to keep buying the same shit everytime we get a new technology to play it, and they certainly don't want that at all ^^
I wouldn't exactly tout UK goverment as a great entity, I recently watched a youtube video of a randomy terrorist stop as they call it where they were searching vehicles while brandishing automatic rifles... Wow I'd feel safe.. Not to mention the nice Internet Censorship.
True, nice of you to take it to the extream, I guess I could take the whole controlling everyone to an extream too, though I really can't be bothered. I think I'll judge how free I am, and I don't see much freedom, I see control and intimidation, I see procedures that really don't do anything to keep people safe, just give the impression to those not knowing otherwise. No one asked for uncompromising freedom, what people want is some damn reasonable freedom, and I don't see it.
The "porno scanners"? Give me a break. You are so scared that somebody is going to see your naked body? Big whoop. What are you ashamed of? This is getting ridiculous.
Generally most people only like their docotor seeing them naked and not Dave who works wednesdays and fridays. Actually I agree lets all walk around the air port naked, I mean there's nothing to be ashamed of right? What's the worse that could happen to you? It's just people seeing you naked.
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Please address people's concerns about the new web site look or put it off for a long time. I am trying to read very important stories on this web site and it's drowned in protesting (annoying but I understand why). So would the peeps running slashdot please ADRESS THE CONCERNS of people so we can have comments RELATED TO THE STORY. Thanks.
Funny how quick they replied to this study, feeling a bit nervous facebook?
And hear I always though it was savage beatings by police.
There's a difference between expressing what you want done with your "property" and demanding someone give you "property".
Good thing I'm not extremely stupid then.
Wasn't the whole point of this to encourage advertisers to not track and if they do you have a leg to stand on in a court because you specifically made it clear you did not want to be tracked?
Pretty sure they're just copying it not reinventing it.
Thank god it's gone I get SO SICK of people reinventing the wheel.
Department of Unnecessary Services, I think it sums them up quite well.
In rural Australia there is no NBN for you. Enjoy your congestion, I wouldn't be surprised if 50% of the exchanges in Australia have backhaul problems it's pretty appalling. NBN change it? I hope so but I am not exactly expecting a positive result.
Been using this for awhile now: No script Options, Advanced,ABE. ># Block facebook on third party sites >Site .facebook.com .facebook.net .fbcdn.com .fbcdn.net
>Accept from .facebook.com .facebook.net .fbcdn.com .fbcdn.net
>Deny ALL
Works like a charm, might need to make one for google+ soon. Of course slashdot is going to mash it into one big line > denotes a new line.
A lot of the people commenting here are not really getting the issue, as far as I can tell. The point of worry is control creep, much like the creep that is worried about when they start censoring the "bad things" off the Internet, I'd be all for it if it wasn't so easy to abuse. The problem is in fact, it is easy for the powers that be/status quo to abuse these systems and they have done so before. I've had laptops where I couldn't even switch the SATA mode, there's nothing to stop them making this into the worst possible situation for those who use OSes besides Windows.
1. God it's loud. 2. What is with the bar? 3. We have so much better things to spend money on. 4. God it's loud.
Once you enter an area that requires a ticket or that is private property, you are no longer in a public venue for free unhampered expression; you are in an area for paying customers.
And when the goverment has finished selling just about all of the public land, train stations, bus stations you'll get to enjoy your lack of freedom to speak in those oh so not public places, you know, the ones where the public walk around and you have to use to access "public transport" yet it is private property...
Another recent thing is the ability to find out people's information just from their name and country, in the past without all these linked networks it took a lot longer to find someone if you could even find them at all... So we had anonminity in a form then the Internet and other various data retention events came along and we lost anonminity, then we got it back in the form of posting Anonymously or with a name we have made up. Like I am doing right now.
I'm sorry RIAA, MPAA ,whateverAA no one can afford your shit anymore, if you haven't looked out front your door lately a lot of people are barely able to afford their food let alone some shiney discs you sell. I mean the USA is in big trouble right now so is half of europe, if we have a choice we're going with dinner > DVD thank you very much, please just go and fade away you're no longer relevant anymore.
Funny how we have an article on how anonymity online is bad just after a certain group of people who happen to be all about anonymity attack goverments and certain news paper... After all we don't want people being anonymous then we can't go after them when they say things we don't like!
Next new airport security scanner, is going to feature automatic cavity searches don't forget to bend over. The sad part is that sentence doesn't even feel like a joke to me anymore when I see how many privacy violations and inhumane things goverments are putting their people through. It's just discusting I just finished reading this: http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/32-signs-that-the-entire-world-is-being-transformed-into-a-futuristic-big-brother-prison-grid. Is there any hope left for this stupid planet?
Oh look people's rights being stomped on again, seems like a common theme these days. I hope goverments don't sit around wondering why their populations are pissed off at them, cause they sure as hell don't have to look far.
This type hacking crap helps no one, and makes the problem worse.
Yeah cause I totally see the rest of the worlds popualtion getting up and doing something about corporations getting off lightly, oh wait...
When the industry starts giving people what they want - DRM-free stuff they can 'own' and use whichever way they like, at a reasonable price - then piracy will go down.
They don't want that though, the minute you have a prefect digital copy you don't have to keep buying the same shit everytime we get a new technology to play it, and they certainly don't want that at all ^^
I wouldn't exactly tout UK goverment as a great entity, I recently watched a youtube video of a randomy terrorist stop as they call it where they were searching vehicles while brandishing automatic rifles... Wow I'd feel safe.. Not to mention the nice Internet Censorship.
True, nice of you to take it to the extream, I guess I could take the whole controlling everyone to an extream too, though I really can't be bothered. I think I'll judge how free I am, and I don't see much freedom, I see control and intimidation, I see procedures that really don't do anything to keep people safe, just give the impression to those not knowing otherwise. No one asked for uncompromising freedom, what people want is some damn reasonable freedom, and I don't see it.
The "porno scanners"? Give me a break. You are so scared that somebody is going to see your naked body? Big whoop. What are you ashamed of? This is getting ridiculous.
Generally most people only like their docotor seeing them naked and not Dave who works wednesdays and fridays. Actually I agree lets all walk around the air port naked, I mean there's nothing to be ashamed of right? What's the worse that could happen to you? It's just people seeing you naked.
Now now everyone try to remain calm when you're getting screwed over there's no need to raise your voice.