Really? I'd trust a random Slashdotter (even high UID!) before trusting the "justice" system.
"Justice" system is a misnomer. I wonder how or why they came up with that one. It's actually the legal system. The point is not to provide justice. The point is to go through a process defined by the law, precedent, court rules, and the financial means of the parties.
What massive stupidity on the part of HP to simply announce they're exiting hardware at some future date, but then also keep (trying) to sell hardware.
I'm in the market for a laser printer, and one brand I know I won't buy is HP: why buy something that's going to be an orphan in a few months?
No kidding. Which has a more direct relation to death and destruction: Acts of God (term of art), or releasing/plea-bargaining/failing to convict a prisoner/arrestee?
I've got an idea: Since the sum total of ideas expressed on Slashdot comments have probably already been expressed elsewhere, and are available on Google, it's probably superfluous to post comments on Slashdot.
Also, since all of the articles posted on Slashdot are (obviously) available elsewhere on the Web, and hence, also via Google, it would make sense to also not post articles on/., being redundant.
In fact, to the logical geek mind, the thing that would make the most sense is for slashdot.org to simply be turned into a DNS redirect for google.com.
Why didn't anyone think of that before? In fact, I think CmdrTaco did indeed realize that the very existence of Slashdot is futile in the face of Google, and voluntary stepped down for that reason.
The problem with all these sorts of powers (including the Justice Department shutting down sites it deems to have violated copyright) is that there's no judicial procedure.
Why is it that they don't understand the idea of having to prove wrongdoing by a website owner instead of merely asserting it?
In the new world, is enough to merely be accused of being a "pirate" to be shunted into a place where you have no rights? And no compulsory process for redress, and confronting your accusers?
>it is unlikely that we all descended from a single pair of humans.
I thought that Lucy/African Eve was the one that we're all descended from. Or was that a single pair of humans... Lucy and multiple males.
Or if we don't all descend from a common source (the rest having died or being killed off), does that give weight to racist arguments that blacks and whites are separate species?
The way I look at it, all the productive time is from 8-12 or so. The hours after lunch are (or should be) for miscellaneous stuff, boring meetings, etc.
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Really? I'd trust a random Slashdotter (even high UID!) before trusting the "justice" system.
"Justice" system is a misnomer. I wonder how or why they came up with that one. It's actually the legal system. The point is not to provide justice. The point is to go through a process defined by the law, precedent, court rules, and the financial means of the parties.
Massive Osborne effect going on here.
What massive stupidity on the part of HP to simply announce they're exiting hardware at some future date, but then also keep (trying) to sell hardware.
I'm in the market for a laser printer, and one brand I know I won't buy is HP: why buy something that's going to be an orphan in a few months?
No kidding. Which has a more direct relation to death and destruction: Acts of God (term of art), or releasing/plea-bargaining/failing to convict a prisoner/arrestee?
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Didn't NetCraft confirm it?
Won't anybody think of the poor photo models who got cheated out of any money due to this guy's copyright violations?
I've got an idea: Since the sum total of ideas expressed on Slashdot comments have probably already been expressed elsewhere, and are available on Google, it's probably superfluous to post comments on Slashdot.
Also, since all of the articles posted on Slashdot are (obviously) available elsewhere on the Web, and hence, also via Google, it would make sense to also not post articles on /., being redundant.
In fact, to the logical geek mind, the thing that would make the most sense is for slashdot.org to simply be turned into a DNS redirect for google.com.
Why didn't anyone think of that before? In fact, I think CmdrTaco did indeed realize that the very existence of Slashdot is futile in the face of Google, and voluntary stepped down for that reason.
You might find this handy regarding electronic signatures:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=esign+act
The problem with all these sorts of powers (including the Justice Department shutting down sites it deems to have violated copyright) is that there's no judicial procedure.
Why is it that they don't understand the idea of having to prove wrongdoing by a website owner instead of merely asserting it?
In the new world, is enough to merely be accused of being a "pirate" to be shunted into a place where you have no rights? And no compulsory process for redress, and confronting your accusers?
>it'll be one guy's (The homeowner) claimed recollection against more than one guy's claimed recollections (the officer impersonatorS
Since courts usually go with officers' testimony no matter how stupid, all he has to is to impersonate an officer again.
For bonus points, tell the court the guy was trying to "wire tap" the officer with the iPhone.
and it's amazing how close we're getting to what futurists call "the Singularity".
It's also amazing how a lot stuff from fiction (Terminator, Star Trek, Fringe) is coming true.
Portable computer pads from Star Trek are one thing, but stark raving mad science experiments from Fringe are a total 'nother. New world.
Best post in the thread. I'm replying instead of modding because the latest Slashdot update doesn't allow you to mod without JavaScript.
The stupidity is just stunning. IBM was prudent; HP is being reckless.
>If Google is all about openness, where's the public repository for the search engine?
Huh?
You mean http://./ ?
Are you a proponent of the raw food movement?
What's your idea of a "pure" food? Food comes from animals, dirt, or fungus.
If you don't like the idea of drinking secretions from a cow's mammary glands, just come out and say it.
For some people (not all), the idea of drinking milk from a TB-free herd as it came from the cow is appealing. It's cooled to halt bacteria growth.
>potentially deadly
You've got to be kidding. I'd love to hear if you support armed raids on sushi bars. Sushi being raw fish, of course. Oh, and fugu, too.
As long as the product is properly marked, and people do know exactly what they're getting, what's the need for busybodies to bother themselves?
>Crap I forgot to login
Don't worry, SkyNet did it for you.
Not too much adrenaline in this here basement ....
Wait, when a consumer spends a dollar for a iBlah, it's a vote for closed garden.
But when a consumer spends on Android, it's not a vote for openness?
How's that?
>it is unlikely that we all descended from a single pair of humans.
I thought that Lucy/African Eve was the one that we're all descended from. Or was that a single pair of humans ... Lucy and multiple males.
Or if we don't all descend from a common source (the rest having died or being killed off), does that give weight to racist arguments that blacks and whites are separate species?
The way I look at it, all the productive time is from 8-12 or so. The hours after lunch are (or should be) for miscellaneous stuff, boring meetings, etc.
What's really the actual difference for an office worker?
Granted, on Ubuntu going forward, I guess it's going to be Libre. But what if you're downloading it for Windows?
And should you or should you not get the version with Java?
Agreed with you on the hacking, but why go the Apple route then?
As has been mentioned before, all you have to do is enter the geeky so-called Konami code, and you're in.
It's well-known enough that it pops up as an Google auto-complete on "kon". Sort of like the movie equivalent of "OVERRRIDE".
Yeah, self-fulfilling prophesy. Tell people it's dead and it definitely will be.
Just selling it at $99 might have been the jump start it needed. I mean, they were going to kill it anyways, what did they have to lose?
with the Opera gestures.
Hold your arm and move to the right for the next high.
Boss coming? Minimize: down and then left.
Ctrl+f - F for find, OK.
F3 - it was used in some MS and maybe other programs. Great.
But who came up with Ctrl+g for find in Linux?
It's used in gedit and some other programs.
Argh.
Strangely, that doesn't seem to work in gnome-terminal.
ls Ctrl+v tab