Rather than try and dumb down the internet to what is suitable for 8-year-olds, I would rather raise children to be mature and handle adult content.
The irony here is regardless of some law, young kids see crazy hardcore sh*t on the internet every day. So I guess I'm revising my first sentence to say that I would rather raise the maturity of adults to cope with the fact that kids can handle adult content.
And THAT is why he posted this story. One man doesn't have much hope in a situation like this, but an internet community like/. has the breadth and power and expertise to actually get results!
I agree with you, but in this day and age I can't seem to go two days without some website asking for personal information. Whether I'm signing up for paperless billing from the electric company or ordering a pizza from papajohns.com. I don't use my real info whenever I can, but I couldn't tell you how many companies have my home address or phone number
I completely agree. I have to refuse friend requests from family and co-workers because I don't want them viewing my status/pictures. It would be great if I could post a status update to my "New York Friends Group", or share a picture album with my "Family Group".
The real problem here is that computer data (here referring to song files) is the only truly infinite resource that has ever existed on the planet. A digital copy of a CD could be copied an infinite number of times without any loss of quality. How do you regulate that? It would be like if you had a device that cloned Ferraris and with the push of a button you created a dozen perfect Ferraris out of thin air for you and all of your friends. The guy who owns a Ferrari dealership is going to be pissed, but you didn't do anything to him. You didn't take anything from him. You can't erase file-sharing from the planet. The technology exists, so there must now be a new model of business and new rules by which to regulate it.
The well has pumped millions of gallons (liters) of oil into the Gulf
uh... one of those things is not like the other... I question the validity of any site that thinks gallons and liters are interchangable
Not really. Both statements are true.
From estimates I've gathered around the web, the total amount of oil in the gulf is around 140 million gallons, or 530 million liters. So the well has indeed pumped millions of gallons of oil and millions of liters of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Is it a huge understatement? Yes. Is it an incompetent factual error? No.
So let me see if I'm following this correctly: Public and Media: "OMFG! When I hold the iPhone in my left hand I lose half my bars!" Apple: "No, no, no! It's not that at all! You shouldn't have had any bars to begin with! And in fact, NONE of the iPhones should have had bars!"
Such information could help prosecutors place a suspect at the scene of a crime, or prove the innocence of the accused.
How could you possibly prove someone's innocence this way? You could only be sure that the person in question had not drank any tap water from that city.
While I wholeheartedly agree that superstitions like this are completely ridiculous, why can't they just skip from number 665 to 667? It's just like how many buildings skip from floor 12 to 14. I'm sure someone will complain about how this breaks their Excel spreadsheet or something, but just skip the numbers. It's not hard.
No, see a couple of years ago the smarter internet users started installing Firefox for their computer-illiterate friends and family to get them away from IE. THOSE are the type of people that play FarmVille.
I really wish people could understand that the only way people find out about new music is to hear it. What would happen if they got their way and it was no longer possible for people to trade or share music? Their profits would plummet is what. Who would drop $15 on a CD just to see if it was god or not?
Who is going to be more popular? The guy who can show off how slick his iPhone 4 screen looks, or the guy who goes around with an electron microscope reciting pixel length in microns?
Wow, what a poor name choice for safe digital archiving. I read the headline and thought "Oh no, more SD cards have been shipping with malicious code!"
Microsoft managed to get itself into a monopoly position while the PC market exploded. The PC market has since stabalized, and people are realizing there are options.
There was no where for Microsoft to grow to. So they can't grow anymore.
Pssssst: Microsoft makes more products than just Windows for PC's. It's a secret though, so don't tell anybody.
It's not an issue of privacy. It's an issue that apps on your phone can place calls and send text messages, which could cost you money if you don't have enough monthly minutes or you only get so many texts per month, etc.
I operate under the assumption that anything I do online or with my phone is not private.
I'm tired of this BS, knee-jerk reaction from/.'ers. The possessions in my house are private, even though someone could pretty easily pick the lock on my door and get inside, or peek in through the window, or whatever analogy you want to use.
I think Paranormal Activity was so cheap because they only bought the first 10 pages of the script.
10 INT Living Room: 2 Unlikable characters mumble aloud. 20 INT Bedroom: Characters sleep. 30 INT Kitchen: Characters discuss previous scenes in bedroom and living room. 40 GOTO 10
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The irony here is regardless of some law, young kids see crazy hardcore sh*t on the internet every day. So I guess I'm revising my first sentence to say that I would rather raise the maturity of adults to cope with the fact that kids can handle adult content.
And THAT is why he posted this story. One man doesn't have much hope in a situation like this, but an internet community like /. has the breadth and power and expertise to actually get results!
"Trust no one" with your info still applies.
I agree with you, but in this day and age I can't seem to go two days without some website asking for personal information. Whether I'm signing up for paperless billing from the electric company or ordering a pizza from papajohns.com. I don't use my real info whenever I can, but I couldn't tell you how many companies have my home address or phone number
I completely agree. I have to refuse friend requests from family and co-workers because I don't want them viewing my status/pictures. It would be great if I could post a status update to my "New York Friends Group", or share a picture album with my "Family Group".
The real problem here is that computer data (here referring to song files) is the only truly infinite resource that has ever existed on the planet. A digital copy of a CD could be copied an infinite number of times without any loss of quality. How do you regulate that? It would be like if you had a device that cloned Ferraris and with the push of a button you created a dozen perfect Ferraris out of thin air for you and all of your friends. The guy who owns a Ferrari dealership is going to be pissed, but you didn't do anything to him. You didn't take anything from him. You can't erase file-sharing from the planet. The technology exists, so there must now be a new model of business and new rules by which to regulate it.
The well has pumped millions of gallons (liters) of oil into the Gulf
uh... one of those things is not like the other... I question the validity of any site that thinks gallons and liters are interchangable
Not really. Both statements are true.
From estimates I've gathered around the web, the total amount of oil in the gulf is around 140 million gallons, or 530 million liters.
So the well has indeed pumped millions of gallons of oil and millions of liters of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Is it a huge understatement? Yes. Is it an incompetent factual error? No.
Keep digging, I'm pretty sure this will end up as promotion for a new Halo game. :P
Looks like the definition of the word "scientist" just got a little looser.
Let's just change the internet's name to "The Global Data Transfer Protocol Formerly Known as The World Wide Web".
So let me see if I'm following this correctly:
Public and Media: "OMFG! When I hold the iPhone in my left hand I lose half my bars!"
Apple: "No, no, no! It's not that at all! You shouldn't have had any bars to begin with! And in fact, NONE of the iPhones should have had bars!"
Such information could help prosecutors place a suspect at the scene of a crime, or prove the innocence of the accused.
How could you possibly prove someone's innocence this way? You could only be sure that the person in question had not drank any tap water from that city.
While I wholeheartedly agree that superstitions like this are completely ridiculous, why can't they just skip from number 665 to 667?
It's just like how many buildings skip from floor 12 to 14.
I'm sure someone will complain about how this breaks their Excel spreadsheet or something, but just skip the numbers. It's not hard.
External RAID arrays have been around for a while. Is this just a conventional RAID0 or really a 3 TB single drive?
FTFA "This makes it the largest 3.5-inch in its class". It is one drive.
That Firefox users were smarter internet users.
No, see a couple of years ago the smarter internet users started installing Firefox for their computer-illiterate friends and family to get them away from IE.
THOSE are the type of people that play FarmVille.
Yes, but does it run on.....oh.
I really wish people could understand that the only way people find out about new music is to hear it.
What would happen if they got their way and it was no longer possible for people to trade or share music? Their profits would plummet is what. Who would drop $15 on a CD just to see if it was god or not?
Corporal Tables, we call him.
With the computers there as old as I think they are, the joke is probably Corporal Deltree
At my job I have the added responsibility of monitoring the web for gaming articles and internet memes.
Who is going to be more popular? The guy who can show off how slick his iPhone 4 screen looks, or the guy who goes around with an electron microscope reciting pixel length in microns?
Wow, what a poor name choice for safe digital archiving.
I read the headline and thought "Oh no, more SD cards have been shipping with malicious code!"
Headline: IE9 TOUTS IMPROVED WEB PERFORMANCE, OFFERS TEST DRIVE
Slashdot Community: "IE6 blows!" "Down with M$!!!!1" "You'll have to pry Firefox from my cold, dead fingers!"
Come on guys, can a brother get some comments on the facts of the article, or what?
Microsoft managed to get itself into a monopoly position while the PC market exploded. The PC market has since stabalized, and people are realizing there are options.
There was no where for Microsoft to grow to. So they can't grow anymore.
Pssssst: Microsoft makes more products than just Windows for PC's. It's a secret though, so don't tell anybody.
I operate under the assumption that anything I do online or with my phone is not private.
I'm tired of this BS, knee-jerk reaction from /.'ers. The possessions in my house are private, even though someone could pretty easily pick the lock on my door and get inside, or peek in through the window, or whatever analogy you want to use.
Windows 7 is touch-enabled out of the box
/bump. How exactly did the parent get +5 Informative?
10 INT Living Room: 2 Unlikable characters mumble aloud.
20 INT Bedroom: Characters sleep.
30 INT Kitchen: Characters discuss previous scenes in bedroom and living room.
40 GOTO 10