I had a somewhat similar experience when I was living in a dorm. I was getting back late, having stopped at the grocery store on the way over...it was probably after 1 am. So I've parked my car in the dorm's parking lot, and am getting my groceries out of the back seat, when I see a campus cop car drive past with his lights off. Hmmm. Then on the other side of the row of cars, I see a city cop car drive past me in the other direction, also with his lights off. Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Then all of a sudden, both cars stop, along with another couple sqad cars I did not see. The cops get out and start running straight at me, along with a couple of guys that had been on foot...probably around a dozen all told. What.The.Fuck.
But they ran past me for a different car a couple vehicles over, that had a couple of guys in the front. None of the cops said a word to me, but I get some looks as I was rummaging through my backseat for my stuff. I assume it was a drug bust of some kind. It was a good thing I wasn't black or hispanic, or I probably would have shit my pants on the spot.
hey man, give it up. you made a totally wrong comment, and got totally smoked back in the face.
No, he didn't, somebody just took his remarks out of context. But that seems to happen a lot when it comes to the development of the Internet. Just ask Al Gore.
I think you are confusing "content distribution" to mean "consumer electronics", when that's not the case. Distribution means working with shipping, advertizing, and retailers, and works well with the content creators so long as the distributers can't tell the creators what to do.
Electronics is a whole different ball of wax. That part of Sony wants to sell the most electronic gear, while Sony's content arm wants to cripple the hardware to prevent copying.
As Time Warner isn't a big manufacturer of consumer electronics, I don't see them having this kind of problem.
Until you are an adult, your rights *are* limited. ( as they should be ).
But much of the time that attitude has nothing to do with protecting or rasing minors, but rather is just an excuse for laziness and hypocracy.
And it is seriously screwed up when a child can be held as responsible for a crime a full 7 years before they can vote or be drafted, and 10 years before they can drink.
...and this is where most evolutionists really have no scientific basis for their ideas: there is NO scientific explanation for how non-living matter came to acquire the ability to self-reproduce.
And that's why you are dumb. How life first started on earth and how life evolves are two wholy seperate, unreleated issues. There are multiple hypothesis, but they are all basically untestable because the chance of finding the first microbes, over a billion years old, is somewhat remote.
The Catholics have, for the most part, accepted evolution. The pope said that science and Christianity can get along just fine, and in most of these disucssions you'll find someone who went to Catholic school, and was taught evolution in science class. No, you can thank Protestants for this one.
Why not tell them to shove off? clearly you are going to go out of business.
Increased volume. With the economics of scale, you could lose money at your current price point but you'll gain it back by selling through the worlds largest retailer. Or that's how it works in theory anyway, and it might in practice...until Wal-Mart demands you lower your prices again a year later. That's what sunk Vlasic.
But I'm getting some satisfaction.. When I do the fillup for a receipt, I go to one of our few full-serve stations, get the full-serve, put in premium (at nearly $4/gallon).. snicker..snicker..snicker...
Nice, esp with the high gas prices. Stick it to the man!
Microsoft said that IE was a central and integrated part of the "Windows Experience"
No, they didn't.
not a critical part of the OS
Yes, they did.
but since common people and the media don't understand the difference, they talk as if they were the same thing
Maybe because Microsoft spent much of their trial claiming that it was impossible to remove IE without completely breaking Windows, because it was integrated. The "inseparability" was debunked during the trial, but that doesn't change the fact that Microsoft was making that claim.
Since the most common "exploit" in the system is the end user, yes, it is pretty hard to "properly close off".
Yes, it's the end users fault for ActiveX, Outlook express automattically opening attachments, the piss poor privledge separation in Windows, that a fresh install of XP comes with ports left open all over the place that can infect your computer within minutes on the Net, that you can get a rootkit with Autorun, and finally that Microsoft has thousands of bugs in their software, some of which they refuse to fix. It's aaaaaall the end users fault.
would you be claiming that the shop owner is anti-adult?
If he's basing his treatment of ALL 45 year olds based on 1% of the population of 45 year olds that come by his store, then yes, the owner is anti-adult and a jackass. Next?
Being an old fart who so desperately wants to be hip, I'm always checking out "what the young people are up to".
I know how you feel. I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me.
We can't have inaccuracy on Slashdot on something as important as the Kings. My Gestapo Ninja Lawyers are on their way over to confiscate your posting merit badge right now.
And I was wrong and you're right.
What, just because it wasn't made by Apple? Multibutton mice were available on the Mac? Check. Around System 7.x? Check. The necessity of extension dragging doesn't invalidate your recollection. Until the Mighty Mouse, Apple didn't even sell any multibutton mice, so the difference between plugging in a 3 button mouse and having it work and plugging in a 3 button mouse and having to install a driver is negligible.
While porn will certainally be an issue, nobody makes software to block smoking or negative comments on public officials. Well, maybe the Chinese, but I doubt they'll share.
As far as porn goes, hopefully the communities will offer blocking software to download and leave it at that. My responce to "taxpayers shouldn't be paying for downloading porn" is "I'm a taxpayer, so unless I'm commiting a crime, STFU. I don't pay taxes so some redneck can play Fantasy Nascar online either, but I'm not going to complain about it".
"Muggers want to kill and rob you? Sure, we'll be on our way, just as soon as you pay up on your overdue bill."
or:
"Yes, there were gun toting maniacs in the streets shooting people, and yes some of those people were our customers. But since there were over 50 people in the vacinity, that technically makes it a riot, and they didn't have coverage for riots. Now if they'd signed up for our Premium Protection Plan, on the other hand...."
This nice summary of privitization run amock was from a Punisher 2099 comic, of all things. So yes, Libertarians, taxes and public services can be a good thing.
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and when it returns to a normal state the access is going to drop to 128kbits for legal reasons.
What legal reasons would those be?
I had a somewhat similar experience when I was living in a dorm. I was getting back late, having stopped at the grocery store on the way over...it was probably after 1 am. So I've parked my car in the dorm's parking lot, and am getting my groceries out of the back seat, when I see a campus cop car drive past with his lights off. Hmmm. Then on the other side of the row of cars, I see a city cop car drive past me in the other direction, also with his lights off. Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Then all of a sudden, both cars stop, along with another couple sqad cars I did not see. The cops get out and start running straight at me, along with a couple of guys that had been on foot...probably around a dozen all told. What.The.Fuck.
But they ran past me for a different car a couple vehicles over, that had a couple of guys in the front. None of the cops said a word to me, but I get some looks as I was rummaging through my backseat for my stuff. I assume it was a drug bust of some kind. It was a good thing I wasn't black or hispanic, or I probably would have shit my pants on the spot.
Eh? I thought they had just one DirectX package for both 2k and XP...sure the developer wasn't wacked in the head?
hey man, give it up. you made a totally wrong comment, and got totally smoked back in the face.
No, he didn't, somebody just took his remarks out of context. But that seems to happen a lot when it comes to the development of the Internet. Just ask Al Gore.
I think you are confusing "content distribution" to mean "consumer electronics", when that's not the case. Distribution means working with shipping, advertizing, and retailers, and works well with the content creators so long as the distributers can't tell the creators what to do.
Electronics is a whole different ball of wax. That part of Sony wants to sell the most electronic gear, while Sony's content arm wants to cripple the hardware to prevent copying.
As Time Warner isn't a big manufacturer of consumer electronics, I don't see them having this kind of problem.
I know that the cash registers of many stores ask for an age when a customer tries to buy an M-rated game.
I know a guy who was carded by Wal-Mart when he tried to buy the Halo 2 strategy guide. That's right, they carded him for getting a book.
Until you are an adult, your rights *are* limited. ( as they should be ).
But much of the time that attitude has nothing to do with protecting or rasing minors, but rather is just an excuse for laziness and hypocracy.
And it is seriously screwed up when a child can be held as responsible for a crime a full 7 years before they can vote or be drafted, and 10 years before they can drink.
Some of us long ago because our game machines required it
What did you need to run that had to have XP rather than Win2k?
Native or introduced?
And that's why you are dumb. How life first started on earth and how life evolves are two wholy seperate, unreleated issues. There are multiple hypothesis, but they are all basically untestable because the chance of finding the first microbes, over a billion years old, is somewhat remote.
The Catholics have, for the most part, accepted evolution. The pope said that science and Christianity can get along just fine, and in most of these disucssions you'll find someone who went to Catholic school, and was taught evolution in science class. No, you can thank Protestants for this one.
Why not tell them to shove off? clearly you are going to go out of business.
Increased volume. With the economics of scale, you could lose money at your current price point but you'll gain it back by selling through the worlds largest retailer. Or that's how it works in theory anyway, and it might in practice...until Wal-Mart demands you lower your prices again a year later. That's what sunk Vlasic.
But I'm getting some satisfaction.. When I do the fillup for a receipt, I go to one of our few full-serve stations, get the full-serve, put in premium (at nearly $4/gallon).. snicker..snicker..snicker...
Nice, esp with the high gas prices. Stick it to the man!
Microsoft said that IE was a central and integrated part of the "Windows Experience"
No, they didn't.
not a critical part of the OS
Yes, they did.
but since common people and the media don't understand the difference, they talk as if they were the same thing
Maybe because Microsoft spent much of their trial claiming that it was impossible to remove IE without completely breaking Windows, because it was integrated. The "inseparability" was debunked during the trial, but that doesn't change the fact that Microsoft was making that claim.
The concept of 'root' (and all the hacks and workarounds that have stemmed from it).
Um, sure. Get rid of root and you might as well get rid of the concept of using a computer.
Since the most common "exploit" in the system is the end user, yes, it is pretty hard to "properly close off".
Yes, it's the end users fault for ActiveX, Outlook express automattically opening attachments, the piss poor privledge separation in Windows, that a fresh install of XP comes with ports left open all over the place that can infect your computer within minutes on the Net, that you can get a rootkit with Autorun, and finally that Microsoft has thousands of bugs in their software, some of which they refuse to fix. It's aaaaaall the end users fault.
It's actually quite simple, teens arn't allowed to vote thus they have no say....They have no votes so they have no champions, welcome to a democracy.
What makes this pathetic is that kids aren't responsible enough to vote, but they are held as responsible as adults for crime. Complete BS.
would you be claiming that the shop owner is anti-adult?
If he's basing his treatment of ALL 45 year olds based on 1% of the population of 45 year olds that come by his store, then yes, the owner is anti-adult and a jackass. Next?
Being an old fart who so desperately wants to be hip, I'm always checking out "what the young people are up to".
I know how you feel. I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me.
--Abe.
Brain fart. Kensington.
We can't have inaccuracy on Slashdot on something as important as the Kings. My Gestapo Ninja Lawyers are on their way over to confiscate your posting merit badge right now.
And I was wrong and you're right.
What, just because it wasn't made by Apple? Multibutton mice were available on the Mac? Check. Around System 7.x? Check. The necessity of extension dragging doesn't invalidate your recollection. Until the Mighty Mouse, Apple didn't even sell any multibutton mice, so the difference between plugging in a 3 button mouse and having it work and plugging in a 3 button mouse and having to install a driver is negligible.
I wish I could disagree with you, but my last shreds of faith in humanity were destroyed at the news that there will be a Rocky 6 and Rambo 4.
Doesn't South Korea have much better internet access because it's deregulated?
Nope.
While porn will certainally be an issue, nobody makes software to block smoking or negative comments on public officials. Well, maybe the Chinese, but I doubt they'll share.
As far as porn goes, hopefully the communities will offer blocking software to download and leave it at that. My responce to "taxpayers shouldn't be paying for downloading porn" is "I'm a taxpayer, so unless I'm commiting a crime, STFU. I don't pay taxes so some redneck can play Fantasy Nascar online either, but I'm not going to complain about it".
Or with cops:
"Muggers want to kill and rob you? Sure, we'll be on our way, just as soon as you pay up on your overdue bill."
or:
"Yes, there were gun toting maniacs in the streets shooting people, and yes some of those people were our customers. But since there were over 50 people in the vacinity, that technically makes it a riot, and they didn't have coverage for riots. Now if they'd signed up for our Premium Protection Plan, on the other hand...."
This nice summary of privitization run amock was from a Punisher 2099 comic, of all things. So yes, Libertarians, taxes and public services can be a good thing.
but this snafu puts them right up there with Adobe in corporate arrogance and stupidity.
I was thinking more of Intuit and their boot sector DRM crap.