I also remember those airport security problems professor Mann had. I have to wonder whether he might be the sort of person that unintentionally escalates these situations. Or at least fails to effectively de-escalate them. Just a thought.
Another possibility is the "McDonald's" employees were really law enforcement. Given the location and concerns about terrorism this situation may be much more similar to the TSA encounters Prof. Mann has already experienced.
And I have never seen a copy of Haaretz or Pravda, nor have I been to Russia or Israel, but I know what the fuck that they are when I read them on the Web.
While the Monitor may have a small paper distribution, apparently they reach a great deal of readers online. (With readership in the range of those other small US papers that I mentioned.)
There is no barrier to knowledge, nowadays, beyond personal ambivalence.
Can we make it a requirement that one has to have a modicum of knowledge of the world outside his own town (or village) in order to post on the internet? (anywhere on the internet...)
Shit, it's the Christian Science Monitor, it's not like this is a small, unknown paper.
The following CSS change will replace the downward sweeping curve with an unpward curve, same as the article div uses. (This is a bit hackish since im working with what they have):
Use greasemonkey to replace this line (in slashdot.css, fyi)
I don't know how serious you are, but the idea of going to science class with my family for 1 hour every sunday morning is the best idea I've heard in a long time. Seriously. Christ, how many man-hours has this country wasted praying to super heros from outer space to solve our problems? If these hundred-million Americans took regular classes on science, critical thinking, the accumulated knowledge of humanity, etc, we might be able to progress a notch past vicious fucking animals.
Why does even the blogosphere continue to ignore Allofmp3.com ? Let me know if you find a service that can beat $0.02 USD / MB, where you can choose what format (mp3, aac, wav, flac, etc) and what bitrate you encode at. I have had little problem finding obscure titles (not no problem, but little) and really im nothing but satisfied with putting $10 in an account and getting 5-10 albums. Really exposes the other services as the profiteering scoundrels that they are.
My own theory is that Apple declared War on Microsoft when they announced their intention to release an x86 version of OS X. The OS is the powerhouse of Apple's future success. This could be a very serious competitor to Microsoft Windows. Really, who isn't interested in trying a polished functional alternative to XP? Now Apple's opening salvoes have been returned by Microsoft pulling this licensing garbage.
Our culture (US. I wont generalize) is so obsessed with protecting the innocent children, it kills me. I played around with my personal computer during my childhood probably from the age of 10 (1991) on. I got into all sorts of things that these hyper-protective parents might throw a shit fit (and sue every ISP, content-producer, school, etc) over. But you know what? It didnt cause me to become a criminal or a degenerate. In fact, the breadth of knowledge I attained screwing around on a PC all day without being limited to word-processing has directly led to my success in university and career.
Point being, kids will find the vulgar, violent, sexual, or whatever content parents try to keep them away from. They are not innocent! Innocence is projected on children by those who are so far fom their own youth that they have no recollection of what the "taboo" means to a kid (a lot of fun). No one is innocent. Children are only a symbol to these "culture-war" right-wing nuts.
I found my parent's ideal of guiding me towards intellectual curiousity to be much preferable to the base prudishness that prevented many of my friends from ever developing the same interest in computers we shared early on.
So many people are robbing children of their childhood these days in exposing them to things that are inappropriate. It sounds like you are doing an awesome job with your son in that regard and that parental control will pay huge dividends in the future, just like it is now.
Well pat yourselves on the back. Does anyone else see the ridiculousness in arguing over whether our children should spend their childhoods playing Zelda or Unreal Tournament? How about not playing video games!? The world is fuck off more serious than the future of America, sitting on his ass playing Halo 2, comprehends. I grew up playing violent video games, watching violent movies. Now when I look back I don't curse the violence for "taking my innocence," I curse the time wasted and the books not read.
Imagine you are a reading a book, but each word is connected by string to a dictionary reference, and each dictionary reference definition is tied to the definitions of the words in the definition. You'd end up with a huge, eventually circular mess of string and you couldn't realistically get any enjoyment out of the book.
Ever read Infinite Jest (or anything else) by David Foster Wallace? QED
Actually, smart guy, an action that recklessly disregards human life and causes the death of another IS murder. It is termed "depraved indifference" murder, and states include it as a subsection of the murder laws. NYS for example:
PL 125.25-2Under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life,
he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to
another person, and thereby causes the death of another person
Whenever someone thinks that they can replace SSL/SSH with something much better that they designed this morning over coffee, their computer speakers should generate some sort of penis-shaped sound wave and plunge it repeatedly into their skulls until they achieve elightenment...
Although google doesnt archive those groups, they did archive this message posted by the virus author in alt.alt.test 9 minutes before the virus was posted elsewhere.
(You can compare to the message included here from easynews)
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Ketamine helped create cyberpunk. My vote's on yes.
I also remember those airport security problems professor Mann had. I have to wonder whether he might be the sort of person that unintentionally escalates these situations. Or at least fails to effectively de-escalate them. Just a thought.
Another possibility is the "McDonald's" employees were really law enforcement. Given the location and concerns about terrorism this situation may be much more similar to the TSA encounters Prof. Mann has already experienced.
They just mention the solitaire firing since it is tangentially relevant. And Bloomberg is a douche.
I believe that by reading your books you could solve this pproblem.
And I have never seen a copy of Haaretz or Pravda, nor have I been to Russia or Israel, but I know what the fuck that they are when I read them on the Web.
While the Monitor may have a small paper distribution, apparently they reach a great deal of readers online. (With readership in the range of those other small US papers that I mentioned.)
There is no barrier to knowledge, nowadays, beyond personal ambivalence.
Can we make it a requirement that one has to have a modicum of knowledge of the world outside his own town (or village) in order to post on the internet? (anywhere on the internet...)
Shit, it's the Christian Science Monitor, it's not like this is a small, unknown paper.
like 3 years ago.
The following CSS change will replace the downward sweeping curve with an unpward curve, same as the article div uses. (This is a bit hackish since im working with what they have):
Use greasemonkey to replace this line (in slashdot.css, fyi)
with thisAll well and good, but how many Libraries of Congress does 2.5 Mt Everest / A4 pages equal?
My calculator has no Mt Everest button.
I don't know how serious you are, but the idea of going to science class with my family for 1 hour every sunday morning is the best idea I've heard in a long time. Seriously. Christ, how many man-hours has this country wasted praying to super heros from outer space to solve our problems? If these hundred-million Americans took regular classes on science, critical thinking, the accumulated knowledge of humanity, etc, we might be able to progress a notch past vicious fucking animals.
We need a Sunday Morning Science Class movement.
Why does even the blogosphere continue to ignore Allofmp3.com ? Let me know if you find a service that can beat $0.02 USD / MB, where you can choose what format (mp3, aac, wav, flac, etc) and what bitrate you encode at. I have had little problem finding obscure titles (not no problem, but little) and really im nothing but satisfied with putting $10 in an account and getting 5-10 albums. Really exposes the other services as the profiteering scoundrels that they are.
Oh sweet Lord! HANDS!! I can have HANDS!!!!!
My own theory is that Apple declared War on Microsoft when they announced their intention to release an x86 version of OS X. The OS is the powerhouse of Apple's future success. This could be a very serious competitor to Microsoft Windows. Really, who isn't interested in trying a polished functional alternative to XP? Now Apple's opening salvoes have been returned by Microsoft pulling this licensing garbage.
Really. This is all out war now.
Our culture (US. I wont generalize) is so obsessed with protecting the innocent children, it kills me. I played around with my personal computer during my childhood probably from the age of 10 (1991) on. I got into all sorts of things that these hyper-protective parents might throw a shit fit (and sue every ISP, content-producer, school, etc) over. But you know what? It didnt cause me to become a criminal or a degenerate. In fact, the breadth of knowledge I attained screwing around on a PC all day without being limited to word-processing has directly led to my success in university and career.
Point being, kids will find the vulgar, violent, sexual, or whatever content parents try to keep them away from. They are not innocent! Innocence is projected on children by those who are so far fom their own youth that they have no recollection of what the "taboo" means to a kid (a lot of fun). No one is innocent. Children are only a symbol to these "culture-war" right-wing nuts.
I found my parent's ideal of guiding me towards intellectual curiousity to be much preferable to the base prudishness that prevented many of my friends from ever developing the same interest in computers we shared early on.
Well pat yourselves on the back. Does anyone else see the ridiculousness in arguing over whether our children should spend their childhoods playing Zelda or Unreal Tournament? How about not playing video games!? The world is fuck off more serious than the future of America, sitting on his ass playing Halo 2, comprehends. I grew up playing violent video games, watching violent movies. Now when I look back I don't curse the violence for "taking my innocence," I curse the time wasted and the books not read.
And i'm using my karma bonus just to let you know.
cus i have no mod points.
Ever read Infinite Jest (or anything else) by David Foster Wallace? QED
Actually, smart guy, an action that recklessly disregards human life and causes the death of another IS murder. It is termed "depraved indifference" murder, and states include it as a subsection of the murder laws. NYS for example:
PL 125.25-2 Under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person, and thereby causes the death of another person
learn the law before you complain about it
This looks strikingly similar to the Liebermann Inc hoax.
Why the photoshop jobs? You'd think a company capable of making these devices might be a little interested in actually proving their existence.
I.E., be wary which amateurish websites you make $10000+ credit card transactions with.
thats all
One particular quote:
pretty much sums up the rest of the post.
Although google doesnt archive those groups, they did archive this message posted by the virus author in alt.alt.test 9 minutes before the virus was posted elsewhere.
(You can compare to the message included here from easynews)