If the kid was already stealing at a young age, he's probably not under the best supervision of sorts. Taking an Xbox is all fine and dandy on paper, and in rhetorical circles of justice, but I'm not sure if it'll be effective. Maybe it'll just motivate the kid to continue stealing. Or it might stop him. Who knows? But I wouldn't like to leave it too much to chance. Why not put him in a program of sorts? Clockwork Orange his ass...or at least do more than eye for an eye.
Because it seems like everyone on Slashdot is trying to rationalize stealing. And while some of the posters make some good points about the unfair strategies of the entertainment industry, and most users (including myself) will continue to pirate, it's still stealing in some sense of the word.
"Nothing is more frustrating when you're trying to get legitimate work done, and one of your members decides to go neurotic and deactivate their Facebook because they have a personal problem."
That sounds like a personal problem to meeeeeee. And why shouldn't it be? I can see where your frustration would come with people who just decide to abandon their work, because they can't handle their obsession.
I do think people have legitimate reasons to avoid Facebook, though I agree that it isn't the source of everyone's problems--it is a bit of a scapegoat.
Recently, I deactivated my Facebook--it wasn't the privacy issues that got to me, but the people. I felt like was becoming obsessed to be a part of something, trying to find a meaningful friendship with another person, but I couldn't get it. To me, that was far more frustrating than the predictable post my friends made or the embarrassing comments that would sometimes come up. I didn't think I was any better than my friends--I just couldn't be meaningful so I said fuck it. It's my fault for believing I could change that. I'll be with people who give a damn.
In high school, the only physics class I had was taught by a guy who failed the test required to teach the class twice. They didn't offer AP Physics or Physics Honors at my school. He was the only teacher for that course, though he was originally a chemistry teacher and a bad one at that--apparently my school is laying him off in a couple weeks, because he can't teach chemistry either.
So, I wasn't prepared at all when I went to UC Berkeley and tried to do the first physics course in the major series. I had fallen so far behind in trying to learn the basics, that when it came down to the first midterm, I completely funked it.
Mind you, I graduated high school with a 4.2 GPA overall and the lowest grade I got during my four years of study was a B+ in AP Calculus.
I can't honestly blame all of my failure on the school (I could've studied a physics course in a nearby community college), but I feel like in someways I've been let down by both my high school and university.
At the same time, however fucked up my situation was, I knew that it wouldn't simply fix itself no matter how much I bitched about it--failing made me push myself harder than I've ever been pushed in my life. That's why I changed the class to a P/NP grade and I'm doing it again over the summer.
Moral of the story? Yea, I could've been better prepared and it would've helped if my high school or university had a program to prepare me, but just because I flunked once, doesn't mean I'm never going to walk again. Maybe there's something larger to be learned from a system that is bound to fail some kids, like learning to not pussy out when the going gets rough.
While the article did exaggerate a bit, I think they make some valid points. In particular, it doesn't seem like the best idea in the world to let children post, talk and say things in a place where there's going to be an archive of it. Children aren't the most responsible people. Hell, some people have grown up and still don't belong on the internet.
Yea, yea, yea. But what about those other people that aren't doing anything to help this project? Like the government...or my grandma? They need to get their shit together. Seriously.
I realize there's not one best browser--each one could use some improvement in comparison to the standards of others. For example, in my personal experience,Firefox's bookmark organization far outweighs that of Chrome's, Safari (though a bit slower), renders pdf pages faser than Chrome's, and in general, Chrome is faster than all the others when loading web pages.
Still, I think Chrome is definitely starting to pull ahead of the game. They seem to have the resources capable of doing so in any case.
My sentiments exactly. To doubt the potential of a technology simply because, "Well, uh...I don't need it" doesn't mean it's useless for everyone else.
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If the kid was already stealing at a young age, he's probably not under the best supervision of sorts. Taking an Xbox is all fine and dandy on paper, and in rhetorical circles of justice, but I'm not sure if it'll be effective. Maybe it'll just motivate the kid to continue stealing. Or it might stop him. Who knows? But I wouldn't like to leave it too much to chance. Why not put him in a program of sorts? Clockwork Orange his ass...or at least do more than eye for an eye.
Because it seems like everyone on Slashdot is trying to rationalize stealing. And while some of the posters make some good points about the unfair strategies of the entertainment industry, and most users (including myself) will continue to pirate, it's still stealing in some sense of the word.
"Nothing is more frustrating when you're trying to get legitimate work done, and one of your members decides to go neurotic and deactivate their Facebook because they have a personal problem."
That sounds like a personal problem to meeeeeee. And why shouldn't it be? I can see where your frustration would come with people who just decide to abandon their work, because they can't handle their obsession.
I do think people have legitimate reasons to avoid Facebook, though I agree that it isn't the source of everyone's problems--it is a bit of a scapegoat.
Recently, I deactivated my Facebook--it wasn't the privacy issues that got to me, but the people. I felt like was becoming obsessed to be a part of something, trying to find a meaningful friendship with another person, but I couldn't get it. To me, that was far more frustrating than the predictable post my friends made or the embarrassing comments that would sometimes come up. I didn't think I was any better than my friends--I just couldn't be meaningful so I said fuck it. It's my fault for believing I could change that. I'll be with people who give a damn.
PETA can finally have their meat.
Self-explanatory.
http://www.wimp.com/strongpasswords/
In high school, the only physics class I had was taught by a guy who failed the test required to teach the class twice. They didn't offer AP Physics or Physics Honors at my school. He was the only teacher for that course, though he was originally a chemistry teacher and a bad one at that--apparently my school is laying him off in a couple weeks, because he can't teach chemistry either.
So, I wasn't prepared at all when I went to UC Berkeley and tried to do the first physics course in the major series. I had fallen so far behind in trying to learn the basics, that when it came down to the first midterm, I completely funked it.
Mind you, I graduated high school with a 4.2 GPA overall and the lowest grade I got during my four years of study was a B+ in AP Calculus.
I can't honestly blame all of my failure on the school (I could've studied a physics course in a nearby community college), but I feel like in someways I've been let down by both my high school and university.
At the same time, however fucked up my situation was, I knew that it wouldn't simply fix itself no matter how much I bitched about it--failing made me push myself harder than I've ever been pushed in my life. That's why I changed the class to a P/NP grade and I'm doing it again over the summer.
Moral of the story? Yea, I could've been better prepared and it would've helped if my high school or university had a program to prepare me, but just because I flunked once, doesn't mean I'm never going to walk again. Maybe there's something larger to be learned from a system that is bound to fail some kids, like learning to not pussy out when the going gets rough.
While the article did exaggerate a bit, I think they make some valid points. In particular, it doesn't seem like the best idea in the world to let children post, talk and say things in a place where there's going to be an archive of it. Children aren't the most responsible people. Hell, some people have grown up and still don't belong on the internet.
If you're weird like me, you can be successful and famous like me. And no worries if you're normal. We can fix that too.
Just like airplanes, telephones, and cars. All of them. Completely. Pointless.
...will you be able to do a barrel roll?
We'll only need one man for the job.
More important than human rights abuses.
[TWINKLE, TWINKLE, SHING]
Yea, yea, yea. But what about those other people that aren't doing anything to help this project? Like the government...or my grandma? They need to get their shit together. Seriously.
I once built an apple from scratch.
Done and done. Never heard about True Crypt before, but it only took about 8 minutes to secure all my financial information.
I miss those days when officers stayed committed until the job was done right.
You should probably make sure the population has water, before they have Minecraft.
Wouldn't it be difficult trying to reinforce legislation like this, though, especially if a company delivers across state lines?
He's home schooled and studied Calculus at UC Berkeley when he was around 13.
I realize there's not one best browser--each one could use some improvement in comparison to the standards of others.
For example, in my personal experience,Firefox's bookmark organization far outweighs that of Chrome's, Safari (though a bit slower), renders pdf pages faser than Chrome's, and in general, Chrome is faster than all the others when loading web pages.
Still, I think Chrome is definitely starting to pull ahead of the game. They seem to have the resources capable of doing so in any case.
My browser gets lots of ass annnnnnd I like to bookmark them all.
Now how about we get you fellas a good ass bookmarks manager, huh? Wouldn't that just be dandy?
That's all Google Chrome needs for me now.
My sentiments exactly. To doubt the potential of a technology simply because, "Well, uh...I don't need it" doesn't mean it's useless for everyone else.
Yea, I sort of got carried away there. Maybe just a tad.