Providing a layer of protection between the source nad the potential customers? I doubt an ad server serving up illegal images would be alive for very long.
Interesting. I wonder what ports were open in his laptop, and if it was sending as well as receiving?
A different article I read about this said that he had no interest in ever working for or having any dealings with this company ever again.
In fact, his attorney referred to his former employers as "buffoons".
From the article:
But he is unlikely to take his old job back, even if the DIA were to offer it, [attorney Timothy] Bradl said. "I would think that theoretically he'd be entitled to his job back with back-pay, however he would never want to go back to work with such buffoons," he said.
How? As part of the Google Toolbar. Either an auto-update, or they'll start packaging it in the myriad installers that offer to install Google Toolbar which by default are on. The masses will have it in no time.
I tend to think, and a "thinking" computer would probably agree, that the computer is probably better off doing other things than running wetware facsimilies that grew out of a willy-nilly evolutionary process over millions of years.
Depends on what's powering it. I saw on a truck this morning driving in to work, "Blonde. Brunette. Redhead." Underneath each word was a differently-colored piece of office furniture.
Obviously they were going for the Matrix reference, which is what I'm bringing into the conversation here. If the future machines were somehow powered by humans (since the wetware perhaps is necessary for the quantum effects like entanglement or other processes which make God(s) work), then perhaps they would have incentive to keep us alive by simulating 1999 forever.
I'm sorry, I know this is OT, but just how was remarking that the value may be different for a different type of day taking exception with the GP's statement (in his.sig for those who don't view them), which was that "the number of seconds in a day won't fit into a short, but they will into a long", and hence the wordplay of "it's always a long day."
I mean, to be pedantic I could go for the informational aspect of stating "aha! You're wrong, it's really 86,164.090530833 seconds" based on the Wikipedia entry, and I suppose I just did.:)
But that's still missing the entire point of the programming joke.sig.
The real informative statement here is that a sidereal day is the time it takes the Earth to rotate around its axis, versus the traditional day which is measured by "the motion of the stars" (apparent motion, really). But that seems like "Bad horse!" -- if we keep kicking we might put our feet through its chest.
Then, if SSDs are more reliable and the same price, thats also less expense.
Actually, I'd say at twice the price, SSDs would be less expensive over their lifetime. (I'm not sure where the break-even point is, but Seagate warrants for 5 years, and most flash media has a 50-year average write cycle, so 10x probably isn't far off? I'll stick with 2x for my argument though.)
Apparently unlike your AC responder, I have played Paranoia. It's a great role-playing game, especially when the game master has a very evil sense of humor.:)
Remember the story of the shutdown dialog in Vista. Twelve people all working on code various degrees away from the trunk. Not good.
Interesting. What I remember about the shutdown "dialog" is that it isn't there any more.
Which is surprising; Vista wants to question you six ways to Sunday as to whether you really wanted to run that application that you just launched -- but if you want to shut the machine down and possibly lose some work, no, it doesn't ask you at all.
That, combined with the "let's turn off the mouse cursor even if the user is RDPing into the machine" are two of the most brain-dead product decisions ever made. And, I never exaggerate.:)
Most, if not all, countries have laws that restrict what can be said or in this particular instance what images can possessed or propagated. In many cases these laws are appear to be silly to others, but countries are actually allowed to make their own laws.
Exactly. The US even has its own class of "forbidden picture" that will get you on a nasty list, and put you in a nasty place where other residents tend to do nasty things to you anally (based on the Red Cross's questionnaire; "if you've ever been in a prison then they won't take your blood" really says something statistically that no amount of comedians can really portray).
Painkeep was my favorite. With the grappling hook, you could stay in the air for quite a while, shooting the hapless victims on the ground. Then later there was one I can't remember the name of, but it was the first where you could fly. The sensation of flying was amazing. Similar to the original Doom, where I would crane my neck to see around corners -- it was immersive.
Yeah but still, it's an investment in the future that some people can afford; they pave the way for the rest of us. Just like high-end graphics cards. No wait, that's not a car analogy. Damn.
Bear in mind that you're talking about 300-350 kilograms (660 - 770 pounds) of batteries...
Yes.
Today.
When your batteries wear out, after 100,000 miles (with heavy driving, let's say 5 years), battery technology will have progressed quite far! Your next set of batteries will give you perhaps 500,000 miles, with greater range, at lower cost. And the next set (25 years from then!) will be even lighter, go farther, and cost even less.
Ad nauseum. It's so cool living on this side of the singularity.
So, today the Bush administration is brilliant, and they came up with a genius plan to make email go away, while appearing incompetent.
Well, yeah, except: what happened to the final backup tapes of the first installation?
Since it's the last backup of that system it should definitely be marked for retention. And surely, as they realized that they had a retention issue with the new system, they would have ensured to maintain those tapes due to the Presidential Records Act that Bush himself amended?
Also, doesn't it concern anyone that he changed the law regarding what communications can be released and when on Nov 1 2001, just three weeks after 9/11? Coincidence and circumstantial, perhaps, but concerning...
So does this teach a lesson? Did other sites under those routers experience the same downtime? Is there anything Slashdot can do to prevent this from happening the next time they "streamline configurations"? I'm not being sarcastic, I'm hoping that the answers to these questions will help make Slashdot stronger.
I still think that if the RIAA hadn't gone after napster, with the help of bands like metallica p2p would have never made it into the mainstream and become what we know it as today. They CREATED the problem the industry is having today due to their shortsighted holier then thou attitudes.
You are exactly right. I had not downloaded a single MP3 until after I had heard "Metallica is suing Napster" and wondered, "What is this Napster thing, anyway?"
It's not the entire U.S. government that's the problem. Usually the government keeps pretty good records. The problem is this administration believes itself above law and order.
Reading this, I realized how the government is very much like Diebold. Diebold is great at making ATM machines, and they never lose a penny. But voting machines, they leak like a sieve.
The government has its IRS, which does a great job of keeping track of every penny (well, we round, so every dollar); whereas the White House email backup system leaks like a sieve.
It's not really surprising that the administration emulates the company that made them so, but an interesting thought I hadn't had before...
... is why ISPs want to be in the business of monitoring their networks for certain content. Aren't they supposed to have common-carrier status (which, AFAIK, is supposed to mean that they're agnostic about and not responsible for the traffic on their networks)? Why do they want to spend money on engineering and PR damage-control for all this if they could just ignore it?
Perhaps it's time for a grass-roots class-action lawsuit?
1. Common carriers aren't supposed to monitor.
2. AT&T (Comcast, etc.) are monitoring.
3. Therefore, their common carrier status should be revoked.
4. This opens them up to government scrutiny regarding illegal content being transferred across their wires.
5. Not sure where the "profit!" is in any of this, but at least it could be considered a step on the path towards ISP honesty...
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Interesting. I wonder what ports were open in his laptop, and if it was sending as well as receiving?
In fact, his attorney referred to his former employers as "buffoons".
From the article:
But he is unlikely to take his old job back, even if the DIA were to offer it, [attorney Timothy] Bradl said. "I would think that theoretically he'd be entitled to his job back with back-pay, however he would never want to go back to work with such buffoons," he said.
How? As part of the Google Toolbar. Either an auto-update, or they'll start packaging it in the myriad installers that offer to install Google Toolbar which by default are on. The masses will have it in no time.
I have mod points but you're already at +5 so I won't mod this thread. Your post is incredibly eloquent.
Depends on what's powering it. I saw on a truck this morning driving in to work, "Blonde. Brunette. Redhead." Underneath each word was a differently-colored piece of office furniture.
Obviously they were going for the Matrix reference, which is what I'm bringing into the conversation here. If the future machines were somehow powered by humans (since the wetware perhaps is necessary for the quantum effects like entanglement or other processes which make God(s) work), then perhaps they would have incentive to keep us alive by simulating 1999 forever.
Is that, like, Underdog's older brother?
I'm sorry, I know this is OT, but just how was remarking that the value may be different for a different type of day taking exception with the GP's statement (in his .sig for those who don't view them), which was that "the number of seconds in a day won't fit into a short, but they will into a long", and hence the wordplay of "it's always a long day."
I mean, to be pedantic I could go for the informational aspect of stating "aha! You're wrong, it's really 86,164.090530833 seconds" based on the Wikipedia entry, and I suppose I just did. :)
But that's still missing the entire point of the programming joke .sig.
The real informative statement here is that a sidereal day is the time it takes the Earth to rotate around its axis, versus the traditional day which is measured by "the motion of the stars" (apparent motion, really). But that seems like "Bad horse!" -- if we keep kicking we might put our feet through its chest.
Actually, I'd say at twice the price, SSDs would be less expensive over their lifetime. (I'm not sure where the break-even point is, but Seagate warrants for 5 years, and most flash media has a 50-year average write cycle, so 10x probably isn't far off? I'll stick with 2x for my argument though.)
Apparently unlike your AC responder, I have played Paranoia. It's a great role-playing game, especially when the game master has a very evil sense of humor. :)
Interesting. What I remember about the shutdown "dialog" is that it isn't there any more.
Which is surprising; Vista wants to question you six ways to Sunday as to whether you really wanted to run that application that you just launched -- but if you want to shut the machine down and possibly lose some work, no, it doesn't ask you at all.
That, combined with the "let's turn off the mouse cursor even if the user is RDPing into the machine" are two of the most brain-dead product decisions ever made. And, I never exaggerate. :)
Exactly. The US even has its own class of "forbidden picture" that will get you on a nasty list, and put you in a nasty place where other residents tend to do nasty things to you anally (based on the Red Cross's questionnaire; "if you've ever been in a prison then they won't take your blood" really says something statistically that no amount of comedians can really portray).
Bluntly: people will be dying while you're dragging the discussion on.
Painkeep was my favorite. With the grappling hook, you could stay in the air for quite a while, shooting the hapless victims on the ground. Then later there was one I can't remember the name of, but it was the first where you could fly. The sensation of flying was amazing. Similar to the original Doom, where I would crane my neck to see around corners -- it was immersive.
Yeah but still, it's an investment in the future that some people can afford; they pave the way for the rest of us. Just like high-end graphics cards. No wait, that's not a car analogy. Damn.
Ahem, so, I'm bad at math: that would be 7 weeks, not 3.
Yes.
Today.
When your batteries wear out, after 100,000 miles (with heavy driving, let's say 5 years), battery technology will have progressed quite far! Your next set of batteries will give you perhaps 500,000 miles, with greater range, at lower cost. And the next set (25 years from then!) will be even lighter, go farther, and cost even less.
Ad nauseum. It's so cool living on this side of the singularity.
Well, yeah, except: what happened to the final backup tapes of the first installation?
Since it's the last backup of that system it should definitely be marked for retention. And surely, as they realized that they had a retention issue with the new system, they would have ensured to maintain those tapes due to the Presidential Records Act that Bush himself amended?
Also, doesn't it concern anyone that he changed the law regarding what communications can be released and when on Nov 1 2001, just three weeks after 9/11? Coincidence and circumstantial, perhaps, but concerning...
So does this teach a lesson? Did other sites under those routers experience the same downtime? Is there anything Slashdot can do to prevent this from happening the next time they "streamline configurations"? I'm not being sarcastic, I'm hoping that the answers to these questions will help make Slashdot stronger.
But apparently not a grammar checker? :)
I know, I know, your sig says it was intentional but it was still so amusing reading the carefully-placed typo that I wanted to call it out.
You are exactly right. I had not downloaded a single MP3 until after I had heard "Metallica is suing Napster" and wondered, "What is this Napster thing, anyway?"
Reading this, I realized how the government is very much like Diebold. Diebold is great at making ATM machines, and they never lose a penny. But voting machines, they leak like a sieve.
The government has its IRS, which does a great job of keeping track of every penny (well, we round, so every dollar); whereas the White House email backup system leaks like a sieve.
It's not really surprising that the administration emulates the company that made them so, but an interesting thought I hadn't had before...
Perhaps it's time for a grass-roots class-action lawsuit?
1. Common carriers aren't supposed to monitor.
2. AT&T (Comcast, etc.) are monitoring.
3. Therefore, their common carrier status should be revoked.
4. This opens them up to government scrutiny regarding illegal content being transferred across their wires.
5. Not sure where the "profit!" is in any of this, but at least it could be considered a step on the path towards ISP honesty...
Cue image of George's dad in my head, screaming "SERENITY NOW!!!!"
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