have really ended up a disappointment so far. I'm hoping this is an improvement. I don't want to rant too much, but killing off every major villain was never a smart move on the part of the people behind the previous movies. Especially joker! One of the things that really impressed me with X-Men was that they left the possibility of all of the villains making returns in later movies. Batman was working towards only having scarecrow and arcade left to kill.
I would think that a one-page disclaimer would help a lot, but I'm no expert. Has anyone heard of a site with a disclaimer still being nailed to the wall?
I used Voodoo1 and I was blown away by the amazing difference. But my next card was a TNT, then an S3 Savage2000, but now I use a GeForce2GTS, courtesy of Elsa. I have not been inspired to buy a Voodoo for quite some time, as my impression has always been that they just keep rehashing the same old technology. The good news for Voodoo owners is that they still push enough frames to compete, and they are well supported in Linux.
When I click my icon for the Slashdot web page, I have a cookie that knows my user name and password, so I'm automatically logged in. Can you really patent something like that, since that is the purpose of cookies?
Competitors quickly come up with news articles as fast as possible, post them on slashdot, and then comment on them. The final score is then tabulated based on Karma(positive) and how many times each competitor was referred to as a "Karma Whore"(negative)
from Microsoft bending companies over all the time. They always are looking for some way to sneak another dollar out of your pocket. I'm looking forward to the day that I can run all of our office apps here without using WinBlows.
So, basically, the purpose of Slashdot is to announce news, crash the server the news resides on, and then the slashdot users comment on the crash later. I like it.
Linux is the most popular OS in my house, so that poll is just a bunch of numbers to me. They won't change my vote just because more people are interested in the "other" candidate this fall either. I have never gotten any worthwile news from MSNBC, anyway. I have gotten linked to them for a couple of things, but I generally find them to be slanted one way or the other too much. I like my news unfiltered, and MSNBC has never been good for that.
I don't think my wife really cares how much it costs, she's only interested in the changes made. I have a hard enough time talking her into letting me put Linux on our shared home computer.
I would love not having to worry if my area was "selected" for a blackout to conserve energy. I hate coming home and finding all of my computer rebooted or off.
I'm frozen solid when it comes to new Intel chips. I have an 866, and I'm scared to upgrade. Call me a wuss, but I'm gonna wait till the smoke clears before I enter that minefield.
I'm looking forward to a full 16 player deathmatch version of The Sims. You deck out your bot for deathmatch in the local neighborhood and let 'em loose.
I'll be tempted to buy a mac now. I've always avoided them like the plague, but now... Oh baby! C'mon, this is pretty cool, and I think I'd enjoy playing around with it.
Great, another game my roommate will want to install on my windows machine. Every time a role-playing game comes out, he goes out and buys it and says "Can I install this on your computer???"
The record companies owe them the money. It was the artist's "intellectual property" that was taken, not the company's. The company just owns exclusive rights to distribute, right?
I don't really think that filtering is the best way to fix this problem, obviously. If a parent wants to protect their children, they need to talk the the local library staff before sending their kids in there unhindered. If the library lets 12 year olds rent "American Pie: Director's Cut" and you don't want them to see it, why the hell would you let your kids go there without you? Parents want the guvment to raise their kids for them, and not have to take responsibility for it. They want someone else to tell their kids, "no, you can't do this" because they want to be their kids' "buddy". Until parents start paying attention to their kids, the kids will never have any guidance.
I have a couple friends that play everquest so much, they basically only work to make sure they have a home, computer and everquest account. The call it EverCrack and never stop playing. I envy them...
I didn't make any suggestions to punishment. I just think that deterrence works better than nothing. You are totally right regarding the severity, though. I think the punishment should fit the crime. What would you suggest as a penalty for someone who simply cracked into a computer and did nothing vs. someone who cracked in, stole users passwords and trashed the web page? Or credit card numbers and bought 50 new cars?
agreed. I don't think that computers are "free game" just because they're on the internet. The window analogy is perfect. If there's a problem, you have to be harsher with the penalties. I didn't feel sorry for my uncle when he wasnt' allowed to drive after 4 DWIs. I was just glad that he didn't kill anyone when he drove off a cliff drunk and killed himself.
I'm still blown away by how destructive people are. I'm setting up a company on the internet right now, and it really sucks that they have to be constantly monitored just to make sure some kid doesn't come in and destroy everything I have worked so hard on. On the bright side, it keeps me in a job and my wife and kid in a nice home. So, mabye it's not always so bad.
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have really ended up a disappointment so far. I'm hoping this is an improvement. I don't want to rant too much, but killing off every major villain was never a smart move on the part of the people behind the previous movies. Especially joker! One of the things that really impressed me with X-Men was that they left the possibility of all of the villains making returns in later movies. Batman was working towards only having scarecrow and arcade left to kill.
Hey, the way RedHat does versioning, they're going to be up to 98 in no time. Maybe we'll see a RedHat 2000 someday!!!
I would think that a one-page disclaimer would help a lot, but I'm no expert. Has anyone heard of a site with a disclaimer still being nailed to the wall?
I used Voodoo1 and I was blown away by the amazing difference. But my next card was a TNT, then an S3 Savage2000, but now I use a GeForce2GTS, courtesy of Elsa. I have not been inspired to buy a Voodoo for quite some time, as my impression has always been that they just keep rehashing the same old technology. The good news for Voodoo owners is that they still push enough frames to compete, and they are well supported in Linux.
When I click my icon for the Slashdot web page, I have a cookie that knows my user name and password, so I'm automatically logged in. Can you really patent something like that, since that is the purpose of cookies?
Competitors quickly come up with news articles as fast as possible, post them on slashdot, and then comment on them. The final score is then tabulated based on Karma(positive) and how many times each competitor was referred to as a "Karma Whore"(negative)
from Microsoft bending companies over all the time. They always are looking for some way to sneak another dollar out of your pocket. I'm looking forward to the day that I can run all of our office apps here without using WinBlows.
So, basically, the purpose of Slashdot is to announce news, crash the server the news resides on, and then the slashdot users comment on the crash later. I like it.
Linux is the most popular OS in my house, so that poll is just a bunch of numbers to me. They won't change my vote just because more people are interested in the "other" candidate this fall either. I have never gotten any worthwile news from MSNBC, anyway. I have gotten linked to them for a couple of things, but I generally find them to be slanted one way or the other too much. I like my news unfiltered, and MSNBC has never been good for that.
I don't think my wife really cares how much it costs, she's only interested in the changes made. I have a hard enough time talking her into letting me put Linux on our shared home computer.
I'll admit, I don't usually keep anything 386, but I'd love to drive down a road and think "Yep, my computer helped build this road..."
I would love not having to worry if my area was "selected" for a blackout to conserve energy. I hate coming home and finding all of my computer rebooted or off.
I'm frozen solid when it comes to new Intel chips. I have an 866, and I'm scared to upgrade. Call me a wuss, but I'm gonna wait till the smoke clears before I enter that minefield.
I'm looking forward to a full 16 player deathmatch version of The Sims. You deck out your bot for deathmatch in the local neighborhood and let 'em loose.
I'll be tempted to buy a mac now. I've always avoided them like the plague, but now... Oh baby! C'mon, this is pretty cool, and I think I'd enjoy playing around with it.
Great, another game my roommate will want to install on my windows machine. Every time a role-playing game comes out, he goes out and buys it and says "Can I install this on your computer???"
Too damn cheap to buy his own.
The record companies owe them the money. It was the artist's "intellectual property" that was taken, not the company's. The company just owns exclusive rights to distribute, right?
Damn loopholes. It should be interesting to see what comes out of this, though.
Kind of a bummer. This basically comes down to the "letter of the law" vs. "spirit of the law"
Too bad Sun didn't show more class.
-My 2 pennies...No, wait, I need those, give em back!
I don't really think that filtering is the best way to fix this problem, obviously. If a parent wants to protect their children, they need to talk the the local library staff before sending their kids in there unhindered. If the library lets 12 year olds rent "American Pie: Director's Cut" and you don't want them to see it, why the hell would you let your kids go there without you? Parents want the guvment to raise their kids for them, and not have to take responsibility for it. They want someone else to tell their kids, "no, you can't do this" because they want to be their kids' "buddy". Until parents start paying attention to their kids, the kids will never have any guidance.
I have a couple friends that play everquest so much, they basically only work to make sure they have a home, computer and everquest account. The call it EverCrack and never stop playing. I envy them...
The metallica of the computer industry...
well, not exactly....
ok, not at all...
I didn't make any suggestions to punishment. I just think that deterrence works better than nothing. You are totally right regarding the severity, though. I think the punishment should fit the crime. What would you suggest as a penalty for someone who simply cracked into a computer and did nothing vs. someone who cracked in, stole users passwords and trashed the web page? Or credit card numbers and bought 50 new cars?
agreed. I don't think that computers are "free game" just because they're on the internet. The window analogy is perfect. If there's a problem, you have to be harsher with the penalties. I didn't feel sorry for my uncle when he wasnt' allowed to drive after 4 DWIs. I was just glad that he didn't kill anyone when he drove off a cliff drunk and killed himself.
I'm still blown away by how destructive people are. I'm setting up a company on the internet right now, and it really sucks that they have to be constantly monitored just to make sure some kid doesn't come in and destroy everything I have worked so hard on. On the bright side, it keeps me in a job and my wife and kid in a nice home. So, mabye it's not always so bad.