Really, this was the most interesting part of the article, the common perception that machines THINK.
Selected quotes:
It stopped thinking I was gay and decided I was a crazy guy
"I'm just counterprogramming because TiVo thinks I'm gay."
He also orders cooking shows, which softens TiVo's view of him. "I don't want it thinking I'm an ax murderer," he says.
"...by inundating it with additional data. I searched for other stuff -- on politics, computers -- so it would stop throwing baby books at me. Now it thinks I've abandoned the baby and I'm preparing for a career in politics."
Her TiVo also thinks she's a sophomoric-humor-loving 12-year-old, she says
"I like the idea that someone cares," she says. "Even a machine."
"These are supposedly objective computers saying, 'This is what we think of you.' "
Nobody believed that a human was responsible for a bad implementation of a bad idea. Not one of them tried to avoid the profiling or contact the tech support. They tried to CONVINCE a machine. They were worried about what the machine would think of them.
It's funny, but at the same time it's frightening that on this day and age are people that use a piece of technology without a minimal idea of how it works and what it can and cannot do.
In 1999 I was working on a small company (40 people including managers) and daily after 6:00 p.m. we played starcraft. Every friday we played basketball on a nearby park. And this little company grew and got a lot of clients and money.
This was because every employee loved the company and wanted it to grow. Nobody complained when at times we had to stay for the weekend or all the night, because it was fun to work there. And everyone finished the work on time.
This little company caught the attention of several Venture capitalists and was fused with other two companies, in an intent to form the biggest company on Latin America.
Naturaly, since we were no longer small, all games were forbidden by the new managers.
One year later, this big company was bankrupt.
I'm not saying it was only for the games, but the moral was low and the employees were no longer happy.
For the Humor impaired moderators: The above post was a JOKE (funny, not interesting) , photos were taken with an exposition time measured in HOURS. there's no way the photographer cuold have put his finger over the aperture that long.
Also from the article: In a study of 1,026 Web users released Wednesday, the group found that 57 percent of respondents never or seldom pay for copyrighted works they download. And 12 percent admitted to pirating software.
I dont' believe it. We need a new poll Have you bought copies of a copyrighted work? -Never, everything I buy is original -I don't buy, but I have free copies -I copy when the price is too high, I copy stuff that I would never buy -I copy everything I can, even when I can pay
(see how I don't use the term "pirate"?) I don't know who to send this poll proposal
DoubleClick was charged with violating state and federal laws by surreptitiously tracking and collecting consumers' personally identifiable data and combining it with information on their Web surfing habits.
But they agreed to delete this information after they were caught, so everything is ok now, isn't it?
What if somebody steals money?. Would he avoid jail just by returning the money after he is caught?
What if a hacker lets loose a virus but deletes the source on his machine after he is caught?
So now Guatemala will have a lot of "explorers" trying to exploit this mother lode, thinking about jewels the size of buses and geting rich quick, as it happened in the old west of the U.S.A.
And destroying the archeological treasures in their path.
Read the article. this is a trojan thath you download from the Kazaa Network (so kazaa lite is vulnerable too) But you have to download it and then execute it.
Agreed until the last phrase. If you use a P2P network to copy an exe you cannot know what are you gonna get.
But scanning a NEW worm is next to useless if you don't have the latest antivirus, which is updated after this worm has been released and infected several machines.
CORUSCANT -- Presiding over a memorial service commemorating the victims of the attack on the Death Star, the Emperor declared that while recent victories over the Rebel Alliance were "encouraging, the War on Terror is not over yet."
"We will continue to fight these terrorists, and the rogue governments who harbor them, until the universe is safe, once and for all, and the security of the Neo-New Cosmik Order ensured."
It was one year ago today that the Death Star, perhaps the greatest symbol of the Empire's might, was destroyed in an attack by fanatic Rebels, who used small, single-person crafts to infiltrate seemingly impenetrable defenses. Thousands of mourners were on hand to remember and pay tribute to the victims and their families.
"We lost our innocence that day," reflected one mourner. "I guess we thought we were immune from the kind of violence that happens in other galaxies. We were wrong."
"I lost hundreds of buddies that day," said one teary-eyed Stormtrooper. "Guys whose only crime was trying make the Universe a safer place."
Although the day was colored by sadness, the mourners found some relief in the news of a decisive victory over the Rebels.
In an attack led by Darth Vader, Empire forces were able to rout hundreds of Rebels from a network of caves underneath the surface of the planet Hoth. "We're not sure we got them all," says a Vader spokesman. "There are a lot of places to hide in those caves. But we've delivered powerful blow to the terrorist's infrastructure, that's for sure. Today, the Empire has struck back."
Initial reports are unclear as to the fate of Luke Skywalker, a hero among the Rebels, who is rumored to have delivered the fatal blow to the Death Star. Skywalker, a former desert-dweller from the planet Tattooine, became a part of the Rebellion after family members were killed. Skywalker was trained by a militant wing of the Rebels, known as "Jedi Knights." Fanatical in their religious beliefs, the Jedi Knights claim to derive their power from the mystical "Force."
It's believed that Skywalker was specifically trained by infamous terrorist O bin Wankanobi. Wankanobi, occasionally called "Ben" and easily recognized by his bearded visage and long, flowing robes, achieved near-martyr status among the Rebels after his death last year during a spy mission. His more fervent followers believe that Wankanobi lives on within them today, some even claiming to hear his voice during times of duress.
The attack on the Death Star came shortly after the Empire's destruction of Alderstaan, a planet whose government was known to harbor terrorists. Responding to criticism over the total annihilation of the planet, Vader stated, "There is no middle ground in the War on Terror. Those who harbor terrorists are terrorists themselves. Alderaan was issued ample warning. The fight for continuing Freedom is often burdened by terrible cost."
The cost of this war can still be seen today in the continuing efforts to build a coalition government on Tattooine. Longstanding animosities among the planets various ethnic groups, including the Jawas, Tusken Raiders and scattered human settlers, have been an impediment to the peace process. The Empire continues to maintain a small peace keeping force until a provisional government is finally in place.
Much of the difficulty in fighting the Rebel forces stems from their lack of a central organizing structure. "They don't play by the traditional rules of war," complained one spokesman. "They come in all shapes and sizes, united only by their single-minded desire to destroy the Empire before it destroys them."
The Emperor closed his comments today by stating that "the cowardly attack on the Death Star left a deep scar on the Empire. However, we will not stop fighting until every last evildoer has been brought to justice." He paused for several moments, wiping away a tear and then added with determination, "We will never forget."
"I wish we could all just get along," said one of the mourners. "But it's hard to offer an olive branch to a cult of religious fanatics whose main tool is violence and who insist on calling us the Dark Side."
CORUSCANT -- Presiding over a memorial service commemorating the victims of the attack on the Death Star, the Emperor declared that while recent victories over the Rebel Alliance were "encouraging, the War on Terror is not over yet."
"We will continue to fight these terrorists, and the rogue governments who harbor them, until the universe is safe, once and for all, and the security of the Neo-New Cosmik Order ensured."
It was one year ago today that the Death Star, perhaps the greatest symbol of the Empire's might, was destroyed in an attack by fanatic Rebels, who used small, single-person crafts to infiltrate seemingly impenetrable defenses. Thousands of mourners were on hand to remember and pay tribute to the victims and their families.
"We lost our innocence that day," reflected one mourner. "I guess we thought we were immune from the kind of violence that happens in other galaxies. We were wrong."
"I lost hundreds of buddies that day," said one teary-eyed Stormtrooper. "Guys whose only crime was trying make the Universe a safer place."
Although the day was colored by sadness, the mourners found some relief in the news of a decisive victory over the Rebels.
In an attack led by Darth Vader, Empire forces were able to rout hundreds of Rebels from a network of caves underneath the surface of the planet Hoth. "We're not sure we got them all," says a Vader spokesman. "There are a lot of places to hide in those caves. But we've delivered powerful blow to the terrorist's infrastructure, that's for sure. Today, the Empire has struck back."
Initial reports are unclear as to the fate of Luke Skywalker, a hero among the Rebels, who is rumored to have delivered the fatal blow to the Death Star. Skywalker, a former desert-dweller from the planet Tattooine, became a part of the Rebellion after family members were killed. Skywalker was trained by a militant wing of the Rebels, known as "Jedi Knights." Fanatical in their religious beliefs, the Jedi Knights claim to derive their power from the mystical "Force."
It's believed that Skywalker was specifically trained by infamous terrorist O bin Wankanobi. Wankanobi, occasionally called "Ben" and easily recognized by his bearded visage and long, flowing robes, achieved near-martyr status among the Rebels after his death last year during a spy mission. His more fervent followers believe that Wankanobi lives on within them today, some even claiming to hear his voice during times of duress.
The attack on the Death Star came shortly after the Empire's destruction of Alderstaan, a planet whose government was known to harbor terrorists. Responding to criticism over the total annihilation of the planet, Vader stated, "There is no middle ground in the War on Terror. Those who harbor terrorists are terrorists themselves. Alderaan was issued ample warning. The fight for continuing Freedom is often burdened by terrible cost."
The cost of this war can still be seen today in the continuing efforts to build a coalition government on Tattooine. Longstanding animosities among the planets various ethnic groups, including the Jawas, Tusken Raiders and scattered human settlers, have been an impediment to the peace process. The Empire continues to maintain a small peace keeping force until a provisional government is finally in place.
Much of the difficulty in fighting the Rebel forces stems from their lack of a central organizing structure. "They don't play by the traditional rules of war," complained one spokesman. "They come in all shapes and sizes, united only by their single-minded desire to destroy the Empire before it destroys them."
The Emperor closed his comments today by stating that "the cowardly attack on the Death Star left a deep scar on the Empire. However, we will not stop fighting until every last evildoer has been brought to justice." He paused for several moments, wiping away a tear and then added with determination, "We will never forget."
"I wish we could all just get along," said one of the mourners. "But it's hard to offer an olive branch to a cult of religious fanatics whose main tool is violence and who insist on calling us the Dark Side."
you think that's bad? In my former job, the "security expert" detected a virus and then sent it to everyone in the company on purpose. His mail said "if you receive a mail with THIS file (attachment) do not open it. It's a virus!"
He never stoped to think he was doing the virus job himself.
Slashdot Mirror
I think your primary intent was to point to the everything2 definition
No, I think the intent was to promote everything2 through Viral Marketing.
But with these editors who could know for sure?
Not exactly tom cruise, but here you go!
Really, this was the most interesting part of the article, the common perception that machines THINK.
Selected quotes:
It stopped thinking I was gay and decided I was a crazy guy
"I'm just counterprogramming because TiVo thinks I'm gay."
He also orders cooking shows, which softens TiVo's view of him. "I don't want it thinking I'm an ax murderer," he says.
"...by inundating it with additional data. I searched for other stuff -- on politics, computers -- so it would stop throwing baby books at me. Now it thinks I've abandoned the baby and I'm preparing for a career in politics."
Her TiVo also thinks she's a sophomoric-humor-loving 12-year-old, she says
"I like the idea that someone cares," she says. "Even a machine."
"These are supposedly objective computers saying, 'This is what we think of you.' "
Nobody believed that a human was responsible for a bad implementation of a bad idea. Not one of them tried to avoid the profiling or contact the tech support. They tried to CONVINCE a machine. They were worried about what the machine would think of them.
It's funny, but at the same time it's frightening that on this day and age are people that use a piece of technology without a minimal idea of how it works and what it can and cannot do.
Earplugs!
Why the solution must be on Your side?
is legal=perfectly safe then?
If they're strictly bean-counting brown-nosing suits (a.k.a 99.9% of them) then no ways of communicating exist.
Yes, there is a way to communicate
Quit!.
It was a small company. They tried to be the biggest software company in Latin Amserica.
Let me tell you a story
In 1999 I was working on a small company (40 people including managers) and daily after 6:00 p.m. we played starcraft. Every friday we played basketball on a nearby park. And this little company grew and got a lot of clients and money.
This was because every employee loved the company and wanted it to grow. Nobody complained when at times we had to stay for the weekend or all the night, because it was fun to work there. And everyone finished the work on time.
This little company caught the attention of several Venture capitalists and was fused with other two companies, in an intent to form the biggest company on Latin America.
Naturaly, since we were no longer small, all games were forbidden by the new managers.
One year later, this big company was bankrupt.
I'm not saying it was only for the games, but the moral was low and the employees were no longer happy.
...Certification program with Logo
Hey, I know logo, it's the language where you draw with a turtle. At last I can be a Certified IT worker!
For the Humor impaired moderators: The above post was a JOKE (funny, not interesting) , photos were taken with an exposition time measured in HOURS. there's no way the photographer cuold have put his finger over the aperture that long.
Besides, the THUMB is on the back of the camera.
Also from the article:
In a study of 1,026 Web users released Wednesday, the group found that 57 percent of respondents never or seldom pay for copyrighted works they download. And 12 percent admitted to pirating software.
I dont' believe it. We need a new poll
Have you bought copies of a copyrighted work?
-Never, everything I buy is original
-I don't buy, but I have free copies
-I copy when the price is too high, I copy stuff that I would never buy
-I copy everything I can, even when I can pay
(see how I don't use the term "pirate"?) I don't know who to send this poll proposal
it's called gravity
So it goes like this:
DoubleClick was charged with violating state and federal laws by surreptitiously tracking and collecting consumers' personally identifiable data and combining it with information on their Web surfing habits.
But they agreed to delete this information after they were caught, so everything is ok now, isn't it?
What if somebody steals money?. Would he avoid jail just by returning the money after he is caught?
What if a hacker lets loose a virus but deletes the source on his machine after he is caught?
So now Guatemala will have a lot of "explorers" trying to exploit this mother lode, thinking about jewels the size of buses and geting rich quick, as it happened in the old west of the U.S.A.
And destroying the archeological treasures in their path.
Not only extortion:
Vilcauskas is trying to use the change in patent law to sell the company's technology -- or the entire company -- before the patent is granted
they are trying to sell what they don't have (as the patent is not granted yet). That's fraud.
Read the article. this is a trojan thath you download from the Kazaa Network (so kazaa lite is vulnerable too) But you have to download it and then execute it.
Agreed until the last phrase. If you use a P2P network to copy an exe you cannot know what are you gonna get.
But scanning a NEW worm is next to useless if you don't have the latest antivirus, which is updated after this worm has been released and infected several machines.
I would not be so sure. Moderators will be fighting over this for a long time...
trust me, I know
CORUSCANT -- Presiding over a memorial service commemorating the victims of the attack on the Death Star, the Emperor declared that while recent victories over the Rebel Alliance were "encouraging, the War on Terror is not over yet."
"We will continue to fight these terrorists, and the rogue governments who harbor them, until the universe is safe, once and for all, and the security of the Neo-New Cosmik Order ensured."
It was one year ago today that the Death Star, perhaps the greatest symbol of the Empire's might, was destroyed in an attack by fanatic Rebels, who used small, single-person crafts to infiltrate seemingly impenetrable defenses. Thousands of mourners were on hand to remember and pay tribute to the victims and their families.
"We lost our innocence that day," reflected one mourner. "I guess we thought we were immune from the kind of violence that happens in other galaxies. We were wrong."
"I lost hundreds of buddies that day," said one teary-eyed Stormtrooper. "Guys whose only crime was trying make the Universe a safer place."
Although the day was colored by sadness, the mourners found some relief in the news of a decisive victory over the Rebels.
In an attack led by Darth Vader, Empire forces were able to rout hundreds of Rebels from a network of caves underneath the surface of the planet Hoth. "We're not sure we got them all," says a Vader spokesman. "There are a lot of places to hide in those caves. But we've delivered powerful blow to the terrorist's infrastructure, that's for sure. Today, the Empire has struck back."
Initial reports are unclear as to the fate of Luke Skywalker, a hero among the Rebels, who is rumored to have delivered the fatal blow to the Death Star. Skywalker, a former desert-dweller from the planet Tattooine, became a part of the Rebellion after family members were killed. Skywalker was trained by a militant wing of the Rebels, known as "Jedi Knights." Fanatical in their religious beliefs, the Jedi Knights claim to derive their power from the mystical "Force."
It's believed that Skywalker was specifically trained by infamous terrorist O bin Wankanobi. Wankanobi, occasionally called "Ben" and easily recognized by his bearded visage and long, flowing robes, achieved near-martyr status among the Rebels after his death last year during a spy mission. His more fervent followers believe that Wankanobi lives on within them today, some even claiming to hear his voice during times of duress.
The attack on the Death Star came shortly after the Empire's destruction of Alderstaan, a planet whose government was known to harbor terrorists. Responding to criticism over the total annihilation of the planet, Vader stated, "There is no middle ground in the War on Terror. Those who harbor terrorists are terrorists themselves. Alderaan was issued ample warning. The fight for continuing Freedom is often burdened by terrible cost."
The cost of this war can still be seen today in the continuing efforts to build a coalition government on Tattooine. Longstanding animosities among the planets various ethnic groups, including the Jawas, Tusken Raiders and scattered human settlers, have been an impediment to the peace process. The Empire continues to maintain a small peace keeping force until a provisional government is finally in place.
Much of the difficulty in fighting the Rebel forces stems from their lack of a central organizing structure. "They don't play by the traditional rules of war," complained one spokesman. "They come in all shapes and sizes, united only by their single-minded desire to destroy the Empire before it destroys them."
The Emperor closed his comments today by stating that "the cowardly attack on the Death Star left a deep scar on the Empire. However, we will not stop fighting until every last evildoer has been brought to justice." He paused for several moments, wiping away a tear and then added with determination, "We will never forget."
"I wish we could all just get along," said one of the mourners. "But it's hard to offer an olive branch to a cult of religious fanatics whose main tool is violence and who insist on calling us the Dark Side."
Aqui
escrita por un mexicano en USA, muy buena
"I think cats have evolved to become better at managing and manipulating people."
That's why catbert is the human resources director, not dogbert
or Do you think I am a real person?
CORUSCANT -- Presiding over a memorial service commemorating the victims of the attack on the Death Star, the Emperor declared that while recent victories over the Rebel Alliance were "encouraging, the War on Terror is not over yet."
"We will continue to fight these terrorists, and the rogue governments who harbor them, until the universe is safe, once and for all, and the security of the Neo-New Cosmik Order ensured."
It was one year ago today that the Death Star, perhaps the greatest symbol of the Empire's might, was destroyed in an attack by fanatic Rebels, who used small, single-person crafts to infiltrate seemingly impenetrable defenses. Thousands of mourners were on hand to remember and pay tribute to the victims and their families.
"We lost our innocence that day," reflected one mourner. "I guess we thought we were immune from the kind of violence that happens in other galaxies. We were wrong."
"I lost hundreds of buddies that day," said one teary-eyed Stormtrooper. "Guys whose only crime was trying make the Universe a safer place."
Although the day was colored by sadness, the mourners found some relief in the news of a decisive victory over the Rebels.
In an attack led by Darth Vader, Empire forces were able to rout hundreds of Rebels from a network of caves underneath the surface of the planet Hoth. "We're not sure we got them all," says a Vader spokesman. "There are a lot of places to hide in those caves. But we've delivered powerful blow to the terrorist's infrastructure, that's for sure. Today, the Empire has struck back."
Initial reports are unclear as to the fate of Luke Skywalker, a hero among the Rebels, who is rumored to have delivered the fatal blow to the Death Star. Skywalker, a former desert-dweller from the planet Tattooine, became a part of the Rebellion after family members were killed. Skywalker was trained by a militant wing of the Rebels, known as "Jedi Knights." Fanatical in their religious beliefs, the Jedi Knights claim to derive their power from the mystical "Force."
It's believed that Skywalker was specifically trained by infamous terrorist O bin Wankanobi. Wankanobi, occasionally called "Ben" and easily recognized by his bearded visage and long, flowing robes, achieved near-martyr status among the Rebels after his death last year during a spy mission. His more fervent followers believe that Wankanobi lives on within them today, some even claiming to hear his voice during times of duress.
The attack on the Death Star came shortly after the Empire's destruction of Alderstaan, a planet whose government was known to harbor terrorists. Responding to criticism over the total annihilation of the planet, Vader stated, "There is no middle ground in the War on Terror. Those who harbor terrorists are terrorists themselves. Alderaan was issued ample warning. The fight for continuing Freedom is often burdened by terrible cost."
The cost of this war can still be seen today in the continuing efforts to build a coalition government on Tattooine. Longstanding animosities among the planets various ethnic groups, including the Jawas, Tusken Raiders and scattered human settlers, have been an impediment to the peace process. The Empire continues to maintain a small peace keeping force until a provisional government is finally in place.
Much of the difficulty in fighting the Rebel forces stems from their lack of a central organizing structure. "They don't play by the traditional rules of war," complained one spokesman. "They come in all shapes and sizes, united only by their single-minded desire to destroy the Empire before it destroys them."
The Emperor closed his comments today by stating that "the cowardly attack on the Death Star left a deep scar on the Empire. However, we will not stop fighting until every last evildoer has been brought to justice." He paused for several moments, wiping away a tear and then added with determination, "We will never forget."
"I wish we could all just get along," said one of the mourners. "But it's hard to offer an olive branch to a cult of religious fanatics whose main tool is violence and who insist on calling us the Dark Side."
you think that's bad? In my former job, the "security expert" detected a virus and then sent it to everyone in the company on purpose. His mail said "if you receive a mail with THIS file (attachment) do not open it. It's a virus!"
He never stoped to think he was doing the virus job himself.
You need to put your SCV's to gather minerals and vespene gas. That's all that's needed, really