It's the principle of the thing. Botnet creators are entitled to a reasonable expectation of privacy, under the law, right? Besides, if it were YOUR botnet they were infiltrating, you would be pissed, too.
Great, I haven't still even got a normal bluray player. Nor did I get HD-DVD. Seems like I might just skip it and wait for the modified player that supports this.
Yeah, I got a PS3, too. Who wants a "normal" Blu-ray player?
Does anyone really believe that Google is the "do no evil" company that it used to be, pre-IPO? It has become just as suspect as any big company. The bigger problem is that people don't even see Google for what it is. It is like MS all over again.
OK. Just my $.02 worth, I guess
Does it violate the "don't be evil" idea if what Google is doing is stopping someone from violating the licensing of their software, or from illegally copying and distributing Google's closed software? If this is what's happening, I think Google hasn't done anything remotely evil in this instance.
I suppose that if I were a Microsoft or Cyanogen executive, I might see things differently, of course. But I'm not.
# 2 says "It's best to do one thing really, really well," not "it's best to do ONLY one thing." The fact is, Google still is a darn good search engine. The detail of that item explains how they see the focus on search as enabling them to add value in other, non-core, areas.
Imagine what might have happened if this actually got momentum behind it and we never went through the stagnation that is DOS/Windows.
I think i just came a little.
I think I just threw up a little... at the moderation! "Interesting"?!? Informative, conceivably, (yuck). "Funny", perhaps. But "Interesting"? And, good grief, "Insightful"?
Baloney. That small-time punk farmer has no more right to shake down a respectable corporation like Monsanto by interfering with Monsanto's ability to maximize profits and be the sole source of food than a two-bit local clothing store has the right to steal customers from an upstanding corporation like Walmart.
Why don't you pull your head out of your ass. Apple provides an API toallow iTunes to snyc to anything. All palm needed was a plugin. However palm broke their USB speecs, and legal agreements they lied to end users, iTunes and the USB-IF
Instead of following the rules palm stole and lied to every pre owner and your too stupid to see that. Apple constantly changes things and yetstill have a better user Interface than msft who won't change their underwear.
I'm impressed by this persuasive post full of pertinent facts and references, and I only have a few lingering questions:
How does one "snyc" with iTunes?
How much would a pair of USB "speecs" cost?
What did palm steal?
What were you describing as "your too stupid..."?
Are the "yetstill" related in any way to the Sasquatch?
Didn't I just see a post suggesting that Apple's API has been stable for years and that the problem was that Palm wasn't actually using the API?
And how did you come by insight about how often a corporation like Microsoft might "change their underwear"?
Thank you for your many thoughtful contributions to this discussion.:-)
Since the main selling point of the Pre was unauthorized iTunes sync.
Serves them right.
No. The main selling point of the Pre is that it's on Sprint. By comparison, the main selling point of the iPhone is it's App store. The main selling point of the iPod is the iTunes Sync.
Perhaps, but in America it will be called a "Patriotic Artificial Intelligence System (PAIS)." And, hey, with an acronym like that, maybe we can overtly sell the service south of the border!
You've hit on one of my pet peeves man. Hell, DIAMONDS are oraganic, and so is pencil lead. They way these people use the term incorrectly drives me nuts.
Strictly speaking, there are very significant variations of what "organic" means, even among various scientific contexts. For example, "organic" generally means something significantly different in the context of biology than in the context of chemistry.
So, while on one hand I agree that it feel as if the "organic" food label misleadingly seems to imply that other food is somehow "inorganic", on the other hand I realize that from the USDA's perspective, "organic" certification reflects the adherence to a fairly well defined set of food production, handling, and processing practices.
This seems to be saying that the GNOME and KDE organizations' funding are not a significant factor in the development of their related software.
In other words, this comparison tells very little of the actual funding that supports the development of either system. Presumably, those efforts are primarily funded through other entities (such as Trolltech, Linux distros, embedded device makers, etc.)
How are we supposed to have a GNOME v. KDE flame war without any significant data? That's like trying to have a debate about whether EMACS or vi is a superior editor on a device that has no keyboard!
Crap, I need a car analogy; can someone help me out here?
Thankfully she didn't die, the ticket was dismissed and she is currently in the process of filing a lawsuit. (http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/mom_in_minivan_tasered_in_traf.html)
The summary says "less lethal". Read The Fine Summary, please.
The real complaint seems to be not that Tasers are anywhere near as lethal as handguns, but that they are more likely to be abused due to the expectation of the users that a Taser won't cause serious injury or death.
"A false sense of security is far more dangerous than a real sense of vulnerability."
True, perhaps, for the person in question, but maybe not so true for everyone else.
People tend to be better behaved and more predictable when they feel secure, but when they feel threatened, they don't just go cower in a corner; they lash out. Some more dramatically than others.
From a societal perspective, it may be better that people have that false sense of security.
The simple truth is that nuclear power is good technology that solves a variety of sticky problems. Anti-nuclear propaganda films irrationally scared the public in to rejecting a highly beneficial and useful method of power generation. With the passage of years, the public has come to the realization that the sky isn't falling and that a modern, safe nuclear power system is good economics and good social policy. We should celebrate this return to sanity: it's reason triumphing over irrational fear.
Sure, this sounds interesting, but there are other considerations beyond how well you might actually learn. As Mom says, "I don't care if you just turned twenty-eight. If you want to live in my house, you're staying in school!"
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It's the principle of the thing. Botnet creators are entitled to a reasonable expectation of privacy, under the law, right? Besides, if it were YOUR botnet they were infiltrating, you would be pissed, too.
Great, I haven't still even got a normal bluray player. Nor did I get HD-DVD. Seems like I might just skip it and wait for the modified player that supports this.
Yeah, I got a PS3, too. Who wants a "normal" Blu-ray player?
"Informative".... Nice.
/. can and should do better.
Should, yes. Can... seriously? I'd give you a "Coffee-spewing Hilarious" mod if I had points.
good enough, adj.: 1. Apple, Inc. 2. Various words people have used to describe Apple, Inc.
Palm OS,
Tragic loss.
WebOS.
Brand new boss.
Apple mad,
Rant and rave.
Start afresh-
Burma shave.
"not of the high Googley' caliber"
Does anyone really believe that Google is the "do no evil" company that it used to be, pre-IPO? It has become just as suspect as any big company. The bigger problem is that people don't even see Google for what it is. It is like MS all over again.
OK. Just my $.02 worth, I guess
Does it violate the "don't be evil" idea if what Google is doing is stopping someone from violating the licensing of their software, or from illegally copying and distributing Google's closed software? If this is what's happening, I think Google hasn't done anything remotely evil in this instance.
I suppose that if I were a Microsoft or Cyanogen executive, I might see things differently, of course. But I'm not.
# 2 says "It's best to do one thing really, really well," not "it's best to do ONLY one thing." The fact is, Google still is a darn good search engine. The detail of that item explains how they see the focus on search as enabling them to add value in other, non-core, areas.
Working link to Ten things....
Imagine what might have happened if this actually got momentum behind it and we never went through the stagnation that is DOS/Windows.
I think i just came a little.
I think I just threw up a little... at the moderation! "Interesting"?!? Informative, conceivably, (yuck). "Funny", perhaps. But "Interesting"? And, good grief, "Insightful"?
Baloney. That small-time punk farmer has no more right to shake down a respectable corporation like Monsanto by interfering with Monsanto's ability to maximize profits and be the sole source of food than a two-bit local clothing store has the right to steal customers from an upstanding corporation like Walmart.
Why don't you pull your head out of your ass. Apple provides an API toallow iTunes to snyc to anything. All palm needed was a plugin. However palm broke their USB speecs, and legal agreements they lied to end users, iTunes and the USB-IF
Instead of following the rules palm stole and lied to every pre owner and your too stupid to see that. Apple constantly changes things and yetstill have a better user Interface than msft who won't change their underwear.
I'm impressed by this persuasive post full of pertinent facts and references, and I only have a few lingering questions:
Thank you for your many thoughtful contributions to this discussion. :-)
Since the main selling point of the Pre was unauthorized iTunes sync.
Serves them right.
No. The main selling point of the Pre is that it's on Sprint. By comparison, the main selling point of the iPhone is it's App store. The main selling point of the iPod is the iTunes Sync.
Perhaps, but in America it will be called a "Patriotic Artificial Intelligence System (PAIS)." And, hey, with an acronym like that, maybe we can overtly sell the service south of the border!
You've hit on one of my pet peeves man. Hell, DIAMONDS are oraganic, and so is pencil lead. They way these people use the term incorrectly drives me nuts.
Strictly speaking, there are very significant variations of what "organic" means, even among various scientific contexts. For example, "organic" generally means something significantly different in the context of biology than in the context of chemistry.
So, while on one hand I agree that it feel as if the "organic" food label misleadingly seems to imply that other food is somehow "inorganic", on the other hand I realize that from the USDA's perspective, "organic" certification reflects the adherence to a fairly well defined set of food production, handling, and processing practices.
This seems to be saying that the GNOME and KDE organizations' funding are not a significant factor in the development of their related software.
In other words, this comparison tells very little of the actual funding that supports the development of either system. Presumably, those efforts are primarily funded through other entities (such as Trolltech, Linux distros, embedded device makers, etc.)
How are we supposed to have a GNOME v. KDE flame war without any significant data? That's like trying to have a debate about whether EMACS or vi is a superior editor on a device that has no keyboard!
Crap, I need a car analogy; can someone help me out here?
Hmmm.... my mind goes back to a girl I left long years ago, who told me, "I, for one, welcome my new, liberating overlord."
Gah! Meme conflict... or... hey....
Taser are NOT "non-lethal."
...
Thankfully she didn't die, the ticket was dismissed and she is currently in the process of filing a lawsuit. (http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/mom_in_minivan_tasered_in_traf.html)
The summary says "less lethal". Read The Fine Summary, please.
The real complaint seems to be not that Tasers are anywhere near as lethal as handguns, but that they are more likely to be abused due to the expectation of the users that a Taser won't cause serious injury or death.
Tasers going through "a battery of test"... Props for stunning punning.
"A false sense of security is far more dangerous than a real sense of vulnerability."
True, perhaps, for the person in question, but maybe not so true for everyone else.
People tend to be better behaved and more predictable when they feel secure, but when they feel threatened, they don't just go cower in a corner; they lash out. Some more dramatically than others.
From a societal perspective, it may be better that people have that false sense of security.
The simple truth is that nuclear power is good technology that solves a variety of sticky problems. Anti-nuclear propaganda films irrationally scared the public in to rejecting a highly beneficial and useful method of power generation. With the passage of years, the public has come to the realization that the sky isn't falling and that a modern, safe nuclear power system is good economics and good social policy. We should celebrate this return to sanity: it's reason triumphing over irrational fear.
So, this is a case of US prevailing over Them?
Wow, I finally understand nuclear power plant safety! Thanks, Slashdot!
Forget anonymity. I'm better off living in a glass house, so it's easier for me to know when I need to yell "Get off my lawn!"
Sure, this sounds interesting, but there are other considerations beyond how well you might actually learn. As Mom says, "I don't care if you just turned twenty-eight. If you want to live in my house, you're staying in school!"
Then you must remember the guy from the Mac ads as a fellow corridorholic in the best example of a science fiction corridor yet created.
The Pirate Party's opposing it? Well, then, if they're on the case, problem solved. Woohoo!
And here we have scientific evidence that human mutation is working as Designed.
Weird, I'm suddenly craving a bowl of spaghetti.