There are legitimate reasons to serve anatomy, reproductive, safe-sex etc. information to children, though.
There is no legitimate reason to provide sexually explicit pornography to children -- that's why it's already against the law offline.
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Mat Groening, in his genious, took this expression and showed what happens when Homer takes it literaly.
That's right boys and girls, each and every one of the 300+ Simpsons episodes was written, drawn, directed, and animated ENTIRELY by Matt Groening!
He also does all the voices, under a series of pseudonyms. Ever notice how you never see quote-unquote "Harry Shearer" or "Phil Hartman" credited for work anywhere else, huh?
Instead of congratulating the Chinese for a well planned, robust and cheap human space effort, which it is, there are literaly hundreds of hateful, ignorant, racist posts filled to the brim with spite and jealously.
Maybe you need to stop browsing at -1. I've been reading +2 and haven't seen more than one or two posts that could be considered even mildly hateful or ignorant.
This country couldn't even pass a Constitutional amendment that affirmed that women deserve all the same rights as men.
Do you honestly believe that both houses of Congress and the state governments would band together in a show of Judeo-Christian unity and fast-track a Pledge Amendment through the system?
I would expect very few Democrats to support such an amendment, some because their constituencies wouldn't support it and others just to block the GOP's actions. How are you going to get the 2/3 majority needed for a Constitutional amendment without Democratic support?
Not to pick nits, but Americans pledge allegiance to their flag, AND to the republic for which it stands. The flag -- like all nation's flags -- is only symbolic.
Simply put I'm sure they would be as offended if we were to begin saying something like "under Bhudda" or "under no god" as some ppl are about saying "under god" in the first place.
Or--and this is the Killer Example--if the Pledge contained the line "under Allah".
I got a cold call on my cell phone the other day from Sprint, my own service provider. They informed me that I would not be billed for the call, and asked if I would be interested in participating in a special offer of some sort. I declined and hung up.
Based on my reading of the relevant US code, providing the airtime for the call at no charge to me does not mean it's okay for them to telemarket to me. However, the code only seems to apply if they contacted my phone using the phone number -- if they established a connection using the phone's internal ID, that's not covered. Also, there's probably a clause in my contract that says by using the service, I agree to let them bother me all they want.
MEH on Sprint. I hope the other carriers are better come late November.
These are only the "same offense" if having your cellphone turned on forced you to exceed the speed limit, or vice versa.
That would be like saying not wearing a seatbelt and not having proof of insurance are the same offense. No. You aren't wearing your seatbelt, AND you don't have proof of insurance.
Let's say the DivX pr0ns are encoded so that 1 hour of video takes up 1 gigabyte (Divx video is often encoded at lower bandwidth than this but who wants compression artifacts in their pr0n?)
1 petabyte will therefore store 1,048,576 hours of pr0n.
Strange that he compares it to a system that few libraries use anymore.
Few academic libraries, perhaps. LOC seems to have almost entirely supplanted it there. But public libraries, typically on the trailing edge of library science, still use the Dewey system extensively.
Hopefully you're an UNEMPLOYED IT architect. I certainly would never hire any alleged expert who considers their own personal desire to get on the network, by any means necessary, to be more important than following established policies and procedures regarding connectivity.
Selected quotes from a confidential memorandum from Bill Gates to John Scully of Apple dated June 25, 1985.
Let's remember that at this point in time (when the 286 was king) Microsoft was not the monolithic, monopolistic, industry leader we identify it as today. MS-DOS 2.x was their core product, and the text-mode abomination of Windows 1.0 was just barely being prepped for release.
This document should be read as a business recommendation intended to benefit both Apple and Microsoft, not as a ham-fisted attempt to build and maintain a Microsoft monopoly at the expense of Apple's market.
It's argued that no one's going to want to develop for a platform with miniscule mindshare. Bullshit! How'd Linux happen, then?
Oh, come on. It's not as if Linux sprung up out of nothingness. When Linus compiled the kernel for the first time he was continuing a Unix-based tradition started 20 years earlier -- and Unices as a group had a greater mindshare than any OS save MS-DOS at the time.
Yes 'Linux'. No distro, no particular installed apps/services, no particular kernel, just 'linux'. Linux, the company, you know..
Let's not kid ourselves. One of the things preventing Linux from taking a bigger chunk out of Microsoft's market share is the confusion over what, exactly, Linux IS.
It may be reasonable to expect CTOs to understand the various nuances of Linux distribution and marketing, but end users -- not a chance. Maybe those users ought to have RedHat (whose ticker sign is LNUX, giving them the air of "Linux, the company") pitched to them as the buzzword, rather than "Linux".
[...] tight default firewalls, statistical intrusion detection, distributed monitoring, sandboxed executables, no executable mail attachments, modular software, and anything else short of palladium. Yet they don't. Why?
Would implementing any of those things make Microsoft more money than not implementing them? It's all about profit margins. Proactive development cuts into profitability, as does the practice of hiring experienced developers instead of fresh-faced children just out of engineering school who are willing to work twice as hard (although not twice as smart) in exchange for a free mountain bike and occasional use of the game room.
do whatever it takes, cut performance by 3/4 and run everything in a virtual machine, I don't care.
You may not, but all the rest of Microsoft's customers do. "Fast but wonky" is all too often perceived as preferable to "slow but bulletproof."
How about getting it right the first time! Microsoft needs to snap into action ASAP.
You just have all the answers, don't you? Maybe Microsoft should hire a fresh new voice like you to oversee their development efforts.
Are you willing to work 60hr weeks for $55k and all the free Mountain Dew you can drink?
This is a shortcoming of Linux-based operating systems, but the responsibility for improving it would have to fall upon the distro and desktop environment maintainers, not on the kernel developers.
In a well-designed OS (and Linux ain't too shabby in that dept.), the kernel should be almost totally independent of the GUI and vice versa.
I'm going to use the number portability mandate as leverage to get a better deal from my current provider.
Every service provider is going to see thousands of lost customers as people take their numbers and see what life's like with another provider. The smart thing to do is offer current customers incentives to stay with them -- less effort to put the cancellations and number transfers through, plus a continued guaranteed revenue stream.
So I'm going to ask for a lower service fee than I currently pay. I only use a fraction of my available minutes; I'd switch to a lower plan but they don't offer any -- at least, not publicly. If they want to retain my account they'll dredge up an unadvertised plan that meets my needs, or at least knock a few bucks off my current plan.
I'm also going to upgrade my phone, and I'm not going to pay full retail for it. Why should a new customer with no brand loyalty get a phone for half the price I do? All I want is a recent-model, basic phone for $50 or so. I'll even sign a new 1-year-contract to get it.
The providers know it's a hassle to switch to a different provider right now -- but the number portability rules are going to make it significantly easier. Thus, competition will be stronger. Thus, everyone gets a better deal.
The CD carrying the crippleware has a label on it, telling you that if you run it on your Windows computer, it will install copy prevention stuff on your PC.
If you run their installer after having been exposed to that warning, you've given implicit consent.
"SunnComm is taking a stand here because we believe that those who own property, whether physical or digital, have the ultimate authority over how their property is used."
EXACTLY.
My computer is MY property. I have the authority to perform any combinations of accessing MY compact disc drive and pressing keys on MY keyboard that I wish.
It has suddenly become legal, in the last few years, for companies to sell me products to which they retain ownership.
Consumers have NEVER been granted ownership of copyrighted material that they purchase copies of. The physical media, yes. They can put a CD in the microwave or saw it in half or scribble on it with a green magic marker all they want, but they can't do whatever they like with the bits of data on the CD -- only what's allowed by copyright law.
Does the common person understand the distinction? Probably not. But I wouldn't say it's an invalid claim because of that.
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There are legitimate reasons to serve anatomy, reproductive, safe-sex etc. information to children, though.
There is no legitimate reason to provide sexually explicit pornography to children -- that's why it's already against the law offline.
Mat Groening, in his genious, took this expression and showed what happens when Homer takes it literaly.
That's right boys and girls, each and every one of the 300+ Simpsons episodes was written, drawn, directed, and animated ENTIRELY by Matt Groening!
He also does all the voices, under a series of pseudonyms. Ever notice how you never see quote-unquote "Harry Shearer" or "Phil Hartman" credited for work anywhere else, huh?
Instead of congratulating the Chinese for a well planned, robust and cheap human space effort, which it is, there are literaly hundreds of hateful, ignorant, racist posts filled to the brim with spite and jealously.
Maybe you need to stop browsing at -1. I've been reading +2 and haven't seen more than one or two posts that could be considered even mildly hateful or ignorant.
Just saying.
This country couldn't even pass a Constitutional amendment that affirmed that women deserve all the same rights as men.
Do you honestly believe that both houses of Congress and the state governments would band together in a show of Judeo-Christian unity and fast-track a Pledge Amendment through the system?
I would expect very few Democrats to support such an amendment, some because their constituencies wouldn't support it and others just to block the GOP's actions. How are you going to get the 2/3 majority needed for a Constitutional amendment without Democratic support?
The Pledge != A Prayer
I dunno. You invoke God's name in something, the lines between secular and religious speech get really blurry.
Not to pick nits, but Americans pledge allegiance to their flag, AND to the republic for which it stands. The flag -- like all nation's flags -- is only symbolic.
Simply put I'm sure they would be as offended if we were to begin saying something like "under Bhudda" or "under no god" as some ppl are about saying "under god" in the first place.
Or--and this is the Killer Example--if the Pledge contained the line "under Allah".
I got a cold call on my cell phone the other day from Sprint, my own service provider. They informed me that I would not be billed for the call, and asked if I would be interested in participating in a special offer of some sort. I declined and hung up.
Based on my reading of the relevant US code, providing the airtime for the call at no charge to me does not mean it's okay for them to telemarket to me. However, the code only seems to apply if they contacted my phone using the phone number -- if they established a connection using the phone's internal ID, that's not covered. Also, there's probably a clause in my contract that says by using the service, I agree to let them bother me all they want.
MEH on Sprint. I hope the other carriers are better come late November.
These are only the "same offense" if having your cellphone turned on forced you to exceed the speed limit, or vice versa.
That would be like saying not wearing a seatbelt and not having proof of insurance are the same offense. No. You aren't wearing your seatbelt, AND you don't have proof of insurance.
1 petabyte = 1,024 terabytes = 1,048,576 gigabytes
Let's say the DivX pr0ns are encoded so that 1 hour of video takes up 1 gigabyte (Divx video is often encoded at lower bandwidth than this but who wants compression artifacts in their pr0n?)
1 petabyte will therefore store 1,048,576 hours of pr0n.
1,048,576 hours = 43691 days = 120 years
Yep, that's enough pr0n.
Strange that he compares it to a system that few libraries use anymore.
Few academic libraries, perhaps. LOC seems to have almost entirely supplanted it there. But public libraries, typically on the trailing edge of library science, still use the Dewey system extensively.
Hopefully you're an UNEMPLOYED IT architect. I certainly would never hire any alleged expert who considers their own personal desire to get on the network, by any means necessary, to be more important than following established policies and procedures regarding connectivity.
From the article, the first impression one would get is that "Samba" is an operating system. After all, they're comparing it to Windows Server 2003.
No, wait, it's not, it's a service that runs on top of an operating system.
So which OS was used in the tests? Huh, it doesn't say.
This article is worthless.
Selected quotes from a confidential memorandum from Bill Gates to John Scully of Apple dated June 25, 1985.
Let's remember that at this point in time (when the 286 was king) Microsoft was not the monolithic, monopolistic, industry leader we identify it as today. MS-DOS 2.x was their core product, and the text-mode abomination of Windows 1.0 was just barely being prepped for release.
This document should be read as a business recommendation intended to benefit both Apple and Microsoft, not as a ham-fisted attempt to build and maintain a Microsoft monopoly at the expense of Apple's market.
It's argued that no one's going to want to develop for a platform with miniscule mindshare. Bullshit! How'd Linux happen, then?
Oh, come on. It's not as if Linux sprung up out of nothingness. When Linus compiled the kernel for the first time he was continuing a Unix-based tradition started 20 years earlier -- and Unices as a group had a greater mindshare than any OS save MS-DOS at the time.
I don't think he deserved this...
Out of everyone in the world, shouldn't Dennis Ritchie be able to configure a Unix box that can survive a Slashdotting?
Yes 'Linux'. No distro, no particular installed apps/services, no particular kernel, just 'linux'. Linux, the company, you know..
Let's not kid ourselves. One of the things preventing Linux from taking a bigger chunk out of Microsoft's market share is the confusion over what, exactly, Linux IS.
It may be reasonable to expect CTOs to understand the various nuances of Linux distribution and marketing, but end users -- not a chance. Maybe those users ought to have RedHat (whose ticker sign is LNUX, giving them the air of "Linux, the company") pitched to them as the buzzword, rather than "Linux".
COMMENT: We can't afford to switch from Windows
RESPONSE: I know. If only Linux weren't so damn expensive.
But he mentioned the cost of switching from Windows. Switching to Linux CAN be pretty damn expensive, even if the cost of the OS itself is free.
'Switching to Linux' is a project, not a product.
[...] tight default firewalls, statistical intrusion detection, distributed monitoring, sandboxed executables, no executable mail attachments, modular software, and anything else short of palladium. Yet they don't. Why?
Would implementing any of those things make Microsoft more money than not implementing them? It's all about profit margins. Proactive development cuts into profitability, as does the practice of hiring experienced developers instead of fresh-faced children just out of engineering school who are willing to work twice as hard (although not twice as smart) in exchange for a free mountain bike and occasional use of the game room.
do whatever it takes, cut performance by 3/4 and run everything in a virtual machine, I don't care.
You may not, but all the rest of Microsoft's customers do. "Fast but wonky" is all too often perceived as preferable to "slow but bulletproof."
How about getting it right the first time!
Microsoft needs to snap into action ASAP.
You just have all the answers, don't you? Maybe Microsoft should hire a fresh new voice like you to oversee their development efforts.
Are you willing to work 60hr weeks for $55k and all the free Mountain Dew you can drink?
How about a userfriendly UI...
This is a shortcoming of Linux-based operating systems, but the responsibility for improving it would have to fall upon the distro and desktop environment maintainers, not on the kernel developers.
In a well-designed OS (and Linux ain't too shabby in that dept.), the kernel should be almost totally independent of the GUI and vice versa.
I'm going to use the number portability mandate as leverage to get a better deal from my current provider.
Every service provider is going to see thousands of lost customers as people take their numbers and see what life's like with another provider. The smart thing to do is offer current customers incentives to stay with them -- less effort to put the cancellations and number transfers through, plus a continued guaranteed revenue stream.
So I'm going to ask for a lower service fee than I currently pay. I only use a fraction of my available minutes; I'd switch to a lower plan but they don't offer any -- at least, not publicly. If they want to retain my account they'll dredge up an unadvertised plan that meets my needs, or at least knock a few bucks off my current plan.
I'm also going to upgrade my phone, and I'm not going to pay full retail for it. Why should a new customer with no brand loyalty get a phone for half the price I do? All I want is a recent-model, basic phone for $50 or so. I'll even sign a new 1-year-contract to get it.
The providers know it's a hassle to switch to a different provider right now -- but the number portability rules are going to make it significantly easier. Thus, competition will be stronger. Thus, everyone gets a better deal.
Oh, ok... so THAT'S why Nokia designed the N-Gage so that you have to take the thing apart and remove the battery to get to the game cartridge port.
That way when the battery explodes, the game cart won't be launched across the room, making it hard to find and retrieve.
What makes this especially stupid is that they'll be suing someone who has very little (if any) money
He published the paper as a Princeton grad student. His advisor (our friend Edward Felten) was aware of and condoned his behavior.
IANAL, but seems to me that the University has a responsibility to contribute to his defense. And Princeton has DEEP pockets.
Unauthorised modification - check.
No. Uncheck.
The CD carrying the crippleware has a label on it, telling you that if you run it on your Windows computer, it will install copy prevention stuff on your PC.
If you run their installer after having been exposed to that warning, you've given implicit consent.
"SunnComm is taking a stand here because we believe that those who own property, whether physical or digital, have the ultimate authority over how their property is used."
EXACTLY.
My computer is MY property. I have the authority to perform any combinations of accessing MY compact disc drive and pressing keys on MY keyboard that I wish.
It has suddenly become legal, in the last few years, for companies to sell me products to which they retain ownership.
Consumers have NEVER been granted ownership of copyrighted material that they purchase copies of. The physical media, yes. They can put a CD in the microwave or saw it in half or scribble on it with a green magic marker all they want, but they can't do whatever they like with the bits of data on the CD -- only what's allowed by copyright law.
Does the common person understand the distinction? Probably not. But I wouldn't say it's an invalid claim because of that.