This reminds me of a Demetri Martin joke. I believe it was on the Large Pad sequence.
There's a saying that goes "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." Okay. How about "Nobody should throw stones"? That's crappy behavior. My policy is: "No stone throwing regardless of housing situation."
Seriously, if you don't know anything, just shut up and refuse to comment further. How hard can it be? And how much are these blokes making to say things like this?
Agreed, Moodle is pretty nice and customizable from what I've seen, although there are indeed some rough edges still. Our university recently switched from Blackboard to Moodle and it seems to have worked out just fine and dandy.
I guess they're trying to prevent the outbreak of that ridiculous Olympic Games series featuring a certain blue hedgehog.
Jokes aside, this is a good bit paranoid. At a certain point comes "too cautious" and this has probably reached that point. The balance of enjoyment vs safety is not safe in a world, nay, a country that has more countermeasures for a worldwide event than you can shake a stick at. Oh wait, they took my stick too. Darn it!
Instantly thought of "Your Body is a Wonderland" with that title.
On a more relevant note, it's very apparent nowadays that privacy is becoming less and less of a guarantee and more of a perk in society today. I somewhat agree and disagree with this personal data trend. On the one hand, I'd like to think that this means people will be more willing to be themselves and be more honest and open with others (e.g., based on experience, we in America hardly even associate with our next-door neighbors). I personally would love to not have to be so cryptic and secretive about my information. However, on the other hand and being the cynic I am, I know this is only going to lead to even bigger identity and privacy problems.
Still, asking for a Facebook username and password is tantamount to invasion of privacy. If companies want to check someone's Facebook, there are plenty of options for allowing others to look at a specific profile without the need of a password or even a username. Digital personal information is still personal information, and this sounds like a "good vs service" kind of problem. Something tells me that this is only the beginning...
I have used VirtuaWin for some time now. It's relatively easy to set up, and I have seen no performance issues with my Windows 7 partition while it's running. It works for me, maybe it could work just as well for others.
Although I must add, it was actually quite clever. Maybe your definition of "Funny" should be "Humorously entertaining to read, but most likely groan- or facepalm-inducing".
The title and summary seem to convey different things. "Job Seeking Hacker Gets 30 Months In Prison" sounds like a hacker was trying to get a hacking job somewhere, while the summary makes it clear that he hacked his way into getting said job. Just saying.
Nonetheless, blackmail is blackmail. Malicious hacking involving the exposure of private data to unwarranted eyes ought to be punished.
"YEAAAAAAAAHH" is most effective when said by someone else. Besides, laughing at my own joke? Where do you think we are, a place full of highly opinionated, egotistical cads?
This has got to be the most stupid thing Microsoft has done since they launched the Kin.
The what? I've never even heard of the Kin until now. Can I reward you for providing information on this splendidly hip device by paying you in bitcoins?
I would agree with you, but you're making a huge deal about something insignificant. The actual summary of a story doesn't seem affected by the possible inclusion of whether or not this is a submitter's first accepted story. Sounds more to me like an excuse to heckle.
This, although I don't particularly mind seeing it in the submission. What I do mind, though, is that/.ers whine about it and point it out like a sore thumb. "Bawwww, the article is from a first poster, we must bring attention to this and ridicule him/her!"
You apparently either are joking, or you aren't hipster enough to realize that the lack of a verb in this case is fittingly effective. For example, Microsoft "accidentally an entire social networking site" not too long ago.
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This reminds me of a Demetri Martin joke. I believe it was on the Large Pad sequence.
There's a saying that goes "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." Okay. How about "Nobody should throw stones"? That's crappy behavior. My policy is: "No stone throwing regardless of housing situation."
Seriously, if you don't know anything, just shut up and refuse to comment further. How hard can it be? And how much are these blokes making to say things like this?
Agreed, Moodle is pretty nice and customizable from what I've seen, although there are indeed some rough edges still. Our university recently switched from Blackboard to Moodle and it seems to have worked out just fine and dandy.
I guess they're trying to prevent the outbreak of that ridiculous Olympic Games series featuring a certain blue hedgehog.
Jokes aside, this is a good bit paranoid. At a certain point comes "too cautious" and this has probably reached that point. The balance of enjoyment vs safety is not safe in a world, nay, a country that has more countermeasures for a worldwide event than you can shake a stick at. Oh wait, they took my stick too. Darn it!
Instantly thought of "Your Body is a Wonderland" with that title.
On a more relevant note, it's very apparent nowadays that privacy is becoming less and less of a guarantee and more of a perk in society today. I somewhat agree and disagree with this personal data trend. On the one hand, I'd like to think that this means people will be more willing to be themselves and be more honest and open with others (e.g., based on experience, we in America hardly even associate with our next-door neighbors). I personally would love to not have to be so cryptic and secretive about my information. However, on the other hand and being the cynic I am, I know this is only going to lead to even bigger identity and privacy problems.
Still, asking for a Facebook username and password is tantamount to invasion of privacy. If companies want to check someone's Facebook, there are plenty of options for allowing others to look at a specific profile without the need of a password or even a username. Digital personal information is still personal information, and this sounds like a "good vs service" kind of problem. Something tells me that this is only the beginning...
I have used VirtuaWin for some time now. It's relatively easy to set up, and I have seen no performance issues with my Windows 7 partition while it's running. It works for me, maybe it could work just as well for others.
so... you enjoy the probing...
Still better than CoD.
Anyone else find it ironic that an anonymous reader submitted an article about losing privacy?
Although I must add, it was actually quite clever. Maybe your definition of "Funny" should be "Humorously entertaining to read, but most likely groan- or facepalm-inducing".
Or possibly Groening. Not precisely clear on that.
This being a perfect example of "Funny". I gol'd (groaned out loud).
The title and summary seem to convey different things. "Job Seeking Hacker Gets 30 Months In Prison" sounds like a hacker was trying to get a hacking job somewhere, while the summary makes it clear that he hacked his way into getting said job. Just saying.
Nonetheless, blackmail is blackmail. Malicious hacking involving the exposure of private data to unwarranted eyes ought to be punished.
But Wikipedia is "down" right now! Perhaps if we donate enough--nah, bitcoin jokes are long past their due date.
"YEAAAAAAAAHH" is most effective when said by someone else. Besides, laughing at my own joke? Where do you think we are, a place full of highly opinionated, egotistical cads?
Could it be that the previous Paypal article about the smashed-up violin and this one are in some way related?
Perhaps...some strings were pulled.
We heard you like suing...
No, Watson! You ARE the trolls!
Well, I can see where this is headed.
>headed
Har har, I see what you did there.
This has got to be the most stupid thing Microsoft has done since they launched the Kin.
The what? I've never even heard of the Kin until now. Can I reward you for providing information on this splendidly hip device by paying you in bitcoins?
"I don't always plunk down dough, but when I do it's to help rebuild the foundations of my manse"
"Your smartphone can send texts, surf the Web, and update your Facebook page...
I would agree with you, but you're making a huge deal about something insignificant. The actual summary of a story doesn't seem affected by the possible inclusion of whether or not this is a submitter's first accepted story. Sounds more to me like an excuse to heckle.
This, although I don't particularly mind seeing it in the submission. What I do mind, though, is that /.ers whine about it and point it out like a sore thumb. "Bawwww, the article is from a first poster, we must bring attention to this and ridicule him/her!"
You apparently either are joking, or you aren't hipster enough to realize that the lack of a verb in this case is fittingly effective. For example, Microsoft "accidentally an entire social networking site" not too long ago.
Cool... but at the same time pointless.
A pointless pointer? Hmm...
Only a matter of time before some dumb idiot shines it at an airplane or into a person or animals eye.
If you shine me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine!
Mod points are randomly distributed among any and all users. You're just unlucky.
It's Skarmory. *cerealguy.jpg*