Surely this would mean that there is now grounds for someone (not sure who) to challenge the metadata collection operation in a court? Or sue? Or pursue happyness? *shrug*
They should be promoted for outstanding service to society those vigelantes. It's nothing less than the guerrilla gunners in east timer, the land of the rising run it's called, stamping out the abhorrant Indonesia nation from their cities. TAKe Up YOUr EFFORt FOr FREEDOm BABy! JAMie OLIVer should be the first to be commended for standing up to the institution. Great job Dire Straits; and Bladerunner soundtrack. Great job Vengalis. Your a hacker mate. A pro. -Oscarian aka Ian O Stolz
Some nice music to listen to, guys, (and, gals):,)>.;=#-sun_=#-glasses:nnow,:=#_=#:do,you,see,it,now? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kSj2WgwEsI
They should be promoted for outstanding service to society those vigelantes. It's nothing less than the guerrilla gunners in east timer, the land of the rising run it's called, stamping out the abhorrant Indonesia nation from their cities. TAKe Up YOUr EFFORt FOr FREEDOm BABy! JAMie OLIVer should be the first to be commended for standing up to the institution. Great job Dire Straits; and Bladerunner soundtrack. Great job Vengalis. Your a hacker mate. A pro. -Oscarian aka Ian O Stolz
I have Vista installed on my PC. When I bought a new hard drive, I found out that I could not simply activate Vista on my PC (with all the same hardware as before, except the drive itself). I reluctantly called Microsoft support, who asked me for a 25 character (from memory) code, and then read me out another 25 character code which I had to enter to activate Vista.
Wow. Just for changing my hard drive.
I fully intend to downgrade to XP in the near future.
If I were to make a creative leap I would say, something that can be utilised which has two binary states at one time could somehow turn in to something that could result in erroneous random but recorded switching which then could in turn develop into an evoloving set of data that could potentially become self aware.
Or it could just spit out junk.
Either way my vote is that it should be called "Deep Thought".
Due to the volume of interest in this matter I am using auto-reply to get you the quickest reply possible because your concerns about what we did are important. I write this intending to express my own views and not the views of other board members. I will not be replying to your replies. Some of the media has not reported this matter accurately and I wanted to make sure the issues and our decision were clear to you. Feel free to share this with others who are concerned.
1. We did not make the decision based upon Mr. Hardison's religious or other beliefs. The decision was made because a teacher was going to show the movie and it did not appear she was following policy. It turned out that she was not following policy. There was also an offer last week by the proponents of the movie to give 50,000 copies to teachers across the country to use as curriculum, which would have increased the chance that the movie would be used. There was more than one complaint/concern expressed about this issue based upon that alone. 2. We did not ban or censor the movie and have no intent to do so. Teachers can use it as they see fit if they follow policy on movies and controversial issues, but because there was some misunderstanding on the policy we asked that the Superintendent be involved in making sure policy was being followed. One of our high schools has already used the movie. The students were asked to take a side, research the issues, and then debate the issues from that standpoint. What they did goes above and beyond the policy in my opinion. 3. We are not banning the teaching of global warming. 4. The debate on global warming is crucial to society and limiting the debate to only one side's view of the facts and science would not be good for anyone even if they believe the debate is over. 5. Our policies are designed to make sure that the door is open for more debate on issues, not less, but it does not mean as some allege that any wacko theory can be taught in our schools. 6. The decision was made upon existing policy. It was not based on anyone's direct belief regarding politics, science, religion, or when the earth was formed or when it will end. 7. Policy 2331 and 2331P is intended to prevent one-sided views of controversial issues. 8. There was more than one complaint/concern expressed about this issue. 9. The policy should be equally enforced regardless of what side of the spectrum any controversial issue falls upon. This protects the integrity of the education process. We would have made the same decision if the movie was about the Iraq war or some other issue and was narrated by George W. Bush or some other partisan, even if the proponents felt the debate was over on the topic they were presenting. 10. Using a partisan to present issues affecting contested public policy matters makes it controversial per se. The media attention to our decision is also evidence of the controversial nature of this film. 11. Science and politics have been merged on this issue by persons beyond our control. The political aspect of this is what makes it the most controversial, especially when a political partisan makes the presentation. With that in mind, there are many other ways to teach global warming instead of using a feature film by a political partisan (see links below from NOAA and NASA that have references to skeptics), but despite that we did not vote to "ban" the movie even though we could have.
We also had the power to compel specific sources be used instead of the movie and did not do that either. Some have raised the issue of us not watching the movie first, but we did not ban the movie or that would have been crucial. We did feel it was controversial based upon the above reasons which is all we needed to know based upon our policy. 12. On the issue of how final the debate is, Galileo and other out of the box thinkers com
WoW is still lacking in some areas. I've been playing it for a month. I have also played Saga of Ryzom for a few months, Anachy Online for two weeks, EVE for a month, and just had a few hours in Everquest II last night.
MMO games are going through a similar transformation that the internet went through back in the late 80s. There are a few MUD's I'm sure that would be fantastic and mature games if they simply had some cool glowing graphics effects and mouse clicky button things.
It's the success of WoW that will inspire a much higher standard in the genre in future. I'm personally interested to see what D&D Online will conduce. I have a feeling (it's in my right knee) that D&D Online and some other up and coming new releases will steal some of WoW's gamers away, but only if they "get it right".
I have another feeling the intial release date of some of the up and coming MMOG's will be set back to address the new issues that WoW has introduced.
MMORPGs are designed to take up huge splurges of time. A PC/Console game doesn't require an ongoing subscription so they don't have to slow everything down to make people continue to spend their dollars on something just to get their latest epic gear upgrade, etc.
Another advantage PC/Console games have is no lag, no server downtimes, no idiotic kiddies that attack your level 12 character with their level 60 just so they can laugh at you.
What it does mean though is a change in the thought process for games developers. I'm sure that this has already been happening for a little while, at least.
Forged headers are only possible because of bad code. This has been a recognised problem for years now, I read an article 5 years ago about the flawed code, and that it should be fixed (sendmail2 from memory).
Why can't bad code be be fixed or updated in order to fix problems with legal implications, in prefence to "widespread usage"? Widespread usage is one reason Microsoft can't be bothered fixing more than just a couple of giant holes in the security of their OS, so doesn't that invalidate the argument by default?
What about kernel developers creating a sub version of the kernel (so that only those who choose to use it) to log and relay information on performance of that kernel on various users' machines?
Is this a bad idea? Would it take too many hours of extra work?
Designing bannar ads, or even traditional rectangular ads, should focus on drawing in the consumer with a need for that product.
In your face advertising is not going to work, because for every 10 potential clients, there will be a proportion that hate pop ads, and another proportion that will have pop up inhibiting software, and still others that already have a favourite vendor.
The internet is not a magazine, so ads have to be designed differently. If this is the revinue generation mechanism of a website, then there should be many hours of planning and design spent on advertisements.
-JB; adding thoughts to his own post with reckless abandon.
I hate pop ups. I want to be in control of my own system. I can cope quite easily with bannar ads though. Well placed (designed) bannar ads are going to work better than annoying pop ups every time.
I'd like to see some of these "linux software" questions modded up. There are some good questions there regarding what is the best linux software available, might I suggest doing a search on the page for "linux", picking the best one(s), and modding it (them) up?
Ethenol really is a safe and easy bio friendly fuel. You can convert a regular car engine to ethenol simply be removing any rubber hosing that comes in contact with the fuel. The exhaust of ethenol (from memory) is water and a little bit of carbon dioxide, which not as harmful as carbon monoxide.
I'm regularly stumped as to why persuers of bio friendly fuels aren't chasing this safe and easy (and cheap to make) fuel source. It has an added benifit that the left over waste from producing sugar to make the ethenol can be used as organic mulch.
Unfortuantely, this is pretty much the same attitude that an unnamed giant software corporation takes as well. If only a few people are going to, then won't they be the people who have the knowledge to take it further? Script kiddies aren't generally harmful (in a big way) because they can't do anything useful.
Slashdot Mirror
Surely this would mean that there is now grounds for someone (not sure who) to challenge the metadata collection operation in a court? Or sue? Or pursue happyness? *shrug*
They want to patent having items that people haven't ordered yet? Isn't that what local Stores do? That's why they're called a "Store" after all. -_-
So, why hasn't some grey hat come up with a bot killer worm? :/ /JB1
They should be promoted for outstanding service to society those vigelantes. It's nothing less than the guerrilla gunners in east timer, the land of the rising run it's called, stamping out the abhorrant Indonesia nation from their cities. TAKe Up YOUr EFFORt FOr FREEDOm BABy! JAMie OLIVer should be the first to be commended for standing up to the institution. Great job Dire Straits; and Bladerunner soundtrack. Great job Vengalis. Your a hacker mate. A pro. -Oscarian aka Ian O Stolz
Some nice music to listen to, guys, (and, gals):,)>.;=#-sun_=#-glasses:nnow, :=#_=#:do,you,see,it,now? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kSj2WgwEsI
They should be promoted for outstanding service to society those vigelantes. It's nothing less than the guerrilla gunners in east timer, the land of the rising run it's called, stamping out the abhorrant Indonesia nation from their cities. TAKe Up YOUr EFFORt FOr FREEDOm BABy! JAMie OLIVer should be the first to be commended for standing up to the institution. Great job Dire Straits; and Bladerunner soundtrack. Great job Vengalis. Your a hacker mate. A pro. -Oscarian aka Ian O Stolz
I have Vista installed on my PC. When I bought a new hard drive, I found out that I could not simply activate Vista on my PC (with all the same hardware as before, except the drive itself). I reluctantly called Microsoft support, who asked me for a 25 character (from memory) code, and then read me out another 25 character code which I had to enter to activate Vista.
Wow. Just for changing my hard drive.
I fully intend to downgrade to XP in the near future.
-JB
If I were to make a creative leap I would say, something that can be utilised which has two binary states at one time could somehow turn in to something that could result in erroneous random but recorded switching which then could in turn develop into an evoloving set of data that could potentially become self aware.
Or it could just spit out junk.
Either way my vote is that it should be called "Deep Thought".
-JB
Due to the volume of interest in this matter I am using auto-reply to get
you the quickest reply possible because your concerns about what we did
are important. I write this intending to express my own views and not the
views of other board members. I will not be replying to your replies.
Some of the media has not reported this matter accurately and I wanted to
make sure the issues and our decision were clear to you. Feel free to
share this with others who are concerned.
1. We did not make the decision based upon Mr. Hardison's religious or
other beliefs. The decision was made because a teacher was going to show
the movie and it did not appear she was following policy. It turned out
that she was not following policy. There was also an offer last week by
the proponents of the movie to give 50,000 copies to teachers across the
country to use as curriculum, which would have increased the chance that
the movie would be used. There was more than one complaint/concern
expressed about this issue based upon that alone.
2. We did not ban or censor the movie and have no intent to do so.
Teachers can use it as they see fit if they follow policy on movies and
controversial issues, but because there was some misunderstanding on the
policy we asked that the Superintendent be involved in making sure policy
was being followed. One of our high schools has already used the movie.
The students were asked to take a side, research the issues, and then
debate the issues from that standpoint. What they did goes above and
beyond the policy in my opinion.
3. We are not banning the teaching of global warming.
4. The debate on global warming is crucial to society and limiting the
debate to only one side's view of the facts and science would not be good
for anyone even if they believe the debate is over.
5. Our policies are designed to make sure that the door is open for more
debate on issues, not less, but it does not mean as some allege that any
wacko theory can be taught in our schools.
6. The decision was made upon existing policy. It was not based on
anyone's direct belief regarding politics, science, religion, or when the
earth was formed or when it will end.
7. Policy 2331 and 2331P is intended to prevent one-sided views of
controversial issues.
8. There was more than one complaint/concern expressed about this issue.
9. The policy should be equally enforced regardless of what side of the
spectrum any controversial issue falls upon. This protects the integrity
of the education process. We would have made the same decision if the
movie was about the Iraq war or some other issue and was narrated by
George W. Bush or some other partisan, even if the proponents felt the
debate was over on the topic they were presenting.
10. Using a partisan to present issues affecting contested public policy
matters makes it controversial per se. The media attention to our
decision is also evidence of the controversial nature of this film.
11. Science and politics have been merged on this issue by persons beyond
our control. The political aspect of this is what makes it the most
controversial, especially when a political partisan makes the
presentation. With that in mind, there are many other ways to teach
global warming instead of using a feature film by a political partisan
(see links below from NOAA and NASA that have references to skeptics), but
despite that we did not vote to "ban" the movie even though we could have.
We also had the power to compel specific sources be used instead of the
movie and did not do that either. Some have raised the issue of us not
watching the movie first, but we did not ban the movie or that would have
been crucial. We did feel it was controversial based upon the above
reasons which is all we needed to know based upon our policy.
12. On the issue of how final the debate is, Galileo and other out of the
box thinkers com
You haven't seen 'An Inconvenient Truth" have you?
Watch it. Then decide.
-JB
"Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore..."
Point one: Al Gore is not a condom.
"The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up..."
Point two: The Bible says the Earth will be destroyed with an earthquake.
-JB
WoW is still lacking in some areas. I've been playing it for a month. I have also played Saga of Ryzom for a few months, Anachy Online for two weeks, EVE for a month, and just had a few hours in Everquest II last night.
MMO games are going through a similar transformation that the internet went through back in the late 80s. There are a few MUD's I'm sure that would be fantastic and mature games if they simply had some cool glowing graphics effects and mouse clicky button things.
It's the success of WoW that will inspire a much higher standard in the genre in future. I'm personally interested to see what D&D Online will conduce. I have a feeling (it's in my right knee) that D&D Online and some other up and coming new releases will steal some of WoW's gamers away, but only if they "get it right".
I have another feeling the intial release date of some of the up and coming MMOG's will be set back to address the new issues that WoW has introduced.
MMORPGs are designed to take up huge splurges of time. A PC/Console game doesn't require an ongoing subscription so they don't have to slow everything down to make people continue to spend their dollars on something just to get their latest epic gear upgrade, etc.
Another advantage PC/Console games have is no lag, no server downtimes, no idiotic kiddies that attack your level 12 character with their level 60 just so they can laugh at you.
What it does mean though is a change in the thought process for games developers. I'm sure that this has already been happening for a little while, at least.
Are there any dev's who want to comment?
-JB
Should they sue MS for telling people not to use hyperlinks I wonder?
*sigh*
-JB
Forged headers are only possible because of bad code. This has been a recognised problem for years now, I read an article 5 years ago about the flawed code, and that it should be fixed (sendmail2 from memory).
Why can't bad code be be fixed or updated in order to fix problems with legal implications, in prefence to "widespread usage"? Widespread usage is one reason Microsoft can't be bothered fixing more than just a couple of giant holes in the security of their OS, so doesn't that invalidate the argument by default?
What about kernel developers creating a sub version of the kernel (so that only those who choose to use it) to log and relay information on performance of that kernel on various users' machines?
Is this a bad idea? Would it take too many hours of extra work?
-JB
Mod rage?
-JB
Did anyone else notice the rather large banner ad for AMD on the top of the page (haven't tried reloading to see if it stays there).
It gave me a little quiver of amusement anyhow.
-JB
Given an infinate number of Monkeys sitting an an infinate number of Unix terminals, could they crack in to the US military network?
-JB (I had to do it)
Just think of all those poor people that have to wear wet suits for work every day.
-JB1 Kinobe
Designing bannar ads, or even traditional rectangular ads, should focus on drawing in the consumer with a need for that product.
In your face advertising is not going to work, because for every 10 potential clients, there will be a proportion that hate pop ads, and another proportion that will have pop up inhibiting software, and still others that already have a favourite vendor.
The internet is not a magazine, so ads have to be designed differently. If this is the revinue generation mechanism of a website, then there should be many hours of planning and design spent on advertisements.
-JB; adding thoughts to his own post with reckless abandon.
I hate pop ups. I want to be in control of my own system. I can cope quite easily with bannar ads though. Well placed (designed) bannar ads are going to work better than annoying pop ups every time.
-JB
http://www.penguincomputing.com sells rackmount servers, and can probably do workstation server sales without any problems.
Cheers-
JB
I'd like to see some of these "linux software" questions modded up. There are some good questions there regarding what is the best linux software available, might I suggest doing a search on the page for "linux", picking the best one(s), and modding it (them) up?
Cheers-
JB
Ethenol really is a safe and easy bio friendly fuel. You can convert a regular car engine to ethenol simply be removing any rubber hosing that comes in contact with the fuel. The exhaust of ethenol (from memory) is water and a little bit of carbon dioxide, which not as harmful as carbon monoxide.
I'm regularly stumped as to why persuers of bio friendly fuels aren't chasing this safe and easy
(and cheap to make) fuel source. It has an added benifit that the left over waste from producing sugar to make the ethenol can be used as organic mulch.
-JB
What can I say. Technology jokes make laugh! Good reply! Got any more in that bag of tricks?
-JB
Unfortuantely, this is pretty much the same attitude that an unnamed giant software corporation takes as well. If only a few people are going to, then won't they be the people who have the knowledge to take it further? Script kiddies aren't generally harmful (in a big way) because they can't do anything useful.
-JB