I'm waxing nostalgic for the good 'ol days of 1984, when cartoons were Japanese, cheap, and inventive, when toys were mass-marketed towards those clicks that like them.....
You're not nostalgic of 1984 japanese cartoons and toys, you're nostalgic of your youth, like everybody else. Because the truth is, 1984 cartoons and associated paraphernalia were truly shite, just as much as today's cartoons and toys.
Gangsta rap glorifies drug dealing. Why is it popular? Because drug dealing is seen as a means of social mobility for young poor black men. No wonder they're interested in it.
Wrong. Gangsta rap is indeed about social mobility, but it works this way:
1 - some rap "artist" (white or black, doesn't matter. Cf. Eminem) rises above the fray, usually because money-hungry label exec latches on him
2 - "artist"'s album sells well to dumb teens (rich, poor, black or white, doesn't matter either. It's just a matter of taste, or lack thereof)
3 - "artist" becomes filthy rich on listeners' back, but continues to spew out music about life in the ghetto, and for some reason listeners keep on believing him
4 - Poor kids see former poor "artist" became rich, get into rap themselves. etc etc...
Rap music is a social mobility tool in itself. A few poor guys get to be pulled out of poverty at the whim of the music industry, while all the others stay poor and feed the few nouveau-riches by purchasing their albums. It has nothing to do with drugs, and everything to do with the music industry milking the poor populace by making them pay for its own "music".
If you want to get used to crackers pretending to do ghetto music, you can start here. Warning: psychological councelling may be needed after 2 or 3 listenings.
Although the intel switch will be monumental for sure,
The only thing monumental in the Intel switch is the feeling of disbelief and the gaping mouths of the most devout Mac fanbois who can't get used to the idea.
All it involves is: new motherboard (if not just more or less new CPU), recompile OSX, test, ship.
Whenever I look at maps from Google Earth, I see they've laser-etched "Google" all over the Earth's surface from space. I mean, they even charred my roof with the upper part of the L ferchrissake!
Does anyone know why NASA is dismantling the computers if there really is such a potential treasure-trove of knowledge on these tapes?
My guess is the operating cost. Those old machines are very VERY costly to run, between the power they need, the special rooms, and the ridiculous MTBF of the componentry that's measured in dozens of minutes.
But still, I agree. Scrapping the computer on that reason alone is forgetting the hundreds of millions spent on sending the probe out in space in the first place.
What I meant was, if their business model really works, they'll report vulns to their original "owners", the vulns will get fixed, and there will be less and less vulns to be rooted out, until eventually the money well is close to dry.
Surely considering the priceless data on these tapes, I'm sure they could hire engineers to rebuild the original tape readers, perhap with modern heads to account for magnetic fading.
Frankly, I've worked for companies that paid a great deal of money to save their software assets that were stored on old, seemingly unreadable media (a shitload of Digital Research files, the recovery cost us $50k), and that data wasn't even close to the value of the Pioneer probe data. If that's what stops NASA from salvaging that data, somebody needs to be fired there...
The Planetary Society is planning on recovering this data and poring over it meticulously to look for something which may have been missed or hidden from current investigations into the phenomenon. They need money to do this, about $250,000, and are asking for donations to fund the project.
Let me sum up: the USA boldly sends a probe in space, at a very great cost to taxpayers. Some decades later, NASA is forced to scrap the only computer that can access the unique (and very expensive) data collected by said probe, because the administration refuses to fund them properly.
That's sad enough, but the saddest thing is: a bunch of passionate guys (the planetary society) are begging a measly quarter million bucks to save that priceless data, and the administration just stands there! That's like the cost of running a humvee for a week in Iraq or something. How does that look to the outside world? like a decrepit country where non-profit orgs are forced to take matters into their own hands to save their national treasures. Well done USA:-(
Your post makes no sense: what does "pay people to create/discover vulnerabilities so they can be detected" mean? Have you RTFA?
Secondly, there is no mob insurance: 3com won't crash non-subscribers' computers after making threats, they'll tip people who discover already existing vulnerabilities, and get money from other people to tell them early about them. Take your tinfoil hat off already, gee...
I fool around with Adobe Premiere Pro sometimes (To be honest here--I did not buy it). I use it to produce fan videos for EVE Online, but thats about it. To me, it isn't worth much, nowhere near the 800 dollar price tag.
What a strange way of thinking. It's like saying "hey, I drive a Ferrari from time to time, but I really don't use it all that much, therefore it's not worth X million dollars, so I stole it".
Tell you what: in a normal world, if Adobe Premiere Pro isn't worth 800 to you, you don't buy it, and you certainly don't steal it. Period.
I too downloaded a couple of software I don't want to pay (AutoCAD, chiefly), because there was no good free alternative, but I don't find myself half-assed excuses. I stole them, that's all. I'm not saying it's right, or moral, but that's what I did. Can't you look facts in the eyes yourself?
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I'm waxing nostalgic for the good 'ol days of 1984, when cartoons were Japanese, cheap, and inventive, when toys were mass-marketed towards those clicks that like them.....
You're not nostalgic of 1984 japanese cartoons and toys, you're nostalgic of your youth, like everybody else. Because the truth is, 1984 cartoons and associated paraphernalia were truly shite, just as much as today's cartoons and toys.
Gangsta rap glorifies drug dealing. Why is it popular? Because drug dealing is seen as a means of social mobility for young poor black men. No wonder they're interested in it.
Wrong. Gangsta rap is indeed about social mobility, but it works this way:
1 - some rap "artist" (white or black, doesn't matter. Cf. Eminem) rises above the fray, usually because money-hungry label exec latches on him
2 - "artist"'s album sells well to dumb teens (rich, poor, black or white, doesn't matter either. It's just a matter of taste, or lack thereof)
3 - "artist" becomes filthy rich on listeners' back, but continues to spew out music about life in the ghetto, and for some reason listeners keep on believing him
4 - Poor kids see former poor "artist" became rich, get into rap themselves. etc etc...
Rap music is a social mobility tool in itself. A few poor guys get to be pulled out of poverty at the whim of the music industry, while all the others stay poor and feed the few nouveau-riches by purchasing their albums. It has nothing to do with drugs, and everything to do with the music industry milking the poor populace by making them pay for its own "music".
Some things just don't mix. But...
If you want to get used to crackers pretending to do ghetto music, you can start here. Warning: psychological councelling may be needed after 2 or 3 listenings.
Gee, what next? Snoop Dogg playing Sounds of Slashdot?
Although the intel switch will be monumental for sure,
The only thing monumental in the Intel switch is the feeling of disbelief and the gaping mouths of the most devout Mac fanbois who can't get used to the idea.
All it involves is: new motherboard (if not just more or less new CPU), recompile OSX, test, ship.
It should have been this way from day 1. :-(
Yeees, and I should have been able to get as much power as my Athlon machine back in 1995 for the same price as today...
was this: it was just cool to use the (then hot) PDA with an old fashioned WWII morse key to key things in it :-)
Good thing it was a company gift...
It's child-like behavior to blot out the competition. Funny, cause it really only ends up hurting MSFT in the long term.
No, it's just that Microsoft used really old USGS maps, and *you* really only end up looking like a giant roll of tinfoil...
Whenever I look at maps from Google Earth, I see they've laser-etched "Google" all over the Earth's surface from space. I mean, they even charred my roof with the upper part of the L ferchrissake!
Does anyone know why NASA is dismantling the computers if there really is such a potential treasure-trove of knowledge on these tapes?
My guess is the operating cost. Those old machines are very VERY costly to run, between the power they need, the special rooms, and the ridiculous MTBF of the componentry that's measured in dozens of minutes.
But still, I agree. Scrapping the computer on that reason alone is forgetting the hundreds of millions spent on sending the probe out in space in the first place.
What I meant was, if their business model really works, they'll report vulns to their original "owners", the vulns will get fixed, and there will be less and less vulns to be rooted out, until eventually the money well is close to dry.
Surely considering the priceless data on these tapes, I'm sure they could hire engineers to rebuild the original tape readers, perhap with modern heads to account for magnetic fading.
Frankly, I've worked for companies that paid a great deal of money to save their software assets that were stored on old, seemingly unreadable media (a shitload of Digital Research files, the recovery cost us $50k), and that data wasn't even close to the value of the Pioneer probe data. If that's what stops NASA from salvaging that data, somebody needs to be fired there...
The Planetary Society is planning on recovering this data and poring over it meticulously to look for something which may have been missed or hidden from current investigations into the phenomenon. They need money to do this, about $250,000, and are asking for donations to fund the project.
:-(
Let me sum up: the USA boldly sends a probe in space, at a very great cost to taxpayers. Some decades later, NASA is forced to scrap the only computer that can access the unique (and very expensive) data collected by said probe, because the administration refuses to fund them properly.
That's sad enough, but the saddest thing is: a bunch of passionate guys (the planetary society) are begging a measly quarter million bucks to save that priceless data, and the administration just stands there! That's like the cost of running a humvee for a week in Iraq or something. How does that look to the outside world? like a decrepit country where non-profit orgs are forced to take matters into their own hands to save their national treasures. Well done USA
I have an 8-track deck in my Charger...
And you don't think that these vulnerabilities, once discovered, thanks to the incentive program, will make it into the wild?
And who would leak them? 3Com? if they did, they'd quickly get sued, or their program would go bust.
And you think that 3Com will share the details (early) with their competitors so that their customers can be protected too?
Again, if they discriminate against their competitors, it'll be noticed very quickly and the program will lose credibility.
No, I think we're on the way to having "exclusive" vulnerability protections.
I think you really do need to stop using tinfoil. Also, I still don't understand where your "mob protection" remark fits in.
Your post makes no sense: what does "pay people to create/discover vulnerabilities so they can be detected" mean? Have you RTFA?
Secondly, there is no mob insurance: 3com won't crash non-subscribers' computers after making threats, they'll tip people who discover already existing vulnerabilities, and get money from other people to tell them early about them. Take your tinfoil hat off already, gee...
3Com gets paid to alert its customers of vulnerabilities in near-real-time. Which means, more vulnerabilities fixed == less $$$ for them over time.
Hmmm, great business model...
Neo, what did you just say?
- I owns TiVo box, I want to open it, I make a photo
- Oh, a hard-disk. Let's pull it off and mount it on a regular PC
- See here how I can use bzip2 to make a backup of the drive, BUT BUT! also to restore the backup onto the drive! Shit I'm geeky...
- Ok so now I tinker a bit and I find a bunch of partitions
- I mount the partitions and notice a bunch of init scripts
- I also notice a bunch of custom programs, written in whatever language does the job, but I decide it looks like a big mess
- I insert a phrase saying that I'm not interesting in modifying the thing, just study it. You never know with these lawyers...
- I conclude with vague statements about Linux philosophies
(- Additionally, I post a black-and-white photo of me showing my long hair. That's how geeky I am!)
a large amount of Windows users do not own Windows XP
Nobody owns XP, it's licensed, like most software.
Scene: me, in an arcade, 20 years ago
...Uuuh, that's a ripoff...Go to the grocery store, buy a gas stove lighter, remove plastic shell...
another game: 25 cents
another game: 25 cents
There's also the scene most clever teens played out 20 years ago:
another game: 25 cents
another game: 25 cents
another game: *zap*
another game: *zap*
another game: *zap*
...
I fool around with Adobe Premiere Pro sometimes (To be honest here--I did not buy it). I use it to produce fan videos for EVE Online, but thats about it. To me, it isn't worth much, nowhere near the 800 dollar price tag.
What a strange way of thinking. It's like saying "hey, I drive a Ferrari from time to time, but I really don't use it all that much, therefore it's not worth X million dollars, so I stole it".
Tell you what: in a normal world, if Adobe Premiere Pro isn't worth 800 to you, you don't buy it, and you certainly don't steal it. Period.
I too downloaded a couple of software I don't want to pay (AutoCAD, chiefly), because there was no good free alternative, but I don't find myself half-assed excuses. I stole them, that's all. I'm not saying it's right, or moral, but that's what I did. Can't you look facts in the eyes yourself?
Software is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it, yes, in a non-monopolistic market.
Do you really think Windows is worth what Microsoft wants for it?
That's not very nice. One has to think of the elderlies and the mentally challenged. Therefore I propose we add:
- Eastenders
- Coronation street
Very late at night, if possible. Thank you.
Write one, you mongoloid.
:-)
Yup, come to that conclusion myself.
What conclusion? that you need to write one?
But mixing a TV guide??? A lot more of a challenge.
/me waits for a call from the Beeb...
Why? Let's see:
Yo dude, Mau-ry-show's at four
Yo yo, Maury's piss poor
He coulda been on Star Trek at six
But he don't wanna suck Picard's dick
Bring it on bring it on, yeah
Bring it on, two thirty, right after Six Feet Under
Yo Yo dude
There. How about a little of that uh?