Re:Raise your hand if....
on
Slashdot Updates
·
· Score: 1, Troll
Exactly. Lameness filters do nothing but piss off the few legitimate users who are left. The only thing Taco is accomplishing by adding new filters, is to increase the crapflooders resolve to attempt to bypass those filters.
Remember what Slashdot was like a few years ago? Before karma and moderation and lameness filters. The signal to noise ratio was VERY high, and Slashdot was the pinnacle of the budding open source community. Compare that to the Slashdot we have now, where 50%+ of the comments are pure crap, and inneffective filters are alienating the few responsible users who are left.
Not good, Rob. You tried the moderation thing. It didn't work. It's time to drop it and move on to something new.
Rob, I was wondering why there was no mention of the new ipid IP logging "feature" in Slashcode. I understand that this code was added to Slashcode to help stop lamers and crapflooders, but I, for one, am concerned about possible privacy issues that come into play when you start associating UIDs with IP addresses.
Since Slashdot has historically been a major advocate of privacy and on-line rights, don't you think your readers deserve some sort of justification as to why you are tracking them by their IP address and banning IPs of users whom you have deemed to be "trolls".
More info can be found here..
The problem with these heat pumps (and Peltier coolers) is that the cooler sucks heat away from the processor side and pushes it to the exposed side of the cooler. As an unfortunate side effect, the cooler GENERATES additional heat in the process.
As an example, if your processor generates 50 watts of heat output, the cooler might generate an additional 50. The processor itself would stay cool, but you're dumping a lot of extra heat into your case, requiring even more case ventilation.
A good Idea, but I'm not sure if it'll work. It is possible for telemarketers to tell, just by looking at a number, if they are calling a land line or a cell phone.
Certain information is able to be discerned based on one's telephone exchange (the first three numbers, e.g. xxx-1234). Each locality is issued an exchange, and cell phone companies are issued different exchanges. For example, if your number is 123-4567, most of your neighbors would also have the 123 exchange, but if your number is 987-6543, other cell users who obtained their phone through the same vendor as you would have the 987 exchange.
I haven't gotten a call from a telemarketer for years.
My solution: I don't have a home phone. Whenever I am forced to give out my telephone number, I give the number to my cell phone. In my locality (Virginia, US), it is illegal for a solicitor to call a cell phone. This is because if a solicitor were to call my cell phone, *I* would be the one paying for their call.
I'm not sure if this is a nationwide law, or just a local one, but it's certainly worth looking into. Many cellular service providers are now offering unlimited local plans for around $50 US, so the cost is close to that of a regular land line.
Caching external sites is not intelligent at all. Most sites use banner revenue to help fund the site. If Slashdot were to cache a site, they would effectively be removing the site's only source of revenue and "stealing" visitors from the site.
While it's true that many sites can't stand up to the volume of traffic that a Slashdot link generates, most websites exist with the intent of being seen my as many people as possible. They _want_ the hits, both for revenue, and to increase the site's future popularity.
This has been discussed here many times before, so I won't go any further.
And you spelled "intelligent" incorrectly, tristan f.
Tasteless Offtopic Joke: I just heard on NPR that a two passenger Cessna just crashed in a cemetary in northern Poland. Rescue workers have dug up 459 bodies so far and the death toll is expected to climb much higher.
There's no reason to freak out about all this. Take off the foil hat and think reasonable-like for a minute. The SSSCA is *not* a law. It is a proposal put forth by a single (miguided) lawmaker. Literally *thousands* of worthless/unconstitutional legislation are proposed by congress every year. The vast majority of the time, the checks-n-balances system of our government keeps these proposals from getting put into the books. The system does work, and this piece of crap will end up getting thrown out just like all the other junk legislation.
If you don't like the proposal, write your representative. Tell them how stupid and unconstitutional this is. Don't complain about how "The Man" is out to strip you of your rights. That won't accomplish anything.
I find it ironic that members of one of the most technologically advanced societies in the world are so aprehensive of this potentially excellent technology. Traditionally Americans, and specifically members of the Slashdot community are some of the first to embrace new scientific advances that can improve the quality of life. I am a bit confused as to why you people are so hesitant to accept facial recognition cameras in public.
Let's be honest here, folks. Nothing is perfect. No system, whether it be biological or mechanical, is going to be 100% accurate 100% of the time. Thanks to modern technology and tremendous advances in processing power, we now have a device that can accurately (four nines) identify a potential criminal from a database containing MILLIONS of entrys. I'd like to see a human do that. No law enforcement officer EVER can boast those kinds of stats. Thanks to computers, we can now have safer streets thanks to technology that is several orders of magnitude more effective and accurate than anything conventional techlology could do.
Facial recognition cameras will take an additional burden off of our already overworked police departments, while at the same time, making the streets safer for our children. How can anyone NOT like the idea?
They're not going to recruit anyone with that crap. They need to appeal the the hackers themselves. Something along the lines of "hax0rs, uncle sam wants j00!"
Just because a famous person says something does not make it correct or accurate. *cough*Falwell*cough*
I think the key word in that quote is "essential". What exactly defines an "essential liberty"? No one is trying to take away your freedom to voice your opinions. No one is trying to take away your basic human rights in this situation. We're lucky. If we were in China or the USSR, half of the readership of Slashdot would have been summarily executed by now for exercising their right to free speech.
My point is, and I realize that I'll probably get modded down as flamebait for saying it, but we live in a great nation that was created BY the people, FOR the people. The government is not out to get you. They are trying to protect you. They are not tapping e-mails because they want to read love letters you write to your girlfriend. They are tapping e-mails to save YOUR LIFE. We should all be so lucky.
Obviously wiretapping is not a perfect solution. In an ideal world, all communications would be 100% secure, and would never be read by anyone but their intended recipients. However desperate times call for desperate measures.
I value my privacy as much as anyone else, but SOMETHING must be done to protect the safety and security of this country.
Given the choice of having the NSA/FBI read my e-mail, and having more terrorist attacks like those on 9/11, I would gladly concede a bit of my privacy. If it would save the lives of other innocent people, I would personally print out all of my communications and had them to the FBI.
If you value your privacy more than human life, you should seriously consider reevaluating your priorities.
Re:Has the X-Box EVER worked?
on
XBox Delayed
·
· Score: 2
At least they have working prototypes. *cough*Indrema*cough*
"You shall not convert the news headlines in the MSNBC component into an audio format"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Win2K come with a program called Narrator that converts text into an audio format. I wonder if we could sue MS for violating the DMCA (circumvention device) using their own software? Thoughts?
Listen buddy, your shiny new DVD burner isn't going to solve our nation's problems. It's also not going to protect you from the hail of nukes that are about to start raining down all over the country. We simply cannot AFFORD to shirk this issue.
I don't know why I've been labelled Flamebait for having a bit of compassion and respect for those we have lost, but you're right. Slashdot does have a job to do. Slashdot's own mantra describes their job as "News for Nerds, Stuff That Matters".
What else matters more than the fact that today should be a day of mourning, and that we are tottering on the brink of a nuclear war. Nothing, my friend. Get your priorities straight.
How can you care about something as trivial as DVDs when 50,000 people are dead and our nation is on the brink of war. Is America really that heartless and indifferent? If so, I'm quickly losing what little faith in humanity I had remaining.
Slashdot Mirror
Exactly. Lameness filters do nothing but piss off the few legitimate users who are left. The only thing Taco is accomplishing by adding new filters, is to increase the crapflooders resolve to attempt to bypass those filters.
Remember what Slashdot was like a few years ago? Before karma and moderation and lameness filters. The signal to noise ratio was VERY high, and Slashdot was the pinnacle of the budding open source community. Compare that to the Slashdot we have now, where 50%+ of the comments are pure crap, and inneffective filters are alienating the few responsible users who are left.
Not good, Rob. You tried the moderation thing. It didn't work. It's time to drop it and move on to something new.
Rob, I was wondering why there was no mention of the new ipid IP logging "feature" in Slashcode. I understand that this code was added to Slashcode to help stop lamers and crapflooders, but I, for one, am concerned about possible privacy issues that come into play when you start associating UIDs with IP addresses. Since Slashdot has historically been a major advocate of privacy and on-line rights, don't you think your readers deserve some sort of justification as to why you are tracking them by their IP address and banning IPs of users whom you have deemed to be "trolls". More info can be found here..
Are you a bot? You've been replying to all of my posts for the last few days.
You do realize that my sig is intended as a joke, and the only thing you're accomplishing by replying is making yourself look like an ass, right?
Bruce Perens?
The problem with these heat pumps (and Peltier coolers) is that the cooler sucks heat away from the processor side and pushes it to the exposed side of the cooler. As an unfortunate side effect, the cooler GENERATES additional heat in the process.
As an example, if your processor generates 50 watts of heat output, the cooler might generate an additional 50. The processor itself would stay cool, but you're dumping a lot of extra heat into your case, requiring even more case ventilation.
Not very practical for most users.
A good Idea, but I'm not sure if it'll work. It is possible for telemarketers to tell, just by looking at a number, if they are calling a land line or a cell phone.
Certain information is able to be discerned based on one's telephone exchange (the first three numbers, e.g. xxx-1234). Each locality is issued an exchange, and cell phone companies are issued different exchanges. For example, if your number is 123-4567, most of your neighbors would also have the 123 exchange, but if your number is 987-6543, other cell users who obtained their phone through the same vendor as you would have the 987 exchange.
I haven't gotten a call from a telemarketer for years.
My solution: I don't have a home phone. Whenever I am forced to give out my telephone number, I give the number to my cell phone. In my locality (Virginia, US), it is illegal for a solicitor to call a cell phone. This is because if a solicitor were to call my cell phone, *I* would be the one paying for their call.
I'm not sure if this is a nationwide law, or just a local one, but it's certainly worth looking into. Many cellular service providers are now offering unlimited local plans for around $50 US, so the cost is close to that of a regular land line.
Caching external sites is not intelligent at all. Most sites use banner revenue to help fund the site. If Slashdot were to cache a site, they would effectively be removing the site's only source of revenue and "stealing" visitors from the site.
While it's true that many sites can't stand up to the volume of traffic that a Slashdot link generates, most websites exist with the intent of being seen my as many people as possible. They _want_ the hits, both for revenue, and to increase the site's future popularity.
This has been discussed here many times before, so I won't go any further.
And you spelled "intelligent" incorrectly, tristan f.
Whoa!(In my best Keanu Reeves voice)
Tasteless Offtopic Joke: I just heard on NPR that a two passenger Cessna just crashed in a cemetary in northern Poland. Rescue workers have dug up 459 bodies so far and the death toll is expected to climb much higher.
There's no reason to freak out about all this. Take off the foil hat and think reasonable-like for a minute. The SSSCA is *not* a law. It is a proposal put forth by a single (miguided) lawmaker. Literally *thousands* of worthless/unconstitutional legislation are proposed by congress every year. The vast majority of the time, the checks-n-balances system of our government keeps these proposals from getting put into the books. The system does work, and this piece of crap will end up getting thrown out just like all the other junk legislation.
If you don't like the proposal, write your representative. Tell them how stupid and unconstitutional this is. Don't complain about how "The Man" is out to strip you of your rights. That won't accomplish anything.
I find it ironic that members of one of the most technologically advanced societies in the world are so aprehensive of this potentially excellent technology. Traditionally Americans, and specifically members of the Slashdot community are some of the first to embrace new scientific advances that can improve the quality of life. I am a bit confused as to why you people are so hesitant to accept facial recognition cameras in public.
Let's be honest here, folks. Nothing is perfect. No system, whether it be biological or mechanical, is going to be 100% accurate 100% of the time. Thanks to modern technology and tremendous advances in processing power, we now have a device that can accurately (four nines) identify a potential criminal from a database containing MILLIONS of entrys. I'd like to see a human do that. No law enforcement officer EVER can boast those kinds of stats. Thanks to computers, we can now have safer streets thanks to technology that is several orders of magnitude more effective and accurate than anything conventional techlology could do.
Facial recognition cameras will take an additional burden off of our already overworked police departments, while at the same time, making the streets safer for our children. How can anyone NOT like the idea?
Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You might remember me from such educational films as "Lead Paint: Delicious but Deadly"
When I grow up, I want to go to Bovine University!
They're not going to recruit anyone with that crap. They need to appeal the the hackers themselves. Something along the lines of "hax0rs, uncle sam wants j00!"
Talking to yourself again, idiot?
-The AC Avenger
I'm sick of seeing that quote on Slashdot lately.
Just because a famous person says something does not make it correct or accurate. *cough*Falwell*cough*
I think the key word in that quote is "essential". What exactly defines an "essential liberty"? No one is trying to take away your freedom to voice your opinions. No one is trying to take away your basic human rights in this situation. We're lucky. If we were in China or the USSR, half of the readership of Slashdot would have been summarily executed by now for exercising their right to free speech.
My point is, and I realize that I'll probably get modded down as flamebait for saying it, but we live in a great nation that was created BY the people, FOR the people. The government is not out to get you. They are trying to protect you. They are not tapping e-mails because they want to read love letters you write to your girlfriend. They are tapping e-mails to save YOUR LIFE. We should all be so lucky.
Obviously wiretapping is not a perfect solution. In an ideal world, all communications would be 100% secure, and would never be read by anyone but their intended recipients. However desperate times call for desperate measures.
I value my privacy as much as anyone else, but SOMETHING must be done to protect the safety and security of this country.
Given the choice of having the NSA/FBI read my e-mail, and having more terrorist attacks like those on 9/11, I would gladly concede a bit of my privacy. If it would save the lives of other innocent people, I would personally print out all of my communications and had them to the FBI.
If you value your privacy more than human life, you should seriously consider reevaluating your priorities.
At least they have working prototypes. *cough*Indrema*cough*
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Win2K come with a program called Narrator that converts text into an audio format. I wonder if we could sue MS for violating the DMCA (circumvention device) using their own software? Thoughts?
This has been discussed before, but
Guns+Pressurized Cabin==Bad Combination
Listen buddy, your shiny new DVD burner isn't going to solve our nation's problems. It's also not going to protect you from the hail of nukes that are about to start raining down all over the country. We simply cannot AFFORD to shirk this issue.
I don't know why I've been labelled Flamebait for having a bit of compassion and respect for those we have lost, but you're right. Slashdot does have a job to do. Slashdot's own mantra describes their job as "News for Nerds, Stuff That Matters".
What else matters more than the fact that today should be a day of mourning, and that we are tottering on the brink of a nuclear war. Nothing, my friend. Get your priorities straight.
How can you care about something as trivial as DVDs when 50,000 people are dead and our nation is on the brink of war. Is America really that heartless and indifferent? If so, I'm quickly losing what little faith in humanity I had remaining.
Matrix.net has an interesting story detailing the bombing's effects on 'net traffic, and how it responded to the increased load.