Basically it will let you see and control what's going on with your computer (the one controlling the baby monitor/webcam) from your iPaq, laptop, and even a Treo phone!
You know, thats pretty fucked up. "I have a script so that if my baby stops breathing, it plays an mp3!"
"See? We don't have a monopoly! See! See! Now, go ahead and make your little browsers while we lockdown digital media. And seriously, Fuck Apple. No really, fuck'em."
Some of the pictures on this website can cause dizziness or might possibly epileptic seizures.
FINALLY, a web page that can kill! Its like one of those crappy movies from 1994 when the net seemed super-cool to Hollywood.
"Slaughter.org: The Cyberkiller"
"Jenny! Don't click on that hyperlink!" "Oh noze! She has been capslocked by the optical illusions! When the machine boots, it will lock down her mind forever!" "I can't reach the caps lock key!" "We'll have to hit the caps lock key... IN VIRTUAL REALITY!"
Another problem are the 40% of people who AREN'T going to be millionares. When your co-workers who don't get to quit start driving into work in expensive cars, etc, its going to be hell on morale.
But the folks at The University of Freiberg have made the RoboSapien autonomous by installing a Pocket PC to its head.
I think we of the slashdot community know these three indisputable facts:
Microsoft is evil. Microsoft has a plan to "Put Windows on Every Desktop" Microsoft will crush other companies and break laws to attain its goals.
And now they've put Microsoft into a robot? Gentlemen. I think we all know what this means:
Evil Robots Evil Robots that want to take over the world. Evil Robots that want to take over the world... BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.
Oppenheimer, upon seeing the world's first atomic explosion, quoted: "I'm sure at the end of the world... the last man will see something very familar to what we've seen today."
We know now he is wrong. The last thing that the last man will see, will be an evil robot's arm, raised above its head in triumph. I imagine it will be something like the basement scene in the movie "Signs", except the robot will be able to tear apart the wooden door like paper, and Mel Gibson will never find his faith again,
I'm heading down to my bomb shelter now with my family to try and ride this out. I leave you with mankind's one hope: They're using PocketPCs. This means that while they may be DESIGNED for a continuous rampage, we all know that after about 90 minutes of practical use, they'll need to head back to their cradles for a 3 hour recharge.
While it is easier to kill intentionally with a powerful rifle, it is easier to kill, or seriously maim, unintentionally, with a shotgun.
Within the confines of a house, the shot won't have time to spread much.
The shot will go at a MUCH lower velocity than a bullet, and therefore won't pass through the wall to your kid's bedroom or your neighbors house.
If someone is REALLY in your house, and REALLY threatening your life, you will miss with a pistol. Even if you're great on the range and the guy is only on theother side of the room, you'll miss. A shotgun won't.
However, if your supervisor assigns you projects with deadlines, or requires to you record your time and can penalize you for failing to meet a minimum quota, or you are required to be "at work" according to a fixed schedule, then you are probably NOT exempt from overtime.
That is SO incorrect. Standard working hours and deadlines do not automatically qualify you for overtime.
Umm, glass doors, hello? Anyone can get out of a Wal-Mart if they really want to. I'd love to see a night-manager trying to explain that one to a cop.
Manager: "Look all of you other employees, when the cops come, you'd better tell my side of the story or you're all fired, and since WalMart has put all the other stores out of business around here, you won't find a job AND despite the fact that you could theoretically sue us, you can't afford to be out of work for a month and/or lose the medical insurance for you and your children for a possible payoff 4 years from now."
Oh, but that won't happen here right??? Because I read a web site once that explained that if I didn't pay taxes everyone would be happier and golly it makes sense because taxes suck and poor people are lazy.
I decided to go to RPI because RPI requires that all students have relatively new laptops, and my family would have to no choice but buy me one. Boy do I wish that RPI's laptop program had never come around...
Ah, another RPI victim. After 3 years, your laptop is pretty crappy, and you still haven't gotten laid. Enjoy the weather!
As tuition prices skyrocket, and salaries decline, the value of a college education drops. It makes sense that campuses will start offering "perks" that appeal to 17 year olds to make them go to their schools.
I mean, students are paying $120,000 or more for that "free" iPod, but a high school student doesn't understand about student loans or what that money actually represents.
From my experience, the SOFTWARE is what's expensive.
Thats actually what a lot of geeks forget too. They loudly complain that PCs are cheaper then macs... but forget that they've stolen Windows, Outlook, etc.
So why is this MythTv box worth 400 more? Is this what "free" costs?
Oh no sir, you're forgetting about Tivo's $13/month charge. So, in approximately 30 months of use, the Tivo will actually cost MORE.
Of course, by that time, you would have died of loneliness since you wouldn't have had time to make any friends since you were spending so much time setting up Myth TV.
I've never been the target of one myself, but I used to always wonder why bankruptcy lawyer commercials always said stuff like "Stop creditor harassment."
I always thought, "Well honestly, if you're not going to pay your bills, then you should expect people to ask you for the money."
Nope. Its harassment. Its actually frightening stuff. I first started learning about this when I received an odd message on my answering machine. It was from someone from "Kansas City" who said that she was despirately trying to get in contact with my neighbor, and that she had called the police and they had said I was a neighbor, and could I PLEASE tape a note to their door giving them her number."
Well, it sounded fishy, so I called the number myself late at night after hours. The answering message didn't say where I had called, but I waited and found it was a collection agency.
Basically, they lied to ME, a 3rd party, to try and get me to do their fucking job for them, and probably ruin my relationship with my neighbors in the process. They clearly didn't call the police about an emergency like they implied. I'm glad I checked up with them, i'm sure my other neighbors got similar messages.
These people do everything short of theatening to break your fingers. They'll say "We're going to call your boss and tell them you're not paying your bills. I'm going to try and get you fired." They threaten to tell your neighbors, to tell your children's school, etc. They'll call you 5-7 times a night demanding that you immediately send them the money.
There have been many stories of people who sent them a part of their bill, and then the collection agencies illegally used their checking account number to withdraw the whole amount, causing a chain reaction of them now being late on ALL of their bills, instead of the one they just couldn't pay.
So its no surprise that collection agencies would use something like this to fool people.
Yes, some people are deadbeats, but there are a lot of people who have lost their jobs and need to choose between food and their gas bill.
it can also make better drivers out of everyone if insurance rates are adjustable based on the way everyone drives.
Is that a troll?
Also, if there was a microchip in my tongue that raised our medical insurance rates when ate a burrito, we'd also be healthier. Or perhaps some sort of camera system in the kitchen that the insurance companies could randomly monitor to verify our mandatory meal plans.
Now whoa, i'm not saying that you HAVE to put the microchip in your tongue, i'm just saying that you don't qualify for the $4000/year TongueChip(tm) discount unless you do it. Also, in completely unrelated news, trial lawyers have forced us to raise your insurance rates by exactly $4000\year.
I can't believe the parent post is moderated +4, Insightful. That has got to be the most shallow and thoughtless sentiment I have ever encountered. The Alzheimers will make it more difficult for him to manage his diabetes and other illnesses. The increased burden on his family and his own sense of loss of identity (at least during the onset of the Alzheimers) will also makes things worse.
He certainly meant it to be "funny", but I've heard people say things like this before.
Alzheimers does not "make you forget" that you're sick. In the early to middle stages, it makes things worse as you forget to take medications and are unable to follow the directions of your doctors. Eventually, you need to be moved somewhere for round the clock treatment.
People with end-stage cancer and Alzheimers aren't "lucky" because they can forget about the cancer. Instead, they feel the terrible pain of dying, without understanding what is going on around them. Many times, they don't recognize their own families, so they die "alone" and in horrible pain. Its among the worst ways to die a "natural" death.
So, lets back off on the fucking alzheimers jokes.
"Hello! You have found the premiere site for/etc/resolv.conf! We are just getting started, but will provide much info on/etc/resolv.conf./etc/resolv.conf can save you a lot of money on this site."
then everything else is a bunch of credit card ads.
I think your point was: you can use a pair of bolt cutters to get into your own shed you lost the key to. Just as you should be able to use a program to decrypt and remove the MacroVision bit from DVDs you own.
Incorrect, commie.
According to the RIAA, you should simply buy a new shed.
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Basically it will let you see and control what's going on with your computer (the one controlling the baby monitor/webcam) from your iPaq, laptop, and even a Treo phone!
You know, thats pretty fucked up. "I have a script so that if my baby stops breathing, it plays an mp3!"
"See? We don't have a monopoly! See! See! Now, go ahead and make your little browsers while we lockdown digital media. And seriously, Fuck Apple. No really, fuck'em."
Some of the pictures on this website can cause dizziness or might possibly epileptic seizures.
FINALLY, a web page that can kill! Its like one of those crappy movies from 1994 when the net seemed super-cool to Hollywood.
"Slaughter.org: The Cyberkiller"
"Jenny! Don't click on that hyperlink!"
"Oh noze! She has been capslocked by the optical illusions! When the machine boots, it will lock down her mind forever!"
"I can't reach the caps lock key!"
"We'll have to hit the caps lock key... IN VIRTUAL REALITY!"
Another problem are the 40% of people who AREN'T going to be millionares. When your co-workers who don't get to quit start driving into work in expensive cars, etc, its going to be hell on morale.
(The link leads to a page about space junk)
If we're ever at a point where we're shooting down Chinese satellites, I think that "space junk" will be the least of our concerns.
But Linux is alive and well and I don't know any person at Linux
I'm sure they imagine a giant L-shaped building somewhere in Helsinki, where foreign-speaking communists plot to find new ways to pirate MP3s.
But the folks at The University of Freiberg have made the RoboSapien autonomous by installing a Pocket PC to its head.
I think we of the slashdot community know these three indisputable facts:
Microsoft is evil.
Microsoft has a plan to "Put Windows on Every Desktop"
Microsoft will crush other companies and break laws to attain its goals.
And now they've put Microsoft into a robot? Gentlemen. I think we all know what this means:
Evil Robots
Evil Robots that want to take over the world.
Evil Robots that want to take over the world... BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.
Oppenheimer, upon seeing the world's first atomic explosion, quoted: "I'm sure at the end of the world... the last man will see something very familar to what we've seen today."
We know now he is wrong. The last thing that the last man will see, will be an evil robot's arm, raised above its head in triumph. I imagine it will be something like the basement scene in the movie "Signs", except the robot will be able to tear apart the wooden door like paper, and Mel Gibson will never find his faith again,
I'm heading down to my bomb shelter now with my family to try and ride this out. I leave you with mankind's one hope: They're using PocketPCs. This means that while they may be DESIGNED for a continuous rampage, we all know that after about 90 minutes of practical use, they'll need to head back to their cradles for a 3 hour recharge.
I beg you, find those cradles and destroy them!
God bless and good luck.
This is slashdot 210256, signing off.
Now our tax dollars are going to go towards keeping our penises small. Great.
Here's a hint to everyone. Whenever you use a word or phrase, even a simple one you've used since you were a child.
The one that always drives me insane is when people write "For all intensive purposes" when they mean "For all intents and purposes"
The new routers compete the Cisco's 3725, 3745, and 83xx routers.
Hehe.
The new routers compete the Cisco. 3com have no chance to survive make your time.
While it is easier to kill intentionally with a powerful rifle, it is easier to kill, or seriously maim, unintentionally, with a shotgun.
Within the confines of a house, the shot won't have time to spread much.
The shot will go at a MUCH lower velocity than a bullet, and therefore won't pass through the wall to your kid's bedroom or your neighbors house.
If someone is REALLY in your house, and REALLY threatening your life, you will miss with a pistol. Even if you're great on the range and the guy is only on theother side of the room, you'll miss. A shotgun won't.
A shotgun is best for home defense. Its more intimitating, and you can fire it without having the round go through four layers of sheetrock.
Put a tux sticker on it if you have to be a fucking dork.
However, if your supervisor assigns you projects with deadlines, or requires to you record your time and can penalize you for failing to meet a minimum quota, or you are required to be "at work" according to a fixed schedule, then you are probably NOT exempt from overtime.
That is SO incorrect. Standard working hours and deadlines do not automatically qualify you for overtime.
Umm, glass doors, hello? Anyone can get out of a Wal-Mart if they really want to. I'd love to see a night-manager trying to explain that one to a cop.
Manager: "Look all of you other employees, when the cops come, you'd better tell my side of the story or you're all fired, and since WalMart has put all the other stores out of business around here, you won't find a job AND despite the fact that you could theoretically sue us, you can't afford to be out of work for a month and/or lose the medical insurance for you and your children for a possible payoff 4 years from now."
Oh, but that won't happen here right??? Because I read a web site once that explained that if I didn't pay taxes everyone would be happier and golly it makes sense because taxes suck and poor people are lazy.
I decided to go to RPI because RPI requires that all students have relatively new laptops, and my family would have to no choice but buy me one. Boy do I wish that RPI's laptop program had never come around...
Ah, another RPI victim. After 3 years, your laptop is pretty crappy, and you still haven't gotten laid. Enjoy the weather!
(I graduated well before the laptop bullshit)
As tuition prices skyrocket, and salaries decline, the value of a college education drops. It makes sense that campuses will start offering "perks" that appeal to 17 year olds to make them go to their schools.
I mean, students are paying $120,000 or more for that "free" iPod, but a high school student doesn't understand about student loans or what that money actually represents.
From my experience, the SOFTWARE is what's expensive.
Thats actually what a lot of geeks forget too. They loudly complain that PCs are cheaper then macs... but forget that they've stolen Windows, Outlook, etc.
So why is this MythTv box worth 400 more? Is this what "free" costs?
Oh no sir, you're forgetting about Tivo's $13/month charge. So, in approximately 30 months of use, the Tivo will actually cost MORE.
Of course, by that time, you would have died of loneliness since you wouldn't have had time to make any friends since you were spending so much time setting up Myth TV.
I've never been the target of one myself, but I used to always wonder why bankruptcy lawyer commercials always said stuff like "Stop creditor harassment."
I always thought, "Well honestly, if you're not going to pay your bills, then you should expect people to ask you for the money."
Nope. Its harassment. Its actually frightening stuff. I first started learning about this when I received an odd message on my answering machine. It was from someone from "Kansas City" who said that she was despirately trying to get in contact with my neighbor, and that she had called the police and they had said I was a neighbor, and could I PLEASE tape a note to their door giving them her number."
Well, it sounded fishy, so I called the number myself late at night after hours. The answering message didn't say where I had called, but I waited and found it was a collection agency.
Basically, they lied to ME, a 3rd party, to try and get me to do their fucking job for them, and probably ruin my relationship with my neighbors in the process. They clearly didn't call the police about an emergency like they implied. I'm glad I checked up with them, i'm sure my other neighbors got similar messages.
These people do everything short of theatening to break your fingers. They'll say "We're going to call your boss and tell them you're not paying your bills. I'm going to try and get you fired." They threaten to tell your neighbors, to tell your children's school, etc. They'll call you 5-7 times a night demanding that you immediately send them the money.
There have been many stories of people who sent them a part of their bill, and then the collection agencies illegally used their checking account number to withdraw the whole amount, causing a chain reaction of them now being late on ALL of their bills, instead of the one they just couldn't pay.
So its no surprise that collection agencies would use something like this to fool people.
Yes, some people are deadbeats, but there are a lot of people who have lost their jobs and need to choose between food and their gas bill.
it can also make better drivers out of everyone if insurance rates are adjustable based on the way everyone drives.
Is that a troll?
Also, if there was a microchip in my tongue that raised our medical insurance rates when ate a burrito, we'd also be healthier. Or perhaps some sort of camera system in the kitchen that the insurance companies could randomly monitor to verify our mandatory meal plans.
Now whoa, i'm not saying that you HAVE to put the microchip in your tongue, i'm just saying that you don't qualify for the $4000/year TongueChip(tm) discount unless you do it. Also, in completely unrelated news, trial lawyers have forced us to raise your insurance rates by exactly $4000\year.
I can't believe the parent post is moderated +4, Insightful. That has got to be the most shallow and thoughtless sentiment I have ever encountered. The Alzheimers will make it more difficult for him to manage his diabetes and other illnesses. The increased burden on his family and his own sense of loss of identity (at least during the onset of the Alzheimers) will also makes things worse.
He certainly meant it to be "funny", but I've heard people say things like this before.
Alzheimers does not "make you forget" that you're sick. In the early to middle stages, it makes things worse as you forget to take medications and are unable to follow the directions of your doctors. Eventually, you need to be moved somewhere for round the clock treatment.
People with end-stage cancer and Alzheimers aren't "lucky" because they can forget about the cancer. Instead, they feel the terrible pain of dying, without understanding what is going on around them. Many times, they don't recognize their own families, so they die "alone" and in horrible pain. Its among the worst ways to die a "natural" death.
So, lets back off on the fucking alzheimers jokes.
"Hello! You have found the premiere site for /etc/resolv.conf! We are just getting started, but will provide much info on /etc/resolv.conf. /etc/resolv.conf can save you a lot of money on this site."
then everything else is a bunch of credit card ads.
I think your point was: you can use a pair of bolt cutters to get into your own shed you lost the key to. Just as you should be able to use a program to decrypt and remove the MacroVision bit from DVDs you own.
Incorrect, commie.
According to the RIAA, you should simply buy a new shed.
Seriously, which would you choose, a beverage that cost $1 which you had to refrigerate, or a beverage that costs $20 which you don't?
If a 6 pack of beer cost $3.00 more, but was self-cooling and meant I didn't need to worry about keeping it cold, I'd pay for the convenience.
Nothing is worse than a warm beer when hunting or driving.
It appears that it will be on time after all, an unusual occurrence in this industry.
You're used to anxiously awaiting software by Blizzard, etc. EA will cheerfully release incredibly buggy software "on time".