Hey, hey! Hammurabi had the good sense to write down the law. The people in charge these days...well, there may be laws on the books, but you're the own who has to read them and remind these people that they are not supposed to be doing what they're doing. That's pretty bad.
Well, they have been upgrading border security for a while now, and being mindful of the old adage that any fence that keeps your enemies out is also keeping you in...
I'm just curious how they plan to keep (it's more than 50 million, more like 200 million) that many people from destroying our would-be prison guards. With those kinds of numbers, having a gun is not sufficient to keep the masses from steamrolling you. Mind you, this is just for the United States...for the world, the number of pirates is radically higher.
See, the math is simple for calculating this stuff is easy. Consider every small business owner -> a fair number of them has a website today, and given what they teach about business in school today, they paid very little for their websites. As such, anywhere from one to a dozen pictures on those websites are recycled from the web, without permission from the original copyright owners. Then factor in every kid with an iPod or iPhone. That's a lot of people.
And there is some more comedy gold, as I believe reddit was tossing around a picture of some Congressman's site, which has a popular artwork as the background, possibly without permission from the content owner.
And the sad part is, I've been planning to study IP law. However, these weird reforms that Congress keeps popping through make me question whether there will be a need for my services by the time I graduate. They've been making a bit of a mess of the field lately, which is making me question my direction. It's quickly reaching the risk / reward point of "getting the hell out of the country," as opposed to "this might be worth sticking around." I know that makes me sound selfish, but reality dictates that I'm no good to anyone else if I'm dead or in prison.
Seriously. If they think a bunch of script kiddies are "31337 h@x0r$" then they are in for a rude awakening, should they continue to pursue their current path. Let them continue to make a mockery of our government.
Haha. If what you are saying is true, given the current way politics has been leaning, they may have had a chance if it only affected the civilian market; however, since it affects the military as well, I imagine the DoD giving up on that portion of the spectrum only after the United States has been dissolved as a country.
Still, I would be quietly entertained if they did somehow manage to get that spectrum away from the DoD. The amount of screaming you'd hear on C-Span from various generals testifying before senate subcommittees would keep me occupied for hours.
Hmm. So, their equipment is generating interference with GPS receivers, and Light Squared is blaming the implementation of those receivers as being non-standard, and subject to interference that a properly implemented GPS receiver would not? And everyone is claiming that Light Squared is full of bullshit?
Interesting. I've heard of the name of the company once before (probably from an article on Reuters), but when I performed a search at the time, I couldn't figure out what they were doing that was worth all the press.
Agreed./.ers do not need to be handheld to see any bias from the mods: that's what the meta-mod system is for. If there is any bias, it will be accounted for and nuked.
However, these consistent first posts from Anonymous Cowards with off-topic discussions is a source of annoyance. Perhaps he thinks he is doing the rest of us a public service; he is not.
I beg to differ. While their pocketbooks may be deep, they aren't deep enough to cover a few blunders. Hollywood puts out a few stinkers, under the right conditions, and it'll sink their ship.
Plus, it's not like the insurance industry needs a reason to add a few zeros to the cost of someone's premiums.
Or you could do enough damage to movie stocks to make the MPAA freak out every time they consider a bill of a similar vein.
Hit 'em where it hurts, the pocket book. Make it so their actors are uninsurable. Make it so for every hour Lindsay Lohan is puking up last night's debauchery, the company bleeds red.
Ah yes, the spaghetti style (throw something at the wall, and see if it sticks) form of government: "Anything we manage to pass that doesn't have the masses revolt is a good law."
And they wonder why the tech community has broken out the torches and pitchforks. Wouldn't want to brother the congressman from his important job of raising money for his next campaign, reading the bills before voting on them just consume valuable time.
Bah. You should have petitioned your clients to see who was against SOPA / PIPA, then charged them for prominent placement on/. today. Made a little list of people worth buying from, for/.ers to peruse.
Indeed. Udall must be prepping his website for the bill's eventual passing, and is showing the world what a PIPA-compliant website looks like.
Internet will be a ghost-town if they pass it. Given the amount of graphics that Digital Media folks filch from Google Images, I expect all small business's to be destroyed by the end of the year.
Have been for many years. I kind of got interested in at a young age, then I went on to study it at college. Don't know about yourself though, you seem a little more than unaware of the scientific process. Here's a hint: not everyone is going to agree with you in science. Even today, not every scientist agrees with the theory of Gravity, and that doesn't make them less of a scientist. If we wanted idiots to blindly nod their heads and never point out our mistakes (which both the individual and majority make, if you ever study the history of science), we'd be located next to the seminary school.
"You have exactly zero right to threaten the existence of everyone else on this planet, through any means no matter what they are or what form they take." -> And you have ZERO right to threaten my existence by engaging in various actions I consider deleterious to my or anyone else's existence. Now get the f*ck off your moral high horse, and fight me like a scientist in the ring.
"The government has an absolute right to put the national security of the people of this nation above your "right" to kill them. " -> And yes, we heard similar propaganda when boots were being dropped in Germany. For the GOOD of the PEOPLE! We MUST take this ACTION! Exterminate! Annihilate! Eradicate! What more, the number of people who disagree with you is on the order of millions. You in the mood to commit some genocide today?
"And they will do just that. The only question is- how much damage will you ave inflicted before that right gets exercised?" What, how much damage might we inflict by questioning your data and conclusions? As opposed to the guaranteed damage many of your changes will result in? We press forward with your "reforms," and later data shows that your conclusions were incorrect, we will never get back what we've lost. If we hold off a little longer, as we patiently wait for the raw data to be released, we lose very little, even if the data and subsequent experiments prove you correct. In effect, your "reforms," taken today, will through this and the next several generations of humanity under a bus. And before we agree to this sh*t, I will make damn sure that I read the fine print, and that the people involved are not pulling one over on us.
tldr; r/politics must be down today, responding to the troll of the day.
Agreed. Plus, genetic research indicates that the human race would not recover from a large culling, or even a medium sized one.
When the human race first evolved, too few members were available for reproduction. Add in the near constant wars, rendering branches of the human genome inaccessible, and we have the very serious situation today of not being able to shuffle out our 'bad' genes. Currently, the human race has prevented further genomic degradation by increasing rapidly in numbers, but as soon as those numbers begin to drop, you'll see the emergence of the kinds of genetic diseases that will astound even the most unsympathetic members of humanity. We are one major world war away from our descendents having to live their lives in protective bubbles.
Seriously, what's with/. this week? I can't read a discussion without a mountain of trolls appearing out of nowhere.
And these sudden attempts to tie libertarians to positions completely at odds with themselves? I mean, I know it's election year, so paid political pundits are beating the bushes for anyone they can use as a caricature to try and rally some support from their constituency, but come on.
Here, have a seat. Libertarians are neither Republicans, nor extremest Republicans, nor Democrats. No, no, I know what your "friends" told you, but no. Give it a rest while you're ahead, champ. Why don't you wander over to the Green Party website for a while, and troll them about how you support their initiatives for "cleaner power." Go on, they'll buy that, they always do...
Why yes, Mr. President, put the giant sunshade satellites into orbit with some poor encryption. Don't worry about the long-term implications of someone...borrowing your system...Muhahahahahaha!
Maybe America doesn't get its sunlight this week, unless, of course, *puts pinky in mouth* I receive one trillion dollars?
So, what is the damage to the American economy, if America doesn't seen the Sun for a week or two?
Granted, mankind is capable of some very interesting alterations.
However, the point of contention here is whether or not, in a massive, poorly modeled dynamic system, whether we ARE the cause of an uptick on the earth's temperature, the size of our contribution if the preceding is so, whether or not the difference is worth worrying about (i.e. doing some things to either the way people live -> as time passes, what we consider extreme changes today will be considered mild tomorrow, so watch what you approve, or putting a few things in orbit, which may or may not come back to haunt us later), and if so, what is to be done. Whether we are capable of reducing the earth to a cinder is not the argument we're having, it's whether we are doing it (all of it).
Nonsense. If they are performing science, then they are scientists.
"They are not qualified to do the questioning properly without falling into some fallacy trap." -> Even the trained make mistakes, and often enough to remind themselves that they are prone to them. As such, knowledge / application of the scientific method is all that is necessary.
Yes, because that's how science works: a handful of us get together, late one night / early one morning, wearing hooded robes, and vote on 'The Truth.' Next day, we troll around town in our converted Winnebago looking for skeptics to to tie to a stake and burn.
And of course we call upon a government body to 'neutralize' them. F*ck, we must have done that like a thousand times throughout the history of science -> oh wait, we didn't. Oh, but this time around, the whole world will die, and everyone with it, if "someone" doesn't put on the armor of righteousness and stop those skeptical evil-doers in time. More Just Wars, right?
Who needs independent experimentation and observations when we can just demand that anyone who opposes us and our beliefs be 'neutralized?' My experiments clearly show that I need more money this year, and we will all be destroyed by a supernova if I'm not driving a Porsche by the year's end; also, anyone who disagrees with me, or demands proof needs to be put to death, as they are an agent of Orthodoxy. ^_^
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Hey, hey! Hammurabi had the good sense to write down the law. The people in charge these days...well, there may be laws on the books, but you're the own who has to read them and remind these people that they are not supposed to be doing what they're doing. That's pretty bad.
One rule for the elite, one rule for the masses.
Well, they have been upgrading border security for a while now, and being mindful of the old adage that any fence that keeps your enemies out is also keeping you in...
I'm just curious how they plan to keep (it's more than 50 million, more like 200 million) that many people from destroying our would-be prison guards. With those kinds of numbers, having a gun is not sufficient to keep the masses from steamrolling you. Mind you, this is just for the United States...for the world, the number of pirates is radically higher.
See, the math is simple for calculating this stuff is easy. Consider every small business owner -> a fair number of them has a website today, and given what they teach about business in school today, they paid very little for their websites. As such, anywhere from one to a dozen pictures on those websites are recycled from the web, without permission from the original copyright owners. Then factor in every kid with an iPod or iPhone. That's a lot of people.
And there is some more comedy gold, as I believe reddit was tossing around a picture of some Congressman's site, which has a popular artwork as the background, possibly without permission from the content owner.
And the sad part is, I've been planning to study IP law. However, these weird reforms that Congress keeps popping through make me question whether there will be a need for my services by the time I graduate. They've been making a bit of a mess of the field lately, which is making me question my direction. It's quickly reaching the risk / reward point of "getting the hell out of the country," as opposed to "this might be worth sticking around." I know that makes me sound selfish, but reality dictates that I'm no good to anyone else if I'm dead or in prison.
Seriously. If they think a bunch of script kiddies are "31337 h@x0r$" then they are in for a rude awakening, should they continue to pursue their current path. Let them continue to make a mockery of our government.
Haha. If what you are saying is true, given the current way politics has been leaning, they may have had a chance if it only affected the civilian market; however, since it affects the military as well, I imagine the DoD giving up on that portion of the spectrum only after the United States has been dissolved as a country.
Still, I would be quietly entertained if they did somehow manage to get that spectrum away from the DoD. The amount of screaming you'd hear on C-Span from various generals testifying before senate subcommittees would keep me occupied for hours.
Hmm. So, their equipment is generating interference with GPS receivers, and Light Squared is blaming the implementation of those receivers as being non-standard, and subject to interference that a properly implemented GPS receiver would not? And everyone is claiming that Light Squared is full of bullshit?
Interesting. I've heard of the name of the company once before (probably from an article on Reuters), but when I performed a search at the time, I couldn't figure out what they were doing that was worth all the press.
Forgive my ignorance, but I am gathering very little information on Light Squared. They haven't really been on my radar.
What is this company? What are they attempting to offer? And what's all this hubbub about it?
Any evidence?
Dude, the Black Edition of AMD's CPUs can be overclocked to ridiculous speeds just with air cooling. With liquid cooling, even further.
Thou shalt not forget the heatsink on an AMD processor.
You committed a cardinal sin.
Agreed. /.ers do not need to be handheld to see any bias from the mods: that's what the meta-mod system is for. If there is any bias, it will be accounted for and nuked.
However, these consistent first posts from Anonymous Cowards with off-topic discussions is a source of annoyance. Perhaps he thinks he is doing the rest of us a public service; he is not.
I beg to differ. While their pocketbooks may be deep, they aren't deep enough to cover a few blunders. Hollywood puts out a few stinkers, under the right conditions, and it'll sink their ship.
Plus, it's not like the insurance industry needs a reason to add a few zeros to the cost of someone's premiums.
Or you could do enough damage to movie stocks to make the MPAA freak out every time they consider a bill of a similar vein.
Hit 'em where it hurts, the pocket book. Make it so their actors are uninsurable. Make it so for every hour Lindsay Lohan is puking up last night's debauchery, the company bleeds red.
Ah yes, the spaghetti style (throw something at the wall, and see if it sticks) form of government: "Anything we manage to pass that doesn't have the masses revolt is a good law."
And they wonder why the tech community has broken out the torches and pitchforks. Wouldn't want to brother the congressman from his important job of raising money for his next campaign, reading the bills before voting on them just consume valuable time.
And he's not alone...
Bah. You should have petitioned your clients to see who was against SOPA / PIPA, then charged them for prominent placement on /. today. Made a little list of people worth buying from, for /.ers to peruse.
Indeed. Udall must be prepping his website for the bill's eventual passing, and is showing the world what a PIPA-compliant website looks like.
Internet will be a ghost-town if they pass it. Given the amount of graphics that Digital Media folks filch from Google Images, I expect all small business's to be destroyed by the end of the year.
Have been for many years. I kind of got interested in at a young age, then I went on to study it at college. Don't know about yourself though, you seem a little more than unaware of the scientific process. Here's a hint: not everyone is going to agree with you in science. Even today, not every scientist agrees with the theory of Gravity, and that doesn't make them less of a scientist. If we wanted idiots to blindly nod their heads and never point out our mistakes (which both the individual and majority make, if you ever study the history of science), we'd be located next to the seminary school.
"You have exactly zero right to threaten the existence of everyone else on this planet, through any means no matter what they are or what form they take." -> And you have ZERO right to threaten my existence by engaging in various actions I consider deleterious to my or anyone else's existence. Now get the f*ck off your moral high horse, and fight me like a scientist in the ring.
"The government has an absolute right to put the national security of the people of this nation above your "right" to kill them. " -> And yes, we heard similar propaganda when boots were being dropped in Germany. For the GOOD of the PEOPLE! We MUST take this ACTION! Exterminate! Annihilate! Eradicate! What more, the number of people who disagree with you is on the order of millions. You in the mood to commit some genocide today?
"And they will do just that. The only question is- how much damage will you ave inflicted before that right gets exercised?" What, how much damage might we inflict by questioning your data and conclusions? As opposed to the guaranteed damage many of your changes will result in? We press forward with your "reforms," and later data shows that your conclusions were incorrect, we will never get back what we've lost. If we hold off a little longer, as we patiently wait for the raw data to be released, we lose very little, even if the data and subsequent experiments prove you correct. In effect, your "reforms," taken today, will through this and the next several generations of humanity under a bus. And before we agree to this sh*t, I will make damn sure that I read the fine print, and that the people involved are not pulling one over on us.
tldr; r/politics must be down today, responding to the troll of the day.
Oooooooh. I felt a chill just then. Do it again.
Agreed. Plus, genetic research indicates that the human race would not recover from a large culling, or even a medium sized one.
When the human race first evolved, too few members were available for reproduction. Add in the near constant wars, rendering branches of the human genome inaccessible, and we have the very serious situation today of not being able to shuffle out our 'bad' genes. Currently, the human race has prevented further genomic degradation by increasing rapidly in numbers, but as soon as those numbers begin to drop, you'll see the emergence of the kinds of genetic diseases that will astound even the most unsympathetic members of humanity. We are one major world war away from our descendents having to live their lives in protective bubbles.
Fossils, bud. Fossils. Time of the dinosaurs was hot, humid, and atmospheric concentrations of CO2 were supposedly higher.
Seriously, what's with /. this week? I can't read a discussion without a mountain of trolls appearing out of nowhere.
And these sudden attempts to tie libertarians to positions completely at odds with themselves? I mean, I know it's election year, so paid political pundits are beating the bushes for anyone they can use as a caricature to try and rally some support from their constituency, but come on.
Here, have a seat. Libertarians are neither Republicans, nor extremest Republicans, nor Democrats. No, no, I know what your "friends" told you, but no. Give it a rest while you're ahead, champ. Why don't you wander over to the Green Party website for a while, and troll them about how you support their initiatives for "cleaner power." Go on, they'll buy that, they always do...
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Why yes, Mr. President, put the giant sunshade satellites into orbit with some poor encryption. Don't worry about the long-term implications of someone...borrowing your system...Muhahahahahaha!
Maybe America doesn't get its sunlight this week, unless, of course, *puts pinky in mouth* I receive one trillion dollars?
So, what is the damage to the American economy, if America doesn't seen the Sun for a week or two?
Granted, mankind is capable of some very interesting alterations.
However, the point of contention here is whether or not, in a massive, poorly modeled dynamic system, whether we ARE the cause of an uptick on the earth's temperature, the size of our contribution if the preceding is so, whether or not the difference is worth worrying about (i.e. doing some things to either the way people live -> as time passes, what we consider extreme changes today will be considered mild tomorrow, so watch what you approve, or putting a few things in orbit, which may or may not come back to haunt us later), and if so, what is to be done. Whether we are capable of reducing the earth to a cinder is not the argument we're having, it's whether we are doing it (all of it).
Nonsense. If they are performing science, then they are scientists.
"They are not qualified to do the questioning properly without falling into some fallacy trap." -> Even the trained make mistakes, and often enough to remind themselves that they are prone to them. As such, knowledge / application of the scientific method is all that is necessary.
Yes, because that's how science works: a handful of us get together, late one night / early one morning, wearing hooded robes, and vote on 'The Truth.' Next day, we troll around town in our converted Winnebago looking for skeptics to to tie to a stake and burn.
And of course we call upon a government body to 'neutralize' them. F*ck, we must have done that like a thousand times throughout the history of science -> oh wait, we didn't. Oh, but this time around, the whole world will die, and everyone with it, if "someone" doesn't put on the armor of righteousness and stop those skeptical evil-doers in time. More Just Wars, right?
Who needs independent experimentation and observations when we can just demand that anyone who opposes us and our beliefs be 'neutralized?' My experiments clearly show that I need more money this year, and we will all be destroyed by a supernova if I'm not driving a Porsche by the year's end; also, anyone who disagrees with me, or demands proof needs to be put to death, as they are an agent of Orthodoxy. ^_^