According to US government, hacking communication infrastructure of a country by another government is an "act of war", not regular espionage. They said this very loudly just before Snowden revelations began. So NO. They are not supposed to be doing that.
Ah, but when we do it, it is a glorious action undertaken for freedom, truth, and to protect innocent children.
But when those foreigners do the same thing, it is because they are mean, slinking, low scoundrels.
There's a world of difference. Anyone can see that!
The quote is out of context, and was part of a larger list of users. On its own it does seem negative - here's my full quote:
Metro is a content consumption space. It is designed for casual users who only want to check facebook, view some photos, and maybe post a selfie to instagram. It's designed for your computer illiterate little sister, for grandpas who don't know how to use that computer dofangle thingy, and for mom who just wants to look up apple pie recipes. It's simple, clear, and does one thing (and only one thing) relatively easily.
Exactly! Why would Slashdot ever carry a story about Leonard Nimoy? Wasn't he in some westerns, like Gunsmoke and The Virginian? Anything else that we should know about? Did he ever travel? Any famous treks to relate that nerds would care about?
Well, he was a TV star. So when he was trekking around the Wild West doing those westerns you list, I suppose we could say he was a star trekking.
So wait, you're saying that narrow corporate interests were trying to push their own inferior solution in place of a technically superior system strongly preferred by the userbase? There seems to be something vaguely familiar about this scenario, but I can't quite put my finger on it...
In discussions about government spying and surveillance, there is often a vocal group who says "if you don't have anything to hide, then this spying should not bother you."
Answer: "So, if that is the case, then you won't mind giving me your name and address and phone number. After all, `if you don't have anything to hide, then this spying should not bother you'."
"I'm the world's leading researcher in the field of slugs' and sandcastle worms' " just got replaced by: "My research is used by heart surgeons to save lives and ease recovery"
Yep, someone's life just got a lot easier at parties...
I dunno. I'm sure the slug and sandcastle worm guy would be a greater hit at some parties. Little kids love slugs and worms.
If a self-driving car can't avoid an impending incident there is no way I will believe a human could.
We're headed down the freeway. Up ahead I see some teenagers standing on an overpass holding something large and watching cars pass underneath. I recognize a potential dropped rock and change lanes to get away from it. Will the computer do that?
All your problems aer easily solved: computerised people!
No, Slashdot back then was just predicting this discussion today. It is truly amazing the foresight that Slashdot has: it often can predict a discussion weeks before it even happens, and even give samples of what that future discussion will be like. Amazing.
Slashdot Mirror
"That's a nice video streaming service you got there. Pity if anything were to happen to it."
"Fire him! He's too clever for us!"
Closed source just has deliberate NSA backdoors. Clearl superior and much more efficient than accidental backdoors.
"I is in your PC reading all your emailz!" - lolcat works for NSA
But no matter how I squint my eyes I can't see Australia in that rock.
Perhaps you need to take a closer look.
> Wait,... isn't this the purpose of the NSA?
According to US government, hacking communication infrastructure of a country by another government is an "act of war", not regular espionage. They said this very loudly just before Snowden revelations began. So NO. They are not supposed to be doing that.
Ah, but when we do it, it is a glorious action undertaken for freedom, truth, and to protect innocent children.
But when those foreigners do the same thing, it is because they are mean, slinking, low scoundrels.
There's a world of difference. Anyone can see that!
It is an amazing place and easy to get to without a car.
A lot of animals certainly discovered how easy it was to get to without a car.
Why in 2014, do I have to decorate variables with '$'?
That is your first complaint about PHP? That? I can't stand PHP but, seriously, that is first on your list of PHP badness?
Maybe he is poor and seeing all those dollar signs depresses him.
No. You can implement OOP in C if you feel like it:
www.cs.rit.edu/~ats/books/ooc.pdf
Do you people ever actually read what you type?
What's the point? Technology moves so fast that it is probably no longer relevant by the time he finishes typing it.
"... ice"
They won't need ice. They're going at night.
I thought the ice was for the astronauts to get high on just before they try their first solar landing.
The quote is out of context, and was part of a larger list of users. On its own it does seem negative - here's my full quote:
Metro is a content consumption space. It is designed for casual users who only want to check facebook, view some photos, and maybe post a selfie to instagram. It's designed for your computer illiterate little sister, for grandpas who don't know how to use that computer dofangle thingy, and for mom who just wants to look up apple pie recipes. It's simple, clear, and does one thing (and only one thing) relatively easily.
The word you are looking for is "iPad".
*rolls a 1*
Your fingers fumble over the keyboard, striking keys almost under their own accord.
*rolls save vs. WHERE clause... 3*
With horror you look on as you strike a glancing blow to the enter key.
No problem if you live in the right part of Wales: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jones.png
Mostly dead is a little bit alive. A little bit alive they can work with.
But does it have a wheelbarrow? That would be something.
Exactly! Why would Slashdot ever carry a story about Leonard Nimoy? Wasn't he in some westerns, like Gunsmoke and The Virginian? Anything else that we should know about? Did he ever travel? Any famous treks to relate that nerds would care about?
Well, he was a TV star. So when he was trekking around the Wild West doing those westerns you list, I suppose we could say he was a star trekking.
So wait, you're saying that narrow corporate interests were trying to push their own inferior solution in place of a technically superior system strongly preferred by the userbase? There seems to be something vaguely familiar about this scenario, but I can't quite put my finger on it...
You must be thinking of Windows Metro! :-)
(He says with a big naive smile)
http://news.sciencemag.org/sit...
Who says he let his hair and beard grow long? What evidence from the skeleton would have led to this conclusion?
They found a selfie on a nearby fossilized cellphone.
In discussions about government spying and surveillance, there is often a vocal group who says "if you don't have anything to hide, then this spying should not bother you."
Answer: "So, if that is the case, then you won't mind giving me your name and address and phone number. After all, `if you don't have anything to hide, then this spying should not bother you'."
You forgot some pertinent facts: The U.S. has a long history of funding terrorists, supporting coups, and undermining democracies.
Yes, but they are OUR terrorists, OUR coups, and OUR ENEMIES' democracies.
And we are RIGHT!
Moral choices are so much easier when your country is always right. It's practically like you don't even need to think.
Didn't Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" sing a song called "Moon Rover"?
That's the first thought I had when I saw this topic.
99.28% of visitors arrive directly at the site, and only 7.7% arrived from Google
But what about the other -6.98% ?
Clearly they left the site.
There's a reason people have generally looked up to the US.
Odd. I thought we foreigners all looked up to Norway as the best country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index#2013_report
You there, little boy, I bet you could use Web 3.0!
Web N is so passé. Web N+1 is much better.
There. I have achieved eternal oneupmanship.
"I'm the world's leading researcher in the field of slugs' and sandcastle worms' "
just got replaced by:
"My research is used by heart surgeons to save lives and ease recovery"
Yep, someone's life just got a lot easier at parties...
I dunno. I'm sure the slug and sandcastle worm guy would be a greater hit at some parties. Little kids love slugs and worms.
If a self-driving car can't avoid an impending incident there is no way I will believe a human could.
We're headed down the freeway. Up ahead I see some teenagers standing on an overpass holding something large and watching cars pass underneath. I recognize a potential dropped rock and change lanes to get away from it. Will the computer do that?
All your problems aer easily solved: computerised people!
Not to be confused with this link to when we discussed these predictions on Slashdot, back in August. Really, I'm surprised Asimov didn't predict that we'd still have dupes in 2014.
No, Slashdot back then was just predicting this discussion today. It is truly amazing the foresight that Slashdot has: it often can predict a discussion weeks before it even happens, and even give samples of what that future discussion will be like. Amazing.