Linux in a box,
Linux under rocks,
Linux in a watch,
Linux in your cr*tch,
Linux in your hair,
Linux everywhere.
Everywhere, we don't care,
We'll shove Linux everywhere.
[Disclaimer: I truly support what Linux, GNU, the Open Source community, et. al. are trying to do, but gimicks are not the way. Please, think before you stick something into a random hole]
Star Wars wouldn't be half of what it is without him. Obi-Wan was easily the best character in the first film, and certainly had some of the best lines, with the exception maybe of Darth Vader.[Disclaimer: I like Star Wars as much as the next geek, though I'm not fanatical]
"Who is the more foolish: The fool, of the fool who follows him?"
Maybe we should think carefully about that one with elections looming here in the States.
I posted a comment about this yesterday[or was it the day before?]... and it's only a matter of time before Jon Katz writes up an article about it all.
"The oppressed geek culture will rise up against evil corporate America and download ROMs through file sharing." --preview of future Jon Katz post
Maximum PC did an emu piece a while back, good for newbies needing to cut their teeth...
RomNet, now this, a few more emu stories, and maybe/. should get an Emulation topic?
mmmm, a MAME/zSNES/NESticle/Genecyst arcade style box...
Re: ROM sites... yeah, they are always up and down, but I've found them much easier to find and leech from then MP3 web sites [Napster is not a web site damnit]
You can implement C++ classes inline in the header file, nothing forces you to write a header then an implementation, it's just convention. [BTW, I know, I've seen it done, and done it myself]
Funny comment, but VB != VBS. The I love you bug was written in VB Script, which, while similar to VB, is not the same as VB. Sorry to piss on anyone's parade:)
What business does the govt. have telling parents what their kids can see? A parental choice for minors would be an acceptable system, anything else is censorship and ought to be demolished swiftly.
Congratulations! You've just managed to insult half the/. readership in one post!
BTW, as someone experienced in both mahtematics and programming, I'd just like to say you are full to overflowing with bullsh*t. Both mathematics and programming have a great deal of room for creativity, and most of the folks I know [being geeks;)] would find a good deal of beauty in elegantly written code, and a succinct mathematical proof. So I'm affraid I must take exception to your classification of math and computer science as 'soulless'.
Porn sites that use normally innocent and innocuous words to describe their business, and therefore get all sites with those now naughty words banned...
"mom, why can't I get to www.disney.com?"
'Well hon, I guess its all the 'Mickey Mousing' going on there'
a key line: "..an intelligent person.."
One need not be all that intelligent to send e-mail[I work in tech support, trust me, I know what I am talking about here].
A more meaty response:
In making a phone call, you actually make contact with the other person in real time. In sending an email, you type something up and click send. No personal contact is made, only interaction with a machine. Psychologically there is a difference, even if logically they are similar.
Why do so many folks who advocate various anti-privacy schemes always bring up porn? Much porn is harmless. A person or group of people consent to be photographed in sexual situations in exchange for money. Those photographs [or videos] are then sold to consenting, responsible adults for their enjoyment. Kiddie porn is something altogether different, but why do so many constantly rail against harmless, LEGAL pornography?
When you call someone, or mail something,you make perceptible contact outside of your own home. When using the interenet, and most functions thereof, there is a perceived privacy. You are in your own home, alone or with family/friends. This leads one to view internet actions as something akin to actions taken strictly within the home. Most people do not have the technical knowledge to see it as anything else, and even those who do are subject to their own psychology.
But anyway, this is yet another example of why GB Jr. should NOT be allowed into the oval office. I'm no fan of Gore [moderately more intelligent than the trees he's so fond of] but at the very least he's not likely to undermine one of the most important trials in recent memory [recent being approx. 3-5 decades].
IANAL, but from my understanding, the legal systems of many Western nations is adversarial. In other words, SOMEONE must complain to the government about an abuse before the government has the legal ability to do anything about it. Many governments have made some loopholes for severe crimes, but mostly that's they way it works.
New life doesn't seem to be an appropriate term. IMHO, Undead might be more fitting. [After all, it doesn't bring them back to life, it just looks that way]
1. Patents generally do not serve the public well, they keep control over item X or product Y in the sole hands of ONE company, thereby reducing competition for item X or product Y to zero since no one else can make one. [As an example, what if Ford had patented the car? Then we'd have only Fords rolling down the highway, and they could charge anything they choose to charge for them, since if we wanted one, they'd be the only place to get it.]
2. Patents are irrelevant to this debate, since nothing leakked ahead of time about Apple's cube is really patentable [though I beleive there is a company that is trying to say it patented cube shaped computers, but to me that is even more ridiculous... what next, a company patenting a circle?]
to stop normal leaks, you fill the hole with something that stops the flow. Maybe Apple thinks reams of paperwork files by scores of lawyers will be enough of a plug. I sorta doubt it though.
Semi-related: Is it just me, or is American society becoming more lawsuit happy by the week? RIAA/Metallica sue over Napster, then the MPAA sues over DeCSS, now Apple sues over leaked pictures and info. Seems the lawsuits are getting more and more frivolous.
I beleive you may be misinterprating the request. The request for all records on Carnivore likely refers to asking for the technical details of how the system works and does what it is made to do, not the records stored in the Carnivore system itself.
The reason to bother is not needing to do a forklift upgrade... I still run on a K6/2, and until these chips come out to upgraders[which i pray they do] if I want more proc. juice, I'll have to buy a new mobo with the CPU, and maybe new RAM... also, I still run some older ISA cards[do you really need PCI for a 56k modem, I think not] and many newer modos have a severe lack of ISA slots [i.e. none]. It'd be nice if I could get up to 600 mHz without having to buy half a new system.
"Flaunting" illegal activities is used by the masses as a way of voting with our actions, stating rather loudly that the law is wrong. Why is the law wrong?
Music: MP3's do indeed promote sales of music, as many audiophiles demand far greater quality to their music than MP3 can provide. Thus, they download a song, if it sounds interesting, they pay for the better version. Also, there is an element of 'you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours' in that any band supporting MP3's and sharing of them will likely see their fan base and therefore revenue grow as a result.
ROMs: Ok, N64 ROMs are blatently illegal, but old, no longer published titles are simply rotting away. Many folks still love the original Final Fantasy. There's a certain crispness to Super Mario Bros. If Nintendo et al would publish some compilation of the golden oldies, then they would have a case. As it stands, they just want to keep the old stuff away from us so we are forced to buy the new stuff if we want our 'fix'.
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Techies aren't alone in selfishness...
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Our whole society is selfish. In schools, self esteem is valued over achievement. In life, accountability has all but disappeared. We immediately reach out a finger of blame whenever anything goes wrong, never thinking we might be responsible for it. People endlessly jockey for promotions and postions of power, out of pure greed. 100,000 USD isn't enough for many, they have to become CEO's and get rich. to boil it down, we live in a capitalist society. Capitalism = greed. Greed = selfishness. Technology is just another tool to that end.
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may the mod gods have mercy on us both...
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there are a few things at issue here... 1. how did this get modded up to interesting? looks like flamebait to me. 2. I lived through two of the recessions you listed, so by your criteria I ought to know what I am talking about[strange criteria really, but let's play your game a moment] 3. I grew up with less than average income [my mother was single abouyt half my legal childhood, we spent time in shelters, with relaties, etc. till my mother could get things together] yet here I am, now writing this from a University, where I will soon graduate with a degree in computer science. [3.01 QPA, 3.45 in my major, for the curious] From my experience, if you want out of bad situations, there are OFTEN ways to get out. This is not as true for the older members of society, as it is hard to retrain, and get others to accept that you do indeed know what you are talking about, but for most of the 'geek' population, there are ways. It may be hard work, but if you want it, you will work hard. I did indeed have to dig for things to get me where I am, and I will likely have a lot to do to get where I want to be. Such is the price of prosperity. 4. Economics is not a natural phenomenon. It is man made, and therefore governed by man. The only reason there are shortcoming to our econmy are our own doing. Thus, while properity is not certain, neither is recession.
Is it just me, or do we see a few dozen of these every time Katz writes an article? Not to invalidate the poster's point [for once, there's a bit of merit to the accusation] but its getting to be just a repetitious as Katz's use of buzzwords.
Slashdot Mirror
If the check the post # and posting time, the post marked as redundet actually occured BEFORE the one marked as a +5.
Please be sure to check who is the repeat before scorching redundency.
-={(Astynax)}=-
Linux in a box,
Linux under rocks,
Linux in a watch,
Linux in your cr*tch,
Linux in your hair,
Linux everywhere.
Everywhere, we don't care,
We'll shove Linux everywhere.
[Disclaimer: I truly support what Linux, GNU, the Open Source community, et. al. are trying to do, but gimicks are not the way. Please, think before you stick something into a random hole]
-={(Astynax)}=-
Star Wars wouldn't be half of what it is without him. Obi-Wan was easily the best character in the first film, and certainly had some of the best lines, with the exception maybe of Darth Vader.[Disclaimer: I like Star Wars as much as the next geek, though I'm not fanatical]
"Who is the more foolish: The fool, of the fool who follows him?"
Maybe we should think carefully about that one with elections looming here in the States.
-={(Astynax)}=-
I posted a comment about this yesterday[or was it the day before?]... and it's only a matter of time before Jon Katz writes up an article about it all.
"The oppressed geek culture will rise up against evil corporate America and download ROMs through file sharing." --preview of future Jon Katz post
-={(Astynax)}=-
Maximum PC did an emu piece a while back, good for newbies needing to cut their teeth...
/. should get an Emulation topic?
RomNet, now this, a few more emu stories, and maybe
mmmm, a MAME/zSNES/NESticle/Genecyst arcade style box...
Re: ROM sites... yeah, they are always up and down, but I've found them much easier to find and leech from then MP3 web sites [Napster is not a web site damnit]
-={(Astynax)}=-
You can implement C++ classes inline in the header file, nothing forces you to write a header then an implementation, it's just convention. [BTW, I know, I've seen it done, and done it myself]
-={(Astynax)}=-
Funny comment, but VB != VBS. The I love you bug was written in VB Script, which, while similar to VB, is not the same as VB. Sorry to piss on anyone's parade:)
-={(Astynax)}=-
What business does the govt. have telling parents what their kids can see? A parental choice for minors would be an acceptable system, anything else is censorship and ought to be demolished swiftly.
-={(Astynax)}=-
Congratulations! You've just managed to insult half the /. readership in one post!
BTW, as someone experienced in both mahtematics and programming, I'd just like to say you are full to overflowing with bullsh*t. Both mathematics and programming have a great deal of room for creativity, and most of the folks I know [being geeks;)] would find a good deal of beauty in elegantly written code, and a succinct mathematical proof. So I'm affraid I must take exception to your classification of math and computer science as 'soulless'.
-={(Astynax)}=-
Porn sites that use normally innocent and innocuous words to describe their business, and therefore get all sites with those now naughty words banned...
"mom, why can't I get to www.disney.com?"
'Well hon, I guess its all the 'Mickey Mousing' going on there'
-={(Astynax)}=-
a key line:
"..an intelligent person.."
One need not be all that intelligent to send e-mail[I work in tech support, trust me, I know what I am talking about here].
A more meaty response:
In making a phone call, you actually make contact with the other person in real time. In sending an email, you type something up and click send. No personal contact is made, only interaction with a machine. Psychologically there is a difference, even if logically they are similar.
-={(Astynax)}=-
Why do so many folks who advocate various anti-privacy schemes always bring up porn? Much porn is harmless. A person or group of people consent to be photographed in sexual situations in exchange for money. Those photographs [or videos] are then sold to consenting, responsible adults for their enjoyment. Kiddie porn is something altogether different, but why do so many constantly rail against harmless, LEGAL pornography?
-={(Astynax)}=-
When you call someone, or mail something,you make perceptible contact outside of your own home. When using the interenet, and most functions thereof, there is a perceived privacy. You are in your own home, alone or with family/friends. This leads one to view internet actions as something akin to actions taken strictly within the home. Most people do not have the technical knowledge to see it as anything else, and even those who do are subject to their own psychology.
-={(Astynax)}=-
Why is it anytime someone talks about national security most of the nation feels anything but secure?
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Rated +4 yet also offtopic, nice paradox...
But anyway, this is yet another example of why GB Jr. should NOT be allowed into the oval office. I'm no fan of Gore [moderately more intelligent than the trees he's so fond of] but at the very least he's not likely to undermine one of the most important trials in recent memory [recent being approx. 3-5 decades].
-={(Astynax)}=-
IANAL, but from my understanding, the legal systems of many Western nations is adversarial. In other words, SOMEONE must complain to the government about an abuse before the government has the legal ability to do anything about it. Many governments have made some loopholes for severe crimes, but mostly that's they way it works.
-={(Astynax)}=-
New life doesn't seem to be an appropriate term. IMHO, Undead might be more fitting. [After all, it doesn't bring them back to life, it just looks that way]
-={(Astynax)}=-
1. Patents generally do not serve the public well, they keep control over item X or product Y in the sole hands of ONE company, thereby reducing competition for item X or product Y to zero since no one else can make one. [As an example, what if Ford had patented the car? Then we'd have only Fords rolling down the highway, and they could charge anything they choose to charge for them, since if we wanted one, they'd be the only place to get it.]
2. Patents are irrelevant to this debate, since nothing leakked ahead of time about Apple's cube is really patentable [though I beleive there is a company that is trying to say it patented cube shaped computers, but to me that is even more ridiculous... what next, a company patenting a circle?]
-={(Astynax)}=-
to stop normal leaks, you fill the hole with something that stops the flow. Maybe Apple thinks reams of paperwork files by scores of lawyers will be enough of a plug. I sorta doubt it though.
Semi-related: Is it just me, or is American society becoming more lawsuit happy by the week? RIAA/Metallica sue over Napster, then the MPAA sues over DeCSS, now Apple sues over leaked pictures and info. Seems the lawsuits are getting more and more frivolous.
-={(Astynax)}=-
I beleive you may be misinterprating the request. The request for all records on Carnivore likely refers to asking for the technical details of how the system works and does what it is made to do, not the records stored in the Carnivore system itself.
-={(Astynax)}=-
The reason to bother is not needing to do a forklift upgrade... I still run on a K6/2, and until these chips come out to upgraders[which i pray they do] if I want more proc. juice, I'll have to buy a new mobo with the CPU, and maybe new RAM... also, I still run some older ISA cards[do you really need PCI for a 56k modem, I think not] and many newer modos have a severe lack of ISA slots [i.e. none]. It'd be nice if I could get up to 600 mHz without having to buy half a new system.
-={(Astynax)}=-
"Flaunting" illegal activities is used by the masses as a way of voting with our actions, stating rather loudly that the law is wrong. Why is the law wrong?
Music: MP3's do indeed promote sales of music, as many audiophiles demand far greater quality to their music than MP3 can provide. Thus, they download a song, if it sounds interesting, they pay for the better version. Also, there is an element of 'you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours' in that any band supporting MP3's and sharing of them will likely see their fan base and therefore revenue grow as a result.
ROMs: Ok, N64 ROMs are blatently illegal, but old, no longer published titles are simply rotting away. Many folks still love the original Final Fantasy. There's a certain crispness to Super Mario Bros. If Nintendo et al would publish some compilation of the golden oldies, then they would have a case. As it stands, they just want to keep the old stuff away from us so we are forced to buy the new stuff if we want our 'fix'.
-={(Astynax)}=-
Our whole society is selfish. In schools, self esteem is valued over achievement. In life, accountability has all but disappeared. We immediately reach out a finger of blame whenever anything goes wrong, never thinking we might be responsible for it. People endlessly jockey for promotions and postions of power, out of pure greed. 100,000 USD isn't enough for many, they have to become CEO's and get rich. to boil it down, we live in a capitalist society. Capitalism = greed. Greed = selfishness. Technology is just another tool to that end.
-={(Astynax)}=-
there are a few things at issue here...
1. how did this get modded up to interesting? looks like flamebait to me.
2. I lived through two of the recessions you listed, so by your criteria I ought to know what I am talking about[strange criteria really, but let's play your game a moment]
3. I grew up with less than average income [my mother was single abouyt half my legal childhood, we spent time in shelters, with relaties, etc. till my mother could get things together] yet here I am, now writing this from a University, where I will soon graduate with a degree in computer science. [3.01 QPA, 3.45 in my major, for the curious] From my experience, if you want out of bad situations, there are OFTEN ways to get out. This is not as true for the older members of society, as it is hard to retrain, and get others to accept that you do indeed know what you are talking about, but for most of the 'geek' population, there are ways. It may be hard work, but if you want it, you will work hard. I did indeed have to dig for things to get me where I am, and I will likely have a lot to do to get where I want to be. Such is the price of prosperity.
4. Economics is not a natural phenomenon. It is man made, and therefore governed by man. The only reason there are shortcoming to our econmy are our own doing. Thus, while properity is not certain, neither is recession.
-={(Astynax)}=-
Is it just me, or do we see a few dozen of these every time Katz writes an article? Not to invalidate the poster's point [for once, there's a bit of merit to the accusation] but its getting to be just a repetitious as Katz's use of buzzwords.
-={(Astynax)}=-