"Seems like they learned from their mistakes with Vista, and now that they have a stable, solid kernel (whether you'd like to believe it or not), a lot of the headaches from Vista's development are simply not there."
The headaches from Vista's development were because they wasted 3 years trying to rewrite the kernel and had to scrap all of it and do a full reset...they had a (relatively) stable solid kernel the whole time...it's just that they didn't try to rewrite it this time around.
It could also raise profound questions about whether a computer has the potential to be "conscious" -- and if humans should have the 'right' to switch it off."
Maybe in the esteemed opinion of vitamine73 it will, but if you knew anything about how artificial conversation engines were constructed, you would understand that it's anything but sentient. Right now, conversation logic is simply trick laid upon trick to stagger through passing as a human, and doesn't, at its core, contain anything remotely similar to self-aware thought.
The only thing they use blocking for is viruses or other malware prevention. It's a poor system, granted, but they still only use it for that.
I'm sure what happened was there was a virus reported that was using youtube profiles or video comments to spread, and somebody not very high up made a poor decision to just block everything from the domain.
I'm also sure as soon as people higher up figure out what happened, it will get removed. =P
"This block seems to be related to the recent launch of Messenger TV in 20 countries which allows for sharing video clips from MSN Video on messenger."
sigh.
When in doubt, the simplest explanation is correct. In this case, it's "somebody did something stupid" - nothing more. When you have a URL filtering system, somebody's bound to screw up and do something stupid. How would blocking youtube drive traffic to MSN TV?
Only WMA with licensing. WMA without music licensing is far better in terms of compression and quality. It even has lossless encoding for the ogg fanboys out there. =P
After watching the video, I have to say, that's pretty worth a lengthy suspension. It wasn't just a stupid prank, it was premeditated and fairly vulgar. If I were a teacher, and the whole school had watched the video, I'd be pretty embarassed. From a legal sense, sure, he has a 1st amendment right to 'say' what he did...but they also have the right suspend him for however long they want. It's too bad they don't have the legal right to backhand him for it too.
I think that a good faith understanding of his work was that he was writing it *for them*. They probably overlooked making him sign an agreement because nobody in the police department knew about how source code rights usually work. I'm sure he'll probably win the case, but it sounds like the police department is just trying to get what they thought they were getting from him all along. "I worked on it mostly on my own time" sounds like a pretty weak argument.
This sounds like he thought he was underpaid after the fact, and is trying to exploit the police department's ignorance.
Since Microsoft contracts out with hardware vendors, there's no actual way to know how much Windows costs a given retailer. This being the case, I was asking for the price of an OEM copy of Windows XP Home SP2 that I found on Newegg, which was $89. In the end they gave me $52.50.
Try $20 or $25...they paid you $52.50 because it was worth $52.50 to make you leave them alone. Whether you agree with bundling deals or not, making Dell have to deal with you on the phone for several hours and making them pay you money because you don't agree with how they sell their product is a really jerkish thing to do.
Whenever you're calling other people idiots, just as a sanity check, I would 'clammor' to make sure that all of the rest of the words in the sentence are spelled right.
So we can now transform loose light weight clothing into slightly different configurations through motors that can last atleast the 30 seconds necessary for a fashion show on 80 pound models that avoid body movements. Seems pretty useless to me, why's this on/.?
I could be wrong, but I think it's the naked model at the end. =P
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"Seems like they learned from their mistakes with Vista, and now that they have a stable, solid kernel (whether you'd like to believe it or not), a lot of the headaches from Vista's development are simply not there."
The headaches from Vista's development were because they wasted 3 years trying to rewrite the kernel and had to scrap all of it and do a full reset...they had a (relatively) stable solid kernel the whole time...it's just that they didn't try to rewrite it this time around.
It could also raise profound questions about whether a computer has the potential to be "conscious" -- and if humans should have the 'right' to switch it off."
Maybe in the esteemed opinion of vitamine73 it will, but if you knew anything about how artificial conversation engines were constructed, you would understand that it's anything but sentient. Right now, conversation logic is simply trick laid upon trick to stagger through passing as a human, and doesn't, at its core, contain anything remotely similar to self-aware thought.
Oh...the joke was already made at the end of the article, that's why.
Never mind, mod me down.
A man by the name of Landis proposes cities suspended high in the sky above a bright yellow planet, and not a single star wars joke is cracked?
You guys aren't on the top of your game.
I guess it's early in the morning...
Sigh. 'editors'.
It says something about Slashdot that wild speculation gets marked up as insightful, and realism gets marked as 'trolling'.
If you worked at microsoft, you would understand that what is perceived as insidious on the outside can be seen for idiocy on the inside.
The only thing they use blocking for is viruses or other malware prevention. It's a poor system, granted, but they still only use it for that.
I'm sure what happened was there was a virus reported that was using youtube profiles or video comments to spread, and somebody not very high up made a poor decision to just block everything from the domain.
I'm also sure as soon as people higher up figure out what happened, it will get removed. =P
Not a TCP NAK, an MSNP NAK. MSNP messaging uses a NAK'ing model. (So, unless you get a response back, your message is assumed to have succeeded)
"This block seems to be related to the recent launch of Messenger TV in 20 countries which allows for sharing video clips from MSN Video on messenger."
sigh.
When in doubt, the simplest explanation is correct. In this case, it's "somebody did something stupid" - nothing more. When you have a URL filtering system, somebody's bound to screw up and do something stupid. How would blocking youtube drive traffic to MSN TV?
Most of the other comments are pretty mundane - name corrections and such. But some of them are golden.
:-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitt_Romney&diff=prev&oldid=165709470
"Clearly, Romney needs to be explained the doctrines of separation of powers, and judicial review."
I guess somebody wants to make sure Romney doesn't get the republican nomination.
But MP3 is superior to WMA
Only WMA with licensing. WMA without music licensing is far better in terms of compression and quality. It even has lossless encoding for the ogg fanboys out there. =P
Because you're lazy.
:)
Never underestimate people's laziness.
Think about what that would mean for the next election.
"Despite these misgivings, I think this is a step in the right direction."
It doesn't sound like bashing to me.
So, by this did you mean...other planets to rape and pillage?
I'm glad to see that this was one of the first posts, because this is exactly what I thought when I saw the article description. :-)
After watching the video, I have to say, that's pretty worth a lengthy suspension. It wasn't just a stupid prank, it was premeditated and fairly vulgar. If I were a teacher, and the whole school had watched the video, I'd be pretty embarassed. From a legal sense, sure, he has a 1st amendment right to 'say' what he did...but they also have the right suspend him for however long they want. It's too bad they don't have the legal right to backhand him for it too.
14 trillion volts is not a measure of power consumption, it's an electric potential delta.
You're printing them for some of your friends to read, hmm? You must be an interesting person to hang out with.
I think that a good faith understanding of his work was that he was writing it *for them*. They probably overlooked making him sign an agreement because nobody in the police department knew about how source code rights usually work. I'm sure he'll probably win the case, but it sounds like the police department is just trying to get what they thought they were getting from him all along. "I worked on it mostly on my own time" sounds like a pretty weak argument.
This sounds like he thought he was underpaid after the fact, and is trying to exploit the police department's ignorance.
Since Microsoft contracts out with hardware vendors, there's no actual way to know how much Windows costs a given retailer. This being the case, I was asking for the price of an OEM copy of Windows XP Home SP2 that I found on Newegg, which was $89. In the end they gave me $52.50.
Try $20 or $25...they paid you $52.50 because it was worth $52.50 to make you leave them alone. Whether you agree with bundling deals or not, making Dell have to deal with you on the phone for several hours and making them pay you money because you don't agree with how they sell their product is a really jerkish thing to do.
Whenever you're calling other people idiots, just as a sanity check, I would 'clammor' to make sure that all of the rest of the words in the sentence are spelled right.
So we can now transform loose light weight clothing into slightly different configurations through motors that can last atleast the 30 seconds necessary for a fashion show on 80 pound models that avoid body movements. Seems pretty useless to me, why's this on /.?
I could be wrong, but I think it's the naked model at the end. =P
It's a good thing we have an army of a millionth of an editor keeping slashdot submissions high quality.