So if you leave your door unlocked, and I walk in and grab your box, and the cops arrest me, will the National Review defend me because I was just "taking a free computer from a publicly-accessible location?"
A better analogy would be having your personal documents posted in front of your living room window, leaving the curtains open and then getting mad at people for reading them by peeking throught the window. There was no *material* theft involved so comparisons to material theft are spurious at best.
Don't you mean, "under investigation for reading documents posted on an open server?
I see this kind of "they're out to get me" attitude among novice computer users all the time. Somehow, evey problem is "someone hacking". Since most of the users I handle are attorneys, I find myself explaining way too often that the spam they received is not from a rival frim trying to "hack them" or that they're laptop not booting is because they dropped it rather than some clown at the court hacking into the laptop's wireless card when the laptop was in the car outside or other such nonsense. Our paranoid culture is fostering this suspicion on a lot of levels - from media to anti-virus vendors to Presidential decisions. Poor Manuel Miranda is going to get fired and his ass handed to him because people are stupid.
Re:And the Carribean votes... Parker?!?!?
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Err... go back to the site and have another look at the pictures of the candidates. Notice anything different about Parker
It's pretty Californian of me not to notice that he was the only African-American (a misnomer to be saved for another discussion) cantidate. It didn't even occur to me until you pointed it out... sorta. Or could it be that he's pro-Stalinist Communism and pro-Cuba? It just struck me as very odd that some guy I've never heard of would utterly demolish the numbers for the Two Standard Choices(TM) even in this very un-scientific poll.
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Did anyone else notice that Parker was winnin by a landslide in the carribean? What's up with that? Is Parker from that area of the world or is he famous there?
This results in it occasionally coming up with false positives
I bet this could be proven or disproven by looking at the description of what it detects... Unfortunately, we don't know what that is. The Symantec site didn't offer anything and neither did seom Googling. Anyone know what it's identified as?
See my other comment here. It would seem that the newest version doesn't have me chasing things out of HKLM\Software\Windows\CurrVer\Run, so I stand corrected on that point. It's sad that I have a habit of looking every time I install/examine it though. This is the reputation Real has built. The ads still happen regardless of my Message Center settings.
Nothing like bitching about something that you have no clue about.
Relax! You'd think I set your dog on fire or something... You don't happen to work for Real, do you?
As a matter of fact, message center is turned off, but I still get the occasional ad served up to me from Real (including the one today). The process of turning it off takes a couple of more steps than you say as well. Yes, I'm running the latest version... they forced Windows users to upgrade a few weeks ago by making older versions stop working until you upgraded if you have a network connection. So if I "have no clue" and I already knew what you are telling me, by correlation you don't ahve a clue either. Look before you leap my friend. Part of my job is to develop Helix content for training videos. I use Real software a lot.
Comparing something to a turd does not make it smell like roses.
I agree. My initial reaction was "If you're only excuse is 'We're not as bad as they are' then I'll go find someone who is not as bad as you are". Answering it by comparing Real to something that people complain about too is no excuse for sucking. This is the very reason why I loathe to use Real and he did nothing to comfort my fears with his answer. Further, he didn't address the adware portions of Real that can only be disabled with some registry surgery and vigilance under windows. MS isn't serving me ads, so on that point Real is far more inrtusive.
As others here have mentioned, the extra carricular activities can be trite. Finding something an entire team has in common is a pain unless they already all get along really well. Since they all have their work as a common interest, take them to a trade show. TSNN (don't know what it stands for) is a good site to look up shows. When you find one mildly interesting and fun, pay for everyone to go and buy them lunch and/or dinner. Make a day (or two!) of it.
From all of the "team building" "exercises" I've ever participated in, shows were the best. You'll be letting them talk shop, but in an environment with plenty of new stimuli. The loners can wander off freely and the groups can... well... group. A nice simple way to justify the cost to the powers that be as well.
Storm Brews Over Employer Liability for Workers Called In During Hurricane Frances
Storm Brews Over Employer
09-08-2004
South Florida's labor and employment lawyers got some unexpected business, thanks to Hurricane Frances and Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle. As the storm threatened South Florida over the weekend, Rundle and County Mayor Alex Penelas publicly warned employers that they could face criminal prosecution for forcing employees to work during the hurricane."
Unfortunately, the full article requires a subscription.
So I went to the Miami Daily Business Review site and they require a subscription as well. Off to the Google News Search!
The Sun-Sentinel has an article! Here's a snippet:
In Broward, 19 employees from seven employers have called the county's hurricane hotline to report they thought they were being required to work during unsafe weather conditions or face firing... "There is no state or federal law that gives employees the legal right to not come into work," Caulkin said, although he said he thinks most companies tend to be accommodating toward workers' needs during storms.
So apparently there's nothing in law, but you might be able to put a little fear in your employers pants by calling the hurricane hotline. Good luck!
Thanks. I'm really honestly curious to see how this all turns out. I have the feeling things will settle down to something reasonable... er... familiar (dupes, genuinely esoteric, submitters that didn't RTFA and such) soon.;)
CmdrTaco did say you guys were going to be fair right? So far, this politics section has been nothing but a Republican-bashing site since Day 1.
Here's an idea: Find some anti-Kerry news and submit it. Then, when the editors have rejected every anti-Kerry article you've been submitting for weeks on end, you can bitch that they're biased. It could be that the only reason there are all anti-Bush stories is that's all that has been submitted so far.
As for those that are bitching about the Politics section being created at all, think of how many political articles get submitted to this site and see if you don't decide to section them off on their own.
To those that bitch that so far all of the stories in this section have been on the front page, you have a point:D It may be a case of "kids with a new toy". I say give it some time for the newness to wear off and it'll go the way of the BeOS section.
wow, imagine that. they may have to actually learn to play an instrument to record music... give me a break
Where to start with your bit of ignorance... With modern technology, your idea of an "instrument" is dated. Turntables can be used as a distinct instrument (even a melodic one - go listen to Fungo Mungo or Mr. Bungle). Most sampling is actually done with keyboard equipment which are fully considered musical instruments. Sound design, song srtucture, arranging and recording/mixdown are considered very musical endeavors. Did you know that there was a (short) time that the electric guitar wasn't considered an "instrument" because it was amplified? Finally, everyone I know that samples actually can play a traditional instrument such as guitar, piano or (wait there's no instrument) vocals.
For the record, I play: Keyboards/Piano, Guitar, Bass, Drums and compose electronic music as a hobby. I personally don't sample from records except to grab an instrument that I can't obtain on my own (like a hammered dulcimer). I usually sample noises (think noisician like Art of Noise or Nine Inch Nails). The point of this ruling is not the blatant derivitive works - this actually effects a lot of traditional musicians as well who grab a sanre drum sound or a violin sample (single notes).
Now that artists can't sample even single notes, I have a suggestion for fellow musicians: When you sample, please be sure to make fun of the original work and this ruling in your song. Then you may be able to claim protection as a parody and you could bring some of this silliness to public attention.
Imagine the young artists and DJs that we will never hear because they can't afford to clear the rights to release their first album. The idea that this high cost of entry into what are already accepted music genres won't stifle innovation is stupid. The field just got closed to those with money and attorneys.
Why are you advertising a product that is not only non-Free, but is a Mac product with a Microsoft ASP download page?!
Because he likes it and wants to show his appreciation by helping advertise it? Maybe he's one of the developers and is proud if his hard work?
<jaded> Nah, this is/.. He must be a corporate zombie who is paid for putting it in his sig to help defeat open-source projects everywhere. He's in league with The Bil^^^Devil... Get over it. People are free to like and advocate what they want.</jaded>
Well, for 'barbeque' that's true, but I seriously doubt anybody wrote "c u l8r" before the Internet.
In pop culture, it's almost a tradition. How about Prince? Early Rap acts did the acronym/sounds-like tricks too... "Ice-T"? "2 Live Crew"? There were other acts in other genres as well... "U2"? "KMFDM"? "SOD"? "OPIV"? All pre-internet. Cleverly spelling things so that they sound the same has been with us in pop culture for a while. Pop culture drives standard culture (albeit with some lag) With the internet, the spellings are only easier to find and notice... and imitate.
Why can't the 'LOLOMGBBQ!!' crowd can't do the same?
You know, I often find myself laughing out loud wile screaming "Oh my God! Barbeque!"
Seriously, acronyms are the crutch of improper spelling. Instead of having to write the word "barbeque", most Americans will write "BBQ". This was happening long before blogging.
Geez! According to my pseudo-scientific Google search, this guy has had about 90 articles posted so far. Damn! We must also consider that Roland has no life and might only exist to blog and submit to Slashdot. From the looks of it, that's pretty likely. Aside from getting his articles accepted more often that the rest of us, he seems pretty normal as far as this reclusive/. population goes. I wonder how many rejections he's had. That would be a telling number!
Someone please send this guy an invite at rei@nervalhi.net so we don't have to listen to his whining in every story. Here is his address in case you miseed it:
Already did. I don't know if he's accepted yet or not. The invite has been sent. If this is him, he may never get it though. If you weren't an AC you would have gotten one too. Now move along. Nothing to see here. Move along.
However I'd imagine that the question-man would have rec'd much more valuable advice if he'd have given us more detail about the project.
I agree that more specific detail would have helped, but the longer Ask Slashdot questions usually never get approved. There's a dilema in that balance that gets messed up more than it's done right I bet.
As it is, I'm surprised the editors posted one this long. For the two Ask Slashdot's I've gotten approved, I did my best to hang around and post to the discussion myself to clarify my position and to thank people for being helpful, which I think helps make up for a lack of detail in the original question... and speaking of helpful:
Best quote on asking for programming advice comes from John Lennon: "The love you take is equal to the love you make"
Words to live and code by my friend. Hell, it should be the slogan for OSS as a whole. An excellent choice:-D
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Did anyone else notice that Parker was winnin by a landslide in the carribean? What's up with that? Is Parker from that area of the world or is he famous there?
Where is that PDF? Thr URL was broken...
See my other comment here. It would seem that the newest version doesn't have me chasing things out of HKLM\Software\Windows\CurrVer\Run, so I stand corrected on that point. It's sad that I have a habit of looking every time I install/examine it though. This is the reputation Real has built. The ads still happen regardless of my Message Center settings.
As a matter of fact, message center is turned off, but I still get the occasional ad served up to me from Real (including the one today). The process of turning it off takes a couple of more steps than you say as well. Yes, I'm running the latest version... they forced Windows users to upgrade a few weeks ago by making older versions stop working until you upgraded if you have a network connection. So if I "have no clue" and I already knew what you are telling me, by correlation you don't ahve a clue either. Look before you leap my friend. Part of my job is to develop Helix content for training videos. I use Real software a lot.
From all of the "team building" "exercises" I've ever participated in, shows were the best. You'll be letting them talk shop, but in an environment with plenty of new stimuli. The loners can wander off freely and the groups can... well... group. A nice simple way to justify the cost to the powers that be as well.
The Sun-Sentinel has an article! Here's a snippet:
So apparently there's nothing in law, but you might be able to put a little fear in your employers pants by calling the hurricane hotline. Good luck!Thanks. I'm really honestly curious to see how this all turns out. I have the feeling things will settle down to something reasonable... er... familiar (dupes, genuinely esoteric, submitters that didn't RTFA and such) soon. ;)
As for those that are bitching about the Politics section being created at all, think of how many political articles get submitted to this site and see if you don't decide to section them off on their own.
To those that bitch that so far all of the stories in this section have been on the front page, you have a point :D It may be a case of "kids with a new toy". I say give it some time for the newness to wear off and it'll go the way of the BeOS section.
For the record, I play: Keyboards/Piano, Guitar, Bass, Drums and compose electronic music as a hobby. I personally don't sample from records except to grab an instrument that I can't obtain on my own (like a hammered dulcimer). I usually sample noises (think noisician like Art of Noise or Nine Inch Nails). The point of this ruling is not the blatant derivitive works - this actually effects a lot of traditional musicians as well who grab a sanre drum sound or a violin sample (single notes).
Imagine the young artists and DJs that we will never hear because they can't afford to clear the rights to release their first album. The idea that this high cost of entry into what are already accepted music genres won't stifle innovation is stupid. The field just got closed to those with money and attorneys.
<jaded> Nah, this is /.. He must be a corporate zombie who is paid for putting it in his sig to help defeat open-source projects everywhere. He's in league with The Bil^^^Devil... Get over it. People are free to like and advocate what they want.</jaded>
Seriously, acronyms are the crutch of improper spelling. Instead of having to write the word "barbeque", most Americans will write "BBQ". This was happening long before blogging.
Geez! According to my pseudo-scientific Google search, this guy has had about 90 articles posted so far. Damn! We must also consider that Roland has no life and might only exist to blog and submit to Slashdot. From the looks of it, that's pretty likely. Aside from getting his articles accepted more often that the rest of us, he seems pretty normal as far as this reclusive /. population goes. I wonder how many rejections he's had. That would be a telling number!
(OFF-TOPIC ALERT) Gmail account is on the way. Reply to this post if you don't get it email me if you do. I don't want the RNC email list though ;)