Besides, shouldn't it be up to the organization to make rules on their computer use? Or is this another case of the government sticking it's nose where it doen'st belong?
There is conflict here...
Bill of Rights
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
I see the problem. The need to remove no from that text.
Obviously this law just screams out to be abused. Who defines when a site is social? Does the Democratic party have a forum? I bet that makes them social enough to be blocked. On the other hand though they are blocking MySpace, so this law does have some redeeming qualities.
Forgive me Congress, for I have sinned. I have had impure thoughts that you lot are trying to control the minds of the people. I was greatly disturbed to see the margin of passage as 410-15. But I see I was wrong now. Clearly the people cannot be allowed to think for themselves and anything they wish to do may be construed as a possible connection to the sinister. I beseech thee to absolve me of my moment of falling from grace.
Now, he added, those Web sites 'have become a haven for online sexual predators who have made these corners of the Web their own virtual hunting ground.'
People might also get together and discuss anything else, including unpopular wars, politics (including bills to viloate privacy, violate basic civil rights and interfer with the 'free market' and communications) or the
corporate predators who back them.
i welcome you to the new america. leave your conscience at the door.
Our leaders (most who have never seen combat) send our children to fight in a hellhole. The troops get blown to shit, the President attends none of their funerals and the one's that survive, we fly them home and let them play video games to cope.
And it's all funded by bonds held by the chinese. Makes you wonder who is/was more in the pocket of the PRC, Clinton or Bush.
What if my Post Traumatic Stress was caused by video games?
Actually I found any game I played too much of could really mess me up for a few days. Muds were terrible for going around unconciously assessing
what level people were and how many experience and gold I could get if I snuffed 'em.
Now I stick to simple strategygames which only give me unconscious reflexive behaviour to want real estate in bright, shiny primary colours.
"oh, blue! want that!" "hmm the intersection of ocean and water looks like a good place to harvest wool, wheat and wood"
I'd probably have post traumatic stress if I even came close to one of these
If the home user can justify (even indirectly due to demands of the operating system or changes in software architecture) 4 cores then 8 is immenently logical. Seems some minds at Intel are
falling back to the dubious position they held regarding home users never needing 64 bit CPUs. Then again, maybe they're just playing dumb and are slaving away, burning midnight oil by the drum, to make
8 and 16 core processors.
Three Cores for the Clippy, but I don't know why,
Seven for the Vista kernel which is defect prone,
Nine for for Bloat which will make the cooling fry,
One for the Screensaver to toil alone,
In the Land of Redmond where Marketing lies.
One Core to rule them all, One Core to find them,
One Core to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Redmond where Marketing lies.
that is the gheyest thing I've ever heard. Paying a kid $25 to get good at Halo is pathetic to say the least.
For the past two decades the second highest market behind selling the games themselves has been the selling of magazines with cheatcodes, screens, etc. All of which may not actually make you a better player. Having someone to actually point out the things you do which are wrong and better ways to achieve results is nothing less than Big Business spends tonnes of money on every year, so why not avid gamers? Just because it doesn't work for you, don't dis everyone else.
One method I learned, years ago, was to play games at their hardest levels or accept the highest degree of difficulty missions. I'd get slaughtered, but at that pace I picked up better sends of timing, anticipation and reaction. Then returned to the easier levels/missions and I learned enough from them to actually beat/complete all levels/missions.
The only way to make Spam art involves carving canned ham!
Didn't RTFA, eh? The expression is mostly in creating the algorithms and analysing the relationships between subjects, headers and other bits.
TFA also mentions taking the contents of Blogs and doing similar things. I wonder what this fellow could do with first posts from/.
the 'in soviet russia' and 1. [do something] 2. ??? 3. profit!!!! works are stunning, but the 'imagine a beowulf cluster' piece does nothing for me and that 'but does it run linux?' work is totally unfathomable
If they gave technical details they might be used by h4x0rz or evet terrists!
More like Financial or Market Security Through Obscurity. Like every other market, Microsoft wants a cut of it and to assert their will upon the rules by which it runs. It's utter madness, however, because if Microsoft did their work right the first time this market would be considerably smaller and segements wouldn't exist at all!
That Microsoft seeks to profit from protecting customers from the holes in their software is ludicrous, heinous even! Never fear, McAfee, Norton, MicroTrend, AdAware, etc., you can go on to sell products which protect consumers from the holes in Microsoft's security security!
And then they went on to prosper beyond their wildes dreams...
is John Romero. Was he in that movie with that other guy?
No, you got it all wrong. He's the guy in the garden, lurking in the the bushes, right? This chick, Julie sommat, she's on this balcony, y'see, and she goes "Romero, Romero, where fart thou Romero?", (cause he's been eating beans and she can smell him) and he says something at her like "What, like, in that there window speaks, oh damn, where's Julie at? I want to take her for a drive on the Montegue Expressway, if you dig my meaning." And a lot of other stuff like that.
The stereotypical image of the tin-foil hat donning conspiracy nut is finally laid to rest, the government really are watching!
This crap must have to happen every so many years. We had the Commie witch-hunt in the 50's (Ever listen to a radio play, "I Was A Communist For The FBI"?), Nixon's personal enemies list of the late 60's/early 70's (included well known subversive peace activist and pot smoker John Lennon), now under W. You know W's regime is loaded with old Cold Warriors, right? Some ideas die hard. If we don't have an emeny, we create one, thus keeping the public's attention on the War while we loot the treasury.
And for stalkers out there, make it easy to establish a victims common route. I can't see how finding a stolen car here and there could possibly outweigh the negative implications of this technology.
Let's consider this from a different point of view. You're and asshole. Every time you go out in your car everyone should get the f**ck out of your lane. The should issue special driving permits to skilled, self-centered pricks like you who like to drive fast and have a car/pickup/SUV which can go fast and a paycheck which allows the luxury of burning through petrol at the speeds you prefer to travel. You change lanes without a turn-signal, cut cars off not to save a second, but because you can. When anyone uses their horn you respond with the middle digit.
Now, let's consider that everyone on the road who decides they're ready to get up front and personal with you or simply create an hommage to you on the internet. They collect your plate and find out where you live, where you work, etc. Now you don't just have a stalker, you have someone out to get even.
There's a theory that if everyone carries guns then everyone would be more polite. How about a theory that your anonymity inside your vehicle, behind those numbers and letters, is gone. Would it make you a more courteous driver?
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Besides, shouldn't it be up to the organization to make rules on their computer use? Or is this another case of the government sticking it's nose where it doen'st belong?
There is conflict here...
I see the problem. The need to remove no from that text.
Obviously this law just screams out to be abused. Who defines when a site is social? Does the Democratic party have a forum? I bet that makes them social enough to be blocked. On the other hand though they are blocking MySpace, so this law does have some redeeming qualities.
Forgive me Congress, for I have sinned. I have had impure thoughts that you lot are trying to control the minds of the people. I was greatly disturbed to see the margin of passage as 410-15. But I see I was wrong now. Clearly the people cannot be allowed to think for themselves and anything they wish to do may be construed as a possible connection to the sinister. I beseech thee to absolve me of my moment of falling from grace.
does the offering basket take PayPal?
Unless you have to protect the children! In which case freedom is the first thing out the door.
You've heard of the golden rule, haven't you?
It's not the one that goes "Do unto others as you'd have unto you."
It's the one that goes "He who has the gold makes the rules."
You can have all the freedom you can afford.
Now, he added, those Web sites 'have become a haven for online sexual predators who have made these corners of the Web their own virtual hunting ground.'
People might also get together and discuss anything else, including unpopular wars, politics (including bills to viloate privacy, violate basic civil rights and interfer with the 'free market' and communications) or the corporate predators who back them.
i welcome you to the new america. leave your conscience at the door.
Our leaders (most who have never seen combat) send our children to fight in a hellhole. The troops get blown to shit, the President attends none of their funerals and the one's that survive, we fly them home and let them play video games to cope.
And it's all funded by bonds held by the chinese. Makes you wonder who is/was more in the pocket of the PRC, Clinton or Bush.
The war in Iraq/Iran/Syria was just a game, nobody *REALLY* got hurt. Now go home and watch some tv... Shhh, it was just a game...
I'm waiting for the game based upon this episode of history. I expect it will be named With Us or Against Us
What if my Post Traumatic Stress was caused by video games?
Actually I found any game I played too much of could really mess me up for a few days. Muds were terrible for going around unconciously assessing what level people were and how many experience and gold I could get if I snuffed 'em.
Now I stick to simple strategy games which only give me unconscious reflexive behaviour to want real estate in bright, shiny primary colours.
"oh, blue! want that!" "hmm the intersection of ocean and water looks like a good place to harvest wool, wheat and wood"
I'd probably have post traumatic stress if I even came close to one of these
If the home user can justify (even indirectly due to demands of the operating system or changes in software architecture) 4 cores then 8 is immenently logical. Seems some minds at Intel are falling back to the dubious position they held regarding home users never needing 64 bit CPUs. Then again, maybe they're just playing dumb and are slaving away, burning midnight oil by the drum, to make 8 and 16 core processors.
Three Cores for the Clippy, but I don't know why,
Seven for the Vista kernel which is defect prone,
Nine for for Bloat which will make the cooling fry,
One for the Screensaver to toil alone,
In the Land of Redmond where Marketing lies.
One Core to rule them all, One Core to find them,
One Core to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Redmond where Marketing lies.
Thou Shalt Make Backups
Failing Rule Number 1...
there goes my chance to see if in space they really can hear you scream
People actually pay for lessons for skills that are useless away from video games? What's next, degrees and certifications?!
Certainly! And just like in real life, by the time you have mastered the skill/technology/theory it's all changed to something else.
finally, I have complete mastery of the AT codes for modems ... now what's this DSL stuff I'm hearing about?
that is the gheyest thing I've ever heard. Paying a kid $25 to get good at Halo is pathetic to say the least.
For the past two decades the second highest market behind selling the games themselves has been the selling of magazines with cheatcodes, screens, etc. All of which may not actually make you a better player. Having someone to actually point out the things you do which are wrong and better ways to achieve results is nothing less than Big Business spends tonnes of money on every year, so why not avid gamers? Just because it doesn't work for you, don't dis everyone else.
One method I learned, years ago, was to play games at their hardest levels or accept the highest degree of difficulty missions. I'd get slaughtered, but at that pace I picked up better sends of timing, anticipation and reaction. Then returned to the easier levels/missions and I learned enough from them to actually beat/complete all levels/missions.
The only way to make Spam art involves carving canned ham!
Didn't RTFA, eh? The expression is mostly in creating the algorithms and analysing the relationships between subjects, headers and other bits.
TFA also mentions taking the contents of Blogs and doing similar things. I wonder what this fellow could do with first posts from /.
the 'in soviet russia' and 1. [do something] 2. ??? 3. profit!!!! works are stunning, but the 'imagine a beowulf cluster' piece does nothing for me and that 'but does it run linux?' work is totally unfathomable
Image 2 looks pretty cool, a cross between hens-and-chicks and ice plant or maybe an anemone
Image 1 looks like something those m3dz are supposed to do for the below average male.
Image 6 reminds me of something I pulled out of the liver of a lake perch (wonder how that thing lived, make sure you cook fish thoroughly!)
I just slam-dunk this all into the bit bin and hit empty.
I'm particularly amused by sp4m which includes [%TO_ADDRESS]
If they gave technical details they might be used by h4x0rz or evet terrists!
More like Financial or Market Security Through Obscurity. Like every other market, Microsoft wants a cut of it and to assert their will upon the rules by which it runs. It's utter madness, however, because if Microsoft did their work right the first time this market would be considerably smaller and segements wouldn't exist at all!
That Microsoft seeks to profit from protecting customers from the holes in their software is ludicrous, heinous even! Never fear, McAfee, Norton, MicroTrend, AdAware, etc., you can go on to sell products which protect consumers from the holes in Microsoft's security security!
And then they went on to prosper beyond their wildes dreams...
What?
It's a reverse play on the Wizard of Oz, second visit to the Wizard (with broomstick in hand)
is John Romero. Was he in that movie with that other guy?
No, you got it all wrong. He's the guy in the garden, lurking in the the bushes, right? This chick, Julie sommat, she's on this balcony, y'see, and she goes "Romero, Romero, where fart thou Romero?", (cause he's been eating beans and she can smell him) and he says something at her like "What, like, in that there window speaks, oh damn, where's Julie at? I want to take her for a drive on the Montegue Expressway, if you dig my meaning." And a lot of other stuff like that.
like totally forsooth and verily, dude
"I am the meek and humble non-wizard!"
"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."
"You!"
"Oh bugger. You've found out I really and no ordinay mortal, but a great and powerful wizard."
The stereotypical image of the tin-foil hat donning conspiracy nut is finally laid to rest, the government really are watching!
This crap must have to happen every so many years. We had the Commie witch-hunt in the 50's (Ever listen to a radio play, "I Was A Communist For The FBI"?), Nixon's personal enemies list of the late 60's/early 70's (included well known subversive peace activist and pot smoker John Lennon), now under W. You know W's regime is loaded with old Cold Warriors, right? Some ideas die hard. If we don't have an emeny, we create one, thus keeping the public's attention on the War while we loot the treasury.
Ha! Everyone's doing something wrong. We just need to find out what it is.
The spirit of Tailgunner Joe lives on.
I'm sort of curious as to why this was placed under IT, and not YRO or Politics...
Maybe they're usin a Beowulf Cluster of iPods to do it?
bad boys, bad boys, what you gonna do? what you gonna do when they come for you?
Good thing I'm too broke to fly.
And for stalkers out there, make it easy to establish a victims common route. I can't see how finding a stolen car here and there could possibly outweigh the negative implications of this technology.
Let's consider this from a different point of view. You're and asshole. Every time you go out in your car everyone should get the f**ck out of your lane. The should issue special driving permits to skilled, self-centered pricks like you who like to drive fast and have a car/pickup/SUV which can go fast and a paycheck which allows the luxury of burning through petrol at the speeds you prefer to travel. You change lanes without a turn-signal, cut cars off not to save a second, but because you can. When anyone uses their horn you respond with the middle digit.
Now, let's consider that everyone on the road who decides they're ready to get up front and personal with you or simply create an hommage to you on the internet. They collect your plate and find out where you live, where you work, etc. Now you don't just have a stalker, you have someone out to get even.
There's a theory that if everyone carries guns then everyone would be more polite. How about a theory that your anonymity inside your vehicle, behind those numbers and letters, is gone. Would it make you a more courteous driver?
We used to call it Bell Labs. Getting a job there was like the ultimate geek cred.