Who cares about 56K.. He said they were "college students" so I would assume they have at least 10mb ethernet to their dorms, right?
Certainly, so the method of how to prevent this kind of activity could be, in the spirit of Greene's speech, any of the following:
Pass SSSCA and bloat all hardware and software with copyright kludges
College students all banned from having computers in dorms
College students all banned from having T1/ethernet/phone lines in rooms
Make using the internet illegal, since it's too hard to control
College students all banned from living in housing, make 'em live in the bushes
Ban all music, since it only encourages theft
Ban all colleges since they teach students to think
Ban all thinking, just do what your leaders tell you
Prohibit gatherings of 3 or more people, as this constitutes a conspiracy
I could go on, but the reality is some or all of these are actually in place in countries considered "less free" and we all know where the RIAA and MPAA want to take us tomorrow.
Pink Floyd, as Translated From English to English by J. Ashcroft's DoJ:
"The evidence before the court is incontravertible!
There's no need for the jury to retire.
In all my years of judging I have never heard before,
Of someone more deserving of the full penalty of the law.
The way you made them suffer,
Your exquisite wife and mother,
Fills me with the urge to deficate! --
Philip Beck: Excuse me, your honor, but we've decided our case is too weak, we're dropping the charges.
What!?!?!?!?
Philip Beck: Yes, now if you'll just bang your gavel...
But.. but.. They're guilty! Any fool can see!
Philip Beck: Oh, my no, we hardly have a case, now please dismiss the court, as the defense has a plans to attend a fundraising party and I really do wish them not to be late.
The DOJ is basically giving up because they're tired of trying to fight Microsoft. What sort of precedent does this set for the Standard Oils of the new millenium?
It's a clear proclamation that the Standard Oils, Microsofts, and whomever else, need not fear the government, further the government will pave the way for them. When W. is gone and the next president comes in it'll really be an uphill battle to take these things down.
...the DOJ was explaining why they settled, not defending MSFT.
I'm sorry, but it reads like their trying to yank the rug out from under themselves. I don't believe that 'weak' or failure to achieve 'provenence' for a second. This stinks like an effort to futher undermine the non-settling states for political reasons, rather than sound logic. IANAL, but there's a preponderence of evidence on many fronts, even after being found guilty, i.e. Kodak's battle, which Ballmer absolutely refused to back down from, but later relented (probably from someone shouting at him through a bullhorn 'what the fsck are you thinking!?!?'), that Microsoft fully intends to go about business as usual. What could possibly make the DoJ's case easier, and that they're supposed to act in the public interest which means being thorough. Naw, it's orders from Ashcroft or W's cabinet to be lenient on M$. They might as well be an oil company.
Well, sure, now that Enron's bust, someone's gotta come across with campaign contributions.
Yeah, I don't agree either, the prosecution's job has seldom been easier and case so clear cut. There's an ulterior motive, and probably very transparent at that, not the old Jobs for America thing, either.
This is not the food you are looking for. I'd like to use the Jedi mind trick to get McD's to offer better food. Probably is, the marketroids who determine the menu would respond like Jabba the Hutt or Watto.
"You will offer veggie burgers and tallow-free fries."
"No, we-ah won't!"
"You will offer veggie burgers and tallow-free fries."
"No, we-ah won't, why do you keep waving your hand around like that, do you think you are a Jedi or something? Your mind trick will not work with me, we will continue to offer only nutrition free food-like substances."
Last night, about 8 PM Pacific, I saw the IBM ad, it was left justified with no text wrapped around it. This morning it was a SourceForge ad which was centered. I expect they're coding away at making it look a little better. To be honest, it looked hastily implemented. They'll get it right eventually.
I think everyone should get more features, to be honest, but who's going to pay, hmmm? Bill Gates? I would agree to the assertion that a large influx of cash, via the contributions, should amount to some things other than what appears to be a 95% effort on further enhancing the lameness filter.
'The problem that I see is that under this model, those who contribute to slashdot the most, and make the site what it is, are forced to
pay the most.'
To my mind he has hit the nail squarely on the head.
Ok, there's two models:
Those who use the most pay the most
Everyone pays the same, regardless
There's flaws in both, first, those who use the most are like contributors. Where's the metric this is based on? You're assuming that lurkers don't use slashdot as heavily as those who post. Back it up. Also, like a tollroad, those who do use it the most should commit the most to it's maintenance, though there's always backroads it you prefer, griping about it is like wanting the backroads to be as well paved and free of stops as the highway.
Second, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need", i.e. let those of us who are willing, or can afford to pay subsidize those who are not, or can't. As the old joke goes, "under communism man exploits man, under capitalism it's the other way around." Exactly, but it's not forced, it's voluntary. But if very few of us acctually contribute, then what? No slashdot? I'm sure those of us who care will have fond memories of those who didn't and were very vocal on their opinions of the evil of slashdot.
The tip jar is about what it amounts to now, some figures on how much it's raised would be interesting to see. According to the poll, 1010 (as of last night) paid. Assuming $5 a head that's a fair chunk of money, if slashdot could get by on, and further, count on, user support of that level or enough, that would be fine. I don't mind kicking in $5 now and then because I read and participate, even if I do have to read rants about how bad slashdot or jon katz are.
The ThinkGeek ads on slashdot are about the only ones I follow up on, on any site. And I did look at the Animation Factory once, pretty neat, but nothing I have use for, yet.
Ads work when they are placed where their target audience is likely to be concentrated. Putting up ads for casinos would be ludicrous, since I expect most slashdotters are smart enough to find one if they want to, but also smart enough to not want to find one. And x10 is just plain obnoxious.
That's pretty humorous. Retail price for two sets, $29.50 (where foreverbright formerly listed these at ~$10 a set) on sale for $17.83 + 4.72 S&H, comes out to $22.55 I picked up 8 boxes on clearance at the local Albertsons for $2 per box. Probably better move to check other sellers.
Oh, and the LCD thing is obviously a typo. They're brilliant LEDs w/o any rectifier, so they do have a bit of a 60Hz strobe. I might just add a 1N4002 and a 220uf/150v electrolytic to lose that high-speed twinkle. Or, I could cut up a string into sections I could run off the powersupply.
From the constitutional law department I was fascinated by the tactic of M$ asking the judge to toss out the non-settling states on the grounds that anti-trust is a federal matter. Yow, talk about Ides of March for the settling states, as well. If they were to toss them out, then the settling states would have no basis for their continuing involvement, futher this would impact future anti-trust battles states wish to bring against any business. I'll say this, at least the DoJ had the brains not to take that stance, as it would be political suicide. Only Microsoft could be so arrogant and not worry about the political fallout. There's always been some bit of bridge burning by M$ when they go to court. This is the telling stuff about the character of the executives. As if remarks by Allchin, Ballmer and Mundie weren't enough.
I wonder how it handles heat and static. A word of warning, when working with acrylics, fumes can be carcenogenic, also do nerve damage, work in good ventilation.
I just ordered the Lian Li PC65USB (black) and am waiting for word of it's impending shipment. I'm thinking of putting LED Christmas lights inside.
Disney vs Apple, Kaaza and now this. The only thing that's missing is another Boondocks cartoon parodying the RIAA's paranoia and campaign to paint all people with the worst color brush.
All my friends who burn CD's do it from their own collections, I will too, once I get my new system together. I've supported the RIAA and MPAA over the years by purchasing hundreds of CD's, seeing hundreds of movies and buying several tapes and now some DVD's. I'm clearly public enemy #1 in their eyes since now I want to make my own mixes, employing an operating system (Linux) and freely available tools to do this awful deed. Unthinkable that an open source operating system could exist where users could easily bypass RIAA and MPAA mandated (via SSSCA) controls, surely it's a dream come true for Microsoft, it's a wonder they aren't out trumpeting this fact.
Heaven forbid that I should consider sampling my cruddy (and probably illegal as all heck) VHS collection of Ren & Stimpy, Alf, Star Trek:TNG, Max Headroom, etc. and weed out the 15 year old commercials and burn them onto DVD's which I could watch at my leisure. Well, damn them all to heck, since they don't make this stuff available anyway. If they would, and let's face it, they could put more resources into making all this content of the last 80 years (film, music, radio, etc) available over the web or by subscription, like Netflix, I could dump cartons of old tapes. Nah, that wouldn't work. Need to legislate morailty, strip freedoms, control control control, continue to push crap. Next you'll be paying Hollywood tax on a new guitar, because you might play a few bars of something copyrighted, and it should call up John Ashcroft and turn you in, if you do, just like soviet teenagers selling out their parents for a pair of Levi's...
I'm actually surprised Steven Levy's article is run by msnbc, as they're certainly part of the problem (NAB is certainly in favor of taking away your TiVo or ReplayTV, y'know) You certainly wouldn't see this on ABC...
The Disney Corp. was once celebrated for its
crowd-pleasing recipe: underpromise and overdeliver. But Eisner and his copyright-holding counterparts, drinking deep from the fountain of fear, seem to have adopted a new motto: overcharge and disable.
Craig may have the title of 'Chief Technical Officer', but he's really been placed in a position to shoot his mouth off, and if he was saying things Bill didn't like, he wouldn't be, right? His real role is to be the Microsoft Official FUD Pit-Weasel.
"Grr growl grr GPL bad, bad bad BAD! Grr growl Linux == Communism grr grr grr!"
"Increasingly we will be writing on our computers like we write on paper," he said.
I suffer from a severe case of Engineer's or Doctor's handwriting. I can scarcely write out checks legible enough for the bank to cash.
My father, a retired ChemE, has bad handwriting, my mother, a onetime teacher, has impeccable handwriting. I suspect it's genetic. We'd need a telethon and research grants to find a cure for it before we could use Mundie's technology. Thanks for the prediction of a gloomy future, Craig.
3G only makes sense in a population density like Japan has. Somewhat like Ricochet, it was only practicle in big urban areas, not places like the UP of Michigan.
Slashdot Mirror
Certainly, so the method of how to prevent this kind of activity could be, in the spirit of Greene's speech, any of the following:
Pass SSSCA and bloat all hardware and software with copyright kludges
College students all banned from having computers in dorms
College students all banned from having T1/ethernet/phone lines in rooms
Make using the internet illegal, since it's too hard to control
College students all banned from living in housing, make 'em live in the bushes
Ban all music, since it only encourages theft
Ban all colleges since they teach students to think
Ban all thinking, just do what your leaders tell you
Prohibit gatherings of 3 or more people, as this constitutes a conspiracy
I could go on, but the reality is some or all of these are actually in place in countries considered "less free" and we all know where the RIAA and MPAA want to take us tomorrow.
Chucka-chucka-chucka-chucka-chucka-chucka--
Hmm, maybe lower sampling rate next time...
"The evidence before the court is incontravertible!
There's no need for the jury to retire.
In all my years of judging I have never heard before,
Of someone more deserving of the full penalty of the law.
The way you made them suffer,
Your exquisite wife and mother,
Fills me with the urge to deficate! --
Philip Beck: Excuse me, your honor, but we've decided our case is too weak, we're dropping the charges.
What!?!?!?!?
Philip Beck: Yes, now if you'll just bang your gavel...
But .. but .. They're guilty! Any fool can see!
Philip Beck: Oh, my no, we hardly have a case, now please dismiss the court, as the defense has a plans to attend a fundraising party and I really do wish them not to be late.
It's a clear proclamation that the Standard Oils, Microsofts, and whomever else, need not fear the government, further the government will pave the way for them. When W. is gone and the next president comes in it'll really be an uphill battle to take these things down.
I'm sorry, but it reads like their trying to yank the rug out from under themselves. I don't believe that 'weak' or failure to achieve 'provenence' for a second. This stinks like an effort to futher undermine the non-settling states for political reasons, rather than sound logic. IANAL, but there's a preponderence of evidence on many fronts, even after being found guilty, i.e. Kodak's battle, which Ballmer absolutely refused to back down from, but later relented (probably from someone shouting at him through a bullhorn 'what the fsck are you thinking!?!?'), that Microsoft fully intends to go about business as usual. What could possibly make the DoJ's case easier, and that they're supposed to act in the public interest which means being thorough. Naw, it's orders from Ashcroft or W's cabinet to be lenient on M$. They might as well be an oil company.
Yeah, I don't agree either, the prosecution's job has seldom been easier and case so clear cut. There's an ulterior motive, and probably very transparent at that, not the old Jobs for America thing, either.
"You will offer veggie burgers and tallow-free fries."
"No, we-ah won't!"
"You will offer veggie burgers and tallow-free fries."
"No, we-ah won't, why do you keep waving your hand around like that, do you think you are a Jedi or something? Your mind trick will not work with me, we will continue to offer only nutrition free food-like substances."
Last night, about 8 PM Pacific, I saw the IBM ad, it was left justified with no text wrapped around it. This morning it was a SourceForge ad which was centered. I expect they're coding away at making it look a little better. To be honest, it looked hastily implemented. They'll get it right eventually.
I think everyone should get more features, to be honest, but who's going to pay, hmmm? Bill Gates? I would agree to the assertion that a large influx of cash, via the contributions, should amount to some things other than what appears to be a 95% effort on further enhancing the lameness filter.
To my mind he has hit the nail squarely on the head.
Ok, there's two models:
Those who use the most pay the most
Everyone pays the same, regardless
There's flaws in both, first, those who use the most are like contributors. Where's the metric this is based on? You're assuming that lurkers don't use slashdot as heavily as those who post. Back it up. Also, like a tollroad, those who do use it the most should commit the most to it's maintenance, though there's always backroads it you prefer, griping about it is like wanting the backroads to be as well paved and free of stops as the highway.
Second, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need", i.e. let those of us who are willing, or can afford to pay subsidize those who are not, or can't. As the old joke goes, "under communism man exploits man, under capitalism it's the other way around." Exactly, but it's not forced, it's voluntary. But if very few of us acctually contribute, then what? No slashdot? I'm sure those of us who care will have fond memories of those who didn't and were very vocal on their opinions of the evil of slashdot.
The tip jar is about what it amounts to now, some figures on how much it's raised would be interesting to see. According to the poll, 1010 (as of last night) paid. Assuming $5 a head that's a fair chunk of money, if slashdot could get by on, and further, count on, user support of that level or enough, that would be fine. I don't mind kicking in $5 now and then because I read and participate, even if I do have to read rants about how bad slashdot or jon katz are.
Ads work when they are placed where their target audience is likely to be concentrated. Putting up ads for casinos would be ludicrous, since I expect most slashdotters are smart enough to find one if they want to, but also smart enough to not want to find one. And x10 is just plain obnoxious.
I'll be in the market for a new mobo in about a month and want to avoid anything crippled in their honor. Is anyone keeping a list?
It's not unheard of for the intelligence community to manipulate the media for a desired advantage.
Prosecutors will be violated
Oh, and the LCD thing is obviously a typo. They're brilliant LEDs w/o any rectifier, so they do have a bit of a 60Hz strobe. I might just add a 1N4002 and a 220uf/150v electrolytic to lose that high-speed twinkle. Or, I could cut up a string into sections I could run off the powersupply.
From the constitutional law department I was fascinated by the tactic of M$ asking the judge to toss out the non-settling states on the grounds that anti-trust is a federal matter. Yow, talk about Ides of March for the settling states, as well. If they were to toss them out, then the settling states would have no basis for their continuing involvement, futher this would impact future anti-trust battles states wish to bring against any business. I'll say this, at least the DoJ had the brains not to take that stance, as it would be political suicide. Only Microsoft could be so arrogant and not worry about the political fallout. There's always been some bit of bridge burning by M$ when they go to court. This is the telling stuff about the character of the executives. As if remarks by Allchin, Ballmer and Mundie weren't enough.
I just ordered the Lian Li PC65USB (black) and am waiting for word of it's impending shipment. I'm thinking of putting LED Christmas lights inside.
"That's right, it's closed source and encrypted, but you can ask me questions about it, which I may or may not answer."
"Umm.."
Plagiarized work becomes their property.
Copyright extention to oblivion
DMCA, no reverse engineering to get around it, either
SSSCA, everything is locked down and controlled.
See a pattern? Does this look like a balance being struck between the producers and consumers rights?
All my friends who burn CD's do it from their own collections, I will too, once I get my new system together. I've supported the RIAA and MPAA over the years by purchasing hundreds of CD's, seeing hundreds of movies and buying several tapes and now some DVD's. I'm clearly public enemy #1 in their eyes since now I want to make my own mixes, employing an operating system (Linux) and freely available tools to do this awful deed. Unthinkable that an open source operating system could exist where users could easily bypass RIAA and MPAA mandated (via SSSCA) controls, surely it's a dream come true for Microsoft, it's a wonder they aren't out trumpeting this fact.
Heaven forbid that I should consider sampling my cruddy (and probably illegal as all heck) VHS collection of Ren & Stimpy, Alf, Star Trek:TNG, Max Headroom, etc. and weed out the 15 year old commercials and burn them onto DVD's which I could watch at my leisure. Well, damn them all to heck, since they don't make this stuff available anyway. If they would, and let's face it, they could put more resources into making all this content of the last 80 years (film, music, radio, etc) available over the web or by subscription, like Netflix, I could dump cartons of old tapes. Nah, that wouldn't work. Need to legislate morailty, strip freedoms, control control control, continue to push crap. Next you'll be paying Hollywood tax on a new guitar, because you might play a few bars of something copyrighted, and it should call up John Ashcroft and turn you in, if you do, just like soviet teenagers selling out their parents for a pair of Levi's...
I'm actually surprised Steven Levy's article is run by msnbc, as they're certainly part of the problem (NAB is certainly in favor of taking away your TiVo or ReplayTV, y'know) You certainly wouldn't see this on ABC...
Cheers to Steven!
"Grr growl grr GPL bad, bad bad BAD! Grr growl Linux == Communism grr grr grr!"
I suffer from a severe case of Engineer's or Doctor's handwriting. I can scarcely write out checks legible enough for the bank to cash.
My father, a retired ChemE, has bad handwriting, my mother, a onetime teacher, has impeccable handwriting. I suspect it's genetic. We'd need a telethon and research grants to find a cure for it before we could use Mundie's technology. Thanks for the prediction of a gloomy future, Craig.
"Hey gang, I've got an idea, let's form a company with a preposterous product, like wearable eggs, and sue people who criticize us!"
3G only makes sense in a population density like Japan has. Somewhat like Ricochet, it was only practicle in big urban areas, not places like the UP of Michigan.