FACT: If humans didn't have: bombs, guns, arrows, swords, spears, knives, clubs, rocks, feet, fists, or teeth they'd still be killing each other by the truckload.
With such a zero cost team, who can compete with the 1337ness of Android?
Microsoft could! Forget about Andy Rubin monks, Steve Balmer is just a sweatier version of the Buddha. I think it's safe to assume he's celibate as well (maybe not by choice though) and he avoids paying rent by just moving into Bill Gates's old houses once they are paid off.
The only reason Microsoft's mobile OS hasn't seen as much success as android is because he uses all of his telepathic powers for hurling chairs instead of software development
Actually the "free as in speech" part is very relevant, mainly because it addresses:
A company is generally not allowed to sell something at below the cost of production in order to drive its competition our of a market.
By open sourcing Android, Google has made the development cost of a mobile operating system free for anyone (including Microsoft). Last I checked, $0.00(the price Google is charging) isn't less than $0.00(the amount of money it takes a competitor to develop a mobile operating system equal to Android).
You know, I agree this story isn't news for nerds, but there really aren't that many "nerds" on slashdot anyways. Case in point, the amount of comments for political stories(usually over 200), as opposed to the amount of comments for science related stories(usually less than 50). Pretty unfortunate if you ask me.
Slashdot: "News for politcal zelots, pointless stuff to argue about."
whoa whoa whoa, slow down buddy, where talking about this:
If someone makes a living from their website, and you kill that website, you are basically killing someone.
You find no problems with that statement?
Once you establish the precedent, you're on a slippery slope. This has been coming for a long time. A black person driving from Florida carrying a lot of cash is assumed to be a drug runner. Their car and cash are confiscated without a trial and they have to fight to get it back.
Your missing the point, I already agree the PROTECT IP law is stupid, I'm just saying that metaphor was sensational. All the slippery slope examples you provided(which I also agree are disturbing) still aren't equatable to murder anyways. I find it pretty sad how slashdot readers seem so ready to defend a sensationalist statement when it happen to agree with them, but a similar statement made from a source like fox news would be torn to shreds(and rightfully so). Double standard much though?
It's not about whether one person has the discipline to not click on ads, but what the aggregate does.
Then could you explain that sentence? If you agree the aggregates decisions don't affect you in this case, then it really is about what one person does, not the aggregate.
You know, I thought there was a chance you where being sarcastic, but I went for it anyways. Besides, it's not everyday one gets the opportunity to be modded -1 Redundant. I'd be a fool to pass that up!:D
If this keeps up this could be the end of western society as we know it. I really hope the powers that be can come up with a reasonable bailout strategy for the spammers. They are to big to allow to fail.
Just because it's working doesn't mean people are being forced into buying something, it just means that people are buying things they maybe would not have before, but still by their own free will. It's not about the discipline to not click an advertisement, there is no harm in looking at an advertisement. It's about the ability to make your own decisions on wether or not you want to buy a product the advertisement is selling.
I fail to see how the aggregate making a few stupid impulse buys because of advertisements directly affects you as an individual, could you please elaborate on that?
Look, I'm no fan of facebook (I don't even have an account), but I dont know where your getting "inalienable right to non-targeted advertising" from. How is that a right?
The privacy-drain of the internet has turned you into a husk of a human being unable to escape your own vices! You can do nothing but buy, buy, buy because all of the advertisements around you contain nothing but exactly what you want and/or need! You're nothing but a slave to your impulses now, controlled by your corporate masters! What has mankind done to the world of the future?
What a load of crap. It's called self discipline(or lack thereof) and personal accountability. People don't buy things because some evil corporation forced them to, they buy things because they want things. Maybe an advertisement helped persuade them, but it was still their choice. If you think that advertising has the ability to force people into doing things then your are acknowledging that humans have no control over their actions, and if that's the case then we probably never had an "eternal soul" in the first place.
I'm not sure how other sports work, but I think each hockey team in the NHL has an official twitter account. So I follow the one for my favorite team. This is actually a pretty big help because I can get info (like injury updates) that I wouldn't normally get while at the game, as well as various info about the team while I'm not at the game.
Just because someone tests positive for marijuana does not mean they were high when the test was done.
Which is one of the main reasons why I wanted some way to tell if someone was currently high. One of my major concerns is the amount of false positives we could get if it was up to a police officer's judgement. They may decide to give you a DUI just because you smell like pot. If marijuana is going to be legal (which I think it should be) it should be illegal to drive high (for the reasons I previously mentioned). If it is illegal to drive high I think it is important to be able to make a clear distinction if someone is above a dangerous level or not.
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FACT: If humans didn't have: bombs, guns, arrows, swords, spears, knives, clubs, rocks, feet, fists, or teeth they'd still be killing each other by the truckload.
Glad to see you got the joke. Also, I have a large wooden rabbit you might be interested in...
Did anyone else mis-read the title as "There is a God!"?
That would explain that cloud of smug that has been collecting over California.
tl:dr - "Get off my lawn"
The Pwnie awards, which are like Tony equivalents in the hacker community.
FTFY
With such a zero cost team, who can compete with the 1337ness of Android?
Microsoft could! Forget about Andy Rubin monks, Steve Balmer is just a sweatier version of the Buddha. I think it's safe to assume he's celibate as well (maybe not by choice though) and he avoids paying rent by just moving into Bill Gates's old houses once they are paid off.
The only reason Microsoft's mobile OS hasn't seen as much success as android is because he uses all of his telepathic powers for hurling chairs instead of software development
A company is generally not allowed to sell something at below the cost of production in order to drive its competition our of a market.
By open sourcing Android, Google has made the development cost of a mobile operating system free for anyone (including Microsoft). Last I checked, $0.00(the price Google is charging) isn't less than $0.00(the amount of money it takes a competitor to develop a mobile operating system equal to Android).
When I leave ... then I turn off my pager...
So I'm guessing the last time you left was sometime in the 90's?
*ducks*
You know, I agree this story isn't news for nerds, but there really aren't that many "nerds" on slashdot anyways. Case in point, the amount of comments for political stories(usually over 200), as opposed to the amount of comments for science related stories(usually less than 50). Pretty unfortunate if you ask me.
Slashdot: "News for politcal zelots, pointless stuff to argue about."
The term "death" has many different and perfectly reasonable contexts. Only one of those is biological death.
Yes, but when someone says "death penalty" the first thing most people would think of is capitol punishment, which is the biological type of death.
Please don't think I am defending PROTECT IP, I'm not. But sensational statements should be called out even if it's supporting something I agree with.
whoa whoa whoa, slow down buddy, where talking about this:
If someone makes a living from their website, and you kill that website, you are basically killing someone.
You find no problems with that statement?
Once you establish the precedent, you're on a slippery slope. This has been coming for a long time. A black person driving from Florida carrying a lot of cash is assumed to be a drug runner. Their car and cash are confiscated without a trial and they have to fight to get it back.
Your missing the point, I already agree the PROTECT IP law is stupid, I'm just saying that metaphor was sensational. All the slippery slope examples you provided(which I also agree are disturbing) still aren't equatable to murder anyways. I find it pretty sad how slashdot readers seem so ready to defend a sensationalist statement when it happen to agree with them, but a similar statement made from a source like fox news would be torn to shreds(and rightfully so). Double standard much though?
How is it going over the top?
Nobody is being put to death when a website is blocked.
If someone makes a living from their website, and you kill that website, you are basically killing someone.
So its basically murder anytime someone gets fired form their job? come on man...
This law is total bullshit, but the GP is right, that metaphor is the definition of sensationalism.
Only if 9/10 of you friends are named Richard.
It's not about whether one person has the discipline to not click on ads, but what the aggregate does.
Then could you explain that sentence? If you agree the aggregates decisions don't affect you in this case, then it really is about what one person does, not the aggregate.
Uninstalling is all thats needed.
*ducks*
You know, I thought there was a chance you where being sarcastic, but I went for it anyways. Besides, it's not everyday one gets the opportunity to be modded -1 Redundant. I'd be a fool to pass that up! :D
If this keeps up this could be the end of western society as we know it. I really hope the powers that be can come up with a reasonable bailout strategy for the spammers. They are to big to allow to fail.
Just because it's working doesn't mean people are being forced into buying something, it just means that people are buying things they maybe would not have before, but still by their own free will. It's not about the discipline to not click an advertisement, there is no harm in looking at an advertisement. It's about the ability to make your own decisions on wether or not you want to buy a product the advertisement is selling.
I fail to see how the aggregate making a few stupid impulse buys because of advertisements directly affects you as an individual, could you please elaborate on that?
Look, I'm no fan of facebook (I don't even have an account), but I dont know where your getting "inalienable right to non-targeted advertising" from. How is that a right?
The privacy-drain of the internet has turned you into a husk of a human being unable to escape your own vices! You can do nothing but buy, buy, buy because all of the advertisements around you contain nothing but exactly what you want and/or need! You're nothing but a slave to your impulses now, controlled by your corporate masters! What has mankind done to the world of the future?
What a load of crap. It's called self discipline(or lack thereof) and personal accountability. People don't buy things because some evil corporation forced them to, they buy things because they want things. Maybe an advertisement helped persuade them, but it was still their choice. If you think that advertising has the ability to force people into doing things then your are acknowledging that humans have no control over their actions, and if that's the case then we probably never had an "eternal soul" in the first place.
Only half? Guess we are eating the other half then...
Monkeys are in the market for auto insurance you say?
You know, that explains a lot about the driving habits of the "people" I encounter to and from work.
When I pictured an ad using sex to sell jell-o, I pictured a jell-o fight between two attractive females. That was an awesome thought.
Then I pictured the same ad, but with monkeys. That was a less awesome thought.
I don't think I want jell-o anymore :(
I'm not sure how other sports work, but I think each hockey team in the NHL has an official twitter account. So I follow the one for my favorite team. This is actually a pretty big help because I can get info (like injury updates) that I wouldn't normally get while at the game, as well as various info about the team while I'm not at the game.
Just because someone tests positive for marijuana does not mean they were high when the test was done.
Which is one of the main reasons why I wanted some way to tell if someone was currently high. One of my major concerns is the amount of false positives we could get if it was up to a police officer's judgement. They may decide to give you a DUI just because you smell like pot. If marijuana is going to be legal (which I think it should be) it should be illegal to drive high (for the reasons I previously mentioned). If it is illegal to drive high I think it is important to be able to make a clear distinction if someone is above a dangerous level or not.