Trouble with your reading comprehension hmmm? Maybe I did hit a sensible subject.
Nobody's comparing - I mean, I didn't. Nobody ever said that America is the worst offender in all the history of humankind. But you've got to admit that since 50 years they took the lead.
That said, seeing how the US messed with the middle east for decades and is apparently not decided to stop, it kinda looks like only WWIII is going to stop this whole insanity.
I honestly don't see what else is coming unless the US start realizing that the best way to not antagonize people is to let them alone.
It does help a great deal: Your VPN becomes the key to being on your private network. Then, you only have your VPN to secure, not your multitude of services you want exposed to the outside world.
That's like having your garage door closed. "As long as my garage door is closed, I don't have to worry about locking the door between the garage and the rest of the house" until someone uses a universal garage remote to mimic your garage door opener's signal.
The only difference is that VPN software or SSH is *designed* to be secure, where your garage door is just supposed to be a convenience to prevent your car from getting too dusty. The proper analogy would be to build a prison wall with one overly secure door around your house, and inside the walls let everything open.
That's just placing trust in the VPN software, rather than the terminal services server. How does that help?
It does help a great deal: Your VPN becomes the key to being on your private network. Then, you only have your VPN to secure, not your multitude of services you want exposed to the outside world.
At home I have three linux machines and one Windows with various services running on each. From the outside, I need several of them: SVN, console, VNC, RDP, file access, etc. I decided to only open ONE sshd to the outside and tunnel every other service I need through this SSH. That way, I just need to maintain my sshd secure for the whole thing to be secure.I don't need to secure RDP, VNC, SVN, etc.
Of course, when facing threats from your own network, it doesn't help.
I pay €15.99 per month for unlimited internet access (3GB fair use then throttled), unlimited calls into 25 countries (landlines and cell phones) and unlimited SMS (I think there is some kind of limit around the 5000 / month).
I'm not being ripped off. No by my standard. And I'm glad I can check my emails, RSS readers, watch a TV show, browse my pictures, listen to music, read a book and take a quick pic when I need it on one device. Much simpler. Much more convenient.
I can also check the theater program, look up a contact, check the traffic, play a game, organize my todo, call someone, get driving directions with being alerted of where the cops are, see where there is a gas station around me; check the weather forecast. I can send a SMS or receive a call. I can chat. Check my Facebook status or my latest tweets. I can SSH into my production servers or at home to check something, get a file, whatever. I can check my calendar.
An I can do so many more things.
So no, I think smartphones are a better experience than what we had before,
So, you find fingers on top of the game world more... immersive?
Yes! The input and the output are all in the same place, in front of your eyes. Just like in real life, you don't have to get out of the visual feedback to adjust your mouse or your fingers on the keyboard.
I was not kidding. I've played a number of games like that on my phone / tablet and I find the experience better. First, you always have it with you so you can play whenever you want. Second, the controls are on the screen, making the whole experience much more immersive. It *is* a little awkward the first time getting used to the controls.
Well well, here is an interpretation of what I didn't write !
Saying that a lot of ACs post anonymously so that they can troll isn't a surprise or a discovery for you I hope. But AC is not one person, it is a community as you pointed out.
So no, not all ACs are trollish and as you rightfully pointed out, some of the most insightful comments in most stories are posted by ACs.
But, noone can track ACs history of posting, because you all hide under the Anonymous "account". Hence, when reading an AC comment, I tend to be more critical, because most of the time it is just a casual troll. But it doesn't matter in the end, a troll is a troll and a valuable comment is a valuable comment.
That said, I did not call you a troll unless you are the poster of the comment #39359657.
And my mistake was just to address the poster as "AC" and since you post as AC as well, you took it for yourself. My bad on a bad terminology.
Well, perhaps that is so. In which case, legislation will have to change. You can write congress (pretty much useless) or lobby them (better, odds of success are strictly a matter of how much funding you can apply, and how widely) for change, or, you can engage in civil disobedience -- lawbreaking on principle -- at which point you need to be prepared for fines, or jail, or both, while not being assured in any way of success.
You're not quite there yet. If I want to share data with someone over the internet (say, a friend, family, etc..) I can. I just send an email, a SMS, I set up an FTP server at home, etc.
From there, using encryption to hide myself is trivial. And then, nobody will ever be able to say what I sent to my friend.
So: In the internet days, sharing data is secure and easy. The IP you're talking about is also just a bunch of bits. Therefore, I can "pirate" with my friends all I want.
That's one to one sharing. The process can be declined in n to n sharing very easily.
Conclusion: No amount of legislation or technology is ever going to change piracy. Actually, it's not quite true, but the only change will be that more and more pirates will press the 'encrypt' button. At that point, noone will be able to see what amount of the data that transit over the internet is piracy anymore.
That will suit Hollywood which will be able to claim that 1234 petabytes of pirated media are being shared every day (a guesstimate) representing 1254785214587 quadrillion dollars of lost revenue hence levying for more taxes to be redistributed to Hollywood.
But the bottom line is: Piracy is here to stay.
Now, is it the end of content creation? No. Because most people that pirate are not looking for something cheaper than the legal alternatives, they are looking for something simpler. So there is still a way out of this that will be a win-win.
They will get it, don't worry. It'll take the time that it'll take, but they'll get it. The question is: How much damage will they have done to society with their crappy laws in the meantime.
Granted, the benefit/crime ratio is pretty low for <insert race here>, but it is still much higher than the benefit/crime ratio of <insert race here>.
Almost. Really trolling eh?
ACs were not born ACs. The became ACs on their own willful actions. One of the reason is to hide themselves. Therefore, the mere fact that they post as AC *does* say something about them.
Slashdot Mirror
Parent is exactly right, mod it up.
There, FTFY. After all, we don't mod people, we mod posts.
The important thing is that we're one step closer.
Now we just need to get this teacher fired, and the children will be safe for good.
Trouble with your reading comprehension hmmm? Maybe I did hit a sensible subject.
Nobody's comparing - I mean, I didn't. Nobody ever said that America is the worst offender in all the history of humankind. But you've got to admit that since 50 years they took the lead.
That said, seeing how the US messed with the middle east for decades and is apparently not decided to stop, it kinda looks like only WWIII is going to stop this whole insanity.
I honestly don't see what else is coming unless the US start realizing that the best way to not antagonize people is to let them alone.
I don't care what sort of up sides it has. The government being able to track every last penny spent is far too frightening to even consider.
Add to that the title of the previous story on Slashdot: The Risk of a Meltdown In the Cloud
Well. What could go wrong?
It does help a great deal: Your VPN becomes the key to being on your private network. Then, you only have your VPN to secure, not your multitude of services you want exposed to the outside world.
That's like having your garage door closed. "As long as my garage door is closed, I don't have to worry about locking the door between the garage and the rest of the house" until someone uses a universal garage remote to mimic your garage door opener's signal.
The only difference is that VPN software or SSH is *designed* to be secure, where your garage door is just supposed to be a convenience to prevent your car from getting too dusty. The proper analogy would be to build a prison wall with one overly secure door around your house, and inside the walls let everything open.
Yup. It's not like he'll regret his statement when he'll have 1024 lawyers on his back.
That's just placing trust in the VPN software, rather than the terminal services server. How does that help?
It does help a great deal: Your VPN becomes the key to being on your private network. Then, you only have your VPN to secure, not your multitude of services you want exposed to the outside world.
At home I have three linux machines and one Windows with various services running on each. From the outside, I need several of them: SVN, console, VNC, RDP, file access, etc. I decided to only open ONE sshd to the outside and tunnel every other service I need through this SSH. That way, I just need to maintain my sshd secure for the whole thing to be secure.I don't need to secure RDP, VNC, SVN, etc.
Of course, when facing threats from your own network, it doesn't help.
I pay €15.99 per month for unlimited internet access (3GB fair use then throttled), unlimited calls into 25 countries (landlines and cell phones) and unlimited SMS (I think there is some kind of limit around the 5000 / month).
I'm not being ripped off. No by my standard. And I'm glad I can check my emails, RSS readers, watch a TV show, browse my pictures, listen to music, read a book and take a quick pic when I need it on one device. Much simpler. Much more convenient.
I can also check the theater program, look up a contact, check the traffic, play a game, organize my todo, call someone, get driving directions with being alerted of where the cops are, see where there is a gas station around me; check the weather forecast. I can send a SMS or receive a call. I can chat. Check my Facebook status or my latest tweets. I can SSH into my production servers or at home to check something, get a file, whatever. I can check my calendar.
An I can do so many more things.
So no, I think smartphones are a better experience than what we had before,
I can tune my guitar perfectly on my android A500.
Is that supposed to prove that Android > iOS? Or something?
Obviously, he has a higher UID than you... He's then logically superior (bigger is better, right?)
And to add to that:
Python Not Too Slow
True. It's not too slow. It's just not fast enough.
What do you know exactly about my subdemographic?
That is has no INTERESTING, for one :).
You do realize this is not an English sentence, right?
I do. That was my point.
Ok. Thanks.
So, you find fingers on top of the game world more... immersive?
Yes! The input and the output are all in the same place, in front of your eyes. Just like in real life, you don't have to get out of the visual feedback to adjust your mouse or your fingers on the keyboard.
Those are for people who play games, which is vastly different than being a gamer.
Maybe you can share you definition of a gamer then. I'd most certainly be glad to hear it.
If that's what you want, then yes, you will be able to.
You know PC games also have this feature, right?
What do you know exactly about my subdemographic?
That is has no INTERESTING, for one :).
You do realize this is not an English sentence, right?
What do you know exactly about my subdemographic?
My proof reading skills are off today. 2.5 hours of uptime in the middle of the night does that for me...
I was not kidding. I've played a number of games like that on my phone / tablet and I find the experience better. First, you always have it with you so you can play whenever you want. Second, the controls are on the screen, making the whole experience much more immersive. It *is* a little awkward the first time getting used to the controls.
Well well, here is an interpretation of what I didn't write !
Saying that a lot of ACs post anonymously so that they can troll isn't a surprise or a discovery for you I hope. But AC is not one person, it is a community as you pointed out.
So no, not all ACs are trollish and as you rightfully pointed out, some of the most insightful comments in most stories are posted by ACs.
But, noone can track ACs history of posting, because you all hide under the Anonymous "account". Hence, when reading an AC comment, I tend to be more critical, because most of the time it is just a casual troll. But it doesn't matter in the end, a troll is a troll and a valuable comment is a valuable comment.
That said, I did not call you a troll unless you are the poster of the comment #39359657.
And my mistake was just to address the poster as "AC" and since you post as AC as well, you took it for yourself. My bad on a bad terminology.
The biggest complain for me is: When will it be available for iOS and Android?
I mean, that's where many gamers are today. And frankly speaking, playing on a table is way more immersive than on a computer.
Well, perhaps that is so. In which case, legislation will have to change. You can write congress (pretty much useless) or lobby them (better, odds of success are strictly a matter of how much funding you can apply, and how widely) for change, or, you can engage in civil disobedience -- lawbreaking on principle -- at which point you need to be prepared for fines, or jail, or both, while not being assured in any way of success.
You're not quite there yet. If I want to share data with someone over the internet (say, a friend, family, etc..) I can. I just send an email, a SMS, I set up an FTP server at home, etc.
From there, using encryption to hide myself is trivial. And then, nobody will ever be able to say what I sent to my friend.
So: In the internet days, sharing data is secure and easy. The IP you're talking about is also just a bunch of bits. Therefore, I can "pirate" with my friends all I want.
That's one to one sharing. The process can be declined in n to n sharing very easily.
Conclusion: No amount of legislation or technology is ever going to change piracy. Actually, it's not quite true, but the only change will be that more and more pirates will press the 'encrypt' button. At that point, noone will be able to see what amount of the data that transit over the internet is piracy anymore.
That will suit Hollywood which will be able to claim that 1234 petabytes of pirated media are being shared every day (a guesstimate) representing 1254785214587 quadrillion dollars of lost revenue hence levying for more taxes to be redistributed to Hollywood.
But the bottom line is: Piracy is here to stay.
Now, is it the end of content creation? No. Because most people that pirate are not looking for something cheaper than the legal alternatives, they are looking for something simpler. So there is still a way out of this that will be a win-win.
They will get it, don't worry. It'll take the time that it'll take, but they'll get it. The question is: How much damage will they have done to society with their crappy laws in the meantime.
Granted, the benefit/crime ratio is pretty low for <insert race here>, but it is still much higher than the benefit/crime ratio of <insert race here>.
Almost. Really trolling eh?
ACs were not born ACs. The became ACs on their own willful actions. One of the reason is to hide themselves. Therefore, the mere fact that they post as AC *does* say something about them.
Their race does not.
Now instead of 60 warnings inside the bow we'll have 329 ? Sounds pretty futile to me. Nobody's going to read that.
Why not just writing: In addition to cure you, this drug might kill you or otherwise trigger another disease of allergy. Be warned.