Cause you could watch stuff over and over again in nice, compact, tape-form and not have to carry around an entire computer to see the same thing day after day.....
"Does the average Slashdot reader think they will retire (with a pension, benefits, etc) after a long and successful career in IT?"
The way things are going at my company... only if I move to India.
Everything leads to pr0n...
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The same guy is now retrofitting his contraption by pointing his webcam at his wife, and having Leisure Suit Larry's AI instruct him how to seduce her. Fortunately, for the gene pool, he's finding that this problem has no solution, but mostly due to personal limitations.
The internet almost crumbles ...
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The internet almost crumbles... and this is the only news we can come up with today? Some kid's 10-minute idea that happens to have the same name as another product?
Slashdot... News for Nerds... Stuff that matters...
[begin sarcasm]Obviously, anybody can see that they only reason that Nintendo felt the need to announce their new system was because they felt threatened by The Phantom! Who can compete with 32,000 games? Who can compete???[/end sarcasm]
Not only did his spam get distributed, his story got coverage by the media, and it's now a front-page story on slashdot which all will result in an increase in traffic to their site.
I bet the military is slapping themselves on the forehead right now thinking "why didn't we consult fire-eyes first?"
You seriously think that there's not a way to use microwaves and not harm humans? I won't pretend to understand the technology behind what this weapon does... but I'm guessing that it wouldn't go over too well if it left hundreds of thousands of fried humans behind. Maybe I'm naive, but I'm going to believe the statement that it's not directly harmful to humans over speculation by fire-eyes.
"How is disabling electronics completely safe for civilians?"
If their military chooses to put their military targets among their civilian population, then it's not safe for civilians. If their civilian population chooses to allow their military to be there... then they should accept the risks. If the civilians have no choice, then we're there for the right reasons.
"Instead, each day he rises and imprints specialized dittos to do his legwork, review the evidence, meet others, and run errands while he stays home, tends his garden, and keeps his real body in good physical condition."
I know this may get modded as Offtopic, but it's the bigger news story for both Microsoft and the tech industry today:
"Microsoft sets dividend, stock split"
Microsoft is the last of the Dow 30 to start paying a dividend, and paves the way for other tech companies that have held out paying dividends. Should be an interesting morning in trading for MSFT.
"Since the owner of a system has no responsibility for the actions of a worm, or any malicious process, that runs without their knowledge, I submit that they also have no rights to the process. No responsibility means no rights."
How does he make the leap from the system owner having no rights, to somebody ELSE having rights to that process. He's claiming that HE should have rights, yet by his logic... the only person that really should have a right to kill the process is the person that is responsible for its existence or the person that initiated the worm. That means that the only person that should have that right is either the worm writer, or the person that launched the process. In many cases, this actually IS the user, since they executed a piece of malicious code on their system.
"If parents don't vaccinate their children, the state takes them out of school. If a dog consistently attacks people, the authorities put it down. If someone commits three felonies, they are put away for life. This is because the rights of the many outweigh the rights of the one."
He fails to mention what the punishment is for electronic system intrusion. Whether his motives are nobile or not, laws regarding kids and dogs have absolutely no bearing on laws addressing electronic worms.
This guy wants to give the power to kill remote processes to everybody. Everybody includes the people that he's saying can't secure their systems to begin with. Do you want them touching your box? Didn't think so.
What the hell does that accomplish? Do you enjoy paying tax on a purchase only to have your rebate not reflect the true cost of an item you bought? Doesn't seem too bright.
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If this is what they did to LOTR, I'd like to see them translate "The Osbournes".
Cause you could watch stuff over and over again in nice, compact, tape-form and not have to carry around an entire computer to see the same thing day after day.....
The same guy is now retrofitting his contraption by pointing his webcam at his wife, and having Leisure Suit Larry's AI instruct him how to seduce her.
Fortunately, for the gene pool, he's finding that this problem has no solution, but mostly due to personal limitations.
The internet almost crumbles ... and this is the only news we can come up with today? Some kid's 10-minute idea that happens to have the same name as another product?
... ... Stuff that matters ...
Slashdot
News for Nerds
I guess 1 out of 2 isn't bad...
[begin sarcasm]Obviously, anybody can see that they only reason that Nintendo felt the need to announce their new system was because they felt threatened by The Phantom! Who can compete with 32,000 games? Who can compete???[/end sarcasm]
$1000 says he makes a run for president a couple elections from now.... I've always thought that myself...
Not only did his spam get distributed, his story got coverage by the media, and it's now a front-page story on slashdot which all will result in an increase in traffic to their site.
I'd argue that spam DOES work.
Too bad it's only January. 343 days and counting.
I bet the military is slapping themselves on the forehead right now thinking "why didn't we consult fire-eyes first?"
... but I'm guessing that it wouldn't go over too well if it left hundreds of thousands of fried humans behind. Maybe I'm naive, but I'm going to believe the statement that it's not directly harmful to humans over speculation by fire-eyes.
You seriously think that there's not a way to use microwaves and not harm humans? I won't pretend to understand the technology behind what this weapon does
I know this may get modded as Offtopic, but it's the bigger news story for both Microsoft and the tech industry today:
"Microsoft sets dividend, stock split"
Microsoft is the last of the Dow 30 to start paying a dividend, and paves the way for other tech companies that have held out paying dividends. Should be an interesting morning in trading for MSFT.
"If parents don't vaccinate their children, the state takes them out of school. If a dog consistently attacks people, the authorities put it down. If someone commits three felonies, they are put away for life. This is because the rights of the many outweigh the rights of the one."
This guy wants to give the power to kill remote processes to everybody. Everybody includes the people that he's saying can't secure their systems to begin with. Do you want them touching your box? Didn't think so.
He got rid of those Classmates.com and X10.com popups...
It's not that hard to quadruple surfing speeds ...
Just compare it to Netscape 4.79 and load up your page with about 30 nested tables...
Oh wait ... that's already past.
"we were overbudget by $85"
Wonder how that happened...
"Beta Testing"
Nevermind...
What the hell does that accomplish?
Do you enjoy paying tax on a purchase only to have your rebate not reflect the true cost of an item you bought? Doesn't seem too bright.
Nah, just read this ... you'll be fine.