Actually, Hemos ran this story by CmdrTaco before he posted it. Malda edited the submission to make sure there were no mistakes. As you can see, he changed a lot.:)
Here's an idea. Most information leakage comes from employees. Solution? Place plastic bags over their heads, secure on the necks, and let them continue working. Problem solved.
What if the computer predicted that Michael Jordan would break his leg if he played one more game? It is certainly not 100% correct, so what would happen? Would the coach let him play and take the chance, or would they listen to the computer? What if they didn't heed the computer's warning and MJ broke his leg? Would he have grounds to sue?
Technology is supposed to solve problems, not create them.:)
So, how long before a TV channel wants to get viewing figures up on some late night porn dressed up as a documentary and a nation comes home the next day to find their kids happily watching away at 5pm?
My prediction? A bunch of really happy kids and perplexed parents.
I think a large part of the reason it wasn't allowed for appeal was the great number of protests and courtroom hijinx 2600 brought with them. Its like being the class clown, teachers aren't going to give many favors and would rather send you to the principals office than deal with you directly.
If this is the reason, then the judge should be put in jail. Judges are supposed to be impartial rulers of the law. If they are not doing their job, they should be impeached. If they are discriminating against groups of people (in this case, political activists), they should be put in jail for something (I'm sure there's a law regarding this with specific penalties and everything).
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This would probably be a very, very good idea for the next email virus!
I am sorry for the problem(s) that I have written into my messages. Down here in Afghanistan, we can't get Sharpies or Sanford markers, so I have no way of knowing the correct brand that I should have put in my messages.
Please excuse this!
I now must go and watch my DiVXes on my C-64 and play Final Fantasy X! Also, I have a question about Linux on quad-processor machines. I hope you can help me!
Are we to understand that post-it notes and sharpie pens are now contraband circumvention devices? 3M is not going to like this, not one bit.
Actually, 3M is embracing this new product direction.
They have renamed their Post-It product line to Toast-It, making a clear reference to burning, or "toasting," a CD-R.
They have also renamed their popular Sharpie line of permanent markers to "Share-pie," indicating that the markers will enable purchasers to share music.
Well someone might want to write a flash program that allows you to upload pictures of yourself, or sound clips.
Honestly, if you're this paranoid you should be more concerned that your OS has control of your camera and microphone, since your OS was written by Microsoft!
You mentioned something that reminded me of a pretty interesting find of mine. I think that most webcams have remote surveillance features requested by the FBI.
I was hacking some code to interface with one of the Logitech cams, and there was a bit in the "take picture" command that seemed to serve no purpose. I couldn't find out why it was there, since flipping it did nothing.
As the sun set, I began to notice what it was for. With the bit ON, it would notify the user that it took a picture with the blink of an LED. With it off, it wouldn't. The dark room made this much more evident.
Just think of the possible uses for this one. If the FBI knows your IP, they can try to infect you with a virus that snaps a mugshot of you for them. When you are registering software, the installer can get a picture of the user and compare it against the DB of previous installations with that serial number. Your boss can see what you're doing without even opening the door.
Scary, huh? It's made me always turn my cam towards the wall when I'm not using it.
I have a feeling that the punishment for destroying ID chips will be greater than the punishment for the crime they are supposed to stop.
Look at the RIP act (the encryption key one). Say you are coordinating an assault on a convenience store and your communications with your partners in crime are encrypted. The crime will cost you 1-2 years in jail, but if you choose not to give them the evidence to prosecute you by not turning over your encryption keys, you'll get 4 years.
Awww, man. You guys just posted a spoiler about how Anakin was going to go all dark-side on us without even a warning!:(
Next thing I know, you're going to be telling us that you saw the bootlegged version and that Amidala gets killed, Jar Jar become Lando, the Millenium falcon is built, and the Empire attacks Earth, etc.. I mean, I know that all of those happen in the movie from watching the bootlegged version, but I wish you had put a spoiler warning just in case.
When it was late at night, and we were all bored, we would try to put together C programs that were illegible but yet would still compile. That was lots of fun, and it had lots of people scratching their heads, all night long.
Ignoring the stupidity of their entire business strategy, it's no surprise that they went over.
The article says they had 80 employees. 80! I would say that at max, they'd need a few sales people, a few programmers, a designer, a tech support person, management, and a receptionist. That's 20 people at most. Instead, they've got 80 people.
I bet that half of their employees are browsing Slashdot all day.:)
Yeah, that's the point. Check the title. It's a Slashback, which is a play on the word "Flashback." In other words, this is where we get to hear about previously-posted stories and their outcomes.
I turn in trajllions of results per day to Brilliant Digital Entertainment. But where's my parade?!
I think the lawyers are having a parade in your honor. Seriously, think about it.
Slashdotter sues Kazaa for the spyware issue. Sharman Networks (current owner of Kazaa) sues previous owner of Kazaa because their business plan of embedding spyware was declared illegal. MPAA sees that Kazaa is hurting, and sues Sharman. Kazaa declared illegal, but ex-programmers post source code on Slashdot. MPAA, Sharman sue Slashdot. (I could say something about the bankruptcy lawyers that VA Software will need, but I won't.) Lawyers rejoice, drive home in BMWs.
Isn't there some better way to learn about cool people like this guy before they're likely to die? I thought of this when the author of ping died, too.
Maybe Slashdot could do a montly/(bi)weekly thing on "Lifetime Geek Achievement Awards."
I'm sure that 99.99% of these people use the Web, so it would be really cool to thank these people for all they've done for technology.
Final Fantasy whatever is neither violent nor sexually explicit. Neither is Black and White. Nor Myst. Nor Civilization. Nor any of the other games that were mentioned to defend "video games" as protected speech.
Final Fantasy isn't violent? Last time I checked, and I've been playing the series since FF6 (US) first came out, your objective is to kill. Kill. Kill. At first it might seem like an innocent journey into a cave, but you suddenly find your screen twirling into oblivion as battle music begins playing.
THEN THE KILLING STARTS. In all of my playing, I've been forced to fight little girls (Relm), old men (Strago), mothers and royalty (Queen Alexandra), octupi (Octos), bumblebees (FF4/J), young female ninjas (Yuffie), dogs (Red XIII), etc. How can you say that Final Fantasy is not a bloody, murderous game?
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Actually, Hemos ran this story by CmdrTaco before he posted it. Malda edited the submission to make sure there were no mistakes. As you can see, he changed a lot. :)
Here's an idea. Most information leakage comes from employees. Solution? Place plastic bags over their heads, secure on the necks, and let them continue working. Problem solved.
They are near the launch site, though.
I got dibs on their computers! Who wants their TVs?
Oh come on, you just know they aren't going to need them anymore.
This is all well and good, but how many Libraries of Congress can this new technology hold? What is its bandwidth in LOC/s?
What if the computer predicted that Michael Jordan would break his leg if he played one more game? It is certainly not 100% correct, so what would happen? Would the coach let him play and take the chance, or would they listen to the computer? What if they didn't heed the computer's warning and MJ broke his leg? Would he have grounds to sue?
:)
Technology is supposed to solve problems, not create them.
Yes. I believe that the one-click idea was patented by one-dick. :)
If he ever wanted to build a web server stress simulator, he's got one...
So, how long before a TV channel wants to get viewing figures up on some late night porn dressed up as a documentary and a nation comes home the next day to find their kids happily watching away at 5pm?
My prediction? A bunch of really happy kids and perplexed parents.
Sharpies don't defeat copy prevention, people defeat copy prevention.
War is always the best excuse. One of my favorite cartoons on this is Mark Fiore's, at http://markfiore.com/animation/excuse.html. :)
Hey, speaking of old jokes, welcome to Slashdot!!
If this is the reason, then the judge should be put in jail. Judges are supposed to be impartial rulers of the law. If they are not doing their job, they should be impeached. If they are discriminating against groups of people (in this case, political activists), they should be put in jail for something (I'm sure there's a law regarding this with specific penalties and everything).
This would probably be a very, very good idea for the next email virus!
Dear CaptainSuperBoy,
I am sorry for the problem(s) that I have written into my messages. Down here in Afghanistan, we can't get Sharpies or Sanford markers, so I have no way of knowing the correct brand that I should have put in my messages.
Please excuse this!
I now must go and watch my DiVXes on my C-64 and play Final Fantasy X! Also, I have a question about Linux on quad-processor machines. I hope you can help me!
Thank you!
Junis from Afghanistan
Actually, 3M is embracing this new product direction.
They have renamed their Post-It product line to Toast-It, making a clear reference to burning, or "toasting," a CD-R.
They have also renamed their popular Sharpie line of permanent markers to "Share-pie," indicating that the markers will enable purchasers to share music.
:)
I was hacking some code to interface with one of the Logitech cams, and there was a bit in the "take picture" command that seemed to serve no purpose. I couldn't find out why it was there, since flipping it did nothing.
As the sun set, I began to notice what it was for. With the bit ON, it would notify the user that it took a picture with the blink of an LED. With it off, it wouldn't. The dark room made this much more evident.
Just think of the possible uses for this one. If the FBI knows your IP, they can try to infect you with a virus that snaps a mugshot of you for them. When you are registering software, the installer can get a picture of the user and compare it against the DB of previous installations with that serial number. Your boss can see what you're doing without even opening the door.
Scary, huh? It's made me always turn my cam towards the wall when I'm not using it.
I have a feeling that the punishment for destroying ID chips will be greater than the punishment for the crime they are supposed to stop.
Look at the RIP act (the encryption key one). Say you are coordinating an assault on a convenience store and your communications with your partners in crime are encrypted. The crime will cost you 1-2 years in jail, but if you choose not to give them the evidence to prosecute you by not turning over your encryption keys, you'll get 4 years.
Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?
Awww, man. You guys just posted a spoiler about how Anakin was going to go all dark-side on us without even a warning! :(
Next thing I know, you're going to be telling us that you saw the bootlegged version and that Amidala gets killed, Jar Jar become Lando, the Millenium falcon is built, and the Empire attacks Earth, etc.. I mean, I know that all of those happen in the movie from watching the bootlegged version, but I wish you had put a spoiler warning just in case.
When it was late at night, and we were all bored, we would try to put together C programs that were illegible but yet would still compile. That was lots of fun, and it had lots of people scratching their heads, all night long.
Are you sure you didn't work for Microsoft?
Ignoring the stupidity of their entire business strategy, it's no surprise that they went over.
:)
The article says they had 80 employees. 80! I would say that at max, they'd need a few sales people, a few programmers, a designer, a tech support person, management, and a receptionist. That's 20 people at most. Instead, they've got 80 people.
I bet that half of their employees are browsing Slashdot all day.
All these stories have been posted before!
Yeah, that's the point. Check the title. It's a Slashback, which is a play on the word "Flashback." In other words, this is where we get to hear about previously-posted stories and their outcomes.
I turn in trajllions of results per day to Brilliant Digital Entertainment. But where's my parade?!
I think the lawyers are having a parade in your honor. Seriously, think about it.
Slashdotter sues Kazaa for the spyware issue.
Sharman Networks (current owner of Kazaa) sues previous owner of Kazaa because their business plan of embedding spyware was declared illegal.
MPAA sees that Kazaa is hurting, and sues Sharman.
Kazaa declared illegal, but ex-programmers post source code on Slashdot.
MPAA, Sharman sue Slashdot.
(I could say something about the bankruptcy lawyers that VA Software will need, but I won't.)
Lawyers rejoice, drive home in BMWs.
Lawyers win!
Isn't there some better way to learn about cool people like this guy before they're likely to die? I thought of this when the author of ping died, too.
Maybe Slashdot could do a montly/(bi)weekly thing on "Lifetime Geek Achievement Awards."
I'm sure that 99.99% of these people use the Web, so it would be really cool to thank these people for all they've done for technology.
Any thoughts?
Final Fantasy whatever is neither violent nor sexually explicit. Neither is Black and White. Nor Myst. Nor Civilization. Nor any of the other games that were mentioned to defend "video games" as protected speech.
Final Fantasy isn't violent? Last time I checked, and I've been playing the series since FF6 (US) first came out, your objective is to kill. Kill. Kill. At first it might seem like an innocent journey into a cave, but you suddenly find your screen twirling into oblivion as battle music begins playing.
THEN THE KILLING STARTS. In all of my playing, I've been forced to fight little girls (Relm), old men (Strago), mothers and royalty (Queen Alexandra), octupi (Octos), bumblebees (FF4/J), young female ninjas (Yuffie), dogs (Red XIII), etc. How can you say that Final Fantasy is not a bloody, murderous game?
:)