Human greed will destroy us all. Sooner of later, these mega-corporations are going to discover that you can't eat money -- but of course by then it'll be too late. Even now, we deny what's happening globally.
I have an animated film I made in college in 1986 (pre internet) -- which I uploaded to youtube well before they had things like channels or monitization or anything. Videos at the time were limited to 10 minutes. I uploaded the film to youtube so long agao, I can't even tell you what name and password were used to upload it.
Recently (about 5 months ago); I was treated to a takedown notice cliaming my video violates someone's copyright, but that was all they could tell me. To dispute the claim, as well as see the details of the takedown, I had to login to "my channel".
Of course, I don't *have* a channel, and like I said, I can't even remember what account I used to upload the film.
So there's no recourse for me, except maybe to re-upload the film under a new account I can keep track of.
But what makes me furious is that Youtube had NO PROBLEM with my film for 10 years -- and now all of a sudden I'm violating copyright? Fuck you Youtube, you don't deserve my business.
You're making money off of me, not the other way around. I never earned a dime for my film, but my content helped you become a multi-billion dollar company. Fuck you are the horse you rode in on.
If his model says that Earth should not exist, then there's something wrong with his model.
Also, considering how life thrives even in hostile environments here on Earth, it's simply a mathematical impossibility that there are no other planets in the universe capable of supporting some kind of life.
What's funny is that this is *Slashdot* -- where I actually come here for the comments, usually because Slashdot is inhabited by geeks, techs, programmers, scientists; i.e; People that should know a thing or two. Usually the discourse here is insightful and thought-provoking...
And then comes a global warming post, and all the science deniers come out of the woodwork. You see posts as dumb as "It's snowing right now out my window -- global warming is a myth!"
This is directed to all the deniers -- what are you people *doing* here on Slashdot? Do you actually work in the technology field and yet deny actual science?
We *KNOW* there's too much CO2 in the atmosphere and we KNOW that it traps heat, so, what precisely are you denying?
Or has Fox News tainted your perception of the world so thoroughly that when something comes up that clashes with your ideology you stick your fingers in your ears and scream "LALALALAL I can't HEAR you!" when presented with FACTS?
Seriously, I don't understand why someone who denies science is on Slashdot -- why not also talk about how Black Holes are a myth, why we can't go beyond a 4Ghz CPU speed because God says so, and solving complex math is forbidden by the Bible? Maybe you'd prefer Slashdot articles on Ghosts, Chemtrails, UFOs and Bigfoot?
Why do third-world shitholes even bid for the Olympics then? All they are doing is highlighting what an embarassment their country is. It's crazy. Any why would a healthy, fit, above average jock want to risk his or her health or even life, by going to this shithole?
I don't think USA Olympic athletes are covered by health insurance, because 'Murica. If they even have Obamacare, they are probably lucky. If you get a serious illness that could take years to eradicate, our athletes might be begging on the streets to make their doctor payments. And nobody is putting a sickly bronze-winner on the box of Wheaties.
The only thing she managed to do during her time was to inspire that crazy shooter guy to shoot up a planned parenthood.
What was she smoking that made her hallucinate a planned parenthood video where a fetus was having its brain harvested? That's right up there with Bachman's "Vaccines cause Autism" statement.
Yes, but you'll never *that* reported on Fox News -- as far as they are concerned, it's the Liberal that Spend, Spend, Spend.
Never mind the Republicans are the ones pushed through that expensive boondoggle called the F-35 -- a multi-role aircraft that doesn't perform any of it's intended roles.
This is a tiny portion of an overall 4.1 Trillion dollar budget submitted to Congress -- a Congress, mind you that would never pass this budget because: A) Obama is a democrat B) Obama is black C) The budget has more spending than previous budgets.
And frankly, even if the Congress was working with the president instead of against him, they are a bunch of arrogant incompetent do-nothings -- I personally thing our political gridlock has more to do with the likes of Louie Gohmert than with actual malice -- they are simply too stupid to pass actual legislation.
I'm reminded of Jeff Goldblum in Jurrasic Park. "Ok, just because you've figured out how to do this, did you stop and ask yourself *why* you're doing this?"
Frankly, I'd be happier if the internet could work as expected, *before* they start adding more crap.
How many times have I clicked on a headline at Google News, only to have the article never load at all (because it's waiting for some ad server to respond, which never does).
How many times have I tried to access something with my phone, only to have the result being an unreadable mess?
How many times have I had to lower the volume at work on my PC, because some stupid autoplay video ad starts screaming across the cubicles?
How many times have I searched for something technical on Google and had to ignore the first 3 pages of results because they are either scam sites, or advertisements for things?
Fix the internet of web pages before we add more broken, borked crap. Heck, as it stands, Netflix can barely stream to my TV, now you want to add more DDOS bots?
As we inhabit more and more of the planet, as we continue to expand and grow, up from 7billion to 8billion and more, we cover more and more territory, and therefore, we are more likely to be killed by falling debris.
Of course, without a nice big one, we'll not be reduced enough to make a difference. We've eliminated predators, the only things left to kill us is ourselves or a nice big chunk of rock from space.
Politicians seem to not care about the citizens of the USA, and the one presidential candidate that does seem concerned with the poor, the homeless, the middle class, the working people of the country -- that guy is shrugged off as a "socialist" and not worthy of consideration.
The USA, as seen from the outside, only seems to care about billionaires, and NOT about the populace. Before you accuse one country of a particular issue, make sure you check the mirror first. Or perhaps listen to news from outside your comfort zone (shortwave radio is a good start) to find out what the rest of the world thinks of you.
Wasn't this guy the editor of Infoworld during the heyday of Bob Cringley? I remember reading his columns, and he seemed to be a reasonable person then. I wonder what happened?
These hyper-emo, coddled, oversensitive, thin-skinned babies are in for a shock when they enter the workforce and have to deal with the real world.
Are they all planning on living in their parents basements, communicating only via text messages, and hoping the app they wrote becomes a big seller so they don't have to really work for a living?
I was called to a friend's house to fix his PC. He has downloaded and installed the Windows 10 update on his Win 7, HP-1100 series box. The box itself is completely stock because my friend doesn't know much about the inner working of PCs.
Either way, Windows 10 refused to see the CDROM/DVD drive, which, being HP, is I believe is also a lightscribe burner. But I digress.
Hardware manager took a long time to find, but once found, was useless. It's not that it didn't recognize the hardware due to a lack of driver, it's as if the hardware physically did not exist. You couldn't even force Windows to try looking for it because it claimed there were no hardware problems.
So, I go to HP's website to try and find a driver that would force Windows to admit a CD drive existed. HP's site offer to diagnose my PC's problems. I let it. Animated graphic cycles for what seems like a day, and then I get the wonderful message "An error has occurred, please try again later" Bullshit -- this has probably never worked, but HP won't admit that. I try and manually find the driver based on the Box's model.
There are no drivers available for this machine. At least, nothing for Windows 10. How is this possible?
I was unwilling to take apart the machine to find the type of CD drive it is (assuming HP had marked anything), so, with little choice left, I had Win 10 degrade itself back to Win 7.
After 30 minutes of that; we were back to Windows 7 and the CD drive worked as expected.
Windows 10 is a piece of shit, and it's apparently an unsupported piece of shit. Why are there no drivers or any way to force Windows 10 to look for a common piece of hardware? a CD/DVD drive? That's like not recognizing a mouse.
I uploaded a video to Youtube a decade ago. Now, it's being taken down due to a supposed copyright violation. However, Youtube won't tell me what it is I am infringing, the email claims I have to log into my "channel" to find out what the issue is.
I do not even have a "channel" -- and I can't even remember what name/password combination I used to upload the video, because it was a FREAKING decade ago!
I faxed them for more information and they basically sent back a letter that matches their original email. I have to log into my channel.
One thing I discovered is that it's really easy to file a DMCA claim on Youtube, almost nothing is required. Disputing a claim is almost impossible. Sounds like a system ripe for abuse. I'm waiting for a disreputable law firm to start claiming ownership of every video on Youtube.
Not so easy to remove the hard drive or re-install the OS from scratch remotely. The problem people are encountering is that they are physically thousands of miles from the hardware.
I mean, for the last 10 years, I have worked on a computer I've never seen. The Mainframe is in Delaware, and I am in New Jersey.
But I can easily imagine a situation where I'm in Manhattan, but the Linux machine is located in a data center in New Mexico, or even worse, Mumbai. Effectively, I have zero access to the hardware, so yes, in such a situation the machine is effectively "bricked".
Actually we're all living inside a giant spaceship, when you get on a plane that air they spray at you from the overhead bin puts you to sleep and they hypnotize you to think you were on vacation. And Eve isn't a real pop-singer, she's just a computer program. Never mind the guy on the transforming motorcycle.
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Human greed will destroy us all. Sooner of later, these mega-corporations are going to discover that you can't eat money -- but of course by then it'll be too late. Even now, we deny what's happening globally.
The only winning move is not to play.
I have an animated film I made in college in 1986 (pre internet) -- which I uploaded to youtube well before they had things like channels or monitization or anything. Videos at the time were limited to 10 minutes. I uploaded the film to youtube so long agao, I can't even tell you what name and password were used to upload it.
Recently (about 5 months ago); I was treated to a takedown notice cliaming my video violates someone's copyright, but that was all they could tell me. To dispute the claim, as well as see the details of the takedown, I had to login to "my channel".
Of course, I don't *have* a channel, and like I said, I can't even remember what account I used to upload the film.
So there's no recourse for me, except maybe to re-upload the film under a new account I can keep track of.
But what makes me furious is that Youtube had NO PROBLEM with my film for 10 years -- and now all of a sudden I'm violating copyright? Fuck you Youtube, you don't deserve my business.
You're making money off of me, not the other way around. I never earned a dime for my film, but my content helped you become a multi-billion dollar company. Fuck you are the horse you rode in on.
Don't worry -- it's leaking into the Hudson, which is already so polluted, nothing can live there and it it does, it's already got three heads....
Hey, New Yorkers are tough -- what's a little radioactive water?
And fixing the washing machine. That's about it guys. Other than that we are no longer needed by women.
Us guys need to get Boston Dynamics to develop the ultimate sex-bot, and then men and women can forevermore go their separate ways....
If his model says that Earth should not exist, then there's something wrong with his model.
Also, considering how life thrives even in hostile environments here on Earth, it's simply a mathematical impossibility that there are no other planets in the universe capable of supporting some kind of life.
How does this affect the outcome of every episode of FAMILY FEUD??? Maybe the Jones family won after all?
What's funny is that this is *Slashdot* -- where I actually come here for the comments, usually because Slashdot is inhabited by geeks, techs, programmers, scientists; i.e; People that should know a thing or two. Usually the discourse here is insightful and thought-provoking...
And then comes a global warming post, and all the science deniers come out of the woodwork. You see posts as dumb as "It's snowing right now out my window -- global warming is a myth!"
This is directed to all the deniers -- what are you people *doing* here on Slashdot? Do you actually work in the technology field and yet deny actual science?
We *KNOW* there's too much CO2 in the atmosphere and we KNOW that it traps heat, so, what precisely are you denying?
Or has Fox News tainted your perception of the world so thoroughly that when something comes up that clashes with your ideology you stick your fingers in your ears and scream "LALALALAL I can't HEAR you!" when presented with FACTS?
Seriously, I don't understand why someone who denies science is on Slashdot -- why not also talk about how Black Holes are a myth, why we can't go beyond a 4Ghz CPU speed because God says so, and solving complex math is forbidden by the Bible? Maybe you'd prefer Slashdot articles on Ghosts, Chemtrails, UFOs and Bigfoot?
The next Olympics should be held in Flint, Michigan.....
It follows a familiar pattern.
Why do third-world shitholes even bid for the Olympics then? All they are doing is highlighting what an embarassment their country is. It's crazy. Any why would a healthy, fit, above average jock want to risk his or her health or even life, by going to this shithole?
I don't think USA Olympic athletes are covered by health insurance, because 'Murica. If they even have Obamacare, they are probably lucky. If you get a serious illness that could take years to eradicate, our athletes might be begging on the streets to make their doctor payments. And nobody is putting a sickly bronze-winner on the box of Wheaties.
This comes two months after I just paid a small fortune for a iPhone 6s. It's a good enough phone, but man was it expensive!
A patch for Android that makes all phones think they are in Russia!
The only thing she managed to do during her time was to inspire that crazy shooter guy to shoot up a planned parenthood.
What was she smoking that made her hallucinate a planned parenthood video where a fetus was having its brain harvested? That's right up there with Bachman's "Vaccines cause Autism" statement.
Yes, but you'll never *that* reported on Fox News -- as far as they are concerned, it's the Liberal that Spend, Spend, Spend.
Never mind the Republicans are the ones pushed through that expensive boondoggle called the F-35 -- a multi-role aircraft that doesn't perform any of it's intended roles.
This is a tiny portion of an overall 4.1 Trillion dollar budget submitted to Congress -- a Congress, mind you that would never pass this budget because:
A) Obama is a democrat
B) Obama is black
C) The budget has more spending than previous budgets.
And frankly, even if the Congress was working with the president instead of against him, they are a bunch of arrogant incompetent do-nothings -- I personally thing our political gridlock has more to do with the likes of Louie Gohmert than with actual malice -- they are simply too stupid to pass actual legislation.
I'm reminded of Jeff Goldblum in Jurrasic Park. "Ok, just because you've figured out how to do this, did you stop and ask yourself *why* you're doing this?"
Frankly, I'd be happier if the internet could work as expected, *before* they start adding more crap.
How many times have I clicked on a headline at Google News, only to have the article never load at all (because it's waiting for some ad server to respond, which never does).
How many times have I tried to access something with my phone, only to have the result being an unreadable mess?
How many times have I had to lower the volume at work on my PC, because some stupid autoplay video ad starts screaming across the cubicles?
How many times have I searched for something technical on Google and had to ignore the first 3 pages of results because they are either scam sites, or advertisements for things?
Fix the internet of web pages before we add more broken, borked crap. Heck, as it stands, Netflix can barely stream to my TV, now you want to add more DDOS bots?
As we inhabit more and more of the planet, as we continue to expand and grow, up from 7billion to 8billion and more, we cover more and more territory, and therefore, we are more likely to be killed by falling debris.
Of course, without a nice big one, we'll not be reduced enough to make a difference. We've eliminated predators, the only things left to kill us is ourselves or a nice big chunk of rock from space.
Politicians seem to not care about the citizens of the USA, and the one presidential candidate that does seem concerned with the poor, the homeless, the middle class, the working people of the country -- that guy is shrugged off as a "socialist" and not worthy of consideration.
The USA, as seen from the outside, only seems to care about billionaires, and NOT about the populace. Before you accuse one country of a particular issue, make sure you check the mirror first. Or perhaps listen to news from outside your comfort zone (shortwave radio is a good start) to find out what the rest of the world thinks of you.
Wasn't this guy the editor of Infoworld during the heyday of Bob Cringley? I remember reading his columns, and he seemed to be a reasonable person then. I wonder what happened?
These hyper-emo, coddled, oversensitive, thin-skinned babies are in for a shock when they enter the workforce and have to deal with the real world.
Are they all planning on living in their parents basements, communicating only via text messages, and hoping the app they wrote becomes a big seller so they don't have to really work for a living?
Seriously; Get off my lawn.
I was called to a friend's house to fix his PC. He has downloaded and installed the Windows 10 update on his Win 7, HP-1100 series box. The box itself is completely stock because my friend doesn't know much about the inner working of PCs.
Either way, Windows 10 refused to see the CDROM/DVD drive, which, being HP, is I believe is also a lightscribe burner. But I digress.
Hardware manager took a long time to find, but once found, was useless. It's not that it didn't recognize the hardware due to a lack of driver, it's as if the hardware physically did not exist. You couldn't even force Windows to try looking for it because it claimed there were no hardware problems.
So, I go to HP's website to try and find a driver that would force Windows to admit a CD drive existed. HP's site offer to diagnose my PC's problems. I let it. Animated graphic cycles for what seems like a day, and then I get the wonderful message "An error has occurred, please try again later" Bullshit -- this has probably never worked, but HP won't admit that. I try and manually find the driver based on the Box's model.
There are no drivers available for this machine. At least, nothing for Windows 10. How is this possible?
I was unwilling to take apart the machine to find the type of CD drive it is (assuming HP had marked anything), so, with little choice left, I had Win 10 degrade itself back to Win 7.
After 30 minutes of that; we were back to Windows 7 and the CD drive worked as expected.
Windows 10 is a piece of shit, and it's apparently an unsupported piece of shit. Why are there no drivers or any way to force Windows 10 to look for a common piece of hardware? a CD/DVD drive? That's like not recognizing a mouse.
Troll is right.
Why does a drone cost as much as a Boeing 747?
I uploaded a video to Youtube a decade ago. Now, it's being taken down due to a supposed copyright violation. However, Youtube won't tell me what it is I am infringing, the email claims I have to log into my "channel" to find out what the issue is.
I do not even have a "channel" -- and I can't even remember what name/password combination I used to upload the video, because it was a FREAKING decade ago!
I faxed them for more information and they basically sent back a letter that matches their original email. I have to log into my channel.
One thing I discovered is that it's really easy to file a DMCA claim on Youtube, almost nothing is required. Disputing a claim is almost impossible. Sounds like a system ripe for abuse. I'm waiting for a disreputable law firm to start claiming ownership of every video on Youtube.
Not so easy to remove the hard drive or re-install the OS from scratch remotely. The problem people are encountering is that they are physically thousands of miles from the hardware.
I mean, for the last 10 years, I have worked on a computer I've never seen. The Mainframe is in Delaware, and I am in New Jersey.
But I can easily imagine a situation where I'm in Manhattan, but the Linux machine is located in a data center in New Mexico, or even worse, Mumbai. Effectively, I have zero access to the hardware, so yes, in such a situation the machine is effectively "bricked".
Actually we're all living inside a giant spaceship, when you get on a plane that air they spray at you from the overhead bin puts you to sleep and they hypnotize you to think you were on vacation. And Eve isn't a real pop-singer, she's just a computer program. Never mind the guy on the transforming motorcycle.