Since did slashdot become a giant advertising hoarding
I've been on Slashdot for about 15 years or so (don't let the UID fool you, I lost the password to the original user ID I created) - as long as I've been on Slashdot people have been complaining that Slashdot is "advertising" or "going downhill" or "becoming more uncivil" or "not news that matters"... etc.
Maybe it was a beacon of humanity and a light in our troubled times before I joined- but it's been "bad" a long time.
Does referring to it as "grey sources" make you feel better about the piracy you engage in?
Does referring to it as "piracy" make you feel better about the theft (actual deprivation of something) that excessive copyright terms commits upon society?
Does calling it society make you feel better about the cess pit of human misery that is humanity?:p
To play devil's advocate, it sort of does, because if you didn't have access to unpaid-for content, you would likely watch something else, which you would have to pay for. So the specific publisher might not lose out, but the industry as a whole might.
To play devil's advocate to your devil's advocate... He might not. Case in point "me" almost 20 years ago. I move into an apartment; my friend says "plug your TV into the cable jack, sometimes they never turn it off from the previous user".
I plug TV co-ax into wall... VOILA I have CABLE TV. Never intended to have cable- or pay for it, but by a stroke of luck, I have it... for fweeeee.
One year later, I get home from work one day... static... every channel... static... they had finally turned off the cable to my apartment. Did I then go out and order cable? Dish? some other TV service? No, I just stopped watching much TV and relied solely on over-the-air. So when they turned my cable off I didn't suddenly start paying someone something. TBH, there were very few shows I watched- TV was usually just on in the background whilst I played on the computer, or played on my cheap crappy Service-Merchandise clearance pool table. (I miss Service-Merchandise)
OP's comment about grey-area could correspond to my cable-in-the-apartment days. If I didn't have it, he just wouldn't watch as much TV.
Just that screwing their children over it is going too far.
Depending on denomination- Christians have believed they inherited the sins of their ancestors for generations. We're all sinners because Eve liked to eat Oranges.
Occasionally I do post a post in jest or that could be considered a wind up. I understand a troll vote then...
I'm not sure why this one is marked troll though by not one, but two people? Any explanation? Concept of sin in some denominations is that you are born with sin due to Eve eating the forbidden fruit. That's not trolling- that's a fact.
Puerto Rico should become a state. Write in a Texas-style escape clause if you want to placate your folks who dream fantasies of an island-nation empire.
The problem with any State; be it Texas, or a future Puerto Rican state; they wouldn't be allowed to leave (unless the US didn't want them). I guarantee if Texas claimed independence tomorrow- they'd be being run directly from DC as a rebel occupied territory by Friday.
Puerto Rico was failed by the USA -- no reason for them to seek closer ties to Washington as a state. Frankly, independence and membership in CARICOM might be a better solution, with a visa reciprocity agreement with the USA (they owe PR one, actually more than one).
If Puerto Rico were whiter then the White House might have bothered lifting more than one finger in trying to help them.
Revolutions don't work any more. Militaries and intelligence technologies are too powerful. If you want a revolution to work- you have to have the backing of the military.
Just that screwing their children over it is going too far.
Depending on denomination- Christians have believed they inherited the sins of their ancestors for generations. We're all sinners because Eve liked to eat Oranges.
Musk shows up very briefly to get his photo-op and then has the nerve to bullshit and say, "I didn't see him there!" when talking about the diver.
And Musk has his panties in a twist just because the diver - someone who actually knows what he's doing - pointed out the fact that Musk's "sub" was impractical for the caves and the truth that it was all a publicity stunt.
The Thai's NEVER asked Musk for help. It was some twitter uses who asked Musk - I think the Twitter account that posted the request for help was Musk's.
Musk is mostly all show.
Musk is definitely in the wrong here- and you don't go and call the hero of an hour a peado without any evidence of the sort, just because you're angry.
Yeah, the diver was far from polite in his comments to Musk and might very well have a bit of a twat-side to him; but Musk was well out of line here and deserves a big smack around the ears. In general, I like Musk, he has popularized various aspects of science and brought technology to the news and public ear... but Musk is just being a massive douchebag over his failed Thai publicity stunt.
Huh? It's been called soccer in the US long before MLS existed. MLS was founded in 1993. There are at least a couple of varieties of soccer played in the US, both of which predate MLS.
Yes, and none of those leagues were run by the Football Association so shouldn't have been called "soccer".
The problem I have with Soccer is that the name comes from an abbreviation of one governing body and not the sport itself.
Not only is this a false statement, it obfuscates the fact that the term "soccer" was a British-ism (from the late 1800s, no less) that eventually fell into disuse.
I think it's disingenuous to lay the blame on the USA here. England switched to a different usage after the term had gained traction in the US, and foolishly chose a name that conflicted with other sports called "football" that had taken root in form British colonies (namely the US and Australia).
I never said Americans invented the term- it is common knowledge that it began in Britain to refer to football that was administered by the football association. What I said is it is incorrect to refer to football as being administered by the British Football Association when it isn't. I
No facial information should be allowed to be stored by a government entity without a warrant. I would have thought that THAT is already covered by the constitution.
Which part of the Constitution covers this? Do you consider a photo of someone to be a search?
Doing a facial scan of someone and storing where they have been and are going is an illegal search. It's just a more efficient way than cops breaking in your house and searching your pockets for ticket stubs, and your shoes for bits of earth.
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Since did slashdot become a giant advertising hoarding
I've been on Slashdot for about 15 years or so (don't let the UID fool you, I lost the password to the original user ID I created) - as long as I've been on Slashdot people have been complaining that Slashdot is "advertising" or "going downhill" or "becoming more uncivil" or "not news that matters"... etc.
Maybe it was a beacon of humanity and a light in our troubled times before I joined- but it's been "bad" a long time.
When your bathroom stalls....
Does referring to it as "grey sources" make you feel better about the piracy you engage in?
Does referring to it as "piracy" make you feel better about the theft (actual deprivation of something) that excessive copyright terms commits upon society?
Does calling it society make you feel better about the cess pit of human misery that is humanity? :p
the argument of lost sale does not even hold.
To play devil's advocate, it sort of does, because if you didn't have access to unpaid-for content, you would likely watch something else, which you would have to pay for. So the specific publisher might not lose out, but the industry as a whole might.
To play devil's advocate to your devil's advocate... He might not. Case in point "me" almost 20 years ago. I move into an apartment; my friend says "plug your TV into the cable jack, sometimes they never turn it off from the previous user".
I plug TV co-ax into wall... VOILA I have CABLE TV. Never intended to have cable- or pay for it, but by a stroke of luck, I have it... for fweeeee.
One year later, I get home from work one day... static... every channel... static... they had finally turned off the cable to my apartment. Did I then go out and order cable? Dish? some other TV service? No, I just stopped watching much TV and relied solely on over-the-air. So when they turned my cable off I didn't suddenly start paying someone something. TBH, there were very few shows I watched- TV was usually just on in the background whilst I played on the computer, or played on my cheap crappy Service-Merchandise clearance pool table. (I miss Service-Merchandise)
OP's comment about grey-area could correspond to my cable-in-the-apartment days. If I didn't have it, he just wouldn't watch as much TV.
Actually I think it's a great idea gone too far.
We should make people pay for bad behaviour....
Just that screwing their children over it is going too far.
Depending on denomination- Christians have believed they inherited the sins of their ancestors for generations. We're all sinners because Eve liked to eat Oranges.
Occasionally I do post a post in jest or that could be considered a wind up. I understand a troll vote then...
I'm not sure why this one is marked troll though by not one, but two people? Any explanation? Concept of sin in some denominations is that you are born with sin due to Eve eating the forbidden fruit. That's not trolling- that's a fact.
It isn't a phone.... it's a really small tablet, with the capacity for making phone calls.
> If Puerto Rico were whiter then the White House might have bothered lifting more than one finger in trying to help them.
So Houston and Florida are "white" now? What utter deranged nonsense.
Whiter than Puerto Rico by a long way- and majority English speaking.
Puerto Rico should become a state. Write in a Texas-style escape clause if you want to placate your folks who dream fantasies of an island-nation empire.
The problem with any State; be it Texas, or a future Puerto Rican state; they wouldn't be allowed to leave (unless the US didn't want them). I guarantee if Texas claimed independence tomorrow- they'd be being run directly from DC as a rebel occupied territory by Friday.
Puerto Rico was failed by the USA -- no reason for them to seek closer ties to Washington as a state. Frankly, independence and membership in CARICOM might be a better solution, with a visa reciprocity agreement with the USA (they owe PR one, actually more than one).
If Puerto Rico were whiter then the White House might have bothered lifting more than one finger in trying to help them.
This is how revolutions start.
Revolutions don't work any more. Militaries and intelligence technologies are too powerful. If you want a revolution to work- you have to have the backing of the military.
Actually I think it's a great idea gone too far.
We should make people pay for bad behaviour....
Just that screwing their children over it is going too far.
Depending on denomination- Christians have believed they inherited the sins of their ancestors for generations. We're all sinners because Eve liked to eat Oranges.
Everybody loves a sale. Just look at the endless Presidents' Day car sale ads which somehow manage to run 12 months.
That's because Trump is so egotistical he passed an executive order when no-one was looking declaring EVERY day to be President's day.
Musk shows up very briefly to get his photo-op and then has the nerve to bullshit and say, "I didn't see him there!" when talking about the diver.
And Musk has his panties in a twist just because the diver - someone who actually knows what he's doing - pointed out the fact that Musk's "sub" was impractical for the caves and the truth that it was all a publicity stunt.
The Thai's NEVER asked Musk for help. It was some twitter uses who asked Musk - I think the Twitter account that posted the request for help was Musk's.
Musk is mostly all show.
Musk is definitely in the wrong here- and you don't go and call the hero of an hour a peado without any evidence of the sort, just because you're angry.
Yeah, the diver was far from polite in his comments to Musk and might very well have a bit of a twat-side to him; but Musk was well out of line here and deserves a big smack around the ears. In general, I like Musk, he has popularized various aspects of science and brought technology to the news and public ear... but Musk is just being a massive douchebag over his failed Thai publicity stunt.
You speak all 6,000 of them?
No, but I have actually done research into this fairly recently.
100 years from now Amazon will be the new Umbrella or Cyberdyne System Corporation.
They're only 5 years away from being Veridian Dynamics.
Plenty of pictures of the outdoors on Instagram
Sanators are invading privacy and should be watching TV instead, Investigators say.
Is it still going to be cheaper than Cisco when you pay to not get ads delivered to everything connected to your network switch?
Is this going to be like their phones and their tablets and their e-readers where you have to pay more not to get ads?
Hopefully it's down for good.
If it were something physical rather than a web site I'd kick it whilst it were down.
Pictures or it didn't happen....
Sure here you go: https://instagram.com/fakeinst...
Huh? It's been called soccer in the US long before MLS existed. MLS was founded in 1993. There are at least a couple of varieties of soccer played in the US, both of which predate MLS.
Yes, and none of those leagues were run by the Football Association so shouldn't have been called "soccer".
The problem I have with Soccer is that the name comes from an abbreviation of one governing body and not the sport itself.
Not only is this a false statement, it obfuscates the fact that the term "soccer" was a British-ism (from the late 1800s, no less) that eventually fell into disuse.
I think it's disingenuous to lay the blame on the USA here. England switched to a different usage after the term had gained traction in the US, and foolishly chose a name that conflicted with other sports called "football" that had taken root in form British colonies (namely the US and Australia).
I never said Americans invented the term- it is common knowledge that it began in Britain to refer to football that was administered by the football association. What I said is it is incorrect to refer to football as being administered by the British Football Association when it isn't. I
No facial information should be allowed to be stored by a government entity without a warrant. I would have thought that THAT is already covered by the constitution.
Which part of the Constitution covers this? Do you consider a photo of someone to be a search?
Doing a facial scan of someone and storing where they have been and are going is an illegal search. It's just a more efficient way than cops breaking in your house and searching your pockets for ticket stubs, and your shoes for bits of earth.
The Constitution was created before the invention of the Photograph Camera.
I am sure biometrics tracking wasn't considered an issue at the time.
No, but it did address searching. Searching through a facial database should be covered by that.
Ding Dong the Witch is dead,
Which old Witch?
The Wicked Witch