I think you raise a valid point. In the world of IT, we're accustomed to the logical and obvious nature of everything. Since we don't think of the subconscious or unintended results of areas such as design, we tend to forget that it still has an effect on the users.
I own a "dumb" phone. I also own three desktop computers and a laptop. I figure the primary use for any cell phone is to make calls, and if I need to make sure I'm connected to the Internet while I'm away from home, I have either my laptop or any other number of possibilities (i.e., local library, Internet cafe, friends' computers, etc.) to get connected. I use my cell phone to make calls, because that's what it's primary use is.
Considering the two sites mentioned in the synopsis, the first thing I thought of was that these were sites that were supposedly no longer listing copyrighted materials. So the question to me then became, "Is there copyrighted material being shared under fake, non-copyrighted names? If I download 'Nasty.Old.People_2009_TS3.dvd.iso', am I really getting the Creative Commons-licensed movie, or am I getting 'Toy Story 3' because I read on some hacker site that the fake name is just a way to distribute the copyrighted movie?"
I think, perhaps, that you may be the exception instead of the rule. I checked my router's MAC address and the response was a town northwest of Seattle (I live in southeast Wisconsin). Chances are that many of the results will be the router's origin: the manufacturing site.
They say that 95% of apps get approved within one week. That means that about 500 apps a week are rejected for various reasons.
I'm not sure your math is correct. Just because Apple says that 95% of apps get approved within one week doesn't specifically mean that it's 95% of all the apps submitted. As far as I can tell, the only fact that statement shows is that 95% of all the approved apps are approved within one week; the number of approved apps could be 25%, 50%, 75%, or even 99% of the submitted apps.
I download a lot of 720/1080p videos, and I also seed a lot of pirated video. I have run out of slots to put in hard drives across two computers. I need (read: need to upkeep my ratio) my files at all times (over a network is fine), especially since I mirror TPB, what I've got on the Beowulf cluster. I don't want to have the MPAA beating down my door, I want all hard drives available all the time to anyone connected to the Internet. I'm assuming that, since it's copyrighted material, I won't need more than three lawyers to defend me and thus I'm hoping a solution exists that can be easily disposed of and/or hidden away from the authorities and still keep somewhat untraceable. So Slashdot, what have you done?
Fixed that for ya.
I know for a FACT that violence has always been the heart and soul of video games! Did you know that the first video game, Pong, was based on two bullies pushing a nerd back and forth between them, with the "loser" being the one who didn't get in the last push before the nerd ran away?
Post-Enlightenment scientific rigour vs Superstition and quack doctors: Yeah that living to the old age of 30 sounds great. Get me a piece of that action... We've still got voodoo nonsense and you're free to go get "treated" by one if you wish.
How about the simple fact the "article" was written and published for the internet?
I keep track of all my passwords using a "rootword" system I devised. I started off simply, and have made the system more complex as time passes.
As an example, all my passwords are based off a single, easily-remembered word. Then I complicate the rootword -- i.e., by replacing characters with symbols or numbers so that even in the unlikely chance anyone ever does find out my rootword, they don't know which iteration of characters make up the string of said word. If I choose "banana", then my rootword may end up being "b@Nan4" or "BAn@n@" or "b4n4n@" etc.
Next, I simply add extra characters as identifiers to the rootword depending on the services or sites for which it is used. It may have something to do with the site or service name, the person that introduced me to it, or something completely random that reminds me of it. Thus, my "b@Nan4" may end up as "g00b@Nan4" for a Gmail account.
You'd be surprised at how simple it is to remember a couple hundred different passwords using a system like this.
I applied at Best Buy for a job 2 years ago, and they offered me a job selling computers on the sales floor. I told them I wanted a tech position, as I had 8 years of previous experience in retail, support, and break/fix (in retail, also on-site) and they said they couldn't get me into that department. I quit about 6 weeks later, when I found out Best Buy had questionable business ethics (they wanted me to sell battery backup systems to customers with laptops) and unreasonable employee requests (mandatory 7am Saturday morning meetings once a month where they required you to wear your work uniform - even though the store wasn't open - complete with calisthenics where they expected all employees to participate); but all my reasons for quitting are a whole different story.
About 2 months later, my friend - who has depended on me to be his personal computer technician for the previous 7 or 8 years, especially when we lived together - was hired as a Geek Squad agent with no previous experience. About 2 months later, my brother was hired as a Geek Squad agent at the same store - also with no previous experience.
I guess that just proves to show you what est Buy is looking for in their agents. It seems they want to train people heir own way, possibly even knowing that somebody with previous technical experience may see through the BS they pass off as "expertise."
Fifteen years ago, my best friend was in a similar situation. Two weeks until graduation and a suspension rolls in for distributing our homemade "newspaper." The suspension was a temporary punishment while the school tried to start expulsion hearings based on the fact that the school faculty didn't like what was printed in the newspaper. We contacted the ACLU and immediately had a representative at the school's expulsion hearing. The school didn't like to hear an ACLU lawyer telling them how they were going to be sued for denying two constitutional rights of free speech and free press. Three days after the initial suspension, my friend was back in school and went on to graduate.
The events weren't even placed in his school records.
If you think the school is trying to quash the rights of free speech and ideas, then by all means contact your local ACLU representatives. They'll help you fight against the the school's attempts to punish you if it's unconstitutional.
Slashdot Mirror
I think you raise a valid point. In the world of IT, we're accustomed to the logical and obvious nature of everything. Since we don't think of the subconscious or unintended results of areas such as design, we tend to forget that it still has an effect on the users.
For a minute there, I thought you were talking about me...
Evidently, there's also not enough spellcheck programs to help you, either.
I own a "dumb" phone. I also own three desktop computers and a laptop. I figure the primary use for any cell phone is to make calls, and if I need to make sure I'm connected to the Internet while I'm away from home, I have either my laptop or any other number of possibilities (i.e., local library, Internet cafe, friends' computers, etc.) to get connected. I use my cell phone to make calls, because that's what it's primary use is.
But not as impressive as this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_nuvPKIi8
I still need to finish watching season 5 of "Sliders".
Considering the two sites mentioned in the synopsis, the first thing I thought of was that these were sites that were supposedly no longer listing copyrighted materials. So the question to me then became, "Is there copyrighted material being shared under fake, non-copyrighted names? If I download 'Nasty.Old.People_2009_TS3.dvd.iso', am I really getting the Creative Commons-licensed movie, or am I getting 'Toy Story 3' because I read on some hacker site that the fake name is just a way to distribute the copyrighted movie?"
Why don't we all ask VH1 how this idea worked out for them?
I think, perhaps, that you may be the exception instead of the rule. I checked my router's MAC address and the response was a town northwest of Seattle (I live in southeast Wisconsin). Chances are that many of the results will be the router's origin: the manufacturing site.
They review on the order of 10,000 apps a week.
They say that 95% of apps get approved within one week. That means that about 500 apps a week are rejected for various reasons.
I'm not sure your math is correct. Just because Apple says that 95% of apps get approved within one week doesn't specifically mean that it's 95% of all the apps submitted. As far as I can tell, the only fact that statement shows is that 95% of all the approved apps are approved within one week; the number of approved apps could be 25%, 50%, 75%, or even 99% of the submitted apps.
...making our products more secure than anyone else...
...our focus and investment continues to surpass others...
It's easy to be the best at these things when you're playing catch-up to everyone else.
Fox News reported that Wikimedia is "in chaos"
Hello, pot; it's me, kettle!
I download a lot of 720/1080p videos, and I also seed a lot of pirated video. I have run out of slots to put in hard drives across two computers. I need (read: need to upkeep my ratio) my files at all times (over a network is fine), especially since I mirror TPB, what I've got on the Beowulf cluster. I don't want to have the MPAA beating down my door, I want all hard drives available all the time to anyone connected to the Internet. I'm assuming that, since it's copyrighted material, I won't need more than three lawyers to defend me and thus I'm hoping a solution exists that can be easily disposed of and/or hidden away from the authorities and still keep somewhat untraceable. So Slashdot, what have you done? Fixed that for ya.
re-nig
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
And where would you insert the liveCD?
Don't be silly; you wouldn't use a LiveCD. Booting from a USB thumb drive is the obvious option.
Preach it, brother!
/sarcasm
I know for a FACT that violence has always been the heart and soul of video games! Did you know that the first video game, Pong, was based on two bullies pushing a nerd back and forth between them, with the "loser" being the one who didn't get in the last push before the nerd ran away?
Eventually, even Microsoft had to learn that black is the new blue.
Post-Enlightenment scientific rigour vs Superstition and quack doctors: Yeah that living to the old age of 30 sounds great. Get me a piece of that action... We've still got voodoo nonsense and you're free to go get "treated" by one if you wish.
How about the simple fact the "article" was written and published for the internet?
I keep track of all my passwords using a "rootword" system I devised. I started off simply, and have made the system more complex as time passes.
As an example, all my passwords are based off a single, easily-remembered word. Then I complicate the rootword -- i.e., by replacing characters with symbols or numbers so that even in the unlikely chance anyone ever does find out my rootword, they don't know which iteration of characters make up the string of said word. If I choose "banana", then my rootword may end up being "b@Nan4" or "BAn@n@" or "b4n4n@" etc.
Next, I simply add extra characters as identifiers to the rootword depending on the services or sites for which it is used. It may have something to do with the site or service name, the person that introduced me to it, or something completely random that reminds me of it. Thus, my "b@Nan4" may end up as "g00b@Nan4" for a Gmail account.
You'd be surprised at how simple it is to remember a couple hundred different passwords using a system like this.
resistance is feudal.
I hate it when fighting back automatically transports me to the Middle Ages and throws me into the middle of a caste system...
I'd rather be an idiot making that joke again, than be the idiot you are who can't understand it was a joke.
Grammar Nazi
Function: annoyance
Etymology: English grammar, German Nazi
smug pricks who live to point out minor flaws in other people's grammar
I believe the correct word to use is "whom."
I applied at Best Buy for a job 2 years ago, and they offered me a job selling computers on the sales floor. I told them I wanted a tech position, as I had 8 years of previous experience in retail, support, and break/fix (in retail, also on-site) and they said they couldn't get me into that department. I quit about 6 weeks later, when I found out Best Buy had questionable business ethics (they wanted me to sell battery backup systems to customers with laptops) and unreasonable employee requests (mandatory 7am Saturday morning meetings once a month where they required you to wear your work uniform - even though the store wasn't open - complete with calisthenics where they expected all employees to participate); but all my reasons for quitting are a whole different story.
About 2 months later, my friend - who has depended on me to be his personal computer technician for the previous 7 or 8 years, especially when we lived together - was hired as a Geek Squad agent with no previous experience. About 2 months later, my brother was hired as a Geek Squad agent at the same store - also with no previous experience.
I guess that just proves to show you what est Buy is looking for in their agents. It seems they want to train people heir own way, possibly even knowing that somebody with previous technical experience may see through the BS they pass off as "expertise."
Fifteen years ago, my best friend was in a similar situation. Two weeks until graduation and a suspension rolls in for distributing our homemade "newspaper." The suspension was a temporary punishment while the school tried to start expulsion hearings based on the fact that the school faculty didn't like what was printed in the newspaper. We contacted the ACLU and immediately had a representative at the school's expulsion hearing. The school didn't like to hear an ACLU lawyer telling them how they were going to be sued for denying two constitutional rights of free speech and free press. Three days after the initial suspension, my friend was back in school and went on to graduate.
The events weren't even placed in his school records.
If you think the school is trying to quash the rights of free speech and ideas, then by all means contact your local ACLU representatives. They'll help you fight against the the school's attempts to punish you if it's unconstitutional.
But here comes my plan to smuggle DVDs by drugs!