Mayhaps you could do everyone a favor, Taco, and just redirect the slashdot domains to BoingBoing, and save us having to check two different feeds every hour.:P
Three of the top eight stories are from BoingBoing this AM. Geep. I'm all for wider dissemination of information, but come on...
If the Thomson hardware is as crappily shitacular as the Thomson DVD drive in my XBox, we have nothing to worry about -- either it will fail to enable the copy protection scheme correctly, and movies will be watchable, or it won't let you watch *anything* -- in which case, the machines will be yet another failed technology on the trash heap.
The priority of price, service, quality and support varies depending on what I'm purchasing and what my goals are.
Exactly. Hence the reason I cited them ALL as factors in the purchasing process.
I suppose by citing Wal*Mart, I misrepresented my point; shopping at Wal*Mart isn't a bad thing, necessarily; however, the decision to do a majority of shopping there simply because their prices are lowest is the reason why cost-cutting is the corporate order of the day.
I occasionally shop at Wal*Mart. Why? For exactly the reasons you cite -- I don't need $6 rolls of toilet paper, or post-purchase customer service with it. But I don't shop there for all my food, clothing, electronics, and so on. For each of us, different sets of priorities affect the balance of the purchasing factors. Price as the primary factor is the populace telling corporations that we tacitly accept outsourcing in all industries (textiles, manufacturing) in order to extend the volume we're able to purchase with every dollar.
...stop making decisions in your purchasing habits based solely on price (aka Wal*Mart shopping), and encourage those around you to do the same. Support a heterogenous shopping environment where quality, service, support AND price are all factors in the purchasing decision, rather than the first three being secondary considerations.
The corporate mentality of cutting costs to increase revenue and profits is a reaction to the market's demand for lower prices, not the other way around. My $.02.
Amen, brotha. What the hell is the point of having a (relatively) secure OS running on your user desktops if any dingus can plug in a thumb drive and snag data?
it will be an interesting few months (or 34 shows).
No it won't -- at least, not now.:P
Modern-day censors?
on
Semper WiFi
·
· Score: 2, Insightful
As a non-military-type (hell, I'm Canadian, we don't even know what a tank is) I'm curious how the US military is able to rein in information of a militarily-sensitive nature, as they did with letter censors in previous conflicts? Is this still something that is a concern for the US military? How do they restrict information in the digi age, when any lowly private can jump on gmail or hotmail and send off messages?
And, in response to the article, does anyone see a security issue with a "privately-funded, long-range WiFi network" in a battle zone?
...once again, I despair at the Mac zealots making the rest of the Mac community look like asshats. Good thing that doesn't happen in the Linux community, as well. Whew!
I was all for the concept of the headless iMac, until the blatantly-obvious statement occurred to me:
If they sell headless iMacs, I can put any monitor I want on it.
Read that again, from the perspective of Apple.
If we sell headless iMacs, they can put any non-Apple monitor they want on it.
Fewer profits per unit, fewer $$$ in Apple's pockets...hey, as a consumer I'd rather put my own monitor on my machine, but I also want to add two more -- so I need a headless tower. As an Apple investor (which I also am), I want them to maximize their profitability. They won't do that with $399 headless iMacs.
I have to preface my comment by saying I agree that the "guilty before proven innocent" strongarm tactics are bullshit.
However....
I for one am tired of the argument "there are legitimate uses for this technology," especially in this case. You're right -- there are legitimate uses. But 99.99% of these readers that are purchased are for the purposes of pirating satellite signals. DirecTV may be wrong in their methods of fighting back, but they are fully justified in protecting their product. I for one think it's cool that (until the release of the new cards) it's possible to hack these cards -- I work with several people who did so on a regular basis. But, the bottom line is, it's stealing. I fail to see an argument in the case of illicitly snarfing satellite signals that has the legitimacy of anti-DRM movements, which I wholeheartedly support.
"If I step off the curb tonight, and get hit by a bus, will anyone know what the hell to do with this?" If the answer is "Fuck, no!" then the aformentioned-ill-fated-coworker needs to write it down.
Mod this comment up. I love gaming as much as the next person, but reality check here: relationships are about sacrifice and compromise. In the comparison of gaming and your SO, if you don't recognize the more important of the two is the SO, then get out -- you ain't ready for a serious relationship, to be honest.
Don't get me wrong, that's not a slag -- for some people, their friends, online or in the flesh, are more important than being in a committed relationship. Just don't leave the other person in limbo.
Also, recognize the difference between "friends" and "gaming" -- is it the game you want to play, or the friends you want to play with? If it's the former, time to evaluate your priorities.
Seriously, how the hell are you going to market that?
This reminds me of the case study done on white wines. Turns out that approx 75% of white wine drinkers prefer Gewertztraminer to Chardonnay grapes. Yet Chardonnay is still the top white grape in the world. Why? Because people can't pronounce Gewurtztraminer (Guh-vurtz-trah-mihn-er), and don't want to sound stupid.
Good luck with that dash thing, folks. Let me know how it works out for you.:-)
..but, while the article was fairly interesting, the images are absolutely brutal. They literally look like someone ran around an arcade for 10 minutes with a digital, snapped some crooked, crappy shots, and dumped them into random places in the article.
The one bright point was the dude givin' it at the DDR machine.:-)
As anyone who's read the Star Wars storyline as it continues past the 4/5/6, if Lucas uses these as a baseline for more movies, rejoice your ass off.
The stories (for the most part) have great depth, a wealth of plot scenarios to choose from (which might be the biggest stumble to what to make for sequels), and continue the stories of the principals through the next 30 years (kids, getting old, death, etc.). It actually makes the characters a helluva lot more believable.
Hats off to the editors who have made EVERY story that followed the movies tie into one another -- their consistency checks have got to be brain numbing, they're so thorough. That alone has made the stories a lot of fun to read.
And the authors include some well-known names in modern sci-fi, including James Luceno, Michael P. Kube-McDowell, and Michael Stackpole.
So, go read some dead tree, and see what kind of potential there is for three (or more!) sequels from Lucas. Let's just hope he uses some of the material available to him, instead of striking off on his own.
Slashdot Mirror
Mayhaps you could do everyone a favor, Taco, and just redirect the slashdot domains to BoingBoing, and save us having to check two different feeds every hour. :P
Three of the top eight stories are from BoingBoing this AM. Geep. I'm all for wider dissemination of information, but come on...
If the Thomson hardware is as crappily shitacular as the Thomson DVD drive in my XBox, we have nothing to worry about -- either it will fail to enable the copy protection scheme correctly, and movies will be watchable, or it won't let you watch *anything* -- in which case, the machines will be yet another failed technology on the trash heap.
The priority of price, service, quality and support varies depending on what I'm purchasing and what my goals are.
Exactly. Hence the reason I cited them ALL as factors in the purchasing process.
I suppose by citing Wal*Mart, I misrepresented my point; shopping at Wal*Mart isn't a bad thing, necessarily; however, the decision to do a majority of shopping there simply because their prices are lowest is the reason why cost-cutting is the corporate order of the day.
I occasionally shop at Wal*Mart. Why? For exactly the reasons you cite -- I don't need $6 rolls of toilet paper, or post-purchase customer service with it. But I don't shop there for all my food, clothing, electronics, and so on. For each of us, different sets of priorities affect the balance of the purchasing factors. Price as the primary factor is the populace telling corporations that we tacitly accept outsourcing in all industries (textiles, manufacturing) in order to extend the volume we're able to purchase with every dollar.
...stop making decisions in your purchasing habits based solely on price (aka Wal*Mart shopping), and encourage those around you to do the same. Support a heterogenous shopping environment where quality, service, support AND price are all factors in the purchasing decision, rather than the first three being secondary considerations.
The corporate mentality of cutting costs to increase revenue and profits is a reaction to the market's demand for lower prices, not the other way around. My $.02.
Amen, brotha. What the hell is the point of having a (relatively) secure OS running on your user desktops if any dingus can plug in a thumb drive and snag data?
it will be an interesting few months (or 34 shows).
:P
No it won't -- at least, not now.
As a non-military-type (hell, I'm Canadian, we don't even know what a tank is) I'm curious how the US military is able to rein in information of a militarily-sensitive nature, as they did with letter censors in previous conflicts? Is this still something that is a concern for the US military? How do they restrict information in the digi age, when any lowly private can jump on gmail or hotmail and send off messages?
And, in response to the article, does anyone see a security issue with a "privately-funded, long-range WiFi network" in a battle zone?
...once again, I despair at the Mac zealots making the rest of the Mac community look like asshats. Good thing that doesn't happen in the Linux community, as well. Whew!
I was all for the concept of the headless iMac, until the blatantly-obvious statement occurred to me:
If they sell headless iMacs, I can put any monitor I want on it.
Read that again, from the perspective of Apple.
If we sell headless iMacs, they can put any non-Apple monitor they want on it.
Fewer profits per unit, fewer $$$ in Apple's pockets...hey, as a consumer I'd rather put my own monitor on my machine, but I also want to add two more -- so I need a headless tower. As an Apple investor (which I also am), I want them to maximize their profitability. They won't do that with $399 headless iMacs.
I have to preface my comment by saying I agree that the "guilty before proven innocent" strongarm tactics are bullshit.
However....
I for one am tired of the argument "there are legitimate uses for this technology," especially in this case. You're right -- there are legitimate uses. But 99.99% of these readers that are purchased are for the purposes of pirating satellite signals. DirecTV may be wrong in their methods of fighting back, but they are fully justified in protecting their product. I for one think it's cool that (until the release of the new cards) it's possible to hack these cards -- I work with several people who did so on a regular basis. But, the bottom line is, it's stealing. I fail to see an argument in the case of illicitly snarfing satellite signals that has the legitimacy of anti-DRM movements, which I wholeheartedly support.
Flame on....
....this is a training remote. This (as referenced in the submission) is an Imperial interrogation droid.
Computers not secure? What a relief all my passwords are on stickies stuck to my monitor. I'm set!
The bus theory is dual-purpose -- when on vacation or at home, adherence to the bus theory keeps panicking coworkers from calling you. :-)
That's what we call it in our office.
"If I step off the curb tonight, and get hit by a bus, will anyone know what the hell to do with this?" If the answer is "Fuck, no!" then the aformentioned-ill-fated-coworker needs to write it down.
Mod this comment up. I love gaming as much as the next person, but reality check here: relationships are about sacrifice and compromise. In the comparison of gaming and your SO, if you don't recognize the more important of the two is the SO, then get out -- you ain't ready for a serious relationship, to be honest.
Don't get me wrong, that's not a slag -- for some people, their friends, online or in the flesh, are more important than being in a committed relationship. Just don't leave the other person in limbo.
Also, recognize the difference between "friends" and "gaming" -- is it the game you want to play, or the friends you want to play with? If it's the former, time to evaluate your priorities.
What the hell?!? Who kicked CowboyNeal and woke him up, dammit? The last six stories on the main page are all CB.
CB: [snxxnss] Wha? Huuxhnaa?
CB: [Postpostpostpostpostpost]
Collapses back on bed
CB: [snnnxnnss]
010010010010000001110011011010000110111 101110000011100000110010101100100001000 000110000101110100001000000101010001101 000011010010110111001101011010001110110 010101100101011010110010000001101111011 011100010000001000001011100000111001001 101001011011000010000001000110011011110 110111101101100011100110010000001000100 011000010111100100101100001000000110000 101101110011001000010000001100001011011 000110110000100000010010010010000001100 111011011110111010000100000011101110110 000101110011001000000111010001101000011 010010111001100100000011011000110111101 110101011100110111100100100000011100110 110100001101001011100100111010000100001 converts to:
I shopped at ThinkGeek on April Fools Day, and all I got was this lousy shirt!
I'm thinking the event will be named something else by the time it becomes the 2nd Annual, since the US Olympic Committee has told them they can't use Olympics in their name.
When I was in high school, we saw the name of the Olympics of the Mind program changed to "Odyssey of the Mind" for the same reason.
C#.
:-)
Seriously, how the hell are you going to market that?
This reminds me of the case study done on white wines. Turns out that approx 75% of white wine drinkers prefer Gewertztraminer to Chardonnay grapes. Yet Chardonnay is still the top white grape in the world. Why? Because people can't pronounce Gewurtztraminer (Guh-vurtz-trah-mihn-er), and don't want to sound stupid.
Good luck with that dash thing, folks. Let me know how it works out for you.
..but, while the article was fairly interesting, the images are absolutely brutal. They literally look like someone ran around an arcade for 10 minutes with a digital, snapped some crooked, crappy shots, and dumped them into random places in the article.
:-)
The one bright point was the dude givin' it at the DDR machine.
Looking for a little weekend reading?
Why waste my weekend, when I can get paid to read it now?
or many admins would fear for their manhood
Why fear for it? I though most sysadmins never get to use it anyways...;-P
Silly Messagelabs, using frames. What a treat to see the internet circa 1998. And, it doesn't work in Safari.
How brutal is it that the connection from Mars is faster than the dialup-only available in NW Ontario? :-(
As anyone who's read the Star Wars storyline as it continues past the 4/5/6, if Lucas uses these as a baseline for more movies, rejoice your ass off.
The stories (for the most part) have great depth, a wealth of plot scenarios to choose from (which might be the biggest stumble to what to make for sequels), and continue the stories of the principals through the next 30 years (kids, getting old, death, etc.). It actually makes the characters a helluva lot more believable.
Hats off to the editors who have made EVERY story that followed the movies tie into one another -- their consistency checks have got to be brain numbing, they're so thorough. That alone has made the stories a lot of fun to read.
And the authors include some well-known names in modern sci-fi, including James Luceno, Michael P. Kube-McDowell, and Michael Stackpole.
So, go read some dead tree, and see what kind of potential there is for three (or more!) sequels from Lucas. Let's just hope he uses some of the material available to him, instead of striking off on his own.