Isn't it lovely the way yellow-ish journalism like this has survived the.com implosion?! The shameless bashing of the 'enemy', Microsoft, is constantly spun in new directions and with re-newed vigour each day here at slashdot.
This story is a perfect example! When the Indrema tanked, taking with it $millions of venture capital, basically amounting to little more than a fraudulent pipe dream enriching a few greedy MBA's and duping the foolish idealists still wanking off to OSS, Linux, PL's and crap that can't be harnessed by any known business strategy, nary a critical word was presented here on slashdot.
But lo and behold! ! a few X-Box units were shipped with defects (an utterly typical, commonplace occurance in mass produced consumer merchandise), and a few of those were purchased by ill tempered, impatient customers too distracted by their temper tantrums to listen to the support person or too stupid to understand what was being said to them, or, my goodness, perhaps even mistakenly told something incorrect (which is easilly remedied).
This is the sort of story slashdot will gladly post, as it slams their corporate master's primary competitor, even if indirectly. They will never post a story slamming a corporate ally, did you ever notice? For those of you with a modicum of self respect left in your glazed over minds, the truth should be clear, and you should be un-afraid to admit it: slashdot is just one big commercial for Linux.
Now ask yourself, if a company in another field used such vile and disgusting tactics to smear their competitors, would you buy their product? Heh, I guess that is the very essence of Irony, that my analogy mentions the concept of purchase, since who the hell buys Free Software any way? !!
try QNX. aka "
queer-nux" according to some, it also fits this stuff on a single floppy. also a gui. linux without unix would be like vaginux without va linux. in otherwords, pointless.
I noticed your sig, email address as relating to some sort of Linux Pimp. If you haven't noticed already, I am a female linux. the name is vaginux, in fact, vah-gyn-ucks, I don't know how much more 'female' you'd want to get than that!.
also, I am a whore and would like to meet a pimp with some class! please email me thx.
for instance, the so called 'slashdot effect' is dangerously similar to the DDOS attacks of recent occurance. Couple this with the large number of "dot comms" that are imploding left and right, and considering the notion that during this startup lifecycle phase many of these companies fall into the hands of the mean green litigating machine that the money and lawyers are eager for, it is a wonder that we don't pick up more lawsuits over toppling these medium sized servers.
This story is a perfect example, a foul EULA, obviously crafted by an aggressive attourney, their hatred of negative press and a slashdotting of their service, it seems obvious that trouble is near. One quick glance at the referer data will make it all so clear even to the simplest fool: slashdot causes server outages when they post a story. Couple this with the editorial shortcommings and faulty reporting standards so prevelent on slashdot, and the case of negligence that could ensue would be entirely reasonable. WATCH OUT TACO, THEY ARE COMING TO GET YOU.
The series is on CNN. as they've been widely regarded as the official 'information' dissemination arm for each and every western gov't since about 1988, I would hazard a guess and say, yes, you will be able to watch this series, along with the rest of the sheep, either here in the US or in your 'native UK'. merry hollidays, thx.
I find the idea of the superorganism to be a bit creepy. y'know, just like the individual cells in your body have evolved from independant single celled organisms on up through communal arrangements (like sea anemones) and on up again into the complex multicelled organism that we are today, the superorgasm is the conglomeration of several discreet multicelled organisms acting in unison to the point of complete interdependance. a good example is the coral reef colony. or our own society.
Now, to the best of my ability to fathom, human society is comprised of sevaral overlapping superorganisms, and each of us is part of many such superorgasms. There is the city you live in, the church you belong to, the school or corporation you are attached to, etc, all of these can be considered a type of superorganisms. but it goes a little deeper. law and tradition also become superorganisms when the ability to control them exceed the capabilities of any individual. here in the US, we have an out of control judical system and certain frenzied traditions like Xmas. Santa does exist as an abstract layer of order compelling many discreet elements to act in concert. therefor, the answer to "Does Santa Claus Exist?" is a resopunding YES! just look around you this morning, the wrapping paper, the decorations, the trees and plants plucked from their natural settings, all of these things are the refuse, the excretions of our beloved Santa Claus.
you know, between my nick, my posting history and what I'm about to say, you might be tempted to write this off as some sort of troll, but I think I speak for most of us when I say "THOSE FUCKERS".
please consider this for a +1 insightful, please, as I really think it sums up our collective outrage. thx.
is it the guy doc out of LOVE BOAT now? or doc holliday maybe? the alternative is getting the fucken work done or complaining about how your tools are broken. FUCK! if you guys are so bloody intelligent that you can just 'be in charge of DDR' and shit like that, you'd think you could just switch to PS or PDF format and QUIT YOUR WHINING.
wrongo. with myraid custom congfigurastions the TYPICAL USER could find a keyboard that suits their sentiments in such a way as to PROMOTE easy typing throughout the world AND BEYOND. so shut up you bloody non-modded killjoy!
One of the greatest misconceptions propagated by the credit card industry is that the consumer is liable for charges incurred on a stolen credit card.
Read your agreements carefully; most of my cards hold me with little if any liability (the worst is $50 maximum). The rest of the bill is footed by the credit card company/issuer, not the consumer. When the credit card company denies a charge to 'verify security', it is not doing so for 'your protection', as they say, but for their own.
So, if the credit card numbers were indeed stolen and used illicitly (which is not clearly the case), it's the credit card companies who have something to worry about, not the consumers.
Regardless, Egghead.com should have had more secure systems; I'm sure this is very embarassing.
I can't believe no one sees the big picture here.
Why would they be giving away cable modems?
To make you look at their catalog? Of course not!
So they start by giving away the cable modems. If the stuff becomes popular, they will stop giving them away, and people will buy them. But that's not where the big bucks are. It's just good for the scanner factories. And I'm sure they will be happy to let other companies sell Comcast
Think about it: whenever you scan your can of cola or your favourite magazine, your computer connects to Comcast, sends the code you scanned (and probably your ID as well, I don't know -- can someone check that?). Then, their server sends back the URL of some webpage.
Now, here is where they win: if their software becomes popular, their server will be the main gateway of all cable modems. So if you scan a CD, where is it going to go? To Best Buy or Fry's Electronics?? If you scan a DVD, the logical URL would be the corresponding record of www.imdb.com. But do you really think it will ever send you there? They have no reason to set it up that way. So here is their first advantage: they control where you go on the net. And how long before it sends you to a "Pepsi is better" page whenever you scan a can of coke.
And then, if I am right to suppose that they send your ID with every scan, they can also collect a huge amount of info about you.
I think the idea of being able to scan a movie and get a relevant URL is cool. But the interpretation of the code should not be left to one organization only. LET'S REACT!!! We should quickly release a concurrent software for Linux, Windows and Mac, and create an open search engine. The software should be open source so you can check it doesn't invade your privacy. The gateway you use should be configurable so that if you don't like the practices of one, you can switch to another. Ideally, I would imagine a gateway in which users could vote on the best URL for a bar code.
Let's create this OPEN:Cablemodems FAST, before Radio Shack takes over the world! http://uscan.sourceforge.net is a step in the right direction, now we need to set up the server.
Early on (8086,286) Intel licensed its designs for others to fabricate. They did this to keep up with growing demand for PCs since their fabs were already at full capacity and they made extra money from licensing. However, the relationship between Intel and the processor cloners turned from cooperative to adversarial once the cloners started to undercut Intel's prices.
After releasing the 386, Intel tried to delay licensing the design in order to establish a lead in the high end. However, their licensing agreements (signed before the 386) limited what they could do to stall Cyrix and AMD, resulting in fierce price competition in the 386 market and the cloners gained quite a bit of market share. Intel's licensing agreement with Cyrix ended after the 386, forcing Cyrix to reverse engineer the 486 in order to clone it. Meanwhile, they delayed licensing the 486 to AMD. So, with the 486, Intel established a lock on the high end of the market. However, the 486 was the last processor to be cloned.
From the Pentium on, Intel has not licensed the designs to any of its competitors, forcing AMD, Cyrix, et. al. to pursue their own independent designs.
UCITA Reporter Ray Nimmer complained of "distortions" in the debate on UCITA, identifying as a "misrepresentation" the claim that "that UCITA allows licensors to prevent licensees from commenting about the products."[ 111] He said that "This allegation makes nice copy and superficial impact, but is simply untrue. You can scroll through the UCITA draft and will not find any such provision."
thus schprawked anniethustra. back up that mountain, bucko!
I will put my best foot forward and recommend you get out some more, perhaps engaging in some community events, joining a fan club or maybe enrolling in an adult course at the local trade school. whatever suits you, your happiness is the goal after all. Maybe you can join our softball league me 'n the girls from the Xena fan club Bowling team are playing in. I know we'd love to have you!
WAIT- even better yet, visit your local bohemian enclave and just groove, baby! ->8=)~!!!!
'cause I don't recommend believing your own opinions. thx.
Slashdot Mirror
change their name! it's true. or not true. but probably true.
Isn't it lovely the way yellow-ish journalism like this has survived the .com implosion?! The shameless bashing of the 'enemy', Microsoft, is constantly spun in new directions and with re-newed vigour each day here at slashdot.
This story is a perfect example! When the Indrema tanked, taking with it $millions of venture capital, basically amounting to little more than a fraudulent pipe dream enriching a few greedy MBA's and duping the foolish idealists still wanking off to OSS, Linux, PL's and crap that can't be harnessed by any known business strategy, nary a critical word was presented here on slashdot.
But lo and behold! ! a few X-Box units were shipped with defects (an utterly typical, commonplace occurance in mass produced consumer merchandise), and a few of those were purchased by ill tempered, impatient customers too distracted by their temper tantrums to listen to the support person or too stupid to understand what was being said to them, or, my goodness, perhaps even mistakenly told something incorrect (which is easilly remedied).
This is the sort of story slashdot will gladly post, as it slams their corporate master's primary competitor, even if indirectly. They will never post a story slamming a corporate ally, did you ever notice? For those of you with a modicum of self respect left in your glazed over minds, the truth should be clear, and you should be un-afraid to admit it: slashdot is just one big commercial for Linux.
Now ask yourself, if a company in another field used such vile and disgusting tactics to smear their competitors, would you buy their product? Heh, I guess that is the very essence of Irony, that my analogy mentions the concept of purchase, since who the hell buys Free Software any way? !!
my goddamned chrysler K-car does .88 on the skidpad.
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Vaginux.
fucken hell, man, that's really harsh! where ever did you get such crazy ideas?
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try QNX. aka " queer-nux" according to some, it also fits this stuff on a single floppy. also a gui. linux without unix would be like vaginux without va linux. in otherwords, pointless.
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I noticed your sig, email address as relating to some sort of Linux Pimp. If you haven't noticed already, I am a female linux. the name is vaginux, in fact, vah-gyn-ucks, I don't know how much more 'female' you'd want to get than that!.
also, I am a whore and would like to meet a pimp with some class! please email me thx.
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I hereby propose that you have to fill out a 10-08b form every time you want to wipe the snot from your chin.
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There are bigger fish for Taco to fry...
for instance, the so called 'slashdot effect' is dangerously similar to the DDOS attacks of recent occurance. Couple this with the large number of "dot comms" that are imploding left and right, and considering the notion that during this startup lifecycle phase many of these companies fall into the hands of the mean green litigating machine that the money and lawyers are eager for, it is a wonder that we don't pick up more lawsuits over toppling these medium sized servers.
This story is a perfect example, a foul EULA, obviously crafted by an aggressive attourney, their hatred of negative press and a slashdotting of their service, it seems obvious that trouble is near. One quick glance at the referer data will make it all so clear even to the simplest fool: slashdot causes server outages when they post a story. Couple this with the editorial shortcommings and faulty reporting standards so prevelent on slashdot, and the case of negligence that could ensue would be entirely reasonable. WATCH OUT TACO, THEY ARE COMING TO GET YOU.
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The series is on CNN. as they've been widely regarded as the official 'information' dissemination arm for each and every western gov't since about 1988, I would hazard a guess and say, yes, you will be able to watch this series, along with the rest of the sheep, either here in the US or in your 'native UK'. merry hollidays, thx.
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I find the idea of the superorganism to be a bit creepy. y'know, just like the individual cells in your body have evolved from independant single celled organisms on up through communal arrangements (like sea anemones) and on up again into the complex multicelled organism that we are today, the superorgasm is the conglomeration of several discreet multicelled organisms acting in unison to the point of complete interdependance. a good example is the coral reef colony. or our own society.
Now, to the best of my ability to fathom, human society is comprised of sevaral overlapping superorganisms, and each of us is part of many such superorgasms. There is the city you live in, the church you belong to, the school or corporation you are attached to, etc, all of these can be considered a type of superorganisms. but it goes a little deeper. law and tradition also become superorganisms when the ability to control them exceed the capabilities of any individual. here in the US, we have an out of control judical system and certain frenzied traditions like Xmas. Santa does exist as an abstract layer of order compelling many discreet elements to act in concert. therefor, the answer to "Does Santa Claus Exist?" is a resopunding YES! just look around you this morning, the wrapping paper, the decorations, the trees and plants plucked from their natural settings, all of these things are the refuse, the excretions of our beloved Santa Claus.
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i had a deck of cards with the transistor dragon. that marketting campaign really kicked ass... I'm on my way to ebay to check it out.
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you know, between my nick, my posting history and what I'm about to say, you might be tempted to write this off as some sort of troll, but I think I speak for most of us when I say "THOSE FUCKERS".
please consider this for a +1 insightful, please, as I really think it sums up our collective outrage. thx.
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is it the guy doc out of LOVE BOAT now? or doc holliday maybe? the alternative is getting the fucken work done or complaining about how your tools are broken. FUCK! if you guys are so bloody intelligent that you can just 'be in charge of DDR' and shit like that, you'd think you could just switch to PS or PDF format and QUIT YOUR WHINING.
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wrongo. with myraid custom congfigurastions the TYPICAL USER could find a keyboard that suits their sentiments in such a way as to PROMOTE easy typing throughout the world AND BEYOND. so shut up you bloody non-modded killjoy!
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http://spiralx.dyndns.org/howto.html
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One of the greatest misconceptions propagated by the credit card industry is that the consumer is liable for charges incurred on a stolen credit card.
Read your agreements carefully; most of my cards hold me with little if any liability (the worst is $50 maximum). The rest of the bill is footed by the credit card company/issuer, not the consumer. When the credit card company denies a charge to 'verify security', it is not doing so for 'your protection', as they say, but for their own.
So, if the credit card numbers were indeed stolen and used illicitly (which is not clearly the case), it's the credit card companies who have something to worry about, not the consumers.
Regardless, Egghead.com should have had more secure systems; I'm sure this is very embarassing.
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I can't believe no one sees the big picture here.
Why would they be giving away cable modems?
To make you look at their catalog? Of course not!
So they start by giving away the cable modems. If the stuff becomes popular, they will stop giving them away, and people will buy them. But that's not where the big bucks are. It's just good for the scanner factories. And I'm sure they will be happy to let other companies sell Comcast
Think about it: whenever you scan your can of cola or your favourite magazine, your computer connects to Comcast, sends the code you scanned (and probably your ID as well, I don't know -- can someone check that?). Then, their server sends back the URL of some webpage.
Now, here is where they win: if their software becomes popular, their server will be the main gateway of all cable modems. So if you scan a CD, where is it going to go? To Best Buy or Fry's Electronics?? If you scan a DVD, the logical URL would be the corresponding record of www.imdb.com. But do you really think it will ever send you there? They have no reason to set it up that way. So here is their first advantage: they control where you go on the net. And how long before it sends you to a "Pepsi is better" page whenever you scan a can of coke.
And then, if I am right to suppose that they send your ID with every scan, they can also collect a huge amount of info about you.
I think the idea of being able to scan a movie and get a relevant URL is cool. But the interpretation of the code should not be left to one organization only. LET'S REACT!!! We should quickly release a concurrent software for Linux, Windows and Mac, and create an open search engine. The software should be open source so you can check it doesn't invade your privacy. The gateway you use should be configurable so that if you don't like the practices of one, you can switch to another. Ideally, I would imagine a gateway in which users could vote on the best URL for a bar code.
Let's create this OPEN:Cablemodems FAST, before Radio Shack takes over the world! http://uscan.sourceforge.net is a step in the right direction, now we need to set up the server.
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Early on (8086,286) Intel licensed its designs for others to fabricate. They did this to keep up with growing demand for PCs since their fabs were already at full capacity and they made extra money from licensing. However, the relationship between Intel and the processor cloners turned from cooperative to adversarial once the cloners started to undercut Intel's prices.
After releasing the 386, Intel tried to delay licensing the design in order to establish a lead in the high end. However, their licensing agreements (signed before the 386) limited what they could do to stall Cyrix and AMD, resulting in fierce price competition in the 386 market and the cloners gained quite a bit of market share. Intel's licensing agreement with Cyrix ended after the 386, forcing Cyrix to reverse engineer the 486 in order to clone it. Meanwhile, they delayed licensing the 486 to AMD. So, with the 486, Intel established a lock on the high end of the market. However, the 486 was the last processor to be cloned.
From the Pentium on, Intel has not licensed the designs to any of its competitors, forcing AMD, Cyrix, et. al. to pursue their own independent designs.
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that sounds like a great reason for TiVo to stop using Linux, doesn't it? ;)
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recap: 9-12 fps screenshots of a special effects hack on a poorly engineered product from a now defunct company.
sign me up for more!
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it's Hoek you bloated fool!
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I have this 'now power' myself, and am happy to finally find others like me. thank you so much.
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UCITA Reporter Ray Nimmer complained of "distortions" in the debate on UCITA, identifying as a "misrepresentation" the claim that "that UCITA allows licensors to prevent licensees from commenting about the products."[ 111] He said that "This allegation makes nice copy and superficial impact, but is simply untrue. You can scroll through the UCITA draft and will not find any such provision."
that was a close call.
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thus schprawked anniethustra. back up that mountain, bucko!
I will put my best foot forward and recommend you get out some more, perhaps engaging in some community events, joining a fan club or maybe enrolling in an adult course at the local trade school. whatever suits you, your happiness is the goal after all. Maybe you can join our softball league me 'n the girls from the Xena fan club Bowling team are playing in. I know we'd love to have you!
WAIT- even better yet, visit your local bohemian enclave and just groove, baby! ->8=)~!!!!
'cause I don't recommend believing your own opinions. thx.
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that would be ironic. like the snake eating its own tail.
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