HAARP: The Swiss Army Knife of Conspiracy Theories.
I don't think I've heard of any one project being the source of so many "evil" events, natural and man-made. Hell, some people will even claim is was used to steer and strengthen a hurricane to further some mysterious group's plan for global depopulation in once sentence, and in the very next claim it was used to dissipate another hurricane for an "unknown agenda". Wow...
Re:Way to shoot yourself in the foot, Sony!
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The second thing I notice (because who really reads the EULA?) while researching how to crack the DRM, is that, among other things, if my house is burgled I will have to delete all the mp3's from this disc. (Because, you know, a burglar would spend all that time copying the MP3's from my hard drive instead of stealing the whole damn computer. And man, if I own a laptop, they're just going to leave it on the desk and take my crappy TV instead...)
I just wanted to point out that that's not the reason they want you to delete the music from your computer. Apparently Sony either 1) considers stolen material to have legally changed ownership, or 2) possession of the original CD is the only criteria for determining the legality of possessing copies of the music. Given those retarded stances, they claim that you would no longer have the right to possess copies of the music, because you no longer "own" or possess the original CD.
I... don't even know what to say about Sony anymore...
The move comes just a day after a top Bush administration official chided Sony and the entertainment industry for going too far [...]
Months of potential and prior customers crying foul and Sony's response is, "Meh. It's not that bad, but here's a half-assed patch and some hoops to jump through."
A day after someone in the government goes, "Naughty, naughty," Sony's suddenly pulling their DRM, if even "temporarily".
It can't be anymore obvious what Sony thinks of their customers...
This is the third time I get to post this link in roughly 2 weeks.
Sterling D. Allan's personal website. Check out some of the other websites he has founded and administers. Not to say that real scientists can't be religious or spiritual, but... come on... Given that the articles submitted here by Mr. Allan are more pseudo-science than anything, coupled with that list of websites, there's absolutely no reason this stuff should be on Slashdot, let alone the front page. Yeesh...
What's more dangerous, Slashdot; anti-science or pseudo-science?
This is the second time Mr. Allan has made a self-advertizing submission, and actually had it blindly accepted, in as many weeks. Remember "Wilma the Capacitor and Particle Accelerator"?
This is Mr. Allan's personal website. If the story itself isn't enough, you can judge Mr. Allan's credibility by looking at some the other websites he's founded and administers.
How do we strike a balance between a piece of legislation that covers any crime that may not have been thought up yet, without prohibiting activities that are not necesserily criminal that will be invented in the future?
What if we give people the responsibility and power to evaluate a given situation as it applies to a certain law? I think we should call them "judges"...
Maybe not, but science is certainly taking a backseat. When even on Slashdot articles like "Wilma the Capacitor" and at least two Electric Universe articles get posted to the front page... well...
The 44% of the US population that don't believe in evolution of any form believe there's a God who's idea of a good time is toss dinosaur bones around the world making them look millions of years older than our 4000 or 5000 year old Earth.
Which is really weird, because I always thought deception was the domain of That Other Guy(TM).
As was stated, it was at it's closest back in 2003. Do we really need these kinds of updates every other year? To me, the way this is presented greatly diminishes that "once in a lifetime event" feeling that was hyped up 2 years ago.
Anyone else get the feeling the media is the new Hollywood, taking a "hit" and driving it into the ground?
As you said, OO's problems can be overcome - Microsoft's can't.
That excuse is only valid in exceptionally small situations. To the average user open- and closed-source development is equally inaccessible. Your mother can do just as much about OpenOffice bloat as she can about MS Office bloat...
Hmm... I was going to post something about how he (along with other editors, to be fair) can't be bothered to verify the validity of submitted articles, but yet finds the time to something like this.
Then I realized, well... this ishis website.
Then I realized there are actually people who pay real money for a subscription and are thanked with a handful of bogus articles, so the failure to verify sources and articles is nice smack in the face.
Then I realized that I am not one of those subscribers, so I don't feel I have a significant reason to complain, and that I'll just leave it up to someone else.
Of course, here I am... because I also realized that "leaving it up to someone else" has become the norm for the editors on Slashdot, and I didn't want to validate that stance.
I fail to see how it's important what a dinosaur did period.
Importance is subjective. It may not be important to you, and it may not be important for humanity in general, but in his particular field, it is important.
I'm sure many people feel that how planets are formed is pretty unimportant, too.
No, this isn't a troll. I'm primarily a Windows users, but right now I'm posting this from Ubuntu Linux.
I've noticed that when someone complains about there being "too many Linux distros", the standard response seems to be, "choice is good," which get rated up.
Now, I agree, but... here we have, more than likely, the same people who defend the large number of Linux distros complaining about "too many web browsers."
I remember when everyone used hotmail, back when it used to be usable. Then Microsoft screwed over its users with more and more intrusive ads, shitty interface and more.
Not to defend Microsoft, but would that be the same Hotmail that took days to deliver an e-mail to even another Hotmail account? Yeah, those were the days...
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Intelligence is not fear.
You don't need to be afraid of moving traffic to know that dodging cars doing 60mph is a really, fucking bad idea...
Take away someone's fear and suddenly they become a freakin' moron? Give me a break...
A fearless, stupid person will do stupid things. A fearless, intelligent person will do great things.
HAARP: The Swiss Army Knife of Conspiracy Theories.
I don't think I've heard of any one project being the source of so many "evil" events, natural and man-made. Hell, some people will even claim is was used to steer and strengthen a hurricane to further some mysterious group's plan for global depopulation in once sentence, and in the very next claim it was used to dissipate another hurricane for an "unknown agenda". Wow...
I just wanted to point out that that's not the reason they want you to delete the music from your computer. Apparently Sony either 1) considers stolen material to have legally changed ownership, or 2) possession of the original CD is the only criteria for determining the legality of possessing copies of the music. Given those retarded stances, they claim that you would no longer have the right to possess copies of the music, because you no longer "own" or possess the original CD.
I... don't even know what to say about Sony anymore...
A day after someone in the government goes, "Naughty, naughty," Sony's suddenly pulling their DRM, if even "temporarily".
It can't be anymore obvious what Sony thinks of their customers...
This is the third time I get to post this link in roughly 2 weeks.
Sterling D. Allan's personal website. Check out some of the other websites he has founded and administers. Not to say that real scientists can't be religious or spiritual, but... come on... Given that the articles submitted here by Mr. Allan are more pseudo-science than anything, coupled with that list of websites, there's absolutely no reason this stuff should be on Slashdot, let alone the front page. Yeesh...
What's more dangerous, Slashdot; anti-science or pseudo-science?
Anti-science, or pseudo-science?
This is the second time Mr. Allan has made a self-advertizing submission, and actually had it blindly accepted, in as many weeks. Remember "Wilma the Capacitor and Particle Accelerator"?
This is Mr. Allan's personal website. If the story itself isn't enough, you can judge Mr. Allan's credibility by looking at some the other websites he's founded and administers.
This is truly shameful.
As was stated, it was at it's closest back in 2003. Do we really need these kinds of updates every other year? To me, the way this is presented greatly diminishes that "once in a lifetime event" feeling that was hyped up 2 years ago.
Anyone else get the feeling the media is the new Hollywood, taking a "hit" and driving it into the ground?
Damn fine time to start...
Hmm... I was going to post something about how he (along with other editors, to be fair) can't be bothered to verify the validity of submitted articles, but yet finds the time to something like this.
Then I realized, well... this is his website.
Then I realized there are actually people who pay real money for a subscription and are thanked with a handful of bogus articles, so the failure to verify sources and articles is nice smack in the face.
Then I realized that I am not one of those subscribers, so I don't feel I have a significant reason to complain, and that I'll just leave it up to someone else.
Of course, here I am... because I also realized that "leaving it up to someone else" has become the norm for the editors on Slashdot, and I didn't want to validate that stance.
Oh dear...
One of the articles on Greater Things (one of Mr. Allan's websites): Sterling D. Allan's Run for U.S. President 2004 Foretold in Alphabetics Bible Code
Embarassing indeed...
Here's his website. Quite an interesting mix of websites he administers there...
I'm sure many people feel that how planets are formed is pretty unimportant, too.
No, this isn't a troll. I'm primarily a Windows users, but right now I'm posting this from Ubuntu Linux.
I've noticed that when someone complains about there being "too many Linux distros", the standard response seems to be, "choice is good," which get rated up.
Now, I agree, but... here we have, more than likely, the same people who defend the large number of Linux distros complaining about "too many web browsers."
Did I miss a memo?
LAQ (Live Action Quake)?