So then... what... if I don't like your business I can hold a 30 day protect and DDoS your site? The thing with regular protests is that there is a point in which people lose interest and go home (generally). It takes a lot longer to get tired of a little bit of computer power being used to hit a site.
The thing that differentiates real world protests is that you have to care about an issue. You have to be willing to take time out of your day, or take time off of work or whatever in order to exercise your right to protest. Make DDoS a legal form of protest means that there is almost zero barrier to entry and people could potentially protest over things they don't really care about that much.
I get your point about the possible need for a way to protest organizations that don't have a physically accessible spot, but I don't think that this is the answer.
In both cases, the observable fact is that time and resources are spent to deny access to other time and resources.
Your argument reminds me of the man who offers a woman $1,000,000 to sleep with him. She says yes, to which he replies how about fifty dollars, instead? She then says I am not a prostitute, what sort of woman do you think I am, offering me fifty dollars?... to which he says we've established what type of woman you are, we're just haggling over price.
In other words, you are correct in all your points, and I don't disagree. I simply think this should be an option that is discussed - it may (or may not) be the answer - and it is a lot better than no action at all.
That's like saying the ipad is open because you can get your apps by sending them through the app store. Not quite the same, but close enough that it doesn't make a big difference.
I guess...developing a lot of RT stuff are you? I'm an avid MS-tech developer and I'm not buying an RT device...hopefully the pro will come through. Not to happy about the fan:\
I'm a developer, and I use Visual Studio for lots of C projects, and some C#. I bought the RT specifically because of RemoteFX.
Seriously I don't understand why MS isn't touting RemoteFX as the "killer app" of the entire "tablet" world. I'm not buying the Pro, because there is literally no reason when my RT still runs Remote Desktop.
Crysis on the Surface RT anyone?
Exactly.
I bought my playbook the moment they announced the playbook keyboard because of the same reason. In this case, it's citrix at work and splashtop at home.
The whole idea of the traditional protest is that people had to stand in a particular area to create problems for wherever they were standing. The limiting factor is that it requires people's time.
Right, because the idea behind striking should apply to a company that doesn't operate in a location where you can physically protest. The limiting factor here is bandwidth and processing power, and that's all that is being consumed on both ends.
How are "High level employees" with business decision making powers, directorships, fiduciary responsibility and strategic control NOT considered foxconn?
Maybe this will help explain:
A bank employee embezzles from his employer. Headline reads: Bank steals money.
See the problem now?
No, I don't. Because that's a false equivalency.
Anyone who is taking (or giving) bribes to generate business will also be (by default) in possession or use of money they don't deserve. Of course the officials engaged in bribery were also "embezzling". They were using (or receiving) money they didn't earn, that didn't go on the company books. It's an indirect result of the bribery. Yes, it's wrong, but it is (well, could be) incidental. I'm willing to admit I might be wrong about this, but embezzlement would come with any charges of bribery.
It's like getting accused of murder - you caused harm and are probably guilty of assault.
This headline is really badly written.
A few high level Foxconn employees have been accused of taking bribes, by Foxconn. Foxconn called in the law enforcement on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and is working with them to capture all the responsible parties. So rather than Foxconn taking bribes, it's Foxconn employees abusing their power, and embezzling against Foxconn by taking bribes from suppliers.
How are "High level employees" with business decision making powers, directorships, fiduciary responsibility and strategic control NOT considered foxconn? That's like saying "Oh no, that police officer acted on his own - the entire department isn't racist" when you find out that the chief, the deputy chief, the head of HR and all the duty sergeants are high ranking members of the KKK.
So, you're technically correct - foxconn, the corporation, did not engage in bribery - but in essence, the company DID, and was not significantly negatively impacted. I bet if I read the article, I could even figure out if they profited from the bribes...
The second piece of advice: NASA isn't the only place that has smart engineers. There are plenty of small engineering companies in the world; take a look around and find one! Even pretty small towns are likely to have some civil engineers or mechanical engineers...
Third piece of advice: I know lots of engineers. I only know a few smart ones. Figure out who those smart ones are.
Any robotics competition is interesting - but why don't we hear more about them on slashdot? The last mention of a competition was last year... Skills Canada has a similar, yearly competition and has included robotics as a category for quite some time (Up here, it's been going on since 1995).
In fact, it looks like there are 26 different competitions that students can enter, per year... though the geographic restrictions may limit individual participation.
Raises curiosity: how much work is done by this 15-old boy and how much is actually done by his father?
I imagine about the same ratio as famous professors and the grad-students working under them... Don't underestimate the ideas and work that can be done by underlings. Only in this case, the underling gets the credit, in the other case, usually not so much...
Grad students and professors? That's a bit of a stretch. Maybe parents + science fairs would be a better comparison.
Al Jazeera is probably no better (or worse) than any of the american news networks. Unfortunately, that's not a particularly strong supporting argument...
Clearly spoken by someone who hasn't watched Al Jazeera (or, I suppose, American new networks). I generally find that Al Jazeera provides broader news coverage, and has better in depth features on less-covered topics, than American news networks. It also has less "talk shows".
Clearly spoken by someone who hasn't watched Al Jazeera in the original language.
Everything on Slashdot has something to do with Australia, now.
Of course it will. Australia is the centre of the universe. Even the name "Aatish Bhatia" is obviously Australian in origin, and Rutgers is a suburb of Sydney I think.
Considering how "new" australia is as a country, it's not surprising that these things may appear to belong to other parts of the world. It's called intertexuality, and it's a natural process of borrowing ideas from established works.
In the USA, it means its really, really cold, you'll have to dress well, including good gloves and hat. If there is any wind you'll wand to cover your face too.
and the air is very dry, inside, getting a humidifier is a good idea.. If your car or truck has been parked outside for a while you would need to start it and have it warm up for 10 minutes before driving off.
In the rest of the world its cold but bearable, since its just below freezing sidewalks may be slippery.
So, what you're saying is that the canadian climate has below 0 temperatures for two reasons: The system of measurement is fundamentally flawed, and it's colder than we get in this area, normally.
This doesn't really help. I pondered this for a while the other day when I read that first and gave up trying to wrap my head around it. I was always under the impression that 0 kelvin (absolute 0) meant a state at which there was no movement at the atomic/subatomic level. It would seem as though to reach a negative temperature, one would have to slow a substances particles to less than 0 movement. Then I realized they were talking about a quantum state and I pretty much gave up trying to understand it at that point, because anything which has the word 'quantum' in it suddenly defies all the rules I'd ever been taught about anything at all.:o)
That was my first reaction when I learned about quantum mechanics - nothing fundamentally works the way I was taught it works, it only appears to work that way under certain conditions.
Though, for this article, my first reaction was And the relevance of this discovery (again) is what, exactly? I didn't understand it before, I don't understand it now, and I don't see how it makes any difference what-so-ever.
As I understand it, Al-Jazeera is as biased and controversial as both the left- and right- leaning institutions already in place,
And how do you understand it?
Not sure what you're asking for - I already said that I understand it to be biased and controversial. If you'd like specific points of controversy, I'd suggest you do some research - as they say, google is your friend. You can start with their views on homosexuality, the dispute over journalistic independence from Qatar, and the anti-semitic tone that the arabic language version of the network has been known to support.
As I said in the original post, I'm not saying the views they express are right or wrong, I'm saying that they are not right or wrong based on the fact they are different.
They are certainly much better than Fox "News" probably most news networks are way better than them. I wonder how Fox "News" is even legal in the U.S.A. considering that it's forbidden to direct propaganda by foreigners against U.S. citizens. Fox "news" is owned by foreigners australians and saudis but I'm guessing they are trying to dumb down the american people and make them self-destruct through ignorance.
Fox was unable to start up a Canadian subsidiary because their current practices don't allow that sort of journalism to be called "news". Of course, snopes disagrees, but - as the original post says - you shouldn't judge what you havn't experienced.
As someone who's actually watched Al Jazeera English, I'd just recommend that people watch it before they judge it, rather than just assuming it's the "Al Qaeda network". It's not.
It would be wrong to simply evaluate the merits of Al Jazeera based on the opinions of others. It is equally wrong to assume that because you (or any individual) likes what they have heard, that it has merit. Multiple data points and opinions have value, and proving merit is much more difficult that disproving it.
It takes a lot of time and evidence to prove credibility, and very little evidence to disprove it. Has Al Jazeera spent the time proving credibility? Or have they lost credibility through sloppy (or misleading reporting)? I honestly can't say. But people want to see that their opinions and judgments are widespread and common, and will generally support whichever broadcaster agrees with their views - not the most credible or honest network.
Al Jazeera is probably no better (or worse) than any of the american news networks. Unfortunately, that's not a particularly strong supporting argument...
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No, but you have a lot for 129$ still a very good bang for the buck.
Compared to 2002, most modern smart phones are great bang-for-buck.
Some of us buy our hardware and our plans separately.
If you do differently, well, that's your own problem.
The economic feasibility of that suggestion varies greatly depending on your particular geography, sir.
So then... what... if I don't like your business I can hold a 30 day protect and DDoS your site? The thing with regular protests is that there is a point in which people lose interest and go home (generally). It takes a lot longer to get tired of a little bit of computer power being used to hit a site.
The thing that differentiates real world protests is that you have to care about an issue. You have to be willing to take time out of your day, or take time off of work or whatever in order to exercise your right to protest. Make DDoS a legal form of protest means that there is almost zero barrier to entry and people could potentially protest over things they don't really care about that much.
I get your point about the possible need for a way to protest organizations that don't have a physically accessible spot, but I don't think that this is the answer.
In both cases, the observable fact is that time and resources are spent to deny access to other time and resources.
... to which he says we've established what type of woman you are, we're just haggling over price.
Your argument reminds me of the man who offers a woman $1,000,000 to sleep with him. She says yes, to which he replies how about fifty dollars, instead? She then says I am not a prostitute, what sort of woman do you think I am, offering me fifty dollars?
In other words, you are correct in all your points, and I don't disagree. I simply think this should be an option that is discussed - it may (or may not) be the answer - and it is a lot better than no action at all.
Did you know that you could already compile and run your own apps on it? They even give you the dev tools for free: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/windows/apps/hh974577
That's like saying the ipad is open because you can get your apps by sending them through the app store. Not quite the same, but close enough that it doesn't make a big difference.
I guess...developing a lot of RT stuff are you? I'm an avid MS-tech developer and I'm not buying an RT device...hopefully the pro will come through. Not to happy about the fan :\
I'm a developer, and I use Visual Studio for lots of C projects, and some C#. I bought the RT specifically because of RemoteFX.
Seriously I don't understand why MS isn't touting RemoteFX as the "killer app" of the entire "tablet" world. I'm not buying the Pro, because there is literally no reason when my RT still runs Remote Desktop.
Crysis on the Surface RT anyone?
Exactly.
I bought my playbook the moment they announced the playbook keyboard because of the same reason. In this case, it's citrix at work and splashtop at home.
The whole idea of the traditional protest is that people had to stand in a particular area to create problems for wherever they were standing. The limiting factor is that it requires people's time.
Right, because the idea behind striking should apply to a company that doesn't operate in a location where you can physically protest. The limiting factor here is bandwidth and processing power, and that's all that is being consumed on both ends.
How are "High level employees" with business decision making powers, directorships, fiduciary responsibility and strategic control NOT considered foxconn?
Maybe this will help explain: A bank employee embezzles from his employer. Headline reads: Bank steals money. See the problem now?
No, I don't. Because that's a false equivalency.
Anyone who is taking (or giving) bribes to generate business will also be (by default) in possession or use of money they don't deserve. Of course the officials engaged in bribery were also "embezzling". They were using (or receiving) money they didn't earn, that didn't go on the company books. It's an indirect result of the bribery. Yes, it's wrong, but it is (well, could be) incidental. I'm willing to admit I might be wrong about this, but embezzlement would come with any charges of bribery.
It's like getting accused of murder - you caused harm and are probably guilty of assault.
Kudos to MS for being good sports about it.
Why wouldn't they? Now that I can run (and compile) my own programs on it, I'd be willing to buy a windows RT tablet.
... maybe.
Well
This headline is really badly written. A few high level Foxconn employees have been accused of taking bribes, by Foxconn. Foxconn called in the law enforcement on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and is working with them to capture all the responsible parties. So rather than Foxconn taking bribes, it's Foxconn employees abusing their power, and embezzling against Foxconn by taking bribes from suppliers.
How are "High level employees" with business decision making powers, directorships, fiduciary responsibility and strategic control NOT considered foxconn? That's like saying "Oh no, that police officer acted on his own - the entire department isn't racist" when you find out that the chief, the deputy chief, the head of HR and all the duty sergeants are high ranking members of the KKK.
So, you're technically correct - foxconn, the corporation, did not engage in bribery - but in essence, the company DID, and was not significantly negatively impacted. I bet if I read the article, I could even figure out if they profited from the bribes...
The second piece of advice: NASA isn't the only place that has smart engineers. There are plenty of small engineering companies in the world; take a look around and find one! Even pretty small towns are likely to have some civil engineers or mechanical engineers...
Third piece of advice: I know lots of engineers. I only know a few smart ones. Figure out who those smart ones are.
Any robotics competition is interesting - but why don't we hear more about them on slashdot? The last mention of a competition was last year ... Skills Canada has a similar, yearly competition and has included robotics as a category for quite some time (Up here, it's been going on since 1995).
... though the geographic restrictions may limit individual participation.
In fact, it looks like there are 26 different competitions that students can enter, per year
Oh how I hate those pointless debate-starter questions. They come off as so amateur.
We should do a study to see if the distribution of snarky comments based on the article are randomly distributed...
Raises curiosity: how much work is done by this 15-old boy and how much is actually done by his father?
I imagine about the same ratio as famous professors and the grad-students working under them... Don't underestimate the ideas and work that can be done by underlings. Only in this case, the underling gets the credit, in the other case, usually not so much...
Grad students and professors? That's a bit of a stretch. Maybe parents + science fairs would be a better comparison.
the year of Linux may be upon us. Gaming is the single reason I still run Win-dohs!
... but this year was the year of the Android/iOS gaming revolution!
If you've been out of the field for awhile, your main priority should be demonstrating relevant experience.
Which means more school (to prove you are current) or volunteering in a relevant role (to prove you're capable).
Otherwise, you start back at the bottom. With your education level, there aren't many good horizontal transfer options.
Al Jazeera is probably no better (or worse) than any of the american news networks. Unfortunately, that's not a particularly strong supporting argument ...
Clearly spoken by someone who hasn't watched Al Jazeera (or, I suppose, American new networks). I generally find that Al Jazeera provides broader news coverage, and has better in depth features on less-covered topics, than American news networks. It also has less "talk shows".
Clearly spoken by someone who hasn't watched Al Jazeera in the original language.
We're going to need James Cameron.
Just because we're talking about below-zero temperatures doesn't mean we need to involve ice.
...It'll have something to do with Australia.
Everything on Slashdot has something to do with Australia, now.
Of course it will. Australia is the centre of the universe. Even the name "Aatish Bhatia" is obviously Australian in origin, and Rutgers is a suburb of Sydney I think.
Considering how "new" australia is as a country, it's not surprising that these things may appear to belong to other parts of the world. It's called intertexuality, and it's a natural process of borrowing ideas from established works.
Aatish's comment about reality being liberal is unconvincing.
Only to the part of the population that isn't the 47%.
In the USA, it means its really, really cold, you'll have to dress well, including good gloves and hat. If there is any wind you'll wand to cover your face too. and the air is very dry, inside, getting a humidifier is a good idea.. If your car or truck has been parked outside for a while you would need to start it and have it warm up for 10 minutes before driving off.
In the rest of the world its cold but bearable, since its just below freezing sidewalks may be slippery.
So, what you're saying is that the canadian climate has below 0 temperatures for two reasons: The system of measurement is fundamentally flawed, and it's colder than we get in this area, normally.
This doesn't really help. I pondered this for a while the other day when I read that first and gave up trying to wrap my head around it. I was always under the impression that 0 kelvin (absolute 0) meant a state at which there was no movement at the atomic/subatomic level. It would seem as though to reach a negative temperature, one would have to slow a substances particles to less than 0 movement. Then I realized they were talking about a quantum state and I pretty much gave up trying to understand it at that point, because anything which has the word 'quantum' in it suddenly defies all the rules I'd ever been taught about anything at all. :o)
That was my first reaction when I learned about quantum mechanics - nothing fundamentally works the way I was taught it works, it only appears to work that way under certain conditions.
Though, for this article, my first reaction was And the relevance of this discovery (again) is what, exactly? I didn't understand it before, I don't understand it now, and I don't see how it makes any difference what-so-ever.
As I understand it, Al-Jazeera is as biased and controversial as both the left- and right- leaning institutions already in place,
And how do you understand it?
Sorry for the confusion, posted my comments on the computer of a friend. :)
As I understand it, Al-Jazeera is as biased and controversial as both the left- and right- leaning institutions already in place,
And how do you understand it?
Not sure what you're asking for - I already said that I understand it to be biased and controversial. If you'd like specific points of controversy, I'd suggest you do some research - as they say, google is your friend. You can start with their views on homosexuality, the dispute over journalistic independence from Qatar, and the anti-semitic tone that the arabic language version of the network has been known to support.
As I said in the original post, I'm not saying the views they express are right or wrong, I'm saying that they are not right or wrong based on the fact they are different.
They are certainly much better than Fox "News" probably most news networks are way better than them. I wonder how Fox "News" is even legal in the U.S.A. considering that it's forbidden to direct propaganda by foreigners against U.S. citizens. Fox "news" is owned by foreigners australians and saudis but I'm guessing they are trying to dumb down the american people and make them self-destruct through ignorance.
Fox was unable to start up a Canadian subsidiary because their current practices don't allow that sort of journalism to be called "news". Of course, snopes disagrees, but - as the original post says - you shouldn't judge what you havn't experienced.
As someone who's actually watched Al Jazeera English, I'd just recommend that people watch it before they judge it, rather than just assuming it's the "Al Qaeda network". It's not.
It would be wrong to simply evaluate the merits of Al Jazeera based on the opinions of others. It is equally wrong to assume that because you (or any individual) likes what they have heard, that it has merit. Multiple data points and opinions have value, and proving merit is much more difficult that disproving it.
...
It takes a lot of time and evidence to prove credibility, and very little evidence to disprove it. Has Al Jazeera spent the time proving credibility? Or have they lost credibility through sloppy (or misleading reporting)? I honestly can't say. But people want to see that their opinions and judgments are widespread and common, and will generally support whichever broadcaster agrees with their views - not the most credible or honest network.
Al Jazeera is probably no better (or worse) than any of the american news networks. Unfortunately, that's not a particularly strong supporting argument