Are you on CRACK? 12,000$ is NOT a lot of money for a lawyer. 100$ (at least) for the big name himself (in all honestly a fairly poor attorney for that cost) plus fees for his secretary, or legal aide. All in all 12,000 is going to end up buying you a good...week of a lawyer. Opps. For a trial that could drag on for months! Nice Try! MORON.
"Bose 601 Series II speakers,Sony STR-DE635 reciever" "While there are stereo systems with a higher signal to noise ratio, this is a pretty damn good setup"
Face it, you've been tricked by the Bose marketing. Bose is the Microsoft of the speaker world. They promise that they are innovating, when in fact they just make crappy speakers and market the hell out of em.
You obviously don't know much about programming crypto:) I realize when you said "a kid" you probably really ment it to mean someone decent at programming. If not, the "kid" would most likely come up with (at best) a simple replacement or shift cipher. Unless you happen to find someone incredibly gifted, whatever scheme they try to develop will almost certainly be open to statistical analysis.
The best bet would be to follow the pattern of blowfish or another well documented open source encryption method.
Without a large background in math and programming the chances are whatever new crytpto you program will be worse than the one the government has the keys for.
Firstly, most of the people who planned this are dead already, since it was a suisicde mission.
That statement seems inherently false to me. They planners of this are most likely NOT DEAD. They are sitting comfortable in their homes (whereever that may be) cheering. The people who planned this simply sent the gullible to their deaths,and to kill many other. They are cowards for attacking and killing innocent citizens, so I doubt they themselves were aboard the planes bound for death.
Why would'nt they? Because they want people to play their new games and spend money. If I had the choice between spending 50$ and getting one new game, or spending 5$ and getting like...an old nintendo ROM, I would go for the rom. So then people will be playing old games, not the new expensive ones. Plus, people might realize that the gameplay used to be important to a game, not just graphics.
-tm
You have a good point. Linux users cant see these videos. What about me? I don't have a monitor. They should really make it so I can see the movies too.
If there are any spelling errors in the post above it is simply because I don't have a monitor. Not becuase I can't spell.
In our society just because no actual money is lost, does not mean its ok. Thing about this.
I break into a store, but I don't damage the door or lock or anything, I have received a key from someone on the inside. I walk around inside, and then I leave, but it is clear that someone had been there (items moves, security tapes, etc).
Now, I did cost anyone any money really. I didn't remove any property. Still, when the police find me I will be arrested? What the hell!
In previous examples, just because you didn't steal anything (steal as- you didn't make the property unavalible to its owner) the posters felt it was ok.
I'm not saying what is wrong or right, but it is pretty clear in trespassing and many other laws that just because there is no actual property theft, it can still be a crime.
I truly hate this attitude. I'm constantly listening to people say things to the effect of "It's illegal technically, but everyone does it" or... "I only do it because cd prices are too high"
I just do not get it. Safety in numbers? This must be the same attitude taken by murders in the city...."Well, I know its illegal to shoot that guy, but all my gang member friends are shooting people, what are the police gonna do, arrest us all?" And no...im not saying that downloading from Napster is like Murder.
Im saying im sick of people with that attitude toward ANYTHING. Be it shoplifting, or downloading music. Im just sick of this Attitude where people DESERVE whatever they want for free.
Come on. I buy my cds, I think the cd prices are a bit high, but not unreasonable. If they were un reasonable I would not purchase them. And I wouldn't steal them.
This rant went a little longer than I intended. Sorry about that.
If someone had more than 50 karma when the cap went into effect, they did not automatically get set down to 50. So...you are not the highest. Some people still have karma in the triple digits.
It seems however if you get a story posted you get the +3 bonus but your karma is set down to 50 if you have higher than that. Sucks.
So, your answers aren't as correct as you want them to be.
Damn. You have problems. Not everyone is out to get you. Or your entire race/class whatever you are thinking. Just calm down. You are not on anyones "list" right now. You are going to be ok.
The only thing interesting in your post was the first sentance.
"This will be my last slashdot post, good right?"
Yet you never explain why this is going to be your last post. Even sig11 left a decent reason!
So what is yours? Are you no longer posting because someone said that you shouldn't have called? Or is it because you feel you are an idiot? Please explain. I'm interested.
No. I can see the slippery slope arguements you guys are pointing at...but come on now! "underclass of people who dart around in old buildings?" if those people are hiding because they are criminals, then good! I just hope they stay the hell away from me.
A while back, I purchased a copy of the1986 animated classic, 'Transformers: The Movie'. This mini-epic starred Leonard Nimoy, Judd Nelson, and Orson Welles in his final performance. It opens with a Decepticon (the bad guys, for those who aren't in the know) attack on the Autobots' (good guys) city on Earth, wherein the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, is killed, and the Decepticon leader, Megatron, is transfigured by a world-eating planet called Unicron into a far more powerful being, Galvatron, in order to destroy the Autobots' Matrix of Leadership, a mystical artifact which has the power to destroy Unicron. Combine top-flight Japanese animation with the best in cheesy 1980's pseudo-metal, and you have a cinematic delight.
However, after watching the film several (yes, several) times, and discussing it with a group of my friends, I've come to some conclusions about a certain way in which the film can be interpreted. I believe that a Marxist/socialist/Communist interpretation can be applied to the film, analyzing its elements in terms of the Cold War scenario of the 1980's.
For example, the Autobots represent to the forces of Capitalism, i.e. the Western World. Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, their leaders during the majority of the film, are both colored red, white, and blue, the colors of the American flag. They live in a society which is governed by 'energon', a power source which they use as a form of currency. Also, they are governed by a concensus, even though their leader holds veto power over their government.
The Decepticons, on the other hand, represent the forces of Communism, specifically the power of the Soviet Union, and the oppression of industry. For example, the Decepticons flee the battle of Autobot City in Astrotrain, a robot with the power to transform into a locomotive; this represents the Decepticons' dependence on industrialization, much like the Soviets'. The Decepticons are ruled in an autocratic manner, where those who can defeat or supplant the leader become absolute monarch over their society. The giant robot, Devastator, is the avatar of the 'collective' concept of Communism.
Other elements of the film represent other elements of the repressive Soviet society as well. For example, several of the Autobots find themselves trapped on the world of the Quintessons, imperial judges whose verdicts always result in death. They represent the unreasoning Soviet legal system, which was state-controlled and made no allowance for mercy or jurisprudence. The Quintesson's servants, the Sharkticons, are mindless, all-consuming drones; they represent the Army, which enforces the decisions of the judicial system without question or apprehension.
The Autobot Grimlock, who expresses his world-view in "Me Grimlock no kisser; Me Grimlock king!", eventually turns the Sharkticons against the Quintessons, with his superior physical presence. He is the analog of the Communist dictator, such as Joseph Brosz (Marshal Tito) of Yugoslavia and Ncolai Ceauescau of Romania; he enforces his desires through phyiscal means and terror, inducing those who serve the system to turn against it.
When Megatron is transfigured into Galvatron, he slays the Decepticons who disagree with him, namely Starscream. This is much like Stalin's purges of the old Leninist regimes in the early 1920's, getting rid of those who don't agree with your policies in order to make your government work. Galvatron's transformation is not only physical and mental but also ideological.
Several Autobots land on the planet of Junk, inhaited by the Junkions. The Junkions are ramshackle robots who are built and regenerate from the endless scrap heap which comprises their planet. They are addicted to television transmission, and much of the lingua franca of the Junkions is composed of phrases from common TV shows. They represent the endless proletariat of the Communist state, kept placid by the various media and endlessly regenerating from the wellspring of procreation.
Unicron is a monolithic figure within the movie, instigating much of its action. He changes Megatron into Galvatron, initiating the subsequent disruption of the balance of power between Autobot and Decepticon. Imagine if something had given Communism a clear advantage over Capitalism, leaving the concept of capitalism in the dust; that is what Unicron is. He represents the inevitability of economic change from barter, to capitalism, to socialism, as proposed by Karl Marx. Unicron is the inevitable dialectic of history.
The Autobots' Matrix represents the variable which economic analyses cannot predict, that is the desire of the human being for freedom and equality (Yeah, it's kind of hokey, but so's the plot). The Matrix is able to destroy Unicron, which is much like human consciousness disrupting the dialectic of history, resisting communism in favor of capitalism. When the Matrix destroys Unicron at the end of the film, it is much like the residents of East Berlin breaking down the Berlin Wall; they as well are resisting the inevitability of economic, social, and historical change from one system to another. These are just some of the elements in "Transformers: The Movie" which support the Marxist interpretation of its storyline. I encourage you to rent, buy, borrow, or steal it; it's great fun.
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Are you on CRACK? 12,000$ is NOT a lot of money for a lawyer. 100$ (at least) for the big name himself (in all honestly a fairly poor attorney for that cost) plus fees for his secretary, or legal aide. All in all 12,000 is going to end up buying you a good...week of a lawyer. Opps. For a trial that could drag on for months! Nice Try!
MORON.
"Bose 601 Series II speakers,Sony STR-DE635 reciever" "While there are stereo systems with a higher signal to noise ratio, this is a pretty damn good setup"
Face it, you've been tricked by the Bose marketing. Bose is the Microsoft of the speaker world. They promise that they are innovating, when in fact they just make crappy speakers and market the hell out of em.
Macs since 7.* (maybe further, I don't know) could support right clicking.
You obviously don't know much about programming crypto:) I realize when you said "a kid" you probably really ment it to mean someone decent at programming. If not, the "kid" would most likely come up with (at best) a simple replacement or shift cipher. Unless you happen to find someone incredibly gifted, whatever scheme they try to develop will almost certainly be open to statistical analysis.
The best bet would be to follow the pattern of blowfish or another well documented open source encryption method.
Without a large background in math and programming the chances are whatever new crytpto you program will be worse than the one the government has the keys for.
Firstly, most of the people who planned this are dead already, since it was a suisicde mission.
That statement seems inherently false to me. They planners of this are most likely NOT DEAD. They are sitting comfortable in their homes (whereever that may be) cheering. The people who planned this simply sent the gullible to their deaths,and to kill many other. They are cowards for attacking and killing innocent citizens, so I doubt they themselves were aboard the planes bound for death.
Why would'nt they? Because they want people to play their new games and spend money. If I had the choice between spending 50$ and getting one new game, or spending 5$ and getting like...an old nintendo ROM, I would go for the rom. So then people will be playing old games, not the new expensive ones. Plus, people might realize that the gameplay used to be important to a game, not just graphics.
-tm
You have a good point. Linux users cant see these videos. What about me? I don't have a monitor. They should really make it so I can see the movies too.
If there are any spelling errors in the post above it is simply because I don't have a monitor. Not becuase I can't spell.
dns hacks? you aren't really a quick one yourself are you?
moron
yes. and that senior software engineer will be doing the work of EVERYONE who was laid off.
No. It's Not. He is quoting from Zero Wing the Genesis game.
In our society just because no actual money is lost, does not mean its ok. Thing about this.
I break into a store, but I don't damage the door or lock or anything, I have received a key from someone on the inside. I walk around inside, and then I leave, but it is clear that someone had been there (items moves, security tapes, etc).
Now, I did cost anyone any money really. I didn't remove any property. Still, when the police find me I will be arrested? What the hell!
In previous examples, just because you didn't steal anything (steal as- you didn't make the property unavalible to its owner) the posters felt it was ok.
I'm not saying what is wrong or right, but it is pretty clear in trespassing and many other laws that just because there is no actual property theft, it can still be a crime.
I truly hate this attitude. I'm constantly listening to people say things to the effect of "It's illegal technically, but everyone does it" or... "I only do it because cd prices are too high"
I just do not get it. Safety in numbers? This must be the same attitude taken by murders in the city...."Well, I know its illegal to shoot that guy, but all my gang member friends are shooting people, what are the police gonna do, arrest us all?" And no...im not saying that downloading from Napster is like Murder.
Im saying im sick of people with that attitude toward ANYTHING. Be it shoplifting, or downloading music. Im just sick of this Attitude where people DESERVE whatever they want for free.
Come on. I buy my cds, I think the cd prices are a bit high, but not unreasonable. If they were un reasonable I would not purchase them. And I wouldn't steal them.
This rant went a little longer than I intended. Sorry about that.
If someone had more than 50 karma when the cap went into effect, they did not automatically get set down to 50. So...you are not the highest. Some people still have karma in the triple digits.
It seems however if you get a story posted you get the +3 bonus but your karma is set down to 50 if you have higher than that. Sucks.
So, your answers aren't as correct as you want them to be.
well...."all your data are belong to us" is clearly a derivative of "all your base are belong to us" which is from the video game "zero wing"
Damn. You have problems. Not everyone is out to get you. Or your entire race/class whatever you are thinking. Just calm down. You are not on anyones "list" right now. You are going to be ok.
The only thing interesting in your post was the first sentance.
"This will be my last slashdot post, good right?"
Yet you never explain why this is going to be your last post. Even sig11 left a decent reason!
So what is yours? Are you no longer posting because someone said that you shouldn't have called? Or is it because you feel you are an idiot? Please explain. I'm interested.
Moron.
True. But it also referred to Slashdot as a haven for geeks. Gee. It's almost like we're all hiding in somebody's basement or something.
No. I can see the slippery slope arguements you guys are pointing at...but come on now! "underclass of people who dart around in old buildings?" if those people are hiding because they are criminals, then good! I just hope they stay the hell away from me.
no, but the people they were looking for all had warrants on them, so they obviously had commited a crime previous to the superbowl.
Well, most crimes do have a statute of limitations...so yeah, you can do that today.
A while back, I purchased a copy of the1986 animated classic, 'Transformers: The Movie'. This mini-epic starred Leonard Nimoy, Judd Nelson, and Orson Welles in his final performance. It opens with a Decepticon (the bad guys, for those who aren't in the know) attack on the Autobots' (good guys) city on Earth, wherein the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, is killed, and the Decepticon leader, Megatron, is transfigured by a world-eating planet called Unicron into a far more powerful being, Galvatron, in order to destroy the Autobots' Matrix of Leadership, a mystical artifact which has the power to destroy Unicron. Combine top-flight Japanese animation with the best in cheesy 1980's pseudo-metal, and you have a cinematic delight.
However, after watching the film several (yes, several) times, and discussing it with a group of my friends, I've come to some conclusions about a certain way in which the film can be interpreted. I believe that a Marxist/socialist/Communist interpretation can be applied to the film, analyzing its elements in terms of the Cold War scenario of the 1980's.
For example, the Autobots represent to the forces of Capitalism, i.e. the Western World. Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, their leaders during the majority of the film, are both colored red, white, and blue, the colors of the American flag. They live in a society which is governed by 'energon', a power source which they use as a form of currency. Also, they are governed by a concensus, even though their leader holds veto power over their government.
The Decepticons, on the other hand, represent the forces of Communism, specifically the power of the Soviet Union, and the oppression of industry. For example, the Decepticons flee the battle of Autobot City in Astrotrain, a robot with the power to transform into a locomotive; this represents the Decepticons' dependence on industrialization, much like the Soviets'. The Decepticons are ruled in an autocratic manner, where those who can defeat or supplant the leader become absolute monarch over their society. The giant robot, Devastator, is the avatar of the 'collective' concept of Communism.
Other elements of the film represent other elements of the repressive Soviet society as well. For example, several of the Autobots find themselves trapped on the world of the Quintessons, imperial judges whose verdicts always result in death. They represent the unreasoning Soviet legal system, which was state-controlled and made no allowance for mercy or jurisprudence. The Quintesson's servants, the Sharkticons, are mindless, all-consuming drones; they represent the Army, which enforces the decisions of the judicial system without question or apprehension.
The Autobot Grimlock, who expresses his world-view in "Me Grimlock no kisser; Me Grimlock king!", eventually turns the Sharkticons against the Quintessons, with his superior physical presence. He is the analog of the Communist dictator, such as Joseph Brosz (Marshal Tito) of Yugoslavia and Ncolai Ceauescau of Romania; he enforces his desires through phyiscal means and terror, inducing those who serve the system to turn against it.
When Megatron is transfigured into Galvatron, he slays the Decepticons who disagree with him, namely Starscream. This is much like Stalin's purges of the old Leninist regimes in the early 1920's, getting rid of those who don't agree with your policies in order to make your government work. Galvatron's transformation is not only physical and mental but also ideological.
Several Autobots land on the planet of Junk, inhaited by the Junkions. The Junkions are ramshackle robots who are built and regenerate from the endless scrap heap which comprises their planet. They are addicted to television transmission, and much of the lingua franca of the Junkions is composed of phrases from common TV shows. They represent the endless proletariat of the Communist state, kept placid by the various media and endlessly regenerating from the wellspring of procreation.
Unicron is a monolithic figure within the movie, instigating much of its action. He changes Megatron into Galvatron, initiating the subsequent disruption of the balance of power between Autobot and Decepticon. Imagine if something had given Communism a clear advantage over Capitalism, leaving the concept of capitalism in the dust; that is what Unicron is. He represents the inevitability of economic change from barter, to capitalism, to socialism, as proposed by Karl Marx. Unicron is the inevitable dialectic of history.
The Autobots' Matrix represents the variable which economic analyses cannot predict, that is the desire of the human being for freedom and equality (Yeah, it's kind of hokey, but so's the plot). The Matrix is able to destroy Unicron, which is much like human consciousness disrupting the dialectic of history, resisting communism in favor of capitalism. When the Matrix destroys Unicron at the end of the film, it is much like the residents of East Berlin breaking down the Berlin Wall; they as well are resisting the inevitability of economic, social, and historical change from one system to another. These are just some of the elements in "Transformers: The Movie" which support the Marxist interpretation of its storyline. I encourage you to rent, buy, borrow, or steal it; it's great fun.