You claim that, yet I've had procedures, especially MEG scans, that had to be rescheduled due to there being a lightning storm ~50 km away and the setup being enclosed in a 40 cm thick vault of magnetic and conductor shielding. It is one thing to point to what rough region a signal is coming from or to look at the over all brainwave that involves synchronization between many cells within the brain. But to pick up localized signals and separate them from other local signals is a whole different story.
It wasn't long ago that cell-phones were banned from a hospital setting for fear that they might interfere with the equipment...even though there was never any evidence to support such a claim. Now those hospitals that once banned said phones are allowing it, and even requiring their staff to carry smartphones with them.
That being said, the accuracy of the readings in MEGs, CATs, EEGs, MRIs, etc are usually paramount for a radiologist to properly read and generate a report for the requesting doctor. A lightning storm is not likely to affect the readings with its EMP, especially with the proper shielding around the room. What a lightning storm 50 KM away CAN do to affect your test is knock the power out. Even if the relevant equipment (The unit itself, imaging computers, control computers...etc) is on battery backup, kicking off the power suddenly or even a sudden voltage change may very well be more of a change in the supply than the battery could effectively clean..and THAT can very well lead to an inaccuracy of readings at best...or the facility could completely lose power at worst.
As far as the output of the brain in a lightning storm used to control an interface with a computer... I've used a toy cap that was supposed to read electronic brain emissions to produce a level of neurofeedback control for a game using SmartBrain tech that I was demoing on the computer during a lightning storm (the laptop was isolated from the power line at that time with no physical network connection). The output from the game was not visibly affected at all during the storm and continued to react in accordance to my perceived inputs, even though my room is a hell of a lot less shielded from EM than the MEG room would be.
I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf mutes I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend i was one of those deaf-mutes I thought wha---
I joined in mid-2000. He could have joined later 2k or early 2001. Th0th....might as well be a bloody founder (though I have seen a few active users with lower UIDs than even him).
Hope. The greatest evil still left in the box. With the promise of hope you can control the will of billions. You can perform the greatest tyranny in the name of hope for a better future. Using the people's undying hope of a perfectly secure utopia, the DOJ will open a tyrannical dystopian state to oppress us all. I think Tablizer's use of Pandora's Box is aptly portraying the underlying theme of the story. The theme that very few tend to realize. The theme that there was nothing good within that box and nothing good could ever come from opening it.
Then there's the other, more crude, interpretation where Pandora's Box was actually referring to her womb in that the hope of the future of mankind lies within...but what so often comes out is...well...human along with all the evils that humanity is famous for.
Ummm...I've seen you here for a very long time, and with such a low UID, you've been here a while... have you never used the Submission system before to know how it works? You know, the community user (not an editor) goes out on the internet, finds an article that he thinks would be good for the site, posts a summary with (hopefully) a link... and then the "editors" (I wonder how much of the firehose acceptance procedure is automated, given the amount of times I've seen early stories have had broken links that had to be, and eventually were, fixed) will pull that submission in to display on the front page.
Judging by the fact that your MacRumors link seems to have been added to the summary and noted as the primary link in the headline; as well as a link to techdirt added post user quoted summary...I think it's safe to say that the human editors have gone back and added some of the more open links that you've suggested, albeit keeping the original user submitted WSJ link. Already that's marginally better than how it used to be with direct copy and only an edit if a story/summary posted was wildly inaccurate...and often not even then.
How fast do you really expect this site to change under new ownership, anyway? We've already made our distaste for overwhelming change very much heard with the previous masters (slashdot beta...yes, it was a bad design...but boy did we as a community let them know how we felt about it). I frankly don't blame Whipslash & team from taking their time with deciding on what changes to start implementing. They even devoted a full article/discussion to getting community opinions on the matter. They know we're the sort that run for the pitchforks and torches whenever something is slightly amiss (you can put yours down for the moment...seriously), and they're not going to want to upset that balance for fear of revolt or (worse for them) mass exodus.
In summary: The new/. team is going to need at least a few months to get the new code worked out and I wouldn't be surprised if it's all going to be stuff that we as a community wouldn't even notice unless we were completely focused on the subtle. As a WebDev rolling out a new site for my company, it took us over a year of planning and 6 months of coding to get things to where a completely fresh new site was rolled out (granted...as a software house, we move slower than what appears to be the norm). All the back end automation stuff is probably going to be streamlined and fluffed to serve the new masters before we start to see ANYTHING on the front end.
So instead of a Ferrari, buy one of the "Grave Digger" trucks. Won't feel a single pothole then. Might have a slight bump when running over the Civic tho.
That's a feature of Where's My Droid. The app also has several other features found on iPhones; including the remote wipe. Free on the play store for the ad supported version. Pro version has more features unlocked and no ads.
What if I told you that in Middle Georgia you could be making $50-75k / year, have a fair sized apartment (1-2 bedroom w/ Kitchen & Living Room) for about $500-$800/month with a commute time of less than 10 minutes from your employer, or have a 3bath/br house to rent for about the same price if you're willing to spend 15-20 minutes on the road with a leisurely commute of 13 miles? Studios in Middle Georgia start at <$400 and go up based on area values (Note...this is not Atlanta. Atl income for the same position would be in the neighborhood of $120k and rents would be on the order of $2000-$3000 for the same size1-2 bedroom apt; not studio. Want a studio in Atl? Those are closer to the 1.5k range).
The downside (if you see it as one)...politics are a whole lot more on the conservative side than out in Silly Valley.
That really depends on the strength of the spring they use in the button. Some cars, button's locked until the lever is lifted a bit and won't press for nothing. Other cars will let you push the button while the lever is still at rest...but it takes a good bit of force to do so, and when you lift the lever the button could either be very loose, very stiff, or anything in between. It all depends on what the manufacturer decided to spec for the design.
If they want their income, they can present it in a form that doesn't waste my time, bandwidth, processing power, and doesn't put my data at risk. They can host non-scripted banner ads on their own servers and have other companies pay for the screen-space to display them...
If they want to lose reader eyes faster than you can say bankruptcy, they can keep doing what they're doing with annoying the readership.
Actually, In the Official Code of Georgia, there is a written grace:
Title 40 Chapter 14 Article 2 Section 8 subsection (a) 40-14-8 - When case may be made and conviction had
(a) No county, city, or campus officer shall be allowed to make a case based on the use of any speed detection device, unless the speed of the vehicle exceeds the posted speed limit by more than ten miles per hour and no conviction shall be had thereon unless such speed is more than ten miles per hour above the posted speed limit.
Note that it does not specify the same restriction for Georgia State Patrol / Department of Public Safety. They're the only ones who can make a case for 1 MPH above the limit (but will usually not enforce and only provide warnings until 5+ mph due to possible speedometer calibration miss adjustments...or they're just having a bad day). The only noted exception to this limit on county, city, and campus officers is in marked historic districts, marked residential zones, or inside designated school zones during the time period of one hour before and one hour after the times that school is in normal operation (zone active times are normally posted or the reduced speed limit signs are equipped with flashing amber lights. In this case, speed limits are automatically reduced up to 20 mph lower than standard posted limits [65+ mph areas will have school zone limits no lower than 45 mph; 55 mph areas will have school zone limits no lower than 35 mph; 45 mph areas and lower will have school zone limits no lower than 25 mph]). Definitions of marked historical districts and marked residential zones are noted in other parts of the O.C.G.A.
By their own logic I should have just as easy of a time to be able to set up my own cell towers and siphon in all the location data that comes into it, and the government can't say boo about it. I should be able to know where everyone who connects to my personal cell tower is located at that moment, in an effort to stalk my girlfriend without her ever knowing about it. As noted in other threads already: They can't legally expect to be able to go through the mail of an entire neighborhood at the post office level, as such, they should not expect to be able to do essentially the same thing with setting up their own cell towers.
You have Harley-Davidson all wrong here. HD doesn't make sense if you look at them as a Motorcycle Company. No no no no no. Harley-Davidson is a clothing line... that has a side business of building cheaply built overpriced Motorcycles.
If the WTO finds against the US then the US would be subject to sanctions.
Wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. It would force the US to find ourselves again. Spin up our own mines to make the high quality steel again. Start using our own oil reserves instead of relying on foreign oil, and thus have all the problems with the Mid-east. Force us into having real discussions in how to be self-reliant again. Force us to make real progress into alternative energy forms to relieve the sudden strain on our home-grown oil. It absolutely wouldn't be without its growing pains as we have to re-teach a whole generation of Americans and get them trained up to the task of being true engineers, miners, farmers, drillers, manufacturers, etc. I can think of a lot of people that it would be a slap in the face to as well (particularly those who have the whole "my college is supposed to be safe and comfortable" mentality).
At this point what it really is going to take to make this country great again is, unfortunately, adversity. We really can't afford be nice to each-other anymore. We can't afford to step on eggshells to avoid hurting one another's feelings. It's turned us into a collective of weak-willed pansies. We need to be able to tell each other "Step up your game or you're just proving that you're a worthless pile of shit and carbon" and, instead of getting offended and crying and wanting to start a discussion group about how the bad man hurt our feelings, we need to step up, get offended, and put that offended energy into working our asses off to prove that motherfucker wrong. Don't tell off that motherfucker. Step up and prove that motherfucker wrong through your actions! If you want to make it in life, you need to build the right connections and work your ass off for it for the greater good. If you can't do that, then you deserve the gutter.
At the same time...opportunities should not be the expense level that they are now. To be a qualified engineer should not require and individual accrue more than $20,000 of student loan debt; let alone the $200,000+ student loan debt that makes it into the news regularly. That is just America shooting itself in its foot. Seriously, what good is an engineering education if one has to grab for the highest paying available job just for a sliver of hope of paying off the debt of getting that education before their retirement?
To summarize: We need the adversity. We need to end Political Correctness and the right for people to not be offended. And we need to stop collectively shooting ourselves in the foot by having high education costs and high healthcare costs. We're a society. We do need Social Services and regulation to ensure progression of the greater good to make sure we're not, at any point, shooting ourselves in the foot. At the same time, we need to make sure that the Society as a whole is receiving real "Physical Therapy" through these Social Services...and not just getting a permanent societal crutch.
If you have a section of gravel or asphalt and put the back edge of the ramp in it, that could help with the plant. Smooth concrete doesn't tend to allow the ramps to bite in as easily and even rough concrete could just have the ramps scraping. As far as climbing without going over, make sure your ramps are as close to perfectly aligned with the wheels and each other. In some cases, wedging the ramps as hard as you can into the tread where it meets the pavement can help with the plant, grip, and alignment.
When you're ready to load the vehicle onto the ramps, if you're front wheel drive - should be good enough, manual 4 wheel drive - use it and you're golden, rear wheel drive only...pray the ramps bite under the weight and you don't turn into a bulldozer. Feed the throttle slowly until the wheels just start turning, then edge up the throttle as you start putting more weight on the ramps. If you can, hang your head out the window while you're doing this and watch the driver wheel to make sure it stays aligned with the ramp as you move up and also watch for the lowest point of the wheel to just get past the crest of the ramp before it starts falling into the well (most ramps have a slight dip for the wheel to set in.) After the cresting, as soon as you feel the front start to dip and the load starts to let up on the engine, hit the brake and you should stop in the depth of the well without going over the back side. As with anything else, it's something that can take a few rounds of practice to get right.
No. He means for the scenario where someone makes a statement that is so blatantly wrong that there's no worth in attempting to correct the point of view and just click a couple buttons to mod the ignorance into oblivion.
Of course, we all know that there is no way on this earth that such a mod would be abused in any way./sarcasm
Adding my bias in where I tried to remove it in my original post. I completely agree with your stance... unfortunately we can yell this up and down the tree until we're blue in the face and people like the the GP I was talking about before STILL won't understand this fundamental flaw in their argument; whether it be through ignorance or shilling is in material to the fact that they will continually spout it off.
In the case above, I decided to forego the use of my mod-points and instead use my nubs to rationalize why the GP was getting down-modded to the Parent. Unfortunately, in my attempt to remove evidence of my bias, I seem to have made it appear that I was entirely arguing a point that was against my own point of view. Though now I almost want for my mod-points back because he's now an AC that's overrated at +1 for not contributing anything to the discussion at hand and the sentiment is most certainly not interesting as the modifier suggests. Almost.
I think the problem the mods are having with GP isn't so much about the sentiment, but the semantics. For right or wrong, there are people that don't see this form of piracy as stealing as it's generally thought that a software pirate wouldn't have been a lost sale since the software pirate wouldn't have bought the game to begin with. The people modding him down are probably the same ones that held the mantra "Copyright Infringement is NOT Theft" and shouted it across the lands of/. until their fingers fell off. Now they no longer have the fingers to type out yet another argument, so they just mouse click the down-mod on those who refused to listen to them.
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You claim that, yet I've had procedures, especially MEG scans, that had to be rescheduled due to there being a lightning storm ~50 km away and the setup being enclosed in a 40 cm thick vault of magnetic and conductor shielding. It is one thing to point to what rough region a signal is coming from or to look at the over all brainwave that involves synchronization between many cells within the brain. But to pick up localized signals and separate them from other local signals is a whole different story.
It wasn't long ago that cell-phones were banned from a hospital setting for fear that they might interfere with the equipment...even though there was never any evidence to support such a claim. Now those hospitals that once banned said phones are allowing it, and even requiring their staff to carry smartphones with them.
That being said, the accuracy of the readings in MEGs, CATs, EEGs, MRIs, etc are usually paramount for a radiologist to properly read and generate a report for the requesting doctor. A lightning storm is not likely to affect the readings with its EMP, especially with the proper shielding around the room. What a lightning storm 50 KM away CAN do to affect your test is knock the power out. Even if the relevant equipment (The unit itself, imaging computers, control computers...etc) is on battery backup, kicking off the power suddenly or even a sudden voltage change may very well be more of a change in the supply than the battery could effectively clean..and THAT can very well lead to an inaccuracy of readings at best...or the facility could completely lose power at worst.
As far as the output of the brain in a lightning storm used to control an interface with a computer... I've used a toy cap that was supposed to read electronic brain emissions to produce a level of neurofeedback control for a game using SmartBrain tech that I was demoing on the computer during a lightning storm (the laptop was isolated from the power line at that time with no physical network connection). The output from the game was not visibly affected at all during the storm and continued to react in accordance to my perceived inputs, even though my room is a hell of a lot less shielded from EM than the MEG room would be.
I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf mutes I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend i was one of those deaf-mutes I thought wha---
I joined in mid-2000. He could have joined later 2k or early 2001. Th0th....might as well be a bloody founder (though I have seen a few active users with lower UIDs than even him).
Is that from the invisible light or the pr0n addiction? Hard to tell.
Hope. The greatest evil still left in the box. With the promise of hope you can control the will of billions. You can perform the greatest tyranny in the name of hope for a better future. Using the people's undying hope of a perfectly secure utopia, the DOJ will open a tyrannical dystopian state to oppress us all. I think Tablizer's use of Pandora's Box is aptly portraying the underlying theme of the story. The theme that very few tend to realize. The theme that there was nothing good within that box and nothing good could ever come from opening it.
Then there's the other, more crude, interpretation where Pandora's Box was actually referring to her womb in that the hope of the future of mankind lies within...but what so often comes out is...well...human along with all the evils that humanity is famous for.
Ummm...I've seen you here for a very long time, and with such a low UID, you've been here a while... have you never used the Submission system before to know how it works? You know, the community user (not an editor) goes out on the internet, finds an article that he thinks would be good for the site, posts a summary with (hopefully) a link... and then the "editors" (I wonder how much of the firehose acceptance procedure is automated, given the amount of times I've seen early stories have had broken links that had to be, and eventually were, fixed) will pull that submission in to display on the front page.
Judging by the fact that your MacRumors link seems to have been added to the summary and noted as the primary link in the headline; as well as a link to techdirt added post user quoted summary...I think it's safe to say that the human editors have gone back and added some of the more open links that you've suggested, albeit keeping the original user submitted WSJ link. Already that's marginally better than how it used to be with direct copy and only an edit if a story /summary posted was wildly inaccurate...and often not even then.
How fast do you really expect this site to change under new ownership, anyway? We've already made our distaste for overwhelming change very much heard with the previous masters (slashdot beta...yes, it was a bad design...but boy did we as a community let them know how we felt about it). I frankly don't blame Whipslash & team from taking their time with deciding on what changes to start implementing. They even devoted a full article/discussion to getting community opinions on the matter. They know we're the sort that run for the pitchforks and torches whenever something is slightly amiss (you can put yours down for the moment...seriously), and they're not going to want to upset that balance for fear of revolt or (worse for them) mass exodus.
In summary: The new /. team is going to need at least a few months to get the new code worked out and I wouldn't be surprised if it's all going to be stuff that we as a community wouldn't even notice unless we were completely focused on the subtle. As a WebDev rolling out a new site for my company, it took us over a year of planning and 6 months of coding to get things to where a completely fresh new site was rolled out (granted...as a software house, we move slower than what appears to be the norm). All the back end automation stuff is probably going to be streamlined and fluffed to serve the new masters before we start to see ANYTHING on the front end.
So instead of a Ferrari, buy one of the "Grave Digger" trucks. Won't feel a single pothole then. Might have a slight bump when running over the Civic tho.
Is the IOC that stupid or is this just a corrupt best bribe wins scenario?
Yes.
I'm too afraid that I might get a copy that has a virus that would force my computer to put his music on endless loop.
That and I have more important things to do with that space on my drives... like keep the free space at a high percentage.
That's a feature of Where's My Droid. The app also has several other features found on iPhones; including the remote wipe. Free on the play store for the ad supported version. Pro version has more features unlocked and no ads.
What if I told you that in Middle Georgia you could be making $50-75k / year, have a fair sized apartment (1-2 bedroom w/ Kitchen & Living Room) for about $500-$800/month with a commute time of less than 10 minutes from your employer, or have a 3bath/br house to rent for about the same price if you're willing to spend 15-20 minutes on the road with a leisurely commute of 13 miles? Studios in Middle Georgia start at <$400 and go up based on area values (Note...this is not Atlanta. Atl income for the same position would be in the neighborhood of $120k and rents would be on the order of $2000-$3000 for the same size1-2 bedroom apt; not studio. Want a studio in Atl? Those are closer to the 1.5k range).
The downside (if you see it as one)...politics are a whole lot more on the conservative side than out in Silly Valley.
That really depends on the strength of the spring they use in the button. Some cars, button's locked until the lever is lifted a bit and won't press for nothing. Other cars will let you push the button while the lever is still at rest...but it takes a good bit of force to do so, and when you lift the lever the button could either be very loose, very stiff, or anything in between. It all depends on what the manufacturer decided to spec for the design.
If they want their income, they can present it in a form that doesn't waste my time, bandwidth, processing power, and doesn't put my data at risk. They can host non-scripted banner ads on their own servers and have other companies pay for the screen-space to display them...
If they want to lose reader eyes faster than you can say bankruptcy, they can keep doing what they're doing with annoying the readership.
Actually, In the Official Code of Georgia, there is a written grace:
Note that it does not specify the same restriction for Georgia State Patrol / Department of Public Safety. They're the only ones who can make a case for 1 MPH above the limit (but will usually not enforce and only provide warnings until 5+ mph due to possible speedometer calibration miss adjustments...or they're just having a bad day). The only noted exception to this limit on county, city, and campus officers is in marked historic districts, marked residential zones, or inside designated school zones during the time period of one hour before and one hour after the times that school is in normal operation (zone active times are normally posted or the reduced speed limit signs are equipped with flashing amber lights. In this case, speed limits are automatically reduced up to 20 mph lower than standard posted limits [65+ mph areas will have school zone limits no lower than 45 mph; 55 mph areas will have school zone limits no lower than 35 mph; 45 mph areas and lower will have school zone limits no lower than 25 mph]). Definitions of marked historical districts and marked residential zones are noted in other parts of the O.C.G.A.
holy crap...$330 for that thing? For that price it better at least have some real trash management ability and not just be a showpiece / sound-maker.
Good to know, Captain America.
What's good for the goose...
By their own logic I should have just as easy of a time to be able to set up my own cell towers and siphon in all the location data that comes into it, and the government can't say boo about it. I should be able to know where everyone who connects to my personal cell tower is located at that moment, in an effort to stalk my girlfriend without her ever knowing about it. As noted in other threads already: They can't legally expect to be able to go through the mail of an entire neighborhood at the post office level, as such, they should not expect to be able to do essentially the same thing with setting up their own cell towers.
You have Harley-Davidson all wrong here. HD doesn't make sense if you look at them as a Motorcycle Company. No no no no no. Harley-Davidson is a clothing line... that has a side business of building cheaply built overpriced Motorcycles.
If the WTO finds against the US then the US would be subject to sanctions.
Wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. It would force the US to find ourselves again. Spin up our own mines to make the high quality steel again. Start using our own oil reserves instead of relying on foreign oil, and thus have all the problems with the Mid-east. Force us into having real discussions in how to be self-reliant again. Force us to make real progress into alternative energy forms to relieve the sudden strain on our home-grown oil. It absolutely wouldn't be without its growing pains as we have to re-teach a whole generation of Americans and get them trained up to the task of being true engineers, miners, farmers, drillers, manufacturers, etc. I can think of a lot of people that it would be a slap in the face to as well (particularly those who have the whole "my college is supposed to be safe and comfortable" mentality).
At this point what it really is going to take to make this country great again is, unfortunately, adversity. We really can't afford be nice to each-other anymore. We can't afford to step on eggshells to avoid hurting one another's feelings. It's turned us into a collective of weak-willed pansies. We need to be able to tell each other "Step up your game or you're just proving that you're a worthless pile of shit and carbon" and, instead of getting offended and crying and wanting to start a discussion group about how the bad man hurt our feelings, we need to step up, get offended, and put that offended energy into working our asses off to prove that motherfucker wrong. Don't tell off that motherfucker. Step up and prove that motherfucker wrong through your actions! If you want to make it in life, you need to build the right connections and work your ass off for it for the greater good. If you can't do that, then you deserve the gutter.
At the same time...opportunities should not be the expense level that they are now. To be a qualified engineer should not require and individual accrue more than $20,000 of student loan debt; let alone the $200,000+ student loan debt that makes it into the news regularly. That is just America shooting itself in its foot. Seriously, what good is an engineering education if one has to grab for the highest paying available job just for a sliver of hope of paying off the debt of getting that education before their retirement?
To summarize: We need the adversity. We need to end Political Correctness and the right for people to not be offended. And we need to stop collectively shooting ourselves in the foot by having high education costs and high healthcare costs. We're a society. We do need Social Services and regulation to ensure progression of the greater good to make sure we're not, at any point, shooting ourselves in the foot. At the same time, we need to make sure that the Society as a whole is receiving real "Physical Therapy" through these Social Services...and not just getting a permanent societal crutch.
If you have a section of gravel or asphalt and put the back edge of the ramp in it, that could help with the plant. Smooth concrete doesn't tend to allow the ramps to bite in as easily and even rough concrete could just have the ramps scraping. As far as climbing without going over, make sure your ramps are as close to perfectly aligned with the wheels and each other. In some cases, wedging the ramps as hard as you can into the tread where it meets the pavement can help with the plant, grip, and alignment.
When you're ready to load the vehicle onto the ramps, if you're front wheel drive - should be good enough, manual 4 wheel drive - use it and you're golden, rear wheel drive only...pray the ramps bite under the weight and you don't turn into a bulldozer. Feed the throttle slowly until the wheels just start turning, then edge up the throttle as you start putting more weight on the ramps. If you can, hang your head out the window while you're doing this and watch the driver wheel to make sure it stays aligned with the ramp as you move up and also watch for the lowest point of the wheel to just get past the crest of the ramp before it starts falling into the well (most ramps have a slight dip for the wheel to set in.) After the cresting, as soon as you feel the front start to dip and the load starts to let up on the engine, hit the brake and you should stop in the depth of the well without going over the back side. As with anything else, it's something that can take a few rounds of practice to get right.
No. He means for the scenario where someone makes a statement that is so blatantly wrong that there's no worth in attempting to correct the point of view and just click a couple buttons to mod the ignorance into oblivion.
Of course, we all know that there is no way on this earth that such a mod would be abused in any way. /sarcasm
Adding my bias in where I tried to remove it in my original post. I completely agree with your stance... unfortunately we can yell this up and down the tree until we're blue in the face and people like the the GP I was talking about before STILL won't understand this fundamental flaw in their argument; whether it be through ignorance or shilling is in material to the fact that they will continually spout it off.
In the case above, I decided to forego the use of my mod-points and instead use my nubs to rationalize why the GP was getting down-modded to the Parent. Unfortunately, in my attempt to remove evidence of my bias, I seem to have made it appear that I was entirely arguing a point that was against my own point of view. Though now I almost want for my mod-points back because he's now an AC that's overrated at +1 for not contributing anything to the discussion at hand and the sentiment is most certainly not interesting as the modifier suggests. Almost.
I think the problem the mods are having with GP isn't so much about the sentiment, but the semantics. For right or wrong, there are people that don't see this form of piracy as stealing as it's generally thought that a software pirate wouldn't have been a lost sale since the software pirate wouldn't have bought the game to begin with. The people modding him down are probably the same ones that held the mantra "Copyright Infringement is NOT Theft" and shouted it across the lands of /. until their fingers fell off. Now they no longer have the fingers to type out yet another argument, so they just mouse click the down-mod on those who refused to listen to them.
That still doesn't explain the relation this article has to tech/geek.