If you're going back to websites that you left (presumably because you didn't like them enough to stay around, at least comparatively to other activities) and telling everyone that they're not great like you remember them (again, even though you left the supposed greatness) then you've got old prematurely. Maybe it's reversible. I'm hoping to stay young past 100.
I have recently returned to/. after a 7year or so absence and was just wondering what has happening to the site I used to love so much because it provided genuine, newsworthy, information and discussions.
Bad news: you grew up. Then you got old. Now you're in the delusional nostalgia stage. It's not just Slashdot; the music is crap now too and the politicians don't really stand for anything and we've lost the sense of neighborhood we once had.
I don't mind that; I think she's just hanging around so that at the right juncture she can reveal that Robb Stark named John Snow as his heir - even though she doesn't want to.
Yep, Tywin always seemed to be the most competent leader out of any of the characters, like him or not (and mostly escaped being too clearly a "bad guy" as a result) but Cersei has never appeared to be remotely capable, and it seemed pretty clear that the other Lannisters realised that too.
Every EU country has a law which enforces to carry an ID it always has been like it and I am 40. If people really do is another issue.
There's no legal requirement to carry ID in the UK. You don't even have to carry a driving license when driving, though if stopped you may be required to present it at a police station within a few days.
Don't know about other EU countries. When abroad I generally keep my passport handy so that might cover me if such is a requirement? It's never been an issue.
So the main goal of a for-profit company should be to develop an equal marketplace for its competitors?
I'm not sure that's even a meaningful suggestion - what have the goals of the company got to do with this? However in many jurisdictions it is officially and legally a goal of the government to develop a competitive market. That's why this is a government action.
I'd agree that politics does distort that and a measure of cyncism is justified, but I think that contrasts with your charming naivety about the workings of the EU - in practice the different member states are all rivals and there is as much, or more, pressure to bring other EU states and their companies into line as there is to create exceptions for them.
And didn't Sarah Palin say "He is an anti-American operative with blood on his hands. His past posting of classified documents revealed the identity of more than 100 Afghan sources to the Taliban. Why was he not pursued with the same urgency we pursue al Qaeda and Taliban leaders?"
Looking at the numbers in a different way it seems that about 1/3 of the smartphone market is for Nokia, 1/3 is for Apple, and 1/3 is for the rest of world to fight over. That rest of the world may be getting a bit more than that 1/3, it still means the slice of the pie for an average Android manufacturer is much much less than what Apple and Nokia have. All those Android sellers are doing peanuts compared to the giants Apple and Nokia.
From the article: "Android now holds a third of the market, compared to 31% for Nokia. Apple held steady from the same quarter in 2009 with 16.2% market share"
Not sure where you got a 1/3 share for Apple from.
So, did Genghis or Genghis or any other Mongol contemporary use the Roman alphabet?
Nope. But they were still Mongols, not Mognols. Many many people, peoples and places have English names, even if they don't use them themselves. That goes double for the historical ones.
Q: Are all AVC essential patents included? A: No assurance is or can be made that the License includes every essential patent. The purpose of the License is to offer a convenient licensing alternative to everyone on the same terms and to include as much essential intellectual property as possible for their convenience. Participation in the License is voluntary on the part of essential patent holders, however.
So it's just a subset of 'anything you do probably infringes on someone's patent, so don't even wait for them to sue, don't ask for details, just fold to every potential bully'? I guess that's one approach to life. Hope you have fun with it.
The summary implies that Assange couldn't be guilty because they women initially consented, disregarding the fact that with one, he refused to stop and with the other, he waited until she was asleep and did something to which she did not consent.
No. It doesn't imply that, it doesn't disregard any facts and, at this stage, the accusations have not been established to be factual.
All the summary does, after linking to detailed accusations against him, is to note that HIS account is that the sex was consensual.
There are at least two versions of events. One is that he raped them (because they withdrew consent). The other is that he didn't (because it was consensual throughout). In time, e.g. at trial, futher nuances may ermege. However, right now it is entirely appropriate to give both halves of the picture - 1. hey, here's the report by the police outlining the accusations and 2. bear in mind, he denies it.
Of course, there is no causal link because they are both instead based on a 3rd variable, the local population size.
Aha, but births cause population. This could be a vicious circle with cell phone towers boosting the birth rate which leads to a higher population which buy more cell phones leading to the construction of more towers.
There's strong evidence to show that the dinosaurs never developed cell phones, and they died out.
Stealing used to be a hanging offense, now it is "meh". And people wonder why society has gone to hell.
Slavery used to be lawful. Women used to be treated like property and didn't used to get to vote - even where we had elections instead of warlords. Pre-teen children used to be expected to work in factories or get sent up/down chimney's to clean them. Having the wrong beliefs used to get you publicly flogged or executed.
Current state of society - not exactly hell (at least, not where I live. If you live in Somalia then maybe, but there you can probably get hanged for stealing).
... if you're going to do something dodgy, you put fake names into your software registration fields.:p
In fact, if you do anything at all you put fake names into your software registration. This time it was only the police that got him - next time it could be telemarketers.
Having seen this in at least a couple dozen news articles, you'd have to show me quite a bit of alternative stories saying the charge is RAPE, in order to convince me.
"These alleged crimes comprise one count of unlawful coercion, two counts of sexual molestation, and one count of rape."
Sounds very specific from an organisation I find pretty reliable. That's not to say that he's guilty, plus maybe what counts as rape in Sweden doesn't elsewhere, and it is possible that the BBC are wrong even about the charges but do you have a similarly reputable source saying explicitly that he is not charged with rape?
The question wasn't whether it's legal to disemninate the information. It was how Wikileaks is different from the other media organizations. Just like the others, Wikileaks has received the documents, just like the others they're publishing them.
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Yep, you can get old at any age.
If you're going back to websites that you left (presumably because you didn't like them enough to stay around, at least comparatively to other activities) and telling everyone that they're not great like you remember them (again, even though you left the supposed greatness) then you've got old prematurely. Maybe it's reversible. I'm hoping to stay young past 100.
I have recently returned to /. after a 7year or so absence and was just wondering what has happening to the site I used to love so much because it provided genuine, newsworthy, information and discussions.
Bad news: you grew up. Then you got old. Now you're in the delusional nostalgia stage. It's not just Slashdot; the music is crap now too and the politicians don't really stand for anything and we've lost the sense of neighborhood we once had.
He gets a little better, but I'd still say he's far from being a good person.
The best that can probably be said for him is that he tries to be better - but that is significant.
I don't mind that; I think she's just hanging around so that at the right juncture she can reveal that Robb Stark named John Snow as his heir - even though she doesn't want to.
Yep, Tywin always seemed to be the most competent leader out of any of the characters, like him or not (and mostly escaped being too clearly a "bad guy" as a result) but Cersei has never appeared to be remotely capable, and it seemed pretty clear that the other Lannisters realised that too.
Every EU country has a law which enforces to carry an ID it always has been like it and I am 40. If people really do is another issue.
There's no legal requirement to carry ID in the UK. You don't even have to carry a driving license when driving, though if stopped you may be required to present it at a police station within a few days.
Don't know about other EU countries. When abroad I generally keep my passport handy so that might cover me if such is a requirement? It's never been an issue.
So the main goal of a for-profit company should be to develop an equal marketplace for its competitors?
I'm not sure that's even a meaningful suggestion - what have the goals of the company got to do with this? However in many jurisdictions it is officially and legally a goal of the government to develop a competitive market. That's why this is a government action.
I'd agree that politics does distort that and a measure of cyncism is justified, but I think that contrasts with your charming naivety about the workings of the EU - in practice the different member states are all rivals and there is as much, or more, pressure to bring other EU states and their companies into line as there is to create exceptions for them.
No one is calling Assange a terrorist or a combatant of any form
No one? I thought a number of people had, including the US vice president.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/assange-a-high-tech-terrorist-biden/story-e6frg6so-1225973696881
And didn't Sarah Palin say "He is an anti-American operative with blood on his hands. His past posting of classified documents revealed the identity of more than 100 Afghan sources to the Taliban. Why was he not pursued with the same urgency we pursue al Qaeda and Taliban leaders?"
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/11/29/palin_hunt_down_assange
Okay, she doesn't represent the US government like Biden does but she's still "someone" and has a definite following amongst the US populace.
Why the hell is the first tag for EVERY story on Slashdot "slashdot?" It's a completely redundant waste of space. I don't understand it.
It's to balance the "story" tag at the other end.
Note to self: never go to Australia or any other Nanny State.
How is that a nanny state? It says that the databases AREN'T regulated by the state.
Looking at the numbers in a different way it seems that about 1/3 of the smartphone market is for Nokia, 1/3 is for Apple, and 1/3 is for the rest of world to fight over. That rest of the world may be getting a bit more than that 1/3, it still means the slice of the pie for an average Android manufacturer is much much less than what Apple and Nokia have. All those Android sellers are doing peanuts compared to the giants Apple and Nokia.
From the article: "Android now holds a third of the market, compared to 31% for Nokia. Apple held steady from the same quarter in 2009 with 16.2% market share"
Not sure where you got a 1/3 share for Apple from.
I thought the slaughter of the first born was bad but now a plague of /b/tards??? You win, yahewh.
Pharoah
So, did Genghis or Genghis or any other Mongol contemporary use the Roman alphabet?
Nope. But they were still Mongols, not Mognols. Many many people, peoples and places have English names, even if they don't use them themselves. That goes double for the historical ones.
Google hasn't offered to indemnify anybody, as MPEG-LA has.
Who exactly are you claiming that MPEG-LA have offered to indemnify, and what do you claim that they have offered to indemnify them against?
From their FAQ:
So it's just a subset of 'anything you do probably infringes on someone's patent, so don't even wait for them to sue, don't ask for details, just fold to every potential bully'? I guess that's one approach to life. Hope you have fun with it.
WebM/VP8 probably infringe on several MPEG-LA patents
Which parts of WebM/VP8 do you think probably infringe on which patents, and why?
The summary implies that Assange couldn't be guilty because they women initially consented, disregarding the fact that with one, he refused to stop and with the other, he waited until she was asleep and did something to which she did not consent.
No. It doesn't imply that, it doesn't disregard any facts and, at this stage, the accusations have not been established to be factual.
All the summary does, after linking to detailed accusations against him, is to note that HIS account is that the sex was consensual.
There are at least two versions of events. One is that he raped them (because they withdrew consent). The other is that he didn't (because it was consensual throughout). In time, e.g. at trial, futher nuances may ermege. However, right now it is entirely appropriate to give both halves of the picture - 1. hey, here's the report by the police outlining the accusations and 2. bear in mind, he denies it.
as any guy in a UK or American city will tell you, money is to marriage-crazed females what honey is to bees.
So the money's actually created by the women? Is the husband like the bee keeper who periodically collects the money/honey for his own purposes?
Again?.
Of course, there is no causal link because they are both instead based on a 3rd variable, the local population size.
Aha, but births cause population. This could be a vicious circle with cell phone towers boosting the birth rate which leads to a higher population which buy more cell phones leading to the construction of more towers.
There's strong evidence to show that the dinosaurs never developed cell phones, and they died out.
Stealing used to be a hanging offense, now it is "meh". And people wonder why society has gone to hell.
Slavery used to be lawful. Women used to be treated like property and didn't used to get to vote - even where we had elections instead of warlords. Pre-teen children used to be expected to work in factories or get sent up/down chimney's to clean them. Having the wrong beliefs used to get you publicly flogged or executed.
Current state of society - not exactly hell (at least, not where I live. If you live in Somalia then maybe, but there you can probably get hanged for stealing).
... if you're going to do something dodgy, you put fake names into your software registration fields. :p
In fact, if you do anything at all you put fake names into your software registration. This time it was only the police that got him - next time it could be telemarketers.
Having seen this in at least a couple dozen news articles, you'd have to show me quite a bit of alternative stories saying the charge is RAPE, in order to convince me.
From the BBC:
"These alleged crimes comprise one count of unlawful coercion, two counts of sexual molestation, and one count of rape."
Sounds very specific from an organisation I find pretty reliable. That's not to say that he's guilty, plus maybe what counts as rape in Sweden doesn't elsewhere, and it is possible that the BBC are wrong even about the charges but do you have a similarly reputable source saying explicitly that he is not charged with rape?
KDE was rebranded a year ago. It's now the name of the community, not the desktop.
So what's KDE called now?
The question wasn't whether it's legal to disemninate the information. It was how Wikileaks is different from the other media organizations. Just like the others, Wikileaks has received the documents, just like the others they're publishing them.