But we could achieve the same tomorrow simply by impaling any person caught with any ivory on a stake at the entrance of the airport where they're found. The screams and groans of the impaled criminals would depress the price of ivory just as well,
I can't tell if you're joking, you seem serious. That is ludicrously excessive. I am amazed that some people have such a high level of emotion for animals, but won't even blink at the idea impaling a man (one who is likely hunting the elephants out of sheer desperation). It's garbage like that keeping normal human beings from taking animal rights activists seriously.
Because if they can bring species back from extinction, then keeping endangered species from going extinct becomes trivially easy. And if they do, just bring them back again.
Also, in a world where elephants/mammoths can be reliably (and cheaply) cloned and bred, ivory would become about as valuable as beef, thus negating the benefits of poaching.
But since I'm not a nutcase who thinks "they'll be able to do this in ten years!", for now I'm all for keeping the endangered animals we already have alive.
I know I will likely take a lot of flak for this, but what is the real, practical use for a device like this? I'm not even trying to be sarcastic, can somebody please explain it to me?
Buying one of these will do little more besides possibly get you put on some sort of watch list, if the NSA even cares enough about you to do so. Just simply carry your private data on a flash drive that stays on your person, and only plug it into a special system that is offline, running a live OS with no data saved to the hard drive.
If you get captured by the government goons, snap it in half, swallow it, whatever. And buying a flash drive isn't considered suspicious, unlike buying one of these. If they're going to such great lengths to get to you, you're fucked anyway. At that point, you might as well hole up in your basement with a gun pointed at the door, anything less will not suffice.
Apple is just trolling their customers at this point. Might be some sort of social experiment to see how long they can convince people to buy this nonsense. The next iPhone probably won't have a screen.
The website mentioned in the summary, https://tmobileunlimited.herokuapp.com/, is still up but simply says "No such app". Seems he already took the proxy down.
Rest stops, gas stations, and bars sometimes have those little dispensers for condoms in the restrooms (so no fear of being on camera). Just drop in a few quarters. I don't know why that's so embarrassing anyway. If you're buying them, it means you're the one getting laid, not the cashier.
The people defending Apple on this obviously nonsensical decision are funny. Granted, there's thankfully not too many, but there's a couple. If this was Microsoft instead of Apple, I doubt these people would hold the same stance. I'm not saying MS is better, only that Apple is equally bad.
Yeah who wants tech and science related news on Slashdot, anyway? I want more black lives matter and election coverage!
(Before you fools get on my ass, yes I'm aware of the irony of my comment in relation to my current sig.)
So you think anyone who rethinks a political position is unreliable? That every politician should hatch with a fully formed rigid ideology burned into his or her cortex?
That's a very simplistic way of interpreting my point. I mean that Trump has been far lass "flippy floppy" than Hillary.
What the 2nd does do, is keep things like police-state door-to-door roundups and executions from happening. They won't do that if they know people can and will shoot back. We've already seen in the middle east (and before) how a giant and well-armed military can be held back by a small and determined group of fighters. At the end of the day, even for all the technology, wars are still won by men on the ground with rifles. (Shotguns and handguns don't cut it, they aren't effective over long distances, and most real life battles take place over 100+ yards, not in Call of Duty-esq tiny maps.)
No. That's a pure fantasy. There is a well-known fact that during Stalin's regime many homes had guns. ESPECIALLY rural homes where millions were taken and executed. Village people always had guns. And their guns did not matter. Guns don't matter when people around sit and pray that police is not after THEM and hope that they will arrest somebody else today. And may be tomorrow.
That's how totalitarian state works. Guns don't not matter, alas. Funny thing, it was easy to obtain a shotgun or a rifle during soviet time, only hunter's paper needed and it was easy to get. They begin to restrict guns heavily during 80s and placed insane restrictions during last 20 years.
You're right. A few farmers with a couple of bolt-action rifles and double-barrel shotguns can't fight a million-strong army full of automatic weapons. But 100 million gun-owners like we have here in America? That's a bit different. Continue to shout the lie if it makes you feel better.
Pro gun control people are some of the most illogical ones I've ever met. Countless statistics prove that gun control does not work (at least not in America). Chicago is (one of) the most violent cities in the country, yet has some of the toughest gun control. New York's crime rate plummeted when they legalized concealed carry. Find me ONE city in this country where tougher gun laws actually reduced crime. There isn't a single example of that. Cry "but what about England!" all you want, what works for them will not work for us. They don't have the same gang problem the US does. And besides, look at Switzerland. Tons of guns, almost no crime.
Except he backtracked on that and said he wouldn't...
"I'm changing. I'm changing. We need highly-skilled people in this country. If we can't do it, we will get them in. And we do need in Silicon Valley, we absolutely have to have."
And he's flopped back and forth a few more times since then.
Trump will say whatever the hell he thinks will get him elected. You'd have to be retarded to believe that he means any of it.
Except here's him being consistent in his opinions since 1980. That's a better track record than all the real politicians, especially Hillary "Marriage should be between a man and a woman oh wait not anymore" Clinton.
There is no ignorant like libertarian with an internet connection ignorant.
Yeah, those crazy and evil libertarians. How dare they want freedom, personal liberty, and personal accountability? How dare they strongly support the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th amendments? How dare they support racial equality, LGBT rights, legalized marijuana, and not living in a police state? How dare they want the freedom to live like responsible adults without a nanny government breathing down their neck at every turn? So ignorant of them.
What the 2nd does do, is keep things like police-state door-to-door roundups and executions from happening.
Actually, it gives SWAT teams an excuse to go in guns blazing. So, epic fail.
Not "epic fail", meme-quoting child. If SWAT teams breach a building, they go in ready-to-shoot to begin with. At least this way people have a decent fighting chance.
Probably very few, given that they were Japanese (a place with extremely tight gun control).
They were Americans. But okay, let's play along for the sake of argument. How it might have played out if they were armed and tried to defend themselves?
The people assigned to round them up might have had some second thoughts if they knew they were going into well-armed homes. And I know they were Americans, I meant they (or their parents) had come from Japan, which meant they were not accustomed to firearms. You know what I mean, don't play the pseudo-intellectual semantics.
The AR-15 isn't an assault rifle? What do you think the AR stands for, Einstein? Assault Rifle model 15 is what it stands for but don't let names screw with ya. I'm 100% certain that you didn't comment in any of the Tesla threads bitching about them using the name "autopilot", now did you? Unpossible!
On the off chance that this isn't a troll, Google is your friend, I am not. The AR stands for Armalite, the company that designed the rifle. The 15 is just the type. There is also an AR-5 (smaller caliber), AR-17 (shotgun), and an AR-23 (pistol). If AR stood for "assault rifle", why would it be used in the case of the AR-17/23 which are not rifles? Do some research, you sub-average cretin.
Agreed. What people don't seem to understand is that pro-2nd amendment people do not think that their AR-15s (by the way, not an "assault rifle") will be able to hold off the military. The military has tanks, drones, and nukes. However, they're not going to use that stuff on their own soil unless the shit really hit the fan. If they did that, there would be little to nothing left for a tyrannical government to govern.
What the 2nd does do, is keep things like police-state door-to-door roundups and executions from happening. They won't do that if they know people can and will shoot back. We've already seen in the middle east (and before) how a giant and well-armed military can be held back by a small and determined group of fighters. At the end of the day, even for all the technology, wars are still won by men on the ground with rifles. (Shotguns and handguns don't cut it, they aren't effective over long distances, and most real life battles take place over 100+ yards, not in Call of Duty-esq tiny maps.)
On another note, I find it interesting that we keep hearing in the news about this previously convicted sex offender who was illegally armed, had drugs, and was resisting arrest. Yet we don't hear so much about this poor fellow. Probably because he had his CC license and legal gun, and was lawfully exercising his constitutional right. If you ask me, this instance is much more indicative of racism in the police than Alton Sterling. Curious that the media drums up sympathy for the black criminal, but not the black responsibly and legally armed citizen.
They can't issue a takedown, they didn't own the copyright and you can't use the DMCA for trademark. If they did issue a DMCA notice they fucked up big time.
TFA says they did not use the DMCA. The NRA (correctly) said it was slander, claiming to represent them with no indication it was a parody and using their (and Smith & Wesson's) trademarks without permission. I understand you probably have a lot of hate for the NRA, but don't let it cloud your judgement. What they did here was completely justified.
PARODY videos are protected by current copyright laws. I am not sure how they won this case, other than by legal bullying and intimidation. The NRA has need pockets, filled with gold, from the morons of the heartland.
Watch the video. The disclaimers at the bottom expressly state that they do indeed represent the NRA, which is false. The one at the beginning even says "Paid for in part by the NRA". That is not parody.
Aside from any hate for the NRA, I see no issue with this. Some people pulled a stunt giving off the false impression that they represented the NRA and Smith & Wesson.* The NRA requested a takedown, Surge complied with the takedown but screwed the pooch and brought down 38,000 sites instead of just the target.
The wording of the the article implies the NRA should be held responsible. It is the fault of Surge.
*Yeah I know it was supposed to be a "parody", but watch the video on YouTube. They never mention that they are not affiliated with the NRA or S&W. In fact, the little disclaimer on the bottom at the end of the video even makes the claim that they do represent the NRA.
This car analogy is getting more complicated than the actual, real, situation it was supposed to be an analogy for. Does anybody on Slashdot seriously not understand at least the basics of how IP addresses work?
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But we could achieve the same tomorrow simply by impaling any person caught with any ivory on a stake at the entrance of the airport where they're found. The screams and groans of the impaled criminals would depress the price of ivory just as well,
I can't tell if you're joking, you seem serious. That is ludicrously excessive. I am amazed that some people have such a high level of emotion for animals, but won't even blink at the idea impaling a man (one who is likely hunting the elephants out of sheer desperation). It's garbage like that keeping normal human beings from taking animal rights activists seriously.
Because if they can bring species back from extinction, then keeping endangered species from going extinct becomes trivially easy. And if they do, just bring them back again.
Also, in a world where elephants/mammoths can be reliably (and cheaply) cloned and bred, ivory would become about as valuable as beef, thus negating the benefits of poaching.
But since I'm not a nutcase who thinks "they'll be able to do this in ten years!", for now I'm all for keeping the endangered animals we already have alive.
I know I will likely take a lot of flak for this, but what is the real, practical use for a device like this? I'm not even trying to be sarcastic, can somebody please explain it to me?
Buying one of these will do little more besides possibly get you put on some sort of watch list, if the NSA even cares enough about you to do so. Just simply carry your private data on a flash drive that stays on your person, and only plug it into a special system that is offline, running a live OS with no data saved to the hard drive.
If you get captured by the government goons, snap it in half, swallow it, whatever. And buying a flash drive isn't considered suspicious, unlike buying one of these. If they're going to such great lengths to get to you, you're fucked anyway. At that point, you might as well hole up in your basement with a gun pointed at the door, anything less will not suffice.
Apple is just trolling their customers at this point. Might be some sort of social experiment to see how long they can convince people to buy this nonsense. The next iPhone probably won't have a screen.
The website mentioned in the summary, https://tmobileunlimited.herokuapp.com/, is still up but simply says "No such app". Seems he already took the proxy down.
And of course I get modded "Troll" for that one. Great job guys, keep it up. Anyone who disagrees must be a troll.
Well if it really is that big of a deal...
Rest stops, gas stations, and bars sometimes have those little dispensers for condoms in the restrooms (so no fear of being on camera). Just drop in a few quarters. I don't know why that's so embarrassing anyway. If you're buying them, it means you're the one getting laid, not the cashier.
The people defending Apple on this obviously nonsensical decision are funny. Granted, there's thankfully not too many, but there's a couple. If this was Microsoft instead of Apple, I doubt these people would hold the same stance. I'm not saying MS is better, only that Apple is equally bad.
This however is not, imho.
Yeah who wants tech and science related news on Slashdot, anyway? I want more black lives matter and election coverage! (Before you fools get on my ass, yes I'm aware of the irony of my comment in relation to my current sig.)
So Trump hasn't learned anything new since 1980 and that's a good thing?
Or maybe it means his ideas (a good deal of them, anyway) were right to begin with.
So you think anyone who rethinks a political position is unreliable? That every politician should hatch with a fully formed rigid ideology burned into his or her cortex?
That's a very simplistic way of interpreting my point. I mean that Trump has been far lass "flippy floppy" than Hillary.
What the 2nd does do, is keep things like police-state door-to-door roundups and executions from happening. They won't do that if they know people can and will shoot back. We've already seen in the middle east (and before) how a giant and well-armed military can be held back by a small and determined group of fighters. At the end of the day, even for all the technology, wars are still won by men on the ground with rifles. (Shotguns and handguns don't cut it, they aren't effective over long distances, and most real life battles take place over 100+ yards, not in Call of Duty-esq tiny maps.)
No. That's a pure fantasy. There is a well-known fact that during Stalin's regime many homes had guns. ESPECIALLY rural homes where millions were taken and executed. Village people always had guns. And their guns did not matter. Guns don't matter when people around sit and pray that police is not after THEM and hope that they will arrest somebody else today. And may be tomorrow.
That's how totalitarian state works. Guns don't not matter, alas. Funny thing, it was easy to obtain a shotgun or a rifle during soviet time, only hunter's paper needed and it was easy to get. They begin to restrict guns heavily during 80s and placed insane restrictions during last 20 years.
You're right. A few farmers with a couple of bolt-action rifles and double-barrel shotguns can't fight a million-strong army full of automatic weapons. But 100 million gun-owners like we have here in America? That's a bit different. Continue to shout the lie if it makes you feel better.
Pro gun control people are some of the most illogical ones I've ever met. Countless statistics prove that gun control does not work (at least not in America). Chicago is (one of) the most violent cities in the country, yet has some of the toughest gun control. New York's crime rate plummeted when they legalized concealed carry. Find me ONE city in this country where tougher gun laws actually reduced crime. There isn't a single example of that. Cry "but what about England!" all you want, what works for them will not work for us. They don't have the same gang problem the US does. And besides, look at Switzerland. Tons of guns, almost no crime.
Except he backtracked on that and said he wouldn't...
"I'm changing. I'm changing. We need highly-skilled people in this country. If we can't do it, we will get them in. And we do need in Silicon Valley, we absolutely have to have."
And he's flopped back and forth a few more times since then.
Trump will say whatever the hell he thinks will get him elected. You'd have to be retarded to believe that he means any of it.
Except here's him being consistent in his opinions since 1980. That's a better track record than all the real politicians, especially Hillary "Marriage should be between a man and a woman oh wait not anymore" Clinton.
There is no ignorant like libertarian with an internet connection ignorant.
Yeah, those crazy and evil libertarians. How dare they want freedom, personal liberty, and personal accountability? How dare they strongly support the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th amendments? How dare they support racial equality, LGBT rights, legalized marijuana, and not living in a police state? How dare they want the freedom to live like responsible adults without a nanny government breathing down their neck at every turn? So ignorant of them.
So... you agree with me? An AR carbine would be considered an "assault rifle", and you just said that they are important for combat.
Actually, it gives SWAT teams an excuse to go in guns blazing. So, epic fail.
Not "epic fail", meme-quoting child. If SWAT teams breach a building, they go in ready-to-shoot to begin with. At least this way people have a decent fighting chance.
Probably very few, given that they were Japanese (a place with extremely tight gun control).
They were Americans. But okay, let's play along for the sake of argument. How it might have played out if they were armed and tried to defend themselves?
The people assigned to round them up might have had some second thoughts if they knew they were going into well-armed homes. And I know they were Americans, I meant they (or their parents) had come from Japan, which meant they were not accustomed to firearms. You know what I mean, don't play the pseudo-intellectual semantics.
What the 2nd does do, is keep things like police-state door-to-door roundups and executions from happening.
No it doesn't. Ask any American citizen of Japanese descent who was around in 1942.
Hmm, I wonder how many of them actually owned firearms? Probably very few, given that they were Japanese (a place with extremely tight gun control).
The AR-15 isn't an assault rifle? What do you think the AR stands for, Einstein? Assault Rifle model 15 is what it stands for but don't let names screw with ya. I'm 100% certain that you didn't comment in any of the Tesla threads bitching about them using the name "autopilot", now did you? Unpossible!
On the off chance that this isn't a troll, Google is your friend, I am not. The AR stands for Armalite, the company that designed the rifle. The 15 is just the type. There is also an AR-5 (smaller caliber), AR-17 (shotgun), and an AR-23 (pistol). If AR stood for "assault rifle", why would it be used in the case of the AR-17/23 which are not rifles? Do some research, you sub-average cretin.
Agreed. What people don't seem to understand is that pro-2nd amendment people do not think that their AR-15s (by the way, not an "assault rifle") will be able to hold off the military. The military has tanks, drones, and nukes. However, they're not going to use that stuff on their own soil unless the shit really hit the fan. If they did that, there would be little to nothing left for a tyrannical government to govern.
What the 2nd does do, is keep things like police-state door-to-door roundups and executions from happening. They won't do that if they know people can and will shoot back. We've already seen in the middle east (and before) how a giant and well-armed military can be held back by a small and determined group of fighters. At the end of the day, even for all the technology, wars are still won by men on the ground with rifles. (Shotguns and handguns don't cut it, they aren't effective over long distances, and most real life battles take place over 100+ yards, not in Call of Duty-esq tiny maps.)
On another note, I find it interesting that we keep hearing in the news about this previously convicted sex offender who was illegally armed, had drugs, and was resisting arrest. Yet we don't hear so much about this poor fellow. Probably because he had his CC license and legal gun, and was lawfully exercising his constitutional right. If you ask me, this instance is much more indicative of racism in the police than Alton Sterling. Curious that the media drums up sympathy for the black criminal, but not the black responsibly and legally armed citizen.
Please elaborate. Where is the spelling error of which you speak?
They can't issue a takedown, they didn't own the copyright and you can't use the DMCA for trademark. If they did issue a DMCA notice they fucked up big time.
TFA says they did not use the DMCA. The NRA (correctly) said it was slander, claiming to represent them with no indication it was a parody and using their (and Smith & Wesson's) trademarks without permission. I understand you probably have a lot of hate for the NRA, but don't let it cloud your judgement. What they did here was completely justified.
PARODY videos are protected by current copyright laws. I am not sure how they won this case, other than by legal bullying and intimidation. The NRA has need pockets, filled with gold, from the morons of the heartland.
Watch the video. The disclaimers at the bottom expressly state that they do indeed represent the NRA, which is false. The one at the beginning even says "Paid for in part by the NRA". That is not parody.
Aside from any hate for the NRA, I see no issue with this. Some people pulled a stunt giving off the false impression that they represented the NRA and Smith & Wesson.* The NRA requested a takedown, Surge complied with the takedown but screwed the pooch and brought down 38,000 sites instead of just the target.
The wording of the the article implies the NRA should be held responsible. It is the fault of Surge.
*Yeah I know it was supposed to be a "parody", but watch the video on YouTube. They never mention that they are not affiliated with the NRA or S&W. In fact, the little disclaimer on the bottom at the end of the video even makes the claim that they do represent the NRA.
This car analogy is getting more complicated than the actual, real, situation it was supposed to be an analogy for. Does anybody on Slashdot seriously not understand at least the basics of how IP addresses work?