That was true back in the days when newspapers had copy editors on staff who were paid regular salaries and had steady jobs.
And guess what? It's still true.
The rules of journalism don't change just because you fire people. If anything, they become more important so that illiterates like you aren't left behind.
Well, then join facebook, befriend me for a day and check them
Ewwwww, sorry, those are two things I'd never do- join Facebook and "friend" you. And besides, it's easy to buy fake "friends" on Facebook, just like it's easy to buy fake "followers" on Twitter.
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No idea why you are such an idiot.
You're probably not smart enough to know why I'm an idiot because you didn't stay in school.
Who is Masnick? Oh right, its the editor of Techdirt. Ok now the article makes some sense.
Agreed.
Yes, the editorial standards of style have dropped pretty low here. He should have been identified by his position, just as they would have done in a proper paper or periodical.
In journalism, anytime a person is mentioned it's standard practice to make reference to who he/she is in relation to the story, but slashdot often dispenses with those conventions.
I remember this, and I remember thinking at the time that this guy was probably going to get in a shitload of trouble.
He was basically thumbing his nose at the government while playing fast and loose with the currency laws. He was soooooooooo sure that they couldn't touch him because he insisted that he "had the law on his side".
And he may well have, technically speaking, but he lost sight of the fact that "having the law on your side" has never stopped the government from jamming people up if they feel like it. And although it took a while, that's exactly what they did.
Quite a few people who were knowledgeable in currency matters at the time told everyone in no uncertain terms to "stay the hell away" from this guy's scheme, and it turns out that that was good advice.
Oh yeah, a Facebook exec starting a spinoff company that targets my brainwaves....that sounds just wonderful. I'm sure they'd never use it for advertising or anything like that.
What Linux really needs is full support by major software vendors.
I agree 100%, but in the meantime Wine is a viable solution for a quite a few people. Not everyone, obviously, but for a lot of people it'll bridge the gap.
So, Microsoft is now deliberately bricking computers, in an attempt to force Windows 10 onto them.
Attention victim: We have locked your computer, and you won't be getting access to it anytime soon, unless you....what? No, we don't want bitcoins. We want you to install Windows 10. Give us your computer and nobody gets hurt. We swear we'll only spy on you a little.
Seriously, there's not a lot of difference between Win 10 and ransomware.
Microsoft isn't asking for money yet, but as I understand it that's going to change in June or July.
I don't use Facebook. That doesn't stop my friends from tagging my face when I'm in one of their photos which they post on Facebook.
I solved this problem by telling my friends that if they ever "tag" me in a photo on Facebook, I'd come over to their house and beat their brains out with a baseball bat.
They didn't believe me at first, but after 2 or 3 funerals, word got around.
Sorry, I can not afford to meet my friends in RL on an regular manner.
Then guess what? You don't have friends. What you have are people you know online.
Real friends actually do stuff together, not post updates about what they did while living completely separate lives.
I know plenty of people online. We have discussions, share stuff, blah blah, blah. But they aren't "friends". They're just people who I know online.
At the other end of the spectrum I have actual friends- we actually get together and do stuff. And when we do it we're not constantly fondling to our phones or checking Facebook and posting selfies every 5 seconds. Instead we're actually living in the moment enjoying whatever it is we're doing. In real life, at the same time in the same room or at the same beach or restaurant or whatever. Crazy concept, huh?
If your definition of a "friend" is someone who you only know online, then I genuinely feel sorry for you. No sarcasm, I truly feel sorry for you.
I don't know if it's dead, but it sure as hell is on life-support.
Classmates.com is constantly advertising to me to sign up and become "more connected". Like I'd want anything to do with those lamers I went to school with 40 fuckin' years ago.
I mean, hello? I don't want to be more connected, I want to be less connected.
Now if they had a service to make me less connected, I'd sign up for that shit in a heartbeat.
If I had a nickel for every time I heard about a Facebook privacy issue, I could afford to buy me a tropical island where they'd never heard of Facebook.
That's nothing if it allows you to use a niche app which may have cost some company $40K or more to buy, or $100K to develop. It's basically the cost of a coffee break or two for a manager.
I nearly fall out of my chair laughing at both those who MUST use MS products, and those who only *think* they do..
Sadly there are plenty of niche apps that only work under Windows. Maybe some of them will work under WINE, but I've worked at places using legacy apps for which there are no viable Linux alternatives. It sucks, frankly. They're pretty locked into the Windows world for those programs.
This whole forced-upgrade debacle leads me to believe that there is or will be a market for those apps in a Linux ecosystem. The good news is that most of those apps can be moved to the web, and then Microsoft's hold on these companies will be substantially reduced (or maybe eliminated).
Slashdot Mirror
Right, because OBVIOUSLY drug money. Thats all they have to say.
Sometimes they don't even have to say that. They may simply claim it's "proceeds of criminal activity" without specifying what activity.
That was true back in the days when newspapers had copy editors on staff who were paid regular salaries and had steady jobs.
And guess what? It's still true.
The rules of journalism don't change just because you fire people. If anything, they become more important so that illiterates like you aren't left behind.
Well, then join facebook, befriend me for a day and check them
Ewwwww, sorry, those are two things I'd never do- join Facebook and "friend" you.
And besides, it's easy to buy fake "friends" on Facebook, just like it's easy to buy fake "followers" on Twitter.
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No idea why you are such an idiot.
You're probably not smart enough to know why I'm an idiot because you didn't stay in school.
You are not the first, and won't be the last person, to say something like that...
Perhaps, but that doesn't mean what I said isn't true.
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When it becomes illegal to do it, and it will, you won't have that choice. Sooner or later it will.
Whatever. Ease up on the bong, buddy.
if you don't believe it my "face book" friends are real friends
You're right, I don't believe it.
Who is Masnick? Oh right, its the editor of Techdirt. Ok now the article makes some sense.
Agreed.
Yes, the editorial standards of style have dropped pretty low here. He should have been identified by his position, just as they would have done in a proper paper or periodical.
In journalism, anytime a person is mentioned it's standard practice to make reference to who he/she is in relation to the story, but slashdot often dispenses with those conventions.
If they issue the gag order must we gag ourselves?
What if we refuse to gag? What if we continue to talk? What the fuck can they do to us? Kill us?
They can put you in prison and take your home and all your possessions. That's what they can do to you.
I remember this, and I remember thinking at the time that this guy was probably going to get in a shitload of trouble.
He was basically thumbing his nose at the government while playing fast and loose with the currency laws. He was soooooooooo sure that they couldn't touch him because he insisted that he "had the law on his side".
And he may well have, technically speaking, but he lost sight of the fact that "having the law on your side" has never stopped the government from jamming people up if they feel like it. And although it took a while, that's exactly what they did.
Quite a few people who were knowledgeable in currency matters at the time told everyone in no uncertain terms to "stay the hell away" from this guy's scheme, and it turns out that that was good advice.
I'd rather they quit pestering me to do something I do not want to do.
I understand... I don't want to pay my taxes either, but I have to...
No, you don't understand. If you think these two things are even remotely equivalent, then you're an idiot.
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You of course are free to run it at home all you like disconnected.
No, I'm free to do whatever the fuck I want to do. Connected, disconnected, I'll run it in whatever state of connectivity I like.
You don't "get it". It's the cloud, machine learning, BYOD, data analytics, open sourced, sharing, wearable social media.
You forgot to mention the synergistic, holographic, customer-facing social-centric envisioneers that will proactively optimize the structuring matrix.
Oh yeah, a Facebook exec starting a spinoff company that targets my brainwaves....that sounds just wonderful. I'm sure they'd never use it for advertising or anything like that.
Would you rather have them try to update four operating systems, or just one?
I'd rather they quit pestering me to do something I do not want to do.
What Linux really needs is full support by major software vendors.
I agree 100%, but in the meantime Wine is a viable solution for a quite a few people. Not everyone, obviously, but for a lot of people it'll bridge the gap.
So, Microsoft is now deliberately bricking computers, in an attempt to force Windows 10 onto them.
Attention victim: We have locked your computer, and you won't be getting access to it anytime soon, unless you....what? No, we don't want bitcoins. We want you to install Windows 10. Give us your computer and nobody gets hurt. We swear we'll only spy on you a little.
Seriously, there's not a lot of difference between Win 10 and ransomware.
Microsoft isn't asking for money yet, but as I understand it that's going to change in June or July.
And say goodbye to every piece of Windows only software that you own.
Actually, there seems to be a *lot* of stuff that runs just fine under Wine, and even more stuff that works under Crossover.
I don't use Facebook. That doesn't stop my friends from tagging my face when I'm in one of their photos which they post on Facebook.
I solved this problem by telling my friends that if they ever "tag" me in a photo on Facebook, I'd come over to their house and beat their brains out with a baseball bat.
They didn't believe me at first, but after 2 or 3 funerals, word got around.
Sorry, I can not afford to meet my friends in RL on an regular manner.
Then guess what? You don't have friends. What you have are people you know online.
Real friends actually do stuff together, not post updates about what they did while living completely separate lives.
I know plenty of people online. We have discussions, share stuff, blah blah, blah. But they aren't "friends". They're just people who I know online.
At the other end of the spectrum I have actual friends- we actually get together and do stuff. And when we do it we're not constantly fondling to our phones or checking Facebook and posting selfies every 5 seconds. Instead we're actually living in the moment enjoying whatever it is we're doing. In real life, at the same time in the same room or at the same beach or restaurant or whatever. Crazy concept, huh?
If your definition of a "friend" is someone who you only know online, then I genuinely feel sorry for you. No sarcasm, I truly feel sorry for you.
Privacy is dead.
I don't know if it's dead, but it sure as hell is on life-support.
Classmates.com is constantly advertising to me to sign up and become "more connected". Like I'd want anything to do with those lamers I went to school with 40 fuckin' years ago.
I mean, hello? I don't want to be more connected, I want to be less connected.
Now if they had a service to make me less connected, I'd sign up for that shit in a heartbeat.
Facebook....it's like cancer, but with comments!
If I had a nickel for every time I heard about a Facebook privacy issue, I could afford to buy me a tropical island where they'd never heard of Facebook.
Rough and Ready by Sandra Hill, "... the viking time travel romance novel"
Okay, that's enough internet for me today.
dinosaur porn (banned on Amazon!)
Why? Were the dinosaurs underage?
one word, though:
MSoffice
Until they hear about Wine or Crossover. MS Office seems to have high compatibility ratings on Crossover.
It *does* cost ~$40,
That's nothing if it allows you to use a niche app which may have cost some company $40K or more to buy, or $100K to develop. It's basically the cost of a coffee break or two for a manager.
"They're making profit, and they should share the responsibility for our city, but they won't. They abuse us."
Frankly, I agree.
Stashing your money offshore is done for one reason: to avoid taxes.
Big companies like Apple can get away with it but you and I can't. If you or I tried to do this we'd be prosecuted for "tax avoidance".
I nearly fall out of my chair laughing at both those who MUST use MS products, and those who only *think* they do..
Sadly there are plenty of niche apps that only work under Windows. Maybe some of them will work under WINE, but I've worked at places using legacy apps for which there are no viable Linux alternatives. It sucks, frankly. They're pretty locked into the Windows world for those programs.
This whole forced-upgrade debacle leads me to believe that there is or will be a market for those apps in a Linux ecosystem. The good news is that most of those apps can be moved to the web, and then Microsoft's hold on these companies will be substantially reduced (or maybe eliminated).