"...the readability and ease of development of Python..."
I'll admit I'm not really a Python user, but I've seen lots of Python code and compared to other languages I've never considered Python to be very readable.
Gullibility: it has no lower limits. People that invested in this should immediately consult a doctor to see what kind of head injury they have.
And the hucksters that were supposed to build this thing made me laugh:
She also said that NSID shifted attention to other projects and basically forgot that it had promised to build a canine mind-reader.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight....they just "forgot" about that mind-reading machine they were building. Sure, that's totally believable.
Like one time I was building a nuclear-powered orbital weapons platform, I went to make a sandwich and got sidetracked, and years later I was like, "Heyyyyyyyyy, what ever happened to that orbital weapons platform I was building?"
This is a really good argument against the arbitrary power of government.
You know what would be a good argument? Your actually answering my questions instead of deflecting. It's almost like you have no substantive answers to the questions I posed...
1) Who really owns the land your home is on, and where did those ownership rights come from? 2) Who or what gave you the right or authority to buy it, and how can you prove it's yours? 3) Who enforces your claim of ownership if there's a dispute? 4) What if I don't agree to recognize that authority for what I believe to be good reason(s)? Can I dispute it by force? 5) What if there's a greater, better-armed force that disagrees with you and supports me? What then? 6) Who has the ultimate authority to decide and what specifically gives them the right to do so? 7) In #6, why does this entity's authority outweigh yours (or mine)? 8) Who or what would take the place of the police departments that keeps everyone stronger than you from stealing your stuff, and from where would they derive their legitimacy?
You can't answer these questions. No libertarian can answer these questions. (In fact, most libertarians can't even agree on a specific definition of what "libertarian" means.)
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Why is it that government officials seem to have authority that outweighs ours?
Because most people realize that for society to function there needs to be some sort of entity with the absolute authority to rule on things. No, government isn't perfect by a long shot, but it's far, far better than the "might-makes-right" feudal systems that libertarianism would inevitably produce.
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Are you sure you're not a libertarian?
Yeah, I'm quite sure.
Look, I've been exposed to the fuzzy reasoning and pie-in-the-sky claims of the libertarian mindset for decades and it's never made any sense.
"Enlightened self-interest" my ass. Show me anyplace on Earth where that would work given basic human nature.
That would be my guess. I don't see a huge demand for them and most of the video sites and magazines aren't raving about how awesome they are...it's more of a "meh" kind of thing as far as I can tell. I look at them in the stores and I can't really see what the draw is.
There's no real downside to them I suppose (aside from cost) and if there's enough demand for them to support the production, who am I to say 'no'?
They come from god, (or if you don't believe in that sort of thing) our humanity.
That's great if you believe in magical invisible super-beings whose existence can't even be proven, but what I was asking about was actual property like real estate. Who really owns the land your home is on, and where did those ownership rights come from? Who or what gave you the right or authority to buy it, and how can you prove it's yours? Who enforces your claim of ownership if there's a dispute?
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... would go to a neutral third party that was respected amongst the community as being fair (these where the 'judges') societal norms (not laws enforced by a government)
And what if I don't agree to recognize that authority for what I believe to be good reason(s)? What then? Can I dispute it by force? What if there's a greater, better-armed force that disagrees and supports me?
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i have no problems with jury trials (so long as the jury is truly your peers from the local community) and judges elected or nominated by locally elected officials.
And what if these people are all bought off or on the take, or just don't like you and want to screw you over? What then? Who has the ultimate authority to decide and what specifically gives them the right to do so? Why does their authority outweigh yours?
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You didn't really answer this question, so I'll ask it again: Who or what would take the place of the police departments that keep everyone stronger than you from stealing your stuff, and from where would they derive their legitimacy?
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This problem exists even today with governments. There was nothing to stop the stronger American government from invading iraq and taking their stuff.
I'm not talking about international conflicts, I'm asking what's going to stop me and my hired group of Blackwater mercenaries from coming over to your place, killing you and your family, and taking all your stuff? Who would oppose me and where would they get the authority to do so? What if I'm the strongest entity around and I don't recognize them as having any legitimacy? Who's gonna stand up to me? Who's going prevent me from taking over the town by force?
I find the video access that comes with Amazon Prime to be superior to Netflix. It may just be that my personal tastes align better with what Amazon has to offer, but I think Amazon also has a lot more content so I'm more likely to find something I want to watch.
You also get access to about a bazillion ebooks as well...I haven't used that as much but I have downloaded a few that interested me.
Not a bad deal for $99 a year considering it also includes free 2-day shipping for most of the stuff Amazon sells. .
However, through various tricks, I can indeed get both to reduce to levels similar to a clean startup.
I'd be very interested in exactly what steps you take to regain the memory so I could try them here and see what happens.
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Alas, life with PaleMoon is very frustrating, as there are way too many web pages that refuse to adhere to standards and will not work properly.
That alone would likely prevent me from trying it...I have all the frustration I need at the moment, lol.
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Apparently, Chrome, Firefox, and Edge are the only browsers worth supporting these days, and standards-compliance just isn't fashionable anymore.
I really don't like Chrome (the constant phoning home, the recent scare tactic of branding any non-https page as "insecure", etc) and I can't run Edge. I guess I'm destined to run Firefox for the foreseeable future.:(
Well I guess my original assessment was correct, you do have some kind of grudge against libertarians (or a few where very rude to you).
A grudge? Well if not putting up with pie-in-the-sky bullshit is a "grudge", then I guess I'm grudgy. Frankly I find most libertarians to be shallow in the depth of their understanding of the whole concept and incapable of seeing why libertarianism is unfeasible.
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I just sincerely believe in freedom and that maximization of freedom is the best policy for all issues, for I truly believe that freedom brings about prosperity for all and incentiveizes regions to pursue peace.
You know, I actually believe that that's what you believe, but I also believe that you have never bothered to dig down into the details of what a libertarian society would actually entail. For example,
1) Where do property rights come from, how are they established, and in the case of disputes, how would the determination of true ownership be decided and enforced? Specifically, who would enforce them and how?
2) Who or what would take the place of the police departments that keep everyone stronger than you from stealing your stuff, and from where would they derive their legitimacy?
As for successful libertarian societies: 1) Twelve tribes of Israel during the reign of judges 2) first 200 years of rome 3) Spain circa 1700, prior to war with england 4) United States of America 1700-1800
None of those are actual examples of libertarian societies, viable or otherwise...some of them stumbled along until a centralized government could be established, but if you really want to live as people did in any of the time periods you mention, feel free. It won't be long before someone comes and takes your all your stuff by force. And then who will you look to for assistance?
RTFA?! Why? If one casually notices the quotes, it's those two little marks placed together, it's used to 'quote' a source. The quoted source implies that the reader doesn't comprehend what is being explained.
I agree, it's clear that you don't comprehend what is being explained.
If, however, you had taken a moment to just look at the article it probably would have answered your ignorance, demonstrated by what you wrote: "Really? How exhaustive was it? Are we talking 2 searches on Google Exhaustive? Or what?"
You're free to be as ignorant as you like but don't get your panties in a twist when others point out that your ignorance is a self-inflicted wound.
Which is more "Fuck you for getting there first" than just "Fuck you".
Nope, not me. I genuinely hate the idea that one or two fuckheads with a botnet can wreck the internet for tens of thousands or even millions of people, or destroy the livelihood of people who are just trying to do something like providing a legitimate service such as a Minecraft server.
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I would argue that no one on this site would be against controlling botnets of this size and capability.
I disagree...I don't think that the majority of people on Slashdot are amoral fuckheads without a shred of integrity. You might fit into that category, however.
I'm not kidding when I say that all of the fuckers who do this kind of shit should be shot in the face.
If they let me I'd do it myself for free and I'd even bring my own gun and ammo.
A few applications of my patented "shotgun to the face" treatment and most if not all of these shitbags would reconsider the value of running botnets and DDOS ops.
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"...the readability and ease of development of Python..."
I'll admit I'm not really a Python user, but I've seen lots of Python code and compared to other languages I've never considered Python to be very readable.
Gullibility: it has no lower limits. People that invested in this should immediately consult a doctor to see what kind of head injury they have.
And the hucksters that were supposed to build this thing made me laugh:
She also said that NSID shifted attention to other projects and basically forgot that it had promised to build a canine mind-reader.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight....they just "forgot" about that mind-reading machine they were building. Sure, that's totally believable.
Like one time I was building a nuclear-powered orbital weapons platform, I went to make a sandwich and got sidetracked, and years later I was like, "Heyyyyyyyyy, what ever happened to that orbital weapons platform I was building?"
This is a really good argument against the arbitrary power of government.
You know what would be a good argument? Your actually answering my questions instead of deflecting. It's almost like you have no substantive answers to the questions I posed...
1) Who really owns the land your home is on, and where did those ownership rights come from?
2) Who or what gave you the right or authority to buy it, and how can you prove it's yours?
3) Who enforces your claim of ownership if there's a dispute?
4) What if I don't agree to recognize that authority for what I believe to be good reason(s)? Can I dispute it by force?
5) What if there's a greater, better-armed force that disagrees with you and supports me? What then?
6) Who has the ultimate authority to decide and what specifically gives them the right to do so?
7) In #6, why does this entity's authority outweigh yours (or mine)?
8) Who or what would take the place of the police departments that keeps everyone stronger than you from stealing your stuff, and from where would they derive their legitimacy?
You can't answer these questions. No libertarian can answer these questions. (In fact, most libertarians can't even agree on a specific definition of what "libertarian" means.)
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Why is it that government officials seem to have authority that outweighs ours?
Because most people realize that for society to function there needs to be some sort of entity with the absolute authority to rule on things. No, government isn't perfect by a long shot, but it's far, far better than the "might-makes-right" feudal systems that libertarianism would inevitably produce.
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Are you sure you're not a libertarian?
Yeah, I'm quite sure.
Look, I've been exposed to the fuzzy reasoning and pie-in-the-sky claims of the libertarian mindset for decades and it's never made any sense.
"Enlightened self-interest" my ass. Show me anyplace on Earth where that would work given basic human nature.
LOL. OK, I'll keep that in mind the next time a liberal walks into a bible study group and shoots 9 people in cold blood.
Well said.
I run Oprah, sometimes it gets bloated, but then it slims down again.
Lol.
if I had mod points they'd be yours.... :)
Just yet another reason to uninstall Windows 10.
Bingo. I really don't want my OS to advertise its particular brand of crap to me.
So...exactly like curved screens then?
That would be my guess. I don't see a huge demand for them and most of the video sites and magazines aren't raving about how awesome they are...it's more of a "meh" kind of thing as far as I can tell. I look at them in the stores and I can't really see what the draw is.
There's no real downside to them I suppose (aside from cost) and if there's enough demand for them to support the production, who am I to say 'no'?
I love 3d.
You appear to be the exception that proves the rule.
The fact is that 3D TV manufacturers are scrapping all their 3D offerings, and it's not because they're wildly popular and are selling like hotcakes.
And yet we have systemd, IoT and Windows 10.
Yes, and most people hate at least two of those things if not all three.
Just because it exists doesn't mean it's a good thing.
They come from god, (or if you don't believe in that sort of thing) our humanity.
That's great if you believe in magical invisible super-beings whose existence can't even be proven, but what I was asking about was actual property like real estate. Who really owns the land your home is on, and where did those ownership rights come from? Who or what gave you the right or authority to buy it, and how can you prove it's yours? Who enforces your claim of ownership if there's a dispute?
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... would go to a neutral third party that was respected amongst the community as being fair (these where the 'judges') societal norms (not laws enforced by a government)
And what if I don't agree to recognize that authority for what I believe to be good reason(s)? What then? Can I dispute it by force? What if there's a greater, better-armed force that disagrees and supports me?
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i have no problems with jury trials (so long as the jury is truly your peers from the local community) and judges elected or nominated by locally elected officials.
And what if these people are all bought off or on the take, or just don't like you and want to screw you over? What then? Who has the ultimate authority to decide and what specifically gives them the right to do so? Why does their authority outweigh yours?
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You didn't really answer this question, so I'll ask it again: Who or what would take the place of the police departments that keep everyone stronger than you from stealing your stuff, and from where would they derive their legitimacy?
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This problem exists even today with governments. There was nothing to stop the stronger American government from invading iraq and taking their stuff.
I'm not talking about international conflicts, I'm asking what's going to stop me and my hired group of Blackwater mercenaries from coming over to your place, killing you and your family, and taking all your stuff? Who would oppose me and where would they get the authority to do so? What if I'm the strongest entity around and I don't recognize them as having any legitimacy? Who's gonna stand up to me? Who's going prevent me from taking over the town by force?
Plus people had to push a button when starting to play the content which is a non starter for some people.
Push a button? Holy crap, as if my day isn't complicated and difficult enough already!!
So... in other words... 3D was a solution to a problem that no one seemed to have had.
That's it in a nutshell....no one really wanted it in the first place. It was a 'solution' in search of a problem.
I find the video access that comes with Amazon Prime to be superior to Netflix. It may just be that my personal tastes align better with what Amazon has to offer, but I think Amazon also has a lot more content so I'm more likely to find something I want to watch.
You also get access to about a bazillion ebooks as well...I haven't used that as much but I have downloaded a few that interested me.
Not a bad deal for $99 a year considering it also includes free 2-day shipping for most of the stuff Amazon sells. .
However, through various tricks, I can indeed get both to reduce to levels similar to a clean startup.
I'd be very interested in exactly what steps you take to regain the memory so I could try them here and see what happens.
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Alas, life with PaleMoon is very frustrating, as there are way too many web pages that refuse to adhere to standards and will not work properly.
That alone would likely prevent me from trying it...I have all the frustration I need at the moment, lol.
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Apparently, Chrome, Firefox, and Edge are the only browsers worth supporting these days, and standards-compliance just isn't fashionable anymore.
I really don't like Chrome (the constant phoning home, the recent scare tactic of branding any non-https page as "insecure", etc) and I can't run Edge. I guess I'm destined to run Firefox for the foreseeable future. :(
Zuckerberg is a scumbag. That is all.
Well I guess my original assessment was correct, you do have some kind of grudge against libertarians (or a few where very rude to you).
A grudge? Well if not putting up with pie-in-the-sky bullshit is a "grudge", then I guess I'm grudgy. Frankly I find most libertarians to be shallow in the depth of their understanding of the whole concept and incapable of seeing why libertarianism is unfeasible.
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I just sincerely believe in freedom and that maximization of freedom is the best policy for all issues, for I truly believe that freedom brings about prosperity for all and incentiveizes regions to pursue peace.
You know, I actually believe that that's what you believe, but I also believe that you have never bothered to dig down into the details of what a libertarian society would actually entail. For example,
1) Where do property rights come from, how are they established, and in the case of disputes, how would the determination of true ownership be decided and enforced? Specifically, who would enforce them and how?
2) Who or what would take the place of the police departments that keep everyone stronger than you from stealing your stuff, and from where would they derive their legitimacy?
As for successful libertarian societies:
1) Twelve tribes of Israel during the reign of judges
2) first 200 years of rome
3) Spain circa 1700, prior to war with england
4) United States of America 1700-1800
None of those are actual examples of libertarian societies, viable or otherwise...some of them stumbled along until a centralized government could be established, but if you really want to live as people did in any of the time periods you mention, feel free. It won't be long before someone comes and takes your all your stuff by force. And then who will you look to for assistance?
"Microsoft is Bringing Cortana To Android Lock Screen"
TRANSLATION: "Microsoft is Infecting Android Devices"
I can't say that I don't like it in theory, but in practice it seems to have some side effects.
I know, there always seems to be some collateral damage, but what can you do? It's not a perfect world, amirite?
If you want we could just give them a super-expedited trial and then life imprisonment but the follow-on costs of doing that concern me.
I'm commenting on the post; see the quotes, they have a use. Google it?
Some people are hard of hearing but you appear to be hard of thinking.
Lol, "The Krebs".
RTFA?! Why? If one casually notices the quotes, it's those two little marks placed together, it's used to 'quote' a source. The quoted source implies that the reader doesn't comprehend what is being explained.
I agree, it's clear that you don't comprehend what is being explained.
If, however, you had taken a moment to just look at the article it probably would have answered your ignorance, demonstrated by what you wrote: "Really? How exhaustive was it? Are we talking 2 searches on Google Exhaustive? Or what?"
You're free to be as ignorant as you like but don't get your panties in a twist when others point out that your ignorance is a self-inflicted wound.
Which is more "Fuck you for getting there first" than just "Fuck you".
Nope, not me. I genuinely hate the idea that one or two fuckheads with a botnet can wreck the internet for tens of thousands or even millions of people, or destroy the livelihood of people who are just trying to do something like providing a legitimate service such as a Minecraft server.
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I would argue that no one on this site would be against controlling botnets of this size and capability.
I disagree...I don't think that the majority of people on Slashdot are amoral fuckheads without a shred of integrity. You might fit into that category, however.
"...an investigation so exhaustive," Really? How exhaustive was it? Are we talking 2 searches on Google Exhaustive? Or what?
It's almost like you didn't read the article.
I'm not kidding when I say that all of the fuckers who do this kind of shit should be shot in the face.
If they let me I'd do it myself for free and I'd even bring my own gun and ammo.
A few applications of my patented "shotgun to the face" treatment and most if not all of these shitbags would reconsider the value of running botnets and DDOS ops.
$15/month to listen to someone read a fucking book. Really? I wonder how much people will pay to have their ass wiped after a good shit?
That is worth $15/month easily...
If she was naked, really cute, and took her time, I might go to $20 a month for that.