Yes, the corporations regularly and thoroughly rape us. This is the nature of the system as it stands. You sort of feel stupid when you learn that the oil companies are recording record profits, and you think....
So, the reason that I am paying more for gas is so that the corporations, and therefore the ruling class, can get filthy fucking rich.
The reason that an iPhone is so expensive is so that Apple can make a huge PROFIT ! Apple has high margins. Apple has expensive products. Apple has billions in the bank.
If you don't like it, you can go off the grid and not participate, or participate in revolutionary action, or try to change things at a snails pace through the system.
The industry blew it ! The recording industry messed up ! As soon as the music became digital, a new format was born. Even as hobbyists were trading mp3s for YEARS before the big P2P distrobution networks were created, The recording industry was busy with physical formats. Hi def this and audio dvd that. They had a chance, blew it, and there is no catching up to the runaway train.
Not to mention resetting a password for Notes requires going through the 9 gates into hell and back.
This is why we now have 3 full time notes admins working here. I am convinced notes is a huge conspiracy to keep lots and lots of people employed. They have also taken over the blackberries, which will most certainly die without so many admins to look after them ! Resend the service book....
I'm not really replying to the above post, just a couple of gun stories.
In the hood, when shit goes down, guns come out, and it is not for show, people use their guns. A quick story: Next door neighbor, Busy house, big family. One of the 20 somethings is fighting with his girlfriend, who lives there, and in the process picks up a cinderblock and hurls it onto the front patio of the house. It was just a violent act of frustration, but not directed towards anyone. The patriarch of the house sees this shit, and comes out of the house yelling, brandishing a chrome 45. This dude is pissed because his little kids are around and this fool is throwing bricks on the property. Dumbass boyfriend is running down the street and my man the patriarch ends his explanation of why he is pissed and lets 3 fly, bang bang bang, right down the street at this fool. Luckily, He missed and straight ahead there is nothing but industrial buildings, but a little to the left or a little to the right are more houses, with residents and old ladies and children inside. The bullet has to land somewhere, doesn't it?
Same city, different neighborhood, this time up in the hills, affluent neigborhood. The houses here have property, trees, space between them. My dude is messing with this girl that lives there, and discovers daddy's handgun! A glock! Well, temptation got the best of him, he had to fire both his guns that day, so he lets a few go into the "woods". The problem is he is still in city limits. So, fun was had, shots were fired, but someone heard those shots, and also noticed a hole in their house, and a bullet lodged in their wall.
Both of them did some time even though their shots hit noone.
I like shooting targets myself, and I'm glad that there isn't one around my house.
Now, I'm not a particularly dogmatic person, but I am pretty sure that several categories of prayer go straight to god's/dev/null . Included are Prayers for: 1. Better dessert in the caf 2. Harm to others "please god let johnson trip on that bananna peel" 3. Monetary / capital gains 4. Sports Victories (god can't really be on both sides now, can she?
The best thing that you can pray for is "strength to carry on", or in Nethack a timely prayer may summon your god to save your ass.
I don't think it is fair to make such a broad generalization. It depends on the person. I have had plenty of very technical people in non technical positions. It is the halfway ones that give me a problem. Someone that is savvy will already know how to gain administrative rights on a Mac Laptop, and won't have to ask. The truly savvy ones almost never call for support unless a piece of hardware has failed.
Tales from the trenches: I was working desktop for an advertising agency around the time that p2p was becoming VERY popular (edonkey, kazaa, etc). Each summer we would get a new batch of college interns. You could bet on 2 things, the girls were cute, and the boys would barely even pause to call their moms before installing their favorite p2p platform.
At my next company we discovered a guy running around after 6 pm starting edonkey on every computer in his department.
It wasn't long before hair trigger p2p client detection was installed.
For starters, EDGE sucks on a phone that is intended for YouTube, Safari and mail applications.
really? it doesn't seem to suck that much, or at all when I use my iphone. Its pretty damn fast. I do happen to live in the most densely populated, and cell signal covered area in the USA though. I am using T Mobile service also. YMMV.
I realize that most slashdotters are not big prince fans (I am a huge fan), but his history with regard to the recording industry is pretty interesting. Famously fucked by Warner Brothers, he used contract loopholes to release on other labels. He manipulated industry charting techniques by releasing triple and quadruple albums to chart platinum (they count as more than one sale). The concert giveaway and the newspaper giveaway were charting cheats also that caused billboard / soundscan to revise their rules. Basically Prince guaranteed himself Platinum / Diamond status for musicology by "including" the album in the price of the concert ticket. If you didn't know, Prince tours are generally more than one night in big cities and sold out. That is alot of "album sales". When the industry said "you can't do that", the next time around he gave away the album free with a daily newspaper, gaining chart position, and thereby visibility, in the process.
I bought my wife an iphone for Valentines day. While I was checking out, 2 Chinese guys were in there trying to buy 10 each and not give ID's. It was fairly hilarious as this was the new york store, and the particular clerk that was helping them was a first rate asshole that was seconds away from saying "no phone for you!" to them. They finally ended up buying 5 each after a long dressing down by the clerk.
I tried to activate the phone with my dubious credit and AT&T wanted a $500 deposit plus $136 just to get in the door. Instead of choosing the deposit or "pay-through-the-neck-as-you-go" plan, I laughed at them and said I was unlocking it.
1 Hour later, I was unlocked, jailbroken, and all hooked up with T-Mobile, who gave me some very generous loyalty incentives to stay with them. My wife is very happy with the phone, and I am contract free still muahahahahaha......
I'm not mad at AT&T but they really suck. Why require a deposit for something you can just turn off if a bill is not paid?
New York desperately needs them, especially that KFC-Taco Bell from a year ago
My mom sent me an article from the NYT print edition (couldn't find a link) about how rats are nesting in the engine compartment of cars (mmmm warm) and eating the insulation from the electrical wires in there.
The rats are out of control here, truly..... I once had a date ruined when a rat brushed the leg of the girl that I was with. She pretty much wanted to go home and shower and curl up in a ball.
I am an IT professional, and the common wisdom is to not install updates the day, week, or even month that they are released, unless it fixes a problem that you are experiencing. The quicktime 7.4 update has little to offer to someone in a production environment.
Over the years, this has been proved time and time again. I have a graphics studio that is still on 10.4.6, and they are very happy with it. The studio manager won't let me do mass updates unless we try it on one machine first, and feel comfortable that it doesn't introduce any new problems. I can't imagine that a content producer using after effects would need to rent movies from Apple. Thanks to the early updaters for throwing themselves under the bus though.
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Yes, the corporations regularly and thoroughly rape us. This is the nature of the system as it stands.
You sort of feel stupid when you learn that the oil companies are recording record profits, and you think....
So, the reason that I am paying more for gas is so that the corporations, and therefore the ruling class,
can get filthy fucking rich.
The reason that an iPhone is so expensive is so that Apple can make a huge PROFIT !
Apple has high margins. Apple has expensive products. Apple has billions in the bank.
If you don't like it, you can go off the grid and not participate, or participate in revolutionary
action, or try to change things at a snails pace through the system.
I was thinking electromagnet for some traffic shaping...
Heeeeeere data data data.....
Only if they could build a big plastic island like this guy,
and somehow make it out of all this crap. Now that would be
worthwhile.
Maybe that was one of the first IP blocks scanned and rewted..
3 POSTS FROM JC in 5 minutes.
:)
"Jeremiah Cornelius is on a rampage!"
Agreed, I immediatly hated the name.
The OSS crowd still has a bit to learn about branding, etc.
VERY WELL PUT!
The industry blew it ! The recording industry messed up ! As soon as the music became digital, a new format was born. Even as hobbyists were trading mp3s for YEARS before the big P2P distrobution networks were created, The recording industry was busy with physical formats. Hi def this and audio dvd that. They had a chance, blew it, and there is no catching up to the runaway train.
Not to mention resetting a password for Notes requires going through the 9 gates into hell and back.
....
This is why we now have 3 full time notes admins working here.
I am convinced notes is a huge conspiracy to keep lots and lots of people employed.
They have also taken over the blackberries, which will most certainly die without
so many admins to look after them ! Resend the service book
I like shooting targets myself, and I'm glad that there isn't one around my house.
:) :) :)
I meant to say I am glad that there isn't a gun around my house......
I'm not really replying to the above post, just a couple of gun stories.
In the hood, when shit goes down, guns come out, and it is not for show, people use their guns.
A quick story: Next door neighbor, Busy house, big family. One of the 20 somethings is fighting with his girlfriend, who lives there, and in the process picks up a cinderblock and hurls it onto the front patio of the house. It was just a violent act of frustration, but not directed towards anyone. The patriarch of the house sees this shit, and comes out of the house yelling, brandishing a chrome 45. This dude is pissed because his little kids are around and this fool is throwing bricks on the property. Dumbass boyfriend is running down the street and my man the patriarch ends his explanation of why he is pissed and lets 3 fly, bang bang bang, right down the street at this fool. Luckily, He missed and straight ahead there is nothing but industrial buildings, but a little to the left or a little to the right are more houses, with residents and old ladies and children inside. The bullet has to land somewhere, doesn't it?
Same city, different neighborhood, this time up in the hills, affluent neigborhood. The houses here have property, trees, space between them. My dude is messing with this girl that lives there, and discovers daddy's handgun! A glock!
Well, temptation got the best of him, he had to fire both his guns that day, so he lets a few go into the "woods". The problem is he is still in city limits. So, fun was had, shots were fired, but someone heard those shots, and also noticed
a hole in their house, and a bullet lodged in their wall.
Both of them did some time even though their shots hit noone.
I like shooting targets myself, and I'm glad that there isn't one around my house.
Imagine your rushed proprietary coding project was now instantly made open source against your wishes...
I don't think availability on a warez site is exactly the same thing as "open source",
Sincerely,
RMS
I recently read a wire news piece about an LA gang that got busted with a rocket launcher.......
linky
Now, I'm not a particularly dogmatic person, but I am pretty sure that several categories of prayer go straight to god's /dev/null . Included are
Prayers for:
1. Better dessert in the caf
2. Harm to others "please god let johnson trip on that bananna peel"
3. Monetary / capital gains
4. Sports Victories (god can't really be on both sides now, can she?
The best thing that you can pray for is "strength to carry on", or in Nethack a timely prayer may summon your god to save your ass.
I don't think it is fair to make such a broad generalization.
It depends on the person. I have had plenty of very technical people
in non technical positions. It is the halfway ones that give me a problem.
Someone that is savvy will already know how to gain
administrative rights on a Mac Laptop, and won't have to ask. The truly savvy ones
almost never call for support unless a piece of hardware has failed.
Tales from the trenches:
I was working desktop for an advertising agency around the time that p2p was
becoming VERY popular (edonkey, kazaa, etc). Each summer we would get a new
batch of college interns. You could bet on 2 things, the girls were cute, and the
boys would barely even pause to call their moms before installing their favorite
p2p platform.
At my next company we discovered a guy running around after 6 pm starting edonkey
on every computer in his department.
It wasn't long before hair trigger p2p client detection was installed.
For starters, EDGE sucks on a phone that is intended for YouTube, Safari and mail applications.
really? it doesn't seem to suck that much, or at all when I use my iphone. Its pretty damn fast.
I do happen to live in the most densely populated, and cell signal covered area in the USA though.
I am using T Mobile service also. YMMV.
I realize that most slashdotters are not big prince fans (I am a huge fan), but his history with regard to the recording industry
is pretty interesting. Famously fucked by Warner Brothers, he used contract loopholes to release on other labels. He manipulated
industry charting techniques by releasing triple and quadruple albums to chart platinum (they count as more than one sale).
The concert giveaway and the newspaper giveaway were charting cheats also that caused billboard / soundscan to revise their
rules. Basically Prince guaranteed himself Platinum / Diamond status for musicology by "including" the album in the price of
the concert ticket. If you didn't know, Prince tours are generally more than one night in big cities and sold out. That is alot
of "album sales". When the industry said "you can't do that", the next time around he gave away the album free with a daily
newspaper, gaining chart position, and thereby visibility, in the process.
I bought my wife an iphone for Valentines day. While I was checking out, 2 Chinese guys were in there trying to buy 10 each and not give ID's.
It was fairly hilarious as this was the new york store, and the particular clerk that was helping them was a first
rate asshole that was seconds away from saying "no phone for you!" to them. They finally ended up buying 5 each
after a long dressing down by the clerk.
I tried to activate the phone with my dubious credit and AT&T wanted a $500 deposit plus $136 just to get in the door.
Instead of choosing the deposit or "pay-through-the-neck-as-you-go" plan, I laughed at them and said I was unlocking it.
1 Hour later, I was unlocked, jailbroken, and all hooked up with T-Mobile, who gave me some very generous loyalty incentives to stay with them.
My wife is very happy with the phone, and I am contract free still muahahahahaha......
I'm not mad at AT&T but they really suck. Why require a deposit for something you can just turn off if a bill is not paid?
My Dual G5 took hella long to update, but is definitely a bit snappier now.
So, I should cancel the order for the shareware helicopter ?
You're not thinking outside of the tin-foil box.
These are obviously failed attempts to tap internet traffic.
The NSA has long been rumored to be able to live splice
undersea fibre optic cables.
I like how I can't play the Virtual Apple games on Safari.
or any mac that doesn't have parallels, or boot camp and a windows virtual machine...
PowerPC users will have to use an emulator and dig around for roms/images. Same for
Linux / MIPS / SPARC / DEC / whatever users.
My favorites were Threshold, Aztec, Choplifter, Wolfenstein...
why not just play them in your web browser?
2 is never enough:
The third tunnel project
Conceived in 1954, due to be completed in 2020.
Maybe they just haven't finished the tertiary link over there in the middle east.....
New York desperately needs them, especially that KFC-Taco Bell from a year ago
My mom sent me an article from the NYT print edition (couldn't find a link) about how rats are nesting
in the engine compartment of cars (mmmm warm) and eating the insulation from the electrical wires in there.
The rats are out of control here, truly..... I once had a date ruined when a rat brushed the leg of the girl that I was with.
She pretty much wanted to go home and shower and curl up in a ball.
Rats....
I am an IT professional, and the common wisdom is to not install updates
the day, week, or even month that they are released, unless it fixes
a problem that you are experiencing. The quicktime 7.4 update has little
to offer to someone in a production environment.
Over the years, this has been proved time and time again.
I have a graphics studio that is still on 10.4.6, and they are
very happy with it. The studio manager won't let me do mass updates
unless we try it on one machine first, and feel comfortable that it doesn't
introduce any new problems. I can't imagine that a content producer
using after effects would need to rent movies from Apple. Thanks to the
early updaters for throwing themselves under the bus though.