Who's gonna work in this taxfree-state exactly? Once all space is taken by opportunistic industries and the air, soil and water are polluted to an unsuable degree. I don't think any politician would propose anything like that. Also, as far as I know (not much), the SEC is only a watchdog for rogue accounting practices, whitch certainly is important.
The problem is that pretty much everyone, given the right incentive and opportunity, can and will be dishonest. And it's not just a technicality problem, it's one of human nature.
But of course, it is Google...they could not possibly be lying, can they? I am really concerned about this. Not the fact that they have all this power, but more the fact that nobody seems to see any problem with it. "Because they do no evil". They still are a company, a big one, and companies (espacially big ones) are more or less meant to be evil. Why would Google be an exception? They did, after all, buy a big chunk of stock in a comonly known as evil one...!
That painting supposedly took three years to do. The girl was teenaged so she probably changed quite a bit between the time he began and the time he ended.
(I've been using that setup for years now, & not a single infection because of it - that, & being saavy about opening attachments in emails from folks you know & trust ONLY, & the same with programs you may download also.)
I think this is very bad advice. Most viruses using e-mail as a vector of infection post as someone you know. So I think, a better rule is, don't open ANYTHING you were not expecting in the first place. Or if, like me, english is not the language used by your friends, family and associates, english means spam or a virus. Non-english people have it quite easy when it comes to security. I don't really understand why more hacks don't use the almost instant credibility an e-mail in my first language (french) provides. It's not like the whole Net uses english!
- At first, they said fat makes you die, the French eat tons of cheese and don't seem to have health concerns like north-americans do; - Then, they said alcohol can kill you, Germans drink a lot, no problems there; - Also, sex could take your life away, Italians have lots of sex, most of them are healty.
Bottom line: eat, drink, fuck all you like, it's speaking english thats fatal!
Actually, the biggest offenders are the chinese. Their primary ways of making electricity are still coal and petroleum. With a population of 1.5 billion (last time I checked...it grows FAST!), that means A LOT of pollution. Even if you account for some rural communities who don't have electricity, that's still a lot of people.
Yes of course SUVs are nasty, evil and all that but...we (humans) have bigger problems to deal with right now...like obsolete electricity making in some countries (China is not alone in this). I'm in Canada, and here, we use mostly hydro-electricity, which is not too bad; altough, it's not perfect either. I don't know if it is even possible for China to use hydro-electricity but I think it'd be a whole lot better.
I would say that pissed of customers are exactly the type you want to let speak to a human as soon as possible. I know that when some company's menu system tries so hard to prevent me from talking to someone that I ultimatly hang-up (it happens), I make sure I won't ever have to call again by never buying again. I think I remember a similar past Slashdot article saying something like: new voice recognition systems detect tension in your speach and automaticaly transfer you when it senses that you are getting annoyed... I'd like to see a list of who's doing that, cause that's the type of buisness I like.
What happens when you try to play a DRMed CD in a non-windows computer? Does is just play or is it not even recognised as a CD? I never had a chance to try, I just don't care much for the titles they have to offer. If this rootkit is meant to prevent people from ripping CDs but only works on one platform, they can't possibly think this is gonna work, right?
Also...installing Linux distros (most of which use Firefox as their default browser) is not accounted. I rarely bother to install Firefox on Windows (I know...), but a Linux download should count as a Firefox download...and I do several Linux downloads every year (I like to try many distributions). Altough, I only use one at any given time...
The point is: it's really difficult to know. But stats about hits on search engines (averaged for all of them, to get a wider picture) would be the best thing I think. I don't know if all search sites offer this information tough...
In fact, even for tech-geeks, this doesn't old water. I'm a computer engineering student. I'm also Red Hat Certified (I know, means nothing). The point is: you can't just hop on a code base and start making significant changes like that. It can take quite a while just to figure out what does what. Big project means big code. Am I the only one who feels overwhelmed to look at the source of things like X, or the kernel? I mean, these things are huge! How can someone still say that if you want something fixed, you just have to get in there, change a != for an == and voilà, new feature! Open Source is great and all but it's just not that easy to fix things. (and I rarely see any design papers with the code)
Well, actually, there's a fair chance that nothing worth mentioning will be out before x-mas time spendings officially begin. The thing is, it seems to be coming earlier and earlier every year. In fact, last year I noticed some stores showing santa figures before the skeletons and pumpkins were even out. So maybe nothing new will come up in 2005, or it will count as early 2006.
All you end up doing in that case is looking like a crazy person who, while taking a personal stand, isn't really doing anything to change the injustice he/she is opposed to.
The best way to take a stand is to simply say, "No." Say no to government. Say no to all the things that create this blight in industrialized nations.
So, how do you say "No." to government anyway? And how is it more effective than living like the Amish regarding these injustice you are talking about? I might be oblivious of many things about this issue, but if I was starving in some third world country, I think I would be glad to work in a sweatshop for peanuts because the alternative, is death! Yes I know, these people are exploited but the sad truth (and part of the problem) is that they don't have a choice! And in the end, people still buy the stuff so just saying you care, doesn't change a single thing. Liberal guilt can make you popular with girls tough...!
I don't think it could create a real outbreak. The problem is, like for DNA viruses, if the thing kills you immediatly, it won't ge very far! But something like the flu, propagates really quickly.
Of course, AIDS kills and is still an epidemic in some countrys; but it kills slowly. So for this kind of virus to propagate on a large scale, it would have to wait a while before doing any real damage, like was the case for Chernobyl. The problem then is: how can it stay dormant for so long without being detected?
I get kids ask all the time "when are we gonna use this...". It's like they have no understanding of why history matters, and then, educrats and the morons running teacher schools give them perfect out. Oh, we didn't make it meaningful enough, we didn't relate it better, we didn't culturally norm it.
Easy one, just answer: "Well, I just want to make sure that in 20 years, when you're pumping gas in my SUV, I will not have to waste saliva telling you I told you so..."
No offence but I really don't believe Microsoft zealots would hang aroung here, it would be kind of risky. I assume that what you consider "Microsoft zealots" are actually just anti-zealots. Some people think that zealotery (is that a word?) is just wrong, no mather what system you're advocating.
(I am trying to be one of them, 'cause they are pretty cool!)
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Not counting lack of software...!
Who's gonna work in this taxfree-state exactly? Once all space is taken by opportunistic industries and the air, soil and water are polluted to an unsuable degree. I don't think any politician would propose anything like that. Also, as far as I know (not much), the SEC is only a watchdog for rogue accounting practices, whitch certainly is important.
The problem is that pretty much everyone, given the right incentive and opportunity, can and will be dishonest. And it's not just a technicality problem, it's one of human nature.
But of course, it is Google...they could not possibly be lying, can they? I am really concerned about this. Not the fact that they have all this power, but more the fact that nobody seems to see any problem with it. "Because they do no evil". They still are a company, a big one, and companies (espacially big ones) are more or less meant to be evil. Why would Google be an exception? They did, after all, buy a big chunk of stock in a comonly known as evil one...!
That painting supposedly took three years to do. The girl was teenaged so she probably changed quite a bit between the time he began and the time he ended.
(I've been using that setup for years now, & not a single infection because of it - that, & being saavy about opening attachments in emails from folks you know & trust ONLY, & the same with programs you may download also.)
I think this is very bad advice. Most viruses using e-mail as a vector of infection post as someone you know. So I think, a better rule is, don't open ANYTHING you were not expecting in the first place. Or if, like me, english is not the language used by your friends, family and associates, english means spam or a virus. Non-english people have it quite easy when it comes to security. I don't really understand why more hacks don't use the almost instant credibility an e-mail in my first language (french) provides. It's not like the whole Net uses english!
It's actually not your cat, you are it's human!
- At first, they said fat makes you die, the French eat tons of cheese and don't seem to have health concerns like north-americans do;
- Then, they said alcohol can kill you, Germans drink a lot, no problems there;
- Also, sex could take your life away, Italians have lots of sex, most of them are healty.
Bottom line: eat, drink, fuck all you like, it's speaking english thats fatal!
(I'm french-canadian)
Wow, I'm sure it's every kid's dream to have a Linux distro that supports AMD64!
Sounds like a REALLY bad idea to put your important files on a box that's also used as a firewall...even if said box is yellow.
I suspect you might be wrong. I think that a request to google.com first gets answered by your ISP.
Actually, the biggest offenders are the chinese. Their primary ways of making electricity are still coal and petroleum. With a population of 1.5 billion (last time I checked...it grows FAST!), that means A LOT of pollution. Even if you account for some rural communities who don't have electricity, that's still a lot of people.
Yes of course SUVs are nasty, evil and all that but...we (humans) have bigger problems to deal with right now...like obsolete electricity making in some countries (China is not alone in this). I'm in Canada, and here, we use mostly hydro-electricity, which is not too bad; altough, it's not perfect either. I don't know if it is even possible for China to use hydro-electricity but I think it'd be a whole lot better.
I can't believe no one mentionned Goatse yet...
I would say that pissed of customers are exactly the type you want to let speak to a human as soon as possible. I know that when some company's menu system tries so hard to prevent me from talking to someone that I ultimatly hang-up (it happens), I make sure I won't ever have to call again by never buying again. I think I remember a similar past Slashdot article saying something like: new voice recognition systems detect tension in your speach and automaticaly transfer you when it senses that you are getting annoyed... I'd like to see a list of who's doing that, cause that's the type of buisness I like.
What happens when you try to play a DRMed CD in a non-windows computer? Does is just play or is it not even recognised as a CD? I never had a chance to try, I just don't care much for the titles they have to offer. If this rootkit is meant to prevent people from ripping CDs but only works on one platform, they can't possibly think this is gonna work, right?
Can someone explain this to me?
Thanks
So you are saying the human genome is bloatware? That IS interesting!
No! This is a one where you get karma by talking about flying chairs and google!
Also...installing Linux distros (most of which use Firefox as their default browser) is not accounted. I rarely bother to install Firefox on Windows (I know...), but a Linux download should count as a Firefox download...and I do several Linux downloads every year (I like to try many distributions). Altough, I only use one at any given time...
The point is: it's really difficult to know. But stats about hits on search engines (averaged for all of them, to get a wider picture) would be the best thing I think. I don't know if all search sites offer this information tough...
Quick, someone say he has Asperger's...I mean, the kid is good with computers and has few friends...that means he has an eponymous syndrome, right?
In fact, even for tech-geeks, this doesn't old water. I'm a computer engineering student. I'm also Red Hat Certified (I know, means nothing). The point is: you can't just hop on a code base and start making significant changes like that. It can take quite a while just to figure out what does what. Big project means big code. Am I the only one who feels overwhelmed to look at the source of things like X, or the kernel? I mean, these things are huge! How can someone still say that if you want something fixed, you just have to get in there, change a != for an == and voilà, new feature! Open Source is great and all but it's just not that easy to fix things. (and I rarely see any design papers with the code)
Well, actually, there's a fair chance that nothing worth mentioning will be out before x-mas time spendings officially begin. The thing is, it seems to be coming earlier and earlier every year. In fact, last year I noticed some stores showing santa figures before the skeletons and pumpkins were even out. So maybe nothing new will come up in 2005, or it will count as early 2006.
All you end up doing in that case is looking like a crazy person who, while taking a personal stand, isn't really doing anything to change the injustice he/she is opposed to.
The best way to take a stand is to simply say, "No." Say no to government. Say no to all the things that create this blight in industrialized nations.
So, how do you say "No." to government anyway? And how is it more effective than living like the Amish regarding these injustice you are talking about? I might be oblivious of many things about this issue, but if I was starving in some third world country, I think I would be glad to work in a sweatshop for peanuts because the alternative, is death! Yes I know, these people are exploited but the sad truth (and part of the problem) is that they don't have a choice! And in the end, people still buy the stuff so just saying you care, doesn't change a single thing. Liberal guilt can make you popular with girls tough...!
I don't think it could create a real outbreak. The problem is, like for DNA viruses, if the thing kills you immediatly, it won't ge very far! But something like the flu, propagates really quickly.
Of course, AIDS kills and is still an epidemic in some countrys; but it kills slowly. So for this kind of virus to propagate on a large scale, it would have to wait a while before doing any real damage, like was the case for Chernobyl. The problem then is: how can it stay dormant for so long without being detected?
I don't think this sort of thing would happen.
The joke is in the subject so I won't repeat.
I get kids ask all the time "when are we gonna use this...". It's like they have no understanding of why history matters, and then, educrats and the morons running teacher schools give them perfect out. Oh, we didn't make it meaningful enough, we didn't relate it better, we didn't culturally norm it.
Easy one, just answer: "Well, I just want to make sure that in 20 years, when you're pumping gas in my SUV, I will not have to waste saliva telling you I told you so..."
Thank you Lewis Black's mother.
No offence but I really don't believe Microsoft zealots would hang aroung here, it would be kind of risky. I assume that what you consider "Microsoft zealots" are actually just anti-zealots. Some people think that zealotery (is that a word?) is just wrong, no mather what system you're advocating.
(I am trying to be one of them, 'cause they are pretty cool!)