Attempt to disguise an ad I've ever seen. Really, a review for the "best" water cooling thing out there, and "if" you are haiving problems, etc, etc...
This could lead to important developments in the future. The robot had a simple goal, but imagine if it was smaller, and it's connected to a bio-scanner that measures your "overall health". It could be programed to keep this health rating at a certain level, searching and killing what is making you sick.
Except when the big companies that should fight silly patents ALSO have silly patents.
I remember a comment here on Slashdot where someone said he worked on a company that IBM was claiming that they infriged an IBM patent.
Guess what? They weren't. But IBM said: "Oh well, I guess you are right. But do you want to settle this for 20$ million or should we go back to our headquarters, search among our thousands of patents and come back to more?"
Of course, the company had to agree with IBM, even if they didn't break the patent.
A big company can pay the amount that the patent holder want. Or make deals, exchange for the right to use other patents, etc...
Don't wait for the big corporations to show the legal system how the current patent system is broke, because they don't want. They simple can squash ANY competition before it even starts!
That's your business model? How about: If you read a paragraph on this comment that starts with the word "Now", you will obey to it? Pay attention, you have the option, so it's not like I am really forcing you to do something you don't want. Just don't roll your eyes and read this particular paragraph.
Later, you will not be able to regret from this decision.
Not standing up for what you really believe in won't get you very far in life - in the IT department, or while working drive-thru. You'll always be the whipping boy until you learn that.
Amen to that! People need to learn to demand their rights. Say you will get fired if you don't devote 99% of your time to your job.
So? What is the purpose of your job? I hate those people who say that "Later I will enjoy my life".
A job is a tool, that you use to accomplish your goals. If the money in rolling in, but you are unhappy, then sadly the job isn't for you.
Who didn't dream of moving to a nice, quiet, peaceful tropical town, with the beach 10 meters away and coconut water everday?
Most people refuse to live their dreams. It's bot because "living your dream" is a beatiful thing to do, no... but because is what it will make you happy, and ultimately, make the world a better place for everyone that gets in touch with you.
These are pre-defined distances. I meant with distance anything from one milisecond to one whole year.
Anyone can play any song on any instrument. Getting the melody right that it is the hard part. And melody is about the time between one note from another... I can play Stravinsky on the piano, if I can press the key anytime I want to. But that wouldn't sound right:-)
Am I really willing to go to the poor house over this issue? Am I really willing to throw away a fair job, an OK home, and my car?
Okay, what if you don't? What if we resist peacefully the DMCA?
What would happen if we allow everyone to be prosecuted? I bet that when the count comes to 150 person prosecuted, it will be over forever.
I am close to the point of saying, let them come, and I am not even from the USA, but my country does mimic a lot of things that happen there (we also have a corrupt governament, who doesn't?)
While weighting the personal and monetary costs to resist these stupid laws, and letting my own sacrifice, I am slightly pending to the sacrifice side.
It looks like doesn't matter how much we discuss, how much these things look and in effect, are stupid, how much they TRULY hold innovation, information, and ultimately knowledge (Middle Age's church, anyone?), nothing will change.
It's apathic to just discuss these things. Damn, if I were full of prejudice I could say that nerds are naturally more headed to talk and understand than most people.
Imagine you walking to your grandma and saying to her: "Gran, if you look at this recipe, YOU WILL GO TO JAIL. If you decide to change the ingredients, YOU WILL GO TO JAIL. If you distribute the recipe to your friends, YOU WILL GO TO JAIL".
Ha, the way things are, not even paraboles will suffice.
Now, recipes are pretty cheap compared to source code, I know. One has aggregated value, and the other doesn't. But is this the society that we want to live?
Hell no! It's not only information that I want, I NEED, and other people NEED too, that should be free.
I don't know when the ranting will be over, hold on. Anyway, look at the future we are leaving to our children. This isn't good. This is good to a couple executives with their ass already so full of money that they can pretend that they give (or "donate") this money, because it will generate MORE to them! The corporative world is full of "social marketing" these days, and well, D'oh! Who believes that 99% of this crap is because suddenly companies want to go to heaven?
No. It's acceptable to a point, isn't? Have we come to the limit? Have we reached the suffering treshold that we allow ourselfs to live in? Can we feel more deeply attacked on what we believe?
Hell yes! We can! And that's the sad part. Slashdotters don't go to the street and make a DMCA riot because they (me too) are sweet little lazy bastards that think, hey, this one here isn't a big deal, this one here too. Oh, that one back in 1998 wasn't too, even if added with this one.
I mean, we have the EFF to protect us, right? We have the power to decide about what the company we work will buy, right?
WRONG! While all these gigantic bastards are spending millions on advertisement to talk about the "Digital Revolution", I say: What?
Are you coming to tell me, someone who breaths computers 24/7, what is best to me in computer terms?
Hell! Do the following if you work for a company that you DON'T like: Quit! If the company that you work makes deal with other companies that you think that will compromise your vision of the future, QUIT!
Do you think that is it so hard to make a personal sacrifice to a better world?
It's pretty trivial to get "The Zone" while playing games. Perhaps everybody that sit down for an afternoon of games has dove into the night, went straight to school or work and came back to play more.
12, 14 hours or more awake, without eating, in front of a television or monitor. The gaming zone is without doubt the "worst" of them all.
Slashdot Mirror
Attempt to disguise an ad I've ever seen. Really, a review for the "best" water cooling thing out there, and "if" you are haiving problems, etc, etc...
This could lead to important developments in the future. The robot had a simple goal, but imagine if it was smaller, and it's connected to a bio-scanner that measures your "overall health". It could be programed to keep this health rating at a certain level, searching and killing what is making you sick.
Except when the big companies that should fight silly patents ALSO have silly patents.
I remember a comment here on Slashdot where someone said he worked on a company that IBM was claiming that they infriged an IBM patent.
Guess what? They weren't. But IBM said: "Oh well, I guess you are right. But do you want to settle this for 20$ million or should we go back to our headquarters, search among our thousands of patents and come back to more?"
Of course, the company had to agree with IBM, even if they didn't break the patent.
A big company can pay the amount that the patent holder want. Or make deals, exchange for the right to use other patents, etc...
Don't wait for the big corporations to show the legal system how the current patent system is broke, because they don't want. They simple can squash ANY competition before it even starts!
And images have the alt and link tags.
Sorry, the title tag.
Perhaps this is intentional so people won't use keywords directly on their links, ie:
http://example.com?this=is&an=example
when I searched for God in google
You mean you didn't get one of these?
You can design Flash that shows the text when you view the pages source.
And images have the alt and link tags.
The most rational post here, without any doubts :-)
I think it's just you :-)
He says how you might do it, but he's not saying that you must do it.
To cue:cats?
That's your business model? How about: If you read a paragraph on this comment that starts with the word "Now", you will obey to it? Pay attention, you have the option, so it's not like I am really forcing you to do something you don't want. Just don't roll your eyes and read this particular paragraph.
Later, you will not be able to regret from this decision.
Now, give me 5 dollars.
Duh, so that's your purpose for having a job. I am not advocating complete abnegation of your responsabilities.
You need to smoke a peace pipe!!
Not standing up for what you really believe in won't get you very far in life - in the IT department, or while working drive-thru. You'll always be the whipping boy until you learn that.
Amen to that! People need to learn to demand their rights. Say you will get fired if you don't devote 99% of your time to your job.
So? What is the purpose of your job? I hate those people who say that "Later I will enjoy my life".
A job is a tool, that you use to accomplish your goals. If the money in rolling in, but you are unhappy, then sadly the job isn't for you.
Who didn't dream of moving to a nice, quiet, peaceful tropical town, with the beach 10 meters away and coconut water everday?
Most people refuse to live their dreams. It's bot because "living your dream" is a beatiful thing to do, no... but because is what it will make you happy, and ultimately, make the world a better place for everyone that gets in touch with you.
These are pre-defined distances. I meant with distance anything from one milisecond to one whole year.
:-)
Anyone can play any song on any instrument. Getting the melody right that it is the hard part. And melody is about the time between one note from another... I can play Stravinsky on the piano, if I can press the key anytime I want to. But that wouldn't sound right
The problem is that music is not about notes and chords. It's about the distance between them.
Remember what they say about XML databases: SELECT * FROM books.
I know that I'd glady pay another $20 for an official Phantom Menace DVD that had the bright yellow "New and improved! No Jar Jar!" sticker on it...
That's what imagination is for.
The idiot is the guy who thinks that Leonardo's artistic vision trumps my consumer rights.
You're jealous...
Who came up with the idea that children are totally non-sexual beings that need to be protected from anything remotely sexual?
The Church came, and the priests... well.
Or the Elvis that protect the forest. These drunk little bastards never know when to leave.
Me: Hey, what's the number of your phone?
She: 100 dollars!
Me: BITCH!
Infofascist organization
gee just think how many places this can be used....
Probably inverse to the amount of people that will ever hear it.
Am I really willing to go to the poor house over this issue? Am I really willing to throw away a fair job, an OK home, and my car?
Okay, what if you don't? What if we resist peacefully the DMCA?
What would happen if we allow everyone to be prosecuted? I bet that when the count comes to 150 person prosecuted, it will be over forever.
I am close to the point of saying, let them come, and I am not even from the USA, but my country does mimic a lot of things that happen there (we also have a corrupt governament, who doesn't?)
While weighting the personal and monetary costs to resist these stupid laws, and letting my own sacrifice, I am slightly pending to the sacrifice side.
It looks like doesn't matter how much we discuss, how much these things look and in effect, are stupid, how much they TRULY hold innovation, information, and ultimately knowledge (Middle Age's church, anyone?), nothing will change.
It's apathic to just discuss these things. Damn, if I were full of prejudice I could say that nerds are naturally more headed to talk and understand than most people.
Imagine you walking to your grandma and saying to her: "Gran, if you look at this recipe, YOU WILL GO TO JAIL. If you decide to change the ingredients, YOU WILL GO TO JAIL. If you distribute the recipe to your friends, YOU WILL GO TO JAIL".
Ha, the way things are, not even paraboles will suffice.
Now, recipes are pretty cheap compared to source code, I know. One has aggregated value, and the other doesn't. But is this the society that we want to live?
Hell no! It's not only information that I want, I NEED, and other people NEED too, that should be free.
I don't know when the ranting will be over, hold on. Anyway, look at the future we are leaving to our children. This isn't good. This is good to a couple executives with their ass already so full of money that they can pretend that they give (or "donate") this money, because it will generate MORE to them! The corporative world is full of "social marketing" these days, and well, D'oh! Who believes that 99% of this crap is because suddenly companies want to go to heaven?
No. It's acceptable to a point, isn't? Have we come to the limit? Have we reached the suffering treshold that we allow ourselfs to live in? Can we feel more deeply attacked on what we believe?
Hell yes! We can! And that's the sad part. Slashdotters don't go to the street and make a DMCA riot because they (me too) are sweet little lazy bastards that think, hey, this one here isn't a big deal, this one here too. Oh, that one back in 1998 wasn't too, even if added with this one.
I mean, we have the EFF to protect us, right? We have the power to decide about what the company we work will buy, right?
WRONG! While all these gigantic bastards are spending millions on advertisement to talk about the "Digital Revolution", I say: What?
Are you coming to tell me, someone who breaths computers 24/7, what is best to me in computer terms?
Hell! Do the following if you work for a company that you DON'T like: Quit! If the company that you work makes deal with other companies that you think that will compromise your vision of the future, QUIT!
Do you think that is it so hard to make a personal sacrifice to a better world?
Blah, now I may resume my normal activities.
It's pretty trivial to get "The Zone" while playing games. Perhaps everybody that sit down for an afternoon of games has dove into the night, went straight to school or work and came back to play more.
12, 14 hours or more awake, without eating, in front of a television or monitor. The gaming zone is without doubt the "worst" of them all.