I was a die hard NVidia/Dell fan for years. Click, click I got my nice neat box in two days and watch as my roommates who built their boxes local with cards other than Nvidia chipset have problems. I quietly chortled in my dark room of Tribes while they rebooted.
But over the Christmas holiday, it finally came time to upgrade. I decided to save a few bucks (actually, this was more a mandate from the wife) and build the box myself. This actually meant that I had to do some research instead of the click and ship of my beloved Dell.
Cutting to the chase, I tried my hardest to find an Nvidia card that beat what most reviewers claimed was the cream of the crop, the ATI 9800XT. None really did. That, and I got a free version of HL2. Point, set and match.
I'm one of the converted. I will put my first list together of what I'm familiar with. Then, I'll do the research and see what's the best. The lists may not match, but I'm becoming geek enough to weigh loyalty vs what is best for me. Needless to say, I and the wife have been ecstatic with our little Shuttle/ATI monster and the extra couple hundred dollars in shoes. Respectively, of course:)
The problem with your solution, is that I have never given out my email other than a hand select few whom I trust. However, I am now receiving spam by the handful daily (though overthecounter anti-spam software has been next to perfect for filtering it out).
The problem is, that my email is somewhat generic with my first initial, last name, plus a numeric conditioner. This email was assigned by the provider. Unfortunately, many spammers, once they realize how emails are formatted for an ISP, can easily run through a list formatting it with the most common names and values. They will no doubtedly waste some emails to addresses that don't exist, but they also hit a large number of valid addresses without the use of a list.
So you must have a fairly unique address or creative provider. That, and somewhat lucky that your address hasn't gotten out yet. But it will, eventually.
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I vote Kevin Mitnick as my number 1. As his resume not only includes real life hacking, but he also enjoys the irony of it all as he played a CIA hacker who installed a backdoor into the network of SD-6 on my favorite show Alias (Episode: Doppleganger).
Anyone else have any shows/movies he's made a sneak appearance in playing a role close to real life?
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Unfortuantely, I do not believe this list is complete and is missing a few job titles. Most importantly, missing from the worst list, is the job title of Crack Whore.
This position would only be followed by the worst job... Assistant Crack Whore.
Thank you, I'm here all night. Jane, you miserable slut.
Um, your prosecutor must not have wanted to mess with you that day, because you got off easy.
Onto to the legal ease for neglect:
NEGLIGENCE - The failure to use reasonable care. The doing of something which a reasonably prudent person would not do, or the failure to do something which a reasonably prudent person would do under like circumstances. A departure from what an ordinary reasonable member of the community would do in the same community.
Negligence is a 'legal cause' of damage if it directly and in natural and continuous sequence produces or contributes substantially to producing such damage, so it can reasonably be said that if not for the negligence, the loss, injury or damage would not have occurred.
Negligence may be a legal cause of damage even though it operates in combination with the act of another, a natural cause, or some other cause if the other cause occurs at the same time as the negligence and if the negligence contributes substantially to producing such damage.
So in other words, you could have been found liable for not using reasonable care by leaving your keys in the car as a normal person wouldn't do this. Luckily it was probably only minor property damage and you reported it. Had you not reported it, and someone gotten killed, you more than likely could have been prosecuted. It would have been up to the judge to determine how neglegent you were.
Thus, this may be the standard of care that the RIAA uses to prosecute those allowing illegal file sharing over an open network. Had you monitored and secured the use of your network from illegal activity, none could have occured. But because you didn't, and a criminal act/harm resulted from it, you have partial responsibility.
The hacker defense does hold merit for the time being, but it has to be proven that your machine was compromised at the time the acts occured. Simply pleading you didn't know better to let your friends use your connection TO DOWNLOAD wouldn't hold much water when you probably did know they had illegal music from bandwidth logs and just living with the person.
You are responsible for all the actions that occur on your network and it is your responsibility to adequately provide security for your network. You cannot run an open network and not bear responsiblity for it's illegal use. It's called negligence, and I think people who are knowingly letting people use their networks for illegal means are going to be sharply bitten in the arse by in the courts. Feining ignorance isn't going to get you out of hot water.
For the same reason you can't leave the keys in your unlocked car that gets used by a drunk to kill someone because he knows he has easy access to your vehicle. You were criminally negligent, thus you bear some personal responsibilities. IANAL, but am married to one.
Let me give you a breakdown of this typical Slashdot post.
Step 1: Simply breeze through the summary posted on main page. Only pick up on key words that anger you. Think about kittens in a bag in the river while reading article if it helps elicit your rage.
Step 2: DO NOT READ LINKED ARTICLE. This may invalidate the arguement you are about to make. You obviously know more than what is written by some newsie writting a tech article anyway.
Step 3: State various opinions and hearsay as fact and general knowledge. Since most other posters will have follwed steps 1 and 2, you will simply be assumed as "in the know" and a credible source for information.
Step 4: Await praise and agreement by your minions.
Step 5: Instead, receive critism for spelling, logic, and obviously not reading the article before posting.
Step 6: Become irrate and ignore rest of thread. Instead, find first pro-Linux/anti-Microsoft thread to begin rant of "Fux0r buggah Micro$oft"
So what, you are going to get the old games the kids like to play on Linux? If you hadn't meandered down this path in your arguement against MS, you might have made your case. But instead, you prove that a vast majority of your problems would not be solved by switching OS Platforms, nor would your kids be happy because you are taking away the games "they like to play". Yeah, they'll love Linux for that.
And I'm sorry, if you can't run XP without having to "reboot 4-5 times a week", then you either didn't install it correctly or have some error with your computer. I've installed XP on two different HD's, and have yet to reboot because of "lockups" and the such. I find it hilarious that people that can't install Linux properlly get flamed here, but people who can't install XP correctly is somehow a victim of the evil tyranny that is MS.
This article should be titled nothing more than typical Slashdot Linux Fanboy, Microsoft Flamebait material.
I like the title of this article. Vandlizing. Very "professional" journalism. LOL. Anyway.
For everyone in here having a little fit about "this is stupid" and "does this work" is falling into the whole genius of the marketing ploy. This isn't to persuade someone to buy the product, this is an effort to generate mass press for next to free (minus some self dignity). They are getting you to TALK ABOUT THEIR PRODUCT. Now you guys will run around to your fellow coworkers "Did you see the stupid Microsoft butterfly thing?". And they will tell another employee, who actually isn't technically savy, and might find it interesting, go look it up, and sign up for it. In effect, you, who disdain microsoft, are being used to help them secure customers.
Let's think about it, they have an entire article on slashdot, a pretty pro Linux group, to discuss the matter about them dressing up a bunch of people for a few bucks and putting them on rollerblades. But the old saying is true, the only bad press is no press at all. The IBM/LINUX graffiti thing proved that. They received TONS of press for just a few, inexpensive pictures of the Tux.
Obviously you didn't marry the angry, flannel wearing, truck driving lesbian that moderated me a troll for my Species comment. I think someone's just a little jealous that Species wasn't made with Rosie O'Donnell as the lead...
I think you are mistakenly taking the "developers" comment out of context. Ballmer's shout phrase "DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS" was from a good old pep rally Ballmer was speaking at. He literally ran around for a minute, like a sweaty pig in heat, screaming "DEVELOPERS" over and over again.
Here is the video. See MONKEY DANCE 1 http://www.msboycott.com/media/
It's more of a slam, than a cry of the pro-microsoft crowd.
Eh wrong. Keep looking for at all the planets you can for signs of life. That's the fastest way to get a look at new propulsion systems. Here's my reasoning:
When we find them, beam them transmissions of Britney Spears Pepsi Commericals, Back Street Boys, and American Idol. They'll use their fancy propulsion systems to come over here to say hi...
Extra bonus, we'll probably get to see their fancy ray guns shortly their after as they wipe us from the slate of universal existence...
Funny I've never had this problem. Maybe you should spend less time worrying about the national status/origin of the guys who are "keeping you down", and more time learning skills that will make you a more marketable employee.
When will people start owning up to the fact that you are a commodity and it is up to you to "SELL YOURSELF". If you aren't a product that someone is interested in, or if they think you are overpriced, then they aren't going to hire you.
Companies have an equation, they want the most productivity for the least amount of money and no where in that equation does it say "ethnicity". Finding the right balance and selling yourself to the company AS the solution to that problem, will get you hired 9 times out of 10.
People working here on Visa's aren't the problem. People who demand too much for their skill set or think they are entitled to a job over someone else because they are an "american" are the problem.
Next, they'll pass a law that you can only get a programming job if your grandfather had a programming job. Or maybe, we can have seperate programming cubicles so that the Visa code doesn't touch my ALL American code. Give me a break.
They have the "right" to contact me? Okay, so when they spam me does that in term give me the right to contact everyone in that company and tell them I'm not interested?
Or how about, for every spam letter I get, I call myself a "company" and then email it to all the senators that supported this piece of legislation asking them if they are interested. It is my "right" is it not?
Gotta love it when people line their pockets in the name of Freedom.
Actually, I'm fairly sure they will port Robotech II, The Sentinels as well (per Macek "The Sentinels will be released as part of one of the boxed set from THE MACROSS SAGA. It will not be able to be purchased separately. We all hope that additional animation for The Sentinels will be able to be animated.
".) There has even been discussion of finishing the series, but I doubt it.
But with new Robotech series on the way (look here. and read here) things aren't all bad.
Actually there are a few misconceptions about the release:
-There are two box sets currently available for order. The Robotech: The Macross Saga (DVD 1 and 2 + bonus DVD) and the Complete Macross Saga Collection. The Robotech series is the one that most children grew up watching here in the states, while the Macross Saga is the series that originally aired in Japan. Robotech is actually an adaptation of the Japanese version Macross, and the stories are slightly different (I won't ruin it with spoilers, BUT VERY DIFFERENT ENDING!)
-The Robotech DVD's (put out by ADV) are completely UNREMASTERED (no remaster of video or audio). So all the original bad audio and film scratches are there. They are just flat copies from the original tape put together by Macek and Harmony Gold. These are English Dubbed with a few silly song clips in other languages (see here).
- The Macross DVD's (put out by Animeigo) are completely REMASTERED (both video and audio). They are quite beautiful in the rework (see here). BIG DIFFERENCE. However, they will be released only in Japanese with English Subtitles.
- Also, the entire Robotech Saga will run you close to $100 after tax. The entire Macross Saga will run you $250 if you preorder it.
Yes, I'm a fan.
The only man somewhat proud to have a Lisa Hayes 12" doll to keep him warm at night.
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I was a die hard NVidia/Dell fan for years. Click, click I got my nice neat box in two days and watch as my roommates who built their boxes local with cards other than Nvidia chipset have problems. I quietly chortled in my dark room of Tribes while they rebooted.
:)
But over the Christmas holiday, it finally came time to upgrade. I decided to save a few bucks (actually, this was more a mandate from the wife) and build the box myself. This actually meant that I had to do some research instead of the click and ship of my beloved Dell.
Cutting to the chase, I tried my hardest to find an Nvidia card that beat what most reviewers claimed was the cream of the crop, the ATI 9800XT. None really did. That, and I got a free version of HL2. Point, set and match.
I'm one of the converted. I will put my first list together of what I'm familiar with. Then, I'll do the research and see what's the best. The lists may not match, but I'm becoming geek enough to weigh loyalty vs what is best for me. Needless to say, I and the wife have been ecstatic with our little Shuttle/ATI monster and the extra couple hundred dollars in shoes. Respectively, of course
The problem with your solution, is that I have never given out my email other than a hand select few whom I trust. However, I am now receiving spam by the handful daily (though overthecounter anti-spam software has been next to perfect for filtering it out).
The problem is, that my email is somewhat generic with my first initial, last name, plus a numeric conditioner. This email was assigned by the provider. Unfortunately, many spammers, once they realize how emails are formatted for an ISP, can easily run through a list formatting it with the most common names and values. They will no doubtedly waste some emails to addresses that don't exist, but they also hit a large number of valid addresses without the use of a list.
So you must have a fairly unique address or creative provider. That, and somewhat lucky that your address hasn't gotten out yet. But it will, eventually.
I vote Kevin Mitnick as my number 1. As his resume not only includes real life hacking, but he also enjoys the irony of it all as he played a CIA hacker who installed a backdoor into the network of SD-6 on my favorite show Alias (Episode: Doppleganger).
Anyone else have any shows/movies he's made a sneak appearance in playing a role close to real life?
Unfortuantely, I do not believe this list is complete and is missing a few job titles. Most importantly, missing from the worst list, is the job title of Crack Whore.
This position would only be followed by the worst job... Assistant Crack Whore.
Thank you, I'm here all night. Jane, you miserable slut.
Um, your prosecutor must not have wanted to mess with you that day, because you got off easy.
Onto to the legal ease for neglect:
NEGLIGENCE - The failure to use reasonable care. The doing of something which a reasonably prudent person would not do, or the failure to do something which a reasonably prudent person would do under like circumstances. A departure from what an ordinary reasonable member of the community would do in the same community.
Negligence is a 'legal cause' of damage if it directly and in natural and continuous sequence produces or contributes substantially to producing such damage, so it can reasonably be said that if not for the negligence, the loss, injury or damage would not have occurred.
Negligence may be a legal cause of damage even though it operates in combination with the act of another, a natural cause, or some other cause if the other cause occurs at the same time as the negligence and if the negligence contributes substantially to producing such damage.
So in other words, you could have been found liable for not using reasonable care by leaving your keys in the car as a normal person wouldn't do this. Luckily it was probably only minor property damage and you reported it. Had you not reported it, and someone gotten killed, you more than likely could have been prosecuted. It would have been up to the judge to determine how neglegent you were.
Thus, this may be the standard of care that the RIAA uses to prosecute those allowing illegal file sharing over an open network. Had you monitored and secured the use of your network from illegal activity, none could have occured. But because you didn't, and a criminal act/harm resulted from it, you have partial responsibility.
The hacker defense does hold merit for the time being, but it has to be proven that your machine was compromised at the time the acts occured. Simply pleading you didn't know better to let your friends use your connection TO DOWNLOAD wouldn't hold much water when you probably did know they had illegal music from bandwidth logs and just living with the person.
You are responsible for all the actions that occur on your network and it is your responsibility to adequately provide security for your network. You cannot run an open network and not bear responsiblity for it's illegal use. It's called negligence, and I think people who are knowingly letting people use their networks for illegal means are going to be sharply bitten in the arse by in the courts. Feining ignorance isn't going to get you out of hot water.
For the same reason you can't leave the keys in your unlocked car that gets used by a drunk to kill someone because he knows he has easy access to your vehicle. You were criminally negligent, thus you bear some personal responsibilities. IANAL, but am married to one.
Let me give you a breakdown of this typical Slashdot post.
Step 1: Simply breeze through the summary posted on main page. Only pick up on key words that anger you. Think about kittens in a bag in the river while reading article if it helps elicit your rage.
Step 2: DO NOT READ LINKED ARTICLE. This may invalidate the arguement you are about to make. You obviously know more than what is written by some newsie writting a tech article anyway.
Step 3: State various opinions and hearsay as fact and general knowledge. Since most other posters will have follwed steps 1 and 2, you will simply be assumed as "in the know" and a credible source for information.
Step 4: Await praise and agreement by your minions.
Step 5: Instead, receive critism for spelling, logic, and obviously not reading the article before posting.
Step 6: Become irrate and ignore rest of thread. Instead, find first pro-Linux/anti-Microsoft thread to begin rant of "Fux0r buggah Micro$oft"
Repeat ad nasuem.
Quote "I would reject such explanations beforehand without even brothing to check the data"
And thus, we know why you are a mathematician and not a scientist.
So what, you are going to get the old games the kids like to play on Linux? If you hadn't meandered down this path in your arguement against MS, you might have made your case. But instead, you prove that a vast majority of your problems would not be solved by switching OS Platforms, nor would your kids be happy because you are taking away the games "they like to play". Yeah, they'll love Linux for that.
And I'm sorry, if you can't run XP without having to "reboot 4-5 times a week", then you either didn't install it correctly or have some error with your computer. I've installed XP on two different HD's, and have yet to reboot because of "lockups" and the such. I find it hilarious that people that can't install Linux properlly get flamed here, but people who can't install XP correctly is somehow a victim of the evil tyranny that is MS.
This article should be titled nothing more than typical Slashdot Linux Fanboy, Microsoft Flamebait material.
I like the title of this article. Vandlizing. Very "professional" journalism. LOL. Anyway.
For everyone in here having a little fit about "this is stupid" and "does this work" is falling into the whole genius of the marketing ploy. This isn't to persuade someone to buy the product, this is an effort to generate mass press for next to free (minus some self dignity). They are getting you to TALK ABOUT THEIR PRODUCT. Now you guys will run around to your fellow coworkers "Did you see the stupid Microsoft butterfly thing?". And they will tell another employee, who actually isn't technically savy, and might find it interesting, go look it up, and sign up for it. In effect, you, who disdain microsoft, are being used to help them secure customers.
Let's think about it, they have an entire article on slashdot, a pretty pro Linux group, to discuss the matter about them dressing up a bunch of people for a few bucks and putting them on rollerblades. But the old saying is true, the only bad press is no press at all. The IBM/LINUX graffiti thing proved that. They received TONS of press for just a few, inexpensive pictures of the Tux.
Marketing 101. Take a course, you may like it.
Lucky you.
:)
Obviously you didn't marry the angry, flannel wearing, truck driving lesbian that moderated me a troll for my Species comment. I think someone's just a little jealous that Species wasn't made with Rosie O'Donnell as the lead...
Uh oh, here she comes again.
Was that they never brought back any DNA for us to create an evil Natasha Henstridge to have hardcore alien sex with all of us. :)
I think you are mistakenly taking the "developers" comment out of context. Ballmer's shout phrase "DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS" was from a good old pep rally Ballmer was speaking at. He literally ran around for a minute, like a sweaty pig in heat, screaming "DEVELOPERS" over and over again.
Here is the video. See MONKEY DANCE 1
http://www.msboycott.com/media/
It's more of a slam, than a cry of the pro-microsoft crowd.
Eh wrong. Keep looking for at all the planets you can for signs of life. That's the fastest way to get a look at new propulsion systems. Here's my reasoning:
When we find them, beam them transmissions of Britney Spears Pepsi Commericals, Back Street Boys, and American Idol. They'll use their fancy propulsion systems to come over here to say hi...
Extra bonus, we'll probably get to see their fancy ray guns shortly their after as they wipe us from the slate of universal existence...
Have you given any thought to the subject of "Gay, is it genetic or environmental?" Cause I think you are about to find out....
hehe
Funny I've never had this problem. Maybe you should spend less time worrying about the national status/origin of the guys who are "keeping you down", and more time learning skills that will make you a more marketable employee.
When will people start owning up to the fact that you are a commodity and it is up to you to "SELL YOURSELF". If you aren't a product that someone is interested in, or if they think you are overpriced, then they aren't going to hire you.
Companies have an equation, they want the most productivity for the least amount of money and no where in that equation does it say "ethnicity". Finding the right balance and selling yourself to the company AS the solution to that problem, will get you hired 9 times out of 10.
People working here on Visa's aren't the problem. People who demand too much for their skill set or think they are entitled to a job over someone else because they are an "american" are the problem.
Next, they'll pass a law that you can only get a programming job if your grandfather had a programming job. Or maybe, we can have seperate programming cubicles so that the Visa code doesn't touch my ALL American code. Give me a break.
Well, in this situation, I get the feeling the best you are going to get is 1 hand free...
What is with all you geeks living in the past? All I hear you saying is 1984...1984..oh no it's 1984. No it's not, it's 2001.
Microsoft is the wave of the FUTURE!
They have the "right" to contact me? Okay, so when they spam me does that in term give me the right to contact everyone in that company and tell them I'm not interested?
Or how about, for every spam letter I get, I call myself a "company" and then email it to all the senators that supported this piece of legislation asking them if they are interested. It is my "right" is it not?
Gotta love it when people line their pockets in the name of Freedom.
Actually, I'm fairly sure they will port Robotech II, The Sentinels as well (per Macek "The Sentinels will be released as part of one of the boxed set from THE MACROSS SAGA. It will not be able to be purchased separately. We all hope that additional animation for The Sentinels will be able to be animated. ".) There has even been discussion of finishing the series, but I doubt it. But with new Robotech series on the way (look here. and read here) things aren't all bad.
Stage Fright, Go 'Way, this is my big day. This is my time to moderate my posts up!
The bitch slap was good. I always replay the part where the gravity fails in hopes that this time he might not catch her before she hits pay dirt :)
Actually there are a few misconceptions about the release: -There are two box sets currently available for order. The Robotech: The Macross Saga (DVD 1 and 2 + bonus DVD) and the Complete Macross Saga Collection. The Robotech series is the one that most children grew up watching here in the states, while the Macross Saga is the series that originally aired in Japan. Robotech is actually an adaptation of the Japanese version Macross, and the stories are slightly different (I won't ruin it with spoilers, BUT VERY DIFFERENT ENDING!) -The Robotech DVD's (put out by ADV) are completely UNREMASTERED (no remaster of video or audio). So all the original bad audio and film scratches are there. They are just flat copies from the original tape put together by Macek and Harmony Gold. These are English Dubbed with a few silly song clips in other languages (see here). - The Macross DVD's (put out by Animeigo) are completely REMASTERED (both video and audio). They are quite beautiful in the rework (see here). BIG DIFFERENCE. However, they will be released only in Japanese with English Subtitles. - Also, the entire Robotech Saga will run you close to $100 after tax. The entire Macross Saga will run you $250 if you preorder it. Yes, I'm a fan. The only man somewhat proud to have a Lisa Hayes 12" doll to keep him warm at night.