I, for one, am tired of the adjective "smart" being used with devices that are really quite stupid, in an attempt to make them seem less harmful by marketing weenies. From now on, whenever someone decides to make a "smart" product, I expect nothing short of something that can walk my dog, do the dishes, and pass the Turing Test.;p
Hate to sound cynical, but I can see people uniting under one banner on planet earth only to become nationalistic about that, and use it as an excuse to bust up life on other planets...
A lot of people have responded to your question (of which, I shall not be one), and I think it brings up an interesting point...there really aren't that many good "start to finish" albums out there. And that's rather logical, because not every artist out there can really produce works of that calibur.
To that effect, I think that a lot of mainstream recording artists have a rather lofty sense of self-importance. For someone like Alanis Morisette or (shiver) Linkin Park to come out and say that their album is so great that you should be force to pony up 20$ so you can hear every lousy song is ridiculous.
Let the artists sell full albums, and in turn, the consumers will decide which ones are worthy of being complete works, and which ones are mere one-hit-wonders.
We have egos at work too. I am not supposed to TOUCH anything my coworkers do, it is THEIR code and THEIRS to command, hands off! Even when I sneak a peek and find obvious bugs, I am not allowed to fix them because it violates territoriality.
Even if you're talking about the most banal things in the world, using encryption is still necessary in an insecure world. Even though each conversation you have may be insignificant on its own, the sum of all conversations you have may provide enough information about your life to put you at risk.
Jesus, what the hell CAN you do in your car these days. I tell you, these legislators will stop at nothing to take our liberties away! At least road head will still be legal...and thanks to this guy, if you don't have a willing partner, now you can get pr0n in your car for a bit o' the five knuckle shuffle.;)
Laugh it up, but my friend at WashU did in fact urinate on a new Dell Keyboard in a drunken stupor. The machine, amazingly, was unharmed by this act, but the keyboard was totally fried. 5$ at Best Buy got him a new one, and, interestingly enough, the old one didn't reek of urine after the incident...or so I was told.
My dog's names are "Teenage", "Slut", "Live", and "Webcams"....and I swear to GOD, it's the new Window's security mechanisms that are responsible for their appearance on all my window titles!
Bad example, IMO. In my experience, IPv6 hasn't caught on because IPv4 still works, and there's no major incentive for most big networks to upgrade because there's no features they need that can't be done in 4. With spam, however, a new protocol for SMTP that could provide protection against virii and spam would provide a sufficient incentive for upgrading.
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I, for one, am tired of the adjective "smart" being used with devices that are really quite stupid, in an attempt to make them seem less harmful by marketing weenies. From now on, whenever someone decides to make a "smart" product, I expect nothing short of something that can walk my dog, do the dishes, and pass the Turing Test. ;p
Hate to sound cynical, but I can see people uniting under one banner on planet earth only to become nationalistic about that, and use it as an excuse to bust up life on other planets...
A lot of people have responded to your question (of which, I shall not be one), and I think it brings up an interesting point...there really aren't that many good "start to finish" albums out there. And that's rather logical, because not every artist out there can really produce works of that calibur.
To that effect, I think that a lot of mainstream recording artists have a rather lofty sense of self-importance. For someone like Alanis Morisette or (shiver) Linkin Park to come out and say that their album is so great that you should be force to pony up 20$ so you can hear every lousy song is ridiculous.
Let the artists sell full albums, and in turn, the consumers will decide which ones are worthy of being complete works, and which ones are mere one-hit-wonders.
Apple already reported that over half the songs sold so far on the iTMS were in album format.
I'll wager to guess that the RIAA sees this as a "glass is half empty" argument, rather than the other way around...
I'm partial to "Operation Enduring Package".
We have egos at work too. I am not supposed to TOUCH anything my coworkers do, it is THEIR code and THEIRS to command, hands off! Even when I sneak a peek and find obvious bugs, I am not allowed to fix them because it violates territoriality.
Wow, did you work at SCO?
jeez...take it easy. I think I'm going to add you to my 'foes' list now, just out of general principle. ; )
I would, but only if the robots get to fight each other, like in that old NES game "basewars".
how about:
stfu.la
Actually, I did try Fire, and I was pretty impressed with the GUI, but it kept crashing, so I figure I'll check it out again in 6 months or so. ;)
Pna nalbar fnl ebg13?
Even if you're talking about the most banal things in the world, using encryption is still necessary in an insecure world. Even though each conversation you have may be insignificant on its own, the sum of all conversations you have may provide enough information about your life to put you at risk.
That's pretty cool. It's a shame that iChat looks like something my cat coughed up, or else I'd be tempted to use it on my Mac instead of gaim.
we (British) always seem to take a lot of hits from people allegedly on the same side as us.
Hey, at least the patriot missiles actually worked this war!
FP! Sorry, I would have gotten around to it sooner, but I got caught up in a wicked game of quake.
A case mod on a site that wasn't slashdotted in 10 minutes? Whatever is this world coming to?
That's nothing. You should see my l337 head-shot skillz with my touch pad.
You're forgetting reading /. on saturday mornings. That's always something good to do to rot your mind a bit.
Jesus, what the hell CAN you do in your car these days. I tell you, these legislators will stop at nothing to take our liberties away! At least road head will still be legal...and thanks to this guy, if you don't have a willing partner, now you can get pr0n in your car for a bit o' the five knuckle shuffle. ;)
You're missing the point...games.slashodot.org is colored this way so that the X-Box doesn't look quite as ugly by comparison.
Laugh it up, but my friend at WashU did in fact urinate on a new Dell Keyboard in a drunken stupor. The machine, amazingly, was unharmed by this act, but the keyboard was totally fried. 5$ at Best Buy got him a new one, and, interestingly enough, the old one didn't reek of urine after the incident...or so I was told.
Does /.'ting a server count as unauthorized use? Because then, we should be a bit worried here...
My dog's names are "Teenage", "Slut", "Live", and "Webcams"....and I swear to GOD, it's the new Window's security mechanisms that are responsible for their appearance on all my window titles!
Bad example, IMO. In my experience, IPv6 hasn't caught on because IPv4 still works, and there's no major incentive for most big networks to upgrade because there's no features they need that can't be done in 4.
With spam, however, a new protocol for SMTP that could provide protection against virii and spam would provide a sufficient incentive for upgrading.
So basically, you came on /. to tell everyone what a terrible and poorly designed webserver you run.
;)
Sir, I tip my hat to you. I hope the masses do not eat you alive.