It's strange, he's a troll who actually contributes to the discussion at hand.
It's not strange. He just includes seemingly insightfull elements to his trolls as a distraction. People might mod him up absent mindedly without realising that aside from the on-topic element, the post was a troll. Wikipedia explains it. I'd like to see the graphic for the changes of THAT page. I bet it's the target of many a troll who'd rather keep their behaviour undocumented.
the Simpsons is a popular program, but it is so profoundly anti-intellectual that I can't stand it at all.
How so? And have you considered the possibility that the irony passed you by? Because it is (was?) a show chuck full of it.
One of my faverite Simpsons moment was when the family goes to a self-help seminar, and as Homer turns off the car in the parking lot he says "Well, here we are at the self help seminar" (or some such), and a kid replies "What an odd thing to say..." See, the sentence Homer said was a classic TV sentence where they recap the situation, what his child replied was a sentence pointing out that no one in real life talks like people do on tv.
Satirical, ironic, subtle. I can't see how that's anti-intellectual.
A guy loads the Heavy Metal Umlat page v1.0 and steps through the hundreds of versions while talking in a nerdy voice [...] He provides a near monotone commentary
That's redundant. I wish I could edit that paragraph...
That was neither interesting, nor worth checking out, and I hold you personally responsible for the 5 minutes of my life I wasted on it.
I found that clip very interresting, but I now wasted about a minute of my time replying to a "waah-waah I didn't find this as interrestnig as you so you shouldn't have shared it" comment. Give me back my minute.
On Monday, a California judge ordered Sony to pay Immersion a licensing fee of 1.37 percent per quarter based on the sales of PlayStation units, Dual Shock controllers, and a selection of PlayStation 2 games that use Immersion's technology.
In all fairness, this would probably have been the advice which the average slashdotter would have given if Apple weren't involved.
I thought there were still on-line stores that sold non DRM music...
And anyway, I don't think an oligopoly is that much better to the monopoly. All those "different" store MS is touting, they're all part of MS's lil' gang. Its diferent faces of the same hydra.
i) What if the Apostles had had technological means to prevent the reproduction of the New Testament?
Main Entry: apostle Pronunciation: &-'pä-s&l Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old French & Old English; Old French apostle & Old English apostol, both from Late Latin apostolus, from Greek apostolos, from apostellein to send away, from apo- + stellein to send 1 : one sent on a mission: as a : one of an authoritative New Testament group sent out to preach the gospel and made up especially of Christ's 12 original disciples and Paul b : the first prominent Christian missionary to a region or group
They wouldn't have prevented the distribution of the story their mission it was to distribute, that's for sure.
I'm a little concerned about the possible viruses which may have been dormantly sitting in this soft tissue all along. Who knows what they might be/do?
My guess: Get their ass handed to them by our highly evolved immune systems and the microbial fauna that evolved in parallel with it.
Mary Schweitzer is the scientist in both of these stories. Seems she's got a knack for finding fossilized soft tissue.
"Oh darn, I have yet again rented the small helicopter, what a klutz I am. It seems that will have to cut up this precious fossil that is too large to get on board. Woe is me, had we brought the large helicopter, this here fossile would have been taken to museum without having been chopped up... oh, look at that..."
English or any language is bound to change given new discoveries and ways of life. This is just normal
Evolution? Blashphemy! Everyone right-minded person knows God created all the languages of the earth when He smote the tower of Babel!;-)
We are already communicating under the influence of the computer. Language must change with the way that we communicate.
Tell that to someone coming out of a 20 year coma: "I'm downloading the last meg of a zipped email attachment, then I'll log-off the net and go wardriving." Expect a blank stare.
So equating DRM with a fascist dictator who exploited his country's feelings of having been cheated out of its territory to forcibly take over his own government and then proceed to wage a bloody war and slaughter millions in his genocidal crusade is "score 5, insightful"? And criticizing the flawed and overused analogy is flamebait?
I'm as surprised as you!
Now we know: Not letting you burn an MP3 CD for your car stereo is the same as invading countries and bombing them with rockets. Really. DRM == Hitler; There we are. I was wrong to think otherwise. Blessed be the holy teachings of the moderators!
I'm a "Mormon", or more accurately, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Why do you people always do that? Catholics NEVER go "I'm a catholic, or more accuratly, a member of the Holy Roman Catholic Church". It's annoying, you know.
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It's strange, he's a troll who actually contributes to the discussion at hand.
It's not strange. He just includes seemingly insightfull elements to his trolls as a distraction. People might mod him up absent mindedly without realising that aside from the on-topic element, the post was a troll.
Wikipedia explains it.
I'd like to see the graphic for the changes of THAT page. I bet it's the target of many a troll who'd rather keep their behaviour undocumented.
the Simpsons is a popular program, but it is so profoundly anti-intellectual that I can't stand it at all.
How so?
And have you considered the possibility that the irony passed you by? Because it is (was?) a show chuck full of it.
One of my faverite Simpsons moment was when the family goes to a self-help seminar, and as Homer turns off the car in the parking lot he says "Well, here we are at the self help seminar" (or some such), and a kid replies "What an odd thing to say..."
See, the sentence Homer said was a classic TV sentence where they recap the situation, what his child replied was a sentence pointing out that no one in real life talks like people do on tv.
Satirical, ironic, subtle. I can't see how that's anti-intellectual.
A guy loads the Heavy Metal Umlat page v1.0 and steps through the hundreds of versions while talking in a nerdy voice [...] He provides a near monotone commentary
That's redundant. I wish I could edit that paragraph...
That was neither interesting, nor worth checking out, and I hold you personally responsible for the 5 minutes of my life I wasted on it.
I found that clip very interresting, but I now wasted about a minute of my time replying to a "waah-waah I didn't find this as interrestnig as you so you shouldn't have shared it" comment.
Give me back my minute.
we need to put car seat instructions in 5th grade english so parents can understand them.
Life-saving devices require idiot-proof instructions.
However, the people in charge of your physical security should not themselves be idiots who dismiss concerns over information security.
Filed: May 1, 2000
Er, I had a dualshock controller long before that.
So, patents are retroactive now?
Metal Gear Solid, (The first one).
:D
Granted it isn't really neccesary, but it does help immerse you in the game.
First time I played it I did so with the old, non-shaky controller.
First thing I did when I got a dualshock was to replay it. That was SO worth it
Here's what gamespot has to say on this.
Octopus are much more mild mannered
;-)
Or smart enough not to leave witnesses
Mankind started developing robots in 20th century.
Clockwork automatons don't count?
Thus, the only music download store iPod supports is the iTunes music store.
This list says otherwise.
the only download service iPod supports is apple's service.
I said to STOP the FUD, not repeat the FUD. Sheesh.
The only DRM the iPod supports is the iTMS DRM. That is different.
The base Shuffle player holds 512 MB of music in a proprietary format.
Oh, the "proprietary format" boogyman.
The iTunes Music Store sells DRMed music, the iPod supports that music on the go.
BUT THE iPOD PLAYS MP3s JUST FINE.
Don't get locked into one online store.
In all fairness, this would probably have been the advice which the average slashdotter would have given if Apple weren't involved.
I thought there were still on-line stores that sold non DRM music...
And anyway, I don't think an oligopoly is that much better to the monopoly. All those "different" store MS is touting, they're all part of MS's lil' gang. Its diferent faces of the same hydra.
sex selection should be illegal.
It's got possible uses that are creepy, but it could also take family planning to a whole new level.
But I guess you aren't a "pro-choice" person... this seems like just another way to make a choice.
In the strictest sense, no, there isn't...
They wouldn't have prevented the distribution of the story their mission it was to distribute, that's for sure.
It would be interesting to investigate how superfluids behave.
It would fight an everlasting battle for truth, justice, and the liquid way!
On how many computers are you allowed to play your DRMed files? 5? Giving that you change computers every 5 years
5 Simultaneous computers. You can take off a compy and replace it with another.
not to mention calling for fossil museum curators the world over to go on a wild bone-busting rampage.
I can't wait to see the movie!
I'm a little concerned about the possible viruses which may have been dormantly sitting in this soft tissue all along. Who knows what they might be/do?
My guess:
Get their ass handed to them by our highly evolved immune systems and the microbial fauna that evolved in parallel with it.
Mary Schweitzer is the scientist in both of these stories. Seems she's got a knack for finding fossilized soft tissue.
"Oh darn, I have yet again rented the small helicopter, what a klutz I am. It seems that will have to cut up this precious fossil that is too large to get on board. Woe is me, had we brought the large helicopter, this here fossile would have been taken to museum without having been chopped up... oh, look at that..."
Clever lass.
English or any language is bound to change given new discoveries and ways of life. This is just normal
;-)
Evolution? Blashphemy! Everyone right-minded person knows God created all the languages of the earth when He smote the tower of Babel!
We are already communicating under the influence of the computer. Language must change with the way that we communicate.
Tell that to someone coming out of a 20 year coma: "I'm downloading the last meg of a zipped email attachment, then I'll log-off the net and go wardriving."
Expect a blank stare.
So equating DRM with a fascist dictator who exploited his country's feelings of having been cheated out of its territory to forcibly take over his own government and then proceed to wage a bloody war and slaughter millions in his genocidal crusade is "score 5, insightful"? And criticizing the flawed and overused analogy is flamebait?
I'm as surprised as you!
Now we know: Not letting you burn an MP3 CD for your car stereo is the same as invading countries and bombing them with rockets. Really. DRM == Hitler; There we are. I was wrong to think otherwise. Blessed be the holy teachings of the moderators!
Don't install it if you don't want it? I don't think you need to add the toolbar.
What if you want it only for a week?
And why are defending them? They make software that installs itself and refuses to go away, that's evil! EVIL!
I'm a "Mormon", or more accurately, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Why do you people always do that? Catholics NEVER go "I'm a catholic, or more accuratly, a member of the Holy Roman Catholic Church". It's annoying, you know.