What if you are hosting pr0n? And the RIAA decides to make an example out of you by showing everyone your dirty laundry? Its not beyond them, ya know. I've dealt with them. They will use any means to intimitade and blackmail you. Including material that has NO relevance whatsoever to do with their business.
And please, no replies about pr0n. Just an example. Whatever it is, what you do with your peers is your privacy, no? Nobody ever pries into their secret meetings with big corporate money under the table talks, do they?
No. They just pretend they do. And most people go along with it. Cause they are so scarey... and so tricky.
Actually, we had a visit from their RIAA Asian counterpart organization in S.Korea. It was pretty funny when one of OUR boys brought in his pal from the mayors office and had them kicked out.
They think they're hot shit. If you push back you'll realize that it's alot of hot air. Threats, scare tactics and terrorism has been a very successful model for them... in the old days. Now that more people are educated and simply don't TAKE THEIR SHIT, their ways will change (prob for the worse). They aren't stupid either, they're probably in meetings all the time now scheming some new ways to "influence" their "audience".
No, its not about RIAA or MPAA. It may be what they want. It may not. Doesn't really matter. It's about ease of use.
You're right. Who cares where it comes from. But where it ends up (and in what format, broadcast or hardcopy) MAY (doesn't have to be, but it usually does) impact how you play it, trade it, and ultimately store it. I do a clean install of my machine now and then. Where do you think movies/music are so that I can to keep a safe "copy" to load back on my machine afterwards?
Blockbuster? I don't think I've used my blockbuster card in several years now. LOL
Although people have pointed out there are real tangible and psychological reasons why people want to own a hardcopy, the issue isn't whether they are valid, real or silly. The very fact that there is an arguement about it verifies that there is a reason for DVDs to exist. If there is a desire, regardless of how silly or how un-important the reason is, the product will be made. Demand. Supply.
However, just to support with my own insites, there is nothing more easier for a human than to simply interact physically with objects. I have loads of MP3s and CDs. When I'm home, the computer is on all the time. If I want to listen to something I don't go to my machine. I go to my huge CD collection book and flip through pages. There's an exercise that browsing physically is different than browsing electronically. My best friend does the opposite. He goes to his machine.
Someday you may be correct and physical media may be no more needed, but I suspect that day will be when we're all "plugged in" and require no physical interaction with the world. But then again, some of us may be heretics and choose to touch, smell, see things in the real sense.
So to your point, and really the WHOLE point of this article, my suspicion is that most people will want the hardcopy media, regardless of whether they have purchased the service of VOD and use it at the same time.
I hate to admit it (and I really do), because it admits one of the greatest (and there are many) attributes of my race (the human one) that constantly inhibits progress in the true sense.
As other posters have pointed out, people buy it. Spammers wouldn't be making the money if the business weren't getting making the money, if the people weren't responding to the ads.
So what was the point of my post? The punchline: Get to the REAL root of the problem. As Budda would suggest, all human suffering is derived from desire. As I would suggest, as the population grows (both in numbers and more importantly DIVERSITY), so will the suffering.
This diversity in human conditions also characterizes the types of suffering and fuels the diversity of desires, that in turn motivates people to deliver suffering on others in search of relieving their own suffering (most of this has to do with greed, wealth and money. What else is new).
Is there a solution? Is there a point to this? Yes. Education. Upbringing. Teaching our young to live a better way. Teaching our young to chase the dollars will always conclude in propagating all this suffering. Now all I see is the "gimme gimme gimme" generation. What the hell are we teaching them? Until we address this, we won't ever resolve this, or any other human "ailment".
This is the solution. Plain and simple. It doesn't take a genius to figure this one out. I'm not a genius. Just spend more time than the average Joe thinking about it. But if you figure this one out, EVERYTHING makes sense. You'll never need to ask why things suck.
As for MS/AOL/whoever, business is ALWAYS about agendas. And their agendas are ALWAYS about money. Anyone tell you different, please smack them some sense.
As for the gvermnint, we are now putting into law that which does not concern the law. Laws were instituted by people to prevent a minority of people that ruin it for the rest of them. Religion and philosphy (and thoughtfullness) was to prevent the majority of people who unintentionally (or intentionally with a result of guilty conscience) from ruining it. Spammers are a minority that allow the majority to ruin it for everyone. We've been slowly removing religion (I don't mean Church) and philosphy on good behavior and social conduct. Is there a correlation?
It is too late for our generation. It's probably too late for our children's generation. However, if a few of our children's generation can be educated to see the real truth and evaluate clearly, then perhaps they may be able to teach their children to begin correcting it.
To think we can correct this in any fraction of one generation is to submit to our desire to want a better place so badly, for ourselves, for our generation (more than we want for our successors), to cover our eyes and let these institutions (more precisely, a few executives that reap the profits) take us for a ride.
Remember one thing if all this is lost on you. Corporations, Institutions, gvermnint don't MAKE decisions. PEOPLE in executive positions IN THEM do. It is preposterous for the law to treat "collections of individuals" as A PERSON. That is what our laws do. And that is how our laws protect these executives.
Seriously. That's a large salary. What are the qualifications and do you have room for another? I designed entire double redudant networks for an entire continent (South America, 22 countries) for one organization in NY and didn't get paid half that. Maybe my negotiating skills aren't up to par but I don't EVER remember seeing numbers like that except in middle and upper management;)
You're right. I won't deny that the Viewsonics are ok. They're not terrible which is the case for a majority of manufacturers out there. They're P-series are a great value.
BUT... the Conerstones are a notch better for about the same price. Usually the glass is just a stitch flatter, the resolution (my 19" CRT does 2048 where most will do 1600) is one step higher, the refresh rate is 5herts higher, the pitch is at the same of any other leading manufacturer, or a combination thereof for the same monitor. I don't know how much confidence you can purchase them with since - Online purchase only - I've only bought one (well thats a good sign if I'm still using it after 4 years with no complaint)
If you have a little extra to spend ($50-$100) and want a bit more quality for the same monitor though, I would have to recommend getting a Sony. There's just no arguing that one. Purchased 2 18" Flats in a dual setup for a friend in Graphics Design along with his Wildcat Card and they look sweet.
What the hell is this article doing on frontpage news of/.? Is it just me or is this topic passe and pointless? I can't believe the massive attention and posts that are on this. *Sigh*. Now I remember why I don't read/. anymore.
Indeed,/. is not anyone's but EVERYONE'S. The owners of/. CAN do whatever they want. However, likewise, the owner's whole idea was that the posters speak their mind, including his, yours and mine. Here are mine...
[1] Most people on/. are nerds [2] April fools joke or not it's still advertising, they are getting hits from the link. [3] Why are YOU so upset? [4] Nerd implies smart. "Retarded nerd"? [5] Using the word fuck so many times in one sentence detracts from the impact of the word. [6] I'm probably the only one that will reply to your message. Some may wonder why I replied to an obvious flame bait. I like the taste of it. Besides I have nothing to do for the next five minutes waiting for a meeting.
PS. I hope this makes you feel stupid for posting it. Don't bother replying. I never check. I don't like to give people like you the satisfaction.:P Have a nice day.
So it will limit the choices that regular ol' shoppers have. And it raises awareness. Great.
In the meantime, they've made a political maneuver to quietly confirm to the public that not only copyprotection but PLAYprotection is a rightful choice, reversing the court decisions on New Zealands bright boy for cracking the DVD code. The bill makes a statement simply in its existence that consumer's won't have the right to play the music or movies in the manner or on devices of their choosing. The label says so. It must be so. You must now play the music or movie on "selected" equipment. And we agreed to it. Get my drift?
I can see it now. Purchase the exclusive XXX-brand (who now has purchased a "license" to decode RIAA encoded music) player cause the other manufacturers can't play RIAA music/dvds. They didn't pay royalties to the RIAA.
Can someone explain to me how this will effect anything of importance to you or I?
So much like the Parental Advisory Stickers that we glanced at when it first came out, and now we blithly ignore because they are on every jewel case on every shelf. Or any other sticker for that matter.
Copy Protection will continue and Copy Hacking will continue. As long as the contents need to be played, the contents need to be spilled.
At this point its just all a matter of percentages and numbers for the RIAA. It's not about the issue that so many here profess is the meat of the discussion. If the label gets the RIAA a percent or two in their sales, I don't think they really care about the actual principle of the matter. They make lots of money and I won't presume they are naive to think they can reduce the Copiers to a large degree. With the volumes and mass market they deal with, they just need one or two degrees.
So back to my point, What's the big deal about the labels?
Well, where else are we gonna find food? We're already on our way to depleting natural resources. Everything humanity does on the large scale is leading to the need for creating artifical resources. It is in our charter is it not? What other outcome can there be? Will you ask humanity to turn back from greed and consumption (which in turn leads to "innovation")? Good luck. My heart goes out to you, but I'm a realist (not to be confused with a pessimist), not a visionary or an optimist.
I think the title says it all. But incase not, I'll elaborate. Some games are clearly games you want to play with a mouse. And some games you clearly want more than one mouse button.
However, to apply to the larger theory about multiple mouse buttons and ergonomics, it is more desirable to put more buttons on the mouse. Like all things, too few or too many
Historically we didn't have this kind of problem, now did we? I remember a time when I could telnet into that port on almost any server and quickly send out a message. Sometimes just for kicks sending one from "Santa Claus". It was harmless back then to leave it open. I don't think the developers of SMTP or Sendmail put alot of thought into this aspect. I suppose everything we build for communications will now have to be designed with "spam-awareness". As long as humans live, there will be the need for greed. And where there is greed, there will be spam.
I will wager you another $9.95 that you will receive spam. Quite often infact. Not because the technology doesn't work. I'm sure it does. Infact their business will depend on it. You will receive spam because THEY will send you spam. And their business partners will send you spam. The businesses that paid them the exclusive insider's spamming fee.
You receive spam, I get ten bucks. You don't get spam, I pay for ANOTHER year for you to receive their "fantastic service". That's FOUR years of service for the price of one!
Read The Fine Print in the Terms of Service. It's not legal babel. It's spelled out clearly. You're paying them to spam you.
I can't believe the amount of discussion going on about this with the OCCASSIONAL beef about them stopping spam so that they can be the exclusive spammer. Ha! As I've stated before, this is the oldest business in the world. "Pay for my protection and nobody else will pick on you!"
I can just imagine it now. The business guys who took the concepts and technology and are rubbing their hands together waiting for the money to roll in from ALL SIDES.
"We'll offer this service where people will pay us to stop spam. Then we'll charge companies so that they can be exclusive members that can spam. And then on top of that we'll charge companies that want information for their spam targets. We're gonna make a boatload of money guys!"
PS... Has anyone called them up or emailed to ask them how they can be on the exclusive list to be spammers? I wonder what they charge for a "spamming license" and "demographics information".
The "sources" indicated parts manufacturing are performing trial production runs. This could mean anything. My uneducated guess says they are testing out the assembly line to see if the conveyor belt works. You get the picture.
It also confirms that the chip is still in development. I don't need to tell any of you what that means.
Now I know its all gone to hell. First the Gates article with chrisd linking to http://www.dibona.com/ and his silly article from Focus which is an MSN site, now this!
When did Slashdot pass quietly on a frontpage article with an advertisement blipvert as a sig? Especially from someone whose email is michael@nospam ???
Is everyone still half-asleep? the hobby I suspect many Slashdotters, being technology buffs, grew up with
He speaks as if he understands what a slashdotter is.
Did anyone notice that chrisd links to http://www.dibona.com/ and that http://focus.msn.de/ is an MSN site?
It isn't a large amount of work just to make a cursory glance at the frontpage articles and veto them. I'm sure we could get plenty of volunteers to simply do this check. If not, maybe its time to move on to another site. I see one more of these and I don't think I'll be returning to/.
Actually. If we lock up people based how much damage they did, then it would be to punish. If we locked them up based on how much damage we think they could do, then it would be to prevent.
The penal system perhaps was designed to restitute. But it certainly has proven a failure. The penal system is hoped to prevent. But crime persists. If the penal system punishes, it produces nothing.
If we would have any hope left of producing any kind of beneficial product from the penal system, it would be to understand this one philosophy...
As long as the total benefit to the criminal of the crime is remotely in the ballpark of the general direction of equivalent value as the consequence, the crime is worth it. The important factor to remember here is that the "benefit" is [1] personal to the criminal [2] not limited to tangible materialistic properties. If we understand this, then we will understand that "crime" is unbound as is evil, good or peace, and hence in THEORY is undefined. They are defined defacto by the authorities based upon common beliefs. But it appears that these common beliefs shift and change with the tide of changing demographics. Chaos theory in action. Evidence Australia.
So to say Society is to blame or not to blame, is meaningless. Mitnik just needed parents that were more attentive... so they could smack him a good one when he was bad. Er... figuratively speaking ofcourse.
Most large Internet facilities are indeed upgrading their backbone. Bandwidth, multiple connections, content-cache servers, upgrades in router hardware, upgrades in routing protocols, you name it. So that's not really the problem. Also, remember, there is a difference between bandwidth and round trip delay. "The Internet is slow" is a rather ambigious statement. Throwing bandwidth is not always the solution.
Yes they are spending all their cash, but spending isn't the problem, its revenues. With all the.com crashes, these providers aren't collecting.
Build it and they will come? Well... the question is, will they stay?
- ex-manager of some large internet provider
Slashdot Mirror
What if you are hosting pr0n? And the RIAA decides to make an example out of you by showing everyone your dirty laundry? Its not beyond them, ya know. I've dealt with them. They will use any means to intimitade and blackmail you. Including material that has NO relevance whatsoever to do with their business.
And please, no replies about pr0n. Just an example. Whatever it is, what you do with your peers is your privacy, no? Nobody ever pries into their secret meetings with big corporate money under the table talks, do they?
No. They just pretend they do. And most people go along with it. Cause they are so scarey... and so tricky.
Actually, we had a visit from their RIAA Asian counterpart organization in S.Korea. It was pretty funny when one of OUR boys brought in his pal from the mayors office and had them kicked out.
They think they're hot shit. If you push back you'll realize that it's alot of hot air. Threats, scare tactics and terrorism has been a very successful model for them... in the old days. Now that more people are educated and simply don't TAKE THEIR SHIT, their ways will change (prob for the worse). They aren't stupid either, they're probably in meetings all the time now scheming some new ways to "influence" their "audience".
You're right. Its all about the content.
No, its not about RIAA or MPAA. It may be what they want. It may not. Doesn't really matter. It's about ease of use.
You're right. Who cares where it comes from. But where it ends up (and in what format, broadcast or hardcopy) MAY (doesn't have to be, but it usually does) impact how you play it, trade it, and ultimately store it. I do a clean install of my machine now and then. Where do you think movies/music are so that I can to keep a safe "copy" to load back on my machine afterwards?
Blockbuster? I don't think I've used my blockbuster card in several years now. LOL
Although people have pointed out there are real tangible and psychological reasons why people want to own a hardcopy, the issue isn't whether they are valid, real or silly. The very fact that there is an arguement about it verifies that there is a reason for DVDs to exist. If there is a desire, regardless of how silly or how un-important the reason is, the product will be made. Demand. Supply.
However, just to support with my own insites, there is nothing more easier for a human than to simply interact physically with objects. I have loads of MP3s and CDs. When I'm home, the computer is on all the time. If I want to listen to something I don't go to my machine. I go to my huge CD collection book and flip through pages. There's an exercise that browsing physically is different than browsing electronically. My best friend does the opposite. He goes to his machine.
Someday you may be correct and physical media may be no more needed, but I suspect that day will be when we're all "plugged in" and require no physical interaction with the world. But then again, some of us may be heretics and choose to touch, smell, see things in the real sense.
So to your point, and really the WHOLE point of this article, my suspicion is that most people will want the hardcopy media, regardless of whether they have purchased the service of VOD and use it at the same time.
I hate to admit it (and I really do), because it admits one of the greatest (and there are many) attributes of my race (the human one) that constantly inhibits progress in the true sense.
As other posters have pointed out, people buy it. Spammers wouldn't be making the money if the business weren't getting making the money, if the people weren't responding to the ads.
So what was the point of my post? The punchline:
Get to the REAL root of the problem. As Budda would suggest, all human suffering is derived from desire. As I would suggest, as the population grows (both in numbers and more importantly DIVERSITY), so will the suffering.
This diversity in human conditions also characterizes the types of suffering and fuels the diversity of desires, that in turn motivates people to deliver suffering on others in search of relieving their own suffering (most of this has to do with greed, wealth and money. What else is new).
Is there a solution? Is there a point to this? Yes. Education. Upbringing. Teaching our young to live a better way. Teaching our young to chase the dollars will always conclude in propagating all this suffering. Now all I see is the "gimme gimme gimme" generation. What the hell are we teaching them? Until we address this, we won't ever resolve this, or any other human "ailment".
This is the solution. Plain and simple. It doesn't take a genius to figure this one out. I'm not a genius. Just spend more time than the average Joe thinking about it. But if you figure this one out, EVERYTHING makes sense. You'll never need to ask why things suck.
As for MS/AOL/whoever, business is ALWAYS about agendas. And their agendas are ALWAYS about money. Anyone tell you different, please smack them some sense.
As for the gvermnint, we are now putting into law that which does not concern the law. Laws were instituted by people to prevent a minority of people that ruin it for the rest of them. Religion and philosphy (and thoughtfullness) was to prevent the majority of people who unintentionally (or intentionally with a result of guilty conscience) from ruining it. Spammers are a minority that allow the majority to ruin it for everyone. We've been slowly removing religion (I don't mean Church) and philosphy on good behavior and social conduct. Is there a correlation?
It is too late for our generation. It's probably too late for our children's generation. However, if a few of our children's generation can be educated to see the real truth and evaluate clearly, then perhaps they may be able to teach their children to begin correcting it.
To think we can correct this in any fraction of one generation is to submit to our desire to want a better place so badly, for ourselves, for our generation (more than we want for our successors), to cover our eyes and let these institutions (more precisely, a few executives that reap the profits) take us for a ride.
Remember one thing if all this is lost on you. Corporations, Institutions, gvermnint don't MAKE decisions. PEOPLE in executive positions IN THEM do. It is preposterous for the law to treat "collections of individuals" as A PERSON. That is what our laws do. And that is how our laws protect these executives.
My two dollar's worth.
Seriously. That's a large salary. What are the qualifications and do you have room for another? I designed entire double redudant networks for an entire continent (South America, 22 countries) for one organization in NY and didn't get paid half that. Maybe my negotiating skills aren't up to par but I don't EVER remember seeing numbers like that except in middle and upper management ;)
You're right. I won't deny that the Viewsonics are ok. They're not terrible which is the case for a majority of manufacturers out there. They're P-series are a great value.
BUT... the Conerstones are a notch better for about the same price. Usually the glass is just a stitch flatter, the resolution (my 19" CRT does 2048 where most will do 1600) is one step higher, the refresh rate is 5herts higher, the pitch is at the same of any other leading manufacturer, or a combination thereof for the same monitor. I don't know how much confidence you can purchase them with since
- Online purchase only
- I've only bought one (well thats a good sign if I'm still using it after 4 years with no complaint)
If you have a little extra to spend ($50-$100) and want a bit more quality for the same monitor though, I would have to recommend getting a Sony. There's just no arguing that one. Purchased 2 18" Flats in a dual setup for a friend in Graphics Design along with his Wildcat Card and they look sweet.
What the hell is this article doing on frontpage news of /.? Is it just me or is this topic passe and pointless? I can't believe the massive attention and posts that are on this. *Sigh*. Now I remember why I don't read /. anymore.
You're right...
/. is not anyone's but EVERYONE'S. The owners of /. CAN do whatever they want. However, likewise, the owner's whole idea was that the posters speak their mind, including his, yours and mine. Here are mine...
/. are nerds
:P Have a nice day.
Indeed,
[1] Most people on
[2] April fools joke or not it's still advertising, they are getting hits from the link. [3] Why are YOU so upset?
[4] Nerd implies smart. "Retarded nerd"?
[5] Using the word fuck so many times in one sentence detracts from the impact of the word.
[6] I'm probably the only one that will reply to your message. Some may wonder why I replied to an obvious flame bait. I like the taste of it. Besides I have nothing to do for the next five minutes waiting for a meeting.
PS. I hope this makes you feel stupid for posting it. Don't bother replying. I never check. I don't like to give people like you the satisfaction.
So it will limit the choices that regular ol' shoppers have. And it raises awareness. Great.
In the meantime, they've made a political maneuver to quietly confirm to the public that not only copyprotection but PLAYprotection is a rightful choice, reversing the court decisions on New Zealands bright boy for cracking the DVD code. The bill makes a statement simply in its existence that consumer's won't have the right to play the music or movies in the manner or on devices of their choosing. The label says so. It must be so. You must now play the music or movie on "selected" equipment. And we agreed to it. Get my drift?
I can see it now. Purchase the exclusive XXX-brand (who now has purchased a "license" to decode RIAA encoded music) player cause the other manufacturers can't play RIAA music/dvds. They didn't pay royalties to the RIAA.
Can someone explain to me how this will effect anything of importance to you or I?
So much like the Parental Advisory Stickers that we glanced at when it first came out, and now we blithly ignore because they are on every jewel case on every shelf. Or any other sticker for that matter.
Copy Protection will continue and Copy Hacking will continue. As long as the contents need to be played, the contents need to be spilled.
At this point its just all a matter of percentages and numbers for the RIAA. It's not about the issue that so many here profess is the meat of the discussion. If the label gets the RIAA a percent or two in their sales, I don't think they really care about the actual principle of the matter. They make lots of money and I won't presume they are naive to think they can reduce the Copiers to a large degree. With the volumes and mass market they deal with, they just need one or two degrees.
So back to my point, What's the big deal about the labels?
Well, where else are we gonna find food? We're already on our way to depleting natural resources. Everything humanity does on the large scale is leading to the need for creating artifical resources. It is in our charter is it not? What other outcome can there be? Will you ask humanity to turn back from greed and consumption (which in turn leads to "innovation")? Good luck. My heart goes out to you, but I'm a realist (not to be confused with a pessimist), not a visionary or an optimist.
I think the title says it all. But incase not, I'll elaborate. Some games are clearly games you want to play with a mouse. And some games you clearly want more than one mouse button.
However, to apply to the larger theory about multiple mouse buttons and ergonomics, it is more desirable to put more buttons on the mouse. Like all things, too few or too many
Fell out of my chair. Office workers are curious, but I'm afraid they won't understand.
But as the book review points, you will not develope cancer. You will develope a renew freshness for the splendid joy in life.
Historically we didn't have this kind of problem, now did we? I remember a time when I could telnet into that port on almost any server and quickly send out a message. Sometimes just for kicks sending one from "Santa Claus". It was harmless back then to leave it open. I don't think the developers of SMTP or Sendmail put alot of thought into this aspect. I suppose everything we build for communications will now have to be designed with "spam-awareness". As long as humans live, there will be the need for greed. And where there is greed, there will be spam.
That answer your question?
I will wager you another $9.95 that you will receive spam. Quite often infact. Not because the technology doesn't work. I'm sure it does. Infact their business will depend on it. You will receive spam because THEY will send you spam. And their business partners will send you spam. The businesses that paid them the exclusive insider's spamming fee.
You receive spam, I get ten bucks. You don't get spam, I pay for ANOTHER year for you to receive their "fantastic service". That's FOUR years of service for the price of one!
Read The Fine Print in the Terms of Service. It's not legal babel. It's spelled out clearly. You're paying them to spam you.
I can't believe the amount of discussion going on about this with the OCCASSIONAL beef about them stopping spam so that they can be the exclusive spammer. Ha! As I've stated before, this is the oldest business in the world. "Pay for my protection and nobody else will pick on you!"
I can just imagine it now. The business guys who took the concepts and technology and are rubbing their hands together waiting for the money to roll in from ALL SIDES.
"We'll offer this service where people will pay us to stop spam. Then we'll charge companies so that they can be exclusive members that can spam.
And then on top of that we'll charge companies that want information for their spam targets. We're gonna make a boatload of money guys!"
PS...
Has anyone called them up or emailed to ask them how they can be on the exclusive list to be spammers? I wonder what they charge for a "spamming license" and "demographics information".
It's the oldest business in the world. Paying for protection. Only they get to pick on you, nobody else!
PS. Prostitution IS indeed the oldest business in the world, but its just a subset of this business, isn't it?
The "sources" indicated parts manufacturing are performing trial production runs. This could mean anything. My uneducated guess says they are testing out the assembly line to see if the conveyor belt works. You get the picture.
It also confirms that the chip is still in development. I don't need to tell any of you what that means.
Now I know its all gone to hell. First the Gates article with chrisd linking to http://www.dibona.com/ and his silly article from Focus which is an MSN site, now this!
When did Slashdot pass quietly on a frontpage article with an advertisement blipvert as a sig? Especially from someone whose email is michael@nospam ???
Is everyone still half-asleep?
the hobby I suspect many Slashdotters, being technology buffs, grew up with
He speaks as if he understands what a slashdotter is.
Did anyone notice that chrisd links to http://www.dibona.com/ and that http://focus.msn.de/ is an MSN site?
/.
It isn't a large amount of work just to make a cursory glance at the frontpage articles and veto them. I'm sure we could get plenty of volunteers to simply do this check. If not, maybe its time to move on to another site. I see one more of these and I don't think I'll be returning to
Actually. If we lock up people based how much damage they did, then it would be to punish. If we locked them up based on how much damage we think they could do, then it would be to prevent.
The penal system perhaps was designed to restitute. But it certainly has proven a failure. The penal system is hoped to prevent. But crime persists. If the penal system punishes, it produces nothing.
If we would have any hope left of producing any kind of beneficial product from the penal system, it would be to understand this one philosophy...
As long as the total benefit to the criminal of the crime is remotely in the ballpark of the general direction of equivalent value as the consequence, the crime is worth it. The important factor to remember here is that the "benefit" is [1] personal to the criminal [2] not limited to tangible materialistic properties. If we understand this, then we will understand that "crime" is unbound as is evil, good or peace, and hence in THEORY is undefined. They are defined defacto by the authorities based upon common beliefs. But it appears that these common beliefs shift and change with the tide of changing demographics. Chaos theory in action. Evidence Australia.
So to say Society is to blame or not to blame, is meaningless. Mitnik just needed parents that were more attentive... so they could smack him a good one when he was bad. Er... figuratively speaking ofcourse.
Most large Internet facilities are indeed upgrading their backbone. Bandwidth, multiple connections, content-cache servers, upgrades in router hardware, upgrades in routing protocols, you name it. So that's not really the problem. Also, remember, there is a difference between bandwidth and round trip delay. "The Internet is slow" is a rather ambigious statement. Throwing bandwidth is not always the solution. Yes they are spending all their cash, but spending isn't the problem, its revenues. With all the .com crashes, these providers aren't collecting.
Build it and they will come? Well... the question is, will they stay?
- ex-manager of some large internet provider