It's good to see Marvel taking action against the real crime being perpetrated by hundreds of John Q's instead of taking on Disney/Pixar for a blatant ripoff of the Fantastic Four.
...MS spokespeople are admitting that it's a bug...
This incompatibility has been in place for about 2 years in IE, and is also built-in to IIS. That is not an oversite. That is yet another example of a company trying to pick and choose which standards they can disregard with impunity.
Make no mistake, Microsoft aren't going to willingly "comply" with any technology or standard that facilitates fair competition.
I don't see this case as anything more than further proof of an ugly aspect of human nature that has shown itself, over and over, throughout recorded history:
Troublemakers will be smacked down.
The only variables of this equation that change are the amount of trouble the dissident makes and the extent to which they get their ass kicked for it.
I believe the DMCA is a broken law. Gandhi fixed a broken law once...
You can tell a lot about a person by observing how they spend their money. In deciding how much to spend to fulfill a need, when you have the luxury of being able to pick and choose, you are making a statement.
In buying a dress or suit that has a price tag comparable to an automobile, you're telling the world that you have a lot of money. If you check into a Motel 6 when you could have booked a room at the Waldorf-Astoria it says you're more concerned with getting a room for the night than you are about having a candle-lit concierge down the hall from your room.
As I understand it, the success of slashdot has come from the fact that one can come here and get information that has been ranked in levels of pertinence. The information is willingly submitted freely by contributors and the ranking is performed by the work of the moderators. It is a brilliant concept. Wish I'd thought of it.
I see that 2 posts were given the highest rating, a 5. One was the very first response to your article, which made a joke about the fact that your write-up takes a lot of concentration (attention) to finish and understand.
The other response ranked with a 5 is from someone who, understandably, took offense at the aformentioned joke.
Someone who read the first sentence of your article and then tried to call it a lie had their post moderated as (3, Interesting). Neither of the 2 responses pointing out that there is, in fact, a Nobel prize awarded in the field of economics were highlighted to the same level as the one that was in error.
That says a lot about the amount of attention put into your article and what parts of your article the moderators choose to highlight.
Jon, thanks for hanging in there. I'm looking forward to your next peice.
This isn't funny at all, it's pathetic. He tried, and failed, to cash in on the boom of '99 so now he's reverted to what he was good at as a kid: Being a sleaze-bag.
"In seventh grade, I would sell online reports"
Translation: I've been a cheater since way back when.
"I come from a pretty conservative family. I never even thought about any of this." ... "my poor mom -- my uncle [started operating a porn] pay site about three years ago. It's huge."
Translation: My family has been lying to themselves for as long as I can remember. I'm so good at lying, I can even convince myself.
"adult people have always been one step ahead of the search engines, the way to spam things, the way to market things."
Translation: The online-sleaze industry has lots of folks experience at exploiting existing technology written by naive geeks.
The saddest thing is, there's every chance this guy won't starve to death.
How do you get the pictures? "You either do them yourself or..."
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It's good to see Marvel taking action against the real crime being perpetrated by hundreds of John Q's instead of taking on Disney/Pixar for a blatant ripoff of the Fantastic Four.
...MS spokespeople are admitting that it's a bug...
This incompatibility has been in place for about 2 years in IE, and is also built-in to IIS. That is not an oversite. That is yet another example of a company trying to pick and choose which standards they can disregard with impunity.
Make no mistake, Microsoft aren't going to willingly "comply" with any technology or standard that facilitates fair competition.
I don't see this case as anything more than further proof of an ugly aspect of human nature that has shown itself, over and over, throughout recorded history:
Troublemakers will be smacked down.
The only variables of this equation that change are the amount of trouble the dissident makes and the extent to which they get their ass kicked for it.
I believe the DMCA is a broken law. Gandhi fixed a broken law once...
Republicans like Attorney General Ashcroft and the President
Although the prez is a ReBloodlican, the A.G. can't be considered to be one.
Just ask his constituents.
Why pay for something when it can be had for free?
The Tragedy of the Commons is a foolish fairy tale. There's plenty of grass running off in every direction. It's never going to get all trampled down.
If you'll excuse me, I have to go make sure my DSL connection stays saturated.
You can tell a lot about a person by observing how they spend their money. In deciding how much to spend to fulfill a need, when you have the luxury of being able to pick and choose, you are making a statement.
In buying a dress or suit that has a price tag comparable to an automobile, you're telling the world that you have a lot of money. If you check into a Motel 6 when you could have booked a room at the Waldorf-Astoria it says you're more concerned with getting a room for the night than you are about having a candle-lit concierge down the hall from your room.
As I understand it, the success of slashdot has come from the fact that one can come here and get information that has been ranked in levels of pertinence. The information is willingly submitted freely by contributors and the ranking is performed by the work of the moderators. It is a brilliant concept. Wish I'd thought of it.
I see that 2 posts were given the highest rating, a 5. One was the very first response to your article, which made a joke about the fact that your write-up takes a lot of concentration (attention) to finish and understand.
The other response ranked with a 5 is from someone who, understandably, took offense at the aformentioned joke.
Someone who read the first sentence of your article and then tried to call it a lie had their post moderated as (3, Interesting). Neither of the 2 responses pointing out that there is, in fact, a Nobel prize awarded in the field of economics were highlighted to the same level as the one that was in error.
That says a lot about the amount of attention put into your article and what parts of your article the moderators choose to highlight.
Jon, thanks for hanging in there. I'm looking forward to your next peice.
AC is correct, the category is refered to as Economic Science. A professor at Washington University was awarded the Nobel for it in 1993.
s /nobelprizes.html
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/archives/fact
The increase in tuition in 1994 made that little piece of trivia easy to remember.
This isn't funny at all, it's pathetic. He tried, and failed, to cash in on the boom of '99 so now he's reverted to what he was good at as a kid: Being a sleaze-bag.
..."
"In seventh grade, I would sell online reports"
Translation: I've been a cheater since way back when.
"I come from a pretty conservative family. I never even thought about any of this."
...
"my poor mom -- my uncle [started operating a porn] pay site about three years ago. It's huge."
Translation: My family has been lying to themselves for as long as I can remember. I'm so good at lying, I can even convince myself.
"adult people have always been one step ahead of the search engines, the way to spam things, the way to market things."
Translation: The online-sleaze industry has lots of folks experience at exploiting existing technology written by naive geeks.
The saddest thing is, there's every chance this guy won't starve to death.
How do you get the pictures?
"You either do them yourself or
Then again, maybe he will...