The thing to realize is that the Chinese motivations are totally different from Western companies'. In China, everything is about working for the good of the nation, not yourself or your company.
Chinese American here, that's some highly romanticized weaboo-esque delusions there.
Reading/. on an 8 year old laptop here. Replaced just about everything except for the mobo and screen (even resoldered a snapped USB port). In my experience first thing that fails on any laptop is the exhaust system, it overheats and shortens the life of everything else inside. You can find a lot of "broken" laptops on ebay that are just clogged up systems or systems with failed fans that crash due to heat issues rather than computer hardware failure. There would be less people buying new laptops if we could all learn to clean and replace our heat sinks and fans.
If the BBC director sent out a memo saying, "Please, for the love of God, no more airport documentaries, serial-killer dramas, or home make-overs.", would we get the same response on/.?
Probably, but it won't be too bad. However if it happens in America,/. would get bent out of shape about it's even more evidence that maniacal corporations are trying to enslave us by stifling creative thought and how USA is a police state that will not tolerate free thinking and how it's much much worse than China.
Isn't that the "but at least I'm consistent" argument? As in, you can have all sorts of undesirable qualities but it's ok if you're consistent. I don't think the US should be preaching, but the logic of the Chinese retort (and slashdot support as exemplified by your post) is exceptionally weak.
I just tried a few European proxies -- Youtube was fine but that ip address returns a gateway error same as from the US, so perhaps that particular server is just down for the day? I'm quite sure cable viewer isn't blocked in the US since I visit that site about once every week. Just FYI on my own quick tests.
"to protect their citizens" Do they? Or is your bias so great that you can't possibly extend the same distrust you have for the US government to the Chinese government as well? Face it, if you blindly believe the official narrative of one country and not the other, you have no place in intelligent conversation.
Well if you actually RTFA, it's for ship defense against small boats, i.e. suicide speedboat swarms that countries like Iran have shown to be willing to deploy. My guess is that the typical 20mm cannons are too slow or too short ranged to react to more than a handful of these agile targets before they close in and the laser system is developed to address this weakness.
Science is looking at empirical reasons and formulating a belief. Religion is deciding what to believe and making up reasons for it. Sure, they're both "beliefs" but that's an irrelevant technicality isn't it?
Maybe the only place where science and religion are alike is in the early classroom where kids aren't yet taught the scientific process, but are taught to memorize scientific facts. I know back in elementary the smart-ass kid in the back would keep asking "why" and the teacher would get pissed and say "it just is, stop asking" But then, that's still not the fault of science.:p
"Piracy is a market failure - not a legal one" Who is the author trying to rebut? Are people on the "other side" really saying "Piracy is a legal failure, not a market one."? I've never heard anyone make the claim that piracy exists because the laws are inadequate. Seems like he's searching for an opponent that doesn't exist. Many of us here would agree that using/abusing the legal system to respond to the problem of piracy doesn't seem like an effective solution. But that's hardly making the case in finding the source of piracy.
I think this ill-conceived narrative of the piracy debate comes from we consumers being unable to accept that there are people among us who are the problem -- "it's not people like us, it's the system". Perhaps it is neither "the market" nor the "legal system" that is at fault in the continued proliferation of piracy (they're piecemeal responses) -- perhaps piracy stems from a moral failure of the individual who chooses to pirate. Can we ever accept that?
Judging by the Troll and Flamebait modding you've received on your helpful posts, we can assume there are quite a few assholes among us would rather cluck their tongues than extend a hand. I just want to let you know that I completely empathize with your position.
Nuke power is great and I'm a big supporter, but the "Slashdot Nuclear Energy Defense Force" getting all frustrated in denial and shutting down conversation is really getting out of hand. Can we have an honest conversation about risk and how to move forward? Can we have an honest conversation about how to maintain the old infrastructure and avoid/prepare for the rare but catastrophic risks while building a newer and safer one? Can you guys get into any nuke debate that's critical of your pov without jumping in fists flying?
"Oh NO, precious nuclear power that I support is being criticized! Quick, dismiss every news story that could make others think twice as biased! SHUT DOWN ALL conversations about nuclear safety. Nuclear safety is gospel, if you don't accept it you're probably retarded or biased or both. Stop talking about my precious! Nuke power is misunderstood, people are being mean and picking on it, my glorious cheap energy future is being threatened bawww" -SNEDF
You missed the point. He's not saying previous world wars were good vs evil conflicts. He's saying that for war to escalate to the global scale, it requires large scale acceptance of factional identity -- in order to mobilize the everyman, there needs to be a clear and simple distinction between him and his adversary. And he's right. In today's environment of blogs and social media especially, the diversity of opinion is so great that you'd be hard pressed to accomplish that.
Got any sources on that claim? I've yet to hear any protester mention Wikileaks in interviews. What I do hear is that in the Arab world, it's mostly poor Shia working class vs wealthy Sunnis in government, and in North Africa it's mostly decades long corruption and lack of opportunity.
If you want to claim the tipping point for Tunisia was WL rather than Bouazizi, some greater proof is needed. If you want to claim the tipping point for Egypt was WL rather than the successful revolution in Tunisia, some greater proof is needed. If you want to claim the tipping point for Libya was WL rather than the successful revolution in Egypt, some greater proof is needed.
Also, without a block, you'd get the "oh one person couldn't hurt" syndrome where individuals in a large population defy good stewardship out of convenience because they think their individual impact is insignificant. Multiply that mentality to thousands and that's why we get polluted rivers, streets with litter, etc. So a block is indeed more effective than any notice, even though people are able and willing to make the sacrifice.
China doesn't have *CTA-like proposals because they're not the current forerunners, they have no ip innovations to protect and actually much to gain from violating ip laws. If ever China becomes the pioneering nation in a tech field, rest assured they will press their own ip protection proposals on the rest of the world.
Implying that by not allowing ISPs to charge Google or Netflix for disproportionate use of bandwidth, those ISPs would give up their pursuit and absorb the costs themselves rather than pass it on to subscribers. The "you'll be paying more money if we don't get Network Neutrality right now" is an unrealistic argument, a canard, I'd even call it FUD.
You want a good argument for Network Neutrality, you can talk about providing an even playing field for new small media with little money and old entrenched conglomerates alike.
They thought those centrifuges they've gathered were finally going to take down WikiLeaks and spin Assange into prison, but Anon will now put an end to such dreams.
Those who would fit the label of "senior member" would be ones who make the greatest contributions in its high profile exploits (and I'm not talking about wearing Guy Fawkes masks in public) or those who are given the greatest trust, for instance the handful who possessed HBG's email archives before it was put up as a torrent. We can call it a confederacy of individuals if it makes you happier, but you choosing to buy into their mythology does not make such a distinction any less valid.
There clearly are security experts within this confederacy who stand out from your typical school-aged males on 4chan, and the LOIC-using kids who get caught up in the emotions (or the lulz if you wish) behave not unlike human shields for those few individuals who have the both ability and willingness to cause real damage. Some 16 year old kid gets arrested in Europe and takes the brunt of the media attention, and a sliver of sympathy for being a dumb kid, while the provocateurs and black hats remain in operation likely behind proxies and public access points.
Slashdot Mirror
10 years ago:
Government to expand number of data centers
"More points of failure -- what could possibly go wrong?"
Slashdot is never satisfied.
The thing to realize is that the Chinese motivations are totally different from Western companies'. In China, everything is about working for the good of the nation, not yourself or your company.
Chinese American here, that's some highly romanticized weaboo-esque delusions there.
Really? As opposed to regressive new technologies?
Reading /. on an 8 year old laptop here. Replaced just about everything except for the mobo and screen (even resoldered a snapped USB port). In my experience first thing that fails on any laptop is the exhaust system, it overheats and shortens the life of everything else inside. You can find a lot of "broken" laptops on ebay that are just clogged up systems or systems with failed fans that crash due to heat issues rather than computer hardware failure. There would be less people buying new laptops if we could all learn to clean and replace our heat sinks and fans.
If the BBC director sent out a memo saying, "Please, for the love of God, no more airport documentaries, serial-killer dramas, or home make-overs.", would we get the same response on /.?
Probably, but it won't be too bad. However if it happens in America, /. would get bent out of shape about it's even more evidence that maniacal corporations are trying to enslave us by stifling creative thought and how USA is a police state that will not tolerate free thinking and how it's much much worse than China.
What a stretch to try to spin SDK functionality in a negative light. Chip on shoulder much mikejuk?
Isn't that the "but at least I'm consistent" argument? As in, you can have all sorts of undesirable qualities but it's ok if you're consistent. I don't think the US should be preaching, but the logic of the Chinese retort (and slashdot support as exemplified by your post) is exceptionally weak.
I just tried a few European proxies -- Youtube was fine but that ip address returns a gateway error same as from the US, so perhaps that particular server is just down for the day? I'm quite sure cable viewer isn't blocked in the US since I visit that site about once every week. Just FYI on my own quick tests.
"to protect their citizens"
Do they? Or is your bias so great that you can't possibly extend the same distrust you have for the US government to the Chinese government as well? Face it, if you blindly believe the official narrative of one country and not the other, you have no place in intelligent conversation.
Well if you actually RTFA, it's for ship defense against small boats, i.e. suicide speedboat swarms that countries like Iran have shown to be willing to deploy. My guess is that the typical 20mm cannons are too slow or too short ranged to react to more than a handful of these agile targets before they close in and the laser system is developed to address this weakness.
Science is looking at empirical reasons and formulating a belief.
Religion is deciding what to believe and making up reasons for it.
Sure, they're both "beliefs" but that's an irrelevant technicality isn't it?
Maybe the only place where science and religion are alike is in the early classroom where kids aren't yet taught the scientific process, but are taught to memorize scientific facts. I know back in elementary the smart-ass kid in the back would keep asking "why" and the teacher would get pissed and say "it just is, stop asking" But then, that's still not the fault of science. :p
Condemn Sony rootkit; condemn anon DDoS -- people with intellectual integrity are astroturfers?
"Piracy is a market failure - not a legal one" Who is the author trying to rebut? Are people on the "other side" really saying "Piracy is a legal failure, not a market one."? I've never heard anyone make the claim that piracy exists because the laws are inadequate. Seems like he's searching for an opponent that doesn't exist. Many of us here would agree that using/abusing the legal system to respond to the problem of piracy doesn't seem like an effective solution. But that's hardly making the case in finding the source of piracy.
I think this ill-conceived narrative of the piracy debate comes from we consumers being unable to accept that there are people among us who are the problem -- "it's not people like us, it's the system". Perhaps it is neither "the market" nor the "legal system" that is at fault in the continued proliferation of piracy (they're piecemeal responses) -- perhaps piracy stems from a moral failure of the individual who chooses to pirate. Can we ever accept that?
Judging by the Troll and Flamebait modding you've received on your helpful posts, we can assume there are quite a few assholes among us would rather cluck their tongues than extend a hand. I just want to let you know that I completely empathize with your position.
Nuke power is great and I'm a big supporter, but the "Slashdot Nuclear Energy Defense Force" getting all frustrated in denial and shutting down conversation is really getting out of hand. Can we have an honest conversation about risk and how to move forward? Can we have an honest conversation about how to maintain the old infrastructure and avoid/prepare for the rare but catastrophic risks while building a newer and safer one? Can you guys get into any nuke debate that's critical of your pov without jumping in fists flying?
"Oh NO, precious nuclear power that I support is being criticized! Quick, dismiss every news story that could make others think twice as biased! SHUT DOWN ALL conversations about nuclear safety. Nuclear safety is gospel, if you don't accept it you're probably retarded or biased or both. Stop talking about my precious! Nuke power is misunderstood, people are being mean and picking on it, my glorious cheap energy future is being threatened bawww" -SNEDF
You missed the point. He's not saying previous world wars were good vs evil conflicts. He's saying that for war to escalate to the global scale, it requires large scale acceptance of factional identity -- in order to mobilize the everyman, there needs to be a clear and simple distinction between him and his adversary. And he's right. In today's environment of blogs and social media especially, the diversity of opinion is so great that you'd be hard pressed to accomplish that.
Got any sources on that claim? I've yet to hear any protester mention Wikileaks in interviews.
What I do hear is that in the Arab world, it's mostly poor Shia working class vs wealthy Sunnis in government, and in North Africa it's mostly decades long corruption and lack of opportunity.
If you want to claim the tipping point for Tunisia was WL rather than Bouazizi, some greater proof is needed. If you want to claim the tipping point for Egypt was WL rather than the successful revolution in Tunisia, some greater proof is needed. If you want to claim the tipping point for Libya was WL rather than the successful revolution in Egypt, some greater proof is needed.
I have a feeling that was said out of courtesy rather than ignorance.
Also, without a block, you'd get the "oh one person couldn't hurt" syndrome where individuals in a large population defy good stewardship out of convenience because they think their individual impact is insignificant. Multiply that mentality to thousands and that's why we get polluted rivers, streets with litter, etc. So a block is indeed more effective than any notice, even though people are able and willing to make the sacrifice.
China doesn't have *CTA-like proposals because they're not the current forerunners, they have no ip innovations to protect and actually much to gain from violating ip laws. If ever China becomes the pioneering nation in a tech field, rest assured they will press their own ip protection proposals on the rest of the world.
aw jeez
fffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu...
Yeah, it shouldn't have either of those tags, if anything it should be tagged "obama" -- commander-in-chief-of-the-armed-forces and all that
Implying that by not allowing ISPs to charge Google or Netflix for disproportionate use of bandwidth, those ISPs would give up their pursuit and absorb the costs themselves rather than pass it on to subscribers. The "you'll be paying more money if we don't get Network Neutrality right now" is an unrealistic argument, a canard, I'd even call it FUD.
You want a good argument for Network Neutrality, you can talk about providing an even playing field for new small media with little money and old entrenched conglomerates alike.
They thought those centrifuges they've gathered were finally going to take down WikiLeaks and spin Assange into prison, but Anon will now put an end to such dreams.
Those who would fit the label of "senior member" would be ones who make the greatest contributions in its high profile exploits (and I'm not talking about wearing Guy Fawkes masks in public) or those who are given the greatest trust, for instance the handful who possessed HBG's email archives before it was put up as a torrent. We can call it a confederacy of individuals if it makes you happier, but you choosing to buy into their mythology does not make such a distinction any less valid.
There clearly are security experts within this confederacy who stand out from your typical school-aged males on 4chan, and the LOIC-using kids who get caught up in the emotions (or the lulz if you wish) behave not unlike human shields for those few individuals who have the both ability and willingness to cause real damage. Some 16 year old kid gets arrested in Europe and takes the brunt of the media attention, and a sliver of sympathy for being a dumb kid, while the provocateurs and black hats remain in operation likely behind proxies and public access points.