I know what you mean, but what else can you do other than levy a fine?
1) Seize ALL resulting profit AND 2) Seize ALL assets used in commiting the crime (Why should they be treated any better than drug dealers?) AND 3) Levy a fine on top of that AND 4) Investigate individuals for criminal prosecution with a view to banning them from being in similar positions in the future
In other words make it truly not worth anyone's time if they get caught.
If $10 is nothing to IBM, lets see if they're hurt by $200M
I'm sorry you are in the position you're in, but I would still leave if I can. Orderly departure of the city by those who choose to do so does not require a riot. In the worst case scenario you have something akin to 4 chernobyls right next to major population centers and that will kill many and maim many more. Orderly evacuations could have been proceeding for days right now instead of sending in workers to their certain radiation induced deaths. The whole thing is being handled very very badly!!!
The people of Tokyo leaving their jobs in fear and taking to the hills is NOT what Japan's battered economy needs right now. If you ask me, we simply shouldn't read too much into the authorities' actions just yet!
Fuck Japan's battered economy. If I lived in Tokyo right now I'd be taking a vacation.
A supermoon occurs when the moon goes on a bender and accidentally puts on it's underwear on the outside.
It's been raining where I live so no supermoon. I did get to see the moon through clouds one night before and showed it to my 2 yr old son. I knew what Neil had written beforehand so I don't think I've missed anything but it still would have been a nice excuse to gaze up if the clouds weren't lousy!.
As a nerd I think there's plenty of angles to this story...4chan's alleged "hijacking" of the event, the way the internet changes the dynamics of an open invitation event, but most importantly the way that the Aussie government is handling what most of us would consider a prank. It's also amusing to see how misinterpreted the notion of one's account h(ij)acked is by less seasoned users.
Also, it's very, very funny.
You have to understand it in context. It's funny to think about, but a 200,000 person event in a suburban back yard results in a very large price tag in damage for the family, and a very unsafe event for anyone silly enough to show up. Just Google: facebook party trashed house
Grow up, there is evil and corruption everywhere. EVERYWHERE
/quote>
Yes but when's the last time evil and corruption in the UK or Australia or Zimbabwe had a direct effect on you? The US has enemies because the US has influence. Very few nations -China and India come to mind - have policies that will affect so many people's lives and their influence is usually still limited to their own borders.. The EU as a conglomerate of nations also has power. But the US seeks to have more influence outside it's borders than pretty much any other nation.
Someone who has it together enough to work at NASA doesn't have such a terribly bad habit that they are going to test dirty....
Astronauts can lose the plot too. Just look at that crazy one that put on a nappy, drove across the country with rubber tubing and tape and wanted to get her ex boyfriend's new girlfriend.
Extra Extra! Apple may or may not be including something that has been previously rumored in their next iPhone! Won't somebody think of the children??
I was so looking forward to the jet fighter that was rumoured to be part of the next release. But it seems the global financial crisis has left Apple unable to include a $200 million jet plane with a $600 phone. As a result I'm looking at purchasing Android.
OK, here is another example. Every year, thousands of people die in pretty much every country due to road traffic accidents. In fact, each day, more people die on the roads than have ever died due to nuclear plant mishaps. But no one is screaming at the top of their lungs that cars are doomsday devices.
A 40 year old nuclear plant is having issues. after Japan's greatest ever recorded earthquake and tsunami. No shit Sherlock!
How many single instances of car accidents do you know that have the potential to kill and maim millions of people and lead to deformities and large swaths of abandoned land for generations? Nuclear may or may not be the way to go if we want electricity, but the risk of incidents like this increases with the number of reactors. Denying it or minimising it is just an act of stupid.
I also find the fact that newer safer designs aren't implemented due to protests unfathomable. But all extreme groups make no sense.
You and others like you are why I have no truck with nerds. You pretend to be superior whilst suffering the same shitty personality disorders of those you claim to be above. It disgusts me on a deep level to see such bigotry from self-proclaimed "elites."
Never mind the pervasive populist stupidity you nerds also suffer from.
Woah there bud, I made a joke, and you used it as an excuse to get on your AC soapbox. Perhaps you needed a smiley as a hint? Regardless, your deep seeded issues are your own.
I don't appreciate other people telling me my legitimate use is not valid.
And other folks don't appreciate rudeness.
Be the change.
"Be the change?" Have you been watching Charlie Sheen webcasts or something? Get a grip.I wasn't the one telling the parent that their use of large hard disks makes them a porn addict or pirate. I wasn't the one who started being rude. Being less confrontational isn't going to change the fact that the parent is spouting nonsense and casting aspersions.
How else do you fit so many vulnerabilities in one product so efficiently? In fact they found they had to tap higher dimensions to fit more holes than there was physical space in Adobe products. Kinda like a cross between the Tardis and a permanent help desk role: The void is greater than physically possible.
By the end of the series there's no renewal, just decimation - only a handful of practicing Jedi left. Anakin didn't destroy both Dogmas - he destroyed the use and practice of the force and thrust stars universe into the dark ages. But that's okay, because while on the surface it's about good and evil, in reality it's just about George Lucas' wallet. He would have used the stupidest plot from the most idiotic soapie if it would put a few more bucks into his filthy hands.
What a fancy way to say you have no imagination, and poor organisational skills. Just because YOU don't have a use for large hard disks, don't try and dictate what others want or need. You'd be better off spending the time organising your files.
Well, aren't we angry? Seriously, talk to a counsellor. This kind of anger is being needlessly directed at others. Whatever your problem is, deal with it yourself.
I don't appreciate other people telling me my legitimate use is not valid.
Love it when an AC tells you to seek help (usually it's the OP or a friend).
Stills defintely are easier to manipulate than video. To extract the still image you want , you have to find it. Lets say you know to within 4 seconds. That's 100 frames you have to review to find the right one.
A 25fps still camera would make much more sense. You take short bursts when you think there's going to be action. We're already at 10-11 fps on pro bodies at much higher resolution than HD video.
I have been prediction for some time that still photography will actually become rare. When a single frame of a video file gets to be the resolution of a reasonable snapshot, the idea of taking single shots will start to become silly. Why try to catch that 'just right' still frame when you can just record the scene and pull the 'just right' picture out in post.
There are several reasons why still photographs will continue to be taken - Space to store video will always be 2 or more orders of magnitudes larger. Capturing 200GB instead of 2GB isnt' appealing even if the hardware is cheap because it takes ages to process - A still can freeze action at 1/1000th of a second and less. The equivalent high FPS video would be more like 4-5 orders of magnitude the size - Stills are easier to manipulate and edit. Even stills from video would require finding the right moment - You only need a moment of a person's time to show them a still. You need a chunk of time to show them video
You will continue to see increasing frame rates on still cameras, and the occassional slow motion capture video camera for a while. But there are physical limits.
...I forget what is on it all the time. Sometimes I wander across some forgotten directory and it is like discovering a secret treasure trove, but usually it is junk. I'm not prepared to say "We'll never need more than 3TBs of hard drive space," but aside from cyber-hoarders, porn addicts, and legitimate business uses, the supply of hard disk space has clearly exceeded the demand.
What a fancy way to say you have no imagination, and poor organisational skills. Just because YOU don't have a use for large hard disks, don't try and dictate what others want or need. You'd be better off spending the time organising your files.
I've got several tens of terrabytes worth of data. No porn, sorry. I don't have any problems with finding data on my drives because my directories are organised well.
My wife and I have taken a couple of terrabytes worth of pictures over the last decade. And now that i'm doing advanced photo editing, an image that starts out life as 12MB ends up at 200MB with multiple layers etc. (Sure I could throw the intermediate away and start from scratch if I ever want to re-edit, but why?). Anyone with even a bit of common sense makes multiple backups. Hard drives fail.
Then there's my collection of Linux distros and free software for various operating systems. I'll have to clean that up one day because even I don't have a use for a 10 year old Linux distro. But they're legal and they take up a LOT of space.
Then there's science data. I'm aware of (but do not have a copy of) one astronomy catalog that is 80GB in size (USNO-B1.0). I do have ones that are large but not as large (USNO-A2.0, UCAC-3, Hubble catalogs etc). They work well with freeware astronomy software. Do I _NEED_ them? No, but no one NEEDS movies or pictures either.
So movies aren't the only use for large hard disks. However someone who takes video instead of stills could use about 100 times as much room and still run out. Someone who keeps movies (and this can be done legitimately) also would run out more quickly.
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I know what you mean, but what else can you do other than levy a fine?
1) Seize ALL resulting profit AND
2) Seize ALL assets used in commiting the crime (Why should they be treated any better than drug dealers?) AND
3) Levy a fine on top of that AND
4) Investigate individuals for criminal prosecution with a view to banning them from being in similar positions in the future
In other words make it truly not worth anyone's time if they get caught.
If $10 is nothing to IBM, lets see if they're hurt by $200M
I'm sorry you are in the position you're in, but I would still leave if I can. Orderly departure of the city by those who choose to do so does not require a riot. In the worst case scenario you have something akin to 4 chernobyls right next to major population centers and that will kill many and maim many more. Orderly evacuations could have been proceeding for days right now instead of sending in workers to their certain radiation induced deaths. The whole thing is being handled very very badly!!!
The people of Tokyo leaving their jobs in fear and taking to the hills is NOT what Japan's battered economy needs right now. If you ask me, we simply shouldn't read too much into the authorities' actions just yet!
Fuck Japan's battered economy. If I lived in Tokyo right now I'd be taking a vacation.
. Every cigarette someone smokes is like spending at least 20 hours standing in downtown Tokyo right now.
...or listening to one Charlie Sheen rant.
A supermoon occurs when the moon goes on a bender and accidentally puts on it's underwear on the outside.
It's been raining where I live so no supermoon. I did get to see the moon through clouds one night before and showed it to my 2 yr old son. I knew what Neil had written beforehand so I don't think I've missed anything but it still would have been a nice excuse to gaze up if the clouds weren't lousy!.
I can't believe Steve Wozniak's card wasn't mentioned:
http://isource.com/2009/08/14/steve-wozniak-has-awesome-business-cards/
What did you expect? The man claims he single handedly invented the PC. His technical prowess is only exceeded by his ego.
I'm showing my age - I thought "Last Starfighter" first.
So did I.
As a nerd I think there's plenty of angles to this story...4chan's alleged "hijacking" of the event, the way the internet changes the dynamics of an open invitation event, but most importantly the way that the Aussie government is handling what most of us would consider a prank. It's also amusing to see how misinterpreted the notion of one's account h(ij)acked is by less seasoned users.
Also, it's very, very funny.
You have to understand it in context. It's funny to think about, but a 200,000 person event in a suburban back yard results in a very large price tag in damage for the family, and a very unsafe event for anyone silly enough to show up. Just Google: facebook party trashed house
You missed the point. The 'news for nerds' isn't the Facebook hijinks, it's the party at a 16 year-old girls house.
It's not the party at all. The news is there's a girl.
Yes. This is "ethical" in the same sense as the word "standard" is used to describe OOXML.
Free as in beer, or free as in speech?
Ethical as in do the right thing, or ethical as in cashed up and ready to bribe?
Grow up, there is evil and corruption everywhere. EVERYWHERE
/quote>
Yes but when's the last time evil and corruption in the UK or Australia or Zimbabwe had a direct effect on you? The US has enemies because the US has influence. Very few nations -China and India come to mind - have policies that will affect so many people's lives and their influence is usually still limited to their own borders.. The EU as a conglomerate of nations also has power. But the US seeks to have more influence outside it's borders than pretty much any other nation.
She denied it. I would too. It doesn't mean it's not true.
Someone who has it together enough to work at NASA doesn't have such a terribly bad habit that they are going to test dirty....
Astronauts can lose the plot too. Just look at that crazy one that put on a nappy, drove across the country with rubber tubing and tape and wanted to get her ex boyfriend's new girlfriend.
Extra Extra! Apple may or may not be including something that has been previously rumored in their next iPhone! Won't somebody think of the children??
I was so looking forward to the jet fighter that was rumoured to be part of the next release. But it seems the global financial crisis has left Apple unable to include a $200 million jet plane with a $600 phone. As a result I'm looking at purchasing Android.
OK, here is another example. Every year, thousands of people die in pretty much every country due to road traffic accidents. In fact, each day, more people die on the roads than have ever died due to nuclear plant mishaps. But no one is screaming at the top of their lungs that cars are doomsday devices.
A 40 year old nuclear plant is having issues. after Japan's greatest ever recorded earthquake and tsunami. No shit Sherlock!
How many single instances of car accidents do you know that have the potential to kill and maim millions of people and lead to deformities and large swaths of abandoned land for generations? Nuclear may or may not be the way to go if we want electricity, but the risk of incidents like this increases with the number of reactors. Denying it or minimising it is just an act of stupid.
I also find the fact that newer safer designs aren't implemented due to protests unfathomable. But all extreme groups make no sense.
You and others like you are why I have no truck with nerds. You pretend to be superior whilst suffering the same shitty personality disorders of those you claim to be above. It disgusts me on a deep level to see such bigotry from self-proclaimed "elites."
Never mind the pervasive populist stupidity you nerds also suffer from.
Woah there bud, I made a joke, and you used it as an excuse to get on your AC soapbox. Perhaps you needed a smiley as a hint? Regardless, your deep seeded issues are your own.
Many (perhaps most) people do not want to be anonymous. This is Zuckerberg's market.
Also known as "muggles" here on slashdot.
Because, of course, billions make you right.
I'm wrong pretty often, despite my best efforts. I'd sure like billions to comfort me ;-)
I don't appreciate other people telling me my legitimate use is not valid.
And other folks don't appreciate rudeness.
Be the change.
"Be the change?" Have you been watching Charlie Sheen webcasts or something? Get a grip.I wasn't the one telling the parent that their use of large hard disks makes them a porn addict or pirate. I wasn't the one who started being rude. Being less confrontational isn't going to change the fact that the parent is spouting nonsense and casting aspersions.
What the hell for? Fucking Adobe.
How else do you fit so many vulnerabilities in one product so efficiently? In fact they found they had to tap higher dimensions to fit more holes than there was physical space in Adobe products. Kinda like a cross between the Tardis and a permanent help desk role: The void is greater than physically possible.
By the end of the series there's no renewal, just decimation - only a handful of practicing Jedi left. Anakin didn't destroy both Dogmas - he destroyed the use and practice of the force and thrust stars universe into the dark ages. But that's okay, because while on the surface it's about good and evil, in reality it's just about George Lucas' wallet. He would have used the stupidest plot from the most idiotic soapie if it would put a few more bucks into his filthy hands.
Well, aren't we angry? Seriously, talk to a counsellor. This kind of anger is being needlessly directed at others. Whatever your problem is, deal with it yourself.
I don't appreciate other people telling me my legitimate use is not valid.
Love it when an AC tells you to seek help (usually it's the OP or a friend).
Stills defintely are easier to manipulate than video. To extract the still image you want , you have to find it. Lets say you know to within 4 seconds. That's 100 frames you have to review to find the right one.
A 25fps still camera would make much more sense. You take short bursts when you think there's going to be action. We're already at 10-11 fps on pro bodies at much higher resolution than HD video.
I have been prediction for some time that still photography will actually become rare. When a single frame of a video file gets to be the resolution of a reasonable snapshot, the idea of taking single shots will start to become silly. Why try to catch that 'just right' still frame when you can just record the scene and pull the 'just right' picture out in post.
There are several reasons why still photographs will continue to be taken
- Space to store video will always be 2 or more orders of magnitudes larger. Capturing 200GB instead of 2GB isnt' appealing even if the hardware is cheap because it takes ages to process
- A still can freeze action at 1/1000th of a second and less. The equivalent high FPS video would be more like 4-5 orders of magnitude the size
- Stills are easier to manipulate and edit. Even stills from video would require finding the right moment
- You only need a moment of a person's time to show them a still. You need a chunk of time to show them video
You will continue to see increasing frame rates on still cameras, and the occassional slow motion capture video camera for a while. But there are physical limits.
...I forget what is on it all the time. Sometimes I wander across some forgotten directory and it is like discovering a secret treasure trove, but usually it is junk. I'm not prepared to say "We'll never need more than 3TBs of hard drive space," but aside from cyber-hoarders, porn addicts, and legitimate business uses, the supply of hard disk space has clearly exceeded the demand.
What a fancy way to say you have no imagination, and poor organisational skills. Just because YOU don't have a use for large hard disks, don't try and dictate what others want or need. You'd be better off spending the time organising your files.
I've got several tens of terrabytes worth of data. No porn, sorry. I don't have any problems with finding data on my drives because my directories are organised well.
My wife and I have taken a couple of terrabytes worth of pictures over the last decade. And now that i'm doing advanced photo editing, an image that starts out life as 12MB ends up at 200MB with multiple layers etc. (Sure I could throw the intermediate away and start from scratch if I ever want to re-edit, but why?). Anyone with even a bit of common sense makes multiple backups. Hard drives fail.
Then there's my collection of Linux distros and free software for various operating systems. I'll have to clean that up one day because even I don't have a use for a 10 year old Linux distro. But they're legal and they take up a LOT of space.
Then there's science data. I'm aware of (but do not have a copy of) one astronomy catalog that is 80GB in size (USNO-B1.0). I do have ones that are large but not as large (USNO-A2.0, UCAC-3, Hubble catalogs etc). They work well with freeware astronomy software. Do I _NEED_ them? No, but no one NEEDS movies or pictures either.
So movies aren't the only use for large hard disks. However someone who takes video instead of stills could use about 100 times as much room and still run out. Someone who keeps movies (and this can be done legitimately) also would run out more quickly.