No one individuals personal privacy has been violated. So what is the big deal?
You must be new to slashdot - welcome!
In any event, there really isn't a big deal. It might make commercials better and likely to be watched. You might start getting commercials that are relevant to your needs. Astounding!
While they are at it, I'd wish that TiVo would add a rate-this-commercial button to the remote so that we could tell the advertisers which commercials AREN'T working (i.e. - I stopped going to Arby's because of those stupid Barry White/seizure garbage things that they had a while back. I let Arby's know via their website and the commercials went away. I'd like to believe that they changed to the oven mit guy because of me).
While I have your attention, "The New TNN" is becoming "SpikeTV" - a network for men. Go tell them what YOU want to see, if you are a guy, of course. I hardly see how this could be a bad thing...
This actually just jogged my hamster into "what if" mode...
Wouldn't it be really cool if the chess pieces used RFID chips to identify themselves to a board (not a scanner, but a real chess board). Said board could move the players around with magnets. It wouldn't be too complicated if you designed it properly. The board would have to be large enough for the players to move in between each other... Actually, on a somewhat more complicated level, make it small so the other players have to *move* out of the way when the computer takes a turn.
Not only would it be fun for hours, but you could probably start a psychic chess network and charge people to play chess with their dead grandmother's.
Right... but the HTML that points to said banner is loaded from the slashdotted server. So there is some selectivity on what the server will send...
Re:How does Gator operate?
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Gator operates by preying on the stupid, uninformed, and lazy
My emphasis added because this qualifies 90+ percent of the population. Most people simply do not know. Someone needs to counter gator using the same technique - a user gets a pop up security/plug in prompt and they just click YES because they are uninformed. It is what most people do by habit. It isn't right, but it is what is.
If someone made a counter attack that installs in the same fashion, then the world would be a better place. This counter-software could remove gator, its "friends" (like PrecisionTime) and then go on to add a "hosts" entry to block a reinstall via DNS.
I've had so much trouble with it that I've scripted a DNS/hosts block that I install on every PC that I touch.
Michigan State University... Sometime in the distant decade...
Second year "dormers" (a disgrace) team up with their suite-mates. If you are not familiar with the term, "suite-mates" are four people that share a bathroom - two roommates per suite. In any event, since this was the second year, an "arrangement" had been made. All four suite-mates bunked up in one suite while the other suite was outfitted with a 400 gallon micro-brewery.
The story ends with me - soaked in my own urine - telling the authorities that I was "Bob Vila".
That being said , is this worthy of a slashdot article?
I can't believe that you've asked this. I've had more fun *relating* to the +4s and +5s than I've had in a long time. I actually thought, along the way, that slashdot should arrange some sort of "favorites" that we could nominate. Maybe two per year or something./me drinks more beer...
There's not an organized society for the Jedi religion like there is for other larger religions is there???
I would imagine that some enterprising individuals will take advantage sooner or later. At least here in the United States, a religion gets tax-free benefits. Wouldn't it be cool if someone organized a religion and then created a business underworld to avoid the government ala scientology?
For example,
A business could hire a Jedi employee. But instead of paying him/her with US currency, they could be paid in Jedi Dollars - JD (insert creative currency name here). The JD's could then be spent at any participating Jedi establishment - merely tax free. If so inclined, the Jedi could ask the employer to pay in a portion of taxable US dollars or the employee could trade them at market rate.
The opportunity is endless. When someone does implement it, I sure hope that they aren't as crooked as those fucking scientologists.
His plan is to hire large numbers of unsophisticated users to monitor Internet-connected security cameras looking for suspicious activity. Although many security details (i.e., DOS attacks, cryptography, privacy
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No one individuals personal privacy has been violated. So what is the big deal?
You must be new to slashdot - welcome!
In any event, there really isn't a big deal. It might make commercials better and likely to be watched. You might start getting commercials that are relevant to your needs. Astounding!
While they are at it, I'd wish that TiVo would add a rate-this-commercial button to the remote so that we could tell the advertisers which commercials AREN'T working (i.e. - I stopped going to Arby's because of those stupid Barry White/seizure garbage things that they had a while back. I let Arby's know via their website and the commercials went away. I'd like to believe that they changed to the oven mit guy because of me).
While I have your attention, "The New TNN" is becoming "SpikeTV" - a network for men. Go tell them what YOU want to see, if you are a guy, of course. I hardly see how this could be a bad thing...
video games helped improve visual skills
They do improve visual skills...
Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Visual C++ and so on...
p.s. first post!
If only...
so we all know what this means, I need to play even MORE video games, or less Grand Theft Auto.
I've heard that porn can improve one's fine motor skills.
Maybe not.
This actually just jogged my hamster into "what if" mode...
Wouldn't it be really cool if the chess pieces used RFID chips to identify themselves to a board (not a scanner, but a real chess board). Said board could move the players around with magnets. It wouldn't be too complicated if you designed it properly. The board would have to be large enough for the players to move in between each other... Actually, on a somewhat more complicated level, make it small so the other players have to *move* out of the way when the computer takes a turn.
Not only would it be fun for hours, but you could probably start a psychic chess network and charge people to play chess with their dead grandmother's.
Soon i'll be using the internet to make telephone calls.
But when will I be able to use the internet to make a phone call with my modem in order to connect to the internet?
Here is a good hosts file.
Right... but the HTML that points to said banner is loaded from the slashdotted server. So there is some selectivity on what the server will send...
Gator operates by preying on the stupid, uninformed, and lazy
My emphasis added because this qualifies 90+ percent of the population. Most people simply do not know. Someone needs to counter gator using the same technique - a user gets a pop up security/plug in prompt and they just click YES because they are uninformed. It is what most people do by habit. It isn't right, but it is what is.
If someone made a counter attack that installs in the same fashion, then the world would be a better place. This counter-software could remove gator, its "friends" (like PrecisionTime) and then go on to add a "hosts" entry to block a reinstall via DNS.
I've had so much trouble with it that I've scripted a DNS/hosts block that I install on every PC that I touch.
Michigan State University... Sometime in the distant decade...
Second year "dormers" (a disgrace) team up with their suite-mates. If you are not familiar with the term, "suite-mates" are four people that share a bathroom - two roommates per suite. In any event, since this was the second year, an "arrangement" had been made. All four suite-mates bunked up in one suite while the other suite was outfitted with a 400 gallon micro-brewery.
The story ends with me - soaked in my own urine - telling the authorities that I was "Bob Vila".
I don't think that they bought it...
That being said , is this worthy of a slashdot article?
/me drinks more beer...
I can't believe that you've asked this. I've had more fun *relating* to the +4s and +5s than I've had in a long time. I actually thought, along the way, that slashdot should arrange some sort of "favorites" that we could nominate. Maybe two per year or something.
4,000,000 / 400 = WTF?
EMI sales down 11 percent,.
The loss is largem but it is driven by ClearCrap, not by piracy...
It kept showing on a loop, and each time it was shown, a large crowd gathered around.
So, you are saying that there was a continuous crowd?
Alan Ralsky's home address
Sorry, forgot to check my links...
What is the world coming to?
Why don't you send a letter to Alan Ralsky, one of the largest spammers around, and ask him this question.
Or better yet, order him a pizza and a few cabs.
The stupid moron was dumb enough to use his home address to register his business.
I'm gonna drive over there right now and take picures of the next 24 hours.
Cheetos,
Darren
Here's his home address!
The stupid fucker...
There's not an organized society for the Jedi religion like there is for other larger religions is there???
I would imagine that some enterprising individuals will take advantage sooner or later. At least here in the United States, a religion gets tax-free benefits. Wouldn't it be cool if someone organized a religion and then created a business underworld to avoid the government ala scientology?
For example,
A business could hire a Jedi employee. But instead of paying him/her with US currency, they could be paid in Jedi Dollars - JD (insert creative currency name here). The JD's could then be spent at any participating Jedi establishment - merely tax free. If so inclined, the Jedi could ask the employer to pay in a portion of taxable US dollars or the employee could trade them at market rate.
The opportunity is endless. When someone does implement it, I sure hope that they aren't as crooked as those fucking scientologists.
How about 100% porn?
This is nearly what the RIAA uses for the recipe for a chart topper:
- 50 percent porn
- 20 percent cowbell
- 30 percent ClearChannel
(all ingredients by volume)
Is that going to be a choice like being a vegetarian, or like choosing not to eat at all?
It is going to be a choice like eating cheese at midnight on Tuesday.
His plan is to hire large numbers of unsophisticated users to monitor Internet-connected security cameras looking for suspicious activity. Although many security details (i.e., DOS attacks, cryptography, privacy
Wanna see my webcam?
It always seems like they milk the VHS market *and then* introduce the DVD. With greed like this, I'm glad that piracy is so rampant.
I just signed up using my location as Detroit...
*That* should give the Cisco engineers something to work for...