Blah, I refer to VMWare sending me their newsletter as spam and I asked for that. It's a heavily overused word. But ya see that qualifier the grand-daddy poster used? I'll repeat it here:
Legally, unsolicited political messages are not considered spam. Unless they try to sell a product. See that? See what it says? Legally. That's what we're talking about.
See, that's the kind of stupid argument that causes people to have so little interest in science. Newton had an opinion. Before him Aristotle had one. Both were equally valid and continue to be, until such time that it was shown that Newton's theory was a better predictor than Aristotle's. As such you can say that Newton's opinion is *better* than Aristotle's, but that in no way says that Aristotle's opinion was not or is not valid. They're two different things. Both are still just opinions. Most everyone now knows that neither of them are true. Maybe Einstein's opinion is true.. maybe it isn't. We will never know, and that is the only truth.
It is playing ostriche to pretend that people cannot be right or wrong about certain things! it's not that people cannot be right or wrong about certain things, it is that you can never know which it is.
The only objection to teaching intelligent design in schools is when it is taught in science class, as it is clearly not science. If you think it is valuable to teach it in some other class I don't see a problem.. same with the FSM, but I'd be opposed to teaching that in science class too.
It really shouldn't be necessary to explain that something isn't accepted fact.. and if you're talking to people who believe in accepted fact then its pointless how much of the text you have explaining that something is or isn't accepted fact.
Ahh the fun of the GPL. Doesn't actually matter if you've made no modifications. Unless you're distributing for "non-commercial purposes" you can't pass on a third party offer to provide source code.. and even if that was the claim that these asshats try to use to defend themselves, they would soon fine they were *still* screwed because they didn't even *do that*. It's really simple: make sure you put the source code (complete and with any modifications) on the iso with the binaries or put on an offer to provide source code, legal and clear, and honor it for 3 years.
Sorry what? What part of "please read the article before commenting" is optional? What part of "grade school understanding" is unreasonable? Really big aerials can hear really weak signals. I know 4 year olds who have grasped that.
You mentioned my low UID. Blah, I don't go into UID measuring contests. But it does mean that I have some memory when people on this site showed each other some basic courtesies, such as reading the article before commenting and not commenting at all if they don't understand the subject matter.
Wow. Or maybe, just maybe, the people who buy these keyboards don't even consider the security risks. Maybe they are ignorant of basic physics much like the many idiots who have replied to this story. In this age of identity theft perhaps it shouldn't even be legal to sell these devices.
I don't mean to be a prick, but was there any need to reply to that kind of retarded question? Why not just let him continue in his ignorance.. obviously he has no interest in knowing, otherwise he would have RTFA.
awesome. My favorite bit is:
[..] in order to be a good article, all opinions, criticisms, views, truths, and untruths, if they are held by a notable number of people, should be included in the article. [..] A Good Article should be "broad," and a Featured Article should be "comprehensive." Not narrow-minded, not closed, not dual-party, not one or the other, not one single truth, not God's word. Broad and comprehensive. And that's the ultimate problem with Wikipedia. There's very few people who get this. There's plenty of people, especially here on Slashdot, who will talk about "truth" and "accuracy" and will advocate that only "experts" should be able to contribute to an encyclopedia.
In many ways, this is an ancient division. The liberal view that all opinions are equally valid is threatened by the authoritarian arrogance of certain truth. Its a shame that science is often the tool of the authoritarians. This should be a lesson learned from history, but alas. The search for truth via the scientific method was never the search for certain truth - it isn't about shutting out new theories - or silencing different views. This is why I cringe every time I hear the words "scientifically proven". The truth is powerful and begets arrogance.
Yeah, cause only "experts" can do good research.. they're never biased and discard work unfairly that they disagree with. Summarizing all the opinions on an issue is not exactly the forte of the expert, and yet it is exactly what an encyclopedia is supposed to be about - knowledge without bias.
Uhhh good. Cause, as has been said a hundred times before, wikipedia doesn't need know-it-all "experts". The point is to summarize the basic research that anyone can do.
If you're such a freakin' expert, go contribute out on the coal face - debate the controversies with the other experts - none of the stuff that is wanted or needed in an encyclopedia.
What can happen is that the copyright owners can still sue them for the copyright violation that they have already done.. but it never happens. Even the recent Busybox lawsuits have been settled before they got to court.
John Negroponte is an American diplomat. He is currently serving as the United States Deputy Secretary of State. Prior to serving in this capacity, he was the first ever Director of National Intelligence.
I bet you're glad you posted anonymously as everything else you said is just as retarded.
Fund a government agency to fight spam by tracking down the people sending it (note: I said people, not computers) and fine them. You don't have to fine them much.. just a little more than they earn sending the spam, multiplied by your ability to find the spammers. The profit is now gone.
Don't care enough about spam to pay a tax to fund a government agency to make spam history? Then stop complaining about it like its the end of the freakin' world.
There's nothing wrong with what Walmart are doing. To compare them to Intel's Classmate gambit is insane.
Intel and Microsoft are trying to confuse the decision makers in the government education programs of third world countries into taking a "wait and see" attitude - with the intention of killing OLPC before it can get the necessary number of orders to take off.
They have no interest in helping the third world, or even in developing a third world "market" for their products.
Walmart, on the other hand, is selling cheap computers to the first world on a first come first serve basis. It's not even comparable.
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Yeah man. And charities? They're selling good vibrations.
uhh, dude, you've heard of the ClassMate right? Intel sure aint paying for every copy of WinXP they preinstall on those puppies.
Click on "download" idiot. Their idea of "free" is "get someone else to pay for it by link scam".
And all you have to do is participate in a scam to get it!
Or, ya know, pay.
deterrent? We're talking about statutory damages here, not punitive.
See, that's the kind of stupid argument that causes people to have so little interest in science. Newton had an opinion. Before him Aristotle had one. Both were equally valid and continue to be, until such time that it was shown that Newton's theory was a better predictor than Aristotle's. As such you can say that Newton's opinion is *better* than Aristotle's, but that in no way says that Aristotle's opinion was not or is not valid. They're two different things. Both are still just opinions. Most everyone now knows that neither of them are true. Maybe Einstein's opinion is true.. maybe it isn't. We will never know, and that is the only truth.
The only objection to teaching intelligent design in schools is when it is taught in science class, as it is clearly not science. If you think it is valuable to teach it in some other class I don't see a problem.. same with the FSM, but I'd be opposed to teaching that in science class too.
It really shouldn't be necessary to explain that something isn't accepted fact.. and if you're talking to people who believe in accepted fact then its pointless how much of the text you have explaining that something is or isn't accepted fact.
Ahh the fun of the GPL. Doesn't actually matter if you've made no modifications. Unless you're distributing for "non-commercial purposes" you can't pass on a third party offer to provide source code.. and even if that was the claim that these asshats try to use to defend themselves, they would soon fine they were *still* screwed because they didn't even *do that*. It's really simple: make sure you put the source code (complete and with any modifications) on the iso with the binaries or put on an offer to provide source code, legal and clear, and honor it for 3 years.
Sorry what? What part of "please read the article before commenting" is optional? What part of "grade school understanding" is unreasonable? Really big aerials can hear really weak signals. I know 4 year olds who have grasped that.
You mentioned my low UID. Blah, I don't go into UID measuring contests. But it does mean that I have some memory when people on this site showed each other some basic courtesies, such as reading the article before commenting and not commenting at all if they don't understand the subject matter.
Now get off my lawn.
Wow. Or maybe, just maybe, the people who buy these keyboards don't even consider the security risks. Maybe they are ignorant of basic physics much like the many idiots who have replied to this story. In this age of identity theft perhaps it shouldn't even be legal to sell these devices.
Wow. So not only did you not read the article, but you also don't have even a grade school understanding of how radio works.
I don't mean to be a prick, but was there any need to reply to that kind of retarded question? Why not just let him continue in his ignorance.. obviously he has no interest in knowing, otherwise he would have RTFA.
In many ways, this is an ancient division. The liberal view that all opinions are equally valid is threatened by the authoritarian arrogance of certain truth. Its a shame that science is often the tool of the authoritarians. This should be a lesson learned from history, but alas. The search for truth via the scientific method was never the search for certain truth - it isn't about shutting out new theories - or silencing different views. This is why I cringe every time I hear the words "scientifically proven". The truth is powerful and begets arrogance.
Yeah, cause only "experts" can do good research.. they're never biased and discard work unfairly that they disagree with. Summarizing all the opinions on an issue is not exactly the forte of the expert, and yet it is exactly what an encyclopedia is supposed to be about - knowledge without bias.
Uhhh good. Cause, as has been said a hundred times before, wikipedia doesn't need know-it-all "experts". The point is to summarize the basic research that anyone can do.
If you're such a freakin' expert, go contribute out on the coal face - debate the controversies with the other experts - none of the stuff that is wanted or needed in an encyclopedia.
wow, I think we found the idiot who wrote the "tobadsosadms" tag. I think you need some education.
Which do you want? LiveCD or emulation?
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_images_for_emulation
is certainly your best bet. here's a screenshot.
Or you can try to boot off a usb disk:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_images_for_USB_disks
which I'm about to give a go now. Looks harder.
So you're saying that anti-fraud agencies and, well, ya know, the police are just completely ineffective.
Fuckin' idiot.
Uhh, no. That termination crap is false.
What can happen is that the copyright owners can still sue them for the copyright violation that they have already done.. but it never happens. Even the recent Busybox lawsuits have been settled before they got to court.
John Negroponte is an American diplomat. He is currently serving as the United States Deputy Secretary of State. Prior to serving in this capacity, he was the first ever Director of National Intelligence.
I bet you're glad you posted anonymously as everything else you said is just as retarded.
Fund a government agency to fight spam by tracking down the people sending it (note: I said people, not computers) and fine them. You don't have to fine them much.. just a little more than they earn sending the spam, multiplied by your ability to find the spammers. The profit is now gone.
Don't care enough about spam to pay a tax to fund a government agency to make spam history? Then stop complaining about it like its the end of the freakin' world.
There's nothing wrong with what Walmart are doing. To compare them to Intel's Classmate gambit is insane.
Intel and Microsoft are trying to confuse the decision makers in the government education programs of third world countries into taking a "wait and see" attitude - with the intention of killing OLPC before it can get the necessary number of orders to take off.
They have no interest in helping the third world, or even in developing a third world "market" for their products.
Walmart, on the other hand, is selling cheap computers to the first world on a first come first serve basis. It's not even comparable.