PLease wait while your xbox connects to MS main database..
Enter name:_
Enter Age:_
Address:_
When do you go to sleep?:_
Do you think the Xbox is out to get you?:_
Cuz you're wrong:_
Why don't you take a nap now:_ ...Completing survey.. Why don't you get a drink of warm milk?...
Thank you for completing your survey! Don't worry, the Xbox doesn't actually have little green men in jumpsuits waiting for you to fall as... uh.. nevermind that...
All I saw when I read this article was Uncle Sam's hand on his shoulder like a pedophilic uncle. "That's a good boy.. It's not lying if you actually believe it"
And all you guys saying he is being a good little boy for "recognizing that he did something wrong?" This is fucking corporate america we're talking about here. They fuck you over on a regular basis and probably giggle while smoking their wads of hundred dollar bills. The only reason they are going after the crackers and the "warez" scene is because they think that some geek in his trailer park could actually pay for some photo-editing software he downloaded off the net, that retails for about 1000$US. These guys regularly make decisions based upon how much money they can make, not on how they can scratch your back and make your life easier.
You're getting reamed in the ass, man.
Personally, I would be a lot happier if we didn't have such a proliferation of greed and ecstatic ass-reaming by the companies that like to fuck their customers over. Those out there know of which companies I am talking about.
The whole thing just reeks of some guy trying to get you to find the candy in his pants while giggling the whole time.
*sigh*
So the way I look at it is like this: A program is just basically a representation of a mathematical algorithm run by a combined set of logic circuits and electricity, and an algorithm is just a mathematical equation. Does one "discover" Mathematical equations? Not bloddy likely! If you are feeble of mind enough to think that a mathematical equation is "invented" then here is something that you should consider. Are the laws of gravity, as in black holes, invented? No, they represent a basic and fundamental idea that is COMMON in the universe. I believe that we are discovering algorithms all the time and that we shouldn't be afraid to share them with each other. That being said, the cracking scene IS taking money away from the programmers, which only hurts the community. But I don't think it should be paying money for some closed algorithm. I think it should be paying money to the programmer to find an algorithm for us to use and explore. That way, everyone could see the program and use it in any way they want. If I buy a car, I'm free to take it apart and fiddle with it all I want right? Why not make that the same with computers and software?
Anyway... I hope you don't look at this like I'm trying to change all of your minds, I'm just trying to open the mind to other opportunities and options. Feel free to open up my mind too =) Just don't scramble it with eggs =) or bacon.. Dammit now I'm hungry.
I don't know if Porco rosso has been released in North America but this is another of Hiyao Miyazaki's films that is very good.. It is lighthearted and has nothing to do with nature and nature spirits (which I find kind of monotonous.) I will definitely go see this movie though!!
I am just curious how many more animals are going to get shmucked by cars once everyone decides to move to the clean-car movement.. I mean, aren't these cars supposed to be ultra silent?
I am seriously concerned about the state of affairs everywhere. Noone would have ever even thought about doing this before 9/11. Every time something like this pops up, they say it's for my own safety? To protect me from terrorists that may use the internet as a tool to send messages to each other? That is utter bullshit. EVERYONE IS NOT A TERRORIST OR A CRIMINAL!! Whatever happened to "considered innocent until proven guilty"? Is everyone in Canada a suspect for a crime now? Everyone who has an internet connection should be worried about what type of precedent this sets. Even though I recognize that the events of 9/11 and other terrorism acts are truly atrocious, I cannot help but think that simple civil liberties are being abandoned for the sake of "safety".
What good is safety if I have no freedom to enjoy it?
You've been sitting on your ass all day and all night, what do you do? reach for an energy drink!!! Hell ya! I used a lot of energy staring at a screen and moving a tiny little mouse for hours on end!
I don't want to be taught something by a geek. To tell you the truth, most of the geeks that I try to get some information out of cannot get the point across due to:
lack of human interaction
speech encumberment
etc..
It's not that I don't think all geeks out there cannot teach, it's just that I want someone who can properly engage me in a discussion/ lecture/ whatever.. If the trainer can do that, then fine. If not, then don't waste my time.
Does Apple have some innate quality that makes them more trustworthy than Microsoft?
It's not the fact that Apple as a company is more trustworthy than microsoft. It's that apple as a developer is more trustworthy than Microsoft. OS X, as it's been pointed out in this article, is an extremely stable OS and I would love to switch. If some form of Windows was as easy to use and stable as OS X then I am sure we would get more windows fanatics here on Slashdot.
The way I look at timetravel is that it spawns a sort of alternate reality that is different from the one that it came from. For instance, because we make choices, different dimensions of reality spin off from those choices. ie. I had cereal instead of toast this morning. Well maybe if I had toast it would have been so dry that I would have choked on it and died. That's an extreme example but you understand what I mean. There are an infinite number of realities out there that are spawning an infinite number of other realities from the infinite number of events that someone or something else creates.
Now, if you look at our history, Time Travel is only mentioned in theory and in Science Fiction. I think it's safe to assume that even though we think we would be able to control ourselves, that there would be someone that would take a time travelling machine and travel into the past to cause some sort of trouble that would eventually lead to the world discovering about time travel. I have limited knowledge of world history, but I don't think that has happened yet. On a side note, one could also argue that we are being visited by time travellers already in the form of "aliens". Not only would the alien theory support a one timeline theory, but you could also assume that someone with a time travelling machine would also have the technology to protect this knowledge from our primitive selves. I'm going to assume that all this is tripe and that time travel does not exist in present day. No aliens, no time travellers from the future, and no secret time travelling (ie. Abe Lincoln was not a time traveller).
Now, the way that I look at it is that our reality is the one from which time travel is eventually created, and that if we were to travel back into time, our reality would remain unchanged, but other realities would be spawned from that event. Now here's the thing that I think is what makes my theory kind of unique- I think that our reality is the one that is the "backbone" of all other realities in terms of Time Travel, we invent time travel, and we travel back into the past and create a new reality that has time travel actively affecting that specific history (at least, I think this is unique.. anyone else ever heard of it?). This means that you wouldn't be able to just travel back in time and find out what happened with the pyramids, and freeze yourself in cryonics to tell everyone about it in the future, because you would affect the future just by being there. An infinite number of realities spawned from your time travelling experience. You would also not be able to come back to our time unless you had some sort of Dimension Hopper, in which case you would have to freeze yourself anyway and jump back at the exact moment you left your timeline.
Also, you would have to deal with the fact that the earth is moving around the sun , our solar system is moving relative to a point, and other such physics, which means you would have to have a spaceship that could travel at great speeds to travel the distance towards earth where it will be however many years that you decide to go back. Presumably we would be smaller and have larger brains in the future... ?? Wait a minute.. Maybe the alien thing was right on??
To upgrade a laptop video card to a G4? To tell you the truth this is not what I would use the laptop for.. To me a laptop is just for programming portability. I would not play the latest games on it.. It just seems silly to me..
I've actually tried to get alice to start a conversation, and not just respond to my questions, but the closest that I can get to it is her asking me where I am from, whether I am male or female, etc.. I've always had to lead the conversation and it gets kind of tedious after a while. Basically, I haven't received any complicated questions from the AliceBot, no conversation makers, and I was wondering why that is.
So my question is: Can she actually start a conversation, and do you think that is something that is valuable in an AI?
I would have thought that Slashdot readers, of all the people, would be the last people to care about what shows get the emmies. I know that if some show receives an emmy I won't give it more precidence over any other shows when I'm channel surfing.
Slashdot Mirror
Quick! A giant meteor is speeding towards the earth! Send Bruce Willis and a couple of Oil drillers to save the world!!
It should be more like:
Geeks use the internet a lot, which is like sex
Therefore Geeks are SEX gods, and attractive to every woman
can also hear it: pssssssshhhhhh... chickitachicitakitici pssssssshhhhhh... chikiticikiticki pssshh... chicka psssssssssssshhhhhhh...
PLease wait while your xbox connects to MS main database..
...Completing survey.. Why don't you get a drink of warm milk?...
Enter name:_
Enter Age:_
Address:_
When do you go to sleep?:_
Do you think the Xbox is out to get you?:_
Cuz you're wrong:_
Why don't you take a nap now:_
Thank you for completing your survey! Don't worry, the Xbox doesn't actually have little green men in jumpsuits waiting for you to fall as... uh.. nevermind that...
All I saw when I read this article was Uncle Sam's hand on his shoulder like a pedophilic uncle. "That's a good boy.. It's not lying if you actually believe it"
And all you guys saying he is being a good little boy for "recognizing that he did something wrong?" This is fucking corporate america we're talking about here. They fuck you over on a regular basis and probably giggle while smoking their wads of hundred dollar bills. The only reason they are going after the crackers and the "warez" scene is because they think that some geek in his trailer park could actually pay for some photo-editing software he downloaded off the net, that retails for about 1000$US. These guys regularly make decisions based upon how much money they can make, not on how they can scratch your back and make your life easier.
You're getting reamed in the ass, man.
Personally, I would be a lot happier if we didn't have such a proliferation of greed and ecstatic ass-reaming by the companies that like to fuck their customers over. Those out there know of which companies I am talking about.
The whole thing just reeks of some guy trying to get you to find the candy in his pants while giggling the whole time.
*sigh*
So the way I look at it is like this: A program is just basically a representation of a mathematical algorithm run by a combined set of logic circuits and electricity, and an algorithm is just a mathematical equation. Does one "discover" Mathematical equations? Not bloddy likely! If you are feeble of mind enough to think that a mathematical equation is "invented" then here is something that you should consider. Are the laws of gravity, as in black holes, invented? No, they represent a basic and fundamental idea that is COMMON in the universe. I believe that we are discovering algorithms all the time and that we shouldn't be afraid to share them with each other. That being said, the cracking scene IS taking money away from the programmers, which only hurts the community. But I don't think it should be paying money for some closed algorithm. I think it should be paying money to the programmer to find an algorithm for us to use and explore. That way, everyone could see the program and use it in any way they want. If I buy a car, I'm free to take it apart and fiddle with it all I want right? Why not make that the same with computers and software?
Anyway... I hope you don't look at this like I'm trying to change all of your minds, I'm just trying to open the mind to other opportunities and options. Feel free to open up my mind too =) Just don't scramble it with eggs =) or bacon.. Dammit now I'm hungry.
Security Problems Under windows: Type something and it frigs up yo$%@@FJAKSD&*F(A(
next up:
USB3
USBSEEME
RUSB (Are USB?)
USBT (U Suck Big Time)
USBX! (for X-box!)
USBPS2 (for the mouse!)
I thought that USB was so we wouldn't have this many connections??
I don't know if Porco rosso has been released in North America but this is another of Hiyao Miyazaki's films that is very good.. It is lighthearted and has nothing to do with nature and nature spirits (which I find kind of monotonous.) I will definitely go see this movie though!!
It's a virus. You have to purge the deviations before it's too late!! The IM/L33T speak is infesting your brains!! get rid of it quick!!!
I love how everyone likes superman so much. It makes me warm to know that a canadian invented something so american =)
Marty McFly: Wait, hold on Doc, are you telling me that you built a perpetual motion machine...out of a Delorian?
Exactly how is this thing supposed to recharge itself? I tried to find information on their website but nothing turned up...?
I am just curious how many more animals are going to get shmucked by cars once everyone decides to move to the clean-car movement.. I mean, aren't these cars supposed to be ultra silent?
I am seriously concerned about the state of affairs everywhere. Noone would have ever even thought about doing this before 9/11. Every time something like this pops up, they say it's for my own safety? To protect me from terrorists that may use the internet as a tool to send messages to each other? That is utter bullshit. EVERYONE IS NOT A TERRORIST OR A CRIMINAL!! Whatever happened to "considered innocent until proven guilty"? Is everyone in Canada a suspect for a crime now? Everyone who has an internet connection should be worried about what type of precedent this sets. Even though I recognize that the events of 9/11 and other terrorism acts are truly atrocious, I cannot help but think that simple civil liberties are being abandoned for the sake of "safety".
What good is safety if I have no freedom to enjoy it?
It's nice that you get a choice now.
You've been sitting on your ass all day and all night, what do you do? reach for an energy drink!!! Hell ya! I used a lot of energy staring at a screen and moving a tiny little mouse for hours on end!
lack of human interaction
speech encumberment
etc..
It's not that I don't think all geeks out there cannot teach, it's just that I want someone who can properly engage me in a discussion/ lecture/ whatever.. If the trainer can do that, then fine. If not, then don't waste my time.
The pigs will take us over if we're not too careful!
Does Apple have some innate quality that makes them more trustworthy than Microsoft?
It's not the fact that Apple as a company is more trustworthy than microsoft. It's that apple as a developer is more trustworthy than Microsoft. OS X, as it's been pointed out in this article, is an extremely stable OS and I would love to switch. If some form of Windows was as easy to use and stable as OS X then I am sure we would get more windows fanatics here on Slashdot.
The way I look at timetravel is that it spawns a sort of alternate reality that is different from the one that it came from. For instance, because we make choices, different dimensions of reality spin off from those choices. ie. I had cereal instead of toast this morning. Well maybe if I had toast it would have been so dry that I would have choked on it and died. That's an extreme example but you understand what I mean. There are an infinite number of realities out there that are spawning an infinite number of other realities from the infinite number of events that someone or something else creates.
Now, if you look at our history, Time Travel is only mentioned in theory and in Science Fiction. I think it's safe to assume that even though we think we would be able to control ourselves, that there would be someone that would take a time travelling machine and travel into the past to cause some sort of trouble that would eventually lead to the world discovering about time travel. I have limited knowledge of world history, but I don't think that has happened yet. On a side note, one could also argue that we are being visited by time travellers already in the form of "aliens". Not only would the alien theory support a one timeline theory, but you could also assume that someone with a time travelling machine would also have the technology to protect this knowledge from our primitive selves. I'm going to assume that all this is tripe and that time travel does not exist in present day. No aliens, no time travellers from the future, and no secret time travelling (ie. Abe Lincoln was not a time traveller).
Now, the way that I look at it is that our reality is the one from which time travel is eventually created, and that if we were to travel back into time, our reality would remain unchanged, but other realities would be spawned from that event. Now here's the thing that I think is what makes my theory kind of unique- I think that our reality is the one that is the "backbone" of all other realities in terms of Time Travel, we invent time travel, and we travel back into the past and create a new reality that has time travel actively affecting that specific history (at least, I think this is unique.. anyone else ever heard of it?). This means that you wouldn't be able to just travel back in time and find out what happened with the pyramids, and freeze yourself in cryonics to tell everyone about it in the future, because you would affect the future just by being there. An infinite number of realities spawned from your time travelling experience. You would also not be able to come back to our time unless you had some sort of Dimension Hopper, in which case you would have to freeze yourself anyway and jump back at the exact moment you left your timeline.
Also, you would have to deal with the fact that the earth is moving around the sun , our solar system is moving relative to a point, and other such physics, which means you would have to have a spaceship that could travel at great speeds to travel the distance towards earth where it will be however many years that you decide to go back. Presumably we would be smaller and have larger brains in the future... ?? Wait a minute.. Maybe the alien thing was right on??
Greg the bunny? I sure hope you're being sarcastic.
To upgrade a laptop video card to a G4? To tell you the truth this is not what I would use the laptop for.. To me a laptop is just for programming portability. I would not play the latest games on it.. It just seems silly to me..
I've actually tried to get alice to start a conversation, and not just respond to my questions, but the closest that I can get to it is her asking me where I am from, whether I am male or female, etc.. I've always had to lead the conversation and it gets kind of tedious after a while. Basically, I haven't received any complicated questions from the AliceBot, no conversation makers, and I was wondering why that is.
So my question is: Can she actually start a conversation, and do you think that is something that is valuable in an AI?
like I buy any micro$oft crap anyways..
I play video games all the time and I don't have... uh... s..l...o...w... brain... uh.. think.. thingies.. er....
I would have thought that Slashdot readers, of all the people, would be the last people to care about what shows get the emmies. I know that if some show receives an emmy I won't give it more precidence over any other shows when I'm channel surfing.