Why post a link if you don't want people to click on it? Why not include a list of users with the story, so we know who is allowed to click on the link and who is not? This way, we won't exceed our quota.
That's rediculous, I know. But saying "be nice..." in this context just says to me "hehehe I know all about this thing called the Slashdot effect, but I don't really care. Just to make it a bit funnier, though, I'll tell everyone to 'be nice' in my most sarcastic tone."
Ummm.... I don't have one of their contracts in front of me, but I'm pretty sure there's no prohibition against lowering the car, installing ground effects, and a snazzy spoiler too, but somehow I think they might have a problem with it.
Tell you what: Why don't you go rent one of these, disconnect or disable the GPS system, and return the car. Then report back to the Slashdot crowd on how long it took them to find out about it, and how much they're going to fine you.
Also, people just like their cars too much. They like to be in control. This is the primary reason why we're not all being driven to work on trains or other mass-transit.
What about "Favorites", or "Bookmarks" in your web brower?
I guess people would only be able to make a bookmark to the top page of a site, and not make a bookmark to the content they actually want to remember.
This pretty much makes bookmarks useless, huh?
On another note, I wholeheartedly agree with those saying that people shouldn't even play the game by using the term "deep link". due to the nature if the internet, this term is very ambiguous.
This is just what the world needs....another distraction for drivers.
They can: Read, write, eat, drink, compute, play games, watch movies, apply makeup, talk on the phone, and now, BURN FSCKING CDs
All while they should be driving.
Someone, please tell me where are the automatic cars? These people could be sitting in the back reading, writing, eating, drinking, computing, playing games, watching movies, applying makeup, talking on the phone, and burning CDs while the autopilot drives them to their destination
This only works if they listen. I get roughly 10 sales calls each and every day at my home. Once I received a call at 7:00 AM Suinday morning. I was so angry, that I answered the call (usually if my caller-ID says 'unknown name/unknown number', I just don't answer). Anyway, I answered the phone, and asked them to add me to their do not call list. The dolt at the other end of the line promptly hung up on me. They were blocking their number from reaching my caller-id, so I had no recourse. I called the operator, but they said they couldn't trace the call if caller-id didn't intercept the number.
Moral of the story: This only works if they *don't* hang up on you, and even then, it's a 50/50 shot.
Just substitue $your_favorite_crime in the relevant parts of this, and you'll see how ludicrous it is.
Dear customer,
We have detected that you have MURDERED your WIFE, blah blah blah. You have 3 days to BRING HER BACK TO LIFE, or your FREEDOM will pernamently be canceled and you will be blah blah blah.
A crime is a crime, and there are laws against stealing. You steal bandwidth, you get turned off, and your equipment gets seized pending an investigation.
I see so many people who pretend this isn't a real crime, that I have to wonder the avarage age of/.'s readership. I mean c'mon. AFAIK, most of the/. crowd are sysadmins, programmers, etc....in other words, high-level tech people, and they are supposed to be intelligent. I shudder to this that the guy who programmed the software I may be using, or the guy who runs the NOC at my ISP doesn't think this is a crime.
How about this, next time your car gets stolen, the police treat the case the way a lot of the/. crowd want this case to be treated (just a slap on the wrist)...and we'll see how you like that.
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First of all, I'm sure you can provide us with some evidence that "Al Qaeda has hired script kiddies to bring down rain down computer destruction".
Second of all, I'm willing to bet that you've never been to a predominately Muslim country. Indonesia, which has the largest Muslim population in the world contributes a HUGE number to the Internet's user-base. Malaysia also has a very large Muslim population, and again a HUGE Internet presence.
Since is when is cell phone cloning, carding, and cracking legal?
Since when is running from the law (he was a fugitive) legal?
I think there's no question as to the legality of Mitnick's actions. Weather or not the legal system handled the case correctly is another story, but he is definitely guilty of those crimes.
Kinetic charging is a good idea, but this is the wrong application. Unlike the Seiko Kinetic watch that uses this technology, it wouldn't work AFAIC for a PDA. The watch is attached to your arm, and you're not looking at it all day long. For the most part, if your arm's moving, the watch is charging.
A PDA, on the other hand, most often involves looking at it in order to use it for anything. This implies holding it steady in your hand, or otherwise not shaking it around. See where I'm going with this?
What it all boils down to is that for people who actually *use* their PDAs a lot, this wouldn't work, simply because it's being used more than it's being charged. And you can't realistically use the PDA while simultaneously swinging it back and forth i norder to charge it. But for those who buy the PDA, and instead of actually *using* it, stuff it in their pocket/beckpack/briefcase/whatever all day, this would probably work.
How do you suggest that they "bring back the old eBay service"?
They started a medium that turned out to be wildly popular, and I'm sure that [insert company name here] noticed that a lot of people were turning to eBay to buy the same products. Who can blame them (the company) for auctioning directly on eBay also?
What's eBay supposed to do? Only allow individuals? Hah! I'm sure they have no plans to kill half of their revenue stream anytime in the near future. I say bravo to eBay for proving that it is possible to be profitable on the Internet.
Somebody tripped the self-destructo on their website!
Whoops!!!
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Bar code?
So what's to stop someone from printing a bill with the serial number of A01234567890A but a bar code that equates to B09876543210B. I can't decode bar codes on sight, can you?
So the counterfeiters can print the same bill many times, with the same human-readable Arabic numeral serial numbers on them all (this is the part that hard to print), and unique bar codes (bar codes are easy to print). The store clerk won't be able to tell the difference on sight, and when he scans the bill, the serial number would be unique, so it (hopefully) wouldn't match anything in the Fed's database.
Human-readable text has minute flaws and features that the experts can detect. They can say, for instance that such and such a bill, with such and such a serial number was printed from this plate, which has this tiny defect here. The bill doesn't have the defect, so it's probably a fake. Bar codes on the other hand, need to be read by a machine, so it needs to be pretty precise, AFAIK.
I could be misunderstanding something here, so correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like an awful lot of trouble for something so easy to circumvent.
Well, with about 100 posts so far, I see about half from non-Americans, with legit reasons why the US should use this system, and about half from Americans, basically saying fsck the foreigners...they need to learn to read the numbers...etc.
It speaks volumes about our (Americans') culture and attitude towards the rest of the world as a society, and yes, I'm American.
Umm....no. The strip you're referring to is just another anti-counterfeiting measure, and simply has "USA" and the denomination spelled out. It is not magnetic.
Prolly just some kiddie. Sounds to me like he's making threats against you, or at least your site's connectivity. I think you have more legal grounds for a "suite" against him than he has against you.
Again, with all the spelling errors and immature language, it's probably Chris' little cousin or something.
I guess if they can FORCE us to watch their commercials, then they don't have to be bothered with developing better, more captivating ways to get people to WANT to watch their commercials, and ultimately buy their products. Why don't they just skip the millions they spend in post-production of the commercials, and show a simple white background, with a huge black font, and static text like:
BUY CELINE DION CDS
for 30 seconds. I mean, if they can FORCE you to watch it, why spend all that extra dough trying to make WANT to watch it?
I can just hear it now:
"You veel vatch dees commercials, and LIKE THEM!" "You veel go out and buy de Celine Dion CDs!"
I guess they're logic is: "We made a commercial, so if you don't like it enough to watch it, something must be wrong with you."
I thought the whole idea of advertising was to make the product look appealing, so that people want to buy it. If people dont want to watch your commercial, then something's wrong with the commercial, not the people watching it. That's why I like websites like adcritic.com. you can (could) go there and watch the really creative, entertaining, and captivating commercials.
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Be nice?
Why post a link if you don't want people to click on it? Why not include a list of users with the story, so we know who is allowed to click on the link and who is not? This way, we won't exceed our quota.
That's rediculous, I know. But saying "be nice..." in this context just says to me "hehehe I know all about this thing called the Slashdot effect, but I don't really care. Just to make it a bit funnier, though, I'll tell everyone to 'be nice' in my most sarcastic tone."
Ummm....
I don't have one of their contracts in front of me, but I'm pretty sure there's no prohibition against lowering the car, installing ground effects, and a snazzy spoiler too, but somehow I think they might have a problem with it.
Tell you what:
Why don't you go rent one of these, disconnect or disable the GPS system, and return the car. Then report back to the Slashdot crowd on how long it took them to find out about it, and how much they're going to fine you.
Geez, I think you have ESP.
I was just about to post exactly the same thing.
You read my mind.
"What he said.....'nuff said"
No, they're actually American, and the film takes place in America.
Just consider it a subtle way of expressing that Europeans are somehow more sophisticated than your average American white-trash.
What's that cliche? Immitation is the most sincere form of flattery.
Heh...true.
Also, people just like their cars too much. They like to be in control. This is the primary reason why we're not all being driven to work on trains or other mass-transit.
What about "Favorites", or "Bookmarks" in your web brower?
I guess people would only be able to make a bookmark to the top page of a site, and not make a bookmark to the content they actually want to remember.
This pretty much makes bookmarks useless, huh?
On another note, I wholeheartedly agree with those saying that people shouldn't even play the game by using the term "deep link". due to the nature if the internet, this term is very ambiguous.
This is just what the world needs....another distraction for drivers.
They can:
Read, write, eat, drink, compute, play games, watch movies, apply makeup, talk on the phone, and now, BURN FSCKING CDs
All while they should be driving.
Someone, please tell me where are the automatic cars? These people could be sitting in the back reading, writing, eating, drinking, computing, playing games, watching movies, applying makeup, talking on the phone, and burning CDs while the autopilot drives them to their destination
This only works if they listen. I get roughly 10 sales calls each and every day at my home. Once I received a call at 7:00 AM Suinday morning. I was so angry, that I answered the call (usually if my caller-ID says 'unknown name/unknown number', I just don't answer). Anyway, I answered the phone, and asked them to add me to their do not call list. The dolt at the other end of the line promptly hung up on me. They were blocking their number from reaching my caller-id, so I had no recourse. I called the operator, but they said they couldn't trace the call if caller-id didn't intercept the number.
Moral of the story: This only works if they *don't* hang up on you, and even then, it's a 50/50 shot.
Whoops!
I guess that makes 2 typos!
It should say "aloft" (not on the surface).
TYPO IN MY FIRST REPLY...HERE'S THE CORRECT ONE:
You're probably referring to the "doldrums" or "horse lattitudes".
Anyway, I think that they'd only apply to surface winds, not winds aolft, as a baloon would encounter.
You're probably referring to the "doldrums" or "horse lattitudes".
Anyway, I don't think that they'd only apply to surface winds, not winds aolft, as a baloon would encounter.
Just substitue $your_favorite_crime in the relevant parts of this, and you'll see how ludicrous it is.
/.'s readership. I mean c'mon. AFAIK, most of the /. crowd are sysadmins, programmers, etc....in other words, high-level tech people, and they are supposed to be intelligent. I shudder to this that the guy who programmed the software I may be using, or the guy who runs the NOC at my ISP doesn't think this is a crime.
/. crowd want this case to be treated (just a slap on the wrist)...and we'll see how you like that.
Dear customer,
We have detected that you have MURDERED your WIFE, blah blah blah. You have 3 days to BRING HER BACK TO LIFE, or your FREEDOM will pernamently be canceled and you will be blah blah blah.
A crime is a crime, and there are laws against stealing. You steal bandwidth, you get turned off, and your equipment gets seized pending an investigation.
I see so many people who pretend this isn't a real crime, that I have to wonder the avarage age of
How about this, next time your car gets stolen, the police treat the case the way a lot of the
Right on!
'nuff said.
First of all, I'm sure you can provide us with some evidence that "Al Qaeda has hired script kiddies to bring down rain down computer destruction".
Second of all, I'm willing to bet that you've never been to a predominately Muslim country. Indonesia, which has the largest Muslim population in the world contributes a HUGE number to the Internet's user-base. Malaysia also has a very large Muslim population, and again a HUGE Internet presence.
Why use a '?' in the post?
Is there any doubt that Mitnick is a criminal?
Since is when is cell phone cloning, carding, and cracking legal?
Since when is running from the law (he was a fugitive) legal?
I think there's no question as to the legality of Mitnick's actions. Weather or not the legal system handled the case correctly is another story, but he is definitely guilty of those crimes.
Kinetic charging is a good idea, but this is the wrong application. Unlike the Seiko Kinetic watch that uses this technology, it wouldn't work AFAIC for a PDA. The watch is attached to your arm, and you're not looking at it all day long. For the most part, if your arm's moving, the watch is charging.
A PDA, on the other hand, most often involves looking at it in order to use it for anything. This implies holding it steady in your hand, or otherwise not shaking it around. See where I'm going with this?
What it all boils down to is that for people who actually *use* their PDAs a lot, this wouldn't work, simply because it's being used more than it's being charged. And you can't realistically use the PDA while simultaneously swinging it back and forth i norder to charge it. But for those who buy the PDA, and instead of actually *using* it, stuff it in their pocket/beckpack/briefcase/whatever all day, this would probably work.
How do you suggest that they "bring back the old eBay service"?
They started a medium that turned out to be wildly popular, and I'm sure that [insert company name here] noticed that a lot of people were turning to eBay to buy the same products. Who can blame them (the company) for auctioning directly on eBay also?
What's eBay supposed to do? Only allow individuals? Hah! I'm sure they have no plans to kill half of their revenue stream anytime in the near future. I say bravo to eBay for proving that it is possible to be profitable on the Internet.
I'm just waiting for eBay to start offering sick days and paid vacation so I can quit my day job.
Somebody tripped the self-destructo on their website!
Whoops!!!
Bar code?
So what's to stop someone from printing a bill with the serial number of A01234567890A but a bar code that equates to B09876543210B. I can't decode bar codes on sight, can you?
So the counterfeiters can print the same bill many times, with the same human-readable Arabic numeral serial numbers on them all (this is the part that hard to print), and unique bar codes (bar codes are easy to print). The store clerk won't be able to tell the difference on sight, and when he scans the bill, the serial number would be unique, so it (hopefully) wouldn't match anything in the Fed's database.
Human-readable text has minute flaws and features that the experts can detect. They can say, for instance that such and such a bill, with such and such a serial number was printed from this plate, which has this tiny defect here. The bill doesn't have the defect, so it's probably a fake. Bar codes on the other hand, need to be read by a machine, so it needs to be pretty precise, AFAIK.
I could be misunderstanding something here, so correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like an awful lot of trouble for something so easy to circumvent.
Well, with about 100 posts so far, I see about half from non-Americans, with legit reasons why the US should use this system, and about half from Americans, basically saying fsck the foreigners...they need to learn to read the numbers...etc.
It speaks volumes about our (Americans') culture and attitude towards the rest of the world as a society, and yes, I'm American.
Umm....no. The strip you're referring to is just another anti-counterfeiting measure, and simply has "USA" and the denomination spelled out. It is not magnetic.
What a looser (not you, the socializer twat).
Prolly just some kiddie. Sounds to me like he's making threats against you, or at least your site's connectivity. I think you have more legal grounds for a "suite" against him than he has against you.
Again, with all the spelling errors and immature language, it's probably Chris' little cousin or something.
Heh!
I was just thinking about that!
(Real Genius, not playing with myself)
It's a good movie.
Skipping the commercials is theft?
I guess if they can FORCE us to watch their commercials, then they don't have to be bothered with developing better, more captivating ways to get people to WANT to watch their commercials, and ultimately buy their products. Why don't they just skip the millions they spend in post-production of the commercials, and show a simple white background, with a huge black font, and static text like:
BUY CELINE DION CDS
for 30 seconds. I mean, if they can FORCE you to watch it, why spend all that extra dough trying to make WANT to watch it?
I can just hear it now:
"You veel vatch dees commercials, and LIKE THEM!"
"You veel go out and buy de Celine Dion CDs!"
I guess they're logic is: "We made a commercial, so if you don't like it enough to watch it, something must be wrong with you."
I thought the whole idea of advertising was to make the product look appealing, so that people want to buy it. If people dont want to watch your commercial, then something's wrong with the commercial, not the people watching it. That's why I like websites like adcritic.com. you can (could) go there and watch the really creative, entertaining, and captivating commercials.