I've noticed that the people arguing with ya are having trouble with literacy. Maybe they don't understand what 'spare me the linux solves all your problems' means. Heh.
I blew it heh. I was sarcastically pointing out that the original creator doesn't always have the best idea about what is best. There's an error in my original post which foggied up my point. (Too bad I can't go back and edit it...)
ESB was great, the movies that were made after it weren't anywhere near as good. Coincidentally, Lucas wrote the rest of them. Gee. Heh.
I guess what I'm really saying is that if you're a Star Trek/Roddenberry 'purist', you're filtering out the best parts of Star Trek, including the movies.
"Anything written after Gene Roddenberry died is not the real trek, but just a derivative work. Ignore infinate velocity, or anything else from Voyager, Enterprise, or DS9. "
Yeah. Empire Strikes Back is not real Star Wars, it wasn't written by George Lucas. Ignore the good story telling, character interaction, entertainment value, or anything else from Episodes 6, 1, and 2.
No worries man. I changed my sig anyway, I've had other people make a similar mistake. Slashdot's not very good about beating people over the head with sigs.:)
Only a 'n00b' would have trouble detecting obvious sarcasm.
I'm sorry if bringing up the idea of having sex one day offended you. It's easy for us dudes with gfs to act insensitively with those who have only seen a naked woman two-dimensionally.
I'd like to know which country they're in too. They know a looooooot of attractive women who want to perform rather.. uh.. interesting rituals once they get my credit card #.
"Oh and what happens when someone does actually catch the real cops in action? Remember the police beating a black kid in LA about a month ago? They threw the guy that recorded the scene in jail. And the cop will probably walk"
Didn't watch the whole story, didja? Ever notice how that suddenly died down? S'more proof popped up: The kid grabbed the cop's nuts and gave'em a squeeze. That's what earned him a slam to the cop car. Once it became clear it wasn't racially motivated, the media lost interest in it.
Now talk about 'brainwashing crap'. The media gives you a horribly biased, one-sided view with the details obviously twisted, and you went for it hook, line, and sinker. All because of 'ratings'.
Frankly, I find Police Chases to be a rather nice getaway from 'brainwashing media'. I'm laughing because you believe that guy crying "The cops are getting revenge on me!" heh.
The problem with 'reality TV' is that it's not reality. It's an artificial situation. If you want real reality TV, check out "America's Wildest Police Videos".
Too bad that's considered by many as 'low brow' entertainment. I think that show goes a lot farther to convince people to fasten their seatbelts than signs that say 'buckle up'.
I had a friend on IRC that started using names of people she knew from the channel we visited. She'd give me daily gossip updates on what was happening. (The character named after me was the one that got all the chicks, so naturally I was intrigued.)
I haveta admit, that was the most interesting convo I had on IRC in ages. It sure beat the hell out of "HI ARE YOU A WOMAN?".
Holy shit. I think putting these two over-hyped, lame peices of entertainment together has caused a singularity of lameness. An area so lame that it suck in and destroys all cool things with in its grasp. C'mon, Survivor? Fuck your corporate entertainment!
Okay, I'll bite: What two underrated pieces of entertainment would you put together to create a singularity of coolness?
Heh could yoy guys imagine a Discovery Channel version of the Sims, done kinda like 'Walking with Dinosaurs'?
"What you dont seem to realize is that the MPAA/RIAA consider anything with a hard drive, and a net connection to be of no other use then to pirate movies/music."
Actually, this exact thought is the basis of my post. If they examined why people copy stuff, as opposed to assuming it's for free content they need to pay for, they could increase their market share by providing what the consumer demands. Their perspective is twisted and they're turning their business into a war. They wouldn't consider hard-drives to be 'piracy' if they realized that the reason I have ripped DVD's on my computer is so that I can watch them on my CDROM-less laptop.
Good point. To be fair, though, one doesn't use an OS for something it wasn't designed for. WinME is far from bullet proof. (which is why it kicks ass as a gaming OS...)
I mentioned in another thread that the best type of security is to minimize damage from the worst-case-scenario. If you think somebody's going to use Windows ME and accidentally wipe your Windows folder, for example, then the best solution is to make regular backups as opposed to buying a new OS just to get a working 'login feature'.
Get what I mean? Here, I'll give another example:
Worried about somebody getting your credit card # from your computer? Let's face facts: CC#'s are far from secure. You just can't keep it to yourself. What you can do is keep your CC limit low. If somebody steals your card and maxes it out and you end up having to pay the bill, then there's only so much damage you can do. You could use only credit cards that have policies in your favor about stolen cards. You can check your statement on the web every few days and make sure erroneus charges don't show up on it. When they do, call them up and get them removed.
These steps are every bit as important as using the web responsibly and protecting your computer with patches and firewalls. The problem is that somebody will always get through. It doesn't matter what OS you use or what websites you visit. The best thing you can do is make sure the worst case scenario isn't tragic.
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"The insecurity of the desktop model for Windows shouldn't surprise anyone. It wasn't designed to be secure OR multi-user, and patching after the fact doesn't make it so. It's comparable to complaining that telnet and ftp send passwords in clear text."
Oh I agree. I don't think fixing this would provide much 'security' anyway. The main reason that Windows gets beat up by trojans is not so much flaws in the system, but clever ways of executing features in malicious ways. The problem is never ending. The more features you add to any product (not just computers), the more ways you have of exploiting them in a negative way.
Look at Slashdot. Lots of steps (such as filtering the HTML...) are taken to keep trolling to a minimum. But, they still get through. As a matter of fact, somebody recently posted the Goatse pic in ascii. Heh.
The best approach you can take towards 'security' is to make the worst case scenario cause minimal damage. That's essentially what Slashdot has done with the karma system. People are always going to come up with amusing ways to use/. in a way that they shouldn't, but at least moderations help keep the noise level down and filterable. Frankly, I think this is a much better approach than trying to 'secure' Slashdot by trying to write an 'ascii-art detection algorithm'. (That's just an example, don't beat me up over it.)
In an ideal world posting a rule saying 'Dont post notti pictures' would be the end of it. In the real world, people think the problem should be solved by making the system incapable of displaying notti pictures. The best thing to do is to make the display of 'notti' pictures as unthreatening as possible.
"You sound to me like a paid MS asstroturfing piece of shit."
So? You sound to me like a close minded dumbfuck. Never mind that a good portion of the 3D rendering industry relies on Windows to get their rendering done. Don't believe me? Go find out how the visual FX for Voyager, DS9, Babylon 5, and countless other TV shows/commercials are made. They wouldn't rely on Windows if they couldn't.
"After all the best way to stop all of us "pirates" is to eliminate the tools we use."
I hope that was sarcastic, heh.
In all seriousness, the way to stop 'unauthorized copying' (I refuse to call it piracy because there are fair reasons to do it) is to find it why people want/need to do it.
"People are downloading movies off the web, maybe it's beacuse they don't want to pay $20 for a DVD. Maybe we should sell a $10 no-frills DVD."
"People are ripping DVD's and saving them to their computer. Maybe they're doing that so that they can keep their DVD's safe. We should make it easy for somebody to get a replacement DVD if it gets damaged or lost."
"People are swapping movies they've never seen before on-line. Maybe we should make it easier to 'preview' the movie to see if it's worth buying on DVD. How about cutting deals with HBO so they can get movies faster?"
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"Already tried it. even food poisioning wont keep them at bay..."
Am I the only one who read this and pondered Jack in the Box's popularity?
They're arguing with the dude's sig.
I've noticed that the people arguing with ya are having trouble with literacy. Maybe they don't understand what 'spare me the linux solves all your problems' means. Heh.
...what about reacting to her eyebrow and cheek movements? Can she 'wince'? It might be possible that she could 'wince' an SOS...?
I really wish I understood this condition better.
I blew it heh. I was sarcastically pointing out that the original creator doesn't always have the best idea about what is best. There's an error in my original post which foggied up my point. (Too bad I can't go back and edit it...)
ESB was great, the movies that were made after it weren't anywhere near as good. Coincidentally, Lucas wrote the rest of them. Gee. Heh.
I guess what I'm really saying is that if you're a Star Trek/Roddenberry 'purist', you're filtering out the best parts of Star Trek, including the movies.
"Anything written after Gene Roddenberry died is not the real trek, but just a derivative work. Ignore infinate velocity, or anything else from Voyager, Enterprise, or DS9. "
Yeah. Empire Strikes Back is not real Star Wars, it wasn't written by George Lucas. Ignore the good story telling, character interaction, entertainment value, or anything else from Episodes 6, 1, and 2.
"Excuse me, but how exactly can something be close to infinity?"
Well, I've never actually tried on Infinity, but I did read the price tag once.
No worries man. I changed my sig anyway, I've had other people make a similar mistake. Slashdot's not very good about beating people over the head with sigs. :)
"Fuck off, n00b."
Only a 'n00b' would have trouble detecting obvious sarcasm.
I'm sorry if bringing up the idea of having sex one day offended you. It's easy for us dudes with gfs to act insensitively with those who have only seen a naked woman two-dimensionally.
Heh.
:P
a.) The Sims on Drew Carey were icons of the real life characters
b.) I (hopefully) implied that one of the Sims from the survivor game would be cameod in a sitcom.
That was my sig, not directly aimed at you. Nor do I think that applies in this case. :)
"Laws in what country? Spammers can move."
I'd like to know which country they're in too. They know a looooooot of attractive women who want to perform rather.. uh.. interesting rituals once they get my credit card #.
"The last time I saw trident was on a Packed Bell computer, if thats any indication of quality. "
Remember dudes, everything is constant. Nothing ever changes, even if many years have gone by.
"Oh and what happens when someone does actually catch the real cops in action? Remember the police beating a black kid in LA about a month ago? They threw the guy that recorded the scene in jail. And the cop will probably walk"
Didn't watch the whole story, didja? Ever notice how that suddenly died down? S'more proof popped up: The kid grabbed the cop's nuts and gave'em a squeeze. That's what earned him a slam to the cop car. Once it became clear it wasn't racially motivated, the media lost interest in it.
Now talk about 'brainwashing crap'. The media gives you a horribly biased, one-sided view with the details obviously twisted, and you went for it hook, line, and sinker. All because of 'ratings'.
Frankly, I find Police Chases to be a rather nice getaway from 'brainwashing media'. I'm laughing because you believe that guy crying "The cops are getting revenge on me!" heh.
ITS ALL A BIG CONSPIRACY MAN!!
"Norwegian Economic Crime Unit (OKOKRIM) "
OKOKRIM sounds more like it should be estblished in a prison, not a crime unit. Ick.
Woulda been funnier if you had said: "A/S/L??? Do u study?"
:)
Heh.
The problem with 'reality TV' is that it's not reality. It's an artificial situation. If you want real reality TV, check out "America's Wildest Police Videos".
Too bad that's considered by many as 'low brow' entertainment. I think that show goes a lot farther to convince people to fasten their seatbelts than signs that say 'buckle up'.
I had a friend on IRC that started using names of people she knew from the channel we visited. She'd give me daily gossip updates on what was happening. (The character named after me was the one that got all the chicks, so naturally I was intrigued.)
I haveta admit, that was the most interesting convo I had on IRC in ages. It sure beat the hell out of "HI ARE YOU A WOMAN?".
Heh could yoy guys imagine a Discovery Channel version of the Sims, done kinda like 'Walking with Dinosaurs'?
... I wonder which Sim will become a guest star on a sitcom.
"What you dont seem to realize is that the MPAA/RIAA consider anything with a hard drive,
and a net connection to be of no other use then to pirate movies/music."
Actually, this exact thought is the basis of my post. If they examined why people copy stuff, as opposed to assuming it's for free content they need to pay for, they could increase their market share by providing what the consumer demands. Their perspective is twisted and they're turning their business into a war. They wouldn't consider hard-drives to be 'piracy' if they realized that the reason I have ripped DVD's on my computer is so that I can watch them on my CDROM-less laptop.
Good point. To be fair, though, one doesn't use an OS for something it wasn't designed for. WinME is far from bullet proof. (which is why it kicks ass as a gaming OS...)
I mentioned in another thread that the best type of security is to minimize damage from the worst-case-scenario. If you think somebody's going to use Windows ME and accidentally wipe your Windows folder, for example, then the best solution is to make regular backups as opposed to buying a new OS just to get a working 'login feature'.
Get what I mean? Here, I'll give another example:
Worried about somebody getting your credit card # from your computer? Let's face facts: CC#'s are far from secure. You just can't keep it to yourself. What you can do is keep your CC limit low. If somebody steals your card and maxes it out and you end up having to pay the bill, then there's only so much damage you can do. You could use only credit cards that have policies in your favor about stolen cards. You can check your statement on the web every few days and make sure erroneus charges don't show up on it. When they do, call them up and get them removed.
These steps are every bit as important as using the web responsibly and protecting your computer with patches and firewalls. The problem is that somebody will always get through. It doesn't matter what OS you use or what websites you visit. The best thing you can do is make sure the worst case scenario isn't tragic.
"The insecurity of the desktop model for Windows shouldn't surprise anyone. It wasn't designed to be secure OR multi-user, and patching after the fact doesn't make it so. It's comparable to complaining that telnet and ftp send passwords in clear text."
/. in a way that they shouldn't, but at least moderations help keep the noise level down and filterable. Frankly, I think this is a much better approach than trying to 'secure' Slashdot by trying to write an 'ascii-art detection algorithm'. (That's just an example, don't beat me up over it.)
Oh I agree. I don't think fixing this would provide much 'security' anyway. The main reason that Windows gets beat up by trojans is not so much flaws in the system, but clever ways of executing features in malicious ways. The problem is never ending. The more features you add to any product (not just computers), the more ways you have of exploiting them in a negative way.
Look at Slashdot. Lots of steps (such as filtering the HTML...) are taken to keep trolling to a minimum. But, they still get through. As a matter of fact, somebody recently posted the Goatse pic in ascii. Heh.
The best approach you can take towards 'security' is to make the worst case scenario cause minimal damage. That's essentially what Slashdot has done with the karma system. People are always going to come up with amusing ways to use
In an ideal world posting a rule saying 'Dont post notti pictures' would be the end of it. In the real world, people think the problem should be solved by making the system incapable of displaying notti pictures. The best thing to do is to make the display of 'notti' pictures as unthreatening as possible.
"You sound to me like a paid MS asstroturfing piece of shit."
So? You sound to me like a close minded dumbfuck. Never mind that a good portion of the 3D rendering industry relies on Windows to get their rendering done. Don't believe me? Go find out how the visual FX for Voyager, DS9, Babylon 5, and countless other TV shows/commercials are made. They wouldn't rely on Windows if they couldn't.
"After all the best way to stop all of us "pirates" is to eliminate the tools we use."
I hope that was sarcastic, heh.
In all seriousness, the way to stop 'unauthorized copying' (I refuse to call it piracy because there are fair reasons to do it) is to find it why people want/need to do it.
"People are downloading movies off the web, maybe it's beacuse they don't want to pay $20 for a DVD. Maybe we should sell a $10 no-frills DVD."
"People are ripping DVD's and saving them to their computer. Maybe they're doing that so that they can keep their DVD's safe. We should make it easy for somebody to get a replacement DVD if it gets damaged or lost."
"People are swapping movies they've never seen before on-line. Maybe we should make it easier to 'preview' the movie to see if it's worth buying on DVD. How about cutting deals with HBO so they can get movies faster?"
Imagine if they were to use logic like that...