These corporations are the ones who work children 80 hours a week in third world natations. They destroy the worlds life support systems for raw materials and land. They encourage the gain in distance between the rich and poor. They purchase politicians and use them to turn your own system against you. They outsource YOUR jobs to countries where they are free to abuse workers. They erode civil rights in the name of profit and control. They are the pinnacle of theivery, abuse, and gluttony.
Do they us movies and music? Does it matter? Do you really think that in the face of the actions they're guilty of that we should show any sort of compassion when one of them cries foul?
Would you cry out when a murder in jail complains when his smokes are stolen?
Actually, it's pretty clear. Distributing copyrighted material without the copyright holder's permission is illegal. Nothing murky about it. The sense that I seem to get from slashdot is people really, really want to share files, so they tell themselves there's nothing wrong with it.
There's nothing wrong with it.
These multinational corporations have, for years, had a free ride on our backs, and the backs of the artists they exploit. They fix prices, pay crap to the bulk of their workers, and 90% of the time release low quality garbage.
After over a half century of this, they have contributed little more than twisting a fine capitalist society into a nightmare realm where business has more rights than the individual.
These mega corporations are using, abusing, and growing on the backs of the people without giving anything worthwhile back, and you expect me to feel bad for them? Fuck that. Downloading songs and movies off the p2p networks is not an excercise in cival disobedience, it's getting back what's owed to you.
And for all your IWIWAL (wish I were a lawyer), yes, it's illegal. Yes, it's breaking the law. But anyone with even a basic amount of political awareness knows that corporate laws are bought and sold like any other commodity. They not based on what is the more moral position. They are most certianly not worth the paper they are printed on.
Why would anyone consider using public access points to access private/secure data? That's just asking for trouble.
It's amazing. 99% of people have the sense not to give out their CC # over a payphone in a crowded bus terminal. Online Banking however, why not. Silly.
This is something I've thought about before as well. The obvious conclusion that I came to is that all printed media is a dying breed. We're seeing it now with the industry decline in newspapers and comics. It would not shock me in the least to see the death of those two formats, and the novel/text book well on the way to joining them, in 10 years.
As soon as we see a good, cheap e-reader that's easy to use and has widespread connectivity to the Internet, printed media is in trouble.
Okay, I see I jumped the gun a bit. I agree that I'd rather have well meaning students discovering such things. That said, I still don't agree that the methods to use such security holes should be published for the general public to sift through.
As I stated in an earlier reply, why not just announce that you've found an issue, and offer the methods to fix it?
How about if they are researching computer security?
Fine. Identify the problem, come up with a solution, then release THAT to the public.. at the very least to render yourself immune from any future legal reprocussions, however misguided they may be.
If I discovered a new poison that could be easily replicated with over the counter products, do I protect the public by releasing the recipie for it, or for the antidote?
This doesn't sit well with me. Should students at a University be studying, developing, and releasing improved methods with which to launch DOS attacks..?
Get out of your american bubble and you might notice that you live in a... *gasp*... world with the different time zones that comes with it.
Oh, have mercy on me and my American arrogance. I forgot that there's more to the world than just my little piece of American land. I was so busy waving my stars and stripes, and singing The Star Spangled Banner, that I forgot to consider that a post regarding my time zone could be so offensive to those in countries where time zones are different, or perhaps even a luxury that only the top 2% of the population can afford. I'm nothing but a self centered, close minded, American know it all.
I'm a Gearcutter, which is more or less a very specialized branch of machining.
I'm sorry to hear about your condition.. and you're right, it sounds like you're physically not suited for trade work. A passable level of hand eye cordination is required.. for both precision requirements and safety reasons.
You have to remember, however, that the sterotypical "computer nerd" (physically weak, poor cordination, etc.) is no longer the average tech graduate. Since the mid 90's, more and more "average" people have been getting into tech. While, yes, for some tech graduates trade might physically not be an option, it still is for a large number of them.
I certianly understand your position. I couldn't ask people like you to not program any more than I could ask an artist not to paint. If it's what you love doing then you're going to do it regardless of employment prospects.
My post was intended more for the people who got into the field for the money rather than for the love.. and I know that they're out there. A number of my friends who have tech degrees didn't know a thing about computers before hand.. they just knew that tech was (supposedly) where the money was, and jumped on board.
I'm not trying to troll.. I'm just telling a meandering little story..
I've always been good with computers. My dad has over 20 years in IT so I was always surrounded by technology.. it came naturally.
In high school, I was always being told by my teachers, family, and friends that I should get into tech. The Internet boom was in full effect, and that's where the money was. But I knew, just knew, that it was not what I wanted to do for a living.
While my passion for software and computers was strong, I watched my dad come home day after day, looking miserable. He was working in upper management in the IT department of the municipality, overseeing day to day IT operations of the entire city. He dealt, on a daily basis, with nothing but grief. Morons who wanted the impossible, end users who didn't know their ass from their floppy drive, and miles of red tape that is omnipresent in the beurocratic mess that is government operations. Yes, he made great money, but he was NEVER happy.
So, watching this, I ignored the advice of everyone and hopped right into trade. I'm in a field that's very rare, and the people who can do it are even rarer. I'm 23, no post-secondary education, and in a few years I'll be earning more than most IT professionals. My friends who went to school for tech degrees now have huge student loans to pay off, and not one is working in the tech industry. They now are cooks, factory workers, in retail sales, and one is even an assistant manager at a fast food joint.
I'm glad I dodged the tech bullet. I'm glad I didn't turn my beloved hobby into a hated profession. I've found a field where the work is hands on and satisfying, and when I come home.. I can sit down at my PC without cringing.
My point - if you're out of school with a degree that you're finding useless.. consider getting into a trade. You earn decent wages while you train, and the money only gets better. Due to everyone going into tech, new recruits in the trades are few and far between. As the boomers retire, skilled tradesmen are going to be in high demand, so wages could stand to increase even more. You get paid by the hour, so you don't have to work about crunching code 16 hours straight, and not seeing any gravy for the work due to your salary.
Just an idea.. and it beats the hell out of managing at McDonalds to pay off those loans.. =P
Babylon 5 had a heavy story arc. Later, Deep Space 9 developed a story arc. Babylon 5 used CGI heavily when Trek was using models.
This just isn't true. Babylon 5 didn't air until 1994, at which point TNG was was in it's 7th season. TNG was using CGI nearly a decade before Babylon 5's inception. In fact the series pilot, "Encounter at Farpoint", was acclaimed at a milestone in the field of television special effects, and is widely considered to be the show responsible for the CGI breakthrough in television.
Q's giant space-cargo-net might not be very impressive now, but it was CGI, and it was there.;)
Heh, I hope this doesn't dent your respect for Blue.. because it's well placed.. but it's actually a team effort. Frans also posts, and I'm pretty sure a few others guys do as well.
You can read all about it here. All of these guys deserve a round of applause as far as I'm concerned.
I don't know about you guys, but BluesNews.com does as good a job of covering all the major news as I can imagine. They do a daily roundup of all interviews, reviews, hardware news, etc., etc. They manage to hit just about everything that'ss worth reading..
I don't know about you guys, but the annual fight to the death involving my mother, aunt, and grandmother over how the stuffing should be prepared is just about all the Easter humour I can handle. =\
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I'm not really complaining, I just think its interesting....after all there have been a lot of people tuting there own horn as of late. I don't mind cause most of the stuff on the main page is still worth a quick click and a read....
Well, I for one am not complaining. Isn't the point of/. to promote things that we, the Geeks, will find interesting/fun? As long as it fits those criteria, does it really matter if the creator of said material is the one who submits it?
Imagine, if you will, a personalized avatar or something that can interact with you and perhaps assist you in your daily endevours (with a touch of attitude?
Is this a dream for the future, or the plot of an upcoming Disney movie..?;)
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Remember who we're talking about.
These corporations are the ones who work children 80 hours a week in third world natations. They destroy the worlds life support systems for raw materials and land. They encourage the gain in distance between the rich and poor. They purchase politicians and use them to turn your own system against you. They outsource YOUR jobs to countries where they are free to abuse workers. They erode civil rights in the name of profit and control. They are the pinnacle of theivery, abuse, and gluttony.
Do they us movies and music? Does it matter? Do you really think that in the face of the actions they're guilty of that we should show any sort of compassion when one of them cries foul?
Would you cry out when a murder in jail complains when his smokes are stolen?
Actually, it's pretty clear. Distributing copyrighted material without the copyright holder's permission is illegal. Nothing murky about it. The sense that I seem to get from slashdot is people really, really want to share files, so they tell themselves there's nothing wrong with it.
/rant
There's nothing wrong with it.
These multinational corporations have, for years, had a free ride on our backs, and the backs of the artists they exploit. They fix prices, pay crap to the bulk of their workers, and 90% of the time release low quality garbage.
After over a half century of this, they have contributed little more than twisting a fine capitalist society into a nightmare realm where business has more rights than the individual.
These mega corporations are using, abusing, and growing on the backs of the people without giving anything worthwhile back, and you expect me to feel bad for them? Fuck that. Downloading songs and movies off the p2p networks is not an excercise in cival disobedience, it's getting back what's owed to you.
And for all your IWIWAL (wish I were a lawyer), yes, it's illegal. Yes, it's breaking the law. But anyone with even a basic amount of political awareness knows that corporate laws are bought and sold like any other commodity. They not based on what is the more moral position. They are most certianly not worth the paper they are printed on.
Why would anyone consider using public access points to access private/secure data? That's just asking for trouble.
It's amazing. 99% of people have the sense not to give out their CC # over a payphone in a crowded bus terminal. Online Banking however, why not. Silly.
This is something I've thought about before as well. The obvious conclusion that I came to is that all printed media is a dying breed. We're seeing it now with the industry decline in newspapers and comics. It would not shock me in the least to see the death of those two formats, and the novel/text book well on the way to joining them, in 10 years.
As soon as we see a good, cheap e-reader that's easy to use and has widespread connectivity to the Internet, printed media is in trouble.
Since when are comics childish? The majority of the comics I see in the stores arn't at all suitable for children.
Maybe they only have Archie where you live..?
Okay, I see I jumped the gun a bit. I agree that I'd rather have well meaning students discovering such things. That said, I still don't agree that the methods to use such security holes should be published for the general public to sift through.
As I stated in an earlier reply, why not just announce that you've found an issue, and offer the methods to fix it?
How about if they are researching computer security?
Fine. Identify the problem, come up with a solution, then release THAT to the public.. at the very least to render yourself immune from any future legal reprocussions, however misguided they may be.
If I discovered a new poison that could be easily replicated with over the counter products, do I protect the public by releasing the recipie for it, or for the antidote?
This doesn't sit well with me. Should students at a University be studying, developing, and releasing improved methods with which to launch DOS attacks..?
If 15,000 of us put in $300, we could get this baby.
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Oh, the LAN parties we could have on the SS
Get out of your american bubble and you might notice that you live in a... *gasp*... world with the different time zones that comes with it.
Oh, have mercy on me and my American arrogance. I forgot that there's more to the world than just my little piece of American land. I was so busy waving my stars and stripes, and singing The Star Spangled Banner, that I forgot to consider that a post regarding my time zone could be so offensive to those in countries where time zones are different, or perhaps even a luxury that only the top 2% of the population can afford. I'm nothing but a self centered, close minded, American know it all.
Except for the fact that I'm Canadian.
You trade your warranty for the modification. Sounds fair to me.
There's no EULA for hardware.. yet..
and it's already down. I've been trying to load it since 6:12am.
/. effect is an early riser. Anyone snag the text before she died?
Apparently the
Bye-bye fans and thermal paste, hello heaters and insulation!
I'm a Gearcutter, which is more or less a very specialized branch of machining.
I'm sorry to hear about your condition.. and you're right, it sounds like you're physically not suited for trade work. A passable level of hand eye cordination is required.. for both precision requirements and safety reasons.
You have to remember, however, that the sterotypical "computer nerd" (physically weak, poor cordination, etc.) is no longer the average tech graduate. Since the mid 90's, more and more "average" people have been getting into tech. While, yes, for some tech graduates trade might physically not be an option, it still is for a large number of them.
I certianly understand your position. I couldn't ask people like you to not program any more than I could ask an artist not to paint. If it's what you love doing then you're going to do it regardless of employment prospects.
My post was intended more for the people who got into the field for the money rather than for the love.. and I know that they're out there. A number of my friends who have tech degrees didn't know a thing about computers before hand.. they just knew that tech was (supposedly) where the money was, and jumped on board.
can be found in my little rant in this thread right here.
I'm not trying to troll.. I'm just telling a meandering little story..
I've always been good with computers. My dad has over 20 years in IT so I was always surrounded by technology.. it came naturally.
In high school, I was always being told by my teachers, family, and friends that I should get into tech. The Internet boom was in full effect, and that's where the money was. But I knew, just knew, that it was not what I wanted to do for a living.
While my passion for software and computers was strong, I watched my dad come home day after day, looking miserable. He was working in upper management in the IT department of the municipality, overseeing day to day IT operations of the entire city. He dealt, on a daily basis, with nothing but grief. Morons who wanted the impossible, end users who didn't know their ass from their floppy drive, and miles of red tape that is omnipresent in the beurocratic mess that is government operations. Yes, he made great money, but he was NEVER happy.
So, watching this, I ignored the advice of everyone and hopped right into trade. I'm in a field that's very rare, and the people who can do it are even rarer. I'm 23, no post-secondary education, and in a few years I'll be earning more than most IT professionals. My friends who went to school for tech degrees now have huge student loans to pay off, and not one is working in the tech industry. They now are cooks, factory workers, in retail sales, and one is even an assistant manager at a fast food joint.
I'm glad I dodged the tech bullet. I'm glad I didn't turn my beloved hobby into a hated profession. I've found a field where the work is hands on and satisfying, and when I come home.. I can sit down at my PC without cringing.
My point - if you're out of school with a degree that you're finding useless.. consider getting into a trade. You earn decent wages while you train, and the money only gets better. Due to everyone going into tech, new recruits in the trades are few and far between. As the boomers retire, skilled tradesmen are going to be in high demand, so wages could stand to increase even more. You get paid by the hour, so you don't have to work about crunching code 16 hours straight, and not seeing any gravy for the work due to your salary.
Just an idea.. and it beats the hell out of managing at McDonalds to pay off those loans.. =P
Babylon 5 had a heavy story arc. Later, Deep Space 9 developed a story arc. Babylon 5 used CGI heavily when Trek was using models.
;)
This just isn't true. Babylon 5 didn't air until 1994, at which point TNG was was in it's 7th season. TNG was using CGI nearly a decade before Babylon 5's inception. In fact the series pilot, "Encounter at Farpoint", was acclaimed at a milestone in the field of television special effects, and is widely considered to be the show responsible for the CGI breakthrough in television.
Q's giant space-cargo-net might not be very impressive now, but it was CGI, and it was there.
Heh, I hope this doesn't dent your respect for Blue.. because it's well placed.. but it's actually a team effort. Frans also posts, and I'm pretty sure a few others guys do as well.
You can read all about it here. All of these guys deserve a round of applause as far as I'm concerned.
I don't know about you guys, but BluesNews.com does as good a job of covering all the major news as I can imagine. They do a daily roundup of all interviews, reviews, hardware news, etc., etc. They manage to hit just about everything that'ss worth reading..
I don't know about you guys, but the annual fight to the death involving my mother, aunt, and grandmother over how the stuffing should be prepared is just about all the Easter humour I can handle. =\
I'm not really complaining, I just think its interesting....after all there have been a lot of people tuting there own horn as of late. I don't mind cause most of the stuff on the main page is still worth a quick click and a read....
/. to promote things that we, the Geeks, will find interesting/fun? As long as it fits those criteria, does it really matter if the creator of said material is the one who submits it?
Well, I for one am not complaining. Isn't the point of
Imagine, if you will, a personalized avatar or something that can interact with you and perhaps assist you in your daily endevours (with a touch of attitude?
;)
Is this a dream for the future, or the plot of an upcoming Disney movie..?
Why is there always an assumption that exploits=firings? If it was intentionally added, yes, but if it's an honest mistake why do heads have to roll?
Coders make mistakes. That's why they put a backspace key on keyboards.
Call me when we can make a Death Star out of a roll of CAT 5.