There are already a bunch of services claming to bhe the "napster of porn", supposedly trading passwords to porn sites. but in actually they're probably prearranged deals. Give out a 'psudopassword' and let people resubscribe for a higher rate.
This would probably end up being the same kind of thing. I know this is a bit hypocritical to say, but the online porn world is full of some of the sleaziest people out there. I mean, how much spam is for porn sites? These people will use any deceptive marketing tactics they can to make money, or as they would say '$$'. I remember reading some supposed how-to guide for starting up a porn site, and it explained how to scam search engines. The acted like there was nothing wrong with doing that at all. And of course, these are the people who invented the popup window.
The most discussing thing, though, is the way they'll put copy up on their sites that totally degrades women, you know, "This fucking bitch wants the cock so bad," etc. Its just, well as I said, discussing.
I suppose I could theorize that the people who end up going into porn are already willing to throw off morality for profit, (but don't want the legal exposure of, say, being a drug kingpin)
But anyway, if these guys succeed in buying napster, it'll be a sad day for napster. Not that napster was really that great, but these guys probably don't have any intention of even letting people trade files, but rather simply using the napster trademark some kind of supped-up pay site. (and yeah, the stuff won't be free.)
One of the things I'd like to do, if autopr0n ever became a big thing, is try to create a place where people can find pornography without all the ridiculous bullshit, Spam, etc. I think porno can be profitable without being incredibly demeaning to the customers and the women who appear in it.
Thats because it wasn't actualy peer to peer.
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All the searching was handled by centralized servers, not napster itself.
Why the hell would people who get spammed want money that should go to them to go to some open source project? Maybe even ending up lining ESRs pockets?
The money should go to people who have been harmed, namely, the people who have been spammed.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA, God damn man that's so fucking funny. LOL".
If I find something funny online I usually will respond with "heh" or "hah" or "hahah" depending on the humor level. I'll only LOL if it's actually the truth.
I used to think "LOL" was beneath me, but I ran into problems when I was actually laughing out loud and wanted to tell people that. I felt like a moron saying "I'm actually laughing out loud man."
I would never type "ROTFL" unless, well, I was rolling on the floor laughing. Or had done so. Since that's never actualy happened in my whole life...
The phrasing: "All I want to know is who the man is that looked at a cow and said 'I think I drink from whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze them.'"
A pure electronic voting system is always going to have problems, since there's no 'physical' or unchangeable data storage. Entries in a database can always be changed.
What I would do, if I were in that situation, would be to have the system print out a receipt after you're finished voting. The voter would then be expected to look over the receipt to make sure its correct, and then put in a box. If they're not happy with the receipt, they could put it into a shredder and start over again.
The counting would be done via scanners, which would be separate from the machine.
Alternatively, you could just use paper 'fill in the bubble' ballots in the first place.
There's no reason to use computers simply because they're 'cool'. Bubblesheet ballots work well and have little error. Using a touch screen computer is a waste of money and causes more problems then it solves.
You can get smaller amounts of memory for the thing, you know. If someone has $200, they obviously can't get the ipod, but can get the NexIIe and a resonable amount of storage.
If you decide to carry out a terrorist attack against the American people(or the people of any country), as he did -- you become an illegal combatant, a person who has no legal rights or claim to citizenship.
That's bullshit. If that were the case, the executive branch could imprison anyone just by saying they gave up their citizenship by "taking arms against America".
Unless someone publicly announces to the whole world that they have given up their citizenship voluntarily, they should be considered citizens.
Do you really think the founding fathers meant to have such a moronic loophole in the constitution?
You forfeit your citizenship when you take up arms against the US. I, for one, am quite glad that Abdullah al-Muhajir is in a military brig with all access to his terrorist friends denied.
If he committed treason, put him on fucking trial for that. Until he's convicted in a court of law, he is not a criminal. Innocent until proven guilty, damnit.
And you know what, I don't give a fuck if it means that some guy who wants to blow up some buildings is walking around on the streets if the alternative is to debase everything that this country is founded on.
I seem to recall people making memory, or at least ROM where bits were stored as single atoms just a few weeks ago (and on slashdot no less). Is this stuff more dense that that?
Before the modern Zionist movement, "Israel" was nothing more then a few scattered, peaceful, Jewish communities in a large Arab one. The idea that "Israel and Palestine" have been fighting for thousands of years is ridiculous. The Jews have never fought with Islamic Arabs before, and only once before fought with the "Philistines" (for which the region was named 'Palestine' by the Romans)
to about 50 years for the DDR and even more for the countries comprising Soviet Russia. For example, some of the Central Asian countries were not associated with Russia until about 80 years ago.
Wow, I had no idea that the Dance Dance revolution was so successfull!
(er, what do you mean by DDR? Am I missing something?)
Anyway. I agree with what you say about the prospect of war, pretty unlikely. The people with the money in the PRC and ROC have too much invested in eachother to go to war.
Well, actually I think Aeron chairs look nice, especially once you know how comfortable they are. You see one and you think "I'd like to sit in that chair." They aren't hideously ugly in any way. (But who knows, some people might not like them because they're 'different' from most expensive chairs. There are always people who disagree on certain designs. Just look at the toilet seat of the original iBook. Obviously someone thought that looked nice)
I also think the hummer looks nice. At least a lot better then most "suburban assault vehicle" type SUV.
Hummers do have an asthetic, even if it wasn't intended. Just because something isn't flowy like an AudiTT or something dosn't mean that it dosn't look nice. The Hummer may not have been designed with looks in mind, but it does have a look. And a lot of people like it (the whole 'technical' look)
I live in the dorms, and I only have one room. So, my computer is always out in the open for every one to see 24/7. Why would I want to put something ugly in my living space if I could put something beautiful?
It's not about ego, it's about the fact that having beautiful things around you makes you feel better, while having ugly, cheap looking shit makes you feel bad.
Some people actualy are sensitive to this sort of thing.
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There are already a bunch of services claming to bhe the "napster of porn", supposedly trading passwords to porn sites. but in actually they're probably prearranged deals. Give out a 'psudopassword' and let people resubscribe for a higher rate.
This would probably end up being the same kind of thing. I know this is a bit hypocritical to say, but the online porn world is full of some of the sleaziest people out there. I mean, how much spam is for porn sites? These people will use any deceptive marketing tactics they can to make money, or as they would say '$$'. I remember reading some supposed how-to guide for starting up a porn site, and it explained how to scam search engines. The acted like there was nothing wrong with doing that at all. And of course, these are the people who invented the popup window.
The most discussing thing, though, is the way they'll put copy up on their sites that totally degrades women, you know, "This fucking bitch wants the cock so bad," etc. Its just, well as I said, discussing.
I suppose I could theorize that the people who end up going into porn are already willing to throw off morality for profit, (but don't want the legal exposure of, say, being a drug kingpin)
But anyway, if these guys succeed in buying napster, it'll be a sad day for napster. Not that napster was really that great, but these guys probably don't have any intention of even letting people trade files, but rather simply using the napster trademark some kind of supped-up pay site. (and yeah, the stuff won't be free.)
One of the things I'd like to do, if autopr0n ever became a big thing, is try to create a place where people can find pornography without all the ridiculous bullshit, Spam, etc. I think porno can be profitable without being incredibly demeaning to the customers and the women who appear in it.
All the searching was handled by centralized servers, not napster itself.
Why the hell would people who get spammed want money that should go to them to go to some open source project? Maybe even ending up lining ESRs pockets?
The money should go to people who have been harmed, namely, the people who have been spammed.
If by "IP" you mean "Intelectual Property", then no. If you mean "Internet Protocol"...
"HAHAHAHAHAHA, God damn man that's so fucking funny. LOL".
If I find something funny online I usually will respond with "heh" or "hah" or "hahah" depending on the humor level. I'll only LOL if it's actually the truth.
I used to think "LOL" was beneath me, but I ran into problems when I was actually laughing out loud and wanted to tell people that. I felt like a moron saying "I'm actually laughing out loud man."
I would never type "ROTFL" unless, well, I was rolling on the floor laughing. Or had done so. Since that's never actualy happened in my whole life...
The phrasing: "All I want to know is who the man is that looked at a cow and said 'I think I drink from whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze them.'"
Came from a Calvin and Hobbes strip.
Assholes can still be funny. Just look at Dennis Leary or Lewis Black.
A lot of times you'll rip into someone for the entertainment of others. You don't need a smiley for that.
A pure electronic voting system is always going to have problems, since there's no 'physical' or unchangeable data storage. Entries in a database can always be changed.
What I would do, if I were in that situation, would be to have the system print out a receipt after you're finished voting. The voter would then be expected to look over the receipt to make sure its correct, and then put in a box. If they're not happy with the receipt, they could put it into a shredder and start over again.
The counting would be done via scanners, which would be separate from the machine.
Alternatively, you could just use paper 'fill in the bubble' ballots in the first place.
There's no reason to use computers simply because they're 'cool'. Bubblesheet ballots work well and have little error. Using a touch screen computer is a waste of money and causes more problems then it solves.
Bootable, hologrammed, serial-numbered CD-ROMs with individual private keys would do the trick.
Um, how exactly? (the most obvious question is why you need a hologram, or a CD rom for that matter)
Of course, since you didn't even provide a process to knock down, just some techno babble it would be impossible to tell you exactly why you're wrong.
You can get smaller amounts of memory for the thing, you know. If someone has $200, they obviously can't get the ipod, but can get the NexIIe and a resonable amount of storage.
If you decide to carry out a terrorist attack against the American people(or the people of any country), as he did -- you become an illegal combatant, a person who has no legal rights or claim to citizenship.
That's bullshit. If that were the case, the executive branch could imprison anyone just by saying they gave up their citizenship by "taking arms against America".
Unless someone publicly announces to the whole world that they have given up their citizenship voluntarily, they should be considered citizens.
Do you really think the founding fathers meant to have such a moronic loophole in the constitution?
You forfeit your citizenship when you take up arms against the US. I, for one, am quite glad that Abdullah al-Muhajir is in a military brig with all access to his terrorist friends denied.
If he committed treason, put him on fucking trial for that. Until he's convicted in a court of law, he is not a criminal. Innocent until proven guilty, damnit.
And you know what, I don't give a fuck if it means that some guy who wants to blow up some buildings is walking around on the streets if the alternative is to debase everything that this country is founded on.
Shouldn't they be counted in any NA vs. Europe stats?
And are they talking about europe as a whole, or just the EU?
the code only needs to be checked when the programs are first loaded, not all the time.
I mean, they named their CPU's "XP" for chissakes.
I've always hated apple, but if M$ keeps pushing in this direction and PC hardware follows, they may have a convert (unless they pull this crap to)
Seriously though, this might be apples chance to have a resonable marketshare if they play their cards right.
I seem to recall people making memory, or at least ROM where bits were stored as single atoms just a few weeks ago (and on slashdot no less). Is this stuff more dense that that?
Just wanted to point that out.
Before the modern Zionist movement, "Israel" was nothing more then a few scattered, peaceful, Jewish communities in a large Arab one. The idea that "Israel and Palestine" have been fighting for thousands of years is ridiculous. The Jews have never fought with Islamic Arabs before, and only once before fought with the "Philistines" (for which the region was named 'Palestine' by the Romans)
to about 50 years for the DDR and even more for the countries comprising Soviet Russia. For example, some of the Central Asian countries were not associated with Russia until about 80 years ago.
Wow, I had no idea that the Dance Dance revolution was so successfull!
(er, what do you mean by DDR? Am I missing something?)
Anyway. I agree with what you say about the prospect of war, pretty unlikely. The people with the money in the PRC and ROC have too much invested in eachother to go to war.
havn't established anything, other then your general lack of humor, and otherwise rampant idiocy.
Ever seen bubbly flowered stereo components? And you never will.
Actualy I have. At the exotic "target" stores.
Unless you consider a nearly spherical cd/sterio with hello kitty plastered all over not to be 'bubbly'
Sarcasm generaly has a 'humor' component. If the above post had been funny, I might have caught the sarcasm.
Well, actually I think Aeron chairs look nice, especially once you know how comfortable they are. You see one and you think "I'd like to sit in that chair." They aren't hideously ugly in any way. (But who knows, some people might not like them because they're 'different' from most expensive chairs. There are always people who disagree on certain designs. Just look at the toilet seat of the original iBook. Obviously someone thought that looked nice)
I also think the hummer looks nice. At least a lot better then most "suburban assault vehicle" type SUV.
Hummers do have an asthetic, even if it wasn't intended. Just because something isn't flowy like an AudiTT or something dosn't mean that it dosn't look nice. The Hummer may not have been designed with looks in mind, but it does have a look. And a lot of people like it (the whole 'technical' look)
I live in the dorms, and I only have one room. So, my computer is always out in the open for every one to see 24/7. Why would I want to put something ugly in my living space if I could put something beautiful?
It's not about ego, it's about the fact that having beautiful things around you makes you feel better, while having ugly, cheap looking shit makes you feel bad.
Some people actualy are sensitive to this sort of thing.