At my current job, age seems to be a major factor when it comes to listening to what I have to say and believing that what I say is true. I've done so many different things, like filling bosses' requests to build an online app that does something complex in a short time, building and maintaining servers and security, and act as a consultant for authentication code and security on various platforms. Yet, none of them respect me because I'm still in school and because I'm * old *. It's very frustrating. Does anyone else see this as a problem? Does anyone else have this problem?"
SACRAMENTO - The California power grid was taken down today by a so-called "packet storm," where script kiddies coordinated themselves to ping every sleeping server in California to wake it up...
The reference to "the American attitude" typifies the trivialization of Hollywood. Hollywood is an extremely ethical issue, "one which readers of slashdot probably have some intelligent opinions [sic]."
I remember when Hollywood was like entertainment, a polite, well-moderated haven in amongst the tabloid junk and filth. Now it's all about Slashdot, which is a shame.
Honk if you know the difference
between parody and satire.
I still think we're crazie script kiddies
if we think it's a good idea to connect our
global internet to a radio telescope,
hoping some alien message finds its way in.
If we're lucky, they'll put up a little popup
window to tell us we're owned...
What if:
- Norway compiles a list of American spam-fugitives
- A US Marshal arrives at the Norwegian border asking to 'interview' an alleged DECSS violator
- Norway sez: "First bring us the spammers so we can 'interview' them"
> poorly done research is getting published more and more.
>
> Add in incompetent and irresponsible journalism,
> and the end result is a bad article,
> a headline that is even worse and
>>>>>>>>> misleading Slashdot stories....
Misleading Slashdot Stories! That's the last straw.
And here I thought I was getting unfiltered news. What is the world coming to?
> The consumer diamond market has artificially high prices, and is controlled almost entirely by a single family in South Africa. They restrict or release supply as they see fit. It's like the oil cartel done right (from their point of view, I mean.)
>
And the OS. Controlled by a single-company cartel in the upper US. The restrict or release technology as they see fit. It's like government done right.
Here in Seattle, we love our art. The best art IMHO is the art that the people love and interact with. Often, the "authorities" are clueless and the artists are smart. Great art.
You should see our troll, and wait for the Fremont bus (it passes within a block of the center of the universe, so why should we be suprised about a silly black monolith lounging around?)
> How are 'normal' users going to feel when they wonder why their
> computer is so sluggish while browsing, so they close the browser, only to discover 40 windows frantically flashing advertising
> and "special offers" at them? How many people will be chased away by these policies?
All the right people will be chased away: the ones the bonehead ads are aimed at.
Many of us technologists will filter them.
The rest will have to suffer until this medium, too, fails to thrive.
In "The Hitchhiker's trilogy," Douglas Adams sent all of the telephone sanitizers and ad executives to an alternate destination when the human species changed planets.
Slashdot Mirror
> What if you have a genetic predisposition to getting hit by buses?
Become a bus driver.
That's the same thing as national health care.
By all means, do it.
Have you been following the DECSS case?
> There is no trend of companies having absolute power in the US.
It's not absolute, but the ability to interrogate Norwegian child programmers can be a little scary to some.
At my current job, age seems to be a major factor when it comes to listening to what I have to say and believing that what I say is true. I've done so many different things, like filling bosses' requests to build an online app that does something complex in a short time, building and maintaining servers and security, and act as a consultant for authentication code and security on various platforms. Yet, none of them respect me because I'm still in school and because I'm * old *. It's very frustrating. Does anyone else see this as a problem? Does anyone else have this problem?"
SACRAMENTO - The California power grid was taken down today by a so-called "packet storm," where script kiddies coordinated themselves to ping every sleeping server in California to wake it up ...
> As Long as they don't clone Rosanne Barr
Don't forget, "Who?" is not the only question.
There's also how many..........
> What is everyone so afraid of when it comes to cloning?
To answer the question most directly:
1) damnation,
2) Frankenstein's monster
Fear is still fear, irrational or not.
Likewise for talk, and technology as well.
fax me the phone, will you?
The reference to "the American attitude" typifies the trivialization of Hollywood. Hollywood is an extremely ethical issue, "one which readers of slashdot probably have some intelligent opinions [sic]."
I remember when Hollywood was like entertainment, a polite, well-moderated haven in amongst the tabloid junk and filth. Now it's all about Slashdot, which is a shame.
Honk if you know the difference
between parody and satire.
I still think we're crazie script kiddies
if we think it's a good idea to connect our
global internet to a radio telescope,
hoping some alien message finds its way in.
If we're lucky, they'll put up a little popup
window to tell us we're owned...
Do you write for The Onion?
What if:
- Norway compiles a list of American spam-fugitives
- A US Marshal arrives at the Norwegian border asking to 'interview' an alleged DECSS violator
- Norway sez: "First bring us the spammers so we can 'interview' them"
Would the US Marshal go away?
> poorly done research is getting published more and more.
>
> Add in incompetent and irresponsible journalism,
> and the end result is a bad article,
> a headline that is even worse and
>>>>>>>>> misleading Slashdot stories....
Misleading Slashdot Stories! That's the last straw.
And here I thought I was getting unfiltered news. What is the world coming to?
(Don't be-lieve, don't be-lie-ee-ee-eve, don't be-lieve.)
Cops like to think that they have large jurisdictions.
Exposing the truth begs trouble.
>What about "News for nerds, stuff that matters"?
>Which of these categories doesn't Hooters fit under?
"Stuff," depending on your locality.
Four letters: D I V X
;-p
> The consumer diamond market has artificially high prices, and is controlled almost entirely by a single family in South Africa. They restrict or release supply as they see fit. It's like the oil cartel done right (from their point of view, I mean.)
>
And the OS. Controlled by a single-company cartel in the upper US. The restrict or release technology as they see fit. It's like government done right.
... the marching ant armies on the television screen, when there's no station?
Here in Seattle, we love our art. The best art IMHO is the art that the people love and interact with. Often, the "authorities" are clueless and the artists are smart. Great art.
You should see our troll, and wait for the Fremont bus (it passes within a block of the center of the universe, so why should we be suprised about a silly black monolith lounging around?)
...as kids with matchsticks and gum wrappers
> How are 'normal' users going to feel when they wonder why their
> computer is so sluggish while browsing, so they close the browser, only to discover 40 windows frantically flashing advertising
> and "special offers" at them? How many people will be chased away by these policies?
All the right people will be chased away: the ones the bonehead ads are aimed at.
Many of us technologists will filter them.
The rest will have to suffer until this medium, too, fails to thrive.
> Stop applying print and television metaphors to the web!
Sorry, but the web is now CB radio. Breaker, breaker!
You may as well tell people to stop watching football, or ask Americans to stop voting Republican.
In "The Hitchhiker's trilogy," Douglas Adams sent all of the telephone sanitizers and ad executives to an alternate destination when the human species changed planets.
Sadly, the alternate destination was Earth.
please send me a copy.
that's what this 'journalist' says at the end of the article.
"I'll compare [your evidence] with my sources."
(Hey, look everybody, I'm a source, howdy howdy howdy)