When SPEWS is used as much as MSIE on the internet, its the same as making a page MSIE-only. If 30% of the sites on the internet were configured so nobody on linux could see them, so no Mac, or alternative windows browsers were compatable with or without spoofing, you would see an outroar from people who actually see the effects when their page doesn't load instead of a bounced email.
It's everyone's blocklist, its used on a massive number of servers, and there is no getting around it. When it screws up, its as bad as when a dns server goes down. There needs to be overhaul and oversight in email.
So the batteries run out, the kid stays at a friends, and forgets to call home, and suddenly there's a nationwide Amber alert out?
First they put them in the cars, the cars we drive everywhere. Then they put them in the phones, the phones we never leave behind. Next they will put them in the kids, the ones too young to have any rights of their own.
Free speech is good and all, but after I kick the bible thumpers off my doorstep I expect them to leave peacefully. I don't want a goddamn pamphlet, and there is a newspaper that just *arrives* every day whether I want it to or not. Arguing with the mailman does not help at all.
The article talks about cussing and general morality, frankly I censor myself to keep things decent just to be polite, and if someone doesn't agree with what I am saying, I don't jam it down their throat.
There is a big difference in stating an opinion and actively advocating it, and diffrent places are forums for discussion on diffrent topics.
Maybe this should be in the read free-speech-limited-quantities dept. Would that be so bad?
Re:Importance of GPS, & questions on its Relia
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I believe that a greater application of this technology would be to track those expensive animals in the case that they get stolen. They have been using a variant of RFID to do this for years, but it is limited in distance and thus rarely actually catches animals except at slaughterhouses where they are required to scan for a stolen animal.
Did you RTFA? Are we supposed to be expecting a Darwinesqe award from someone who stole a million dollar horse and forgot to leave the GPS unit behind?
Hint: Read the caption, It's in the saddle blanket, the size of a small brick.
Bill Gates isn't writing a book about his fantasy female barbarian killing trolls and smiting grass snakes, Microsoft is releasing a MMORPG (specific type of game) called Mythica (ala Mythic's DAoC) using supposedly similar storylines and content.
If it were a book, we could call it John Grisham by Dean Koontz, with a cop who lost his badge uncovering a murder...
If Microsoft wants to win, they will likely have to change the name and show they are being original. TOMMOROW, On Slashdot: SCO's...I mean, Microsoft's rebuttal!
I would pay more retail if it meant it went into some kind of defense slush fund just for these kinds of suits at this level/quality game.
If they asked for donations for a defense fund for this game I would put up some money, as very rare an occasion as that would be for me.
If we don't pay to support the games we like, and want to see more of, the litigation and new laws will bog them down and keep developers away. A few victorys with a 10$/game defense fund for the next Manhunt could go a long way twords keeping games free from political influence.
Property is inherent in the dollar and money since it has been conceived as an idea and brought to fruition. If you read the Bureau of Engraving and Printing you see the words Confidence. Trust. Value.
Websters defines money as something generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment: as a : officially coined or stamped metal currency.
The only question left is the right to be free from theft, and or taxation.
You are placing improper standards on people because they hold jobs of high status. If you saw "Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out" on Nip/Tuck would you write to the network executive in charge? If Arrnold appended his messages with "Ask yourself what you can do for ME!" would you demand congressional investigation of egomania?
Only the Judge has to have the appearance of impropriety. The rest of the world can remain human.
And books....you can't forget the books. We wouldn't want someone reading some murder mystery while in for a dime on manslaughter. Why don't we just cage them up in bamboo cells, call them animals, and set them all loose in Australia after they complete their term.
GTA is whats happening in the real world, and if you keep your inmates secluded and sheltered from real life not only do you run the risk of culture shock when they get out, you make them less efficent in society. If you want to ban someone from playing GTA even after they run out their term, well, I suppose the ACLU would have something to say.
Its only insultingly stupid when it detracts from the movie. I'm not often insulted at movies, but if it involves the physics it makes the movie worse--not better. It's hard to say insultingly stupid movie physics can better the plot line or strengthen a character/idea.
Child molesters and pediophiles in general are ashamed and confused about what they are feeling. They find pictures, and suddenly they are not alone. They are in a world where they are not the only ones, they may be right in the way they think, the way they act. Maybe those impulses they kept in the closet weren't meant to be kept there. Maybe they could be let out. They become more and more overwhelming as they are exposed to increased stimuli.
When you watch porn, look at pictures, videos, your g/f-wife-hooker, do you feel an overwhelming compulsion to get off in any way possible? And if there is another person there, wouldn't you prefer it to be with them? You put pictures of kids out there and you send a loaded gun out into the community. The fact is that porn in general is not healthy to the people who make it, vastly moreso for children, and the people who defend the right to child pornography should examine their motivations. Were you abused? If not, what if a convicted child molester moved into your neighborhood and got hooked up with a t1 and a basement camera studio.
I can't tell if this person thinks that 56kers lag the server or if they are just bad players, nor can I tell why he was modded up. I've been playing CS since beta 4 and played both 56k and cable, but moved to an area where only 56k is available. In CS, regardless of what kind of connection you have, skill matters much much more, but it can tip the scales when all else is even. I've seen too many people run into the bomb about to blow, and too many terrorists on a hostage mission rush into gunfire with seconds left on the clock to think that ping makes the man.
In addition to desensitizing your child from birth to constant surveliance you will be withholding actual human contact be it sight touch smell (however fortunate for you, the child get's left out) when you check the cam and see everything is alright instead of dropping in and reassuring the child that everything is ok.
We love you, we don't trust you, we just want to know you're ok, we want to control you, we are your parents, its only a little box? If only they were born with a Phd in Psych. so they would know how much we really care. And stop crying all the goddamn time.
Seriously, has deregulation ever benefited consumers?
I Think the Declaration of Independence was a shining moment in the history of the consumer, or potential consumers of the United States.
Atlas Shrugged. We all fell down.
The only stupid question is the one you don't ask?
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Ok...I'm no scientist, and I long for quality silence, shut my windows and the computer still hums, turn that off and the house makes noises, put on the headphones and the wind is still audible unless I actually play some music which kind of defeats the purpose. Nature, technology, the world, all out to stimulate my ear drum.
Here is the question. Is this new fangled white noise more noise pumped into my ear designed to fool me into thinking I'm not hearing anything, or is it truly canceling out the sound waves so they do not enter.
Am I just signing up for a preview for my future where I will accept the label "hard of hearing" or will this actually give my mind, and eardrum some relief.
It's common knowledge that anyone can get through the firewall, and now it has been posted on Slashdot. Its just that warm and fuzzy feeling spreading all over the place.
In reality, I'd imagine the block is effective in what they want it to do, make a show of power, assert some control, and deter the average user from accessing content they don't want that user to see. If someone is determined, they will see it, but if someone goes casually looking, they may be blocked, and regardless, people know the wall is there. How much press has this wall gotten China internationally, at least here in the US?
Really, what would be more ingenious than to throw together a few broken censorware blocks and call it The Great Firewall of China inspiring renewed respect for the government. The power it must take to control the viewing ability of a country that size!
As for Cisco and Yahoo, everyone is chomping at the bit because the big names snagged a big contract, instead of some smaller names who could of grown with something this size. Needless to say, it would of happened with or without Cisco or Yahoo and claiming moral superiority is something I wouldn't want to jump at, being a human being with moral defects of my own.
After all, we are setting a precedent. Isn't that what it's all about? Building a little staircase into that great Ministry of Truth?
Then it'll know what show's we watch from our digital television and video rentals, and what we do online from our ISP's and Carnivore, precedent built on precedent.
Frankly it doesn't have to go that far for me to be concerned, it doesn't have to take one step further than it already has. There is a man who drives around in a car and watches what I do at night, sometimes I think he is following me, if I act strangely he may even pull me over and ask what I'm up to. If it happens often enough I get to know his name, recognize his face, the police officer.
Stores have security cameras, malls have cameras, there are microphones everywhere, and how much further do we need to go? Should there be someone, something, assigned to you 24 hours a day? Something that knows everything you know because it has seen, viewed, scrutinized, censored every piece of information that has come to your doorstep and passed through your possession?
How long until you can't go for a walk in the woods without hearing the whir of a motion tracking camera taking a bead on you while some distant operator notices you out at 3 in the morning, strolling through what used to be a vacant forest with nothing but the occasional skunk to worry about.
I think the smell has wafted its way into DC. I don't know who best serves to oppose this kind of action, movement, but give me the name of an organization, give me the name of someone, and I'll sign up, while I still can, while I'm still free to do so.
Blatanly plagurized material straight from the FAQ just because yall haven't seemed to have read it, or are ignoring it entirely.
Why did you post story X?
Slashdot is many things to many people. Some people think it's a Linux site. To others, it's a geek hangout. I've always worked very hard to make sure that Slashdot matches up with my interests and the interests of my authors. We think we're pretty typical Slashdot readers... but that does mean that occasionally one of us might post something that you think is inappropriate. You might be interested in my Omelette rant.
Personally, I have a pet peeve when people post comments saying things like "That's not News For Nerds!" and "That's not Stuff that Matters!" Slashdot has been running for almost 3 years, and over that time, I have always been the final decision maker on what ends up on the homepage. It turns out that a lot of people agree with me: Linux, Legos, Penguins, Sci (both real and fiction). If you've been reading Slashdot, you know what the subjects commonly are, but we might deviate occasionally. It's just more fun that way. Variety Is The Spice Of Life and all that, right? We've been running Slashdot for a long time, and if we occasionally want to post something that someone doesn't think is right for Slashdot, well, we're the ones who get to make the call. It's the mix of stories that makes Slashdot the fun place that it is.
Answered by: CmdrTaco
Last Modified: 6/26/00
"The Omelette"
Let me try to give you an analogy for Slashdot's homepage. It's like an omelette: it's a combination of sausage and ham and tomatoes and eggs and more. Over the years, we've figured out what ingredients are best on Slashdot. The ultimate goal is, of course, to create an omelette that I enjoy eating: by 8pm, I want to see a dozen interesting stories on Slashdot. I hope you enjoy them too. I believe that we've grown in size because we share a lot of common interests with our readers. But that doesn't mean that I'm gonna mix an omelette with all sausages, or someday throw away the tomatoes because the green peppers are really fresh.
There are many components to the Slashdot Omelette. Stories about Linux. Tech stories. Science. Legos. Book Reviews. Yes, even Jon Katz. By mixing and matching these things each and every day, we bring you what I call Slashdot. On some days it definitely is better than others, but overall we think it's a tasty little treat and we hope you enjoy eating as much as we enjoy cooking it.
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When SPEWS is used as much as MSIE on the internet, its the same as making a page MSIE-only. If 30% of the sites on the internet were configured so nobody on linux could see them, so no Mac, or alternative windows browsers were compatable with or without spoofing, you would see an outroar from people who actually see the effects when their page doesn't load instead of a bounced email.
It's everyone's blocklist, its used on a massive number of servers, and there is no getting around it. When it screws up, its as bad as when a dns server goes down. There needs to be overhaul and oversight in email.
So the batteries run out, the kid stays at a friends, and forgets to call home, and suddenly there's a nationwide Amber alert out?
First they put them in the cars, the cars we drive everywhere. Then they put them in the phones, the phones we never leave behind. Next they will put them in the kids, the ones too young to have any rights of their own.
If you strike me down, I shall become more powerfull than you can possibly imagine!
Free speech is good and all, but after I kick the bible thumpers off my doorstep I expect them to leave peacefully. I don't want a goddamn pamphlet, and there is a newspaper that just *arrives* every day whether I want it to or not. Arguing with the mailman does not help at all.
The article talks about cussing and general morality, frankly I censor myself to keep things decent just to be polite, and if someone doesn't agree with what I am saying, I don't jam it down their throat.
There is a big difference in stating an opinion and actively advocating it, and diffrent places are forums for discussion on diffrent topics.
Maybe this should be in the read free-speech-limited-quantities dept. Would that be so bad?
I believe that a greater application of this technology would be to track those expensive animals in the case that they get stolen. They have been using a variant of RFID to do this for years, but it is limited in distance and thus rarely actually catches animals except at slaughterhouses where they are required to scan for a stolen animal.
Did you RTFA? Are we supposed to be expecting a Darwinesqe award from someone who stole a million dollar horse and forgot to leave the GPS unit behind?
Hint: Read the caption, It's in the saddle blanket, the size of a small brick.
Bill Gates isn't writing a book about his fantasy female barbarian killing trolls and smiting grass snakes, Microsoft is releasing a MMORPG (specific type of game) called Mythica (ala Mythic's DAoC) using supposedly similar storylines and content.
If it were a book, we could call it John Grisham by Dean Koontz, with a cop who lost his badge uncovering a murder...
If Microsoft wants to win, they will likely have to change the name and show they are being original. TOMMOROW, On Slashdot: SCO's...I mean, Microsoft's rebuttal!
I would pay more retail if it meant it went into some kind of defense slush fund just for these kinds of suits at this level/quality game.
If they asked for donations for a defense fund for this game I would put up some money, as very rare an occasion as that would be for me.
If we don't pay to support the games we like, and want to see more of, the litigation and new laws will bog them down and keep developers away. A few victorys with a 10$/game defense fund for the next Manhunt could go a long way twords keeping games free from political influence.
We need pics of an xbox barbeque.
Property is inherent in the dollar and money since it has been conceived as an idea and brought to fruition. If you read the Bureau of Engraving and Printing you see the words Confidence. Trust. Value.
Websters defines money as something generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment: as a : officially coined or stamped metal currency.
The only question left is the right to be free from theft, and or taxation.
Some might not see the difference.
You are placing improper standards on people because they hold jobs of high status. If you saw "Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out" on Nip/Tuck would you write to the network executive in charge? If Arrnold appended his messages with "Ask yourself what you can do for ME!" would you demand congressional investigation of egomania?
Only the Judge has to have the appearance of impropriety. The rest of the world can remain human.
And books....you can't forget the books. We wouldn't want someone reading some murder mystery while in for a dime on manslaughter. Why don't we just cage them up in bamboo cells, call them animals, and set them all loose in Australia after they complete their term. GTA is whats happening in the real world, and if you keep your inmates secluded and sheltered from real life not only do you run the risk of culture shock when they get out, you make them less efficent in society. If you want to ban someone from playing GTA even after they run out their term, well, I suppose the ACLU would have something to say.
If something goes wrong we can sell our stock and get out of the country while they take a year or two to determine the cause of the crash.
Its only insultingly stupid when it detracts from the movie. I'm not often insulted at movies, but if it involves the physics it makes the movie worse--not better. It's hard to say insultingly stupid movie physics can better the plot line or strengthen a character/idea.
Child molesters and pediophiles in general are ashamed and confused about what they are feeling. They find pictures, and suddenly they are not alone. They are in a world where they are not the only ones, they may be right in the way they think, the way they act. Maybe those impulses they kept in the closet weren't meant to be kept there. Maybe they could be let out. They become more and more overwhelming as they are exposed to increased stimuli.
When you watch porn, look at pictures, videos, your g/f-wife-hooker, do you feel an overwhelming compulsion to get off in any way possible? And if there is another person there, wouldn't you prefer it to be with them? You put pictures of kids out there and you send a loaded gun out into the community. The fact is that porn in general is not healthy to the people who make it, vastly moreso for children, and the people who defend the right to child pornography should examine their motivations. Were you abused? If not, what if a convicted child molester moved into your neighborhood and got hooked up with a t1 and a basement camera studio.
I can't tell if this person thinks that 56kers lag the server or if they are just bad players, nor can I tell why he was modded up. I've been playing CS since beta 4 and played both 56k and cable, but moved to an area where only 56k is available. In CS, regardless of what kind of connection you have, skill matters much much more, but it can tip the scales when all else is even. I've seen too many people run into the bomb about to blow, and too many terrorists on a hostage mission rush into gunfire with seconds left on the clock to think that ping makes the man.
In addition to desensitizing your child from birth to constant surveliance you will be withholding actual human contact be it sight touch smell (however fortunate for you, the child get's left out) when you check the cam and see everything is alright instead of dropping in and reassuring the child that everything is ok. We love you, we don't trust you, we just want to know you're ok, we want to control you, we are your parents, its only a little box? If only they were born with a Phd in Psych. so they would know how much we really care. And stop crying all the goddamn time.
Atlas Shrugged. We all fell down.
Ok...I'm no scientist, and I long for quality silence, shut my windows and the computer still hums, turn that off and the house makes noises, put on the headphones and the wind is still audible unless I actually play some music which kind of defeats the purpose. Nature, technology, the world, all out to stimulate my ear drum.
Here is the question. Is this new fangled white noise more noise pumped into my ear designed to fool me into thinking I'm not hearing anything, or is it truly canceling out the sound waves so they do not enter.
Am I just signing up for a preview for my future where I will accept the label "hard of hearing" or will this actually give my mind, and eardrum some relief.
It's common knowledge that anyone can get through the firewall, and now it has been posted on Slashdot. Its just that warm and fuzzy feeling spreading all over the place.
In reality, I'd imagine the block is effective in what they want it to do, make a show of power, assert some control, and deter the average user from accessing content they don't want that user to see. If someone is determined, they will see it, but if someone goes casually looking, they may be blocked, and regardless, people know the wall is there. How much press has this wall gotten China internationally, at least here in the US?
Really, what would be more ingenious than to throw together a few broken censorware blocks and call it The Great Firewall of China inspiring renewed respect for the government. The power it must take to control the viewing ability of a country that size!
As for Cisco and Yahoo, everyone is chomping at the bit because the big names snagged a big contract, instead of some smaller names who could of grown with something this size. Needless to say, it would of happened with or without Cisco or Yahoo and claiming moral superiority is something I wouldn't want to jump at, being a human being with moral defects of my own.
After all, we are setting a precedent. Isn't that what it's all about? Building a little staircase into that great Ministry of Truth?
Then it'll know what show's we watch from our digital television and video rentals, and what we do online from our ISP's and Carnivore, precedent built on precedent.
Frankly it doesn't have to go that far for me to be concerned, it doesn't have to take one step further than it already has. There is a man who drives around in a car and watches what I do at night, sometimes I think he is following me, if I act strangely he may even pull me over and ask what I'm up to. If it happens often enough I get to know his name, recognize his face, the police officer.
Stores have security cameras, malls have cameras, there are microphones everywhere, and how much further do we need to go? Should there be someone, something, assigned to you 24 hours a day? Something that knows everything you know because it has seen, viewed, scrutinized, censored every piece of information that has come to your doorstep and passed through your possession?
How long until you can't go for a walk in the woods without hearing the whir of a motion tracking camera taking a bead on you while some distant operator notices you out at 3 in the morning, strolling through what used to be a vacant forest with nothing but the occasional skunk to worry about.
I think the smell has wafted its way into DC. I don't know who best serves to oppose this kind of action, movement, but give me the name of an organization, give me the name of someone, and I'll sign up, while I still can, while I'm still free to do so.
Blatanly plagurized material straight from the FAQ just because yall haven't seemed to have read it, or are ignoring it entirely.
Why did you post story X?
Slashdot is many things to many people. Some people think it's a Linux site. To others, it's a geek hangout. I've always worked very hard to make sure that Slashdot matches up with my interests and the interests of my authors. We think we're pretty typical Slashdot readers... but that does mean that occasionally one of us might post something that you think is inappropriate. You might be interested in my Omelette rant.
Personally, I have a pet peeve when people post comments saying things like "That's not News For Nerds!" and "That's not Stuff that Matters!" Slashdot has been running for almost 3 years, and over that time, I have always been the final decision maker on what ends up on the homepage. It turns out that a lot of people agree with me: Linux, Legos, Penguins, Sci (both real and fiction). If you've been reading Slashdot, you know what the subjects commonly are, but we might deviate occasionally. It's just more fun that way. Variety Is The Spice Of Life and all that, right? We've been running Slashdot for a long time, and if we occasionally want to post something that someone doesn't think is right for Slashdot, well, we're the ones who get to make the call. It's the mix of stories that makes Slashdot the fun place that it is.
Answered by: CmdrTaco
Last Modified: 6/26/00
"The Omelette"
Let me try to give you an analogy for Slashdot's homepage. It's like an omelette: it's a combination of sausage and ham and tomatoes and eggs and more. Over the years, we've figured out what ingredients are best on Slashdot. The ultimate goal is, of course, to create an omelette that I enjoy eating: by 8pm, I want to see a dozen interesting stories on Slashdot. I hope you enjoy them too. I believe that we've grown in size because we share a lot of common interests with our readers. But that doesn't mean that I'm gonna mix an omelette with all sausages, or someday throw away the tomatoes because the green peppers are really fresh.
There are many components to the Slashdot Omelette. Stories about Linux. Tech stories. Science. Legos. Book Reviews. Yes, even Jon Katz. By mixing and matching these things each and every day, we bring you what I call Slashdot. On some days it definitely is better than others, but overall we think it's a tasty little treat and we hope you enjoy eating as much as we enjoy cooking it.
Answered by: CmdrTaco
Last Modified: 6/14/00