This isn't an April fool's joke, It's an April Stupid Joke(tm). April Fools jokes are at least capable of fooling someone into believing it, thus the name 'April fool'. Try to make a decent attempt, ok?
So, MS isn't going to try to extract several hundred thousand dollars from someone with no money or prospect of getting that sort of money, because it would cost more to hire a thug to shake down the punk than they would get. Hmmm.
There are a lot of jerks in any given community who will happily sell violent soft-core pornography to children at $60 retail
Soft-core pornography? Sexuality in GTA is less explicit that an episode of 'Friends'. I could see if you refered to GTA as having 'mature content', but soft-core pr0n? please.
Results: Set A children angered more easily and were more prone to hitting each other in play. Set B children were more patient, hit each other less, and had calmer attitudes.
Yeah, I can see that. 'Tetris' just makes people psycho-crazy...
Interesting take on the subject, but here is why it is simply better that private enterprise handle the Internet. Both private enterprise and the a government might at some point, think it needs to meddle with things and filter content. With a private company, you can simply cancel your service and change providers if you don't like the service. What are you going to do if you don't like the way the goveernment runs things, switch countries?
From a research standpoint, this is very interesting and all, but from a pure pragmatic standpoint this seems like a bad idea: By adding in an extra level of 'abstraction', you include an extra level where errors can crop up.
How about devoting all that cool research into writing better compiler AI, and improve debugging and code optimazation?
That assumes that you want to own it. Think open source type stuff. Even if you wanted to 'own' something like that, you can't, due to GPL.
I like to write games in my free time, but most are just sort of practice platforms to try differing things out, not to market. If I could do something like that, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I write stuff for my own personal useage, so if Google wanted to 'own' the code, I would care less.
How can a student respond to such an accusation in order to defend the validity of BitTorrent and continue to benefit from its legitimate uses?
Bit Torrent has lagitimate uses? Well, why the thell am I using it, then...Oh sorry, the topic at hand.
Personally, this sort of sillyness hacks me off to no end, and 'The extreem always makes an impression', so I would get a couple of file stealin', er swappin' buddies, make up a few protest signs and march through the guys office chanting things like, 'Don't tread on me!' through megaphones for maximum effect. Throw around a few provocative phrases like 'censorship thought nazis', and 'internet facists'. While this will likely get you tossesd out of the the administrative building by campus security (not really a big deal, provided you behave yourself when they show up and leave nicely when asked), it will cause the IT folks to more carefully considder their decision more carefully. People aren't going to want to irritate a vocal minority. The squeaky priate, er, wheel gets the grease.
completely unsuitable for anything even remotely considered for true e-commerce
What is 'true e-commerce'? Sweeping generalizations only make you look like some sort anti-MS nutjob. I have seen many e-commerce setups running MS-SQL that work just fine.
I'm not talking about a 1 or 2 user system either, but something that does 100s of transactions per second.
Yeah, but what kind of idiot tries to use MS-SQL in high volume environments? Know your tools, and use the right tool for the right job. I think that even MS acknowledges that MS-SQL was designed to be for small to mid-sized solutions. If you are running thousands of transactions per second, then you probably can afford to buy into Oracle.
my Windows boxes don't have any MS applications installed, and even have some of the applications that come with the OS uninstalled or disabled, to enabled the system to be somewhat stable.
I have never had any problem with system stability when working with NT systems. What are you running on your servers, win98? What MS applications make a 'system unstable'? It sounds to me like you haven't invested any time in learning how to properly admin a windows server. I have a friend who it a Linux zealot, and he sounds exactly like you. He sporradically dabbled with MS systems, without truly learning them, and runs around talking about how they are 'crappy'.
Amen brotha. I have been using all the flavors of W2k since before it came out, and I have never had a problem. I ran a web server with it for 4 years straight, with about 99% uptime and zero infections or sucessful intrusions. Keep it patched (once a week, wither it needs it or not!) and it ran like a dream.
MS SQL 2k is also a rare gem. Most of the stuff they make is crusty with silly features and annoying eyecandy, but they have a few really solid apps if you know where to look...
And why should we want to buy such an extremely limited license, when our parents, and even our grandparents, got a better deal by purchasing the physical medium?
My first reaction to the question of accepting DRM enabled media, is never. You can have my mp3's when you pry them from my cold, dead hard drive.
But then, thinking about it, I don't have a problem with DRM so much as the concept of value. The problem with most companies, is they want to sell me a lesser quality version of what I could previously purchase, at the same price. I don't mind having a copy of movie that might self destruct at any moment, but I would only pay about the same cost as it takes to rent such a movie at a video store, rather than the $20-$30 that most movies cost on DVD. My thinking is that a DRM movie is really just 'rented', and it isn't mine to shift as I wish. So, I think the problem isn't DRM, but the expectation of compaines that media with DRM is as valueable as media without it.
$2500 to someone in Malaysia is a lot of dough for a little coding... they could work for $200/mo in some kind of outsourcing plan or make a year's wages in their spare time. What do you think they're going to do?
You're probably right, but what happens to their domain when Google fixes the problem, and the permanently blacklists it. No problem if you have some cruddy name like, 'MalaysianWombatpr0n.org', but it would be pretty stupid if you redirected to a domain name like, 'Sex.com'.
One other thought, I'm sure that there are spammers all over the world racing to swipe as many top spots as possible right now, but I wouldn't do this in Malaysia. If I recall correctly, they have DRACONIAN laws when it comes to criminal activity. Personally I think getting canned for Google page ranking scams would suck. I would make 100% sure that this isn't even remotely illegal before I tried it from Malaysian jourisdiction.
It wasn't right then, and if it's still going on, good for them for suing.
While I usually root for labor rights, this is just silly. You have a contract. They promised you nothing, and you agreed to it. Turn it down if you don't like it. Negotate a better deal. Unionize if you want collective barganing. But don't sue, because you agreed to work under the contract.
contractors would play a game of saying that you're still employed with the contracting agency, thus not entitled to unemployment benefits.
Now here is something to call the feds and sue over. This would be fraud, and I'm sure that the police or the feds would like to hear about this sort of thing.
Will the market of 'Star Wars Enthusiasts' allow more movies to be made?
I have stated before that there will be many more SW movies, and more middle earth books. In both cases, the studios don't have control of the properties, so it would seem that they can't get their money grubbing mits on them to crank out tons of material.
However, with copyrights being so long these days, eventually someone will decisde they need a new ferrari or more hookers and blow, and let the studios crank out more sequals/prequals, whatever.
Maybe it will be GL's grandkids, maybe it will be his great grand kids, but it will happen. I just hope that whoever gets put in charge of the project(s) has the brainpower to hire some truly brilliant writers and directors, so as to keep the property strong, as opposed to that stinking piece of crap that passes for star treck these days. Great example of how to ruin a property.
Why would you post a link to his site that says HOT GAY COCK? I looked at the site and there isn't any mention of HOT GAY COCK on it. I mean, I've never been to a HOT GAY COCK page before, but I can imagine what a HOT GAY COCK site looks like. I mean, it doesn't even seem close to a HOT GAY COCK site. First off, there needs to be a lot more HOT GAY COCK on the site. And when I say more, I mean at least one HOT GAY COCK. There isn't even one single HOT GAY COCK to be found.
Now, you may find yorself suddenly at the top of Googles rankings for HOT GAY COCK. Don't thank me, just convert your hosting businuess over to a pr0n site that has HOT GAY COCK, rake in the cash, and send me a cut. Afterall, Does your hosting businuess really make more money than a HOT GAY COCK site?
Now that we have worn that joke out completely, you should check the google listing for you page in a week or two to see where it is in the ranking for HGC. Since all the links to your site regarding HGC are from/., it will give you an idea ho heavily slashdot's links are weighed in the ranking system. It would be interesting to see how quickly you get a boost from silliness such as this.
(mods: this honestly isn't a troll, read the parent and grandparent posting.)
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This isn't an April fool's joke, It's an April Stupid Joke(tm). April Fools jokes are at least capable of fooling someone into believing it, thus the name 'April fool'. Try to make a decent attempt, ok?
It's a joke
No it isn't. Jokes are funny.
So, MS isn't going to try to extract several hundred thousand dollars from someone with no money or prospect of getting that sort of money, because it would cost more to hire a thug to shake down the punk than they would get. Hmmm.
See, MS can make a good decision on occasion...
Was that like, irony?
There are a lot of jerks in any given community who will happily sell violent soft-core pornography to children at $60 retail
Soft-core pornography? Sexuality in GTA is less explicit that an episode of 'Friends'. I could see if you refered to GTA as having 'mature content', but soft-core pr0n? please.
Results: Set A children angered more easily and were more prone to hitting each other in play. Set B children were more patient, hit each other less, and had calmer attitudes.
Yeah, I can see that. 'Tetris' just makes people psycho-crazy...
Interesting take on the subject, but here is why it is simply better that private enterprise handle the Internet. Both private enterprise and the a government might at some point, think it needs to meddle with things and filter content. With a private company, you can simply cancel your service and change providers if you don't like the service. What are you going to do if you don't like the way the goveernment runs things, switch countries?
From a research standpoint, this is very interesting and all, but from a pure pragmatic standpoint this seems like a bad idea: By adding in an extra level of 'abstraction', you include an extra level where errors can crop up.
How about devoting all that cool research into writing better compiler AI, and improve debugging and code optimazation?
See, that is why I use the good strong password, 'a@36fh_6^73sdv[:*4hnsSWaB1+h$j,Fennj00&QERvd"(@22 2237hk-i-h-h'. Let's see them figure that one out!
Er, oops.
Who needs russian identity thieves?
Umm, the file is called /proc/sys/vm/swappiness; I didn't make it up.
Oh well, in that case I take it all back. You aren't cool.
And here comes the cavalcade of leeches spouting "smart people don't reinvent the wheel.."
Smart people don't reinvent.....uh, damn.
That was some sort of jedi mind tick wasn't it?
That assumes that you want to own it. Think open source type stuff. Even if you wanted to 'own' something like that, you can't, due to GPL.
I like to write games in my free time, but most are just sort of practice platforms to try differing things out, not to market. If I could do something like that, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I write stuff for my own personal useage, so if Google wanted to 'own' the code, I would care less.
How can a student respond to such an accusation in order to defend the validity of BitTorrent and continue to benefit from its legitimate uses?
Bit Torrent has lagitimate uses? Well, why the thell am I using it, then...Oh sorry, the topic at hand.
Personally, this sort of sillyness hacks me off to no end, and 'The extreem always makes an impression', so I would get a couple of file stealin', er swappin' buddies, make up a few protest signs and march through the guys office chanting things like, 'Don't tread on me!' through megaphones for maximum effect. Throw around a few provocative phrases like 'censorship thought nazis', and 'internet facists'. While this will likely get you tossesd out of the the administrative building by campus security (not really a big deal, provided you behave yourself when they show up and leave nicely when asked), it will cause the IT folks to more carefully considder their decision more carefully. People aren't going to want to irritate a vocal minority. The squeaky priate, er, wheel gets the grease.
To change the swappiness, say, to 40:
You sir, are the coolerist. It sweets up the language to add colorfulistic verbing and adverbly structures like the one you buildily made aboverness.
Rockeringly on, dude!
completely unsuitable for anything even remotely considered for true e-commerce
What is 'true e-commerce'? Sweeping generalizations only make you look like some sort anti-MS nutjob. I have seen many e-commerce setups running MS-SQL that work just fine.
I'm not talking about a 1 or 2 user system either, but something that does 100s of transactions per second.
Yeah, but what kind of idiot tries to use MS-SQL in high volume environments? Know your tools, and use the right tool for the right job. I think that even MS acknowledges that MS-SQL was designed to be for small to mid-sized solutions. If you are running thousands of transactions per second, then you probably can afford to buy into Oracle.
my Windows boxes don't have any MS applications installed, and even have some of the applications that come with the OS uninstalled or disabled, to enabled the system to be somewhat stable.
I have never had any problem with system stability when working with NT systems. What are you running on your servers, win98? What MS applications make a 'system unstable'? It sounds to me like you haven't invested any time in learning how to properly admin a windows server. I have a friend who it a Linux zealot, and he sounds exactly like you. He sporradically dabbled with MS systems, without truly learning them, and runs around talking about how they are 'crappy'.
"It's all Oooh and Ahhh, now, but just wait until the screaming begins later..."
If they clone a T-rex, don't they have to clone Jeff Goldblume, too?
Amen brotha. I have been using all the flavors of W2k since before it came out, and I have never had a problem. I ran a web server with it for 4 years straight, with about 99% uptime and zero infections or sucessful intrusions. Keep it patched (once a week, wither it needs it or not!) and it ran like a dream.
MS SQL 2k is also a rare gem. Most of the stuff they make is crusty with silly features and annoying eyecandy, but they have a few really solid apps if you know where to look...
Adobe toolbar, what's that? I just hit "Save to PDF" on any print dialogs...
Would that be with the right or left mouse button?
And why should we want to buy such an extremely limited license, when our parents, and even our grandparents, got a better deal by purchasing the physical medium?
My first reaction to the question of accepting DRM enabled media, is never. You can have my mp3's when you pry them from my cold, dead hard drive.
But then, thinking about it, I don't have a problem with DRM so much as the concept of value. The problem with most companies, is they want to sell me a lesser quality version of what I could previously purchase, at the same price. I don't mind having a copy of movie that might self destruct at any moment, but I would only pay about the same cost as it takes to rent such a movie at a video store, rather than the $20-$30 that most movies cost on DVD. My thinking is that a DRM movie is really just 'rented', and it isn't mine to shift as I wish. So, I think the problem isn't DRM, but the expectation of compaines that media with DRM is as valueable as media without it.
$2500 to someone in Malaysia is a lot of dough for a little coding... they could work for $200/mo in some kind of outsourcing plan or make a year's wages in their spare time. What do you think they're going to do?
You're probably right, but what happens to their domain when Google fixes the problem, and the permanently blacklists it. No problem if you have some cruddy name like, 'MalaysianWombatpr0n.org', but it would be pretty stupid if you redirected to a domain name like, 'Sex.com'.
One other thought, I'm sure that there are spammers all over the world racing to swipe as many top spots as possible right now, but I wouldn't do this in Malaysia. If I recall correctly, they have DRACONIAN laws when it comes to criminal activity. Personally I think getting canned for Google page ranking scams would suck. I would make 100% sure that this isn't even remotely illegal before I tried it from Malaysian jourisdiction.
Hmmm creative, but I don't think making sure that they have a bullet proof logging system is the first priority of most warez ftp servers...
It wasn't right then, and if it's still going on, good for them for suing.
While I usually root for labor rights, this is just silly. You have a contract. They promised you nothing, and you agreed to it. Turn it down if you don't like it. Negotate a better deal. Unionize if you want collective barganing. But don't sue, because you agreed to work under the contract.
contractors would play a game of saying that you're still employed with the contracting agency, thus not entitled to unemployment benefits.
Now here is something to call the feds and sue over. This would be fraud, and I'm sure that the police or the feds would like to hear about this sort of thing.
Will the market of 'Star Wars Enthusiasts' allow more movies to be made?
I have stated before that there will be many more SW movies, and more middle earth books. In both cases, the studios don't have control of the properties, so it would seem that they can't get their money grubbing mits on them to crank out tons of material.
However, with copyrights being so long these days, eventually someone will decisde they need a new ferrari or more hookers and blow, and let the studios crank out more sequals/prequals, whatever. Maybe it will be GL's grandkids, maybe it will be his great grand kids, but it will happen. I just hope that whoever gets put in charge of the project(s) has the brainpower to hire some truly brilliant writers and directors, so as to keep the property strong, as opposed to that stinking piece of crap that passes for star treck these days. Great example of how to ruin a property.
Why would you post a link to his site that says HOT GAY COCK? I looked at the site and there isn't any mention of HOT GAY COCK on it. I mean, I've never been to a HOT GAY COCK page before, but I can imagine what a HOT GAY COCK site looks like. I mean, it doesn't even seem close to a HOT GAY COCK site. First off, there needs to be a lot more HOT GAY COCK on the site. And when I say more, I mean at least one HOT GAY COCK. There isn't even one single HOT GAY COCK to be found.
/., it will give you an idea ho heavily slashdot's links are weighed in the ranking system. It would be interesting to see how quickly you get a boost from silliness such as this.
Now, you may find yorself suddenly at the top of Googles rankings for HOT GAY COCK. Don't thank me, just convert your hosting businuess over to a pr0n site that has HOT GAY COCK, rake in the cash, and send me a cut. Afterall, Does your hosting businuess really make more money than a HOT GAY COCK site?
Now that we have worn that joke out completely, you should check the google listing for you page in a week or two to see where it is in the ranking for HGC. Since all the links to your site regarding HGC are from
(mods: this honestly isn't a troll, read the parent and grandparent posting.)