Since april fools is allegedly over (by their nerdy GMT-set clocks anyway), shouldn't AC posting be back now? (it's not)
Slashdot Spreads Misinformation on a massive scale
on
Qt For The Console
·
· Score: 1, Troll
And how many slashdotters actually read the comments? I thought so...
This is actually a sort of mean joke, taking in to mind taco's stats that got the whole blackout thing started. Since the vast majority of visitors don't read the comments, how are they to know it's a joke? I'm sure that even fewer people then read comments go straight for the download on every story...
So most people who see this will assume it's real.
So I guess the punchline is that slashdot lied to hundreds of thousands of people today? I don't have a problem with a joke, I like a joke, but it's not a joke if the majorty of the people who read it never find out it's false. Thats a lie.
And the localized date feature in slashcode (hey, all my dates× still say march, and will for another 6 hours and 45 minutes!) really doesn't help any. When newspapers do an april fools joke, it tends says April 1 at the top of the page. It's still March in the U.S.A., where most(?) slashdotters live.
The majority of the people who read it won't realize it's not true. I guess that really is pretty funny, but it sure doesn't seem like good bussiness practice. Or a good way to maintain credibility.
Ugh. After reading this I wouldn't touch Omniweb with a 10-foot poll. Granted, the test suite used focused specifically on the areas where omniweb is most lacking, but still, I don't think the product is anywhere near ready-for-primetime. Do you often encounter sites that it can't render properly?
After all the US Government is supposed to be Of the people, By the people, and FOR the people. There is NO mention of commercial eneterprises in the Constitution. Any lawyers out there have a view on this?
(IANAL) unfortunately, there have been some precedent-setting cases which have established "corporate personhood" to a horribly large degree. Check out the Timeline of Personhood Rights (especially around 1976). You can also read what Mr. Nader has to say about it, if you don't still have a grudge against him over the whole putting fucking curious george into fucking office thing he pulled.
I wonder if the representatives who are sponsoring these bills could be charged with accepting bribes?
It's not bribery because it's campaign contributions. Whats the difference? There isn't one. Campaign finance reform was supposed to change all this, but since the rules-of-bribery are being written by the bribee's, I've got my doubts about how much it will actually change things.
Wow, the entertainment industry bought this guy for under $20k! Couldn't some sort of open source group scrape together that much and buy some politicians of their own to combat this thing?
I use it, but not on my OS9 mac. I havn't yet tried the OS X version, but in MacOS9 it's unstable enough that I can't use it regularly. (opera and IE are my OS 9 browsers of choice)
karma whoring today is like shooting fish in a barrel.
Case in point: Quote the last sentance and a half from the subject article, post without +1 bonus, move to (Score: 5, Funny) in under 30 minutes. (see parent post) No original, or funny, comment is actually required!
...it would be the easiest thing in the world to buy a disc, rip it to your computer through your stereo, post it on the Web, and then return the CD for a refund. Did I just say that?
Re:More virus-like that the company might admit
on
Spy v. Spy
·
· Score: 1
As I understand, it's illegal to monitor other people (inc your employees) unless you give them a warning that you are doing so, or might be doing so.
I'd imagine a clause in the employee handbook works just fine for notifying them.
I was looking for a response from Kurt in the thread here, and I didn't see anything.
There is some sort of funny "you've got no right" vs "read the gpl sometime" comments in there though (from other people, not kurt).
Re:Security through obscurity
on
iPod on Windows
·
· Score: 1
I think that might have been apple's plan. The mp3s are "hidden" enough that they can say their device can't be used for piracy, but it isn't so crippled that it can't be gotten around by average users. Unfortunetly, this kind of consumer-friendly copy protection could soon be ilegal (under is SSSCA, or the CBTPA or whatever they're calling it now).
...10 years to notice this anyway and by then there won't be any players but Verisign left anyway.
How do you figure? This incident clearly demonstrates that they are desperate for new customers. Nobody who's researched their options would get a domain through VeriSign; there is no added benefit or quality of service that comes along with their higher price.
Unless they introduce some competitive prices, I don't think they'll be in the domain-name-game much longer.
Eventually, they'll realize they have to compete based on price, not deceptive tactics. Or maybe they'll go out of bussiness first.
At this point, the only reason someone would register a domain with VeriSign is if they didn't know any better. (godaddy, dotster, gandi, and many other registrars all provide identical service, sans deception, for a fraction of VeriSign's prices)
This is true. My boss, whose name is on all our company domains, forwards me spam offering to "renew" our domains on a regular basis. The poor man could eaisly change our registrar several times a year without even realizing it.
I think it should be illegal to harvest email addresses from whois databases for spaming purposes. And if a registrar gets caught breaking that law? Then they lose their registrar accreditation. Easy enough, no?
I've never used VNC with windows as the server, but the VNC client (accessing a linux server) worked extremly fast on my windows box. It's quite usable for everyday tasks (even web browsing).
So who else thinks the name change was done solely to thwart opposition? CBDTPA is one of the few names that rolls off the tongue even less easy than SSSCA. Maybe they figure if they keep changing it, it will be harder to organize opposition.
What's that? You oppose the SSSCA? There is no proposed legislation by that name! Goodbye!
My state driver's liscense has the magstripe and probably all my info on it. This bugs me. Anyone know what would happen if I just demagnetized it? I'd love to be the first test case for driving-with-a-liscense-but-without-a-magstripe. The good old fashion front side of the I.D. is plenty I.D. for me, thankyouverymuch.
iMovie is movie making for the AOL crowd. FCP is for the, well, Mac crowd.
Thats a silly comparison where none is needed (and I'm only replying because it got modded up). iMovie is for consumers who have DV cameras but don't have experience with video editing. Final Cut Pro is for serious professionals to do serious video editing work. Users' choice of ISP isn't a factor at all, and both products are for the mac crowd, of course.
Slashdot Mirror
Since april fools is allegedly over (by their nerdy GMT-set clocks anyway), shouldn't AC posting be back now? (it's not)
And how many slashdotters actually read the comments? I thought so...
This is actually a sort of mean joke, taking in to mind taco's stats that got the whole blackout thing started. Since the vast majority of visitors don't read the comments, how are they to know it's a joke? I'm sure that even fewer people then read comments go straight for the download on every story...
So most people who see this will assume it's real.
So I guess the punchline is that slashdot lied to hundreds of thousands of people today? I don't have a problem with a joke, I like a joke, but it's not a joke if the majorty of the people who read it never find out it's false. Thats a lie.
And the localized date feature in slashcode (hey, all my dates× still say march, and will for another 6 hours and 45 minutes!) really doesn't help any. When newspapers do an april fools joke, it tends says April 1 at the top of the page. It's still March in the U.S.A., where most(?) slashdotters live.
The majority of the people who read it won't realize it's not true.
I guess that really is pretty funny, but it sure doesn't seem like good bussiness practice.
Or a good way to maintain credibility.
Ugh. After reading this I wouldn't touch Omniweb with a 10-foot poll. Granted, the test suite used focused specifically on the areas where omniweb is most lacking, but still, I don't think the product is anywhere near ready-for-primetime. Do you often encounter sites that it can't render properly?
nevermind, finnally loaded the article and sony is indeed discussed.
What elephant is Sony part of?
They've got interests on both sides!
I wish the article wasn't slashdotted.
After all the US Government is supposed to be Of the people, By the people, and FOR the people. There is NO mention of commercial eneterprises in the Constitution. Any lawyers out there have a view on this?
(IANAL)
unfortunately, there have been some precedent-setting cases which have established "corporate personhood" to a horribly large degree. Check out the Timeline of Personhood Rights (especially around 1976). You can also read what Mr. Nader has to say about it, if you don't still have a grudge against him over the whole putting fucking curious george into fucking office thing he pulled.
I wonder if the representatives who are sponsoring these bills could be charged with accepting bribes?
It's not bribery because it's campaign contributions. Whats the difference? There isn't one. Campaign finance reform was supposed to change all this, but since the rules-of-bribery are being written by the bribee's, I've got my doubts about how much it will actually change things.
4 TV/Movies/Music $19,435
Wow, the entertainment industry bought this guy for under $20k! Couldn't some sort of open source group scrape together that much and buy some politicians of their own to combat this thing?
I use it, but not on my OS9 mac.
I havn't yet tried the OS X version, but in MacOS9 it's unstable enough that I can't use it regularly.
(opera and IE are my OS 9 browsers of choice)
karma whoring today is like shooting fish in a barrel.
:)
Case in point: Quote the last sentance and a half from the subject article, post without +1 bonus, move to (Score: 5, Funny) in under 30 minutes. (see parent post) No original, or funny, comment is actually required!
Hell, even I gotta hate me for crap like that!
(lets see if it gets 'corrected' now)
I like how he finishes the piece:
...it would be the easiest thing in the world to buy a disc, rip it to your computer through your stereo, post it on the Web, and then return the CD for a refund. Did I just say that?
As I understand, it's illegal to monitor other people (inc your employees) unless you give them a warning that you are doing so, or might be doing so.
I'd imagine a clause in the employee handbook works just fine for notifying them.
he replied with a sad smiley.
Where did you see that?
I was looking for a response from Kurt in the thread here, and I didn't see anything.
There is some sort of funny "you've got no right" vs "read the gpl sometime" comments in there though (from other people, not kurt).
I think that might have been apple's plan. The mp3s are "hidden" enough that they can say their device can't be used for piracy, but it isn't so crippled that it can't be gotten around by average users. Unfortunetly, this kind of consumer-friendly copy protection could soon be ilegal (under is SSSCA, or the CBTPA or whatever they're calling it now).
...apple included the "Don't Steal Music" copy protection sticker on every iPod...
I wonder if removing that sticker is considered circumvention under the DMCA?
GameSpy.com:
What's This World Coming To? The Future of Massively Multiplayer Games
Slashdot.org:
The Future of MMORPG's
FARK.com:
Multiplayer game developers declare the future of online gaming to be something like a "Fascist Disneyland."
Wrong URL. Try this [ftc.gov] or even that [secretservice.gov] link for the real third party we need here.
<sarcasm>
Right, because the FTC and Secret Service sure know best when it comes to tech laws!
</sarcasm>
It warms my heart every time I see a link from a major site like /. to the NYTimes with ?pagewanted=print tacked onto the end.
I bet they'll eventually wise up and start checking referers so that you can't link directly to the lightweight page. But until then...
...10 years to notice this anyway and by then there won't be any players but Verisign left anyway.
How do you figure? This incident clearly demonstrates that they are desperate for new customers. Nobody who's researched their options would get a domain through VeriSign; there is no added benefit or quality of service that comes along with their higher price.
Unless they introduce some competitive prices, I don't think they'll be in the domain-name-game much longer.
Eventually, they'll realize they have to compete based on price, not deceptive tactics. Or maybe they'll go out of bussiness first.
At this point, the only reason someone would register a domain with VeriSign is if they didn't know any better. (godaddy, dotster, gandi, and many other registrars all provide identical service, sans deception, for a fraction of VeriSign's prices)
This is true. My boss, whose name is on all our company domains, forwards me spam offering to "renew" our domains on a regular basis. The poor man could eaisly change our registrar several times a year without even realizing it.
I think it should be illegal to harvest email addresses from whois databases for spaming purposes. And if a registrar gets caught breaking that law? Then they lose their registrar accreditation. Easy enough, no?
I've never used VNC with windows as the server, but the VNC client (accessing a linux server) worked extremly fast on my windows box. It's quite usable for everyday tasks (even web browsing).
So who else thinks the name change was done solely to thwart opposition? CBDTPA is one of the few names that rolls off the tongue even less easy than SSSCA. Maybe they figure if they keep changing it, it will be harder to organize opposition.
What's that? You oppose the SSSCA?
There is no proposed legislation by that name! Goodbye!
Another fine example of unbiased reporting from MicroSoftNBC.
My state driver's liscense has the magstripe and probably all my info on it. This bugs me. Anyone know what would happen if I just demagnetized it? I'd love to be the first test case for driving-with-a-liscense-but-without-a-magstripe. The good old fashion front side of the I.D. is plenty I.D. for me, thankyouverymuch.
iMovie is movie making for the AOL crowd. FCP is for the, well, Mac crowd.
Thats a silly comparison where none is needed (and I'm only replying because it got modded up).
iMovie is for consumers who have DV cameras but don't have experience with video editing.
Final Cut Pro is for serious professionals to do serious video editing work.
Users' choice of ISP isn't a factor at all, and both products are for the mac crowd, of course.