Seriously, how is a PC a unit of processing ability? And one thousand million GB sticks is an Exabyte (hence the name). Perhaps you can just say 10^18 bytes. This is slashdot, not msnbc.
I like our modern education system better than the feudal BS you're advocating. I also like having free and public education for all, as it helps to get people out of poverty: your system would condemn a million talented people to crap jobs based on their parents' circumstances. Not the country I want to live in.
The only people it concievably doesn't benefit, is either perhaps the artists themselves, or organisations like the RIAA, who only really exist to make money from other people's work anyway.
Well, since the artists are getting screwed anyway, I don't see a problem here. Like the artist? go to a show.
Nine times out of ten, even with piracy, an even moderately successful musical artist is going to make at least some money from their music. They might not make billions, perhaps, but they don't completely lose, either.
That's not the way to think about it - you don't get a say in what's a fair amount of money. The artist gets to figure out how to monetize their skill, and for most, it's usually live shows - Jimmy Hendrix was pulling in $30k/show in 1969. Larry the f'ing cable guy gets something like $300k/show. A lot better than album sales and easier to audit too.
That's one reason that "marijuana leads to harder drugs".
Nah, it's mostly that making it illegal drives you to a dealer, who often stocks the other stuff. Make it something you can buy at Safeway and that will stop.
not parody as a back-door to making a derivative work (in the Weird-Al sense).
As I understand it, Weird Al would be perfectly justified in making parodies without permission. He may have to pay royalties, but asking permission is just him trying to be a stand up guy.
Even houses where the resident is not present, are still barred entrance to cops.
He had a legitimate reason to investigate: someone reported a possible breakin and the cop had to verify that the guy in the house was there legitimately and that there wasn't a burglar in there somewhere.
Else cops could just manufacture lies, "We saw a mysterious person,"
Cops do that stuff all the time. They don't just make up a ridiculous lie and break into someone's house to go fishing because it'd be laughed at, but "I smelled weed" is usually believed.
"A man's home is his castle," is more than just a saying. It's enshrined in U.S. law - your "castle" is your "country" and shall not be invaded by the government, except via court order from a judge.
Only in some states. A guy killed a burglar with a sword in Baltimore a week or so ago and they're considering whether to prosecute him.
Who cares? Microwaves don't irradiate things, that's the point. I've got a big ball of fusion that is a whole lot more dangerous and you haven't made a peep about that.
re: shirt with LEDs on it: yeah, the reaction to this event was probably a little over the top as well, although I think it is fair to say that Star Simpson didn't exactly display good judgment either. Considering the culture of fear that the government has cultivated, you don't have to be a genius to think that waltzing into an airport with a homemade circuit on a breadboard with a wad of putty in your hand, then walking away when the ticket counter agent asks about the device might raise concern about what you are doing.
A little? Come on, you have MIT right there in the city, you expect this shit. It's the price you pay for having a local crop of geniuses. And just because there's a culture of fear doesn't mean I have to knuckle under - I still have the right to be goofy, and risking a bullet wound for some decorative LEDs on my shirt is way over the top. It's not like mad bombers advertise their devices.
If the police were trustworthy, maybe we could give them more latitude. As it stands, police are best treated like rabid dogs: dangerous creatures that can cause you lots of pain.
alter != irradiate. Microwaves heat things and that's about all. I'm tired of morons freaking out over 60W microwave towers because it might possibly raise their garlic.01C and other morons who can't tell irradiate apart from alter.
Two things: the irradiation you are talking about is done after harvest, right? (Not that this farmer isn't being silly, the amount of radiation will be mostly harmless, and since the main reproductive and sustenance parts of garlic are under ground, his crop will have some shielding).
You can't irradiate something with a microwave tower. This guy's a nutter.
If yes, what if the government hired a third party to create a piece of software, and the third party utilized FOSS code to complete the project. Would citizens of the state then have the right to claim the FOSS code was in the public domain and use it as they saw fit?
No, only the work of the contractor is public domain. The OSS portion is unaffected, although it can make use of modifications from the contractor with impunity.
this vulnerability is allegedly present on every listening service, so it wouldn't matter which service it was. Starting up remote desktop does poke a hole in the firewall, though.
Same thing with a stroke. Should we demand that people monitor school children for heart attacks and strokes or get them moving their pudgy asses so it's less likely?
Well, some places are now declaring that domestic violence is a preexisting condition. It's a wonderful way to prevent someone from ever changing carriers because they would be utterly screwed.
While I understand your point of view I also understand the point of view of parents who's kids have actually died from congenital heart defects which show themselves during physical activity. These heart monitors would alert someone before the kid actually collapsed.
I don't. It's really rare. 1.4 per 100,000 death rate means that you have less than 1% chance of seeing it in a given school each year.
Oh yes, Harriet/fugitivus is an idiot. Apparently, when you have a guy who won't take a hint, you can either flirt back or scream at him. You aren't allowed to just say 'sorry, I'm not into you', because he will rape you forcibly right there at the bar.
Posting here because Harriet likes to delete things:
Fuck you Harriet. If I'm talking to a woman and she's flirting back, that's normal. I will absolutely pursue things as I please so long as she appears interested. The idea that she's not really into me and just fucking me to be polite is absurd and really sounds like a mental problem. Seriously, I've never run into someone who was willing to go on a date and come back with me and spend the night so I wouldn't be offended.
Seriously:
the man who just a moment ago told you how pretty you are is now calling you a stupid ugly whore, all because you didnâ(TM)t get in his car.
The reason why people of color are disproportionately poor must be a race issue, no?
Well, I'd call it a result of history, but I really don't care. What I care about is how to fix it, and that has to come from the black community itself. No other way will work (white man's burden and all that).
Yes, what you call acting "gangster" is a predominantly black way of acting. Just because you act "gangster" doesn't mean you can't write or take classes or run a business. And yes, people are discriminated against for acting "gangster" and yes, that is racism, and it's exactly the problem I'm talking about.
I'm ok with discriminating against someone for acting like a lowlife thug. Seriously, it isn't racism, it's acting like a damn criminal; only an idiot wouldn't expect to do that without consequences. Act like a decent person (black or white) and I'll treat you well. Act like a thug and I cross the street.
And yes, asian kids are under an extreme amount of pressure to "act white". It's another form of racism.
Yeah, right. They're under pressure to study well and get a good job, usually. That's just the cultural baggage they tend to get.
Have you been put in that position? Have other men in your office been put in that position?
No, I was on the other side. It was clear that she was holding back, I asked bluntly if she had a problem (email, so no real intimidation or work consequences), she said we were still cool, and the next time I saw her on the street, she just stared at me. Creepy as fuck.
I just know lots of women who say they find they have to speak like men to get listened to. And they have to dress like men. Suits, no low-cut shirts. If you wear a dress that shows off your femininity, you lose respect in the workplace and in the classroom.
How does a woman talk differently? If you don't bring up issues or go with feelings instead of facts and solutions, what am I supposed to do?
Also, why do you think those women are incapable of telling that person they're not interested? Because society has told them over and over that they don't have a right to. There's a great essay on the subject written by Fugitivus[3]. Here's an excerpt:
Funny, it's those things that piss me off the most: women who won't speak up when they have a problem, or want approval for everything they do, but half your examples here come off as shrill whiny feminist rhetoric. There are tons of counterexamples to your points, which tend to underline a victim mentality. Sort of ironic coming from people who call themselves feminists.
For the record, someone is only shrill when they harp on something incessantly. Fix it, leave or get over it.
The truth is, sometimes when women put their foot down about stuff like that, the men turn violent, or they step up their harassment.
And other times, them playing polite is seen as giving permission. Easier to do nothing and play the victim than risk a change in outlook.
What you call "America", I call "Whiteness". I have a different definition of "America", which includes "Gangster" and "Asian" and a lot of other things. America has set up the definition of "American" such that the only way a black person can be "American" is to shed their blackness (or latinaness or asianness). So, of course black people want to define themselves outside of that "America".
Please define what you mean by white. I'm not about to pretend that there's something wrong with planning, education and hard work. Of course, I see plenty of black people who do these things, but they aren't the problem, are they?
Would you identify as "American" if everyone else felt that the only way to be "American" was to act "gangster" all the time?
No, I'd move to europe before the idiots turn Americ
But "Technically Legal" even said he had not registered the picture, which is required in America.
I am upset by the whole thing. I wanted to see have his day in court, and at the last minute "Mother Nature" or "God" shows up as a witness for the defense...
You don't have to register a copyright, but it lets you pursue statutory damages.
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Seriously, how is a PC a unit of processing ability? And one thousand million GB sticks is an Exabyte (hence the name). Perhaps you can just say 10^18 bytes. This is slashdot, not msnbc.
I disagreed with you, then pointed out a very good reason why it's a positive thing. Sorry if you can't follow that.
I like our modern education system better than the feudal BS you're advocating. I also like having free and public education for all, as it helps to get people out of poverty: your system would condemn a million talented people to crap jobs based on their parents' circumstances. Not the country I want to live in.
The only people it concievably doesn't benefit, is either perhaps the artists themselves, or organisations like the RIAA, who only really exist to make money from other people's work anyway.
Well, since the artists are getting screwed anyway, I don't see a problem here. Like the artist? go to a show.
Nine times out of ten, even with piracy, an even moderately successful musical artist is going to make at least some money from their music. They might not make billions, perhaps, but they don't completely lose, either.
That's not the way to think about it - you don't get a say in what's a fair amount of money. The artist gets to figure out how to monetize their skill, and for most, it's usually live shows - Jimmy Hendrix was pulling in $30k/show in 1969. Larry the f'ing cable guy gets something like $300k/show. A lot better than album sales and easier to audit too.
That's one reason that "marijuana leads to harder drugs".
Nah, it's mostly that making it illegal drives you to a dealer, who often stocks the other stuff. Make it something you can buy at Safeway and that will stop.
not parody as a back-door to making a derivative work (in the Weird-Al sense).
As I understand it, Weird Al would be perfectly justified in making parodies without permission. He may have to pay royalties, but asking permission is just him trying to be a stand up guy.
Even houses where the resident is not present, are still barred entrance to cops.
He had a legitimate reason to investigate: someone reported a possible breakin and the cop had to verify that the guy in the house was there legitimately and that there wasn't a burglar in there somewhere.
Else cops could just manufacture lies, "We saw a mysterious person,"
Cops do that stuff all the time. They don't just make up a ridiculous lie and break into someone's house to go fishing because it'd be laughed at, but "I smelled weed" is usually believed.
"A man's home is his castle," is more than just a saying. It's enshrined in U.S. law - your "castle" is your "country" and shall not be invaded by the government, except via court order from a judge.
Only in some states. A guy killed a burglar with a sword in Baltimore a week or so ago and they're considering whether to prosecute him.
Who cares? Microwaves don't irradiate things, that's the point. I've got a big ball of fusion that is a whole lot more dangerous and you haven't made a peep about that.
re: shirt with LEDs on it: yeah, the reaction to this event was probably a little over the top as well, although I think it is fair to say that Star Simpson didn't exactly display good judgment either. Considering the culture of fear that the government has cultivated, you don't have to be a genius to think that waltzing into an airport with a homemade circuit on a breadboard with a wad of putty in your hand, then walking away when the ticket counter agent asks about the device might raise concern about what you are doing.
A little? Come on, you have MIT right there in the city, you expect this shit. It's the price you pay for having a local crop of geniuses. And just because there's a culture of fear doesn't mean I have to knuckle under - I still have the right to be goofy, and risking a bullet wound for some decorative LEDs on my shirt is way over the top. It's not like mad bombers advertise their devices.
The police don't *intend* to violate your rights,
If the police were trustworthy, maybe we could give them more latitude. As it stands, police are best treated like rabid dogs: dangerous creatures that can cause you lots of pain.
Not true. The cop didn't know who gates was when he entered the house. Of course, once he verified that Gates lived there, he should've just left.
alter != irradiate. Microwaves heat things and that's about all. I'm tired of morons freaking out over 60W microwave towers because it might possibly raise their garlic .01C and other morons who can't tell irradiate apart from alter.
I hear their boats are leaky.
Two things: the irradiation you are talking about is done after harvest, right? (Not that this farmer isn't being silly, the amount of radiation will be mostly harmless, and since the main reproductive and sustenance parts of garlic are under ground, his crop will have some shielding).
You can't irradiate something with a microwave tower. This guy's a nutter.
It's only illegal if you get caught. Also, best not to order it online - get it from a shady hazardous waste disposal guy.
If yes, what if the government hired a third party to create a piece of software, and the third party utilized FOSS code to complete the project. Would citizens of the state then have the right to claim the FOSS code was in the public domain and use it as they saw fit?
No, only the work of the contractor is public domain. The OSS portion is unaffected, although it can make use of modifications from the contractor with impunity.
this vulnerability is allegedly present on every listening service, so it wouldn't matter which service it was. Starting up remote desktop does poke a hole in the firewall, though.
Same thing with a stroke. Should we demand that people monitor school children for heart attacks and strokes or get them moving their pudgy asses so it's less likely?
Why shouldn't it be legal?
Well, some places are now declaring that domestic violence is a preexisting condition. It's a wonderful way to prevent someone from ever changing carriers because they would be utterly screwed.
While I understand your point of view I also understand the point of view of parents who's kids have actually died from congenital heart defects which show themselves during physical activity. These heart monitors would alert someone before the kid actually collapsed.
I don't. It's really rare. 1.4 per 100,000 death rate means that you have less than 1% chance of seeing it in a given school each year.
Left? Right? This ain't a football game, nancy. You can't chuck everybody in one of two holes.
/guntoting liberal with delusions of anarchy
Oh yes, Harriet/fugitivus is an idiot. Apparently, when you have a guy who won't take a hint, you can either flirt back or scream at him. You aren't allowed to just say 'sorry, I'm not into you', because he will rape you forcibly right there at the bar.
Posting here because Harriet likes to delete things:
Fuck you Harriet. If I'm talking to a woman and she's flirting back, that's normal. I will absolutely pursue things as I please so long as she appears interested. The idea that she's not really into me and just fucking me to be polite is absurd and really sounds like a mental problem. Seriously, I've never run into someone who was willing to go on a date and come back with me and spend the night so I wouldn't be offended.
Seriously:
the man who just a moment ago told you how pretty you are is now calling you a stupid ugly whore, all because you didnâ(TM)t get in his car.
The reason why people of color are disproportionately poor must be a race issue, no?
Well, I'd call it a result of history, but I really don't care. What I care about is how to fix it, and that has to come from the black community itself. No other way will work (white man's burden and all that).
Yes, what you call acting "gangster" is a predominantly black way of acting. Just because you act "gangster" doesn't mean you can't write or take classes or run a business. And yes, people are discriminated against for acting "gangster" and yes, that is racism, and it's exactly the problem I'm talking about.
I'm ok with discriminating against someone for acting like a lowlife thug. Seriously, it isn't racism, it's acting like a damn criminal; only an idiot wouldn't expect to do that without consequences. Act like a decent person (black or white) and I'll treat you well. Act like a thug and I cross the street.
And yes, asian kids are under an extreme amount of pressure to "act white". It's another form of racism.
Yeah, right. They're under pressure to study well and get a good job, usually. That's just the cultural baggage they tend to get.
Have you been put in that position? Have other men in your office been put in that position?
No, I was on the other side. It was clear that she was holding back, I asked bluntly if she had a problem (email, so no real intimidation or work consequences), she said we were still cool, and the next time I saw her on the street, she just stared at me. Creepy as fuck.
I just know lots of women who say they find they have to speak like men to get listened to. And they have to dress like men. Suits, no low-cut shirts. If you wear a dress that shows off your femininity, you lose respect in the workplace and in the classroom.
How does a woman talk differently? If you don't bring up issues or go with feelings instead of facts and solutions, what am I supposed to do?
Also, why do you think those women are incapable of telling that person they're not interested? Because society has told them over and over that they don't have a right to. There's a great essay on the subject written by Fugitivus[3]. Here's an excerpt:
Funny, it's those things that piss me off the most: women who won't speak up when they have a problem, or want approval for everything they do, but half your examples here come off as shrill whiny feminist rhetoric. There are tons of counterexamples to your points, which tend to underline a victim mentality. Sort of ironic coming from people who call themselves feminists.
For the record, someone is only shrill when they harp on something incessantly. Fix it, leave or get over it.
The truth is, sometimes when women put their foot down about stuff like that, the men turn violent, or they step up their harassment.
And other times, them playing polite is seen as giving permission. Easier to do nothing and play the victim than risk a change in outlook.
What you call "America", I call "Whiteness". I have a different definition of "America", which includes "Gangster" and "Asian" and a lot of other things. America has set up the definition of "American" such that the only way a black person can be "American" is to shed their blackness (or latinaness or asianness). So, of course black people want to define themselves outside of that "America".
Please define what you mean by white. I'm not about to pretend that there's something wrong with planning, education and hard work. Of course, I see plenty of black people who do these things, but they aren't the problem, are they?
Would you identify as "American" if everyone else felt that the only way to be "American" was to act "gangster" all the time?
No, I'd move to europe before the idiots turn Americ
But "Technically Legal" even said he had not registered the picture, which is required in America. I am upset by the whole thing. I wanted to see have his day in court, and at the last minute "Mother Nature" or "God" shows up as a witness for the defense...
You don't have to register a copyright, but it lets you pursue statutory damages.
Sure, it's immune as long as you don't run remote desktop on your XP box. I mean, who does that?