I work at a jail, and I don't think anyone that commits such a non violent crime should be sent there. Fined, or community service? That's more resonable.
Really, I mean, is the world a better place with a couple of xbox modders that violated copyright behind bars? I'd rather have them out there working and paying taxes rather then soak them up in jail.
They always have been. It's not about the product. That doesn't matter, not really. It's about the marketing, and keeping the users coming back by making them "need" you.
I think it just sucks they way they've twisted ID.
I'm not a very religious person, but growing up with a Roman Catholic family and going to church, I didn't meet one priest that claimed ID as word-for-word. Generally, the idea was that evolution and ID aren't mutually exclusive. Six days could be a metaphor for six million years, and that somewhere, somehow, life is so amazing that there must have been a higher being responsible to kick starting it all.
Personally, I think it was all dumb luck. The right amino acids all got together in the right conditions and lightening struck. Or something. Who knows. But it makes a hell of a lot more sense then a god.
Again, being persistent, sleezy, and unprofessional is always unacceptable. The original poster didn't say anything like this. You jumped on him saying "Ohh well, read the HR manual and figure out the difference."
You've backed out of your statement, so at least some of our posts have had an impact on you.
Well, you solved it. Good job. Too bad these folks that play with this ultra-radioactive cobalt (the kind that kills you in 30 seconds or less) every day didn't think of that.
I definately agree with your sentiments here. I believe it starts at the very beginning like you said - baby dolls, barbies, pink flowers, pretty pictures, clothes, and new shoes. For boys, it's trucks, construction toys, dirt, video games, and Big Cool Stuff.
It's pretty easy to see how that upbringing impacts the desires of these kids when they get to the workplace. Building things, playing video games, and thinking about how stuff works the whole time boys grow up does lend itself very easily to tech fields and they're corresponding degrees.
I don't think it has that much to do with any "stigma" of computer geeks or what-not. It seems to me that would be something easy to say to gain controversy. In real life, I don't see it. I'm a big time computer guy for sure, but I think I'm a fairly normal guy. Pretty much everyone I work with has wives. There's a token nerd here and there but we're just guy working. Where's the stigma?
In the actual workplace - not just how many people got degrees - I think the disparity is even greater. I've worked at a half dozen companies and visited many more IT departments over the past 10 years, and the ratio of women to men is no more then 10% if that. I'd like there to be more, personally. Some of the best IT people I've met have been women. And dammit, it would finally shut up these studies. WE KNOW!
Ohh give me a break. What's wrong with asking a woman or man out from work? I'm serious.
And how the hell are people supposed to meet each other? At the bar? Is that the only place people meet these days? Sounds pretty silly to me. Plus, I don't want a "club chick." You know, they kind that hangs out at the club every weekend. Obviously, not every girl at the bar or club will be a "club chick" but usually the ones that aren't come with a few friends. Do you know how hard it is to approach a girl that's sitting with two of her friends?
I see nothing wrong with asking someone out at work. It's not harrassment if that's what you're getting at. Persisting and not taking no for an answer, yes. But just asking once?
Thanks for those sweeping generalizations about "people." So, how about you? Do you fall into your own categories? You must, since all people are stupid, according to you. But then again, since you're stupid, your whole post is probably nonsense. You believe it because someone told you to, and you don't want to end up broken.
Hey, cluless. Patents don't protect against TRADEMARKS.
A lot of people out there that are against software patents are actually against the length of the patents. In 1922, if you developed a special kind of chair, you'd patent the design and you'd be able to sell it for several years before other people could use your design. With those slower times, it was resonable. And patents genetally protected inventions - and physical objects.
Enter the field of computing. And think back 7 years. What technology existed then? Color LCD was crappy and expensive. Windows 98 was just released. The Internet was just getting into full swing. Cell phones were mostly analog. Things move a lot faster in the technology world, and a seven year patent on a key technology can stagnate the industry and have a huge impact on adoption rates, prices, and innovation.
But, if that was the only problem with patents, it might not even be that bad. The fact is, companies are filing so many patents these days to take advantage of the system. They're patenting things they can't create - theory. They patent things that are obvious. The patent offices can't keep up, and they make mistakes by granting patents when they really shouldn't. It's causing a huge problem.
It gets old. I don't know anyone that doesn't know that the recording industry has sued thousands, including small kids, struggling parents, and elderly. People just don't want to hear that kind of crap. They get sick of it, and they get sick of the recording industry in general. They aren't as interested in music, because of all the stigma around it. I think this plays a big roll in declining sales.
I don't think the CD is dying.
I don't know a single person at work or friends that downloads music from iTunes or any other pay-per-song service. It's too expensive! Yes, I think a buck a song is too much - especially considering that the artist get almost nothing, Apple gets a little more, and the RIAA gets the rest.
The funny thing is - among the last several years, record sales have been highest during the times of the original Napster, audiogalaxy, and other services. Hmm. I guess that means piracy is responsible for declining sales..?
Power Computing and company didn't sell "Macs" at slightly lower prices. They sold them at hugely lower prices. Why buy an Apple Mac for $4000 when you can get a Power Computing Mac for $1800 with the same hardware? Possibly better?
I don't know - maybe Apple thought the competition would try to sell their stuff for as high a profit as they did. But then that would be stupid, as they witnessed first hand.
Yea, my feelings exactly. I think it's just wrong. I don't care what the people are, who they are, how smart they are.. Nobody deserves to be humiliated on TV like that. In front of everyone they know.
The only thing that would make it okay would be to give them all $1,000,000 when the show is over. They could then at least say "Hey, I've got a million bucks! Bite me." But you know that ain't gonna happen.
It's not a flaw, bittorrent was simply not designed to do it in the first place. A flaw in a car would be that it can't go over 20MPH, but not that it can't float.
The flaw really seems to be that people are depending on a little bit flag for privacy.
Is that credible? Got any links? Seems to me that if a developer built the whole building and paid for some elaborate security system, they could have gotten *someone* to fix the damned thing (or replace the head units) and sue the company that sold it in the meantime.
Any why would it be vacant at bargain basement prices? You're telling me there's nobody in Tokyo that would love a cheap apartment that's fully featured whom isn't rich enough to pass on it? I'd move in, install some pad-locks, and my own security system for a couple hundred. Good enough for me, for a bargain basement price..
I don't know if I agree with the general sentiment of trusting the hardware level in general, I do believe that in the current climate Intel and AMD are decent choices to trust with something like this. They don't have anything to gain by trying to sneak in their own crap - they want as many people to use their stuff as possible, and that includes Linux, BSD, and the other open sourcers. Intel makes bundles on Linux.
Unfortunately, the hardware vendors also have the most power when it comes to locking something down - a DRM chip would be a lot harder to avoid then a software counterpart. "This CPU will only run Genuine Windows." I could see it happening. And if you want an "unlocked" CPU, you pay a premium.
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But, terraserver is very similar to the current satellite map systems - albiet using the lower quality images available at the time and with browser capabilities circa 1999.
The only thing that's really different, besides the ability to load your own waypoints and data, is the mouse dragging.
I do fully agree that without a push from competition, Microsoft does almost nothing new. Every once in awhile, they do release something neat, albiet somewhat half-assed and never updated, like terraserver. It's very dangerous to have a company like that in monopoly, and I'm glad there's pressure from Google, open source, etc to keep them moving forward at least a little.
I guess I just don't understand why a comment like that is necessary at all. We know that with every forum, there's going to be groups of people that sway one way or another. They're often the loudest. It might seem like most users of a forum think one way, but it's often the case that it's just a fraction of the total population. So you're posting a generalized negative comment about Slashdot users, on Slashdot. Why bother.
There's a lot of fine posters on Slashdot, and unfortunately that number is steadily declining. But, there's still a lot of good thoughtful posts in nearly every topic, and if you sift through the groupthink posts that are front-loaded on the topic, it's pretty easy to uncover the meat.
You apparently know at least more then the average computer user, so you shouldn't worry about it. I never really worry about it. I've plugged unpatched XP boxes to the Internet and done updates and such, downloaded SP2, etc. I've never really had any trouble. That's not to say you won't get something, but all the "Windows machines hacked in 6 minutes" seems overrated to me. I just don't see it happening under normal "non-major outbreak" days.
Obviously, I wouldn't LEAVE it unpatched and unprotected, but for just awhile so you can download updates, software, etc. Never had any trouble. I don't let the paranoia get to me.
Your post was good until you said "probably more credit then Google FanBoys at Slashdot will grant them" - are you purposely trying to be an ass to the Slashdot audience?
You miss the point. If they tell you to leave the day you give notice and don't pay you for the duration of your remaining time, you will be able to collect unemployment insurance, which no company wants because it will directly affect their unemployment insurance premiums.
So no, they might not HAVE to do it - they can fire you for giving your notice, and you'll be able to collect unemployment for the next 6 months. Unless of course you've gotten a new job, in which case you can only collect for the two weeks. Either way, they pay for it.
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I work at a jail, and I don't think anyone that commits such a non violent crime should be sent there. Fined, or community service? That's more resonable.
Really, I mean, is the world a better place with a couple of xbox modders that violated copyright behind bars? I'd rather have them out there working and paying taxes rather then soak them up in jail.
They always have been. It's not about the product. That doesn't matter, not really. It's about the marketing, and keeping the users coming back by making them "need" you.
I think it just sucks they way they've twisted ID.
I'm not a very religious person, but growing up with a Roman Catholic family and going to church, I didn't meet one priest that claimed ID as word-for-word. Generally, the idea was that evolution and ID aren't mutually exclusive. Six days could be a metaphor for six million years, and that somewhere, somehow, life is so amazing that there must have been a higher being responsible to kick starting it all.
Personally, I think it was all dumb luck. The right amino acids all got together in the right conditions and lightening struck. Or something. Who knows. But it makes a hell of a lot more sense then a god.
Again, being persistent, sleezy, and unprofessional is always unacceptable. The original poster didn't say anything like this. You jumped on him saying "Ohh well, read the HR manual and figure out the difference."
You've backed out of your statement, so at least some of our posts have had an impact on you.
Well, you solved it. Good job. Too bad these folks that play with this ultra-radioactive cobalt (the kind that kills you in 30 seconds or less) every day didn't think of that.
I definately agree with your sentiments here. I believe it starts at the very beginning like you said - baby dolls, barbies, pink flowers, pretty pictures, clothes, and new shoes. For boys, it's trucks, construction toys, dirt, video games, and Big Cool Stuff.
It's pretty easy to see how that upbringing impacts the desires of these kids when they get to the workplace. Building things, playing video games, and thinking about how stuff works the whole time boys grow up does lend itself very easily to tech fields and they're corresponding degrees.
I don't think it has that much to do with any "stigma" of computer geeks or what-not. It seems to me that would be something easy to say to gain controversy. In real life, I don't see it. I'm a big time computer guy for sure, but I think I'm a fairly normal guy. Pretty much everyone I work with has wives. There's a token nerd here and there but we're just guy working. Where's the stigma?
In the actual workplace - not just how many people got degrees - I think the disparity is even greater. I've worked at a half dozen companies and visited many more IT departments over the past 10 years, and the ratio of women to men is no more then 10% if that. I'd like there to be more, personally. Some of the best IT people I've met have been women. And dammit, it would finally shut up these studies. WE KNOW!
Ohh give me a break. What's wrong with asking a woman or man out from work? I'm serious.
And how the hell are people supposed to meet each other? At the bar? Is that the only place people meet these days? Sounds pretty silly to me. Plus, I don't want a "club chick." You know, they kind that hangs out at the club every weekend. Obviously, not every girl at the bar or club will be a "club chick" but usually the ones that aren't come with a few friends. Do you know how hard it is to approach a girl that's sitting with two of her friends?
I see nothing wrong with asking someone out at work. It's not harrassment if that's what you're getting at. Persisting and not taking no for an answer, yes. But just asking once?
Thanks for those sweeping generalizations about "people." So, how about you? Do you fall into your own categories? You must, since all people are stupid, according to you. But then again, since you're stupid, your whole post is probably nonsense. You believe it because someone told you to, and you don't want to end up broken.
Hey, cluless. Patents don't protect against TRADEMARKS.
A lot of people out there that are against software patents are actually against the length of the patents. In 1922, if you developed a special kind of chair, you'd patent the design and you'd be able to sell it for several years before other people could use your design. With those slower times, it was resonable. And patents genetally protected inventions - and physical objects.
Enter the field of computing. And think back 7 years. What technology existed then? Color LCD was crappy and expensive. Windows 98 was just released. The Internet was just getting into full swing. Cell phones were mostly analog. Things move a lot faster in the technology world, and a seven year patent on a key technology can stagnate the industry and have a huge impact on adoption rates, prices, and innovation.
But, if that was the only problem with patents, it might not even be that bad. The fact is, companies are filing so many patents these days to take advantage of the system. They're patenting things they can't create - theory. They patent things that are obvious. The patent offices can't keep up, and they make mistakes by granting patents when they really shouldn't. It's causing a huge problem.
It gets old. I don't know anyone that doesn't know that the recording industry has sued thousands, including small kids, struggling parents, and elderly. People just don't want to hear that kind of crap. They get sick of it, and they get sick of the recording industry in general. They aren't as interested in music, because of all the stigma around it. I think this plays a big roll in declining sales.
I don't think the CD is dying.
I don't know a single person at work or friends that downloads music from iTunes or any other pay-per-song service. It's too expensive! Yes, I think a buck a song is too much - especially considering that the artist get almost nothing, Apple gets a little more, and the RIAA gets the rest.
The funny thing is - among the last several years, record sales have been highest during the times of the original Napster, audiogalaxy, and other services. Hmm. I guess that means piracy is responsible for declining sales..?
These days, everything is more interesting if you add "the troops" somewhere.
"Gas prices affect Wal-Mart sales and the troops."
"The Troops watched as the Patriots lost yet another game."
"Hybrid Electric cars help the troops and other people with gas prices."
"The snowy and icy streets delay troops, commuters."
Power Computing and company didn't sell "Macs" at slightly lower prices. They sold them at hugely lower prices. Why buy an Apple Mac for $4000 when you can get a Power Computing Mac for $1800 with the same hardware? Possibly better?
I don't know - maybe Apple thought the competition would try to sell their stuff for as high a profit as they did. But then that would be stupid, as they witnessed first hand.
Yea, my feelings exactly. I think it's just wrong. I don't care what the people are, who they are, how smart they are.. Nobody deserves to be humiliated on TV like that. In front of everyone they know.
The only thing that would make it okay would be to give them all $1,000,000 when the show is over. They could then at least say "Hey, I've got a million bucks! Bite me." But you know that ain't gonna happen.
It's not a flaw, bittorrent was simply not designed to do it in the first place. A flaw in a car would be that it can't go over 20MPH, but not that it can't float.
The flaw really seems to be that people are depending on a little bit flag for privacy.
Ohh thanks, now I can go on to be a professional journalist. That was my only stumbling block.
Thanks, AC!
Fucking douchbag.
Is that credible? Got any links? Seems to me that if a developer built the whole building and paid for some elaborate security system, they could have gotten *someone* to fix the damned thing (or replace the head units) and sue the company that sold it in the meantime.
Any why would it be vacant at bargain basement prices? You're telling me there's nobody in Tokyo that would love a cheap apartment that's fully featured whom isn't rich enough to pass on it? I'd move in, install some pad-locks, and my own security system for a couple hundred. Good enough for me, for a bargain basement price..
I don't know if I agree with the general sentiment of trusting the hardware level in general, I do believe that in the current climate Intel and AMD are decent choices to trust with something like this. They don't have anything to gain by trying to sneak in their own crap - they want as many people to use their stuff as possible, and that includes Linux, BSD, and the other open sourcers. Intel makes bundles on Linux.
Unfortunately, the hardware vendors also have the most power when it comes to locking something down - a DRM chip would be a lot harder to avoid then a software counterpart. "This CPU will only run Genuine Windows." I could see it happening. And if you want an "unlocked" CPU, you pay a premium.
But, terraserver is very similar to the current satellite map systems - albiet using the lower quality images available at the time and with browser capabilities circa 1999.
The only thing that's really different, besides the ability to load your own waypoints and data, is the mouse dragging.
I do fully agree that without a push from competition, Microsoft does almost nothing new. Every once in awhile, they do release something neat, albiet somewhat half-assed and never updated, like terraserver. It's very dangerous to have a company like that in monopoly, and I'm glad there's pressure from Google, open source, etc to keep them moving forward at least a little.
I guess I just don't understand why a comment like that is necessary at all. We know that with every forum, there's going to be groups of people that sway one way or another. They're often the loudest. It might seem like most users of a forum think one way, but it's often the case that it's just a fraction of the total population. So you're posting a generalized negative comment about Slashdot users, on Slashdot. Why bother.
There's a lot of fine posters on Slashdot, and unfortunately that number is steadily declining. But, there's still a lot of good thoughtful posts in nearly every topic, and if you sift through the groupthink posts that are front-loaded on the topic, it's pretty easy to uncover the meat.
You apparently know at least more then the average computer user, so you shouldn't worry about it. I never really worry about it. I've plugged unpatched XP boxes to the Internet and done updates and such, downloaded SP2, etc. I've never really had any trouble. That's not to say you won't get something, but all the "Windows machines hacked in 6 minutes" seems overrated to me. I just don't see it happening under normal "non-major outbreak" days.
Obviously, I wouldn't LEAVE it unpatched and unprotected, but for just awhile so you can download updates, software, etc. Never had any trouble. I don't let the paranoia get to me.
Phew, glad you left. What that temper, you give us all a bad name.
Hey I got an idea - how about only until recently, browsers couldn't do "dragable" things?
Your post was good until you said "probably more credit then Google FanBoys at Slashdot will grant them" - are you purposely trying to be an ass to the Slashdot audience?
Actually, Microsoft had terraserver.microsoft.com in 1999, showing what could be done with SQL7.
Everything else has been a copy of that, if you want to go that route.
You miss the point. If they tell you to leave the day you give notice and don't pay you for the duration of your remaining time, you will be able to collect unemployment insurance, which no company wants because it will directly affect their unemployment insurance premiums.
So no, they might not HAVE to do it - they can fire you for giving your notice, and you'll be able to collect unemployment for the next 6 months. Unless of course you've gotten a new job, in which case you can only collect for the two weeks. Either way, they pay for it.