What is your address? I want to break into your house and just take picures of all your stuff. It's just image capturing right? No harm done as long as I don't damage anything getting in right? Plus it's all just for an article I am writing for the local newspaper anyway.
Was this really an accident... or maybe a proof of concept! The conspiracy theorist in me thinks they may have intended just what they accomplished, showing the world how easy it is for them to block copying.
It is a shame that software development companies do not have a legal obligation to fix significant flaws for a certain amount of time. Or if they do not wish to fix a flaw they could offer a free upgrade to customers who currently hold the flawed version.
I too was always honest with people online and went out of my way to be a good friend. However the test of time showed I didn't get the same in return. Maybe I just hooked up with the wrong groups of people, repeatedly. I dunno. Well I am glad to hear that others out there do not share my disappointment and have not had the negative experiences I have had. I have pretty much retreated from online interaction (/. being one of few exceptions) and have completely discontinued any sort of real time online interaction due to my many disappointments.
It is interesting (and frustrating) how my focus changes every few years on how I want my complete computing enviiornment to be setup. I, like most people started with a single system and when that system became a bit slow at running new software (read games) I upgraded it.
After several upgrades of various components I found that I had pretty much all the parts I needed to build a second PC. So I did. Now with two computers I HAD to network them. As family members aquired computers they were hooked into the (peer-to-peer) LAN as well to the point of needing a server which was built and added.
As time went on some desktops were replaced by smaller and more portable laptops and even the desktops were replaced with smaller versions of desktops. But each machine had a specific purpose (server, gaming machine) or specific user.
After leaving college (I am going to skip the college years as they are in a bit of a mental haze) and starting out on my own with little (no) money I found it more cost/space (small apartment) effective to have one super machine that could do everything.
Several years later having paid off my debts and having purchased a larger place to live, I find that my ideal computing enviornment consists of 1 laptop, 1 desktop gaming machine and a gateway/server.
But as soon as the manufacturers produce the super fast cpu/fastest graphics chip available/etc/etc with 3d holographic projecting graphics PC in a 3" cube form factor, I'll trade them all in!
"just further proves the depth of the relationships that are kindled through online gaming."
Hmmmm I am going to have to disagree with this (at least in my own experience). I don't believe that any online relationships have any TRUE depth. I don't think that you can really trust, know who a person is, emphasize with then etc until you can look them in the eye, see their body langauge, smell them touch them and just generally be in their presence.
After spending much of my time online in gaming/chat and other online venues I have found that all the online relationships that I ever had (and I am not talking about only romantic relationships/nor am I excluding them), no matter how much friendship/loyalty/love/etc was claimed by both sides, the relationship was really just one of convenience.
Or maybe its just me. Either way I am sorry to hear of this loss and this post is not intended to say that the person who died was not well liked by the online community he was a part of. I am only countering the statement in the post I am replying to, offering an opposing opinion that online (gaming) relationships have little or no depth in MY experience.
I welcome any thought out rebuttals but please if you disagree with me, mod me down and move on, don't waste your time or mine with a mindless rant or string of insults.
I just want you all to know that I am sueing each of you for posting messages on a computer run message board. I currently hold patent #1234567890 which gives me the right to said technology. I am willing to settle out of court for 1 million US dollars each.
I am guilty of this in a way however the cause isn't lazyness. I usually download mp3's in batches and over the course of the next day or so I check each song, make sure the ID3 tag is correct, normalize the filename etc. By the time I get to many of the bad files the host is no longer connected to the network and I wouldn't necessarily remember where I got it anyway. So it would be difficult/impossible to mod down the host/file.
Actually I really like this idea especially if it were similar to the/. method of moderation where heavy contributers are more likely to get moderation points. Maybe karma could also be thrown into the mix by giving those nodes with more offered files more karma?
on the horizon... I hear they are planning a vending machine for body parts to be installed in large hospitals. Just insert your credit card and punch buttons to receive a lovely, hardly used replacement liver!
Well I cannot speak for the author of the question but I can tell you that *I* was very intreaged when I saw this question. As an IT professional in a healthcare related field I am bombarded by questions re: HIPAA compliance. The HIPAA regs are in such disarry and so unclear that many people in the industry are anxiously waiting for the moment the regs are cleared up and complete so we can "sprint towards compliance".
"Companies would be responsible for paying the costs of buying new equipment."
This is what galls me the most I think. Not only are our governments proposing that detailed records be kept on us (right down to how many times we go to the bathroom per day it seems sometimes) but we as consumers of services or tax payers will ultimatly have the cost handed to us.
BTW CIA/FBI/NSA yesterday it was 3 times. I had bran for breakfast.
I see the/. effect more like a tornado than an earthquake. An impenetrable wall of traffic is created around the site which sit in the calm "eye" of total disconnection.
I am not even sure how I feel about "advances" such as this. On the one hand I am glad that things are moving in a direction so that criminals can be caught quicker (or even before the act) but at what cost? I don't plan on ever commiting any sort of crime that would make me the target of such a system, however I would hate to be the victim of a misunderstanding or data glitch. It seems to me that the ability to gather information in this way needs to be tempered and balanced in some way with expanded rights to protection and defense or else its one sidedness will bring more damage to our society than the persons and acts it is designed to defend us against.
They tried a similar thing in my hometown of Hydroshock, WA. However the combined water/power delivery proved to often be lethal to customers. Also tests concerning combined natural gas and medicinal oxygen delivery were discontinued due to "less than ideal preliminary results".
planet. AT 3:am GMT today the governments of most of the nations of earth received a formal declaration of war from an alien race who claims we fired the first shot. After many hours of discussion it was determined that this "first shot" was a large steel plate intended to dampen the effects of a nuclear explosion test performed by the United States many years ago. The steel plate propelled by the explosion escaped the earth's gravity at a heading that led it on a collision course with an unsuspecting race of aliens, almost wiping them out to the last being. The American government has made plans to compensate the few surviving members of the afflicted race by granting them naturalized citizen status and homes in Los Angeles where their outer worldly looks and nature is unlikely to be noticed.
I always wrap my computers with aluminum foil to prevent aliens and advertisers from sucking personal data about me into their databases. Also wrapping your tv in foil prevents the subliminal messages from the government from taking hold of your thought processes.
Next time try snorting No-Doz instead. I, um, I mean some friends of mine in high school used to snort crushed No-Doz to stay awake during boring classes. It tingles a bit but leaves a lingering minty feel and smell. Damn my nose is bleeding again.
I used to go through at least 1 liter of high caffeine soda per workday. I was actually known as "that guy the carry's around the Mt. Dew everywhere". After a few years of this behavior I started to develop a state of constant heartburn and occasional acid reflux. I would go through a roll or more of tums/rolaids per day. I of course attributed my daily worsening condition to my consumption of gallons of sugary, caffeinated, carbonated beverage. After I discontinued my soda consumption and my maladies progressed nonetheless I finally came to the conclusion that as it does for many others...work just makes me sick!
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What is your address? I want to break into your house and just take picures of all your stuff. It's just image capturing right? No harm done as long as I don't damage anything getting in right? Plus it's all just for an article I am writing for the local newspaper anyway.
Was this really an accident... or maybe a proof of concept! The conspiracy theorist in me thinks they may have intended just what they accomplished, showing the world how easy it is for them to block copying.
It is a shame that software development companies do not have a legal obligation to fix significant flaws for a certain amount of time. Or if they do not wish to fix a flaw they could offer a free upgrade to customers who currently hold the flawed version.
And Don't Run With Scissors!!!
I too was always honest with people online and went out of my way to be a good friend. However the test of time showed I didn't get the same in return. Maybe I just hooked up with the wrong groups of people, repeatedly. I dunno. Well I am glad to hear that others out there do not share my disappointment and have not had the negative experiences I have had. I have pretty much retreated from online interaction (/. being one of few exceptions) and have completely discontinued any sort of real time online interaction due to my many disappointments.
It is interesting (and frustrating) how my focus changes every few years on how I want my complete computing enviiornment to be setup. I, like most people started with a single system and when that system became a bit slow at running new software (read games) I upgraded it.
After several upgrades of various components I found that I had pretty much all the parts I needed to build a second PC. So I did. Now with two computers I HAD to network them. As family members aquired computers they were hooked into the (peer-to-peer) LAN as well to the point of needing a server which was built and added.
As time went on some desktops were replaced by smaller and more portable laptops and even the desktops were replaced with smaller versions of desktops. But each machine had a specific purpose (server, gaming machine) or specific user.
After leaving college (I am going to skip the college years as they are in a bit of a mental haze) and starting out on my own with little (no) money I found it more cost/space (small apartment) effective to have one super machine that could do everything.
Several years later having paid off my debts and having purchased a larger place to live, I find that my ideal computing enviornment consists of 1 laptop, 1 desktop gaming machine and a gateway/server.
But as soon as the manufacturers produce the super fast cpu/fastest graphics chip available/etc/etc with 3d holographic projecting graphics PC in a 3" cube form factor, I'll trade them all in!
"just further proves the depth of the relationships that are kindled through online gaming."
Hmmmm I am going to have to disagree with this (at least in my own experience). I don't believe that any online relationships have any TRUE depth. I don't think that you can really trust, know who a person is, emphasize with then etc until you can look them in the eye, see their body langauge, smell them touch them and just generally be in their presence.
After spending much of my time online in gaming/chat and other online venues I have found that all the online relationships that I ever had (and I am not talking about only romantic relationships/nor am I excluding them), no matter how much friendship/loyalty/love/etc was claimed by both sides, the relationship was really just one of convenience.
Or maybe its just me. Either way I am sorry to hear of this loss and this post is not intended to say that the person who died was not well liked by the online community he was a part of. I am only countering the statement in the post I am replying to, offering an opposing opinion that online (gaming) relationships have little or no depth in MY experience.
I welcome any thought out rebuttals but please if you disagree with me, mod me down and move on, don't waste your time or mine with a mindless rant or string of insults.
I just want you all to know that I am sueing each of you for posting messages on a computer run message board. I currently hold patent #1234567890 which gives me the right to said technology. I am willing to settle out of court for 1 million US dollars each.
I am guilty of this in a way however the cause isn't lazyness. I usually download mp3's in batches and over the course of the next day or so I check each song, make sure the ID3 tag is correct, normalize the filename etc. By the time I get to many of the bad files the host is no longer connected to the network and I wouldn't necessarily remember where I got it anyway. So it would be difficult/impossible to mod down the host/file.
Actually I really like this idea especially if it were similar to the /. method of moderation where heavy contributers are more likely to get moderation points. Maybe karma could also be thrown into the mix by giving those nodes with more offered files more karma?
Oh my god! there is code that will crash Windows??? Who woulda thunk it!
on the horizon... I hear they are planning a vending machine for body parts to be installed in large hospitals. Just insert your credit card and punch buttons to receive a lovely, hardly used replacement liver!
Well I cannot speak for the author of the question but I can tell you that *I* was very intreaged when I saw this question. As an IT professional in a healthcare related field I am bombarded by questions re: HIPAA compliance. The HIPAA regs are in such disarry and so unclear that many people in the industry are anxiously waiting for the moment the regs are cleared up and complete so we can "sprint towards compliance".
"Companies would be responsible for paying the costs of buying new equipment."
This is what galls me the most I think. Not only are our governments proposing that detailed records be kept on us (right down to how many times we go to the bathroom per day it seems sometimes) but we as consumers of services or tax payers will ultimatly have the cost handed to us. BTW CIA/FBI/NSA yesterday it was 3 times. I had bran for breakfast.
I see the /. effect more like a tornado than an earthquake. An impenetrable wall of traffic is created around the site which sit in the calm "eye" of total disconnection.
I am not even sure how I feel about "advances" such as this. On the one hand I am glad that things are moving in a direction so that criminals can be caught quicker (or even before the act) but at what cost? I don't plan on ever commiting any sort of crime that would make me the target of such a system, however I would hate to be the victim of a misunderstanding or data glitch. It seems to me that the ability to gather information in this way needs to be tempered and balanced in some way with expanded rights to protection and defense or else its one sidedness will bring more damage to our society than the persons and acts it is designed to defend us against.
They tried a similar thing in my hometown of Hydroshock, WA. However the combined water/power delivery proved to often be lethal to customers. Also tests concerning combined natural gas and medicinal oxygen delivery were discontinued due to "less than ideal preliminary results".
planet. AT 3:am GMT today the governments of most of the nations of earth received a formal declaration of war from an alien race who claims we fired the first shot. After many hours of discussion it was determined that this "first shot" was a large steel plate intended to dampen the effects of a nuclear explosion test performed by the United States many years ago. The steel plate propelled by the explosion escaped the earth's gravity at a heading that led it on a collision course with an unsuspecting race of aliens, almost wiping them out to the last being. The American government has made plans to compensate the few surviving members of the afflicted race by granting them naturalized citizen status and homes in Los Angeles where their outer worldly looks and nature is unlikely to be noticed.
I always wrap my computers with aluminum foil to prevent aliens and advertisers from sucking personal data about me into their databases. Also wrapping your tv in foil prevents the subliminal messages from the government from taking hold of your thought processes.
Next time try snorting No-Doz instead. I, um, I mean some friends of mine in high school used to snort crushed No-Doz to stay awake during boring classes. It tingles a bit but leaves a lingering minty feel and smell. Damn my nose is bleeding again.
I used to go through at least 1 liter of high caffeine soda per workday. I was actually known as "that guy the carry's around the Mt. Dew everywhere". After a few years of this behavior I started to develop a state of constant heartburn and occasional acid reflux. I would go through a roll or more of tums/rolaids per day. I of course attributed my daily worsening condition to my consumption of gallons of sugary, caffeinated, carbonated beverage. After I discontinued my soda consumption and my maladies progressed nonetheless I finally came to the conclusion that as it does for many others ...work just makes me sick!