One of a few times that Fark linked before Slashdot. Imagine that.
Anyway, yeah, occasionally he came out with some good stuff, but it just really wasn't that funny. I can appreciate what he did for those that were into that kind of humor, but many times they just seemed boring or, rather, uninteresting.
But people who don't even know about this might not realize something they couldn't care less about! Not that the UI has anything at all to do with the big picture, except for it work and be easy to use, but for not being a purist, you should be ashamed of your self.
I have no idea what the hell I'm talking about, and I don't even know how what I said could possibly make any sense. But apparently it makes sense to some people. Or maybe I'm mistaken over the whole thing.
I mean, who in their right mind would think that companies would WANT junk faxes? I'm reading through their FAQs, and I don't see any one that says "I heard that making others pay for our advertisements with their paper and ink is wrong. Is this true?" on there.
I'm serious. I want to know who could possibly justify this and think that others wouldn't view it as anything less than a pure annoyance.
Yeah. They make it all to obvious it's a parody.
On another note, their Slashdot title generator doesn't work very well. For example:
Intel Rushes To Patch Bug In OSX
AMD Says Fractal Geometry "Just A Fad"
Bill Gates Says Focus Of Intel Should Be Total World Domination (Intel?!?!)
Stephen Hawking Denies Relationship With Bill Gates (hey, cool)
Who modded this as a troll? Personally, I TRY to think of the Internet as a bastion for quasi-rational thought. Well, some of it, anyway.
And I'd do the same, anyway.
I don't know about you, but MY shit doesn't stink. Pff.
And neither does my penis enlargment, porn, loan or other commercial email. They may sell hack herbal substances, but MINE are really the good stuff. Honest.
Now, if you'll fax me your bank account number and social security number we can transfer that $38.5 million from the Nigerian government and leave you with a quarter!
It's our secret, and if politicians can do it, why not us? We're just as legitimate.;)
absolutely, positively, beyond ANY DOUBT WHATSOEVER the MOST ludicrous thing I've heard. I wouldn't have believed it except it's on Yahoo news... this is madness! Suing ISPs for not censoring websites! Whatever they arbitrarily decide goes against their agenda they can sue to take away? They're more powerful than the government!...........I just don't understand, and if this lawsuit goes through, I WILL move out of this country. Just because they're outside their jurisdiction doesn't mean that you attack the people who provide the Internet.
That's a bit like a store owner cigarettets to a 30 year old, who in turn sells it to a little kid and runs to mexico, and then having the store owner sent to jail! I mean... that... Ugh... It's repulsive...
True, true. It's just that most people here have been crying the evils of such a system and mentioning Big Brother and frankly, to those that have been saying that (not you), they have enough information as it is to track you if they want to.
Anyway, with any convenience comes its inherant security problems. On a Win9x machine, if you leave your pass on Outlook Express and don't password it (or Hotmail), then anyone who has access to your machine can look through your mail or "verify" things or reset your Paypal password and have all the money in your account cashed out and mailed to a Swiss bank account. If someone has your Paypal pass, as long as you have a credit card or bank account on it, they can spend away and it'd be a pain in the ass to get those charges reversed.
Okay, that was just one example. But I think a bank account number would cause more damage than an SSN; if someone's going to forge ID cards with your name on them, they're going to do that anyway, whereas you can lose all your money immediately with your bank account number...although you'd need the SSN there, too.
Anyway, I hold my SSN with a death grip, and so far I've had no identity theft problems. So, until that happens, I'm content to sit on my lazy American ass and keep my SSN.
What's the problem with having an SSN used as an ID number? Has anybody here been tracked down and been taken advantage of because of it? All it does is get rid of two or three more tracking steps, and that's what we're all about -- efficiency -- right?
Seriously, beyond THEORETICAL problems, has anyone actually experienced something truly wrong by SSNs? I mean, so what if you can have your credit tracked? Most people trying to hide it shouldn't be dealt with in business anyway.
Yeah, the entire system works on corporate greed in wanting to get the most out of the smallest investment by any means whatsoever, but isn't that what capitalism is in the first place -- a system built on greed? So why shouldn't anybody for a capitalist society want it?
Just curious. I'm just a brainwashed American, so I don't see the problem.
Auerbach is one of five elected members on the 19-member ICANN board. His term expires in November, and ICANN already has said it will not hold another round of elections.
Gee, isn't that convenient? Well, I suppose I don't blame them; if I had the choice and I were them I wouldn't, either.
Well, as it happens, the last Amendment which was originally part of the Bill of Rights, but was just passed a few years ago for some unexplicable reason, makes it impossible for them to see any pay raises they pass.
Alright, you got me. I don't have any particular problem, and I'm sure many others don't (that's why many others don't have Macs), but there are those that do and are willing to spend a pretty penny for those problems to be fixed. That pretty penny, of course, is worth it because of its value, much in the same way as Microsoft saying its OS is more of a value than *nix, and hence the extra money is better spent.
You're probably right; I don't ask enough. Let's see... I could ask it to... well, I don't know. I guess I'm just one of those simple folk. So, for those simple folk such as myself, who want to do things like surf the net, print stuff, scan stuff, listen to stuff, program stuff, play stuff, burn stuff onto CDs, watch DVDs and other videos, IM people and share stuff quickly, the For doing stuff I don't do, though, I'm sure Macs are really great.
Beat me to it. Anyway, yeah, what's with the switch campaign? What's wrong with what I have? It works, it doesn't crash, it does what I want it to whenever I want it to. This is a problem because...?
Oh, wait, I got it, "because it's not a Mac." Well, I'm certainly convinced, just you *TRY* and hold me back from getting a Mac now.
I'm running XP too (yeah, I know), and it connects to sa.windows.com every time I try to search for a file on my hd (that was covered in an article around here). I simply blocked the traffic, and the search still worked. Gee, that's strange. It doesn't *NEED* to phone home and it still works?
These people obviously aren't as skilled programmers as our friends at Real as far as Phoning Home Functionality is concerned.
The point (to the best of my knowledge) is convenience, but that doesn't work either because for that to really work you'd need a great deal of cooperation between businesses, and that simply won't work. Or you just get businesses that cooperate with that particular metabrowser. But what happens when you want to buy something from a website that's not participating? You just ruined the entire purpose of it. Or, rather, it ruined itself. Or something.
And yes, it wasn't necessary. If there's no necessity for something on the market, it dies. No necessity for paying people to watch ads? Well, guess where that goes?
JBuilder has it in their EULA that by using their software, you waive your right to a trial jury in case you file any suits against them. Basically, the purpose of these EULA's are to rid the companies of as much liability as possible and still have control over their software as they see fit.
Personally, I don't blame them, and as long as people continue to agree to them and just whine about it (as opposed to doing something), it'll continue. Eventually, I'm sure restrictions will be made, but not until something that REALLY screws up PR between the public and someone like, say, Microsoft, happens.
So, anyway, just read your EULA's once in awhile. It's almost funny how much crap you're actually agreeing to just to use a little bit of software.
and neither can working 12 hours a day at a dead-end job with a low wage, but nobody seems phillisophically against that for some reason. So, the argument here is that grunt work is more productive, useful, and has more economic insentive than programming Open Source (or, more specifically, free (beer)) software.
As a matter of fact, flipping burgers makes teenagers more money than people directly get from programming in Open Source projects. So, therefore, flipping burgers is more important than open source development. It's also more important than talking with people, unless you're make money from that. Also, education is less important, since there's no direct payments involved. Oh, wait, but there IS economic incentive, isn't there? To learn things. But that doesn't count -- it's all about the money, right? So we should stop learning and get right back into those coal mines, like in October Sky! Obviously, making money is more important than improving your mind.
I don't know where I'm going with this, so I guess I'm done.
In the sense that "American" implies elitist, exclusive, arrogant, and imperialistic.
Indeed, in that sense, but that, of course, is false, unless you believe the major corporations' actions speak for all Americans. Just because Microsoft thinks that Linux and the GPL is un-American doesn't mean that I, an American, have to. I think it's pleanty American -- it provides that little form of marketing we like to call "capitalism."
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One of a few times that Fark linked before Slashdot. Imagine that. Anyway, yeah, occasionally he came out with some good stuff, but it just really wasn't that funny. I can appreciate what he did for those that were into that kind of humor, but many times they just seemed boring or, rather, uninteresting.
But people who don't even know about this might not realize something they couldn't care less about! Not that the UI has anything at all to do with the big picture, except for it work and be easy to use, but for not being a purist, you should be ashamed of your self.
I have no idea what the hell I'm talking about, and I don't even know how what I said could possibly make any sense. But apparently it makes sense to some people. Or maybe I'm mistaken over the whole thing.
I mean, who in their right mind would think that companies would WANT junk faxes? I'm reading through their FAQs, and I don't see any one that says "I heard that making others pay for our advertisements with their paper and ink is wrong. Is this true?" on there. I'm serious. I want to know who could possibly justify this and think that others wouldn't view it as anything less than a pure annoyance.
Yeah. They make it all to obvious it's a parody. On another note, their Slashdot title generator doesn't work very well. For example: Intel Rushes To Patch Bug In OSX AMD Says Fractal Geometry "Just A Fad" Bill Gates Says Focus Of Intel Should Be Total World Domination (Intel?!?!) Stephen Hawking Denies Relationship With Bill Gates (hey, cool)
Who modded this as a troll? Personally, I TRY to think of the Internet as a bastion for quasi-rational thought. Well, some of it, anyway. And I'd do the same, anyway.
I don't know about you, but MY shit doesn't stink. Pff. And neither does my penis enlargment, porn, loan or other commercial email. They may sell hack herbal substances, but MINE are really the good stuff. Honest. Now, if you'll fax me your bank account number and social security number we can transfer that $38.5 million from the Nigerian government and leave you with a quarter! It's our secret, and if politicians can do it, why not us? We're just as legitimate. ;)
absolutely, positively, beyond ANY DOUBT WHATSOEVER the MOST ludicrous thing I've heard. I wouldn't have believed it except it's on Yahoo news... this is madness! Suing ISPs for not censoring websites! Whatever they arbitrarily decide goes against their agenda they can sue to take away? They're more powerful than the government! ...........I just don't understand, and if this lawsuit goes through, I WILL move out of this country. Just because they're outside their jurisdiction doesn't mean that you attack the people who provide the Internet.
That's a bit like a store owner cigarettets to a 30 year old, who in turn sells it to a little kid and runs to mexico, and then having the store owner sent to jail! I mean... that... Ugh... It's repulsive...
Sorry, had to mention it.
True, true. It's just that most people here have been crying the evils of such a system and mentioning Big Brother and frankly, to those that have been saying that (not you), they have enough information as it is to track you if they want to.
Anyway, with any convenience comes its inherant security problems. On a Win9x machine, if you leave your pass on Outlook Express and don't password it (or Hotmail), then anyone who has access to your machine can look through your mail or "verify" things or reset your Paypal password and have all the money in your account cashed out and mailed to a Swiss bank account. If someone has your Paypal pass, as long as you have a credit card or bank account on it, they can spend away and it'd be a pain in the ass to get those charges reversed.
Okay, that was just one example. But I think a bank account number would cause more damage than an SSN; if someone's going to forge ID cards with your name on them, they're going to do that anyway, whereas you can lose all your money immediately with your bank account number...although you'd need the SSN there, too.
Anyway, I hold my SSN with a death grip, and so far I've had no identity theft problems. So, until that happens, I'm content to sit on my lazy American ass and keep my SSN.
Futurama on Cartoon Network? My cable provider doesn't have cartoon network. They do for EVERY other district except this one.
*sigh* I guess I'll be stuck with The Simpsons forever...
So it's confirmed to be dead on Fox? Why? Why did that happen?
What's the problem with having an SSN used as an ID number? Has anybody here been tracked down and been taken advantage of because of it? All it does is get rid of two or three more tracking steps, and that's what we're all about -- efficiency -- right?
Seriously, beyond THEORETICAL problems, has anyone actually experienced something truly wrong by SSNs? I mean, so what if you can have your credit tracked? Most people trying to hide it shouldn't be dealt with in business anyway.
Yeah, the entire system works on corporate greed in wanting to get the most out of the smallest investment by any means whatsoever, but isn't that what capitalism is in the first place -- a system built on greed? So why shouldn't anybody for a capitalist society want it?
Just curious. I'm just a brainwashed American, so I don't see the problem.
Auerbach is one of five elected members on the 19-member ICANN board. His term expires in November, and ICANN already has said it will not hold another round of elections.
Gee, isn't that convenient? Well, I suppose I don't blame them; if I had the choice and I were them I wouldn't, either.
Well, as it happens, the last Amendment which was originally part of the Bill of Rights, but was just passed a few years ago for some unexplicable reason, makes it impossible for them to see any pay raises they pass.
But it's still a good point.
Alright, you got me. I don't have any particular problem, and I'm sure many others don't (that's why many others don't have Macs), but there are those that do and are willing to spend a pretty penny for those problems to be fixed. That pretty penny, of course, is worth it because of its value, much in the same way as Microsoft saying its OS is more of a value than *nix, and hence the extra money is better spent.
... people and share stuff quickly, the (less than $1000) parts that would upgrade my comp to a reletively high-end system would suffice...
no, it was not my computer's fault that I used an angle bracket for a less than sign. That's just what a stupid Joe PC User such as myself do.
You're probably right; I don't ask enough. Let's see... I could ask it to... well, I don't know. I guess I'm just one of those simple folk. So, for those simple folk such as myself, who want to do things like surf the net, print stuff, scan stuff, listen to stuff, program stuff, play stuff, burn stuff onto CDs, watch DVDs and other videos, IM people and share stuff quickly, the
For doing stuff I don't do, though, I'm sure Macs are really great.
Beat me to it. Anyway, yeah, what's with the switch campaign? What's wrong with what I have? It works, it doesn't crash, it does what I want it to whenever I want it to. This is a problem because...?
Oh, wait, I got it, "because it's not a Mac." Well, I'm certainly convinced, just you *TRY* and hold me back from getting a Mac now.
I'm running XP too (yeah, I know), and it connects to sa.windows.com every time I try to search for a file on my hd (that was covered in an article around here). I simply blocked the traffic, and the search still worked. Gee, that's strange. It doesn't *NEED* to phone home and it still works?
These people obviously aren't as skilled programmers as our friends at Real as far as Phoning Home Functionality is concerned.
The point (to the best of my knowledge) is convenience, but that doesn't work either because for that to really work you'd need a great deal of cooperation between businesses, and that simply won't work. Or you just get businesses that cooperate with that particular metabrowser. But what happens when you want to buy something from a website that's not participating? You just ruined the entire purpose of it. Or, rather, it ruined itself. Or something. And yes, it wasn't necessary. If there's no necessity for something on the market, it dies. No necessity for paying people to watch ads? Well, guess where that goes?
They'll have patent rights over OpenGL, among other things. Eventually, The Onion's article will be true. Did anyone else think of this?
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http://www.theonion.com/onion3311/microsoftpatent
It's not too far off.
Light or WiFi? Light or WiFi?! Aaah, can't...choose...*head explodes*
Actually, I already have a few energy efficient lights around, and I don't really use WiFi, sooo... guess it doesn't apply to me.
JBuilder has it in their EULA that by using their software, you waive your right to a trial jury in case you file any suits against them. Basically, the purpose of these EULA's are to rid the companies of as much liability as possible and still have control over their software as they see fit. Personally, I don't blame them, and as long as people continue to agree to them and just whine about it (as opposed to doing something), it'll continue. Eventually, I'm sure restrictions will be made, but not until something that REALLY screws up PR between the public and someone like, say, Microsoft, happens. So, anyway, just read your EULA's once in awhile. It's almost funny how much crap you're actually agreeing to just to use a little bit of software.
and neither can working 12 hours a day at a dead-end job with a low wage, but nobody seems phillisophically against that for some reason. So, the argument here is that grunt work is more productive, useful, and has more economic insentive than programming Open Source (or, more specifically, free (beer)) software.
As a matter of fact, flipping burgers makes teenagers more money than people directly get from programming in Open Source projects. So, therefore, flipping burgers is more important than open source development. It's also more important than talking with people, unless you're make money from that. Also, education is less important, since there's no direct payments involved. Oh, wait, but there IS economic incentive, isn't there? To learn things. But that doesn't count -- it's all about the money, right? So we should stop learning and get right back into those coal mines, like in October Sky! Obviously, making money is more important than improving your mind.
I don't know where I'm going with this, so I guess I'm done.
And since when has spam really worked??
In the sense that "American" implies elitist, exclusive, arrogant, and imperialistic. Indeed, in that sense, but that, of course, is false, unless you believe the major corporations' actions speak for all Americans. Just because Microsoft thinks that Linux and the GPL is un-American doesn't mean that I, an American, have to. I think it's pleanty American -- it provides that little form of marketing we like to call "capitalism."