Point well taken. However I do doubt that any "benefits" repaed by the cable monopolies will be passed on to the consumers in the form of lower charges.....
Oh, and one more thing. Since the Slashdot community is a large, diverse collection of individuals, I have to wonder how he was able to get a representative sample of all those readers in just 1.5 hours?
Not 1.5 hours my dear sir. More like two to three years.
Aside, I agree that humans can have more than "two states". But I was drawing attention to the basic principal of boycott or shall we say civil disobedience. Either you go all the way. Or you don't.
Anycase, this technology is more for Cable operators who atleast have an "option" now. FWIW.
label Sony is a complex company, comprised of thousands of complex human beings, that can not be boiled down to one word "evil", OK? That was the point, genius.
I just love the hipocracy here. When Sony comes out with "technology" to help our "rights" eberyone is fuming and boycotting Sony and their products because they are the evil incarnate and now everyone want to get on the sony cable wagon.
We always see him eating out of the fridge because it told him to.:)
No we don't. He eats because he wants to. Sometimes food "talks" to him. Refrigerators (or "fridge" for you Pakistanis") doesn't talk to Garfield. Stop insulting Garfield.
That the idea of launching nuclear waste towards Sun is very simplistic. It is not considered as a solution because to put it in orbit you'll have to use massive rockets. Forget energy balance and the loss suffered in the whole, but the fact is that the rockets themselves produce quite a lot of harmful pollutants. Also, in case of an accident, there is risk of contaminating populous areas.
I have great respect for the handicapped, and the spirit with which they continue to participate in the mainstream of the society. I believe the society as a whole enriches from the examples of certain individuals, who don't allow handicaps, whether from birth or by accidents, to crush their spirits. This point was particularly driven home after I suffered an accident on motorbike, and had to experience a handicap/injuries, albeit temporarily.
I also have great respect for organizations and individuals who work for the truly human cause of handicapped individuals.
But as has always been the case, adopting "causes" is fashionable. More so now than ever. It is not important to be doing anything, it's much more important to be "seen" talking about and/or "making" efforts. I am rather mystified by you efforts to, what many would say, promote your book so blatantly on Slashdot. I am more than willing to give you the benefit of doubt that you are actually motivated by a need to provide information. And herein lies the dilemma faced by many a individual/organization working in the field:
At what point do their efforts become more of a business than service? Is it a question of volition? Does the "motivation" of the individual/organization matter? Finally, what is your viewpoint on this and how do you approach this issue?
They found that broadband was actually slowing down user interaction with the Net as they are no longer afraid of spending too much time online anymore.
Urm, this statement does not make sense. For sure,not many people "exploit" their broadband to the max, but then again BB services have always followed the 80/20 path.
Besides, this "slowing down user interaction" is pure bullshit. What this means is that users are actually using the "internet" for things other than email etc. Think p2p filesharing.
Also, I would be glad to house-sit, I use very little oxygen."
While this is obviously a light hearted comment by the submitter of this story, most people have no idea of just how much Oxygen they use. Even if you take into account that the Oxygen sent up is concenterated and then diluted for "human consumption".
Instead of 127.0.0.1 in your hosts file against doubleclick and other assholes, try using 0.0.0.0
Works better. I am also assuming that you know that the hosts file does NOT have anyextension. The hosts.sam file is a sample file. After creating your file, rename it as "hosts". No extensions. Use Notepad to edit in future.
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Point well taken. However I do doubt that any "benefits" repaed by the cable monopolies will be passed on to the consumers in the form of lower charges.....
Not 1.5 hours my dear sir. More like two to three years.
Aside, I agree that humans can have more than "two states". But I was drawing attention to the basic principal of boycott or shall we say civil disobedience. Either you go all the way. Or you don't.
Anycase, this technology is more for Cable operators who atleast have an "option" now. FWIW.
label Sony is a complex company, comprised of thousands of complex human beings, that can not be boiled down to one word "evil", OK? That was the point, genius.
Way to go!
No we don't. He eats because he wants to. Sometimes food "talks" to him. Refrigerators (or "fridge" for you Pakistanis") doesn't talk to Garfield. Stop insulting Garfield.
Even if they won't win, they might bleed fatwallet to death, that is a big concern.
Einstein unveils you!
not a single comment modded down to -1. Looks lie the terrorists have won already!
That the idea of launching nuclear waste towards Sun is very simplistic. It is not considered as a solution because to put it in orbit you'll have to use massive rockets. Forget energy balance and the loss suffered in the whole, but the fact is that the rockets themselves produce quite a lot of harmful pollutants. Also, in case of an accident, there is risk of contaminating populous areas.
I also have great respect for organizations and individuals who work for the truly human cause of handicapped individuals.
But as has always been the case, adopting "causes" is fashionable. More so now than ever. It is not important to be doing anything, it's much more important to be "seen" talking about and/or "making" efforts. I am rather mystified by you efforts to, what many would say, promote your book so blatantly on Slashdot. I am more than willing to give you the benefit of doubt that you are actually motivated by a need to provide information. And herein lies the dilemma faced by many a individual/organization working in the field:
At what point do their efforts become more of a business than service? Is it a question of volition? Does the "motivation" of the individual/organization matter? Finally, what is your viewpoint on this and how do you approach this issue?
see subject.
This is not always possible. Some org's are very rigid in such matters.
Same here. "Editors" on crack. As usual. Nice to know everything is fine with the world!
Exactly. I know because I am suffering on a dial up!
Urm, this statement does not make sense. For sure,not many people "exploit" their broadband to the max, but then again BB services have always followed the 80/20 path.
Besides, this "slowing down user interaction" is pure bullshit. What this means is that users are actually using the "internet" for things other than email etc. Think p2p filesharing.
While this is obviously a light hearted comment by the submitter of this story, most people have no idea of just how much Oxygen they use. Even if you take into account that the Oxygen sent up is concenterated and then diluted for "human consumption".
Having said that, it's G to the oatse not h to the oatse. But that was probably because of the time crunch. Good job nevertheless!
Works better. I am also assuming that you know that the hosts file does NOT have anyextension. The hosts.sam file is a sample file. After creating your file, rename it as "hosts". No extensions. Use Notepad to edit in future.
It wasn't a fukin goatse. It was grub.net carrying bill g's image. Nothing "goatse" about it.
Please share that movie. Can't get it from the webiste. Have sex. Not.
Thanks for the link but hardocp is lame. Don't trust anything from those guys.
Nice troll.......considering the time deadline of a few seconds you must have faced in this attempt for FP.
No I won't "abide by their terms", because I don't want their "service". They are a lame site. Why go to NYT when good people can post it here?
Interesting to note how many NYT articles are the basis of /. discussion. Hrm.
PS: DO you like BT too? I am referring to BT the musician...