I thought their business model was based on "Do no evil"?
When we hear that the FBI is flagging at e-mail based on keywords we scream about privacy (even tho no real human is reading these mails). When Google does that same we should sit on our hands?
Isn't there a plethora of other ads that would fit in just as well? I do not see a lot of this from other sites.
Google does this with their g-mail service. I often find sidebar ads that relate to the e-mail I currently have open. I think a lot of this goes around with little knowledge on the users part.
rather than something locked-down that will only run approved code (i.e. just a really big PDA interface, rather than a novel way to interface with existing computer hardware and software).
When did this conversation switch to talking about the iPhone?
While this may be true it's like saying that a mouse is just a couple of wheels that need to be moved on an X-Y axis basis to move a cursor. It's trickery on a certain level, sure. I guess that's why it's called an interface.
I don't understand all the sour grapes associated with this. While I have no use for the interface it's not to say something worthwhile can't be produced.
Yeah, we've seen the kind of nonsense that has been done in the name of zero tolerance too:
5 year olds suspended from school for carrying a plastic fireman's ax as part of a Halloween costume.
Kids spending serious time in jail (at your expense) for having a little bit of dope.
If it's a brainless idea in those cases why continue to spread it? You may see it as turn-about being fair play but I'd rather stop the endless retaliations and let cooler heads prevail.
Excuse me? For a long time in the 80s to early 90s "Nintendo" was "Video Games".
Really? For me Commodore was video games in that same time period. Starting with the 64 and thru the days of Amiga glory.
I had a lot of friends with NES but always found the endless slew of side scrollers kinda boring. Elite, Bard's Tale and Armorgeddon simply rocked in comparison.
As for what is hardcore? I'm not sure myself. Being a PC gamer I would think that games like Worlds of Warcraft, Everquest, Sid's Civ series and Counter Strike are hardcore while stuff like Tetris falls into the non-hardcore category. I'm probably wrong but seeings as where no one here seems to have a real answer I guess I'm as right as anyone else.
That won't matter. We're still going to have 80 14 year olds crying that they're being put down "by the man" and explaining that this is nothing new (as far as taxation goes, at least) is going to do nothing but have them calling you a governmental shill.
Yes, I addressed this in another post. I should have cleared it up to clarify that I meant the riot ammunition, not the Simunition, would likely cause bruising. I know how Simunition works and I'm sure those designing it would take into account that the rioters are less likely to have the protection that is used during Simunition training.
Now Microsoft plans to brainwash Linux and then marry it in a dramatic wedding ceremony that will cement its rule over the two kingdoms.
Bill Gates: This Please! This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not bicker and argue over who killed who. I see this not as losing a son, but gaining a daughter in a very legal and binding way.
I didn't mean that Simunition leaves bruises but rather these laughing gas rounds would be more prone to that. After all, when you go into training using Simunition you know what you're in for and are hopefully propperly geared up for it. Civilians in a riot is a different story.
Not to downplay the deaths of people involved in these incidents because you're absolutely right; the term 'non-lethal' has been challenged time and time again because of instances such as this. Note that the Wikipedia article does refer to the technology as 'less-lethal' as is being adopted elsewhere.
So, sure, you're right but the overall use of these technologies are certainly much better then an outright firefight or some of the more physical methods used in the past. If it weren't for the development of 'less-lethal' devices Victoria wouldn't even be a footnote on a Wiki page. Deaths during large riots was the norm in the past, not the exception.
Maybe there is a better way to handle it but we have made progress.
And please, don't misunderstand the non-lethal aspect of the technology. Non-lethal doesn't mean harmless. These rounds would likely cause bruises and sometimes breaks of the skin. I guess it's still better then being dead.
He changed his name back after his contract with them ended, but has continued as an independent and always fighting against the labels.
FTA: The singer had signed a global deal for the promotion and distribution of Planet Earth in partnership with Columbia Records, a division of music company Sony BMG.
That's very independent of him. Way to stick it to the labels!
Is this preference for OSS or Microsoft a true reflection of differing political philosophies?
Most of these guys (and gals) know nothing of what kind of software their web server or such is running. They're just like most others who pay to have these kinds of things put together: they hire out another party to have them take care of the details. Or do you mean to tell me that people here really think that Obama is busy working on his HTML skills between campaign stops?
You think it's in any way different today? If anything, it gets worse.
That's where you're wrong. Everyone on here that cries about illegal wiretaps and such are just too naive to think that it wasn't happening in the past. If anything GWB is just being honest about it.
The Patriot Act isn't a new set of laws and a loss of freedom; it's a declaration of what has been the standard operating procedure for decades.
The person is obviously more pissed at the RIAA than anyone, and just trying to point out that there is a privileged class in this country that the RIAA doesn't go after.
Hmmm.. a couple of people handing over a single CD with a few tracks or the guy with 14000 songs on eMule? Who should I prosecute? Hmm...
It's more likely that the RIAA understands that going after people with a larger number of violations and obviously more intent to distribute illegal copies are a better targets of their expendable cash to fund lawyers over? I dunno, just a thought.
There is a reason that cops on the side of the road don't pull over every car going 2 miles over the speed limit. There is a reason that casual drug users are generally left alone unless they go out of their way to get caught. And there is a reason the RIAA isn't going to bother with every person who admits to copying a single CD. And most of the time this has nothing to do with being "privileged".
I don't know what the USD/song ratio is in most of the RIAA settlements but my guess is that the president's daughters could turn this into a dead issue by scratching out a check for a few hundred dollars (if it's even that high) and this way no one seems to be partial and no one loses face.
I just find it amazing the number of Slashdotters who normally scream that IP is bullshit are now howling for blood considering the targets.
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It's what their business model is based on.
I thought their business model was based on "Do no evil"?
When we hear that the FBI is flagging at e-mail based on keywords we scream about privacy (even tho no real human is reading these mails). When Google does that same we should sit on our hands?
Isn't there a plethora of other ads that would fit in just as well? I do not see a lot of this from other sites.
the liquid 'contains tiny iron oxide particles coated with plastic
In the printer world we call that toner.
Google does this with their g-mail service. I often find sidebar ads that relate to the e-mail I currently have open. I think a lot of this goes around with little knowledge on the users part.
rather than something locked-down that will only run approved code (i.e. just a really big PDA interface, rather than a novel way to interface with existing computer hardware and software).
When did this conversation switch to talking about the iPhone?
While this may be true it's like saying that a mouse is just a couple of wheels that need to be moved on an X-Y axis basis to move a cursor. It's trickery on a certain level, sure. I guess that's why it's called an interface.
I don't understand all the sour grapes associated with this. While I have no use for the interface it's not to say something worthwhile can't be produced.
Yeah, we've seen the kind of nonsense that has been done in the name of zero tolerance too:
5 year olds suspended from school for carrying a plastic fireman's ax as part of a Halloween costume.
Kids spending serious time in jail (at your expense) for having a little bit of dope.
If it's a brainless idea in those cases why continue to spread it? You may see it as turn-about being fair play but I'd rather stop the endless retaliations and let cooler heads prevail.
Excuse me? For a long time in the 80s to early 90s "Nintendo" was "Video Games".
Really? For me Commodore was video games in that same time period. Starting with the 64 and thru the days of Amiga glory.
I had a lot of friends with NES but always found the endless slew of side scrollers kinda boring. Elite, Bard's Tale and Armorgeddon simply rocked in comparison.
As for what is hardcore? I'm not sure myself. Being a PC gamer I would think that games like Worlds of Warcraft, Everquest, Sid's Civ series and Counter Strike are hardcore while stuff like Tetris falls into the non-hardcore category. I'm probably wrong but seeings as where no one here seems to have a real answer I guess I'm as right as anyone else.
wiggling the Wii controller back and forth has replaced hitting the 'x' button. Wiggle it up and down for the 'y' button.
So you're saying that if you coud tape the Wii controller to a paint mixer like they have at Lowes that you'd kick ass?
Good to have that pointed out early.
That won't matter. We're still going to have 80 14 year olds crying that they're being put down "by the man" and explaining that this is nothing new (as far as taxation goes, at least) is going to do nothing but have them calling you a governmental shill.
Yes, I addressed this in another post. I should have cleared it up to clarify that I meant the riot ammunition, not the Simunition, would likely cause bruising. I know how Simunition works and I'm sure those designing it would take into account that the rioters are less likely to have the protection that is used during Simunition training.
Now Microsoft plans to brainwash Linux and then marry it in a dramatic wedding ceremony that will cement its rule over the two kingdoms.
Bill Gates: This Please! This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not bicker and argue over who killed who. I see this not as losing a son, but gaining a daughter in a very legal and binding way.
I didn't mean that Simunition leaves bruises but rather these laughing gas rounds would be more prone to that. After all, when you go into training using Simunition you know what you're in for and are hopefully propperly geared up for it. Civilians in a riot is a different story.
Don't you mean Michael Bolton?
Not to downplay the deaths of people involved in these incidents because you're absolutely right; the term 'non-lethal' has been challenged time and time again because of instances such as this. Note that the Wikipedia article does refer to the technology as 'less-lethal' as is being adopted elsewhere.
So, sure, you're right but the overall use of these technologies are certainly much better then an outright firefight or some of the more physical methods used in the past. If it weren't for the development of 'less-lethal' devices Victoria wouldn't even be a footnote on a Wiki page. Deaths during large riots was the norm in the past, not the exception.
Maybe there is a better way to handle it but we have made progress.
Perhaps it's like a Simunition FX.
And please, don't misunderstand the non-lethal aspect of the technology. Non-lethal doesn't mean harmless. These rounds would likely cause bruises and sometimes breaks of the skin. I guess it's still better then being dead.
Actually, it's out on the front stoop since we got wireless and all. With our 40s of Bawlz. Yeah, booooooyy!
I know I laugh every time I pull the trigger.
That's just the way we roll, in my hood.
then dont read the fucking story. its that fucking simple.
This is Slashdot. No one actually reads the story.
He changed his name back after his contract with them ended, but has continued as an independent and always fighting against the labels.
FTA: The singer had signed a global deal for the promotion and distribution of Planet Earth in partnership with Columbia Records, a division of music company Sony BMG.
That's very independent of him. Way to stick it to the labels!
Is it me or did the RIAA become the record industry's "Nazi Industrial Strike Force".
The RIAA has no parts of this that I can see. Where do you get your information from?
Is this preference for OSS or Microsoft a true reflection of differing political philosophies?
Most of these guys (and gals) know nothing of what kind of software their web server or such is running. They're just like most others who pay to have these kinds of things put together: they hire out another party to have them take care of the details. Or do you mean to tell me that people here really think that Obama is busy working on his HTML skills between campaign stops?
This means that they're pulling illegal stuff worse than allowed by that Act.
Do you really think that they use to set limits for themselves? Again, it's people being naive about how things operate.
You think it's in any way different today? If anything, it gets worse.
That's where you're wrong. Everyone on here that cries about illegal wiretaps and such are just too naive to think that it wasn't happening in the past. If anything GWB is just being honest about it.
The Patriot Act isn't a new set of laws and a loss of freedom; it's a declaration of what has been the standard operating procedure for decades.
The person is obviously more pissed at the RIAA than anyone, and just trying to point out that there is a privileged class in this country that the RIAA doesn't go after.
Hmmm.. a couple of people handing over a single CD with a few tracks or the guy with 14000 songs on eMule? Who should I prosecute? Hmm...
It's more likely that the RIAA understands that going after people with a larger number of violations and obviously more intent to distribute illegal copies are a better targets of their expendable cash to fund lawyers over? I dunno, just a thought.
There is a reason that cops on the side of the road don't pull over every car going 2 miles over the speed limit. There is a reason that casual drug users are generally left alone unless they go out of their way to get caught. And there is a reason the RIAA isn't going to bother with every person who admits to copying a single CD. And most of the time this has nothing to do with being "privileged".
Easy solution?
The RIAA will settle out of court.
I don't know what the USD/song ratio is in most of the RIAA settlements but my guess is that the president's daughters could turn this into a dead issue by scratching out a check for a few hundred dollars (if it's even that high) and this way no one seems to be partial and no one loses face.
I just find it amazing the number of Slashdotters who normally scream that IP is bullshit are now howling for blood considering the targets.
Oh well, just more hypocrisy.