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A few people post an insult, they show it to their friends, they all get a laugh. You find this horribly offensive, what do you do?
A) While the number aware of the offending material is still few, you can choose to just let it go.
Or...
B) You sue one of the largest Internet entities around, assuring that your embarrassment will achieve far reaching exposure previously impossible. People who don't even know where your country is (i.e. Americans ) will mock you and, if you're real lucky, late night TV hosts will broadcast the images so that even those who don't know YouTube from BoobTube can share in your mortification.
Students should be liable for their actions. Knowingly and actively breaking the rules should have consequences. It's a damn good lesson to learn early.
This whiny appeal here is a akin to saying, "If they didn't want me to steal it, they shouldn't have left it unlocked." It's a rationalization intended to avoid responsibility for one's actions. This isn't a failure of security, it's a failure of character.
An Italian investigative reporter stated that no one would ever discuss sensitive information on the phone now.
Why on Earth would you ever discuss sensitive information on the phone before? There's always been phone tapping tech. It's only the laws for that technology's usage that protected anyone from it. You never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't say to a cop. If you don't know that rule, you're a pretty inept criminal.
Open Source is a buzzword (buzz phrase?), like XML before it. For a time, it will be used to seem "inovative", in tune with trends, all that happy PR speak.
The result will be that people who would have never heard the term will recognize it, but still have no clue what it means. This is the fate of all buzzwords.
It's nether good or bad, it just mean I get to continue to torture sales reps when they vomit up sales speak like, "our Open Source, standards compliant system works only with our exclusive, patented technology. Oh, yeah, you have to use Internet Explorer."
In a recent Mark Shuttleworth interview posted on Slashdot, the interviewer criticized Fiesty for not having the eye candy turned on. He responded "The actual software itself - Compiz and Beryl - is not good enough."
New Jersey would like to take this momment to thank the Governor of New York for sending even more tax revenue their way. They invite NYC residents to their malls, now with an even bigger video game selection.
I don't understand, three of those are on my must have without fail list. ( NoScript, Adblock, PDF Download ) They are what recommends FireFox to many users.
The point here; security is a hastle, trust the browser, you're being paranoid if you think bad things happen when you surf websites...
So, the bug now has less of a chance of passing on it's disease, but it still behaves in such a way to make it possible.
Why not make a super blood sucker that just thinks humans are the worst food choice on the menu? If the things didn't bit people, the problem is not just solved, but quality of life goes up too.
PR wise, which GM skeeter wins, the hearty disease free kind, or the just as likely to die but not bite people kind?
Consider, the areas in the US that support the rent to never own stores are those far below national average income levels. In those same areas, you can find light bulbs sold by the each. Cigarettes are also sold in singles, though it's technically illegal. Why is this bad?
In every case, the person pays what they can afford right now, but ultimately ends up paying more over time. It's interesting that such a strategy is being test marketed in countries seen as needing a financial "break". This is a tactic that essentially takes advantage of those who can't afford up front costs.
He's lost his sense of play. That is, the minute you look at an RPG as something you need to finish, you've lost. Ironically, such players are those often trying to "win" a game that has no pretty finishing sequence of screens for them.
If, instead, you play a game for the purpose of experiencing it, and let the flow of gaining power in the environment come as it will, you'll have fun as you go, regardless of what milestone you've reached.
One is the "standard" of representation. Tags are not like a contact lists or meta data laden resource indexes. They're just words, an array of strings. If your favorite language can figure out how to go from, say, "tag1, tag2" to "array('tag1','tag2')" you have bigger problems than standards.
The other issue is defining a universal, standard, taxonomy. From Dewey to RDF, we're no closer now than we ever were. You're asking people to all come to an agreement as to how they view the world. Good luck with that.
Second Life has a curious economy. People make money by making stuff and selling to others, but it's all virtual stuff that must be run on the client. While some object code does live on the server, everything required for visual rendering must be revealed to the client at some point.
A look at SL history will show various incidents of people figuring out how to work around content protection to copy it unhindered and the vicious controversy that ensues. Now, there is simply no such thing as graphical Intellectual Property. Open client code should mean open copying.
They have just knowingly crippled one of the their models of avatars getting money from other avatars. The "steal this avatar" client will be out in a week, I'd wager. Should be interesting to see what happens.
There are two things to consider here, neither of them bad.
First, I don't see anything particularly wrong with a game that shows Christians being intolerant. More honest than some depictions by far. If extremists wish to align themselves with such garbage it may give the more moderate Christians a heads up about these groups. This wont make converts so much as embolden the bigots and scare away the undecided.
Second, let Walmart defend this one. Please, tell us that ultimately offering violent anti social video games is a function of free speech (which it is). Go on the record as being a defender of open expression. Then wait for the next GTA style thing and watch the hypocrisies surface. For to Walmart invoke free speech in it's defense would be like the KKK calling for integrated schools.
Curiously, the ancient Romans and Japanese share this kind of MO.
Both cultures routinely "borrowed" innovations from neighbors, notably Greeks for Romans and Chinese for Japanese. They then tweaked the ideas to suit their needs. With the result, whether improved or simply changed, being absorbed by that culture and ultimately being thought of as theirs.
In this sense, Microsoft really does sound like an Empire, regardless of how evil you think they are.
The scripting implemented in SL via LUA is, at it's heart, event oriented. When an object is created, there is an intentional lag. Functionally, an object cannot "easily" hurt the system with an infinite loop. There is a stack for each object process that's rather small and when that blows, you're done.
Objects can instantiate new objects ad infinitum, if they try hard enough. The object itself isn't doing anything bad, just existing. But each object is overhead so, eventually, boom.
I'm assuming there are other restrictions on automated cloning behavior, which is why this thing used avatar interactions to propagate. Avatars become like hosts for the virus; it's a pretty good work around.
Second Life has the same security conundrum as Microsoft. The more powerful tools you offer, the more ability you have for those tools to be used against you. SL allows any peon to script their world. Users creating content is what makes the environment intriguing. That very functionality also offers opportunities for abuse.
I can't help feeling that they don't concentrate enough when they are trying to get information from a screen.
Ah! This I understand, and agree. I don't see that the media of presentation will have any real impact on these practices. You're dealing with behaviors deeply ingrained, fed by many factors. Personally, I blame cell phones...;)
Of course, being forced to thoroughly read information in an electronic format could help develop that concentration. Ok, wishful thinking, but still.
I'm 37, btw. I do recall when information was gleaned from manuals written by technical writers with little interest in instructing lay humans. I also remember computer magazines that contained more code than ads or product reviews combined. When I talk to a younger programmers about stacks and pointers and memory allocation, eyes glaze. Of course, the past also had Archie, Gopher, and CompuServe; the little ARPA net is far more interesting now.
For those of us who grew up with nice, comfortable, dead trees, nothing will every really replace the feeling of hefting them.
However, younger folks seem far more at comfortable with reading from a screen. Don't assume that the media will necessarily be an issue for most new students. The issue is primarily one of format.
If an electronic resource is presented in such a way as to be easily navigated, then it is superior to it's printed counterpart in may ways. Being able to search an entire book with a click is invaluable.
I have PDF and print versions of many technically references. The PDFs get opened first at which point the paper is usually only for browsing.
While I am profoundly uncomfortable with the totalitarian nature of the US's "war on terror." Where the hell is Homeland Security?
Why aren't these people being tracked down and prosecuted as terrorists? Is it because they're Americans? Is it because of some PETA lobby? Is it because those who bomb abortion clinics are also terrorists, but part of a Fundamentalist "Christian" group, so it's ok?
Seriously, if they can't catch people who live here, what is Homeland Security doing with all their funding? Find these people and lock them up! If I have to live in the land of the Patriot Act, so should they.
Spy vs. Spy with good looking, bra challenged women? How can this be bad, really?
Curiously the same folks who complain about race in this kind of stuff also say entertainment should be more diverse. An angry agenda is basically impossible to placate.
Strangely, the Senator has elegantly illustrated one of his points.
If the point is that law makers have no business legislating things they know nothing about, this guy is the poster child. Ironically, this is one of the party lines against Net Neutrality and he's now a shining example.
On the flip side, if the congressmen actually understood the issue, and the way they should be rightfully eviscerated for corporate toadyism come next reelection campaign, they'd leave it alone.
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A few people post an insult, they show it to their friends, they all get a laugh. You find this horribly offensive, what do you do?
A) While the number aware of the offending material is still few, you can choose to just let it go.
Or...
B) You sue one of the largest Internet entities around, assuring that your embarrassment will achieve far reaching exposure previously impossible. People who don't even know where your country is (i.e. Americans ) will mock you and, if you're real lucky, late night TV hosts will broadcast the images so that even those who don't know YouTube from BoobTube can share in your mortification.
You choose B? Really? Good luck with that.
Students should be liable for their actions. Knowingly and actively breaking the rules should have consequences. It's a damn good lesson to learn early.
This whiny appeal here is a akin to saying, "If they didn't want me to steal it, they shouldn't have left it unlocked." It's a rationalization intended to avoid responsibility for one's actions. This isn't a failure of security, it's a failure of character.
An Italian investigative reporter stated that no one would ever discuss sensitive information on the phone now.
Why on Earth would you ever discuss sensitive information on the phone before? There's always been phone tapping tech. It's only the laws for that technology's usage that protected anyone from it. You never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't say to a cop. If you don't know that rule, you're a pretty inept criminal.
Open Source is a buzzword (buzz phrase?), like XML before it. For a time, it will be used to seem "inovative", in tune with trends, all that happy PR speak.
The result will be that people who would have never heard the term will recognize it, but still have no clue what it means. This is the fate of all buzzwords.
It's nether good or bad, it just mean I get to continue to torture sales reps when they vomit up sales speak like, "our Open Source, standards compliant system works only with our exclusive, patented technology. Oh, yeah, you have to use Internet Explorer."
In a recent Mark Shuttleworth interview posted on Slashdot, the interviewer criticized Fiesty for not having the eye candy turned on. He responded "The actual software itself - Compiz and Beryl - is not good enough."
New Jersey would like to take this momment to thank the Governor of New York for sending even more tax revenue their way. They invite NYC residents to their malls, now with an even bigger video game selection.
I don't understand, three of those are on my must have without fail list. ( NoScript, Adblock, PDF Download ) They are what recommends FireFox to many users.
The point here; security is a hastle, trust the browser, you're being paranoid if you think bad things happen when you surf websites...
What hell is this guy pushing, IE?
So, the bug now has less of a chance of passing on it's disease, but it still behaves in such a way to make it possible.
Why not make a super blood sucker that just thinks humans are the worst food choice on the menu? If the things didn't bit people, the problem is not just solved, but quality of life goes up too.
PR wise, which GM skeeter wins, the hearty disease free kind, or the just as likely to die but not bite people kind?
Consider, the areas in the US that support the rent to never own stores are those far below national average income levels. In those same areas, you can find light bulbs sold by the each. Cigarettes are also sold in singles, though it's technically illegal. Why is this bad?
In every case, the person pays what they can afford right now, but ultimately ends up paying more over time. It's interesting that such a strategy is being test marketed in countries seen as needing a financial "break". This is a tactic that essentially takes advantage of those who can't afford up front costs.
He's lost his sense of play. That is, the minute you look at an RPG as something you need to finish, you've lost. Ironically, such players are those often trying to "win" a game that has no pretty finishing sequence of screens for them.
If, instead, you play a game for the purpose of experiencing it, and let the flow of gaining power in the environment come as it will, you'll have fun as you go, regardless of what milestone you've reached.
Money really can buy love.
Two issues here.
One is the "standard" of representation. Tags are not like a contact lists or meta data laden resource indexes. They're just words, an array of strings. If your favorite language can figure out how to go from, say, "tag1, tag2" to "array('tag1','tag2')" you have bigger problems than standards.
The other issue is defining a universal, standard, taxonomy. From Dewey to RDF, we're no closer now than we ever were. You're asking people to all come to an agreement as to how they view the world. Good luck with that.
Second Life has a curious economy. People make money by making stuff and selling to others, but it's all virtual stuff that must be run on the client. While some object code does live on the server, everything required for visual rendering must be revealed to the client at some point.
A look at SL history will show various incidents of people figuring out how to work around content protection to copy it unhindered and the vicious controversy that ensues. Now, there is simply no such thing as graphical Intellectual Property. Open client code should mean open copying.
They have just knowingly crippled one of the their models of avatars getting money from other avatars. The "steal this avatar" client will be out in a week, I'd wager. Should be interesting to see what happens.
There are two things to consider here, neither of them bad.
First, I don't see anything particularly wrong with a game that shows Christians being intolerant. More honest than some depictions by far. If extremists wish to align themselves with such garbage it may give the more moderate Christians a heads up about these groups. This wont make converts so much as embolden the bigots and scare away the undecided.
Second, let Walmart defend this one. Please, tell us that ultimately offering violent anti social video games is a function of free speech (which it is). Go on the record as being a defender of open expression. Then wait for the next GTA style thing and watch the hypocrisies surface. For to Walmart invoke free speech in it's defense would be like the KKK calling for integrated schools.
Curiously, the ancient Romans and Japanese share this kind of MO.
Both cultures routinely "borrowed" innovations from neighbors, notably Greeks for Romans and Chinese for Japanese. They then tweaked the ideas to suit their needs. With the result, whether improved or simply changed, being absorbed by that culture and ultimately being thought of as theirs.
In this sense, Microsoft really does sound like an Empire, regardless of how evil you think they are.
Yep, that's about it.
The scripting implemented in SL via LUA is, at it's heart, event oriented. When an object is created, there is an intentional lag. Functionally, an object cannot "easily" hurt the system with an infinite loop. There is a stack for each object process that's rather small and when that blows, you're done.
Objects can instantiate new objects ad infinitum, if they try hard enough. The object itself isn't doing anything bad, just existing. But each object is overhead so, eventually, boom.
I'm assuming there are other restrictions on automated cloning behavior, which is why this thing used avatar interactions to propagate. Avatars become like hosts for the virus; it's a pretty good work around.
Second Life has the same security conundrum as Microsoft. The more powerful tools you offer, the more ability you have for those tools to be used against you. SL allows any peon to script their world. Users creating content is what makes the environment intriguing. That very functionality also offers opportunities for abuse.
Oh, yeah, post a link on SlashDot. That will ease our traffic woes. Yep.
The article also stole the title from one of my favorite cooking books. Damn confusing, that.
Other than having the patent revoked, what is the real penalty to filing a blatantly invalid one?
It would seem that there is no incentive not to file for every idea imaginable, if the repercussions are non existent or minimal.
I can't help feeling that they don't concentrate enough when they are trying to get information from a screen.
;)
Ah! This I understand, and agree. I don't see that the media of presentation will have any real impact on these practices. You're dealing with behaviors deeply ingrained, fed by many factors. Personally, I blame cell phones...
Of course, being forced to thoroughly read information in an electronic format could help develop that concentration. Ok, wishful thinking, but still.
I'm 37, btw. I do recall when information was gleaned from manuals written by technical writers with little interest in instructing lay humans. I also remember computer magazines that contained more code than ads or product reviews combined. When I talk to a younger programmers about stacks and pointers and memory allocation, eyes glaze. Of course, the past also had Archie, Gopher, and CompuServe; the little ARPA net is far more interesting now.
For those of us who grew up with nice, comfortable, dead trees, nothing will every really replace the feeling of hefting them.
However, younger folks seem far more at comfortable with reading from a screen. Don't assume that the media will necessarily be an issue for most new students. The issue is primarily one of format.
If an electronic resource is presented in such a way as to be easily navigated, then it is superior to it's printed counterpart in may ways. Being able to search an entire book with a click is invaluable.
I have PDF and print versions of many technically references. The PDFs get opened first at which point the paper is usually only for browsing.
While I am profoundly uncomfortable with the totalitarian nature of the US's "war on terror." Where the hell is Homeland Security?
Why aren't these people being tracked down and prosecuted as terrorists? Is it because they're Americans? Is it because of some PETA lobby? Is it because those who bomb abortion clinics are also terrorists, but part of a Fundamentalist "Christian" group, so it's ok?
Seriously, if they can't catch people who live here, what is Homeland Security doing with all their funding? Find these people and lock them up! If I have to live in the land of the Patriot Act, so should they.
Spy vs. Spy with good looking, bra challenged women? How can this be bad, really?
Curiously the same folks who complain about race in this kind of stuff also say entertainment should be more diverse. An angry agenda is basically impossible to placate.
I work at a sewage treatment plant. We have a website. 'nuff said.
Strangely, the Senator has elegantly illustrated one of his points.
If the point is that law makers have no business legislating things they know nothing about, this guy is the poster child. Ironically, this is one of the party lines against Net Neutrality and he's now a shining example.
On the flip side, if the congressmen actually understood the issue, and the way they should be rightfully eviscerated for corporate toadyism come next reelection campaign, they'd leave it alone.