While I agree with you that the people sampled were probably not the brightest bulbs on the tree, AFAIK Limewire doesn't download anything of its own volition.
It's probably not so much that "limewire downloaded some crap that messed up their computer" but rather that "they downloaded some crap using Limewire that messed up their computer." I believe the NRA has a catchy slogan that could be modified to fit these circumstances.
An excellent idea. And once you have tinted your Lincoln, you may also want to invest in some shiny new rims to reflect laser light back at those people.
Given that many Internet users employ the same password to gain access to dozens of Web sites, for everything from banking and shopping to socializing, it's more important than ever that they create passwords that are at once highly secure and easy to remember.
It's even more important that people not do this. If your password is the same for 15 different sites, and one of those sites gets hacked (or even phished, or someone keylogs your password) suddenly that hacker has access to your account at 15 different sites. This could ruin your whole day.
I agree with you that Jobs probably isn't going to directly end up with the money. He will instead benefit from market lock-in.
The way I read it, what he's saying is "hey MPAA, if our mutual customers pay you a small extra fee will you re-encrypt your movies in an iPod-compatible format so our mutual customers can put the movies on their iPods, but not on other devices which may not be compatible (and which are not sold by Apple.)
The ideal situation for the consumer would be no DRM and no DMCA... too bad consumers (aka "we the people") don't have any influence in Washington or we wouldn't be in this situation.
"Troll" is defined as "someone who intentionally posts controversial or contrary messages in an on-line community such as an on-line discussion forum or group with the singular intention of baiting users into an argumentative response."
What makes GP a troll or not is not:
whether his facts are correct
whether his logic is correct
whether his opinions match yours or other Slashdotters, or even
whether you or other Slashdotters might get mad at what he has to say
What makes GP a troll or not is whether he believes his facts and logic to be correct, and whether he is presenting his point of view as an honest part of the discussion, or if he is rather just playing a trick to get a rise out of people.
If you disagree with his facts or his logic, the proper response is to post your factual corrections, criticisms of logic, and differing opinions, as you have done. This makes the discussion more interesting and informative.
Whoever modded GP troll, though, is just lashing out at someone they disagree with. 75% of the "troll" mods I see in meta-moderation are of this nature. The key to spotting real trolls is to discern the likely intent of the poster. If I'm in doubt, I give the poster the benefit of the doubt and assume that it's a legit post.
All they have to do in order to (a) keep their trademark for their product, and (b) not look like jerks for suing technology companies that want to have "spam" in their names is this:
Give the technology companies, for a nominal fee, a license to use the word "spam" in their name, as long as the technology company does not sell any food products under that name.
This satisfies the legal requirement that they defend their trademark so that if another food company ever tried to market a product with "spam" in the name, they would win, while at the same time allowing technology companies to use the word "spam" in their names.
Not that I consider spam to be an actual food product...
The Psychology of Self-Esteem was written by Nathaniel Branden, whom many Slashdotters may recognize as a well-known Ayn Rand disciple and libertarian. His views on self-esteem are not dependent on his political philosophy, and there are many who agree with one and disagree with the other.
I think he had a valid point in that self-esteem is vital, because someone with too low a self-esteem won't try anything, and therefore will fail. The article you link to (like TFA) says that you should praise effort rather than innate ability, which makes sense.
Saying "you're smart/fast" only works as long as the child succeeds, and makes the child feel bad when he fails, because the basis on which he has built his self-esteem is no longer true (he is not in this case fast enough to win the race or smart enough to solve the problem.) The child praised this way fears failure because it invalidates his self-esteem. On the other hand, saying "you're a hard worker" is still true even in cases where the child fails. This maintains the basis of the child's self-esteem, and reinforces what is needed to solve the problem or do better next time (more hard work.)
So it's not really an issue of whether or not self-esteem in itself is a good thing, it's a matter of how you properly help a child to build well-grounded self-esteem as opposed to an overinflated ego which is based on one's perceived inate abilities. This well-grounded self-esteem is based on hard work and determination which, no matter how great one's innate abilities, play a key role in whether one will excel or underachieve.
In response to the last line - AdBlock won't block text on the web page you are viewing, which is how Google ads appear to the browser. There are probably two reasons why Google chose to offer only text ads alongside search results:
They are less annoying to the user, therefore annoyance with the ads won't drive users to another search engine, and
They can't be blocked by apps such as AdBlock, which remove images from webpages.
It seems like a win-win decision to me - I don't ever have to look at stupid "punch the monkey" animated GIF banners when I'm viewing their pages, and they get their ads near my eyeballs for a few seconds.
Unfortunately you sometimes may still need a floppy to flash a BIOS or install a driver during setup. Or to keep your drink from leaving a ring on the tabletop.
Apparently you live in a community where even the poor people can afford nice new LCD monitors. That's great, however, most of the country (and most of the world, for that matter) is not in that boat, and I have never had a problem finding someone to take a working CRT off my hands. There is a also a local recycling center in my city that will take non-functioning CRT monitors for free and recycle them. Obviously this isn't the case in many places, so YMMV.
You make a good point about heating and cooling being bigger offenders than office electronics, and focusing on them first. Adding insulation and replacing (or at least caulking) leaky windows is another good move which could save you hundreds of dollars in energy each year.
The article didn't mention him putting the CRT in a landfill - I suspect he ended up donating it or giving it away. There are a number of charities out there which take obsolete computer equipment, test it, and give it to nonprofits or low-income people. Or you could give it to Goodwill or post it on Craigslist, where it will end up with someone who needs a monitor and might have otherwise bought a new one. If it exists in your town, you could even freecycle it. This is a great way to keep things out of the landfill - it's a lot more efficient than donating to a thrift shop for specialty items. When someone needs something in particular, they don't have to go to a dozen thrift shops looking for it, they just do a computer search or post a request.
Sorry about the character-set confusion. here is an extended ASCII chart of the type I was referring to in GP. There are other possible sets, such as the IBM PC set, which many of us probably fondly remember as the graphics blocks from the great 1980s adventure game Rogue. Ahh, memories!
By definition, theft involves moving a physical item from point A (where it is under your control) to point B (which is under my control) thereby depriving you of the use of the physical item while allowing me to use the physical item. Therefore...
If I go to your bank and take money from your safety deposit box, that's theft.
If I go to your bank's website and take money from your account, that's fraud.
If I go to your personal computer, make a copy of your data and then delete your copy, that's criminal mischief.
If I go to your game's website and take in-game money from your account by phishing your password and then logging in as you, that's fraud.
If I steal in-game money from you within the game through means permitted by the game's programming while logged in as myself, that's part of the game.
The case mentioned in TFA seems to be one of fraud. The suspect allegedly phished for usernames and passwords, then logged in using that information in order to move the furniture out of the virtual residence of the rightful owner (similar to logging in to your bank website using your username and password obtained by phishing, then transferring funds to a different account.)
To me, commercial radio is a punishment rather than an entertainment option. I don't like to listen to advertisements, as they make my skin crawl. I only listen to community-supported radio, which is free to those who can't afford to donate, and costs as much as people are willing to give to it to those who can.
This is more or less what Radiohead has done with In Rainbows and it appears they have grossed over $2.7 million from that project so far - a win-win situation, with the only loser being the deserving losers in suits at the record label.
It seems that you have tried to use the character é, otherwise known as "Freedom E." Freedom E has been blocked by the national censorship proxy server in order to protect children from terrorists. If you persist in attempting to use this character, you will be sent to Guantanamo for re-education regarding which Extended ASCII characters conform to the President's English, namely ™, ©, ®, and, especially important during the holiday season, †. Good day:-).
A little factual correction: The Michigan Militia was armed, but they weren't a terror group, and while they didn't approve of certain actions of the Federal Government (particularly Waco and Ruby Ridge) they weren't dedicated to violently taking it out. All of those things were erroneously reported following the arrest of Timothy McVeigh (who, it turns out, was never even a member of the Michigan Militia.) The only thing McVeigh and the Michigan Militia had in common was that they both liked guns, and they both distrusted the Federal government. Which you could probably say is true for about 25% of Michigan residents.
What about terrorism, you ask? We absolutely condemn it. Terrorism is cowardly, moronic, and counter-productive. All that terrorism brings is more oppressive laws and the ability of law enforcement to invade into our lives even more (see the various Anti-Terrorism Bills since 1995). Bomb-making and other such illegal activities are strictly prohibited by the Michigan Militia Corps, we have even kicked several individuals out of our organization and turned them into the local Sheriff for partaking in such activities. We do not condone it, period.
Good point. It seems that buying Middle Eastern food with a credit card would be a strong indicator that an individual is probably NOT likely to be a real terrorist.
This is not at all true. PETA and Greenpeace are both explicitly nonviolent organizations which engage in peaceful activities fully covered by the first amendment. They have never been convicted of (or even credibly accused of) any violent crime. Unlike the Christian Identity movement and the anti-abortion movement, the US animal rights and environmental movements have been responsible for exactly ZERO deaths. The reason they are currently at the top of the FBI's "terrorist" list is that they are effective agents of social change, like the FBI's last big domestic target, the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
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How about a bogus entry in the hosts file to cause the name to resolve to localhost - something like this:
127.0.0.1 192.168.112.2O7.net
While I agree with you that the people sampled were probably not the brightest bulbs on the tree, AFAIK Limewire doesn't download anything of its own volition.
It's probably not so much that "limewire downloaded some crap that messed up their computer" but rather that "they downloaded some crap using Limewire that messed up their computer." I believe the NRA has a catchy slogan that could be modified to fit these circumstances.
I had pictured one of these. More trunk space, but not quite as fast :-).
An excellent idea. And once you have tinted your Lincoln, you may also want to invest in some shiny new rims to reflect laser light back at those people.
:-)
That restaurant's very name is offensive to persons of Cracker descent, you insensitive clod!
:-)
It's even more important that people not do this. If your password is the same for 15 different sites, and one of those sites gets hacked (or even phished, or someone keylogs your password) suddenly that hacker has access to your account at 15 different sites. This could ruin your whole day.
I agree with you that Jobs probably isn't going to directly end up with the money. He will instead benefit from market lock-in.
The way I read it, what he's saying is "hey MPAA, if our mutual customers pay you a small extra fee will you re-encrypt your movies in an iPod-compatible format so our mutual customers can put the movies on their iPods, but not on other devices which may not be compatible (and which are not sold by Apple.)
The ideal situation for the consumer would be no DRM and no DMCA... too bad consumers (aka "we the people") don't have any influence in Washington or we wouldn't be in this situation.
What makes GP a troll or not is not:
- whether his facts are correct
- whether his logic is correct
- whether his opinions match yours or other Slashdotters, or even
- whether you or other Slashdotters might get mad at what he has to say
What makes GP a troll or not is whether he believes his facts and logic to be correct, and whether he is presenting his point of view as an honest part of the discussion, or if he is rather just playing a trick to get a rise out of people.If you disagree with his facts or his logic, the proper response is to post your factual corrections, criticisms of logic, and differing opinions, as you have done. This makes the discussion more interesting and informative.
Whoever modded GP troll, though, is just lashing out at someone they disagree with. 75% of the "troll" mods I see in meta-moderation are of this nature. The key to spotting real trolls is to discern the likely intent of the poster. If I'm in doubt, I give the poster the benefit of the doubt and assume that it's a legit post.
All they have to do in order to (a) keep their trademark for their product, and (b) not look like jerks for suing technology companies that want to have "spam" in their names is this:
Give the technology companies, for a nominal fee, a license to use the word "spam" in their name, as long as the technology company does not sell any food products under that name.
This satisfies the legal requirement that they defend their trademark so that if another food company ever tried to market a product with "spam" in the name, they would win, while at the same time allowing technology companies to use the word "spam" in their names.
Not that I consider spam to be an actual food product...
The Psychology of Self-Esteem was written by Nathaniel Branden , whom many Slashdotters may recognize as a well-known Ayn Rand disciple and libertarian. His views on self-esteem are not dependent on his political philosophy, and there are many who agree with one and disagree with the other.
I think he had a valid point in that self-esteem is vital, because someone with too low a self-esteem won't try anything, and therefore will fail. The article you link to (like TFA) says that you should praise effort rather than innate ability, which makes sense.
Saying "you're smart/fast" only works as long as the child succeeds, and makes the child feel bad when he fails, because the basis on which he has built his self-esteem is no longer true (he is not in this case fast enough to win the race or smart enough to solve the problem.) The child praised this way fears failure because it invalidates his self-esteem. On the other hand, saying "you're a hard worker" is still true even in cases where the child fails. This maintains the basis of the child's self-esteem, and reinforces what is needed to solve the problem or do better next time (more hard work.)
So it's not really an issue of whether or not self-esteem in itself is a good thing, it's a matter of how you properly help a child to build well-grounded self-esteem as opposed to an overinflated ego which is based on one's perceived inate abilities. This well-grounded self-esteem is based on hard work and determination which, no matter how great one's innate abilities, play a key role in whether one will excel or underachieve.
That bit is from Heinlein's novel The Rolling Stones . (The novel predated the band of the same name by a decade.)
At that point we'll probably just start accepting more students from other countries to keep the classrooms full.
One more thing that will get Thompson disbarred: repeatedly picking fights with judges.
- They are less annoying to the user, therefore annoyance with the ads won't drive users to another search engine, and
- They can't be blocked by apps such as AdBlock, which remove images from webpages.
It seems like a win-win decision to me - I don't ever have to look at stupid "punch the monkey" animated GIF banners when I'm viewing their pages, and they get their ads near my eyeballs for a few seconds.Unfortunately you sometimes may still need a floppy to flash a BIOS or install a driver during setup. Or to keep your drink from leaving a ring on the tabletop.
Apparently you live in a community where even the poor people can afford nice new LCD monitors. That's great, however, most of the country (and most of the world, for that matter) is not in that boat, and I have never had a problem finding someone to take a working CRT off my hands. There is a also a local recycling center in my city that will take non-functioning CRT monitors for free and recycle them. Obviously this isn't the case in many places, so YMMV.
You make a good point about heating and cooling being bigger offenders than office electronics, and focusing on them first. Adding insulation and replacing (or at least caulking) leaky windows is another good move which could save you hundreds of dollars in energy each year.
The article didn't mention him putting the CRT in a landfill - I suspect he ended up donating it or giving it away. There are a number of charities out there which take obsolete computer equipment, test it, and give it to nonprofits or low-income people. Or you could give it to Goodwill or post it on Craigslist, where it will end up with someone who needs a monitor and might have otherwise bought a new one. If it exists in your town, you could even freecycle it. This is a great way to keep things out of the landfill - it's a lot more efficient than donating to a thrift shop for specialty items. When someone needs something in particular, they don't have to go to a dozen thrift shops looking for it, they just do a computer search or post a request.
Sorry about the character-set confusion. here is an extended ASCII chart of the type I was referring to in GP. There are other possible sets, such as the IBM PC set, which many of us probably fondly remember as the graphics blocks from the great 1980s adventure game Rogue. Ahh, memories!
- If I go to your bank and take money from your safety deposit box, that's theft.
- If I go to your bank's website and take money from your account, that's fraud.
- If I go to your personal computer, make a copy of your data and then delete your copy, that's criminal mischief.
- If I go to your game's website and take in-game money from your account by phishing your password and then logging in as you, that's fraud.
- If I steal in-game money from you within the game through means permitted by the game's programming while logged in as myself, that's part of the game.
The case mentioned in TFA seems to be one of fraud. The suspect allegedly phished for usernames and passwords, then logged in using that information in order to move the furniture out of the virtual residence of the rightful owner (similar to logging in to your bank website using your username and password obtained by phishing, then transferring funds to a different account.)To me, commercial radio is a punishment rather than an entertainment option. I don't like to listen to advertisements, as they make my skin crawl. I only listen to community-supported radio, which is free to those who can't afford to donate, and costs as much as people are willing to give to it to those who can.
This is more or less what Radiohead has done with In Rainbows and it appears they have grossed over $2.7 million from that project so far - a win-win situation, with the only loser being the deserving losers in suits at the record label.
It seems that you have tried to use the character é, otherwise known as "Freedom E." Freedom E has been blocked by the national censorship proxy server in order to protect children from terrorists. If you persist in attempting to use this character, you will be sent to Guantanamo for re-education regarding which Extended ASCII characters conform to the President's English, namely ™, ©, ®, and, especially important during the holiday season, †. Good day :-).
Is that a polite way of saying "you're going to hell?"
Here's the Michigan Militia's position on terrorism, taken from a historical copy of their website:
Good point. It seems that buying Middle Eastern food with a credit card would be a strong indicator that an individual is probably NOT likely to be a real terrorist.
This is not at all true. PETA and Greenpeace are both explicitly nonviolent organizations which engage in peaceful activities fully covered by the first amendment. They have never been convicted of (or even credibly accused of) any violent crime. Unlike the Christian Identity movement and the anti-abortion movement, the US animal rights and environmental movements have been responsible for exactly ZERO deaths. The reason they are currently at the top of the FBI's "terrorist" list is that they are effective agents of social change, like the FBI's last big domestic target, the civil rights movement of the 1960s.