Does nobody understand that the Internet is NOT free? Do you think that those six-digit Sun servers, those five-digit Cisco routers, or those seven-digit pipes that go under the ground actually cost money? And what about programmers' time? You think that when they go to the supermarket they get free food because they pioneered gAIM? No, I don't think so. You have to accept the fact that you have to pay for some things, or face the consequences (ads, limitation of service, etc.). Things like bandwidth and large applications just aren't going to be free, kids.
You obviously don't work at the University of Pennsylvania and have to deal with 70-year-old Slovenian professors who write books like "The Demographics of Leisure," do you? I didn't even know that 166 MHz laptops could even run Netscape 4!
I have no doubt that it would be easy to legally change my name, but do I really want to go and explain it to everybody? Slightly embarassing, if you ask me.
So, I have a question. I'm 14-years-old and I've been Stephen Smith (Stephen after my step-dad's middle name, "Stefan," of Romanian descent) all my life. So, I'm looking through that red filing cabinet with all of the important stuff in it at my mom's house (parents are divorced--mom's last name is Saftoiu [Romanian] and dad's last name is Smith) and I find the birth announcement. Guess how my name is spelled? Stephan. Unfortunately we couldn't find my birth certificate to verify anything. I asked my mom about it, and she was just as stunned as I was. So what do I do? It would be kind of embarassing explaining to people why I'm all of the sudden changing my name, eh? But man, Stephan Saftoiu would be infinitely better than Stephen Smith (unfortunately there isn't much of a chance of me being able to change my last name to my mom's last name).
Did you pull that number, 17%, out of your ass or something? 2400 is 20% more than 2000. It's a simple proportion problem:
2400/2000 = (100+x)/100
Which when solved states that x must equal 20. I think even the maw and paw who are being tricked know that one.
Yeah. Great idea. Let's fuck our Internet experience by turning off one of the most widely used web standards. And while you're at it, let's go and edit text files! Great idea! Wait a minute...this reminds me of something. Begins with an M, ends with an ozilla. Any guesses, kids? No, actually, it doesn't. Here...let me pipe the output of yes and include that as a module to one of the source files. Now it's that secret browser of ours.
But what can you do with CGI-emulated shell that you can't do with a simple FTP client? If the host bans you from shell access, wouldn't they also ban you from all CGI commands that could do anything that you could potentially do with a shell? And I belive that most TOS strictly forbid this (for no reason other than bandwidth and CPU cycles, because I'd imagine they would have already blocked most naughty things). Besides the "Holy shit, I'm l33t, I'm using a keyboard!" factor, why not just use a fucking FTP client to do chmod and copy files?
This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I used to smoke, and the only thing I ever smoked for was to get the annoying Jesus-I-want-to-smoke feeling out of my head, which we'll assume was caused by nicotine. So what now, I'm smoking a cigarette and I still want a cigarette? I'm not stupid, I'll realize after the first one that it ain't doing anything for me and I'll either run out to a drug store and get a real pack, or I'll suffer from withdrawl. Either way, I could acheive it by nothing buying this product, and I would get one less cigarette in my system. What we need is the exact opposite of this: a nicotine-packed cigarette without any of the tar, etc.
Put that it in your pipe and smoke it, Amish! Well...I guess that was sort of the point, wasn't it?
No, he's allowed to use computers, just not allowed to access any networks (or maybe it's just the Internet). I'm sure he has a computer at home, he may even have a home network, he just doesn't have them connected to the Internet. In fact, he used a computer on live TV. Only the host unplugged the network cable to satify his parole officer.
Yeah, but that memory don't come cheap! If I'm going to pay over $500 for a PDA, I would like it to have enough memory to listen to a whole album, please.
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Hell yeah! It's a lot more complicated than on Macs. You have to deal with two, and sometimes even three, buttons! You Mac users have it easy...
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If you are referring to that one case where a spammers address was published on Slashdot, it was perfectly acceptable. Why? Simple: the man was not caught. What people were trying to do was call attention to the fact that there need to be laws to stop spam. When we sent massive amounts of letters to the guy's house, it was perfectly legal. That is what needs to be changed. The point was that this man was not doing something illegal, when he should have been.
Another thing: he continues to do it! If a rapist is in jail, they are not raping anybody. This man, however, is probably as we speak signing deals with XXX PENIS XXX ENLARGERS XXX SEVENTEEN INCHES XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!!!.
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This is kind of hypocritical. Haven't we been saying the same thing about Canada for years!? :-P
Does nobody understand that the Internet is NOT free? Do you think that those six-digit Sun servers, those five-digit Cisco routers, or those seven-digit pipes that go under the ground actually cost money? And what about programmers' time? You think that when they go to the supermarket they get free food because they pioneered gAIM? No, I don't think so. You have to accept the fact that you have to pay for some things, or face the consequences (ads, limitation of service, etc.). Things like bandwidth and large applications just aren't going to be free, kids.
You obviously don't work at the University of Pennsylvania and have to deal with 70-year-old Slovenian professors who write books like "The Demographics of Leisure," do you? I didn't even know that 166 MHz laptops could even run Netscape 4!
I have no doubt that it would be easy to legally change my name, but do I really want to go and explain it to everybody? Slightly embarassing, if you ask me.
So, I have a question. I'm 14-years-old and I've been Stephen Smith (Stephen after my step-dad's middle name, "Stefan," of Romanian descent) all my life. So, I'm looking through that red filing cabinet with all of the important stuff in it at my mom's house (parents are divorced--mom's last name is Saftoiu [Romanian] and dad's last name is Smith) and I find the birth announcement. Guess how my name is spelled? Stephan. Unfortunately we couldn't find my birth certificate to verify anything. I asked my mom about it, and she was just as stunned as I was. So what do I do? It would be kind of embarassing explaining to people why I'm all of the sudden changing my name, eh? But man, Stephan Saftoiu would be infinitely better than Stephen Smith (unfortunately there isn't much of a chance of me being able to change my last name to my mom's last name).
Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro? What nationality is that? And shouldn't it be Daniel d'Angelis Cordeiro?
2400 is 20% more than 2000, however 2000 is 17.666...% less than 2000. He said more, not less.
Did you pull that number, 17%, out of your ass or something? 2400 is 20% more than 2000. It's a simple proportion problem: 2400/2000 = (100+x)/100 Which when solved states that x must equal 20. I think even the maw and paw who are being tricked know that one.
If you're into kernel development, I think it would be worth your while to invest $20 in a floppy drive.
Yeah. Great idea. Let's fuck our Internet experience by turning off one of the most widely used web standards. And while you're at it, let's go and edit text files! Great idea! Wait a minute...this reminds me of something. Begins with an M, ends with an ozilla. Any guesses, kids? No, actually, it doesn't. Here...let me pipe the output of yes and include that as a module to one of the source files. Now it's that secret browser of ours.
But what can you do with CGI-emulated shell that you can't do with a simple FTP client? If the host bans you from shell access, wouldn't they also ban you from all CGI commands that could do anything that you could potentially do with a shell? And I belive that most TOS strictly forbid this (for no reason other than bandwidth and CPU cycles, because I'd imagine they would have already blocked most naughty things). Besides the "Holy shit, I'm l33t, I'm using a keyboard!" factor, why not just use a fucking FTP client to do chmod and copy files?
This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I used to smoke, and the only thing I ever smoked for was to get the annoying Jesus-I-want-to-smoke feeling out of my head, which we'll assume was caused by nicotine. So what now, I'm smoking a cigarette and I still want a cigarette? I'm not stupid, I'll realize after the first one that it ain't doing anything for me and I'll either run out to a drug store and get a real pack, or I'll suffer from withdrawl. Either way, I could acheive it by nothing buying this product, and I would get one less cigarette in my system. What we need is the exact opposite of this: a nicotine-packed cigarette without any of the tar, etc.
Put that it in your pipe and smoke it, Amish! Well...I guess that was sort of the point, wasn't it?
Us real geeks have TV tuner cards, and therefore have no need to decide between TV and computer. ;-)
I hope you realize that the 13 DNS servers _are_ just huge hosts.txt files. Only they're not run on Windows, so it's simply "host".
No, he's allowed to use computers, just not allowed to access any networks (or maybe it's just the Internet). I'm sure he has a computer at home, he may even have a home network, he just doesn't have them connected to the Internet. In fact, he used a computer on live TV. Only the host unplugged the network cable to satify his parole officer.
I sure as hell hope that HP isn't running it, 'cause it's down. :(
Jesus, does this mean that Slashdot downed H-fucking-P???
Yeah, but that memory don't come cheap! If I'm going to pay over $500 for a PDA, I would like it to have enough memory to listen to a whole album, please.
...News at 11, and 11:30, it seems.
Whoops, it looks like yet again, I only got the joke after I read the parent post...
president@whitehouse.gov and vice.president@whitehouse.gov??? I thought everybody knew this...
You're talking about Opera, of course. ...right?
All I can say is...
What the fuck!?
Hell yeah! It's a lot more complicated than on Macs. You have to deal with two, and sometimes even three, buttons! You Mac users have it easy...
If you are referring to that one case where a spammers address was published on Slashdot, it was perfectly acceptable. Why? Simple: the man was not caught. What people were trying to do was call attention to the fact that there need to be laws to stop spam. When we sent massive amounts of letters to the guy's house, it was perfectly legal. That is what needs to be changed. The point was that this man was not doing something illegal, when he should have been.
Another thing: he continues to do it! If a rapist is in jail, they are not raping anybody. This man, however, is probably as we speak signing deals with XXX PENIS XXX ENLARGERS XXX SEVENTEEN INCHES XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!!!.
In other news... BUSH FINDS NUCLEAR WEAPONS* IN IRAQ!
*nuclear weapons may not be nuclear nor weapons, subject to change without notice