At what point are people -- rational people-- going to get together and form a coalition to bring about a bloodless coup, lift the Democrats and Republicans from office, wipe clean the slate of stupid laws and ridiculous political/legal traditions, form a new American government starting from the foundation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and finally make it so that bullshit like this is the exception rather than the norm? Good God, the nation's gone absolutely ape-shit. When's the revolution, and how can it be brought about without further bloodshed? Ridiculous lawsuits like this are just a symptom of how detached from reality the US has gotten.
I'm good and sick of this "lawyerocracy" we have here. I'd love to see a "geekocracy".
I like your post, except for one bit. I would hardly call the first two decades of life a time of "luxury" in feeding one's brain. In fact, what a student does with her/his time is highly regulated-- in fact, it is force-fed to the student by teachers and parents. Most of the brightest people I know were/are extremely upset during those first two decades of life, since 99% of one's time is dictated by teachers following pre-programmed lesson plans. What with homework, studying, tests, and classes (all of which seem endless), there is little to no time to pursue one's true intellectual interests. And for the brightest few (note that brightest doesn't necessarily mean "fastest"-- I have an IQ in the 140-150 range, but I am very slow at all things intellectual.. so NO, the bright folks CAN'T simply finish their homework in five minutes...), those first couple of decades are simply eaten up by meaningless busywork...
This seems like a big, big event. WHY wasn't it picked up by, oh, the New York Times? The Los Angeles Times? The Times of London? The Washington Post?
It seems that those presently in power (as a broad class of self-interested individuals, not some shadowy "conspiracy") have a vested interest in keeping the public convinced that only large corporate entities and governments can get any real work done. Perhaps that is why they don't want to broadcast the news that a group of amateur geeks launched a freaking rocket into space? It might start people thinking...
Python is interpreted, and hence SLOW. They would have to AT LEAST use a language with a good JIT (that would be Java, but Java is also, remarkably, STILL slow!) to get any real performance out of interpreted stuff.
Um, what? No, I'm not saying it was cracked because it's the biggest target. I'm saying it was cracked because the people who market to Joe and Jane Sixpack aren't the most brilliant programmers. (The most brilliant marketers, maybe...) Examples: Microsoft. AOL. Gator/Claria. Bonzi Buddy.
...is really the lowest common denominator of zip programs. It is what Joe and Jane Sixpack of Bunghole, Indiana use to exchange photos with their son Jake in college in Goatse, Minnesota.
It is to archiving programs what AOL is to ISPs.
Given that, do you really trust anything it does to be secure in any meaningful way?
It's like if AOL announced that all AOL connections were protected using "state-of-the-art technology based on OpenSSL". Would you really trust an AOL connection to be as secure as, say, an OpenSSH connection from an OpenBSD box to another OpenBSD box?
Just because it's buzzword-compliant doesn't mean it's actually as secure as that buzzword would imply in more geekish circles...
gay. This is a fact that much of the mainstream media glosses over in noting his accomplishments. (It is possible that there is an anti-gay bias in the history book authors' community...;) )
So, any time someone says gays are just a bunch of promiscuous, stupid sinners, ask them if they've ever heard of Alan Turing...:)
...largely uses either legitimate copies of Windows (most of Western Europe and Japan) or pirated copies of Windows (poorer regions like most of Africa, South America, Asia).
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At what point are people -- rational people-- going to get together and form a coalition to bring about a bloodless coup, lift the Democrats and Republicans from office, wipe clean the slate of stupid laws and ridiculous political/legal traditions, form a new American government starting from the foundation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and finally make it so that bullshit like this is the exception rather than the norm? Good God, the nation's gone absolutely ape-shit. When's the revolution, and how can it be brought about without further bloodshed? Ridiculous lawsuits like this are just a symptom of how detached from reality the US has gotten.
I'm good and sick of this "lawyerocracy" we have here. I'd love to see a "geekocracy".
I like your post, except for one bit. I would hardly call the first two decades of life a time of "luxury" in feeding one's brain. In fact, what a student does with her/his time is highly regulated-- in fact, it is force-fed to the student by teachers and parents. Most of the brightest people I know were/are extremely upset during those first two decades of life, since 99% of one's time is dictated by teachers following pre-programmed lesson plans. What with homework, studying, tests, and classes (all of which seem endless), there is little to no time to pursue one's true intellectual interests. And for the brightest few (note that brightest doesn't necessarily mean "fastest"-- I have an IQ in the 140-150 range, but I am very slow at all things intellectual.. so NO, the bright folks CAN'T simply finish their homework in five minutes...), those first couple of decades are simply eaten up by meaningless busywork...
This seems like a big, big event. WHY wasn't it picked up by, oh, the New York Times? The Los Angeles Times? The Times of London? The Washington Post?
It seems that those presently in power (as a broad class of self-interested individuals, not some shadowy "conspiracy") have a vested interest in keeping the public convinced that only large corporate entities and governments can get any real work done. Perhaps that is why they don't want to broadcast the news that a group of amateur geeks launched a freaking rocket into space? It might start people thinking...
This person wants to participate in this project. S/he just so happens to want to do so without using Windows. That is NOT off-topic.
Python is interpreted, and hence SLOW. They would have to AT LEAST use a language with a good JIT (that would be Java, but Java is also, remarkably, STILL slow!) to get any real performance out of interpreted stuff.
...You are out forty dollars bucks? Department of redundancy department?
Hhhuhhuh... he siad "hard"....hhhhuhhuhuhh... "hard..."
Um, what? No, I'm not saying it was cracked because it's the biggest target. I'm saying it was cracked because the people who market to Joe and Jane Sixpack aren't the most brilliant programmers. (The most brilliant marketers, maybe...) Examples: Microsoft. AOL. Gator/Claria. Bonzi Buddy.
...is really the lowest common denominator of zip programs. It is what Joe and Jane Sixpack of Bunghole, Indiana use to exchange photos with their son Jake in college in Goatse, Minnesota.
It is to archiving programs what AOL is to ISPs.
Given that, do you really trust anything it does to be secure in any meaningful way?
It's like if AOL announced that all AOL connections were protected using "state-of-the-art technology based on OpenSSL". Would you really trust an AOL connection to be as secure as, say, an OpenSSH connection from an OpenBSD box to another OpenBSD box?
Just because it's buzzword-compliant doesn't mean it's actually as secure as that buzzword would imply in more geekish circles...
"What is right is not necessarily legal. What is legal is not necessarily right."
"Hey, you are car sounds like a dying go-kart"?
Jesus. Do they even bother teaching English in school nowadays?
A wise man once said "Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."...
;)
Of course, it's only arguable that cell phone usage is an "essential liberty", but then again you can argue just about anything on the Internet
I spy someone who hasn't read a typical modern AUP/TOS document...
Shooting a hobbit's rocket into space?
Is the American public really dumb enough to believe the only purpose of DVD copies is to profit?
Yes.
The word is "Lose". You do not "loose" (antonym of "tight") money.
gay. This is a fact that much of the mainstream media glosses over in noting his accomplishments. (It is possible that there is an anti-gay bias in the history book authors' community... ;) )
:)
So, any time someone says gays are just a bunch of promiscuous, stupid sinners, ask them if they've ever heard of Alan Turing...
I am getting SICK of mod abuse. This is ridiculous. The parent was ON topic.
...largely uses either legitimate copies of Windows (most of Western Europe and Japan) or pirated copies of Windows (poorer regions like most of Africa, South America, Asia).
I really don't see this changing.
Why are the mods getting worse and worse and worse?
How many DVD burners is that the "equivalent" of? ;)
What are the mods smoking? How is my parent post a troll, or flamebait?
I've never even heard of a European space shuttle. The American one, yes. The old Soviet one (Buran), yes. But European? Hot damn, this is great news!
Background info please? (Other than that Wikipedia article)
(On second thought-- wow, does this mean Zefram Cochrane is going to be the first pilot?)
I'll take 'em off your hands if you don't need 'em :)
I must not be much into TV. I immediately thought about bars of soap (you know, the stuff you wash with?) with embedded microchips.