What bothers me is Windows 10 computers for kids. Micro$oft will be showing ads to them as well? I think in Quebec, that my friend Micro$oft, is a bad move as advertising directly to minors is prohibited. I think I'll just sit back and watch this one explode on Micro$oft in a most spectacular way.
For me, I have always dreamed of flying until the experience a close friend had to finished his commercial and multi-engine license (he's also an airplane mechanic). Here's the kicker - it cost him nearly $50k to just get enough hours to qualify up to Commercial, including his ILS,nighttime, and multi-engine ratings. On top of that, the average cost to rent a simple Cessna 152 or 172 for an hour is anywhere from $175 to $250 depending on the outfit.
It gets better - the airline he works for wanted him to take a pay cut by HALF to become a pilot. That's right - the pilot pay is so crappy, he would have to loose over half his pay to sit in the right seat (co-pilot).
Coupled with expensive educational requirements and fees to keep current, no wonder its in decline. And the industry is known for crappy wages, crappy hours, crappy jobs, coupled with long times away from home. Who in their right mind would like a job like that? Hence my friend is still a mechanic.
For me I'd rather be wishing I was up there than flying wishing I was on the ground in a better job.
How would the authorities and new media react be if we didn't have the Fukushima nuclear crisis we have right now? If not, would we as Slashdotters have gone 'COOL BRO! - SOMEBODY HIRE THIS GUY!' and then that would of been the end of it?
But no. Why are we playing armchair bureaucrats? I know it was a big 'oops' - but he was nothing more than a individual who has a passion for nuclear technology and let me remind everyone - it was he who contacted the authorities. Has this reaction from authorities moved the hobby into seclusion when we need it MORE out in the open?
Find a local Comic-Con event of course! It's a GEEK's haven. San Diego is just over, but they tend to roam around North America like Midway filled with Geek carnies. I don' t know where you live but it's worth a shot if one is up and coming to your area.
Gellenburg - I think you nailed it. What else is out there that provides the quality of signal, selection, or portability of view-able devices out there that is even remotely compatible? I'd pay triple to get access to even more content, like HBO and AMC shows, and new movies on DVD from Paramount, Universal, Dreamworks, 20th Century Fox etc.
Where's the baseball head-splat, and chainsaw training programs for citizens assist in the control of the spread of the disease? Ammo depots? Location to get two-for-one specials for Colt 45's? Bait tactics? how about shot-gun modifications? You know, where to saw off the butt and barrel? And of course, Axe control - how to swing an axe at the head to ensure accuracy? You know, maybe if they created one of those diagram cards like we see on airplanes...that would be good.
The Netflix business model is proving that a payed-for distributed content is 'working' and successful model! Hats off for Netflix's ability to be innovative with client pull-on-demand content that is shifting TV and online media at its core. The mere $9 a month I pay (and that's ALL I pay for TV since I cancelled my cable) is a drop in the bucket to what I would pay if I could get more content.
What MPAA has to learn is that consumers like a business model where actually 'owning' DVD's is not a choice that most want. I've been also saying that Blu-ray is dead (long live blu-ray) ever since it came out. I really don't care to own a plastic disc with a movie burned on it when I can fire up my laptop or PC or Playstation or Wii and watch any move I want, anywhere I have an internet connection. Heck, my P2P downloading of movies and shows has fallen drastically since I subscribed to Netflix. Would I pay to have access to even more content - YOU BETCHA! Would I stop downloading if I could pay monthly fees to have access to quality Disney, Paramount, Sony, et al studio movies and TV shows? YES!!!!
If I, a lone consumer, can figure this out, why can't they? I just want access - irregardless how I get it. If I can pay for it, brilliant! If I have to pirate it to get access, so bit it. But it's their loss, not mine if I'm forced to be a criminal because the studios can get their heads out of there legal asses and figure out their market and customers are screaming to have access to their content.
it's neat, and pretty interesting it's also colour smart. Must be a sloooow news day. I mean, it's not like all the Christians are out mourning the loss of Christ or anything. Wait a minute...:)
...the problem with this entire situation is that Japan let commercial companies run their entire nuclear infrastructure. I'm not sure about you folks, but all commercial companies do exactly what is required within the letter of the law, but not an ounce more if it would cost more money. Sure, it's a 40 year old facility, sure it was built within the specs for the time. But it was still operational in 2011.
Question is, would a public-run utility design and build nuclear infrastructure to within the letter of the law or would they 'overbuild' for safety? Is this entire situation the cause of capitalism running into its core fault - its lack of concern for the expensive 'doing the right thing' vs the cheaper 'doing things right.'? I don't really know, but it smacks of the reality of letting a company totally focused on making and saving money vs making decisions to protect the people of Japan.
Michael Geist, Canada's copyright law guru and law prof at the University of Ottawa, posted an interesting observation about the copyright fight a lot of these organizations like RIAA and MPAA engage. It'smarketing failure, not bad behaviour that is the cause of piracy.
Meaning, it's RIAA and the MPAA failure to properly price their products at a reasonable level that makes the consumer believe that the purchase is reasonable. I mean, if a movie to buy was $1 or $2, would you purchase it or DL it? If a music CD was $3, not $20, would you own your own copy? Or if they offered monthly subscriptions, like the Netflix model, would you subscribe or pirate?
Not only are they missing the boat and stifling innovation, they're attacking and going after consumers who don't believe the purchase is worth the money and then lobby governments to put in CRAZY laws that illegally downloading a movie can cost you $250,000 + 5 years in jail if you're charged and found guilty. Yet get in your car drunk and kill a family of 5, spend 2-3 years in jail + $50,000 in legal fees.
Is it me, or does the who copyright debate sound complete like corporate sheit they've bought and paid for and then rammed down our throats?
whether or not it's true or false, any emitting device needs to be closely monitored and studied. We often hear of these kinds of reports but before we start band-wagon'ing this issue either for or against - let the peer community scientists do their due diligence and hash this out with peer reviews. A good scientist is always critical of their own work. If it's true, then we need to decide how to resolve it - if not, we can file it under a 'misdiagnosis of results.'
I mean, its not like its causing strange growths to appear on my thigh or to sterilize me.
GooberToo - As a unbiased Canadian, you have no idea how right-winged your comments sound. I'm sorry, in order for your point to be valid - this "deleted information" and "interference" would have to come from a crime after conviction. Is there a conviction we don't know about? Apart from the Private who handed over the documents (and who's charges have yet to be proved in court), what are you're referring to? Has Assange been charged by a US District court, found guilty 'in absentia'? Is there something the rest of the civilized world do not know?
Isn't your first amendment is a foundation and a pillar of democracy? (which a lot of countries view as a model for modern societies). This judge, BTW if you actually did your homework, is a republican who has more ties to the past Bush administration than Halliburton oil-blow-off valve for off-shore drilling rigs.
The prosecution found a judge who would ignore the constitution to rubber stamp what ever they needed.
It's a sad day for US democracy - I'm sorry to say it, but isn't the USA suppose to be a model of democracy? Why is the USA appearing more and more like a totalitarian regime?
...when you have the best search engine, tied to the best internet ad support, tied to great free thought-provoking-industry changing office products, map tools, tool bars for your browser, chat tools, phone tools, and it all comes from ONE company. What else can you do when everyone is watching every move, ever senior management comment, every action?
Then again, it does beg to ask, is this typical media bullsheit with typical negative stories that are solely geared towards making money rather than a balanced approach to news reporting? When does the news cross the line when it starts focusing on areas that it's owners have a vested interest in ensuring their 'enemy' is bashed at every opportunity? Is this really a sponge-worthy story?
I mean, how long before some mafia or internet retard decides to launch a DDOS on BGP network routers and then demand $5 million in ransom paid to an off-shore account in the Caribbean. Wait a minute...
Warner Media Rep: Do not try and create a movie. That's impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth. News Reporter: What truth? Warner Media Rep: There is no new Matrix movie. News Reporter: There is no new Matrix movie? Warner Boy: Then you'll see that it's not the movie with Keanu that appears, it is only Neo himself.
A study that links mental health with addiction? Really? I thought that a large percentage of addicts are people with mental health issues, regardless of their addiction? If you're drug is video games, then how different is that from any other? It can change your personality, it can wreck your family and social life. And it can also cause health issues. I know, cause I'm a former gaming addict that used gaming to battle depression. As an addiction, it's dangerous because when compared to drugs, it's almost benign other than taking up your time which also makes it just as dangerous as other serious substances.
What is even more scary was some dipsheit professional lawyer actually took the case on for this moron. Talk about who's the biggest idiot - the lawyer or the trailer park resident?
We all know how reliable the Business Software Alliance and IDC's piracy figures are... in fact, according to The Economist they're totally BS. So why would China even believe its an issue to the point where they'll agree to IP agreements that are nothing more than protectionists movements by companies to make more money? Or is it lawyers trying to prove their worth in a company making an issue out of something they really have absolutely no control over? Can you really stop companies from underlicensing products by scaring them into going legit through government laws?
When I see this, I roll my eyes and keep on thinking what total BS all these laws really are. I mean, if I make a copy Windows 2008 SP2, I could go to jail for 5 years with a $250,000 fine. If I kill my neighbour with a crowbar in a fight, I could get a year or two sentence in jail. Is it me, or is something not quite right about this?
I whole agree with the article in it's entirety. As a former CSO and retired military, most organizations don't take us seriously until you point out a few social engineering hack attempts. How I implemented security wasn't snake oil, as it was the design of the entire team IT. Our honey-pots were a great tool for finding out what hackers are after, but the 'paid' crackers are we were most scared of - not companies selling us fake products. It's up to IT staff to effectively evaluate any product or service to our organization, not some sleazy sales moron who's selling us fake stuff.
Lets face it - most companies can become complacent quite easily unless something happens to change their perception of IT security. For me, it was a simple and cheap $5000 test and the data I came up with scared the CEO and VP's out of pants. The article author also didn't mention that IT security is something ALL us IT geeks are continually thinking about... Just a thought.
How about they study pollution and find a way to stop the billions of tonnes of garbage that still get dumped into our landfills and seas every year? Won't pollution and deforestation will kill and harm us a whole lot more than a few simple degree changes in our atmosphere?
I'm sorry, but isn't getting sick with dieases like cancer from a contaminated environment deserving more funding for research than climate research? Why are they getting all that attention and research dollars? Are we being played into fools to keep on looking up at the sky at the weather instead of the ground we're standing on and the quality of air we breath?
This goes back to the story of the Scorpion and the Frog. A scorpion was travelling across the land when he came to a river. Wanting to get across, he approached a frog to help him get across. The frog replied "Why should I help you across because you will sting me and we will both drown."
The scorpion said "I promise not to sting you."
They are half-way across the river then the scorpion is startled by a splash of water and stings the frog. The frog cries out as his body begins to paralyze "Fool! You have doomed us both as I predicted."
The scorpion replies "Fool? What did you expect Frog? I am a scorpion."
Oracle is a Scorpion. Anyone who thought otherwise when they purchased SUN is a fool.
I now will add Kingston to my exclusion list... This is starting to make sense. I think Kingston's quality issues are also prevalent in their regular product line-up. I've had quality issues only on Kingston products come to think of it... this posting now confirms my suspicions. Too bad they didn't repsond to the posters concerns because it tells me they don't deserve my business.
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What bothers me is Windows 10 computers for kids. Micro$oft will be showing ads to them as well? I think in Quebec, that my friend Micro$oft, is a bad move as advertising directly to minors is prohibited. I think I'll just sit back and watch this one explode on Micro$oft in a most spectacular way.
For me, I have always dreamed of flying until the experience a close friend had to finished his commercial and multi-engine license (he's also an airplane mechanic). Here's the kicker - it cost him nearly $50k to just get enough hours to qualify up to Commercial, including his ILS,nighttime, and multi-engine ratings. On top of that, the average cost to rent a simple Cessna 152 or 172 for an hour is anywhere from $175 to $250 depending on the outfit.
It gets better - the airline he works for wanted him to take a pay cut by HALF to become a pilot. That's right - the pilot pay is so crappy, he would have to loose over half his pay to sit in the right seat (co-pilot).
Coupled with expensive educational requirements and fees to keep current, no wonder its in decline. And the industry is known for crappy wages, crappy hours, crappy jobs, coupled with long times away from home. Who in their right mind would like a job like that? Hence my friend is still a mechanic.
For me I'd rather be wishing I was up there than flying wishing I was on the ground in a better job.
The iKing is dead. Long live the iKing! Hail Steve Jobs!
How would the authorities and new media react be if we didn't have the Fukushima nuclear crisis we have right now? If not, would we as Slashdotters have gone 'COOL BRO! - SOMEBODY HIRE THIS GUY!' and then that would of been the end of it?
But no. Why are we playing armchair bureaucrats? I know it was a big 'oops' - but he was nothing more than a individual who has a passion for nuclear technology and let me remind everyone - it was he who contacted the authorities. Has this reaction from authorities moved the hobby into seclusion when we need it MORE out in the open?
Just something to think about.
Find a local Comic-Con event of course! It's a GEEK's haven. San Diego is just over, but they tend to roam around North America like Midway filled with Geek carnies. I don' t know where you live but it's worth a shot if one is up and coming to your area.
Gellenburg - I think you nailed it. What else is out there that provides the quality of signal, selection, or portability of view-able devices out there that is even remotely compatible? I'd pay triple to get access to even more content, like HBO and AMC shows, and new movies on DVD from Paramount, Universal, Dreamworks, 20th Century Fox etc.
:)
What is crazy is that the senior management of these companies can't see ---here we are SCREAMING --- LET ME PAY FOR UNLIMITED ACCESS TO http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/07/21/2023219/Why-Netflix-Had-To-Raise-Its-Prices#YOUR CONTENT---HERE TAKE MY MONEY PLEASE!!!... and they would rather send me a subpoena from a RIAA lawyer. Oh the humanity!
Where's the baseball head-splat, and chainsaw training programs for citizens assist in the control of the spread of the disease? Ammo depots? Location to get two-for-one specials for Colt 45's? Bait tactics? how about shot-gun modifications? You know, where to saw off the butt and barrel? And of course, Axe control - how to swing an axe at the head to ensure accuracy? You know, maybe if they created one of those diagram cards like we see on airplanes...that would be good.
The Netflix business model is proving that a payed-for distributed content is 'working' and successful model! Hats off for Netflix's ability to be innovative with client pull-on-demand content that is shifting TV and online media at its core. The mere $9 a month I pay (and that's ALL I pay for TV since I cancelled my cable) is a drop in the bucket to what I would pay if I could get more content.
What MPAA has to learn is that consumers like a business model where actually 'owning' DVD's is not a choice that most want. I've been also saying that Blu-ray is dead (long live blu-ray) ever since it came out. I really don't care to own a plastic disc with a movie burned on it when I can fire up my laptop or PC or Playstation or Wii and watch any move I want, anywhere I have an internet connection. Heck, my P2P downloading of movies and shows has fallen drastically since I subscribed to Netflix. Would I pay to have access to even more content - YOU BETCHA! Would I stop downloading if I could pay monthly fees to have access to quality Disney, Paramount, Sony, et al studio movies and TV shows? YES!!!!
If I, a lone consumer, can figure this out, why can't they? I just want access - irregardless how I get it. If I can pay for it, brilliant! If I have to pirate it to get access, so bit it. But it's their loss, not mine if I'm forced to be a criminal because the studios can get their heads out of there legal asses and figure out their market and customers are screaming to have access to their content.
it's neat, and pretty interesting it's also colour smart. Must be a sloooow news day. I mean, it's not like all the Christians are out mourning the loss of Christ or anything. Wait a minute... :)
...the problem with this entire situation is that Japan let commercial companies run their entire nuclear infrastructure. I'm not sure about you folks, but all commercial companies do exactly what is required within the letter of the law, but not an ounce more if it would cost more money. Sure, it's a 40 year old facility, sure it was built within the specs for the time. But it was still operational in 2011.
Question is, would a public-run utility design and build nuclear infrastructure to within the letter of the law or would they 'overbuild' for safety? Is this entire situation the cause of capitalism running into its core fault - its lack of concern for the expensive 'doing the right thing' vs the cheaper 'doing things right.'? I don't really know, but it smacks of the reality of letting a company totally focused on making and saving money vs making decisions to protect the people of Japan.
Michael Geist, Canada's copyright law guru and law prof at the University of Ottawa, posted an interesting observation about the copyright fight a lot of these organizations like RIAA and MPAA engage. It's marketing failure, not bad behaviour that is the cause of piracy.
Meaning, it's RIAA and the MPAA failure to properly price their products at a reasonable level that makes the consumer believe that the purchase is reasonable. I mean, if a movie to buy was $1 or $2, would you purchase it or DL it? If a music CD was $3, not $20, would you own your own copy? Or if they offered monthly subscriptions, like the Netflix model, would you subscribe or pirate?
Not only are they missing the boat and stifling innovation, they're attacking and going after consumers who don't believe the purchase is worth the money and then lobby governments to put in CRAZY laws that illegally downloading a movie can cost you $250,000 + 5 years in jail if you're charged and found guilty. Yet get in your car drunk and kill a family of 5, spend 2-3 years in jail + $50,000 in legal fees.
Is it me, or does the who copyright debate sound complete like corporate sheit they've bought and paid for and then rammed down our throats?
Ya'll know today is April 1st? Right?
whether or not it's true or false, any emitting device needs to be closely monitored and studied. We often hear of these kinds of reports but before we start band-wagon'ing this issue either for or against - let the peer community scientists do their due diligence and hash this out with peer reviews. A good scientist is always critical of their own work. If it's true, then we need to decide how to resolve it - if not, we can file it under a 'misdiagnosis of results.'
I mean, its not like its causing strange growths to appear on my thigh or to sterilize me.
GooberToo - As a unbiased Canadian, you have no idea how right-winged your comments sound. I'm sorry, in order for your point to be valid - this "deleted information" and "interference" would have to come from a crime after conviction. Is there a conviction we don't know about? Apart from the Private who handed over the documents (and who's charges have yet to be proved in court), what are you're referring to? Has Assange been charged by a US District court, found guilty 'in absentia'? Is there something the rest of the civilized world do not know?
Isn't your first amendment is a foundation and a pillar of democracy? (which a lot of countries view as a model for modern societies). This judge, BTW if you actually did your homework, is a republican who has more ties to the past Bush administration than Halliburton oil-blow-off valve for off-shore drilling rigs.
The prosecution found a judge who would ignore the constitution to rubber stamp what ever they needed.
It's a sad day for US democracy - I'm sorry to say it, but isn't the USA suppose to be a model of democracy? Why is the USA appearing more and more like a totalitarian regime?
...when you have the best search engine, tied to the best internet ad support, tied to great free thought-provoking-industry changing office products, map tools, tool bars for your browser, chat tools, phone tools, and it all comes from ONE company. What else can you do when everyone is watching every move, ever senior management comment, every action?
Then again, it does beg to ask, is this typical media bullsheit with typical negative stories that are solely geared towards making money rather than a balanced approach to news reporting? When does the news cross the line when it starts focusing on areas that it's owners have a vested interest in ensuring their 'enemy' is bashed at every opportunity? Is this really a sponge-worthy story?
I mean, how long before some mafia or internet retard decides to launch a DDOS on BGP network routers and then demand $5 million in ransom paid to an off-shore account in the Caribbean. Wait a minute...
Marketing hype? maybe...
Warner Media Rep: Do not try and create a movie. That's impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth.
News Reporter: What truth?
Warner Media Rep: There is no new Matrix movie.
News Reporter: There is no new Matrix movie?
Warner Boy: Then you'll see that it's not the movie with Keanu that appears, it is only Neo himself.
A study that links mental health with addiction? Really? I thought that a large percentage of addicts are people with mental health issues, regardless of their addiction? If you're drug is video games, then how different is that from any other? It can change your personality, it can wreck your family and social life. And it can also cause health issues. I know, cause I'm a former gaming addict that used gaming to battle depression. As an addiction, it's dangerous because when compared to drugs, it's almost benign other than taking up your time which also makes it just as dangerous as other serious substances.
What is even more scary was some dipsheit professional lawyer actually took the case on for this moron. Talk about who's the biggest idiot - the lawyer or the trailer park resident?
We all know how reliable the Business Software Alliance and IDC's piracy figures are... in fact, according to The Economist they're totally BS. So why would China even believe its an issue to the point where they'll agree to IP agreements that are nothing more than protectionists movements by companies to make more money? Or is it lawyers trying to prove their worth in a company making an issue out of something they really have absolutely no control over? Can you really stop companies from underlicensing products by scaring them into going legit through government laws?
When I see this, I roll my eyes and keep on thinking what total BS all these laws really are. I mean, if I make a copy Windows 2008 SP2, I could go to jail for 5 years with a $250,000 fine. If I kill my neighbour with a crowbar in a fight, I could get a year or two sentence in jail. Is it me, or is something not quite right about this?
I whole agree with the article in it's entirety. As a former CSO and retired military, most organizations don't take us seriously until you point out a few social engineering hack attempts. How I implemented security wasn't snake oil, as it was the design of the entire team IT. Our honey-pots were a great tool for finding out what hackers are after, but the 'paid' crackers are we were most scared of - not companies selling us fake products. It's up to IT staff to effectively evaluate any product or service to our organization, not some sleazy sales moron who's selling us fake stuff.
Lets face it - most companies can become complacent quite easily unless something happens to change their perception of IT security. For me, it was a simple and cheap $5000 test and the data I came up with scared the CEO and VP's out of pants. The article author also didn't mention that IT security is something ALL us IT geeks are continually thinking about... Just a thought.
How about they study pollution and find a way to stop the billions of tonnes of garbage that still get dumped into our landfills and seas every year? Won't pollution and deforestation will kill and harm us a whole lot more than a few simple degree changes in our atmosphere?
I'm sorry, but isn't getting sick with dieases like cancer from a contaminated environment deserving more funding for research than climate research? Why are they getting all that attention and research dollars? Are we being played into fools to keep on looking up at the sky at the weather instead of the ground we're standing on and the quality of air we breath?
This goes back to the story of the Scorpion and the Frog. A scorpion was travelling across the land when he came to a river. Wanting to get across, he approached a frog to help him get across.
The frog replied "Why should I help you across because you will sting me and we will both drown."
The scorpion said "I promise not to sting you."
They are half-way across the river then the scorpion is startled by a splash of water and stings the frog. The frog cries out as his body begins to paralyze "Fool! You have doomed us both as I predicted."
The scorpion replies "Fool? What did you expect Frog? I am a scorpion."
Oracle is a Scorpion. Anyone who thought otherwise when they purchased SUN is a fool.
I now will add Kingston to my exclusion list... This is starting to make sense. I think Kingston's quality issues are also prevalent in their regular product line-up. I've had quality issues only on Kingston products come to think of it... this posting now confirms my suspicions. Too bad they didn't repsond to the posters concerns because it tells me they don't deserve my business.