Repeat offense or not, this guy ran some software and now goes to prison.
An individual spammer is like a person whispering in a library, individually its a small annoyance, but if everybody does it, it stops you doing what you came to do.
This guy should be removed from the internet, he SHOULDN'T be in prison.
Yes, I know it would be difficult, but there should be some way that we can do it.
Maybe give him an electronic tag with a huge multi tesla magnet in to wipe the drive of any machine he goes near, or something more technological. If the tv license evasion detector vans can pickup when a household has a tv on, surely something similar could be built for a user in proximity to computer tech.
Anyway, original topic, this guy shouldn't go to jail.
Studies have shown that most hackers work better at night, and actually use dawn as a kind of alarm clock "oh shit, suns coming up, better get my head down or I'll never get to work by 9" (I KNOW i'm not the only one who has thought that)
The service pack automatically enables the firewall and changes numerous other settings as well, making the system stable by default.
However, computers that are infested with spyware and other nasties fail upon reboot and this is the prime reason why microsoft advise cleaning down the machine before installing.
Its a very welcome update from MS for users with a clean machine, but its been a nightmare for any dirty ones. The problem is, people install service pack 2 expecting it to solve all their spyware problems, but it works best at keeping nasties at bay, not fixing pre-existing software issues.
I don't think he is complaining about wikipedia in itself. More the fact that a person with an agenda could replace clean methodical bias free information with drivel changing the view for everyone in the process. The original source may not have the time or inclination to maintain his articles, so the biased view remains.
It may be required in the long run to have a karma/points system - much like slashdot, where particular versions of articles can be rated and those written by established experts gain greater weight and visiblity. An outside user could view all, uncut and raw, or they can view the cream of the crop so to speak.
2 random people just happen to fuck each other on a train whilst they have their mobiles on.
This chance mating is captured by a geek on the way to work, who discusses it with his blogger friend. This escalates until the whole world then spent the next 6 months and countless gigabytes of porn bandwidth discussing one chance random sexual encounter and ponder the implications of it, and whether or not it will happen to them?
I don't think people are going to stop bitching about him.
Its unfortunate, and another poster has already mentioned that slash needs a whipping boy.
I generally like the articles he finds, he has come up with some of the most interesting things recently, and all of them have included as the main links a direct unaltered, original link to the original source Roland found it at.
I did some research last time I got involved in this very same thread, and could not come up with a single article where people were forced to even look at his blog to read the entire story and get all the facts. At no time does anybody NEED to go there. Look at this submission, you are taken directly to the Cornell university site as the main link, and at the end, as with most of his submissions he leaves a link to his overview. He never tries to cover up his sources or disguise who he is.
Roland is the nearest thing to a real reporter on this site, and his presence is appreciated.
As it says in the headline - their agenda is pretty clear from the start.
They are using the SCO line of attack. They are confusing you with figures which make no sense, and nobody is stepping up to clear up their ambiguity, therefore, they make no sense.
Because none of it makes sense the only sane thing left to do is buy a phone.
Heres an interesting quote from a prius link given further in the conversation.
"I've gotten anywhere from 65 to over 100 miles per gallon," said Mr. Gremban, an engineer at CalCars, a small nonprofit group based in Palo Alto, Calif. He gets 40 to 45 miles per gallon driving his normal Prius.
Slashdot Mirror
Forces you to login to each aggregate site to read every headline.
:(
What happens when I have no blood or first born left?
Shutdown slashdot for a few days, see whether all the geeks become anxious.
We have around 300g drives at the moment, does this nice 10x improvement mean we will see 3tb drives soon?
Repeat offense or not, this guy ran some software and now goes to prison.
An individual spammer is like a person whispering in a library, individually its a small annoyance, but if everybody does it, it stops you doing what you came to do.
This guy should be removed from the internet, he SHOULDN'T be in prison.
Yes, I know it would be difficult, but there should be some way that we can do it.
Maybe give him an electronic tag with a huge multi tesla magnet in to wipe the drive of any machine he goes near, or something more technological.
If the tv license evasion detector vans can pickup when a household has a tv on, surely something similar could be built for a user in proximity to computer tech.
Anyway, original topic, this guy shouldn't go to jail.
Studies have shown that most hackers work better at night, and actually use dawn as a kind of alarm clock "oh shit, suns coming up, better get my head down or I'll never get to work by 9" (I KNOW i'm not the only one who has thought that)
The service pack automatically enables the firewall and changes numerous other settings as well, making the system stable by default.
However, computers that are infested with spyware and other nasties fail upon reboot and this is the prime reason why microsoft advise cleaning down the machine before installing.
Its a very welcome update from MS for users with a clean machine, but its been a nightmare for any dirty ones.
The problem is, people install service pack 2 expecting it to solve all their spyware problems, but it works best at keeping nasties at bay, not fixing pre-existing software issues.
The list fails to mention that most of my spyware no longer runs.
:(
I upgraded expecting to continue having all the parasites and tracking that I am used to
Delivery option: not available, buyer collection is required.
a place where no probe has gone before
there is NO way I am going to wear one of those silly hats just to chat to my buddies.
Besides, its cold in my garden at the moment.
Somehow, I get the sense that using geeks as the transmission medium is doomed to failure...
But if your MEMs were tiny mirrors and prisms, you could perform DSP on light signals and get an extra boost.
As fast as our computers will be, having light carried around in tubes is going to be the fastest way to comminucate with the external components.
I don't think he is complaining about wikipedia in itself.
More the fact that a person with an agenda could replace clean methodical bias free information with drivel changing the view for everyone in the process.
The original source may not have the time or inclination to maintain his articles, so the biased view remains.
It may be required in the long run to have a karma/points system - much like slashdot, where particular versions of articles can be rated and those written by established experts gain greater weight and visiblity.
An outside user could view all, uncut and raw, or they can view the cream of the crop so to speak.
So, let me get this straight...
2 random people just happen to fuck each other on a train whilst they have their mobiles on.
This chance mating is captured by a geek on the way to work, who discusses it with his blogger friend.
This escalates until the whole world then spent the next 6 months and countless gigabytes of porn bandwidth discussing one chance random sexual encounter and ponder the implications of it, and whether or not it will happen to them?
Boy, talk about a storm in a teacup.
Along with leg warmers and flash mobs.
Having an application compllete its task 25-30% quicker than before obviously saves you the hassle of throwing extra hardware at the problem.
If the increases you see still aren't enough, then you add more hardware, but faster apps = more value for (hardware) money.
Its stupid to NOT see that.
They go to Silicon heaven of course.
I don't think people are going to stop bitching about him.
Its unfortunate, and another poster has already mentioned that slash needs a whipping boy.
I generally like the articles he finds, he has come up with some of the most interesting things recently, and all of them have included as the main links a direct unaltered, original link to the original source Roland found it at.
I did some research last time I got involved in this very same thread, and could not come up with a single article where people were forced to even look at his blog to read the entire story and get all the facts. At no time does anybody NEED to go there.
Look at this submission, you are taken directly to the Cornell university site as the main link, and at the end, as with most of his submissions he leaves a link to his overview. He never tries to cover up his sources or disguise who he is.
Roland is the nearest thing to a real reporter on this site, and his presence is appreciated.
As it says in the headline - their agenda is pretty clear from the start.
They are using the SCO line of attack. They are confusing you with figures which make no sense, and nobody is stepping up to clear up their ambiguity, therefore, they make no sense.
Because none of it makes sense the only sane thing left to do is buy a phone.
Minesweeper has never looked so fast!
Or do nuclear scientists prefer solitaire?
This is already in effect in London.
Its called the congestion charge.
Whenever you enter the centre of London, your number plate is scanned, and you are sent a bill for your time there.
Whatever they send up there HAS to have a strong dock to tow it back safely, so why not let it wait for a while once it gets there.
Once it docks, it can take over control of hubbles positioning requirements leaving it to carry on working for a much longer period.
Then, when the fuel is gone and the items once again begin to fail, fire the main return home booster to de-orbit?
Heres an interesting quote from a prius link given further in the conversation.
"I've gotten anywhere from 65 to over 100 miles per gallon," said Mr. Gremban, an engineer at CalCars, a small nonprofit group based in Palo Alto, Calif. He gets 40 to 45 miles per gallon driving his normal Prius.
link here
Actually, your wrong. You can polish a turd, but a polished turd is still crap.
The gMail one had me in a bit of a tiz, but then I checked and remembered last year.
:)
The Apple news is quite good as well, I think I'll be getting myself a mac mini shortly
The rest have all been light hearted and fun.