I have found enjoyment reading the (text!) news groups and RSS feeds via Usenet, gmane, and gwene. (I prefer emacs and gnus)
Although they are no match for the information of the entire web, I find that there are more than enough high quality posts on different topics to keep me entertained during my personal "surfing" time, and the text groups load in an instant and can be easily browsed and responses written in "unplugged" mode.
I have no problem with throwing the book at these folks should they be found guilty. I doubt that these IP addresses corresponded to computers that were the personal property of the defendants.
My problem is that the government seems to fail to apply justice equally: when corporations screw the consumers, why aren't they busting up rocks?
I agree with you. But I find myself in the "legitimate user camp": I want easy online storage and serving, but under the fundamental premise that I am the only one who can control who sees what.
FTA: "If they had bothered to read that they would have seen that we basically state exactly what they are accusing us of as possible attack vectors plus some others they are not accusing us of," said Ortmann. "All of these SSL-related attacks do no apply specifically to us. They apply to companies with equally high security requirements or even higher requirements."
I hope that you still have karma after posting this set of facts.
I am (not really) shocked how often the Slashdot crowd howls about white guys getting off with white collar crimes and then turns around and attacks the prosecutors for vigilant prosecution of a white guy who allegedly committed crimes. Just like Democrats vs. Republicans--it's all a matter of which side are you on. To hell with principles.
He allegedly: stashed a laptop in a network closet (eavesdropping?), bike mask over face to escape identification, actions which result in Denial of Service for the rest of us, running from the cops. I will leave out all of the "conspiracy to" charges.
I have no idea if he killed himself "because of the prosecution." But I would bet dollars to doughnuts that he was going to do prison time. He (apparently) committed a crime, played hardball, and he realized that he was going to lose. He was ruined.
My understanding is that in a _criminal_ case, the "victim" has "no say" in whether a case is prosecuted. For example, the district attorney does not need to ask the victim of a rape whether they think the case should go forward against the alleged perpetrator.
So, JSTOR doesn't get a say, in a criminal case because the gov't has a job to punish criminals and show those contemplating crime that there are consequences.
By the way, I'm glad to see the case was going to be prosecuted. I'm tired of seeing white collar crime go unpunished.
He risked everything by going after the JSTOR's livelihood. There are actual people behind JSTOR. Mortgages, kids, etc. Where is the empathy for JSTOR and their entrepreneurship?
If it wouldn't have further destroyed JSTOR's public perception, then they should have sicked the dogs on the late Mr. Swartz.
Some folks on Slashdot live in some kind of la-la land. They assume that the reactionary/revolutionary gets all of the glory with none of the consequences. On the contrary: it's usually all of the consequences with none of the glory.
I haven't heard this sort of ultranationalistic patrioitic chanting in the USA since the late seventies (or perhaps some meaningless sporting event). The US has become more humble (and of course no nation humbles itself voluntarily).
And while you making sweeping generalizations--taking a bit shit on the US, let me take this moment make sweeping generalizations and to take a big shit on Switzerland. You cowards didn't lift fucking a finger to fight the Nazis. Rather, you hid behind neutrality, yet stood to benefit from trade of natural resources, interest, and all of the Nazi war booty. And you finance every villain from corporations to third-world dictators.
Go fuck yourself, Switzerland. I would volunteer a few years of my US life and a few hours of my US week not to have your sins on my conscience.
No, you can not walk on every road. You must have been walking on the freeway. If you were walking on the sidewalk (but not smoking a big fat joint) and you were stopped by police, then please contact me and I will put you in touch with people who will help you file a multi-zillion dollar lawsuit.
But if you are trying to say that we in the USA are unhealthy because it's illegal to walk to work--well, you're fucking nuts.
Agreed, it's absurd to call him a traitor to the US. It seems like the US has declared him an enemy. Now, there are two options: 1) send agents to kill him (and it's Australia's prerogative to declare war on the US for assassinating its citizenry) or 2) effect the first option via quasi legal methods.
All financial bills must start in the House of Representatives. If you want to know who to blame for a particular era's problems, start there.
Yes, the President can submit a budget to Congress (the House). However, Congress can, in principle, totally disregard it and give the President something totally different.
What I have found is that the Democrats and Republicans are so often doing the same thing, that precisely which party is in control of the House doesn't matter.
This video is true: I am usually questioned three times (once on entry to the airport), once in line, and for some reason I get picked on again at some point.
For the "wah the US govt and everything they do sux" crowd, there are soldiers nearby who will fill you full of bullets at the slightest hint of trouble--Jew or Goy.
I think the US TSA does fine. They make people feel safer, and they make it even a bit harder for a lunatic to charge in with a vest full of dynamite. Kol Ha Kavod!
Google him, and do a little bit of reading, and you will figure it out. Just because YOU don't know who he is does not mean that he is a meaningless peice o' crap who needs to keep his mouth shut. Who the f*ck is Scott Meyers? Before I read his books, I had no idea who he was, but I wouldn't throw a fit if I saw a/. post about one of his opinions. What is SM's big project? By his own words, he studies small bits of the C++ language and offers pretty darned good advice.
He's a pretty good commentator on trends in computer programming. In my opinion, he brings a little bit of brashness and is not a big jerk--he's irreverant enough to be funny and clearly in no one's pocket. But he's really not an extremist person by any means.
Yegge is a [post-greybeard/suspenders] advocate of Emacs Lisp, JavaScript, and Clojure. Kind of in the LISP-y, lambda function, something-or-other camp. I thought the essay was pretty good, not earth-shattering, but entertaining enough to read and reflect on whether I ought to learn "yet another" moderately-conservative language or maybe take the plunge into something else. It might be useful for someone who is just starting out and wondering what their "second" language should be.
And just to throw in: he _defines_ liberal and conservative basically as the usual run-time/compile-time static/dynamic stuff. How fucking surprising, to generate such angst.
I'm extremely disappointed in this Keynote. AppleTV: An accessory to the boob-tube. The phone looks neat, but 1/2 a year away? Puh-lease! Where are the Macintosh updates? The updated iWork suite? These are things that ~I~ need to get work done!!! I guess it's the difference between Apple Computer and Apple.
Perhaps the most important feature (for me) is Objective C 2, with garbage collection!!! This should really help with the tedious retain/release counting that has kept me from trying to do much with Mac programming.
Slashdot Mirror
Embrace, extend, extinguish.
No, then he'd want to use all BSD/public domain software.
No, he'd want to use anything from public domain to proprietary software.
I have found enjoyment reading the (text!) news groups and RSS feeds via Usenet, gmane, and gwene. (I prefer emacs and gnus)
Although they are no match for the information of the entire web, I find that there are more than enough high quality posts on different topics to keep me entertained during my personal "surfing" time, and the text groups load in an instant and can be easily browsed and responses written in "unplugged" mode.
Maybe you don't understand the issues at hand. Let me employ a metaphor:
Imagine a man who wants to have sex with a woman, but not get her pregnant. So, he goes and gets a vasectomy, but only ties one tube.
we should also stop over-reacting to maximum sentencing guidelines. You know that if they are found guilty, it will be a small fraction of the time.
I have no problem with throwing the book at these folks should they be found guilty. I doubt that these IP addresses corresponded to computers that were the personal property of the defendants.
My problem is that the government seems to fail to apply justice equally: when corporations screw the consumers, why aren't they busting up rocks?
Is Barack Obama (the guy who appointed Wheeler) now a member of the Tea Party?
I agree with you. But I find myself in the "legitimate user camp": I want easy online storage and serving, but under the fundamental premise that I am the only one who can control who sees what.
FTA:
"If they had bothered to read that they would have seen that we basically state exactly what they are accusing us of as possible attack vectors plus some others they are not accusing us of," said Ortmann. "All of these SSL-related attacks do no apply specifically to us. They apply to companies with equally high security requirements or even higher requirements."
And that just about sums it up for me.
I hope that you still have karma after posting this set of facts.
I am (not really) shocked how often the Slashdot crowd howls about white guys getting off with white collar crimes and then turns around and attacks the prosecutors for vigilant prosecution of a white guy who allegedly committed crimes. Just like Democrats vs. Republicans--it's all a matter of which side are you on. To hell with principles.
He allegedly: stashed a laptop in a network closet (eavesdropping?), bike mask over face to escape identification, actions which result in Denial of Service for the rest of us, running from the cops. I will leave out all of the "conspiracy to" charges.
I have no idea if he killed himself "because of the prosecution." But I would bet dollars to doughnuts that he was going to do prison time. He (apparently) committed a crime, played hardball, and he realized that he was going to lose. He was ruined.
My understanding is that in a _criminal_ case, the "victim" has "no say" in whether a case is prosecuted. For example, the district attorney does not need to ask the victim of a rape whether they think the case should go forward against the alleged perpetrator.
So, JSTOR doesn't get a say, in a criminal case because the gov't has a job to punish criminals and show those contemplating crime that there are consequences.
By the way, I'm glad to see the case was going to be prosecuted. I'm tired of seeing white collar crime go unpunished.
It's simple: the average human life is worth less to society than JSTOR (hundreds of thousands of livelihoods).
Think of the ruined lives/sucidides that may be caused by theft of one's product.
He risked everything by going after the JSTOR's livelihood. There are actual people behind JSTOR. Mortgages, kids, etc. Where is the empathy for JSTOR and their entrepreneurship?
If it wouldn't have further destroyed JSTOR's public perception, then they should have sicked the dogs on the late Mr. Swartz.
Some folks on Slashdot live in some kind of la-la land. They assume that the reactionary/revolutionary gets all of the glory with none of the consequences. On the contrary: it's usually all of the consequences with none of the glory.
Try something new besides USA-bashing. Don't other countries have problems?
I haven't heard this sort of ultranationalistic patrioitic chanting in the USA since the late seventies (or perhaps some meaningless sporting event). The US has become more humble (and of course no nation humbles itself voluntarily).
And while you making sweeping generalizations--taking a bit shit on the US, let me take this moment make sweeping generalizations and to take a big shit on Switzerland. You cowards didn't lift fucking a finger to fight the Nazis. Rather, you hid behind neutrality, yet stood to benefit from trade of natural resources, interest, and all of the Nazi war booty. And you finance every villain from corporations to third-world dictators.
Go fuck yourself, Switzerland. I would volunteer a few years of my US life and a few hours of my US week not to have your sins on my conscience.
No, you can not walk on every road. You must have been walking on the freeway. If you were walking on the sidewalk (but not smoking a big fat joint) and you were stopped by police, then please contact me and I will put you in touch with people who will help you file a multi-zillion dollar lawsuit.
But if you are trying to say that we in the USA are unhealthy because it's illegal to walk to work--well, you're fucking nuts.
Agreed, it's absurd to call him a traitor to the US. It seems like the US has declared him an enemy. Now, there are two options: 1) send agents to kill him (and it's Australia's prerogative to declare war on the US for assassinating its citizenry) or 2) effect the first option via quasi legal methods.
You take all the fun out of blanket condemnation. :-) But there's no disputing your numbers.
All financial bills must start in the House of Representatives. If you want to know who to blame for a particular era's problems, start there.
Yes, the President can submit a budget to Congress (the House). However, Congress can, in principle, totally disregard it and give the President something totally different.
What I have found is that the Democrats and Republicans are so often doing the same thing, that precisely which party is in control of the House doesn't matter.
This video is true: I am usually questioned three times (once on entry to the airport), once in line, and for some reason I get picked on again at some point.
For the "wah the US govt and everything they do sux" crowd, there are soldiers nearby who will fill you full of bullets at the slightest hint of trouble--Jew or Goy.
I think the US TSA does fine. They make people feel safer, and they make it even a bit harder for a lunatic to charge in with a vest full of dynamite. Kol Ha Kavod!
Google him, and do a little bit of reading, and you will figure it out. Just because YOU don't know who he is does not mean that he is a meaningless peice o' crap who needs to keep his mouth shut. Who the f*ck is Scott Meyers? Before I read his books, I had no idea who he was, but I wouldn't throw a fit if I saw a /. post about one of his opinions. What is SM's big project? By his own words, he studies small bits of the C++ language and offers pretty darned good advice.
He's a pretty good commentator on trends in computer programming. In my opinion, he brings a little bit of brashness and is not a big jerk--he's irreverant enough to be funny and clearly in no one's pocket. But he's really not an extremist person by any means.
Yegge is a [post-greybeard/suspenders] advocate of Emacs Lisp, JavaScript, and Clojure. Kind of in the LISP-y, lambda function, something-or-other camp. I thought the essay was pretty good, not earth-shattering, but entertaining enough to read and reflect on whether I ought to learn "yet another" moderately-conservative language or maybe take the plunge into something else. It might be useful for someone who is just starting out and wondering what their "second" language should be.
And just to throw in: he _defines_ liberal and conservative basically as the usual run-time/compile-time static/dynamic stuff. How fucking surprising, to generate such angst.
and its all done with computer algorithms.
They get an iPhone, Apple gets chachkes.
I'm extremely disappointed in this Keynote. AppleTV: An accessory to the boob-tube. The phone looks neat, but 1/2 a year away? Puh-lease! Where are the Macintosh updates? The updated iWork suite? These are things that ~I~ need to get work done!!! I guess it's the difference between Apple Computer and Apple.
Perhaps the most important feature (for me) is Objective C 2, with garbage collection!!! This should really help with the tedious retain/release counting that has kept me from trying to do much with Mac programming.