I respond to everything that Tivo has been doing that's pro-advertising and anti-customer by calling them and speaking to a supervisor.
Yeah, the CSRs and their supervisors probably don't care (and in fact, the last time I called to complain about them putting ads in when I fast foward was met with "tough, it's not of question of if, it's a matter of when.") but I still call to let them know.
Luckily, I was recently blessed with a free DirecTivo and a year of free receiver payments because DirecTV's new screensaver functionality pushed down w/their most recent firmware updates gets recorded by my Tivo and cannot be disabled...
I will be cancelling my Tivo subscription this week (now that I am satisfied with my DirecTivo's performance and price) and letting them know that I am not just canceling due to DirecTivo, I'm cancelling due to their pro-advertising and anti- customer stance.
They have several... They are called "Subscribers". I have done by job multiple times and been thanked by the editors via e-mail at least a handful of times... Yet there have been just as many (if not more) times that I have submitted the story as being duped and it has been ignored.
So, we are paying to do their jobs *and* we are being ignored.
I wasn't clear I guess. The device disables the external output when the files are DRMd thus you cannot view it on anything except the tiny screen unless you are playing a non-DRM file.
And if it works anything like the Archos then it's DRMd and outputting stuff like DVDs recorded to the device won't work unless you have an intermediate step between the record and putting it on the device.
This picture of the keyboard shows a Firefox icon on the left side. Someone had complained the last time this was Slashvertised that they wouldn't use a keyboard that had an IE icon on it.
What's wrong with taking notes in class using a pen and paper? If anything, it is probably quicker than trying to use one of these little doodads.
I type faster and easier than I can write. I can search what I write easily. Other people can read (and receive) what I write without interpreting and exchange of money.
Personally? I type with my thumbs about as fast as I type which is about 100x faster than I can write. Yeah, I can scribble something down quickly but I spend 3x as long trying to decipher what I wrote later.
What ever happened to people on Slashdot being pro-tech and not luddites?
People like you are what is wrong with this website.
People like me are the ones that make this website better. We continually add worthwhile content and push the "WE PWN YOU GAY FAGS, LONG LIVE DUMBLEDORE" idiots down to the bottom with well thought out and well researched posts that are on-topic.
People like you, who piss and moan about nothing, are the ones that ruin it.
The original troller isn't doing anything but spouting uninformed trash:
a) the project is open source -- why would they need to put forth money to find and secure holes? They do it on a regular basis as it is (and as was proven by the patch available on 6/29)
b) they obviously have no idea what they are talking about when they mention the 10k donated (see this post) as it's *all* going to the backend servers.
I may be pro-Drupal but I'm certainly not doing it because I'm a parrot. At least my post was based on researched facts.
I hope that they use some of that $10,000 in donations that they received to patch any additional security problems.
How is this insightful? It's nothing but an uninformed troll...
Drupal's staff has already stated that it is using *all* of the money donated for server and backend stuff as that's what the community expected it to be used for when they donated.
Drupal is just like any other piece of open source software... It has bugs, they are patched, and the notifications of the necessity to patch go out to the end users. It's then up to the end users to patch.
SpreadFirefox knew of the vunerability for 10 days before they were hacked on the 11th day. It's not Drupal's fault that the admins at SpreadFirefox didn't bother to upgrade.
Registered users at the promotional Mozilla community site SpreadFirefox.com were greeted this morning by an e-mail informing them that a July 10 security breach could potentially have enabled attackers to acquire a massive amount of private user data.
It is likely that exploit was facilitated by a recently discovered vulnerability in Drupal, the open source CMS utilized by SpreadFirefox and other community sites. I have not yet been able to verify my suspicions on the matter, as the Mozilla Foundation has not yet revealed exactly which vulnerability was exploited.
If it was due to the vulnerability present in older versions of Drupal (pre June 29th) then it was the admins of spreadfirefox.com that left it unpatched until July 10th (11 days). There is no excuse for that kind of delay in patching a vulnerability on a system that could affect as many users as SpreadFirefox caters to.
With the unexpected server donation from Sun, could the money raised have been better spent on something other than more servers?
If you had read the linked information from the blurb you would have found out that the Drupal team decided that putting all the money towards server/backend stuff is what the community would want.
The community thought that they money they were donating was for a server to host Drupal at the OSL. When the donations went *way* over what Drupal originally needed the staff still felt that it should remain w/the server side.
They also mentioned that they might have used some of that money to start up the Drupal Foundation but decided that additional money, already promised to them by various sources, would go to that instead (i.e. Summer of Code by Google).
Well, considering that it is being backed so heavily by the community and is used on larger sites (i.e. mozilla.org) I would say that it has its place among the others...
I haven't tried all of the above but I did examine PHPNuke for a short time because of Gallery's ability to easily integrate with it. I gave up on PHPNuke and went w/Drupal instead because of word-of-mouth even though Gallery v1 doesn't support Drupal integration.
I came up with my own way to integrate my existing Gallery v1 setup into Drupal because their "blocks" allow you to run custom PHP code (or any code via external calls) in them.
I have been quite pleased with Drupal and am looking forward to the new directions all the donations by the community, Sun, and OSL will bring.
And you're not half so smart as you think you are. So please, shut the fuck up, asshole.
I'm all about cursing and not linking intelligence factor to it but, man, that post was worthless trolling!
At least if you're going to try to make a valid argument that somehow relates to my intelligence and lack of good judgement in regards to movies then, in the future, might I suggest a different approach?
Sharp did not disclose what products would use the new panel, but said it could eventually find uses in mobile phones, personal computers, car navigation systems and in various commercial applications.
Personal computers, TVs, and various commercial applications (whatever those might be) seem to make sense for this technology but I'm at a loss for what mobile phones and car navigation systems need it for...
Mobile phone screens are tiny, need to remain tiny, and shouldn't be attempting to distract drivers any more than they already are. Why do people need to see two things at once on a phone?
Car navigation systems are "small" in order to not completely take over the entire dash and leave room for other shit. Why would a car's navigation screen need to be smaller, making it more difficult to navigate with, while increasing distraction?
If you are wanting a strange, beautiful, weird, and strange movie, I would recommend Brazil or The Life Aquatic.
I have seen both. The Life Aquatic isn't even in the same "beauty" ballpark that I'm talking about. In fact, the movie was so boring and tired that I passed out.
AI, OTOH, is an amazing cinematic work meant for people that like to enjoy movies deeper than the crap that you generally see on the screen.
I don't expect the typical moviegoer to understand that though.
Let's hope it's not another AI flop. Seriously though, cool concept, but I'm curious as to how they're going to pull it off "live action"
Are you somehow trying to infer that the reason that AI "flopped" was because of the actors not successfully pulling off acting like the director's vision of humanlike robots?
If that's what you meant, I'm sorry to inform you that you are absolutely wrong. The actors did an incredible job of staying true of the vision of humanlike robots. The rest of the story, in typical Kubrikish fashion, was probably less than enthralling for 90% of the viewers because they expect non-stop-action to keep them "entertained". Rather than paying attention to the beauty of the movie and the hard work those actors put in they were bored by long stretches of quiet time and scenes that required thought.
AI was an excellent movie in those regards and should be watched again by you, and anyone else who thinks otherwise, you might see something you didn't the first time... Perhaps you were only regurgitating what you heard in the media around the release date though?
"It will be GREAT," Murphy continued, "and then we will make sequel after sequel. There is no doubt that this is true."
I wasn't aware that a movie being GREAT was a prerequesite for sequels. In fact, why even bother to *plan* on sequels when they aren't necessary?
Why not spend all the time you can being true to the original intent derived from the cartoon and making sure that *this* movie doesn't get the raving piss-poor reviews that Fantastic Four did (people going to see it on opening weekend doesn't mean it's good folks).
Just make the movie and let the market decide whether a sequel is necessary. We're not talking about a story that deserves sequels (like LOTR) either.
Just because it was a serial cartoon doesn't mean the movie has to be.
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You added that it will "be kept in a 3D database linked to every other anti-terrorist database out there". I didn't see that in the article.
From the article (emphasis mine):
BlueBear Network develops and markets the world's first system that uses biometrics and text records to securely and simultaneously search and share biometric and records information among linked police and integrated justice databases.
I really don't understand the extreme privacy advocates.
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I respond to everything that Tivo has been doing that's pro-advertising and anti-customer by calling them and speaking to a supervisor.
Yeah, the CSRs and their supervisors probably don't care (and in fact, the last time I called to complain about them putting ads in when I fast foward was met with "tough, it's not of question of if, it's a matter of when.") but I still call to let them know.
Luckily, I was recently blessed with a free DirecTivo and a year of free receiver payments because DirecTV's new screensaver functionality pushed down w/their most recent firmware updates gets recorded by my Tivo and cannot be disabled...
I will be cancelling my Tivo subscription this week (now that I am satisfied with my DirecTivo's performance and price) and letting them know that I am not just canceling due to DirecTivo, I'm cancelling due to their pro-advertising and anti- customer stance.
They have several... They are called "Subscribers". I have done by job multiple times and been thanked by the editors via e-mail at least a handful of times... Yet there have been just as many (if not more) times that I have submitted the story as being duped and it has been ignored.
:)
So, we are paying to do their jobs *and* we are being ignored.
It's almost as good as being a Union employee!
I wasn't clear I guess. The device disables the external output when the files are DRMd thus you cannot view it on anything except the tiny screen unless you are playing a non-DRM file.
And if it works anything like the Archos then it's DRMd and outputting stuff like DVDs recorded to the device won't work unless you have an intermediate step between the record and putting it on the device.
This picture of the keyboard shows a Firefox icon on the left side. Someone had complained the last time this was Slashvertised that they wouldn't use a keyboard that had an IE icon on it.
;-)
I guess they listened
What's wrong with taking notes in class using a pen and paper? If anything, it is probably quicker than trying to use one of these little doodads.
I type faster and easier than I can write. I can search what I write easily. Other people can read (and receive) what I write without interpreting and exchange of money.
Personally? I type with my thumbs about as fast as I type which is about 100x faster than I can write. Yeah, I can scribble something down quickly but I spend 3x as long trying to decipher what I wrote later.
What ever happened to people on Slashdot being pro-tech and not luddites?
People like you are what is wrong with this website.
People like me are the ones that make this website better. We continually add worthwhile content and push the "WE PWN YOU GAY FAGS, LONG LIVE DUMBLEDORE" idiots down to the bottom with well thought out and well researched posts that are on-topic.
People like you, who piss and moan about nothing, are the ones that ruin it.
How do we stop people from hacking websites and causing disturbances?
You immediately patch when the coders tell you that it's in your best interests to do so. Regardless of "outdated and wrong thinking" it protects you.
I'm sorry but when it is suggested by a team of individuals that work *very* close to a project tell me, "Upgrading your existing Drupal sites is highly recommend." (emphasis their's), I do it.
Still, even if they had taken time to "test" the patch as you claim they should, then they had 10 days to do so which should have been plenty of time.
The original troller isn't doing anything but spouting uninformed trash:
a) the project is open source -- why would they need to put forth money to find and secure holes? They do it on a regular basis as it is (and as was proven by the patch available on 6/29)
b) they obviously have no idea what they are talking about when they mention the 10k donated (see this post) as it's *all* going to the backend servers.
I may be pro-Drupal but I'm certainly not doing it because I'm a parrot. At least my post was based on researched facts.
I hope that they use some of that $10,000 in donations that they received to patch any additional security problems.
How is this insightful? It's nothing but an uninformed troll...
Drupal's staff has already stated that it is using *all* of the money donated for server and backend stuff as that's what the community expected it to be used for when they donated.
Drupal is just like any other piece of open source software... It has bugs, they are patched, and the notifications of the necessity to patch go out to the end users. It's then up to the end users to patch.
SpreadFirefox knew of the vunerability for 10 days before they were hacked on the 11th day. It's not Drupal's fault that the admins at SpreadFirefox didn't bother to upgrade.
Registered users at the promotional Mozilla community site SpreadFirefox.com were greeted this morning by an e-mail informing them that a July 10 security breach could potentially have enabled attackers to acquire a massive amount of private user data.
It is likely that exploit was facilitated by a recently discovered vulnerability in Drupal, the open source CMS utilized by SpreadFirefox and other community sites. I have not yet been able to verify my suspicions on the matter, as the Mozilla Foundation has not yet revealed exactly which vulnerability was exploited.
If it was due to the vulnerability present in older versions of Drupal (pre June 29th) then it was the admins of spreadfirefox.com that left it unpatched until July 10th (11 days). There is no excuse for that kind of delay in patching a vulnerability on a system that could affect as many users as SpreadFirefox caters to.
A Longhorn feature that everyone hopes is vaporware!
Unfortunately it will be the one feature that will end up being required by the US Government to "curb piracy" and "fill pockets full of money".
See here for how I used a Bash script to integrate a random Gallery v1 image into Drupal.
Slashdot won't let me post it anonymously, sorry.
With the unexpected server donation from Sun, could the money raised have been better spent on something other than more servers?
If you had read the linked information from the blurb you would have found out that the Drupal team decided that putting all the money towards server/backend stuff is what the community would want.
The community thought that they money they were donating was for a server to host Drupal at the OSL. When the donations went *way* over what Drupal originally needed the staff still felt that it should remain w/the server side.
They also mentioned that they might have used some of that money to start up the Drupal Foundation but decided that additional money, already promised to them by various sources, would go to that instead (i.e. Summer of Code by Google).
Maybe Slashcode should adopt a system that automatically links to topics that the story poster does not define.
A simple search for druapl in your little Firefox/Google Toolbar box would have brought you the information you needed.
Well, considering that it is being backed so heavily by the community and is used on larger sites (i.e. mozilla.org) I would say that it has its place among the others...
I haven't tried all of the above but I did examine PHPNuke for a short time because of Gallery's ability to easily integrate with it. I gave up on PHPNuke and went w/Drupal instead because of word-of-mouth even though Gallery v1 doesn't support Drupal integration.
I came up with my own way to integrate my existing Gallery v1 setup into Drupal because their "blocks" allow you to run custom PHP code (or any code via external calls) in them.
I have been quite pleased with Drupal and am looking forward to the new directions all the donations by the community, Sun, and OSL will bring.
Soon to be a thing of the past.
And you're not half so smart as you think you are. So please, shut the fuck up, asshole.
I'm all about cursing and not linking intelligence factor to it but, man, that post was worthless trolling!
At least if you're going to try to make a valid argument that somehow relates to my intelligence and lack of good judgement in regards to movies then, in the future, might I suggest a different approach?
Douchebag.
Sharp did not disclose what products would use the new panel, but said it could eventually find uses in mobile phones, personal computers, car navigation systems and in various commercial applications.
Personal computers, TVs, and various commercial applications (whatever those might be) seem to make sense for this technology but I'm at a loss for what mobile phones and car navigation systems need it for...
Mobile phone screens are tiny, need to remain tiny, and shouldn't be attempting to distract drivers any more than they already are. Why do people need to see two things at once on a phone?
Car navigation systems are "small" in order to not completely take over the entire dash and leave room for other shit. Why would a car's navigation screen need to be smaller, making it more difficult to navigate with, while increasing distraction?
If you are wanting a strange, beautiful, weird, and strange movie, I would recommend Brazil or The Life Aquatic.
I have seen both. The Life Aquatic isn't even in the same "beauty" ballpark that I'm talking about. In fact, the movie was so boring and tired that I passed out.
AI, OTOH, is an amazing cinematic work meant for people that like to enjoy movies deeper than the crap that you generally see on the screen.
I don't expect the typical moviegoer to understand that though.
Let's hope it's not another AI flop. Seriously though, cool concept, but I'm curious as to how they're going to pull it off "live action"
Are you somehow trying to infer that the reason that AI "flopped" was because of the actors not successfully pulling off acting like the director's vision of humanlike robots?
If that's what you meant, I'm sorry to inform you that you are absolutely wrong. The actors did an incredible job of staying true of the vision of humanlike robots. The rest of the story, in typical Kubrikish fashion, was probably less than enthralling for 90% of the viewers because they expect non-stop-action to keep them "entertained". Rather than paying attention to the beauty of the movie and the hard work those actors put in they were bored by long stretches of quiet time and scenes that required thought.
AI was an excellent movie in those regards and should be watched again by you, and anyone else who thinks otherwise, you might see something you didn't the first time... Perhaps you were only regurgitating what you heard in the media around the release date though?
"It will be GREAT," Murphy continued, "and then we will make sequel after sequel. There is no doubt that this is true."
I wasn't aware that a movie being GREAT was a prerequesite for sequels. In fact, why even bother to *plan* on sequels when they aren't necessary?
Why not spend all the time you can being true to the original intent derived from the cartoon and making sure that *this* movie doesn't get the raving piss-poor reviews that Fantastic Four did (people going to see it on opening weekend doesn't mean it's good folks).
Just make the movie and let the market decide whether a sequel is necessary. We're not talking about a story that deserves sequels (like LOTR) either.
Just because it was a serial cartoon doesn't mean the movie has to be.
You wrote:
You added that it will "be kept in a 3D database linked to every other anti-terrorist database out there". I didn't see that in the article.
From the article (emphasis mine):
BlueBear Network develops and markets the world's first system that uses biometrics and text records to securely and simultaneously search and share biometric and records information among linked police and integrated justice databases.
I really don't understand the extreme privacy advocates.
Do you understand now?
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