sit at home, hack perl code, and watch tv/listen to music. I work in my underwear most days...in fact I'm posting in my underwear. I have sex while i'm at work when my gf comes over. I can drink if i want, smoke whenever i want, get a tan on my deck since i have a laptop, whatever i want. sometimes i walk downtown and go to a coffee shop for a change of scenery.
plus i get paid well:) what more can I ask for? maybe i could buy a house close to where i am now, which is 3 blocks from the beach.
why do you think encryption key generators use keystrokes for randomness? typing on the keyboard creates chaos...it takes the stability of the [computer] system even further from just having it turned on, which is quite chaotic compared to having your computer turned off. The power comes from somewhere, and somewhere up that river things are being destroyed in order to send you electrons so you can turn on the computer, induce a state of chaos and end up with what some might say is a pretty damn good piece of software.
And, any engineer would refer you to the second law of thermodynamics: all systems will tend towards increasing entropy. Every bridge is doomed to collapse, engineers just delay that fact.
are the leading software applications of 4 years ago still the leading software apps today? Times change, people change, needs change, to answer your offtopic question.
Stirring anger is a motive, however I'd like to think of it as a next to last resort, before a violent uprising.
if you really think that the world is doomed and nothing you can do can fix anything then you might as well kill yourself and get out of my way:-) (the royal you, not necessarily you specifically)
Voting for the lesser of two evils is better than not voting at all. If you're about to be killed, and the murderer says "should I use this shotgun and blow your head off, or stick you with tiny needles until you bleed to death?" would you make a choice or let him choose? Not to say that our government elections are akin to murder per se (though some might interpret them as such).
Government participation is important after the election too, there are many websites that make it easy to send letters to your elected officials to tell them your opinion. That way you can make a difference every day for their elected term, instead of just once every few years. Don't say I'm full of shit if you don't try.
I 100% agree. I get in political discussion with folks who complain about the system not working...when I ask if they write their representatives they say no. I ask if they vote, they say they aren't registered. How dare someone say the system is broken when they've never bothered to participate!! Register to vote if you haven't already and GET OUT AND BE HEARD. Vote on election days, write your senators and representative whenever you have something for the government to hear. A government of the people means we are their bosses! They don't listen to the majority, they lose their job. And don't say to me "the/. geeks will never be the majority" until you all are registered to vote and participate in our government! It's more important for us to do it now more than ever...
you give a bunch of kids guns and they're going to screw up no matter how many times a seargeant tells them they're a 5 foot queer pile of shit from texas.
there's a cynical sarcasm to my comment, in case you have trouble hearing my voice.
The difference is that the decryption algorithm is not what is being protected, it is the work that is encrypted that is being protected by copyright law. DMCA is irrelevant in this line of discussion.
publications may contain original ideas and original words...an h-bomb is phsyics. if newton didn't write down the rules of gravity someone else would've. anyone with sufficient knowledge of atomics can derive the methods of creating an h-bomb.
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totally...mail.app is the absolute 100% best IMAP client I've ever used. I was using pine since 1995 until I got my powerbook.
I learned the secret of time travel while from star trek and IMing with my boss in south carolina :)
oh, but i left my last job b/c the boss was a lying, cheating bastage. ethics made me leave.
sit at home, hack perl code, and watch tv/listen to music. I work in my underwear most days...in fact I'm posting in my underwear. I have sex while i'm at work when my gf comes over. I can drink if i want, smoke whenever i want, get a tan on my deck since i have a laptop, whatever i want. sometimes i walk downtown and go to a coffee shop for a change of scenery.
:) what more can I ask for? maybe i could buy a house close to where i am now, which is 3 blocks from the beach.
plus i get paid well
his job really stinks.
why do you think encryption key generators use keystrokes for randomness? typing on the keyboard creates chaos...it takes the stability of the [computer] system even further from just having it turned on, which is quite chaotic compared to having your computer turned off. The power comes from somewhere, and somewhere up that river things are being destroyed in order to send you electrons so you can turn on the computer, induce a state of chaos and end up with what some might say is a pretty damn good piece of software.
And, any engineer would refer you to the second law of thermodynamics: all systems will tend towards increasing entropy. Every bridge is doomed to collapse, engineers just delay that fact.
are the leading software applications of 4 years ago still the leading software apps today? Times change, people change, needs change, to answer your offtopic question.
Stirring anger is a motive, however I'd like to think of it as a next to last resort, before a violent uprising.
if you really think that the world is doomed and nothing you can do can fix anything then you might as well kill yourself and get out of my way :-) (the royal you, not necessarily you specifically)
Voting for the lesser of two evils is better than not voting at all. If you're about to be killed, and the murderer says "should I use this shotgun and blow your head off, or stick you with tiny needles until you bleed to death?" would you make a choice or let him choose? Not to say that our government elections are akin to murder per se (though some might interpret them as such).
Government participation is important after the election too, there are many websites that make it easy to send letters to your elected officials to tell them your opinion. That way you can make a difference every day for their elected term, instead of just once every few years. Don't say I'm full of shit if you don't try.
I 100% agree. I get in political discussion with folks who complain about the system not working...when I ask if they write their representatives they say no. I ask if they vote, they say they aren't registered. How dare someone say the system is broken when they've never bothered to participate!! Register to vote if you haven't already and GET OUT AND BE HEARD. Vote on election days, write your senators and representative whenever you have something for the government to hear. A government of the people means we are their bosses! They don't listen to the majority, they lose their job. And don't say to me "the /. geeks will never be the majority" until you all are registered to vote and participate in our government! It's more important for us to do it now more than ever...
you give a bunch of kids guns and they're going to screw up no matter how many times a seargeant tells them they're a 5 foot queer pile of shit from texas.
there's a cynical sarcasm to my comment, in case you have trouble hearing my voice.
OTOH M$ should thank the code thiefs for expediting their QA process :-)
I think you're more in for a SCOning than a stoning ;)
Personally, I treat slashdot like the rest of the internet. you all are a faceless lot of text for my consumption :-)
so many people are in a fuss about how insecure this is. Gansters have been using secret knocks+password for ages to get into their hideouts.
"knock, pause, knock knock, pause, knock"
"what's the password?"
"new england clam chowder"
I call it Decadent Capitalism.
or in this case,
In India, they send the job to you!
sound like someone's read Ayn Rand
I'm thinking a yodeler running a meth lab from the alps, popping ricolas all day long.
i got my ipod almost specifically for use on planes!!!
i think you had too many...
The difference is that the decryption algorithm is not what is being protected, it is the work that is encrypted that is being protected by copyright law. DMCA is irrelevant in this line of discussion.
publications may contain original ideas and original words...an h-bomb is phsyics. if newton didn't write down the rules of gravity someone else would've. anyone with sufficient knowledge of atomics can derive the methods of creating an h-bomb.
just playing devil's advocate...