There's a difference between store policy and the law. Despite what I've been told by numerous cashiers, there are (AFAIK) no laws against selling to minors:
-M-rated video games -CDs with the Parental Advisory sticker -tickets to R-rated movies
The trouble with these types of surveys is that the always ask a very specific question and then the media generalizes it. In this case, they asked about "ultraviolent or sexually violent" games and if those games should require parental consent to buy them.
The Slashdot headline broadens the games to simply "violent" and broadens the purchasing restriction to an outright "ban".
I suggest we give the same people a new survey, but ask about "a government ban on mature-themed video games" and see how many people are still for it.
I did something similar. Windows is on my first hard drive (/dev/sda or C:, depending on your point of view) and Linux is on/dev/sdb or D:. I have the BIOS boot/dev/sdb, which is where Grub is. Then, when I boot to Windows, it never has any reason to mangle/dev/sdb, because it sees it as an unformatted D: drive.
So, these sorts of apps can do whatever they want to the first few sectors of/dev/sda, as long as Windows continues to boot, and Linux and GRUB are left untouched.
Fine. I have a $800 desktop of which I use the full functionality in both Windows and Linux. Please send me a check for $800 + the cost of a KVM switch (the KVM must include the switching of three monitors, multiple USB devices, and sound) and I'll adopt your solution.
I called their tech support after trying to get one of their printers to work on Linux. This was before I found out that they use a non-standard and proprietary way to communicate between computer and printer.
The tech asks me if I'm using Windows XP or Vista. I say I'm using Linux. He's says "Windows Linux?" "No, just Linux." "Oh, okay, Windows 98." From there he proceeded to give me help based off the idea that I was running Microsoft Windows 98 Linux Edition.
I believe that the implication is that you can watch HD videos on the screen. It is also possible that you could have a device with an HD screen, but not the capability to watch HD movies.
Have you ever sold a book on Amazon? Or a knick-knack on eBay? Or run a website with ads? Or held a garage sale? Or sold a couch on Craigslist?
Those are all sources of income and you are required, by law, to report them. And if you did so in Philly, you would be required to buy a $300 business license.
But most of us don't bother to report such small transactions, so yes, she is being punished for her honesty.
The problem is that on her taxes, she was asked to list all sources of income. She was honest and listed the blog. Now, she's basically being punished for being honest.
This is like the kid's lemonade stand that got shut down by the health department in Washington or Oregon earlier this month.
There needs to be a little common-sense applied to the operation of governments.
The problem isn't the targeted advertising, it's the tracking.
I have absolutely no problem if an advertiser uses my info to display relevant ads.
I do have a problem with how they get that information and what they do with it after they display the ad.
If a targeted ad has a better response rate than a random ad, then the information used to generate that targeted ad has value; my information is valuable. Now, if ad agencies, companies I do business with, and data wholesalers are all making money off of MY information, then I want a cut.
"I'll give you the information you need to provide me a targeted ad, but I want a nickel first."
Otherwise, IMO, it's just a form of identity and privacy theft.
For the ignorant, please explain what KDE currently uses for composting? I know on my machine it's hardware accelerated and DirectX isn't available on Linux. Doesn't that mean, by default, that they used OpenGL?
The real problem was that nobody knew that it was available. It got plenty of attention on/. and other tech sites, but take an average Joe who owns a smart phone and I guarantee you that he's never heard of it.
It seems that Microsoft already went through this 15 years ago with Word macros. It's kind of scary that these companies that are producing software for looking at / creating documents would enable this sort of functionality in their file formats. I realize that there are a handful of applications where it's beneficial to have a document be able to write to the filesystem, but for 99.99% of documents, what business do they have reading or writing anything?
It would be like if you bought a book, sat it down on your desk, and when you pick it up later, you find that the book was doodling on your desk the whole time.
Over the last 40 years or so, we've seen an incredible pace of technological improvements. Sometimes I wonder if it's going to end soon. And then I see a couple of idiots burning a phone for fun that not-even three years ago sold for $600 and I know that the march of progress continues.
Although, you must consider, the depreciation of those early iPhones is killer. $600 to kindling in three years is pretty bad.
"It was some low paid drone in a call center who made the original decision."
You're absolutely right. But what is happening to us as a species when these drones are so concerned with "following the rules" that they can't show some human compassion? I am really sick and tired of drones who can't/won't help, even on a basic, simple request, because the rulebook says 'no'.
"with careful multithreading, reorganization of memory access patterns, and SIMD optimizations"
Sometimes though, I don't want to spend all week making optimizations. I just want my code to run and run fast. Sure, if you optimize the heck out of a section of code, you can always eek out a bit more performance, but if the unoptimized code can run just as fast (on a GPU), why would I bother?
"The US said it is sure that most criminals use ICQ"
Who actually said that? The article claims "US law enforcement bodies", but doesn't say which ones. It doesn't even say if they are federal, state, local, or private law enforcement bodies.
"Most" criminals is probably too broad. Maybe they meant terrorists. Maybe they meant spies. Who knows? But I doubt that every drug dealer and pimp out there is using ICQ.
And why would criminals all congregate to the same service? There are lots of great ways to disseminate information (text messages, email, phone calls, etc). Why would criminals use only one particular version (ICQ) of a particular method (IM)?
1. 3 monitors and over 4.6 million pixels of desktop space. 2. A full-size keyboard and mouse. 3. 3.5TB of on-board storage and I can easily add more. 4. Real gaming. 5. Ability to transcode movies and music in real-time. 6. Enough processing power to do 3D modeling. 7. Enough processing power to do serious scientific research. 8. A comfortable movie/tv watching experience.
Sorry, the iPhone, iPad, or a laptop just are not going to be able to do any of those anytime in the foreseeable future.
...a vehicle that gets 10mpg is likely driven more miles than a vehicle that gets 50mpg (I'm thinking Bus/tractor trailer vs. mini-cooper/Prius). Given that, then going from 10 to 20 is more fuel economical than going from 50 to 100.
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There's a difference between store policy and the law. Despite what I've been told by numerous cashiers, there are (AFAIK) no laws against selling to minors:
-M-rated video games
-CDs with the Parental Advisory sticker
-tickets to R-rated movies
The trouble with these types of surveys is that the always ask a very specific question and then the media generalizes it. In this case, they asked about "ultraviolent or sexually violent" games and if those games should require parental consent to buy them.
The Slashdot headline broadens the games to simply "violent" and broadens the purchasing restriction to an outright "ban".
I suggest we give the same people a new survey, but ask about "a government ban on mature-themed video games" and see how many people are still for it.
It's just like Slashdot for someone to insert their Internet analogy into the car discussion.
Oh wait.
I did something similar. Windows is on my first hard drive (/dev/sda or C:, depending on your point of view) and Linux is on /dev/sdb or D:. I have the BIOS boot /dev/sdb, which is where Grub is. Then, when I boot to Windows, it never has any reason to mangle /dev/sdb, because it sees it as an unformatted D: drive.
So, these sorts of apps can do whatever they want to the first few sectors of /dev/sda, as long as Windows continues to boot, and Linux and GRUB are left untouched.
Fine. I have a $800 desktop of which I use the full functionality in both Windows and Linux. Please send me a check for $800 + the cost of a KVM switch (the KVM must include the switching of three monitors, multiple USB devices, and sound) and I'll adopt your solution.
I called their tech support after trying to get one of their printers to work on Linux. This was before I found out that they use a non-standard and proprietary way to communicate between computer and printer.
The tech asks me if I'm using Windows XP or Vista. I say I'm using Linux. He's says "Windows Linux?" "No, just Linux." "Oh, okay, Windows 98." From there he proceeded to give me help based off the idea that I was running Microsoft Windows 98 Linux Edition.
You know, 854x480 is larger than DVD resolution, which was once considered a high-definition format. That may be what they mean.
I believe that the implication is that you can watch HD videos on the screen. It is also possible that you could have a device with an HD screen, but not the capability to watch HD movies.
Have you ever sold a book on Amazon? Or a knick-knack on eBay? Or run a website with ads? Or held a garage sale? Or sold a couch on Craigslist?
Those are all sources of income and you are required, by law, to report them. And if you did so in Philly, you would be required to buy a $300 business license.
But most of us don't bother to report such small transactions, so yes, she is being punished for her honesty.
The problem is that on her taxes, she was asked to list all sources of income. She was honest and listed the blog. Now, she's basically being punished for being honest.
This is like the kid's lemonade stand that got shut down by the health department in Washington or Oregon earlier this month.
There needs to be a little common-sense applied to the operation of governments.
The problem isn't the targeted advertising, it's the tracking.
I have absolutely no problem if an advertiser uses my info to display relevant ads.
I do have a problem with how they get that information and what they do with it after they display the ad.
If a targeted ad has a better response rate than a random ad, then the information used to generate that targeted ad has value; my information is valuable. Now, if ad agencies, companies I do business with, and data wholesalers are all making money off of MY information, then I want a cut.
"I'll give you the information you need to provide me a targeted ad, but I want a nickel first."
Otherwise, IMO, it's just a form of identity and privacy theft.
I read that summary so many times thinking that they meant Winter the season, not the person. Only after I RTFA did it finally click.
Note to editors: in these such cases, please use a title to emphasize the fact its a person and not something else. For example, "Mr. Winters".
If 2/3 of the global population supports it, then that means that a little over 2 BILLION PEOPLE are against it.
Timothy is the bettered done editor of Slashdot!
Wow. The future has arrived.
Way to double-check your article, Timothy.
For the ignorant, please explain what KDE currently uses for composting? I know on my machine it's hardware accelerated and DirectX isn't available on Linux. Doesn't that mean, by default, that they used OpenGL?
The real problem was that nobody knew that it was available. It got plenty of attention on /. and other tech sites, but take an average Joe who owns a smart phone and I guarantee you that he's never heard of it.
It seems that Microsoft already went through this 15 years ago with Word macros. It's kind of scary that these companies that are producing software for looking at / creating documents would enable this sort of functionality in their file formats. I realize that there are a handful of applications where it's beneficial to have a document be able to write to the filesystem, but for 99.99% of documents, what business do they have reading or writing anything?
It would be like if you bought a book, sat it down on your desk, and when you pick it up later, you find that the book was doodling on your desk the whole time.
Hmmm, that's odd. I'm running a triple head configuration across two video cards. Which drivers are you using?
Over the last 40 years or so, we've seen an incredible pace of technological improvements. Sometimes I wonder if it's going to end soon. And then I see a couple of idiots burning a phone for fun that not-even three years ago sold for $600 and I know that the march of progress continues.
Although, you must consider, the depreciation of those early iPhones is killer. $600 to kindling in three years is pretty bad.
"It was some low paid drone in a call center who made the original decision."
You're absolutely right. But what is happening to us as a species when these drones are so concerned with "following the rules" that they can't show some human compassion? I am really sick and tired of drones who can't/won't help, even on a basic, simple request, because the rulebook says 'no'.
From the article, you can narrow the gap:
"with careful multithreading, reorganization of memory access patterns, and SIMD optimizations"
Sometimes though, I don't want to spend all week making optimizations. I just want my code to run and run fast. Sure, if you optimize the heck out of a section of code, you can always eek out a bit more performance, but if the unoptimized code can run just as fast (on a GPU), why would I bother?
Seriously, where did they get this claim:
"The US said it is sure that most criminals use ICQ"
Who actually said that? The article claims "US law enforcement bodies", but doesn't say which ones. It doesn't even say if they are federal, state, local, or private law enforcement bodies.
"Most" criminals is probably too broad. Maybe they meant terrorists. Maybe they meant spies. Who knows? But I doubt that every drug dealer and pimp out there is using ICQ.
And why would criminals all congregate to the same service? There are lots of great ways to disseminate information (text messages, email, phone calls, etc). Why would criminals use only one particular version (ICQ) of a particular method (IM)?
1. 3 monitors and over 4.6 million pixels of desktop space.
2. A full-size keyboard and mouse.
3. 3.5TB of on-board storage and I can easily add more.
4. Real gaming.
5. Ability to transcode movies and music in real-time.
6. Enough processing power to do 3D modeling.
7. Enough processing power to do serious scientific research.
8. A comfortable movie/tv watching experience.
Sorry, the iPhone, iPad, or a laptop just are not going to be able to do any of those anytime in the foreseeable future.
...a vehicle that gets 10mpg is likely driven more miles than a vehicle that gets 50mpg (I'm thinking Bus/tractor trailer vs. mini-cooper/Prius). Given that, then going from 10 to 20 is more fuel economical than going from 50 to 100.