I understand your point that he knows too much to ever be a normal guy flipping burgers at McDonalds again, but that really doesn't argue against my point that he is no longer in control of the CIA, which is what I meant by former head of the CIA. Yeah, he knows a lot, but he doesn't run the show anymore, in the same way that Clinton knows a lot, but is no longer making any decisions. The point is that he is not currently in control, not that he will ever be a normal citizen again.
Before you go freaking out with you tinfoil hats, read that article's title again. He is the FORMER director of the CIA, which means that now he is just a guy with an opinion, just like us (only with probably fewer computers/components sitting around unused in his house/parents' basement). He has no real authority over anything right now, he just has more of a voice because of his previous job as head of the CIA.
I'm not saying that this is not newsworthy, but I submitted an article about the resignation of Sec. of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, and it got declined. How is this more important (in terms of the direct affect on my life) than that? I would have thought that in the Politics section of Slashdot, the resignation of a cabinet member would be newsworthy.
Oh well, flame on, my friends.
They are comparing China to Canada. I mean, come on, can't we get a better country to compare to than one that has police officers using elk as their means of transportation?
I have grown so tired of the AOL IM client (for a multitude of obvious reasons, not the least of which is excessive bloating), but I find myself stuck with AIM because *everyone* is using it.
I would love to see a google solution. Google could take over the world for all I care right now. They keep kicking out quality products, and I keep on eating them up. kudos, GOOG.
Also remember that most americans didn't vote for George Bush in the last election.
Actually, most Americans didn't vote for Clinton in '92 either (he won a plurality, not a majority). And really, if you are trying to make the point of what MOST Americans did, most don't normally vote. We don't normally see voter turnout exceed 30 or 40%.
I see what you are trying to say, I just think you need to check your facts/wordage so as not to mislead readers.
I like a lot of what the ACLU does, but I have to agree that they have very little consistency lately, and therefore, very little credibility.
That is not so much an anger-driven charge as it is a warning to them. Losing credibility by making nonsesical arguments such as the ones posted above only makes them more and more powerless in today's society.
We need a group like what the ACLU claims to be, not what it actually is starting to become, which is a politcally motivated group with an agenda.
I do like the idea of the ACLU being around, and that is why I want them to watch themselves. It is certainly not that I hate them and want them gone.
When I read this article the first time, I emailed it to a friend of mine who works in the Pyrotechnics division at Disney World, and he replied saying that he didn't know what prompted them to write that article when they did -- Disney has been using that technology for several years now. Oh well, I guess old news is still news. Maybe it was just a slow news day the first time/. had that article, and an even slower news day this time...
Since game development can take a looong time, if it came down to delaying the movies for the sake of releasing the game during the hype of the movies, the short answer is "no."
I used to read RS, but have found it to be increasingly policitally charged (more than ever) recently, to the point where I can no longer read it.
It is not as much the direction that the magazine leans politically as it is the fact that it leans at all. A music mag should be about music.
While I am not a professional photographer/videographer, I do know that photographing and videotaping surfing is largely restricted due to the problems related to having lots of expensive equipment in the water. Currently, a lot of the video/pictures you see of surfers are from land, and they aren't nearly as cool as the shots from the water, inside the tube.
While most people seem to be passing this idea off, this really could lead to some cool photos/videos coming from the water. Granted, the technology would probably need a lot of tweaking. It may not seem all that worthwile of a product to develop, but I do think there is slightly more use to this than most people seem to be giving credit for.
Plus, I am a geek, so I will probably be the one on those beaches trying to get onto the wireless networks that they are using.
"A Computerworld Article reports a pair of vulnerabilities to Internet Explorer that allow Windows machines to be 0wned by a single click on a malicious web page."
This isn't the only occurance of such an exploit. Windows machines can also be easily owned by a single click on Dell.com. I believe it is the "Buy it now" button.
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I understand your point that he knows too much to ever be a normal guy flipping burgers at McDonalds again, but that really doesn't argue against my point that he is no longer in control of the CIA, which is what I meant by former head of the CIA. Yeah, he knows a lot, but he doesn't run the show anymore, in the same way that Clinton knows a lot, but is no longer making any decisions. The point is that he is not currently in control, not that he will ever be a normal citizen again.
Before you go freaking out with you tinfoil hats, read that article's title again. He is the FORMER director of the CIA, which means that now he is just a guy with an opinion, just like us (only with probably fewer computers/components sitting around unused in his house/parents' basement). He has no real authority over anything right now, he just has more of a voice because of his previous job as head of the CIA.
I'm not saying that this is not newsworthy, but I submitted an article about the resignation of Sec. of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, and it got declined. How is this more important (in terms of the direct affect on my life) than that?
I would have thought that in the Politics section of Slashdot, the resignation of a cabinet member would be newsworthy.
Oh well, flame on, my friends.
promising news: googletv.com is registered by Google.
not as promising news: they registered it in March of 2000.
And glaucoma sufferers are 77% more likely to smoke pot. Therefore, nerds = potheads.
yes, that was intended entirely as a joke. i hope my neighbors to the north can forgive me.
They are comparing China to Canada. I mean, come on, can't we get a better country to compare to than one that has police officers using elk as their means of transportation?
In other news, the phrase "ipod killer" has been replaced with a new foriegn phrase on slashdot: "ipod competitor."
4664 is how you would type "GOOG" using a cell-phone keypad. I don't know what you mean about looking at it upside-down.
I would guess the index is saved on your machine, since you don't need to be online to do a search of your own PC.
I would love to see a google solution. Google could take over the world for all I care right now. They keep kicking out quality products, and I keep on eating them up. kudos, GOOG.
Seems that these "killers" aren't real dangerous. It is the ipod that is killing everything else, truth be told.
Actually, most Americans didn't vote for Clinton in '92 either (he won a plurality, not a majority). And really, if you are trying to make the point of what MOST Americans did, most don't normally vote. We don't normally see voter turnout exceed 30 or 40%.
I see what you are trying to say, I just think you need to check your facts/wordage so as not to mislead readers.
See, and I thought that it meant that the government was gonna CHARGE me $50 for downloads. If it was pr0n, I would be screwed for life.
I like a lot of what the ACLU does, but I have to agree that they have very little consistency lately, and therefore, very little credibility. That is not so much an anger-driven charge as it is a warning to them. Losing credibility by making nonsesical arguments such as the ones posted above only makes them more and more powerless in today's society. We need a group like what the ACLU claims to be, not what it actually is starting to become, which is a politcally motivated group with an agenda. I do like the idea of the ACLU being around, and that is why I want them to watch themselves. It is certainly not that I hate them and want them gone.
Interestingly, it was also concluded that French surrender 100% of the time.
When I read this article the first time, I emailed it to a friend of mine who works in the Pyrotechnics division at Disney World, and he replied saying that he didn't know what prompted them to write that article when they did -- Disney has been using that technology for several years now. Oh well, I guess old news is still news. Maybe it was just a slow news day the first time /. had that article, and an even slower news day this time...
Since game development can take a looong time, if it came down to delaying the movies for the sake of releasing the game during the hype of the movies, the short answer is "no."
Just when a bunch of nerds thought they had any chance of seeing any sunlight next fall, this news is released.
I used to read RS, but have found it to be increasingly policitally charged (more than ever) recently, to the point where I can no longer read it. It is not as much the direction that the magazine leans politically as it is the fact that it leans at all. A music mag should be about music.
Yeah, the PC part of it takes it too far, but the rest of it doesn't seem like all that bad of an idea.
While most people seem to be passing this idea off, this really could lead to some cool photos/videos coming from the water. Granted, the technology would probably need a lot of tweaking. It may not seem all that worthwile of a product to develop, but I do think there is slightly more use to this than most people seem to be giving credit for.
Plus, I am a geek, so I will probably be the one on those beaches trying to get onto the wireless networks that they are using.
-mike
This isn't the only occurance of such an exploit. Windows machines can also be easily owned by a single click on Dell.com. I believe it is the "Buy it now" button.
I just RTFA, and I am starting to wonder now if Howard Stern WTFA. (The "W" stands for "wrote." I will let you guess what the "F" stands for.)
Thank you for taking the words right out of my mouth... It saved me from having to type that exact same response.