It's Slashdot's anti-intellectualism and it's going to be coming out in force for this article. Not only can you expect bashing of Ivy League schools, but also prepare for belittlement of liberal education and even university in general. Yes siree, it's all the people without college degrees out there that really make the world turn...
and buying out small software firms so they can rebadge their software as their own.
Not that there's anything wrong with that - spyware is a serious problem for many Windows users, so it's good to see that Microsoft is being proactive about it and probably building these measures into their next OS release. They employ some of the smartest coders on earth there so it's not really a stretch to expect that they'll get the job done with this newest acquisition.
I doubt that this journalist really meant to hurt his country buy writing his story, but is it really such a wise idea to leak such sensitive information to the public? Even now, America's numerous enemies could be reading this article and probing out the weaknesses in the system that is exposed by all this unintentional public disclosure.
I think it's time for journalists to get a serious code of ethics. They should not be out to harm the country that pays for their lifestyle and even explicitly protects the right to do their jobs. I hope that this article is reconsidered swiftly before it causes even more harm to U.S. national security.
Considering that the Windows platform has never had the ability to parallel compute in the past
Gee, so that's why my friends in the CFD group have been running flow solving codes using MPI and Windows 2000 machines! Because Windows can't parallel compute!
I guess when you're a high-tech 21st century janitor and automechanic combined, you don't have anything to do with the design of large compute programs. That doesn't give you the right, though, to spread your ignorance.
But don't most major broadband ISPs like Comcast and Verizon already block outgoing connections to port 25? How do spammers acquires these armies of zombie machines and actually send mail via SMTP?
Does everything you're asking for and more. Even plays games! And it's quiet and much, much cheaper than any box of substandard parts you could throw together and put Linux on.
There's even a little bonus if you're one of the kind that really hates Microsoft - they sell their hardware at a loss, so if you don't buy any XBox games, you've basically incurred a (small) loss for them.
Pick one up on eBay, you can always find plenty there.
The mere fact that they left out Knuth is enough to shoot this list's credibility to hell for me. The man wrote TeX and possibly the most comprehensive and well-known volumes about computer science.
Ah, so I suppose you have a racing record behind you that compares to Jackie Stewart's? I can only assume this is the kind of expertise you must have, as you clearly seem to know more about the nuances of race driving than someone who is arguably the greatest Formula 1 driver to have ever raced.
Actually, the BioPace chainrings you speak of were retired after they were shown to damage the knees. However, the idea of a non-circular chainring will not die, and Bobby Julich rode one to a bronze medal during the 2004 Olympics.
There's no telling how bad an effect this could have on Free Software. With Microsoft already trying to crush innovation in Linux over here in the states, I can see this new move towards more patent laws as only extending their grip to Free Europe. Hopefully, the people of Europe are more aware of what their government is doing than we are, and consequently will be writing their legislatures in larger numbers than the small IP-aware group that resides in the US.
It's a shame to see that this is almost definitely going to happen. With the abundance of bogus patents already granted in the US, it's only a matter of time before people start seeing obvious and old ideas being patented by corporations that exist solely to sue others into submission and profit from the legal entanglements while the lawyers are busy sorting everything out. I can't believe that Europeans would be so dumb as to bring this upon themselves, and can only conclude that the US is strongly pressuring them to come around to their point of view vis-a-vis intellectual "property".
Who's in the US pressuring Europe into this, why are they doing this, and how can we stop them?
One has to wonder, how far does this text-messaging monitoring extend? Is it limited to just the US (where text messaging is still relatively uncommon), or does it extend to other countries? I have the Phillipines in particular in mind here, since, according to a recent article in Wired, they are one of the most text-message-heavy countries on Earth. Is this stuff logged on some phone company's text message server forever?
I guess this will lead people to reconsider exactly what kind of information they pass along on an unencrypted channel such as text messaging, now that it looks like Big Brother is more than willing to access it in order to put you away for crimes you probably didn't commit. I can only feel bad for Mr. Bryant, who, on the eve of winning the NBA championships, has to deal with this nightmare of government-sponsored privacy intrusion and wasn't smart enough to know better beforehand. I hope this serves as a lesson to others, before more people get burned.
I find it odd that they didn't opt for a free alternative to Star Office such as Open Office. Frankly, it seems that Open Office would have better support for foreign languages such as Quebecois French than Star Office would. Plus, since it's free, they would have the support of not just one company, but an entire community devoted to helping each other out in using the software.
It's too bad they didn't disclose what the "minimum cost" was, because it would be interesting to have someone calculate the money they would've been able to save by using the readily available open source alternative. The Open Office people have been doing a tremendous job in making their application more user friendly and easy to set up, I can't imagine them expending much on personell to support it.
I learned a lot about the theory that Alan Turing basically either laid the groundwork for or created wholesale himself in the course of my CS education. I'm in awe of his genius - truly this was a great man.
However, I find it tragic and apalling that his life had to end the way it did. With the rampant homophobia in the UK at the time (and, some would say, such feeling still exists, albeit now driven underground), he had no choice but to end his life, else he would face a lifetime of torment and living in the shadows. It's really too bad that otherwise great nations do such stupid things and end up killing their greatest minds. Here's to you, Alan. *clink*
Actually, it's not that bad. If you're interested in this field, I highly recommend picking up this book and giving it a good read. It's a really cool area of physical simulations, in my opinion.
Why anybody use this if they essentially have to donate their bandwidth to the serving of some company's files? Doesn't making your customers pay for your bandwidth seem, oh, I dunno, shady and cheap?
There are many places in the world where bandwidth is metered and charged for the amount of data transferred. Unfortunately, it looks like this was written by a bunch of Americans and college students who don't have to pay for their bandwidth usage and seem willfully ignorant of the entire rest of the world out there. I, for one, will not be sharing my bandwidth for something that should be provided by the file's source.
Just when Apple looked like it was going to have a viable model for distributing music online, here comes an IP zealot who is hell bent on breaking any DRM scheme, no matter how permissive.
He has left Apple with a rather unpleasant choice: either make the DRM much more restrictive, or shut down the service altogether, because you can be sure that the RIAA won't let Apple continue distributing in an easily-pirated format. I couldn't think of a better argument to give the supporters of hardware DRM. Thanks for ruining it for the rest of us, Jon. I hope your Feds raid your house and "accidently" shoot you.
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Where in the world did you get that? You guys on Slashdot are fucking maniacs.
It's Slashdot's anti-intellectualism and it's going to be coming out in force for this article. Not only can you expect bashing of Ivy League schools, but also prepare for belittlement of liberal education and even university in general. Yes siree, it's all the people without college degrees out there that really make the world turn...
Not that there's anything wrong with that - spyware is a serious problem for many Windows users, so it's good to see that Microsoft is being proactive about it and probably building these measures into their next OS release. They employ some of the smartest coders on earth there so it's not really a stretch to expect that they'll get the job done with this newest acquisition.
I think it's time for journalists to get a serious code of ethics. They should not be out to harm the country that pays for their lifestyle and even explicitly protects the right to do their jobs. I hope that this article is reconsidered swiftly before it causes even more harm to U.S. national security.
Gee, so that's why my friends in the CFD group have been running flow solving codes using MPI and Windows 2000 machines! Because Windows can't parallel compute!
I guess when you're a high-tech 21st century janitor and automechanic combined, you don't have anything to do with the design of large compute programs. That doesn't give you the right, though, to spread your ignorance.
But don't most major broadband ISPs like Comcast and Verizon already block outgoing connections to port 25? How do spammers acquires these armies of zombie machines and actually send mail via SMTP?
Wow, remind me to avoid your DVD production business in the future.
There's even a little bonus if you're one of the kind that really hates Microsoft - they sell their hardware at a loss, so if you don't buy any XBox games, you've basically incurred a (small) loss for them.
Pick one up on eBay, you can always find plenty there.
The mere fact that they left out Knuth is enough to shoot this list's credibility to hell for me. The man wrote TeX and possibly the most comprehensive and well-known volumes about computer science.
Ah, so I suppose you have a racing record behind you that compares to Jackie Stewart's? I can only assume this is the kind of expertise you must have, as you clearly seem to know more about the nuances of race driving than someone who is arguably the greatest Formula 1 driver to have ever raced.
Actually, the BioPace chainrings you speak of were retired after they were shown to damage the knees. However, the idea of a non-circular chainring will not die, and Bobby Julich rode one to a bronze medal during the 2004 Olympics.
It's a shame to see that this is almost definitely going to happen. With the abundance of bogus patents already granted in the US, it's only a matter of time before people start seeing obvious and old ideas being patented by corporations that exist solely to sue others into submission and profit from the legal entanglements while the lawyers are busy sorting everything out. I can't believe that Europeans would be so dumb as to bring this upon themselves, and can only conclude that the US is strongly pressuring them to come around to their point of view vis-a-vis intellectual "property".
Who's in the US pressuring Europe into this, why are they doing this, and how can we stop them?
I guess this will lead people to reconsider exactly what kind of information they pass along on an unencrypted channel such as text messaging, now that it looks like Big Brother is more than willing to access it in order to put you away for crimes you probably didn't commit. I can only feel bad for Mr. Bryant, who, on the eve of winning the NBA championships, has to deal with this nightmare of government-sponsored privacy intrusion and wasn't smart enough to know better beforehand. I hope this serves as a lesson to others, before more people get burned.
It's too bad they didn't disclose what the "minimum cost" was, because it would be interesting to have someone calculate the money they would've been able to save by using the readily available open source alternative. The Open Office people have been doing a tremendous job in making their application more user friendly and easy to set up, I can't imagine them expending much on personell to support it.
However, I find it tragic and apalling that his life had to end the way it did. With the rampant homophobia in the UK at the time (and, some would say, such feeling still exists, albeit now driven underground), he had no choice but to end his life, else he would face a lifetime of torment and living in the shadows. It's really too bad that otherwise great nations do such stupid things and end up killing their greatest minds. Here's to you, Alan. *clink*
Actually, it's not that bad. If you're interested in this field, I highly recommend picking up this book and giving it a good read. It's a really cool area of physical simulations, in my opinion.
Did that article summary make sense to anybody?
No. Because MP3.com is for gay niggers.
It's really embarassing.
Cocaine is a helluva drug.
There are many places in the world where bandwidth is metered and charged for the amount of data transferred. Unfortunately, it looks like this was written by a bunch of Americans and college students who don't have to pay for their bandwidth usage and seem willfully ignorant of the entire rest of the world out there. I, for one, will not be sharing my bandwidth for something that should be provided by the file's source.
Oh yeah, God forbid you burn it to CD. You can do that, you know.
He has left Apple with a rather unpleasant choice: either make the DRM much more restrictive, or shut down the service altogether, because you can be sure that the RIAA won't let Apple continue distributing in an easily-pirated format. I couldn't think of a better argument to give the supporters of hardware DRM. Thanks for ruining it for the rest of us, Jon. I hope your Feds raid your house and "accidently" shoot you.
Show Gay Niggers From Outer Space. You will not regret it.
Whoa, whoa. Back off now, buddy.