No you're not. Cybersquatters make loads of money buying domain names they know some people will be giving the high bid for. They take advantage of the fact that some people or company actually believe cyber-indentity is important. eBay has tons of those, listed with ridiculous prices.
Or just look at gMail, when it went Beta. Thousands of people were selling their souls on various websites, exchanging porn collections, giving money just to have an invitation in the hope or registering their name before someone else does.
Seriously, hunger as you refer to it is not a disease but more of a political problem. Food and other resources are controled and dispatched in such a way that some people do not get any. But we're not lacking food and, again, hunger itself is not a disease.
...diseases caused by natural bodily functions. In cases like this, medicine is all too willing to look at simply interrupting one of the chemical reactions in the body
Again, we're facing and finding solutions to symptoms. Often, we do not have to cure anything as if it's a natural reaction, it will go away. It's the people making the choice of being treated or taking this or that pill so as to not endure the pain while it lasts. And what disease are caused by natural bodily functions?
Yup. Been there, done that. There are indeed lots of neat ideas for halloween parties. But they're either childish or cost an arm and a leg. Thank you for your suggestions! I'm also looking for new things to do, fun ways to use that dusty webcam, cool computer-assisted games, totally geeky special effects with a simple LEDs-and-AA-battery setup, DIY motion detectors, sound effects for that logitech sub-woofer, sounds activated by something, toys to interact with, everyday mechanisms that can be reused to animate some prop, etc... Like creating a Flash-based fortune-teller, having a brain-in-a-jar speak by itself using an mp3 player,...
Also, if I may, here are some rather dark music suggestions for your own party, if you're looking for a better soundtrack than the average Halloween CD. Check out these bands: Am'ganesha'n, Arcana, Fantomas, Apocalyptica, Empyrium, Elend, Diamanda Galas and Boards of Canada. I know most of them can be found in MP3's somewhere (*cough*bittorrent*cough*). And of course, there's Mozarts' Requiem and Carmina Burana. And you'll find plenty of sound effects here.
Man, if there were EVER an article that Slashdotters weren't going to RTFA...
Actually, most Slashdotters use Windows. They bitch about it and truly wish they could be good enough to use Linux, and they talk as if they're the 1337est hax0rs. But they'll read the story. Then they'll come back and bitch about the ads on TFA, hoping to have the 1st post.
Then, your Slashdotter will read the other comments. All of 'em. Then hit reload, for the new ones. Then hit back and reload, for the new stories (but won't beat the rush and will have to wait for the new story, though).
I know, I use Windows and hate it. Yes, I've read TFA -- damn fucking ads! You must be new here. *Reloads*
I can go to the supermarket and eat cheese for free.
Yes, they do. And HBO probably lets you see FREE previews and goodies on their websites and FREE ads on TV.
When they let you taste a tiny cube of cheese, they're not giving you the whole pound of cheese they're trying to sell. And if you decide to shoplift thepound of cheese because the tiny little bit tastes good, then they may very well let go get away with a pile of poison poo spray painted yellow.
I'm all for bitTorrent, but you could have used a better example. There goes the free cheese.
Though I understand your point, I don't completely agree. I think one of the best example would be the internet and the revolution it brought. Yes, I call a revolution having access to such an infinite source of knowledge, having to rethink many business models because of new consumer habits (*ahem*RIAA*ahem*), allowing people to publish their own thoughts and receive feedbacks without having to be ripped off by some publisher (blogs), letting people compare the news and judge by themselves what's true/right or not (CNN vs AlJazeera, for an extreme exemple), and I could go on and on.
And that's just ONE innovation. A major innovation that brought so many changes that we can tell right away it is revolutionary. Even if in 30 or 40 years, the internet is a thing of the past, some other new type of network will emerge to replace it. The internet changed our way of life so much that we can hardly imagine living without it, IMHO.
And no, the same cannot be said about the United States of America.
Oh no? It can't?
Well, when the Terror-Level (TM) turns to orange when some official claims and swears tahat there are WMD in some place we're about to invade for that particular reason, because that particular place IS where all the terrorists train and get money from -- when all that is on the news, on the cover of every newspaper and is being reported by many websites, then yes, the political (religious?) leaders of the United States of America are lying and inciting hatred towards foreign ennmies as if it were the ultimate goal of the day and this in fact distracts Joe Six-Pack from problems at home. Joe will wake up, learn the name of some random terrorist in a country he doesn't know shit about and that bearded asshole will be on his mind the whole day while he drives his fuckin SUV to work.
islamists isn't a word; Islam is the religion, Muslim is the word describing the follower - we don't say Judeaists, we say "Jews"
You're right, we don't say "Judeaists". We say "Zionist" to describe the more extreme Jews. Just like we say Islamists for the more radical elements of that particular religion/group.
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they're not talking about using this to convict people of crimes
And the parent did not have problems with being convicted, but with being searched in the first place.
I doubt I'm alone in this experience.
No you're not. Cybersquatters make loads of money buying domain names they know some people will be giving the high bid for. They take advantage of the fact that some people or company actually believe cyber-indentity is important. eBay has tons of those, listed with ridiculous prices.
Or just look at gMail, when it went Beta. Thousands of people were selling their souls on various websites, exchanging porn collections, giving money just to have an invitation in the hope or registering their name before someone else does.
Our names matter when we interact fora long time online.
:)
On Slashdot, sigs matter more when we interact for a long time online
There, it'll be easier: BREASTS
We can't even cure hunger
...diseases caused by natural bodily functions. In cases like this, medicine is all too willing to look at simply interrupting one of the chemical reactions in the body
Yes we can. Eat.
Seriously, hunger as you refer to it is not a disease but more of a political problem. Food and other resources are controled and dispatched in such a way that some people do not get any. But we're not lacking food and, again, hunger itself is not a disease.
Again, we're facing and finding solutions to symptoms. Often, we do not have to cure anything as if it's a natural reaction, it will go away. It's the people making the choice of being treated or taking this or that pill so as to not endure the pain while it lasts. And what disease are caused by natural bodily functions?
We usually go to BSDM :P
Now THAT's geek! You know, usually, it's BDSM , not BSDM (as in blue screen of death)
That one's just great: http://sam.zoy.org/fun/goatse/pumpkin.jpg
Red Bull glows in UV (black lights). :)
:)
And so does gin-and-tonic!
Just google a bit to get plenty of other ideas
Yup. Been there, done that. There are indeed lots of neat ideas for halloween parties. But they're either childish or cost an arm and a leg. Thank you for your suggestions! I'm also looking for new things to do, fun ways to use that dusty webcam, cool computer-assisted games, totally geeky special effects with a simple LEDs-and-AA-battery setup, DIY motion detectors, sound effects for that logitech sub-woofer, sounds activated by something, toys to interact with, everyday mechanisms that can be reused to animate some prop, etc... Like creating a Flash-based fortune-teller, having a brain-in-a-jar speak by itself using an mp3 player,...
Also, if I may, here are some rather dark music suggestions for your own party, if you're looking for a better soundtrack than the average Halloween CD. Check out these bands: Am'ganesha'n, Arcana, Fantomas, Apocalyptica, Empyrium, Elend, Diamanda Galas and Boards of Canada. I know most of them can be found in MP3's somewhere (*cough*bittorrent*cough*). And of course, there's Mozarts' Requiem and Carmina Burana. And you'll find plenty of sound effects here.
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So it's trespassing? Let the Windows and gates jokes begin...
No, the vast improvements made to the code make it faster and more secure
Somehow, your post got unexpectedly interrupted before you could type "to spread worms". Weird.
Man, if there were EVER an article that Slashdotters weren't going to RTFA...
Actually, most Slashdotters use Windows. They bitch about it and truly wish they could be good enough to use Linux, and they talk as if they're the 1337est hax0rs. But they'll read the story. Then they'll come back and bitch about the ads on TFA, hoping to have the 1st post.
Then, your Slashdotter will read the other comments. All of 'em. Then hit reload, for the new ones. Then hit back and reload, for the new stories (but won't beat the rush and will have to wait for the new story, though).
I know, I use Windows and hate it. Yes, I've read TFA -- damn fucking ads! You must be new here. *Reloads*
Violence in GTA clearly has consequences
Consequences? Nothing happens when you kill someone, and the game goes on.
In Mario the violence is presented almost whimsically.
Perhaps. But when you kill someone, you go to the next level.
I can go to the supermarket and eat cheese for free.
Yes, they do. And HBO probably lets you see FREE previews and goodies on their websites and FREE ads on TV.
When they let you taste a tiny cube of cheese, they're not giving you the whole pound of cheese they're trying to sell. And if you decide to shoplift thepound of cheese because the tiny little bit tastes good, then they may very well let go get away with a pile of poison poo spray painted yellow.
I'm all for bitTorrent, but you could have used a better example. There goes the free cheese.
At issue is a type of network connection called 'peering.'
In other news, the RIAA announced they've stopped an extremely large P2P network.
Duke Nukem Forever.
Oh wait. I ain't Google. Nevermind then...
but I wonder how many people will be happy waiting for some huge word processor applet to download to work on a document
Well, it's not like Word and Excel are quick to load either. And an Office suite can take a lot of space on a hard disk.
Though I understand your point, I don't completely agree. I think one of the best example would be the internet and the revolution it brought. Yes, I call a revolution having access to such an infinite source of knowledge, having to rethink many business models because of new consumer habits (*ahem*RIAA*ahem*), allowing people to publish their own thoughts and receive feedbacks without having to be ripped off by some publisher (blogs), letting people compare the news and judge by themselves what's true/right or not (CNN vs AlJazeera, for an extreme exemple), and I could go on and on.
And that's just ONE innovation. A major innovation that brought so many changes that we can tell right away it is revolutionary. Even if in 30 or 40 years, the internet is a thing of the past, some other new type of network will emerge to replace it. The internet changed our way of life so much that we can hardly imagine living without it, IMHO.
to marketing-friendly news outlets, where they give us free publicity.
Free ads? On Slashdot?! Sheesh. They'd never do that. You must be new here.
all your space stations are belong to us. :P
If we were to launch a probe to see it we'd probably find much of the excitment has moved on,
Actually, if the probe was to move fast enough, it wouldn't miss the show, but rather see the whole thing in fast-forward.
sent here to weed off certain portions of the population deemed unworthy to perform the necessary calculations of the computer Earth.
Bye bye Texas! Mwahehehe
And no, the same cannot be said about the United States of America.
Oh no? It can't?
Well, when the Terror-Level (TM) turns to orange when some official claims and swears tahat there are WMD in some place we're about to invade for that particular reason, because that particular place IS where all the terrorists train and get money from -- when all that is on the news, on the cover of every newspaper and is being reported by many websites, then yes, the political (religious?) leaders of the United States of America are lying and inciting hatred towards foreign ennmies as if it were the ultimate goal of the day and this in fact distracts Joe Six-Pack from problems at home. Joe will wake up, learn the name of some random terrorist in a country he doesn't know shit about and that bearded asshole will be on his mind the whole day while he drives his fuckin SUV to work.
islamists isn't a word; Islam is the religion, Muslim is the word describing the follower - we don't say Judeaists, we say "Jews"
You're right, we don't say "Judeaists". We say "Zionist" to describe the more extreme Jews. Just like we say Islamists for the more radical elements of that particular religion/group.