Where did all the good low-level viruses go? Goddamnit! You don't impress me with VBScript; you do with assembly! Hell, you could probably even combine the two! Just put the binary data payload in your script, (over)write an executable, and voila! the best of both worlds.
An intelligent person should not immediately assume that anything that Google or any other company does is automaticaly good.
An intelligent person should disagree with you.
Google has had so many opportunities to fuck things up, but they have repeatedly chosen not to. Therefore, one can assume that they do not mean to do that.
But then, out of the blue comes these words of legalese:
The contents of your Gmail account also are stored and maintained on Google servers in order to provide the service. Indeed, residual copies of email may remain on our systems, even after you have deleted them from your mailbox or after the termination of your account.
This seems to me to be the standard disclaimer, suggested by the lawyers, in case somebody sues them. It indicates possibility, not probability or definitivity, so I don't think there to be any intent implied.
Now, apply your view to another company---say, Sun. Sun has a spotty track record; they have done "good things" and "bad things" with regularity. Therefore, if a statement like this came out of them, I would be far more skeptical.
You are correct in saying that things would be different if Microsoft were the one saying this. I'm just telling you to ask yourself, "How many times has Microsoft fucked people over?" vs. "How many times has Google fucked people over?"
By the way, we are not turning a blind eye to this. We are simply making note of this, instead of immediately crying foul.
So lay off of us---you sad excuse for an anti-Slashdot AC sheep---until Google actually does something we don't like, m'kay?
If it takes you longer to do your work than what you are given, you should be able to make up the difference on your own non-paid time without being fired.
It's completely different if management is unofficially changing the stats. That's just grease. They should fire someone if he works considerably inefficiently yet completes the task in overtime.
It's that kind of person that takes overtime away from those who deserve the extra.
Couldn't you technically call something like thisautomatic subdomain creation, at which point automatic subdomain creation specifically for the purpose of user accounts becomes simply a matter of usage? In light of this, what actually constitutes a "subdomain"? Did this company actually use the word "subdomain"? I don't think that's a formal definition.
There has to be some kind of technicality they can be caught on. This is just so infathomable.
There are 1 to 37 basic plots, but people seem to keep writing. Of course, there are many more books than games, though people make them for many of the same reasons they write. And as the "industry" matures, it will be just as hard to make a classic.
Congratulations. Thank you for your interpretation of history.
</sarcasm>
I disagree.
You rise to the occasion if the chance is offered to you. You band with like-minded individuals to form a group with more influence than the sum of its parts. Often you know that what you might do might cause wide-spread effects.
It's kind of scary, but I'm actually going to agree with this all-in-one scum:
Markoff also talks to WildTangent's founder Alex St. John, who predicts the PC makers and Intel have a losing strategy.
Most people don't want (or need) the flexibility of a true computer; they want a media suite, and office suite, and games.
The console people are always complaining about too much PC hardware. Well, everybody has different needs, so you can't suffice with one cookie cutter. Instead, have maybe four or five cookie cutters (standard, economy, deluxe, media, etc...), with a small amount of modularity (just like consoles...).
Software comes preloaded, and can be bought and is updated AOL-style (you sign off, it updates to a new patchlevel). Data is stored on some kind of USB memory drive or remotely. A consequence of these is if your machine breaks at the hardware level, you can trade it for a new one (maybe exaggerating there).
Of course not just anybody can develop for these machines: you'll need to license an SDK. Applications are written in some kind of Java/.NET-kind of environment, so software can be box brand-independent, and only first parties need (or maybe can...) to write an architecture-native VM. Architecture will most likely not be a marketing issue (they may all be different).
Oh, did I mention that the boxes are all locked down, laced with DRM, TCPA, DMCA, and any other good acronyms I missed. Software will automatically try to determine if you're trying to do something illegal/illicit (like scanning money, viewing kiddie pr0n, etc...). They might have a backdoor to make it easier for law enforcement to collect evidence.
I recently moved to another house. This place might as well have been built in the 16th century, because that's the last time the previous owners seem to have done anything to the place.
If you walk into the attic, you can see the retrofitted electrical system running to various parts of the house. Which would be OK, except that none of it is modern or grounded, except for the kitchen, which is on a separate circuit.
So I work off my laptop in the kitchen. My desktop is sitting in the corner collecting dust. I would go elsewhere, using wireless, but my cardbus' controller has a tendency to fry cards, like my.11g card. So no wireless.
I have really come to hate being in the kitchen like this. At least one parent is always doing something to piss me off. I need to be away from them. But their fucking renovation (oh, did I forget to mention that?) is starting in my area o' the house. So no peace. And no wiring (electrical or networking) yet.
The moral of the story: If you wire but never use it, you wasted some money; if you don't wire but need it, you might just waste some sanity.
(yeah, this is pretty much all opinion) Respectfully: Fuck legality. The law ain't always right.
If nobody's going to give you a legally-permissable avenue to satisfy a demand, go ahead and satisfy it "illegally," as long as it does not infringe on anyone's life, liberty, or physical(1) property(2), and do so at market value. In matters of trivially-replicable things (like bit patterns), this cost is naturally negligible.
If it's matter, it's physical; its recipient-owner can do with it what he wishes. If it's conceptual, and it is released to the world, by natural right it becomes part of the commons; however, we allow, under the law, a contributor to receive compensation for a limited period of time (ya hear that, SCOTUS!).
The law is a set of guidelines that exists to enumerate the natural rights of man and the artificial rights of man, corporation, and government. It is not the end-all and be-all.
So if Loki's investors haven't been getting their act together, it's their fault. They fail to meet your demand with supply. Seek an alternate source.
(1):
2. An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as,
the poem has the properties which constitute excellence.
3. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title.
---Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
All applicable to physical things, none applicable to intellectual things (arguably save art).
(2): I consider the consideration of "the pursuit of happiness" as a fundamental right to be an authoritarian idea; said pursuit has the potential to be contrary to others' life, liberty, and property (as defined above) and therefore must be given second precedence.
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As a bonus, I'll even throw in this mega-rant about money!
Money is an artifice born of convenience. A natural economy is by barter; unfortunately, this gives rise to the necessity of a double coincidence of needs (you need to have something they want) for a transaction to take place. Money therefore provides a useful circumvention of this problem.
However, money creates very much overhead in its usage.
First of all, money undergoes inflationary pressures. When inflation is controlled, it is a necessary and endurable evil; when not, it brings a society reliant on money to its knees.
Furthermore, let us consider the depreciation of a physical object; the inflation of money is like permanent depreciation of the currency---each dollar (or whatever) is worth less. However, with a physical object, we can make a new object; on the other hand, it is much more difficult to introduce a new currency to replace the old, near-worthless one.
Another overhead encountered is distribution of wealth. It is easy to accumulate wealth when it is formless and unsubstantial. You need not do anything, in some cases, to earn money.
Most money now days is worth something because a government says it is, and people believe them. The economics suggests that this fiat money is better than precious metal standards.
(Aw, I've run out of steam. A delay of three hours right in the middle of a rant sure defuses it...)
I am not suggesting that the world drop the concept of money; that is simply irrational. But I do suggest that promoting the barter for small-scale transactions makes for more efficiency and less of a strain on the natural freedoms (even though I haven't said anything about that).
Slashdot Mirror
Where did all the good low-level viruses go? Goddamnit! You don't impress me with VBScript; you do with assembly! Hell, you could probably even combine the two! Just put the binary data payload in your script, (over)write an executable, and voila! the best of both worlds.
Not that I condone doing such a thing...
The entire argument is bullshit. Both sides.
We all probably share similar ideas as to what is proper concerning copyright, licensing, etc.... So cut out all of the semantical and legal crap.
We should be supporting the music industry in their quest to uphold the "laws." Things go to hell. Then we ask the "public" whether they like it.
If they say no, we "overthrow" all the draconian rules and rulemakers.
If they say yes, we leave. I don't care where.
So fuck the laws, fuck the government, fuck the industry: I'm just as convinced of my righteousness as they are.
In the end, we all get nowhere. Yay!
An intelligent person should disagree with you.
Google has had so many opportunities to fuck things up, but they have repeatedly chosen not to. Therefore, one can assume that they do not mean to do that.
But then, out of the blue comes these words of legalese:This seems to me to be the standard disclaimer, suggested by the lawyers, in case somebody sues them. It indicates possibility, not probability or definitivity, so I don't think there to be any intent implied.
Now, apply your view to another company---say, Sun. Sun has a spotty track record; they have done "good things" and "bad things" with regularity. Therefore, if a statement like this came out of them, I would be far more skeptical.
You are correct in saying that things would be different if Microsoft were the one saying this. I'm just telling you to ask yourself, "How many times has Microsoft fucked people over?" vs. "How many times has Google fucked people over?"
By the way, we are not turning a blind eye to this. We are simply making note of this, instead of immediately crying foul.
So lay off of us---you sad excuse for an anti-Slashdot AC sheep---until Google actually does something we don't like, m'kay?
Let's see if this works:
/. doesn't allow currency symbols other than the dollar sign. Then the real fun could begin.
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Damnit. Too bad
so I think they get the benefit of the doubt until further notice.
Does anybody have anything to the contrary?
It sounds like these students all had humor lobotomies.
Then again, if I tried my hand at filling in speech bubbles for manga, I don't think I'd be very funny either.
The fine print: I have not yet worked for pay so much as an hour of my life.
The concept just seems so strange.
Save your further criticism. I'll go shut up now.
You wouldn't be the target audience, then. This PDA is meant to withstand more than just normal wear and tear...
There is a difference.
If it takes you longer to do your work than what you are given, you should be able to make up the difference on your own non-paid time without being fired.
It's completely different if management is unofficially changing the stats. That's just grease. They should fire someone if he works considerably inefficiently yet completes the task in overtime.
It's that kind of person that takes overtime away from those who deserve the extra.
Sonic needs to be mentioned, if at least for the perfect treatment of parallax scrolling.
It began a little before this. Check out Google. You can apply for a job on the Moon.
(and we in Louisiana say it a lot)
Thank God for Mississippi.
Couldn't you technically call something like this automatic subdomain creation, at which point automatic subdomain creation specifically for the purpose of user accounts becomes simply a matter of usage? In light of this, what actually constitutes a "subdomain"? Did this company actually use the word "subdomain"? I don't think that's a formal definition.
There has to be some kind of technicality they can be caught on. This is just so infathomable.
no, it always fell in the range of 2055-2065.
then again, the only version of sc2000 I've ever played is the 1.0 DOS version, so maybe it changed
about 2060, actually (I think.)
You never start with fusion.
Yeah. I realized that about halfway through writing my comment. But I couldn't let the "X number of basic plots" thing go, so I still posted.
There are 1 to 37 basic plots, but people seem to keep writing. Of course, there are many more books than games, though people make them for many of the same reasons they write. And as the "industry" matures, it will be just as hard to make a classic.
Congratulations. Thank you for your interpretation of history.
</sarcasm>
I disagree.
You rise to the occasion if the chance is offered to you. You band with like-minded individuals to form a group with more influence than the sum of its parts. Often you know that what you might do might cause wide-spread effects.
You still can. It's not cheap, though...
that, and use a junk computer and/or live cd to experiment.
this is IMO important
GNU.org ftp server... check
Linux kernel backdoors... mixed results
[Some distro's] entire infrastructure... check
GNOME's web site... check
Who attacks open source?
A) A pathological hacker
B) Someone with a really big ego
C) Someone commissioned to sabotage open source
Take your pick.
It's kind of scary, but I'm actually going to agree with this all-in-one scum:
Markoff also talks to WildTangent's founder Alex St. John, who predicts the PC makers and Intel have a losing strategy.
Most people don't want (or need) the flexibility of a true computer; they want a media suite, and office suite, and games.
The console people are always complaining about too much PC hardware. Well, everybody has different needs, so you can't suffice with one cookie cutter. Instead, have maybe four or five cookie cutters (standard, economy, deluxe, media, etc...), with a small amount of modularity (just like consoles...).
Software comes preloaded, and can be bought and is updated AOL-style (you sign off, it updates to a new patchlevel). Data is stored on some kind of USB memory drive or remotely. A consequence of these is if your machine breaks at the hardware level, you can trade it for a new one (maybe exaggerating there).
Of course not just anybody can develop for these machines: you'll need to license an SDK. Applications are written in some kind of Java/.NET-kind of environment, so software can be box brand-independent, and only first parties need (or maybe can...) to write an architecture-native VM. Architecture will most likely not be a marketing issue (they may all be different).
Oh, did I mention that the boxes are all locked down, laced with DRM, TCPA, DMCA, and any other good acronyms I missed. Software will automatically try to determine if you're trying to do something illegal/illicit (like scanning money, viewing kiddie pr0n, etc...). They might have a backdoor to make it easier for law enforcement to collect evidence.
And this has degenerated into a tinfoil bonanza.
I recently moved to another house. This place might as well have been built in the 16th century, because that's the last time the previous owners seem to have done anything to the place.
.11g card. So no wireless.
If you walk into the attic, you can see the retrofitted electrical system running to various parts of the house. Which would be OK, except that none of it is modern or grounded, except for the kitchen, which is on a separate circuit.
So I work off my laptop in the kitchen. My desktop is sitting in the corner collecting dust. I would go elsewhere, using wireless, but my cardbus' controller has a tendency to fry cards, like my
I have really come to hate being in the kitchen like this. At least one parent is always doing something to piss me off. I need to be away from them. But their fucking renovation (oh, did I forget to mention that?) is starting in my area o' the house. So no peace. And no wiring (electrical or networking) yet.
The moral of the story: If you wire but never use it, you wasted some money; if you don't wire but need it, you might just waste some sanity.
I went from 20/20L 20/15R to 20/25L 20/20R because of monitor glare. And that was a year or two ago.
Respectfully:
Fuck legality. The law ain't always right.
If nobody's going to give you a legally-permissable avenue to satisfy a demand, go ahead and satisfy it "illegally," as long as it does not infringe on anyone's life, liberty, or physical(1) property(2), and do so at market value. In matters of trivially-replicable things (like bit patterns), this cost is naturally negligible.
If it's matter, it's physical; its recipient-owner can do with it what he wishes. If it's conceptual, and it is released to the world, by natural right it becomes part of the commons; however, we allow, under the law, a contributor to receive compensation for a limited period of time (ya hear that, SCOTUS!).
The law is a set of guidelines that exists to enumerate the natural rights of man and the artificial rights of man, corporation, and government. It is not the end-all and be-all.
So if Loki's investors haven't been getting their act together, it's their fault. They fail to meet your demand with supply. Seek an alternate source.
(1):---Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
All applicable to physical things, none applicable to intellectual things (arguably save art).
(2): I consider the consideration of "the pursuit of happiness" as a fundamental right to be an authoritarian idea; said pursuit has the potential to be contrary to others' life, liberty, and property (as defined above) and therefore must be given second precedence.
-------------
As a bonus, I'll even throw in this mega-rant about money!
Money is an artifice born of convenience. A natural economy is by barter; unfortunately, this gives rise to the necessity of a double coincidence of needs (you need to have something they want) for a transaction to take place. Money therefore provides a useful circumvention of this problem.
However, money creates very much overhead in its usage.
First of all, money undergoes inflationary pressures. When inflation is controlled, it is a necessary and endurable evil; when not, it brings a society reliant on money to its knees.
Furthermore, let us consider the depreciation of a physical object; the inflation of money is like permanent depreciation of the currency---each dollar (or whatever) is worth less. However, with a physical object, we can make a new object; on the other hand, it is much more difficult to introduce a new currency to replace the old, near-worthless one.
Another overhead encountered is distribution of wealth. It is easy to accumulate wealth when it is formless and unsubstantial. You need not do anything, in some cases, to earn money.
Most money now days is worth something because a government says it is, and people believe them. The economics suggests that this fiat money is better than precious metal standards.
(Aw, I've run out of steam. A delay of three hours right in the middle of a rant sure defuses it...)
I am not suggesting that the world drop the concept of money; that is simply irrational. But I do suggest that promoting the barter for small-scale transactions makes for more efficiency and less of a strain on the natural freedoms (even though I haven't said anything about that).