As long as everyone realizes: the OtherOS functionality was removed by a firmware update. If you didn't update your firmware, it didn't change much for you. Yes, you no longer get to play your PS3 games online, but think of it as Sony suddenly implementing a $3 million dollar/day fee for their online gaming network. You can't afford it, it's probably a crappy business decision, but they're allowed to do what they want even if it bankrupts the company. Likely the OtherOS removal was because it _would_ have cost them a lot of money to make sure security through random homebrew software existed - something that's basically impossible. This is the arrogant slashdot mindset, valuing technical skills over the ability to work within a society that has evolved over thousands of years. You can sit in your basement, but until you build your open source ps3 with free games, respect the money and time Sony put into this product. If you think they "deserve" to be punished, hope the next hacker that is intelligent enough to do so also has the social wherewithal to go online, demonstrate the exploit and go about changing things the right way. Whether it's a third-party verification, independent movie or the court system, get the word out and realize the US has no problem smacking down a corporation if the person who thinks the company's wrong can demonstrate it in an intelligent way.
Actually, the feature that shows up with the Google Chat stuff on the left side of my Gmail includes a link "Call Phone", that lets you call any number in Canada or the States. It works great for me _and_ it's completely free for 2011.
Now all slashdotters go make a fake gmail address, login through a proxy server and start harassing your ex-boss/annoying coworker/the cute girl who turned you down for a date. Looks very difficult to trace.
Obviously some people here are having some problems understanding how fake reviews on a product can be a bad thing.
Well, here's a simple explanation: The first thing to consider is the number of sentences in the review which can easily create a new way of making the possibility of the review real. There is many ways that the review can be re-rated with absolutely no way that a review can be made more complex. If you're going to spend time reading a review, it's important to make sure that you are on the line of the _best_ possible reviewer, and there is no reason that the reviewers would be rating products with the number of stars that make a rating.
ALWAYS remember that looking for the proper relevance for the product is a required step in determining if there is resonance with the reviews posted and the actual quality of the reviewer. Pay attention to the number of reviews that do not result in a reviewer having the amount of stars needed to produce the product as needed. There is an inherent danger in the reviewer making reviews that are following the actual methodology of reviewing a product that only conforms to the regulated Amazon policies on posting reviews. The reviews that are making fun of products that are obviously a definite cause of people not believing in the sheer obliviousness some people have, who also do not pay any attention to the star-rating that is attached to reviews. Reading a review that only serves to create a more environmentally-friendly to the whole concept of "rating a product" is the ultimate use of these reviews. The false elements that don't add information about a product just create a method of rating a product with no possible recourse for the person who is determining the ability of the reviewer to pay attention or be humorous AT THE SAME TIME. This is the main reason that there should be stricter monitoring of comments that create an environment of "ratability" around certain items that only serve to confuse and obscure the rating that is the product, verifying that the product makes a legitimate use of rating systems.
Amazon relies on these reviewers to create long blocks of text that can be classified as reviews, with the people who post them eventually being classified as reviewers. The problem with this system is the reviewer ends up being the person who is not only paying for the product, but paying the most attention to the other reviews that are posted. With the meta-moderation, some reviews can be re-reviewed and posted as a review within a review, this is known as meta-moderating and is currently in use on many sites that rely on the posts of anonymous netizens to create a reasonable environment that allows others to read the feedback of the other reviews and products. You'll notice I included products in that list, because it is important that the product is considered when trying to determine the veracity of the posting. Only without the ratings can a real use of time be used, otherwise there will be a waste of time that accompanies the use of the problems that occur when ratings are used to differentiate between the useful products and useless product ratings.
There is no real reason why anyone should be posting a rating for the product that does not correlate with the rating it received. If we allow ratings to determine which product is ultimately purchased or researched by a person on the internet, there will never be a useful basis for the product. Why would anyone want the product to correlate with the number of stars that are received in a large number of products? Ratings are the key to this and it is necessary to ensure that the products that are being rated ARE BEING RATED.
Obviously this is something people here just don't get.
Radio Shack stores were all renamed "The Source [by Circuit City]" here in Canada after InterTan was bought by Circuit City a couple of years ago. I think they've recently all been bought by Bell to be set up to compete with the mall stores that every other cell provider has. You'll get over the name change. The "Radio Shack" brand never had extremely positive connotations (as far as I know), so they're not losing much. Name changes, brand identity...they're all junky stores staffed by uninformed people in low-cost malls no matter what you call them.
This has to be sarcasm...please let this be sarcasm...
Otherwise, I'll be happy to see you piloting your next international flight, monitoring your health at about.com instead of going to a doctor, and performing your next surgery (Ideally some sort of neurological realignment) based on your own skills.
You're an idiot making inflammatory arguments. Prison is a punishment - removing the freedom to live your life. Whether someone is dangerous or not has no relevance...There's a reason why poor, homeless people don't commit murder in order to get "free room and board" at the local penitentiary: Being incarcerated is a real punishment and on top of that, a _deterrent_ to other people who may be tempted to commit the same crime. Since you're a nerd arguing on Slashdot, if a criminal burned down your house, destroyed your computer and any backups you have, would you be satisfied with them replacing the monetary value of the house and computer? If so, I wish I (like many people) had a extra few hundred thousand dollars. Then I could track you down, burn down your house, destroy all your property and cut you a cheque, for the damage and continue on with my life. Hopefully it would take less than this to illustrate the sheer idiocy of allowing people to commit non-violent crime and avoid punishment simply by reimbursing the victims in cash, i.e. a different system of justice for rich and non-rich people. I bet you're American.
Well then, do us a favor and never leave your house again, thereby avoiding the risk of being hit by a car, lightning, or a train. This is "common sense" that will keep you out of danger. Because if you got hit by a drunk driver, I'm sure you'd sue in civil court for damages just like these guys did. That leads to the requisite car analogy: Your expectation when leaving the house is that people will drive their cars on the road; walking on the sidewalk is safe, even though it's possible for someone to drive a car over many surfaces besides a road. When someone runs you over on the sidewalk, they've done you personal harm and you deserve compensation from them.
What really _should_ be censored is any reference to Slashdot posters' taste in music from this article...I really don't need to see the lyrics to horrible songs typed out as a post, then getting moderated "+5 Insightful" to give me any more reminders of how badly socially adjusted so many people on this site are.
So, you have to figure out how to advance in the game on your own and then do so in one continuous game. Make sure you don't turn off your iPhone, recharge it or receive an incoming call, otherwise you'll have to start from the beginning again... This has got to be a joke. Anyway, I hope the charity enjoys its money.
Don't forget the one year of free pizza...though that might add another 10 bucks or so for me, I'm sure someone else could get their (prize value) money's worth...
For a board that ostensibly cares about eliminating stupid comments and trolling, why would an editor ever post a story summary that includes a reference to "50-some-odd sysadmin-cum-dungeon-masters"? Not only is the whole sentence awkward, but it is going to/has produced tons of asinine comments, and use up tons of mod points getting modded up by idiots who can't imagine anything more hilarious than references to semen, and then getting modded down by less immature, less socially retarded people reading who think those comments are just stupid. Slashdot editors should really try getting a realistic perspective on who reads (or maybe just posts to) these discussions.
One day, slashdot will realize that "drinkypoo" is just an idiot trolling for responses and moderate him into oblivion.
The thing about criticizing people for being sheep is that anyone who has an opposing opinion can be categorized as a "sheep", going along with the rest of the herd that disagrees with _you_, the independent thinker... When will people wake up and start perpetuating an anti-apple sentiment like drinkypoo does? Because only when everybody does that will we not be sheep, or wait - we'll just be sheep in drinkypoo's dumbass herd for the next idiot who disagrees with him.
Actually, I'm putting off writing a Corporate Goverance paper for a boring third-year law school class, and thought I'd try and inject some fact into slashdot. Maybe a futile endeavour...
Given that the average CEO career is now about 4-7 years, and their average salary is less than a partner in a medium-to-large-size law firm, an investment banker, or a mediocre major league outfielder, I think the golden parachute are generally justified. I'm not sure why there's this impression that CEOs don't work. If they didn't, they wouldn't be there...the board has institutional investors, outsiders and other shareholder to answer to, and that's exactly what they're there to oversee...
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Coding error fatal to project...cease all development NOW!
Can you shut up? I was interested in reading some comments about IPv6 day.
As long as everyone realizes: the OtherOS functionality was removed by a firmware update. If you didn't update your firmware, it didn't change much for you. Yes, you no longer get to play your PS3 games online, but think of it as Sony suddenly implementing a $3 million dollar/day fee for their online gaming network.
You can't afford it, it's probably a crappy business decision, but they're allowed to do what they want even if it bankrupts the company.
Likely the OtherOS removal was because it _would_ have cost them a lot of money to make sure security through random homebrew software existed - something that's basically impossible.
This is the arrogant slashdot mindset, valuing technical skills over the ability to work within a society that has evolved over thousands of years. You can sit in your basement, but until you build your open source ps3 with free games, respect the money and time Sony put into this product. If you think they "deserve" to be punished, hope the next hacker that is intelligent enough to do so also has the social wherewithal to go online, demonstrate the exploit and go about changing things the right way. Whether it's a third-party verification, independent movie or the court system, get the word out and realize the US has no problem smacking down a corporation if the person who thinks the company's wrong can demonstrate it in an intelligent way.
Actually, the feature that shows up with the Google Chat stuff on the left side of my Gmail includes a link "Call Phone", that lets you call any number in Canada or the States. It works great for me _and_ it's completely free for 2011.
Now all slashdotters go make a fake gmail address, login through a proxy server and start harassing your ex-boss/annoying coworker/the cute girl who turned you down for a date. Looks very difficult to trace.
Compose a message and look on the right of the textbox you type the message in.
Obviously some people here are having some problems understanding how fake reviews on a product can be a bad thing.
Well, here's a simple explanation: The first thing to consider is the number of sentences in the review which can easily create a new way of making the possibility of the review real. There is many ways that the review can be re-rated with absolutely no way that a review can be made more complex. If you're going to spend time reading a review, it's important to make sure that you are on the line of the _best_ possible reviewer, and there is no reason that the reviewers would be rating products with the number of stars that make a rating.
ALWAYS remember that looking for the proper relevance for the product is a required step in determining if there is resonance with the reviews posted and the actual quality of the reviewer. Pay attention to the number of reviews that do not result in a reviewer having the amount of stars needed to produce the product as needed. There is an inherent danger in the reviewer making reviews that are following the actual methodology of reviewing a product that only conforms to the regulated Amazon policies on posting reviews. The reviews that are making fun of products that are obviously a definite cause of people not believing in the sheer obliviousness some people have, who also do not pay any attention to the star-rating that is attached to reviews. Reading a review that only serves to create a more environmentally-friendly to the whole concept of "rating a product" is the ultimate use of these reviews. The false elements that don't add information about a product just create a method of rating a product with no possible recourse for the person who is determining the ability of the reviewer to pay attention or be humorous AT THE SAME TIME. This is the main reason that there should be stricter monitoring of comments that create an environment of "ratability" around certain items that only serve to confuse and obscure the rating that is the product, verifying that the product makes a legitimate use of rating systems.
Amazon relies on these reviewers to create long blocks of text that can be classified as reviews, with the people who post them eventually being classified as reviewers. The problem with this system is the reviewer ends up being the person who is not only paying for the product, but paying the most attention to the other reviews that are posted. With the meta-moderation, some reviews can be re-reviewed and posted as a review within a review, this is known as meta-moderating and is currently in use on many sites that rely on the posts of anonymous netizens to create a reasonable environment that allows others to read the feedback of the other reviews and products. You'll notice I included products in that list, because it is important that the product is considered when trying to determine the veracity of the posting. Only without the ratings can a real use of time be used, otherwise there will be a waste of time that accompanies the use of the problems that occur when ratings are used to differentiate between the useful products and useless product ratings.
There is no real reason why anyone should be posting a rating for the product that does not correlate with the rating it received. If we allow ratings to determine which product is ultimately purchased or researched by a person on the internet, there will never be a useful basis for the product. Why would anyone want the product to correlate with the number of stars that are received in a large number of products? Ratings are the key to this and it is necessary to ensure that the products that are being rated ARE BEING RATED.
Obviously this is something people here just don't get.
Radio Shack stores were all renamed "The Source [by Circuit City]" here in Canada after InterTan was bought by Circuit City a couple of years ago. I think they've recently all been bought by Bell to be set up to compete with the mall stores that every other cell provider has.
You'll get over the name change. The "Radio Shack" brand never had extremely positive connotations (as far as I know), so they're not losing much. Name changes, brand identity...they're all junky stores staffed by uninformed people in low-cost malls no matter what you call them.
This has to be sarcasm...please let this be sarcasm...
Otherwise, I'll be happy to see you piloting your next international flight, monitoring your health at about.com instead of going to a doctor, and performing your next surgery (Ideally some sort of neurological realignment) based on your own skills.
You're an idiot making inflammatory arguments.
Prison is a punishment - removing the freedom to live your life. Whether someone is dangerous or not has no relevance...There's a reason why poor, homeless people don't commit murder in order to get "free room and board" at the local penitentiary: Being incarcerated is a real punishment and on top of that, a _deterrent_ to other people who may be tempted to commit the same crime.
Since you're a nerd arguing on Slashdot, if a criminal burned down your house, destroyed your computer and any backups you have, would you be satisfied with them replacing the monetary value of the house and computer? If so, I wish I (like many people) had a extra few hundred thousand dollars. Then I could track you down, burn down your house, destroy all your property and cut you a cheque, for the damage and continue on with my life. Hopefully it would take less than this to illustrate the sheer idiocy of allowing people to commit non-violent crime and avoid punishment simply by reimbursing the victims in cash, i.e. a different system of justice for rich and non-rich people.
I bet you're American.
"hamburger thieves"?
You're obviously referring to Hamburglars...
Well then, do us a favor and never leave your house again, thereby avoiding the risk of being hit by a car, lightning, or a train. This is "common sense" that will keep you out of danger. Because if you got hit by a drunk driver, I'm sure you'd sue in civil court for damages just like these guys did.
That leads to the requisite car analogy:
Your expectation when leaving the house is that people will drive their cars on the road; walking on the sidewalk is safe, even though it's possible for someone to drive a car over many surfaces besides a road. When someone runs you over on the sidewalk, they've done you personal harm and you deserve compensation from them.
That's exactly what these people got.
I can't believe people are arguing this.
Just to stop anybody on slashdot from switching from (or staying with) butter because this comment has been moderated "interesting"... margarine IS better...as long as you pick a decent one that's not 59 cents per 1 kg tub.
From the Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/butter-vs-margarine/AN00835
The American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=532
And if you're looking for more info, here's how a search engine works:
http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=butter+margarine
Alright, I'll cave: Actually, in Soviet Russia, the pencils drink you.
What really _should_ be censored is any reference to Slashdot posters' taste in music from this article...I really don't need to see the lyrics to horrible songs typed out as a post, then getting moderated "+5 Insightful" to give me any more reminders of how badly socially adjusted so many people on this site are.
So, you have to figure out how to advance in the game on your own and then do so in one continuous game. Make sure you don't turn off your iPhone, recharge it or receive an incoming call, otherwise you'll have to start from the beginning again...
This has got to be a joke.
Anyway, I hope the charity enjoys its money.
Sound's like you don't know what you mean, unless you're planning on cashing everything in tomorrow.
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=847962/
...I think you mean current _American_ financial problems...
Don't forget the one year of free pizza...though that might add another 10 bucks or so for me, I'm sure someone else could get their (prize value) money's worth...
For a board that ostensibly cares about eliminating stupid comments and trolling, why would an editor ever post a story summary that includes a reference to "50-some-odd sysadmin-cum-dungeon-masters"? Not only is the whole sentence awkward, but it is going to/has produced tons of asinine comments, and use up tons of mod points getting modded up by idiots who can't imagine anything more hilarious than references to semen, and then getting modded down by less immature, less socially retarded people reading who think those comments are just stupid.
Slashdot editors should really try getting a realistic perspective on who reads (or maybe just posts to) these discussions.
Once Quake version 8.0 comes out, it's gonna be even better...
Okay, so I know that VLIW stands for some very long word, but couldn't you have told us what it's an acronym for anyway?
One day, slashdot will realize that "drinkypoo" is just an idiot trolling for responses and moderate him into oblivion.
The thing about criticizing people for being sheep is that anyone who has an opposing opinion can be categorized as a "sheep", going along with the rest of the herd that disagrees with _you_, the independent thinker...
When will people wake up and start perpetuating an anti-apple sentiment like drinkypoo does? Because only when everybody does that will we not be sheep, or wait - we'll just be sheep in drinkypoo's dumbass herd for the next idiot who disagrees with him.
Please shut up.
lol!
nothing's more humorous than a joke writing off an entire category of music!
just as ignorant a comment as this one, but somehow this one's funny? good ol' slashdot...
lol...
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Actually, I'm putting off writing a Corporate Goverance paper for a boring third-year law school class, and thought I'd try and inject some fact into slashdot. Maybe a futile endeavour...
Those are fairly well-known stats, check google scholar for "CEO tenure" or papers like:
The Impact of Regulation on CEO Labor Markets, The Rand Journal of Economics, Darius Palia
Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0741-6261(200021
Just one of many...
Given that the average CEO career is now about 4-7 years, and their average salary is less than a partner in a medium-to-large-size law firm, an investment banker, or a mediocre major league outfielder, I think the golden parachute are generally justified.
I'm not sure why there's this impression that CEOs don't work. If they didn't, they wouldn't be there...the board has institutional investors, outsiders and other shareholder to answer to, and that's exactly what they're there to oversee...