I dunno, I actually enjoy news articles like this sometimes. It's a welcome surprise from all the Linux zealotry/Microsoft bashing this site is used to.
Bah....in the old days we would add Mac Fanboyism to the mix and call it a night. We were happier back then.
Between this and the recent story about how they're going to require home routers to maintain logs, we're completely fucked. Everything decent about the internet has been shot in the ass.
Fuck, this shit sucks.
Slashdot has been shot...Where?!
Right there...that big gaping shot gun hole called idle.
It's really quite simple: Any time you buy something, go plug an ethernet cable into the back of your router and do it from the wire. Now you haven't actually used your home Wifi access to enact in trade, and are therefore not responsible to log a damn thing.
Furthermore if my ISP is logging everything I do for two years regardless, I highly doubt what my home system logs is of any consequence unless they just need more ammo to conduct a search - which is an interesting possibility - getting a subpoena to nab your gear based on "access to logs". My guess is the existence of the logs is really not as useful as the reason to enter your home.
It's all a bunch of Orwellian bullshit anyway. I have no intention of logging anything. Maybe I can rent some colo space in some country that isn't a police state (if it exists) and run an encrypted proxy. Log that, bitches!
Read the aritlce it affects all DHCP services even wired. The easy answer is to switch to manual addresses.
Since when do megalomaniac control freaks need reasons to justify their actions?
Since the lowly peons crave strong leadership becuase they need guidance........see it's not that hard rationalize a justification. Todays power mad leaders are just lazy.
Oh really? Can you please point out where it says that in the TOS?
Don't get me wrong, I've been with the Apple camp since before I can remember (20+ years) and I hate Microsoft, especially for their business practices; however that's quite a statement to make with nothing to back it up.
You must be new here.....fall in line with the group think newbie.
You got paid....not really wasted time....for you anyway.
There's more to life than money. Some of us want to do something useful or important with our time here on Earth. As Keynes said, in the long run, we're all dead.
I think someone also said something about not wishing they had spent more time in the office before they die. This is true regardless of how stupid your job is.
They'll probably just wait for the fuss to die down, reword it a bit, and try again. Outrage fatigue sets in quickly, as do acceptance, rationalization, and even embrace of the status quo.
I can't be the only one who just bought a DLP projector, hooked it up to an old computer, and configured it to boot to Hulu.com. With a bluetooth mouse, that's video on demand and zero need to get over-the-air broadcasts.
Got you one better. I didn't want a computer sitting in my living room so I'm using a PS3 with a Playon Media Server running in another room.
Why am I imaging a dystopian world where we are buying genetic 'upgrades' ala bioshock suddenly becoming much closer to reality.
That's just the Plasmid Blues. You just need to slow down a bit on the splicing. Before you know it, you'll be as right as rain. Remember, a smart splicer is a happy splicer.
The difference being, of course, that the tools exist to let you find out whether the treasure chest is there if you choose to do so. That isn't the case yet for finding Earth-size planets 10 or 20 light years away, especially if they're orbiting a long way out from a bigger, hotter star than ours.
In any case, it's considerably more likely that somebody made a few bucks by accepting barrels of toxic waste for burial in what is now your back yard, then sold the property to a developer.
Yes but if you can prove it and sue it's just as good as a treasure chest.
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I know I know...back to the Warcraft forums.
[Homer], ``Your first duty would be to step out on the balcony, and tell that crowd this plant is safe.'
People crave reasonably accurate news. Someone will find a way to make a buck giving it to them.
People crave news that agrees with there particular world view. Hence...Fox.
I dunno, I actually enjoy news articles like this sometimes. It's a welcome surprise from all the Linux zealotry/Microsoft bashing this site is used to.
Bah....in the old days we would add Mac Fanboyism to the mix and call it a night. We were happier back then.
This Thread Is Worthless Without Pictures.
Go back to Fark outsider!
Between this and the recent story about how they're going to require home routers to maintain logs, we're completely fucked. Everything decent about the internet has been shot in the ass.
Fuck, this shit sucks.
Slashdot has been shot...Where?!
Right there...that big gaping shot gun hole called idle.
Your analogy sucks and makes no sense. How about something involving a car?
I'ts like putting too much air in a balloon.
It's all so simple.
I would have gone for Kingly Kiwi. But I think I am out of the competition since for me Debian has become an option again.
The guy next to me just called it Killer Kiwi, I will now take credit for his idea.
My users seem to think so.
It's really quite simple: Any time you buy something, go plug an ethernet cable into the back of your router and do it from the wire. Now you haven't actually used your home Wifi access to enact in trade, and are therefore not responsible to log a damn thing.
Furthermore if my ISP is logging everything I do for two years regardless, I highly doubt what my home system logs is of any consequence unless they just need more ammo to conduct a search - which is an interesting possibility - getting a subpoena to nab your gear based on "access to logs". My guess is the existence of the logs is really not as useful as the reason to enter your home.
It's all a bunch of Orwellian bullshit anyway. I have no intention of logging anything. Maybe I can rent some colo space in some country that isn't a police state (if it exists) and run an encrypted proxy. Log that, bitches!
Read the aritlce it affects all DHCP services even wired. The easy answer is to switch to manual addresses.
Since when do megalomaniac control freaks need reasons to justify their actions?
Since the lowly peons crave strong leadership becuase they need guidance........see it's not that hard rationalize a justification. Todays power mad leaders are just lazy.
Don't pick on Moldova they gave us that Numa Numa song.
I imagine the new Health Information Network will use a lot of open source software.
You have quite the imagination.
The reality will be poorly constructed propertary apps written in microsoft-based lanuages.
"Weird... because I'm pretty sure if you're browsing the web, you're communicating across state lines"
Communicating yet, but, does that actually constitute interstate commerce? I thought that was all the feds were supposed to be able to legislate?
If anyone buys anything over the internet from your hotspot it becomes interstate commerce.
Oh really? Can you please point out where it says that in the TOS? Don't get me wrong, I've been with the Apple camp since before I can remember (20+ years) and I hate Microsoft, especially for their business practices; however that's quite a statement to make with nothing to back it up.
You must be new here.....fall in line with the group think newbie.
You really need to provide a link to a quote. Of course, you can't realistically do that.
Here yah go. From his speach at the Climate Change Summit in Bali. He claims the ice cap will melt in 5 to 7 years.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/al-gore-the-world-cant-wait-for-george-bush-765015.html
There's more to life than money. Some of us want to do something useful or important with our time here on Earth. As Keynes said, in the long run, we're all dead.
I think someone also said something about not wishing they had spent more time in the office before they die. This is true regardless of how stupid your job is.
Wrong. Making fun of religion and religious nuts is ALWAYS funny.
Especially if it involves the Pope, Texas, and a midget or two.
You bigot.....they preffer to be called "Little People"
I am so sick of every thread turning into some goddamn crusade for the metric system.
Look, people, this was in the US, so we're simply going to use the imperial system (.08 to 0.6 Chrysler Imperials).
My car gets 40 rods to the hog's head and that's the way I like it.
But that was still a solid week of wasted time that I'll never get back.
You got paid....not really wasted time....for you anyway.
They'll probably just wait for the fuss to die down, reword it a bit, and try again. Outrage fatigue sets in quickly, as do acceptance, rationalization, and even embrace of the status quo.
Meh....it won't be that bad.
This is designed to get people off of their couch and out shopping!
Well I was going to go stimulate the economy by getting a Huge HDTV.....now I don't see the point.
I can't be the only one who just bought a DLP projector, hooked it up to an old computer, and configured it to boot to Hulu.com. With a bluetooth mouse, that's video on demand and zero need to get over-the-air broadcasts.
Got you one better. I didn't want a computer sitting in my living room so I'm using a PS3 with a Playon Media Server running in another room.
Why am I imaging a dystopian world where we are buying genetic 'upgrades' ala bioshock suddenly becoming much closer to reality.
That's just the Plasmid Blues. You just need to slow down a bit on the splicing. Before you know it, you'll be as right as rain. Remember, a smart splicer is a happy splicer.
The difference being, of course, that the tools exist to let you find out whether the treasure chest is there if you choose to do so. That isn't the case yet for finding Earth-size planets 10 or 20 light years away, especially if they're orbiting a long way out from a bigger, hotter star than ours.
In any case, it's considerably more likely that somebody made a few bucks by accepting barrels of toxic waste for burial in what is now your back yard, then sold the property to a developer.
Yes but if you can prove it and sue it's just as good as a treasure chest.