"The Entertainment Software Association falsely accuses the Interactive Fiction archive of pirating Doom 3. doom3.zip is a 114kb freeware DOS game from 1988. Reminiscent of when the RIAA sent C & D's to a Professor Usher who had an usher.mp3 file posted on his website."
A lot of people have posted comments about nailing the RIAA/MPAA etc. for purgery or liable. I have another idea.
When "they" repeatedly do stuff like this, it lowers their credibility. Does even the spider download the actual files?
It seems to me that if someone was actually hosting infringing material, after getting a Cease and Desist letter, they can just change the file. Use the same filename, but replace it with something silly, like a tarball of your slashdot journals, or an mp3 of yourself reading the fair use clause of the US Constitution.
And if lots of people put out files like this that were not infringing in the first place, then it would make it more difficult to determine who actually was infringing and who was acting as a decoy.
At the very least it would force them to have a human being confirm that a particular person is really infringing, and to save the evidence, before they start sending threatening letters, and I think we can all agree that would be a good thing.
Well, we might not get the chance to vote for POTUS, but you can vote for Anti-Christ, and you don't even have to wait until November.
What will happen?
There will be an agent provocateur terrorist attack and George W Bush will be made President for Life.
George W Bush will be killed in a satanic ritual sacrifice, and his death blamed on terrorists and Dick Cheney will be made President for Life.
George W Bush will sabotage his own election so that John Kerry, who is really the Anti-Christ, will win the election.
No, I can't post this. Someone will mod it flamebait.
How about this:
Bush gets elected, the draft is re-instated (led by the Democrats) and we invade Iran.
Kerry gets elected, the draft is re-instated (led by the Democrats) and we invade Saudi Arabia.
Is this still flamebait?
I would offer "The American people wake up and quit electing complete and total assholes to the office of President." but I don't think we are going to see that in time for this election.
I guess our best hope at this time is for Dogbert to take over.
That last bit might sound a bit far-fetched, but ask any fundamentalist christian zionist - for example one of the ones that have successflly brought about a coup in the U.S government.
Haven't you ever watched the 700 Club or other fundamentalist "christian" television program?
I have and they often express what I think is cynical support for Israel.
They don't connect it with that support, but they also express a belief in the apocalypse and the rapture and they think it is a good thing.
I believe that some people have such devotion to this that they would willingly support someone they believe to be the anti-christ in order to bring about the apocalypse. You don't need to have a real apocalypse in this situation, just a self-fulfilling prophecy.
But what do I know? I think John Kerry is the Anti-Christ and I don't even believe in the Anti-Christ.
I . . . Who took the money? Who took the money away? I . . . It's always showtime Here at the edge of the stage I, I, I, wake up and wonder What was the place, what was the name? We wanna wait, but here we go again...
I . . . takes over slowly But doesn't last very long I . . . no need to worry Evr'ything's under control O - U - T But no hard feelings What do you know? Take you away We're being taken for a ride again I got a girlfriend that's better than that She has the smoke in her eyes She's moving up, going right through my house She's ginna give me surprise Better than this, know that It's right I think you can if you like I git a girlfriend with bows in her hair And nothing is better than that
Down, down in the basement We hear the sound of machines I, I, I'm driving in circles Come to my senses sometimes Why, why, why, why start it over? Nothing was lost, everthing's free I don't care how impossible it seems
Somebody calls you but you cannot hear Get closer to be far away Only one look Maybe that's all that it takes that's all that we need All that it takes, all that it takes All that it takes, all that it takes I got a girlfriend that's betther than that And she goes wherever she likes. (there she goes...)
I got a girlfriend that's better than that Now everyone's getting involved She's moving up going right through my heart We might not ever get caught Going right through (try to stay cool) going through, staying cool I got a girlfriend that's better than that And nothing is better than you
I got a girlfriend thats better that this And you don't remember at all As we get older and stop making sense You won't find her waiting long Stop making sense, stop making sense...stop making sense, making sense I got a girlfriend that's better than that And nothing is better that this ( is it? )
How about this. How about we require SUV drivers to have a higher class of drivers license to proove that they actually know how to drive the things and don't take a curve without rolling over?
As I understand it if you want to drive a big van that can hold 10 people you need a special drivers license?
Then again, maybe those people who drive SUVs like assholes deserve to die. Nevermind.
(Politically correct note: Not quite everyone who drives an SUV, but clearly, judging by the way they drive, a lot of SUV owners are assholes.)
Bah. As the Aliens vs Predator trailer says: Whoever wins, we lose.
Do you listen to Ground Zero Talk Radio?
Clyde made a parody of the Alien vs Predator commercials, possibly sampling from them, as well as from Bush and Kerry, and had the exact same punchline.
Wasn't the point of the legal system once to protect the weak from the poor.
Well, the modern legal system (trial by evidence) replaced an older system, Trial by God.
There were many methods used. One of them involved a red hot iron. If the wound healed quickly, you were judged innocent, and your accuser would have his tongue cut out. But most people were found guilty. Some considered the move to trial by evidence to be an affront to God. As if any man could be a better judge than God.
The aristocracy and warrior class had a different option: Trial by combat.
Note that I'm mainly thinking of Europe in the Middle Ages, as that is where our (USA) legal system comes from.
Heck, I don't even know that much about the French legal system. And the French could be cruel bastards. There is a reason that my ancestors didn't stop running until they were in Russia when they fled the Spanish Inquisition.
But to answer your original question. No, the system has always been settup to protect the rich from the poor. They've needed it when the poor are numerous and desperate.
Consider the plot of the game. A man without duct tape would certainly be in Hell.
According to this article George W Bush has spent $1.29 on twine, but it makes no mention of duct tape. Some have pondered if the Presidential Election in 2004 will be a choice between twine and duct tape.
Now, it is possible to bind a flashlight to a firearm with twine, but I know that most red blooded americans would prefer duct tape. Even if John Kerry is the Anti-Christ.
Employers spy on employees, not the other way around!
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That's how it goes Everybody knows
Check your state constitution, it's quite likely that there is nothing in there that actually requires the electors to be chosen in a popular vote election. With all the talk of manipulated voting machines, or federal cancellations, or any of the other issues, I think it would be very interesting if a state legislature were to decide on that state's electors.
Yet another example of why the Electoral College should be replaced with popular vote, as well as how most people are utterly clueless about how the Electoral College actually works.
Most people don't realize that for the first 100 years or so, citizens didn't even vote for the Electors, or that the Electors voted for do not have to vote for the person they are supposed to represent. That's how the Libertarians got their first Electoral vote.
But then what's the point of electing by popular vote if the election is a fraud?
Circular reasoning (circulus in demonstrando) : attempting to support a proposition with an argument that presupposes the proposition, or the truth of the conclusion is assumed by the premises.
The voting machines do not make mistakes because they are infallible.
Now that I think about it a political party or government in power can do a pretty good job of cataloging everyone by which side of the fence they are on just by computerized (telephone) polling, the only people being safe are those who refused to be polled.
Well, two ways to look at that. Anyone who refuses to answer is either really political, or apathetic. But then the apathetic people might just choose the one whose commercials they like best.
But if it was a small minority that refused to be polled (I think there might be a backlash against "phone spam.") then they compair that list with lets say the books you've purchased or checked out from the library.
Then "they" have a list of "potential terrorists" to put in jail, because we don't want people thinking beyond the Democrat-Republican dogma that's shoved down our throats. Think of the Children!
Aldous Huxley (Brave New World) and George Orwell (1984)?
I was shocked (and not in a Casablanca way) to find that most of my co-workers had never heard of George Orwell. And these were mostly people older than me.
I thought the whole point of black holes being 'black'
The other point of a black hole is it being a 'hole' (Must not make goatse joke here)
From my naive understanding of the physics involved in this, mass has a tendency to cause a dip in space and time, like a marble or basebal on a blanket, but thats only in 2 dimentions instead of 4 or 5 or however many there really are. The more mass the object has, the more significant the dip. Gravity isn't the idea that matter attracts other matter, it is the dip in the blanket. And if you put a big err heavy enough object, it will rip a whole in the blanket.
So, as an SF geek I got to ask, what happens when you go through that whole? Is it a portal into another universe? Does the black hole itself create a new universe? Or is it just a really really dense object that is getting more and more massive?
In the end will there be nothing left in the universe but a bunch of black holes? Will the black holes attract each other to form one really big black hole? If that happened would that result in a big crunch that would then turn into a big bang?
Slashdot Mirror
We are confused. What is this 'chick' you speak off?
They are the young of the animal Gallus domesticus.
For some reason many in mainstream society covet these baby chickens.
They can be good eating, if you are not a vegetarian, once they are full grown.
Beyond that I do not understand the appeal.
"The Entertainment Software Association falsely accuses the Interactive Fiction archive of pirating Doom 3. doom3.zip is a 114kb freeware DOS game from 1988. Reminiscent of when the RIAA sent C & D's to a Professor Usher who had an usher.mp3 file posted on his website."
A lot of people have posted comments about nailing the RIAA/MPAA etc. for purgery or liable. I have another idea.
When "they" repeatedly do stuff like this, it lowers their credibility.
Does even the spider download the actual files?
It seems to me that if someone was actually hosting infringing material, after getting a Cease and Desist letter, they can just change the file. Use the same filename, but replace it with something silly, like a tarball of your slashdot journals, or an mp3 of yourself reading the fair use clause of the US Constitution.
And if lots of people put out files like this that were not infringing in the first place, then it would make it more difficult to determine who actually was infringing and who was acting as a decoy.
At the very least it would force them to have a human being confirm that a particular person is really infringing, and to save the evidence, before they start sending threatening letters, and I think we can all agree that would be a good thing.
What will happen?
- There will be an agent provocateur terrorist attack and George W Bush will be made President for Life.
- George W Bush will be killed in a satanic ritual sacrifice, and his death blamed on terrorists and Dick Cheney will be made President for Life.
- George W Bush will sabotage his own election so that John Kerry, who is really the Anti-Christ, will win the election.
No, I can't post this. Someone will mod it flamebait.How about this:
- Bush gets elected, the draft is re-instated (led by the Democrats) and we invade Iran.
- Kerry gets elected, the draft is re-instated (led by the Democrats) and we invade Saudi Arabia.
Is this still flamebait?I would offer "The American people wake up and quit electing complete and total assholes to the office of President." but I don't think we are going to see that in time for this election.
I guess our best hope at this time is for Dogbert to take over.
um..... I don't think the AC was implying an International Jewish Conspiracy. Take a look at what AC wrote:
That last bit might sound a bit far-fetched, but ask any fundamentalist christian zionist - for example one of the ones that have successflly brought about a coup in the U.S government.
Haven't you ever watched the 700 Club or other fundamentalist "christian" television program?
I have and they often express what I think is cynical support for Israel.
They don't connect it with that support, but they also express a belief in the apocalypse and the rapture and they think it is a good thing.
I believe that some people have such devotion to this that they would willingly support someone they believe to be the anti-christ in order to bring about the apocalypse. You don't need to have a real apocalypse in this situation, just a self-fulfilling prophecy.
But what do I know?
I think John Kerry is the Anti-Christ and I don't even believe in the Anti-Christ.
I . . . Who took the money?
Who took the money away?
I . . . It's always showtime
Here at the edge of the stage
I, I, I, wake up and wonder
What was the place, what was the name?
We wanna wait, but here we go again...
I . . . takes over slowly
But doesn't last very long
I . . . no need to worry
Evr'ything's under control
O - U - T But no hard feelings
What do you know? Take you away
We're being taken for a ride again
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
She has the smoke in her eyes
She's moving up, going right through my house
She's ginna give me surprise
Better than this, know that It's right
I think you can if you like
I git a girlfriend with bows in her hair
And nothing is better than that
Down, down in the basement
We hear the sound of machines
I, I, I'm driving in circles
Come to my senses sometimes
Why, why, why, why start it over?
Nothing was lost, everthing's free
I don't care how impossible it seems
Somebody calls you but you cannot hear
Get closer to be far away
Only one look Maybe that's all that it takes
that's all that we need
All that it takes, all that it takes
All that it takes, all that it takes
I got a girlfriend that's betther than that
And she goes wherever she likes. (there she goes...)
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
Now everyone's getting involved
She's moving up going right through my heart
We might not ever get caught
Going right through (try to stay cool) going through, staying cool
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
And nothing is better than you
I got a girlfriend thats better that this
And you don't remember at all
As we get older and stop making sense
You won't find her waiting long
Stop making sense, stop making sense...stop making sense, making sense
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
And nothing is better that this
( is it? )
This stupid language, tricking us into exterminating entire populations !
Language is a Virus from Outer Space.
How about this.
How about we require SUV drivers to have a higher class of drivers license to proove that they actually know how to drive the things and don't take a curve without rolling over?
As I understand it if you want to drive a big van that can hold 10 people you need a special drivers license?
Then again, maybe those people who drive SUVs like assholes deserve to die.
Nevermind.
(Politically correct note: Not quite everyone who drives an SUV, but clearly, judging by the way they drive, a lot of SUV owners are assholes.)
Assuming he's correct, does anyone else find it alarming how fucked we are in the event of a power outage or continual rise in fuel prices?
Since the corporations that control most of the food have made most areas of the world dependent on imported food.... Yes.
Maybe it is time we start having personal gardens.
I like the idea of the Victor Gardens durring World War Two.
But I would prefer to call them Anarchy Gardens.
I don't think it is clear hypocracy but think of it this way.....
People who are in favor of Kerry (or more likely support him in opposition to Bush) launch DOS against pro-Bush websites.
People who are in favor of Bush (or more likely support him in opposition to Kerry) launch DOS against pro-Kerry websites.
Between the two the internet starts to lag and we start getting 503s on slashdot again because both parties are launching DOS against slashdot.
At the very least, you have to admit that in general DOS attacks are a bad thing?
Why can't we settle this through logic instead of moronic script kiddy attacks?
Oh, I forgot, this is politics we are talking about and most Democrats and Republicans are morons.
Bah. As the Aliens vs Predator trailer says: Whoever wins, we lose.
Do you listen to Ground Zero Talk Radio?
Clyde made a parody of the Alien vs Predator commercials, possibly sampling from them, as well as from Bush and Kerry, and had the exact same punchline.
Man, let the language evolve! The spelling of so many words is changing, like independence to independance
What about if we start spelling it eXistenZ.
Be sure to use the case correctly too.
Wasn't the point of the legal system once to protect the weak from the poor.
Well, the modern legal system (trial by evidence) replaced an older system, Trial by God.
There were many methods used. One of them involved a red hot iron. If the wound healed quickly, you were judged innocent, and your accuser would have his tongue cut out. But most people were found guilty. Some considered the move to trial by evidence to be an affront to God. As if any man could be a better judge than God.
The aristocracy and warrior class had a different option: Trial by combat.
Note that I'm mainly thinking of Europe in the Middle Ages, as that is where our (USA) legal system comes from.
Heck, I don't even know that much about the French legal system. And the French could be cruel bastards. There is a reason that my ancestors didn't stop running until they were in Russia when they fled the Spanish Inquisition.
But to answer your original question. No, the system has always been settup to protect the rich from the poor. They've needed it when the poor are numerous and desperate.
Consider the plot of the game. A man without duct tape would certainly be in Hell.
According to this article George W Bush has spent $1.29 on twine, but it makes no mention of duct tape. Some have pondered if the Presidential Election in 2004 will be a choice between twine and duct tape.
Now, it is possible to bind a flashlight to a firearm with twine, but I know that most red blooded americans would prefer duct tape. Even if John Kerry is the Anti-Christ.
Employers spy on employees, not the other way around!
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Check your state constitution, it's quite likely that there is nothing in there that actually requires the electors to be chosen in a popular vote election. With all the talk of manipulated voting machines, or federal cancellations, or any of the other issues, I think it would be very interesting if a state legislature were to decide on that state's electors.
Yet another example of why the Electoral College should be replaced with popular vote, as well as how most people are utterly clueless about how the Electoral College actually works.
Most people don't realize that for the first 100 years or so, citizens didn't even vote for the Electors, or that the Electors voted for do not have to vote for the person they are supposed to represent. That's how the Libertarians got their first Electoral vote.
But then what's the point of electing by popular vote if the election is a fraud?
Actually, I find the practice abhorrent to remove voting capability for the rest of one's life after serving time.
I think only 10 states in the union permanently ban convicted felons from voting.
Maybe we need a rehabilitation project that also moves them to states where they can vote?
Florida is a shithole anyway.
Circular reasoning (circulus in demonstrando) : attempting to support a proposition with an argument that presupposes the proposition, or the truth of the conclusion is assumed by the premises.
The voting machines do not make mistakes because they are infallible.
I'm seriously considering filing for an absentee ballot, but I'm sure they'll find some way not to count it if it doesn't have the answers they want.
3000 absentee ballots in the San Diego primary one month ago were miscounted. 'The miscounts occurred because multiple scanners simultaneously fed the absentee ballot data into the computer tabulation system....
At least in this county, I think what they were doing was feeding the absentee ballots into the Diebold system.
It might be the rule for most counties using Diebold systems.
Now that I think about it a political party or government in power can do a pretty good job of cataloging everyone by which side of the fence they are on just by computerized (telephone) polling, the only people being safe are those who refused to be polled.
Well, two ways to look at that. Anyone who refuses to answer is either really political, or apathetic. But then the apathetic people might just choose the one whose commercials they like best.
But if it was a small minority that refused to be polled (I think there might be a backlash against "phone spam.") then they compair that list with lets say the books you've purchased or checked out from the library.
Then "they" have a list of "potential terrorists" to put in jail, because we don't want people thinking beyond the Democrat-Republican dogma that's shoved down our throats. Think of the Children!
so.....
:)
Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for John Kerry for president if you knew he was The Anti-Christ?
Aldous Huxley (Brave New World) and George Orwell (1984)?
I was shocked (and not in a Casablanca way) to find that most of my co-workers had never heard of George Orwell. And these were mostly people older than me.
That second one is Alyssa Milano.
At first I thought it was Condoleeza Rice.
What does that say about me?
MC Hawking could not be reached for comment.
Is there an actual CD or is this just a joke?
Are their mp3s on KaZaA or anything?
I'd like to listen before I buy.
I thought the whole point of black holes being 'black'
The other point of a black hole is it being a 'hole'
(Must not make goatse joke here)
From my naive understanding of the physics involved in this, mass has a tendency to cause a dip in space and time, like a marble or basebal on a blanket, but thats only in 2 dimentions instead of 4 or 5 or however many there really are. The more mass the object has, the more significant the dip. Gravity isn't the idea that matter attracts other matter, it is the dip in the blanket. And if you put a big err heavy enough object, it will rip a whole in the blanket.
So, as an SF geek I got to ask, what happens when you go through that whole?
Is it a portal into another universe? Does the black hole itself create a new universe? Or is it just a really really dense object that is getting more and more massive?
In the end will there be nothing left in the universe but a bunch of black holes? Will the black holes attract each other to form one really big black hole? If that happened would that result in a big crunch that would then turn into a big bang?
Or are these ideas just a joke?
this may mean that the devil will take take the shape of a cool robot
You mean like this?