I said I don't believe in piracy. I do still think that Windows is a crude take-off on Mac and that most of M$'s `innovations' are actually copied software with bugs (oops, did I say bugs, I meant `features').
Actually, I meant people not having to rely on the gov. not the other way around. Anyway, it dosen't matter how those countries got that way, it's the fact that they are.
BTW - When you say your a Libretarian, do you mean the political (apolitical) party, the ideal, or both?
First, Hong Kong (before China) was ruled by the British, however, the British govenor rarley did anything, it developed by itself. It was, for a while, the freest part of the world (and the fasted growing economically (until China, and a recession)).
Second, Switzerland may force people to serve in it's army, but, it grants freedoms in other ways. I never said it was a perfect example. And you didn't even say what was wrong about New Zeland.
Third, I wasn't saying that legalizing drugs would help the economy (though it was interesting I joined those two points together). I was saying that legalized drugs wouldn't necesarilly mean more druggies.
Fourth, While Libretarinism can be incorperated in a Monarchy, Democracy or Republic (possibly the best implementation). However, it is impossible to have a libretarian communist. Communist believe in a big government and reliance on the goverment and each other. Libretarians believe in small non-reliant governments and individuality.
Fifth, Does that have to do with the governments? China has the larges population in the world, and a 1 child per family cap. It has more to do with being in the civilized part of the world, where people understand that you can't have 20 kids and support all of them (Take all of socialist europe, same as New Zeland, Switzerland ((kinda) not part of the socalist europe) and Hong Kong).
So....um...suppose you just made a great new computer technology. You sold it to a lot of people who drew up blueprints and sold it for a lot less. You'd be pissed, n'est pas?
So, that's bad, but software piracy is ok? Well, software piracy is just about the same thing. So what makes it so diffrent?
I think slashdot has a very close minded approach to Microsoft (though very open minded in other ways). We need to realize that Microsoft is not the `evil empire' and dosen't want to take over the world (sorry).
Just remember how upset we are at companies that burn copies of Linux distro's and sell then for $5 on the corner. We don't like them, however, it's just legal piracy, same concept, diffrent licensing agreement.
Being a fellow Libretarian, I don't agree with some of the things you said:
I. More civil-unrest. Hmm....I don't remember much civil-unrest in New Zeland, Hong Kong (before China) or Switzerland (all three more Libretarian like then America). Now, let go on to Russia (before 1989), India, China, well, you can figure out the rates of discontentidness (sp?)
II. Less prosparity, more drug addicts. I'd bet if drugs were leaglized more people would make them, n'est pas? There would be more supply, coupled with the decreasing supply (if it's legal, what's the fun for kids to start) would take the money out of it and it would collapse on itself. As for prosparity, see Hong Kong and Switzerland.
III. Anyway, how many rebellions have you heard about in the listed countries above? Let's talk about Russia, China and even the socialist America.
IV. If people truly believed in their country, they would fight for it. See Revolutionary War. If anything, it should be harder to conqure a Libretarian government, more restiance to Communism and besides, the communists are already demoralized, why should they care how they fight?
V. What do you mean less population growth?
In conclution, I think a Libretarian government would be a good addition to Civ:CTP (or....FreeCIV:)). I really wish that there would be a real life Libretarian government though:(
I agree with you about freedom. In the short run, it might not be the best choice, however, as has been proven _many_ times, it will always prevail. I think that Sun might benefit from not GPL'ing right now, however, it would make a better product in the future and everybody would get it (and, perhaps, buy it!!).
But, human nature always wants control. As long as we let what we feel get in the way of our thought there will always be limited freedom. Only when we overcome our human nature can we truly be free.
When I'm coding I tend to listen to alternitive rock (Early 90's Grunge). However, I also listen to bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and others (ever heard of Fleming and John (they kick, well, you know...).
Anyway, just a casual observation, but, I usually code BETTER when I listen to music. Not just that, I also play chess better (I'm the only one who brings headphones to a tournament) and I do just about and thinking intensive job better when I listen to music.
Wasn't there a scientific study on this a few years back (Cow's produce more milk while they listen to Mozart or something (of course, now in my state (Georgia) we give a free Classical music CD to all new Mothers (and were still 49th in Education)).
True, they have built a 2300 GB drive, however it is only in the development stages (thought they did have a working model earlier this year). I do agree that in a few years 73 GBs will seem like 64k does today, but, in the meantime, 73 GB will have to do.
Anyway, how big is your hard drive now? 6.4, 10.8? Somewhere around there? Anyway, if 73 GB is wimpy, then 6.4 is a trivial amount. Besides, how many mp3's can you have (a friend of mine's friend of his who goes to Ga. Tech has over 41 CD's of mp3's (26.2 GB worth, and he had more to burn)).
In the meantime, use RAID and some 20 GB drives. You can make a 100 GB drive out of that (and....mount filesystems over a network to get tetrabytes of data on a single filesystem!!!).
What about all the small buisness that are strugling to get out of the red, and now you charge $230 more, for a simple DNS entry?
Anyway, while.com was originally intended for commercial use, it has become the de facto extention. A Internet newbie may not know about.org,.edu,.mil, etc..., but I'm sure even those who havn't use the internet know about.com (just look at NSI and Sun's ad's (the Dot-Com people and The Dot in Dot-Com)).
I. What does cybersquatting mean? What is `bad faith'? Come on, all we need is more fuzzy grey laws on the books in America. The justice system can't deal with black and white, how will they deal with fuzzy grey?!?
II. Should it be illegal? While were at it, should porn be illegal? It's bad for socity, contributes to the `moral decay' of America and clogs up a lot of bandwidth. However, it would be a violation of freedom of speech, and therfore shouldn't be illegal. Something might be bad and shouldn't be illegal.
III. Actually, when you think about it, isn't cybersquatting kinda like buying a peice of land and hoping to sell it for more? That's not illegal (and I don't know many who think it should be).
IV. While I may sound like a pro-cybersquatter, I'm not, I don't like them or what they do, I just believe in equal rights for all. Just beacuse the `vast majority' of America think's it's bad, shouldn't make it illegal.
V. However, I do think that if a company has a trademark and somebody get's their domain before they do, well, then they have the right to have that domian, al long as they have a registered trademark before the squatter buys the domain.
In conclution, I think it's wrong, yet not worthy to be illegal. I think a lot of slashdot (and the public at large) opposed government involvement in things, unless it will benefit them. We shouldn't think about what's good for us, but what is right. What would Thomas Jefferson (IMHO the greatest of the founding fathers) do?
So....um......we take the buisness out of private industry, and give it to the government, n'est pas? There are a few fallicies in your logic:
I. The government never does anything efficent and well. Just look at history, provate industry built this country, let's keep it that way.
II. We still ahve to pay, it's just through invoulntary taxes instead of voluntary access charges.
III. Ever think about where you live? Chances are there are bigger market somewhere else, the private industry will build there first, true, and so will the government.
So actually, you don't get access any faster, cheaper or anything else. However, you do get regulation put on it, if the government owns the lines, it's not that hard to censor `indecent' content. This would just lead to the Big Brother tracking all of us and what we do.
This is an interesting invention. This will also aid in the development of nanotechnoligy. This will probably be the next generation of computers. But..... There is something better, smaller, more powerful then any computer know to man....Quantum computing. While nanotechnoligy is just the minitureazation (sp?) of todays technology, quantum technology is totally diffrent, works on diffrent principals and will make nanotechnoligy obselete. That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)
Whether we like him or not, you have to admit that he is nerd (maybe not as much as Pirates of Silicon Valley portrayed him, but, well, that's Hollywood for you...). As a member of the `nerds' (or geeks or whatever) club, he is probably very introverted and not much on the social stuff (let's face it, he would be a lousy husband/fathers/employer if he didn't have a good $90 bil. to give around). This is probably why he was shaking.
Actually, said program was on earlier in the week, so sorry to all you/.'ers who didn't get the privilege of seening a awesome show on wormholes, quantum physics and time travel.
(Oh, wait, if there is no time, then how could it have been on earlier in the week?)
Let's face it, humans are, as a whole, are the most inefficent beings ever created. It's the natural progression of technology. We will always want to be better, don't think of this as degrading the human race, but improving it.
Also, remember what happened to people after machines started doing farm work and factory work? People thought that this was bad and somehow going to be the downfall of humanity. Same thing with nuclear weapons. Oh my god, we have harnessed the power of the atom, were all going to die. Well, I'm here.
I think it will be the same with this, people will get all scared (mostly beacuse of ignorance, religon or the `herd' instinct) and try to stop this. This woln't harm socity, it will just make it better. We woln't lose our individuality, just enhance it. We will become a better race beacuse of this.
It will happen, there's no use in fighting it, technology has NEVER been stopped before, and it ain't about to start now.
So....um......if they downloaded it from us, would it be illegal (supposing we had a disclaimer saying that nobody outside the US can download this (kinda like the mp3 disclaimers))?
Anyway, the problem with paper is that ever time something changes, you have to print a whole new book. This could become a little time consuming and resourse (monetary) intensive.
Though I agree that they shouldn't embellish storys, let's face it, there's nothing to gain for a CSS company giving it to people overseas.
Wow.....sounds familer, very familer. I am also a 14 year old hacker (in the true sence). The only (big) diffrence, is that I get no respect for my skills (oh, wait, if I spelt that sk111z I would be feared and respected by all...). When I say I use Linux, they don't care (maybe they have no idea what it is (maybe if I said I _don't_ use Windows _or_ MacOS they would be impressed)). If I bring a Perl book (which I have done) they laugh and don't think I really do anything.
Unfourtionately, these hackers (did I say `hackers'? I meant `crackers' (actually, wannabe crackers))) on MTV are who they do fear. It dosen't matter that they use AOL and have never heard of telnet. If you can ping, you are a hacker (hmm....maybe I should do a `ping -f 60110 xxx.xxxx.xxx.xxx' on each of then and then see who is king).
Anyway, anybody know a (legal) way to get people to respect me? I'm not above illegal things, I just would prefer to stay out of jail (oh, wait, according to the lawyers in the Mitnik case,I could hack from jail with a laptop without a modem). It would be nice to get some respect for a change.
Um....first off, why the heck would you be announcing that you hacked military computers on MTV? And secong, why isn't he being arrested? This proves that this is a fake (not that there was any _real_ doubt...).
Second, why is MTV doing more and more about crap and socity (which I am proud to _NOT_ be a part of) and less and less music? What does `M'TV stand for?
Third, they say hackers, they mean crackers, I know it's redundant, but worthy of mention.
Fourth, they portray these as the regulr geek/nerd type of person. Just a question, how many of you would _ever_ appear on MTV?
Sixth, why does everybody get so scared when you say your a hacker (or even a cracker), I mean, except very few, they can't do any real damage at all. I hate the sterotype that we are all evil and out to destroy the world.
Seventh, why does everybody think of these people as the `computer elite'? They download a script, run it, and call it `hacking'. My hamster can do that. Try writing that script, in 4 diffrent languages, for 3 platforms, then you've got a hacker.
Eighth, I wonder if they have ever even been to Slashdot? It would be cool to get some publicity (It has appeared in the Paper (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) once or twice). But, then again, most people would find quantium mechanics, Echolen and geek culture in general boring.
I'm a homeschooler who is basically self-taught (maybe I took French). I would still say that I know more the most of me peers in more subjects. While I'm technically doing 9th grade work, I already understand algebra (anybody want to tell my Mom that...) and don't even study for History. I already understand Physics and haven't ever taken a class on it. I've never taken a class on programming, and yet can write Java, Perl, C, C++, Python and UNIX shell.
More reasons that self-taught is better:
I. Learn what you like.
II. At your own pace.
III. In the manner the you like.
IV. It has been said that to truly master a subject, you must teach it. In essence, your teaching yourself.
In conclution, with very few exeptions, it is much better to be self taught. (note: there are many more reasons, I just write them all in)
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Actually, I think he was refering to a GUI, not Windows imperticular (but, supposing this was written for amnagers, probably Windows is the only GUI (with the exception of Mac) that they are familer with). Anyway, he also meant it was a great idea, not nessecarily (sp?) that the actual implementation was that good.
Why do we always need to classify everything. In some cases it is good (bioligy, checmistry, etc...) But I think that classifing humans is proetty stupid.
I mean, look at personality tests, while you may kind of fit your description, you will never fully fit it. You may be a Republican, Democrat or Independent (or...Libretarian:)), but it dosen't mean you agree with the `party' on everything.
I think classification of humans is just turning us into communists (ok...a little extreme...). We should value our diffrences and indivuduality, not how much we are like everybody else.
It might just be me, but, most of the `programmers' and `Sys Admins' I see going around are people who can program one language on a Microsoft computer (they just happen to get a MCSE somewhere along the way). They aren't geeks, they see it as any other job.
However, I do know a few who truly love compurters. They can program in numerous languages on numerous platforms (and don't need certification to prove it). But, Corprate America dosen't like them, they don't understand that they can do hundreds of times more work then other people and can administer whole networks all by them selves. All they see is a self-taught social outcast who dosen't have any certification to back him up.
In conclution, while there are a few companies out there (like Novell) who hire true geeks, most companies choose their computer personel just like any other job, who has certification, experence, can spell their name correct on a job application, etc.... What people need to realise it that the self-taught geek is a whole lot more valueable then any MCSE anyday.
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I said I don't believe in piracy. I do still think that Windows is a crude take-off on Mac and that most of M$'s `innovations' are actually copied software with bugs (oops, did I say bugs, I meant `features').
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Actually, I meant people not having to rely on the gov. not the other way around. Anyway, it dosen't matter how those countries got that way, it's the fact that they are.
BTW - When you say your a Libretarian, do you mean the political (apolitical) party, the ideal, or both?
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First, Hong Kong (before China) was ruled by the British, however, the British govenor rarley did anything, it developed by itself. It was, for a while, the freest part of the world (and the fasted growing economically (until China, and a recession)).
Second, Switzerland may force people to serve in it's army, but, it grants freedoms in other ways. I never said it was a perfect example. And you didn't even say what was wrong about New Zeland.
Third, I wasn't saying that legalizing drugs would help the economy (though it was interesting I joined those two points together). I was saying that legalized drugs wouldn't necesarilly mean more druggies.
Fourth, While Libretarinism can be incorperated in a Monarchy, Democracy or Republic (possibly the best implementation). However, it is impossible to have a libretarian communist. Communist believe in a big government and reliance on the goverment and each other. Libretarians believe in small non-reliant governments and individuality.
Fifth, Does that have to do with the governments? China has the larges population in the world, and a 1 child per family cap. It has more to do with being in the civilized part of the world, where people understand that you can't have 20 kids and support all of them (Take all of socialist europe, same as New Zeland, Switzerland ((kinda) not part of the socalist europe) and Hong Kong).
That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)
So....um...suppose you just made a great new computer technology. You sold it to a lot of people who drew up blueprints and sold it for a lot less. You'd be pissed, n'est pas?
So, that's bad, but software piracy is ok? Well, software piracy is just about the same thing. So what makes it so diffrent?
I think slashdot has a very close minded approach to Microsoft (though very open minded in other ways). We need to realize that Microsoft is not the `evil empire' and dosen't want to take over the world (sorry).
Just remember how upset we are at companies that burn copies of Linux distro's and sell then for $5 on the corner. We don't like them, however, it's just legal piracy, same concept, diffrent licensing agreement.
That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)
Being a fellow Libretarian, I don't agree with some of the things you said:
:)). I really wish that there would be a real life Libretarian government though :(
I. More civil-unrest. Hmm....I don't remember much civil-unrest in New Zeland, Hong Kong (before China) or Switzerland (all three more Libretarian like then America). Now, let go on to Russia (before 1989), India, China, well, you can figure out the rates of discontentidness (sp?)
II. Less prosparity, more drug addicts. I'd bet if drugs were leaglized more people would make them, n'est pas? There would be more supply, coupled with the decreasing supply (if it's legal, what's the fun for kids to start) would take the money out of it and it would collapse on itself. As for prosparity, see Hong Kong and Switzerland.
III. Anyway, how many rebellions have you heard about in the listed countries above? Let's talk about Russia, China and even the socialist America.
IV. If people truly believed in their country, they would fight for it. See Revolutionary War. If anything, it should be harder to conqure a Libretarian government, more restiance to Communism and besides, the communists are already demoralized, why should they care how they fight?
V. What do you mean less population growth?
In conclution, I think a Libretarian government would be a good addition to Civ:CTP (or....FreeCIV
That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)
I agree with you about freedom. In the short run, it might not be the best choice, however, as has been proven _many_ times, it will always prevail. I think that Sun might benefit from not GPL'ing right now, however, it would make a better product in the future and everybody would get it (and, perhaps, buy it!!).
But, human nature always wants control. As long as we let what we feel get in the way of our thought there will always be limited freedom. Only when we overcome our human nature can we truly be free.
That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)
When I'm coding I tend to listen to alternitive rock (Early 90's Grunge). However, I also listen to bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and others (ever heard of Fleming and John (they kick, well, you know...).
Anyway, just a casual observation, but, I usually code BETTER when I listen to music. Not just that, I also play chess better (I'm the only one who brings headphones to a tournament) and I do just about and thinking intensive job better when I listen to music.
Wasn't there a scientific study on this a few years back (Cow's produce more milk while they listen to Mozart or something (of course, now in my state (Georgia) we give a free Classical music CD to all new Mothers (and were still 49th in Education)).
That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)
True, they have built a 2300 GB drive, however it is only in the development stages (thought they did have a working model earlier this year). I do agree that in a few years 73 GBs will seem like 64k does today, but, in the meantime, 73 GB will have to do.
Anyway, how big is your hard drive now? 6.4, 10.8? Somewhere around there? Anyway, if 73 GB is wimpy, then 6.4 is a trivial amount. Besides, how many mp3's can you have (a friend of mine's friend of his who goes to Ga. Tech has over 41 CD's of mp3's (26.2 GB worth, and he had more to burn)).
In the meantime, use RAID and some 20 GB drives. You can make a 100 GB drive out of that (and....mount filesystems over a network to get tetrabytes of data on a single filesystem!!!).
That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)
I disagree, both SETI@Home and Climate prediction are worthy causes. Neither more important then the other.
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What about all the small buisness that are strugling to get out of the red, and now you charge $230 more, for a simple DNS entry?
.com was originally intended for commercial use, it has become the de facto extention. A Internet newbie may not know about .org, .edu, .mil, etc..., but I'm sure even those who havn't use the internet know about .com (just look at NSI and Sun's ad's (the Dot-Com people and The Dot in Dot-Com)).
Anyway, while
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I. What does cybersquatting mean? What is `bad faith'? Come on, all we need is more fuzzy grey laws on the books in America. The justice system can't deal with black and white, how will they deal with fuzzy grey?!?
II. Should it be illegal? While were at it, should porn be illegal? It's bad for socity, contributes to the `moral decay' of America and clogs up a lot of bandwidth. However, it would be a violation of freedom of speech, and therfore shouldn't be illegal. Something might be bad and shouldn't be illegal.
III. Actually, when you think about it, isn't cybersquatting kinda like buying a peice of land and hoping to sell it for more? That's not illegal (and I don't know many who think it should be).
IV. While I may sound like a pro-cybersquatter, I'm not, I don't like them or what they do, I just believe in equal rights for all. Just beacuse the `vast majority' of America think's it's bad, shouldn't make it illegal.
V. However, I do think that if a company has a trademark and somebody get's their domain before they do, well, then they have the right to have that domian, al long as they have a registered trademark before the squatter buys the domain.
In conclution, I think it's wrong, yet not worthy to be illegal. I think a lot of slashdot (and the public at large) opposed government involvement in things, unless it will benefit them. We shouldn't think about what's good for us, but what is right. What would Thomas Jefferson (IMHO the greatest of the founding fathers) do?
That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)
So....um......we take the buisness out of private industry, and give it to the government, n'est pas? There are a few fallicies in your logic:
I. The government never does anything efficent and well. Just look at history, provate industry built this country, let's keep it that way.
II. We still ahve to pay, it's just through invoulntary taxes instead of voluntary access charges.
III. Ever think about where you live? Chances are there are bigger market somewhere else, the private industry will build there first, true, and so will the government.
So actually, you don't get access any faster, cheaper or anything else. However, you do get regulation put on it, if the government owns the lines, it's not that hard to censor `indecent' content. This would just lead to the Big Brother tracking all of us and what we do.
That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)
This is an interesting invention. This will also aid in the development of nanotechnoligy. This will probably be the next generation of computers. But.....
There is something better, smaller, more powerful then any computer know to man....Quantum computing.
While nanotechnoligy is just the minitureazation (sp?) of todays technology, quantum technology is totally diffrent, works on diffrent principals and will make nanotechnoligy obselete.
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Whether we like him or not, you have to admit that he is nerd (maybe not as much as Pirates of Silicon Valley portrayed him, but, well, that's Hollywood for you...). As a member of the `nerds' (or geeks or whatever) club, he is probably very introverted and not much on the social stuff (let's face it, he would be a lousy husband/fathers/employer if he didn't have a good $90 bil. to give around). This is probably why he was shaking.
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So...um....you came up with the theory that there is no time a long time ago? Hmmm.........
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Actually, said program was on earlier in the week, so sorry to all you /.'ers who didn't get the privilege of seening a awesome show on wormholes, quantum physics and time travel.
(Oh, wait, if there is no time, then how could it have been on earlier in the week?)
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Let's face it, humans are, as a whole, are the most inefficent beings ever created. It's the natural progression of technology. We will always want to be better, don't think of this as degrading the human race, but improving it.
Also, remember what happened to people after machines started doing farm work and factory work? People thought that this was bad and somehow going to be the downfall of humanity. Same thing with nuclear weapons. Oh my god, we have harnessed the power of the atom, were all going to die. Well, I'm here.
I think it will be the same with this, people will get all scared (mostly beacuse of ignorance, religon or the `herd' instinct) and try to stop this. This woln't harm socity, it will just make it better. We woln't lose our individuality, just enhance it. We will become a better race beacuse of this.
It will happen, there's no use in fighting it, technology has NEVER been stopped before, and it ain't about to start now.
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Anarchy Rules!!! (oh well, nobody ever said wrestling was for the (for lack of a better word) more educated population....we have chess)
Maybe not a disclaimer, but still funny.
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So....um......if they downloaded it from us, would it be illegal (supposing we had a disclaimer saying that nobody outside the US can download this (kinda like the mp3 disclaimers))?
Anyway, the problem with paper is that ever time something changes, you have to print a whole new book. This could become a little time consuming and resourse (monetary) intensive.
Though I agree that they shouldn't embellish storys, let's face it, there's nothing to gain for a CSS company giving it to people overseas.
That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)
Wow.....sounds familer, very familer. I am also a 14 year old hacker (in the true sence). The only (big) diffrence, is that I get no respect for my skills (oh, wait, if I spelt that sk111z I would be feared and respected by all...). When I say I use Linux, they don't care (maybe they have no idea what it is (maybe if I said I _don't_ use Windows _or_ MacOS they would be impressed)). If I bring a Perl book (which I have done) they laugh and don't think I really do anything.
Unfourtionately, these hackers (did I say `hackers'? I meant `crackers' (actually, wannabe crackers))) on MTV are who they do fear. It dosen't matter that they use AOL and have never heard of telnet. If you can ping, you are a hacker (hmm....maybe I should do a `ping -f 60110 xxx.xxxx.xxx.xxx' on each of then and then see who is king).
Anyway, anybody know a (legal) way to get people to respect me? I'm not above illegal things, I just would prefer to stay out of jail (oh, wait, according to the lawyers in the Mitnik case,I could hack from jail with a laptop without a modem). It would be nice to get some respect for a change.
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Um....first off, why the heck would you be announcing that you hacked military computers on MTV? And secong, why isn't he being arrested? This proves that this is a fake (not that there was any _real_ doubt...).
Second, why is MTV doing more and more about crap and socity (which I am proud to _NOT_ be a part of) and less and less music? What does `M'TV stand for?
Third, they say hackers, they mean crackers, I know it's redundant, but worthy of mention.
Fourth, they portray these as the regulr geek/nerd type of person. Just a question, how many of you would _ever_ appear on MTV?
Fifth, s0m3 1337 h4x0rs appearing 0n M7V pr0v1ng 7h47 7h3y c4n t41k f0r h0urs w/0 b31ng c0h3r3n7 w01n'7 d0 much f0r publ1c 0p1n10n 0f g33ks 4nd n3rds 3v3rywh3r3. Get my point?
Sixth, why does everybody get so scared when you say your a hacker (or even a cracker), I mean, except very few, they can't do any real damage at all. I hate the sterotype that we are all evil and out to destroy the world.
Seventh, why does everybody think of these people as the `computer elite'? They download a script, run it, and call it `hacking'. My hamster can do that. Try writing that script, in 4 diffrent languages, for 3 platforms, then you've got a hacker.
Eighth, I wonder if they have ever even been to Slashdot? It would be cool to get some publicity (It has appeared in the Paper (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) once or twice). But, then again, most people would find quantium mechanics, Echolen and geek culture in general boring.
In conclution, well, you figure out for yoursef.
That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)
I'm a homeschooler who is basically self-taught (maybe I took French). I would still say that I know more the most of me peers in more subjects. While I'm technically doing 9th grade work, I already understand algebra (anybody want to tell my Mom that...) and don't even study for History.
I already understand Physics and haven't ever taken a class on it. I've never taken a class on programming, and yet can write Java, Perl, C, C++, Python and UNIX shell.
More reasons that self-taught is better:
I. Learn what you like.
II. At your own pace.
III. In the manner the you like.
IV. It has been said that to truly master a subject, you must teach it. In essence, your teaching yourself.
In conclution, with very few exeptions, it is much better to be self taught. (note: there are many more reasons, I just write them all in)
That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)
Actually, I think he was refering to a GUI, not Windows imperticular (but, supposing this was written for amnagers, probably Windows is the only GUI (with the exception of Mac) that they are familer with). Anyway, he also meant it was a great idea, not nessecarily (sp?) that the actual implementation was that good.
That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)
Why do we always need to classify everything. In some cases it is good (bioligy, checmistry, etc...) But I think that classifing humans is proetty stupid.
:)), but it dosen't mean you agree with the `party' on everything.
I mean, look at personality tests, while you may kind of fit your description, you will never fully fit it. You may be a Republican, Democrat or Independent (or...Libretarian
I think classification of humans is just turning us into communists (ok...a little extreme...). We should value our diffrences and indivuduality, not how much we are like everybody else.
That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)
It might just be me, but, most of the `programmers' and `Sys Admins' I see going around are people who can program one language on a Microsoft computer (they just happen to get a MCSE somewhere along the way). They aren't geeks, they see it as any other job.
However, I do know a few who truly love compurters. They can program in numerous languages on numerous platforms (and don't need certification to prove it). But, Corprate America dosen't like them, they don't understand that they can do hundreds of times more work then other people and can administer whole networks all by them selves. All they see is a self-taught social outcast who dosen't have any certification to back him up.
In conclution, while there are a few companies out there (like Novell) who hire true geeks, most companies choose their computer personel just like any other job, who has certification, experence, can spell their name correct on a job application, etc.... What people need to realise it that the self-taught geek is a whole lot more valueable then any MCSE anyday.
That's my $(2^4*3+1/7%3*2/100)