What about the student's free speech rights? Should all legal matters fall into a 'is it cost effective' approach? Should threats of lawsuits replace any freedoms the law affords? If they're so damn poor they can get free representation, with a big name like Oxford it shouldn't be too hard.
And exactly what make you think such a case would cost millions of dollars to defend? I doubt they'd have to cancel the rugby program. Not to mention their ethical responsibility to provide intellectual space for the free exchange of ideas.
If you goto school so you can get ahead in the rat race, then yes this is the proper thing to do. You could *gasp* insult your corporate masters.
Why not use windows media player? First off, it doesn't collect data on you, beg for new upgrades every so often, is *stable*, and comes with the OS. If you're using Win98 you might as well use a stable media player instead of bitching about how buggy Windows is and how the people at Real are mini-fascists.
If it did steam real files I'd delete RP in a second.
Sorry, I don't agree about the free speech issue. There are simply too many instances of free speech violations, especially with progressive or leftist ideals. Vocal, written, and electronic criticisms of corporate doings an quickly get you blacklisted, fired, and censored while typical rightist speech is unbelievably protected up until that person/organization kills someone.
Leftists are quickly labeled terrorists, communists, anti-business or whatever the new hot-button word is. Who do you think the feds have more files on, those insane ineffectual militias or those who openly question the economic policies of this country?
Don't you think that his case is just a wee bit overblown? The man is a petty thief, not some abused and beaten political prisoner. There are *real* political prisoners out there, quit reading 2600 for 10 mins, get your head out of the sand and you might see how lowly he ranks on the list of social injustices.
Naww, don't bother, it just too *hip* to bitch about Mitnick.
Actually corporations used to get killed all the time, up until the 1900's it was pretty common for abusive corporations to lose their charters, even before they became a fascist monopoly.
Anti-corporation sentiment was pretty common in the beginnings of the United States government, because of corporations like the Hudson Bay Company and their trade monopolies.
Now its all been downhill ever since that Supreme Court decision which gives corps the same rights as individuals, well individuals that never age, die, and are incredibly wealthy. Smart move.
How about a search engine that when it comes across a new topic, lets say it crawls to a John Tesh appreciation page, it sends a questionnaire to the webmaster that looks something like this:
1. Is this site informative about John Tesh? Pick one: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (High number is yes, low is no)
2. Is this about John Tesh's music?
and so on, it could use an AI routine to come up with appropriate questions based on bios or definitions of the topic. The search engine would be question based, I would type in "Who is John Tesh" and I get the most obvious hits listed but I also get a series of links asking me things like: John Tesh's Music, Why people don't like John Tesh, Photos of John Tesh, etc. All done by AI and webmaster feedback.
Essentialy you'll get an informed series of specialized topics and their hyperlinks for every search. Sure it would spam the hell out of people, but the better it works the more webmasters will want to fill out the form to get a more accurate listing.
Why should it fall upon the users to constanly decide if x is reprintable. Let the potential publishers contact the users with some information about how their post is going to be used, when, possible compensation, etc...
According to the homepage the posts are owned by the users not by/. Now you cannot ethicaly use these comments and strip off their owner's identities and still make the pretense that they really belong to the poster. I don't know if you legaly have to give credit when quoting or reproducing in full with "fair use," but it would be very ethical to do so, not to mention giving proper credit where credit os due.
About this "town hall - public forum" crap. I post here knowing exactly what I'm getting into, banner ads and all, not to mention a disclaimer on how I own my post. Waking up to find one's post used in a different medium that I am not at all familiar with or consented too may or may not be legal but I sure as heck don't own my post anymore. Its unethical, unexpected, and violates the agreement on the homepage. I'm glad the slashdot crew realized this and is doing the right thing. Though I'm certain a possible class-action against them is probably the main reason for the sudden change of heart.
Why aren't all television shows, all episodes, available on-line yet? Broadband is here, people are watching all sorts of high-quality video, yet the networks lag behind.
Well, imagine what would happen to TV when everyone has broadband. People wouldn't tune in anymore, they'd wait for reviews or word of mouth before they sit down to invest 30 mins to network or cable programming via the net. Like tonight's simpsons, I'm better off watching a classic episode or a different highly rated show.
Advertisers would probably complain about how banner ads run continously and they only get 30 seconds of time for their money. Networks would lose money as they don't have the realtime presence that advertisers crave. What good is commercial if the audience gets to see it 2 months after its been released or that their CGI crawling roach didn't look convincing on the smaller screen?
This idea is too much 'power to the people' for the media moguls to pick up on. Maybe people will get a taste for it from this new site and its possible imitators and demand it. Would be nice.
Someone doesn't know what flamebait means. I always thought it was a waste to give moderators more than one point, at least then they'd have to be more careful and critical than just half-assingly label something like my above post. Oh well, I've got Karma to spare.
I'd be surprised if there is anymore PR over this other than the obligatory salon and wired articles, and a couple more I can't remember. Sorry but this will never make it into TWSJ, and if it did expcet a watered-down low on tech details article that is better off not being there.
Unfortunatly, the public has this, "MS is evil, but what can you do" attitude and really doesn't care. I can't imagine a great amount of people getting up over arms about click-throughs and open standards. Expect andover to remove the initial post and be done with it.
A good reason to hate QT is that annoying "Buy me Now!" window everytime it boots up. Sorry, you didn't convince me to buy you the first time, the next 100 times probably won't change my mind. Not to mention the brushed steel window and terrible UI.
Users don't like spam, and ISPs definatly don't like the waste of resources, why can't someone write a mailer that checks for mass amounts of identical mail? If over 100 users are on some Bcc list or if the same piece of mail keeps going through the system then shut it down. Make it suspend their account and inform the administrator.
If ISPs did this the only ISPs sending spam will be ones that approve of it and we could simply collect their domain names and put them on blocks and killfiles.
Spam is commercial soliciatation or advertising. It has nothing to do with free speech advertising has always, and rightly so, had many restrictions. The problem is that there isn't enough restrictions for spam right now.
Most of DC is a ghetto, no laws can fix that. Hot-button gun/anti-gun people will harp endlessly about how its about guns and not about the real social and political issues that help maintain and create a ghetto.
Societies with guns don't lower or raise crime compared to non-armed societies. The only real difference I've seen is that criminal violence is much more lethal in armed societies.
I'd rather be hit in the head with a skillet than a bullet.
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Clarke was just following accepted theories on the make-up of planets, he's not some visionary. Look at his 'in the year 2000' lists.
What about the student's free speech rights? Should all legal matters fall into a 'is it cost effective' approach? Should threats of lawsuits replace any freedoms the law affords? If they're so damn poor they can get free representation, with a big name like Oxford it shouldn't be too hard.
And exactly what make you think such a case would cost millions of dollars to defend? I doubt they'd have to cancel the rugby program. Not to mention their ethical responsibility to provide intellectual space for the free exchange of ideas.
If you goto school so you can get ahead in the rat race, then yes this is the proper thing to do. You could *gasp* insult your corporate masters.
Why not use windows media player? First off, it doesn't collect data on you, beg for new upgrades every so often, is *stable*, and comes with the OS. If you're using Win98 you might as well use a stable media player instead of bitching about how buggy Windows is and how the people at Real are mini-fascists.
If it did steam real files I'd delete RP in a second.
Umm, its a joke, the chip never went that fast.
and that annoying beep when you leave the lights on, or that damn piece of plastic that won't let you put the car in reverse at 5000 rpms.
When will the madness stop?
I don't want to go too off-topic here but...
Sorry, I don't agree about the free speech issue. There are simply too many instances of free speech violations, especially with progressive or leftist ideals. Vocal, written, and electronic criticisms of corporate doings an quickly get you blacklisted, fired, and censored while typical rightist speech is unbelievably protected up until that person/organization kills someone.
Leftists are quickly labeled terrorists, communists, anti-business or whatever the new hot-button word is. Who do you think the feds have more files on, those insane ineffectual militias or those who openly question the economic policies of this country?
Don't you think that his case is just a wee bit overblown? The man is a petty thief, not some abused and beaten political prisoner. There are *real* political prisoners out there, quit reading 2600 for 10 mins, get your head out of the sand and you might see how lowly he ranks on the list of social injustices.
Naww, don't bother, it just too *hip* to bitch about Mitnick.
The same thing that keeps them from locking you up without a trial, due process. Everyone deserves it, even MS.
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WBCHYW
Maybe people can grunt, "weeb-chew" in frustration.
Okay who's got some playboy membership passwords? Err, the funding is low on my "Geeks turned Strippers" thesis.
Get your free sound generator here.
and yes, it really does work.
Actually corporations used to get killed all the time, up until the 1900's it was pretty common for abusive corporations to lose their charters, even before they became a fascist monopoly.
Anti-corporation sentiment was pretty common in the beginnings of the United States government, because of corporations like the Hudson Bay Company and their trade monopolies.
Now its all been downhill ever since that Supreme Court decision which gives corps the same rights as individuals, well individuals that never age, die, and are incredibly wealthy. Smart move.
How about a search engine that when it comes across a new topic, lets say it crawls to a John Tesh appreciation page, it sends a questionnaire to the webmaster that looks something like this:
1. Is this site informative about John Tesh? Pick one: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (High number is yes, low is no)
2. Is this about John Tesh's music?
and so on, it could use an AI routine to come up with appropriate questions based on bios or definitions of the topic. The search engine would be question based, I would type in "Who is John Tesh" and I get the most obvious hits listed but I also get a series of links asking me things like: John Tesh's Music, Why people don't like John Tesh, Photos of John Tesh, etc.
All done by AI and webmaster feedback.
Essentialy you'll get an informed series of specialized topics and their hyperlinks for every search. Sure it would spam the hell out of people, but the better it works the more webmasters will want to fill out the form to get a more accurate listing.
What ever happend to Pete Townshend's "give me your bio and we'll make a song about you" AI routine?
Why should it fall upon the users to constanly decide if x is reprintable. Let the potential publishers contact the users with some information about how their post is going to be used, when, possible compensation, etc...
According to the homepage the posts are owned by the users not by /. Now you cannot ethicaly use these comments and strip off their owner's identities and still make the pretense that they really belong to the poster. I don't know if you legaly have to give credit when quoting or reproducing in full with "fair use," but it would be very ethical to do so, not to mention giving proper credit where credit os due.
About this "town hall - public forum" crap. I post here knowing exactly what I'm getting into, banner ads and all, not to mention a disclaimer on how I own my post. Waking up to find one's post used in a different medium that I am not at all familiar with or consented too may or may not be legal but I sure as heck don't own my post anymore. Its unethical, unexpected, and violates the agreement on the homepage. I'm glad the slashdot crew realized this and is doing the right thing. Though I'm certain a possible class-action against them is probably the main reason for the sudden change of heart.
Why aren't all television shows, all episodes, available on-line yet? Broadband is here, people are watching all sorts of high-quality video, yet the networks lag behind.
Well, imagine what would happen to TV when everyone has broadband. People wouldn't tune in anymore, they'd wait for reviews or word of mouth before they sit down to invest 30 mins to network or cable programming via the net. Like tonight's simpsons, I'm better off watching a classic episode or a different highly rated show.
Advertisers would probably complain about how banner ads run continously and they only get 30 seconds of time for their money. Networks would lose money as they don't have the realtime presence that advertisers crave. What good is commercial if the audience gets to see it 2 months after its been released or that their CGI crawling roach didn't look convincing on the smaller screen?
This idea is too much 'power to the people' for the media moguls to pick up on. Maybe people will get a taste for it from this new site and its possible imitators and demand it. Would be nice.
Someone doesn't know what flamebait means. I always thought it was a waste to give moderators more than one point, at least then they'd have to be more careful and critical than just half-assingly label something like my above post. Oh well, I've got Karma to spare.
I'd be surprised if there is anymore PR over this other than the obligatory salon and wired articles, and a couple more I can't remember. Sorry but this will never make it into TWSJ, and if it did expcet a watered-down low on tech details article that is better off not being there.
Unfortunatly, the public has this, "MS is evil, but what can you do" attitude and really doesn't care. I can't imagine a great amount of people getting up over arms about click-throughs and open standards. Expect andover to remove the initial post and be done with it.
A good reason to hate QT is that annoying "Buy me Now!" window everytime it boots up. Sorry, you didn't convince me to buy you the first time, the next 100 times probably won't change my mind. Not to mention the brushed steel window and terrible UI.
Users don't like spam, and ISPs definatly don't like the waste of resources, why can't someone write a mailer that checks for mass amounts of identical mail? If over 100 users are on some Bcc list or if the same piece of mail keeps going through the system then shut it down. Make it suspend their account and inform the administrator.
If ISPs did this the only ISPs sending spam will be ones that approve of it and we could simply collect their domain names and put them on blocks and killfiles.
Spam is commercial soliciatation or advertising. It has nothing to do with free speech advertising has always, and rightly so, had many restrictions. The problem is that there isn't enough restrictions for spam right now.
Thats just you, you're probably a pervert in denial - get help.
Most of DC is a ghetto, no laws can fix that. Hot-button gun/anti-gun people will harp endlessly about how its about guns and not about the real social and political issues that help maintain and create a ghetto.
Societies with guns don't lower or raise crime compared to non-armed societies. The only real difference I've seen is that criminal violence is much more lethal in armed societies.
I'd rather be hit in the head with a skillet than a bullet.