Not necessarily true, astronomers are constantly working with observations of the heavens, yet where's the latest UFO sighting from them? How about government agencies examining crashes, digging through the earth, and defending their airspace? What about other branches of science working in the field?
The difference is the UFO nut considers all these examples to be controlled by the MIB, which may or may not include Will Smith. Which is complete bullshit, any agency would kill for the PR to be the first one's talking or discovering aliens. Look at how excited NASA got with their Mars sample.
After the UFO nut is done explaining to you why the Grays, Blues, Purples, and Rainbows are fighting and the massive conspiracy behind their secret war, they'll be the first to pull up a photo from some other flake and claiming this is the REAL stuff d00dz!
I think the last person who will discover anything authentic about aliens will be the nuts. Their simply blinded by their zeal, the way a crazed Tennessee snake handling strychnine drinking fundie would make a lousy theologian. If anything it'll be an accidental discovery, most likely someone who doesn't have one strong positive or negative opinion about UFOs.
Why is it that only masters of flakiness like Lloyd Pye and Stan Friedman ever come across UFO artifacts and all sorts of proof fit for the Fox network??
Probably because when most people find some interesting crap they don't cry "UFO" without thinking which suddenly propels them into the well-paying hype machine.
Their theory is based on little more than modern UFO lore mixed in with a kind of Scientologist cosmology. I'm sure whatever results they get back with quickly be assimilated into a new UFO theory, cause, hey its real! Nothing like pseudo-science to keep you from disappointment.
"Unfortunaty when the mothership does land, George Clinton and Bootsy Collins will be the only ones aboard."
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"We're also throwing in a book of doodles free with every order!"
For a minute there I was expecting to find a Win, Mac, Amiga, Palm, Atari, and OS/2 version but not Linux. "Take that OS/2, Amiga, and Atari!" "Not much of a victory is it?" "Every little bit helps."
He had the opportunity to dispel each question/accusation but instead chose to send in a FORM LETTER. After the introduction this letter could have be sent to anyone, its called spin.
He wasn't hired to answer anyone's questions, he wasn't paid by Slashdot or it's readers, and frankly I wasn't impressed by the questions either
Its called an agreement, not all things are done for money, you might find that surprising. If slashdot DID pay him to answer this would be more of a farce than it already is.
Frankly, if I ever got a questionnaire like that, I'd probably feel disapointed by the quality and matuity of the questions, too.
If you are as notorious as JP is, then you'd probably expect non-softball questions. Or you could just send out a 'I'm a good guy' form letter.
Sensitive? No one asked him any specific questions on what clients have what servers running what. Most questions were of a non client-"specialist" nature.
So the price of free software is: People I don't like shouldn't say nice things about it.
Is Joey Mcarthy back?! Is Eric afraid of being called a red. Hmm, one of those might be true.
Who cares if it becomes the choice OS for serial killers or haibitual shoplifers. Its software. The worst press is can receive is people like ESR who turn computers into politcal pawns. Eric makes it sound like Pol Pot himself came over and killed a few people with a Linux floppy.
You may dislike the PRC for x amount of reasons, but their OS shouldn't be one of them.
If you're not sure if there's a 24 hour evaluation period then why are you posting?
Obviously, you can't charge $$ for evaluating, so you won't see bookstores handing out copies of anything because they will lose money from losing that potential sale.
You can buy and return all the magazines you want, just make sure the store's return policy covers it. No copyrights to worry about.
I suggest YOU read the links you keep tossing out.
The people problem won't be armed survivalists, heck they're probably gonna have a great time getting drunk, shooting guns in the air, and using the 'lets do it on midnight' pick up line, in safety in the woods.
They're just people. Now take the same behavior and put that in the big city and you got a GREAT excuse to riot. Your enemy isn't some tang drinking freak but your local high school/college kids, drunken asses, trash of all ethnicity, and your usual spineles suburbanites who will join in anything dangerous if everyone else is. Think Woodstock 2000.
"We're gonna party like its 19-99!"
"I'm gonna be trying to turn my car right side up like its Jan 1, 2000'"
If this was cross-mail-reader than, yeah, it would *not* be another email virus. But its just Outlook users and, specificaly, more problems with ActiveX. Its devlish in the way that it blows right past the 'don't open attached crap' mantra, but at the same time security minded people wouldn't be using OE in the first place.
Is there a sweeter way to learn proper security than by having all hell break loose? MS is doing the public a favor by proving itself to be asleep at the wheel when it comes to security, but forced to inform people on how virii work and what precautions to take.
If anything it'll make x amount of people go "My data is too valuable for MS to screw around with," and switch to a secure mailer.
I'm hoping MS's vision of putting ActiveX+HTML EVERYWHERE vision is dead.
You know, I wish I had the luxury of determining which laws I thought were breakable because what I was doing wasn't realing "harming" anyone.
Of come on now, spare me you self-righteous sanctimony. People do this constantly be it traffic laws, littering, 'stupid' local laws, trespassing, piracy, drugs, prostitution, curfews, etc.
What the first post of this thread really was about is, yes, the harmlessness of consumer piracy and how the litigation craze has become the net's inseparable partner. It will continue to happen until mama-cass-meteor smacks the earth and for the most part its beneficial. How many musical acts would be unknown if it wasn't for word of mouth and piracy? The grateful dead comes to mind here.
Selling pirated music is much more a crime because it actually DOES take money away from the rightful company. While giving your buddy a copy of something doesn't mean he was going out to buy it, in fact he might think its terrible and save himself 15 bucks.
If you're that naive and have zero-tolerance for software piracy than its just not the industry for you.
You've already decided that coming in is legal and fine so whatever is found can be used to incriminate the owner. When in reality coming in is NOT fine if you find the door locked and you begin to force yourself in. Regardless if other people have cracked it, the first crack is as illegal and the 100th crack. Regardless of how long it took to crack, its still cracking.
Now if the sign said "Set my house of fire" with a gas can and a lighter next to it would that be fine too? Arson is still illegal regardless of how easy it is or if 'everyone else is doing it.'
Another thing everyone is forgetting is you have no idea what MP3's are legal or illegal without knowing what CD's or Tapes that person owns. MP3 transer also isn't illegal if the recipient keeps it for under 24 hours. Its called fair use.
Easily guessed passwords are suddenly public access and not hacking? You expect anyone to agree with that?
Its also impossible to know which MP3's are illegal and which aren't without an investigation. I may have lots of Who mp3s and I might just own every Who album. Ever hear of fair use?
"Yeah officer I stole that car radio, but the guy left his door unlocked!"
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Not necessarily true, astronomers are constantly working with observations of the heavens, yet where's the latest UFO sighting from them? How about government agencies examining crashes, digging through the earth, and defending their airspace? What about other branches of science working in the field?
The difference is the UFO nut considers all these examples to be controlled by the MIB, which may or may not include Will Smith. Which is complete bullshit, any agency would kill for the PR to be the first one's talking or discovering aliens. Look at how excited NASA got with their Mars sample.
After the UFO nut is done explaining to you why the Grays, Blues, Purples, and Rainbows are fighting and the massive conspiracy behind their secret war, they'll be the first to pull up a photo from some other flake and claiming this is the REAL stuff d00dz!
I think the last person who will discover anything authentic about aliens will be the nuts. Their simply blinded by their zeal, the way a crazed Tennessee snake handling strychnine drinking fundie would make a lousy theologian. If anything it'll be an accidental discovery, most likely someone who doesn't have one strong positive or negative opinion about UFOs.
Sure, a lot of great minds have been laughed at, but out of all thepeople that have been laughed at, greatness must be .000000001%.
The hunt for UFOs is the modern version of the hunt for the elixir of life or turning lead to gold.
Obligatory: Newton was an alchemist. Not that thats why we remember him.
Why is it that only masters of flakiness like Lloyd Pye and Stan Friedman ever come across UFO artifacts and all sorts of proof fit for the Fox network??
Probably because when most people find some interesting crap they don't cry "UFO" without thinking which suddenly propels them into the well-paying hype machine.
Their theory is based on little more than modern UFO lore mixed in with a kind of Scientologist cosmology. I'm sure whatever results they get back with quickly be assimilated into a new UFO theory, cause, hey its real! Nothing like pseudo-science to keep you from disappointment.
"Unfortunaty when the mothership does land, George Clinton and Bootsy Collins will be the only ones aboard."
That's right, all 2.5 to 2.0 GPA students' notes are now 40% off! Why pay more if you're not trying for a 4.0? Don't be fooled by promises of higher GPAs, go directly to www.Ijustwannapass.com for all your study needs.
"We're also throwing in a book of doodles free with every order!"
For a minute there I was expecting to find a Win, Mac, Amiga, Palm, Atari, and OS/2 version but not Linux.
"Take that OS/2, Amiga, and Atari!"
"Not much of a victory is it?"
"Every little bit helps."
He had the opportunity to dispel each question/accusation but instead chose to send in a FORM LETTER. After the introduction this letter could have be sent to anyone, its called spin.
He wasn't hired to answer anyone's questions, he wasn't paid by Slashdot or it's readers, and frankly I wasn't impressed by the questions either
Its called an agreement, not all things are done for money, you might find that surprising. If slashdot DID pay him to answer this would be more of a farce than it already is.
Frankly, if I ever got a questionnaire like that, I'd probably feel disapointed by the quality and matuity of the questions, too.
If you are as notorious as JP is, then you'd probably expect non-softball questions. Or you could just send out a 'I'm a good guy' form letter.
Sensitive? No one asked him any specific questions on what clients have what servers running what. Most questions were of a non client-"specialist" nature.
Tell JP I said, 'hi!'
Now I'm gonna be working on my Linus impression. I'm sure they'll be a couple hundred people who get it and maybe 3 that'll think its funny.
Other Jeopardy mainstays include the many inventions of Buckminster Fuller and Esperanto. And now Linux. Be afraid.
"He's canadian, no wonder he didn't get it right, what'd you expect?"
"Ummm how about 'Linux, eh?'"
Its really a pendant attached to a 100 lbs cage on wheels containing a 4-foot linguist on loan from a failing European power.
"The worst part is the number of Stephen Hawking prank calls will rise exponentialy."
So the price of free software is: People I don't like shouldn't say nice things about it.
Is Joey Mcarthy back?! Is Eric afraid of being called a red. Hmm, one of those might be true.
Who cares if it becomes the choice OS for serial killers or haibitual shoplifers. Its software. The worst press is can receive is people like ESR who turn computers into politcal pawns. Eric makes it sound like Pol Pot himself came over and killed a few people with a Linux floppy.
You may dislike the PRC for x amount of reasons, but their OS shouldn't be one of them.
If you're not sure if there's a 24 hour evaluation period then why are you posting?
Obviously, you can't charge $$ for evaluating, so you won't see bookstores handing out copies of anything because they will lose money from losing that potential sale.
You can buy and return all the magazines you want, just make sure the store's return policy covers it. No copyrights to worry about.
I suggest YOU read the links you keep tossing out.
Linus Torvalds already - admits now finally the date for the conception
Linus is having a baby! I hope his boys can swim.
"If you can't take the shoddy journalism than stay out of the rumor kitchen."
Just like software, under fair use you can have a 24 hour evaluation period of copywritten materials.
Heh, you consult the lawyers and save me the $$$.
The people problem won't be armed survivalists, heck they're probably gonna have a great time getting drunk, shooting guns in the air, and using the 'lets do it on midnight' pick up line, in safety in the woods.
They're just people. Now take the same behavior and put that in the big city and you got a GREAT excuse to riot. Your enemy isn't some tang drinking freak but your local high school/college kids, drunken asses, trash of all ethnicity, and your usual spineles suburbanites who will join in anything dangerous if everyone else is. Think Woodstock 2000.
"We're gonna party like its 19-99!"
"I'm gonna be trying to turn my car right side up like its Jan 1, 2000'"
After Y2K famine becomes Y2k cannibalism we'll be seeing "Human meat? Ok to eat!" commercials.
I've used a Gateway LCD and I wanna ask LCD fans
Why????
There must be a market out there for people who use laptops all day and can't deal with the higher resolution and refresh rates of a CRT.
They do look quite futuristic and fetching though...
"Wow, look at that! You must be from the future."
"No, my gullible friend, I'm just rich."
Next thing we'll see is an anti-Microsoft gathering in Tianamen square.
Obviously the person making the decision to MAKE you use OE is not security minded. If you don't have a choice in the matter you haven't chosen.
If you're using OE and you think you're secure, heh, thats your problem.
John Hancock's digital sig would be 8 megabytes big...
Couldn't resist.
Spammers using Hotmail will be happy to have a mailbox that won't fill up with their competitor's spam right before it gets canceled.
Maybe from now on all spam will be from Hotmail.com to Hotmail.com.
"Who needs open relays when you can get a free mailbox in 96 seconds?"
If this was cross-mail-reader than, yeah, it would *not* be another email virus. But its just Outlook users and, specificaly, more problems with ActiveX. Its devlish in the way that it blows right past the 'don't open attached crap' mantra, but at the same time security minded people wouldn't be using OE in the first place.
Is there a sweeter way to learn proper security than by having all hell break loose? MS is doing the public a favor by proving itself to be asleep at the wheel when it comes to security, but forced to inform people on how virii work and what precautions to take.
If anything it'll make x amount of people go "My data is too valuable for MS to screw around with," and switch to a secure mailer.
I'm hoping MS's vision of putting ActiveX+HTML EVERYWHERE vision is dead.
Bah, Bubbleboy isn't a Seinfeld episode, its the AUTHOR. What would you do sealed up all day but write malicious virii?
You know, I wish I had the luxury of determining which laws I thought were breakable because what I was doing wasn't realing "harming" anyone.
Of come on now, spare me you self-righteous sanctimony. People do this constantly be it traffic laws, littering, 'stupid' local laws, trespassing, piracy, drugs, prostitution, curfews, etc.
What the first post of this thread really was about is, yes, the harmlessness of consumer piracy and how the litigation craze has become the net's inseparable partner. It will continue to happen until mama-cass-meteor smacks the earth and for the most part its beneficial. How many musical acts would be unknown if it wasn't for word of mouth and piracy? The grateful dead comes to mind here.
Selling pirated music is much more a crime because it actually DOES take money away from the rightful company. While giving your buddy a copy of something doesn't mean he was going out to buy it, in fact he might think its terrible and save himself 15 bucks.
If you're that naive and have zero-tolerance for software piracy than its just not the industry for you.
You've already decided that coming in is legal and fine so whatever is found can be used to incriminate the owner. When in reality coming in is NOT fine if you find the door locked and you begin to force yourself in. Regardless if other people have cracked it, the first crack is as illegal and the 100th crack. Regardless of how long it took to crack, its still cracking.
Now if the sign said "Set my house of fire" with a gas can and a lighter next to it would that be fine too? Arson is still illegal regardless of how easy it is or if 'everyone else is doing it.'
Another thing everyone is forgetting is you have no idea what MP3's are legal or illegal without knowing what CD's or Tapes that person owns. MP3 transer also isn't illegal if the recipient keeps it for under 24 hours. Its called fair use.
2 wrongs certainly don't make a right.
Easily guessed passwords are suddenly public access and not hacking? You expect anyone to agree with that?
Its also impossible to know which MP3's are illegal and which aren't without an investigation. I may have lots of Who mp3s and I might just own every Who album. Ever hear of fair use?
"Yeah officer I stole that car radio, but the guy left his door unlocked!"