Oh I hope this keeps up. All I have to do is get the genomes of certain married couples and then I can own their children! Who do I want to own first? Jennifer Aniston or Selma Hayek. Choices, choices...
99% of pirated mp3 music are the radio songs record companies are DYING for people to pay attention to. Coming at you 45 times a day from playlist radio that is almost unbearable. Yet, when you turn your PC into a little radio station to hear some catchy tunes, you're suddenly a criminal. Of course, very few mp3 collectors would bother buying an album they didn't think was chock full of good music. The CDs I own are by musicians I really like and my MP3's are either hard to find songs unavailable for purchase or radio songs.
Essentially, we've been listening to the radio that pretty much is catered for the record companies all our lives. We kinda develop a radio mentality, an acceptence of singles and playlists. Is it so much of a wonder why people take all these singles and play the crap out of them on their PCs? They're just trying to make a little radio station all their own.
The record companies really want it both ways, a huge avaialabilty for 'free' radio music and an uncompromising protection of these very same radio songs. The next logical step would be to use MP3's to promote albums, like the radio does now. This would probably cut into record profits and well, I won't hold my breath.
Its all a moot point, if radio stations weren't promotion machines, created by the record companies, we'd be able to turn them on and enjoy them all day.
BTW morality has nothing to do with disapproving the actions of others, but has everything to do with approving of your OWN actions. Think about it.
Two friends on sitting on the couch watching the new offerings on cable when a third man, wearing clothes almost to tatters, a long beard and unkempt hair wanders out of his bedroom looking a bit dazed.
One friend turns to the other and says, "You didn't tell me your roommate was a filthy hippie." Surprised, his friend replies, "Hippie? Oh no. That's Hank, he writes open source software."
"Having done my time in surveillance/counter-surveillance circles, I can honestly say that what most people consider as privacy is the most widely-hyped and catered-to fictional ideal of all time.
No where in this article does it talk about making you completely 100% anonymous in all facets of modern society.
Privacy advocates are only trying to fight off the hubris of sites with a large enough share to do as they please. Want to read the NYTimes? Its about developing acceptable standards for a new medium like the web.
Anyone can find out anything about anyone else, so long as they have the time, money and talent to do it.
I'm sure anyone with more than 2 neurons to rub together knows this. It sounds like to me that you're implying to give up privacy concerns because it'll never be 100% anonymous. Thats like saying, "Well anyone can break into my house with enough effort. Goodbye doorlocks!!!" or "Someone could steal money from my bank, I might as well give up any semblance of protection and keep it in my mattress."
Like all things, its a matter of degrees and perception. I read the article, no one is claiming that this will suddenly make them 100% anonymous in all facets of modern society. So spare us you straw man and get to the facts.
Why shouldn't people complain and try to fight for privacy in a new medium like the web? First off privacy advocates are trying to lay the groundwork on what is acceptable and what isn't. Its consumer protection, it limits what webmasters are allowed to do. If we just give up, then EVERY site will be an extended survey on your buying habits, hair color, time between bowel movements, etc.
What this isn't - is the price you have to pay to use a public/free site. Fuck the NYTimes, I have never given them real info and never will. Why should they be allowed to make extra revenue off us when every other news site in the world doesn't? They certainly aren't hard up for cash, they're just using their huge market position to do as they please - sound like a company you know? Think of it as teaching them proper netiqette. Gotta keep their hubris in line.
Wasn't that dreamcast telnet just someone logging into a router? I'm sure it was.
LinuxCorp, founded by billionare boy genius Linus Torvalds would be fighting Microsoft for control of the OS market by selling the easy to use propriety bloatware that the public seems to love.
At least we'd see more cute penguins in the media.
First off, this system supposedly is going to be used to screen out bad boys and bad girls. Not tell if a threat is real or fake as is the case with the feds.
Oh, I love how they pander to the 'education is underfunded consensus.' If this is how they spend their money than it deserves to be so.
It is likely to be a small monthly fee for each school.
Spare me your 'low low price guaranteed.' You'll charge the most you can for your market, like any other industry. You have a huge interest in making sure school districts get more cash = more to spend = higher prices = more profit!
This webpage is really about one thing - for the company to make the migration from fed services to the school district.
Is this the latest or the last of the commercial and political profiteering off Columbine? If there's more to be done here's something that'll keep our industries and busybodies going for a while.
1. Phrenology violence detector - hey it worked in the 20's.
2. Kirlian photography aura scanner. 'Sorry go home, you got too much green and blue today.'
3. "The smiler." A device which attaches to your face and pulls a smile every 45 seconds.
4. Portable baggy-pants-detector. Can spot a pair of baggy pants 400 meters away.
5. Non-church goers must wear a scarlet 'A' on their shirts.
6. A computer program that picks out violent youths through a questionaire. -whoops!
Personal information? Ha. Currently I'm a 90+ year old woman who makes over 100k a year and never graduated from HS. I screw up EVERY little survey I take. Sorry, I don't approve of your corporation knowing what/who/why I am.
And a big 'yes' to the self-righteous people who are going to ask me if I know its part of the 'agreement.' We have to draw the line somewhere if we want to keep our online rights. Its protest, and once they realize EVERYONE or almost everyone is lying they can either open up their site for public/anon use or they can take it down. Don't I sound like revelotionary tonight?
How is it that some older people can't comprehend an ATM, while others can easily use a computer? I don't think it is related to how smart you are, but maybe it is a function of how many brain cells are being created or how their bodies manage to incorporate them into their existing brain.
The geezers I've met that are bright, have always been smart people. Not in the way that you're born smart, but in the way that they've never stopped learning. They read decent books, not absorb gamma rays all day. They have always had an interest in technology, not suprised by these computer gizmos CNN keeps talking about. They developed critical thinking skills and use them, not your typical confused the-way-things-were geezer.
I've read a little research on alzheimers about the same thing, if you aren't using it, you're losing it.
Io was recently quoted as saying, "Yes, that's me in the picture, but that volcano is clearly a fake. I'm not mad as these people, I feel sorry for them. Their obsession with heavenly bodies is something they should think about. I do blame those who maintain these web sites like NASA, they don't have a right to use my likeness with doctored photos so they can sell banner ads."
Naive? He's been running a business for almost three years and he's naive?
Who would hire him? It looks good on a resume to be a self-starter especially at a young age. This kid probably has many opportunities, and I'm sure none at a company with your mentality.
Kasparov, after defeating the World, has just announced plans to begin competition with the planets Mars and Venus. Mr. Kasparov is waiting for a reply and recently was quoted as saying, "I'm afraid they might just be chicken."
Longtime opponent Deep Blue, when asked about Gary replied in an email that, "He keeps ignoring my phone calls."
The result is a world of individuals, a place where the very idea of a brain transplant is absurd.
Absurd? Maybe in the way you can get a new brain, but not a new body. Once we make tools small and smart enough to re-connect even the tinniest nerves you'll be trading that old meat for the newest model. "Honey, Look! This one comes with a 10-year snore free guarantee!"
Yeah, how would you like it if some other busybody thought athletics was so goodfor you that it should be part of the curriculum too? Mandatory little league, basketball, etc. Or another thinks religious education has to be taught at school.
Maybe for you Legos were great fun, but not every kid wants to spend 42+ hours building the 'Mega-Castle-Fortress-set-including-the-black-knig ht.' Creative kids will gravitate towards creative hobbies while other kids do other things.
Forcing children to do something you approve of doesn't make them love it. If we listened to every faddish crackpot who knows what good for kids we'd have a curriculum that includes pyramid power, creationism, theraputic touch, etc.
Oh come on now. I could make a MUCH better analogy corellating Legos and future architects. 10 pieces and 27 keywords? Thats your comparison? Not only is that not close, I don't know if more that a dozen types of interconnects is practical. Look at a brick building, even with the cosmetic bricks its still not up there.
What this aricle is trying to sell you is the idea that legos have a great deal in common with programming. No way, thats just too much of a stretch. The connection they're not making is programming is a creative act as is legos, so creative kids grow up to be creative adults.
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Oh I hope this keeps up. All I have to do is get the genomes of certain married couples and then I can own their children! Who do I want to own first? Jennifer Aniston or Selma Hayek. Choices, choices...
Essentially, we've been listening to the radio that pretty much is catered for the record companies all our lives. We kinda develop a radio mentality, an acceptence of singles and playlists. Is it so much of a wonder why people take all these singles and play the crap out of them on their PCs? They're just trying to make a little radio station all their own.
The record companies really want it both ways, a huge avaialabilty for 'free' radio music and an uncompromising protection of these very same radio songs. The next logical step would be to use MP3's to promote albums, like the radio does now. This would probably cut into record profits and well, I won't hold my breath.
Its all a moot point, if radio stations weren't promotion machines, created by the record companies, we'd be able to turn them on and enjoy them all day.
BTW morality has nothing to do with disapproving the actions of others, but has everything to do with approving of your OWN actions. Think about it.
Two friends on sitting on the couch watching the new offerings on cable when a third man, wearing clothes almost to tatters, a long beard and unkempt hair wanders out of his bedroom looking a bit dazed.
One friend turns to the other and says, "You didn't tell me your roommate was a filthy hippie." Surprised, his friend replies, "Hippie? Oh no. That's Hank, he writes open source software."
No where in this article does it talk about making you completely 100% anonymous in all facets of modern society.
Privacy advocates are only trying to fight off the hubris of sites with a large enough share to do as they please. Want to read the NYTimes? Its about developing acceptable standards for a new medium like the web.
Anyone can find out anything about anyone else, so long as they have the time, money and talent to do it.
I'm sure anyone with more than 2 neurons to rub together knows this. It sounds like to me that you're implying to give up privacy concerns because it'll never be 100% anonymous. Thats like saying, "Well anyone can break into my house with enough effort. Goodbye doorlocks!!!" or "Someone could steal money from my bank, I might as well give up any semblance of protection and keep it in my mattress."
Maybe this check box will be in 5.0:
[ ] Block really embarassing cookies.
Netscape can market it as 'Porn Browser of Choice.'
Why shouldn't people complain and try to fight for privacy in a new medium like the web? First off privacy advocates are trying to lay the groundwork on what is acceptable and what isn't. Its consumer protection, it limits what webmasters are allowed to do. If we just give up, then EVERY site will be an extended survey on your buying habits, hair color, time between bowel movements, etc.
What this isn't - is the price you have to pay to use a public/free site. Fuck the NYTimes, I have never given them real info and never will. Why should they be allowed to make extra revenue off us when every other news site in the world doesn't? They certainly aren't hard up for cash, they're just using their huge market position to do as they please - sound like a company you know? Think of it as teaching them proper netiqette. Gotta keep their hubris in line.
Wasn't that dreamcast telnet just someone logging into a router? I'm sure it was.
Right now Bill Gates is grinning evilly at his latest attempt to take over the word - mice that record fingerprints!
No its not correct, its a joke. Look it up.
"Mommy why is our tree covered in fireflies?"
Okay the version for the 15 year olds is out, so when are they releasing the adult version, "The taming of the succubi?"
Weighing in at 2 ounces...
That pretty much defines comic for me. Is that opposed to illustrated poetry or non-illustrated prose?
Torvalds would be fighting Microsoft for control of the OS market by selling the easy to use propriety bloatware that the public seems to love.
At least we'd see more cute penguins in the media.
Oh, I love how they pander to the 'education is underfunded consensus.' If this is how they spend their money than it deserves to be so.
It is likely to be a small monthly fee for each school.
Spare me your 'low low price guaranteed.' You'll charge the most you can for your market, like any other industry. You have a huge interest in making sure school districts get more cash = more to spend = higher prices = more profit!
This webpage is really about one thing - for the company to make the migration from fed services to the school district.
and of course, because its already part of the curriculum doesnt mean its right.
1. Phrenology violence detector - hey it worked in the 20's.
2. Kirlian photography aura scanner. 'Sorry go home, you got too much green and blue today.'
3. "The smiler." A device which attaches to your face and pulls a smile every 45 seconds.
4. Portable baggy-pants-detector. Can spot a pair of baggy pants 400 meters away.
5. Non-church goers must wear a scarlet 'A' on their shirts.
6. A computer program that picks out violent youths through a questionaire. -whoops!
And a big 'yes' to the self-righteous people who are going to ask me if I know its part of the 'agreement.' We have to draw the line somewhere if we want to keep our online rights. Its protest, and once they realize EVERYONE or almost everyone is lying they can either open up their site for public/anon use or they can take it down. Don't I sound like revelotionary tonight?
computer? I don't think it is related to how smart you are, but maybe it is a function of how many
brain cells are being created or how their bodies manage to incorporate them into their existing
brain.
The geezers I've met that are bright, have always been smart people. Not in the way that you're born smart, but in the way that they've never stopped learning. They read decent books, not absorb gamma rays all day. They have always had an interest in technology, not suprised by these computer gizmos CNN keeps talking about. They developed critical thinking skills and use them, not your typical confused the-way-things-were geezer.
I've read a little research on alzheimers about the same thing, if you aren't using it, you're losing it.
Io was recently quoted as saying, "Yes, that's me in the picture, but that volcano is clearly a fake. I'm not mad as these people, I feel sorry for them. Their obsession with heavenly bodies is something they should think about. I do blame those who maintain these web sites like NASA, they don't have a right to use my likeness with doctored photos so they can sell banner ads."
Who would hire him? It looks good on a resume to be a self-starter especially at a young age. This kid probably has many opportunities, and I'm sure none at a company with your mentality.
Longtime opponent Deep Blue, when asked about Gary replied in an email that, "He keeps ignoring my phone calls."
Have you developed a proper maintenance schedule for your media? Checked for bad sectors and lost files?
Have you defragmented lately?
Do you make frequent backups?
Not only is media attention good for Linux, its good for any OS.
place where the very idea of a brain transplant is absurd.
Absurd? Maybe in the way you can get a new brain, but not a new body. Once we make tools small and smart enough to re-connect even the tinniest nerves you'll be trading that old meat for the newest model. "Honey, Look! This one comes with a 10-year snore free guarantee!"
Maybe for you Legos were great fun, but not every kid wants to spend 42+ hours building the 'Mega-Castle-Fortress-set-including-the-black-kni
creative hobbies while other kids do other things.
Forcing children to do something you approve of doesn't make them love it. If we listened to every faddish crackpot who knows what good for kids we'd have a curriculum that includes pyramid power, creationism, theraputic touch, etc.
What this aricle is trying to sell you is the idea that legos have a great deal in common with programming. No way, thats just too much of a stretch. The connection they're not making is programming is a creative act as is legos, so creative kids grow up to be creative adults.