You know, my bullshit meter is sitting at about half scale reading what you just wrote. Do you have a citation for this? I googled it and couldn't find anything. In fact, the only thing I found was your post.
As it turns out the RIAA failed to mention to its partners that the 'impartial and independent' technology expert they retained previously lobbied for the music industry group.
What kind of jackass expects the mafiaa to disclose their "expert's" previous engagements?
What browser makers really need to do to prevent tracking is to simply clear cookies when you close your browser. For good measure also clear flash and silverlight cookies. That prevents persistent tracking. It works perfectly for me. I've never needed do not track.
How do you know they aren't tracking you by IP address and habit of sites you visit?
If you want to turn off device tracking using the IDFA on your iOS6 device, do the following:
1) Click on Settings.
2) Click on General to access the General Settings.
3) Click About
4) Scroll down and click on Advertising.
5) Set Limit Ad Tracking to "ON".
6) Press and hold the 'Power' button for five minutes.
7) Say "Steve Jobs is now a god" seven times and really mean it.
8) Put the phone in a glass case on a raised pedestal under spotlights in the middle of your living room.
9) Leave it there for forty days and forty nights.
10) Take phone out of the glass case and place it in a 100 lb. bag of virgin white rice.
11) Hermetically seal bag.
12) Leave it there for three days.
Device tracking will now probably be turned off for the next 15 minutes. If it's not, try repeating the instructions above, but this time do them with enthusiasm.
Knowing the "intended" funny mod totally changes the tone of the poster as if by magic:)
I've seen some posts that were meant as serious but were actually ridiculous that were then modded funny which changed the meaning completely. That they then were humorous as unintended by the original poster made them that much more comical.
While we are on topic, have you ever done a double take when you see the moderation label AFTER reading a comment that felt tasteless? a lot of WHOOSHing comments happen before anyone has mod-HINTED that the comments are supposed to be funny.
I'm a sarcastic bastard, and think that everyone is using sarcasm even when they aren't, so I get the sarcasm most of the time, in fact when I find out that some posts weren't sarcastic I am usually severely disappointed.
This comment was at a +5 Funny until this happened a day later. What do you think slashdot? Did I piss off a moderator, or did a bunch of people come along later that legitimately thought it was flamebait? I know that it was a bit vulgar and all, but I thought slashdot was about letting the moderation system sort these things out.
Mod parent up! These guys must be morons if they think that they can keep 100 people quiet about anything, let alone thinking that they wouldn't be infiltrated by law enforcement.
After nearly seven years of living anal free, I'm planning to be anally raped in early 2013. Last time I was anally raped, giant spiked dildoes weren't out yet. Small penises were common, and good lube was an ad campaign. I'm used to South Korea's very small penises, both with lube and without, and I'm wondering what the Slashdot community believes to be the least worst anal raper in the U.S. Which is quickest? Which offers the least pain and lots of lube? Nationwide reaming and coverage (condom)? Sizes? Service?
// The following section is essentially complete. Someone // just needs to flesh out a few of the functions // (probably just take an intern an afternoon)
for (x in recognize_nearby_objects())
{
if (x.type == FLOWER) {
nuzzle_flower(x);
}
else if (x.type == HUMAN) {
sting(x);
}
else if (x.type == SMOKE) {
sleep(1);
}
else {
buzz();
}
}
History shows the FBI considers itself a righteous organization that can and does ignore its own laws and policies in order to "get the bad guy".
Just wait until they couple this with data from Facebook. Oh wait, what am I worried about? They're the good guys, right?! And this is a new age where shit like that could *never* happen. Yeah.
Remember Michelle Bachman? Herman Cain? Newt Gingrich? Rick Santorum? John Huntsman?! I'm sure I'm forgetting half a dozen more.
I'm a atheist liberal utahn, some would even say socialist, and I'm here to tell you that John Huntsman does NOT belong with that group of whackos. I even think he'd make a really good president.
... as government less and less appears to be capable of solving the big social and economic problems of our time.
It probably has something to do with putting people in charge of government who believe that government can do nothing right. It's fucking ridiculous. You would have to be a complete moron to put in someone into any position of authority or control in a company if they believed that said company could do nothing right. It'd be foolish. Yet that is the very thing that conservatives are doing with our government.
I find the term A.I. to be racist, and indicative of the chauvinistic attitude some humans have about their own mental prowess -- Your brains are not special.
Slashdot Mirror
You know, my bullshit meter is sitting at about half scale reading what you just wrote. Do you have a citation for this? I googled it and couldn't find anything. In fact, the only thing I found was your post.
The brain isn't digital. It holds an "infinite" number of analogue states, simultaneously.
You can't approximate a very large number with infinity. The difference between a very large number and infinity is ... well ... infinity.
Heck, a nuclear meltdown would be a much bigger problem.
By golly, it'll be even worser if it opens the hell-mouth.
As it turns out the RIAA failed to mention to its partners that the 'impartial and independent' technology expert they retained previously lobbied for the music industry group.
What kind of jackass expects the mafiaa to disclose their "expert's" previous engagements?
Those wars are over, asshole.
You just stated and disproved your point in one sentence. Interesting.
What browser makers really need to do to prevent tracking is to simply clear cookies when you close your browser. For good measure also clear flash and silverlight cookies. That prevents persistent tracking. It works perfectly for me. I've never needed do not track.
How do you know they aren't tracking you by IP address and habit of sites you visit?
Canadian Regulator Orders Telecoms To Tell Us What It Costs To Run Their Service
I wonder how many millions of jobs will be lost in Canada because of this new regulation.
If you want to turn off device tracking using the IDFA on your iOS6 device, do the following:
6) Press and hold the 'Power' button for five minutes.
7) Say "Steve Jobs is now a god" seven times and really mean it.
8) Put the phone in a glass case on a raised pedestal under spotlights in the middle of your living room.
9) Leave it there for forty days and forty nights.
10) Take phone out of the glass case and place it in a 100 lb. bag of virgin white rice.
11) Hermetically seal bag.
12) Leave it there for three days.
Device tracking will now probably be turned off for the next 15 minutes. If it's not, try repeating the instructions above, but this time do them with enthusiasm.
Knowing the "intended" funny mod totally changes the tone of the poster as if by magic :)
I've seen some posts that were meant as serious but were actually ridiculous that were then modded funny which changed the meaning completely. That they then were humorous as unintended by the original poster made them that much more comical.
While we are on topic, have you ever done a double take when you see the moderation label AFTER reading a comment that felt tasteless? a lot of WHOOSHing comments happen before anyone has mod-HINTED that the comments are supposed to be funny.
I'm a sarcastic bastard, and think that everyone is using sarcasm even when they aren't, so I get the sarcasm most of the time, in fact when I find out that some posts weren't sarcastic I am usually severely disappointed.
This comment was at a +5 Funny until this happened a day later. What do you think slashdot? Did I piss off a moderator, or did a bunch of people come along later that legitimately thought it was flamebait? I know that it was a bit vulgar and all, but I thought slashdot was about letting the moderation system sort these things out.
Mod parent up! These guys must be morons if they think that they can keep 100 people quiet about anything, let alone thinking that they wouldn't be infiltrated by law enforcement.
After nearly seven years of living anal free, I'm planning to be anally raped in early 2013. Last time I was anally raped, giant spiked dildoes weren't out yet. Small penises were common, and good lube was an ad campaign. I'm used to South Korea's very small penises, both with lube and without, and I'm wondering what the Slashdot community believes to be the least worst anal raper in the U.S. Which is quickest? Which offers the least pain and lots of lube? Nationwide reaming and coverage (condom)? Sizes? Service?
// The following section is essentially complete. Someone
// just needs to flesh out a few of the functions
// (probably just take an intern an afternoon)
for (x in recognize_nearby_objects())
{
if (x.type == FLOWER) {
nuzzle_flower(x);
}
else if (x.type == HUMAN) {
sting(x);
}
else if (x.type == SMOKE) {
sleep(1);
}
else {
buzz();
}
}
He (Jeremiah Cornelius) came up with that meme before 'meme' was a word you whipper snapper.
What would you have installed in your ship in order to have a safe trip?
Nothing. The zombies can't get you on the open ocean.
The machine hums away for a few seconds, then arc welds the power switch open and responds, "There is now!"
And then abruptly died as its capacitors drain because it didn't know the difference between an open switch and a closed switch.
History shows the FBI considers itself a righteous organization that can and does ignore its own laws and policies in order to "get the bad guy".
Just wait until they couple this with data from Facebook. Oh wait, what am I worried about? They're the good guys, right?! And this is a new age where shit like that could *never* happen. Yeah.
Anyone here remember J. Edgar Hoover?
Remember Michelle Bachman? Herman Cain? Newt Gingrich? Rick Santorum? John Huntsman?! I'm sure I'm forgetting half a dozen more.
I'm a atheist liberal utahn, some would even say socialist, and I'm here to tell you that John Huntsman does NOT belong with that group of whackos. I even think he'd make a really good president.
... as government less and less appears to be capable of solving the big social and economic problems of our time.
It probably has something to do with putting people in charge of government who believe that government can do nothing right. It's fucking ridiculous. You would have to be a complete moron to put in someone into any position of authority or control in a company if they believed that said company could do nothing right. It'd be foolish. Yet that is the very thing that conservatives are doing with our government.
Considering what I've seen on the net, it doesn't surprise me in the least that H.Sapiens has interbred with anything and everything
Oh come on now, Apple fans aren't that bad.
Bill Nye is in a position to get laws passed that favor his viewpoint (force children to abandon god, allah, yahweh, Reincarnation, etc).
Really?! Bill Nye is trying to force children to abandon god? You actually believe that?
Mainly because I'm tired of people telling what to do. "Don't smoke weed". Really?
Whatever you're smoking, you should probably smoke less of it.
Creationists are not exactly stupid
You are correct: they are willfully ignorant.
You're a fucking idiot.
Just Brilliant!
I find the term A.I. to be racist, and indicative of the chauvinistic attitude some humans have about their own mental prowess -- Your brains are not special.
Are you an *ahem* Artificial Intelligence?
I'll be here all week!
How does your laptop computer calculate remaining battery life?
Wildly inaccurate guess.
How does your browser calculate remaining download time?
Roll of the dice.
How does your tablet distinguish between gestures?
Doesn't recognize the bird.