Having stats like this available is great, but the problem is the figures don't match reality. As a contractor that worked on a system to log crime for the UK police force for several years, it became apparent that one of the goals of the system was to allow "adjustment" of what is a serious crime or a minor offence.
Want to change the crime rate? Simply update the category for various offences until the target rate is achieved, report to media. Everybody wins;-)
... but why would you want to buy righthaven.com? Really, what possible value could it have?
Righthaven owe a lot of money due to losing the court case and being ordered to pay costs, but they don't have many assets to sell to cover those costs. By purchasing the domain name you would, in a sense, be donating to the person who fought Righthaven in court and won - doing us all a favour in the process.
I want to ask slashdot what kind of clothes I should wear.
Nike has an extensive range of comfortable footwear and clothing for all basement dwelling geeks. For the active geek, Nike's offers footwear specific to activities such as Sneaker Net, and non-stick clothing suitable for Dumpster Diving.
What do they call the part of the news story where the original, unfounded claim, appears on Slashdot 3 months after the internet has declared it dead an buried?
...where is the marketing value in tracking the demographic band that covers people too witless to block such things (cookies, random javascript, etc.).
They are the perfect target for such marketing. The type of user more likely to purchase an off-the-shelf solution, rather than "roll-your-own";)
If you have a better parallel for an "organization" without a strict hierarchy, one that is an organization mostly by name rather than concerted, centrally planned action
and thus end the failed war on drugs finally if it gets passed.
It's a beautiful dream, but sadly there are many other "drugs" that need to be legalised, besides marijuana, before the war on drugs can be declared over:
Cocaine Heroin LSD Ecstasy DMT Amphetamines
Of course, if this bill did pass (which I seriously doubt), it would be a very welcome step in the right direction.
Apologies in advance for being a little confrontational about this topic...
The thing to remember about warez crackers, is they tend to be more skilled than the people who release the games. Trying to outsmart them is a fallacy.
Sorry, but popular meme is utter bollocks. Crackers are (mostly) good at cracking software and while I agree that successful cracking is quite a technical task or challenge, and that not many people are capable of that skill there are at least two very obvious problems with what they do.
There are plenty of examples of software available that has never been completely cracked - yes, the software works to a point but it's not 100% cracked. Virtual synth Zebra 2.5 by U-he is a great example. That's one point against the so called "genius crackers".
The second point being that if the crackers were any good at software development they would have the vision, skill and patience to create new software that inspires people to play through the game / create beautiful works of art / solve new problems. It is quite obvious that they do not have these skills, and will instead take the glory from spending a few hours in front of a debugger and then claiming the work as their own.
I know who gets my respect... and who gets my money...
While certain environments may contribute to overall levels of anxiety and stress if not properly managed, it is the "anxiety" that makes us geeks so obsessive about a given task. How we manage the anxiety and how we let it affect our well being is part of what separates those who are successful at their work from the average. Success in this context is not meant in financial terms, but the ability to get things done in a timely manner, on spec, and with a high degree of satisfaction regarding the finished product.
Also it has been a long running joke with certain colleagues of mine that programmers in particular are prone to having, at least to a small degree, autistic tendencies. Without a singularly focussed mind it would be very difficult or impossible to complete certain development or IT related tasks.
Of course there are always exceptions but these are some personal observations arising from 20 years of working in development, or development related environments.
There's a reason why the Pirate Bay is successful and it is rarely mentioned. Apart from the content being free, and DRM free, the service offered is generally agnostic to brands, labels or formats. It is like Google for media - raw results for any media query. Until the worlds media companies can agree to build a centralised service that is effectively neutral, services like the Pirate Bay will continue to flourish. It will probably never happen though, because they're all too busy stepping over each other in the race for the prize, while at the same time believing that whatever service they dream up next will be better than everything that has gone before it.
However, if you remember, it took several years before music labels realised they had the perfect scapegoat on which to blame a failing business model that relied too heavily on back catalogue material as a prime revenue stream, and an extremely low level of quality regarding contemporary content.
On the other hand, I'm just so scared of the consequences: we are playing with nature and past experience shows that we usually don't fully understand the long-term consequences of our actions. We usually regret such experiments.
nature played with us first, it's only fair that we reciprocate.
Perhaps, but that is the voice of our collective ego driven mind (using the strict Buddhist sense) thinking, or believing, that it can outsmart nature... the very same ego driven aspect of our individual and collective personalities that will slowly but surely kill off large numbers of, if not all, humans and other life on this planet.
Go ahead, mark me a troll - but I'd love to know how a race of pathetic creatures on a backwater planet in the middle of nowhere can "outsmart" nature...
Any software developer who would be on the streets through lost revenue in his/her sale and fears it should simply not be trying to earn a living through computer programming.
You are supposed to write software because you like to do it, not as a full-time job. The multi-millionaires developers didn't exist before the invention of home computers and probably won't exist after that. That was more of an accident. Software devs don't have a right to make money from their software, it just happened to work well. I don't have the right to use their apps for free, it just happens to work well.
----- Nice comment! I don't know what the mods are smoking today, but I'd sure like some of that!
His side projects Dragonfly Records and Liquid Sound Design lean towards the more psychedelic aspects of trance and dub. The liquid dub styles promoted through Liquid Sound Design in particular are releases that are well worth a listen and feature some really stunning production values.
Auto-update works if you have a legitimate copy of Windows, and there are plenty of people using pirated copies of Windows which do not qualify for the "genuine advantage" required by Windows Update.
Even if MS managed to patch every security hole in Windows, there would still be a massive gaping hole left by the people who can't use auto-update and who are not inclined, or simply lack the technical ability, to seek out and install the required patches via a manual download.
This leads one to wonder about the wisdom of blocking illegitimate licenses from obtaining security updates via the auto-update service, as the end result of the decision is that everyone suffers to some degree e.g. increased spam levels.
Slashdot Mirror
Having stats like this available is great, but the problem is the figures don't match reality. As a contractor that worked on a system to log crime for the UK police force for several years, it became apparent that one of the goals of the system was to allow "adjustment" of what is a serious crime or a minor offence.
Want to change the crime rate? Simply update the category for various offences until the target rate is achieved, report to media. Everybody wins ;-)
Peace,
Andy.
... but why would you want to buy righthaven.com? Really, what possible value could it have?
Righthaven owe a lot of money due to losing the court case and being ordered to pay costs, but they don't have many assets to sell to cover those costs. By purchasing the domain name you would, in a sense, be donating to the person who fought Righthaven in court and won - doing us all a favour in the process.
Peace,
Andy.
I ANAL though.
Yes, but are you a lawyer? That seems more appropriate to the discussion ...
I want to ask slashdot what kind of clothes I should wear.
Nike has an extensive range of comfortable footwear and clothing for all basement dwelling geeks. For the active geek, Nike's offers footwear specific to activities such as Sneaker Net, and non-stick clothing suitable for Dumpster Diving.
Nike. Just. Don't. ;-)
What do they call the part of the news story where the original, unfounded claim, appears on Slashdot 3 months after the internet has declared it dead an buried?
Typically referred to as a "dupe" ;-)
If we did, it would be unmanageably unprogrammable and unpredictable.
Should we just get it over with now, and call her EVE? ;-)
Peace,
Andy.
Well, keywords are "driving *under* influence", right?
No ...
driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle when your saliva or blood contains any trace of illicit drugs
Peace,
Andy.
...where is the marketing value in tracking the demographic band that covers people too witless to block such things (cookies, random javascript, etc.).
They are the perfect target for such marketing. The type of user more likely to purchase an off-the-shelf solution, rather than "roll-your-own" ;)
Peace,
Andy.
If you have a better parallel for an "organization" without a strict hierarchy, one that is an organization mostly by name rather than concerted, centrally planned action
News International?
and thus end the failed war on drugs finally if it gets passed.
It's a beautiful dream, but sadly there are many other "drugs" that need to be legalised, besides marijuana, before the war on drugs can be declared over:
Cocaine
Heroin
LSD
Ecstasy
DMT
Amphetamines
Of course, if this bill did pass (which I seriously doubt), it would be a very welcome step in the right direction.
Peace,
Andy.
take a look at the most recent version of Notepad
Sure it's basic, but if it aint broke ... ;-)
Apologies in advance for being a little confrontational about this topic ...
The thing to remember about warez crackers, is they tend to be more skilled than the people who release the games. Trying to outsmart them is a fallacy.
Sorry, but popular meme is utter bollocks. Crackers are (mostly) good at cracking software and while I agree that successful cracking is quite a technical task or challenge, and that not many people are capable of that skill there are at least two very obvious problems with what they do.
There are plenty of examples of software available that has never been completely cracked - yes, the software works to a point but it's not 100% cracked. Virtual synth Zebra 2.5 by U-he is a great example. That's one point against the so called "genius crackers".
The second point being that if the crackers were any good at software development they would have the vision, skill and patience to create new software that inspires people to play through the game / create beautiful works of art / solve new problems. It is quite obvious that they do not have these skills, and will instead take the glory from spending a few hours in front of a debugger and then claiming the work as their own.
I know who gets my respect ... and who gets my money ...
Peace,
Andy.
While certain environments may contribute to overall levels of anxiety and stress if not properly managed, it is the "anxiety" that makes us geeks so obsessive about a given task. How we manage the anxiety and how we let it affect our well being is part of what separates those who are successful at their work from the average. Success in this context is not meant in financial terms, but the ability to get things done in a timely manner, on spec, and with a high degree of satisfaction regarding the finished product.
Also it has been a long running joke with certain colleagues of mine that programmers in particular are prone to having, at least to a small degree, autistic tendencies. Without a singularly focussed mind it would be very difficult or impossible to complete certain development or IT related tasks.
Of course there are always exceptions but these are some personal observations arising from 20 years of working in development, or development related environments.
Peace,
Andy.
Sure, and the Windows version can be called iPconfig.
As a Mac convert, I think the Windows version would be more appropriately named Pong ;-)
Why would you have to sit it? Just keep it in your pocket and do the same thing! Everyone will be childless in the future!
Fixed that for you ;-)
With a message saying Page cannot be displayed. Not that impressive.
Did you try zooming in?
Yes, but the same message keeps repeating over and over and over ...
The title is confusing. Are these Tb or TB?
Definitely a Terror-bit. Imagine the "evil bit", used by terrorists ;-)
If I don't know they're doing drugs, then everything is just peachy. Or if I do know and it doesn't affect me.
I've heard that putting a towel over your head is another way to avoid that monster :)
There's a reason why the Pirate Bay is successful and it is rarely mentioned. Apart from the content being free, and DRM free, the service offered is generally agnostic to brands, labels or formats. It is like Google for media - raw results for any media query. Until the worlds media companies can agree to build a centralised service that is effectively neutral, services like the Pirate Bay will continue to flourish. It will probably never happen though, because they're all too busy stepping over each other in the race for the prize, while at the same time believing that whatever service they dream up next will be better than everything that has gone before it.
However, if you remember, it took several years before music labels realised they had the perfect scapegoat on which to blame a failing business model that relied too heavily on back catalogue material as a prime revenue stream, and an extremely low level of quality regarding contemporary content.
Fixed that for ya!
Don't call me Shirley!
nature played with us first, it's only fair that we reciprocate.
Perhaps, but that is the voice of our collective ego driven mind (using the strict Buddhist sense) thinking, or believing, that it can outsmart nature ... the very same ego driven aspect of our individual and collective personalities that will slowly but surely kill off large numbers of, if not all, humans and other life on this planet.
Go ahead, mark me a troll - but I'd love to know how a race of pathetic creatures on a backwater planet in the middle of nowhere can "outsmart" nature ...
Peace,
Andy.
*cough*
Any software developer who would be on the streets through lost revenue in his/her sale and fears it should simply not be trying to earn a living through computer programming.
You are supposed to write software because you like to do it, not as a full-time job. The multi-millionaires developers didn't exist before the invention of home computers and probably won't exist after that. That was more of an accident. Software devs don't have a right to make money from their software, it just happened to work well. I don't have the right to use their apps for free, it just happens to work well.
-----
Nice comment! I don't know what the mods are smoking today, but I'd sure like some of that!
Peace,
Andy.
This is good news, even if it's another major artist, rather than the whole record industry!
The producer that is the other half of the project - Martin Glover a.k.a. Youth is well known in music production circles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Glover
His side projects Dragonfly Records and Liquid Sound Design lean towards the more psychedelic aspects of trance and dub. The liquid dub styles promoted through Liquid Sound Design in particular are releases that are well worth a listen and feature some really stunning production values.
http://www.liquidsounddesign.com/index2.htm
It's the kind of music you generally won't hear anywhere else ... try it! :)
Peace,
Andy.
Auto-update works if you have a legitimate copy of Windows, and there are plenty of people using pirated copies of Windows which do not qualify for the "genuine advantage" required by Windows Update.
Even if MS managed to patch every security hole in Windows, there would still be a massive gaping hole left by the people who can't use auto-update and who are not inclined, or simply lack the technical ability, to seek out and install the required patches via a manual download.
This leads one to wonder about the wisdom of blocking illegitimate licenses from obtaining security updates via the auto-update service, as the end result of the decision is that everyone suffers to some degree e.g. increased spam levels.
Peace,
Andy.