I don't see how they can ban binary attachments unless they ban all attachments.
I think "binary attachment" = "attachment." In other words they would strip all uuencode, binhex, etc. out of your messages. They already have that capability (which would be pretty straightforward anyway) as a part of the Google Groups Usenet archive.
For everyone else wondering where the fun is, it's probably no different than Super Mario Brothers (collect stuff/coins on a level within a time limit), but of course the mechanics are vastly different.
So, it's a lot like Mario, except completely different?
P.S. I watched the mpg. When the big ball of stuff began picking up buildings, I was thinking, "How does this ball keep its momentum?"
Remember, this is Slashdot where no one uses mod chips except to boot Linux. Also, we only use BitTorrent to download Mandrake ISOs, only use MP3s to backup our CD collection, and only use DivX to watch home movies.
Also, Kazaa is good for CD sales, copyright laws are terrorism, and "I'd buy an iPod if it supported Ogg."
terrorize n. 2. To coerce by intimidation or fear.
The word "terrorism" (or "terrorist," if you like) has a very specific meaning which is not as general as the definition above implies (i.e. to cause terror).
Also from the American Heritage Dictionary:
terrorism: The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.
How is this measure, which is entirely legal and non-violent "terrorist-like"? Or is everything we don't like supposed to be referred to as "terrorism" now? I didn't get the memo...
It must cost the RIAA more than $3,000 per case to file against file swappers. Lawyers don't come cheap...
This (bankrupting the RIAA by giving them $3000) is as brilliant as bankrupting Microsoft by buying cheap Xboxes (which is to say, not at all brilliant in the least).
Here's some pictures and specs from the Nano-ITX PC that Mini-ITX.com is selling.
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This just in: After brainstorming all night, organizers have agreed to change the name to "Robo Bowl," the "World Series of Robo," or "The Robotona 500."
When asked about their choices, organizers explained, "Hey, this is a goddamn competition for homemade robots, alright... Do you think anyone would be interested if we didn't give it the zippy, familiar sounding name of an event that people are actually care about?"
This is wrong. The point of free software is to provide a common base from which all people can profit. Read the GNU Manifesto... the goal is to have software available for free.
That's bullshit. People who publish their code under GPL (or similar) seek to establish a productive community of contributors and users. They are not releasing their work as a "free for all" from which anyone wishes can steal. That's the whole point of the GPL -- counterbalancing access to your work and control of it.
Either you believe in freedom or you don't, right? Wrong! These bootleggers are (presumably) profiting off the work of the Mozilla collective, without contributing anything back. That goes against the spirit and the letter of the project. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Someone should clue them in to this awesome new technology I like to call "paper." It's cheap, plentiful, and highly portable. Also, the battery life is killer.
t's a "long standing tradition" among teenaged geeks, physically adult geeks who failed to mature socially into (relatively) "normal" adult geeks, and hack authors who enable such people.
Heh. But don't forget where you are. The is Slashdot, where socially underdeveloped geeks fight to be recognized at the head of the pantheon of geekier-than-thou. I mean, these guys buy LEGO, watch anime, and probably attend furry conventions. Your barbs do not affect them.
But I know someone (that is the opposite of a geek) that has at least 4 katana blades (2 of them functional, 2 of them display).
That'll definitely come in handy if he ever decides to "Kill Bill." Otherwise, he'd be better off spending the money elsewhere, I feel. Tax deferred investments are very popular these days.
What they hell are you gonna do with a sword? You're not gonna fight with it. (Unless it's a regulation fencing blade or a kendo stick, or whatever those dorks in the SCA wail on each other with...) What are you gonna do, hang it over the fireplace in your medieval castle (read: apartment) to complete the decor? Yeah, I'm sure it'll look great with the X-Files posters and Yoda figurines.
A lot of the appeal of celebrities is SEX appeal. This includes film, TV, and music celebrities. Of course, athletes are somewhat different, in that the famous ones are predominantly men being watched by a male audience. However, the athlete's appeal, while not sexual is physical in any case (strength, agility, etc).
In any case, both of these kinds of appeal manifest themselves visually.
On the contrary, there are lots of skilled people in the entertainment industry who do the bulk of the work who are not lavished with attention -- screenwriters, for example, or cinematographers, sound engineers, and producers.
These are people who benefit neither from name recognition nor the constant attention of the camera. (A few directors, like some game developers, do at least attain some celebrity occasionally owing to name recognition, i.e. "branding.")
Copy-left software is conceptually different from the intellectual property that RIAA so stingily guards. I don't see what one has to do with the other. To associate the two categories weakens by association the legitimacy of copy-left (since "file trading" is legally actionable, if not altogether wrong).
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Q: How many File Systems do you have to choose from with OSX?
A: One, HFS+ (or two if you count HFS, both of which are terrible)
It's clear you don't know anything about OS X. See: UFS.
I don't see how they can ban binary attachments unless they ban all attachments.
I think "binary attachment" = "attachment." In other words they would strip all uuencode, binhex, etc. out of your messages. They already have that capability (which would be pretty straightforward anyway) as a part of the Google Groups Usenet archive.
For everyone else wondering where the fun is, it's probably no different than Super Mario Brothers (collect stuff/coins on a level within a time limit), but of course the mechanics are vastly different.
So, it's a lot like Mario, except completely different?
P.S. I watched the mpg. When the big ball of stuff began picking up buildings, I was thinking, "How does this ball keep its momentum?"
Remember, this is Slashdot where no one uses mod chips except to boot Linux. Also, we only use BitTorrent to download Mandrake ISOs, only use MP3s to backup our CD collection, and only use DivX to watch home movies.
Also, Kazaa is good for CD sales, copyright laws are terrorism, and "I'd buy an iPod if it supported Ogg."
Ya know, I just about had my fill of Whitey on the moon.
I think I'll send these doctor bills
airmail special....
to Whitey on the moon.
There actually is wireless Internet access on Mt. Everest.
Here is a summary of the argument you made:
If a = b, and b is similar to c, then a is similar to c
(where a represents Nazism and slavery, b represents terrorism, and c represents the RIAA suing 500 college kids).
What does that look like to you? It's ridiculous. I'm not even going to bother.
I can't believe you're using slavery and Nazism as examples in your screed against the RIAA. That's just sickening. Get a grip.
terrorize n. 2. To coerce by intimidation or fear.
The word "terrorism" (or "terrorist," if you like) has a very specific meaning which is not as general as the definition above implies (i.e. to cause terror).
Also from the American Heritage Dictionary:
terrorism: The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.
It is a weak terrorist-like tactic.
How is this measure, which is entirely legal and non-violent "terrorist-like"? Or is everything we don't like supposed to be referred to as "terrorism" now? I didn't get the memo...
Bankrupt the RIAA
It must cost the RIAA more than $3,000 per case to file against file swappers. Lawyers don't come cheap...
This (bankrupting the RIAA by giving them $3000) is as brilliant as bankrupting Microsoft by buying cheap Xboxes (which is to say, not at all brilliant in the least).
Why leading companies (eg. Creative, Apple, etc.) consistently fail to support, or even downright ignore the Ogg format
Do you think it might have something to do with money?
Here's some pictures and specs from the Nano-ITX PC that Mini-ITX.com is selling.
This just in: After brainstorming all night, organizers have agreed to change the name to "Robo Bowl," the "World Series of Robo," or "The Robotona 500."
When asked about their choices, organizers explained, "Hey, this is a goddamn competition for homemade robots, alright... Do you think anyone would be interested if we didn't give it the zippy, familiar sounding name of an event that people are actually care about?"
This is wrong. The point of free software is to provide a common base from which all people can profit. Read the GNU Manifesto... the goal is to have software available for free.
That's bullshit. People who publish their code under GPL (or similar) seek to establish a productive community of contributors and users. They are not releasing their work as a "free for all" from which anyone wishes can steal. That's the whole point of the GPL -- counterbalancing access to your work and control of it.
Either you believe in freedom or you don't, right? Wrong! These bootleggers are (presumably) profiting off the work of the Mozilla collective, without contributing anything back. That goes against the spirit and the letter of the project. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Someone should clue them in to this awesome new technology I like to call "paper." It's cheap, plentiful, and highly portable. Also, the battery life is killer.
Star Trek? Screw that! Where's my flying car?
t's a "long standing tradition" among teenaged geeks, physically adult geeks who failed to mature socially into (relatively) "normal" adult geeks, and hack authors who enable such people.
Heh. But don't forget where you are. The is Slashdot, where socially underdeveloped geeks fight to be recognized at the head of the pantheon of geekier-than-thou. I mean, these guys buy LEGO, watch anime, and probably attend furry conventions. Your barbs do not affect them.
But I guess it's just too much fun waging holy wars...
Nah, it's too stupid to be a "holy war," even. Pissing contest, more like.
But I know someone (that is the opposite of a geek) that has at least 4 katana blades (2 of them functional, 2 of them display).
That'll definitely come in handy if he ever decides to "Kill Bill." Otherwise, he'd be better off spending the money elsewhere, I feel. Tax deferred investments are very popular these days.
What they hell are you gonna do with a sword? You're not gonna fight with it. (Unless it's a regulation fencing blade or a kendo stick, or whatever those dorks in the SCA wail on each other with...) What are you gonna do, hang it over the fireplace in your medieval castle (read: apartment) to complete the decor? Yeah, I'm sure it'll look great with the X-Files posters and Yoda figurines.
How exactly would you download a browser without one coming pre-installed?
Back in the old days, we had this thing called "ftp"...
A lot of the appeal of celebrities is SEX appeal. This includes film, TV, and music celebrities. Of course, athletes are somewhat different, in that the famous ones are predominantly men being watched by a male audience. However, the athlete's appeal, while not sexual is physical in any case (strength, agility, etc).
In any case, both of these kinds of appeal manifest themselves visually.
On the contrary, there are lots of skilled people in the entertainment industry who do the bulk of the work who are not lavished with attention -- screenwriters, for example, or cinematographers, sound engineers, and producers.
These are people who benefit neither from name recognition nor the constant attention of the camera. (A few directors, like some game developers, do at least attain some celebrity occasionally owing to name recognition, i.e. "branding.")
Copy-left software is conceptually different from the intellectual property that RIAA so stingily guards. I don't see what one has to do with the other. To associate the two categories weakens by association the legitimacy of copy-left (since "file trading" is legally actionable, if not altogether wrong).