I agree, it seems like it would require something approaching true AI to create and keep up as the user made decisions. Tracking the action/reaction chain of possibilities and outcomes would require something close to human creativity to cover ideas and events the original storytellers/programmers might not have thought about.
From the article:
"When I used search engines, sometimes I got a lot of porn pop-ups," Jack said. "Sometimes I was sent to illegal porn sites. When I tried to close one, another five would be opened without my will. They changed my start page, wrote a lot of illegal porn links in favorites. The only way to stop this was turn the (computer's) power off. But when I dialed up to my server again, I started with illegal site, then got the same pop-ups. There were illegal pictures in pop-ups."
I have to wonder why this guy logged back on after this if he even suspected the porn/pictures was illegal. Plus, he could have called the police if he was truly not in control of what was showing up on his PC, better to take the proactive route than wait until your ISP or employer starts seeing things, and then he's left trying to explain.
I think you're taking the title a bit too literally. Certainly one's rights can be defined (to some extent) by what he or she cannot do, just as by what they can do.
Next maybe AT&T wireless can come up with a feature where by holding up the phone when Gates or Ballmer start speaking on security, it can tell me what the %&$#* it is they're talking about.
Back when I was a relative newbie and CD-R was still way out of my price range (about 4 years ago) I lost some pictures of my first son to the click of death on a zip drive. I had ordered the zip drive expressly for the purpose of backing up pictures. Fortunately I only lost 2 or 3 pictures and it was early on after purchasing the PC. I haven't used the zip drive since, and I can honestly say I'd never trust Iomega again.
The positive side is that I'm now much more careful about backing up and archiving all kinds of important data....just not on Iomega products!
"It's a smart move, and it's only an *installer*, no big deal..."
Makes me think of the line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail when they finally see Camelot in the distance and they all stand around speaking it's name in reverential tones when Patsy says, "It's only model." Sort of the same thing here.
MS wins here because if developers really contribute they (MS) get a great installer that enccourages more Windows development. If the development community does nothing it gives MS a reason to say, "see, we said all along that the Open Source movement was all talk and/or can't compete with proprietary/closed development."
If anything, this seems like it should be an addendum to laws about using domains for illegal purposes. If I am not using my personal sites for illegal purposes, I should not be punished simply because I don't want every wingnut, telemarketer, spammer, etc. having my name and contact information. This seems particularly important for people who might have things like pictures of their home, family, friends posted on the site(s) connected to said domain.
Ha ha ha...
I'll assume you're just bitter and that you actually believe that, and that you're not just trolling...
A few small issues to consider: It's hard to make use of the (often questionable) free and public education system when you are overcome by hunger. I don't mean "I missed lunch" hunger, I mean not knowing where the next meal is coming from or if it's coming at all today or tomorrow (and I use the word "meal" liberally here.)
Not having safe and adequate shelter can also make that free and public education system a good deal less effective. Just for fun lets throw in child abuse and domestic violence as examples of a few minor bumps in that fair and equitable road to the get-an-education-and-pull-yourself-up-by-the-boots traps promised land you refer to. Familial substance abuse can be a real downer on a childs potential education, as can mental illness, famial criminal activity and incarceration, absentee parents and so on. I'll leave out specific arguments about social factors like racism, sexism, etc.
It's pretty easy as a white male (yeah, that's me) to go the egocentric and ethnocentric route and think, "I had to work for it, and if they worked for it they could make it too." But you've probably already had more privilege than most of those people will ever get. Children aren't "losers" if they never had a chance, and none that I've ever seen got to select their parents or childhood environments.
God forbid you should ever have had to walk a mile in their shoes...
If only more people saw this as the admission of failure that it is. Bill and company can't keep up, and since they can't find the solution, they redefine the problem.
If hackers are so great for maturation, then why hasn't the Windows OS matured?
...oh wait, I get it. He means good for the maturation of the User platform. Must be why I've been moving more and more to Linux, I'm maturing.
Hmmm... What if each and every/. reader agrees to buy one share of SCO stock (under the name Linus Torvalds of course). Could we get enough of it to close the bastards down?
And could we then drink enough to get rid of that icky feeling that we had actually purchased SCO stock? scratch that... back to the drawing board.
Slashdot Mirror
it will run Duke Nukem Forever!?
I agree, it seems like it would require something approaching true AI to create and keep up as the user made decisions. Tracking the action/reaction chain of possibilities and outcomes would require something close to human creativity to cover ideas and events the original storytellers/programmers might not have thought about.
From the article:
"When I used search engines, sometimes I got a lot of porn pop-ups," Jack said. "Sometimes I was sent to illegal porn sites. When I tried to close one, another five would be opened without my will. They changed my start page, wrote a lot of illegal porn links in favorites. The only way to stop this was turn the (computer's) power off. But when I dialed up to my server again, I started with illegal site, then got the same pop-ups. There were illegal pictures in pop-ups."
I have to wonder why this guy logged back on after this if he even suspected the porn/pictures was illegal. Plus, he could have called the police if he was truly not in control of what was showing up on his PC, better to take the proactive route than wait until your ISP or employer starts seeing things, and then he's left trying to explain.
I think you're taking the title a bit too literally. Certainly one's rights can be defined (to some extent) by what he or she cannot do, just as by what they can do.
I say go with Iomega Zip disks, I...
hey, what's that clicking noise?
WTF!?!
Fart jokes before boobs!?!
Good God, priorities man, priorities!
It's kind of a word:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Luser%20
Next maybe AT&T wireless can come up with a feature where by holding up the phone when Gates or Ballmer start speaking on security, it can tell me what the %&$#* it is they're talking about.
...just a thought.
It does sound kind of like perspire and expire. Like what they did under the weight of MS.
Back when I was a relative newbie and CD-R was still way out of my price range (about 4 years ago) I lost some pictures of my first son to the click of death on a zip drive. I had ordered the zip drive expressly for the purpose of backing up pictures. Fortunately I only lost 2 or 3 pictures and it was early on after purchasing the PC. I haven't used the zip drive since, and I can honestly say I'd never trust Iomega again. The positive side is that I'm now much more careful about backing up and archiving all kinds of important data. ...just not on Iomega products!
Now I have to get out there and mow my damn lawn...
"It's a smart move, and it's only an *installer*, no big deal..."
Makes me think of the line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail when they finally see Camelot in the distance and they all stand around speaking it's name in reverential tones when Patsy says, "It's only model." Sort of the same thing here.
MS wins here because if developers really contribute they (MS) get a great installer that enccourages more Windows development. If the development community does nothing it gives MS a reason to say, "see, we said all along that the Open Source movement was all talk and/or can't compete with proprietary/closed development."
"Why should I pay for 15 non-English channels?"
Because they're more interesting/entertaining than most American TV even if you don't speak the other language.
well, ok... if you insist:
"Of course they brought forth juniper berries, they're juniper bushes!"
"Sorry, no Janet Jackson or swimsuit pics in this article"
That's ok, I only read it for the articles.
"I put my burrito in the [bluetooth enabled] microwave for one minute and now it won't stop!"
I'm not a coal miner if that's what you mean.
"Spammers don't send mail from their computers, they send from your computer. Who gets the money from this micropayment?"
Actually, since Darl owns most of the stolen code in your operating system, he gets the money.
If anything, this seems like it should be an addendum to laws about using domains for illegal purposes. If I am not using my personal sites for illegal purposes, I should not be punished simply because I don't want every wingnut, telemarketer, spammer, etc. having my name and contact information. This seems particularly important for people who might have things like pictures of their home, family, friends posted on the site(s) connected to said domain.
Ha ha ha...
s traps promised land you refer to. Familial substance abuse can be a real downer on a childs potential education, as can mental illness, famial criminal activity and incarceration, absentee parents and so on. I'll leave out specific arguments about social factors like racism, sexism, etc.
I'll assume you're just bitter and that you actually believe that, and that you're not just trolling...
A few small issues to consider: It's hard to make use of the (often questionable) free and public education system when you are overcome by hunger. I don't mean "I missed lunch" hunger, I mean not knowing where the next meal is coming from or if it's coming at all today or tomorrow (and I use the word "meal" liberally here.)
Not having safe and adequate shelter can also make that free and public education system a good deal less effective. Just for fun lets throw in child abuse and domestic violence as examples of a few minor bumps in that fair and equitable road to the get-an-education-and-pull-yourself-up-by-the-boot
It's pretty easy as a white male (yeah, that's me) to go the egocentric and ethnocentric route and think, "I had to work for it, and if they worked for it they could make it too." But you've probably already had more privilege than most of those people will ever get. Children aren't "losers" if they never had a chance, and none that I've ever seen got to select their parents or childhood environments.
God forbid you should ever have had to walk a mile in their shoes...
If only more people saw this as the admission of failure that it is. Bill and company can't keep up, and since they can't find the solution, they redefine the problem.
...oh wait, I get it. He means good for the maturation of the User platform. Must be why I've been moving more and more to Linux, I'm maturing.
If hackers are so great for maturation, then why hasn't the Windows OS matured?
Signal flags anyone?
Would certainly *lighten up* that highschool production of Macbeth:
(from somewhere backstage): "Get the dagger prop... the DAGGER prop!"
Google -- for goatse.cx
Actually I believe that would be "eeew-gle".
Hmmm... What if each and every /. reader agrees to buy one share of SCO stock (under the name Linus Torvalds of course). Could we get enough of it to close the bastards down?
And could we then drink enough to get rid of that icky feeling that we had actually purchased SCO stock?
scratch that... back to the drawing board.