Here's google's cache of the front page that we beautifully slashdotted.
Also, on a related note, manycompaniesofferfree SSL certificates if you do a little business with them. Ever-popular GoDaddy recently joined the ranks of those companies. They started offering free SSL certs to open-source projects.
I have RTFA, and my point wasn't just regarding the censorship deal. My point is stopping underage porn may be more detrimental than helpful.
Pedophilia isn't going to stop because of this. Very few sites make money off of underage porn; most of it is on Freenet, newsgroups, and other free sources.
Lets assume that every single underage pic has been expunged from the net. A lot of closet pedophiles will find themselves without underage porn to jack off to. Next option: real girls.
The people who take pictures and post them on newsgroups won't stop victimizing children. They will continue to do what they do, they will still take pictures and videos for their sick pleasure. Just that they won't post them on the net.
In addition, we'd have hundreds, thousands of pedophiles who just found out that they have better alternatives to their hand.
Okay, let me be the devil's advocate here. I think this is ridiculous. I'm not a pedophile by any means, but this is nothing but clear-cut censorship. A lot of people think piracy is bad, so is it okay for ISPs to restrict full access to it? A lot of people think porn is bad... Restrict? A lot of people think controversial news stories are bad. Restrict? I don't think so.
Lack of child porn isn't going to make pedophiles go away. In fact, without an outlet, there's a chance that they'll turn to the real thing. There are LOTS of closet pedophiles around, and I'm sure that if they lost this outlet they would decide to come out of the closet and do something horrible. We all know a 5 year old girl won't file rape charges.
Doesn't really make sense, and the reason for that is two fold.
One, the networks would make no money off of ads posted in those rips online. If anything, the ad providers would be annoyed at the fact that their ad is in pirated works.
Plus, those ads are targetted at a specific location. Each local channel of CBS/FOX/ABC/ETC has different ads for the exact same show. The advertisers in New York don't want their ads to be seen all over the US, so including commercials in online rips could potentially turn away prospective advertisers.
Secondly, the people posting the rips online, and most of the people watching them, don't care about their network making money. If they did, they would watch the show when it came on. Removing ads from the online rips makes the release groups look better and the leechers happier.
It's pointless to keep commercials in online rips.
Before their stock hits $0.01, the company would long be out of business. It can't survive at that low of a stock price.
Plus, by buying the entire company for $20, you're saying that the total number of shares is somewhere around 2,000. That's completely inaccurate as well. The actual number is closer to around 4 million. At $0.01 a stock, it would cost you $40,000 to buy out the entire company.
Plus, lets not forget that to buy stock, you need someone selling them. It's highly unlikely that every single big shot in SCO would put their stock up for sale at the same time.
Next up...
The computer game based on the groundbreaking DOOM 3 board game based on the groundbreaking DOOM 3 computer game!
(Minimum Requirements: Your monthly paycheck and firstborn)
It is impractical to test every possible codec.
Ogg Theora has not caught on. It is still an "enthusiast" codec. DivX et al are significantly more popular, even if they aren't as good as Ogg.
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Here's google's cache of the front page that we beautifully slashdotted. Also, on a related note, many companies offer free SSL certificates if you do a little business with them. Ever-popular GoDaddy recently joined the ranks of those companies. They started offering free SSL certs to open-source projects.
I have RTFA, and my point wasn't just regarding the censorship deal. My point is stopping underage porn may be more detrimental than helpful.
Pedophilia isn't going to stop because of this. Very few sites make money off of underage porn; most of it is on Freenet, newsgroups, and other free sources.
Lets assume that every single underage pic has been expunged from the net. A lot of closet pedophiles will find themselves without underage porn to jack off to. Next option: real girls.
The people who take pictures and post them on newsgroups won't stop victimizing children. They will continue to do what they do, they will still take pictures and videos for their sick pleasure. Just that they won't post them on the net.
In addition, we'd have hundreds, thousands of pedophiles who just found out that they have better alternatives to their hand.
Pick your poison.
Okay, let me be the devil's advocate here. I think this is ridiculous. I'm not a pedophile by any means, but this is nothing but clear-cut censorship. A lot of people think piracy is bad, so is it okay for ISPs to restrict full access to it? A lot of people think porn is bad... Restrict? A lot of people think controversial news stories are bad. Restrict? I don't think so. Lack of child porn isn't going to make pedophiles go away. In fact, without an outlet, there's a chance that they'll turn to the real thing. There are LOTS of closet pedophiles around, and I'm sure that if they lost this outlet they would decide to come out of the closet and do something horrible. We all know a 5 year old girl won't file rape charges.
So, if spamming via IM is spimming, what's sharing via IM?
In South Korea, broadband is only for old people!
Wait, you married someone who doesn't know what a RAR file is?
Doesn't really make sense, and the reason for that is two fold.
One, the networks would make no money off of ads posted in those rips online. If anything, the ad providers would be annoyed at the fact that their ad is in pirated works.
Plus, those ads are targetted at a specific location. Each local channel of CBS/FOX/ABC/ETC has different ads for the exact same show. The advertisers in New York don't want their ads to be seen all over the US, so including commercials in online rips could potentially turn away prospective advertisers.
Secondly, the people posting the rips online, and most of the people watching them, don't care about their network making money. If they did, they would watch the show when it came on. Removing ads from the online rips makes the release groups look better and the leechers happier.
It's pointless to keep commercials in online rips.
Here's the google link of the "replacement to Dan Rather" link that we so beautifully slashdotted.
Wow, next thing you know, they'll be fighting over sex.com. Oh, wait...
Before their stock hits $0.01, the company would long be out of business. It can't survive at that low of a stock price. Plus, by buying the entire company for $20, you're saying that the total number of shares is somewhere around 2,000. That's completely inaccurate as well. The actual number is closer to around 4 million. At $0.01 a stock, it would cost you $40,000 to buy out the entire company. Plus, lets not forget that to buy stock, you need someone selling them. It's highly unlikely that every single big shot in SCO would put their stock up for sale at the same time.
Just another tick box in DVD Shrink.
Here's how to migrate applications between operating systems... Use Java ;)
[insert obvious Skynet reference here]
I bet there was a spike of 1's right before this post appeared on Slashdot. It was predicting the massive slashdotting of the page.
Black people live in the ocean?
The conclusion: Bill Gates masturbates three times a day.
I was playing it the other day, and my friend accused me of aimbotting and wallhacking!
Next up... The computer game based on the groundbreaking DOOM 3 board game based on the groundbreaking DOOM 3 computer game! (Minimum Requirements: Your monthly paycheck and firstborn)
As hinted by the destination, asteroid Douglasadams is actually on its way to meet the mice.
It is impractical to test every possible codec. Ogg Theora has not caught on. It is still an "enthusiast" codec. DivX et al are significantly more popular, even if they aren't as good as Ogg.
I wonder if they were PARCAs there.
Let's somehow gain control of the lights of his entire house and then coordinate it so we can turn them all off right as he's in the shower.
Do FCC regulations apply to my toaster?
I think a better homepage would be: http://www.whatacrappypresent.com/ More so for the URL than the actual content.
What can I say... I was still half asleep. Not that I'm a very good coder anyway.