While I sympathize with your feelings in this, the fact is he was breaking the law. The law needs to be changed but frankly, if you can't do the time, or pay the legal costs, don't do the crime.
Actually, this is how you get laws changed.
He broke a stupid law, and is making noise about it. Other people are making noise about it. I didn't know anything about it, and if I didn't hear about this guy's problem, i wouldn't know about it.
Now that I know about it, I can write my senator and complain that this sort of stuff isn't right. I can go protest if I like, I can tell others.
And I can do all this because this dude broke a stupid fucking law and made a stink about it.
I don't know, maybe it's because I don't trust corporations, or because I see the worse in things, but I can very much see a very very very crappy future for mankind if we let shit like what Monsanto is doing to go on.
But people always say I'm optimistic, so i hate to think how shit will really end up if this keeps continuing.
So an app on the iPad can't present any number of arithmetic problems and give a child feedback on right and wrong answers right away?
You obviously don't need computers to teach, but to claim that can't be helpful is just Luddism.
I think people are more upset about the idea that computers will replace the teachers. Your example is all good and stuff, until the kid has a question, the iPad won't answer. That's when he/she needs a human, at least, for now.
but then, what exactly are you being taught in grammer school? Except English, most everything else is must memorizing crap. History is mostly memorizing dates, Math is all memorization. Same as Spelling. In fact, there is really very little a human needs to do in grammer school, cept keep the kids in line and hopefully figure out which ones need special attention, and then given it.
But no, I'm not for replacing humans with computers in any level of school, 'cept maybe College. Education is probably one of the most important things we can give kids, and what does it show them when we don't care enough to give them the best education we can?
.... The attitudes at the time were truly backward; there were women pilots who were allowed to deliver aircraft to their bases, but they were not allowed to fly with guns loaded - a quite incomprehensible decision since some of them were shot down by enemy action without a chance of fighting back.
That was planned. The officers (who were male) didn't like the uppity women who were trying to do a man's job. So they found a solution to their problem.
There's a tendency for people who visit slashdot to oversimplify and equate Democrat=good and Republican=evil. The truth is much more complex.....
No, the truth is complex at all.
The Republicans and Democrats both work for the Corporations.
Voting for one, is the same as voting for another.
All you are voting for is Corporations, who are playing both sides of the field. They don't care if a democrat of republican is in office. In fact, they'd prefer you thinking one way or the other so you don't noticed that your just doing what they want.
It's Corporate vs People actually, and we, the people, are losing. (ya, pun intended)
When I was a kid, about 5 i think, I found a key hidden in something in the backyard of our part of an apartment complex. It was obviously left by the previous renter as a way to get into their place if they forgot their key. (well, that's my assumption). Being a 5 year old kid, i of course, tried it in my apartments lock. It worked.
Then I tried my neighbors lock, and sure enough, it unlocked their door also. I went on to try all the locks, which it didn't unlock any other door, but i did piss off some people living there.
This was the early 70's, and of course, no one would call the cops on me. Today? I'd probably be some sort of terrorist if I did that.
But the point? My doing that, showed that our apartment and our next door neighbors apartment had the same key, or one so similiar that they both work on each unit. So we got a new lock.
I wasn't trying to break into anyone's apartment, i just found a flaw, and was trying to see how far it extended before telling the proper authorities (which in this case, was my mom).
Thought I'd share, probably doesn't have much do to with the article, but hey,i tried, right?
Regarding TFA, it was "rooted" "old, non-android way", used to flash custom firmwares for earlier models.
Up to T1 model, Sony (well not exactly Sony, Kinoma) was using proprietary engine. (that also ran on other platforms, including Windows) They've sw
Offtopic: x50 line of Sony Readers is actually superior to both Nook and Kindle and has quite a number of followers, also in US. Product having little market share has more to do with marketing, than actual quality. (I find sony walkman (yep, they also do mp3 player, imagine that) vastly superior to apple/samsung's offerings.)
ya, except i'm going to pay $79 for a kindle, not $130 for a Sony.
Isn't that interesting? I reply to one industry astroturfer with a very high UID and like magic someone immediately registers with Slashdot only to post one comment which supports the astroturfer's assertion.
I'll say one thing, TechLA, you're a hard worker. But too obvious. You must be new at this. I know times are hard but there must have been a more ethical job out there, like drug dealer.
I love slashdot.
I just scrolled back, to see what you replied to and what you were talking about, and no where is someone with a high UID and the quote you put.
I mean, wtf slashdot, go back to the old way you used to do this so you can actually follow threads a lot better.
In fact, using google, and the term "I pirate many single player games because I can." the only post it links to is the person i'm quoting off.
So, once again, WTF.
Did someone with a high UID post that, or did PopeRatzo make it up?
When Hollywood got involved, suddenly the greed got bigger.
Suddenly games were taking 10 of millions of dollars to make, and they expected a big return, or they didn't make money.
While some games have been good, most aren't, and games are way shorter now then they were years ago.
On top of it, suddenly these "gaming companies" suddenly got really greedy (probably because their business model changed from something that worked fine, to something only works when all your games are top selling), and really starting complaining that piracy was hurting their bottom line (which is a lie) and then they started blasting 2nt hand sales.
But it is just plain greed, which is what happens when you give corporations more power then you give people in a country (and more rights then the people).
Yes, apple got lucky with their ipods, iphones & ipads. Lucky, that is all. Some maybe call it smart, visionairy, or some stupid shit like that, but it was lucky. They made products that was easy to use, looked nice, and people loved it.
Have you ever noticed that people (or companies) who design good looking products that work well and are easy to use are consistently a LOT more lucky than their competitors?
BTW, is "Vision-airy" a clever reference to the Dyson Airblade or the Air Multiplier perhaps? I was just wondering as that's another splendid example of a company that got lucky but also co-incidentally designed products that are beautiful, functional and technically better than the competition and found a solid user base despite being more expensive...
~Pev
lol, no i didn't do that on purpose, over even know about them, but that is pretty funny. =)
Yup Apple got lucky. With the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Air.... Wow. They sure are lucky. Over and over and over again.
Considering apple has been in business for 40+ years and only products that they've put out in the last 5 years are considered popular and whatnot, yes, they got lucky.
If I'm wrong, they will continue on this streak, and I'll personally apologize to the world.
So, do we wait another 40 years and see how popular their stuff is, or what? Because it's not like they've been this great since they stupidly stopped making and selling the Apple II.
None of their most successful products were the first to the market.....
No, they weren't (except the Ipad, really).
But what they gave was useability at a time when other companies weren't really doing that.
I own a 6th generation ipod. Why? Because it's 120gb of music space (don't care taht it plays video), in a small decent case. No one else touches that market much, 'cept like the crappy zune that always sucked.
Ipod's success is luck, because all the other companies gave up on making good mp3 players. No one even bothers to try anymore.
Iphone, well, honestly, most the smart phones before it sucked dog shit. Apple got lucky with a design that people liked, and suddenly, eveyone and their grandma started copying it. And guess what? Apple either doesn't hold the lead anymore, or is close to losing it. Was it strategic insight on their part? Probably not, but then this is the only thing I'd give on the luck part.
Ipads? While techincally they aren't the first on the scene, they are the first with a useable OS on them, unlike the other companies that tried. And yes, Apple holds the lead currently, but the market is new, and the time has been short. As soon as these other companies stop trying to make overpriced tablets to compete with the Ipad and instead make good decent tablets, you'll find the ipad will lose it's place just like the iphones. So yes, they are lucky on the ipads, which won't hold out for long, unless they change how they do stuff, and seeing as they like to overcharge for hardware, and put new hardware out every year, if not less, I don't think they are going to be doing themselves any favors.
Tablet (with good processing power) + Airplay (or some other video/audio transport good enough for HD with acceptable latency over a local wifi network). Which is, connecting the dots you already have, and realizing the console in the living room can become irrelevant or not necessary.
It looks to me that the experience isn't far off from Nintendo's new Wii U controller. But, with the big difference that you'll see thousands of tittles cheap or free on the app market.
yes, that is what I said, they won't be doing anything that someone else hasn't done before them. But I think the people that like gaming on ipads, aren't the type to buy a home console. They are the lowest of the low gamers. They are basicly the people who play solitare on windows. You don't need horsepower for the games they play.
I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call Mitchell an "American Hero" (TM).
Yes, he walked on the moon and that puts him in very rare company. However, I think he was a bit of a loon. I think NASA may still be bothered by the whole unauthorized ESP experiments that took place on the return trip. That kind of thing is definitely "not in line with NASA expectations"
You do realize, that when you say thinks like you think he's a loon because of ESP studies, your are trying to make him seem lesser then "normal" so it's acceptable to say he doing bad things.
Let's be real, if the gov wanted the camera back, they've had over 40 years to get it back.
Before we start deifying Mitchell as some kind of anti-government hero and genius, I'd like to point out that he's deeply into ESP, the paranormal, remote viewing/healing, and other woo. He started something called the Institute for Noetic Sciences in the 1970s. He's essentially the opposite of James Randi. I love to see these charlatans exposed in other parts of their lives too. Turns out he's not only a Uri Geller-level bullshitter but also a common thief.
So because he has different beliefs then you, he's a bullshitter, and of course,a thief.
Not like any of us has never kept something from a job we've done. Pens, papers, computers, phones, contacts, paper clips, etc...
Seems to me, the Gov only cared about the camera is now when he's trying to sell it for some money.
This is off topic, but other tech sites have been covering the death of Dennis Ritchie for hours, there are a multitude of submissions in the firehose, yet this hasn't been published yet. What gives?
Are you new here? Your UID suggests your not, so your surprise, well, actually surprises us. This is how slashdot operates.
Anyways, Dennis is dead, he's not in a hurry to get anywhere, is he?
Slashdot Mirror
While I sympathize with your feelings in this, the fact is he was breaking the law. The law needs to be changed but frankly, if you can't do the time, or pay the legal costs, don't do the crime.
Actually, this is how you get laws changed.
He broke a stupid law, and is making noise about it. Other people are making noise about it. I didn't know anything about it, and if I didn't hear about this guy's problem, i wouldn't know about it.
Now that I know about it, I can write my senator and complain that this sort of stuff isn't right. I can go protest if I like, I can tell others.
And I can do all this because this dude broke a stupid fucking law and made a stink about it.
I don't know, maybe it's because I don't trust corporations, or because I see the worse in things, but I can very much see a very very very crappy future for mankind if we let shit like what Monsanto is doing to go on.
But people always say I'm optimistic, so i hate to think how shit will really end up if this keeps continuing.
So an app on the iPad can't present any number of arithmetic problems and give a child feedback on right and wrong answers right away?
You obviously don't need computers to teach, but to claim that can't be helpful is just Luddism.
I think people are more upset about the idea that computers will replace the teachers. Your example is all good and stuff, until the kid has a question, the iPad won't answer. That's when he/she needs a human, at least, for now.
but then, what exactly are you being taught in grammer school? Except English, most everything else is must memorizing crap. History is mostly memorizing dates, Math is all memorization. Same as Spelling. In fact, there is really very little a human needs to do in grammer school, cept keep the kids in line and hopefully figure out which ones need special attention, and then given it.
But no, I'm not for replacing humans with computers in any level of school, 'cept maybe College. Education is probably one of the most important things we can give kids, and what does it show them when we don't care enough to give them the best education we can?
1. The Government.
2. Corporations.
So, I'd have to say, No. (for when the US tries to make this same move)
.... The attitudes at the time were truly backward; there were women pilots who were allowed to deliver aircraft to their bases, but they were not allowed to fly with guns loaded - a quite incomprehensible decision since some of them were shot down by enemy action without a chance of fighting back.
That was planned. The officers (who were male) didn't like the uppity women who were trying to do a man's job. So they found a solution to their problem.
Seriously 13 slides and zero good content even on the first page. I'm not clicking through that shit.
This is why most of us don't bother reading the articles...
Just saying.
That is what your little kids will be saying in a few years.
flying cars.
lol, you must be new to the world.
There's a tendency for people who visit slashdot to oversimplify and equate Democrat=good and Republican=evil. The truth is much more complex. ....
No, the truth is complex at all.
The Republicans and Democrats both work for the Corporations.
Voting for one, is the same as voting for another.
All you are voting for is Corporations, who are playing both sides of the field. They don't care if a democrat of republican is in office. In fact, they'd prefer you thinking one way or the other so you don't noticed that your just doing what they want.
It's Corporate vs People actually, and we, the people, are losing. (ya, pun intended)
when we get really stupid ass submissions like this.
When I was a kid, about 5 i think, I found a key hidden in something in the backyard of our part of an apartment complex. It was obviously left by the previous renter as a way to get into their place if they forgot their key. (well, that's my assumption). Being a 5 year old kid, i of course, tried it in my apartments lock. It worked.
Then I tried my neighbors lock, and sure enough, it unlocked their door also. I went on to try all the locks, which it didn't unlock any other door, but i did piss off some people living there.
This was the early 70's, and of course, no one would call the cops on me. Today? I'd probably be some sort of terrorist if I did that.
But the point? My doing that, showed that our apartment and our next door neighbors apartment had the same key, or one so similiar that they both work on each unit. So we got a new lock.
I wasn't trying to break into anyone's apartment, i just found a flaw, and was trying to see how far it extended before telling the proper authorities (which in this case, was my mom).
Thought I'd share, probably doesn't have much do to with the article, but hey,i tried, right?
Regarding TFA, it was "rooted" "old, non-android way", used to flash custom firmwares for earlier models.
Up to T1 model, Sony (well not exactly Sony, Kinoma) was using proprietary engine. (that also ran on other platforms, including Windows) They've sw
Offtopic:
x50 line of Sony Readers is actually superior to both Nook and Kindle and has quite a number of followers, also in US.
Product having little market share has more to do with marketing, than actual quality. (I find sony walkman (yep, they also do mp3 player, imagine that) vastly superior to apple/samsung's offerings.)
ya, except i'm going to pay $79 for a kindle, not $130 for a Sony.
It's called The Pirate Bay.
And it carries movies, books, games, pretty much anything that can be digitized.
Oh ya, I can't beat the price.
The more money people spend keeping the music & movie industry going, the more crappy laws and stupid ass DRM shit we are going to get.
Bankrupt them, and we won't have to listen to them anymore.
Isn't that interesting? I reply to one industry astroturfer with a very high UID and like magic someone immediately registers with Slashdot only to post one comment which supports the astroturfer's assertion.
I'll say one thing, TechLA, you're a hard worker. But too obvious. You must be new at this. I know times are hard but there must have been a more ethical job out there, like drug dealer.
I love slashdot.
I just scrolled back, to see what you replied to and what you were talking about, and no where is someone with a high UID and the quote you put.
I mean, wtf slashdot, go back to the old way you used to do this so you can actually follow threads a lot better.
In fact, using google, and the term "I pirate many single player games because I can." the only post it links to is the person i'm quoting off.
So, once again, WTF.
Did someone with a high UID post that, or did PopeRatzo make it up?
If skyrim cost $1 you wouldn't pirate it.
yes, i would.
Bullshit, that has nothing to do with greed.
People play less these days (lack of time - damn, we get older!), and those who play the most (teenagers) usually pirate, so they want it free. ...
people huh? You mean, you play less. Maybe your friends play less, but that does NOT mean the whole world plays less.
And rest of your argument is based on your false premise that people play less, which isn't the case, so what you posted is pointless.
Remember, the world doesn't operate based on your view of things, it works based on what really goes on.
capitalism
I call it Hollywood myself.
When Hollywood got involved, suddenly the greed got bigger.
Suddenly games were taking 10 of millions of dollars to make, and they expected a big return, or they didn't make money.
While some games have been good, most aren't, and games are way shorter now then they were years ago.
On top of it, suddenly these "gaming companies" suddenly got really greedy (probably because their business model changed from something that worked fine, to something only works when all your games are top selling), and really starting complaining that piracy was hurting their bottom line (which is a lie) and then they started blasting 2nt hand sales.
But it is just plain greed, which is what happens when you give corporations more power then you give people in a country (and more rights then the people).
Have you ever noticed that people (or companies) who design good looking products that work well and are easy to use are consistently a LOT more lucky than their competitors?
BTW, is "Vision-airy" a clever reference to the Dyson Airblade or the Air Multiplier perhaps? I was just wondering as that's another splendid example of a company that got lucky but also co-incidentally designed products that are beautiful, functional and technically better than the competition and found a solid user base despite being more expensive...
~Pev
lol, no i didn't do that on purpose, over even know about them, but that is pretty funny. =)
It was just a stupid spelling mistake on my part.
Yup Apple got lucky. With the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Air.... Wow. They sure are lucky. Over and over and over again.
Considering apple has been in business for 40+ years and only products that they've put out in the last 5 years are considered popular and whatnot, yes, they got lucky.
If I'm wrong, they will continue on this streak, and I'll personally apologize to the world.
So, do we wait another 40 years and see how popular their stuff is, or what? Because it's not like they've been this great since they stupidly stopped making and selling the Apple II.
You're missing a few things.
None of their most successful products were the first to the market.....
No, they weren't (except the Ipad, really).
But what they gave was useability at a time when other companies weren't really doing that.
I own a 6th generation ipod. Why? Because it's 120gb of music space (don't care taht it plays video), in a small decent case. No one else touches that market much, 'cept like the crappy zune that always sucked.
Ipod's success is luck, because all the other companies gave up on making good mp3 players. No one even bothers to try anymore.
Iphone, well, honestly, most the smart phones before it sucked dog shit. Apple got lucky with a design that people liked, and suddenly, eveyone and their grandma started copying it. And guess what? Apple either doesn't hold the lead anymore, or is close to losing it. Was it strategic insight on their part? Probably not, but then this is the only thing I'd give on the luck part.
Ipads? While techincally they aren't the first on the scene, they are the first with a useable OS on them, unlike the other companies that tried. And yes, Apple holds the lead currently, but the market is new, and the time has been short. As soon as these other companies stop trying to make overpriced tablets to compete with the Ipad and instead make good decent tablets, you'll find the ipad will lose it's place just like the iphones. So yes, they are lucky on the ipads, which won't hold out for long, unless they change how they do stuff, and seeing as they like to overcharge for hardware, and put new hardware out every year, if not less, I don't think they are going to be doing themselves any favors.
No, they're just going to push forward on:
http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/19/ipad-2-ios-5-airplay-video-mirroring-become-a-tv-gaming-console/
Tablet (with good processing power) + Airplay (or some other video/audio transport good enough for HD with acceptable latency over a local wifi network).
Which is, connecting the dots you already have, and realizing the console in the living room can become irrelevant or not necessary.
It looks to me that the experience isn't far off from Nintendo's new Wii U controller. But, with the big difference that you'll see thousands of tittles cheap or free on the app market.
yes, that is what I said, they won't be doing anything that someone else hasn't done before them. But I think the people that like gaming on ipads, aren't the type to buy a home console. They are the lowest of the low gamers. They are basicly the people who play solitare on windows. You don't need horsepower for the games they play.
I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call Mitchell an "American Hero" (TM).
Yes, he walked on the moon and that puts him in very rare company. However, I think he was a bit of a loon. I think NASA may still be bothered by the whole unauthorized ESP experiments that took place on the return trip. That kind of thing is definitely "not in line with NASA expectations"
You mean like the same ESP that our (USA) government has studied? https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Remote_viewing#US_government-funded_research
You do realize, that when you say thinks like you think he's a loon because of ESP studies, your are trying to make him seem lesser then "normal" so it's acceptable to say he doing bad things.
Let's be real, if the gov wanted the camera back, they've had over 40 years to get it back.
...
Before we start deifying Mitchell as some kind of anti-government hero and genius, I'd like to point out that he's deeply into ESP, the paranormal, remote viewing/healing, and other woo. He started something called the Institute for Noetic Sciences in the 1970s. He's essentially the opposite of James Randi. I love to see these charlatans exposed in other parts of their lives too. Turns out he's not only a Uri Geller-level bullshitter but also a common thief.
So because he has different beliefs then you, he's a bullshitter, and of course,a thief.
Not like any of us has never kept something from a job we've done. Pens, papers, computers, phones, contacts, paper clips, etc...
Seems to me, the Gov only cared about the camera is now when he's trying to sell it for some money.
Since they apparently knew he had it before.
This is off topic, but other tech sites have been covering the death of Dennis Ritchie for hours, there are a multitude of submissions in the firehose, yet this hasn't been published yet. What gives?
Are you new here? Your UID suggests your not, so your surprise, well, actually surprises us. This is how slashdot operates.
Anyways, Dennis is dead, he's not in a hurry to get anywhere, is he?
my subject says it all.