Their "designs for server-side control" won't mean squat unless they can dislodge Apache as the market leader, which I don't see happening anytime soon.
I think the problem with DC is the layout. Unlike most cities which have a grid pattern, in DC all the streets intersect at weird angles and you can never figure out which direction you're going. Add to that the fact that a lot of them don't even have signs telling you what the street name is, and you have a lot of confusion.
The logic I was referring to was what seemed to be the parent poster's underlying assumption that because "things are not the same as they once were," therefore "things are now worse off." I was attempting to show that I think the opposite is true.
Obviously though a lot of the details of either of those positions are based on value judgements and you are correct in pointing that out.
Family members/interpersonal relationships aren't bounded by the 1st Amendment at all.
Exactly. It just seemed to me that the poster might be implying that children should be somehow compelled to follow their family's religion. The only conceivable way I could see that happening today would be some kind of bastardized governmental policy. By "curtailing freedom of religion" I meant instituting something like that. Obviously, as you point out, nothing like that has ever existed nor will it ever, which is why that notion is ridiculous.
I was referring more to the social reasons for doing things separately. With segragation, it was forced but it was half self-enforcing as well. A lot of whites didn't want anything to do with blacks because they saw them as inferior, and a lot of blacks didn't want anything to do with whites because they viewed them as arrogant pricks.
Today lots of different people groups have similar interests and do things together, which means most of us have gotten over our racial predjudice.
Ok I'll take this - Consider your logic here
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Does anyone else thing maybe we're getting a little bit too mobile?
No. I love the versatility that a mobile society gives you. Don't like it somewhere? You can easily go somewhere else. You have so many more options open to you today than you did 50 years ago.
It used to be that travel exposed us to unique local cultures, ideas, and products.
Who's to say it still doesn't. I mean everyone speaks the same language, but as someone who has lived in the north and the south US, I can tell you that the culture is very different.
We watch the same entertainment, we listen to the same songs, we shop in the same chain stores, and we wear the same clothes.
Umm, maybe that's because we are all Americans (at least everyone living in the US, no offense to international/. readers). Would you prefer every cultural group do things separately? That just takes you back to segregation. I would think consolidation of cultural values would be a positive thing for a country's societal health.
When was the last time you heard someone tell you they wanted to carry on the family tradition of a particular trade.
Not in a while, which again is a good thing IMO. In the old days children were expected to carry on the occupation of their parents. In effect, the course their life would take was determined before they were even born. Today, we've given children the freedom to make their own choices about what they want to do with their lives. How can you be opposed to that? Everyone benefits there as we can all find greater satisfaction in our occupation since it's something we chose rather than something that was forced upon us.
How many college students move back to the small town because its "home"?
I see this more of a social variance that everyone has a different view of, but again it comes down to freedom of choice. If you like the atmosphere of the place you grew up in, the surroundings of your close family and the state of mind that gives you, then moving back home is probably a good choice. If on the other hand (as in my case) you feel disillusioned by all of that and want to pursue your own path, that is your choice to make.
How many of us devoutly carry on our family religions?
Again, what if you don't agree with your family's religion? Are you suggesting we curtail freedom of religion, one of the most basic principles this country was founded on?
Or how many of us think about retirement when we get our first job?
How many of us will choose not to start worrying about tomorrow as soon as we complete every task and instead take time to enjoy all that life has to offer even for a brief period? When you get your first job, you have decades ahead of you. Assuming you have at least some financial sense, it really won't be a problem when the time comes to deal with it.
It really sounds to me like you don't understand the progress that has been made on many of these fronts over the last few decades. I know I would never want to trade this world for the one my parents lived in.
The speed limit is an interesing thing though that varies with location.
Here in Atlanta, we have some funny rules about that. It goes like this: If you aren't going at least 10 over then you are a fucking jackass and deserve to be run off the road. That is unless you are in the HOV lane. In that case you better be doing at least 20 over or you are fair game. Also, if you are in a small compact car, then you had better be going a lot faster than the average speed of SUVs on the same road, as they reserve the right to mow you over at any time they choose.
Lastly, if you have a hummer, just FUCKING STOP PRETENDING THAT IT WILL HANDLE LIKE A VETTE! You'll sleep better and I promise your manhood won't suffer to much.
Disclaimer: I'm not saying I agree with these rules. They are just what a majority of the local democracy has decided upon.
If some random BitTorrent site just out of the blew put up links to donate money and produced a letter from the MPAA threatening a lawsuit, then yes you might be justified in calling BS.
However, consider that in the last month the MPAA has succeeded in suing/shutting down just about every other major BitTorrent site on the net, and this becomes quite believable. Regarding your "major news agency" those actions was reported on by several.
I'm sorry but I use firefox and the link had no "dangerous" element when I went there. If you want to use the hell that is IE, then live with the consequences.
Since that image contained a lot of detail about what the MPAA was actually threatening them with, I thought people would be interested in seeing it. If a stupid popup offends you then go back to reading the paper for your news.
Because you are making the mistake of thinking that anyone who uses BitTorrent is a filthy leecher who just wants to get something for nothing. That isn't remotely the case. I know plenty of people who have bought DVDs of movies they liked after they downloaded them.
...You could make the argument that since Google indexes everything and since they know people distribute infringing materials on the web, they are knowingly linking to infringing materials themselves.
While I know your post is a joke, I want to clarify one thing. They didn't receive a C&D. That's generally a letter from soneone warning of impending legal action if they don't comply with some demand. In this case the MPAA has already initiated legal action, indicating that if they did send Lokitorrent a C&D it was probably ignored.
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They have a policy that allows anyone to have their stuff removed if they don't want links to torrents of it hosted on their site. If someone submits a request to have something taken down, they put it in a "banned files" area and after that if anyone posts a torrent to any of those files they are banned from the site.
I'm not sure how this policy will figure into their legal defense, but I imagine it will in some capacity.
Also, the link to donate appears right on their main page, and I warned them that their site was about to be slashdotted before this was posted and they didn't seem too concerned about it.
Slashdot Mirror
Live Stream Here
Their "designs for server-side control" won't mean squat unless they can dislodge Apache as the market leader, which I don't see happening anytime soon.
59% of the needed amount.
I think the problem with DC is the layout. Unlike most cities which have a grid pattern, in DC all the streets intersect at weird angles and you can never figure out which direction you're going. Add to that the fact that a lot of them don't even have signs telling you what the street name is, and you have a lot of confusion.
DUPE!
The logic I was referring to was what seemed to be the parent poster's underlying assumption that because "things are not the same as they once were," therefore "things are now worse off." I was attempting to show that I think the opposite is true.
Obviously though a lot of the details of either of those positions are based on value judgements and you are correct in pointing that out.
Well yeah, I should have qualified that with "when everything doesn't slow to a stop."
Doing well so far.
How come Slashdot never gets Slashdotted?
Because they have over 20 boxes and a fucking huge pipe.
And you probably think 4WD/AWD helps you stop faster.
And that two turbos give you twice as much power as one.
Family members/interpersonal relationships aren't bounded by the 1st Amendment at all.
Exactly. It just seemed to me that the poster might be implying that children should be somehow compelled to follow their family's religion. The only conceivable way I could see that happening today would be some kind of bastardized governmental policy. By "curtailing freedom of religion" I meant instituting something like that. Obviously, as you point out, nothing like that has ever existed nor will it ever, which is why that notion is ridiculous.
I was referring more to the social reasons for doing things separately. With segragation, it was forced but it was half self-enforcing as well. A lot of whites didn't want anything to do with blacks because they saw them as inferior, and a lot of blacks didn't want anything to do with whites because they viewed them as arrogant pricks.
Today lots of different people groups have similar interests and do things together, which means most of us have gotten over our racial predjudice.
Does anyone else thing maybe we're getting a little bit too mobile?
/. readers). Would you prefer every cultural group do things separately? That just takes you back to segregation. I would think consolidation of cultural values would be a positive thing for a country's societal health.
No. I love the versatility that a mobile society gives you. Don't like it somewhere? You can easily go somewhere else. You have so many more options open to you today than you did 50 years ago.
It used to be that travel exposed us to unique local cultures, ideas, and products.
Who's to say it still doesn't. I mean everyone speaks the same language, but as someone who has lived in the north and the south US, I can tell you that the culture is very different.
We watch the same entertainment, we listen to the same songs, we shop in the same chain stores, and we wear the same clothes.
Umm, maybe that's because we are all Americans (at least everyone living in the US, no offense to international
When was the last time you heard someone tell you they wanted to carry on the family tradition of a particular trade.
Not in a while, which again is a good thing IMO. In the old days children were expected to carry on the occupation of their parents. In effect, the course their life would take was determined before they were even born. Today, we've given children the freedom to make their own choices about what they want to do with their lives. How can you be opposed to that? Everyone benefits there as we can all find greater satisfaction in our occupation since it's something we chose rather than something that was forced upon us.
How many college students move back to the small town because its "home"?
I see this more of a social variance that everyone has a different view of, but again it comes down to freedom of choice. If you like the atmosphere of the place you grew up in, the surroundings of your close family and the state of mind that gives you, then moving back home is probably a good choice. If on the other hand (as in my case) you feel disillusioned by all of that and want to pursue your own path, that is your choice to make.
How many of us devoutly carry on our family religions?
Again, what if you don't agree with your family's religion? Are you suggesting we curtail freedom of religion, one of the most basic principles this country was founded on?
Or how many of us think about retirement when we get our first job?
How many of us will choose not to start worrying about tomorrow as soon as we complete every task and instead take time to enjoy all that life has to offer even for a brief period? When you get your first job, you have decades ahead of you. Assuming you have at least some financial sense, it really won't be a problem when the time comes to deal with it.
It really sounds to me like you don't understand the progress that has been made on many of these fronts over the last few decades. I know I would never want to trade this world for the one my parents lived in.
Someone in their IRC said they had received over $4,000 since this story had been posted, so I'm sure that will be revised higher.
What about the fiscal conservatives
There are no fiscal conservatives in government anymore.
The speed limit is an interesing thing though that varies with location.
Here in Atlanta, we have some funny rules about that. It goes like this: If you aren't going at least 10 over then you are a fucking jackass and deserve to be run off the road. That is unless you are in the HOV lane. In that case you better be doing at least 20 over or you are fair game. Also, if you are in a small compact car, then you had better be going a lot faster than the average speed of SUVs on the same road, as they reserve the right to mow you over at any time they choose.
Lastly, if you have a hummer, just FUCKING STOP PRETENDING THAT IT WILL HANDLE LIKE A VETTE! You'll sleep better and I promise your manhood won't suffer to much.
Disclaimer: I'm not saying I agree with these rules. They are just what a majority of the local democracy has decided upon.
Ok, if it will make you feel any better I will host a mirror of it on my server. Get it here.
If some random BitTorrent site just out of the blew put up links to donate money and produced a letter from the MPAA threatening a lawsuit, then yes you might be justified in calling BS.
However, consider that in the last month the MPAA has succeeded in suing/shutting down just about every other major BitTorrent site on the net, and this becomes quite believable. Regarding your "major news agency" those actions was reported on by several.
I'm sorry but I use firefox and the link had no "dangerous" element when I went there. If you want to use the hell that is IE, then live with the consequences.
Since that image contained a lot of detail about what the MPAA was actually threatening them with, I thought people would be interested in seeing it. If a stupid popup offends you then go back to reading the paper for your news.
They've had it for a while. MS excercised this option. That's why you won't find any torrents to MS software on their site.
Because you are making the mistake of thinking that anyone who uses BitTorrent is a filthy leecher who just wants to get something for nothing. That isn't remotely the case. I know plenty of people who have bought DVDs of movies they liked after they downloaded them.
...You could make the argument that since Google indexes everything and since they know people distribute infringing materials on the web, they are knowingly linking to infringing materials themselves.
While I know your post is a joke, I want to clarify one thing. They didn't receive a C&D. That's generally a letter from soneone warning of impending legal action if they don't comply with some demand. In this case the MPAA has already initiated legal action, indicating that if they did send Lokitorrent a C&D it was probably ignored.
They have a policy that allows anyone to have their stuff removed if they don't want links to torrents of it hosted on their site. If someone submits a request to have something taken down, they put it in a "banned files" area and after that if anyone posts a torrent to any of those files they are banned from the site.
I'm not sure how this policy will figure into their legal defense, but I imagine it will in some capacity.
Also, the link to donate appears right on their main page, and I warned them that their site was about to be slashdotted before this was posted and they didn't seem too concerned about it.