They just lost two customers here, probably for life. My wife's not particularly tech-savvy, but she just saw the post over my shoulder and there's no way she'd buy a Samsung now. And I'll definitely pay extra (if necessary) to know I'm not being monitored with a keylogger. So the price is immaterial...I don't think either of us would take a Samsung computer of any sort for free at this point. (I know I could theoretically wipe it and start fresh, but if it's the manufacturer doing it, who knows what kind of backups they might have built straight into the BIOS or somewhere else on the motherboard?)
Exactly. I pay a little extra for a computer that doesn't come with that crap because I recognize that I'm paying for what the manufacturer could've made in advertising. (AVADirect, in case you're curious.) The MS Office pre-loads piss me off, though.
A study of eight horse-using countries, including the United States, shows that seemingly inexorable trends — ever more people, more horses, and more riding — came to a halt in the early years of the 20th century, well before the recent escalation in fodder prices. It could be a sign, researchers said, that the demand for travel and the demand for horse ownership in those countries has reached a saturation point. 'With talk of "peak manure," why not the possibility of "peak travel" when a clear plateau has been reached?' asked co-author Jebediah Schipper... Most of the eight countries in the study have experienced declines in miles traveled by horse per capita in recent years. The US appears to have peaked at an annual 1620 miles by horse per capita, and Japan is holding steady at 500 miles."
Parent is dead on. How can they not be taught how to use version control software? You'd think that would be the one thing they'd all have to be familiar with no matter where they went.
Had it been one article, I could buy that, but we're talking _years_ worth of racist venom in his newsletter. There wasn't a flood, but there was a steady enough stream that even the most laissez faire (rim shot) editor should have noticed it.
And something from Anti War Radio and Prison Planet? Come on, there's got to be better material in his defense out there. At the risk of engaging in the ad hominem fallacy, that station is largely populated by complete lunatics and 9/11 conspiracy theorists (but I repeat myself). I wouldn't trust them to tell me the time of day, much less balance out years of racist vitriol under Ron Paul's banner.
He was probably excluded because he was a fringe candidate* whose supporters engaged in questionable internet tactics designed to undermine serious results from any search engine one cares to study. Of course including him screws up the results. That was his supporters' goal.
*Yes, he was. Get over it. He was a candidate so far to the racist, paleocon fringe that even many libertarians were troubled by him (See, e.g., The Volokh Conspiracy, and I can provide others). He's not a serious candidate now, nor was he ever.
You mean people still expect video games to have some sort of quality control done to them prior to launch? Wow. I always wait a year to get a new game. MOO3 I waited about three years and the fans were _still_ patching it. (They did a really good job, though.)
I've got some karma to burn, so here's something blatantly off-topic. Where are the mods? I've hardly seen any comments above a 2 for the last several stories. Is nobody moderating anymore? Do I have my preferences set wrong? Feel free to reply as AC so you don't lose karma answering me. I'm just curious here.
If she's truly nerdy, she may already know. There's certainly enough info in the post to ID her (assuming you know her already), and given the/. readership it's quite likely that she and/or one or more of her friends have read this.
Same here. I switched over to Mozilla on the 1.0 release, thanks to my buddy RockWalrus. Until then, I sucked it up and used Netscape 4.7. It crashed all the time, it would occasionally do something really bizarre and muck up the cursor, but so help me I wasn't going to give MS any more market share. Was IE a better browser? Probably. But I figured that if I wanted to have any choice in the future I needed to exercise it in the present.
Nah, I think this will work pretty well at getting people to using pirated copies of his software. In fact, no one will be using any copies of his software at all.
Hmmm...he seems to have developed the ultimate form of copy protection. Maybe the **AAs will give him a medal or something.
So hitting puberty early makes other kids go after you, and hitting it late makes them go after you. Maybe the study should have been entitled "Children Still Being Mean To Anyone Who Is In Any Way Different."
(a) In General- Paragraph (1) of section 223(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223(h)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking `and' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting `; and'; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
`(C) in the case of subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(1), includes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet (as such term is defined in section 1104 of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note)).'.
(b) Rule of Construction- This section and the amendment made by this section may not be construed to affect the meaning given the term `telecommunications device' in section 223(h)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as in effect before the date of the enactment of this section.
Relevant Comm. Act section: TITLE 47 > CHAPTER 5 > SUBCHAPTER II > Part I > 223 Prev | Next
223. Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications Release date: 2005-03-17
(a) Prohibited acts generally Whoever-- (1) in interstate or foreign communications-- (A) by means of a telecommunications device knowingly-- (i) makes, creates, or solicits, and (ii) initiates the transmission of, any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image, or other communication which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent, with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass another person;
Now that this system is in place, though, maybe some of those people can stop watching the high-traffic articles and start watching smaller ones, just like you suggested.
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They just lost two customers here, probably for life. My wife's not particularly tech-savvy, but she just saw the post over my shoulder and there's no way she'd buy a Samsung now. And I'll definitely pay extra (if necessary) to know I'm not being monitored with a keylogger. So the price is immaterial...I don't think either of us would take a Samsung computer of any sort for free at this point. (I know I could theoretically wipe it and start fresh, but if it's the manufacturer doing it, who knows what kind of backups they might have built straight into the BIOS or somewhere else on the motherboard?)
Exactly. I pay a little extra for a computer that doesn't come with that crap because I recognize that I'm paying for what the manufacturer could've made in advertising. (AVADirect, in case you're curious.) The MS Office pre-loads piss me off, though.
A study of eight horse-using countries, including the United States, shows that seemingly inexorable trends — ever more people, more horses, and more riding — came to a halt in the early years of the 20th century, well before the recent escalation in fodder prices. It could be a sign, researchers said, that the demand for travel and the demand for horse ownership in those countries has reached a saturation point. 'With talk of "peak manure," why not the possibility of "peak travel" when a clear plateau has been reached?' asked co-author Jebediah Schipper ... Most of the eight countries in the study have experienced declines in miles traveled by horse per capita in recent years. The US appears to have peaked at an annual 1620 miles by horse per capita, and Japan is holding steady at 500 miles."
Parent is dead on. How can they not be taught how to use version control software? You'd think that would be the one thing they'd all have to be familiar with no matter where they went.
I'm guessing there'll be as much authenticity in pop music ten years from now as there is in the cover of beauty magazines (Cosmo et al.) now.
As opposed to all of the people downloading malware intentionally?
I did, in fact, do some research. :)
Had it been one article, I could buy that, but we're talking _years_ worth of racist venom in his newsletter. There wasn't a flood, but there was a steady enough stream that even the most laissez faire (rim shot) editor should have noticed it.
And something from Anti War Radio and Prison Planet? Come on, there's got to be better material in his defense out there. At the risk of engaging in the ad hominem fallacy, that station is largely populated by complete lunatics and 9/11 conspiracy theorists (but I repeat myself). I wouldn't trust them to tell me the time of day, much less balance out years of racist vitriol under Ron Paul's banner.
He was probably excluded because he was a fringe candidate* whose supporters engaged in questionable internet tactics designed to undermine serious results from any search engine one cares to study. Of course including him screws up the results. That was his supporters' goal.
*Yes, he was. Get over it. He was a candidate so far to the racist, paleocon fringe that even many libertarians were troubled by him (See, e.g., The Volokh Conspiracy, and I can provide others). He's not a serious candidate now, nor was he ever.
That's true enough. I downloaded some mods, but never bothered installing them. It's just a darn good game.
You mean people still expect video games to have some sort of quality control done to them prior to launch? Wow. I always wait a year to get a new game. MOO3 I waited about three years and the fans were _still_ patching it. (They did a really good job, though.)
I've got some karma to burn, so here's something blatantly off-topic. Where are the mods? I've hardly seen any comments above a 2 for the last several stories. Is nobody moderating anymore? Do I have my preferences set wrong? Feel free to reply as AC so you don't lose karma answering me. I'm just curious here.
If she's truly nerdy, she may already know. There's certainly enough info in the post to ID her (assuming you know her already), and given the /. readership it's quite likely that she and/or one or more of her friends have read this.
Same here. I switched over to Mozilla on the 1.0 release, thanks to my buddy RockWalrus. Until then, I sucked it up and used Netscape 4.7. It crashed all the time, it would occasionally do something really bizarre and muck up the cursor, but so help me I wasn't going to give MS any more market share. Was IE a better browser? Probably. But I figured that if I wanted to have any choice in the future I needed to exercise it in the present.
I think I messed up. I didn't find any music, but I did find the opening to "The Wizard of Oz" in "The Birth of Venus." Oh, well.
Or the more entrenched businesses are better at rent-seeking, and thus don't have to fear the market quite so much.
I wonder if this paint would block an EMP? I didn't see anything about it in TFA, but that would be a neat side effect.
Eh, as long as you're having fun. Most people here are probably ignoring you anyway (no offense, just that's how it seems to go), so everyone's happy.
Nah, I think this will work pretty well at getting people to using pirated copies of his software. In fact, no one will be using any copies of his software at all.
Hmmm...he seems to have developed the ultimate form of copy protection. Maybe the **AAs will give him a medal or something.
Thanks! It's still crawling. I'm sure Tivo thanks you, too.
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And volatile penny stocks on the web
CmdrTaco, deliver us!
So hitting puberty early makes other kids go after you, and hitting it late makes them go after you. Maybe the study should have been entitled "Children Still Being Mean To Anyone Who Is In Any Way Different."
Don't underestimate Croutons! http://www.haven.boston.ma.us/~kath/croutons.html
SEC. 113. PREVENTING CYBERSTALKING.
(a) In General- Paragraph (1) of section 223(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223(h)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking `and' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting `; and'; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
`(C) in the case of subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(1), includes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet (as such term is defined in section 1104 of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note)).'.
(b) Rule of Construction- This section and the amendment made by this section may not be construed to affect the meaning given the term `telecommunications device' in section 223(h)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as in effect before the date of the enactment of this section.
Relevant Comm. Act section:
TITLE 47 > CHAPTER 5 > SUBCHAPTER II > Part I > 223 Prev | Next
223. Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications
Release date: 2005-03-17
(a) Prohibited acts generally
Whoever--
(1) in interstate or foreign communications--
(A) by means of a telecommunications device knowingly--
(i) makes, creates, or solicits, and
(ii) initiates the transmission of,
any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image, or other communication which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent, with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass another person;
Now that this system is in place, though, maybe some of those people can stop watching the high-traffic articles and start watching smaller ones, just like you suggested.
Did someone say my name?