Will you belive me if i say that it was meant as tongue-in-cheek?
Either way, no matter whether p2p will be dealt a mortal blow by anti-piracy laws or not, i doubt that this guy's "manifesto" (and its derivatives, if there will ever be any) will affect the future of p2p in any way. He's just a poser.
I'd say that it's a bit too late for such manifestos. It's not 1995 anymore. P2P is not something emerging, something that needs to make itself manifest -- it's reality. Heck, taking into account all the lawsuits and anti-piracy laws, it will soone be the past.
Try again. And try doing something real, instead of writing silly manifestoes devoid of any content.
I don't think there's anything wrong with a news site running opinion stories, as long as they're marked as such. So, if Michael really thinks he has something to say and that we should care about his opinion, he could try writing his very own editorials (hey, Slashdot even has a corresponding topic icon).
Given the problems we already have feeding humans, why would we possibly want to feed robots (other than necessary fuel/energy)?
To have a cheap and effective way of producing bricks. I mean, hink about it, instead of having to dig up tons of dirt and doing all sorts of things with it, you could have an army of robots that eat mud, "digest" it, and SHIT BRICKS!
Norbert Wiener has commented on this topic, albeit from a sligthly different point of view, saying that what really made it easy for the Soviets to build their own bomb was knowing that it would work. Before the first bombs went off, the pursuit for an atomic bomb had been like feeling your way in the dark. It wasn't even certain whether the research would take anywhere, whether an atomic bomb was possible at all. But after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was only the matter of finding out how it could be done.
Contrary to what you may think, illiteracy is a problem.
At least a fifth of the population of the US of A are functionally illiterate -- ie unable to fill in a form, or even piece together more than two bits of information from a sports article. Note that these are the official figures: in reality, these figures are probably much larger.
This problem is quite common in all the countries where literacy levels should be at 100%. In reality, about 20% of Britons have very poor literacy skills; in Switzerland, it's more than 30%.
Some studies have linked poor literacy to excessive TV viewing. People can't read because they don't read.
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OK, it's a troll, but who wouldn't want to see Taco and CowboyNeal hosting their own shows?
They did have their own show, Geeks in Space. You can actually see it as well -- just turn on the visualizations on your media player!
True dat. Furthermore, you could say that it's people like me that are the cause of this:7
I did originally plan to write more than just one paragraph, the second one about how this kind of "rolling down the hill" is completely normal and that people should stop whining about it. But i'm still not completely sure about what i wanted to say by saying this, so i decided not to.
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Ack. You weren't supposed to take it literally.
See, we're talking about two different things here. Two different persons. One is the nerd and the other is the image of a nerd. Actually being a nerd might not be cool, but being a "nerd" is, just like it's cool to be "green" and so on. Reading Slashdot and watching gaming programmes is a part of the image.
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I hate to say this, but you're preaching to the wrong choir. Because if you haven't noticed, then Slashdot is rolling down the same hill. News for Nerds? Get real. Most of these "news" come from mainstream sources such as ABC, New York Times and BBC. Most of the people reading (and posting to) Slashdot just fancy themselves nerds, as being a nerd is cool.
How about we take it a step further and try to be ontopic while still flinging shit?:7
I thought you would reply to my insult, as someone as stupid as you just can't keep away from a fight.
Anyway, i think it should be pointed out that Slashdot has already covered this story back when they originally started considering it about two years ago. The analysis linked to might still be relevant.
Oh, for fuck's sake. Did you really have to do this? Did you even bother to check the link in the article blurb, or did you just see Roland's name and fired away? I think you didn't even rtfa, because had you read it, you'd have noticed that this time, he actually linked to the original fucking article, not his own blog. You just ended up being the silly little boy that cried wolf. Tee-hee.
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He's a clever bastard, though: he knows his manifesto sucks ass, so he asks other people to write their own and post them on HIS website.
Either way, no matter whether p2p will be dealt a mortal blow by anti-piracy laws or not, i doubt that this guy's "manifesto" (and its derivatives, if there will ever be any) will affect the future of p2p in any way. He's just a poser.
Manifestos are so 1909.
Try again. And try doing something real, instead of writing silly manifestoes devoid of any content.
I don't think there's anything wrong with a news site running opinion stories, as long as they're marked as such. So, if Michael really thinks he has something to say and that we should care about his opinion, he could try writing his very own editorials (hey, Slashdot even has a corresponding topic icon).
...is a book about how to get things started. After that, getting them done is easy.
It was pulled because it was a fucking dupe. For once, an editor was actually doing his job, yet you still complain. Eh.
*laughter in the audience*
No.
To have a cheap and effective way of producing bricks. I mean, hink about it, instead of having to dig up tons of dirt and doing all sorts of things with it, you could have an army of robots that eat mud, "digest" it, and SHIT BRICKS!
No, i don't find it funny at all.
Eh's probably reading /. in Light mode.
Someone on Slashdot once had a sig that read: "On the internet, everyone assumes you're a dog." I wholeheartedly agree: you're a dog.
Norbert Wiener has commented on this topic, albeit from a sligthly different point of view, saying that what really made it easy for the Soviets to build their own bomb was knowing that it would work. Before the first bombs went off, the pursuit for an atomic bomb had been like feeling your way in the dark. It wasn't even certain whether the research would take anywhere, whether an atomic bomb was possible at all. But after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was only the matter of finding out how it could be done.
This problem is quite common in all the countries where literacy levels should be at 100%. In reality, about 20% of Britons have very poor literacy skills; in Switzerland, it's more than 30%.
Some studies have linked poor literacy to excessive TV viewing. People can't read because they don't read.
They did have their own show, Geeks in Space. You can actually see it as well -- just turn on the visualizations on your media player!
I did originally plan to write more than just one paragraph, the second one about how this kind of "rolling down the hill" is completely normal and that people should stop whining about it. But i'm still not completely sure about what i wanted to say by saying this, so i decided not to.
See, we're talking about two different things here. Two different persons. One is the nerd and the other is the image of a nerd. Actually being a nerd might not be cool, but being a "nerd" is, just like it's cool to be "green" and so on. Reading Slashdot and watching gaming programmes is a part of the image.
I hate to say this, but you're preaching to the wrong choir. Because if you haven't noticed, then Slashdot is rolling down the same hill. News for Nerds? Get real. Most of these "news" come from mainstream sources such as ABC, New York Times and BBC. Most of the people reading (and posting to) Slashdot just fancy themselves nerds, as being a nerd is cool.
I thought you would reply to my insult, as someone as stupid as you just can't keep away from a fight.
Anyway, i think it should be pointed out that Slashdot has already covered this story back when they originally started considering it about two years ago. The analysis linked to might still be relevant.
You're a fucking moron and a retard. Only a retard could come up with an idea as stupid as this.
Your story submissions were rejected because they were a load of trite, much like the comments you post. So quit whining.
Oh, for fuck's sake. Did you really have to do this? Did you even bother to check the link in the article blurb, or did you just see Roland's name and fired away? I think you didn't even rtfa, because had you read it, you'd have noticed that this time, he actually linked to the original fucking article, not his own blog. You just ended up being the silly little boy that cried wolf. Tee-hee.
I, for one, don't.
Don't know, but certainly not as many as back in 1904.