Not to mention giving attention to the act and criminals, thereby potentially motivating other evil attention-seekers to perform similar acts. The media needs to report it once, maybe the odd update when it matters, and Never, Ever, name those responsible. (Saying whether they were caught is OK, but why make them famous/infamous and go down in history?)
Scientists in Canada confirmed Posilac (the growth hormone they give many dairy cows in the USA) causes cancer, which makes sense considering what cancer is. What would seeds that don't reproduce naturally do to us? (SEEDS! that grow plants that don't reproduce?!) Is anyone else concerned?
I gotta say - you sound crazy; however, the same happened to me each of the three times I bothered to get the flu shot. I don't know why, and I don't tell anyone not to get it, but I skip it and some winters I simply don't get sick.
Satellite providers can you fool you with that all they want (and maybe they can handle the bandwidth requirement, although I doubt smoothly), but in any case no channel broadcasts in 1080p yet, so you'd be a sucker to buy into it.
they want to be able to make you to sit down and shut the fuck up, and also make it painful enough that you won't DARE do it again.
I agree 100%. It would just get sticky with voters because a) to quote George Carlin on the law of averages: "Think of how dumb the average person is, then realize that half of all people are even dumber than that!!" and b) they will sling it as protecting children and fighting hate-speech. I'm not saying protecting kids or fighting hate-speech is bad; it's just stupid how few people would realize it wouldn't do either of those (it might make protecting kids harder actually) and as you say just give them the ammo they need to try to shut you, the free-speaker, up.
I'm not saying I necessarily agree or disagree that anonymous speech had any effect on history (the fact that those in power write history as they see fit not withstanding) but I have to ask... if that's the case, then why the hell do they care if people post anonymously?!
To me it's more about privacy. I do of course understand the desire to prevent serious hate-speech (the only true enemy to free speech in my opinion, not counting these politician douchebags) but having everyone use their real name won't prevent it... best-case you get fake names and still have to delete the hate-speech manually. I think the only way is to let people voice their opinion, privately (anonymously in this case I mean) and ban by IP if necessary. Even that's not all that fool-proof, but as someone above said, how do they think they can enforce this?? Short of selling out every bit of privacy left (which would lead to worse problems related to predators and stalkers as far as I can see) you will only end up hurting those who bothered to use their real name.
So you want robot vacuums that can make sandwiches, not Data from Star Trek? I 'spose it depends on if you're relying on a persistent connection to the internet or other external source of data versus learning and retaining.
My Ubuntu 12.04 server is btrfs using the built-in RAID 10 features (I have 7.2 TB usable on four 2TB drives thanks to compression too!) and I use time machine for the macs. My windows machine is Pro so I'm able to backup to a network drive, with a samba share running on the ubuntu server that I mount as a drive letter in windows. It's been fantastic overall for all machines including for the odd restore.
I'd like to get time machine going to the ubuntu server as well but so far I'm just using external usb drives for the macs.
I have a few games on PS3 that run in 1080p. I'm not taking the game's word for it; my TV shows the mode when it switches to it.
Most are 720p though, mind you. I suspect it has to do with getting affordable hardware to run the crazy-huge new games smoothly, regardless of resolution.
I don't get it. There are people posting that one is more secure than the other, or that Sony lied (which they didn't - they were very transparent and kept us in the loop, although they may not have given ALL technical details, but that's a smart move when dealing with the idiotic general public).
The truth is neither have a good track record with regards to security, both have good points and bad, and both are doing fine.
I may feel the PS3 is better because of what I can do with it (the features far outweigh those of the 360, but that's MY OPINION BECAUSE OF THE WAY I USE CONSOLES) but I'm not about to blast Xbox for the weaknesses I feel it has; I loved my first-gen Xbox once I threw in the mod-chip.
I guess I just have to agree with some of the other, smarter posters that No One Who Matters Gives a Flying F#ck which console will "win"... If you survive 3 years these days and are still selling games, you won. The rest is media bullshit and fan boy ego circle-jerking.
Seeing as, since the 9/11 crap, the feds declared they own all data stored on any server in the U.S. they don't exactly need to be your "friend" to read your data. Same goes for your e-mail, IM's, or anything else including online banking if they feel it's necessary to an investigation. While I know the above is true because of where I work, I also know it's true that they simply don't have the staff to read every single message, so while it may get abused once in a while, it isn't like they're reading every facebook junky's pot-smoking friend's posts about their plans to sleep in on the weekend.
I agree with you, but then my experiences with their software, and the many imbeciles at work who jump behind every sleazy marketing scam M$ puts forth sets me straight again. "Windows Server 2008 will support 'Geographically Dispersed' cluster nodes! Cool! They're so innovative! We should migrate from *nix..." You IDIOTS! I clustered Solaris 9 nodes as well as Windows Server 2003 cluster nodes across many, many kilometers a LONG time ago with a properly-configured fiber network, SAN, and trunking VLANS.
It's not that Microsoft doesn't stand a chance to put out as secure or stable solutions as open source (that's understandable and just makes me giggle), it's the blind faith some people have in them DESPITE those flaws that pisses me off.
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An open source license will help get those bugs squashed in no time! ;)
Not to mention giving attention to the act and criminals, thereby potentially motivating other evil attention-seekers to perform similar acts. The media needs to report it once, maybe the odd update when it matters, and Never, Ever, name those responsible. (Saying whether they were caught is OK, but why make them famous/infamous and go down in history?)
Yessir! A one-stop-shop for the authorities (or anyone smart enough to side-step their "security").
Not that wild. This is the stupidest thing I've read on Slashdot ever, considering they already cost less than $2000: http://www.robo3dprinter.com/
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Open source too
+300 mods points!
Scientists in Canada confirmed Posilac (the growth hormone they give many dairy cows in the USA) causes cancer, which makes sense considering what cancer is. What would seeds that don't reproduce naturally do to us? (SEEDS! that grow plants that don't reproduce?!) Is anyone else concerned?
I gotta say - you sound crazy; however, the same happened to me each of the three times I bothered to get the flu shot. I don't know why, and I don't tell anyone not to get it, but I skip it and some winters I simply don't get sick.
Satellite providers can you fool you with that all they want (and maybe they can handle the bandwidth requirement, although I doubt smoothly), but in any case no channel broadcasts in 1080p yet, so you'd be a sucker to buy into it.
Is this a joke, FUD, or idiocy?
They should have named it Dine.
Touché!
Why not vote it legal and then choose to continue to buy it illicitly to avoid the tax... so that it's not a crime when you're caught smoking it??
Technically, 1984 is further every year...
I almost choked laughing at "popup book"... but you posted anonymously so I can't "thank" you in person!
they want to be able to make you to sit down and shut the fuck up, and also make it painful enough that you won't DARE do it again.
I agree 100%. It would just get sticky with voters because a) to quote George Carlin on the law of averages: "Think of how dumb the average person is, then realize that half of all people are even dumber than that!!" and b) they will sling it as protecting children and fighting hate-speech. I'm not saying protecting kids or fighting hate-speech is bad; it's just stupid how few people would realize it wouldn't do either of those (it might make protecting kids harder actually) and as you say just give them the ammo they need to try to shut you, the free-speaker, up.
I'm not saying I necessarily agree or disagree that anonymous speech had any effect on history (the fact that those in power write history as they see fit not withstanding) but I have to ask... if that's the case, then why the hell do they care if people post anonymously?!
To me it's more about privacy. I do of course understand the desire to prevent serious hate-speech (the only true enemy to free speech in my opinion, not counting these politician douchebags) but having everyone use their real name won't prevent it... best-case you get fake names and still have to delete the hate-speech manually. I think the only way is to let people voice their opinion, privately (anonymously in this case I mean) and ban by IP if necessary. Even that's not all that fool-proof, but as someone above said, how do they think they can enforce this?? Short of selling out every bit of privacy left (which would lead to worse problems related to predators and stalkers as far as I can see) you will only end up hurting those who bothered to use their real name.
So you want robot vacuums that can make sandwiches, not Data from Star Trek? I 'spose it depends on if you're relying on a persistent connection to the internet or other external source of data versus learning and retaining.
My Ubuntu 12.04 server is btrfs using the built-in RAID 10 features (I have 7.2 TB usable on four 2TB drives thanks to compression too!) and I use time machine for the macs. My windows machine is Pro so I'm able to backup to a network drive, with a samba share running on the ubuntu server that I mount as a drive letter in windows. It's been fantastic overall for all machines including for the odd restore.
I'd like to get time machine going to the ubuntu server as well but so far I'm just using external usb drives for the macs.
It should be a LAPP or LAPPPP server... (Linux, Apache, PostgreSQL, PHP/Perl/Python)!
Aside from the obvious Dune implications here, I pictured that slug in Futurama spurting out Slurm...
I have a few games on PS3 that run in 1080p. I'm not taking the game's word for it; my TV shows the mode when it switches to it.
Most are 720p though, mind you. I suspect it has to do with getting affordable hardware to run the crazy-huge new games smoothly, regardless of resolution.
I don't get it. There are people posting that one is more secure than the other, or that Sony lied (which they didn't - they were very transparent and kept us in the loop, although they may not have given ALL technical details, but that's a smart move when dealing with the idiotic general public).
The truth is neither have a good track record with regards to security, both have good points and bad, and both are doing fine.
I may feel the PS3 is better because of what I can do with it (the features far outweigh those of the 360, but that's MY OPINION BECAUSE OF THE WAY I USE CONSOLES) but I'm not about to blast Xbox for the weaknesses I feel it has; I loved my first-gen Xbox once I threw in the mod-chip.
I guess I just have to agree with some of the other, smarter posters that No One Who Matters Gives a Flying F#ck which console will "win"... If you survive 3 years these days and are still selling games, you won. The rest is media bullshit and fan boy ego circle-jerking.
Moisture.
Apple is the problem? Read this again.
Seeing as, since the 9/11 crap, the feds declared they own all data stored on any server in the U.S. they don't exactly need to be your "friend" to read your data. Same goes for your e-mail, IM's, or anything else including online banking if they feel it's necessary to an investigation. While I know the above is true because of where I work, I also know it's true that they simply don't have the staff to read every single message, so while it may get abused once in a while, it isn't like they're reading every facebook junky's pot-smoking friend's posts about their plans to sleep in on the weekend.
I agree with you, but then my experiences with their software, and the many imbeciles at work who jump behind every sleazy marketing scam M$ puts forth sets me straight again. "Windows Server 2008 will support 'Geographically Dispersed' cluster nodes! Cool! They're so innovative! We should migrate from *nix..." You IDIOTS! I clustered Solaris 9 nodes as well as Windows Server 2003 cluster nodes across many, many kilometers a LONG time ago with a properly-configured fiber network, SAN, and trunking VLANS.
It's not that Microsoft doesn't stand a chance to put out as secure or stable solutions as open source (that's understandable and just makes me giggle), it's the blind faith some people have in them DESPITE those flaws that pisses me off.