Sounds great, until the news media hears about how somebody said "Fuck YOU!" to those who demand random in e.g. Somalia (Real pirates there) and people get actually killed because of it.
Then suddenly it won't be a stand against blackmail, but a selfish company who does not care for its employees.
A fine is not to be there to make you bankrupt. It is a warning. First time is no problem. Don't comply? Next time it will be higher and after that other precausions could be taken.
A fine is not a tax and then it will be the end of it.
e.g. if I drive drunk, I get a fine of amount X. The next time I get e.g. 2x X, then 5X, then they put me in jail.
I could easily say: Pfft, I do not care about the first fine. I have the money and make that easily in a year. Even the second time, the third time it starts to hurt and I certainly do not want to go to jail.
Theologians can persuade themselves of anything. Anyone who can worship a trinity and insists that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything -- just give him time to rationalize it. Robert A. Heinlein, JOB: A Comedy of Justice
I live in a city, so no backyard. If I would have land, I would have offered it a LONG time ago.
I would LOVE to have the place to at least have one. Most likely my neighbors will complain that it does not look nice. Getting money, free energy AND helping making energy. Fine by my rules.
In the Netherlands there were (are) people against the windmills for energy. I suppose they want Kinderdijk to be burned down.
In Belgium they were against a wind-farm out on sea, because it MIGHT spoil their view of their apartment blocks that ruined the Belgian coast for the rest of us.
Energy will be a AND/AND solution. We can't rely on just one source, we need many. Wind power is one of them.
I don't run antivirus software in the VM because the VM almost is never up
That is like never using a condom, because you hardly ever get laid. The protection is not to protect the world from you. In first instance it is to protect you from the rest of the world. Only AFTER you are infected is it to protect the rest against you.
(I pull the trigger in Russian roulette, because there are almost no bullets in the pistol. What? Why should I use a revolver?)
You are on/., so I assume you have access to at least a website and the ability to upload files there. Copy and paste the URL.
As you are using email to send those files, security should not be an issue. If you want some minimal security, you could link to a page with a login and/or password. Several more methods are available to make it secure.
I work in a company that has many branches all over the world. Each branch in a country is pretty much independent. We share a name and the shareholders are the same. Also most of the products are the same (but not all).
Each has it own website and IT department and strategy and what not and operates completely on its own. Let us call "EXample". So who should get.example?
Or must somebody (who?) build a separate website that only has a world map and let people select through a two step process what countries site they want?
Not everybody who types in ford expects to go to ford.com. I am sure that you do not want to go to http://toyota.jp/ if you want information about the new Prius.
Waiting for the email speeding tickets, gathered from your OnStar, payable through PayPal
Images of it will be done by Google and posted on your Facebook page. Welcome to 1984.... and that government(TM) of the shareholders, by the shareholders, for the shareholders, shall not perish from the earth.(c) 2011-infinity (Patent pending)
Please give the editors some time to do their job and do some real editing. Otherwise you would see a lot of double postings and links to sites that are pure advertising instead of the original article.
He used to have it under his mattress and everybody said that was a bad idea. So He put his money in shares and lost a lot. Then he put it in a bank and lost a lot now this.
Would have been better to keep it under his mattress.
The Chambliss app allows the public to call Chambliss' offices directly from the app
They must have thought that it would be great to be able to have a handheld device usable to make telephonic conversations towards a fixed telephonic device. Then they though: we must make an app for that.
Also to find real-time information must have been a great idea.
I am old fashioned. I would have used a standard phone line and a standard web server, thus not excluding many.
This most likely is not about giving information, but about some senator trying to look 'hip' with the youngsters.
It's one thing to have a live news camera on scene when a crazy person jumps from a ledge or immolates themselves, but it's quite another when a show is being created with the purpose of people profiting (non-profit? Ha!) off a man's death.
Please tell me what the difference is.One is to show death and make money and that is good. The other is to show death and create awareness and that is not good? The program people are talking about was broadcasted on the BBC not FoxNews or some other pure for profit channel.
What I think is still disturbing is that people jumping from a ledge will draw a live news camera, while showing a female nipple will get a whole country nervous.
To me that is civilization already in the drain. Get that correct first.
Legal suicide is an invitation for the 'state' to decide who is worthy to live and die
You use the word suicide, yet I don't think it means what you think it means. And what is this "As has always happened in the past". If you are referring to anything that the Nazi's did, then that was not Legal or even assisted suicide. It was simple and plain murder.
This is because many people think that making a website is one skill. It is at least two. Designing and coding. In general designers are not coders and coders are not designers.
So what happens is that they let the designer do the coding, because it looks great. The result is people asking what tool to use on a technical level.
And often you would also need somebody who understands how humans react to the interface.
All of the things that are possible are things I have no need for to do remotely. I have no need to be able to control my coffeemaker from another country. I can walk up to it and press the button. I do not need my fridge to tell me what I need, as that is something that is so variable, it will never learn.
The only thing I might want is a big off button at the door that I can press and set the house in 'away' or 'home'.
Also I do not want my airco or heating to start when I am not home, as it could very well be that I get home hours later then expected and no, I do not want to be able to control those settings when I am not home, but sitting in a bar.
As I said, I have looked into it a few years ago and found nothing of interest, except the interest of being able to do it.
For me the same as non-local news. I just stopped watching it altogether. I feel much happier. I don't avoid is, so sometimes I still hear some bad things that happened.
In general I can say "ignorance is bliss." when I hear how people are worried about stuff they have no influence over.
Finale we are ALL criminals. Perhaps now people will get off their fat asses and use their second amendment instead of talking about it.
Nah, won't happen.
Oh well, luckily there is a way out. Voting, like in a real democracy. Oh wait, that is what got this mess where it is today in the first place. Not talking about the last election. It started somewhere in the 40-ties at least.
Well, that is what you get with a bi-polar political institution.
Slashdot Mirror
Sounds great, until the news media hears about how somebody said "Fuck YOU!" to those who demand random in e.g. Somalia (Real pirates there) and people get actually killed because of it.
Then suddenly it won't be a stand against blackmail, but a selfish company who does not care for its employees.
A fine is not to be there to make you bankrupt. It is a warning. First time is no problem. Don't comply? Next time it will be higher and after that other precausions could be taken.
A fine is not a tax and then it will be the end of it.
e.g. if I drive drunk, I get a fine of amount X. The next time I get e.g. 2x X, then 5X, then they put me in jail.
I could easily say: Pfft, I do not care about the first fine. I have the money and make that easily in a year. Even the second time, the third time it starts to hurt and I certainly do not want to go to jail.
Theologians can persuade themselves of anything. Anyone who can worship a trinity and insists that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything -- just give him time to rationalize it.
Robert A. Heinlein, JOB: A Comedy of Justice
Scratching ass, is that an euphemism for smoking marihuana?
I live in a city, so no backyard. If I would have land, I would have offered it a LONG time ago.
I would LOVE to have the place to at least have one. Most likely my neighbors will complain that it does not look nice. Getting money, free energy AND helping making energy. Fine by my rules.
Doesn't rule out other places.
Just don't put it where I can see it.
I hate these kind of people.
In the Netherlands there were (are) people against the windmills for energy. I suppose they want Kinderdijk to be burned down.
In Belgium they were against a wind-farm out on sea, because it MIGHT spoil their view of their apartment blocks that ruined the Belgian coast for the rest of us.
Energy will be a AND/AND solution. We can't rely on just one source, we need many. Wind power is one of them.
That is like never using a condom, because you hardly ever get laid.
The protection is not to protect the world from you. In first instance it is to protect you from the rest of the world. Only AFTER you are infected is it to protect the rest against you.
(I pull the trigger in Russian roulette, because there are almost no bullets in the pistol. What? Why should I use a revolver?)
You are on /., so I assume you have access to at least a website and the ability to upload files there. Copy and paste the URL.
As you are using email to send those files, security should not be an issue. If you want some minimal security, you could link to a page with a login and/or password. Several more methods are available to make it secure.
I work in a company that has many branches all over the world. Each branch in a country is pretty much independent. We share a name and the shareholders are the same. Also most of the products are the same (but not all).
Each has it own website and IT department and strategy and what not and operates completely on its own. Let us call "EXample". So who should get .example?
Or must somebody (who?) build a separate website that only has a world map and let people select through a two step process what countries site they want?
Not everybody who types in ford expects to go to ford.com. I am sure that you do not want to go to http://toyota.jp/ if you want information about the new Prius.
They filed a patent application.
Images of it will be done by Google and posted on your Facebook page. ... and that government(TM) of the shareholders, by the shareholders, for the shareholders, shall not perish from the earth.(c) 2011-infinity (Patent pending)
Welcome to 1984.
Where is my flying ca that was promised to me several decades agor?
Please give the editors some time to do their job and do some real editing.
Otherwise you would see a lot of double postings and links to sites that are pure advertising instead of the original article.
You don't want that to happen, now do you?
He used to have it under his mattress and everybody said that was a bad idea. So He put his money in shares and lost a lot. Then he put it in a bank and lost a lot now this.
Would have been better to keep it under his mattress.
Why? Because it is an iPhone. More explanation here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg
I will not join an online community that forces me to use my real name. Simple as that.
Funny thing is that if they search for my real name, I am apparently a marathon runner.
Luckily I was early aware about the risks of having whatever you do out in public for always and ever and have tried to avoid it as much as possible.
They must have thought that it would be great to be able to have a handheld device usable to make telephonic conversations towards a fixed telephonic device. Then they though: we must make an app for that.
Also to find real-time information must have been a great idea.
I am old fashioned. I would have used a standard phone line and a standard web server, thus not excluding many.
This most likely is not about giving information, but about some senator trying to look 'hip' with the youngsters.
Because there are engineers unemployed does not mean we don't need more to fill vacant jobs.
http://www.stchas.edu/faculty/gbowling/survey/WhyIsThereUnemployment.html
More on this on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment
Yes, it sounds illogical.
Please tell me what the difference is.One is to show death and make money and that is good. The other is to show death and create awareness and that is not good?
The program people are talking about was broadcasted on the BBC not FoxNews or some other pure for profit channel.
What I think is still disturbing is that people jumping from a ledge will draw a live news camera, while showing a female nipple will get a whole country nervous.
To me that is civilization already in the drain. Get that correct first.
You use the word suicide, yet I don't think it means what you think it means.
And what is this "As has always happened in the past". If you are referring to anything that the Nazi's did, then that was not Legal or even assisted suicide. It was simple and plain murder.
What about not Google, but Bing? And what about not Facebook, but any other site where you need to login to see content like a bank?
And if Google and Bing, what about the government of the USofA? China? Or what about you and me?
This is because many people think that making a website is one skill. It is at least two. Designing and coding. In general designers are not coders and coders are not designers.
So what happens is that they let the designer do the coding, because it looks great. The result is people asking what tool to use on a technical level.
And often you would also need somebody who understands how humans react to the interface.
Yeah, that is what I want. An electric device that fills my bathtub while I am not there, because I can't wait 10 minutes to get into the bath.
I have looked into it. http://plutohome.com/ is one of the options.
All of the things that are possible are things I have no need for to do remotely. I have no need to be able to control my coffeemaker from another country. I can walk up to it and press the button. I do not need my fridge to tell me what I need, as that is something that is so variable, it will never learn.
The only thing I might want is a big off button at the door that I can press and set the house in 'away' or 'home'.
Also I do not want my airco or heating to start when I am not home, as it could very well be that I get home hours later then expected and no, I do not want to be able to control those settings when I am not home, but sitting in a bar.
As I said, I have looked into it a few years ago and found nothing of interest, except the interest of being able to do it.
For me the same as non-local news. I just stopped watching it altogether. I feel much happier. I don't avoid is, so sometimes I still hear some bad things that happened.
In general I can say "ignorance is bliss." when I hear how people are worried about stuff they have no influence over.
Finale we are ALL criminals. Perhaps now people will get off their fat asses and use their second amendment instead of talking about it.
Nah, won't happen.
Oh well, luckily there is a way out. Voting, like in a real democracy. Oh wait, that is what got this mess where it is today in the first place. Not talking about the last election. It started somewhere in the 40-ties at least.
Well, that is what you get with a bi-polar political institution.