I am on the mindset that if they want to show me a few commercials before a movie to help lower ticket prices, then that is fine by me. However, ticket prices continue to rise, and we are seeing none of the profit generated by these ads.
I have no reason to believe that we will have any revenue from video game ads passed along to the gamers...
Now we must start holding gun companies liable every time there is a shooting death, and beer companies will be held accountable for all drunk driving incidents. Why blame the wrongdoer anymore when we can make the silly attempt to eradicate all avenues for wrongdoing?
You make some excellent points, but let me refute/dispute some thing you said.
The kid may not read it now, but the first time she loses some critical data, or gets suckered into downloading a trojan, then she might RTFM and her world become a better place.
You make it sound as though a family might keep this book around in a glass case that says "break in case of virus" or something. While your thought surely covers the desired use for the book, I doubt that it reflects the reality of its use.
Kids have never been unstubborn.
Sure kids have always been stubborn, but as it stands now, their rebellion is reaching new levels. Kids increasingly will do destructive things or ignore their parents for little to no reason at all. Respect and family values are decaying with each new generation. With a few of my family members as teachers, I hear about it first hand. Sure a lot of this stems back to the apathy of parents, but still kids now are Worse(TM) than they were when I was in, say, elementary school. Again, I think your quote is excellent, and it is surely relevant, but we are just slowly progressing towards the end that it predicts, as opposed to stagnating in that world the author foresees. Show them the world we live in now and they will faint at the sight of what our youth get away with.
Thanks for your thoughts and insights - it is good to see a Slashdotter reply to a post because they have something truly intelligent to say, rather than to get mod points.
Cross-platform software is a great idea in my opinion. The release of iTunes for Windows, I must speculate, has surely won the hearts of many MS fans. Even the smallest sway can help - getting a small amount of added respect for Linux and its software will lead some to try dual-booting or even a total reformat.
This can only help...unless of course the software sucks hardcore. Has anyone used it?
I'm sorry but regardless of how good the book is and how relevant it is, it will never achieve its intended goal. A kid is never going to read anything like this. You wouldnt expect a kid to read a book about the perils of not eating their vegetables, so why this? Especially as stubborn as kids are nowadays, I think this author might have a case of bad timing.:-/
Excellent point. I agree with you 100%. However, you and I are in the minority. Just remember how many people demanded our government admit fault for the attacks. We always want to point a finger a la "Arlington Road" (movie)
Some interesting entries for you to investigate in your school library's encyclopedia...
Entries for you to look up:
Everyone Else, Most
I was obviously making a generalization. Of course there is a difference between vigilance and paranoia. Many of us need to re-examine where we draw that line. Good try, though, teach.
A Spanish-language version of Windows XP, destined for Latin American markets, asked users to select their gender between "not specified," "male" or "bitch"
Pretty bad when even the Slashdot crew knows thats not too smooth...:)
No one is listening to your conversations and writing down what you had for lunch. Why is it that so many Slashdotters have such inflated egos that they think the government wants to keep tabs on them?
Thank you. My point exactly. I love how all of a sudden, we think that this is some ploy to spy on what movie I want to see tonight or where I want to go for dinner. Paranoia is running rampant, wouldnt you say?
Security - no matter how "infallible" - is but an illusion. Just because h4x0rz can't crack it doesnt mean the NSA doesnt just laugh at it. I hardly think the gvt has an alterior motive with this. Let's be realistic here...
I am not sure they will not abuse it, but in the end, I think they will have better things to do than listen in on my phone calls. I am not going to be doing anything that scandalous, so listen away. I agree with you about the fact that it might be bypassed, but what are we to do? Lie down and die? If nothing else, we need to preserve the illusion that we are doing everything we can to thwart these groups.
Hindsight is always 20/20. Their plan seems so evident now, but really, it was so unique and unfathomable, that we never could have know exactly what was coming.
I think it can be argued that any criminal stupid enough to use unencrypted public communications is probably not good enough to succeed anyway
As for this, it is not as though they plainly state their intentions. They have their own 'encryption' - it is called speaking in codes. They are a lot smarter than you give them credit for. Cowards? Yes. Stupid? No way.
Instead of trying to detect attacks, how about eliminating the reasons the terrorists have for attacking us in the first place? Everybody has a reason for doing something... find out what their reason is and eliminate it.
Isn't this a little idealistic? Isn't this like saying "hey we can eliminate gang warfare not by increasing police presence, but rather by finding the true source of their discontent?" I agree that it would be fantastic to make everyone U.S.-friendly, but such will never be the case in this world of ours. Therefore, we must make do with what we have.
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I am on the mindset that if they want to show me a few commercials before a movie to help lower ticket prices, then that is fine by me. However, ticket prices continue to rise, and we are seeing none of the profit generated by these ads.
I have no reason to believe that we will have any revenue from video game ads passed along to the gamers...
Federal and state law enforcement agencies have quietly arrested or charged dozens of people with crimes related to junk e-mail
Wow, even in this hard time, they still have time to email me to Try CortiZyte!
Come on, Linux...just tell me you're 18. I'm dying to install you on my computers any play with you all night long
I, for one, will not be messing around with any distro until they are at least 18. At least Longhorn won't be out until after that. :)
I'm surprised Microsoft didn't go ahead and factor in an SCO license to the "cost" of Linux.
Now we must start holding gun companies liable every time there is a shooting death, and beer companies will be held accountable for all drunk driving incidents. Why blame the wrongdoer anymore when we can make the silly attempt to eradicate all avenues for wrongdoing?
You make some excellent points, but let me refute/dispute some thing you said.
The kid may not read it now, but the first time she loses some critical data, or gets suckered into downloading a trojan, then she might RTFM and her world become a better place.
You make it sound as though a family might keep this book around in a glass case that says "break in case of virus" or something. While your thought surely covers the desired use for the book, I doubt that it reflects the reality of its use.
Kids have never been unstubborn.
Sure kids have always been stubborn, but as it stands now, their rebellion is reaching new levels. Kids increasingly will do destructive things or ignore their parents for little to no reason at all. Respect and family values are decaying with each new generation. With a few of my family members as teachers, I hear about it first hand. Sure a lot of this stems back to the apathy of parents, but still kids now are Worse(TM) than they were when I was in, say, elementary school. Again, I think your quote is excellent, and it is surely relevant, but we are just slowly progressing towards the end that it predicts, as opposed to stagnating in that world the author foresees. Show them the world we live in now and they will faint at the sight of what our youth get away with.
Thanks for your thoughts and insights - it is good to see a Slashdotter reply to a post because they have something truly intelligent to say, rather than to get mod points.
Cross-platform software is a great idea in my opinion. The release of iTunes for Windows, I must speculate, has surely won the hearts of many MS fans. Even the smallest sway can help - getting a small amount of added respect for Linux and its software will lead some to try dual-booting or even a total reformat.
This can only help...unless of course the software sucks hardcore. Has anyone used it?
A little unnecessary for the Slashdot crew huh? Hands can't get pregnant! :)
I'm sorry but regardless of how good the book is and how relevant it is, it will never achieve its intended goal. A kid is never going to read anything like this. You wouldnt expect a kid to read a book about the perils of not eating their vegetables, so why this? Especially as stubborn as kids are nowadays, I think this author might have a case of bad timing. :-/
that produce non-approved DVD players
...or something?
Of course...because approved piracy/ region modding is okay, but heaven forbid it be done without approval?
Poor guy - look what happened to him
each girl will behave differently - depending on how much money is spent on her
Man, is it just me or is AI getting SCARY good?
It appears that it will be on time after all, an unusual occurrence in this industry.
I'm sorry what did you say? I was busy playing Half Life 2.
The solution is an armed population.
Excellent point. I agree with you 100%. However, you and I are in the minority. Just remember how many people demanded our government admit fault for the attacks. We always want to point a finger a la "Arlington Road" (movie)
Some interesting entries for you to investigate in your school library's encyclopedia...
Entries for you to look up:
Everyone Else, Most
I was obviously making a generalization. Of course there is a difference between vigilance and paranoia. Many of us need to re-examine where we draw that line. Good try, though, teach.
Guess he's no longer really accountable is he? RIP Rick James.
A Spanish-language version of Windows XP, destined for Latin American markets, asked users to select their gender between "not specified," "male" or "bitch"
:)
Pretty bad when even the Slashdot crew knows thats not too smooth...
Much better:
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prob redundant by now...
http://stuff.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/23
No one is listening to your conversations and writing down what you had for lunch. Why is it that so many Slashdotters have such inflated egos that they think the government wants to keep tabs on them?
Thank you. My point exactly. I love how all of a sudden, we think that this is some ploy to spy on what movie I want to see tonight or where I want to go for dinner. Paranoia is running rampant, wouldnt you say?
Security - no matter how "infallible" - is but an illusion. Just because h4x0rz can't crack it doesnt mean the NSA doesnt just laugh at it. I hardly think the gvt has an alterior motive with this. Let's be realistic here...
Yeah yeah yeah. :) I'm stoopid. Quick post ya know?
I am not sure they will not abuse it, but in the end, I think they will have better things to do than listen in on my phone calls. I am not going to be doing anything that scandalous, so listen away. I agree with you about the fact that it might be bypassed, but what are we to do? Lie down and die? If nothing else, we need to preserve the illusion that we are doing everything we can to thwart these groups.
Hindsight is always 20/20. Their plan seems so evident now, but really, it was so unique and unfathomable, that we never could have know exactly what was coming.
I think it can be argued that any criminal stupid enough to use unencrypted public communications is probably not good enough to succeed anyway
As for this, it is not as though they plainly state their intentions. They have their own 'encryption' - it is called speaking in codes. They are a lot smarter than you give them credit for. Cowards? Yes. Stupid? No way.
Instead of trying to detect attacks, how about eliminating the reasons the terrorists have for attacking us in the first place? Everybody has a reason for doing something... find out what their reason is and eliminate it.
Isn't this a little idealistic? Isn't this like saying "hey we can eliminate gang warfare not by increasing police presence, but rather by finding the true source of their discontent?" I agree that it would be fantastic to make everyone U.S.-friendly, but such will never be the case in this world of ours. Therefore, we must make do with what we have.