Come to think of it, why haven't we heard more from the RIAA on this topic? I would think they would want allofmp3.com shutdown just as much as the BPI.
I still don't undertand why the music industry doesn't start their own $1/CD download site. That way they could get their piece of the pie and not get the bad PR for once. Besides, these sites help the music industry get play. the more play you get the greater the odds of selling t-shirts, concert tickets, etc.... That's where the true money is.
I'm fairly certain that the poster you replied to was referring to the monetary cost of keeping someone imprisoned for life compared to that of executing them.
The line in the page you linked is: "Putting people to death is more costly than incarcerating them for life, and even then our legal system is not foolproof."
If you read the whole article you will notice a couple of things. First, it's an editorial, i.e. one person's opinion. Second, the article isn't reffering to the monetary cost but rather an intangible cost that is incured by the loss of innocent life.
I hate stories like this one. I get all excited that we've had some sort of breakthrough in shield technology only to find out it's another attempt at a technology that didn't work 20 years ago.
Say what it really is in the future, a laser-based SAM site. It's not a bubble. It's not a shield. That's like saying a mine field is a "wall".
Shame on you Northrop. If you need an example of a "bubble" or a shield, then roll a Paladin on World of Warcraft.
But I'd also like to add Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie. I know it's a sketch comedy group, but they have some funny tech songs and tech skits. My favorites are "Every OS Sucks" and "Welcome to the Internet Helpdesk".
So does this mean that it's illegal for broadcast and cable stations to edit shows for content and length?
I think that is a bigger travesty. At least trading in your DVD was a voluntary act, being subjected to bleeps, blurs and horrible dubbed lines should be deemed illegal as well.
I know it won't happen and that parents will cry foul. For those people I say, learn to use your TVs parental controls.
Well if the president doesn't need subpoenas, why would anyone else?
Seriously though, when did proper procedure hit the back burner? Are we that lazy in this country now that it's too much hassle to do our jobs properly?
-------- Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. ~ Homer Simpson
I agree. I had a brief moment of hope when the water-cooling unit was mentioned. I thought maybe this would be used to create cooler air for the fan at least. Was it a slow news day for/.?
Comprehending what I wrote is what literacy is for. Having to reboot to run other software would be pain-in-the-ass. If I suffered the misfortune of being a Windows user, I'd rather not replace my Mac and Windows boxen with a single Mactel box that I'd have to reboot half the time because it was in the "wrong mode".
So then go the route of virtulization via Parallels
From the Article: The newly discovered planets have masses of about 10, 12 and 18 times that of Earth and they zip around the star in rapid orbits of about 9, 32 and 197 days, respectively.
Wow, I'd be 1,176 years old on the planet with a 9 day orbit.
Seriously though, I'd can't wait for technology to advance to the point where we would be able to tell rotational speeds and get more detail on actual surface conditions, instead of guesses based on orbital distances.
I didn't claim you were mentally ill, I claimed you were mentally unstable.
I've also given coherent responses and trying to stay on the original topic, only one of which you seem willing to do. I'm sorry that you feel that calling me an asshole is what you consider to be a substantive response.
As I said, I feel sorry for you, living in your fearful little world.
I didn't say you didn't answer my question. I said you missed my point, but obviously you are a bit too dense to realize it. And perhaps if you can't have a civilized discussion without YELLING and SWEARING, then maybe you could use some Prozac.
If you are so against tracking, what are you doing on the internet? What do you think log files and accounts on servers are for? They are for tracking you. Every time you connect to the internet your IP and a slew of other information about you is recorded. Most of the websites you browse to collect even more information about you. You've even signed up for an account on/. that keeps track of all of the comments you've made on different stories and with whom you associate.
I don't fear the crooks, terrorists or child molesters either (btw, nice made up statistic). But I also don't fear a work of fiction written over 50 years ago in the same way I don't fear the Brave New World, Animal Farm, Frankenstein or any other book. I agree that we should learn from the stories that these books trying to convey, but I don't think we should live in fear of those stories.
Again you've missed my point. You've even missed the point of your post to which I replied. You said "I am however worried about ubiquitous tracking. How can that possible be good?" and I replied with an example of where this tracking would be "good". But I suppose "good" depends on you point of view. Maybe you think that we should let sex offenders run free.
Now I didn't know the man, but I'm hoping that Benjamin Franklin would agree that would not be "good". I'm also fairly certain that despite the revolution, our founding father weren't looking to create an anarchist state. But hey, maybe they were. Either way that had nothing to do with my original point or the one to which I replied.
Look I understand why you are paranoid. But I don't think that quoting Franklin out of context is the answer. I find it interesting that you sit there and talk of freedom and our founding fathers and yet you can't deal with an opposing opinion and don't have the open mindedness to look for the good in something.
You asked a question, thinking that there wasn't possibly a good use for tracking and I offered one. I'm sorry you are too narrow-minded to deal with that. I'm sorry that disgusts you. I pitty you for the world in which you live must be so small.
I don't live in a gated community but I wouldn't mind either. Good way to keep the hippies off the lawn.
I'm sorry we don't live in a society where everyone lives in harmony. Prisons exist for a reason. Many of the people in prison are repeat offenders. Tagging them wouldn't detract anymore from their dignity than they have already done themselves.
And for the record, there is no such thing as a victimless crime. If you think there is, then spend a day with a family that's been destroyed by a meth/coke/crack/etc... addiction. Go ahead and say drugs are a victimless crime after your child ODs.
Freedom isn't anarchy. Rules exist for a reason. If you don't like the rules, petition the system for change. Your freedom doesn't give you the right to infringe on my freedom.
Whoosh! That was the sound of you missing my point.
My point was merely that every technology has it's drawbacks AND it's advantages. Sure there are issues involving privacy, but it comes down to how that information is used.
Would you be so strongly against tagging just prisoners? So that they could be tracked in case of escape or for monitoring while they are on parole?
Why is it that any type of technology of this sort is seen as a bad thing and never seen for the good that it could do? If you are so concerned about who is in charge of such a system or the data it collects, then the answer is simple... VOTE. Perhaps if the last election had been won based on eithics instead of religious beliefs, we wouldn't have to drag call monitoring into the debate.
And obviously you don't understand the basic difference between a prison and a gated community. The former is meant keep criminals contained, the latter is meant to keep people out.
Any technology can be exploited in the "wrong" hands.
Sure, it might be that Big Brother is watching you. But there can be benefits too. Here's an example....
Recently in Minnesota a level 3 sex offender escaped, stole a car and disappeared. He was finally captured after being featured on America's Most Wanted and was still driving the same car. Now if we had the ability to track every car, he wouldn't have made it very far.
Think of how crime could be fought if we were all "tagged". No more lying and saying "I wasn't there, I was at home." No more need for Amber Alerts.
In the end it comes down to do the benefits outways the risks. To that I say, who cares if Uncle Sam knows that I'm at Wal-Mart as long as he's saving some kid's life elsewhere. If you aren't doing anything wrong, why do you care if the government knows you are doing it?
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Come to think of it, why haven't we heard more from the RIAA on this topic? I would think they would want allofmp3.com shutdown just as much as the BPI.
I still don't undertand why the music industry doesn't start their own $1/CD download site. That way they could get their piece of the pie and not get the bad PR for once. Besides, these sites help the music industry get play. the more play you get the greater the odds of selling t-shirts, concert tickets, etc.... That's where the true money is.
oh wait, my friends will all be dead, right?
Then they can't ask to borrow money can they?
I'm fairly certain that the poster you replied to was referring to the monetary cost of keeping someone imprisoned for life compared to that of executing them.
The line in the page you linked is: "Putting people to death is more costly than incarcerating them for life, and even then our legal system is not foolproof."
If you read the whole article you will notice a couple of things. First, it's an editorial, i.e. one person's opinion. Second, the article isn't reffering to the monetary cost but rather an intangible cost that is incured by the loss of innocent life.
I hate stories like this one. I get all excited that we've had some sort of breakthrough in shield technology only to find out it's another attempt at a technology that didn't work 20 years ago.
Say what it really is in the future, a laser-based SAM site. It's not a bubble. It's not a shield. That's like saying a mine field is a "wall".
Shame on you Northrop. If you need an example of a "bubble" or a shield, then roll a Paladin on World of Warcraft.
I'd have to go with MC Frontalot and Optimus Rhyme
But I'd also like to add Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie. I know it's a sketch comedy group, but they have some funny tech songs and tech skits. My favorites are "Every OS Sucks" and "Welcome to the Internet Helpdesk".
So does this mean that it's illegal for broadcast and cable stations to edit shows for content and length?
I think that is a bigger travesty. At least trading in your DVD was a voluntary act, being subjected to bleeps, blurs and horrible dubbed lines should be deemed illegal as well.
I know it won't happen and that parents will cry foul. For those people I say, learn to use your TVs parental controls.
Well if the president doesn't need subpoenas, why would anyone else?
Seriously though, when did proper procedure hit the back burner? Are we that lazy in this country now that it's too much hassle to do our jobs properly?
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Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. ~ Homer Simpson
Been there, done that. The original Apple G4 PowerBooks were titanium (like the one I'm type on right now).
One of the major drawbacks is that titanium interferes with wireless signal. This was one of the reasons Apple switched to aluminum.
I agree. I had a brief moment of hope when the water-cooling unit was mentioned. I thought maybe this would be used to create cooler air for the fan at least. Was it a slow news day for /.?
Go ahead and laugh. One of those is my work machine.
Basic Operations and Concepts
Ethical Issues
Productivity Tools
We've worked up a list of items to evaluate them on and tried to keep it in line with typical state standards.
Use this for age reference of when students should learn each of these skills:
Level - Low Age - High Age
1 - 5 - 7
2 - 5 - 8
3 - 6 - 9
4 - 7 - 10
5 - 8 - 11
6 - 9 - 12
7 - 10 - 13
8 - 11 - 13
9 - 12 - 14
And here is our Technology Curriculum Continuum (sorry - PDF):
Basic Operations and Concepts
Ethical Issues
Productivity Tools
We have a few 500 MHz iMacs with 128 MB of RAM running 10.3 without any issues.
And my Mac Mini (PPC) at home with 512 MB of RAM is quite zippy.
My Quadra 605 even runs OS 9 as fast as it ever ran the System 7.1 that it came with.
Uh... We're still running Windows 2000 Server...
:)
But only because it's the newest version that will still run SQL Server 6.5
So then go the route of virtulization via Parallels
Wow, I'd be 1,176 years old on the planet with a 9 day orbit.
Seriously though, I'd can't wait for technology to advance to the point where we would be able to tell rotational speeds and get more detail on actual surface conditions, instead of guesses based on orbital distances.
Exciting stuff.
Better still, how long until Apple's all-seeing screen is integrated? http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/ 26/1536212
The result? Personal cloaking device.
Technically the Hobbit isn't so much a prequel as The Lord of the Rings was a sequel.
In either case, after watching King Kong I'm a little scared of Peter Jackson having anything to do with a movie version of The Hobbit.
Can you just imagine Jack Black as Bilbo?
I didn't claim you were mentally ill, I claimed you were mentally unstable.
I've also given coherent responses and trying to stay on the original topic, only one of which you seem willing to do. I'm sorry that you feel that calling me an asshole is what you consider to be a substantive response.
As I said, I feel sorry for you, living in your fearful little world.
No I just don't feel the need to live in the shadows with a tin foil hat on my head.
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I didn't say you didn't answer my question. I said you missed my point, but obviously you are a bit too dense to realize it. And perhaps if you can't have a civilized discussion without YELLING and SWEARING, then maybe you could use some Prozac.
/. that keeps track of all of the comments you've made on different stories and with whom you associate.
If you are so against tracking, what are you doing on the internet? What do you think log files and accounts on servers are for? They are for tracking you. Every time you connect to the internet your IP and a slew of other information about you is recorded. Most of the websites you browse to collect even more information about you. You've even signed up for an account on
I don't fear the crooks, terrorists or child molesters either (btw, nice made up statistic). But I also don't fear a work of fiction written over 50 years ago in the same way I don't fear the Brave New World, Animal Farm, Frankenstein or any other book. I agree that we should learn from the stories that these books trying to convey, but I don't think we should live in fear of those stories.
Again you've missed my point. You've even missed the point of your post to which I replied. You said "I am however worried about ubiquitous tracking. How can that possible be good?" and I replied with an example of where this tracking would be "good". But I suppose "good" depends on you point of view. Maybe you think that we should let sex offenders run free.
Now I didn't know the man, but I'm hoping that Benjamin Franklin would agree that would not be "good". I'm also fairly certain that despite the revolution, our founding father weren't looking to create an anarchist state. But hey, maybe they were. Either way that had nothing to do with my original point or the one to which I replied.
Look I understand why you are paranoid. But I don't think that quoting Franklin out of context is the answer. I find it interesting that you sit there and talk of freedom and our founding fathers and yet you can't deal with an opposing opinion and don't have the open mindedness to look for the good in something.
You asked a question, thinking that there wasn't possibly a good use for tracking and I offered one. I'm sorry you are too narrow-minded to deal with that. I'm sorry that disgusts you. I pitty you for the world in which you live must be so small.
I don't live in a gated community but I wouldn't mind either. Good way to keep the hippies off the lawn.
I'm sorry we don't live in a society where everyone lives in harmony. Prisons exist for a reason. Many of the people in prison are repeat offenders. Tagging them wouldn't detract anymore from their dignity than they have already done themselves.
And for the record, there is no such thing as a victimless crime. If you think there is, then spend a day with a family that's been destroyed by a meth/coke/crack/etc... addiction. Go ahead and say drugs are a victimless crime after your child ODs.
Freedom isn't anarchy. Rules exist for a reason. If you don't like the rules, petition the system for change. Your freedom doesn't give you the right to infringe on my freedom.
Whoosh! That was the sound of you missing my point.
My point was merely that every technology has it's drawbacks AND it's advantages. Sure there are issues involving privacy, but it comes down to how that information is used.
Would you be so strongly against tagging just prisoners? So that they could be tracked in case of escape or for monitoring while they are on parole?
Why is it that any type of technology of this sort is seen as a bad thing and never seen for the good that it could do? If you are so concerned about who is in charge of such a system or the data it collects, then the answer is simple... VOTE. Perhaps if the last election had been won based on eithics instead of religious beliefs, we wouldn't have to drag call monitoring into the debate.
And obviously you don't understand the basic difference between a prison and a gated community. The former is meant keep criminals contained, the latter is meant to keep people out.
Any technology can be exploited in the "wrong" hands.
Sure, it might be that Big Brother is watching you. But there can be benefits too. Here's an example....
Recently in Minnesota a level 3 sex offender escaped, stole a car and disappeared. He was finally captured after being featured on America's Most Wanted and was still driving the same car. Now if we had the ability to track every car, he wouldn't have made it very far.
Think of how crime could be fought if we were all "tagged". No more lying and saying "I wasn't there, I was at home." No more need for Amber Alerts.
In the end it comes down to do the benefits outways the risks. To that I say, who cares if Uncle Sam knows that I'm at Wal-Mart as long as he's saving some kid's life elsewhere. If you aren't doing anything wrong, why do you care if the government knows you are doing it?