I disagree. Here in the UK there has been rather a lot of coverage. Most of the newspapers here have several pages worth of articles covering how bad things are, and how the humanitarian efforts are proceeding in the various affected countries. I'm not sure how many British people died in this tragedy, but I think it's got to be a dozen at most. So this tragedy is no 'closer' to us personally in the UK than it is in the US, but if the media coverage really is as bad in the US as grandparent poster seems to imply, then I think that really is a clear indication of the different attitudes taken by the media in our two countries.
Well, technically kilograms is actually correct. Kilograms is the SI base unit of mass. Yes kilo- is the prefix for 10^3, but in the case of mass, the kilogram is defined to be the standard unit of measurement.
God, I hate being a physicist. Why must I be so pedantic about these things?:P
Yeah, it's true that the broadband speeds aren't that great, but it's never really been a problem for me. I don't really download huge amounts of stuff (no warez and DVD rips for me), and I certainly don't need video on demand, so I'm perfectly happy with my 512kb connection.
On the other hand, as you say, things in other countries are much better. I know of a guy in Scandinavia who was getting a 1Mbit connection supplied by the government. It turns out that the only thing limiting his connection to that speed was a single setting on his router. He now has a 10Mbit connection for the price of a 1Mbit connection, courtesy of the government.
Call me a cynic, but it seems to me that Microsoft is merely playing the PR game. They refuse to censor their web search because it'll make them look good, but then at the same time they are supplying the very same human rights abusers.
"Micro$oft has no control over how Beijing uses Micro$oft products."
Fair enough, Microsoft can't control what Beijing does. But if Microsoft is supplying Beijing with software, knowing full well that Beijing will use this software to further their human rights abuses, can Microsoft truly say that they bear no responsibility?
"You make backup copies of all your computer software programs, in case any of the original disks get damaged.
- That's fine! And very wise too!"
I'd not heard about these Nintendo claims, but they are total rubbish. I have never been told by any source that I trust that copying stuff like this is illegal. (Except in special cases, like where there is encryption being used, e.g. in DVDs.) I'm sure there are more authoritative sources out there than the link I posted, but that was merely the product of 2 minutes searching. And I can guarantee that they will all agree that copying is ok, as long as you're not distributing.
Disclaimer: The above statement is not a guarantee.:P
No no. RTFA. What he means is that the CABLE companies might come after him because he is reselling the bandwidth he is getting from his DSL provider. RTFA
I don't see any reason why the cable companies would be coming after you for making use of a service that your ISP offers. So long as you comply with all relevant business laws, and don't interfere with any cables belonging to competing companies (both of which points have been raised elsewhere) then I don't see why you should encounter any problems. After all, how should the cable companies know what you're getting up to? So long as you don't advertise too blatantly, that is. It might be an idea to approach your neighbours personally and see what they say, rather that poster spamming.
I would wonder if scrapping this project really will get us back to the moon any quicker. Interest in space is nowhere near as high as it was back in the days of the Apollo landings, and it's efforts like the ISS that are keeping space in the headlines. Without headlines like this, most people would be entirely content to have humanity remain on Earth indefinitely. Or until a huge comet hits and wipes us all out.
See, this is the kind of thing that I just don't get. Why does Windows allow any old program to load itself in safe mode? Surely Microsoft must have known when they did this that it would get exploited? I can think of no valid reason for allowing programs to put themselves into the safe mode startup registry entry that is worth the inherent security risk that this represents.
"Of course they don't want to buy into labour laws, enviromental protection, or human rights too. Should we admire them for that bit of foresight too?"
Because of course the USA has an outstanding history when it comes to environmental protection? I'm part of a group that, among other things, seeks to raise awareness of environmental issues, and promote a more environmentally sustainable way of living. One thing that crops up time and time again during my work is examples of the utter irresponsibility of US environmental policies. Now I'm not just talking about the Kyoto treaty. Kyoto was a nice idea, but in the efforts to get as many countries as possible on board the treaty itself became about as useful as an inflatable dartboard. The fact of the matter is, the USA is the world leader in terms of CO2 emmisions, and work that is being done to reduce this and other forms of pollution is simply not enough.
But TA is the greatest RTS evar!:P
I know many people who will go on and on about how great TA is. And these are people who are really into gaming, they really do think deeply when they are evaluating these games. I still play TA quite often these days.
Oh noes, there's water on Mars! Wait, that's not Mars, that's the field outside my house! NASA is using their probes to spy on me!! Good thing I've got my tin foil hat.
It has been known for a long time that water exists on Mars. Admittedly, this is primarily in the form of ice locked up in the polar caps, but measurements taken by the two Viking landers indicate that in some places, the temperature of Mars can reach as high as 27 degrees C.
I completely agree. Trying to quantify a political leaning on a one dimensional scale is fundamentally flawed. There is far more to politics than simply left-right. I particularly like the system used at politicalcompass.org.
"Hacker has been the accepted term for someone who tries to break into a system illegally for all of this decade and most of the last."
Not accepted by me, and certainly not accepted by any hackers I know. The use of the term hacker to mean someone who breaks into systems illegally is a (deliberate?) error on the part of the mass media. There are many theories as to why the media has propagated this misnomer, foremost amongst them being that they thought that the news would sound better if it wasn't about savoury snacks. This misnomer has been picked up on by the great unwashed, and the rest as they say, is history. But just because some people choose to use a word incorrectly, that does not mean that it suddenly becomes correct, or that the previous meaning becomes incorrect.
Yes, I realised that. Hence why it could be a benevolent suggestion. Most of the zombie PC spambots are the PCs of people who haven't got the first clue about security. If they suddenly found themselves with limited net access, the spammers would have a much more difficult time. Of course it would be rather unfortunate for those whose PCs were affected, but then you could argue that it's just the evolution of the internet: survival of the fittest.
Clearly it was the bit that said so long as America gets its nice clean trouble-free internet, it doesn't matter what's left for the rest of the world.
In all seriousness though, I would welcome a more security oriented attitude towards the internet. Greater security doesn't neccessarily mean loss of anonymity. 'Limiting access to only those who take security seriously' could be an entirely benevolent suggestion.
And pigs might fly.
Oh you laugh now, but I've seen it happen.
Someone was trying to install Firefox on their machine:
"Internet Explorer has blocked the download of this file because it is a potential security risk."
I kid you not.
Slashdot Mirror
I disagree. Here in the UK there has been rather a lot of coverage. Most of the newspapers here have several pages worth of articles covering how bad things are, and how the humanitarian efforts are proceeding in the various affected countries. I'm not sure how many British people died in this tragedy, but I think it's got to be a dozen at most. So this tragedy is no 'closer' to us personally in the UK than it is in the US, but if the media coverage really is as bad in the US as grandparent poster seems to imply, then I think that really is a clear indication of the different attitudes taken by the media in our two countries.
Well, technically kilograms is actually correct. Kilograms is the SI base unit of mass. Yes kilo- is the prefix for 10^3, but in the case of mass, the kilogram is defined to be the standard unit of measurement. :P
God, I hate being a physicist. Why must I be so pedantic about these things?
Yeah, it's true that the broadband speeds aren't that great, but it's never really been a problem for me. I don't really download huge amounts of stuff (no warez and DVD rips for me), and I certainly don't need video on demand, so I'm perfectly happy with my 512kb connection.
On the other hand, as you say, things in other countries are much better. I know of a guy in Scandinavia who was getting a 1Mbit connection supplied by the government. It turns out that the only thing limiting his connection to that speed was a single setting on his router. He now has a 10Mbit connection for the price of a 1Mbit connection, courtesy of the government.
I think you forgot a word. Newspapers aren't trying to sue the smithereens out of Craigslist yet. It honestly wouldn't surprise me if they did.
Maximising revenue is always bad for the consumer in the end.
"Micro$oft has no control over how Beijing uses Micro$oft products."
Fair enough, Microsoft can't control what Beijing does. But if Microsoft is supplying Beijing with software, knowing full well that Beijing will use this software to further their human rights abuses, can Microsoft truly say that they bear no responsibility?
"You make backup copies of all your computer software programs, in case any of the original disks get damaged.
- That's fine! And very wise too!"
I'd not heard about these Nintendo claims, but they are total rubbish. I have never been told by any source that I trust that copying stuff like this is illegal. (Except in special cases, like where there is encryption being used, e.g. in DVDs.) I'm sure there are more authoritative sources out there than the link I posted, but that was merely the product of 2 minutes searching. And I can guarantee that they will all agree that copying is ok, as long as you're not distributing.
Disclaimer: The above statement is not a guarantee. :P
Spoken like a true enemy of liberty. What is it you hate most about your country? Is it the freedom?
I saw this T-shirt and thought that it was particularly appropriate. A good reminder to people.
No no. RTFA. What he means is that the CABLE companies might come after him because he is reselling the bandwidth he is getting from his DSL provider. RTFA I don't see any reason why the cable companies would be coming after you for making use of a service that your ISP offers. So long as you comply with all relevant business laws, and don't interfere with any cables belonging to competing companies (both of which points have been raised elsewhere) then I don't see why you should encounter any problems. After all, how should the cable companies know what you're getting up to? So long as you don't advertise too blatantly, that is. It might be an idea to approach your neighbours personally and see what they say, rather that poster spamming.
Somebody's been h4xing the poll-ahurtz!
Either that or somebody's been stealing all the vote-ahurtz.
I would wonder if scrapping this project really will get us back to the moon any quicker. Interest in space is nowhere near as high as it was back in the days of the Apollo landings, and it's efforts like the ISS that are keeping space in the headlines. Without headlines like this, most people would be entirely content to have humanity remain on Earth indefinitely. Or until a huge comet hits and wipes us all out.
See, this is the kind of thing that I just don't get. Why does Windows allow any old program to load itself in safe mode? Surely Microsoft must have known when they did this that it would get exploited? I can think of no valid reason for allowing programs to put themselves into the safe mode startup registry entry that is worth the inherent security risk that this represents.
Because of course the USA has an outstanding history when it comes to environmental protection? I'm part of a group that, among other things, seeks to raise awareness of environmental issues, and promote a more environmentally sustainable way of living. One thing that crops up time and time again during my work is examples of the utter irresponsibility of US environmental policies. Now I'm not just talking about the Kyoto treaty. Kyoto was a nice idea, but in the efforts to get as many countries as possible on board the treaty itself became about as useful as an inflatable dartboard. The fact of the matter is, the USA is the world leader in terms of CO2 emmisions, and work that is being done to reduce this and other forms of pollution is simply not enough.
But which two? I think I know which two countries I'd rather not receive propaganda from.
But TA is the greatest RTS evar! :P
I know many people who will go on and on about how great TA is. And these are people who are really into gaming, they really do think deeply when they are evaluating these games. I still play TA quite often these days.
Oh noes, there's water on Mars! Wait, that's not Mars, that's the field outside my house! NASA is using their probes to spy on me!! Good thing I've got my tin foil hat.
It has been known for a long time that water exists on Mars. Admittedly, this is primarily in the form of ice locked up in the polar caps, but measurements taken by the two Viking landers indicate that in some places, the temperature of Mars can reach as high as 27 degrees C.
Heh, I didn't even use IE to download SP2. Hurrah for random mirror sites with unsigned binaries.
I completely agree. Trying to quantify a political leaning on a one dimensional scale is fundamentally flawed. There is far more to politics than simply left-right. I particularly like the system used at politicalcompass.org.
OMG yuor pc has been h4xx0red! All yuor megahurtz has leaked onto the floor!!!11one
Not accepted by me, and certainly not accepted by any hackers I know. The use of the term hacker to mean someone who breaks into systems illegally is a (deliberate?) error on the part of the mass media. There are many theories as to why the media has propagated this misnomer, foremost amongst them being that they thought that the news would sound better if it wasn't about savoury snacks. This misnomer has been picked up on by the great unwashed, and the rest as they say, is history. But just because some people choose to use a word incorrectly, that does not mean that it suddenly becomes correct, or that the previous meaning becomes incorrect.
Yes, I realised that. Hence why it could be a benevolent suggestion. Most of the zombie PC spambots are the PCs of people who haven't got the first clue about security. If they suddenly found themselves with limited net access, the spammers would have a much more difficult time. Of course it would be rather unfortunate for those whose PCs were affected, but then you could argue that it's just the evolution of the internet: survival of the fittest.
Clearly it was the bit that said so long as America gets its nice clean trouble-free internet, it doesn't matter what's left for the rest of the world. In all seriousness though, I would welcome a more security oriented attitude towards the internet. Greater security doesn't neccessarily mean loss of anonymity. 'Limiting access to only those who take security seriously' could be an entirely benevolent suggestion. And pigs might fly.
When I just tried it, it seemed like roughly 3 seconds. Definitely not long enough, if you ask me.
Oh you laugh now, but I've seen it happen. Someone was trying to install Firefox on their machine: "Internet Explorer has blocked the download of this file because it is a potential security risk." I kid you not.