Every user has the full right to know that the content may have been written by a 6-year-old child, an insane person, troll, or the subject's competitor or another kind of enemy.
On the homepage you boldly say "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit".
Why then, on the individual article pages, you keep that fact a secret? The tagline is merely: "The free encyclopedia."
There was a change made to rectify that, but some "admins" quickly reverted the change. Can you explain why?
there is no compelling reason to buy a new computer
You'd think the idea of a permanently vulnerable OS connected to the net (sending your passwords, credit card numbers, or just about anything, to botnet owners) is not a reason compelling enough?
And who the fuck moderated this +5? Am I still on Slashdot?
I am really starting to be sick of these "security researchers" who don't know that the 1st law of the computer security is:
If malware is running on your computer, it is not your computer anymore.
It follows that no matter what you do, malware will win. Discovering that malware can "siphon" memory is really... uh, groundbreaking.
What makes me even more sick is the incredibly amount of various BlackHat "security conferences" and supposedly geek-oriented media like Slashdot that let those people present this kind of "discoveries" as legitimate, notable, noteworthy, important and new.
Nonsense. The value of official currencies is substantially backed by financial and other laws. Bitcoin is just intagible goods. The status of official currencies is higher, way higher.
OpenOffice is now proper open source as it is under Apache Foundation. There is absolutely no reason to maintain two branches of it now. It only dilutes the effort and weakens the well-known OpenOffice brand. You should end the fork before it does even more harm.
WTF is Demonoid resurrection? And why did Slashdot editors not recognize TWO slashvertisments (or "viral ads" or whatever you want to call it) in a row?
Needle-in-a-haystack problem? Really? Seriously, in the post-PC era... data mining gets more difficult as the amount of data increases? uh... I've always thought that to gain any meaningful stats, you need a large enough sample...
There is a limit to miniaturization. If you don't realize that, then pause for a moment and think how hard it would be to browse the internet using a device that is 1 inch x 1 inch. There is a limit, believe me.
Hence, your analogy with mainframes and minis is flawed.
And the outcome will be pow (Vista_type_disaster, 2).
Even an idiot would know that. This was hopefully the last desperate attempt by Microsoft to "leverage" their desktop monopoly to gain some mobile market share.
Don't get me started on why it's called Windows when I see all window-less full-screen apps from MS now on desktop (like the native MS PDF viewer). Just WTF, man. WTF.
OpenOffice is under Apache Foundation now and it is proper FOSS. This activity only dilutes the efforts to develop a FOSS alternative to MS Office. End it. Don't be childish. Thanks.
Ok but if I accept a donation in Bitcoin will US and EU law view it is donated money or thing other than money?
And if as money, then what is the official exchange rate to Euro, USD, or other convertible currency?
Those questions are actually critically important. How do you calculate gift tax if you don't know the real official value of the bitcoins?
Also, if it is not *real* money yet, you will be taxed twice (once you will need to ask an expert to assess the market value of the bitcoin and then pay gift tax on that donation). Then, later, if you want to sell bitcoins for USD or EUR, you will have to pay income tax on the money!
Really? It doesn't? So how do you download the client and join the network if it becomes illegal suddenly? If all domain names serving the client are confiscated/blocked/redirected/etc.?
This is classical fallacy resulting if you "think too much" within the principles of relativity. Think about what you wrote. It is plainly wrong.
The fact that you don't see the light of an event doesn't mean it didn't happen. It already happened. It is absolute. What is relative is when you will see the light of the event. That's all. The event itself is not relative.
It actually is very well defined. The light cone is not about sequence of events but sequence of IMAGES of the events you see. The actual order of events in which they actually happen is constant for any observer. The fact that they don't see its image yet doesn't mean it didn't happen yet.
So um, in bed with millions of people and thousands of corporations from DOZENS of different countries? Yeah, certainly there are no conflicting interests in that bed... Sheesh, what is called insightful post today.
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Every user has the full right to know that the content may have been written by a 6-year-old child, an insane person, troll, or the subject's competitor or another kind of enemy.
On the homepage you boldly say "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit".
Why then, on the individual article pages, you keep that fact a secret? The tagline is merely: "The free encyclopedia."
There was a change made to rectify that, but some "admins" quickly reverted the change. Can you explain why?
there is no compelling reason to buy a new computer
You'd think the idea of a permanently vulnerable OS connected to the net (sending your passwords, credit card numbers, or just about anything, to botnet owners) is not a reason compelling enough?
And who the fuck moderated this +5? Am I still on Slashdot?
It is keylogging, it's just that it's server-side.
Actually, no. It is client-side (whether in the Firefox search box or at google.com).
I sincerely believe he is right.
If you disagree, feel free to abuse the mod system and mod me down. Go ahead, I've got plenty of karma to burn, and frankly, don't care.
I am really starting to be sick of these "security researchers" who don't know that the 1st law of the computer security is:
If malware is running on your computer, it is not your computer anymore.
It follows that no matter what you do, malware will win. Discovering that malware can "siphon" memory is really... uh, groundbreaking.
What makes me even more sick is the incredibly amount of various BlackHat "security conferences" and supposedly geek-oriented media like Slashdot that let those people present this kind of "discoveries" as legitimate, notable, noteworthy, important and new.
I am really, really, sick of you.
Heuristics doesn't work? Huh? It's actually exactly the kind of analysis that this security researcher seems to be presenting.
(I only read TF ./ summary though, so correct me if I'm wrong.)
Nonsense. The value of official currencies is substantially backed by financial and other laws. Bitcoin is just intagible goods. The status of official currencies is higher, way higher.
This is where a true police state begins. An ear and eye in every device. Wake up before it's too late.
Never allow laziness of police forces to erode your civil liberties and freedoms.
OpenOffice is now proper open source as it is under Apache Foundation. There is absolutely no reason to maintain two branches of it now. It only dilutes the effort and weakens the well-known OpenOffice brand. You should end the fork before it does even more harm.
Relax. It will go away soon. Like, MySpace, or any other fad in the past...
WTF is Demonoid resurrection? And why did Slashdot editors not recognize TWO slashvertisments (or "viral ads" or whatever you want to call it) in a row?
Nope. It's hidden in a small tile, which means it's been deprecated.
And on some flavours it is not even available (Win RT, Windows Phone).
Needle-in-a-haystack problem? Really? Seriously, in the post-PC era... data mining gets more difficult as the amount of data increases? uh... I've always thought that to gain any meaningful stats, you need a large enough sample...
Use a PC for gaming and vote with your wallet (refuse to buy games that require internet connection).
There is a limit to miniaturization. If you don't realize that, then pause for a moment and think how hard it would be to browse the internet using a device that is 1 inch x 1 inch. There is a limit, believe me.
Hence, your analogy with mainframes and minis is flawed.
And the outcome will be pow (Vista_type_disaster, 2).
Even an idiot would know that. This was hopefully the last desperate attempt by Microsoft to "leverage" their desktop monopoly to gain some mobile market share.
Don't get me started on why it's called Windows when I see all window-less full-screen apps from MS now on desktop (like the native MS PDF viewer). Just WTF, man. WTF.
OpenOffice is under Apache Foundation now and it is proper FOSS. This activity only dilutes the efforts to develop a FOSS alternative to MS Office. End it. Don't be childish. Thanks.
I'll ask you Googlers out there a simple question:
Why is Chrome not fully open source? What are you trying to hide?
BTW, this is not a troll but a reason why I keep using Firefox.
Ok but if I accept a donation in Bitcoin will US and EU law view it is donated money or thing other than money?
And if as money, then what is the official exchange rate to Euro, USD, or other convertible currency?
Those questions are actually critically important. How do you calculate gift tax if you don't know the real official value of the bitcoins?
Also, if it is not *real* money yet, you will be taxed twice (once you will need to ask an expert to assess the market value of the bitcoin and then pay gift tax on that donation). Then, later, if you want to sell bitcoins for USD or EUR, you will have to pay income tax on the money!
Where do those stats came from and how old are they?
Latest stats from two well-known sources show quite different numbers:
NetApplications - North America + Europe:
Win7 43%
WinXP 21%
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=10&qpaf=-000%09100%090%0DO000%09100%091%0D
Statcounter - WORLDWIDE
Win7 53%
WinXP 26%
Source: http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-ww-monthly-201111-201211
> Bitcoin faces none of those difficulties.
Really? It doesn't? So how do you download the client and join the network if it becomes illegal suddenly? If all domain names serving the client are confiscated/blocked/redirected/etc.?
This is classical fallacy resulting if you "think too much" within the principles of relativity. Think about what you wrote. It is plainly wrong.
The fact that you don't see the light of an event doesn't mean it didn't happen. It already happened. It is absolute. What is relative is when you will see the light of the event. That's all. The event itself is not relative.
> Sequence of actions isn't well defined
It actually is very well defined. The light cone is not about sequence of events but sequence of IMAGES of the events you see. The actual order of events in which they actually happen is constant for any observer. The fact that they don't see its image yet doesn't mean it didn't happen yet.
So um, in bed with millions of people and thousands of corporations from DOZENS of different countries? Yeah, certainly there are no conflicting interests in that bed... Sheesh, what is called insightful post today.
1984 Reloaded