Except not a single person leaving that theater knew that DRM had anything to do with it. Or even the meaning of the acronym itself.
"Sorry, folks, little glitch with the 3D thingamajig here! Heh heh... Well, you're all welcome to stay and enjoy the show in all it's 2D glory, including some free popcorn! Or we'll gladly refund your money."
And they all came back the next day, and paid their money to support the now properly-running DRMed-up-the-ass movie, none the wiser. Do you really think the theater hauled out Cory Doctorow to hold forth on the evils of DRM for the audience's benefit?
I'm going to go watch the longer version of it called "The War of the Worlds" (2005) again tonight. No, seriously, the Youtube vid was VERY cool. But I think what I liked most about it was that it reminded me of the Dakota Fanning movie. Oh, I guess Tom Cruise might have been in it too... Anyway, it was a very cool, very scary movie.
It seems that you, Lisa, are a bit of a paradox. I see by your facebook profile that you're a fan of Malwarebytes, suggesting you must be pretty proficient with a computer. At the same time, you seem to be unaware that FB provides you with a tool to see what your profile looks like to other users - suggesting you're *NOT* that computer proficient!
"Wait til I get going! Now, where was I? " (Bensafrickingenius proves his mettle by quoting The Princess Bride)
OK, next, you show what a gun nut you are by linking to the "Firearms Multimedia Guide." BUT!!! No true gun nut would do that! If you advertise that you're a gun nut, then the Obama administration knows EXACTLY who's door to knock down first when they come for our guns!!! Silly girl!!!
In closing, I don't know WHAT to think about you, so I take it back. Well done, Lisa (or whatever your name is).
I guess it makes sense they would give this to him now, before he has accomplished anything. The longer the wait, the more of an abysmal failure he will be. They *HAVE* to give it to the first black US President. But it must have been clear to them that it was now or never.
"On places like slashdot I like the more relaxed atmosphere and I'm not going to proofread and re-read everything I write, otherwise it would consume way too much time. I can live with people poking at my grammar and other errors."
Uh uh, no fucking way, asshole. YOU are the one who wanted to jump down America's throat for being "ignorant." Fine, do so. But, in your first sentence, try not to make at least 3 errors. First, you did not capitalize "America." Second, "it's" instead of "its," as already mentioned. Third, you used a comma after "ignorance" when the appropriate punctuation mark would have been a semicolon. By the way, asshole, I'm a math major, not an English major. And I'm drunk.
"But america seems to be special in that it prides itself on it's ignorance, try having an intelligent discussion about ideology with many Americans to see what I mean. "
This is just Obama's plan to drastically reduce the size of the military!! Would YOU stay if you had to work with Office 2007 AND Vista? Think about it.
So once this is done, can I IM other drivers and give them driving tips? Like, oh, I don't know -- "Hey buddy! If you'd bothered to use your freakin' turn signal, I coulda made my left, and not had to wait another ten minutes for an opening in traffic! Thanks a lot!" Because, if so? Sign me up!
Not only because of the risk of big brother hocking it downtown, but also for what I would think are even graver concerns. Take my situation, for starters. I'm a computer professional. I know all about the dangers of the Internet. I have a brilliant, beautiful, innocent, obedient, *GOOD* 10 year old daughter, who would LOVE for me to get her a netbook. Pink, of course. I'm terrified at the prospect of turning my little girl -- smart and good as she is -- loose on the Internet. Sure, there are lots of things I can do at home to protect her -- heck, I've even toyed with the idea of installing a keylogger on her system when I feel the time is right (ok, maybe that's going too far). And this is a kid I can TRUST! But what about when she's got her new toy at her friend's house? OK, ok, enough about my situation -- I think we can handle it. Now consider the situations of the children we're talking about today. (I'll be making a lot of assumptions and generalizations here -- please forgive me). No tech/Internet savvy authority figure at home. Heck, maybe not much of an authority figure at home at all! Peer pressures my daughter can't even imagine. Way too much unsupervised free time. A totally different upbringing than the one my kids have received. What's going to keep these kids safe? Oh well, I'm probably being naive and alarmist. And maybe for nothing, since the laptops will probably stay at the school anyway (no, I didn't RTFA).
WTFE. "A dollar or two" as a donation isn't going to make even the poorest child/family value the thing any more than they would a completely free laptop. Seriously -- a DOLLAR OR TWO? If you want them to value it, you either need to make them pay for it in full (or almost) which of course is a non-starter, or make them work for it. Community service? Picking up litter at a park? I don't know -- *something*. A dollar or two is ridiculous on many fronts. The costs associated with collection and accounting for a dollar or two from every student will be astronomically high compared to the cost of giving them away for free.
"could the world of high-end PC graphics simply go away?"
I wish it would! I'm tired of carrying around all this envy directed at people with the kind of coin required to buy top-of-the-line graphics cards. I got a wife and kids to support!
Slashdot Mirror
No one thought to do this pre 9/11.
Except not a single person leaving that theater knew that DRM had anything to do with it. Or even the meaning of the acronym itself.
"Sorry, folks, little glitch with the 3D thingamajig here! Heh heh... Well, you're all welcome to stay and enjoy the show in all it's 2D glory, including some free popcorn! Or we'll gladly refund your money."
And they all came back the next day, and paid their money to support the now properly-running DRMed-up-the-ass movie, none the wiser. Do you really think the theater hauled out Cory Doctorow to hold forth on the evils of DRM for the audience's benefit?
I'm going to go watch the longer version of it called "The War of the Worlds" (2005) again tonight. No, seriously, the Youtube vid was VERY cool. But I think what I liked most about it was that it reminded me of the Dakota Fanning movie. Oh, I guess Tom Cruise might have been in it too... Anyway, it was a very cool, very scary movie.
Sorry, but no. We see all 202 of your friends.
It seems that you, Lisa, are a bit of a paradox. I see by your facebook profile that you're a fan of Malwarebytes, suggesting you must be pretty proficient with a computer. At the same time, you seem to be unaware that FB provides you with a tool to see what your profile looks like to other users - suggesting you're *NOT* that computer proficient!
"Wait til I get going! Now, where was I? " (Bensafrickingenius proves his mettle by quoting The Princess Bride)
OK, next, you show what a gun nut you are by linking to the "Firearms Multimedia Guide." BUT!!! No true gun nut would do that! If you advertise that you're a gun nut, then the Obama administration knows EXACTLY who's door to knock down first when they come for our guns!!! Silly girl!!!
In closing, I don't know WHAT to think about you, so I take it back. Well done, Lisa (or whatever your name is).
more diagnosis != better diagnosis
I work in public education. The more special ed. students we can identify, the more money we get. Think on that a bit...
Utterly brilliant. Thanks for posting. Just shared it with a bunch of people.
I guess it makes sense they would give this to him now, before he has accomplished anything. The longer the wait, the more of an abysmal failure he will be. They *HAVE* to give it to the first black US President. But it must have been clear to them that it was now or never.
States' Rights? Ring a fucking bell with anyone?
What a cool story! Wish I'd known it was going on.
"basic web browsing" is technically an unsupported feature, but it's been present for a long time now. free as in beer, to boot!
I AM a war monger, you insensitive clod! (first /. post from my kindle!)
"On places like slashdot I like the more relaxed atmosphere and I'm not going to proofread and re-read everything I write, otherwise it would consume way too much time. I can live with people poking at my grammar and other errors."
Uh uh, no fucking way, asshole. YOU are the one who wanted to jump down America's throat for being "ignorant." Fine, do so. But, in your first sentence, try not to make at least 3 errors. First, you did not capitalize "America." Second, "it's" instead of "its," as already mentioned. Third, you used a comma after "ignorance" when the appropriate punctuation mark would have been a semicolon. By the way, asshole, I'm a math major, not an English major. And I'm drunk.
"But america seems to be special in that it prides itself on it's ignorance, try having an intelligent discussion about ideology with many Americans to see what I mean. "
...citation needed.
Again.
This is just Obama's plan to drastically reduce the size of the military!! Would YOU stay if you had to work with Office 2007 AND Vista? Think about it.
"14+ cm"
How in the world did I never think of measuring in *centimeters* before reading your post? Brilliant! Genius! Thank you! Thank you!
"Flamamable" is easy, so I'll skip it. As for the other -- just think "inflamed" hemorrhoids. They don't call them that 'cause they *don't* burn!
So once this is done, can I IM other drivers and give them driving tips? Like, oh, I don't know -- "Hey buddy! If you'd bothered to use your freakin' turn signal, I coulda made my left, and not had to wait another ten minutes for an opening in traffic! Thanks a lot!" Because, if so? Sign me up!
We need to borrow enough money from them to mobilize our forces and kick their asses!
Not only because of the risk of big brother hocking it downtown, but also for what I would think are even graver concerns. Take my situation, for starters. I'm a computer professional. I know all about the dangers of the Internet. I have a brilliant, beautiful, innocent, obedient, *GOOD* 10 year old daughter, who would LOVE for me to get her a netbook. Pink, of course. I'm terrified at the prospect of turning my little girl -- smart and good as she is -- loose on the Internet. Sure, there are lots of things I can do at home to protect her -- heck, I've even toyed with the idea of installing a keylogger on her system when I feel the time is right (ok, maybe that's going too far). And this is a kid I can TRUST! But what about when she's got her new toy at her friend's house? OK, ok, enough about my situation -- I think we can handle it. Now consider the situations of the children we're talking about today. (I'll be making a lot of assumptions and generalizations here -- please forgive me). No tech/Internet savvy authority figure at home. Heck, maybe not much of an authority figure at home at all! Peer pressures my daughter can't even imagine. Way too much unsupervised free time. A totally different upbringing than the one my kids have received. What's going to keep these kids safe? Oh well, I'm probably being naive and alarmist. And maybe for nothing, since the laptops will probably stay at the school anyway (no, I didn't RTFA).
WTFE. "A dollar or two" as a donation isn't going to make even the poorest child/family value the thing any more than they would a completely free laptop. Seriously -- a DOLLAR OR TWO? If you want them to value it, you either need to make them pay for it in full (or almost) which of course is a non-starter, or make them work for it. Community service? Picking up litter at a park? I don't know -- *something*. A dollar or two is ridiculous on many fronts. The costs associated with collection and accounting for a dollar or two from every student will be astronomically high compared to the cost of giving them away for free.
Another ebook reader.
"could the world of high-end PC graphics simply go away?"
I wish it would! I'm tired of carrying around all this envy directed at people with the kind of coin required to buy top-of-the-line graphics cards. I got a wife and kids to support!
RIAA/MPAA "Edited and Approved" US Government Advice
etc.
"Citation please. How has social networking sites become "so integrated into our society?"
Well, for one, I seem to recall a completely inexperienced and unqualified presidential candidate winning the most powerful job in the universe based partly on the fact that he was *cool* enough to use Twitter. Here's one of 4,790,000 citations on that available via Google: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/barack-obama-overtakes-kevin-rose-on-twitter-mccain-is-nowhere-in-sight/.