While it's easy to stumble across things like tubgirl, goatse, and 2girls1cup, I would be highly surprised if more than 0.25% of those that do view it on the internet are actually "getting off" on it. The vast majority of hits to those sites comes from so-called "friends" that are trying to play a joke on people just to get their reaction.
It's a tax on the poor and elderly. The rest of us have cable and satellite TV.
I'll call shenanigans on that comment. There are a lot of younger folks that are neither "poor" nor "elderly" that just aren't seeing the benefit anymore to having 500+ television stations filled mostly with reruns of television shows that were popular 30 years ago, B movies, and enough advertisements to make your head spin. We've realized that a good amount of TV content is now available online, with less ads, and on-demand. The DTV converters allow us to get a couple of the local stations for some of the live events that are aired there (mainly, local sports), and then get the rest of it online,... The "poor" can't afford the internet, and the "elderly" don't know how to watch TV online and don't care to, either.
Hate to burst your bubble here, my friend,... but have you ever seen the NIH budget? The federal government spends a lot of money on scientific research for drugs. Granted, even with that, there's still a lot of lawyers, copyrights, and patent laws -- but a major source of funding for research comes from the federal government already.
The solution seems to me to shut down all the law schools for about 20 years, and don't create any new lawyers. There's too many of the bastards and it's really hurting scientific progress in this country.
I do have to somewhat agree. Vista isn't as bad as it's been made out to be. Sure, it's still completely pointless, absurd, and a waste of money to upgrade an existing PC from XP to Vista. But if you're buying a new computer, as long as you don't skimp on RAM, Vista's not bad,...
Yeah, and that worked out really well until the school board decided to sell the outdated macbooks for $50 apiece, resulting in a bit of a mob scene,...
So when you buy multiple services from them, they offer a discount?
No, there's no discount. They offer internet service for virtually the same price for everyone. They give away local phone service and cable TV service as a gimmick to get you to sign up for their internet package. In the past, most people have just said, "well, I'm going to need it anyway, so why not?" Problem is today, people are slowly discovering that they don't need local phone or cable TV anymore. So, are they going to drop these extra "fees". Not a chance in hell! The cable companies are about as stubborn as the **AA!
Calling this "Triple Helix DNA" is a poor choice, considering that there already is something called Triple Helix DNA (or triple-stranded DNA), consisting of three nucleic acid base pair strands. DNA can also form Four-stranded structures as well.
If it means laying the smack-down on ICANN, and getting rid of stupid, wasted-space domains like.biz,.aero, and.museum, I'm all for it! But if it means censoring content and monitoring usage, then they can DIAF!
It's also worth mentioning that Universities already pay for journal subscription fees through their library systems, so this isn't all that different. While it seems like the common groupthink mentality of Slashdot here is to crucify the recording industry for being greedy, all they're really asking for here is the same thing that colleges are already giving the publishing industry. Granted, the publishers are just as greedy as the **AA, but copyright is copyright, whether it's a printed word, a recording song, or a video. There are certainly educational benefits to having access to a large collection of music through your library system, especially if your school has a strong performing arts or music department.
So basically, at a time when college costs are already skyrocketing and there is real concern that college could be pushed out of reach of many, the recording industry wants to be even more greedy and add another one of those little fees onto tuition? To quote Samir Nagheenanajar from Office Space, "This is horrible. This idea."
OMG! Micro$oft is about ready to go under!!!! There's going to be huge consequences for our economy!!!! Send Steve Ballmer to DC in his private jet to throw some chairs around and get us $25 billion immediately!!!!
Being the good geek that I am, I'm all for the increased use of Linux and everything. But the concern I have is that if you put old, donated PCs in a classroom running Edubuntu (or pick your other favorite Linux flavor), you're going to see a bunch of old, outdated computers sitting in a lab that no teacher is going to want to touch for real coursework. Sadly, I think most teachers are going to either expect a PC to run Windows, or use MacOS (which, albeit a similar OS to Linux, is still easier to use and has more solid support than Linux). Of course, the teachers, already overworked with everything else that they have to do, aren't going to want to put the extra effort into utilizing some extra system that doesn't have an easy-to-understand teachers' manual for (unless, of course, her fiance is the one setting it up for her). So, effectively, schools will just become PC graveyards; a disposal point for corporations to dump their unwanted computers in the name of "saving the environment" and "helping the community",...
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It's actually surprising that we don't make all politicians do that,... ;-)
While it's easy to stumble across things like tubgirl , goatse , and 2girls1cup , I would be highly surprised if more than 0.25% of those that do view it on the internet are actually "getting off" on it. The vast majority of hits to those sites comes from so-called "friends" that are trying to play a joke on people just to get their reaction.
I hear Google has already signed McCain onto an advertising deal for their new Router/Waffle-Maker combo unit!
I'll call shenanigans on that comment. There are a lot of younger folks that are neither "poor" nor "elderly" that just aren't seeing the benefit anymore to having 500+ television stations filled mostly with reruns of television shows that were popular 30 years ago, B movies, and enough advertisements to make your head spin. We've realized that a good amount of TV content is now available online, with less ads, and on-demand. The DTV converters allow us to get a couple of the local stations for some of the live events that are aired there (mainly, local sports), and then get the rest of it online,... The "poor" can't afford the internet, and the "elderly" don't know how to watch TV online and don't care to, either.
The solution seems to me to shut down all the law schools for about 20 years, and don't create any new lawyers. There's too many of the bastards and it's really hurting scientific progress in this country.
I do have to somewhat agree. Vista isn't as bad as it's been made out to be. Sure, it's still completely pointless, absurd, and a waste of money to upgrade an existing PC from XP to Vista. But if you're buying a new computer, as long as you don't skimp on RAM, Vista's not bad,...
Yeah, and that worked out really well until the school board decided to sell the outdated macbooks for $50 apiece, resulting in a bit of a mob scene,...
No, there's no discount. They offer internet service for virtually the same price for everyone. They give away local phone service and cable TV service as a gimmick to get you to sign up for their internet package. In the past, most people have just said, "well, I'm going to need it anyway, so why not?" Problem is today, people are slowly discovering that they don't need local phone or cable TV anymore. So, are they going to drop these extra "fees". Not a chance in hell! The cable companies are about as stubborn as the **AA!
Imagine a beowulf cluster of one of these could do! Oh, wait! ;-)
What's his Slashdot handle? How many digits are in his UID?
Yeah, it's a telescope alright! Ha! Ha! I got $500 that says they found a second Stargate down there!
That bright white disk you see in the sky every night? Yeah,... that's no moon!
But Brawndo will save us all! Because it has electrolytes, and other stuff that plants crave,...
Calling this "Triple Helix DNA" is a poor choice, considering that there already is something called Triple Helix DNA (or triple-stranded DNA), consisting of three nucleic acid base pair strands. DNA can also form Four-stranded structures as well.
Forget the NFL! With 3-D broadcasting, p0rn will never be the same! =)
If it means laying the smack-down on ICANN, and getting rid of stupid, wasted-space domains like .biz, .aero, and .museum, I'm all for it! But if it means censoring content and monitoring usage, then they can DIAF!
It's also worth mentioning that Universities already pay for journal subscription fees through their library systems, so this isn't all that different. While it seems like the common groupthink mentality of Slashdot here is to crucify the recording industry for being greedy, all they're really asking for here is the same thing that colleges are already giving the publishing industry. Granted, the publishers are just as greedy as the **AA, but copyright is copyright, whether it's a printed word, a recording song, or a video. There are certainly educational benefits to having access to a large collection of music through your library system, especially if your school has a strong performing arts or music department.
I'd much rather tell the RIAA to go DIAF.
If this new series involves a dagget with big, floppy ears, that talks like a Jamaican, I can no longer be a BSG fan. See ya!
Can we recommend Sid Meier to President-Elect Barack Obama for Secretary of Education?
Carnegie-Mellon University's CS Department has had a robotic receptionist for several years now. This is nothing out of the ordinary,...
On the bright side, unlike stuff coming out of Google Labs, many products actually do eventually come out of beta and have a release date,... ;-)
OMG! Micro$oft is about ready to go under!!!! There's going to be huge consequences for our economy!!!! Send Steve Ballmer to DC in his private jet to throw some chairs around and get us $25 billion immediately!!!!
A college degree? Who needs that?!?! The only piece of paper I need for my job at Initech is a TPS Report! =)
Being the good geek that I am, I'm all for the increased use of Linux and everything. But the concern I have is that if you put old, donated PCs in a classroom running Edubuntu (or pick your other favorite Linux flavor), you're going to see a bunch of old, outdated computers sitting in a lab that no teacher is going to want to touch for real coursework. Sadly, I think most teachers are going to either expect a PC to run Windows, or use MacOS (which, albeit a similar OS to Linux, is still easier to use and has more solid support than Linux). Of course, the teachers, already overworked with everything else that they have to do, aren't going to want to put the extra effort into utilizing some extra system that doesn't have an easy-to-understand teachers' manual for (unless, of course, her fiance is the one setting it up for her). So, effectively, schools will just become PC graveyards; a disposal point for corporations to dump their unwanted computers in the name of "saving the environment" and "helping the community",...