I've always defined religion as personal beliefs, where the "church" is an organized body of people out to preserve their political power.
People call that "organized religion" and some think of it the same way they think of organized crime, really and truly it's just as bad as declaring a corporation as one entity instead of a collection of parts.
I believe that churches are political and therefore evil, but they are filled with good people who have been misled into furthering the causes of hate, intolerance, bigotry, and cruelty. My own personal philosophy is that I should "yield nothing to evil," most especially by choosing never to let myself become hateful.
I call myself religious, but I am by no means a church-supporting person. I believe that it is fundamentalists who have undermined the true meaning of religion, and turned something holy into something destructive.
That being said, you can't stop a runaway truck by standing in front of it and screaming at the driver. It's best to be in the passenger seat, so that you can inspire the driver to slow down and stop.
I'm hoping that eventually there will be people in these high-profile organizations who wake up to the fact that they're not doing the Lord's work, and decide to drop their cases against scientists and doctors. I mean, they're people who have devoted their lives to making the world a better and safer place for all people, something those organizations claim is their true goal.
Er, by first uncollapsed response, I of course meant the summary of the article. The technology behind blocking the signal makes you just as big a target as if you had let people track you by cellphones.
"I also have to question why this is even worthy of space on this site"
Well I'd say it's probably because of the first (uncollapsed) response, which showed that this was a horrible security idea. They didn't post the news here to tell us about it as much as to get our response and views.
Mine was 44 3D A0 E7 01 2D 80 F1 D3 3B D4 3B 7B F2 23 8C, but I changed it to 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 02 03 04 05 so that I didn't have to memorize another number. It should still work, right?
"A person should not be buying a dSLR if they aren't going to take the time to learn how to use it. They should just be buying a point and shoot camera. The 5MP camera, they noted that it does badly in low light and the light has a blue tinge."
This is not how they are marketed though.
It's an article that points out the fallacy of buying the most phenomenal camera out there to take pictures. It also points out just how good pictures the camera phones can take.
A lot of people out there still think you need an awesome camera even if you have a camera phone. Over time, those people are going to stop buying dedicated cameras anyways. This is helping to speed up that natural process.
It might be that in the future you'll see a "phone camera," where somebody builds a really nice camera and then adds the phone capabilities to it. A paparazziphone*, if you will. Just adding a little bit of hardware and a microphone or headset to a camera would be all you need, and that wouldn't weigh it down at all.
Actually it would be incredibly difficult for such a person to avoid police, avoid detection, and at the same time "play a game." I mean how many of those things can you do?
This is their method of seeing if the information they have of you is up-to-date. After all, if their information shows that you live in a dorm, that doesn't mean you still do.
They can't "drop the ball on this" unless Microsoft or Sony creates their next-gen system right now with a motion-sensitive remote controller.
Nearly 90% of the "too old to play video games" age people I run into (mom, dad, uncles, etc.) say that they're interested in the Wii. My dad admitted that the reason he's interested in it is because the controller is a remote, and he knows how to use a remote. Or at least, he'd never admit that he didn't know how to use a remote.
But any other gaming platform? They wouldn't own up to the fact that they could figure out how to play games on them.
The business MODEL is a failure. You can't make a profit selling mainstream CD's anymore. The system does not work.
DO NOT BLAME THE CUSTOMER. The customer buys what they want/need. If the customer isn't buying your stuff, you can't just blame them and wallow in misery. They are sending you a signal. You MUST ADAPT YOUR BUSINESS.
You CAN'T RELY ON THE LAW to do your business for you.
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I've always defined religion as personal beliefs, where the "church" is an organized body of people out to preserve their political power.
People call that "organized religion" and some think of it the same way they think of organized crime, really and truly it's just as bad as declaring a corporation as one entity instead of a collection of parts.
I believe that churches are political and therefore evil, but they are filled with good people who have been misled into furthering the causes of hate, intolerance, bigotry, and cruelty. My own personal philosophy is that I should "yield nothing to evil," most especially by choosing never to let myself become hateful.
I call myself religious, but I am by no means a church-supporting person. I believe that it is fundamentalists who have undermined the true meaning of religion, and turned something holy into something destructive.
That being said, you can't stop a runaway truck by standing in front of it and screaming at the driver. It's best to be in the passenger seat, so that you can inspire the driver to slow down and stop.
I'm hoping that eventually there will be people in these high-profile organizations who wake up to the fact that they're not doing the Lord's work, and decide to drop their cases against scientists and doctors. I mean, they're people who have devoted their lives to making the world a better and safer place for all people, something those organizations claim is their true goal.
All you really need to do to get company is to open up a cold can.
's cheaper than therapeutic cloning, I'd imagine.
There's a fundamental difference between religion and church.
Pun intended.
Therapeutic Cloning?
WTF is that supposed to mean?
You're cloning yourself... to feel better?
If you don't feel good, why clone yourself?
Analogies are like vampires. They suck. :)
Hollywood buys the movie rights.
'twas intended as humor.
Maybe that means that these 50 are actually software/music pirates and are actually on our side.
The RIAA just got their positive/negative signs confused or something.
it's at least likely, I mean come on, they're morons.
Perhaps she was distraught.
Oh yes you will. *throws you into the cryo-freeze machine*
What are you doing on slashdot?
DUNE is a nice, simple light read.
"They've only had seven years to address it."
By "it" do you mean "Bush"?
Er, by first uncollapsed response, I of course meant the summary of the article. The technology behind blocking the signal makes you just as big a target as if you had let people track you by cellphones.
"I also have to question why this is even worthy of space on this site"
Well I'd say it's probably because of the first (uncollapsed) response, which showed that this was a horrible security idea. They didn't post the news here to tell us about it as much as to get our response and views.
Mine was 44 3D A0 E7 01 2D 80 F1 D3 3B D4 3B 7B F2 23 8C, but I changed it to
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 02 03 04 05 so that I didn't have to memorize another number. It should still work, right?
"So F9090211749D5BE341D8C5565663C088 is truly mine now, and you can pry it out of my cold, dead fingers!"
Oh Goodie! That's the fun part!
I'm fairly certain that even after human beings are extinct, morons will still be fucking up the galaxy.
These people don't follow with the rules of reality, you know.
We should cut them some slack only if they're dangling by a rope over a pit.
And, might I add, the spikes in said pit should be +1, evil-outsider bane.
"A person should not be buying a dSLR if they aren't going to take the time to learn how to use it. They should just be buying a point and shoot camera. The 5MP camera, they noted that it does badly in low light and the light has a blue tinge."
This is not how they are marketed though.
It's an article that points out the fallacy of buying the most phenomenal camera out there to take pictures. It also points out just how good pictures the camera phones can take.
A lot of people out there still think you need an awesome camera even if you have a camera phone. Over time, those people are going to stop buying dedicated cameras anyways. This is helping to speed up that natural process.
It might be that in the future you'll see a "phone camera," where somebody builds a really nice camera and then adds the phone capabilities to it. A paparazziphone*, if you will. Just adding a little bit of hardware and a microphone or headset to a camera would be all you need, and that wouldn't weigh it down at all.
* I call dibs on that copyright!
Actually it would be incredibly difficult for such a person to avoid police, avoid detection, and at the same time "play a game." I mean how many of those things can you do?
When I first read it I thought they were talking about S.O.A.P. (*&^$*&$% snakes on a *&@%^&% plane)
But this is funnier.
You think it's incompetence. good for them.
This is their method of seeing if the information they have of you is up-to-date.
After all, if their information shows that you live in a dorm, that doesn't mean you still do.
They can't "drop the ball on this" unless Microsoft or Sony creates their next-gen system right now with a motion-sensitive remote controller.
Nearly 90% of the "too old to play video games" age people I run into (mom, dad, uncles, etc.) say that they're interested in the Wii. My dad admitted that the reason he's interested in it is because the controller is a remote, and he knows how to use a remote. Or at least, he'd never admit that he didn't know how to use a remote.
But any other gaming platform? They wouldn't own up to the fact that they could figure out how to play games on them.
I was thinking it was more along the lines of
"GRRREASE ME UP, WOMAN!"
"...okey dokey."
The business MODEL is a failure. You can't make a profit selling mainstream CD's anymore. The system does not work.
DO NOT BLAME THE CUSTOMER.
The customer buys what they want/need. If the customer isn't buying your stuff, you can't just blame them and wallow in misery. They are sending you a signal. You MUST ADAPT YOUR BUSINESS.
You CAN'T RELY ON THE LAW to do your business for you.