Nope. What you do if the school administration doesn't listen is simple:
Absolutely nothing.
If the school is more interested in tempting fate, by all means, let them. It's their network -- if they can't or won't take care of it, there's nothing compelling you to do it for them.
But what about their own well-being? If they can hack the database, perhaps others can too. If the SSN is as important as "Julianne Junus" claims, then the hackers were saving their own identities from fraud. In the process, they saved a bunch of other people. They are heroes!
1). Too much money is involved in advertising and programs...dumping broadcast and going internet will increase ad revenue, not decrease it. The sooner media companies take advantage of the internet, the more money they will have in the future.
2). There will always be a readily available audience for TV...except when a show comes on they don't like
3). People are "lazy" when it comes to viewing, it's easier to flip through channels and see right away what's on than start a download, wait, watch, decide it sucks and try to find something else...Let's say you start watching a TV show. You kind of like it. Then, halfway through, Paris Hilton shows up, and you gouge your eyeballs out. (For the sake of argument, lets say this is an alternate universe where another set of eyes grows back immediately.) You are now faced with a problem: everything else that is on television is HALFWAY OVER. What can you do? You can either A.) Continue to watch Paris Hilton while gouging out your eyeballs continuously, B.) change the channel to a different show and be confused for 15 minutes, ruining the ending of the show if you happen to catch a rerun, or C.) turn off the television and read for 15 minutes.
Most people choose A or B, which is fine with advertisers. They don't care if people are enjoying themselves, just as long as they watch the commercials. If they replace broadband with OnDemand-like services, however, they will end up with all three groups of people watching. Not to mention more specialized advertising.
Good point, if company X deletes a negative blog entry, it could easily backfire on company X from a PR standpoint.
Except that only works where X = {Microsoft, SCO, HP, etc.}
What do you think would happen if Apple deleted a negative comment? Do you remember the time they declared war on a book publisher for an unauthorized biography of Steve Jobs?
Besides, there isn't going to be a slashdot backlash every time this happens. Once is probably it. Remember that study where 1/3 of high school students think the first amendment goes too far?
"As millions of broadband subscribers who missed a wardrobe-malfunction moment on TV can attest, the internet can be a convenient resource for finding much-talked-about events on video."
I was confused by the first part of that sentence. It makes it sound like having broadband caused people to miss the wardrobe malfunction.
Ultimately, though, I think this DRM/DMCA/Bono mess will require legislative action, and that definitely won't happen until there is widespread dissatisfaction with the status quo.
And if it weren't for Apple fanboys like jimbolaya, the legislative action would have already come and gone.
While the situation isn't as bad as that Escape from LA movie from the late 80's, there certainly are aspects of that in modern American politics it seems.
How is this interesting? He likened the rise of religious fundamentalism to a story about a penal colony. That's like saying microeconomics is a metaphor for life.
Not to mention he got the movies mixed up. Escape from New York was late 80's, while Escape from LA was 90's.
A friend told me about Curb Your Enthusiasm, but I didn't have HBO, so I downloaded a bunch of episodes. I liked it so much I bought the DVD when it came out, despite the fact that I already had most of the episodes on my computer. It just goes to show you, file sharing is good for business. Also, I like to spend money when I don't have to.
"Gamemasters are reduced to drawing explored sections of the map on the playing surface with dry-erase markers or using cardboard tiles representing stretches of corridor."
It's about time somebody did something nice for the gamemasters. They are the unsung heroes of nerd culture.
Slashdot Mirror
"Sensationalist Headlines are Killing Slashdot"
Amen to that.
yeah that made me laugh
I think it has something to do with tubes.
I decided to use a wiki instead.
from the nerds who read EULA's.
about 80 km.
But what is that in G-Units, motherfucker?
Nope. What you do if the school administration doesn't listen is simple:
Absolutely nothing.
If the school is more interested in tempting fate, by all means, let them. It's their network -- if they can't or won't take care of it, there's nothing compelling you to do it for them.
But what about their own well-being? If they can hack the database, perhaps others can too. If the SSN is as important as "Julianne Junus" claims, then the hackers were saving their own identities from fraud. In the process, they saved a bunch of other people. They are heroes!
1). Too much money is involved in advertising and programs...dumping broadcast and going internet will increase ad revenue, not decrease it. The sooner media companies take advantage of the internet, the more money they will have in the future.
2). There will always be a readily available audience for TV...except when a show comes on they don't like
3). People are "lazy" when it comes to viewing, it's easier to flip through channels and see right away what's on than start a download, wait, watch, decide it sucks and try to find something else...Let's say you start watching a TV show. You kind of like it. Then, halfway through, Paris Hilton shows up, and you gouge your eyeballs out. (For the sake of argument, lets say this is an alternate universe where another set of eyes grows back immediately.) You are now faced with a problem: everything else that is on television is HALFWAY OVER. What can you do? You can either A.) Continue to watch Paris Hilton while gouging out your eyeballs continuously, B.) change the channel to a different show and be confused for 15 minutes, ruining the ending of the show if you happen to catch a rerun, or C.) turn off the television and read for 15 minutes.
Most people choose A or B, which is fine with advertisers. They don't care if people are enjoying themselves, just as long as they watch the commercials. If they replace broadband with OnDemand-like services, however, they will end up with all three groups of people watching. Not to mention more specialized advertising.
"The experience of downloading copyrighted films and TV shows is not what it used to be," added Glickman. "We intend to make it even worse."
All Hollywood needs to do now is replace "downloading copyrighted" with "watching" and they'll realize why their profits are shrinking.
Good point, if company X deletes a negative blog entry, it could easily backfire on company X from a PR standpoint.
Except that only works where X = {Microsoft, SCO, HP, etc.}
What do you think would happen if Apple deleted a negative comment? Do you remember the time they declared war on a book publisher for an unauthorized biography of Steve Jobs?
Besides, there isn't going to be a slashdot backlash every time this happens. Once is probably it. Remember that study where 1/3 of high school students think the first amendment goes too far?
"As millions of broadband subscribers who missed a wardrobe-malfunction moment on TV can attest, the internet can be a convenient resource for finding much-talked-about events on video."
I was confused by the first part of that sentence. It makes it sound like having broadband caused people to miss the wardrobe malfunction.
don't create something that has the tacked-on sub plot of a marketing department.
What if it's the game "Postal", and there is a side mission to kill everybody in the marketing department? Would you still object?
My parents only let me use alphanumerics to name my dog.
Except discards are usually in bad condition, and the stuff this guy was stealing was NEW.
I was about to say the same exact thing.
1. Send spam to everyone with link to product.
2. Anyone that buys product will be killed by said product after receiving it.
3. ???
4. Profit
I almost checked IMDB to verify what I said, but I'm not as much of a loser as you are.
Ultimately, though, I think this DRM/DMCA/Bono mess will require legislative action, and that definitely won't happen until there is widespread dissatisfaction with the status quo.
And if it weren't for Apple fanboys like jimbolaya, the legislative action would have already come and gone.
While the situation isn't as bad as that Escape from LA movie from the late 80's, there certainly are aspects of that in modern American politics it seems.
How is this interesting? He likened the rise of religious fundamentalism to a story about a penal colony. That's like saying microeconomics is a metaphor for life.
Not to mention he got the movies mixed up. Escape from New York was late 80's, while Escape from LA was 90's.
A friend told me about Curb Your Enthusiasm, but I didn't have HBO, so I downloaded a bunch of episodes. I liked it so much I bought the DVD when it came out, despite the fact that I already had most of the episodes on my computer. It just goes to show you, file sharing is good for business. Also, I like to spend money when I don't have to.
"Gamemasters are reduced to drawing explored sections of the map on the playing surface with dry-erase markers or using cardboard tiles representing stretches of corridor."
It's about time somebody did something nice for the gamemasters. They are the unsung heroes of nerd culture.
I've bootleged and pirated quite a few things but I nor anyone else should be making money off of that.
So you're saying that you're a drug dealer who grows his own pot and gives it away to anybody who asks?
LMAO dats a good 1
lata playa
btw wats da frequency, kenneth?
More proof that Slashdot is dead.
At times like these I'm glad I live in a country that puts the rights of a corporate entity over the rights of an individual.
It reminds me of that cheer they did in high school...
Be, regressive, be, be, regressive. R-E-G-R....