Lots of times, common sense is wrong. Look at quantum mechanics. "Common sense" tells us that there are three dimensions and that matter is completely solid. Not so, however, when one takes a gander at string theory.
No, the issue is that liberties are being taken with regard to surveillance.
The National Security Agency is one of the United States' most powerful weapons, able to intercept nearly any communication. Therefore, it is ONLY for use against foreign targets. Even mentioning the name of a US Citizen that was intercepted from a foreign source is extremely tedious. By turning the NSA against the American people, the government has violated the trust of Americans in the agency.
Situations like this could be potentially disastrous for the American people. Bush has, quite honestly, scared the shit out of me--I knew before that he would attempt to change the law in order to spy on americans (the Patriot Act), but this is a clearcut violation of the law.
Wait...so are you implying that atheists mock Christians?
Yeah, I remember seeing atheists at churches screaming at churchgoers. Oh wait...oops, I was thinking of conservative christians at an abortion clinic. Nvm.
At my school (University of Pennsylvania) there's a major called Digital Media Design. This stresses more of an 'artsy' approach to computers with classes in fine arts as well as a hefty contingent of engineering courses. A bunch of girls in my CSE classes are girls, just not CSE majors. I'd say that over half of the DMD people are girls.
Maybe it's just me, but does it seem like girls aren't majoring in CSE because there are other, more specific majors that may include CSE, but fit their need better?
Sorry, I meant bottom right (just got finished with finals...sleep deprivation is taking its toll). There should be a small orange icon on the bottom right, just below the scrollbar. If you click it, it will bring up a menu. Click "Subscribe to Slashdot RSS feed."
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not...but here's how to do RSS in firefox:
Click the icon on the bottom left, and put it somewhere in your bookmarks (I like to put it on my toolbar). Then, when you click it, you get a list of recently posted stories on slashdot.
However, when you say "Mr. Customer, I can do that for $10,000.00 plus $4,000.00 in services.
Wouldn't you WANT them to buy the proprietary software? More money for you...
I love the concept of Open Source business, but I have trouble envisioning them existing anywhere other than for enterprise-level services. That's not to say OSS won't be used on the desktop--that's already happening with products such as Firefox or OOo. It's just that I would imagine that, at the home-user level, nobody would pay for the service.
Firstly, when I replied to that comment, it hadn't been moderated. My response WAS on-topic: the parent (of the original post) mentioned cooperating with other browsers, and I proposed that the adoption of Firefox's RSS icon wasn't a great change in policy. I apologize if I wasn't clear enough in my original post.
You raise a good point in the second post though, something that I obviously didn't think about. By adopting Firefox's icon, they do lend Firefox a sense of credibility. Hopefully, they'll take the same attitude toward, as you said, web standards.
Your third point may be true as well. According to TFA:
I'm excited to announce that we're adopting the icon used in Firefox. John and Chris were very enthusiastic about allowing us (and anyone in the community) to use their icon. This isn't the first time that we've worked with the Mozilla team to exchange ideas and encourage consistency between browsers, and we're sure it won't be the last.
One thing I'd really like to see RSS-wise in IE-7 is the Live Bookmark feaure from Firefox.
Honestly, I've got high hopes for IE7. As much as it pains me to say it, it looks to be shaping up to be a damn nice browser. Now if they'd just stick Acid2 complience in there....
Collaberating on a 32x32 (if that) bitmap? Call me a cynic, but I don't give a flying fudge. IE needs to actually adopt features that matter. You know, proper CSS implementation comes to mind... This seems like an instance for Microsoft to say "Hey look, we cooperate! I mean goddamn...that's a nice icon!"
Don't get me wrong, I think it's good that they're collaberating, but call me when they cooperate on something functional.
If you couldn't tell, I was being sarcastic about the whole "British v. US" stupidity contest.
Plus, if you couldn't tell, the point of the linked article was that the actual CONTESTANTS were fake as well, not just the premise of the show. The show was advertised AS A HOAX, but the point is that the show isn't a hoax on the contestants--rather, it's a hoax on the viewers. Assuming that you are British, then I guess this adds another point into the British stupidity meter:).
About that...I'm going to start enforcing that soon. So, if anyone who constructs any physical peice of technology could send me a check for $100,000 or so, then that'd save us a whole lot of legal trouble, ok?
That would be one of the worst mistakes that they could make. Google is nearly a household name for internet searches, and I'm sure that there are MANY AOL users that are Google addicts. I'd predict losses in the thousands if they ever tried to pull a stunt like that.
That can apply to any entity, especially political. Let's do an experiment: let's try to apply that to the present administration:
Yeah, they've got WMDs! Let's get 'em!
Hey CIA man, change your report. We need evidence.
We did the right thing! An absence of evidence isn't evidence of abscence!
A long-term withdrawal plan? Ummm....how 'bout the Texas Rangers, eh?
Ummm...it was...the CIA!! You're fired, George Tenet!
Okay, so now we know that Bush is a psychopath. Now, let's consider an eight-year-old boy who takes a candy bar from a store. Is he a psychopath? We'll see...
He tells his mother that he paid for the candy bar
He hides the candybar as he leaves the store, making sure the clerk doesn't know he has it
Goddamn, this is a good candy bar!! And it was so easy!
Ain't no long-term plan here. Take it and eat it.
Bobby made me do it!
All I'm saying is that your definition of a psychopath can be applied to a LOT of things...especially any organized group of people. Try this little excercise with ANY politician. You'll find out that, according to your definition, everyone in politics is a psychopath.
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The very fact that it's in WINE says, to me, that it most likely wasn't intentional. WINE contains no Windows code. Wine is vulnerable. Q.E.D.
That is, of course, unless Microsoft used their 1337 hax0r skillz to sneak a patch into WINE. Which is far-fetched, at best.
Just because the EFF opposes this measure doesn't mean we should all fall into lockstep behind them...
Lots of times, common sense is wrong. Look at quantum mechanics. "Common sense" tells us that there are three dimensions and that matter is completely solid. Not so, however, when one takes a gander at string theory.
Here comes the deluge of South Park "They took our jobs!" quotes...
fp?
No, the issue is that liberties are being taken with regard to surveillance.
The National Security Agency is one of the United States' most powerful weapons, able to intercept nearly any communication. Therefore, it is ONLY for use against foreign targets. Even mentioning the name of a US Citizen that was intercepted from a foreign source is extremely tedious. By turning the NSA against the American people, the government has violated the trust of Americans in the agency.
Situations like this could be potentially disastrous for the American people. Bush has, quite honestly, scared the shit out of me--I knew before that he would attempt to change the law in order to spy on americans (the Patriot Act), but this is a clearcut violation of the law.
Wait...so are you implying that atheists mock Christians?
Yeah, I remember seeing atheists at churches screaming at churchgoers. Oh wait...oops, I was thinking of conservative christians at an abortion clinic. Nvm.
I don't know about that.
At my school (University of Pennsylvania) there's a major called Digital Media Design. This stresses more of an 'artsy' approach to computers with classes in fine arts as well as a hefty contingent of engineering courses. A bunch of girls in my CSE classes are girls, just not CSE majors. I'd say that over half of the DMD people are girls.
Maybe it's just me, but does it seem like girls aren't majoring in CSE because there are other, more specific majors that may include CSE, but fit their need better?
Bullshit. Why the hell is this modded insightful?
No matter how good of parent you are, your kids will still "mess around." You need 100% assurance that they'll be safe.
Wouldn't it work best if tracking is optional? If you want your privacy, you have the choice to keep it. If you have kids, you can track them.
Sorry, I meant bottom right (just got finished with finals...sleep deprivation is taking its toll). There should be a small orange icon on the bottom right, just below the scrollbar. If you click it, it will bring up a menu. Click "Subscribe to Slashdot RSS feed."
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not...but here's how to do RSS in firefox:
Click the icon on the bottom left, and put it somewhere in your bookmarks (I like to put it on my toolbar). Then, when you click it, you get a list of recently posted stories on slashdot.
Yup...looks like Perl.
Wouldn't you WANT them to buy the proprietary software? More money for you...
I love the concept of Open Source business, but I have trouble envisioning them existing anywhere other than for enterprise-level services. That's not to say OSS won't be used on the desktop--that's already happening with products such as Firefox or OOo. It's just that I would imagine that, at the home-user level, nobody would pay for the service.
Thanks! IE7 looks like it'll be pretty nice.
:-).
About the whole "call me" thing...I realize that IE7 will implement many functional improvements. I said that mainly for emphasis
Hopefully, IE7 will live up to what Microsoft claims. It looks like it's shaping up to be a really nice browser.
You raise a good point in the second post though, something that I obviously didn't think about. By adopting Firefox's icon, they do lend Firefox a sense of credibility. Hopefully, they'll take the same attitude toward, as you said, web standards.
Your third point may be true as well. According to TFA:
One thing I'd really like to see RSS-wise in IE-7 is the Live Bookmark feaure from Firefox.
Honestly, I've got high hopes for IE7. As much as it pains me to say it, it looks to be shaping up to be a damn nice browser. Now if they'd just stick Acid2 complience in there....
Hahaha! That was pretty funny, but....it's been 10 days!
Collaberating on a 32x32 (if that) bitmap? Call me a cynic, but I don't give a flying fudge. IE needs to actually adopt features that matter. You know, proper CSS implementation comes to mind... This seems like an instance for Microsoft to say "Hey look, we cooperate! I mean goddamn...that's a nice icon!"
Don't get me wrong, I think it's good that they're collaberating, but call me when they cooperate on something functional.
Rather than "unknowns," the contestants are actors as well. Read the great-great-grandparent's linked article.
If you couldn't tell, I was being sarcastic about the whole "British v. US" stupidity contest.
:).
Plus, if you couldn't tell, the point of the linked article was that the actual CONTESTANTS were fake as well, not just the premise of the show. The show was advertised AS A HOAX, but the point is that the show isn't a hoax on the contestants--rather, it's a hoax on the viewers. Assuming that you are British, then I guess this adds another point into the British stupidity meter
We're still holding on strong. The whole thing, including the cadets, is a huge hoax on us, the viewers. Though the brits fell for this one too, so we'll call it even.
From the About the Show page. These people must really be dumb...
*checks off Tom Delay's name*
Okay, there's his gift...if I get a tie for dad and a shirt for mom, I should be dandy.
Sorry, you're violating my patent on "Devices."
About that...I'm going to start enforcing that soon. So, if anyone who constructs any physical peice of technology could send me a check for $100,000 or so, then that'd save us a whole lot of legal trouble, ok?
That would be one of the worst mistakes that they could make. Google is nearly a household name for internet searches, and I'm sure that there are MANY AOL users that are Google addicts. I'd predict losses in the thousands if they ever tried to pull a stunt like that.
Okay, so now we know that Bush is a psychopath. Now, let's consider an eight-year-old boy who takes a candy bar from a store. Is he a psychopath? We'll see...
All I'm saying is that your definition of a psychopath can be applied to a LOT of things...especially any organized group of people. Try this little excercise with ANY politician. You'll find out that, according to your definition, everyone in politics is a psychopath.