The program, sold for just 1.79 pounds in the online Apple store,
I think the most interesting part of this story is how they managed to write a piece of software that weighs so much. I think my modem would choke if I tried to force 1.79 pounds of data through it.
Calling your tools "sophisticated" just because they use the latest buzzwords seems rather deceptive to me. Hell, there's something very fishy about promoting your research in that way.
Wow, this story has been up for nearly an hour and there's still no comments?
No, posting wasn't working properly for the first hour or so because of slashdot's shitty code. As you probably discovered if you refreshed the article page after you hit "submit" and found that your comment had not been posted yet.
...which they humbly declare 'a sophisticated new Twitter-based research tool that combines data mining, social network analysis and crowdsourcing to uncover deceptive tactics and misinformation...
Deceptive tactics such as combining data mining, social network analysis and crowdsourcing?
...which they humbly declare 'a sophisticated new Twitter-based research tool that combines data mining, social network analysis and crowdsourcing to uncover deceptive tactics and misinformation...
Deceptive tactics, such as using data mining, social network analysis and crowdsourcing?
Can't see how it could be worse than the absolutely awful mess the Facebook 'API' is.
You can't? This is Slashdot. If they develop APIs the same way they mangle HTML and destroy any kind of editorial process, I believe that slashdot could do a lot worse than Facebook.
If the Facebook API doesn't care about developers, then a Slashdot API would immediately infect developers with the bubonic pague.
There's presently no Slashdot API but there really should be. Slashdot supports OpenID logins, but not the outbound usage of Slashdot user accounts on other sites. Really not keeping up with the times.
I'd be happy if slashdot used HTML that worked properly. Given the level of incompetence among the "developers" at slashdot (do they actually exist?) do you really want them to start messing around with APIs?
Finally, the difference is that they lay to rest the idea that nobody will pay for the development of something unless they get a huge return on investment.
Which non-insane person made this claim in the first place? Most people operate this way normally. Do you expect a massive return on investment when you buy your car? No, you usually expect it to cost money. Yet people still buy cars, because they are useful.
This just seems like a straw-man argument.
They dispel the notion that nobody except super rich corporations can create this kind of computer animation.
Once again, nobody was under the illusion that this wasn't the case. Another straw-man.
They prove that a group of ordinary people will fund something cool for no reason except that it is cool.
Why does this have to be proven? Everybody knows this. Have you never studied the history of art at all? Or ever been involved in society on more than a superficial level? I'm not sure why this Blender project was necessary to "prove" the obvious. It's just one of countless such projects.
I think the point being made by the GP is that if government was kept to its proper place, you wouldn't have favorable treatment, or government contracts.
So, if you didn't have government contracts, then how would the government purchase the things it needs to run, like employees, paper, computers, facilities, weapons, etc? Are you proposing that the government create all this stuff by itself (some sort of Communism, I guess) so it doesn't have to rely on private parties? Or are you suggesting that there should be no government whatsoever?
The idea that less regulation leads to less favoritism towards corporations is qiute bizarre. Without regulation, what's to stop politicians outright awarding money to their business buddies/cronies?
Man were in fact released "before their time", namely they were released with technology that wasn't really mature enough to actually work correctly(such as the power glove which essentially uses the same motion tracking technology as the wii but said technology simply wasn't ready until recently)
But they weren't ahead of their time in any way. They were exactly of their time. Your example is untrue - the power glove does not use the "same motion technology as the Wii," it uses a much earlier incarnation.
By that logic we should stop allowing private ownership of knives.
By what logic? The post you were replying to said nothing, and had nothing at all to do with the legality of carrying weapons or tools. It was solely focused on threats. It's like you have some sort of pathological condition where you must insert completely irrelevant statements.
The title given to this slashdot story is weird on a couple of levels. Firstly, these devices weren't released "before their time," they were released at precisely their time. Moreover, "retro" refers to exactly the opposite of something that is ahead of its time, it refers to something that is a throwback to an earlier time.
How so? I don't think the Tea Party has changed anything, except for a few Republican seats in the short term. There has been no actual impact on governance or the way the country is run.
So forget popular protest. If you want to make a difference or change the world, buy a newspaper.
Even that's unlikely to be effective. Rupert Murdoch is obviously the most influential person using this technique. He's certainly gotten a lot of attention, most recently with the stirring up of the "Tea Party" stuff. But despite the noise, that's not going to change the world.
The world still works the same way - companies go where the money is, people fear change, people want security and stability, and people also don't want to be ruled by exremism - whether it be extreme religious doctrine, communist, anarchist, libertarian or corporatist doctrine.
The same argument could have been made against the civil rights movement in the 60s. The author would have argued that as the NCAAP was using the telephone to organize rather than meeting always face to face drinking pints at the local as the Sons of Liberty did, that Dr. King was doomed to fail because his network relied on telephone calls and so was too loose.
That would be a pretty stupid argument, because the NCAAP used the telephone to facilitate face-to-face meetings and community involvement. The modern "social network," not so much. There's almost no concept of "community" in those structures, and it's mostly virtual.
Corporations are the creatures of government. They have no actual power.
So, without government, organizations that concentrate wealth, power and resources, would have no power? That doesn't make a lot of sense. Both history and contemporary experience show the opposite.
Warning: this article may contain humor, sarcasm, parody, and perhaps even irony. Read at your own risk.
Oh, were you being sarcastic and actually mean that without government holding them in check, non-government powers would rape the the average person to death?
The activist organizations that accomplish anything are either on the Right, funded by big business, or church-based. Or they're purely self-interested, like gun owners and gays.
A parent shouldnt have to make a choice for a 5 year old between being a sociopath and a bubble boy.
What are you saying here? That if a parent doesn't let their child play Lego Universe, they will become a sociopath? Why the false dichotomy?
In fact the free speech right is on LEGO's side. Its their content and their right to make editorial decisions about how their game should function.
Did I say anything about Lego not having the right to publish this game the way it is? That has nothing to do with the issue.
It is my right to say that it's a terrible game that nobody should let their children near.
This is not an adult MMO it is specifically designed for kids. Mmos are part of life now, and there should be some kid friendly ones.
And it's designed badly. It's designed in a way that is not good for children, that stifles their natural creativity and learning. As for MMOs being "part of life" I believe that it is actually possible to get through life as an intelligent, well-adjusted person without playing one.
Should we also be encouraging children to spend hours in front of the TV at a young age, because TV is "part of life"? The very nature of the game is that it requires constant repetitive actions to receive virtual rewards. If a child is to get anywhere in it, they are going to spend a long time playing. They have far better things to do than waste their time on this.
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They probably won't get Windows 7 until they buy a new computer.
But it's quite likely that they won't be buying a new machine with Windows 7, but a Mac instead.
The program, sold for just 1.79 pounds in the online Apple store,
I think the most interesting part of this story is how they managed to write a piece of software that weighs so much. I think my modem would choke if I tried to force 1.79 pounds of data through it.
Calling your tools "sophisticated" just because they use the latest buzzwords seems rather deceptive to me. Hell, there's something very fishy about promoting your research in that way.
Wow, this story has been up for nearly an hour and there's still no comments?
No, posting wasn't working properly for the first hour or so because of slashdot's shitty code. As you probably discovered if you refreshed the article page after you hit "submit" and found that your comment had not been posted yet.
Yeah, but you know that people are just going to distribute bootleg tapes of the live cracking sessions anyway.
...which they humbly declare 'a sophisticated new Twitter-based research tool that combines data mining, social network analysis and crowdsourcing to uncover deceptive tactics and misinformation...
Deceptive tactics such as combining data mining, social network analysis and crowdsourcing?
...which they humbly declare 'a sophisticated new Twitter-based research tool that combines data mining, social network analysis and crowdsourcing to uncover deceptive tactics and misinformation...
Deceptive tactics, such as using data mining, social network analysis and crowdsourcing?
Can't see how it could be worse than the absolutely awful mess the Facebook 'API' is.
You can't? This is Slashdot. If they develop APIs the same way they mangle HTML and destroy any kind of editorial process, I believe that slashdot could do a lot worse than Facebook.
If the Facebook API doesn't care about developers, then a Slashdot API would immediately infect developers with the bubonic pague.
There's presently no Slashdot API but there really should be. Slashdot supports OpenID logins, but not the outbound usage of Slashdot user accounts on other sites. Really not keeping up with the times.
I'd be happy if slashdot used HTML that worked properly. Given the level of incompetence among the "developers" at slashdot (do they actually exist?) do you really want them to start messing around with APIs?
Finally, the difference is that they lay to rest the idea that nobody will pay for the development of something unless they get a huge return on investment.
Which non-insane person made this claim in the first place? Most people operate this way normally. Do you expect a massive return on investment when you buy your car? No, you usually expect it to cost money. Yet people still buy cars, because they are useful.
This just seems like a straw-man argument.
They dispel the notion that nobody except super rich corporations can create this kind of computer animation.
Once again, nobody was under the illusion that this wasn't the case. Another straw-man.
They prove that a group of ordinary people will fund something cool for no reason except that it is cool.
Why does this have to be proven? Everybody knows this. Have you never studied the history of art at all? Or ever been involved in society on more than a superficial level? I'm not sure why this Blender project was necessary to "prove" the obvious. It's just one of countless such projects.
I think the point being made by the GP is that if government was kept to its proper place, you wouldn't have favorable treatment, or government contracts.
So, if you didn't have government contracts, then how would the government purchase the things it needs to run, like employees, paper, computers, facilities, weapons, etc? Are you proposing that the government create all this stuff by itself (some sort of Communism, I guess) so it doesn't have to rely on private parties? Or are you suggesting that there should be no government whatsoever?
The idea that less regulation leads to less favoritism towards corporations is qiute bizarre. Without regulation, what's to stop politicians outright awarding money to their business buddies/cronies?
Man were in fact released "before their time", namely they were released with technology that wasn't really mature enough to actually work correctly(such as the power glove which essentially uses the same motion tracking technology as the wii but said technology simply wasn't ready until recently)
But they weren't ahead of their time in any way. They were exactly of their time. Your example is untrue - the power glove does not use the "same motion technology as the Wii," it uses a much earlier incarnation.
By that logic we should stop allowing private ownership of knives.
By what logic? The post you were replying to said nothing, and had nothing at all to do with the legality of carrying weapons or tools. It was solely focused on threats. It's like you have some sort of pathological condition where you must insert completely irrelevant statements.
The title given to this slashdot story is weird on a couple of levels. Firstly, these devices weren't released "before their time," they were released at precisely their time. Moreover, "retro" refers to exactly the opposite of something that is ahead of its time, it refers to something that is a throwback to an earlier time.
Tea Party is having quite an impact I would say.
How so? I don't think the Tea Party has changed anything, except for a few Republican seats in the short term. There has been no actual impact on governance or the way the country is run.
So forget popular protest. If you want to make a difference or change the world, buy a newspaper.
Even that's unlikely to be effective. Rupert Murdoch is obviously the most influential person using this technique. He's certainly gotten a lot of attention, most recently with the stirring up of the "Tea Party" stuff. But despite the noise, that's not going to change the world.
The world still works the same way - companies go where the money is, people fear change, people want security and stability, and people also don't want to be ruled by exremism - whether it be extreme religious doctrine, communist, anarchist, libertarian or corporatist doctrine.
Take it down a notch for America.
It is shunned by the MSM and derogatorily referred to as "teabaggers" by many
Fox News is the biggest "MSM" outlet in the USA, and ardently supports the Tea Party. How is that being "shunned" by the mainstream media?
At least in America, there will be no bloodless revolution, and anything that pretends to be such is clearly a sham.
Actually, a lack of bloodshed in America would be a wonderful revolution.
The same argument could have been made against the civil rights movement in the 60s. The author would have argued that as the NCAAP was using the telephone to organize rather than meeting always face to face drinking pints at the local as the Sons of Liberty did, that Dr. King was doomed to fail because his network relied on telephone calls and so was too loose.
That would be a pretty stupid argument, because the NCAAP used the telephone to facilitate face-to-face meetings and community involvement. The modern "social network," not so much. There's almost no concept of "community" in those structures, and it's mostly virtual.
Corporations are the creatures of government. They have no actual power.
So, without government, organizations that concentrate wealth, power and resources, would have no power? That doesn't make a lot of sense. Both history and contemporary experience show the opposite.
Warning: this article may contain humor, sarcasm, parody, and perhaps even irony. Read at your own risk.
Oh, were you being sarcastic and actually mean that without government holding them in check, non-government powers would rape the the average person to death?
The activist organizations that accomplish anything are either on the Right, funded by big business, or church-based. Or they're purely self-interested, like gun owners and gays.
What about the gay gun owners who go to church?
How soon is now?
I saw the remake of Clash of the Titans
Why?
Don't you mean Return, bitch?
A parent shouldnt have to make a choice for a 5 year old between being a sociopath and a bubble boy.
What are you saying here? That if a parent doesn't let their child play Lego Universe, they will become a sociopath? Why the false dichotomy?
In fact the free speech right is on LEGO's side. Its their content and their right to make editorial decisions about how their game should function.
Did I say anything about Lego not having the right to publish this game the way it is? That has nothing to do with the issue.
It is my right to say that it's a terrible game that nobody should let their children near.
This is not an adult MMO it is specifically designed for kids. Mmos are part of life now, and there should be some
kid friendly ones.
And it's designed badly. It's designed in a way that is not good for children, that stifles their natural creativity and learning. As for MMOs being "part of life" I believe that it is actually possible to get through life as an intelligent, well-adjusted person without playing one.
Should we also be encouraging children to spend hours in front of the TV at a young age, because TV is "part of life"? The very nature of the game is that it requires constant repetitive actions to receive virtual rewards. If a child is to get anywhere in it, they are going to spend a long time playing. They have far better things to do than waste their time on this.