I don't think that is what that clause means. It's talking about economic impact in terms of lost sales - not political damage from having the work heard. If that were the case, you wouldn't be allowed to quote a single line by a journalist in such a way as to make them look like a jackass, or discredit their writing.
In this case, it doesn't seem likely that Spocko's readers would be listening to the show anyway, so there doesn't seem to be much potential for lost listenership.
Yes, it does. You now have good reason to believe these people aren't actual Christians.
Wrong. Christians are allowed to be evil. After all, Christianity tells us that everybody is a sinner. So, just because somebody might not be a good Christian, doesn't mean they aren't Christian. You can be a mass-murdering sociopath and still be Christian. As long as you accept Jesus, you're a Christian, no matter how vile and sinful you may be.
Don't blame religion. Blame people. People do this stuff. They may do it in the name of religion or in the name of their own greed, but it's still the people who are doing it.
Blaming religion is blaming people. Because people made religion, you see. What's wrong with blaming one of the worst tools/institutions that humans have ever created? Keep in mind that blaming religion is about blaming the way people use religion.
Huh? Bothe religions teach that there is only one God. And why couldn't God have multiple personalities for each of the different faiths? Kind of like someone with multiple slashdot accounts. After all, he is believed to be omnipresent and omnipotent, and even humans easily present themselves differently to different social audiences. Should be no problem for God.
No shit! I already kn ew that. It is still not a valid reason for redefining "kilo" as 1024. Kilo means 1000, not "around about 1000." Aren't scientists and engineers supposed to be precise?
So what? "Kilo" does not refer to 2^10. It refers to 1000, and is a base 10 modifier.
Which is my point. Addressing of data is done in base two, not base ten.
So what? How does accurately using "kilo" prevent you from addressing data in base two?
The switch to base ten, was a marketing tactic of the hard drive manufacturers. It is dishonest and deliberately misleading.
So, then why do other standards, like network throughput, refer to kilo as 1000, and not 1024? And if the industry had used the prefix correctly in the first place, then HD manufacturers would not be able to get away with this "trick." The industry has only itself to blame for muddying the waters and allowing this to happen.
It's that way today, and it was that way twenty years ago.
In other words, not a real standard. If the whole building industry redefined a metre to match the most common length of lumber they use, then they would be wrong too, and should reform their practice. Just because a bunch of people do it, does not make it right. I think we should strive to improve ourselves, not get stuck in old habits.
Nah, your ignoring how people use/. I bet if there was a poll taken, or maybe the/. admins could tell us, that we would find most people filter at 0 or 1. That is the result of the voting and filtering system.
But the posts are still available if one chooses to see them. Nothing about freedom of speech says that I must read your speech, or that slashdot is obligated to publish them. The fact that they are not deleted, but just modded down makes slashdot far more open than the majority of forums, which do delete posts.
Sure, there's potential coolness. My point is that, contrary to the GP's post - slashdot has not been fawning over this idea, just because it's from Apple. And it has no relation to past controversies over privacy in Pentium chips, etc. Maybe it has privacy or security implications. If so, then let's discuss those rationally.
It seems much more common for people to whine about slashdot bias whenever an Apple story is posted, than it is for people to uncritically praise everything Apple does. Not to mention that times have changed a lot. Very few people call Microsoft "evil" these days, even on slashdot. It's more likely that they get accused of being boring, or just fail to raise any interest.
Maybe, but if so, Linux does not have the features *I* want. Example: where's Spotlight in Linux?
You must be the only Mac user I have heard of that likes Spotlight. I keep asking "where's my regular old search, instead of this crap that barely works?"
This is, I think, because if anyone so much as mentions ANYTHING which implies complete and utter freedom of information is wrong, mods go bananas and suppress the post.
FUCKING ironic, isn't it?
No, it's not ironic at all. Even if your posts are moderated down to -3, slashdot users can still read what you have to say. Your post is not deleted. You are free to say what you like on slashdot, and others are free to mod you up or down. Total freedom.
This is a lot better than most forums, where posts get deleted if they don't agree with a moderator's sensibilities. Even if slashdot DID delete your posts, there's nothing wrong with that - because slashdot is a privately-owned forum. You still have your freedom to say what you want, but slashdot is under no obligation to publish it. Slashdot is not preventing you from saying the same thing in a letter to your local newspaper - or to say it while walking down the street.
However, you seem to be arguing for legal restrictions on what can be published - and using the threat of law to remove such speech from people's own private or public forums. Now that is a restriction on freedom of the press. Being modded down on slashdot is not.
I remember when the Pentium III came out, and everybody freaked out because it had built-in serial number identification that were supposed to destroy your privacy.
I don't remember everybody freaking out. That would surely make the world news, and lead to civil chaos, if the entire population of the planet started "freaking out." I don't remember anybody freaking out, actually. A few people raised some privacy concerns, yes. Not the same thing as everybody freaking out.
Now "They" will know where you are, but since it's Apple, slashdot puts a nice happy spin on it.
Actually, the majority of the posts so far are talking about ways this could be abused, and a sprinkling of "Apple is teh suck" posts. I haven't yet seen anyone on slashdot say it is "cool" or put a happy spin on it.
Nope. Kilo is NOT defined as 1000. Kilo is only defined in conjuction with metres,liters,grams,.... in the SI-system as a 1000 units.
Which is what I said. It should have been pretty obvious I was talking about 1000 units as a modifier.
In conjuction with Byte, it has been defined as 1024 units, since at least the sixties.
By who? And why? It makes no sense, and has never been an established standard. Just a stupid quirk that some idiots decided to use to screw with the rest of the scientific world.
The idea is that carbon use in our economy would route its way to those who would generate the highest marginal profit from it (allowing society to benefit the most from the least amount of carbon)
See, here's where all this free market philosophy falls apart. Profits are very different from benefit to society. Some of the most profitable industries are the worst for society (for example, diamond mining and coffee growing that relies on exploitation, child labor and violence). In contrast, some of the least profitable industries are the most beneficial to humans.
I just don't understand how profit can be equated with social benefit. They tend to be antithetical to each other. By making a larger profit, you are hoarding resources which could be used more effectively by someone else, in order to consolidate your own power/lifestyle at the expense of others.
Several years ago, I tried encoding 320kbps MP3s of Dark Side of the Moon into 320kbps OGGs. One frequent cymbal sound was VERY noticeably changed.
Perhaps with that particular recording, but in general most people wouldn't notice. See the reply above. Something like Dark Side of the Moon is a bit different than the low-dynamic-range recordings we typically get today in popular music.
Because recompressed files are perfectly acceptable to most people, who wouldn't even notice the difference. Only a miniscule number of people would find it "unacceptable." And most of them probably couldn't hear the difference anyway - it's all ego like those "Monster Cables" and other shit that appeals to "audiophiles."
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More like a box of matches that spontaneously ignites.
In this case, it doesn't seem likely that Spocko's readers would be listening to the show anyway, so there doesn't seem to be much potential for lost listenership.
WTF?
Not all, but a very large minority.
Wrong. Christians are allowed to be evil. After all, Christianity tells us that everybody is a sinner. So, just because somebody might not be a good Christian, doesn't mean they aren't Christian. You can be a mass-murdering sociopath and still be Christian. As long as you accept Jesus, you're a Christian, no matter how vile and sinful you may be.
Blaming religion is blaming people. Because people made religion, you see. What's wrong with blaming one of the worst tools/institutions that humans have ever created? Keep in mind that blaming religion is about blaming the way people use religion.
Huh? Bothe religions teach that there is only one God. And why couldn't God have multiple personalities for each of the different faiths? Kind of like someone with multiple slashdot accounts. After all, he is believed to be omnipresent and omnipotent, and even humans easily present themselves differently to different social audiences. Should be no problem for God.
No shit! I already kn ew that. It is still not a valid reason for redefining "kilo" as 1024. Kilo means 1000, not "around about 1000." Aren't scientists and engineers supposed to be precise?
You actually freaked out? Like, you ran down the street tearing your clothes off, or trying to scratch your eyeballs out or something?
Your penis gets spam? Damn it must hurt if you put it through a filter.
So what? "Kilo" does not refer to 2^10. It refers to 1000, and is a base 10 modifier.
Which is my point. Addressing of data is done in base two, not base ten.So what? How does accurately using "kilo" prevent you from addressing data in base two?
The switch to base ten, was a marketing tactic of the hard drive manufacturers. It is dishonest and deliberately misleading.So, then why do other standards, like network throughput, refer to kilo as 1000, and not 1024? And if the industry had used the prefix correctly in the first place, then HD manufacturers would not be able to get away with this "trick." The industry has only itself to blame for muddying the waters and allowing this to happen.
It's that way today, and it was that way twenty years ago.That's actually a 1 GiB chip, not a 1GB chip.
In other words, not a real standard. If the whole building industry redefined a metre to match the most common length of lumber they use, then they would be wrong too, and should reform their practice. Just because a bunch of people do it, does not make it right. I think we should strive to improve ourselves, not get stuck in old habits.
But the posts are still available if one chooses to see them. Nothing about freedom of speech says that I must read your speech, or that slashdot is obligated to publish them. The fact that they are not deleted, but just modded down makes slashdot far more open than the majority of forums, which do delete posts.
If she's merely a starlet, isn't it probable that this is all just a publicity stunt to help thrust herself into full-blown stardom?
It seems much more common for people to whine about slashdot bias whenever an Apple story is posted, than it is for people to uncritically praise everything Apple does. Not to mention that times have changed a lot. Very few people call Microsoft "evil" these days, even on slashdot. It's more likely that they get accused of being boring, or just fail to raise any interest.
You must be the only Mac user I have heard of that likes Spotlight. I keep asking "where's my regular old search, instead of this crap that barely works?"
No, it's not ironic at all. Even if your posts are moderated down to -3, slashdot users can still read what you have to say. Your post is not deleted. You are free to say what you like on slashdot, and others are free to mod you up or down. Total freedom.
This is a lot better than most forums, where posts get deleted if they don't agree with a moderator's sensibilities. Even if slashdot DID delete your posts, there's nothing wrong with that - because slashdot is a privately-owned forum. You still have your freedom to say what you want, but slashdot is under no obligation to publish it. Slashdot is not preventing you from saying the same thing in a letter to your local newspaper - or to say it while walking down the street.
However, you seem to be arguing for legal restrictions on what can be published - and using the threat of law to remove such speech from people's own private or public forums. Now that is a restriction on freedom of the press. Being modded down on slashdot is not.
I don't remember everybody freaking out. That would surely make the world news, and lead to civil chaos, if the entire population of the planet started "freaking out." I don't remember anybody freaking out, actually. A few people raised some privacy concerns, yes. Not the same thing as everybody freaking out.
Now "They" will know where you are, but since it's Apple, slashdot puts a nice happy spin on it.Actually, the majority of the posts so far are talking about ways this could be abused, and a sprinkling of "Apple is teh suck" posts. I haven't yet seen anyone on slashdot say it is "cool" or put a happy spin on it.
It is? Who said that?
How do I type if I'm hanging in the air? And isn't this Mac-user-levitation technology a bigger story than boring old GPS?
Which is what I said. It should have been pretty obvious I was talking about 1000 units as a modifier.
In conjuction with Byte, it has been defined as 1024 units, since at least the sixties.By who? And why? It makes no sense, and has never been an established standard. Just a stupid quirk that some idiots decided to use to screw with the rest of the scientific world.
See, here's where all this free market philosophy falls apart. Profits are very different from benefit to society. Some of the most profitable industries are the worst for society (for example, diamond mining and coffee growing that relies on exploitation, child labor and violence). In contrast, some of the least profitable industries are the most beneficial to humans.
I just don't understand how profit can be equated with social benefit. They tend to be antithetical to each other. By making a larger profit, you are hoarding resources which could be used more effectively by someone else, in order to consolidate your own power/lifestyle at the expense of others.
Exactly. So why the need for this 1024 shit? You're already talking about units in multiples of what's "native" to the machine/software.
Perhaps with that particular recording, but in general most people wouldn't notice. See the reply above. Something like Dark Side of the Moon is a bit different than the low-dynamic-range recordings we typically get today in popular music.
Because recompressed files are perfectly acceptable to most people, who wouldn't even notice the difference. Only a miniscule number of people would find it "unacceptable." And most of them probably couldn't hear the difference anyway - it's all ego like those "Monster Cables" and other shit that appeals to "audiophiles."