Slashdot is hosted in the US, isn't it? As such, I find it inappropriate to conduct April Fools until it is properly April 1 in the time zone the main server is located at, just as I will not prank anyone until midnight, local time.
*Hopefull* those kind of scams are all that's out there. But if I were a phisher, I'd just set up a site with exactly the same html as, say, a large bank's online service, and let people login to my site (which happens to be hosted at an address very similar to the real one).
That way I could take exactly the information you expect to give, and still have access to your money. Now, consider this: how do most people find their banking website? Well, either google or a bookmark, probably, unless it's a very easy address to remember. Now, google can be tricked/bombed, and I'm sure someone could write a worm/virus/trojan (not sure which it would have to be) to go into your bookmarks and replace all instances of www.bankingonline.com to www.bankingonile.com. Before it got found out, I'm sure a lot of money would just vanish.
Copyright law was not written to prevent people from "making a buck." It's to prevent people from taking a buck away from the copyright holder. This book sounds like it's perfectly within the boundaries of fair use.
Ah, but a good game guide could speed up a player's progress in WoW, which means fewer months of subscription fees for Blizzard. Therefore, he is taking money away from them.
Well apparently Blizzard kept issuing complaints to Ebay that resulted in the guy being unable to sell any of his guides there. So arguably they were harassing him out of court, and he's decided to go to court to protect himself.
Why wouldn't his beef be with Ebay though? They're the ones that made the actual decision. I would think that Blizzard has a right to complain to Ebay, who can then say either "oh, you're right, we'll take it down" or "looks fine, it's staying". So...why sue Blizzard but not Ebay?
Seems hazy if an author should be allowed to submit a story to/. about his own project.
Why? Especially if it's free, useful, and applicable, I can't think of a better story. Why does it matter if he submits it instead of me? A little bit of karma is all he's gaining.
Props to the creator of this thing. Very nice indeed.
Because sometimes big things are easier to simulate then small things. We don't know too much about how sub-atomic particles behave, but we can easily simulate a bunch of ball bearings (which are made of those sub-atomic particles, just like viruses are made of proteins.)
If you have first-hand knowledge of a crime, you can be called as a witness. You don't get to name yourself as a source, even if you are a journalist. If your knowledge is secondhand, you can't testify because it's hersay.
First off, most people stopped thinking of the Russians as the bad guys a couple decades ago. Second, carriers are not meant to be used alone - they're the largest ship in a fleet of other ships, typically, with various purposes, often to prevent the kind of attacks you're talking about. Third, your logic is entirely flawed. Nuclear bombs will easily take out tanks, ships, cities, etc. but we still build them, don't we?
I wasn't disagreeing of his assesment of the stock, just pointing out the flaw in his comment that it was worth only what someone else will pay him for it. In a very real sense, the only real value of something is what others are willing to pay for it. True for stocks, labour, goods, services, etc. To criticize google's stock for that is rather silly. His other criticisms very quite valid.
Maybe I missed something, but this doesn't really look like flamebait, and I think that's a fairly harsh mod for what appears to be a simple (if badly worded) question.
We've been struggling with Linux exploits since its birth, too. Shall we "drop the turkey" every time a new Linux exploit pops up, too, or should we acknowledge that it's a complicated piece of software whose security generally improves as it matures? I thought so.
We've been struggling with Windows exploits since its birth, too, and most of the/. community does advocate dropping it. Is it not equally complex?
See, that's what I thought, until I got complaints from the girlfriend for not getting her sexy underthings for HER birthday. Colour me confused but pleased.
Generally speaking, the only grounds for which they can't discriminate against you are race, gender, and age, and, in a few states and communities, sexual orientation.
And, as most people who've looked for housing will know, landlords very commonly discriminate for gender and age, even going so far as to post it on the ads. Ever seen "looking for tenant, no college students" or "women prefered"?
Actually, Phantom is a perfect choice for HD-DVD - it's big, it's a spectacle, it's full of over-the-top sound and video. It's the kind of movie you should really see in a theatre because it's just so BIG. And watching it in high def will at least give some of that feel.
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Personally, I saw it in the theatre, on acid. Hell of a good time, though for the first half I was convinced the Phantom was just a manifestation of Christine's dark desires. Needless to say, I was a bit confused for a minute there.
The part of your opinion that I disagree with is suggesting that showing an orgy where there might be nipples is somehow equivalent to showing someone actually dying. If you have a morality system where consensual sex and the death of a human being are even close to the same, that's just screwed up.
I just watched the clip, and I'm absolutely and completely shocked at what people in the US get absolutely and completely shocked about.
How people can justify the censorship of kids getting to second base but allow showing gruesome war movies, I will never know. Because violence is natural and sex is an abomination, right? Sheesh.
Many times I am asked for an ID. When this happens, my hopes elevate, but alas, the signature goes undetected.
You do realize that people are checking your ID becuase your signature doesn't match, right? Whenever I see a sig that doesn't look quite right, I just ask for ID. If that matches, I don't give a shit about your sig. I've verified that it's you, and that's good enough for me and my employer.
But the thing is, I don't mind google having all that info on me. Not one bit. Because I know all they want it for is to make money. The government, on the other hand, I don't trust one bit, cause their intentions are nowhere near as simple or honest.
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The problem is, 9/10 times it ends "Then you lose" instead.
Slashdot is hosted in the US, isn't it? As such, I find it inappropriate to conduct April Fools until it is properly April 1 in the time zone the main server is located at, just as I will not prank anyone until midnight, local time.
*Hopefull* those kind of scams are all that's out there. But if I were a phisher, I'd just set up a site with exactly the same html as, say, a large bank's online service, and let people login to my site (which happens to be hosted at an address very similar to the real one).
That way I could take exactly the information you expect to give, and still have access to your money. Now, consider this: how do most people find their banking website? Well, either google or a bookmark, probably, unless it's a very easy address to remember. Now, google can be tricked/bombed, and I'm sure someone could write a worm/virus/trojan (not sure which it would have to be) to go into your bookmarks and replace all instances of www.bankingonline.com to www.bankingonile.com. Before it got found out, I'm sure a lot of money would just vanish.
Ah, thank you. I didn't know how Ebay handles this stuff, and given that they do it that way, his action is logical.
Copyright law was not written to prevent people from "making a buck." It's to prevent people from taking a buck away from the copyright holder. This book sounds like it's perfectly within the boundaries of fair use.
Ah, but a good game guide could speed up a player's progress in WoW, which means fewer months of subscription fees for Blizzard. Therefore, he is taking money away from them.
No, I'm not serious.
Yes, Blizzard might be thinking this very thing.
Well apparently Blizzard kept issuing complaints to Ebay that resulted in the guy being unable to sell any of his guides there. So arguably they were harassing him out of court, and he's decided to go to court to protect himself.
Why wouldn't his beef be with Ebay though? They're the ones that made the actual decision. I would think that Blizzard has a right to complain to Ebay, who can then say either "oh, you're right, we'll take it down" or "looks fine, it's staying". So...why sue Blizzard but not Ebay?
Seems hazy if an author should be allowed to submit a story to /. about his own project.
Why? Especially if it's free, useful, and applicable, I can't think of a better story. Why does it matter if he submits it instead of me? A little bit of karma is all he's gaining.
Props to the creator of this thing. Very nice indeed.
Because sometimes big things are easier to simulate then small things. We don't know too much about how sub-atomic particles behave, but we can easily simulate a bunch of ball bearings (which are made of those sub-atomic particles, just like viruses are made of proteins.)
If you have first-hand knowledge of a crime, you can be called as a witness. You don't get to name yourself as a source, even if you are a journalist. If your knowledge is secondhand, you can't testify because it's hersay.
I imagine the single largest cost would be training.
First off, most people stopped thinking of the Russians as the bad guys a couple decades ago. Second, carriers are not meant to be used alone - they're the largest ship in a fleet of other ships, typically, with various purposes, often to prevent the kind of attacks you're talking about. Third, your logic is entirely flawed. Nuclear bombs will easily take out tanks, ships, cities, etc. but we still build them, don't we?
Rape isn't funny. Death isn't funny. Murder isn't funny. Theft isn't funny. Nazis aren't funny. Bananas aren't funny. Knocking on doors isn't funny. Marriage isn't funny. Divorce isn't funny. Zombies aren't funny. Religion isn't funny. Sports aren't funny. People walking into bars isn't funny. Chickens crossing roads isn't funny.
JOKES ABOUT THEM ARE. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CALLED JOKES.
Sorry for the shouting. Clueless people raise my blood pressure.
I wasn't disagreeing of his assesment of the stock, just pointing out the flaw in his comment that it was worth only what someone else will pay him for it. In a very real sense, the only real value of something is what others are willing to pay for it. True for stocks, labour, goods, services, etc. To criticize google's stock for that is rather silly. His other criticisms very quite valid.
Their stock price is inflated beyond belief and worth only as much as someone will pay me.
Kind of like...oh, anything else that you own or produce?
Maybe I missed something, but this doesn't really look like flamebait, and I think that's a fairly harsh mod for what appears to be a simple (if badly worded) question.
We've been struggling with Linux exploits since its birth, too. Shall we "drop the turkey" every time a new Linux exploit pops up, too, or should we acknowledge that it's a complicated piece of software whose security generally improves as it matures? I thought so.
/. community does advocate dropping it. Is it not equally complex?
We've been struggling with Windows exploits since its birth, too, and most of the
And now watch my karma vanish in an instant.
See, that's what I thought, until I got complaints from the girlfriend for not getting her sexy underthings for HER birthday. Colour me confused but pleased.
/.ers have wives and girlfriends, who do wear bras. They're going after the "hmm, I think I'll buy my wife some sexy underwear" market.
As a dope smoker, I can attest that my judgement has never been impacted quite *that* severely.
Generally speaking, the only grounds for which they can't discriminate against you are race, gender, and age, and, in a few states and communities, sexual orientation.
And, as most people who've looked for housing will know, landlords very commonly discriminate for gender and age, even going so far as to post it on the ads. Ever seen "looking for tenant, no college students" or "women prefered"?
But Phantom of the Freakin' Opera?! WTF
Actually, Phantom is a perfect choice for HD-DVD - it's big, it's a spectacle, it's full of over-the-top sound and video. It's the kind of movie you should really see in a theatre because it's just so BIG. And watching it in high def will at least give some of that feel.
br> Personally, I saw it in the theatre, on acid. Hell of a good time, though for the first half I was convinced the Phantom was just a manifestation of Christine's dark desires. Needless to say, I was a bit confused for a minute there.
The part of your opinion that I disagree with is suggesting that showing an orgy where there might be nipples is somehow equivalent to showing someone actually dying. If you have a morality system where consensual sex and the death of a human being are even close to the same, that's just screwed up.
I just watched the clip, and I'm absolutely and completely shocked at what people in the US get absolutely and completely shocked about.
How people can justify the censorship of kids getting to second base but allow showing gruesome war movies, I will never know. Because violence is natural and sex is an abomination, right? Sheesh.
Many times I am asked for an ID. When this happens, my hopes elevate, but alas, the signature goes undetected.
You do realize that people are checking your ID becuase your signature doesn't match, right? Whenever I see a sig that doesn't look quite right, I just ask for ID. If that matches, I don't give a shit about your sig. I've verified that it's you, and that's good enough for me and my employer.
But the thing is, I don't mind google having all that info on me. Not one bit. Because I know all they want it for is to make money. The government, on the other hand, I don't trust one bit, cause their intentions are nowhere near as simple or honest.