It must exist, and it is probably the best job ever:
Location: Redmond, Washington Title: Ebay Warrior Salary: 50-70K Benefits: Full Available: Immediately Description: Under the direction of the legal department at Microsoft Corporation, the job holder will use the popular auction site eBay all day looking for ways to screw with disgruntled Microsoft customers looking to unload their buggy software on unsuspecting old women and teenagers.
Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have at least three months of previous unemployement, during which he or she attepted to run an at-home business selling garbage on auction sites. Lack of conscience and low self-esteem a plus. Candidates who are extremely unethical and bloodthirsty are encouraged to apply.
Sure I have gotten bad MP3s but how many people seriously download bad mp3s because they are faster. 3 megs ain't that large for a song (think bac to the days of the wavs) and everyone I know, even people on 56K or slower, aims for quality not quantity. It isn't any good if you can't listen to it.
I think that it is completely relevant to ALL topics that abuses are happening constantly int hemoderation system. What the hell is someone wasting points on my comments for that they could be giving to people like Matty or to people who might question the dogma drivel that/. is quickly becoming. WAKE UP and stop wasting points on stupid shit!
Yeah, but the Mozilla group doesn't appear to have any qualms overriding the OS when they feel like it (hence the lack of native widgets - so much for platform consistancy).
Are you high?
To me platform consitency would mean it looking the SAME on most platforms. When I load mozilla on NT it pretty much (minus the window manager) looks the same. that is pretty friggen consistant. Get your head straight and stop dissing a project you most likely know nothing about really.
I screwed up ont he last one, oh well! It would appear that this text (From the service agreement itself):
19. REVOCATION. You agree that we may terminate your contractual right to use our service(s) if the information that you are obligated to provide to register your domain name or register for other Network Solutions service(s), or that you subsequently modify, contains false or misleading information, or conceals or omits any information we would likely consider material to our decision to register your domain name or to continue to provide you domain name registration services. You agree that we may terminate our service(s), including our domain name registration services, in the event that you use such service(s) for any improper purpose, as determined in our sole discretion. Furthermore, you agree that we may suspend, cancel or transfer your domain name registration services in order to: (i) correct mistakes made by us or the registry in registering your chosen domain name, or (ii) to resolve a dispute under our dispute policy. We will not refund any fees paid by you if we terminate your services.
States that anyone who didn't use their real name, address, phone number, or email is subject to NSI revocking their "services." I seriously doubt that they could get away with say revoking, say, slashdot.org without due process of some sort (they may try, but/. would probably win if they sued).
Furthermore, contrary to the article, i see nothing about this affecting you once you renew...
So when will we get an Ask Slashdot about how to switch registrars safely?
I hope that text isn't a copyrighted "trade secret."
It would appear that this text (From the service agreement itself):
19. REVOCATION. You agree that we may terminate your contractual right to use our service(s) if the information that you are obligated to provide to register your domain name or register for other Network Solutions service(s), or that you subsequently modify, contains false or misleading information, or conceals or omits any information we would likely consider material to our decision to register your domain name or to continue to provide you domain name registration services. You agree that we may terminate our service(s), including our domain name registration services, in the event that you use such service(s) for any improper purpose, as determined in our sole discretion. Furthermore, you agree that we may suspend, cancel or transfer your domain name registration services in order to: (i) correct mistakes made by us or the registry in registering your chosen domain name, or (ii) to resolve a dispute under our dispute policy. We will not refund any fees paid by you if we terminate your services.
States that anyone who didn't use their real name, address, phone number, or email is subject to NSI revocking their "services." I seriously doubt that they could get away with say revoking slashdot.org without due process of some sort (they may try, but/. would probably win if they sued).
Furthermore, contrary to the article, i see nothing about this affecting you once you renew...
So when will we get an Ask Slashdot about how to switch registrars safely?
Bill Joy's comment on the operating system has been interpreted to be less tongue in cheek than I may have portrayed it. He was responding to a question and I don't think he meant that it was fixed forever I think he just meant that there hasn't been a lot of "real" innovation since the coming of the windowed interface.
I think that would be a nice thing to talk about, the philosophical view, however, in this case the question, I think, was more can we do this, should we do it, when will we do it. The should we do it wasn't as emphasized, but I think it is a much larger question, one that involves the value of life and humanity and even more the meaning of life.
A discussion ont hat lever also requires one to drop a lot of the normal cynicism and get kind of corny for a while. People feel more comfortable talking about provable things.
I was not saying so much the audience was entirely geek, I was just saying there were a lot of people who would stereotypically (and i mean that in the nicest of ways) fall under that category, probably myself included:)
Of course it would be nice to be able to socially engineer people to be "nicer" but I doubt that is ever going to happen. Merkle had the very realistic opinion that it was *going* to happen and if many of the implications would be offensive in nature, we would merely be moved to try to enact social constructs to prevent it from causing a problem. If you see defensive dominance, however, that would seem to mean that we have less to be worried about.
Finally, of course peopel could put the code on the machine, however, the arguement, as I understand it, isn't about what people will do (someone made an excellent comment about how MANY psychos there are out there) but what can be done to make most things as safe. Some people don;t wear seatbelt, that doesn't mean they aren't a good idea.
I am sure many more will post a lot, since there were a lot of people there who, not to make a stereotype, looked like they read slashdot.
I think many of the most astute comments came from those members of the panel who were less widely known. Ralph Merkele, a nanotech man, made some excellent comments on offensive and defensve uses of new inventions. The idea being that an innovation that is primarily defensive (ie: a castle) is good, while offensive developments (the atom bomb) are bad. But his best point came when refuting Bill Joy's worries. He spoke about a centralized reproductive process, saying that if replecators were designed to recieve their genetic "code" from a central location, they would be rendered completely benign since that code could be changed at will. His comments were very well organized, concise, and effective. Anyone know anything he has written that might not be too technical?
Bill joy said "the size [of the operating sytem] is expanding exponentially, the functionality is fixed"
Best cheap shot: Ray to Bill, "How many in the audience caught this news story," which he followed with a fake story about Sun deciding to give up all development of innovations which made the software "smarter." It was amusing, I wonder if they fought in the parking lot:)
On a final note, I couldn't belive how RUDE some of the audience was. In particular one person felt that he had to yell out to Bill Joy (quite rudely), "turn the microphone on!" when he was using a broken mic. I mean the man wrote vi, I doubt he needs to be told to turn ont he mic. This happened quite often, the audience yelling commands like some sort of floor director to this very distinguished panel. Just seemed in pretty poor taste.
Other than that, excellent conference and I look forward to some other people's takes on it.
I have now bought several domains from joker.com. Once you figure out their kind of funky interface it is REALLY cool! You can change a lot of things through forms online with your username/password that would take a lot more hassle through NSI. Furthermore, it only costs 15 dollars if you are int he US and you can register for only a year if you like. They will provide DNS service for a small charge as well if you need it.
The only drawback I have found is that CORENic doesn't really seem to telly uo how to claim ownership over the DNS servers people have entered into joker and gotten handles for. As a result, my ISP doesn't get notification when I buy a domain. Does anyone know how to fix this?
From what I understand the customized browxser versions does NOT mean adding your own custom features or makign the browser not standards compliant. Mozilla has skins support so you oculd distruibute a Mozilla with whatever skin you want for your company or school or org or whatever and have a nice little button on there linking to it. That is custimization, and I say bring it on!
the parish I belong to has been offering soul cleansing since 1996 when they invented the concept of Internet Baptism Best part is that the Church Of Gerbil doesn't even make you confess... Keep your sins to yourself. I have found that once you give em up to a priest they are a little less enjoyable.
If you recall, Apple has been providing schools with free and very cheap stuff for eternity, but it didn't really help Apple at all did it?
Sure they are doing ok right now, but I would attribute 5% of that to kindergardeners or junior high kids using macs at school.
Then again, instead of teaching kids how to use the easiest thing and getting them hooked on the ease of computing, maybe Linux in grade school, junior high, and high schools could provide the tech base for people to realize that slicker isn't always better.
is the government's unwillingness to force the cable companies to open up their cable modem industry to everyone else.
I know telcos aren't perfect but I can tell you I have been in Pacific Bell central officess and seen how they have to subsidize AT&T virtually taking back the local phone industry while AT&T (Formerly TCI Cable) gets to have a monopoly on Cable based internet...
I think my grandma used to have one of those and it was just weird. It never quite seams clean. It sticks to your ass and when it rips things can really get ugly (especially if people aren't putting the seat up)
Add to that the fact that this one appears to be leather... I don't need a sweaty dirty sticky ass when I get up from the pot.
I just finished creating a whole new obstacle course and slew of hazards for my home office. Need to use the bathroom? Gotta pass the shattered glass and pine tar pathway! Phone's ringing? Watch out for the medicine balls and hot coals!
Seriously, I really don't want my employer telling me to clean my room, my girlfriend does that enough.
I really found it frightening that the guy who was defending the plants said that most of them were fully prepared or well on their way. Since this is about 20 days till the date, well on their way isn't very assuring. Oh sure, the watchdog group is wigging out about a report in June, but this guy, I presume, said this rather recently.
Slashdot Mirror
right here
the coolest thing I saw on that page was a link to this site about thumbcode and other devices. I want one today!
This probably means Mozilla right? Meaning really, eventually, you will be able to run a lot more than the internet on these things.
tony
Location: Redmond, Washington
Title: Ebay Warrior
Salary: 50-70K
Benefits: Full
Available: Immediately
Description: Under the direction of the legal department at Microsoft Corporation, the job holder will use the popular auction site eBay all day looking for ways to screw with disgruntled Microsoft customers looking to unload their buggy software on unsuspecting old women and teenagers.
Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have at least three months of previous unemployement, during which he or she attepted to run an at-home business selling garbage on auction sites. Lack of conscience and low self-esteem a plus. Candidates who are extremely unethical and bloodthirsty are encouraged to apply.
Seriously, someone has to do it
Sure I have gotten bad MP3s but how many people seriously download bad mp3s because they are faster. 3 megs ain't that large for a song (think bac to the days of the wavs) and everyone I know, even people on 56K or slower, aims for quality not quantity. It isn't any good if you can't listen to it.
Just my 2 cents.
I think that it is completely relevant to ALL topics that abuses are happening constantly int hemoderation system. What the hell is someone wasting points on my comments for that they could be giving to people like Matty or to people who might question the dogma drivel that /. is quickly becoming. WAKE UP and stop wasting points on stupid shit!
Are you high?
To me platform consitency would mean it looking the SAME on most platforms. When I load mozilla on NT it pretty much (minus the window manager) looks the same. that is pretty friggen consistant. Get your head straight and stop dissing a project you most likely know nothing about really.
Tony
States that anyone who didn't use their real name, address, phone number, or email is subject to NSI revocking their "services." I seriously doubt that they could get away with say revoking, say, slashdot.org without due process of some sort (they may try, but
Furthermore, contrary to the article, i see nothing about this affecting you once you renew...
So when will we get an Ask Slashdot about how to switch registrars safely?
I hope that text isn't a copyrighted "trade secret."
Bill Joy's comment on the operating system has been interpreted to be less tongue in cheek than I may have portrayed it. He was responding to a question and I don't think he meant that it was fixed forever I think he just meant that there hasn't been a lot of "real" innovation since the coming of the windowed interface.
A discussion ont hat lever also requires one to drop a lot of the normal cynicism and get kind of corny for a while. People feel more comfortable talking about provable things.
Of course it would be nice to be able to socially engineer people to be "nicer" but I doubt that is ever going to happen. Merkle had the very realistic opinion that it was *going* to happen and if many of the implications would be offensive in nature, we would merely be moved to try to enact social constructs to prevent it from causing a problem. If you see defensive dominance, however, that would seem to mean that we have less to be worried about.
Finally, of course peopel could put the code on the machine, however, the arguement, as I understand it, isn't about what people will do (someone made an excellent comment about how MANY psychos there are out there) but what can be done to make most things as safe. Some people don;t wear seatbelt, that doesn't mean they aren't a good idea.
I am sure many more will post a lot, since there were a lot of people there who, not to make a stereotype, looked like they read slashdot.
I think many of the most astute comments came from those members of the panel who were less widely known. Ralph Merkele, a nanotech man, made some excellent comments on offensive and defensve uses of new inventions. The idea being that an innovation that is primarily defensive (ie: a castle) is good, while offensive developments (the atom bomb) are bad. But his best point came when refuting Bill Joy's worries. He spoke about a centralized reproductive process, saying that if replecators were designed to recieve their genetic "code" from a central location, they would be rendered completely benign since that code could be changed at will. His comments were very well organized, concise, and effective. Anyone know anything he has written that might not be too technical?
Bill joy said "the size [of the operating sytem] is expanding exponentially, the functionality is fixed"
Best cheap shot: Ray to Bill, "How many in the audience caught this news story," which he followed with a fake story about Sun deciding to give up all development of innovations which made the software "smarter." It was amusing, I wonder if they fought in the parking lot :)
On a final note, I couldn't belive how RUDE some of the audience was. In particular one person felt that he had to yell out to Bill Joy (quite rudely), "turn the microphone on!" when he was using a broken mic. I mean the man wrote vi, I doubt he needs to be told to turn ont he mic. This happened quite often, the audience yelling commands like some sort of floor director to this very distinguished panel. Just seemed in pretty poor taste.
Other than that, excellent conference and I look forward to some other people's takes on it.
The only drawback I have found is that CORENic doesn't really seem to telly uo how to claim ownership over the DNS servers people have entered into joker and gotten handles for. As a result, my ISP doesn't get notification when I buy a domain. Does anyone know how to fix this?
From what I understand the customized browxser versions does NOT mean adding your own custom features or makign the browser not standards compliant. Mozilla has skins support so you oculd distruibute a Mozilla with whatever skin you want for your company or school or org or whatever and have a nice little button on there linking to it. That is custimization, and I say bring it on!
the parish I belong to has been offering soul cleansing since 1996 when they invented the concept of Internet Baptism Best part is that the Church Of Gerbil doesn't even make you confess... Keep your sins to yourself. I have found that once you give em up to a priest they are a little less enjoyable.
I just finished reading illuminatus! and seeing this made my head explode!
I sent the url of the cnn article to an address I believe belongs to Robert Wilson, hopefully he will see it!
On a related Illuminati note, did anyone notice that Mr. Gates retired on 1-13 ... adds up to 5 and 1+1 =2 23!
Sure they are doing ok right now, but I would attribute 5% of that to kindergardeners or junior high kids using macs at school.
Then again, instead of teaching kids how to use the easiest thing and getting them hooked on the ease of computing, maybe Linux in grade school, junior high, and high schools could provide the tech base for people to realize that slicker isn't always better.
Also AT&T could get into DSL if they wanted to, however, since they corner the cable market there isn't a need.
As I said I ain't the biggest fan of telcos but AT&T scares me a lot more.
I know telcos aren't perfect but I can tell you I have been in Pacific Bell central officess and seen how they have to subsidize AT&T virtually taking back the local phone industry while AT&T (Formerly TCI Cable) gets to have a monopoly on Cable based internet...
I think my grandma used to have one of those and it was just weird. It never quite seams clean. It sticks to your ass and when it rips things can really get ugly (especially if people aren't putting the seat up)
Add to that the fact that this one appears to be leather... I don't need a sweaty dirty sticky ass when I get up from the pot.
just my $0.02
Need to use the bathroom? Gotta pass the shattered glass and pine tar pathway!
Phone's ringing? Watch out for the medicine balls and hot coals!
Seriously, I really don't want my employer telling me to clean my room, my girlfriend does that enough.
develop a bacteria that could break down microsoft into smaller more benign compounds!
I really found it frightening that the guy who was defending the plants said that most of them were fully prepared or well on their way. Since this is about 20 days till the date, well on their way isn't very assuring. Oh sure, the watchdog group is wigging out about a report in June, but this guy, I presume, said this rather recently.
I remmember reading this article in discover a while back about someone creating a metabolism in the lab. Weird wild stuff!