I've always been impressed with the Vikings ability to go from loot and plunder to share and cooperate so thoroughly. Seems like a neat trick to me, and very much 'realist', for both extremes when you consider their respective social environments.
Okay, now is it okay for me to explore the security holes in MY OWN house? Of course it is.
If you consider an election to be someone else's PROPERTY, then you are another brick in the wall sir, and will be torn down and tossed aside as your relevance becomes increasingly diminished.
I don't see the big practical difference in what you suggest and what he did. Now, if he had made HIMSELF (or any other real person, including real candidates) WIN the election in order to 'prove a point' or even 'commit a prank' then I would be just as vocal as anyone in screaming about this kid's level of stupid. He didn't though, he made it obvious, and thus did nothing that really undermines the election (except (false)confidence that shouldn't be there in the first place).
I think some people, even when doing the right thing, like to do it with dramatic flair and style (American Ninja!?!). I guess that's frowned upon while pointing out maladministration, but remember it's highly encouraged in today's society as a whole.
Your argument is well reasoned. I will consider your point of view, and may come back to comment if I have any thing to add. The only thing I'd like to add now (my time just became brief) is that I don't know if I trust the whole "just a prank" bit, as I can very easily see the authorities giving him a choice between prank (slap on the wrist) or political statement (threats of terrorism charges, put on airline watchlist, etc.).
That's an aside though, and your reasoning is strong even without that bit. I'll mull it over, and thanks.
You think not? Well I have 2 tesla coils, a homemade fusion neutron source, a couple sets of jumper cables and an odd array of sheet metal in a kinda-pretty fractal-ish arrangement all connected in a menacing-looking way that says maybe I -AM-.
That bit down there that looks like Darth Vader's colostomy bag? That's just to show that I've faced greater challenges than slashdot (and as a timing circuit in the teslas' discharge regulators. (that dude didn't need no stinkin' Metamucil, he 'went' like clockwork baby (cept when he saw ME coming... MUHAHAhahahaha))).
Let's do a quick headcount. "Who here is The One." *counts about 50,000 slashdotters before giving up* That's alot of The One(s). Next we need to somehow semantically link "The One" with 'There can be only One" and munch popcorn as the epic geek-fight (with interesting gadgets!) ensues.
Good idea somersault, have some of my imaginary popcorn for your efforts.
You're at the wrong site. Judging by your sig, I'll recommend powerline blog(not linked in an effort to keep my soul clean).
GP is absolutely correct in his rant, and if he's guilty of ANYTHING it's bringing up something WE ALREADY ALL (should) KNOW.
If you think the GP is incorrect in his assertion that the word 'hacker' has been used out-of-context by a source that should know better, then you've reached a new level of fail on slashdot.
Personally, I'm offended by the constant creep of middle managers and other shitstains who think reading slashdot will help their careers somehow. It's evolved into news for nerds, comments by wannabe geeks. A mini-atrocity if you ask me.
Yes, we should make those who point out the gaping holes in our society (which could very easily be used against us, and possibly already have) PAY!!! Humiliate them by the side of the road for the outlandish gall of trying to expose the truth, when it might inconvenience one of his upper-caste betters.
Spoken like a truly blind partisan. Bravo sir, for demonstrating the concept of utter ignorance.
Can you tell us the story of Saddam Hussein starting the Apocalypse again? It's been a while since I heard THAT one, whatever happened to that tale?
Oh, it's IRAN now, not IRAQ. Silly me, just one letter off, but still the heightened expectation of nothing, since we're talking about yet another nation that hasn't attacked either the U.S. or Israel.
When the conversation turns to attacking Saudi Arabia, let me know.
I've been thinking about this too, and the answer to your problem is a infrared base for your pieces. Each piece could have a little infrared led in the base and a unique template on the very bottom that your under-mounted IR camera could see and interpret.
It would be really neat for games like Axis and Allies or Warhammer variants.
Without copyright, the NYT would have one subscriber: an admin of RipOffTheNYT.com. Everyone else would eschew paying for the NYT and get the exact same content for free from RipOffTheNYT.com. This assertion is demonstrably false. Several artists have released albums on a 'pay if you want' basis and made more money in weeks than I have ever seen in my life total.
Most (I mean that, MOST) people will -try- and do the right thing, especially when it's something that doesn't put them too far out of their way. I'm a cynic too, but I point my distrustful eye most often at institutions rather than people, and I am very rarely disappointed. Yes, some people suck, but most people are almost decent folks.
Dammmit twitter, and you seemed to be doing so well for a while there. For a minute I thought you had actually taken my advice about being an actual contributing member of the slashdot.
You can still do it. Drop the shills and just be one of them (any one, you pick). Don't give up on your dreams. You can reach your goals, I'm living proof. (obligatory: Beefcake!)
Stop it twitter, the only thing you're doing for yourself is becoming the most-documented douche on slashdot EVER.
Not to invalidate you (as you do have a point), but significant personality changes can very easily engender a change in music taste. It's happened to me twice now in my life (early teenage ears and again in early adulthood).
...discredit an ambassador... It's nice to see someone remember an actual act of treason and remind us all that the purps are still running the show around here. The hypocrisy of that whole episode was phenomenal; had the sitting party been Democrats the Republicans would have been (literally) calling for officials throats to be slit. The media would have made it a 'known fact' that Ms. Plame was the only one standing between us and nuclear armageddon.
Sibel Edmonds tells an interesting tale as well, but unsurprising. To paraphrase a modern Icon: treason is as treason does.
I believe the constitutionally proscribed cure for that particular act is in order.
Er wait, I lied in the above post... A few years ago I was using fluxbox on a Pentium II 266 laptop with -software- (of course) graphics drivers and had really nice purple transparency effects on my title bars and even several programs' backgrounds (like my X IRC client and my all-important terminal windows). So, yeah, fluxbox did Aero on a P2-266 w/o hardware accelerated graphics and living in 128MB of RAM.
Heh, I think I just made my Vista laptop (pre-installed, I swear. don't beat me) cry.
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Off-topic, but...
I've always been impressed with the Vikings ability to go from loot and plunder to share and cooperate so thoroughly. Seems like a neat trick to me, and very much 'realist', for both extremes when you consider their respective social environments.
Repeat this until a bulb lights up.
"Limbaugh and O'Reilly are not centrists"
"Limbaugh and O'Reilly are not centrists"
"Limbaugh and O'Reilly are not centrists"
Yeah, but Keith Richards had his corpse on display, someone ganked it in the fray.
Okay, now is it okay for me to explore the security holes in MY OWN house? Of course it is.
If you consider an election to be someone else's PROPERTY, then you are another brick in the wall sir, and will be torn down and tossed aside as your relevance becomes increasingly diminished.
I don't see the big practical difference in what you suggest and what he did. Now, if he had made HIMSELF (or any other real person, including real candidates) WIN the election in order to 'prove a point' or even 'commit a prank' then I would be just as vocal as anyone in screaming about this kid's level of stupid. He didn't though, he made it obvious, and thus did nothing that really undermines the election (except (false)confidence that shouldn't be there in the first place).
I think some people, even when doing the right thing, like to do it with dramatic flair and style (American Ninja!?!). I guess that's frowned upon while pointing out maladministration, but remember it's highly encouraged in today's society as a whole.
Your argument is well reasoned. I will consider your point of view, and may come back to comment if I have any thing to add. The only thing I'd like to add now (my time just became brief) is that I don't know if I trust the whole "just a prank" bit, as I can very easily see the authorities giving him a choice between prank (slap on the wrist) or political statement (threats of terrorism charges, put on airline watchlist, etc.).
That's an aside though, and your reasoning is strong even without that bit. I'll mull it over, and thanks.
You think not? Well I have 2 tesla coils, a homemade fusion neutron source, a couple sets of jumper cables and an odd array of sheet metal in a kinda-pretty fractal-ish arrangement all connected in a menacing-looking way that says maybe I -AM-.
That bit down there that looks like Darth Vader's colostomy bag? That's just to show that I've faced greater challenges than slashdot (and as a timing circuit in the teslas' discharge regulators. (that dude didn't need no stinkin' Metamucil, he 'went' like clockwork baby (cept when he saw ME coming... MUHAHAhahahaha))).
I spent all my mod points before I got to this thread or you'd get an insightful. You've summed up the article beautifully.
This should be fun...
Let's do a quick headcount. "Who here is The One." *counts about 50,000 slashdotters before giving up*
That's alot of The One(s). Next we need to somehow semantically link "The One" with 'There can be only One" and munch popcorn as the epic geek-fight (with interesting gadgets!) ensues.
Good idea somersault, have some of my imaginary popcorn for your efforts.
You're at the wrong site. Judging by your sig, I'll recommend powerline blog(not linked in an effort to keep my soul clean).
GP is absolutely correct in his rant, and if he's guilty of ANYTHING it's bringing up something WE ALREADY ALL (should) KNOW.
If you think the GP is incorrect in his assertion that the word 'hacker' has been used out-of-context by a source that should know better, then you've reached a new level of fail on slashdot.
Personally, I'm offended by the constant creep of middle managers and other shitstains who think reading slashdot will help their careers somehow. It's evolved into news for nerds, comments by wannabe geeks. A mini-atrocity if you ask me.
Yes, we should make those who point out the gaping holes in our society (which could very easily be used against us, and possibly already have) PAY!!! Humiliate them by the side of the road for the outlandish gall of trying to expose the truth, when it might inconvenience one of his upper-caste betters.
Spoken like a truly blind partisan. Bravo sir, for demonstrating the concept of utter ignorance.
Can you tell us the story of Saddam Hussein starting the Apocalypse again? It's been a while since I heard THAT one, whatever happened to that tale?
Oh, it's IRAN now, not IRAQ. Silly me, just one letter off, but still the heightened expectation of nothing, since we're talking about yet another nation that hasn't attacked either the U.S. or Israel.
When the conversation turns to attacking Saudi Arabia, let me know.
I've been thinking about this too, and the answer to your problem is a infrared base for your pieces. Each piece could have a little infrared led in the base and a unique template on the very bottom that your under-mounted IR camera could see and interpret.
It would be really neat for games like Axis and Allies or Warhammer variants.
Most (I mean that, MOST) people will -try- and do the right thing, especially when it's something that doesn't put them too far out of their way. I'm a cynic too, but I point my distrustful eye most often at institutions rather than people, and I am very rarely disappointed. Yes, some people suck, but most people are almost decent folks.
Wow, and only 5 1/2 hours late. That's what I get for replying to stories in tabs last refreshed this afternoon.
Ahem...
Phrosty Piss.
Heh.
-I- thought that was funny. No mod points today though, so you get a 'heh'.
Dammmit twitter, and you seemed to be doing so well for a while there. For a minute I thought you had actually taken my advice about being an actual contributing member of the slashdot.
You can still do it. Drop the shills and just be one of them (any one, you pick). Don't give up on your dreams. You can reach your goals, I'm living proof. (obligatory: Beefcake!)
Stop it twitter, the only thing you're doing for yourself is becoming the most-documented douche on slashdot EVER.
Not to invalidate you (as you do have a point), but significant personality changes can very easily engender a change in music taste. It's happened to me twice now in my life (early teenage ears and again in early adulthood).
Soccer hooligans. And ruffians, with the occasional scallywag.
Yeah, but your solution is elegant, sane and discourages malfeasance. Nobody (in the position to have a say in the matter) wants that.
I think that's part of the problem. We keep losing our REAL rights in favor of your hypothetical proposals.
...discredit an ambassador... It's nice to see someone remember an actual act of treason and remind us all that the purps are still running the show around here. The hypocrisy of that whole episode was phenomenal; had the sitting party been Democrats the Republicans would have been (literally) calling for officials throats to be slit. The media would have made it a 'known fact' that Ms. Plame was the only one standing between us and nuclear armageddon.Sibel Edmonds tells an interesting tale as well, but unsurprising. To paraphrase a modern Icon: treason is as treason does.
I believe the constitutionally proscribed cure for that particular act is in order.
Er wait, I lied in the above post... A few years ago I was using fluxbox on a Pentium II 266 laptop with -software- (of course) graphics drivers and had really nice purple transparency effects on my title bars and even several programs' backgrounds (like my X IRC client and my all-important terminal windows). So, yeah, fluxbox did Aero on a P2-266 w/o hardware accelerated graphics and living in 128MB of RAM.
Heh, I think I just made my Vista laptop (pre-installed, I swear. don't beat me) cry.