But, yes, libertarians are almost non existent in Brazil. I find it scary when no one opposes to an ever growing government.
I really wish there was a libertarian candidate around here. Unfortunately we basically only have: left (PT), center-left (PSDB) and ideology-less (PMDB) politicians around here.
Anonymity is not allowed under Brazilian law because you have the right response on anything that was said about you, if what is published is different from reality. And I think it's quite fair...
You don't need to know *who* is saying bad things about you in order to be able to deny those things. You only need to know who said if you want some sort of revenge. When someone is publishing a story about a corrupt politician, what matters is the fact that he is corrupt, not who is publishing the story.
This sort of "right of revenge" severely hinders free speech.
Yes, I forgot to mention this in my previous reply.
I personally think it's very "amusing" to read the law where it says that freedom of expression is guaranteed but anonomity is forbidden. No anonimity boils down to no freedom of expression, because your freedom is limited by whatever the judge's interpretation of the law is.
Again, I really wish all these issues are brought to light by someone. Maybe Brazil is next in Google's crusade against censorship?
I imagine their actions could potentially be more successful around here when compared to China. As bad as it is, our government is probably in better shape than China's.
As a Brazilian, I'm glad this exposes a situation which isn't usually discussed but should be given more attention now that Brazil is trying to gain additional worldwide relevance (through G20 and all that).
Brazilian courts have been extremely unreasonable and have forced Google to hand over private information and take down pages without much fanfare. Even though none of the data is actually hosted in Brazil, the courts have fined and threatened to fine Google several times because of this.
In Brazil, service providers have liability for their users actions and there are laws protecting the "private image" of individuals (even celebrities). In effect, paparazzi can be sued around here. Journalists can be sued and bloggers aren't considered journalists. Writing a story denouncing a politician can get you a lawsuit.
All this mess accounts for a lot of these requests. Google isn't being evil, but I wish there was more international pressure against the Brazilian government.
I've spent several hours/days as a kid playing Transports Tycoon. Then, several years later, I've spent several hours/days as an adult playing OpenTTD. When I discovered OpenTTD back in 2006 or 2007 I remember I was so thrilled I didn't sleep that night - played all night long.
Transports Tycoon is probably the most overlooked game. It should be right there, next to SimCity. To be honest, I spent much more time playing (Open)TTD than SimCity. Everyone should give it a try - the multiplayer is awesome.
"There is more to the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3(TM)) computer entertainment system than you may have assumed. In addition to playing games, watching movies, listening to music, and viewing photos, you can use the PS3(TM) system to run the Linux operating system."
I actually played Starcraft very little - I played much more Warcraft II and Command & Conquer. Still, Starcraft clearly seems to me as the most important RTS title so far considering everyone else's experience and despite my personal experience.
I think this list tried to sound like: "Hey, look how cool we are for showing off this old-ass games instead of newer ones"
However, they missed the whole RTS genre and some classics. Say whatever you will, but whenever you come up with a top games of all time list, you must include these titles:
FPS: Doom, Quake, Half-Life MMORPG: Ultima Online, World of Warcraft RTS: Starcraft RPG: Diablo, your favorite Ultima, NetHack
Specifically, I find it unforgivable to miss Quake and Starcraft. Quake basically defined the initial 3D FPS genre, made the concept of game mods much more relevant and was generally responsible for kickstarting multiplayer over the internet in FPS games. Hell, a lot of titles still have a console where you can type "bind x action" and stick to the +attack, -attack, etc, syntax.
If this guy has so much motivation trying to do this as a hobby, ESA should step forward and hire him straight away. Imagine what he could do if he had access to proper equipment.
Try looking at Perl code from 2009 instead. You can say that Perl code from 2000 and Perl code written today are practically two different programming languages.
Differently from most other languages, Perl is an evolving language.
Just so you can get a clear example, compare the syntax of Perl code written using MooseX::Declare with whatever code you're dealing with:
Please stop spreading FUD around. This bug (Perl updating itself through CPAN) has been fixed for several years. At least once a month I need to setup a new Perl install with all the dependency-heavy modules and I have no issues whatsoever - if it's failing for you, you're clearly doing something wrong. Have you considered asking for help instead of spreading FUD on Slashdot?
Well, I guess it's not available in all countries yet. But I'm still glad they remembered there are other countries besides the US, even if they still didn't manage to get a local server everywhere.
For international users (I'm from Brazil), the new Google DNS is awesome. There are no such services around here and we usually need to rely on our ISPs DNS servers, which can't be trusted to be updated and with security holes fixed.
I used OpenDNS, but the response times were around 140ms, which is noticeably slower than my own ISPs DNS servers.
Now it seems Google has local DNS servers in Brazil, so I get 20-30ms response times which is much better. Actually, it's better than a lot of you are getting from Google's DNS servers, which makes me think Google has room for improvement in the US.
Hackers didn't "break into the grid" or anything close to that. They defaced the *website*, that's it. While that is surely a shame for them, is nothing even close to a real worry.
No power outages were caused at all (and, in fact, couldn't be caused).
I really think this wouldn't be acceptable.
It's like saying that a filesharing application in Linux could just tell the user that it will share parts of/dev/hda.
I'm pretty sure they'd just rule this as a technical workaround and it wouldn't stand in court.
Apparently, this bill is actually aimed at things such as the Freenet Project.
On Freenet, you actually don't know what is stored on your own computer (and thus, what you're sharing) as everything is encrypted.
Apparently, this effectively outlaws Freenet.
The player can choose from a variety of weapons including pistols, shotguns, machine guns, and sniper rifles. However, it is the use of the "melee" weapons such as the crowbar, axe, chainsaw and Samurai sword which inflict the most damage. These close-in attacks cause copious amounts of blood spray and splatter, decapitations and limb dismemberment as well as locational damage where contact is made to the enemy which may reveal skeletal bits and gore.
Seriously. Did they pay the ratings board to write that?
It would be amazing if not only Apple removed the 30-second song clips from those artists but, instead, started to charge them for the privilege of having a song preview. That would be amazing. Bonus points if they were really naughty and only charged those artists affiliated to this entity - and we all know Apple is perfectly able to directly sabotage anyone who gets in their way (i.e. Palm Pre syncing with iTunes).
Heart monitors are useful devices when you're doing heavier workout, when you're doing "workout load profiling", if you have a known heart issue or if you're an elderly person. I think a PE class isn't the right place for heavier workout and it doesn't seem this is a one-off thing, i.e., it seems the kids will be wearing this all the time, so it's not a "profiling" either.
This just smells of lawsuit paranoia or even flat-out overprotecting the kids. "If your heart rate goes over N, your out" for either one of those reasons.
When I was a kid, everyone knew their own limits. No one needed a heart monitor and whoever was coaching us could notice if someone needed water, etc. It seems like people just want to defer such responsibilities to non-accountable devices. I see this as a similar thing to the medical malpractice suits resulting in doctors over-prescribing antibiotics, so they can state that they prescribed the "commonly accepted treatment".
Quit the paranoia and let the kids play. You're still alive and so am I. Your kids will do just fine.
PS: As a non-native speaker, sometimes I don't make the best choice of words, so you can re-read that statement as: "The fact that it's likely they're doing this just to avoid lawsuits is even more disturbing".
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But, yes, libertarians are almost non existent in Brazil. I find it scary when no one opposes to an ever growing government.
I really wish there was a libertarian candidate around here. Unfortunately we basically only have: left (PT), center-left (PSDB) and ideology-less (PMDB) politicians around here.
Anonymity is not allowed under Brazilian law because you have the right response on anything that was said about you, if what is published is different from reality. And I think it's quite fair...
You don't need to know *who* is saying bad things about you in order to be able to deny those things. You only need to know who said if you want some sort of revenge. When someone is publishing a story about a corrupt politician, what matters is the fact that he is corrupt, not who is publishing the story.
This sort of "right of revenge" severely hinders free speech.
Yes, I forgot to mention this in my previous reply.
I personally think it's very "amusing" to read the law where it says that freedom of expression is guaranteed but anonomity is forbidden. No anonimity boils down to no freedom of expression, because your freedom is limited by whatever the judge's interpretation of the law is.
Again, I really wish all these issues are brought to light by someone. Maybe Brazil is next in Google's crusade against censorship?
I imagine their actions could potentially be more successful around here when compared to China. As bad as it is, our government is probably in better shape than China's.
As a Brazilian, I'm glad this exposes a situation which isn't usually discussed but should be given more attention now that Brazil is trying to gain additional worldwide relevance (through G20 and all that).
Brazilian courts have been extremely unreasonable and have forced Google to hand over private information and take down pages without much fanfare. Even though none of the data is actually hosted in Brazil, the courts have fined and threatened to fine Google several times because of this.
In Brazil, service providers have liability for their users actions and there are laws protecting the "private image" of individuals (even celebrities). In effect, paparazzi can be sued around here. Journalists can be sued and bloggers aren't considered journalists. Writing a story denouncing a politician can get you a lawsuit.
All this mess accounts for a lot of these requests. Google isn't being evil, but I wish there was more international pressure against the Brazilian government.
I've spent several hours/days as a kid playing Transports Tycoon. Then, several years later, I've spent several hours/days as an adult playing OpenTTD.
When I discovered OpenTTD back in 2006 or 2007 I remember I was so thrilled I didn't sleep that night - played all night long.
Transports Tycoon is probably the most overlooked game. It should be right there, next to SimCity. To be honest, I spent much more time playing (Open)TTD than SimCity. Everyone should give it a try - the multiplayer is awesome.
They're still advertising the "Open Platform" feature on their website:
http://www.playstation.com/ps3-openplatform/index.html
"There is more to the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3(TM)) computer entertainment system than you may have assumed. In addition to playing games, watching movies, listening to music, and viewing photos, you can use the PS3(TM) system to run the Linux operating system."
Let's see how long that page lasts...
Great explanation. I would mod you up if I had mod points today.
Hopefully someone else will.
Then they shouldn't include titles like Half Life or World of Warcraft either.
You can't have it both ways.
I actually played Starcraft very little - I played much more Warcraft II and Command & Conquer.
Still, Starcraft clearly seems to me as the most important RTS title so far considering everyone else's experience and despite my personal experience.
I think this list tried to sound like: "Hey, look how cool we are for showing off this old-ass games instead of newer ones"
However, they missed the whole RTS genre and some classics. Say whatever you will, but whenever you come up with a top games of all time list, you must include these titles:
FPS: Doom, Quake, Half-Life
MMORPG: Ultima Online, World of Warcraft
RTS: Starcraft
RPG: Diablo, your favorite Ultima, NetHack
Specifically, I find it unforgivable to miss Quake and Starcraft. Quake basically defined the initial 3D FPS genre, made the concept of game mods much more relevant and was generally responsible for kickstarting multiplayer over the internet in FPS games. Hell, a lot of titles still have a console where you can type "bind x action" and stick to the +attack, -attack, etc, syntax.
If this guy has so much motivation trying to do this as a hobby, ESA should step forward and hire him straight away.
Imagine what he could do if he had access to proper equipment.
http://laboratorium.net.nyud.net/archive/2010/02/20/gbs_fairness_hearing_report
Try looking at Perl code from 2009 instead.
You can say that Perl code from 2000 and Perl code written today are practically two different programming languages.
Differently from most other languages, Perl is an evolving language.
Just so you can get a clear example, compare the syntax of Perl code written using MooseX::Declare with whatever code you're dealing with:
http://search.cpan.org/dist/MooseX-Declare/lib/MooseX/Declare.pm
I bet if it wasn't for the dollar signs in front of variable names, you wouldn't even recognize it as Perl.
So, yes, Perl code from the 2000 is mostly crappy. Look for the newer stuff.
Please stop spreading FUD around. This bug (Perl updating itself through CPAN) has been fixed for several years.
At least once a month I need to setup a new Perl install with all the dependency-heavy modules and I have no issues whatsoever - if it's failing for you, you're clearly doing something wrong.
Have you considered asking for help instead of spreading FUD on Slashdot?
Well, I guess it's not available in all countries yet. But I'm still glad they remembered there are other countries besides the US, even if they still didn't manage to get a local server everywhere.
For international users (I'm from Brazil), the new Google DNS is awesome. There are no such services around here and we usually need to rely on our ISPs DNS servers, which can't be trusted to be updated and with security holes fixed.
I used OpenDNS, but the response times were around 140ms, which is noticeably slower than my own ISPs DNS servers.
Now it seems Google has local DNS servers in Brazil, so I get 20-30ms response times which is much better. Actually, it's better than a lot of you are getting from Google's DNS servers, which makes me think Google has room for improvement in the US.
Hackers didn't "break into the grid" or anything close to that. They defaced the *website*, that's it.
While that is surely a shame for them, is nothing even close to a real worry.
No power outages were caused at all (and, in fact, couldn't be caused).
Now please quit posting uninformed crap.
WOOOOOOOOOO! Wireless power! PARTY ON!
Now, may I have a device to wirelessly supply me with some more karma to burn?
I really think this wouldn't be acceptable. /dev/hda.
It's like saying that a filesharing application in Linux could just tell the user that it will share parts of
I'm pretty sure they'd just rule this as a technical workaround and it wouldn't stand in court.
Apparently, this bill is actually aimed at things such as the Freenet Project.
On Freenet, you actually don't know what is stored on your own computer (and thus, what you're sharing) as everything is encrypted.
Apparently, this effectively outlaws Freenet.
The player can choose from a variety of weapons including pistols, shotguns, machine guns, and sniper rifles. However, it is the use of the "melee" weapons such as the crowbar, axe, chainsaw and Samurai sword which inflict the most damage. These close-in attacks cause copious amounts of blood spray and splatter, decapitations and limb dismemberment as well as locational damage where contact is made to the enemy which may reveal skeletal bits and gore.
Seriously. Did they pay the ratings board to write that?
Actually, I didn't even notice that.
I guess that counts as a bad UI so the subject of my post is still relevant.
But thanks for pointing it out anyway, now I'm able to actually watch the video.
Since I can only see a "Install Microsoft Silverlight" image.
My karma can burn, but I won't install this crap.
It would be amazing if not only Apple removed the 30-second song clips from those artists but, instead, started to charge them for the privilege of having a song preview.
That would be amazing. Bonus points if they were really naughty and only charged those artists affiliated to this entity - and we all know Apple is perfectly able to directly sabotage anyone who gets in their way (i.e. Palm Pre syncing with iTunes).
Heart monitors are useful devices when you're doing heavier workout, when you're doing "workout load profiling", if you have a known heart issue or if you're an elderly person.
I think a PE class isn't the right place for heavier workout and it doesn't seem this is a one-off thing, i.e., it seems the kids will be wearing this all the time, so it's not a "profiling" either.
This just smells of lawsuit paranoia or even flat-out overprotecting the kids. "If your heart rate goes over N, your out" for either one of those reasons.
When I was a kid, everyone knew their own limits. No one needed a heart monitor and whoever was coaching us could notice if someone needed water, etc. It seems like people just want to defer such responsibilities to non-accountable devices. I see this as a similar thing to the medical malpractice suits resulting in doctors over-prescribing antibiotics, so they can state that they prescribed the "commonly accepted treatment".
Quit the paranoia and let the kids play. You're still alive and so am I. Your kids will do just fine.
PS: As a non-native speaker, sometimes I don't make the best choice of words, so you can re-read that statement as: "The fact that it's likely they're doing this just to avoid lawsuits is even more disturbing".