A first post that isn't a troll, flamebait, gnaa related, anti-semitic or jammed full over over-used, over-rated memes! Excellent, now/. let us see if we can keep this up. Please. For the love of all that is shiny, please!
Back on topic - I'm just not seeing why this would have been patent worthy in the first place and I am looking forward to the outcome.
Many users may not trust Last.fm after this, regardless of its validity. And we know that many more people have no trust for the RIAA. All things considered, this may have driven much traffic to other similar sites (even with the Streisand Effect) thus providing other sites a chance to increase revenue.
While this may not be the most likely cause, it is something to consider and contemplate, while making sure one doesn't go too far down the tinfoil hat road.
Remove the screen, install an ABS plastic cover for the keyboard (Using the hinges from the previously removed screen), and hook up a pair of MyVu glasses to it. Voila! Extra privacy as well.
I'm not sure I spelled "Voila" right...Grammar Nazis?
If we decide to offer "Slashlight Highspeed Internet for Towns" we have to raise money for the business venture. We will be faced with a much higher bar if we want to try and raise venture capital -- questions about profit, business plans, value, etc.
If we go to a bank to borrow the money...yeah right. Banks might lend you some money against equipment (that is, the things they could take back) but not against operational expenses like payroll and power bills.
Actually, I think both the suppliers of the venture capital and the banks would be much more interested in how you were going to convince people to buy 'S.H.I.T' (Slashlight Highspeed Internet for Towns). Even if there were no questions asked about that, I can see marketing having a field-day with this.
"Buy S.H.I.T!"
"Got S.H.I.T?"
"You too can have S.H.I.T for your house!"
"I use S.H.I.T, and so should you!"
"I'm proud to say my ISP is S.H.I.T."
You get on a train in the suburbs (I'm guessing your wife drops you off, or you drive to train depot and park. Once you get to the 'city', how do you get to/from your work site? I'm quite sure the train doesn't drop you off anywhere near the front door of your office for most people, so, how do you get to and from work? If you try to walk..what happens when weather is bad?
Since I don't see any one else responding I'll answer. I catch the train about 45 miles out from Boston (The local station is about 15 minutes away) and ride it into Boston. When the weather is bad the train is safer/faster than driving. Once I'm in the city I have several options:
1. Walk - Get off the train and walk across town. Time? ~45 minutes.
2. Subway/walk - Get off the train, walk inside the station, take the stairs down and use the subway to get almost completely across town, and then walk the remaining 4 or 5 blocks. Time? ~30 minutes.
3. Subway - Get off the train, walk inside the station, take the stairs down and use the subway to get completely across town, and then walk the remaining 200 feet. Time? ~20 minutes.
4. Taxi - Get off train, walk outside, tell the driver where I want to go and relax. Sure, it's a couple bucks ($5-$8USD), but the time is worth it, especially if the weather is bad. Time? ~5-15 minutes depending on weather and traffic.
In the winter time when the weather gets rather bad people dress for the weather. In the summer time when the highs for the day are in the 80-90's people dress for the weather, and sometimes bring along an extra set of clothes to change into for work which isn't anything unusual.
....and the travel time would be hours instead of the 10 min or so it takes me to get there on motorcycle or car (I drive quite fast), and on the route, a bicycle wouldn't cut it. What if you need to go to the gym or shop after work on the way home?? How do you live like that without a car...
For many people going in and out of a major city the traffic congestion prevents fast commute time when driving. Not to mention that mass transit fares are cheaper than buying gas, and you can get a tax credit in some states as well as a discount on your car insurance with some agencies. The employer may even offer to pay part of the monthly mass transit ticket fee if you're lucky. As for stopping to shop on the way home? Nothing prevents you from shopping in the city and taking it home with you on the bus/taxi/subway/train.
Hope I actually answered that for you, but feel free to ask if you still have other questions. Hopefully people from other cities chime in. I also home I didn't butcher the formating and make myself look like an idiot.
You would think that for an agency, that according to its name, deals with investigations that they would be a bit better at, well, investigating? Makes me wonder how they keep track of things internally as well.
All that aside, maybe they should change their priorities. Perhaps putting number 10 a little high up to, you know, successfully perform the FBI's mission.
1. Protect the United States from terrorist attack
2. Protect the United States against foreign intelligence operations and espionage
3. Protect the United States against cyber-based attacks and high-technology crimes
4. Combat public corruption at all levels
5. Protect civil rights
6. Combat transnational/national criminal organizations and enterprises
7. Combat major white-collar crime
8. Combat significant violent crime
9. Support federal, state, local and international partners
10. Upgrade technology to successfully perform the FBI's mission
Taken from http://www.fbi.gov/quickfacts.htm/
Nobody said it had to be funny. But it is! A maze of trash?! That's funny! Although he should have simply followed the right-hand wall(Or is it the left-hand wall?).
...not likely right in the head...
Was there any doubt on this when the article mentioned that he had most likely been piling all that trash up for 10 years?
Well, four days after the fact may be a little late to point this out, but your statement is false. It just so happens that I have a Quran/Koran. Convenient, No? I checked. It doesn't say that. Or anything close to that. Next time, try reading the book before you quote it.
And just to clarify, I am a Godless Infidel. (AKA: !Muslim)
The person who stole your car did not take away any of your liberty. What that person took was your car, and in turn, having the car taken away removed the factor of convenience from your daily life.
For your convenience I included the definition of the word "liberty" at the bottom of this post.
And "that Franklin quote" is not irrational, but instead, justified when viewed with an opened mind. With more "security" (Which is often just the illusion of security) comes less liberty. Liberty should be considered priceless, and should be protected vigorously as such.
liberty |?lib?rt?| noun ( pl. -ties) 1 the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views : compulsory retirement would interfere with individual liberty. (usu. liberties) an instance of this; a right or privilege, esp. a statutory one : the Bill of Rights was intended to secure basic civil liberties. the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved : people who have lost property or liberty without due process. ( Liberty) the personification of liberty as a female figure. 2 the power or scope to act as one pleases : individuals should enjoy the liberty to pursue their own interests and preferences. Philosophy a person's freedom from control by fate or necessity. informal a presumptuous remark or action : how did he know what she was thinking?--it was a liberty! Nautical shore leave granted to a sailor.
If it was Teslas death-ray, then I suppose we're safe since he is alive and well in the floriday keys in a bar with an owner who has a super-intelligent teleporting 3 year old daughter, living a few miles from an old storage site of NIKE rockets that will be used to distract a satilite from firing missles as a result of extremely rare cosmic events.
I work in a large school system (Basically a Field Tech for the school system) with many Computer Teachers who have chosen to install DeepFreeze on the computers in the labs. I have seen many times where DeepFreeze causes a RollingReboot where the computers start up, load BIOS, start loading Windows (Loading Drivers really) and then shuts down and starts the whole process again. Not really hard to fix, but somewhat annoying and very time consuming when you have to run chkdsk/r from a CD or PXE the computer again on 5-15 computers.
And who really wants to have to tell someone they have to change thier lesson plan for the day because you couldn't get your lab back up and working fast enough?
When it works, it's great. When it doesn't work...OMG it's horrible.
The Internet is a form of communication that allows almost anyone to put a message out. For years People In Power (PIP) having been looking for a way to further control this. And now PIP have a method, a road in a manner of speaking, to ensuring that this form of communication can be limited, manipulated, and molded to their liking.
I'm not saying this to cause hate and discontent, or FUD. I'm saying it because I see it as an issue. I truely hope that the House is contacted by enough people to show them that this isn't what people really want.
Check out the Book "Censored: The News That Didn't Make The News - Carl Jenson & Project Censored"
Or go to a libray and ask the libranians about books or online content that have been censored; The good ones really pay attention to that stuff and want to tell people who are interested.
Bobcote: I would suggest that sites like Facebook and myspace create a corp of volunteers to cruise their sites and look for potential problems (criminal activity, risky behavior, etc).
Who determines what is a risky behavior? Each person has a different standard that is influenced by their past, their religion, their culture, and their society.
Real Life Example: I see no problem in exploring and learning about religions; I've researched Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Satanism, and Wicca, just to name a few. I personally know some hardline extremist christians(They exist) who would call that risky behavior.
So who gets to say what is or is not a risky behavior? Is risk always a bad thing?
Perhaps there is a solution to this situation, but it most certianly will not be a simple one.
Does anyone else think it's a bit odd that it targets it's only _major_ competitor on the market; after all, there haven't been any reports about this happening to other A-V programs that I've seen. Or could this have been intentionally done by an inside person without others knowing with the sole intent on making microsoft the fall guy once again? Either way it looks like microsoft and symantec are going to be having a field day.
Companies seem to be going a bit over board with thier EULA's and generally making things hard on the customer.
If EULA's were written in plain english and kept short and to the point, without "Lawyer Speak", it could benefit both the company and the User. As it is now, most EULA's only set up the customer to take a shafting if they bring up an issue with a company.
Almost like some sort of twisted Darwinism; Humans will be that which is not fit for survival and:robots: or:AI's: will continue on in an example of "Survival of the fittest". Hopefully a meld of man and machine, with each indivual man being the controling entity, will come about first.
Slashdot Mirror
Sounds like Sandra Lee wasn't happy with the results...
(Google their names before you mod off-topic)
A first post that isn't a troll, flamebait, gnaa related, anti-semitic or jammed full over over-used, over-rated memes! Excellent, now /. let us see if we can keep this up. Please. For the love of all that is shiny, please!
Back on topic - I'm just not seeing why this would have been patent worthy in the first place and I am looking forward to the outcome.
Pretending that your car is a Slackware computer?
Yeah, but we all know that the moon is a harsh mistress...
The FSM has arrived!
...Industrial Espionage?
Many users may not trust Last.fm after this, regardless of its validity. And we know that many more people have no trust for the RIAA. All things considered, this may have driven much traffic to other similar sites (even with the Streisand Effect) thus providing other sites a chance to increase revenue.
While this may not be the most likely cause, it is something to consider and contemplate, while making sure one doesn't go too far down the tinfoil hat road.
For further reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_espionage .
Remove the screen, install an ABS plastic cover for the keyboard (Using the hinges from the previously removed screen), and hook up a pair of MyVu glasses to it. Voila! Extra privacy as well.
I'm not sure I spelled "Voila" right...Grammar Nazis?
Actually, I think both the suppliers of the venture capital and the banks would be much more interested in how you were going to convince people to buy 'S.H.I.T' (Slashlight Highspeed Internet for Towns). Even if there were no questions asked about that, I can see marketing having a field-day with this.
"Buy S.H.I.T!"
"Got S.H.I.T?"
"You too can have S.H.I.T for your house!"
"I use S.H.I.T, and so should you!"
"I'm proud to say my ISP is S.H.I.T."
Queue George Carlin jokes...
Since I don't see any one else responding I'll answer.
I catch the train about 45 miles out from Boston (The local station is about 15 minutes away) and ride it into Boston. When the weather is bad the train is safer/faster than driving. Once I'm in the city I have several options:
1. Walk - Get off the train and walk across town. Time? ~45 minutes.
2. Subway/walk - Get off the train, walk inside the station, take the stairs down and use the subway to get almost completely across town, and then walk the remaining 4 or 5 blocks. Time? ~30 minutes.
3. Subway - Get off the train, walk inside the station, take the stairs down and use the subway to get completely across town, and then walk the remaining 200 feet. Time? ~20 minutes.
4. Taxi - Get off train, walk outside, tell the driver where I want to go and relax. Sure, it's a couple bucks ($5-$8USD), but the time is worth it, especially if the weather is bad. Time? ~5-15 minutes depending on weather and traffic.
In the winter time when the weather gets rather bad people dress for the weather. In the summer time when the highs for the day are in the 80-90's people dress for the weather, and sometimes bring along an extra set of clothes to change into for work which isn't anything unusual.
For many people going in and out of a major city the traffic congestion prevents fast commute time when driving. Not to mention that mass transit fares are cheaper than buying gas, and you can get a tax credit in some states as well as a discount on your car insurance with some agencies. The employer may even offer to pay part of the monthly mass transit ticket fee if you're lucky. As for stopping to shop on the way home? Nothing prevents you from shopping in the city and taking it home with you on the bus/taxi/subway/train.
Hope I actually answered that for you, but feel free to ask if you still have other questions. Hopefully people from other cities chime in. I also home I didn't butcher the formating and make myself look like an idiot.
You would think that for an agency, that according to its name, deals with investigations that they would be a bit better at, well, investigating? Makes me wonder how they keep track of things internally as well. All that aside, maybe they should change their priorities. Perhaps putting number 10 a little high up to, you know, successfully perform the FBI's mission. 1. Protect the United States from terrorist attack 2. Protect the United States against foreign intelligence operations and espionage 3. Protect the United States against cyber-based attacks and high-technology crimes 4. Combat public corruption at all levels 5. Protect civil rights 6. Combat transnational/national criminal organizations and enterprises 7. Combat major white-collar crime 8. Combat significant violent crime 9. Support federal, state, local and international partners 10. Upgrade technology to successfully perform the FBI's mission Taken from http://www.fbi.gov/quickfacts.htm/
...not likely right in the head...
Was there any doubt on this when the article mentioned that he had most likely been piling all that trash up for 10 years?
Well, four days after the fact may be a little late to point this out, but your statement is false. It just so happens that I have a Quran/Koran. Convenient, No? I checked. It doesn't say that. Or anything close to that. Next time, try reading the book before you quote it. And just to clarify, I am a Godless Infidel. (AKA: !Muslim)
The person who stole your car did not take away any of your liberty. What that person took was your car, and in turn, having the car taken away removed the factor of convenience from your daily life.
For your convenience I included the definition of the word "liberty" at the bottom of this post.
And "that Franklin quote" is not irrational, but instead, justified when viewed with an opened mind. With more "security" (Which is often just the illusion of security) comes less liberty. Liberty should be considered priceless, and should be protected vigorously as such.
liberty |?lib?rt?| noun ( pl. -ties) 1 the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views : compulsory retirement would interfere with individual liberty. (usu. liberties) an instance of this; a right or privilege, esp. a statutory one : the Bill of Rights was intended to secure basic civil liberties. the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved : people who have lost property or liberty without due process. ( Liberty) the personification of liberty as a female figure. 2 the power or scope to act as one pleases : individuals should enjoy the liberty to pursue their own interests and preferences. Philosophy a person's freedom from control by fate or necessity. informal a presumptuous remark or action : how did he know what she was thinking?--it was a liberty! Nautical shore leave granted to a sailor.
If it was Teslas death-ray, then I suppose we're safe since he is alive and well in the floriday keys in a bar with an owner who has a super-intelligent teleporting 3 year old daughter, living a few miles from an old storage site of NIKE rockets that will be used to distract a satilite from firing missles as a result of extremely rare cosmic events.
/End_Reference_To_Spider_Robinson
I work in a large school system (Basically a Field Tech for the school system) with many Computer Teachers who have chosen to install DeepFreeze on the computers in the labs. I have seen many times where DeepFreeze causes a RollingReboot where the computers start up, load BIOS, start loading Windows (Loading Drivers really) and then shuts down and starts the whole process again. Not really hard to fix, but somewhat annoying and very time consuming when you have to run chkdsk /r from a CD or PXE the computer again on 5-15 computers.
And who really wants to have to tell someone they have to change thier lesson plan for the day because you couldn't get your lab back up and working fast enough?
When it works, it's great. When it doesn't work...OMG it's horrible.
The Internet is a form of communication that allows almost anyone to put a message out. For years People In Power (PIP) having been looking for a way to further control this. And now PIP have a method, a road in a manner of speaking, to ensuring that this form of communication can be limited, manipulated, and molded to their liking.
I'm not saying this to cause hate and discontent, or FUD. I'm saying it because I see it as an issue. I truely hope that the House is contacted by enough people to show them that this isn't what people really want.
Check out the Book "Censored: The News That Didn't Make The News - Carl Jenson & Project Censored"
Or go to a libray and ask the libranians about books or online content that have been censored; The good ones really pay attention to that stuff and want to tell people who are interested.
*Please excuse my spelling.
Bobcote: I would suggest that sites like Facebook and myspace create a corp of volunteers to cruise their sites and look for potential problems (criminal activity, risky behavior, etc).
Who determines what is a risky behavior? Each person has a different standard that is influenced by their past, their religion, their culture, and their society.
Real Life Example: I see no problem in exploring and learning about religions; I've researched Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Satanism, and Wicca, just to name a few. I personally know some hardline extremist christians(They exist) who would call that risky behavior.
So who gets to say what is or is not a risky behavior? Is risk always a bad thing?
Perhaps there is a solution to this situation, but it most certianly will not be a simple one.
Does anyone else think it's a bit odd that it targets it's only _major_ competitor on the market; after all, there haven't been any reports about this happening to other A-V programs that I've seen. Or could this have been intentionally done by an inside person without others knowing with the sole intent on making microsoft the fall guy once again? Either way it looks like microsoft and symantec are going to be having a field day.
Companies seem to be going a bit over board with thier EULA's and generally making things hard on the customer. If EULA's were written in plain english and kept short and to the point, without "Lawyer Speak", it could benefit both the company and the User. As it is now, most EULA's only set up the customer to take a shafting if they bring up an issue with a company.
I saw this last week when it was actually News; Can't find the article offhand...Probably because they've moved on to something that actually is News.
Besides, 4000 year old noodles arn't that big of a deal; The place I ate at tonight had bread that tasted twice that old.
Almost like some sort of twisted Darwinism; Humans will be that which is not fit for survival and :robots: or :AI's: will continue on in an example of "Survival of the fittest". Hopefully a meld of man and machine, with each indivual man being the controling entity, will come about first.