We need a Godwin's law for the "I, for one, welcome our new [insert name here] overlords" here on Slashdot.
I suggest we call it Cowboy Neal's Law, since it's invoked in every single story's comments, just as Cowboy Neal is invoked in every single front-page poll.
I bow before your perversity. Where do you get drivers? Um... don't you mean, perseverance? Although that level of perseverance is still pretty perverse.
Pedantic? Probably.
Looks like Firefox & Safari users are safe for now.
MSIE only? Gee, I'm shocked. Utterly amazed.
I understand and agree that UPnP should be off anyway, but (as was noted in an earlier reply) this isn't any different than surfing to any other IE-exploiting page and the same precautions apply. For starters, using something other than IE.
From TFA:
She thought that, with her theater being located in her cellar, a good fit would be to incorporate a passion for animals. But the bats that are located in the home theater room are only props, so guests don't have to worry about them flying around while they're watching a movie in one of the theater's eight black, motorized leather recliners! Does that include the passion for leather, as in cow hide, chairs? Or does this passion for animals only include the fake and dead kind?
...and what happens when a user with an older or non-compliant browser views your site that doesn't properly handle this tag that you'd be relying on?
You can NOT implement your security client-side and expect it to be anything more than a speed bump for those that want to circumvent it. HTML is not meant to handle security in any way, and it shouldn't be expected to, ever, for the obvious reasons. What's stopping you from doing the same with server-side code, and why on earth wouldn't you prefer that to client-side? Your tag is a horrible idea, but you might see it in some upcoming version of IE anyway.
Well, aren't you just a ball of sunshine. Don't you realize that if you'd just embrace the idea of proprietary software becoming an ISO standard your riots and strikes would evaporate overnight? Come on, it's ok. Join us... join us...
Email will only be used to let people know you made an update to your Wiki-like social network Email will always be used for sending documents (resume and cover letter to a potential employer) or for communications with people that are -outside- of your social net. The concept of social nets replacing email only works for the people that are in your network, and totally falls apart for communications with those that you don't know and that are not in your friends list. When applying for a job, you're not going to tell the potential employer to join Facebook/MySpace/LinkedIn and reply/correspond with you there. You'll use email because it's a direct one step process. People will gravitate to the easiest solution, so when the options are (1) upload a file to my wiki and then email John Doe to tell him that it's there, or (2) just email John Doe the file, option 2 will be preferable.
Email isn't going anywhere.
I don't know anyone that works a desk job that could possibly function professionally without email. It's hardly "dead" and certainly isn't "only for old people". Try communicating with your clients using only Facebook or AIM. It won't work, and email isn't going anywhere.
Perhaps the real headline here should have been "social networks are for kids". While I don't think social nets are exclusively for those under 25, it would be much more accurate than "Email is only for old people".
Amusing that people who are content to rip off other people's hard work suddenly think they have the moral high ground when they're about to be ripped off themselves.
Gee, what if a car salesman tells you a vehicle is a four wheel drive V-6, but once you sign on the dotted line and go to drive the car home you find out that it's actually a two wheel drive 4 cylinder?
Then, obviously, you have a legitimate grievance to address with the salesman or, in your scenario, the telco.
What else are you going to do? Call the press? You may as well blame god, since it's just as likely to get you the broadband you want before the next decade.
Oh the horror. Parents have to actually parent their spawn rather than count on a society of strangers and an army of entertainment devices to do it for them.
FFS people, it's not up to the government or the industry to make sure your freaking kids are safe from all possible bad influences. It's your damn job as a parent to actually pay attention to what your little dorklings soak up with their sponge brains, and getting a rating on a box to make that easier should be considered a gift. I'm in favor of restrictions to prevent underage kids from purchasing adult material, but that's it. Senatorial involvement is nothing more than pan-handling for votes, and it's pathetic.
A parent needs to pay attention to their brats, pay attention to what they buy and what they watch/play/listen to. It's not up to the rest of the world to compensate for parental irresponsibility.
It's not all that different in urban areas. I've recently moved to the 3rd largest city in the U.S., but still made damn sure that readily available broadband was a major part of the decision when choosing a lease to sign. Even in the city, you still have to check on these things (there were 3 otherwise great locations I had to turn down for lack of sufficient net access).
If your livelihood depends on broadband then you are a total dipshit for not making sure it's available (at a reasonable price) *before* you move.
Behold, a new McCarthyism - and one of many. Individuals sitting in high levels of government with little to no understanding of an issue or it's implications making broad, unqualified, sweeping assumptions and using these as a platform for a personal crusade to gain more "political capitol." This one's backed by the lobbying efforts of the largest "legal" racketeering and extortion ring in history.
Theft is theft, whether it concerns digital or physical assets, but what rationale could possibly come up with punishment worse than if the offender committed murder? This kind:
Senator SYMINGTON. Let me ask you a couple of questions? Are you an American citizen?
Mr. HENDERSON. Yes, sir.
Senator SYMINGTON. Well, now, if you are a member of the Communist party today, why are you not proud of it, instead of being ashamed of it and ducking these questions the way you are ducking them?
Mr. HENDERSON. I must refuse to answer that question on the same grounds, sir. I do not know where you are taking me.
Senator SYMINGTON. I do not know where you are heading us, either, a lot of us.
Mr. HENDERSON. And I don't want to incriminate myself, sir.
Senator SYMINGTON. I think you are anxious not to incriminate yourself, but it appears to me that you are incriminating other people.
Mr. HENDERSON. It is the last thing I want to do in this world.
Senator SYMINGTON. I think the last thing you want to do is come in here and implicate others as members of the Communist party.
Mr. HENDERSON. That is the last thing I want to be.
Senator SYMINGTON. To be perfectly frank with you, it appears to me that is what you are doing.
Senator JACKSON. You admit you know certain people, and when questioned about another name you exercise your privilege, and the inference is that in distinguishing between the two, one group falls in a Communist category and the other group falls in a non-Communist category.
Mr. HENDERSON. Well, that is your inference, not mine, sir.
Senator JACKSON. Is that your inference?
Mr. HENDERSON. I wouldn't say so.
Senator JACKSON. You would not say so. That is what I am concerned about, if you are going to put some people who are innocent in a bad light.
Mr. HENDERSON. I think perjury is a bum beef, and I won't finger anybody. It is just that simple. And I am not going to incriminate myself if I can help it.
Senator SYMINGTON. It looks to me, using your own language, that in order not to incriminate yourself, you are putting the finger on other people.
Mr. HENDERSON. That is certainly not my intention, and I think you are absolutely mistaken in drawing such an inference.
There is a limit to how much bombardment living tissue can withstand, even at low levels, before things start to get fubar.
My cell phone is as unplugged as I care to get (and sometimes too much, even). I'll keep my shielded cables and wires, thanks.
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Reason #532 to build a Faraday Cage in my house along with a small home-brew EMP emitter.
We need a Godwin's law for the "I, for one, welcome our new [insert name here] overlords" here on Slashdot.
I suggest we call it Cowboy Neal's Law, since it's invoked in every single story's comments, just as Cowboy Neal is invoked in every single front-page poll.
Good point. Combined with a head bow, that one could sting a little. I think I'll try it out on my boss tomorrow.
MSIE only? Gee, I'm shocked. Utterly amazed.
I understand and agree that UPnP should be off anyway, but (as was noted in an earlier reply) this isn't any different than surfing to any other IE-exploiting page and the same precautions apply. For starters, using something other than IE.
...and what happens when a user with an older or non-compliant browser views your site that doesn't properly handle this tag that you'd be relying on? You can NOT implement your security client-side and expect it to be anything more than a speed bump for those that want to circumvent it. HTML is not meant to handle security in any way, and it shouldn't be expected to, ever, for the obvious reasons. What's stopping you from doing the same with server-side code, and why on earth wouldn't you prefer that to client-side? Your tag is a horrible idea, but you might see it in some upcoming version of IE anyway.
Well, aren't you just a ball of sunshine.
Don't you realize that if you'd just embrace the idea of proprietary software becoming an ISO standard your riots and strikes would evaporate overnight? Come on, it's ok. Join us... join us...
I don't know anyone that works a desk job that could possibly function professionally without email. It's hardly "dead" and certainly isn't "only for old people". Try communicating with your clients using only Facebook or AIM. It won't work, and email isn't going anywhere.
Perhaps the real headline here should have been "social networks are for kids". While I don't think social nets are exclusively for those under 25, it would be much more accurate than "Email is only for old people".
Amusing that people who are content to rip off other people's hard work suddenly think they have the moral high ground when they're about to be ripped off themselves.
It's not an old concept - "honor among thieves".
Gee, what if a car salesman tells you a vehicle is a four wheel drive V-6, but once you sign on the dotted line and go to drive the car home you find out that it's actually a two wheel drive 4 cylinder? Then, obviously, you have a legitimate grievance to address with the salesman or, in your scenario, the telco.
What else are you going to do? Call the press? You may as well blame god, since it's just as likely to get you the broadband you want before the next decade.
Oh the horror. Parents have to actually parent their spawn rather than count on a society of strangers and an army of entertainment devices to do it for them.
FFS people, it's not up to the government or the industry to make sure your freaking kids are safe from all possible bad influences. It's your damn job as a parent to actually pay attention to what your little dorklings soak up with their sponge brains, and getting a rating on a box to make that easier should be considered a gift. I'm in favor of restrictions to prevent underage kids from purchasing adult material, but that's it. Senatorial involvement is nothing more than pan-handling for votes, and it's pathetic.
A parent needs to pay attention to their brats, pay attention to what they buy and what they watch/play/listen to. It's not up to the rest of the world to compensate for parental irresponsibility.
It's not all that different in urban areas. I've recently moved to the 3rd largest city in the U.S., but still made damn sure that readily available broadband was a major part of the decision when choosing a lease to sign. Even in the city, you still have to check on these things (there were 3 otherwise great locations I had to turn down for lack of sufficient net access). If your livelihood depends on broadband then you are a total dipshit for not making sure it's available (at a reasonable price) *before* you move.
Ironkey works on XP and Vista only.
Bbbzzzzzzt. You lose. Next solution, please.
Theft is theft, whether it concerns digital or physical assets, but what rationale could possibly come up with punishment worse than if the offender committed murder? This kind:
From S. Prt. 107-84 -- Executive Sessions of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations (McCarthy Hearings 1953-54).- http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/commo
Let's all say it together, class: "black shakes"
There is a limit to how much bombardment living tissue can withstand, even at low levels, before things start to get fubar.
My cell phone is as unplugged as I care to get (and sometimes too much, even). I'll keep my shielded cables and wires, thanks.