Let me get this straight: You think the idea that one of the nation's most secretive intelligence agencies would be doing something in secret that allows them to gain intelligence is "tin-foil hat territory"? How do you know which contributors to TrueCrypt are working for the NSA? How could you ever know?
The answer is the same reason that we "know" anything - because the chance of any alternative is so incredibly low as to be negligible. It's the same reason I know that God does not exist.
How do you know what TrueCrypt contributers work for the NSA? Well, it's incredibly unlikely. And would require all sorts of difficult lies and secrecy - and it's not easy to maintain situations like that.
But you go on, shredding your bank statements then burning the shreds - because some nerd fantasy you have involves people spending excessive time and resources for little real gain. One of the problems with being a nerd, other than the social handicap, is that predictions of human behaviour can be extremely inaccurate. (e.g. That girl will think I'm really cool if I act all elusive and don't speak to her.)
So, to summarise, how do you know that NSA doesn't infiltrate open source? Because it makes sense.
Actually, I found this to be a relatively interesting discussion. There's quite a few AC (Score:0) comments that mention their personal experiences. Some of these contain information that would be helpful for anyone comtemplating a sci career, and it's information you're not going to find in any textbook.
Now, going on about one's own experiences is often a rambling, but it's much better than the lame meme-fest usually seen here!
At least Apple buries the fact somewhere in some deep EULA (I guess). Google didn't ask anyone when it collected WIFI data, nor does it ask for permission when people use google's search engine (or 90% of the other sites on internet that have google analytics)
The cognitive dissonance of Apple supporters is amazing!
Look, I get you like Apple because it makes you feel like an individual. I get that you are loyal to a brand.
But this is meant to be a tech site. Not a hipster fashion accessory discussion group! (Nice Wayfarers btw).
If it requires gloves to handle why would I want it sprayed on, in or around my food?
Pesticides: To enable the food to grow without destruction by various pests. Why do you think people use pesticides? Mind control?!
Fertilisers: To provide nutrients to the growing plants. Surely this is self-explanatory!
At the risk of sounding patronising, you don't actually EAT the fertiliser. If you have been so far, don't worry, but I'd suggest you change your habits!
No-one has come to any harm from consuming the trace amount of pesticide left on fruit and vegetables. If you're that worried, give them a wash before you eat them.
Do you ever use flyspray? Or insect repellent? If you worked in a flyspray factory - you'd wear a mask and gloves. If you worked in a lumber mill you'd wear a mask. It doesn't mean you can't use the items!
Slashdot - for a website where everyone thinks they're smart, there's so many antivaccination, homeopathic promoting, generally ignorant statements on here! There's more to being smart than knowing how to program ASM!
Where do you think this money comes from? It could have been used to buy all sorts of things rather than a trendy toy that will depreciate to 10% of its purchase value within two years. And if it was so helpful and so cheap, then why don't the parents pay for them directly?
I came to Slashdot thinking there would be some reasoned arguments, but it's just fanboys saying how the iPad will make kids learn, about 100 shitty jokes about walking "uphill both ways" (is this especially funny to Aspies?) and a few dozen jokes about overlords.
Thank god this is not my country wasting money of crap like this.
Paracetamol isn't aspirin! Don't make silly mistakes like that!
Paracetamol is the same as acetaminophen. The major brand in the US is Tylenol, the major brand outside of US is Panadol.
For whatever reason, they chose to abbreviate a generic name from the compound slightly differently: para-acetylaminophenol and para-acetylaminophenol.
Make sure you take paracetamol regularly. Two tabs (2x500mg) four times per day.
The mistake people make with Panadol/Tylenol is that they wait til they're really sore, then take a table and complain it doesn't work. It's not going to completely get rid of your pain, but it might take the "edge" off it. It's immensely safer than NSAIDs and fewer side effects that opioids, show you should make sure you're getting a full dose before stepping up to another medicine.
If you get migraines, then there may be other tablets that help better than the stand pain relievers.
First, Apple say this is an app issue, and app vendors need to fix it. They will dig their heals in and effectively say "screw you" to all their loyal customers.
Then, in the next iOS update (or the one after, if the next update is scheduled to be too soon) there will suddenly be a prompt for launching applications via registered URL handlers, possibly with some hype about how Apple is looking out for you, but not necessarily.
When confronted about the dichotomy between their two positions, Steve Jobs will simply reply "Apple is always concerned about the security of our customers, of course we would want to protect them from these kinds malicious attacks." All the while giving the reporter a befuddled look, as if to suggest the reporter is crazy for even asking such a stupid question.
After this, Apple users on Slashdot will defend Steve Jobs. They'll state this can happen on any operating system, and that it is not Apple's responsibility. Then they're say how they are immune to viruses. They'll rejoice when they get their new version of Safari, which is limited to Apple's pre-approved sites.
Then their call will cut out, their screen will break, and their data will disappear. Steve Jobs will tell them that they are "holding it wrong". Apple fans will then bend over and take this abuse, at a personal cost of $4000.
I'm not really worried about the 3D part. I just don't know why they're splitting the Hobbit into two parts!
All movies nowadays seem to be over 3 hours long, and I don't really have the patience for most of these. It's mostly just self-indulgence from the director.
It's hard to confess this on a nerd forum, but I actually fell asleep in one of the LOTR movies. It would be a pity if the Hobbit was two 3-hour long separate films where nothing interesting happens. Keep it concise and entertaining Peter Jackson, and most importantly, get over yourself.
Living in NZ this astounds me! When I was a kid, mum used to give us coin each (20c, 50c or so) to put in the collection basket at our Catholic church. And I know some of the fundie religions (especially the evil Destiny Church) get all their fools to donate 10% of their income. But an actual church tax - now that's messed up.
I don't think there's such thing as paying to register/deregister at a church either.
Anyway, since I declined confirmation in my teens I'm now a reformed Catholic - an atheist.
How many of you would give up all your money for two more years with a parent or grandparent you once had. TWO YEARS IS GOLD. Ten? An unbelievable gift.
At first I thought you were a troll, or being sarcastic. Are you really that deluded? I'd much rather die a well person than with dementia, struggling to breath, and in pain. Have you never ever seen someone die before?
Anyway, I agree completely about the misuse of the word robot. It makes me sick that our editors just pump bullshit, simple-minded, sensationalistic stories, without stopping to check accuracy or appropriateness for the audience. Slashdot comments now read like Youtube comments. The term is artificial heart.
Antonio Amodeo, or his hospital, is just a shameless self-promoter. Prolonging this poor boy's life, ensuring a lifetime on warfarin with frequent testing, and stopping what might have been a quick ending for the boy. If his heart is not going to fail, his lungs are, and he'll eventually die of pneumonia. Poor bastard.
Distilled water and tap water basically will have the same effect with regards to depletion of minerals.
The only one worth thinking about is sodium. Drinking way too much water, for way too long, will eventually mean that you get a low level of sodium in your blood. Acutely this can cause confusion. In extreme circumstances (such as taking E and downing heaps of water) people can cause their brain to swell.
The thing is, tap water water is pretty much the same as distilled water as far as the bod is concerned. If you've ever tasted normal saline, then you'll know how salty 150 mmol/L (which is similar to body's 140 mmol/L) tastes.
Yeah, but it says nothing about non-nerds, who realise that forcing non-funny, unlikeable characters to say obscure, unfunny things to appeal to a niche market, IS NOT FUNNY. Haha, they set sum of two roots. Real funny. Haha, New New York. Haha, still Jamaican, Asian, pure white characters. Haha, talking celebrity heads, haha, just like the celebs in The Simpsons.
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I am shocked at the number of really smart people that don't know the difference between week and weak.
He does. He used it correctly throughout the rest of his comment. The mistake he made was a typo - he typed the wrong thing. People make mistakes.
But you can just go chuckle about it to yourself, and masturbate over your knowledge of 4th grade homophones.
Let me get this straight: You think the idea that one of the nation's most secretive intelligence agencies would be doing something in secret that allows them to gain intelligence is "tin-foil hat territory"? How do you know which contributors to TrueCrypt are working for the NSA? How could you ever know?
The answer is the same reason that we "know" anything - because the chance of any alternative is so incredibly low as to be negligible. It's the same reason I know that God does not exist.
How do you know what TrueCrypt contributers work for the NSA? Well, it's incredibly unlikely. And would require all sorts of difficult lies and secrecy - and it's not easy to maintain situations like that.
But you go on, shredding your bank statements then burning the shreds - because some nerd fantasy you have involves people spending excessive time and resources for little real gain. One of the problems with being a nerd, other than the social handicap, is that predictions of human behaviour can be extremely inaccurate. (e.g. That girl will think I'm really cool if I act all elusive and don't speak to her.)
So, to summarise, how do you know that NSA doesn't infiltrate open source? Because it makes sense.
And...typo in summary?
No, of course not. Not on Slashdot (TM).
R.I.P Osama Bin Laden - World Hide And Go Seek Champion (2001 - 2011)
I hear Madeleine McCann now takes his place as reigning champion.
WTF? it's not nerdy, typewriters aren't nerdy, and the story is factually incorrect.
I knew it! Typewriters ARE cool! And to think my parents didn't let me take one to class!
I'm going back to high school and show those hot slutty girls my Brothers.
penis size.
Actually, I found this to be a relatively interesting discussion. There's quite a few AC (Score:0) comments that mention their personal experiences. Some of these contain information that would be helpful for anyone comtemplating a sci career, and it's information you're not going to find in any textbook.
Now, going on about one's own experiences is often a rambling, but it's much better than the lame meme-fest usually seen here!
Of course, in Soviet Russia...
That's pretty rude! You shouldn't take his suggestion about codecs so personally!
Thanks for your post.
It was a rare example of rational thinking that's seldom seen on Slashdot.
At least Apple buries the fact somewhere in some deep EULA (I guess). Google didn't ask anyone when it collected WIFI data, nor does it ask for permission when people use google's search engine (or 90% of the other sites on internet that have google analytics)
The cognitive dissonance of Apple supporters is amazing!
Look, I get you like Apple because it makes you feel like an individual. I get that you are loyal to a brand.
But this is meant to be a tech site. Not a hipster fashion accessory discussion group! (Nice Wayfarers btw).
Pesticides: To enable the food to grow without destruction by various pests. Why do you think people use pesticides? Mind control?!
Fertilisers: To provide nutrients to the growing plants. Surely this is self-explanatory!
At the risk of sounding patronising, you don't actually EAT the fertiliser. If you have been so far, don't worry, but I'd suggest you change your habits!
No-one has come to any harm from consuming the trace amount of pesticide left on fruit and vegetables. If you're that worried, give them a wash before you eat them.
Do you ever use flyspray? Or insect repellent? If you worked in a flyspray factory - you'd wear a mask and gloves. If you worked in a lumber mill you'd wear a mask. It doesn't mean you can't use the items!
Slashdot - for a website where everyone thinks they're smart, there's so many antivaccination, homeopathic promoting, generally ignorant statements on here! There's more to being smart than knowing how to program ASM!
Man you fanboys are terrible!
Where do you think this money comes from? It could have been used to buy all sorts of things rather than a trendy toy that will depreciate to 10% of its purchase value within two years. And if it was so helpful and so cheap, then why don't the parents pay for them directly?
I came to Slashdot thinking there would be some reasoned arguments, but it's just fanboys saying how the iPad will make kids learn, about 100 shitty jokes about walking "uphill both ways" (is this especially funny to Aspies?) and a few dozen jokes about overlords.
Thank god this is not my country wasting money of crap like this.
No.
Backwards Chile
Backwards Indonesia
Backwards Alaska
Paracetamol isn't aspirin! Don't make silly mistakes like that!
Paracetamol is the same as acetaminophen. The major brand in the US is Tylenol, the major brand outside of US is Panadol.
For whatever reason, they chose to abbreviate a generic name from the compound slightly differently: para-acetylaminophenol and para-acetylaminophenol.
Make sure you take paracetamol regularly. Two tabs (2x500mg) four times per day.
The mistake people make with Panadol/Tylenol is that they wait til they're really sore, then take a table and complain it doesn't work. It's not going to completely get rid of your pain, but it might take the "edge" off it. It's immensely safer than NSAIDs and fewer side effects that opioids, show you should make sure you're getting a full dose before stepping up to another medicine.
If you get migraines, then there may be other tablets that help better than the stand pain relievers.
Here is how it will go down:
First, Apple say this is an app issue, and app vendors need to fix it. They will dig their heals in and effectively say "screw you" to all their loyal customers.
Then, in the next iOS update (or the one after, if the next update is scheduled to be too soon) there will suddenly be a prompt for launching applications via registered URL handlers, possibly with some hype about how Apple is looking out for you, but not necessarily.
When confronted about the dichotomy between their two positions, Steve Jobs will simply reply "Apple is always concerned about the security of our customers, of course we would want to protect them from these kinds malicious attacks." All the while giving the reporter a befuddled look, as if to suggest the reporter is crazy for even asking such a stupid question.
After this, Apple users on Slashdot will defend Steve Jobs. They'll state this can happen on any operating system, and that it is not Apple's responsibility. Then they're say how they are immune to viruses. They'll rejoice when they get their new version of Safari, which is limited to Apple's pre-approved sites.
Then their call will cut out, their screen will break, and their data will disappear. Steve Jobs will tell them that they are "holding it wrong". Apple fans will then bend over and take this abuse, at a personal cost of $4000.
I'm not really worried about the 3D part. I just don't know why they're splitting the Hobbit into two parts!
All movies nowadays seem to be over 3 hours long, and I don't really have the patience for most of these. It's mostly just self-indulgence from the director.
It's hard to confess this on a nerd forum, but I actually fell asleep in one of the LOTR movies. It would be a pity if the Hobbit was two 3-hour long separate films where nothing interesting happens. Keep it concise and entertaining Peter Jackson, and most importantly, get over yourself.
Living in NZ this astounds me! When I was a kid, mum used to give us coin each (20c, 50c or so) to put in the collection basket at our Catholic church. And I know some of the fundie religions (especially the evil Destiny Church) get all their fools to donate 10% of their income. But an actual church tax - now that's messed up.
I don't think there's such thing as paying to register/deregister at a church either.
Anyway, since I declined confirmation in my teens I'm now a reformed Catholic - an atheist.
You're holding it wrong.
I'm not going to do anything about IPv6, I think it's a waste of time.
My employer told me it's okay and that there was no pressure or any%^%@13#^$3@#$*^&^NO CARRIER
I'm still using Windows 2000. Everytime I upgrade the CPU or RAM, it gets massively faster. Everything (except Firefox) runs instantly.
Why would I want to upgrade my OS and slow everything down?
How many of you would give up all your money for two more years with a parent or grandparent you once had. TWO YEARS IS GOLD. Ten? An unbelievable gift.
At first I thought you were a troll, or being sarcastic. Are you really that deluded? I'd much rather die a well person than with dementia, struggling to breath, and in pain. Have you never ever seen someone die before?
Anyway, I agree completely about the misuse of the word robot. It makes me sick that our editors just pump bullshit, simple-minded, sensationalistic stories, without stopping to check accuracy or appropriateness for the audience. Slashdot comments now read like Youtube comments. The term is artificial heart.
Antonio Amodeo, or his hospital, is just a shameless self-promoter. Prolonging this poor boy's life, ensuring a lifetime on warfarin with frequent testing, and stopping what might have been a quick ending for the boy. If his heart is not going to fail, his lungs are, and he'll eventually die of pneumonia. Poor bastard.
Distilled water and tap water basically will have the same effect with regards to depletion of minerals.
The only one worth thinking about is sodium. Drinking way too much water, for way too long, will eventually mean that you get a low level of sodium in your blood. Acutely this can cause confusion. In extreme circumstances (such as taking E and downing heaps of water) people can cause their brain to swell.
The thing is, tap water water is pretty much the same as distilled water as far as the bod is concerned. If you've ever tasted normal saline, then you'll know how salty 150 mmol/L (which is similar to body's 140 mmol/L) tastes.
Yeah, but it says nothing about non-nerds, who realise that forcing non-funny, unlikeable characters to say obscure, unfunny things to appeal to a niche market, IS NOT FUNNY. Haha, they set sum of two roots. Real funny. Haha, New New York. Haha, still Jamaican, Asian, pure white characters. Haha, talking celebrity heads, haha, just like the celebs in The Simpsons.
Futurama is NOT FUNNY!
So if Y is email, can Google Wave be used easily by anyone?
No. So it's not really a replacement for email.
And does email suck? It's not perfect, but it's been around a long time, basically unchanged. I'd say it's pretty successful.