Oh my god - could we quit it with the 1984, government taking over the world bullshit. This isn't the government, and it isn't even vaguely associated with the government. It was the choice of GoDaddy to shut this site down, which as I understand it, I'm sure they have the right to shut down any site they want. Speaking for experience, there's only two kinds of cops, bad ones and everyone else. This is the sad state of affairs, that most cops will recieve bad ratings from people who are willfully and knowledgably breaking the law. And of course, everyone wants to paint them as the enemy, most of them are honest and do their jobs to the best of their ability. Coming from someone who knows, I really find most of this flamewar over the issue offensive, and quite frankly, i'm glad this site was shut down.
Doesn't it seem like rating cops is unfair to begin with. If they pull you over and ticket you, then you probably won't like them. If they don't pull you over, you won't know them. So what exactly is the point?
Easy, they won't. This would be a mandate of web sites like/. and not up to the individual user. I've thought about this for a while, and I've decided to approach my response in a different light. In other words, I'm going to play Devil's advocate. Everyone wants to call this a free speech issue, and in a way, it is. In other ways, it's not. You're still free to say what you want, but you're held to a higher standard. You can no longer simply troll message boards because you have established an online identity on that message board. And really, I don't think free speech is uninhibited. Sure, you're able to say whatever you want, but just like your actions, you're still responsible. This could be a good thing or a bad thing.
Seriously, how did this happen in the first place? Doesn't the military have security? Apparently not, but the Pentagon is pretty dam'n efficient in catching this. Wow did I just say that????
I'm not ever really sure how to respond to this. I guess by "censor your address", you mean censor the blueprints for your home?? But I'm not sure. As far as I know, they aren't publicly available, but I could be wrong. Regardless, I doubt they are on the Internet. The truth is I can drive by your home in much the same way I can drive by a military base.... except they usually have big fucking fences.... put up a big fucking fence and I guess that might "censor your address"
Come on, man. How long have you been Slashdot? You are obligated in all cases to say something negative about the US and censorship to get modded up that high. It helps ending with a comment about how the world is going to shit and you how you need to move to Canada. Something obviously went wrong here. But in all seriousness, you're dead on. It's suprised to see the Pentagon is actually on top of this. This means there must be some efficiency in the system. Speaking from experience, I don't really know how or why Google was given access. You typically have to jump through hoops just to get on one of these military bases. I almost think that Google probably should've known better, but thats just me.
In my experience, the market will always respond to fill a growing demand. With faster internet connections came flash games, movies, etc. Maybe we'll have to take a few steps back, but this kind of content is in demand for iPhone users. I, for one, think it would be pretty cool to listen to Pandora on an iPhone. Maybe it's not available now, but I'm pretty sure Adobe is looking into it. At least if they were smart, they would.
A browser that is used by roughly 85% of the market is releasing a new version into beta testing. A company that is mostly closed source has released an open source kernel for testing new features. OH yeah and its OS is used by 95% of the personal computers in the world. It may be coincidence that this was all on the same day - regardless, i think all of these items are significant as far as technology goes.
So there are 2,500 people willing to pay 300 dollars for an album. I guess when you throw "Ultra Deluxe" in front of something... who can resist??? (besides me)
First amendment? Actually, seperation of church and state isn't mentioned in the Constitution. It's actually derived from a letter between Thomas Jefferson and a Baptist minister long after the constitution was written.
I think the major lesson is, if you have a large pool of huge companies supporting you, your format will win. I can think of two reasons off the top of my head why Blue Ray won - Blockbuster and PS3.
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Oh my god - could we quit it with the 1984, government taking over the world bullshit. This isn't the government, and it isn't even vaguely associated with the government. It was the choice of GoDaddy to shut this site down, which as I understand it, I'm sure they have the right to shut down any site they want. Speaking for experience, there's only two kinds of cops, bad ones and everyone else. This is the sad state of affairs, that most cops will recieve bad ratings from people who are willfully and knowledgably breaking the law. And of course, everyone wants to paint them as the enemy, most of them are honest and do their jobs to the best of their ability. Coming from someone who knows, I really find most of this flamewar over the issue offensive, and quite frankly, i'm glad this site was shut down.
Doesn't it seem like rating cops is unfair to begin with. If they pull you over and ticket you, then you probably won't like them. If they don't pull you over, you won't know them. So what exactly is the point?
One word - Comcast.
I, for one, think the biggest issue is that Windows and Linux are totally different operating systems.
Easy, they won't. This would be a mandate of web sites like /. and not up to the individual user. I've thought about this for a while, and I've decided to approach my response in a different light. In other words, I'm going to play Devil's advocate. Everyone wants to call this a free speech issue, and in a way, it is. In other ways, it's not. You're still free to say what you want, but you're held to a higher standard. You can no longer simply troll message boards because you have established an online identity on that message board. And really, I don't think free speech is uninhibited. Sure, you're able to say whatever you want, but just like your actions, you're still responsible. This could be a good thing or a bad thing.
Yeah - I get a ton of calls, but the jobs are generally pretty undesirable.
I think they are generally looking in the wrong places. I never really found CareerBuilder or Monster to be all that useful when job hunting.
I'm not ever really sure how to respond to this. I guess by "censor your address", you mean censor the blueprints for your home?? But I'm not sure. As far as I know, they aren't publicly available, but I could be wrong. Regardless, I doubt they are on the Internet. The truth is I can drive by your home in much the same way I can drive by a military base.... except they usually have big fucking fences.... put up a big fucking fence and I guess that might "censor your address"
Come on, man. How long have you been Slashdot? You are obligated in all cases to say something negative about the US and censorship to get modded up that high. It helps ending with a comment about how the world is going to shit and you how you need to move to Canada. Something obviously went wrong here. But in all seriousness, you're dead on. It's suprised to see the Pentagon is actually on top of this. This means there must be some efficiency in the system. Speaking from experience, I don't really know how or why Google was given access. You typically have to jump through hoops just to get on one of these military bases. I almost think that Google probably should've known better, but thats just me.
"I wouldn't help you colonize this planet if you were the last.... SHIT!"
For the love of God, just send 800 clones of myself - so we could play a decent game of world of warcraft and mod each other's slashdot posts up.
Queue the Clone Army jokes.
In my experience, the market will always respond to fill a growing demand. With faster internet connections came flash games, movies, etc. Maybe we'll have to take a few steps back, but this kind of content is in demand for iPhone users. I, for one, think it would be pretty cool to listen to Pandora on an iPhone. Maybe it's not available now, but I'm pretty sure Adobe is looking into it. At least if they were smart, they would.
A browser that is used by roughly 85% of the market is releasing a new version into beta testing. A company that is mostly closed source has released an open source kernel for testing new features. OH yeah and its OS is used by 95% of the personal computers in the world. It may be coincidence that this was all on the same day - regardless, i think all of these items are significant as far as technology goes.
So there are 2,500 people willing to pay 300 dollars for an album. I guess when you throw "Ultra Deluxe" in front of something... who can resist??? (besides me)
It wasn't that MS wasn't big enough to make a difference. It was that they were largely indifferent. They weren't at all invested in HD DVD's.
First amendment? Actually, seperation of church and state isn't mentioned in the Constitution. It's actually derived from a letter between Thomas Jefferson and a Baptist minister long after the constitution was written.
I think the major lesson is, if you have a large pool of huge companies supporting you, your format will win. I can think of two reasons off the top of my head why Blue Ray won - Blockbuster and PS3.
You're also posting anonymously because you're a jackass - seriously who modded this guy informative???
I think this leaves things open for the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
70% of P2P users would stop because its kind of difficult to download music and movies without an internet connection.
Actually - I would be more supportive if youtube came up with a way to make the comments section in a lower definition.
I blame it on StumbleUpon, but thats just me.