The Israelis have been hiring hackers to do dirty work for years - in the government and private sector. The article you refered to was not AV companies hiring programmers to create viruses - it was one corporation hiring hackers to break into competitor's systems.
If a story came out a programmer was hired by an anonymous "suit" to write a virus, it would be interesting even if the "suit" was unknown. I mean look at all the articles popular on Slashdot without anything interesting to say...
My only point is that Camaros are fast. All other assumptions/allusions are yours. I could care less about trying to "race" people, all I care about is getting to where I am going - fast.
Not that I don't love a good consipracy theory, but do you really think all those shady programmers would be able to keep their mouths about what they have done? The hardest part of a conspiracy is not pulling something off, but keeping everyone who knows about it either quiet or dead...
I'll make you another deal - you decide what's interesting to YOU, and I'll decide what's interesting to ME.
P.S. I don't find your long-winded posts interesting either, but I'm not demanding an explanation from you why you post them, or an explanation of how they are interesting.
P.P.S. Articles posted to the front page of Slashdot are sometimes A)Inaccurate and B)Not Interesting
Wrong, it has to be a car analogy. All Camaros are cars but not all cars are Camaros. (But if they were, people would probably get to where they were going a lot faster.)
"What I want to know is, when will we stop hearing about each and every new piece of malware for Mac OS X when they're not even novel, new, or interesting anymore?"
I'll make you a deal - I'll stop being interested in them when you stop feeling compelled to tell me they aren't of interest.
Really? There are only monetary punishments for rape and murder where you live?? What country are you from that capital crimes are merely civil cases involving fines?
There is a difference between sharing bits of a file while downloading the file, and seeding a file when you have 100% of it. Nobody in the US has been nailed for uploading while downloading using Bittorrent as of yet - only people hosting 100% of the files for uploading...Just becuase you are downloading does not mean you are a seeder.
BTW I did read some of the articles you linked to. The most interesting one stated -
The findings include:
On select issues from corporate power and trade to Social Security and Medicare to health care and taxes, journalists are actually more conservative than the general public.
Journalists are mostly centrist in their political orientation.
The minority of journalists who do not identify with the "center" are more likely to identify with the "right" when it comes to economic issues and to identify with the "left" when it comes to social issues.
Journalists report that "business-oriented news outlets" and "major daily newspapers" provide the highest quality coverage of economic policy issues, while "broadcast network TV news" and "cable news services" provide the worst.
And this is from an article referenced by the one you sent me... Looks pretty bad for your Liberal Media Template theory...
If there had been this much hot air around in the time of dirigibles, maybe the Hindenburg Tradgedy would have never happened... You should re-read your own post and try to follow your own advice. Apparently you are much better at telling people what to think than actually doing it yourself. Have a nice life!
In your eyes, I was already filed there to start with, no sweat off my back... I'm not the one pretending to not have a bias, so I hardly care what you think of me... If calling me a Kook makes you rest better at night, then by all means do... I mean it is much easier to just discount everything someone says than to actually think about it, right?
More than 25 years I guess... But considering that the "fucking pain in the ass" has been providing me with paychecks for a long time, I can tend to overlook that fact at times... As a matter of fact, that is the motto printed on my home-based IT business cards - "Technology is not a panacea."
"If you can't see it then you have been so blinded by partisanship that I can't help you."
It takes one to know one, huh?
And I would read the articles you cited, but you know, the whole Liberal Media thing makes them irrelevant.
Of course there is bias in media, but claiming it is all one sided is not only naive but dangerous... This is why I choose to get my news from multiple sources in different countries..
"The most recent ASNE study surveyed 1,037 newspaper reporters found 61 percent identified themselves as/leaning "liberal/Democratic" compared to only 15 percent who identified themselves as/leaning "conservative/Republican."
All that proves is that Conservative/Republicans lie more..
Would you like a corporate sponsor for you war? It would make the financing much easier and I know a few corporations willing to make sizeable donations...
No, superglue will break down the reflective properties, allowing THEM to mind control you if your head is turned to the right angle. Always use double stick tape to secure. And remember - SHINY SIDE OUT!!!
Thanks for your take on the Liberal Media(TM) Mr. Bill O'Reilly. It has obviously been enough to get the most liberal of candidates into power the last few elections. I guess that explains why Democrats are running everything now...
By the way, ever hear of a guy named Rupert Murdoch?? No, you should look him up because he DOES own the media, and he ain't exactly liberal...
"If one "follows the money" it's pretty obvious that Deibold has an incentive to make republicans win, but aren't most of these problems just awful engineering? Crappy programming, bad design, lazy execution."
I'd like to think that, but it would have helped had the CEO of Diebold, Walden O'Dell, not made the statement about being "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year" when they were trying to sell machines to Ohio in 2003...
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The Israelis have been hiring hackers to do dirty work for years - in the government and private sector. The article you refered to was not AV companies hiring programmers to create viruses - it was one corporation hiring hackers to break into competitor's systems.
If a story came out a programmer was hired by an anonymous "suit" to write a virus, it would be interesting even if the "suit" was unknown. I mean look at all the articles popular on Slashdot without anything interesting to say...
My only point is that Camaros are fast. All other assumptions/allusions are yours. I could care less about trying to "race" people, all I care about is getting to where I am going - fast.
Not that I don't love a good consipracy theory, but do you really think all those shady programmers would be able to keep their mouths about what they have done? The hardest part of a conspiracy is not pulling something off, but keeping everyone who knows about it either quiet or dead...
I'll make you another deal - you decide what's interesting to YOU, and I'll decide what's interesting to ME.
P.S. I don't find your long-winded posts interesting either, but I'm not demanding an explanation from you why you post them, or an explanation of how they are interesting.
P.P.S. Articles posted to the front page of Slashdot are sometimes A)Inaccurate and B)Not Interesting
Wrong, it has to be a car analogy. All Camaros are cars but not all cars are Camaros. (But if they were, people would probably get to where they were going a lot faster.)
"What I want to know is, when will we stop hearing about each and every new piece of malware for Mac OS X when they're not even novel, new, or interesting anymore?"
I'll make you a deal - I'll stop being interested in them when you stop feeling compelled to tell me they aren't of interest.
This is a totally old troll rant posted many times before. You all got suckered in again dammit...There is no record store people...
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Really? There are only monetary punishments for rape and murder where you live?? What country are you from that capital crimes are merely civil cases involving fines?
There is a difference between sharing bits of a file while downloading the file, and seeding a file when you have 100% of it. Nobody in the US has been nailed for uploading while downloading using Bittorrent as of yet - only people hosting 100% of the files for uploading...Just becuase you are downloading does not mean you are a seeder.
A majority is not the same as a monopoly. Whether or not they are popular, there are still tons of search engines out there besides Google...
BTW I did read some of the articles you linked to. The most interesting one stated -
The findings include:
On select issues from corporate power and trade to Social Security and Medicare to health care and taxes, journalists are actually more conservative than the general public.
Journalists are mostly centrist in their political orientation.
The minority of journalists who do not identify with the "center" are more likely to identify with the "right" when it comes to economic issues and to identify with the "left" when it comes to social issues.
Journalists report that "business-oriented news outlets" and "major daily newspapers" provide the highest quality coverage of economic policy issues, while "broadcast network TV news" and "cable news services" provide the worst.
And this is from an article referenced by the one you sent me... Looks pretty bad for your Liberal Media Template theory...
Please explain exactly how cheap laptops will do any good to any of the nations you listed. I just don't see it...
If there had been this much hot air around in the time of dirigibles, maybe the Hindenburg Tradgedy would have never happened... You should re-read your own post and try to follow your own advice. Apparently you are much better at telling people what to think than actually doing it yourself. Have a nice life!
In your eyes, I was already filed there to start with, no sweat off my back... I'm not the one pretending to not have a bias, so I hardly care what you think of me... If calling me a Kook makes you rest better at night, then by all means do... I mean it is much easier to just discount everything someone says than to actually think about it, right?
More than 25 years I guess... But considering that the "fucking pain in the ass" has been providing me with paychecks for a long time, I can tend to overlook that fact at times... As a matter of fact, that is the motto printed on my home-based IT business cards - "Technology is not a panacea."
"If you can't see it then you have been so blinded by partisanship that I can't help you."
It takes one to know one, huh?
And I would read the articles you cited, but you know, the whole Liberal Media thing makes them irrelevant.
Of course there is bias in media, but claiming it is all one sided is not only naive but dangerous... This is why I choose to get my news from multiple sources in different countries..
"The most recent ASNE study surveyed 1,037 newspaper reporters found 61 percent identified themselves as/leaning "liberal/Democratic" compared to only 15 percent who identified themselves as/leaning "conservative/Republican."
All that proves is that Conservative/Republicans lie more..
Would you like a corporate sponsor for you war? It would make the financing much easier and I know a few corporations willing to make sizeable donations...
No, superglue will break down the reflective properties, allowing THEM to mind control you if your head is turned to the right angle. Always use double stick tape to secure. And remember - SHINY SIDE OUT!!!
"I can just as easily say that all democrats are communists and are helping the Chinese plot an invasion to get some American territory (and women!)."
Slow down Cowboy! That's a job for Fox News!!
It has and was a little strange reading comments on Slashdot NOT advocating the use of computers for something...
Thanks for your take on the Liberal Media(TM) Mr. Bill O'Reilly. It has obviously been enough to get the most liberal of candidates into power the last few elections. I guess that explains why Democrats are running everything now...
By the way, ever hear of a guy named Rupert Murdoch?? No, you should look him up because he DOES own the media, and he ain't exactly liberal...
"If one "follows the money" it's pretty obvious that Deibold has an incentive to make republicans win, but aren't most of these problems just awful engineering? Crappy programming, bad design, lazy execution."
I'd like to think that, but it would have helped had the CEO of Diebold, Walden O'Dell, not made the statement about being "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year" when they were trying to sell machines to Ohio in 2003...
I don't think that the Canaliens want us either...
Actually the most obvious solution to me is not to use touchscreens...