Some nice FUD there. My laptop works fine - upgraded yesterday without a hitch. All laptops aren't useless with 7.04. Windows has some bugs too, shall we keep that off laptops (or mod some Microsoft laptop FUD to +5)?
Is anyone surprised by this? After all, a few stories down from this on the front page is news of the Microsoft Firefox plugin that works "only on Vista and XP". Who would have ever imagined that this would be any different?
Even the judges? Are you suggesting that the good people of Slashdot know the inner workings of court better than the judges that preside over them? Seems unlikely to me.
I'd be more inclined to believe that judges have long known that the RIAA are a bunch of bastards and are now acting in a manner that respects the general population's regard of the RIAA as a bunch of bastards.
If Linux gets ported to it, then I'll buy one. WiFi has amazing potential that's not being realised; running Linux it should be able to do a lot of fun things. Microsoft should take note of the recent Slashdot discussion on the merits of a hackable Apple TV.
Who reads printed pages anyway? Just scroll down and read the relevant test results for every OS. No need to read all the blurb about when XP was first released or in what university BSD first came about; just scroll down and read every bit that starts "Nmap". You'll get through it very quickly.
It was much nicer than most stories that make it to the front page; I didn't have to keep clicking the next page button every 50 words. It was good stuff, there were no ads (although I do run adblock) and a great deal of easy to read information.
Let's just hope that/. provides us with more of these.
I don't think R.E.M. would need to work part time to support themselves. The OP was talking of bands that could afford to ditch their labels and the RIAA. Every time R.E.M release a single or album (and they've released a few so far) they make more money than most people will in their entire lifetimes; I think they can afford to stop earning and still live comfortably.
Not to mention the fact that most people don't have holes in their head through which sunlight could enter. Although in the case of the OP, I'm not so sure.
I doubt it. Maybe they keep brief checks on posted stories (ie they recognise that/. is largely anti-microsoft), but I doubt they keep checks on users. Why would they? RTFA, the guy concerned is someone who gets paid to write about Microsoft in an internationally released magazine; he gets invited to accompany MS execs to big corporate events and trade shows. He's not some guy sat at home on his XP box moaning about something-or-other and saying how great linux is, despite only ever using it at a friends house. Once.
No, I think the great unwashed that forms the bulk of the Slashdot commentators (myself included) are largely ignored by the Microsoft PR machine. Although I'd love to hear otherwise.
As part of efforts to instil a sense of transparency into the CCTV society, a special couple of days were undertaken by the camera operators in the Welsh capital Cardiff. Under the scheme members of the public could come in and watch CCTV operators at work.
I've seen a conference paper based upon the insight this scheme provided. The conclusion? CCTV operators are presently trained to concentrate on those people that aren't moving; standing still is regarded as suspicious.
I don't know what impact this new technology will have on this practice.
There is absolutely nothing funny about any of this. Wake the hell up guys - this isn't a game.
This statement is, by the very definition of terrorism, incorrect.
The aim of terrorism is to instil terror into the population at large. If you become terrified, then the terrorists have beaten you.
World governments and their agencies can fight terrorism with (supposedly) practical measures, whilst the rest of us can fight terrorism by not being terrified. By mocking terrorists we're showing that they're really not achieving their goals. Go outside and declare that you're not afraid; keep flying in planes, keep going on underground trains, keep buying exercise equipment. Keep living your life, not some shadow of previous freedom you once enjoyed. The chances of being involved in a motor accident are much higher than the chances of being the victim of terrorism; don't tell me that you've stopped driving as well.
The 911 hijackers used their real names and valid ID. Sure, most ended up invalidating their visas, but only because of factors such as letting it expire or not enrolling for college despite having a student visa. That's not the point however, the point is that a lot of bad things can be done without fake ID. The same thing applied in the recent London bombings as well.
Believe it or not, but name checks and ID aren't the way to counter terrorism.
Businesses have used it to screen applicants for home and car loans, apartments and even exercise equipment
Thank the lord. This should keep the bodies of criminal masterminds weak and undeveloped; the last thing we need is some super-villain of unimaginable upper body strength. Well done law makers, keep up the good work.
Ah yes, the ever present Slashdot Anonymous Coward genius. I've said this before, and no doubt I'll say it again, but if this was all as was easy as people say on Slashdot, why can't I go out and buy 128 MicroSD cards stuck together?
The race for affordable SSDs is going to make someone somewhere a boat load of money, why do you think they're spending all that time and effort on R&D when all they need is a pile of cards and some chewing gum?
Ok, fair enough, but how are you going to fit 128 of them in a laptop? And how are you going to make it quicker than a glacial pace? MicroSD might work ok in a mobile phone, but I'm not going to be booting off it any time soon (that's both a personal preference and a technical limitation).
When the iTV first got announced I thought exactly the same as you: this product is only an expensive iTunes extender, so why don't I just use a cheap cable and stream whatever content I want to my TV?
Now that this little box is starting to open up, I may change my mind, but I'd probably just spend a little more money and get a lot more functionality from a Xbox360 or Mac Mini.
Having said that, I've had a lot of fun in the past playing with embedded linux devices; an embedded OSX device could be a lot of fun...
I think that's the important question. If all rev2 models will only run Apple signed binaries, then we'll know Apple's intentions.
It's tempting to buy one now in case they decide to toughen it all up in the future. And that's my tip for any device you may want to hack sometime in the future.
The **AA seems to be a bit like terrorism; they only win if you allow yourself to be scared by them.
It seems like the **AA really have got a hold of Slashdot. Oh well, it's April's fools day next week. Let's hope that in two weeks Slashdot starts posting some higher quality stories.
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Some nice FUD there. My laptop works fine - upgraded yesterday without a hitch. All laptops aren't useless with 7.04. Windows has some bugs too, shall we keep that off laptops (or mod some Microsoft laptop FUD to +5)?
Ignore my previous comment, I see what this is all about now. Summary should be renamed to "Submitter pushes traffic to own site, ad revenue follows".
Is anyone surprised by this? After all, a few stories down from this on the front page is news of the Microsoft Firefox plugin that works "only on Vista and XP". Who would have ever imagined that this would be any different?
I guess that marks the difference between hobbyist and professional. Someone should remind him to show off his work's successes, not it's failures.
"I see you are trying to blast into space, would you like help with that?"
Good call. Just search for "french train". It's how I got to it.
Here's a Sky News report on YouTube, because the article video didn't play on my Ubuntu laptop.
I'd be more inclined to believe that judges have long known that the RIAA are a bunch of bastards and are now acting in a manner that respects the general population's regard of the RIAA as a bunch of bastards.
If Linux gets ported to it, then I'll buy one. WiFi has amazing potential that's not being realised; running Linux it should be able to do a lot of fun things. Microsoft should take note of the recent Slashdot discussion on the merits of a hackable Apple TV.
Who reads printed pages anyway? Just scroll down and read the relevant test results for every OS. No need to read all the blurb about when XP was first released or in what university BSD first came about; just scroll down and read every bit that starts "Nmap". You'll get through it very quickly.
/. provides us with more of these.
It was much nicer than most stories that make it to the front page; I didn't have to keep clicking the next page button every 50 words. It was good stuff, there were no ads (although I do run adblock) and a great deal of easy to read information.
Let's just hope that
I don't think R.E.M. would need to work part time to support themselves. The OP was talking of bands that could afford to ditch their labels and the RIAA. Every time R.E.M release a single or album (and they've released a few so far) they make more money than most people will in their entire lifetimes; I think they can afford to stop earning and still live comfortably.
Not to mention the fact that most people don't have holes in their head through which sunlight could enter. Although in the case of the OP, I'm not so sure.
I doubt it. Maybe they keep brief checks on posted stories (ie they recognise that /. is largely anti-microsoft), but I doubt they keep checks on users. Why would they? RTFA, the guy concerned is someone who gets paid to write about Microsoft in an internationally released magazine; he gets invited to accompany MS execs to big corporate events and trade shows. He's not some guy sat at home on his XP box moaning about something-or-other and saying how great linux is, despite only ever using it at a friends house. Once.
No, I think the great unwashed that forms the bulk of the Slashdot commentators (myself included) are largely ignored by the Microsoft PR machine. Although I'd love to hear otherwise.
'fraid not sir, there was no Doctor Who, just a lot of video of a lot of people doing nothing at all.
As part of efforts to instil a sense of transparency into the CCTV society, a special couple of days were undertaken by the camera operators in the Welsh capital Cardiff. Under the scheme members of the public could come in and watch CCTV operators at work.
I've seen a conference paper based upon the insight this scheme provided. The conclusion? CCTV operators are presently trained to concentrate on those people that aren't moving; standing still is regarded as suspicious.
I don't know what impact this new technology will have on this practice.
The aim of terrorism is to instil terror into the population at large. If you become terrified, then the terrorists have beaten you.
World governments and their agencies can fight terrorism with (supposedly) practical measures, whilst the rest of us can fight terrorism by not being terrified. By mocking terrorists we're showing that they're really not achieving their goals. Go outside and declare that you're not afraid; keep flying in planes, keep going on underground trains, keep buying exercise equipment. Keep living your life, not some shadow of previous freedom you once enjoyed. The chances of being involved in a motor accident are much higher than the chances of being the victim of terrorism; don't tell me that you've stopped driving as well.
The 911 hijackers used their real names and valid ID. Sure, most ended up invalidating their visas, but only because of factors such as letting it expire or not enrolling for college despite having a student visa. That's not the point however, the point is that a lot of bad things can be done without fake ID. The same thing applied in the recent London bombings as well.
Believe it or not, but name checks and ID aren't the way to counter terrorism.
Ah yes, the ever present Slashdot Anonymous Coward genius. I've said this before, and no doubt I'll say it again, but if this was all as was easy as people say on Slashdot, why can't I go out and buy 128 MicroSD cards stuck together?
The race for affordable SSDs is going to make someone somewhere a boat load of money, why do you think they're spending all that time and effort on R&D when all they need is a pile of cards and some chewing gum?
Ok, fair enough, but how are you going to fit 128 of them in a laptop? And how are you going to make it quicker than a glacial pace? MicroSD might work ok in a mobile phone, but I'm not going to be booting off it any time soon (that's both a personal preference and a technical limitation).
Exactly. And what happens when you turn the power off? You lose everything on the disk.
If I wanted to install an entire operating system every time I wanted a laptop to work, I'd use Windows!
When the iTV first got announced I thought exactly the same as you: this product is only an expensive iTunes extender, so why don't I just use a cheap cable and stream whatever content I want to my TV?
Now that this little box is starting to open up, I may change my mind, but I'd probably just spend a little more money and get a lot more functionality from a Xbox360 or Mac Mini.
Having said that, I've had a lot of fun in the past playing with embedded linux devices; an embedded OSX device could be a lot of fun...
I think that's the important question. If all rev2 models will only run Apple signed binaries, then we'll know Apple's intentions.
It's tempting to buy one now in case they decide to toughen it all up in the future. And that's my tip for any device you may want to hack sometime in the future.
Linux wasn't hacked onto the PS3, Sony got it there.
And as for the PS3 being "popular"...
The **AA seems to be a bit like terrorism; they only win if you allow yourself to be scared by them.
It seems like the **AA really have got a hold of Slashdot. Oh well, it's April's fools day next week. Let's hope that in two weeks Slashdot starts posting some higher quality stories.