We can't have teachers ripping DVD-quality clips all willy-nilly. Why, if someone got ahold of enough teachers, he could put all their clips together and re-create the original movie! In digital DVD quality! You pirates will surely roast in hell for even considering it.
"Isn't that Lieutenant also a policeman? Who do you think I am pointing at here, Officer Joe Schmoe or the whole organization?"
Well, let's see here: you said "policemen," so I assumed you meant the policemen, who don't make decisions to raid--they get a warrant to raid from detectives and the judicial system. If you meant that, you should have fucking said it.
"Now that it's stuck on some hard drive somewhere who do you think is going to go and dig it out and look at any of it. At best it will last one generation and then get thrown away by his grandchildren."
He doesn't care. And since it's not costing you anything in storage or transmission costs, why do you?
"'You have to make an environment that attracts the Justin McMurrys of the world, because that's where the magic happens,' says Mark Studness, director of e-commerce at Verizon."
You've made that environment by making customer "service" so thoroughly useless that your customers are forced to ask unpaid outsiders for help. Congratulations, douchebag.
I have no love for the police, but this is idiotic.
Lieutenant: "Go serve this warrant." Rookie: "FUCK YOU, I wanna go after some real crooks!" Lieutenant: "Give me your badge and gun. We'll mail your final paycheck at the end of the month."
Ford may not suck as much as their reputation indicates. I pulled 300K miles out of an 89 Escort, at which point it developed a head gasket problem and started leaking coolant into the crankcase. Then I put a shitload of Bar's Stop Leak into it and it's still limping along for my cousin.
And now I'm wishing I had held onto it, because the Nissan Sentra I had just threw a rod at about 200K miles...which is funny, because everyone keeps telling me Nissans are generally good for 300K.
The amount of people willing to boycott products have the same difference on media corporations' bottom lines as the amount of people who freely download instead of buying: zero.
Yep, and you can get an awesome vmware iphone toolchain distro from these people: iphonefix.de...which apparently obviates the need for Apple's SDK, although I haven't messed with it enough to say for sure yet.
An update for an application I bought failed to install through the craptastic itunes, and none of Apple's checklist solutions made it work. So I unpacked the app into the original directory via the docking cable (something Apple won't let official apps do), fixed the perms via ssh (something else Apple doesn't allow), and was on my merry way with my working, paid-for upgrade.
I can see Apple wanting to do something about piracy, but the irony in this case is pretty obvious.
So your argument is that filing complaints with city officials, which is not a crime, justifies a raid and confiscation of equipment? Because that's what you just wrote.
There was a time when I couldn't believe the amount of sheer stupidity on Slashdot. I guess I'm just jaded now.
"OK, so Starbuck is a ghost. And so is the Viper she flew back, except people can touch it. Oh, and the 'red dress' Caprica Six who appears to Baltar? Yeah, she's not his subconscious or a figment of his imagination or anything like that. She's an angel. So is the Baltar who appears to the real Caprica Six. Also Jesus did it. And because Jesus did it, we don't have to explain the aboriginal humans on some backwater planet even slightly."
"mac users attacking Microsoft, PC users attacking Apple, and Linux users laughing smugly."
I'm all three, and all I have to say is that Ballmer's strawman is pretty blatant. I'd guess the majority of Mac users pay "extra" (that's debatable) for the ability to run OSX, not for the Apple logo.
And let me head the typical Slashdot poster off at the pass by mentioning that I run OSX on a hackintosh here--no need to prove your superiority by writing a 3-page post about it, guys...thanks.
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"Unfortunately, we backed up the servers between our two servers."
You're right, that was unfortunate. More than a little stupid as well.
We can't have teachers ripping DVD-quality clips all willy-nilly. Why, if someone got ahold of enough teachers, he could put all their clips together and re-create the original movie! In digital DVD quality! You pirates will surely roast in hell for even considering it.
"Isn't that Lieutenant also a policeman? Who do you think I am pointing at here, Officer Joe Schmoe or the whole organization?"
Well, let's see here: you said "policemen," so I assumed you meant the policemen, who don't make decisions to raid--they get a warrant to raid from detectives and the judicial system. If you meant that, you should have fucking said it.
Release the app along with jailbreaking instructions and links to tools like quickpwn.
If you don't have the imagination to figure this one out, send it to me and I'll do the thinking.
Oh, you meant on hulu. Meh.
"would let users listen to music, view photos, watch high-definition videos, and make calls over a Wi-Fi connection. (And read books?)"
Yeah, that's called an iPod Touch and it's also compatible with iPhone apps.
"Now that it's stuck on some hard drive somewhere who do you think is going to go and dig it out and look at any of it. At best it will last one generation and then get thrown away by his grandchildren."
He doesn't care. And since it's not costing you anything in storage or transmission costs, why do you?
"'You have to make an environment that attracts the Justin McMurrys of the world, because that's where the magic happens,' says Mark Studness, director of e-commerce at Verizon."
You've made that environment by making customer "service" so thoroughly useless that your customers are forced to ask unpaid outsiders for help. Congratulations, douchebag.
I have no love for the police, but this is idiotic.
Lieutenant: "Go serve this warrant."
Rookie: "FUCK YOU, I wanna go after some real crooks!"
Lieutenant: "Give me your badge and gun. We'll mail your final paycheck at the end of the month."
He can always get a job as an expert on Fox News.
Ford may not suck as much as their reputation indicates. I pulled 300K miles out of an 89 Escort, at which point it developed a head gasket problem and started leaking coolant into the crankcase. Then I put a shitload of Bar's Stop Leak into it and it's still limping along for my cousin.
And now I'm wishing I had held onto it, because the Nissan Sentra I had just threw a rod at about 200K miles...which is funny, because everyone keeps telling me Nissans are generally good for 300K.
Yeah, that will make a difference.
The amount of people willing to boycott products have the same difference on media corporations' bottom lines as the amount of people who freely download instead of buying: zero.
"Sales people bend the truth. Sometimes they bend it really far."
Sometimes they snap it right in half, take a shit on the shattered remains and toss them into the sea.
Yep, and you can get an awesome vmware iphone toolchain distro from these people: iphonefix.de ...which apparently obviates the need for Apple's SDK, although I haven't messed with it enough to say for sure yet.
An update for an application I bought failed to install through the craptastic itunes, and none of Apple's checklist solutions made it work. So I unpacked the app into the original directory via the docking cable (something Apple won't let official apps do), fixed the perms via ssh (something else Apple doesn't allow), and was on my merry way with my working, paid-for upgrade.
I can see Apple wanting to do something about piracy, but the irony in this case is pretty obvious.
Worked on my ipod touch, so presumably also on the iphone. I'd guess it will work anywhere you compile apt-get.
This link if you don't want your 1-page article spread over 11 ad-filled subpages:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Software&articleId=9131281&taxonomyId=18
So your argument is that filing complaints with city officials, which is not a crime, justifies a raid and confiscation of equipment? Because that's what you just wrote.
There was a time when I couldn't believe the amount of sheer stupidity on Slashdot. I guess I'm just jaded now.
I can see the wires too, holding it up. ISS is definitely a hoax, like the moon landings (which were actually filmed on a stage on Venus).
Also, a better title for this story might be "Hobbyist does something hobbyists do every single day, but we're short on news today here at Slashdot."
In the writers' room:
"OK, so Starbuck is a ghost. And so is the Viper she flew back, except people can touch it. Oh, and the 'red dress' Caprica Six who appears to Baltar? Yeah, she's not his subconscious or a figment of his imagination or anything like that. She's an angel. So is the Baltar who appears to the real Caprica Six. Also Jesus did it. And because Jesus did it, we don't have to explain the aboriginal humans on some backwater planet even slightly."
"Ron, are you fucking high?"
"Yes. Yes I am."
"mac users attacking Microsoft, PC users attacking Apple, and Linux users laughing smugly."
I'm all three, and all I have to say is that Ballmer's strawman is pretty blatant. I'd guess the majority of Mac users pay "extra" (that's debatable) for the ability to run OSX, not for the Apple logo.
And let me head the typical Slashdot poster off at the pass by mentioning that I run OSX on a hackintosh here--no need to prove your superiority by writing a 3-page post about it, guys...thanks.
The smirky "what documentation?" guy was the author's co-worker, not the deranged douche he was writing about.
And related to the "aspergers" tag, if someone makes a "You don't have Aspergers, you're just a fuckhead" T-shirt I'd wear it.
Don't worry, the crushing grind of working for the man will quench their dreams in no time.
"its most expensive and innovative headphones to date"
Hmmm...looks like adblocker is missing a few.