"...and today on C-SPAN we bring you the Senate Banking Committee hearings on Microsoft's request for TARP funds after the disappointing launch of the latest version of its Windows operating system..."
Right. Let's send him to jail and complete his criminal education on the taxpayer's dime. He's obviously not hardcore yet, but we'll get him there. Jail is definitely the best option for a 17 yr. old who wrote a spam script.
StalkDaily.com is similar in design and features to Twitter. In addition to the features of Twitter, it also allows users to upload videos and photos. Through looking at the code behind Twitter, Mikeyy was able to produce a similar site to Twitter with some additional features. "I used my past knowledge to gain an insight on how Twitter worked and outputted to a user. Although both of the sites are coded in different languages I was able to give my site the same features as Twitter, while coding some of my own."
It sounds to me like the kid was trying to promote his Twitter knockoff site, but for some reason felt the need to do so by poking a stick in Twitter's eye. Makes me think the whole thing was a juvenile cry for attention. I knew a kid like that in high school. He was smart as could be but would do anything, no matter how socially unacceptable, to get attention.
I think the kid needs counseling and guidance and not a jail sentence.
Electronic voting machines are not analog devices and they don't suffer 'calibration drift'. They are digital computing devices and do exactly what they've been programmed to do.
Using proprietary closed source devices and software to count votes is lunacy. It has been shown again and again that these devices can easily be used to rig elections. We've already seen people arrested and indicted for using e-voting machines to manipulate the outcome of elections.
People need to reject any voting system that cannot be independently audited by the public.
It's hard to believe the French have no quorum provision in their constitution. If they had one like ours this couldn't have happened.
Article I, Section. 5. Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.
Instead, we just call ours in to vote in the middle of the night and early morning, still reeling from the cocktail circuit, getting them to vote on legislation they haven't read just so they can go to bed before sunrise.
It has been there for a long time now, just not for everyone. There's to much obsession over everyone running Linux. Why do we have to change something that does not suit the greater mass so that it does suit them, especially when that might mean that it actually won't suit us anymore?
And on the same note, why should hardware manufacturers bother releasing documentation or in any way aid driver development in Linux when those controlling the direction of Linux have no concern for raising market share above 2%?
If Linux developers want to follow the path of 'geeks for geeks' then so be it, but they might want to consider the possible upside of being 'geeks for the masses' first.
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After all, if a FOSS developer isn't having fun solving your problem, why should they bother with it?
That's the problem facing widespread Linux adoption on the desktop.
A commercial developer actually wants something from prospective customers - their money - and therefore has a reason to drive development with an eye towards making as many end-users as happy with the product as possible.
A FOSS developer wants nothing from his prospective end-users (who cannot be considered customers because they aren't paying for anything and have no legal claim on the developer), is unconcerned with any usability problems they might have, and is more concerned with having fun than making end-users happy.
The only things journalists are truly responsible for are reporting facts accurately and not committing libel.
The concept of objective journalism is absurd on its face. Journalism is a human affair and, as such, will always be prone to bias even if it enters in unconsciously.
The public whining about bias, IMHO, boils down to a lazy public that expects to have its thinking done for it. It is not overly difficult to train one's self to discriminate between fact and opinion.
Is the Huffington Post biased in favor of the Left? Absolutely. Is it therefore rendered incapable of conducting solid investigative journalism? Absolutely not.
It's the job of the reader to separate the wheat[facts] from the chaff[opinion].
Consumers have always demanded cheap products. I've never met anyone who willingly pays more than necessary unless there is a huge gap in product quality between the cheaper and the more expensive.
So-called 'free trade' is the reason American manufacturing has moved overseas. American government knowingly colluded with multinational corporations to lower trade barriers that formerly protected American workers from having to compete with slave labor in the third world.
Knowing that Americans would catch on to the scam, the corporate media has propagated the myth that the loss of jobs is due to organized labor. That myth is exposed as soon as one recognizes that even non-union labor is incapable of competing against laborers being paid pennies on the dollar w/o benefits for comparable work.
The 'Us vs. Them' mentality evident in the climate change debate is a shining example of the logical fallacy of the false dichotomy.
Personally, I'm glad that people like Dyson are around. Good science demands skepticism. It keeps the discipline honest. Personal vilification of one's critics, rather than satisfying their doubts with solid evidence and sound reasoning, is bad science.
I think a lot of this impression of "ageism" comes from the fact that the older generation didn't grow up with computers.
Sounds like an accurate assesment - I'll tell you why.
I'm 37 and have been using computers since I was 8 years old and got my hands on an Atari 400 w/ a membrane keyboard and started teaching myself how to program it. I then moved to Atari 800's, VIC 20's, Commodore 64's, Commodore 128's, Amigas, Apple I, II, and IIc's, Macintoshes and finally to PC's.
I taught myself BASIC and Assembly as a kid, learned PASCAL in high school and C, C++ and FORTRAN at college. I wasn't able to finish my degree for reasons of health, but now that I seem to have reached some stability with my health, even at my age, I too am considering getting back into programming and finishing my degree.
The fact that you think "...that the older generation didn't grow up with computers." qulifies as a 'fact' shows at the very least your ignorance and, at worst, your ageism.
I think your response shows that GrApHiX42's worries have at least some foundation in fact. I would nevertheless encourage him to go back and get his degree - if for no other reason that to show the snotnoses they're not the only ones with skills.
Cloud computing is about control. Period. End of story. I will never entrust all of my data to the Cloud. Why should I want to store all of my information on their servers?
IMHO the Cloud is the second attempt to exert absolute control over end users. The first was Trusted Computing. When they realized that the masses weren't going to accept systems that could be backdoored at will[insert Windows joke here], our would-be overlords came up with the Cloud.
People need to realize that the Cloud serves their interests and not our interests.
"God did it." is not a criticism or an objection to evolution - it's an absolute rejection of a scientific theory backed by an ever growing mountain of empirical evidence that not only strongly points towards the evolution of all life on earth from a common ancestral source, but also makes religious explanations of biological origin outright laughable.
Texas school board chairman Don McLeroy is not seeking to point out the incompleteness of evolutionary theory, which no respectable evolutionary biologist would contest, but is rather seeking an opening to teach his ignorant religious beliefs as legitimate science - which they certainly are not.
Dr. McLeroy has a a BS in electrical engineering and a DDS, teaches Sunday school and is an avowed Creationist. In other words, when it comes to biology, especially evolutionary biology, the man is talking our of his fundamentalist backside.
Thanks for the reply. I feel somewhat relieved now.
Yes, I know where the hardware reset button is and I also use roboform to manage my passwords and routinely image my entire system for backup purposes, so I'm not too worried about forgetting the password - though I do additionally backup my roboform data to a thumb drive for paranoia's sake.
I know... I'm using Windows... but I live in a household where trying to run Linux just causes me grief from the illiterati in the family, so I do my best to keep Windows secure and up to date. Please, be merciful with the verbal abuse, lol.
I have a WRT54G v3.0 router using the linksys v4.21.1 firmware.
I am using WPA2 Personal w/ 256-bit key[randomly generated], wireless MAC filter[whitelist] enabled, firewall enabled, block WAN request filter enabled, VPN passthrough[IPSEC,PPTP,L2TP] disabled, DMZ disabled, 256-bit randomly generated router password, and remote management and wireless access disabled.
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Microsoft refuses to bankroll the "We Are Linux" marketing video campaign.
Tux dodged a bullet there.
"...and today on C-SPAN we bring you the Senate Banking Committee hearings on Microsoft's request for TARP funds after the disappointing launch of the latest version of its Windows operating system..."
Wouldn't that be a sight to see? lol
Right. Let's send him to jail and complete his criminal education on the taxpayer's dime. He's obviously not hardcore yet, but we'll get him there. Jail is definitely the best option for a 17 yr. old who wrote a spam script.
FTA:
StalkDaily.com is similar in design and features to Twitter. In addition to the features of Twitter, it also allows users to upload videos and photos. Through looking at the code behind Twitter, Mikeyy was able to produce a similar site to Twitter with some additional features. "I used my past knowledge to gain an insight on how Twitter worked and outputted to a user. Although both of the sites are coded in different languages I was able to give my site the same features as Twitter, while coding some of my own."
It sounds to me like the kid was trying to promote his Twitter knockoff site, but for some reason felt the need to do so by poking a stick in Twitter's eye. Makes me think the whole thing was a juvenile cry for attention. I knew a kid like that in high school. He was smart as could be but would do anything, no matter how socially unacceptable, to get attention.
I think the kid needs counseling and guidance and not a jail sentence.
This isn't incompetency - it's bullshit.
Electronic voting machines are not analog devices and they don't suffer 'calibration drift'. They are digital computing devices and do exactly what they've been programmed to do.
Using proprietary closed source devices and software to count votes is lunacy. It has been shown again and again that these devices can easily be used to rig elections. We've already seen people arrested and indicted for using e-voting machines to manipulate the outcome of elections.
People need to reject any voting system that cannot be independently audited by the public.
I would imagine any death where you're aware that you're dying (i.e. not dying in your sleep or getting shot in the back of the head) is horrible.
Honestly, what would you prefer? Being eaten alive? Drowning? Cancer? Airplane crash? Being hit by a car? Being stabbed? etc.
Death sucks regardless of the circumstance, imho.
What? Too soon?
CSA stands for the Confederate States of America. Had he been referring to Canada, he would have used a term of endearment such as 'Canuckistan'.
T-shirt idea:
"Rebel Condoms - Because the South shall rise again." printed around a condom package with a rebel flag on it.
Damn. Here I was, thinking that at least we had to get our legislators liquored up in order to ram through legislation. Cheap bastids.
Today, I am ashamed.
It's hard to believe the French have no quorum provision in their constitution. If they had one like ours this couldn't have happened.
Article I, Section. 5. Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.
Instead, we just call ours in to vote in the middle of the night and early morning, still reeling from the cocktail circuit, getting them to vote on legislation they haven't read just so they can go to bed before sunrise.
how about !sixDegreesOfJonStewart ?
It has been there for a long time now, just not for everyone. There's to much obsession over everyone running Linux. Why do we have to change something that does not suit the greater mass so that it does suit them, especially when that might mean that it actually won't suit us anymore?
And on the same note, why should hardware manufacturers bother releasing documentation or in any way aid driver development in Linux when those controlling the direction of Linux have no concern for raising market share above 2%?
If Linux developers want to follow the path of 'geeks for geeks' then so be it, but they might want to consider the possible upside of being 'geeks for the masses' first.
After all, if a FOSS developer isn't having fun solving your problem, why should they bother with it?
That's the problem facing widespread Linux adoption on the desktop.
A commercial developer actually wants something from prospective customers - their money - and therefore has a reason to drive development with an eye towards making as many end-users as happy with the product as possible.
A FOSS developer wants nothing from his prospective end-users (who cannot be considered customers because they aren't paying for anything and have no legal claim on the developer), is unconcerned with any usability problems they might have, and is more concerned with having fun than making end-users happy.
The only things journalists are truly responsible for are reporting facts accurately and not committing libel.
The concept of objective journalism is absurd on its face. Journalism is a human affair and, as such, will always be prone to bias even if it enters in unconsciously.
The public whining about bias, IMHO, boils down to a lazy public that expects to have its thinking done for it. It is not overly difficult to train one's self to discriminate between fact and opinion.
Is the Huffington Post biased in favor of the Left? Absolutely. Is it therefore rendered incapable of conducting solid investigative journalism? Absolutely not.
It's the job of the reader to separate the wheat[facts] from the chaff[opinion].
Consumers have always demanded cheap products. I've never met anyone who willingly pays more than necessary unless there is a huge gap in product quality between the cheaper and the more expensive.
So-called 'free trade' is the reason American manufacturing has moved overseas. American government knowingly colluded with multinational corporations to lower trade barriers that formerly protected American workers from having to compete with slave labor in the third world.
Knowing that Americans would catch on to the scam, the corporate media has propagated the myth that the loss of jobs is due to organized labor. That myth is exposed as soon as one recognizes that even non-union labor is incapable of competing against laborers being paid pennies on the dollar w/o benefits for comparable work.
The 'Us vs. Them' mentality evident in the climate change debate is a shining example of the logical fallacy of the false dichotomy.
Personally, I'm glad that people like Dyson are around. Good science demands skepticism. It keeps the discipline honest. Personal vilification of one's critics, rather than satisfying their doubts with solid evidence and sound reasoning, is bad science.
Not if it's a 24-hour clock.
You stated as fact "...that the older generation didn't grow up with computers." Reread your own post if you doubt me.
If it was a simple misstatement on your part, then apology accepted and apology given in return.
I think a lot of this impression of "ageism" comes from the fact that the older generation didn't grow up with computers.
Sounds like an accurate assesment - I'll tell you why.
I'm 37 and have been using computers since I was 8 years old and got my hands on an Atari 400 w/ a membrane keyboard and started teaching myself how to program it. I then moved to Atari 800's, VIC 20's, Commodore 64's, Commodore 128's, Amigas, Apple I, II, and IIc's, Macintoshes and finally to PC's.
I taught myself BASIC and Assembly as a kid, learned PASCAL in high school and C, C++ and FORTRAN at college. I wasn't able to finish my degree for reasons of health, but now that I seem to have reached some stability with my health, even at my age, I too am considering getting back into programming and finishing my degree.
The fact that you think "...that the older generation didn't grow up with computers." qulifies as a 'fact' shows at the very least your ignorance and, at worst, your ageism.
I think your response shows that GrApHiX42's worries have at least some foundation in fact. I would nevertheless encourage him to go back and get his degree - if for no other reason that to show the snotnoses they're not the only ones with skills.
Cloud computing is about control. Period. End of story. I will never entrust all of my data to the Cloud. Why should I want to store all of my information on their servers?
IMHO the Cloud is the second attempt to exert absolute control over end users. The first was Trusted Computing. When they realized that the masses weren't going to accept systems that could be backdoored at will[insert Windows joke here], our would-be overlords came up with the Cloud.
People need to realize that the Cloud serves their interests and not our interests.
"God did it." is not a criticism or an objection to evolution - it's an absolute rejection of a scientific theory backed by an ever growing mountain of empirical evidence that not only strongly points towards the evolution of all life on earth from a common ancestral source, but also makes religious explanations of biological origin outright laughable.
Texas school board chairman Don McLeroy is not seeking to point out the incompleteness of evolutionary theory, which no respectable evolutionary biologist would contest, but is rather seeking an opening to teach his ignorant religious beliefs as legitimate science - which they certainly are not.
Dr. McLeroy has a a BS in electrical engineering and a DDS, teaches Sunday school and is an avowed Creationist. In other words, when it comes to biology, especially evolutionary biology, the man is talking our of his fundamentalist backside.
Apologies. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.
Thanks for the reply. I feel somewhat relieved now.
Yes, I know where the hardware reset button is and I also use roboform to manage my passwords and routinely image my entire system for backup purposes, so I'm not too worried about forgetting the password - though I do additionally backup my roboform data to a thumb drive for paranoia's sake.
I know... I'm using Windows... but I live in a household where trying to run Linux just causes me grief from the illiterati in the family, so I do my best to keep Windows secure and up to date. Please, be merciful with the verbal abuse, lol.
I have a WRT54G v3.0 router using the linksys v4.21.1 firmware.
I am using WPA2 Personal w/ 256-bit key[randomly generated], wireless MAC filter[whitelist] enabled, firewall enabled, block WAN request filter enabled, VPN passthrough[IPSEC,PPTP,L2TP] disabled, DMZ disabled, 256-bit randomly generated router password, and remote management and wireless access disabled.
So, am I [reasonably]safe from this thing?