just hurry up and die already. if the same fervent effort were applied to research, development, and innovation of pirated products as was applied to relentlessly combing the globe with jackboots and bayonets in a systematic attempt to pre-exterminate all general interest yet inability to consume monetarily, im certain i would have a music player that did what i wanted and needed it to do, a video medium that didnt treat me like a car thief, and software that didnt have to send half my computer to its corporate headquarters before i got to use it.
and if you push them all out youll find yourself tripling indirectly their salary as you employ independent business consultants to troubleshoot some of the most malignant and complex problems in computer programming to which solutions are only gleaned once one has become seasoned and experienced with writing millions upon millions of lines of code. the triangle is civilization: fast, cheap, good.
we can no longer wait while this threat emerges, it is time for us all to purchase ScanSafe(c) and renew contracts regularly and indefinitely to their fullest. may there be no further discussion of alternative readers, operating systems, or patches and repairs that could be made. This report clearly outlines the repercussions of using the PDF format in that it is an unholy vessel by which godless demons infest your small business and personal computer to rape the data within. Only through the glory of ScanSafe may you truly be at ease.
the antitechnological fervor with which this piece was written is evident in its title "electronics parts=toyota woes." 3/4 into the article a root cause is given for the issue:
"Toyota has said its latest problem happened because condensation from heaters caused increased friction in the gas pedal, making it stick in some cases, making the problem a mechanical one and not an issue of electronics."
it seems as though the author Sharon is manufacturing controversy.
our largest trading partner isnt secretly trying to destroy us.
how is it these "china is coming to kill us all through the tubes" articles make it to slashdot? they have no nerdworthy content. One may go so far as to simply claim its masturbatory whitewash more suited for the daily fare of Fox news.
to play devils advocate, yes the aurora code was fascinating reading and research, and this article was at least somewhat meritous if only to discredit the present aire of distrust and fear of china.
no dedicated servers, it should be noted this product launched during an unprecedented economic recession. for this to go past the 1bn mark is nothing short of astounding.
I think at the time, given the climate and what the management knew, they made a conservative decision that none of us should blame them for. restricting dedicated servers is just belt-tightening, and it never implied the servers were a foregone conclusion.
arrived from the mouth of an independent hacker, perhaps l0pht or another fun group with a genuine interest in determining where the attacks came from and how they worked as opposed to VeriSign just coming around and telling me, id perhaps lend some credence to the notion it was china.
instead this just looks like another megacorp security firm in the face of market recession trying to bang the drum harder and make money off one company in one isolated event that insists its been hacked by china with no independent third party review or proof.
sure, many will cite politicians clamouring over the threat, the imminent and grave threat, that china poses to the US. these are the same politicians that marched us into iraq, and the same politicians that are perfectly happy on both sides to agree that war is necessary and the united states is somehow holy and just in waging it.
as a crewmember aboard the starship enterprise, boldly going where no one has gone before, standing at attention and furthering discovery for years and years in my sharp new red uniform.
nah, what we really need to read into this is: "we need a do-over. most of our cashcows are leaving because theyre upset movie studios are corporations and not braintrusts for great cinema....that and bill in accounting says we wont have enough buyers for insert-movie-title-here toy/merchandise/food/beverage/coozies/coasters/cat blankets/shit tickets...and that would just be terrible if i couldnt buy my second yacht this summer."
"kids today" also have an incredibly diverse environment of bioaccumulative toxins and endocrine disrupters found in millions of household products they use everyday. everything from the gel in their hair to the shoes on their feet include a myriad of complex polymers and synthetics known for everything from cellular level mutagenic interaction to neurologic damage and reproductive harm. Every pot and pan theyve used since birth has likely been frosted with a thick coating of teflon as well. to simply assume this scientific study implies kids are whiny is bordering on criminally irresponsible. I'll presume youve concluded climate change is bogus science, and the product of and over-reactive, conspiratorial scientific community as well?
We are slowly poisoning ourselves, and indirect scientific research of component ingredients in most of the average household chemicals and products we use every day seems to substantiate this hypothesis from the scientific community. As corporations like dupont and dow chemical are loathe to provide any specifics whatsoever on some of their most complex and unstudied chemical compounds, we will likely continue to see an increase in pharmaceuticals designed to combat the symptons many of these chemicals induce.
Foreign manufacturers arent to be excluded from this claim either. third-world and developing nations have played their fair share in ensuring flagrantly toxic chemical compounds such as cadmium, lead, arsenic, and melamine are found in a swath of everyday low-priced value-centric family-oriented products at your local big box store.
that actually stems from a common misunderstanding, that highly technical degrees require highly intelligent people, and these people being of such grand intelligence are above the influence of theistic absurdities like 72 virgins after blowing yourself to bits in the name of a supernatural being.
theism is the suspension of reason. my coworker has a masters in computer science, and takes his children to the creation science museum twice a year for pictures with the dinosaurs. can an engineering doctorate holding terrorist not be convinced to enact and achieve outlandish acts of brutality regardless of what logic and reason tell him? of course.
icecream truck driver or nuclear physicist, the end result is simple: if you can get someone to believe absurdities, you can get them to commit atrocities.
its a cultural issue, america values apple pie, nascar, football, git-r-dun and simple instructions for happier family life. in highschool i was picked last for everything and ostracised because i was in the AV club and very avid with computers. In a class with model m keyboards i was actually insisted upon to type slower because the noise from my keyboard was disruptive. later in life, In the business world, i dont get invited to the thursday nite poker tournament or the group bowling because im still the nerd. I dont get invited to the potlucks or the luncheons because im "part of IT" and somehow dont count. People are only my friend when they need me to help them with their sons laptop, or they have a question about their home wireless. I am suddenly a great guy to be around when their mouse stops working and they dont want to fight through remedy tickets to get a new one.
I am a nerd, but im a bitter one. fuck these mouthbreathing game-day retards and their culture of peanuts, circuses, and prime time sitcoms. if I am never their pick, so be it, but stop insisting to yourself that im too stupid to realize when you're exploiting me.
a complete waste of my goddamned time in the pursuit of pandering advertising space along 5 pages of "im not going to see it because i have noscript and adblock software," so ill save you a few seconds of your life:
the author is trying to say "i think all operating systems are ugly, even the ones you think are pretty." surprise, no big news here, its just some asshole with an internet connection.
as traditionally touch phones have suffered in asian countries where things like the stylus still reign supreme for complex alphabets. Apple must be really dedicated to the market, or must see some serious competition against their stateside market.
are not "doing science" to it...instead youve created a wholly ungodly nightmare engine from which there is no escape, and lashed it together with physics.
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just hurry up and die already. if the same fervent effort were applied to research, development, and innovation of pirated products as was applied to relentlessly combing the globe with jackboots and bayonets in a systematic attempt to pre-exterminate all general interest yet inability to consume monetarily, im certain i would have a music player that did what i wanted and needed it to do, a video medium that didnt treat me like a car thief, and software that didnt have to send half my computer to its corporate headquarters before i got to use it.
and if you push them all out youll find yourself tripling indirectly their salary as you employ independent business consultants to troubleshoot some of the most malignant and complex problems in computer programming to which solutions are only gleaned once one has become seasoned and experienced with writing millions upon millions of lines of code. the triangle is civilization: fast, cheap, good.
we can no longer wait while this threat emerges, it is time for us all to purchase ScanSafe(c) and renew contracts regularly and indefinitely to their fullest. may there be no further discussion of alternative readers, operating systems, or patches and repairs that could be made. This report clearly outlines the repercussions of using the PDF format in that it is an unholy vessel by which godless demons infest your small business and personal computer to rape the data within. Only through the glory of ScanSafe may you truly be at ease.
a trap.
hackers exist outside of MIT! Still stealing data, still subverting mainstream culture!
film at 11!
the antitechnological fervor with which this piece was written is evident in its title "electronics parts=toyota woes." 3/4 into the article a root cause is given
for the issue:
"Toyota has said its latest problem happened because condensation from heaters caused increased friction in the gas pedal, making it stick in some cases, making the problem a mechanical one and not an issue of electronics."
it seems as though the author Sharon is manufacturing controversy.
what morning jog?! im in IT you insensitive clod!
our largest trading partner isnt secretly trying to destroy us.
how is it these "china is coming to kill us all through the tubes" articles make it to slashdot? they have no nerdworthy content. One may go so far as to simply claim its masturbatory whitewash more suited for the daily fare of Fox news.
to play devils advocate, yes the aurora code was fascinating reading and research, and this article was at least somewhat meritous if only to discredit the present aire of distrust and fear of china.
no dedicated servers, it should be noted this product launched during an unprecedented economic recession. for this to go past the 1bn mark is nothing short of astounding.
I think at the time, given the climate and what the management knew, they made a conservative decision that none of us should blame them for. restricting dedicated servers is just belt-tightening, and it never implied the servers were a foregone conclusion.
arrived from the mouth of an independent hacker, perhaps l0pht or another fun group with a genuine interest in determining where the attacks came from and how they worked as opposed to VeriSign just coming around and telling me, id perhaps lend some credence to the notion it was china.
instead this just looks like another megacorp security firm in the face of market recession trying to bang the drum harder and make money off one company in one isolated event that insists its been hacked by china with no independent third party review or proof.
sure, many will cite politicians clamouring over the threat, the imminent and grave threat, that china poses to the US. these are the same politicians that marched us into iraq, and the same politicians that are perfectly happy on both sides to agree that war is necessary and the united states is somehow holy and just in waging it.
as a crewmember aboard the starship enterprise, boldly going where no one has gone before, standing at attention and furthering discovery for years and years in my sharp new red uniform.
you think your network energy levels are over 9000.
thanks, im here all night. just throw money.
nah, what we really need to read into this is: "we need a do-over. most of our cashcows are leaving because theyre upset movie studios are corporations and not braintrusts for great cinema....that and bill in accounting says we wont have enough buyers for insert-movie-title-here toy/merchandise/food/beverage/coozies/coasters/cat blankets/shit tickets...and that would just be terrible if i couldnt buy my second yacht this summer."
"kids today" also have an incredibly diverse environment of bioaccumulative toxins and endocrine disrupters found in millions of household products they use everyday. everything from the gel in their hair to the shoes on their feet include a myriad of complex polymers and synthetics known for everything from cellular level mutagenic interaction to neurologic damage and reproductive harm. Every pot and pan theyve used since birth has likely been frosted with a thick coating of teflon as well. to simply assume this scientific study implies kids are whiny is bordering on criminally irresponsible. I'll presume youve concluded climate change is bogus science, and the product of and over-reactive, conspiratorial scientific community as well?
We are slowly poisoning ourselves, and indirect scientific research of component ingredients in most of the average household chemicals and products we use every day seems to substantiate this hypothesis from the scientific community. As corporations like dupont and dow chemical are loathe to provide any specifics whatsoever on some of their most complex and unstudied chemical compounds, we will likely continue to see an increase in pharmaceuticals designed to combat the symptons many of these chemicals induce.
Foreign manufacturers arent to be excluded from this claim either. third-world and developing nations have played their fair share in ensuring flagrantly toxic chemical compounds such as cadmium, lead, arsenic, and melamine are found in a swath of everyday low-priced value-centric family-oriented products at your local big box store.
that actually stems from a common misunderstanding, that highly technical degrees require highly intelligent people, and these people being of such grand intelligence are above the influence of theistic absurdities like 72 virgins after blowing yourself to bits in the name of a supernatural being.
theism is the suspension of reason. my coworker has a masters in computer science, and takes his children to the creation science museum twice a year for pictures with the dinosaurs. can an engineering doctorate holding terrorist not be convinced to enact and achieve outlandish acts of brutality regardless of what logic and reason tell him? of course.
icecream truck driver or nuclear physicist, the end result is simple: if you can get someone to believe absurdities, you can get them to commit atrocities.
its a cultural issue, america values apple pie, nascar, football, git-r-dun and simple instructions for happier family life. in highschool i was picked last for everything and ostracised because i was in the AV club and very avid with computers. In a class with model m keyboards i was actually insisted upon to type slower because the noise from my keyboard was disruptive. later in life, In the business world, i dont get invited to the thursday nite poker tournament or the group bowling because im still the nerd. I dont get invited to the potlucks or the luncheons because im "part of IT" and somehow dont count. People are only my friend when they need me to help them with their sons laptop, or they have a question about their home wireless. I am suddenly a great guy to be around when their mouse stops working and they dont want to fight through remedy tickets to get a new one.
I am a nerd, but im a bitter one. fuck these mouthbreathing game-day retards and their culture of peanuts, circuses, and prime time sitcoms. if I am never their pick, so be it, but stop insisting to yourself that im too stupid to realize when you're exploiting me.
a complete waste of my goddamned time in the pursuit of pandering advertising space along 5 pages of "im not going to see it because i have noscript and adblock software," so ill save you a few seconds of your life:
the author is trying to say "i think all operating systems are ugly, even the ones you think are pretty." surprise, no big news here, its just some asshole with an internet connection.
grabbin' pills!
asus: we have a great new product called the 'netbook' that will revolutionize the way people use laptops, and it runs linux!
Microsoft: we can fix that.
asus: oh...well, it still revolutionizes the way people connect to the internet and some day it will support googles os!
intel: we can fix that...
as traditionally touch phones have suffered in asian countries where things like the stylus still reign supreme for complex alphabets. Apple must be really dedicated to the market, or must see some serious competition against their stateside market.
will this cause cancer in laboratory rats?
are not "doing science" to it...instead youve created a wholly ungodly nightmare engine from which there is no escape, and lashed it together with physics.
when we encounter something like this on slashdot, we say, "Im an independent you insensitive clod!"
note: this method invalid for the following descriptors: scientologist, creationist, comcast executive
name them.
the only fact you've omitted is that the specific science in the film supported the thesis it was based around.
I for one loved the christmas special star wars and eagerly await its release to 3d blu-ray you insensitive clod!