The only games I have ever "stolen" were the NES and SNES ROMs I had on my PSP before I sold it. It was nice having what basically amounted to a portable SNES and NES console (and Genesis and a load of others had I cared enough to put them on there), since there were no actual PSP games that interested me.
Since Nintendo is reportedly going to make every Nintendo game ever relased available for download on the Wii at a "resonable price", I don't see why you would even want to homebrew, unless you're one of those guys who puts Linux on your Xbox to 'stick it to The Man'. Or whyever the fuck people do that.
Also, I doubt Nintendo will patch it "whether you like it or not". If you don't like it, either don't plug a Cat5 into it, or code your homebrew so that it overrides the automatic updates. I'm sure somebody will figure out how if there's enough people interested in it.
Depends on who is in power at the time, I guess. If making it more secure would also make it more difficult for [incumbant party] to retain their power, then it will likely never go through. American government is all about the acquisition and retention of power. I havn't seen one bill passed in recent memory that wasn't almost entirely poilitical posturing on both sides: "Look what I voted for/against that was so great/bad for the American economy/war on terror/homeland security/social security system! Remember that when you go to vote this year!"
Something to consider.
I guess so. I mean, if you'd rather base your logic on ad hominim attacks instead of the truth. Then again, welcome to American politics.
You call his argument shitty and then start adressing an entirely independant point.
Where did the article say that this was going to be used to sift though mail/phone logs? It didn't, of course, because I would assume that if the governement was doing those things, it would probably be using a similar system to catalogue that data.
This article isn't about invasion of privacy AT ALL. It's about an AI that sorts though foriegn news stories and catalogues them based on certain criteria. It is also something that the governement has been doing for years. This story basically amounts to "Governemnt intelligence-gathering agency upgrades software".
Let's at least make a cursory effort to stay on-topic.
You claim the right to own a program that reads the news for you? More power to you, I guess.
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Wow. Not only a pedantic ass, but an incorrect pedantic ass. Please reparse that sentance grammatically. He said what he means and didn't say anything at all like what you think.
Wow. If I am reading your comment right, you are trying to say that Americans are not good workers, based on your experience with American consultants. Consultants.
Also, this point: "* Think they know better than you".
Well, yes. I should hope you are hireing consultants that know more than your employees. What is the purpose of spending money on their consulting if you could just ask Joe down in Marketing and get a similarly educated answer?
I am sure that if given the choice, many laid-off US IT workers would have gladly taken a pay cut in order to avoid getting booted out. But that isn't the case. Workers aren't handed a little paper that says:
"Please check one:
[ ] Take a pay cut
[ ] Lose your job"
Do you honestly think that just throwing money around will eventually result in scientific progress on par with nuclear energy or high-performance jet propulsion?
I think you missed my point, or misread my post. I was rebuffing the parent's belief that wars (or at least military spending) got in the way of science.
Don't kid yourself into believing that it's the GOP's fault that science is politicized. The Ivory Tower scientific community does that just fine on their own. Acadamia is no better (if not worse) than Washington politics; if you don't believe the status quo, you're out. Like someone above me has said, grants dry up, resources dwindle, and good luck trying to get published. I have seen this first-hand.
As for education, what would you suggest as an alternative to NCLB? I think we can agree on the fact that it's an abysmal failure, but I always hear people smashing whatever attempt at public education reform comes down the pipe without any suggestions as to why it's bad and what we can do to fix it. That is the basis of scientific, rational thought.
And yet that sounds exactly like the sort of thing some marketing shmuks would shit out.
"Hey Joe! I just walloped you!"
"Ow! Screw you!"
"Hahaha, no silly! It's Wallop! The new Intertube social network from Microsoft!"
[Campy, contrived conversation follows]
The problem with that example is that most of the people who were 'advocating the repeal of Prohibition' also patronized an underground speakeasy or two on a regular basis, thus participating in the illegal behavior that seems to be the whole topic of this conversation.
I agree completely with your post though. It's the whole "I may not agree with what you are saying, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" cliche that Western civilization of today is built upon.
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The only games I have ever "stolen" were the NES and SNES ROMs I had on my PSP before I sold it. It was nice having what basically amounted to a portable SNES and NES console (and Genesis and a load of others had I cared enough to put them on there), since there were no actual PSP games that interested me.
Since Nintendo is reportedly going to make every Nintendo game ever relased available for download on the Wii at a "resonable price", I don't see why you would even want to homebrew, unless you're one of those guys who puts Linux on your Xbox to 'stick it to The Man'. Or whyever the fuck people do that.
Also, I doubt Nintendo will patch it "whether you like it or not". If you don't like it, either don't plug a Cat5 into it, or code your homebrew so that it overrides the automatic updates. I'm sure somebody will figure out how if there's enough people interested in it.
If every UK citizen is as rediculously generalizing as you, maybe Americans have a point.
So you meant what you spelled: a check, not a cheque. Damn Yanks! ;)
I would posit that at least 90% of the elements that make the interweb a cesspool originate (or at least congregate) at MySpace.com.
Depends on who is in power at the time, I guess. If making it more secure would also make it more difficult for [incumbant party] to retain their power, then it will likely never go through. American government is all about the acquisition and retention of power. I havn't seen one bill passed in recent memory that wasn't almost entirely poilitical posturing on both sides: "Look what I voted for/against that was so great/bad for the American economy/war on terror/homeland security/social security system! Remember that when you go to vote this year!"
Because it has exactly zero to do with the point at hand. You pointed it out for no other reason than to be sensationalist.
You call his argument shitty and then start adressing an entirely independant point.
Where did the article say that this was going to be used to sift though mail/phone logs? It didn't, of course, because I would assume that if the governement was doing those things, it would probably be using a similar system to catalogue that data.
This article isn't about invasion of privacy AT ALL. It's about an AI that sorts though foriegn news stories and catalogues them based on certain criteria. It is also something that the governement has been doing for years. This story basically amounts to "Governemnt intelligence-gathering agency upgrades software".
Let's at least make a cursory effort to stay on-topic.
You claim the right to own a program that reads the news for you? More power to you, I guess.
Wow. Not only a pedantic ass, but an incorrect pedantic ass. Please reparse that sentance grammatically. He said what he means and didn't say anything at all like what you think.
Wow. If I am reading your comment right, you are trying to say that Americans are not good workers, based on your experience with American consultants. Consultants.
Also, this point: "* Think they know better than you".
Well, yes. I should hope you are hireing consultants that know more than your employees. What is the purpose of spending money on their consulting if you could just ask Joe down in Marketing and get a similarly educated answer?
I am sure that if given the choice, many laid-off US IT workers would have gladly taken a pay cut in order to avoid getting booted out. But that isn't the case. Workers aren't handed a little paper that says:
"Please check one:
[ ] Take a pay cut
[ ] Lose your job"
That sounds yummy. Where can I pick some up?
You forgot #People who want to impress the other folks at the local Starbucks
I don't see how that's silly at all. The moon landing was both a small step (in the long-term) and a giant leap (in the short-term) for mankind.
The only downside to that is that she probably would have found a way to continue releasing albums from in prison...
Do you honestly think that just throwing money around will eventually result in scientific progress on par with nuclear energy or high-performance jet propulsion?
I think you missed my point, or misread my post. I was rebuffing the parent's belief that wars (or at least military spending) got in the way of science.
Imagine how many scientific discoveries and inventions might never have been made if there were no wars.
Don't kid yourself into believing that it's the GOP's fault that science is politicized. The Ivory Tower scientific community does that just fine on their own. Acadamia is no better (if not worse) than Washington politics; if you don't believe the status quo, you're out. Like someone above me has said, grants dry up, resources dwindle, and good luck trying to get published. I have seen this first-hand.
As for education, what would you suggest as an alternative to NCLB? I think we can agree on the fact that it's an abysmal failure, but I always hear people smashing whatever attempt at public education reform comes down the pipe without any suggestions as to why it's bad and what we can do to fix it. That is the basis of scientific, rational thought.
And yet that sounds exactly like the sort of thing some marketing shmuks would shit out. "Hey Joe! I just walloped you!" "Ow! Screw you!" "Hahaha, no silly! It's Wallop! The new Intertube social network from Microsoft!" [Campy, contrived conversation follows]
Which is why he said "most people don't care" instead of "most businesses/corporations don't care".
The problem with that example is that most of the people who were 'advocating the repeal of Prohibition' also patronized an underground speakeasy or two on a regular basis, thus participating in the illegal behavior that seems to be the whole topic of this conversation.
I agree completely with your post though. It's the whole "I may not agree with what you are saying, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" cliche that Western civilization of today is built upon.
Nobody expects the OSS inquisition!