Or perhaps this type of shit would qualify as an example of the violation of our freedom to take pictures of anything we want.
When the gov't wants to take pictures of you, the claim is always that there is no expecation of privacy in public. But if a private citizen wants to take a picture of something in public that the "powers that be" decide they shouldn't, some poor bastard gets arrested.
Military bases are one thing. When the military is working on a top secret project, they go to great lengths to prevent folks from taking pictures by secluding those projects, or picking remote areas for testing that are inaccesible by the public. This, I understand. You wouldn't want your defenses thwarted by potential enemies before you have a chance to use them. But this whole idea of "we can take pictures of anything we want, but you can't or face the consequences" boils down to a "do as I say and not as I do" mentality that undermines the very fabric of our society and sets up what amounts to nothing less than Orwellian politics.
It really frustrates me whenever the media do a science story, especially one regarding medicine. In their desperation to focus on the human angle and "won't anybody think of the children" - and of course, increase number of readers - they completely ignore any basic scientific analysis.
Me too. Especially when someone injects a "won't anybody think of the children" comment into a discussion that is devoid of such remarks.
Do they need to be there? Of course not. But they want to be, and most users put up with it. The blame lies equally with users who just say, "well, ok, I guess that's fine." They allow it to happen.
Isn't that like blaming users for M$'s crappy security implementations? The majority of users I deal with don't have a clue why things are the way they are and just accept whatever is fed to them as the way things are. System tray applets get installed because users think that RealPlayer, QuickTime, et al need that to run.
There are many open source nas implementations available:
FreeNASOpenFiler
and
NASLite
to name a few.
I have personnaly set up 3 different NASLite boxes, and is the one I recommend for stability and simplicity (It is not free, but reasonable--around $35US). You will, however need to connect the laptop to a monitor for initial installation and setup.
Arguably, an alarm system is more important in keeping people out than the lock on the door. If they kick down the door and a message goes off that lets them know that you know they are there and that the police are coming shortly, they usually won't stick around that long.
Just long enough to take your LCD tv, XBox, PS3 and computer. Best to try to ensure that kicking in your door is hard enough they will give up before the cops get there. Trust me, alarms do nothing but annoy the neighbors. My shit is still gone.
The folks who publich sheet music for musicians to buy in music stores sell music.
IANAL, so correct me if I'm wrong here but no, they don't. They sell sheets with notes printed that comprise the music, not the music itself. This is analogous to selling books. Music stores are selling copies of the work, not the work itself. As much as I agree with NYCL's position against thr RIAA's tactics, musicians do have the right to protect their work the same as anyone else that creates. The RIAA's job should have been to protect the artists against someone other than the artist making money from their creations. Instead, the RIAA chose to redefine "stealing" and hang a "piracy" label on law abiding citizens.
As far as I understand copyright law (which is comparatively little), the music, movie, sottware industries, and for that matter, book publishers have never sold anything but the distribution medium in their entire history. So in a sense, you are and always have been renting (or more appropriately leasing) any copyrighted work that you "purchased" or ever will "purchase".
Ok, then. Modded troll for an honest opinion. Typical. I am left to assume that whoever modded this as such would condone those who would prey on children. I was simply expressing an honest opinion about something I feel very strongly about. "Troll" should, IMHO be reserved for those who say stupid shit for the purpose of evoking a negative response to their unreasonable and misdirected comments and not be used as a sword by those "moderators" who simply disagree with the statement. Simply modding me as a troll is akin to an "It's our game and our ball and if you don't like the rules, then you can go home" philosophy. Perhaps the person(s) who are responsible for modding me down would do better by explaining why they found my remarks so disconcerting rather than simply painting my comment with a broad stroke. I will reiterate my statement in a more concise manner: Child molesters and predators are, in my opinion, the lowest form of human existence. They should not be allowed the privilege of breathing the air on this planet. If they do, in fact, fit the aforementioned description, they should not only be deprived of liberty, they should in fact, be deprived of existence. They are a blight on humanity. If we, as a society are intent on protecting the liberty of all human beings even to the exclusion of protecting our children against those who would steal their innocence through molestation or sexual exploitation, then we have indeed become a very sick and blind species. If this is truly the position that the majority of readers on/. have taken, the I am truly ashamed to be counted among you.
Slashdot Mirror
meh!
Oh, really? Well, maybe it's the first one with its own social network. Hmmm, I wonder where I can find an AA group with their own bar?
Or even, "In Communist China, iPhone bricks YOU!"
I, for one, welcome our "making the guy with a prosthesis next to you jack off" overlords.
Or perhaps this type of shit would qualify as an example of the violation of our freedom to take pictures of anything we want.
When the gov't wants to take pictures of you, the claim is always that there is no expecation of privacy in public. But if a private citizen wants to take a picture of something in public that the "powers that be" decide they shouldn't, some poor bastard gets arrested.
Military bases are one thing. When the military is working on a top secret project, they go to great lengths to prevent folks from taking pictures by secluding those projects, or picking remote areas for testing that are inaccesible by the public. This, I understand. You wouldn't want your defenses thwarted by potential enemies before you have a chance to use them. But this whole idea of "we can take pictures of anything we want, but you can't or face the consequences" boils down to a "do as I say and not as I do" mentality that undermines the very fabric of our society and sets up what amounts to nothing less than Orwellian politics.
Perhaps Corey Doctorow wasn't too far off the mark!
I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok, I sleep all night and I work all day. . .</oblig>
Perhaps this [pdf] will shed light on why she will most likely be unable to wiggle out of the 1.92M.
Greetings, Overlords.
. . .I just had a Robocop flashback!
.out. . .of. . .my. . .HEAD!!!
Get. .
No, that would be "cannabisism", but technically would not apply unless a pot smoker smoked himself--or another pot smoker.
It really frustrates me whenever the media do a science story, especially one regarding medicine. In their desperation to focus on the human angle and "won't anybody think of the children" - and of course, increase number of readers - they completely ignore any basic scientific analysis.
Me too. Especially when someone injects a "won't anybody think of the children" comment into a discussion that is devoid of such remarks.
Firefox with noscript plugin certainly does.
Stop it already!
Do they need to be there? Of course not. But they want to be, and most users put up with it. The blame lies equally with users who just say, "well, ok, I guess that's fine." They allow it to happen.
Isn't that like blaming users for M$'s crappy security implementations? The majority of users I deal with don't have a clue why things are the way they are and just accept whatever is fed to them as the way things are. System tray applets get installed because users think that RealPlayer, QuickTime, et al need that to run.
There are many open source nas implementations available: FreeNAS OpenFiler and NASLite to name a few. I have personnaly set up 3 different NASLite boxes, and is the one I recommend for stability and simplicity (It is not free, but reasonable--around $35US). You will, however need to connect the laptop to a monitor for initial installation and setup.
Arguably, an alarm system is more important in keeping people out than the lock on the door. If they kick down the door and a message goes off that lets them know that you know they are there and that the police are coming shortly, they usually won't stick around that long.
Just long enough to take your LCD tv, XBox, PS3 and computer. Best to try to ensure that kicking in your door is hard enough they will give up before the cops get there. Trust me, alarms do nothing but annoy the neighbors. My shit is still gone.
I guess they really must hate "Trampled Underfoot".
So would "D'yer Mak'er" bring them back?
Change $4 to $1 and they might get more bytes.
There, fixed it for you!
What's insightful about this? If I make stuff up that I can't prove, does that make me insightful?
Apparently, asking the question does.
The folks who publich sheet music for musicians to buy in music stores sell music.
IANAL, so correct me if I'm wrong here but no, they don't. They sell sheets with notes printed that comprise the music, not the music itself. This is analogous to selling books. Music stores are selling copies of the work, not the work itself. As much as I agree with NYCL's position against thr RIAA's tactics, musicians do have the right to protect their work the same as anyone else that creates. The RIAA's job should have been to protect the artists against someone other than the artist making money from their creations. Instead, the RIAA chose to redefine "stealing" and hang a "piracy" label on law abiding citizens.
As far as I understand copyright law (which is comparatively little), the music, movie, sottware industries, and for that matter, book publishers have never sold anything but the distribution medium in their entire history. So in a sense, you are and always have been renting (or more appropriately leasing) any copyrighted work that you "purchased" or ever will "purchase".
If ever a story on /. qualifies for a car analogy, this one should. Sadly, I can think of none. RATS!
Ok, then. Modded troll for an honest opinion. Typical. I am left to assume that whoever modded this as such would condone those who would prey on children. I was simply expressing an honest opinion about something I feel very strongly about. "Troll" should, IMHO be reserved for those who say stupid shit for the purpose of evoking a negative response to their unreasonable and misdirected comments and not be used as a sword by those "moderators" who simply disagree with the statement. Simply modding me as a troll is akin to an "It's our game and our ball and if you don't like the rules, then you can go home" philosophy. Perhaps the person(s) who are responsible for modding me down would do better by explaining why they found my remarks so disconcerting rather than simply painting my comment with a broad stroke. I will reiterate my statement in a more concise manner: Child molesters and predators are, in my opinion, the lowest form of human existence. They should not be allowed the privilege of breathing the air on this planet. If they do, in fact, fit the aforementioned description, they should not only be deprived of liberty, they should in fact, be deprived of existence. They are a blight on humanity. If we, as a society are intent on protecting the liberty of all human beings even to the exclusion of protecting our children against those who would steal their innocence through molestation or sexual exploitation, then we have indeed become a very sick and blind species. If this is truly the position that the majority of readers on /. have taken, the I am truly ashamed to be counted among you.
. . .the New Madrid Fault
If these people have fucked children, fuck em and never leave them the fuck alone.
And *that* has to be the most clueless comment I have ever heard about a pointless comment about the RIAA.
There. . .fixed it for you!