Comment Re:Amount of controversy (Score 1) 393
Sounds like nerfing, which is all to often counter-productive to the group it caters to.
Makes sense though, as I'm not impressed with the development of
Sounds like nerfing, which is all to often counter-productive to the group it caters to.
Makes sense though, as I'm not impressed with the development of
How is karma relevant in any way when it is maxed out so fast, and really, doesn't mean anything?
Mind you, just because I have a _different_ opinion, and communicate my experiences, does not mean it is an attack on Slashdot and its community. It merely means I'm friggin fed up with self-important over-intellectualized non-relevant and non-practical pricks
If you feel hurt, well, maybe that's because I hit something. If not, vica versa
Hear hear!
It doesn't matter if someone say, "we don't groupthink". It just displays the same ignorant and hostile attitudes bordering on the tyrannical that prevails in closed communities.
A reasonable response would be something like, "any community, any race, any group" always and without fail, always communicate around the established truths of the day. Nowehere in the known or unknown universe, can we suppose that someone is discussing "pure objectively", and if they did, it would probably be pretty boring!
Any voice that objectively, without defending their position or attacking others', has a _chance_ to get closer to a "truth". Like yours Sir. Bravo!
That the unpopular voices are drowned in this discussion also, and even the comments here does not show in the profile page, says all about the current crumbling system Slashdot is so dependent on.
Face it, Slashdot is a sect, and the sooner you admit it, the sooner you can fix it.
It works for you since you agree with 99% of the people here. Those who don't agree, leave this site because of all the abuse and one-sided discussions. Whatever, my karma is excellent, it's not about karma, that got maxed out almost at once years ago.
IMHO a discussion is a communication of differing ideas, usually not so on
Proof: All I have to do is mention Intelligent Design. Maybe all life on earth have an intelligent designer behind it. There are myriads of ways this could've been accomplished thousands of years ago, but watch the hostility and condescending attitudes mark me as a bible thumping idiot (in their minds mind you, I have read the bible, but don't really see it relevant today).
Discussion on
The whole Slashdot moderation system is aged and obsolete. Even Disqus is better to weed out the trolls and keep discussion on-topic. I've been saying this for years now, but always been modded down or ignored. So there;)
Does nobody else see the irony of a comment like this being moderated to +4?
The fact that it's been validated by the system it critiques invalidates it.
Only for the intellectually lazy, which flourish on Slashdot, like it or not. Your own post is proof enough of that, but I've enough dealings with moderation-abuse to de-list Slashdot from my bookmarks for this very reason.
Correct. However, with law intention and actual consequences matter more than the technical procedure. The mail carrier programs may copy your bits and bytes, they may even include this right in their customer agreement (not EULA) or even generate anonymous "personized ads" However, the moment they start manually snooping in your personal mail for personal gains, they're on thin legal ice.
Usually though, the term "MITM-attack" is used for unconventional attacks, not expected ones such as these. But this doesn't make it NOT a MITM-attack IMHO. Especially so if the carrier is a trusted entity, and has breached that trust. (Trust is not a security feature, it's a security HOLE, most people are not used to thinking in these lines..)
*Ahem* Apple DID NOT invent the term "App" meaning "application(s)"..
People have been using that term for probably close to 20 years now (I feel a bit older suddenly
Not really. "MITM-attack" may mean many different kinds of attack, and is not usually referred to as a breah of network, but whatever malicious purposes such a position as being in the middle can be abused for. Of course, the "Man" is found in the "middle" of your communication between your hopefully trustworthy partner. However, "MITM-attack" doesn't specify wether the "Man" was already there or not, just that "he or she's in the middle" and is doing somethiing they're not supposed to. The connection being HTTP, well, who can blame them? Who uses HTTP today when there are so many better options? Oh yeah, the entire fuckin world! Who's stupid now?
Basically, an ISP fuckin with your packets, is entirely within the definition of MITM-attack. An ISP doing this is in fact in breach of your trust, and has by doing such, gotten a proven track-record of untrustworthiness.
Your typical knee-jerk reaction is the sole reason I've de-bookmarked
Why try to post anything meaningful or interesting if people are not willing to discuss, only moderate down what they already "know"?
I already de-bookmarked
Good luck with your war against your strawmen Creationist-boogeymen, and whatever fruits that may bring you. New discoveries, inventions, progress and evolution is meant for others I guess. Creationism is not worth anyone's attention, but these days, people fall for anything.
Duh, this is
Yeah, and this is
Now what do we do 'bout it?
Btw, I've seen my aura, so I'll get discredited along with everyone else not fitting in the crows mentality here.
You'll be absolutely fine just staying put on your chair. Running amok just seems like another Darwin-award this year. After all, this is
With your bare hands?!?