Has anyone considered posting the users average score that their posts have earned in the past along with their current reply's score? It may be alot of extra work, but I'd be very curious to see some people's overall scores. I would be more inclined to pay attention -and read more carefully those who have higher average scores overall. It may be an unwanted, unnecessary feature in some people's eyes though. I would second the idea that was submitted earlier about paying for Slashdot email addresses. It would be a great way to help offset the cost of running Slashdot. Keep up the great work Team Slashdot. Its been informative to read, and even more enjoyable since the customization features have become available.
If you take a moment and read the posted responses at the end of the article you can find a few people who hail from "Washington" -and they don't seem to like the review very much. Surprise. One guy even said ZDnet was becoming a joke with their recent attempts to cover more of the Unix world and to occasionally knock the MSoft. I never did like ZDnet much because they used to seem to knock everyone except MSoft.
I would find it interesting too, if each logged-in account had an average score generated from all their past posts -that was visible each time they posted. Perhaps more people would be inclined to write thoughtful posts on a consist basis.
That depends on how secure you want it to be. Large governmental bodies have great talent at getting data out of tape that should be unrecoverable. The only safe way is to totally destroy and obliterate the tape. But what the heck could an INDIVIDUAL have on a tape that needs to be that secret? Wait, umm. I don't want to know.
I'd be willing for my tax dollars to go to a program that straps Al Gore's a** to a satellite and shoots him off into space. Except I'd want the cameras turned around so we could get a 24/7 picture of him mouthing his political rhetoric. We could bring him back down safe and sound after the election is over. That way we'd be spared from his future political commercials where he also makes claim to the "fact" that he's the one responsible for THE cure for cancer.
Uh I haven't been able to read anything on this yet, but I'm guess the server is in Europe? It took me 28 hops to get there (yuck!) going from SFO to CHI to NYC (thru Qwest - they rock) to London to Amsterdam to Olso and then on and on...
Has anyone been able to get on sucessfully very recently?
Why does eveyone have a problem with Beowulf? I know all the weenies like to say "Gee willakers! That'd do well in my swell Beowulf cluster!" -but Beowulf does do some things very well, where a single Linux box wouldn't. No reason to knock it.
argh, the ACLU can make you happy one day fighting for the little guy who can't do it (or afford the legal fees) on his own, and the next day you find them acting as whore for spammers.
I less than honest friend of mine puts that he can code in C, and visual basic because he owns a VB book, which sits on his shelf. The problem is people believe him.
The labels aren't there for regular people. I suppose they put them there for the extra stupid people who happen to be able to read. Maybe it helps protect them from lawsuits from stupid people. Maybe their lawyers have a sense of humor or are bored so they demand that the labels be placed on the products.
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Has anyone considered posting the users average score that their posts have earned in the past along with their current reply's score? It may be alot of extra work, but I'd be very curious to see some people's overall scores. I would be more inclined to pay attention -and read more carefully those who have higher average scores overall. It may be an unwanted, unnecessary feature in some people's eyes though.
I would second the idea that was submitted earlier about paying for Slashdot email addresses. It would be a great way to help offset the cost of running Slashdot.
Keep up the great work Team Slashdot. Its been informative to read, and even more enjoyable since the customization features have become available.
If you take a moment and read the posted responses at the end of the article you can find a few people who hail from "Washington" -and they don't seem to like the review very much. Surprise.
One guy even said ZDnet was becoming a joke with their recent attempts to cover more of the Unix world and to occasionally knock the MSoft. I never did like ZDnet much because they used to seem to knock everyone except MSoft.
I would find it interesting too, if each logged-in account had an average score generated from all their past posts -that was visible each time they posted. Perhaps more people would be inclined to write thoughtful posts on a consist basis.
That depends on how secure you want it to be. Large governmental bodies have great talent at getting data out of tape that should be unrecoverable. The only safe way is to totally destroy and obliterate the tape. But what the heck could an INDIVIDUAL have on a tape that needs to be that secret? Wait, umm. I don't want to know.
Iridium is voice system. Its limited to a 2400 connection. Pushing data over that network has got to hurt.
I'd be willing for my tax dollars to go to a program that straps Al Gore's a** to a satellite and shoots him off into space. Except I'd want the cameras turned around so we could get a 24/7 picture of him mouthing his political rhetoric. We could bring him back down safe and sound after the election is over. That way we'd be spared from his future political commercials where he also makes claim to the "fact" that he's the one responsible for THE cure for cancer.
Al Gore didn't create "internet 2" either. I did. In my sleep. Yep it was me. Yep.
By the way thats sarcasm. Maybe.
Al Gore. What a jacka**. How could he even think about making such a statement? The guy can't even pronounce routers properly.
Uh I haven't been able to read anything on this yet, but I'm guess the server is in Europe?
It took me 28 hops to get there (yuck!) going from SFO to CHI to NYC (thru Qwest - they rock) to London to Amsterdam to Olso and then on and on...
Has anyone been able to get on sucessfully very recently?
Now that the Soviet threat has diminished... do we need a "satellite?"
Why does eveyone have a problem with Beowulf? I know all the weenies like to say "Gee willakers! That'd do well in my swell Beowulf cluster!"
-but Beowulf does do some things very well, where a single Linux box wouldn't. No reason to knock it.
argh, the ACLU can make you happy one day fighting for the little guy who can't do it (or afford the legal fees) on his own, and the next day you find them acting as whore for spammers.
I never tire of abusing engineers, let alone MSoft engineers!
I never tire of abusing engineers, let alone MSoft engineers.
So if your driving at 38mph with the headlights on...
Silly Rabbit MIPS are for kids.
uh, sorry. I couldn't resist. RISC, however, is my current favorite processor. I wonder if I could use a couple of the P3's to replace my oven though.
is evil
Larry Ellison is a jackass and has no problem trading in our privacy for his profit. He needs to grow some eyebrows too....
We must circumvent this. The power of the Slashdot effect must never be challenged!
Muhahahahahahahaha!
The ants go marching on and on..
Another small step for Linux, and another victory for the public.
(I wonder which ant invented the single file line. That ant must be totally revered among ant kind.)
This means more data could be packed into one fiber-optic line.
Once again I've been beaten out by another /.'r to get credit for a link to a story.
On topic, however, I think we should do another petition.
Look! FUD against microsoft! how amusing. A taste of their own medicine.
I less than honest friend of mine puts that he can code in C, and visual basic because he owns a VB book, which sits on his shelf.
The problem is people believe him.
The labels aren't there for regular people. I suppose they put them there for the extra stupid people who happen to be able to read. Maybe it helps protect them from lawsuits from stupid people. Maybe their lawyers have a sense of humor or are bored so they demand that the labels be placed on the products.