OK, but which is quicker, the time it will take for Windows to lose half its market share, or the time it would take to port Picasa to other platforms? It's not like they've gone miles down a one-way street.
Cox is quoted in the article as saying, 'I think it's implicit in the way that a Web site is produced that our standards of accuracy are lower. Besides, immediacy is more important than accuracy, and humor is more important than accuracy.'
That quote was credited to Nick Denton, the publisher of Wonkette who recruited Ms. Cox to write for the site. Ms. Cox did not say that.
Really now, if you're going to accuse somebody of having low standards for accuracy... ah screw it.
Grocery stores can use a simpler sweet-salty-skanky model for impuse buying, perhaps also due to the fact that grocery shoppers are less sophisticated.
Where do more-sophisticated people get their food?
The problem here is that the story is entirely about and a result of your illegal mischief.
It might be one thing if you had information to suggest that something very important was going on -- say, that American companies are providing technologies illegally to Iraq -- and could corroborate other sources only this way. But I don't think any facts in the story justify the committing of a crime to uncover them.
You first step was illegally entering someone else's mail box, then you wrote a story based on some interesting tidbits you found there.
You being a reporter, I would bet there are e-mails in your inbox at this moment, i.e. messages relating to stories you are working on, that contain information with "significant public interest." Is it OK if I hack into your account to get them?
This story, and particularly the omission of the fact that it was the reporter who cracked the account, is yet another reason I cannot respect Wired News. They are first and foremost a pro-Internet-culture organization. Their generally-unskeptical approach to the technology and culture they cover, though agreeable to many of us, is not impartial and is not good journalism.
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My question for you, Didion Sprague: Since when do nuns have boyfriends?
Either Gore won the election fair and square and is president today, or he didn't win and tried to stage a coup, but failed because the rule of law prevailed. You have to chose one or the other.
This really doesnt need to be argued again, especially with an AC, but this post uses exactly the tactic that the Bush regime is built upon. Namely, accuse your opponent of committing the sins that you yourself are committing.
As I recall, it was Gore who argued for and finally accepted rule of law, while Bush didn't win and staged a coup.
And in fact, it seems Al barely even misspoke. Phil Agre put together a good overview of the "Al Gore invented the Internet" story that shows how it can mainly be traced to bad reporting by Wired News. (The reason I never read anything by Declan McCullagh)
Yes he said something along those lines, but through shoddy journalism, it became generally accepted that Al Gore was boasting about being the father of the Internet.
And of course Republican pundits and presidental candidates further distorted the story into proof that Al Gore is a big fat liar. How many votes did they get off that during the election?
Can I get a show of hands from people who, in the height of their Tetris playing days, would see the shapes falling when they closed their eyes to go to sleep?
I certainly experienced it and I've asked this of friends at various times and have invariably found others who experienced it.
I've wondered if this means that Tetris taps into our brain chemistry in some fundamental way, sort of like the virus in Snowcrash.
But the good thing about this version is that I always seemed to be able to fit the piece, no matter what it was.
For future reference, this is not funny. I don't mean that in an "I take offense at this" sense, but rather in the sense of universal standards of humor.
I can't help but ask... Did you guys all play the old Broderbund game "Dam Busters" on the C64? I know all about the skipping barrel bombs and those way cool spotlight altimeter only because of that game.
Anyone have other recommended reading/viewing on the subject?
Does anyone recall a program, either on the C64 or Apple II that would spin the the floppy drive so that it played a song? I can't remember if I actually had it, or just heard someone talk about it. If real, I'd have to call it a classic.
I tend to favor the "using technology for a purpose for which it was never intended" definition of hack. A lot of the suggestions I've seen so far seem to me to be just examples of really good engineering.
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OK, but which is quicker, the time it will take for Windows to lose half its market share, or the time it would take to port Picasa to other platforms? It's not like they've gone miles down a one-way street.
OK, we forgive you. Thanks for the correction.
Cox is quoted in the article as saying, 'I think it's implicit in the way that a Web site is produced that our standards of accuracy are lower. Besides, immediacy is more important than accuracy, and humor is more important than accuracy.'
... ah screw it.
That quote was credited to Nick Denton, the publisher of Wonkette who recruited Ms. Cox to write for the site. Ms. Cox did not say that.
Really now, if you're going to accuse somebody of having low standards for accuracy
Actually, one of the main reasons for keeping an analog line is in case of natural disasters.
Was there a natural disaster that day?
You sir, are hilarious.
And following that logic, the next one will be named the USS William Clinton, right?
Right?
Grocery stores can use a simpler sweet-salty-skanky model for impuse buying, perhaps also due to the fact that grocery shoppers are less sophisticated.
Where do more-sophisticated people get their food?
You tell 'em, Beavis.
And now the power Mac users who argued against DOS back in the day for not having a GUI are taking pride in using terminal to tweak OSX.
These are the last days.
And sushi is too expensive, you should like Wonder bread and baloney sandwiches instead.
There's no accounting for taste.
In my exprience, "boxen" is what nerds say when they're trying to be clever.
OK, good post on independent vs. mainstream/commercial music.
But effectively, you're saying that if I don't like the CD format used by my favorite artists' record labels, I should change my taste in music?
noted, grandpa.
True dat. Ooh! vectorpark has been updated!
They're still doing this to me, after 2 years, and multiple attempts at cancellation.
I'm now working on requesting a refund of the erroneous billing. Any bets?
The problem here is that the story is entirely about and a result of your illegal mischief.
It might be one thing if you had information to suggest that something very important was going on -- say, that American companies are providing technologies illegally to Iraq -- and could corroborate other sources only this way. But I don't think any facts in the story justify the committing of a crime to uncover them.
You first step was illegally entering someone else's mail box, then you wrote a story based on some interesting tidbits you found there.
You being a reporter, I would bet there are e-mails in your inbox at this moment, i.e. messages relating to stories you are working on, that contain information with "significant public interest." Is it OK if I hack into your account to get them?
This story, and particularly the omission of the fact that it was the reporter who cracked the account, is yet another reason I cannot respect Wired News. They are first and foremost a pro-Internet-culture organization. Their generally-unskeptical approach to the technology and culture they cover, though agreeable to many of us, is not impartial and is not good journalism.
My question for you, Didion Sprague: Since when do nuns have boyfriends?
Either Gore won the election fair and square and is president today, or he didn't win and tried to stage a coup, but failed because the rule of law prevailed. You have to chose one or the other.
This really doesnt need to be argued again, especially with an AC, but this post uses exactly the tactic that the Bush regime is built upon. Namely, accuse your opponent of committing the sins that you yourself are committing.
As I recall, it was Gore who argued for and finally accepted rule of law, while Bush didn't win and staged a coup.
And in fact, it seems Al barely even misspoke. Phil Agre put together a good overview of the "Al Gore invented the Internet" story that shows how it can mainly be traced to bad reporting by Wired News. (The reason I never read anything by Declan McCullagh)
Yes he said something along those lines, but through shoddy journalism, it became generally accepted that Al Gore was boasting about being the father of the Internet.
And of course Republican pundits and presidental candidates further distorted the story into proof that Al Gore is a big fat liar. How many votes did they get off that during the election?
Can I get a show of hands from people who, in the height of their Tetris playing days, would see the shapes falling when they closed their eyes to go to sleep?
I certainly experienced it and I've asked this of friends at various times and have invariably found others who experienced it.
I've wondered if this means that Tetris taps into our brain chemistry in some fundamental way, sort of like the virus in Snowcrash.
But the good thing about this version is that I always seemed to be able to fit the piece, no matter what it was.
Mods,
For future reference, this is not funny. I don't mean that in an "I take offense at this" sense, but rather in the sense of universal standards of humor.
I think you just described 90% of the /. community.
Excessively boastful?
Anyone have other recommended reading/viewing on the subject?
I tend to favor the "using technology for a purpose for which it was never intended" definition of hack. A lot of the suggestions I've seen so far seem to me to be just examples of really good engineering.