Is there a legal reason Slashdot can't utilize the Partners link in the Headline Stories? Every story with a reference to NYT gets at least 5 or 6 mentions of partners.nytimes.com, and I was just curious.
Don't know if you'll get this or not, but I'm wondering what you use to tranfer images to Linux? I'm still using TWAIN (Photoshop 5.5) or the stupid Kodak Pictureeasy...
... it's just a tad too pricey to actually justify. Last year about this time, I bought a Kodak DC240. Why? Because I'm a geek. I don't *NEED* one, it's just the coolness factor of being able to instantaneously digitize pictures. Now, trust me, I would absolutely love to have MPEG2 of some of my weekend antics, but at $2500, there's just no way I can justify this. It's new, so I understand the pricetag completely, but it looks like I'll be waiting a year or two.
.. of course, after that year or two passes, they'll have the new 60minute version out and I'll probably end up buying that. Isn't credit grand?
... Ok, let's say they release crap. We'd go on and on badmouthing them for incompatibility, lax Quality Assurance Standards, and all the glitches because of "rushing the product to market too quickly".
So, for once, a company decides (for whatever reasons: technical, political, financial.. who knows) to withhold a product until it meets higher standards.
And yet, somehow, we find a way to bash them for this, claiming that they need to "pick up the pace" and that they're "already behind nVidia in the video card wars".
Let's cut them some slack, and not judge until we have a final product in our hands. I'm telling you, this is the only forum in the world where we can badmouth company's no matter WHICH choice they make. =)
I need a BAD (Buzzword Acronym Dictionary)
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If you're going to write a virus to advertise your stupid porn website, at least have some originality and write a nice, new virus from scratch instead of stealing someone else's idea.
What makes the Xeon better? The cache is larger, yes? Everyone else on Slashdot knocks L2 cache saying it's overrated and underutilized as is. Anyone have any insight as to what makes the Xeon a good choice in the server arena?
I discovered that lots of my friends, who weren't gamers before, suddenly bought PlayStations and loved games that I'd never touch (Parappa The Rapper anyone?).
I consider myself an avid gamer, and I'm going to admit it in public: I _LOVE_ Parappa The Rappa. I can't stop laughing when I play it.
For years, I figured I was unable to properly operate a fax machine. Out of the five times I have been required to fax NSI a form (whether it be a RNCA, or simply a nameserver-change approval), each one has required a followup call.. and a repeat fax directly to the representative.
One on transaction, I actually had to fax my RNCA in *THREE TIMES* before the deal was finally closed. When it finally did, it happened without my knowledge; I never received an email alerting me of the situation, although I was told I would.
I think you're lucky to get the "call back tomorrow" recording; I've always gotten a busy signal, believe it or not.
I'm not the kind of guy to just bash a company for no reason, but NSI truly has been a joke over the past few years... and the scariest part is they haven't been getting ANY better. Same old, same old.
I guess I'm the lazy one for not looking in to and using any NSI's competitors.
I was demo'd this game by some of the creators at the Linuxworld Conference and Expo in NYC back in early February. While the graphics and whatnot didn't "blow me away", the theory of gameplay did.
It seems to almost take the old Tradewars 2002 theories and turn them in to a graphical game. There are ports, and trading to be done. Certain ports have better selling prices on certain objects, others higher buying prices.
In the game, time has a meaning. If you sit around and do nothing, you're missing out on what's happening elsewhere in the universe. If you are a certain faction, missions are offered to you and you are given a timeframe to appear "on site" and accept them. Succeed and be paid. Fail, and lose political status.
I also remember there being a true "up/down" feature. He explained that certain ships have.. pardon me if I don't know how to word this.. thrusters that allowed lateral up/down and left/right movement WHILE travelling forward. Don't like how you're approaching the dock at that port? Fine. Fire the thrusters, and get centered properly.
All in all, I walked away looking forward to giving it a try. The story seemed VERY deep, and the demo guys mentioned a trule "online community" where you can work together, compete, etc.
Maybe this demo is just a joke they realized to fool us all in to thinking the game sucks, so that when they realease the REAL version, _they_ can laugh at _us_.
Many people have talked about AOLers moving on to a "real ISP"? Can AOL be used as a real ISP? Do you get a real IP bound to the AOL Adapter upon connection?
If so, while the AOL service may be lame/whatever, you figure there is an AOL modembank available just about everywhere. It would be decent for roadtravellers with Winlaptops, no?
My local Cisco Channels Training guy said it best. To keep employees, a company needs TECHS:
T - Toys. Engineers want to play with the latest toys. E - Education. They want training on the latest stuff. C - Cash. They need to be paid properly. H - Harleys. This comes with the Cash. S - Sex. This comes with the Cash and Harleys.
This entire article was just one troll after another in an attempt to ruffle a few feathers in the "Open Source Community".
Next, he'll insist Intel has "open door R&D sessions" where the general public can come and comment, make suggestions, and help guide Intel's processor devlopment. Perhaps Seagate could start selling "Build Your Own Hard Drive" kits in unassembled packaged, with little slips inside that outline steps 1-12 for putting together your very own 10k RPM SCSI-LVD drive (please note: level 5 clean room required).
Hardware and manufacturing is a whole different ballgame then software.
In a world where it normally takes months and months to have a hearing, it's interesting that all it takes is a few billion dollars behind you and you can get a hearing in a matter of hours.
Call me crazy, but the thought of a pen on my desktop replacing my mouse absolutely frightens me. Have you ever seen my handwriting? Let's just say I got a "D-" in Handwriting all the way through 5th grade. I cringe at the thought of even TRYING to select and cut-and-paste even a simple line of text.
On that note, I may be a sellout, but give me my Microsoft "wheely" Intellimouse any day. It sits on my desktop, fits nicely in my hand, and gets the job done. The fact that it has three easily accesibly buttons doesn't hurt--how the hell and I suppose to zoom in on the new Quake 3: Arena test without my beloved wheel-button? This actually is a decent product that I can't live without; Anyone know who MS bought it from?
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Is there a legal reason Slashdot can't utilize the Partners link in the Headline Stories? Every story with a reference to NYT gets at least 5 or 6 mentions of partners.nytimes.com, and I was just curious.
Don't know if you'll get this or not, but I'm wondering what you use to tranfer images to Linux? I'm still using TWAIN (Photoshop 5.5) or the stupid Kodak Pictureeasy ...
... it's just a tad too pricey to actually justify. Last year about this time, I bought a Kodak DC240. Why? Because I'm a geek. I don't *NEED* one, it's just the coolness factor of being able to instantaneously digitize pictures. Now, trust me, I would absolutely love to have MPEG2 of some of my weekend antics, but at $2500, there's just no way I can justify this. It's new, so I understand the pricetag completely, but it looks like I'll be waiting a year or two.
.. of course, after that year or two passes, they'll have the new 60minute version out and I'll probably end up buying that. Isn't credit grand?
... Ok, let's say they release crap. We'd go on and on badmouthing them for incompatibility, lax Quality Assurance Standards, and all the glitches because of "rushing the product to market too quickly".
.. who knows) to withhold a product until it meets higher standards.
So, for once, a company decides (for whatever reasons: technical, political, financial
And yet, somehow, we find a way to bash them for this, claiming that they need to "pick up the pace" and that they're "already behind nVidia in the video card wars".
Let's cut them some slack, and not judge until we have a final product in our hands. I'm telling you, this is the only forum in the world where we can badmouth company's no matter WHICH choice they make. =)
What's B2B?
If you're going to write a virus to advertise your stupid porn website, at least have some originality and write a nice, new virus from scratch instead of stealing someone else's idea.
What makes the Xeon better? The cache is larger, yes? Everyone else on Slashdot knocks L2 cache saying it's overrated and underutilized as is. Anyone have any insight as to what makes the Xeon a good choice in the server arena?
What ever happened to Cyrix? I wasn't following companies quite as closely then.
I discovered that lots of my friends, who weren't gamers before, suddenly bought PlayStations and loved games that I'd never touch (Parappa The Rapper anyone?).
..
I consider myself an avid gamer, and I'm going to admit it in public: I _LOVE_ Parappa The Rappa. I can't stop laughing when I play it.
.. kick, punch, it's all in the mind
For years, I figured I was unable to properly operate a fax machine. Out of the five times I have been required to fax NSI a form (whether it be a RNCA, or simply a nameserver-change approval), each one has required a followup call .. and a repeat fax directly to the representative.
... and the scariest part is they haven't been getting ANY better. Same old, same old.
One on transaction, I actually had to fax my RNCA in *THREE TIMES* before the deal was finally closed. When it finally did, it happened without my knowledge; I never received an email alerting me of the situation, although I was told I would.
I think you're lucky to get the "call back tomorrow" recording; I've always gotten a busy signal, believe it or not.
I'm not the kind of guy to just bash a company for no reason, but NSI truly has been a joke over the past few years
I guess I'm the lazy one for not looking in to and using any NSI's competitors.
Just don't pay them. After 90 days you will get a "FINAL NOTICE", and eventually it will cycle out.
I've allowed many-a-domain to 'die' this way.
I was demo'd this game by some of the creators at the Linuxworld Conference and Expo in NYC back in early February. While the graphics and whatnot didn't "blow me away", the theory of gameplay did.
.. pardon me if I don't know how to word this .. thrusters that allowed lateral up/down and left/right movement WHILE travelling forward. Don't like how you're approaching the dock at that port? Fine. Fire the thrusters, and get centered properly.
It seems to almost take the old Tradewars 2002 theories and turn them in to a graphical game. There are ports, and trading to be done. Certain ports have better selling prices on certain objects, others higher buying prices.
In the game, time has a meaning. If you sit around and do nothing, you're missing out on what's happening elsewhere in the universe. If you are a certain faction, missions are offered to you and you are given a timeframe to appear "on site" and accept them. Succeed and be paid. Fail, and lose political status.
I also remember there being a true "up/down" feature. He explained that certain ships have
All in all, I walked away looking forward to giving it a try. The story seemed VERY deep, and the demo guys mentioned a trule "online community" where you can work together, compete, etc.
Maybe this demo is just a joke they realized to fool us all in to thinking the game sucks, so that when they realease the REAL version, _they_ can laugh at _us_.
Or maybe not.
Can someone explain to me why, and this is not intended as flamebait, ANYONE would embrace an HDTV standard that incorperated interlacing?
To me, 720p would be better then 1080i. Does anyone have links to which broadcasters are embracing which standards?
I've never used AOL, personally, so I ask:
Many people have talked about AOLers moving on to a "real ISP"? Can AOL be used as a real ISP? Do you get a real IP bound to the AOL Adapter upon connection?
If so, while the AOL service may be lame/whatever, you figure there is an AOL modembank available just about everywhere. It would be decent for roadtravellers with Winlaptops, no?
Entry-level yet affordable processor, 32MB RAM, Disk-On-Chip (albeit only 4MB)... sounds like an i-opener project, minus the display. =)
Can you tell I'm excited I got mine today?
T - Toys. Engineers want to play with the latest toys.
E - Education. They want training on the latest stuff.
C - Cash. They need to be paid properly.
H - Harleys. This comes with the Cash.
S - Sex. This comes with the Cash and Harleys.
High in carbs, low in sugar, but short on protein.
Next, he'll insist Intel has "open door R&D sessions" where the general public can come and comment, make suggestions, and help guide Intel's processor devlopment. Perhaps Seagate could start selling "Build Your Own Hard Drive" kits in unassembled packaged, with little slips inside that outline steps 1-12 for putting together your very own 10k RPM SCSI-LVD drive (please note: level 5 clean room required).
Hardware and manufacturing is a whole different ballgame then software.
What about the CRYPT-PW and PGP options? Are these no longer being used?
In a world where it normally takes months and months to have a hearing, it's interesting that all it takes is a few billion dollars behind you and you can get a hearing in a matter of hours.
Call me crazy, but the thought of a pen on my desktop replacing my mouse absolutely frightens me. Have you ever seen my handwriting? Let's just say I got a "D-" in Handwriting all the way through 5th grade. I cringe at the thought of even TRYING to select and cut-and-paste even a simple line of text.
On that note, I may be a sellout, but give me my Microsoft "wheely" Intellimouse any day. It sits on my desktop, fits nicely in my hand, and gets the job done. The fact that it has three easily accesibly buttons doesn't hurt--how the hell and I suppose to zoom in on the new Quake 3: Arena test without my beloved wheel-button? This actually is a decent product that I can't live without; Anyone know who MS bought it from?