Not "real binary"? WTF are you talking about? It's either binary or it's not. I propose we use the value 1 to represent binary, and the value 0 to represent not.
Either way there are going to be some demanding their pound of flesh. I just want to sit back and watch the whole thing -- in regular NTSC of course, because regular TV is good enough when you consider the content available. Sorry, the revolution will only be televised in HD.
I originally modded this up, but then I read the post again. The website is "gofuckyourself.com" Any address with the word fuck in the title should probably be considered NSFW or NSFMCFM ("More conservative family members"). Especially when the OP called it a fourm for porn industry insiders. Duh.
Well let's see. The geek solution is a technical one (website.) While the common sense solution involves people physically doing something, like their civic duty (do I really need to explain what those are?).
Wow. I'm reading this comment at -1. W00T for the Slashdot groupthink. Apparently, AC, you should have mentioned what the civic duties are. If you live in a democracy, as this poster (though not TFA) is referring to, and you don't like the people in charge, you VOTE FOR THE OTHER GUY in the next election.
Whine about things on the internet is +3 Insightful and this is -1?
Take a look at words like hypocrite, conundrum, quixotic; none of these words is current. It would appear that voters didn't care if a word was actually USED in 2007, just that they liked the word and thought it deserved mention. Pecksniffian dates as far back as 1894.
Were people trying to DESCRIBE the year 2007 with those words? Because I can see that being a way to pick the word of the year. Although in that case I'd go with "subprime."
BTW, if TFA said what criteria they use for "word of the year," I didn't read it. (Of course not, this is Slashdot.)
considering that GNOME was RMS's baby to start with. Which is something I hold against him. There are many factors which prevent Linux from being widely acceptable, but having GNOME vs KDE business belongs to the major one. Funny, I'd say Vi vs. Emacs would be a more major one. Or even Free Software vs. Open Source Software. Good thing Stallman had nothing to do with those.
One such product that was prominently shown was an Xbox 360 that transformed into a mini Decepticon (near the end of the movie). Michael Bay did not seem to have a problem with MS when he put that into his movie. The Decepticons were trying to destroy the physical content industry. (Along with all of humanity... but still.)
Works for safety flaws in other industries... "5 star safety rating" "top in its class for safety".
The Auto industry can do that because by law, all cars have to be put through a standardized set of crash tests. The car with the highest scores in its class can say that in its ads because "this car is safer than all others" was tested. Firefox and IE don't get put through the same set of tests from by the same people, so looking at tests boils down to finding out who paid for the tests, and finding out whether you trust that company. Since you wouldn't use the browser if you didn't like the company in the first place, the test is useless. By contrast, all auto manufacturers pay the same amount to the same group to have their cars tested, so you're not taking the auto manufacturers at their word, you're trusting the laboratory.
Exactly, the RIAA would be justified if someone decided to put songs onto a CD, embed viruses in them to attack OS-X, Linux and Windows while also messing up standard CD-Players, and sporting the Sony or other RIAA-partner's name on it. Hell, with how lawyer crazy they are, I bet the RIAA would go crazy if someone even went around making CD's that just screwed up Windows computers and put Sony's name on it.
Isn't the poppy pretty damn iconic as far as Rememberence Day is concerned?
As a Canadian, I'd say yes.
But here in the US, I have yet to see a poppy in anyone's lapel...
You just haven't been talking to the right people. The Veterans of Foreign Wars has homes set up for disabled veterans where they make plastic poppies. Non-disabled veterans then set up tables outside stores and whatnot, and sell them to passersby. The proceeds go back into funding the homes for disabled veterans. Though this happens year-round, it is usually stepped up around Memorial Day and Veterans' Day.
I'm a long time C&C fan. (By which I mean, I hated Generals too.) But C&C 3 is a real C&C game. If you liked the real C&C games, you'll like C&C 3. And as far as Windows 2000, well, it came out seven years ago. C&C 3 supports XP and Vista. How often does a game come out for a 7 year old console? How about for a 7 year old version of Linux?
In Slashdot form, here's a (bad) car analogy translation:
Say your computer is like a car. Just like your car needs gas to do anything useful, your computer needs an operating system to do anything useful. What Microsoft did was pretty much muscling all the gas stations out of town so they could jack up the price, which is illegal. California made them give some of the money back. What this is is basically taking the money Microsoft is giving you as their fine, and using it to buy Linux gasoline.
If they let this guy run his operation and it became successful then they would be establishing a VERY strong precedent for preventing children from buying games. And the Organization of Out-of-Touch Parents or whoever will jump all over any whiff of such a thing. A short way down this slippery slope is a federal age-limit for buying video games and something of a disaster for the entire gaming industry. And that's why this guy got spanked.
Before reading this comment, I thought his policy was a good idea. Afterwards, I agree with GameStop. Sorry I don't have any mod points.
What would you say if Google came out with a program that somehow did manual labor. Would you use it? Recommend it to your boss?
Now imagine it was called (to pick a slur at random), "Google Nigger Beta." Would you still use it?
Similarly, "gimp" is an offensive word for someone with a physical handicap. In addition to being needlessly offensive, do you really want your program to be associated with people who can't do things as well as other people?
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DON'T PHRASE ME BRO!
At least now they're not going to make another Alvin and the Chipmunks movie.
Sorry, the revolution will only be televised in HD.
So I'm posting to undo the moderation.
Remember what happened with metric road signs?
Wow. I'm reading this comment at -1. W00T for the Slashdot groupthink. Apparently, AC, you should have mentioned what the civic duties are. If you live in a democracy, as this poster (though not TFA) is referring to, and you don't like the people in charge, you VOTE FOR THE OTHER GUY in the next election.
Whine about things on the internet is +3 Insightful and this is -1?
But I don't want them searching there.
Were people trying to DESCRIBE the year 2007 with those words? Because I can see that being a way to pick the word of the year. Although in that case I'd go with "subprime."
BTW, if TFA said what criteria they use for "word of the year," I didn't read it. (Of course not, this is Slashdot.)
The Auto industry can do that because by law, all cars have to be put through a standardized set of crash tests. The car with the highest scores in its class can say that in its ads because "this car is safer than all others" was tested. Firefox and IE don't get put through the same set of tests from by the same people, so looking at tests boils down to finding out who paid for the tests, and finding out whether you trust that company. Since you wouldn't use the browser if you didn't like the company in the first place, the test is useless. By contrast, all auto manufacturers pay the same amount to the same group to have their cars tested, so you're not taking the auto manufacturers at their word, you're trusting the laboratory.
As a Canadian, I'd say yes.
But here in the US, I have yet to see a poppy in anyone's lapel...
You just haven't been talking to the right people. The Veterans of Foreign Wars has homes set up for disabled veterans where they make plastic poppies. Non-disabled veterans then set up tables outside stores and whatnot, and sell them to passersby. The proceeds go back into funding the homes for disabled veterans. Though this happens year-round, it is usually stepped up around Memorial Day and Veterans' Day.
Just so we're absolutely clear about this, animals in general don't tick. If they do you might want to go looking for your wristwatch. ;)
What about ticks?Yeah, but in real life, you just KNOW the robots would turn on their creators. That was apparently the case here.
Huh? Halo 2 for PC requires it.
But on the other hand, after a 100 degree drop in temperature, do you really need the fans in the first place?
A cup of CowboyNeal
I'm a long time C&C fan. (By which I mean, I hated Generals too.) But C&C 3 is a real C&C game. If you liked the real C&C games, you'll like C&C 3. And as far as Windows 2000, well, it came out seven years ago. C&C 3 supports XP and Vista. How often does a game come out for a 7 year old console? How about for a 7 year old version of Linux?
In Slashdot form, here's a (bad) car analogy translation: Say your computer is like a car. Just like your car needs gas to do anything useful, your computer needs an operating system to do anything useful. What Microsoft did was pretty much muscling all the gas stations out of town so they could jack up the price, which is illegal. California made them give some of the money back. What this is is basically taking the money Microsoft is giving you as their fine, and using it to buy Linux gasoline.
Contra was violent. It came out (in the US at least) in 1988.
Or on the other hand, unless and until it does something helpful to you (defends you in a war, catches a criminal who wronged you, etc.)
Before reading this comment, I thought his policy was a good idea. Afterwards, I agree with GameStop. Sorry I don't have any mod points.
Similarly, "gimp" is an offensive word for someone with a physical handicap. In addition to being needlessly offensive, do you really want your program to be associated with people who can't do things as well as other people?