I know there have been some "issues" in the past where Jobs really screwed you over, but are there still some hard feelings?
Also, do you regularly visit/post on Slashdot?
**Also, as a side note I'd like to recommend that Slashdot not allow users to take their +1 bonus on these Q&A sessions, because it gives people an unfair advantage(I am going to voluntarily opt not to take mine)
nice to see we still have human stupidity:
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Watch the first five seconds of Larry. Listen to Larry's question. See the smirk on Larry's face after he asks it, as if it was the best fucking question ever asked by any human being ever, period.
Now, here's a little quiz for you kiddies at home:
The Dalai Llama is the leader of what religion? Larry King is how senile? CNN is how fucking pathetic for not interrupting the broadcast and destroying the evil that is Larry King right then and there?
there is some funny stuff if you browse at -1. Funny, that is, if you think it's funny to see things ridiculing Jon Katz and comparing his movie reviews to a small child's book report. I do.
this isn't that relevant in tbis case, but it is in fact very interesting
the book "How the Mind Works" by Stephen Pinker goes into this topic in-depth.
Basically logic is your enemy if you are trying to get what you want. If the person you are trying to convince knows you are thinking clearly and logically, he can use that to his advantage.
However, as you said, if someone is acting crazy, you don't know what to expect and will be more afraid of not doing what he asks.
Pinker gives an example (IIRC) that if you go to someones door with a gun and say you will kill yourself if the person doesn't give you $10, you will do better if your eyes are bloodshot.
I would contest your claim that it's applicable here. What can you really do that will scare eToys? About the best thing you can do on the net is to claim you'll never buy anything from them again, and that you'll set up a website critcizing them or something. There isn't all that much you can threaten them with unless you want to be arrested.
Anyway, read the book. There's also a Slashdot review of it kicking around somewhere.
As a Blue G3 owner, I was trying to get info out of Apple about the G4 ROM block, and they kept telling me they couldn't comment on rumors. Finally, when I had kept asking for a while(and they would delete my posts), they contacted my ISP and bitched about me.
Those tech support guys are bastards, especially Todd. And no one else at Apple will comment on anything either.
If you want more info about this, I'd just stay tuned to sites like:
The site's Slashdotted, so I can't get in, but my bet is that they are selling multiprocessor-G3s, not G4s.
Why? Look at the URL....../QUAD750.html
"750" is the real name of the G3, "7400" is the name of the G4.
Also the real time when this is gonna matter is when OS X comes out, because that will include much better SMP support than MacOS 9.
I really don't give a damn about SMP though, all I want is for Apple to start selling some machines above G4/450MHz. That is just way too slow. I know it's more the fault of Motorola/IBM than Apple, but it's still gonna be Apple's head on a plate if the speeds don't start going up soon.
You are bitching about Time picking the one most influential person of the century. You make the obvious point that many different people would choose a different person.
So what? First off, it is interesting to know who Time picked. Secondly, the pick might be especially interesting to Slashdotters who like science/math stuff. And most importantly, it has fed some great discussion about Einstein and other choices and many other things, which IMO is really the point of Slashdot anyway.
But to top it all off, you then complain that it should be "Person of the Century", not "Man of the Century". Well I really don't think it matters. I doubt there was a woman in the top 5(in fact, there wasn't, it was Einstein, FDR, Gandhi, Hitler and hmmm, I think either Stalin or Mao, either way, it was another guy). But you know what? It doesn't matter. Why?
BECAUSE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS READ THE FUCKING TITLE: "Science: Albert Einstein - Person of the Century". Are you happy? Did you really have to get on your damn "Women are people too" soapbox and then sarcastically bash Time for being sexist? How pathetic. I'm sorry that the world doesn't discriminate as much as you hope and imagine, but the rest of us don't need to wallow in your self-righteousness because of it.
"A few days later, on January 30, while he was on his way to his evening prayer meeting in Delhi, he was shot down by Nathuram Godse, a young Hindu fanatic."
That quote is from Franklin, but I read a very similar one from Jefferson in a book once. Of course, I can't remember the name of the book, but you are correct(or the author of the book was wrong).
In fact, the quote was so similar when I read it I wondered whether one of those two was guilty of some plagarism.
Possible book canidates: a Carl Sagan book, or "How the Mind Works" by Stephen Pinker. I just can't be sure which, but my money would be on "How the Mind Works".
Slashdot Mirror
think if the owner of slashdot.com suddenly told Malda he had to hand over the .org
Now that might be interesting
http://slashdot.org has gotta be worth a lot. Malda alone got (IIRC) 1.5 million from Andover. Wow.
hehe
hmm, I have a 3, the post was marked up +1 interesting....
shit, do as I say, not as I do
sorry
Do you and Jobs ever talk?
I know there have been some "issues" in the past where Jobs really screwed you over, but are there still some hard feelings?
Also, do you regularly visit/post on Slashdot?
**Also, as a side note I'd like to recommend that Slashdot not allow users to take their +1 bonus on these Q&A sessions, because it gives people an unfair advantage(I am going to voluntarily opt not to take mine)
http://www.cnn.com/vi deo/lkl/1999/12/31/highlight.vs.rm80.ram
Watch the first five seconds of Larry. Listen to Larry's question. See the smirk on Larry's face after he asks it, as if it was the best fucking question ever asked by any human being ever, period.
Now, here's a little quiz for you kiddies at home:
The Dalai Llama is the leader of what religion?
Larry King is how senile?
CNN is how fucking pathetic for not interrupting the broadcast and destroying the evil that is Larry King right then and there?
maybe we should get a new category?
The guy gets some kind of non-metal gun, and put a bullet or two in one of those little rabbit's foot keychains to get through the metal detector.
The point is, bullets are small enough that you could hide them without too much difficulty.
how did that happen? I haven't seen a 6 in months, and there are none in the hof
is this now officially the best comment ever?
there is some funny stuff if you browse at -1. Funny, that is, if you think it's funny to see things ridiculing Jon Katz and comparing his movie reviews to a small child's book report. I do.
C'mon, you already have something like $1.5 million, w/ a $90,000/year salary, do you really need to declare your Pizza Rolls as tax-deductable?
j/k
this isn't that relevant in tbis case, but it is in fact very interesting
the book "How the Mind Works" by Stephen Pinker goes into this topic in-depth.
Basically logic is your enemy if you are trying to get what you want. If the person you are trying to convince knows you are thinking clearly and logically, he can use that to his advantage.
However, as you said, if someone is acting crazy, you don't know what to expect and will be more afraid of not doing what he asks.
Pinker gives an example (IIRC) that if you go to someones door with a gun and say you will kill yourself if the person doesn't give you $10, you will do better if your eyes are bloodshot.
I would contest your claim that it's applicable here. What can you really do that will scare eToys? About the best thing you can do on the net is to claim you'll never buy anything from them again, and that you'll set up a website critcizing them or something. There isn't all that much you can threaten them with unless you want to be arrested.
Anyway, read the book. There's also a Slashdot review of it kicking around somewhere.
the file date created/modified is Mon, 12/27/99, 12:00AM.
iCab is cool
Apple's servers seem to be down(coincidence?), but the fix should be right here:
n 11559
http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/
I'd mark both as funny, especially since the author said "j/k" at the end. Of course, most moderators... never mind, don't hurt me.
As a Blue G3 owner, I was trying to get info out of Apple about the G4 ROM block, and they kept telling me they couldn't comment on rumors. Finally, when I had kept asking for a while(and they would delete my posts), they contacted my ISP and bitched about me.
Those tech support guys are bastards, especially Todd. And no one else at Apple will comment on anything either.
If you want more info about this, I'd just stay tuned to sites like:
www.macnn.com
www.xlr8yourmac.com
www.maccentral.com/forum/
www.macfixit.com
www.macintouch.com
Apple may keep its mouth shut until it has a fix. Apple might even wait for MacOS 9.0.1 to release a fix(see www.appleinsider.com)
You can't be serious, that would be just too unbelievably cool. BTW, I hope you all taped the MST3K Chain Reaction yesterday. Oh yeah, baybee!
What the hell are you talking about? I know you can't be talking about Kahn, because that was the best damn movie they've ever made.
My favorite crap scene was in Insurrection where Riker uses a $20 joystick to shoot some torpedo or something. That was just so pathetic.
The site's Slashdotted, so I can't get in, but my bet is that they are selling multiprocessor-G3s, not G4s.
...../QUAD750.html
Why? Look at the URL.
"750" is the real name of the G3, "7400" is the name of the G4.
Also the real time when this is gonna matter is when OS X comes out, because that will include much better SMP support than MacOS 9.
I really don't give a damn about SMP though, all I want is for Apple to start selling some machines above G4/450MHz. That is just way too slow. I know it's more the fault of Motorola/IBM than Apple, but it's still gonna be Apple's head on a plate if the speeds don't start going up soon.
http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Einstein.htm
Boy, I guess he was just Ayn Rand's slobbering dog there, yup.
However, I do have to give you some points for the sarcasm/picking fun at the mentality of some Slashdotters.
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This is a pathetic comment.
You are bitching about Time picking the one most influential person of the century. You make the obvious point that many different people would choose a different person.
So what? First off, it is interesting to know who Time picked. Secondly, the pick might be especially interesting to Slashdotters who like science/math stuff. And most importantly, it has fed some great discussion about Einstein and other choices and many other things, which IMO is really the point of Slashdot anyway.
But to top it all off, you then complain that it should be "Person of the Century", not "Man of the Century". Well I really don't think it matters. I doubt there was a woman in the top 5(in fact, there wasn't, it was Einstein, FDR, Gandhi, Hitler and hmmm, I think either Stalin or Mao, either way, it was another guy). But you know what? It doesn't matter. Why?
BECAUSE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS READ THE FUCKING TITLE: "Science: Albert Einstein - Person of the Century". Are you happy? Did you really have to get on your damn "Women are people too" soapbox and then sarcastically bash Time for being sexist? How pathetic. I'm sorry that the world doesn't discriminate as much as you hope and imagine, but the rest of us don't need to wallow in your self-righteousness because of it.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=99/12/25/20252 13&cid=207
That one 12:04 PM EST, this one 2:15 PM EST.
Hmmmm.
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/7/0,5716 ,117277+8,00.html
"A few days later, on January 30, while he was on his way to his evening prayer meeting in Delhi, he was shot down by Nathuram Godse, a young Hindu fanatic."
The Brits didn't kill him.
That quote is from Franklin, but I read a very similar one from Jefferson in a book once. Of course, I can't remember the name of the book, but you are correct(or the author of the book was wrong).
In fact, the quote was so similar when I read it I wondered whether one of those two was guilty of some plagarism.
Possible book canidates: a Carl Sagan book, or "How the Mind Works" by Stephen Pinker. I just can't be sure which, but my money would be on "How the Mind Works".