Re:Windows 8 seems like a solid product
on
Windows 8 Is Ready
·
· Score: 1
I get some subscriber privileges, like being able to see things in the "future" from time to time, without actually being a subscriber. Question: do posts made when the article is subscriber-only show up as being made at the same time as the article when it goes public-live?
If she wants to give you $10k then that's fine. And if you've made bookcase that someone loves enough to give you $10k, then yes, you deserve it. Well done, I hope it makes you a little happier.
It's being misreported by the press. He was reported for the Daley posts, which were distasteful but not illegal. He was arrested because of racially motivated incitement to violence in an unrelated, but recent post. Basically saying Muslims should be attacked, which is most definitely illegal.
The project was done during the downtime caused by the writers strike. All of the money came from Whedon and the goodwill of the various people who got involved, it was all done for fun and was released, entirely for free and without adverts. It's a superb example of something being made for free, given away, and then becoming profitable later because of its sheer popularity. It's precisely the same as a bedroom musician, entertaining blogger or a stick-figure webcomic becoming popular and suddenly pulling in some money for the artist/s.
Yes, I'd imagine that Whedon is reasonably wealthy already, but that doesn't change my enjoyment at seeing a free product earning some money a few years down the line. It's nice to see the "watch the adverts and maybe we'll include something you like" model being flipped on its head.
It's a romantic evil comedy geek musical, hey, it's not for everyone. Personally, I love it, mostly because of the "hey, there's a writers strike, want to do something just for fun?" element.
Any dolt with half a brain,
Can see that human kind has gone insane,
To the point where something free
Which is loved by you and me
Is filled with adverts most inane.
Listen close to Joss's bank account,
Hear that tinkling sound,
Cash and cheques are falling all about,
Whedon's profit bound!
(Seriously, they all deserve a little pay-back for what was a free project to start with, fair enough!)
You'd need to look at the policy documents for the IT department. If they maintain a consistent email name system to "facilitate corporate-customer contact" or some such, then it's fair game. If, on the other hand, they treat email addresses as secrets on the same level as employee's home phone numbers, then it's "hacking", albeit of the most fundamental type.
Correct, in the UK at least, not sure about US law. For example, even if I agreed to work for less than minimum wage the employer is still breaking the law if they don't pay minimum wage, you can't sign away your legal rights. Also, they could be leaving themselves open to even bigger trouble - it could be argued that by doing this Ubisoft have taken responsibility for anything placed on the computer as a result and could be held legally responsible for anything found on it, such as malware or child porn.
Indeed. I like to think that when I comment on something I generally post something that is reasonable and well argued, even if it's against the general consensus. If I have to post with my real name then I can guarantee there will be times when I simply don't, not because my comment is distasteful or flamebait, but because sometimes I don't want to leave a bunch of data out there which can be traced back to me, I'm one of those weirdos who started using the internet in the early 90s and was taught not to leave too much personal information online.
It may stop a certain amount of troll posting, but it will also stop people posting reasonable and well thought out arguments. As a non-FB user I was looking forward to Google+, but deleted my account as soon as the real name policy came in. Sorry, but if you want my input you have to allow pseudonymous posting. It all depends on the signal to noise ratio at the end of the day.
Citation? I'm sure there are plenty of non-US serial killers who simply aren't labelled as such because many countries don't have the same macabre and freakish press that the US (and, yes, my home country of the UK) have. Plus, serial killer != mass murderer, very different things.
Excellent, I've got no shortage of people contacting me for incredibly tenuous "I saw you wrote this on the internet..." reasons, if having to go through the hell that is email puts them off then all the better. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Facebook is turning out to be an ideal solution to the Eternal September.
And it makes sense, why would someone not want to join a site where all your friends are?
Some of my friends have drug problems, some are gay, some are members of the armed forces, some vote left or right wing, so I should be joining them all? Seriously, "because lots of other people are doing it" has been used to excuse some obscene things in the past.
A perfect example of why the Slashdot moderation system isn't broken.
Future articles on this subject will probably include:
"Not On Facebook? You're Harming The Economy"
"$Nation Requires Facebook Account Before Issuing Passport"
"Terrorist Suspects Had Fake Facebook Account"
"Terrorist Suspects Had No Facebook Account"
"Terrorist Suspects Had Facebook Account"
Anyone remember the 90s when the advice was not to put your personal information on the internet?
The Hot Zone, The Andromeda Strain, anything by Romero, geeks love a good might-just-be-the-apocolypse-this-time. Ebola, yes, it gets attention, but while a narcolepsy outbreak and/or a dodgy batch of a vaccine might be just as serious for those involved, it's unlikely to cause a species-threatening pandemic. Yeah, it's all a bit shock-factor, but hemorrhagic fevers tend to do that, they're hardly the 'flu, and that kills millions itself.
It's a good point, who is X to impose morality on Y?
I find the "surely we're all intelligent people round here?" paradigm to be the most effective first call. Person X comes to me because person Y was doing Z. Y didn't realise that X was actually upset about Z and got pretty embarrassed about it, person X then gets embarrassed about 'causing a fuss', person Y promises to never do it again, and everybody goes for tea and biscuits.
Sadly this option is all too often overlooked in the panic to placate a swarm of virtual lawyers. "Team management", we used to call it. Still works if you dare try it, but you have to have your anti-lawyer ray set to kill these days.
Yup. Making a "joke" of sexual harassment is a great way to lose a lawsuit. Just imagine the prosecuting lawyer: "So, rather than a sexual harassment policy you made people wear a silly tie?"
Yes, but this goes both ways. If an employee finds sexually orientated office banter offensive then you have to absolutely snip it in the bud, that's the thing lawsuits are made of. On the other hand, it's important that there's a friendly atmosphere where people aren't treading on egg shells. Write out a policy document, get everybody to sign it, and make sure every single person in the workplace knows who to go to if they have any problems. I've seen plenty of cases where a five minute chat sorted out a misunderstanding or somebody overstepping the line slightly. If people step beyond the boundaries of the law / your policy (whichever is the most restrictive of the two) then make sure you have a clearly defined disciplinary process in place going from an informal warning to immediate dismissal, and stick to it rigorously.
Sgr A* (thanks for the correction above!) was the first thing that convinced me that black holes probably exist. The orbits of the stars in the region suggest something that is either dense enough to be a black hole or something equally exotic and as-yet unknown (e.g. not a boring old neutron star). And I'm only a 30-something year old fart;)
My main point was that while there is a good mechanism for solar mass black holes (or a couple of magnitudes thereof) through standard stellar evolution, and there is good evidence for supermassive black holes (e.g. Sgr A*), but not much for anything inbetween, and the idea of "small black holes getting supermassive by sucking in everything around them" isn't as intuitive or even as likely as it sounds on the face of it, so whether they exist and what the production mechanism is is still up for grabs. Supermassive black holes could have been created pretty much as they are very early in the Universe's evolution, the small ones may be created by a different mechanism (stellar collapse), and they might have very little in common when it comes to origin.
If you were to jump from geostationary orbit you would need to jump towards the "rear" of the craft (ie the trailing edge) with nearly as much force as it takes to get you from the edge of the atmosphere to geostationary orbit, i.e. a LOT. You'd hit the atmosphere at a hell of a speed and burn up without some pretty funky thermal shielding. If you simply "jumped toward the Earth" then all you'll do is put yourself in a slightly more eccentric orbit. Geostationary orbits are only geostationary because the Earth happens to rotate at a certain speed, there's still a hell of a big delta-v between geostationary and earthbound. The big point to remember here is that he's jumping from near zero velocity, not orbital velocities (geostationary or otherwise, it doesn't make much difference once you're past mach 5 or so)
Slashdot Mirror
I get some subscriber privileges, like being able to see things in the "future" from time to time, without actually being a subscriber. Question: do posts made when the article is subscriber-only show up as being made at the same time as the article when it goes public-live?
If she wants to give you $10k then that's fine. And if you've made bookcase that someone loves enough to give you $10k, then yes, you deserve it. Well done, I hope it makes you a little happier.
Yup, I meant "they all deserve a little money for their efforts", you're right, clumsy use of "pay-back".
It's being misreported by the press. He was reported for the Daley posts, which were distasteful but not illegal. He was arrested because of racially motivated incitement to violence in an unrelated, but recent post. Basically saying Muslims should be attacked, which is most definitely illegal.
There's a cure for that...
"I try to discover
A little something to make me sweeter,
Oh baby refrain...."
Sorry, couldn't be avoided.
No, my point was this:
The project was done during the downtime caused by the writers strike. All of the money came from Whedon and the goodwill of the various people who got involved, it was all done for fun and was released, entirely for free and without adverts. It's a superb example of something being made for free, given away, and then becoming profitable later because of its sheer popularity. It's precisely the same as a bedroom musician, entertaining blogger or a stick-figure webcomic becoming popular and suddenly pulling in some money for the artist/s.
Yes, I'd imagine that Whedon is reasonably wealthy already, but that doesn't change my enjoyment at seeing a free product earning some money a few years down the line. It's nice to see the "watch the adverts and maybe we'll include something you like" model being flipped on its head.
It's a romantic evil comedy geek musical, hey, it's not for everyone. Personally, I love it, mostly because of the "hey, there's a writers strike, want to do something just for fun?" element.
Your joke is bound to bomb, Your trolling is oh so wrong, Don't you see? The meaning of irony.... mycleanpc.cooooooooooommm......
Any dolt with half a brain,
Can see that human kind has gone insane,
To the point where something free
Which is loved by you and me
Is filled with adverts most inane.
Listen close to Joss's bank account,
Hear that tinkling sound,
Cash and cheques are falling all about,
Whedon's profit bound!
(Seriously, they all deserve a little pay-back for what was a free project to start with, fair enough!)
You'd need to look at the policy documents for the IT department. If they maintain a consistent email name system to "facilitate corporate-customer contact" or some such, then it's fair game. If, on the other hand, they treat email addresses as secrets on the same level as employee's home phone numbers, then it's "hacking", albeit of the most fundamental type.
Correct, in the UK at least, not sure about US law. For example, even if I agreed to work for less than minimum wage the employer is still breaking the law if they don't pay minimum wage, you can't sign away your legal rights. Also, they could be leaving themselves open to even bigger trouble - it could be argued that by doing this Ubisoft have taken responsibility for anything placed on the computer as a result and could be held legally responsible for anything found on it, such as malware or child porn.
Indeed. I like to think that when I comment on something I generally post something that is reasonable and well argued, even if it's against the general consensus. If I have to post with my real name then I can guarantee there will be times when I simply don't, not because my comment is distasteful or flamebait, but because sometimes I don't want to leave a bunch of data out there which can be traced back to me, I'm one of those weirdos who started using the internet in the early 90s and was taught not to leave too much personal information online.
It may stop a certain amount of troll posting, but it will also stop people posting reasonable and well thought out arguments. As a non-FB user I was looking forward to Google+, but deleted my account as soon as the real name policy came in. Sorry, but if you want my input you have to allow pseudonymous posting. It all depends on the signal to noise ratio at the end of the day.
Citation? I'm sure there are plenty of non-US serial killers who simply aren't labelled as such because many countries don't have the same macabre and freakish press that the US (and, yes, my home country of the UK) have. Plus, serial killer != mass murderer, very different things.
Excellent, I've got no shortage of people contacting me for incredibly tenuous "I saw you wrote this on the internet..." reasons, if having to go through the hell that is email puts them off then all the better. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Facebook is turning out to be an ideal solution to the Eternal September.
Some of my friends have drug problems, some are gay, some are members of the armed forces, some vote left or right wing, so I should be joining them all? Seriously, "because lots of other people are doing it" has been used to excuse some obscene things in the past.
A perfect example of why the Slashdot moderation system isn't broken.
Future articles on this subject will probably include:
"Not On Facebook? You're Harming The Economy"
"$Nation Requires Facebook Account Before Issuing Passport"
"Terrorist Suspects Had Fake Facebook Account"
"Terrorist Suspects Had No Facebook Account"
"Terrorist Suspects Had Facebook Account"
Anyone remember the 90s when the advice was not to put your personal information on the internet?
Which is why Marburg is the one to worry about, not quite as lethal but a longer incubation period if I recall.
The Hot Zone, The Andromeda Strain, anything by Romero, geeks love a good might-just-be-the-apocolypse-this-time. Ebola, yes, it gets attention, but while a narcolepsy outbreak and/or a dodgy batch of a vaccine might be just as serious for those involved, it's unlikely to cause a species-threatening pandemic. Yeah, it's all a bit shock-factor, but hemorrhagic fevers tend to do that, they're hardly the 'flu, and that kills millions itself.
Yup, that was my first thought. Switching Windows versions is about as traumatic as switching to Linux for the average non-geek.
It's a good point, who is X to impose morality on Y?
I find the "surely we're all intelligent people round here?" paradigm to be the most effective first call. Person X comes to me because person Y was doing Z. Y didn't realise that X was actually upset about Z and got pretty embarrassed about it, person X then gets embarrassed about 'causing a fuss', person Y promises to never do it again, and everybody goes for tea and biscuits.
Sadly this option is all too often overlooked in the panic to placate a swarm of virtual lawyers. "Team management", we used to call it. Still works if you dare try it, but you have to have your anti-lawyer ray set to kill these days.
Someone give this some of my insightful points from above, much better put.
Yup. Making a "joke" of sexual harassment is a great way to lose a lawsuit. Just imagine the prosecuting lawyer: "So, rather than a sexual harassment policy you made people wear a silly tie?"
Yes, but this goes both ways. If an employee finds sexually orientated office banter offensive then you have to absolutely snip it in the bud, that's the thing lawsuits are made of. On the other hand, it's important that there's a friendly atmosphere where people aren't treading on egg shells. Write out a policy document, get everybody to sign it, and make sure every single person in the workplace knows who to go to if they have any problems. I've seen plenty of cases where a five minute chat sorted out a misunderstanding or somebody overstepping the line slightly. If people step beyond the boundaries of the law / your policy (whichever is the most restrictive of the two) then make sure you have a clearly defined disciplinary process in place going from an informal warning to immediate dismissal, and stick to it rigorously.
Sgr A* (thanks for the correction above!) was the first thing that convinced me that black holes probably exist. The orbits of the stars in the region suggest something that is either dense enough to be a black hole or something equally exotic and as-yet unknown (e.g. not a boring old neutron star). And I'm only a 30-something year old fart ;)
My main point was that while there is a good mechanism for solar mass black holes (or a couple of magnitudes thereof) through standard stellar evolution, and there is good evidence for supermassive black holes (e.g. Sgr A*), but not much for anything inbetween, and the idea of "small black holes getting supermassive by sucking in everything around them" isn't as intuitive or even as likely as it sounds on the face of it, so whether they exist and what the production mechanism is is still up for grabs. Supermassive black holes could have been created pretty much as they are very early in the Universe's evolution, the small ones may be created by a different mechanism (stellar collapse), and they might have very little in common when it comes to origin.
If you were to jump from geostationary orbit you would need to jump towards the "rear" of the craft (ie the trailing edge) with nearly as much force as it takes to get you from the edge of the atmosphere to geostationary orbit, i.e. a LOT. You'd hit the atmosphere at a hell of a speed and burn up without some pretty funky thermal shielding. If you simply "jumped toward the Earth" then all you'll do is put yourself in a slightly more eccentric orbit. Geostationary orbits are only geostationary because the Earth happens to rotate at a certain speed, there's still a hell of a big delta-v between geostationary and earthbound. The big point to remember here is that he's jumping from near zero velocity, not orbital velocities (geostationary or otherwise, it doesn't make much difference once you're past mach 5 or so)