I'm actually releasing a beta of my software/service that will initially have a strong focus on Network Documentation in the next couple of weeks if anyone is interested. I initially created it due to my frustration with Netdoc and it's now gotten to the point where it has various features netdoc does not have while being a fraction of the cost and much more pleasant to use. If you're interested, you can check out the website at www.flextory.com and send me an e-mail if you're interested in trying it out early before the beta launch in a week or two. Also, the site is a bit out of date (it'll be updated for the beta launch). There are more UI enhancements, a Reminder system, attribute data types, an API and more in addition to what's mentioned on the site. The software has also already won a couple different competitions.
The tentative plan is that the beta launch will last for three months and everything will be free. I'll also be more than happy to help anyone with data migration for the sake of getting some feedback on the system. After three months, it'll be a monthly subscription in the range of $50/month or so and I'll definitely be giving early adopters a discount.
Even if you have no interest in ultimately using it, I'd love to get as much feedback as possible on potential new features and bug fixes!
I don't know about you, but I have yet to run into anything that I couldn't play or had to go out of my way to play on linux. I just emerged mplayer with all the use flags I wanted (I use gentoo) and I've never had to touch it.
Also, CCCP is just ffmpeg...which, mplayer uses. You make no sense.
I don't know about you, but when I read I never look at the full word. I read a ton in my youth and now I read news and textbooks all day, and I can tell you that it hasn't helped my spelling at all....at least I don't think it has.
I don't know about you, but I pay quite a bit to live in the dorms and part of that price includes the internet access (quick note: Our dorm internet is somewhat separated from the campus wireless network...though, technically its all connected). The dorms are not my work place. I pay them, they aren't paying me. I don't understand how you can compare goofing off with a connection you paid for in your room to goofing off on your workplace's network. They are two different things. You argument is just plain stupid.
Either way, I'm quite satisfied with our connection and its actually one of the reasons I'm staying in the dorms for now since no where else could I get such a fast connection. I personally have no complaints with my university.
For whatever reason, I decided to say Hi and Happy Towel day to a use-to-be-friend that I haven't talked to in many years. He pretty much thought I was despicable for mentioning Towel Day on Memorial Day and then started going on about how horrible I was.
Did kind of make me worry about mentioning it to anyone at that rate though...kind of scared me into removing it from Facebook even:S Personally, I see nothing wrong with "celebrating" towel day even though its Memorial Day, and I don't feel I'm disrespecting anyone or not recognizing Memorial Day due to that, but oh well.
FALSE! At least in Wisconsin, as long as you have never had vaccines before and follow all the rules of the waiver your parents signed at birth, you can go into public schools without immunizations.
I am not vaccinated at all and I have never had any problems (I currently attend a public college also in Wisconsin).
However, I am pretty sure now that I would vaccinate my kids, if I were to have any.
Still, I'm kind of offended by some of this because you guys make the people who aren't immunized because of their parents look like bad guys. Sure, I guess I could go get vaccinated, though, I don't plan on it (unless I leave the country), and either way, I already have a stronger immune system than a lot of people, as in I have only gotten severly sick about 2 times or so in my life. (not that it could wistand some of these "terrible diseases").
Oh well, that statement just bugged me because it was so blatantly false.
Mario Kart Wii - the Mario Kart formula is looking very tired now and every small way in which this game tries to depart from it actually makes things worse. The simple problem is that this game sticks too many racers on the track at once. Driving skill goes out the window as everything descends into a miasma of weapon-spam. The "balancing" system which gives those at the back of the field a constant supply of super-weapons only makes things worse.
You know, I'm currently on the search for a copy of Mario Kart Wii... However, I find your comment a little irritating. If that's how you feel then you shouldn't have liked ANY of the mario kart games. Quite frankly, the randomness of it is one of the things that makes it a lot of fun. It's not meant to be a serious racing game.
Also, considering the good reviews (including reader reviews by thousands of people), I'm probably not too alone.
Of course, an opinion is an opinion, but, I love mario kart (though, I've only played the wii one once...but, the online play is what has me really excited).
After searching for something using kanji (just out of curiosity to see if it would be on the US amazon), amazon started giving me a "we're sorry" page today, basically saying that I was banned.
I sent them a couple e-mails, but I guess I'm seeing that because their system is messed up...I hope. Either way, it's really annoying.
I have the Dell Vostro 1400 also with the 9 cell battery and with on-board graphics. I get around 5 to 6 hours on the lowest to medium brightness. It's pretty nice in that regard.
I'm running gentoo linux by the way.
Well, like some other people have said, the moderators are chosen randomly and you are only given the ability to rate 5 (at least, i've only been given 5) posts. Also, mods can not post under an article they have moderated in.
Also, it seems that the moderator system seems to give moderator points to people who don't want them... I read slashdot every day, but I rarely post, and I have never meta-moderated. Yet it seems that I'm given 5 mod points EVERY SINGLE week now! I've only moderated once ever I think (there has to be something spectacular to make me use the points, otherwise, I just let them go away).
Really though, that's probally a good way of doing things. The best sort of person in power is the person who dosen't want to be in power, and I really could care less about the mod points I keep getting:-)
P.S. I actually have some mod points right now ^^
It exists. SvSIP allows to to send and receive calls with SIP on your Nintendo DS. You can download it at http://svsip.free.fr/spip.php?rubrique9. There are also a couple free places you can use with it to make free calls on your DS that you can find by looking at the accompanying gbadev forum thread at http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=14121.
It's pretty cool, though, the out-going quality is sort of bad (it could just be the free service I was using), while the incoming sound to your DS sound just fine.
That is true and that's also a long ways away. I'll do what I think is appropriate at the time. Anyways, I won't be posting any more about this because it is getting silly.
I know if a child of mine was born pre-maturely I'd be much less apt to get the child vaccinated or to at least hold off on it a while after the original due date. As for a perfectly healthy child, it would depend on the state of vaccines at the time.
I think you need to read my first post. I said I was FOR vaccines. It was not my decision to be vaccinated or not so you can't justify calling me selfish for such a thing. What, should I go get vaccines now just because of that? I'm the only one at risk here. If I have children, they will most likely be vaccinated.
....Please don't use chicken pox in your arguments. I have had chicken pox when i was young...I have never heard of someone who got chicken pox once and then got it again. I have heard of people who were vaccinated for it and got it multiple times though.
I will admit though, chicken pox is not a very nice thing when you are older...
So this is what happens once you get to the lower levels. I rarely read past the first level or make comments (oddly enough I seem to have moderator status all the time:S ). Regardless, lets fight nice people...
Who is to say that I wouldn't have gained the same immunities if everyone wasn't vaccinated? For one, I'm not getting sick while everyone who was vaccinated is, so I probably just have a stronger natural immunity than many (That, or they are getting sick because of the vaccines...but I'm not going to go there.). I think you are being a little harsh.
Regardless, I should send everyone some nice Christmas cards:-)
Someone may find this interesting, but I have never been vaccinated. Not a single shot ever in my life (With the exception of some shots in my mouth from the dentist). Throughout High School and Middle School I have not missed a single day due to sickness. I have had about 3 flus in my whole life (Last flue I had for ~4 or 5 years ago). One other interesting thing may be that when I went to Costa Rica everyone came back sick except me and my sister (who also isn't vaccinated) and everyone ate the same things.:)
Regardless, after doing research for a persuasive speech on vaccines, even though I argued against them I really don't know if I would give my children (if I have some) vaccines or not...chances are I would, unless I ended up with a wife who was against them (I did my essay for a grade....originally I was curious since I didn't know too much about it..). The fact is that some bad cases do exist, lawsuits have happened over vaccines, vaccines have been pulled throughout history, but the numbers are still very very small compared with all the people getting vaccines.
So there you have it, a non-vaccinated person supporting vaccines. As for youtube...people should check how reliable their sources are and their credentials before taking any of it seriously....if they don't, they are just stupid. Burn water eh? 60" tv powered by an AA battery...hmmm...
Well...despite the ending and overall grim tone. It wasn't a bad book..and...something about Random made her an interesting character, but I can't exactly say why. Also, not only did Mostly Harmless have Random, but it told us the truth about Elvis.:-)
Anyways..it wasn't that bad, but not....as good as the others.
This is way off topic..isn't it?
You didn't read Douglas Adam's last book, "Mostly Harmless" did you? Shame on you.
Though the Hyperspace Bypass that would have existed in every dimension there is would have been nice...
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I'm actually releasing a beta of my software/service that will initially have a strong focus on Network Documentation in the next couple of weeks if anyone is interested. I initially created it due to my frustration with Netdoc and it's now gotten to the point where it has various features netdoc does not have while being a fraction of the cost and much more pleasant to use. If you're interested, you can check out the website at www.flextory.com and send me an e-mail if you're interested in trying it out early before the beta launch in a week or two. Also, the site is a bit out of date (it'll be updated for the beta launch). There are more UI enhancements, a Reminder system, attribute data types, an API and more in addition to what's mentioned on the site. The software has also already won a couple different competitions.
The tentative plan is that the beta launch will last for three months and everything will be free. I'll also be more than happy to help anyone with data migration for the sake of getting some feedback on the system. After three months, it'll be a monthly subscription in the range of $50/month or so and I'll definitely be giving early adopters a discount.
Even if you have no interest in ultimately using it, I'd love to get as much feedback as possible on potential new features and bug fixes!
fish on the weekends
Hah! There you slipped! You're talking about the fishing contests in WoW!
I think you slipped. I didn't even know there were fishing contests in WoW :S
Also, CCCP is just ffmpeg...which, mplayer uses. You make no sense.
I don't know about you, but when I read I never look at the full word. I read a ton in my youth and now I read news and textbooks all day, and I can tell you that it hasn't helped my spelling at all....at least I don't think it has.
Guy Kawasaki gave one really good suggestion to test your idea: convince a woman
Dude, the guy is asking his question on Slashdot. The odds that he knows any women or has the guts to talk to them if he does are slim to none.
Now if you'll excuse me, the microwave upstairs just beeped. My hotpockets are done!
Why does it worry me that that was modded +5 INFORMATIVE!
>_>
I don't know about you, but I pay quite a bit to live in the dorms and part of that price includes the internet access (quick note: Our dorm internet is somewhat separated from the campus wireless network...though, technically its all connected). The dorms are not my work place. I pay them, they aren't paying me. I don't understand how you can compare goofing off with a connection you paid for in your room to goofing off on your workplace's network. They are two different things. You argument is just plain stupid.
Either way, I'm quite satisfied with our connection and its actually one of the reasons I'm staying in the dorms for now since no where else could I get such a fast connection. I personally have no complaints with my university.
Did kind of make me worry about mentioning it to anyone at that rate though...kind of scared me into removing it from Facebook even :S Personally, I see nothing wrong with "celebrating" towel day even though its Memorial Day, and I don't feel I'm disrespecting anyone or not recognizing Memorial Day due to that, but oh well.
Anyone else get shunned today?
Interesting that "Belgium" wasn't in the list.
Mod parent down! This is unacceptable! Think of the children who read this! You are despicable!
*Takes away parent's towel*
I am not vaccinated at all and I have never had any problems (I currently attend a public college also in Wisconsin).
However, I am pretty sure now that I would vaccinate my kids, if I were to have any.
Still, I'm kind of offended by some of this because you guys make the people who aren't immunized because of their parents look like bad guys. Sure, I guess I could go get vaccinated, though, I don't plan on it (unless I leave the country), and either way, I already have a stronger immune system than a lot of people, as in I have only gotten severly sick about 2 times or so in my life. (not that it could wistand some of these "terrible diseases").
Oh well, that statement just bugged me because it was so blatantly false.
Mario Kart Wii - the Mario Kart formula is looking very tired now and every small way in which this game tries to depart from it actually makes things worse. The simple problem is that this game sticks too many racers on the track at once. Driving skill goes out the window as everything descends into a miasma of weapon-spam. The "balancing" system which gives those at the back of the field a constant supply of super-weapons only makes things worse.
You know, I'm currently on the search for a copy of Mario Kart Wii... However, I find your comment a little irritating. If that's how you feel then you shouldn't have liked ANY of the mario kart games. Quite frankly, the randomness of it is one of the things that makes it a lot of fun. It's not meant to be a serious racing game. Also, considering the good reviews (including reader reviews by thousands of people), I'm probably not too alone. Of course, an opinion is an opinion, but, I love mario kart (though, I've only played the wii one once ...but, the online play is what has me really excited).
If your abacus is years ahead of your time, my Antikythera mechanism must be thousands of years ahead of my time!
Apparently YOU haven't played Xenosaga....
After searching for something using kanji (just out of curiosity to see if it would be on the US amazon), amazon started giving me a "we're sorry" page today, basically saying that I was banned.
I sent them a couple e-mails, but I guess I'm seeing that because their system is messed up...I hope. Either way, it's really annoying.
I have the Dell Vostro 1400 also with the 9 cell battery and with on-board graphics. I get around 5 to 6 hours on the lowest to medium brightness. It's pretty nice in that regard. I'm running gentoo linux by the way.
Hmmm, then that explains why! Because, the majority of my few posts have been modded +5 (though, by making these posts, I'm lowering that majority).
Well, like some other people have said, the moderators are chosen randomly and you are only given the ability to rate 5 (at least, i've only been given 5) posts. Also, mods can not post under an article they have moderated in. :-)
Also, it seems that the moderator system seems to give moderator points to people who don't want them... I read slashdot every day, but I rarely post, and I have never meta-moderated. Yet it seems that I'm given 5 mod points EVERY SINGLE week now! I've only moderated once ever I think (there has to be something spectacular to make me use the points, otherwise, I just let them go away).
Really though, that's probally a good way of doing things. The best sort of person in power is the person who dosen't want to be in power, and I really could care less about the mod points I keep getting
P.S. I actually have some mod points right now ^^
It exists. SvSIP allows to to send and receive calls with SIP on your Nintendo DS. You can download it at http://svsip.free.fr/spip.php?rubrique9. There are also a couple free places you can use with it to make free calls on your DS that you can find by looking at the accompanying gbadev forum thread at http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=14121.
It's pretty cool, though, the out-going quality is sort of bad (it could just be the free service I was using), while the incoming sound to your DS sound just fine.
So, take that PSP :-P
That is true and that's also a long ways away. I'll do what I think is appropriate at the time. Anyways, I won't be posting any more about this because it is getting silly.
I know if a child of mine was born pre-maturely I'd be much less apt to get the child vaccinated or to at least hold off on it a while after the original due date. As for a perfectly healthy child, it would depend on the state of vaccines at the time.
I think you need to read my first post. I said I was FOR vaccines. It was not my decision to be vaccinated or not so you can't justify calling me selfish for such a thing. What, should I go get vaccines now just because of that? I'm the only one at risk here. If I have children, they will most likely be vaccinated.
....Please don't use chicken pox in your arguments. I have had chicken pox when i was young...I have never heard of someone who got chicken pox once and then got it again. I have heard of people who were vaccinated for it and got it multiple times though. I will admit though, chicken pox is not a very nice thing when you are older...
So this is what happens once you get to the lower levels. I rarely read past the first level or make comments (oddly enough I seem to have moderator status all the time :S ). Regardless, lets fight nice people...
Who is to say that I wouldn't have gained the same immunities if everyone wasn't vaccinated? For one, I'm not getting sick while everyone who was vaccinated is, so I probably just have a stronger natural immunity than many (That, or they are getting sick because of the vaccines...but I'm not going to go there.). I think you are being a little harsh.
:-)
Regardless, I should send everyone some nice Christmas cards
Someone may find this interesting, but I have never been vaccinated. Not a single shot ever in my life (With the exception of some shots in my mouth from the dentist). Throughout High School and Middle School I have not missed a single day due to sickness. I have had about 3 flus in my whole life (Last flue I had for ~4 or 5 years ago). One other interesting thing may be that when I went to Costa Rica everyone came back sick except me and my sister (who also isn't vaccinated) and everyone ate the same things. :)
Regardless, after doing research for a persuasive speech on vaccines, even though I argued against them I really don't know if I would give my children (if I have some) vaccines or not...chances are I would, unless I ended up with a wife who was against them (I did my essay for a grade....originally I was curious since I didn't know too much about it..). The fact is that some bad cases do exist, lawsuits have happened over vaccines, vaccines have been pulled throughout history, but the numbers are still very very small compared with all the people getting vaccines.
So there you have it, a non-vaccinated person supporting vaccines. As for youtube...people should check how reliable their sources are and their credentials before taking any of it seriously....if they don't, they are just stupid. Burn water eh? 60" tv powered by an AA battery...hmmm...
Well...despite the ending and overall grim tone. It wasn't a bad book..and...something about Random made her an interesting character, but I can't exactly say why. Also, not only did Mostly Harmless have Random, but it told us the truth about Elvis. :-)
Anyways..it wasn't that bad, but not....as good as the others.
This is way off topic..isn't it?
You didn't read Douglas Adam's last book, "Mostly Harmless" did you? Shame on you. Though the Hyperspace Bypass that would have existed in every dimension there is would have been nice...