In any school where this is being used, the kids should determine which student's parents have the most political ties in their area, and report them as potentially violent.
It obviously isn't fair to that kid, but I be it would quickly bring the issue of recourse and false accusations to the attention of the short-sighted political folks who thought of this.
Did you read the article? This is a name that members of the group have applied to themselves. I know how much fun it is to rag on Katz, but I can't really see why you pin this on him.
Of what use is a stable app on an unstable platform? You still lose IE when you lose Windows...
Come on now, you're obviously not a Windows user. I am an avid Linux AND Windows user, and I can attest that IE 5 on Windows crashes less and has a cleaner and more functional UI than either Navigator 4.7 or M14 on Linux. Which is a shame. Maybe if we all stop patting ourselves on the back about how great we are already doing, we can muster up the energy to improve.
Here's to a better, cleaner browser for Linux in the future (Mozilla or otherwise).
The moderation system slashdot uses is clear censorship no matter how much Taco says otherwise.
Censorship is something that the government does to you. Individuals (Taco, myself, you) or companies (Andover, Enquirer) can do whatever they want with their property.
Just because Taco lets us use his server doesn't give us any special rights. We're just lucky that he uses democratic moderation instead of monarchistic.
1. There will always be greedy selfish people. I am not condoning this, but any society better be able to handle it gracefully.
2. Where has it gotten us? We are better off than we've ever been. I certainly don't believe in the "golden age of yore". Think of the acceptance of divirsity.
3. The stock market is just another legal casino. It hasn't taken a fatal dive in a long time. It sounds to me like you are guilty of your own concerns about people reacting to the market.
4. People always do what they want. If their ideals are strong enough they will live by them, otherwise they'll make excuses later. Oh well - accept them.
Menubars are not placed at the top of the screen, making them harder to hit (remember, a menubar in the middle of the screen has finite dimensions, whereas a menubar at the top of the screen has infinite depth).
I've heard this complaint about windows many times, but it bugs me because I prefer each window with it's own menu. Why? Because I can use menus on multiple windows without haveing to bring them to the front (by clicking in a finite area - the window) and then going up top. That makes switching between apps easier.
Now I'm not saying that my way is better, only different. I just don't understand why more OS's don't offer the choice of where to put menus like KDE does.
1. It supported SVGA 2. It had an optional head tracking device 3. It covered a wider field of vision
This would probably cover about 30 degrees of the field of vision, but all VR studies show you have to cover about 70 degrees to get the "I'm there" feeling.
Dammit, I've been waiting for this kind of thing for over ten years and they still haven't come close, although all the technology is there...
What makes people like Flynt and Kaufman so American is that few societies would tolerate them at all, let alone elevate them to star status.
Really? From my admittedly limited experience with foriegn cinema and television, it seems that America is the country that has the hardest time with people pushing the limits. Have you seen films by Monty Python, John Woo, Jeunet and Caro, or Anime/Manga? And those are just examples that us Americans can tolerate. I've seen foriegn stuff that could never fly over here.
Also, Milos directed Amadeus, who was a non-American eccentric genius. No mention?
Hey all. I'm (one of) the idiot(s) responsible for Vendetta. I'm currently visiting family, and my server is on the other side of the country. It is dead. There is another copy of the entire film at my machine at work - we'll see how long that one survives. I am truly sorry about the sorenson thing - I had no idea anyone would watch it at all, let alone the entire slashdot community. If anyone can convert it to another format, they are welcome to do so. Peace, Happy holidays, and thanks.
Sorry, but you probably wouldn't make a good manager. To generalize: Employees are people and they like recognition. Recogintion makes them happy. Happy employees do better work. A friend of mine got his credits into Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. No one will ever notice but him and me, but it keeps him doing good work for Lucasfilm. I've seen this work both in software as well. I admit that 40,000 person movie credits are ridiculous to the audience. But they are not ridiculous to Mr. or Ms. 39,412. The cost/inconvenience is negligable. I think Jobs made a poor decision.
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This is at least as interesting as the turn of the millenium that everyone is flipping their lids over!
Right, but those are all days in the past. There have been a lot of all-odd-digit-days over the last century years (thanks to 1999) but after today there won't be any more for a _long_ time!
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Well, the '2' in 29 kind of spoils it. I think the point is that it's all odd _digits_.
Actually this is ruling is great. The judge was totally in touch. Linux and Be (both of which I love) _are_ fringe operating systems. If you don't think so then you haven't spent much time in corporate offices or non-hacker's homes.
In my opinion they _shouldn't_ be fringe operating systems, but they are. The judge saw that even though these options exist, Mr. or Ms. computer user are afraid to step outside the M$ realm because of the terrible incompatibilies that M$ has worked so hard to ensure.
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Actually asking Jeeves almost any negative question about himself brings about a snappy response.
It obviously isn't fair to that kid, but I be it would quickly bring the issue of recourse and false accusations to the attention of the short-sighted political folks who thought of this.
Did you read the article? This is a name that members of the group have applied to themselves. I know how much fun it is to rag on Katz, but I can't really see why you pin this on him.
Come on now, you're obviously not a Windows user. I am an avid Linux AND Windows user, and I can attest that IE 5 on Windows crashes less and has a cleaner and more functional UI than either Navigator 4.7 or M14 on Linux. Which is a shame. Maybe if we all stop patting ourselves on the back about how great we are already doing, we can muster up the energy to improve.
Here's to a better, cleaner browser for Linux in the future (Mozilla or otherwise).
Censorship is something that the government does to you. Individuals (Taco, myself, you) or companies (Andover, Enquirer) can do whatever they want with their property.
Just because Taco lets us use his server doesn't give us any special rights. We're just lucky that he uses democratic moderation instead of monarchistic.
2. Where has it gotten us? We are better off than we've ever been. I certainly don't believe in the "golden age of yore". Think of the acceptance of divirsity.
3. The stock market is just another legal casino. It hasn't taken a fatal dive in a long time. It sounds to me like you are guilty of your own concerns about people reacting to the market.
4. People always do what they want. If their ideals are strong enough they will live by them, otherwise they'll make excuses later. Oh well - accept them.
5. Surf at +2 and Slashdot is a great place.
I am an idealist, but I am also realistic.
This just in.... Robot Monks take over New York City.... Mayor blames Moore's law....
It's got to be a joke. Hee hee.
> If you don't like Office, then you haven't > learned to really use Office Heh - I've been hearing people say this about vi and troff for years :)
It took me a bit of unintuitive navigation to find the article. The actual story is right here .
Menubars are not placed at the top of the screen, making them harder to hit (remember, a menubar in the middle of the screen has finite dimensions, whereas a menubar at the top of the screen has infinite depth).
I've heard this complaint about windows many times, but it bugs me because I prefer each window with it's own menu. Why? Because I can use menus on multiple windows without haveing to bring them to the front (by clicking in a finite area - the window) and then going up top. That makes switching between apps easier.
Now I'm not saying that my way is better, only different. I just don't understand why more OS's don't offer the choice of where to put menus like KDE does.
I would actually buy one of these if:
1. It supported SVGA
2. It had an optional head tracking device
3. It covered a wider field of vision
This would probably cover about 30 degrees of the field of vision, but all VR studies show you have to cover about 70 degrees to get the "I'm there" feeling.
Dammit, I've been waiting for this kind of thing for over ten years and they still haven't come close, although all the technology is there...
Oh well.
Really? From my admittedly limited experience with foriegn cinema and television, it seems that America is the country that has the hardest time with people pushing the limits. Have you seen films by Monty Python, John Woo, Jeunet and Caro, or Anime/Manga? And those are just examples that us Americans can tolerate. I've seen foriegn stuff that could never fly over here.
Also, Milos directed Amadeus, who was a non-American eccentric genius. No mention?
Just my 2 cents :)
Hey all.
I'm (one of) the idiot(s) responsible for Vendetta.
I'm currently visiting family, and my server is on the other side of the country. It is dead. There is another copy of the entire film at my machine at work - we'll see how long that one survives.
I am truly sorry about the sorenson thing - I had no idea anyone would watch it at all, let alone the entire slashdot community.
If anyone can convert it to another format, they are welcome to do so.
Peace, Happy holidays, and thanks.
This movie was made before South Park, you moron. What have you done recently?
Sorry, but you probably wouldn't make a good manager. To generalize: Employees are people and they like recognition. Recogintion makes them happy. Happy employees do better work. A friend of mine got his credits into Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. No one will ever notice but him and me, but it keeps him doing good work for Lucasfilm. I've seen this work both in software as well. I admit that 40,000 person movie credits are ridiculous to the audience. But they are not ridiculous to Mr. or Ms. 39,412. The cost/inconvenience is negligable. I think Jobs made a poor decision.
This is at least as interesting as the turn of the millenium that everyone is flipping their lids over!
Right, but those are all days in the past. There have been a lot of all-odd-digit-days over the last century years (thanks to 1999) but after today there won't be any more for a _long_ time!
Well, the '2' in 29 kind of spoils it. I think the point is that it's all odd _digits_.
Actually this is ruling is great. The judge was totally in touch. Linux and Be (both of which I love) _are_ fringe operating systems. If you don't think so then you haven't spent much time in corporate offices or non-hacker's homes.
In my opinion they _shouldn't_ be fringe operating systems, but they are. The judge saw that even though these options exist, Mr. or Ms. computer user are afraid to step outside the M$ realm because of the terrible incompatibilies that M$ has worked so hard to ensure.
An hey... what's wrong with being fringe?