"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened." I really hope that they don't destroy the NWN and D & D games, but they probably will.:[
Mod #20943409 down for being inaccurate and reductionist. There are many Linux Distributions that simply work. Especially now. Your information is out of date and you're clouding the issue.
"..According to our website stats Windows Vista market now share is -- wait for it -- 11%"
Wow, Netcraft is sure accurate. I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
As a longtime reader of/. and follower of this issue between MS products vs. Linux, I have to say that it is OBVIOUS that MS wants Linux to "go away". I firmly believe that we are witnessing Embrace, Extend and Extinguish in operation.
I really am not trying to troll. It just seems that way. Actions speak louder than words. I feel that the GNU/Linux folks need to be very wary of Novell, Suse, Mono,.Net/MS, etc. Keep it free, keep it open!/2cents
Excellent news. This may help to change more of the philosophical underpinnings of some of the various branches of science. Physics already is confronting some of these changes. I don't dare speak of them in this crowd yet, but they are coming.
Offtopic comment:
Leave the Tags alone!
Re:What is this crazy tags thing?
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"The followup question to this is: since the tagging system seems to be a complete failure even when restricted to a small subset of users, what hope remains for its future evolution? At this point, why not just shut it down and give up?
By 'failure', I mean that the tags we see are generally ridiculously useless (like a "science" tag on a story in the Science section) or otherwise simply degenerate ("haha" seems to be the most common tag). It's hard to imagine what purpose the system would serve even if people were honest with it. Further, the idea of tagging comments as a future moderation system now seems completely horrible."
I completely disagree with you on this one. Apart from the occasional ridiculous tag, I find that whomever is tagging gives me a truthful look into the article, free of a lot of bias and FUD that I find in the comments. This saves me time and actually helps the cream rise to the top. It also helps to reduce people falling into Comment Section Groupthink.
Whomever is doing the current tag system - DON'T CHANGE IT AT ALL! PLEASE. It saves me time; the tags are insightful and often go against some tow the party-line-belief that may ACTUALLY PISS OFF a lot of people (The Truth Hurts) and helps to maintain/.'s relevance as a source for real news.
Keep it up!
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Interesting account. I'm glad you post on Slashdot even though you also have a Digg account. I have them both now but have been a/. fan since the late 90's.
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Ballmer is a Loose Cannon. Especially now that Bill Gates is gone. He needs to be reeled in by the rest of MS before he destroys the company. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1274983729713522403
Well spoken. Best reply in the thread.
Heh, nice one.
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened." I really hope that they don't destroy the NWN and D & D games, but they probably will. :[
Mod #20943409 down for being inaccurate and reductionist. There are many Linux Distributions that simply work. Especially now. Your information is out of date and you're clouding the issue.
"..According to our website stats Windows Vista market now share is -- wait for it -- 11%" Wow, Netcraft is sure accurate. I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Agreed. Parent is not insightful. The difference between opinion and notability is basically time of if you think about it.
Mod Parent (#20930165 +5 Best Reply of the Thread.
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Even more bullshit on /. Mod #20931165 -1 Bullshit.
Mod Parent up for harsh truth.
Mod #20929447 -1 Full of Shit
Mod Parent up! "This Bitch is Toast!" - Ghostbusters
Ubuntu, Isle of Man, Lawsuit, MS - - DON'T TAKE THE BAIT! - - "It's a TRAP!"
Heh, good one. One of the best in the thread, imo.
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices of nerds suddenly cried out in joy..."
This got modded "Insightful"? What is wrong with you people? There can be VERY VERY SMALL metrics of Time. /sigh
As a longtime reader of /. and follower of this issue between MS products vs. Linux, I have to say that it is OBVIOUS that MS wants Linux to "go away". I firmly believe that we are witnessing Embrace, Extend and Extinguish in operation.
I really am not trying to troll. It just seems that way. Actions speak louder than words. I feel that the GNU/Linux folks need to be very wary of Novell, Suse, Mono, .Net/MS, etc. Keep it free, keep it open! /2cents
Just think, Cyclone Ride Armor or Master Chief Armor could finally be a reality! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_(Robotech)
Time to get out your dusty copies of Descartes! :p
Excellent news. This may help to change more of the philosophical underpinnings of some of the various branches of science. Physics already is confronting some of these changes. I don't dare speak of them in this crowd yet, but they are coming. Offtopic comment: Leave the Tags alone!
"The followup question to this is: since the tagging system seems to be a complete failure even when restricted to a small subset of users, what hope remains for its future evolution? At this point, why not just shut it down and give up? By 'failure', I mean that the tags we see are generally ridiculously useless (like a "science" tag on a story in the Science section) or otherwise simply degenerate ("haha" seems to be the most common tag). It's hard to imagine what purpose the system would serve even if people were honest with it. Further, the idea of tagging comments as a future moderation system now seems completely horrible." I completely disagree with you on this one. Apart from the occasional ridiculous tag, I find that whomever is tagging gives me a truthful look into the article, free of a lot of bias and FUD that I find in the comments. This saves me time and actually helps the cream rise to the top. It also helps to reduce people falling into Comment Section Groupthink. Whomever is doing the current tag system - DON'T CHANGE IT AT ALL! PLEASE. It saves me time; the tags are insightful and often go against some tow the party-line-belief that may ACTUALLY PISS OFF a lot of people (The Truth Hurts) and helps to maintain /.'s relevance as a source for real news.
Keep it up!
Interesting account. I'm glad you post on Slashdot even though you also have a Digg account. I have them both now but have been a /. fan since the late 90's.
Best reply in the entire series of replies. Spot on.
I've used a lot of the programs you have mentioned. Out of all the 3D programs, I prefer AutoCAD for it's precision. If I had to choose the best Modeler out there now, it would be Modo 3.01 HANDS DOWN. It's been the best 3D experience I've ever used. I started with Swivel3D and have even used SoftImage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modo_(software) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softimage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocad