What a bunch of bastards the Time Lords turned out to be eh ? The drums, the drums, the never ending drums.
Am I the only one who had tears in my eyes when the Doctor said "I don't want to go" ? I guess it's the first time I'd realised the "human side" of the character, and the loss he feels when he regenerates. And much better work from Russell T. Davies this time, the last series ending with the Daleks and Davros seemed like a Facebook conversation on steroids.
The last thing that any scientist needs is a grounding in handwaving.
The AGW crowd seem to be doing okay. Their latest "proof" seems to consist of "look, we are climatologists, we know what we're talking about so you'll have to believe us. Show us the data ? What data, sorry it fell down the back of the sofa".
Global Warming my ass... have you *seen* the snow covering most of the northern hemisphere ?
I think you'll find that they don't *care* about the effort involved, provided it isn't their effort, i.e. if the husband get's his balls broken, that's just him performing his "manly duties".
Case in point, me and the missis, lying on the bed watching TV. She wants to change channel but the remote is on the cabinet on the other side of the room. Bear in mind, the TV is actually within reach and she could change channel by hand if she so desired. Who's the muggins who has to get up and fetch the remote for her every time ?
I rest my case. Provided the effort is not her's then it's not an issue.
If only you hadn't been wearing a long black beard and carrying a prayer mat, you might have made it through the full body scanner quicker, then you really *would* have been first !
Is it effectively a DDoS? Only if the servers can't handle it.
Agreed 100%. Which is exactly why CCP put a system in place whereby large fleets could notify them in advance to put it on a server that *can* handle it (which certain fleets choose to ignore in favour of trying to take down the whole server).
Oh stop with the tears... that kind of emo-rage might work on eve killboards, but not here on slashdot.
There's a difference between one user pressing a button innocently, and 700 all users all deliberately pressing their buttons at exactly the same moment, KNOWING what will happen when they do.
It's the EVE equivalent of slashdotting a webpage, in more insidious circles it's called a DDoS.
Now stop playing innocent, you're kidding no one, especially here.
But service interruption resulting in in-game loss is something entirely different
Except the service wasn't interrupted by CCP, it was caused by the players from the attacking faction basically trying to slashdot the damn server, without using the established notification practice to give CCP time to move the node onto a more capable server in time.
Not reading TFA and not being *able* to read the TFA without paying first, are two different things;-)
I'm really just trying to shame them into not linking to paid articles, so then I can safely ignore TFA, and in principle, save myself 15 bucks in the process;-)
(For those with sleepy neuron deficiency, the above *IS* sarcasm).
If someone does his job properly, but uses 10 minutes a day for masturbating to gay furry porn, he's still more productive than someone who takes a 10 minute smoke break every 20 minutes
I guess that depends on *where* he masturbated to gay furry porn. If it was in the smoking room, then it's understandable that the smoker needs 10 minutes... jizz covered Marlboros are a bitch to light.
You wouldn't buy a house without seeing inside first and having a full structural survey done.
You wouldn't buy a car without test driving it first, and having the engine checked over thoroughly by a mechanic.
But you say to me, "Here's an article on Science, it's really interesting, honest. But if you want to know the nitty-gritty, you'll have to pony up 15 bucks first" ?
The Honest Indian Business Model is a bit outdated, don't you think ?
I don't care to pay *any* amount of money for nerd news, that's why I'm here in the first place.
Having essentially a "free" news for nerds site, then linking it to paid-only subscription articles kind of defeats the purpose, wouldn't you agree ?
Which was my original point and seems to have got lost. It's not about whether or not I'm prepared to pay X amount to get Y information, it's about the fact that this is supposedly a "free" site.
It's the same kind of scam which means when I search for "free software" on Google, I end up on websites that offer "free downloads of software that needs to be paid for".
This is the construct. It's our loading program. We can load anything from clothing, to equipment, weapons, training simulations, anything we need. But if you want to read a Science article linked from Slashdot, you'll have to get on the bus and nip down to the local library.
Slashdot Mirror
What a bunch of bastards the Time Lords turned out to be eh ? The drums, the drums, the never ending drums.
Am I the only one who had tears in my eyes when the Doctor said "I don't want to go" ? I guess it's the first time I'd realised the "human side" of the character, and the loss he feels when he regenerates. And much better work from Russell T. Davies this time, the last series ending with the Daleks and Davros seemed like a Facebook conversation on steroids.
Considering most Slashdot pages climb to over 1MB ... YES, 1 whole megabyte ... 19k or even 70-80k would be a Godsend.
I'm registering ModMyPizza.com preemptively.
Although I'm already a bit worried about all the Domino's Medium Cheese Anchovy takedown notices I'll receive.
You have 1TB of goatse ? Dude, that's just wrong on so many levels.
The last thing that any scientist needs is a grounding in handwaving.
The AGW crowd seem to be doing okay. Their latest "proof" seems to consist of "look, we are climatologists, we know what we're talking about so you'll have to believe us. Show us the data ? What data, sorry it fell down the back of the sofa".
Global Warming my ass ... have you *seen* the snow covering most of the northern hemisphere ?
So is Archimedes Plutonium, but I bet more people have heard of him than will ever hear of you.
You just can't resist having a go at Linux device drivers can you ?
I think you'll find that they don't *care* about the effort involved, provided it isn't their effort, i.e. if the husband get's his balls broken, that's just him performing his "manly duties".
Case in point, me and the missis, lying on the bed watching TV. She wants to change channel but the remote is on the cabinet on the other side of the room. Bear in mind, the TV is actually within reach and she could change channel by hand if she so desired. Who's the muggins who has to get up and fetch the remote for her every time ?
I rest my case. Provided the effort is not her's then it's not an issue.
How do *you* know he was practicing ? It might have been his day off or something !
Whereas the even more clueless Apple users are still waiting for a (in)game period
Never mind, you can always watch the Steve Jobs DNA Mutations Screensaver while you wait ...
according to Monty Widenius. He fears that Oracle, or someone else, can easily squash PostgreSQL by just 'buying out' the top 20 developers
Or in MySQL's case, just one ... right, Monty ?
It's impossible to actually create an SEP field, because of course the ideas, research and manufacture are all SEP !
If only you hadn't been wearing a long black beard and carrying a prayer mat, you might have made it through the full body scanner quicker, then you really *would* have been first !
Is it effectively a DDoS? Only if the servers can't handle it.
Agreed 100%. Which is exactly why CCP put a system in place whereby large fleets could notify them in advance to put it on a server that *can* handle it (which certain fleets choose to ignore in favour of trying to take down the whole server).
Oh stop with the tears ... that kind of emo-rage might work on eve killboards, but not here on slashdot.
There's a difference between one user pressing a button innocently, and 700 all users all deliberately pressing their buttons at exactly the same moment, KNOWING what will happen when they do.
It's the EVE equivalent of slashdotting a webpage, in more insidious circles it's called a DDoS.
Now stop playing innocent, you're kidding no one, especially here.
That's like saying you "lost" money at the cinema because you didn't like the film.
But service interruption resulting in in-game loss is something entirely different
Except the service wasn't interrupted by CCP, it was caused by the players from the attacking faction basically trying to slashdot the damn server, without using the established notification practice to give CCP time to move the node onto a more capable server in time.
Yes, but only to people who've had their taste buds surgically removed at birth.
Not reading TFA and not being *able* to read the TFA without paying first, are two different things ;-)
I'm really just trying to shame them into not linking to paid articles, so then I can safely ignore TFA, and in principle, save myself 15 bucks in the process ;-)
(For those with sleepy neuron deficiency, the above *IS* sarcasm).
Very eloquently said, Sir. Consider my face shut, at least for the next 8 hours.
Perhaps tomorrow you'll learn the difference between the Reply button at the top of the page, and the Reply button under my actual post(s) ?
If someone does his job properly, but uses 10 minutes a day for masturbating to gay furry porn, he's still more productive than someone who takes a 10 minute smoke break every 20 minutes
I guess that depends on *where* he masturbated to gay furry porn. If it was in the smoking room, then it's understandable that the smoker needs 10 minutes ... jizz covered Marlboros are a bitch to light.
You wouldn't buy a house without seeing inside first and having a full structural survey done.
You wouldn't buy a car without test driving it first, and having the engine checked over thoroughly by a mechanic.
But you say to me, "Here's an article on Science, it's really interesting, honest. But if you want to know the nitty-gritty, you'll have to pony up 15 bucks first" ?
The Honest Indian Business Model is a bit outdated, don't you think ?
I don't care to pay *any* amount of money for nerd news, that's why I'm here in the first place.
Having essentially a "free" news for nerds site, then linking it to paid-only subscription articles kind of defeats the purpose, wouldn't you agree ?
Which was my original point and seems to have got lost. It's not about whether or not I'm prepared to pay X amount to get Y information, it's about the fact that this is supposedly a "free" site.
It's the same kind of scam which means when I search for "free software" on Google, I end up on websites that offer "free downloads of software that needs to be paid for".
Morpheus
This is the construct. It's our loading program. We can load anything from clothing, to equipment, weapons, training simulations, anything we need. But if you want to read a Science article linked from Slashdot, you'll have to get on the bus and nip down to the local library.
Back in 1991 or something, the Amiga 500 cost 200 GBP, and the Apple cost 300 GBP.
Seems like there's a longer history of selling overpriced shiney crap than we'd previously imagined ?
Apple fanbois, modpoints armed and ready ... 1,2,3 ... go !!!