I was born in 1974. I wonder what happened in the 1950s - 1960s that caused such an upswing? I can't think of any popular celebrities named Ryan from that era. Any insights?
It's that blasted Private Ryan.
My name has stuck consistently in the 45-50 range... Strange. The name I have picked for my son when he comes (in a few years, hopefully no sooner) I plugged in and in the last 10 years has gone from Rank #846 to #372... It's a Japanese name, and I'm curious about the upswing on that as well.
The Slashdot editors need to wake up to the fact that Slashdot holds sway over many a mind. This influence should not be taken lightly.
Anybody who is influenced by a person named "CmdrTaco" or "CowboyNeil" isn't much of a concern to society. Soon as they move out of their parents basement, their views will change.
Software doesn't absolutely have to come with source. Most people don't think it *has* to, they simply prefer the software that *does*. Just as joe consumer might prefer purchasing the vehicle that comes *with* the service manual over the one that comes without.
Considering that most "Joe Consumer" folk don't even know what source code is, you are dead right. My housemate came into my home office as I was whipping up some code and asked what I was doing. After a lengthy explanation of how code gets compiled into applications, and how it all ties together he looked at me and said, "Wow, I never even thought of that."
My housemate is not stupid either, and he knows how to use a computer fairly well, in the consumer end.
Some day when opensource is big enough, we'll be able to take down companies just by accusing them that they stole open source code. "We won't shut ya down if you tell us where the other Cappie bastards are! Admit it, they're all stealing source!"
Makes sense, it's the natural evolution of the BSA.
That is a whole lot more than 2000, so one of us made a mistake.:)
Just a quick guess, but use 30% of 5.1007e14 and it will probably be closer to 2,000. The stat probably only takes into account land mass.
That is an interesting idea though, geographically assigned IP addressing. Although DNS services will have to become much more configurable with IPv6 before it gets really widespread adoption. I'd like to see a named that utilizes a quick stripped down SQL database.
Nice setup; looks like this guy thought it through rather thoroughly.
By this I'd assume you don't know who he is, which sucks, he's a cool guy. Definitely peruse around jwz.org and read up on him, you'll want to keep track of his work:)
Whenever a user logs in, they get their own VM. They can install whatever they like and abuse their VM however they want. When they log out, their VM (and everything installed therein) goes away.
Yes, it's entirely feasible. JWZ did this for his nightclub.
Although I don't know if Windows is flexible enough to let you do something like this...
I loathe that notation. That's the great thing about computers, they will do something really stupid if they have no "good moves" but only wait till the opponent does something they can exploit.
There are many "computer crushing" techniques people can use to completely dominate most computers. I believe it is Tal that has prowess at this, mostly because of his fairly "different" style of play.
VAIO systems appear to be designed to look nice (which they do). They're not really performance machines, and Sony has some funny policies regarding releasing drivers, etc. Buyer beware.
I have a 2 month old Vaio desktop and have upgraded it left and right, using a vanilla XP install with no issues. The hardware is all standard, and it runs great. Just put a GF4 in it last night, 5 minute install.
There is a huge difference between Vaio desktop and laptop lines.
I take it you've never had a small dent in a steel car body panel - helloooooo, expensive panel replacement!
As long as the metal isn't creased you can repair the panel and it shouldn't cost that much. If in your experience it has, you've been ripped off. Befriend a body shop guy, it can save you much agony.
Regardless what the submitter says, the article says that car manufacturers aren't looking at it because plastic is 3x more expensive than galvanized steal.
When plastic comes down in price, then it will be here. The thing that I don't like about this is it seems that it has to be in place during the molding process. This would mean that if you were to ever scratch it, or something along those lines, you'd have to replace the entire piece. Unless they developed a patch kit for it, which seems like the patch would be weaker than the rest of the area because it wasn't present in the mold...
Of course, a plastic fender with this on it would probably be cheap because they have already reduced the cost of plastic below that of steal. The thermochromatic aspect of it would be cool though, but I'd prefer it to be uniform. I wouldn't want the rest of the car to be black and my hood to be red... that would just look weird.
Okay, maybe I am a snob (and yes I am single, and no I don't have kids) but Car Insurance in the States killed me quite nicely as well. For a midsized car they wanted me to pay $500/month, right now I pay $250.
You need a new insurance carrier. Granted, I have a private insurance carrier and pay much less than most people, but my insurance is $850 every 6 months. I have a 2-door sports car, with two tickets on my record. I also live in one of the higher states to insure in (Oregon).
If you could upload it somewhere that I can download from I'll post a mirror on nerdfarm.org -- I should have plenty of bandwidth for the slashdot crowd that reads the comments.
No seriously, if you had a group of friends that got a kick out of those words, they would have that much better chance making it to the broader language... but even if they don't, they would still be a part of your (very very) local creole. That's a main mechnism... people create words all the time. To name things is to (feel like you) have power over them.
You are definitely correct, and in that sample, it would increase. Language is more of a peer to peer system, than an open source project. If your peers reject your patch, it will never make it's way to the supernodes. Unless you are George, and misunderestimate the power of your words.
What I'm saying is that sloppiness does not evolve languages, but creative expansion does. Sometimes sloppiness does, but saying "hegemic" wouldn't ever make it. I feel dirty even typing it, irregardless of that, supposubly, we can both agree that sloppiness is less efficient towards evolution. Gross misuse of existing words will not add to the evolution just make the person look like an idiot (misunderestimate, hegemic).
I think you are mistaken, although I can see why those terms bother you (irregardless always bothered me overly much, as does "same difference" when what is meant is "no difference").
Mistaken about what? Didn't follow...
The careful completion of language where it's not sufficient occurs only among technical proffessionals, like philosophers and scientists, who create terms they need to do their work. Those terms can also make their way into regular language, but my impression is that this happens far more slowly than creol and "bastadizations". Which is more a part of regular language, for example, the language of Quantum Mechanics or rapper lingo?
Suddenly coming up (single handledly, mind you) with a new spelling or pronunciation of a word isn't going to do much. For example, if I started saying bullhiginarocks, and that was the word I picked meaning "bright monitor" and bullhinagwicki was a "dim monitor" I don't think anyone would pay me any more attention than the psychotic on the local mass transit system.
Natural evolution of a language happens when there are not sufficient or efficient methods to say a certain thing.
What happens here is the same thing as "irregardless" or "supposably" which is a bastardization that stems from undereducation and improper usage of the language. Being completely wrong about a word and using it with wreckless abandon doesn't evolve a language, it makes the person look stupid:)
Sorry, the english language is not open source. You do not get to add and remove as you see fit. I believe the word you were looking for is hegomony.
They are starting to see that free software is better software and always will be. Better software does make for a lower total cost of ownership as it eliminates the intentional waste propriatory software vendors are famous for.
And no, it doesn't. People don't run mission critical applications off software that doesn't have some sort of support contract, the only exception being possibly apache because of it's insanely large and good track record. You just aren't in business.
This sounds like intriguing functionality, but really can't they find a better name than Xmingwin? Its a horrible name, practically unpronounceable, difficult to remember and spell, easy to confuse with other similar projects.
You are damn right. There is no way people are going to be content with this, look at how many different variations of pronouncing leenooks there are.
Are we going to have some more test.au's, "Hello this is and I pronounce Xmingwin, 'Bob'".
I don't know about anybody else, but if even one post about this gets modded Funny, I will walk away from SlashDot for good.
Get over youself, ok? There can be humor in anything, and I mean anything. I make jokes about my father who died, and many other people very close. Because you know what? They weren't so pretentious to think that bleak situations can't have a few jokes mixed in. It was what they wanted. How can you begin to imagine that the commander of this mission didn't write, "If I die on this mission, I would like a prominent comedian to do a stand-up act about it within 7 days"
You don't know that, and you don't know if they want clowns at their funeral.
This is not funny in any way.
Neither is rape, but picture Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd and it becomes funny. (Sorry George)
Well, intelligence and common sense aren't always connected. Making these devices requires people with a lot of intelligence and posessing very little common sense.
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I was born in 1974. I wonder what happened in the 1950s - 1960s that caused such an upswing? I can't think of any popular celebrities named Ryan from that era. Any insights?
It's that blasted Private Ryan.
My name has stuck consistently in the 45-50 range... Strange. The name I have picked for my son when he comes (in a few years, hopefully no sooner) I plugged in and in the last 10 years has gone from Rank #846 to #372... It's a Japanese name, and I'm curious about the upswing on that as well.
The Slashdot editors need to wake up to the fact that Slashdot holds sway over many a mind. This influence should not be taken lightly.
Anybody who is influenced by a person named "CmdrTaco" or "CowboyNeil" isn't much of a concern to society. Soon as they move out of their parents basement, their views will change.
The car speeds around a corner, slips, smashes through the highway barrier, and flies down a cliff.
My version (which I think makes more sense, because the car has flown off a cliff in your version and probably doesn't roll)
the cars breaks go out, and it goes careening down the hill and through a miracle they coast to the bottom and stop...
There is this one, and I believe you are referencing this one.
Software doesn't absolutely have to come with source. Most people don't think it *has* to, they simply prefer the software that *does*. Just as joe consumer might prefer purchasing the vehicle that comes *with* the service manual over the one that comes without.
Considering that most "Joe Consumer" folk don't even know what source code is, you are dead right. My housemate came into my home office as I was whipping up some code and asked what I was doing. After a lengthy explanation of how code gets compiled into applications, and how it all ties together he looked at me and said, "Wow, I never even thought of that."
My housemate is not stupid either, and he knows how to use a computer fairly well, in the consumer end.
Some day when opensource is big enough, we'll be able to take down companies just by accusing them that they stole open source code. "We won't shut ya down if you tell us where the other Cappie bastards are! Admit it, they're all stealing source!"
Makes sense, it's the natural evolution of the BSA.
That is a whole lot more than 2000, so one of us made a mistake. :)
Just a quick guess, but use 30% of 5.1007e14 and it will probably be closer to 2,000. The stat probably only takes into account land mass.
That is an interesting idea though, geographically assigned IP addressing. Although DNS services will have to become much more configurable with IPv6 before it gets really widespread adoption. I'd like to see a named that utilizes a quick stripped down SQL database.
Nice setup; looks like this guy thought it through rather thoroughly.
:)
By this I'd assume you don't know who he is, which sucks, he's a cool guy. Definitely peruse around jwz.org and read up on him, you'll want to keep track of his work
Whenever a user logs in, they get their own VM. They can install whatever they like and abuse their VM however they want. When they log out, their VM (and everything installed therein) goes away.
Yes, it's entirely feasible. JWZ did this for his nightclub.
Although I don't know if Windows is flexible enough to let you do something like this...
P-KR3
I loathe that notation. That's the great thing about computers, they will do something really stupid if they have no "good moves" but only wait till the opponent does something they can exploit.
There are many "computer crushing" techniques people can use to completely dominate most computers. I believe it is Tal that has prowess at this, mostly because of his fairly "different" style of play.
VAIO systems appear to be designed to look nice (which they do). They're not really performance machines, and Sony has some funny policies regarding releasing drivers, etc. Buyer beware.
I have a 2 month old Vaio desktop and have upgraded it left and right, using a vanilla XP install with no issues. The hardware is all standard, and it runs great. Just put a GF4 in it last night, 5 minute install.
There is a huge difference between Vaio desktop and laptop lines.
I take it you've never had a small dent in a steel car body panel - helloooooo, expensive panel replacement!
As long as the metal isn't creased you can repair the panel and it shouldn't cost that much. If in your experience it has, you've been ripped off. Befriend a body shop guy, it can save you much agony.
Regardless what the submitter says, the article says that car manufacturers aren't looking at it because plastic is 3x more expensive than galvanized steal.
When plastic comes down in price, then it will be here. The thing that I don't like about this is it seems that it has to be in place during the molding process. This would mean that if you were to ever scratch it, or something along those lines, you'd have to replace the entire piece. Unless they developed a patch kit for it, which seems like the patch would be weaker than the rest of the area because it wasn't present in the mold...
Of course, a plastic fender with this on it would probably be cheap because they have already reduced the cost of plastic below that of steal. The thermochromatic aspect of it would be cool though, but I'd prefer it to be uniform. I wouldn't want the rest of the car to be black and my hood to be red... that would just look weird.
Okay, maybe I am a snob (and yes I am single, and no I don't have kids) but Car Insurance in the States killed me quite nicely as well. For a midsized car they wanted me to pay $500/month, right now I pay $250.
You need a new insurance carrier. Granted, I have a private insurance carrier and pay much less than most people, but my insurance is $850 every 6 months. I have a 2-door sports car, with two tickets on my record. I also live in one of the higher states to insure in (Oregon).
Insurance varies based on the carrier...
If you could upload it somewhere that I can download from I'll post a mirror on nerdfarm.org -- I should have plenty of bandwidth for the slashdot crowd that reads the comments.
No seriously, if you had a group of friends that got a kick out of those words, they would have that much better chance making it to the broader language... but even if they don't, they would still be a part of your (very very) local creole. That's a main mechnism... people create words all the time. To name things is to (feel like you) have power over them.
You are definitely correct, and in that sample, it would increase. Language is more of a peer to peer system, than an open source project. If your peers reject your patch, it will never make it's way to the supernodes. Unless you are George, and misunderestimate the power of your words.
What I'm saying is that sloppiness does not evolve languages, but creative expansion does. Sometimes sloppiness does, but saying "hegemic" wouldn't ever make it. I feel dirty even typing it, irregardless of that, supposubly, we can both agree that sloppiness is less efficient towards evolution. Gross misuse of existing words will not add to the evolution just make the person look like an idiot (misunderestimate, hegemic).
I think you are mistaken, although I can see why those terms bother you (irregardless always bothered me overly much, as does "same difference" when what is meant is "no difference").
:)
Mistaken about what? Didn't follow...
The careful completion of language where it's not sufficient occurs only among technical proffessionals, like philosophers and scientists, who create terms they need to do their work. Those terms can also make their way into regular language, but my impression is that this happens far more slowly than creol and "bastadizations". Which is more a part of regular language, for example, the language of Quantum Mechanics or rapper lingo?
Suddenly coming up (single handledly, mind you) with a new spelling or pronunciation of a word isn't going to do much. For example, if I started saying bullhiginarocks, and that was the word I picked meaning "bright monitor" and bullhinagwicki was a "dim monitor" I don't think anyone would pay me any more attention than the psychotic on the local mass transit system.
Although I could be wrong.
Natural evolution of a language happens when there are not sufficient or efficient methods to say a certain thing.
:)
What happens here is the same thing as "irregardless" or "supposably" which is a bastardization that stems from undereducation and improper usage of the language. Being completely wrong about a word and using it with wreckless abandon doesn't evolve a language, it makes the person look stupid
...hegemity.
Sorry, the english language is not open source. You do not get to add and remove as you see fit. I believe the word you were looking for is hegomony.
They are starting to see that free software is better software and always will be. Better software does make for a lower total cost of ownership as it eliminates the intentional waste propriatory software vendors are famous for.
And no, it doesn't. People don't run mission critical applications off software that doesn't have some sort of support contract, the only exception being possibly apache because of it's insanely large and good track record. You just aren't in business.
We have enough issues with hacking when the kiddies need to exploit buffer overruns to gain shell access ... this is going to make life even more fun :P
Hi, my name is Security! Wait, what are you doing.. Ow! Ow! Stop, that hurts, oh some body help me please oh god it hurts make it sto...
This sounds like intriguing functionality, but really can't they find a better name than Xmingwin? Its a horrible name, practically unpronounceable, difficult to remember and spell, easy to confuse with other similar projects.
.au's, "Hello this is and I pronounce Xmingwin, 'Bob'".
You are damn right. There is no way people are going to be content with this, look at how many different variations of pronouncing leenooks there are.
Are we going to have some more test
I don't know about anybody else, but if even one post about this gets modded Funny, I will walk away from SlashDot for good.
Get over youself, ok? There can be humor in anything, and I mean anything. I make jokes about my father who died, and many other people very close. Because you know what? They weren't so pretentious to think that bleak situations can't have a few jokes mixed in. It was what they wanted. How can you begin to imagine that the commander of this mission didn't write, "If I die on this mission, I would like a prominent comedian to do a stand-up act about it within 7 days"
You don't know that, and you don't know if they want clowns at their funeral.
This is not funny in any way.
Neither is rape, but picture Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd and it becomes funny. (Sorry George)
Well, intelligence and common sense aren't always connected. Making these devices requires people with a lot of intelligence and posessing very little common sense.
My favorite quote from my mother: For being a genius, you are an idiot.
What planet are YOU from? ;)
A strange one, where my mind resides above my waistline.
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