IANATD, but I think the one thing I'd be worried about as a truck driver is getting some sleep, moreso than getting online.
To me it just seems pretty economical and safer to just get a hotel room, grab some sleep, and a nice warm shower.
Hey just me, but this seems like a good idea, but truck drivers pull off to rest stops to pee, get some caffiene, or because they're exhausted. They go to bars and strip clubs for entertainment.
Leave your box online 24x7 with a default isntall of RedHat and do it on a common IP Block (like those of home broadband).
Along with a Windows Machine.
It's like having sex without a condom (something you'll never have to worry about)... it's risky, but sometimes you end up okay...
I was meerly commenting that the reviewer had no idea whatsoever about what he was talking about. Which I was right, hell he even admitted he was an idiot.
A NAT box running all sorts of other shit other than NAT is NOT SECURE. If the NAT is hardware (IE: "broadband router") then possibly. This user is not using a system designed for routing. A Router should have 0 open ports to the outside world. And should only have one port open to the internal network.
Security means bringing on less advantages for an attack. And using the systems the reviewer mentioned there is no way the system could ever be secure unless they went through and stripped the NAT server down. Considering they didn't even know how to compile their own kernel I highly doubt they did this.
FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Slackware Linux, and Debian Linux all have the option of installing a base system that comes with a kernel, a shell, and few basic apps for expanding the system. By default this base install comes with no Dameons on and no ports opened. You are required to install and configure Server Type applications on your own and you know what's installed and serving because you personally installed them.
This is a little different than Win* and the Top RPM based distros that will install everything and the kitchen sink along with a slew of ports open and dameons running. This is a security risk as the user has not configured these services themselves and may not have prior knowledge of their existance or running (especially a novice user).
I know that the BSD's are not Linux, but BSD Slack and Debian all share the common characteristic of being able to be installed in a base system, which is what you need for a router.
The reviewer didn't have the slightest grasp of how to setup a network or linux correctly in the first place. This may be seen as a troll or flaimbait, but it is in fact pretty honest. Anyone who doesn't know how to compile a kernel or setup a basic IP Table NAT really shouldn't be reviewing a book.
The book was designed for the person who did the review, but that doesn't really give a good "REView". It simply says "yeah I read this and learned a whole lot from it". Someone seasoned in linux and networking might have been able to read more into the complexity of the IPTables and whether or not certain applications like Snort and TripWire were designed to also help out.
Nope you didn't get that because the reviewer actually admitted that they knew absolutely nothing over the basics before they started reading the book, so you probably won't find anything "bad" from the reviewer because they don't know what they're looking for.
'enough to be dangerous.' My existing home LAN consists of 5 machines: one running Mandrake Linux 9.1, one RedHat 9 (laptop), two Windows XP, and one Windows 98.
As far as "networking for linux", I wouldn't put any of those computers "online" without something else between them and the internet. Like a linux box running a BSD, Slackware, or Debian. The overhead and unneccessary packaging for those systems makes it an internet nightmare.
You're right you know "enough to be dangerous" as in getting some worm and unknowingly using your computer as the host of a DDoS attack.
I live in England (well I don't but bear with me here)... and I write something bad about tony blair on my website.
I then have to allow an avenue for tony to be able to "Comment" or "Give his side" on MY WEBSITE???
What the hell? Who comes up with this shit. If someone writes nasty things about you on their blog you write nasty things about them on your blog... or is this just an American concept?
So what if I say something bad about someone in public, must I then allow them to speakerphone in and explain it from their perspective to my friends?
Okay lemme first touch on this part of your comment... Why would someone who has a $200 computer be buying a $100 digital camera?...
Basically it comes down to this, if people want more portability they will change the default setup (upgrade, diff OS, etc.) but they won't already just have a digital camera laying around they'll want to plug into it. If they hit the market for a digital camera they will more than likely ask a simple question (will this work with my Lindows computer) Which will cause a huge mass of confusion because teen star camera seller will think they just slurred the word windows.
If it does work, they will be happy and keep the camera, if it doesn't they'll take it back. People are pretty resourceful, even those less apt at using a computer with finding a way to get something done.
Now... THIS dunno why I'm astounded that people didn't read the article, but come on... it's shorter than some of these posts (like this one).
I dunno why I'm astounded that peoeple don't read the comments they're commenting on. IF you would have read what I italicized then you would have noticed that I was commenting on the submitters comments, not the freeking article. The title of "Okay... you missed the point..." was meant for the submitter not the article itself.
And in conclusion...
Joe average computer user will also realize that there is no computer component that just works out of the box. Batteries dead, computer not configured, software out of date, manual to hard to read, etc. etc. etc. Everything you buy requires tweaking, even a vaccuum cleaner you buy from wal-mart, you have to build the damned thing and attach all the parts to it.
"The reviewer found them lacking in the gaming (no respectable 3D gfx card included), expandibility departments and while he mentions that Linux-based LindowsOS is affordable, is not a panakeia as it lacks in good USB support and other demanding areas of our modern times."
What part of These computers sell for $200 did you miss? This isn't the late 90's era of "best bang for under a grand", this is a review of "best bang for an average lower-class can be paid for in a pay check" system. These computers aren't designed to be top of the line, these are a super happy medium between price and performance. If you want a gaming machine for less than $200, got get an PS2, XBox, or GameCube, these computers are meant to do what computers cheaply do. Surf the net, write papers/emails, dink around, etc.
What USB support is lacking? These computers are meant to be useable for Joe Average computer user. You can still visit slashdot with the damned things, no one thought to mention that as a high point. Lindows with a low price system makes a perfect computer for folks wanting to get on the internet and type up some christmas cards. This isn't meant to play Doom III, please remember that, there is a market that wal-mart sells to, and that market is designed for this computer.
My friends cousins dad who is a trade broker for some big company like ronald macdonalds or something like that, he was in japan and some guy on like the side of the street was real desperate for crack (I guess it's a big problem in Japan) and he offered him a playstation three. For real I swear it's true, though I can only tell the story not provide any real evidence to back my claim.
Come on! This is complete and utter bullshit. First off... an ISO?!?! And what are you supposed to burn it to mini backwards playing DVD's??!!
Nintendo is the KING of hating all piracy, hence why n64 was still cartridge. They invest 10 times as much as the other players on the block on making it virtually impossible to pirate their games, let alone hack their systemsto play pirated games.
They did this on the software level along with the hardware and actual dynamics of the box itself.
Talk about a bogus story...
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You nailed it. Just out of college aged computer scientist while not expierenced are in fact over joyed to know that they will be making a "salary" and even though it's nearly 40% less than those who do the same job but have been there for years. They are happy to have landed a job and they're happy to be getting paid, plain and simple.
Older people have experience underneath their belts, but if they don't have the skillset then they will be canned. In the IT world there is a constant change and a new way to apply things and new technologies. It seems to me that the threat is not new thinking so much as it is acquired laziness. "older" workers have families, have lives, and have things to worry about. New young kids outta school have, work and work to worry about, they have more free time to read up and stay current and they enjoy doing it.
The thrill of installing a new operating system or learning the ins and outs of a new program is not exciting in the least to an older IT worker and therefore the older IT worker will have lapsed behind the fresh new thinker.
So is it discrimination, nope, it's common sense. It's all about productivity, how much can be accomplished for the least amount of pay possible. And so you have it, a person who is excited to be out on their own for the first time will be more than eager to please. They will work harder than someone who has "learned the ropes" or they will be fired because they are new and there are expendible.
So if you want to keep your job work, quit finding excuses in others for your inadequacies (well not you micromoog, but you get what I'm saying).
Didn't sun just release a news bite about how Linux is really only popular because people want unix on a pentium processor? I could have sworn it was because everyone likes Solaris so much and intel so much that Sun was hurting. Which was starting to (not) make sense, until I realized that sun already has Solaris for "pentium processors".
So wait a gosh darn minute here. Could it be that Sun really only runs well on extremely expensive hardware? Could it be that sun has horrible support for open standards (HTTP, LDAP, Mail, DNS... iPlanet sucks, flat out).
Maybe it's because Linux actually has an active user-base, unlike Sun which is basically 30 - 40 something sys admins who got with Sun when they were the best Unix in town. There is no new sun blood because Sun is a PITA to work with if you're used to a linux system.
Then there's the packaging system, what the hell? What sun could learn from Apt and Rpm...
Linux is dominant because it runs on almost everything and because it has a huge user base, not because people want solaris for (x86) pentium computers.
Dear God, did you ever think that MAYBE JUST MAYBE a "FAQ" answer wasn't a good enough answer. I've replied time after time today to replies to the original post about how sometimes accepting something just because it claims to be the authority without further questioning it is not only stupid it's just a pure example of conformity at its best.
How's about we start mass genocide because a faq tells you to. How about we accept a dictatorship government because "they're in charge". How about when things get rough we just get up and leave?? WHY NOT? Because that's not what those who want to solve a problem do. Those who believe that slashdot is a decent site that could be changed just a bit more to make it better are like me. They sit there and when they're asked for suggestions they give them. They question the norm because sometimes the norm isn't always the best for everyone.
Study a little history and quit preaching to me like I've never read the fucking FAQ before. Personally I find slashdot a fun site to visit even if most of the folks here are arrogant fucks who think they already know all the answers.
Actually this is my 2nd/. account. I use it because it's my recognized handle and well back in the day it didn't really matter what the hell your UID was. I actually have a 5 digit UID, guess maybe I should sell the l/p on e-bay.
Anyways I've been reading slashdot for quite some time now. Hell I even did some "online interviews" of the editors (cliff, roblimo, etc.) and I think had some fun with/. over the years. What I posted is common questions that are always side-stepped because most of the answers are "Just because". The decisions were made and no one in the staff actually thought there would be ramifications for their actions, they obvously were wrong.
Back in the day (before andover bought them) there was a time when/. was an authority. There was a time when basically anything that was linux related made it to/. because no one else was covering those stories. These "articles" were written by those actually involved, it was more like a blog than a news site. Then it started to get a mass following, and UID's began to inflate (ever notice that you don't see a whole lot of 50,000 - 100,000 UID numbers?
So around this time/. decided they'd go professional and there were ads in linux magazines and websites for/. Then Andover came along and bought them and/. we officially corperate. That's about the time when people really began to be critical, this was no longer a hobby site, but in fact a news authority site with more interaction than any other news site like it.
I think what I question if expanded upon would bring a "community" back to/. and everyone could again begin to see what it is that/. is, a community website. K5 sparked up and got a rather large gathering, community geek sites are fun and good to have around, I know that/. can make it back to where they were, the question is, when.
Hopefully if they don't publically answer my questions they'll still take the time to think about them.
Is everyone here in favor of conformity. I'm so sorry that you just accept a faq as the end all be all of neccessary explainations. You ever think that maybe the "A" in the "FAQ" was a "LIE"?
Unlimited mod points, that means they can mod as muich as they want to whatever they want. Think about it, not a "free/fair/open" system is it? Hence the question...
Just about every question you ask is answered in the FAQ...
To flame or not to flame... that is the question...
I do realize that there are pat answers that could generally apply to these questions, but it would be nice since they are so frequently asked and are so frequently side stepped when answered.
See these would be good conversation starters for an interview on irc. Where the leaders of slashdot could make an attempt to better explain or revisit some of the "Frequent" issues.
What can I say, sometimes a FAQ just isn't good enough when you want a real answer and not a blow-off answer, ya know.
1.) Why do any negative slashdot comments automatically get nailed with a moderation of -1 redundant or overrated?
2.) If you want a moderation system that is open to the public why the hell do you let editors have unlimited mod points?
3.) Why can't we edit comments after posting (and have it posted in the subject (chg'd) or something like that)?
4.) Is there a plan to have "staff meetings" or something of that nature to try and prevent dupes and maybe having some articles with more content.
5.) Besides book reviews and the Late Jon Katz it seems the "read more" link is pretty much useless, is slashdot ever going to have some type of "meat" to their content?
6.) Google has no legal recourse for caching, why don't you do it?
7.) Ever thought about contacting link'd site administrators before killing their servers by a front page story and then getting charged for bandwidth?
8.) Most websites go through a "layout" change every couple of years, the "slashdot style" has been pretty much worn out, especially with not being w3c compliant, any changes in the future?
9.) Ever thought about publishing all stories in a public bin where the users decide what makes the front page? Like when an article gets 100 "post points" it is then sent to the front page where it's live and ready for commenting on?
10.) Have any of you ever thought about maybe bringing on some "professional" journalism type people? Someone who knows how to write the news and doesn't abuse the editor function as a place to put comments (michael comes to mind).
11.) You all ever think maybe this is getting a little old and it's time to get out?
Okay I really wasn't expecting a correct answer there. I don't know which is worse, the fact I knew that... or the fact someone other than me watches the history channel that much.
Please continue to make these books, I would love to "quit passing on my knowledge" to the morons around me!!
In all seriousness I enjoy PHP because it is pretty self explanatory, and it can use plain old html inside it too. It's just nice to use a scripting language for the web that was made for webpages originally, not a language that was created for...
... does anyone really know the original intent of perl? I guess that's like trying to find the oringal intent for ducK tape (and no, don't say to seal off ventilation ducts, coz that's what they'd have you believe.)?
You have to admit. Even that picture is in the memory of nearly everyone who saw it. You have to question whether or not that was actually a failure.
Same holds true with the monks who doused themselves with gasoline and lit themselves on fire in the middle of the street, was that a failure?
My point here is that joe average amaerican isn't being exposed to what's happening with the RIAA/MPAA. Ever since napster court hearings (quite possibly the No. 1 reason people became aware of mp3 trading) there hasn't been mainstream coverage of these court cases. I want to help the america public out and bring them the wake-up call they don't even know that they need. I want to be that guy (that hopefully isn't a martyr) that tells everyone what's what. I want to be able to tell everyone that they are being bullied by the managers of britney spears and n'sync. I want the wonderful world of magical fairyland disney to look like the lawyer ridden hellbag it is. I want people who see these people who "just want to make movies" be identified as the money hoards that they are.
As an opensource programmer and a rather large figure in the opensource community...
You've probably noticed that there are quite a few journaling file systems for Linux and other Open/Free/Unixie operating systems that are fairly open or completely open source. Have you ever thought about getting together and making "THE" journaling filesystem for these free OS's? I know that open source is all about choice, but as you probably also know there are certain things EXT3, XSF, etc. can do that ReiserFS cannot. If their could be a hybrid made from the big journaling filesystems would you be part of it?
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IANATD, but I think the one thing I'd be worried about as a truck driver is getting some sleep, moreso than getting online.
To me it just seems pretty economical and safer to just get a hotel room, grab some sleep, and a nice warm shower.
Hey just me, but this seems like a good idea, but truck drivers pull off to rest stops to pee, get some caffiene, or because they're exhausted. They go to bars and strip clubs for entertainment.
that was meant to be a joke ...
Leave your box online 24x7 with a default isntall of RedHat and do it on a common IP Block (like those of home broadband).
Along with a Windows Machine.
It's like having sex without a condom (something you'll never have to worry about) ... it's risky, but sometimes you end up okay ...
I was meerly commenting that the reviewer had no idea whatsoever about what he was talking about. Which I was right, hell he even admitted he was an idiot.
Security means bringing on less advantages for an attack. And using the systems the reviewer mentioned there is no way the system could ever be secure unless they went through and stripped the NAT server down. Considering they didn't even know how to compile their own kernel I highly doubt they did this.
So, Get Bent.
FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Slackware Linux, and Debian Linux all have the option of installing a base system that comes with a kernel, a shell, and few basic apps for expanding the system. By default this base install comes with no Dameons on and no ports opened. You are required to install and configure Server Type applications on your own and you know what's installed and serving because you personally installed them.
This is a little different than Win* and the Top RPM based distros that will install everything and the kitchen sink along with a slew of ports open and dameons running. This is a security risk as the user has not configured these services themselves and may not have prior knowledge of their existance or running (especially a novice user).
I know that the BSD's are not Linux, but BSD Slack and Debian all share the common characteristic of being able to be installed in a base system, which is what you need for a router.
Anyways, Get Bent.
those computers should NOT be considered secured.
The reviewer didn't have the slightest grasp of how to setup a network or linux correctly in the first place. This may be seen as a troll or flaimbait, but it is in fact pretty honest. Anyone who doesn't know how to compile a kernel or setup a basic IP Table NAT really shouldn't be reviewing a book.
The book was designed for the person who did the review, but that doesn't really give a good "REView". It simply says "yeah I read this and learned a whole lot from it". Someone seasoned in linux and networking might have been able to read more into the complexity of the IPTables and whether or not certain applications like Snort and TripWire were designed to also help out.
Nope you didn't get that because the reviewer actually admitted that they knew absolutely nothing over the basics before they started reading the book, so you probably won't find anything "bad" from the reviewer because they don't know what they're looking for.
As far as "networking for linux", I wouldn't put any of those computers "online" without something else between them and the internet. Like a linux box running a BSD, Slackware, or Debian. The overhead and unneccessary packaging for those systems makes it an internet nightmare.
You're right you know "enough to be dangerous" as in getting some worm and unknowingly using your computer as the host of a DDoS attack.
I live in England (well I don't but bear with me here)... and I write something bad about tony blair on my website.
I then have to allow an avenue for tony to be able to "Comment" or "Give his side" on MY WEBSITE???
What the hell? Who comes up with this shit. If someone writes nasty things about you on their blog you write nasty things about them on your blog ... or is this just an American concept?
So what if I say something bad about someone in public, must I then allow them to speakerphone in and explain it from their perspective to my friends?
Okay lemme first touch on this part of your comment ... Why would someone who has a $200 computer be buying a $100 digital camera? ...
Basically it comes down to this, if people want more portability they will change the default setup (upgrade, diff OS, etc.) but they won't already just have a digital camera laying around they'll want to plug into it. If they hit the market for a digital camera they will more than likely ask a simple question (will this work with my Lindows computer) Which will cause a huge mass of confusion because teen star camera seller will think they just slurred the word windows.
If it does work, they will be happy and keep the camera, if it doesn't they'll take it back. People are pretty resourceful, even those less apt at using a computer with finding a way to get something done.
Now ... THIS
dunno why I'm astounded that people didn't read the article, but come on... it's shorter than some of these posts (like this one).
I dunno why I'm astounded that peoeple don't read the comments they're commenting on. IF you would have read what I italicized then you would have noticed that I was commenting on the submitters comments, not the freeking article. The title of "Okay... you missed the point ..." was meant for the submitter not the article itself.
And in conclusion ...
Joe average computer user will also realize that there is no computer component that just works out of the box. Batteries dead, computer not configured, software out of date, manual to hard to read, etc. etc. etc. Everything you buy requires tweaking, even a vaccuum cleaner you buy from wal-mart, you have to build the damned thing and attach all the parts to it.
All the info you'll ever need about FILE_ID.DIZ
Yes, not one bit of evidence. I can speculate all day that MS is buying SlashDot and have just as much evidence as the article does.
This is a bullshit story and everyone but you knows it.
What part of These computers sell for $200 did you miss? This isn't the late 90's era of "best bang for under a grand", this is a review of "best bang for an average lower-class can be paid for in a pay check" system. These computers aren't designed to be top of the line, these are a super happy medium between price and performance. If you want a gaming machine for less than $200, got get an PS2, XBox, or GameCube, these computers are meant to do what computers cheaply do. Surf the net, write papers/emails, dink around, etc.
What USB support is lacking? These computers are meant to be useable for Joe Average computer user. You can still visit slashdot with the damned things, no one thought to mention that as a high point. Lindows with a low price system makes a perfect computer for folks wanting to get on the internet and type up some christmas cards. This isn't meant to play Doom III, please remember that, there is a market that wal-mart sells to, and that market is designed for this computer.
This is just like a story I heard the otherday.
My friends cousins dad who is a trade broker for some big company like ronald macdonalds or something like that, he was in japan and some guy on like the side of the street was real desperate for crack (I guess it's a big problem in Japan) and he offered him a playstation three. For real I swear it's true, though I can only tell the story not provide any real evidence to back my claim.
Come on! This is complete and utter bullshit. First off ... an ISO?!?! And what are you supposed to burn it to mini backwards playing DVD's??!!
Nintendo is the KING of hating all piracy, hence why n64 was still cartridge. They invest 10 times as much as the other players on the block on making it virtually impossible to pirate their games, let alone hack their systemsto play pirated games.
They did this on the software level along with the hardware and actual dynamics of the box itself.
Talk about a bogus story ...
Older people have experience underneath their belts, but if they don't have the skillset then they will be canned. In the IT world there is a constant change and a new way to apply things and new technologies. It seems to me that the threat is not new thinking so much as it is acquired laziness. "older" workers have families, have lives, and have things to worry about. New young kids outta school have, work and work to worry about, they have more free time to read up and stay current and they enjoy doing it.
The thrill of installing a new operating system or learning the ins and outs of a new program is not exciting in the least to an older IT worker and therefore the older IT worker will have lapsed behind the fresh new thinker.
So is it discrimination, nope, it's common sense. It's all about productivity, how much can be accomplished for the least amount of pay possible. And so you have it, a person who is excited to be out on their own for the first time will be more than eager to please. They will work harder than someone who has "learned the ropes" or they will be fired because they are new and there are expendible.
So if you want to keep your job work, quit finding excuses in others for your inadequacies (well not you micromoog, but you get what I'm saying).
So wait a gosh darn minute here. Could it be that Sun really only runs well on extremely expensive hardware? Could it be that sun has horrible support for open standards (HTTP, LDAP, Mail, DNS ... iPlanet sucks, flat out).
Maybe it's because Linux actually has an active user-base, unlike Sun which is basically 30 - 40 something sys admins who got with Sun when they were the best Unix in town. There is no new sun blood because Sun is a PITA to work with if you're used to a linux system.
Then there's the packaging system, what the hell? What sun could learn from Apt and Rpm ...
Linux is dominant because it runs on almost everything and because it has a huge user base, not because people want solaris for (x86) pentium computers.
Sun goes away I won't be teary eyed
Dear God, did you ever think that MAYBE JUST MAYBE a "FAQ" answer wasn't a good enough answer. I've replied time after time today to replies to the original post about how sometimes accepting something just because it claims to be the authority without further questioning it is not only stupid it's just a pure example of conformity at its best.
How's about we start mass genocide because a faq tells you to. How about we accept a dictatorship government because "they're in charge". How about when things get rough we just get up and leave?? WHY NOT? Because that's not what those who want to solve a problem do. Those who believe that slashdot is a decent site that could be changed just a bit more to make it better are like me. They sit there and when they're asked for suggestions they give them. They question the norm because sometimes the norm isn't always the best for everyone.
Study a little history and quit preaching to me like I've never read the fucking FAQ before. Personally I find slashdot a fun site to visit even if most of the folks here are arrogant fucks who think they already know all the answers.
Get Bent, please.
Anyways I've been reading slashdot for quite some time now. Hell I even did some "online interviews" of the editors (cliff, roblimo, etc.) and I think had some fun with /. over the years. What I posted is common questions that are always side-stepped because most of the answers are "Just because". The decisions were made and no one in the staff actually thought there would be ramifications for their actions, they obvously were wrong.
Back in the day (before andover bought them) there was a time when /. was an authority. There was a time when basically anything that was linux related made it to /. because no one else was covering those stories. These "articles" were written by those actually involved, it was more like a blog than a news site. Then it started to get a mass following, and UID's began to inflate (ever notice that you don't see a whole lot of 50,000 - 100,000 UID numbers?
So around this time /. decided they'd go professional and there were ads in linux magazines and websites for /. Then Andover came along and bought them and /. we officially corperate. That's about the time when people really began to be critical, this was no longer a hobby site, but in fact a news authority site with more interaction than any other news site like it.
I think what I question if expanded upon would bring a "community" back to /. and everyone could again begin to see what it is that /. is, a community website. K5 sparked up and got a rather large gathering, community geek sites are fun and good to have around, I know that /. can make it back to where they were, the question is, when.
Hopefully if they don't publically answer my questions they'll still take the time to think about them.
Is everyone here in favor of conformity. I'm so sorry that you just accept a faq as the end all be all of neccessary explainations. You ever think that maybe the "A" in the "FAQ" was a "LIE"?
Unlimited mod points, that means they can mod as muich as they want to whatever they want. Think about it, not a "free/fair/open" system is it? Hence the question ...
Get bent, please :-)
To flame or not to flame ... that is the question ...
I do realize that there are pat answers that could generally apply to these questions, but it would be nice since they are so frequently asked and are so frequently side stepped when answered.
See these would be good conversation starters for an interview on irc. Where the leaders of slashdot could make an attempt to better explain or revisit some of the "Frequent" issues.
What can I say, sometimes a FAQ just isn't good enough when you want a real answer and not a blow-off answer, ya know.
Anyways, get bent :-)
Did the SEC ever finish their investigation on VA? I know there were quite a few eyebrows raised when a 10 IPO opened at 300 or so.
1.) Why do any negative slashdot comments automatically get nailed with a moderation of -1 redundant or overrated?
2.) If you want a moderation system that is open to the public why the hell do you let editors have unlimited mod points?
3.) Why can't we edit comments after posting (and have it posted in the subject (chg'd) or something like that)?
4.) Is there a plan to have "staff meetings" or something of that nature to try and prevent dupes and maybe having some articles with more content.
5.) Besides book reviews and the Late Jon Katz it seems the "read more" link is pretty much useless, is slashdot ever going to have some type of "meat" to their content?
6.) Google has no legal recourse for caching, why don't you do it?
7.) Ever thought about contacting link'd site administrators before killing their servers by a front page story and then getting charged for bandwidth?
8.) Most websites go through a "layout" change every couple of years, the "slashdot style" has been pretty much worn out, especially with not being w3c compliant, any changes in the future?
9.) Ever thought about publishing all stories in a public bin where the users decide what makes the front page? Like when an article gets 100 "post points" it is then sent to the front page where it's live and ready for commenting on?
10.) Have any of you ever thought about maybe bringing on some "professional" journalism type people? Someone who knows how to write the news and doesn't abuse the editor function as a place to put comments (michael comes to mind).
11.) You all ever think maybe this is getting a little old and it's time to get out?
Okay I really wasn't expecting a correct answer there. I don't know which is worse, the fact I knew that ... or the fact someone other than me watches the history channel that much.
In all seriousness I enjoy PHP because it is pretty self explanatory, and it can use plain old html inside it too. It's just nice to use a scripting language for the web that was made for webpages originally, not a language that was created for ...
You have to admit. Even that picture is in the memory of nearly everyone who saw it. You have to question whether or not that was actually a failure.
Same holds true with the monks who doused themselves with gasoline and lit themselves on fire in the middle of the street, was that a failure?
My point here is that joe average amaerican isn't being exposed to what's happening with the RIAA/MPAA. Ever since napster court hearings (quite possibly the No. 1 reason people became aware of mp3 trading) there hasn't been mainstream coverage of these court cases. I want to help the america public out and bring them the wake-up call they don't even know that they need. I want to be that guy (that hopefully isn't a martyr) that tells everyone what's what. I want to be able to tell everyone that they are being bullied by the managers of britney spears and n'sync. I want the wonderful world of magical fairyland disney to look like the lawyer ridden hellbag it is. I want people who see these people who "just want to make movies" be identified as the money hoards that they are.
That's what I want, I want it all.
You've probably noticed that there are quite a few journaling file systems for Linux and other Open/Free/Unixie operating systems that are fairly open or completely open source. Have you ever thought about getting together and making "THE" journaling filesystem for these free OS's? I know that open source is all about choice, but as you probably also know there are certain things EXT3, XSF, etc. can do that ReiserFS cannot. If their could be a hybrid made from the big journaling filesystems would you be part of it?