Well surprise surprise, Symantec demonstrates themselves to be of the calibre of Wall Street "analysts": regurgitating things that other people tell them, and passing it off as insight. How about doing some critical thinking of their own?
Why do we keep reading about opinions of "analysts" everywhere? I guess I need to stop reading the Mac rumor sites so regularly; their "news" are often just "analyst predicts..." The news media certainly don't paint "analysts" as being anything more than sock puppet mouthpieces without any independent skills.
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Maybe the American government planned the cartoon as a means by which to incite Muslims worldwide and thereby draw more sympathy for an apparent anti-Muslim agenda.
I'm wondering if all these layers will slow my computer down
Whoa, you know I'm getting used to the American mantra of "more talk and less action" (more threats and less innovation) when I initially read that as "I'm wondering if all these lawyers will slow my computer down..."
Amusingly enough, a professional editor DID read my editorial and correct the typos before it was set to post. I chose to keep my typos to prove a point.
And what is that point? Arrogance for the sake of it? To demonstrably waste your editor's time? It's not self-evident, at least to this literate reader.
No kidding. And such an opaque video doesn't tell us anything about why. The least they could have done is start them up in Verbose mode (holding cmd-V) to watch the console messages. I bet we would have seen some messages about fsck or similar taking care of some issues on the right-hand Mac.
Also, I guess by "mils" you mean millimetres? I filled a prescription today, and it talks about "10 mgm" of dose. There is no such measure as "mgm". I presume they meant to write "mg" or milligrams. It drives me crazy how the pharmaceutical industry makes up their own symbols (like "mcg" for micrograms).
There are several ways you can combat this. WHy not change it so two edtiors need to approve a story instead of just one? Or, why not only have one external link / day for submitters? Then they wouldn't spam the queue so much.
That is an excellent suggestion. Hopefully, it would also cut down on the amount of story duplication. Unless two editors happen to be stupid at the same time, which I guess is occasionally possible.
Part of the Slashdot Editor's job is to make a submission "Presentable". Usually this means moving a few URLs around. I'd guess a good half of story submissions use the word 'here' or 'article' or something equally stupid as their anchor text. I prefer relevant words to be linked. There are other minor things tho, like taking off extra intros like "Hi guys I read Slashdot every day and thought you would like this". We want the Slashdot story to be mostly distilled down to the essentials. Just the key 3-4 sentences.
I am not sure whether this is written in parody or sincerity. Most of the article text we read here on slashdot has far bigger problems than the hotlink being over a word that Taco doesn't like. For example: incoherence, grammatical errors, misleading summary, editorialization, or of course, duplication.
I guess CmdrTaco deserves respect for admitting what little he feels the need to do, but I would never entitle such a job with the respect of "Editor".
Yeah... or the corollary: the U.S. government insists that something exists, until it is acceptably proven that it doesn't, in which case they change their tune. (weapons in Iraq anyone?)
Oh, gee. Guns may kill people, too. It is not something inherent in the earbuds, but the fact that people drive them louder.
The rule of thumb suggested by researchers at Boston Children's Hospital is to hold the volume of a music player no higher than 60 percent of the maximum, and use it for only about an hour a day.
What a load. Obviously this is a worthless piece of advice, since "the maximum" is not a constant across all sound-producing devices.
There is no news here. Slashdot: shit for idiots like g0at who dubiously choose to read articles over christmas break instead of going to bed earlier.
The commander-taco-in-chief posted this. I think it is meant as a representation of the quality and pride with which he oversees his web site. Pretty appropriated I'd say.
Yeah, and those Location: headers are broken as well. Although most browsers accept them and act as implied, they really should specify fully-formed URLs -- i.e. beginning with http://server/ as opposed to a relative path fragment.
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Well surprise surprise, Symantec demonstrates themselves to be of the calibre of Wall Street "analysts": regurgitating things that other people tell them, and passing it off as insight. How about doing some critical thinking of their own?
..." The news media certainly don't paint "analysts" as being anything more than sock puppet mouthpieces without any independent skills.
Why do we keep reading about opinions of "analysts" everywhere? I guess I need to stop reading the Mac rumor sites so regularly; their "news" are often just "analyst predicts
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unlimitel.ca. You can get local numbers in Kingston, Brockville, etc. Monthly cost as low as $2.50 (plus 1.1 cent per minute).
I transferred my existing Ottawa number to them half a year ago and have been pleased.
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eludes [sic]
Actually, the article suggests just the opposite!
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This article is a joke.
Zonk posted the article. Just like the completely misleadingly-excerpted Apple one earlier. Are you surprised?
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Heh. Dial-up modems use broadband signalling. Compare with ethernet, for example. Sigh.
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Yeeearrrrrrrrgggh... "subconscious" is an adjective.
Am I the only one bothered by this (nails-on-chalkboard style) every time I read it?
You want "subconscience", or "subconscious mind"...
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Maybe the American government planned the cartoon as a means by which to incite Muslims worldwide and thereby draw more sympathy for an apparent anti-Muslim agenda.
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I'm wondering if all these layers will slow my computer down
Whoa, you know I'm getting used to the American mantra of "more talk and less action" (more threats and less innovation) when I initially read that as "I'm wondering if all these lawyers will slow my computer down..."
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One Cajillion Dollars
You mean one brazilian dollars.
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Amusingly enough, a professional editor DID read my editorial and correct the typos before it was set to post. I chose to keep my typos to prove a point.
And what is that point? Arrogance for the sake of it? To demonstrably waste your editor's time? It's not self-evident, at least to this literate reader.
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No kidding. And such an opaque video doesn't tell us anything about why. The least they could have done is start them up in Verbose mode (holding cmd-V) to watch the console messages. I bet we would have seen some messages about fsck or similar taking care of some issues on the right-hand Mac.
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Use gaffer tape, not shit "duct" tape.
Also, I guess by "mils" you mean millimetres? I filled a prescription today, and it talks about "10 mgm" of dose. There is no such measure as "mgm". I presume they meant to write "mg" or milligrams. It drives me crazy how the pharmaceutical industry makes up their own symbols (like "mcg" for micrograms).
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"Premesis"? It always amuses me when somebody points out someone's egregious spelling error and then promptly makes one of their own.
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Dude, they were called PowerBooks before the PPC came along.
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I agree. Why do we really care who submitted it anyway?
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There are several ways you can combat this. WHy not change it so two edtiors need to approve a story instead of just one? Or, why not only have one external link / day for submitters? Then they wouldn't spam the queue so much.
That is an excellent suggestion. Hopefully, it would also cut down on the amount of story duplication. Unless two editors happen to be stupid at the same time, which I guess is occasionally possible.
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Part of the Slashdot Editor's job is to make a submission "Presentable". Usually this means moving a few URLs around. I'd guess a good half of story submissions use the word 'here' or 'article' or something equally stupid as their anchor text. I prefer relevant words to be linked. There are other minor things tho, like taking off extra intros like "Hi guys I read Slashdot every day and thought you would like this". We want the Slashdot story to be mostly distilled down to the essentials. Just the key 3-4 sentences.
I am not sure whether this is written in parody or sincerity. Most of the article text we read here on slashdot has far bigger problems than the hotlink being over a word that Taco doesn't like. For example: incoherence, grammatical errors, misleading summary, editorialization, or of course, duplication.
I guess CmdrTaco deserves respect for admitting what little he feels the need to do, but I would never entitle such a job with the respect of "Editor".
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Yeah... or the corollary: the U.S. government insists that something exists, until it is acceptably proven that it doesn't, in which case they change their tune. (weapons in Iraq anyone?)
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Holy Christ. Have you tried a) sleeping more and b) getting outside? Might be a place to start.
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Oh, gee. Guns may kill people, too. It is not something inherent in the earbuds, but the fact that people drive them louder.
The rule of thumb suggested by researchers at Boston Children's Hospital is to hold the volume of a music player no higher than 60 percent of the maximum, and use it for only about an hour a day.
What a load. Obviously this is a worthless piece of advice, since "the maximum" is not a constant across all sound-producing devices.
There is no news here. Slashdot: shit for idiots like g0at who dubiously choose to read articles over christmas break instead of going to bed earlier.
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The commander-taco-in-chief posted this. I think it is meant as a representation of the quality and pride with which he oversees his web site. Pretty appropriated I'd say.
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Well, CmdrTaco posted it. Are you surprised?
Slashdot: arrogant heads up the collective ass!
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Yup. Blank page, blank source. Safari 2.0.2 (416.13).
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Yeah, and those Location: headers are broken as well. Although most browsers accept them and act as implied, they really should specify fully-formed URLs -- i.e. beginning with http://server/ as opposed to a relative path fragment.
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