There's also a ongoing contest where we are enticed with holiday trips. All we have to do is to SMS our card's serial number, and national identity number. The contest is very, very widely promoted, with posters everywhere.
They're really just toys. They won't "destroy music" any more than karaoke destroyed singing as an art or profession.
The way other Slashdot readers scream "Oh No No No No Oh God No!", I came up with some theories:
Other Slashdot readers have better taste, or
We musicians realize that these products help children take the first steps.
I think the technology/products are enablers - for children to start experiment with writing their own songs. It's not about the quality of songs, it's the jump-start of children's creativity.
Once children realize how easy it is to create music, they'll have a huge bonfire lit within them.
You didn't hear the Whooooooosh!! flying past you?
I suggest buying these two products:
Humor for Humans 3.1
Common Sense for Humans 1.4
The open source equivalences require you to build our own databases (by reading lots and lots of Slashdot), which takes too long. These two proprietary products allows you to gain Humor and Common Sense capabilities instantly.
Actually, most of us make jokes on the troll's expense.
You've switched off your "karma bonus" option, haven't you? You deserve a +3 in your past articles. They're pretty good and well-researched, if a bit heavy to read.
Too true. The original Internet worm had only 99 lines of source code, yet incorporated encryption, password guessing, vulnerability-injection, and so on.
Except for a bug, I think the author was a genius - a true "hacker" in the original sense of the word.
Of course, both viewpoints were presented by another guy, who included this incident in the last chapter of a book.
If Intel were involved, I wonder if Microsoft would advertise "Works equally well on Intel or AMD CPUs" just to piss off Intel. Wishful thinking, ah well.:)
Understood with thanks. I get your point: People don't like being associated with the "lowly" gorillas and the "stupid" fishes.
Maybe our Science Depts should also team up with the Marketing Depts. It's easier for people to identify with the strengths of gorillas (uprooting trees), the grace of fishes (gliding through water), and so on.
Indeed, NASA has strong Marketing-like Depts that do a lot of multimedia work and press conferences. They have the ability to make people feel excited about space exploration, altering people's perceptions, making them feel that the money is well-spent.
Yet for some reason Darwin's theory of evolution gets picked out so that teachers must highlight its weaknesses. Why might this be?
The TFA said the scientific community widely accepts Darwin's theory, while biblical proponents reject the theory. Thus, the state board forced teachers to teach pros and cons in the 1980s.
I guess the debate was so serious that the state board had to compromise to satisfy the creationism parties (who can be rich and powerful).
I guess evolution is a really thorny part of religion (specifically, blind belief). If students understand that humans are developed from fish and apes, then creationists have a harder time pushing their own agenda to these students.
Any idea whether churches in Texas in the 1980s actually had to report their income, pay taxes, and donate the proceedings to poor people and worthy causes?
And how many random people off the street could even recognize Beethoven's 5th?
Cue the Ricky Martin / Britney Spears jokes. You're thinking too much musician here.
And I can tell you right away, that if you're going to require that, I very likely won't be back to your website, even if I did know it. It's getting too annoying.
You're right.
In the meantime, those idea generators in less successful startups, indie groups, other parts of the world, or Apple, probably already had better ideas (even working prototypes), but nobody listens to them...
"Stick to the old formula / C-F-G-E-A chords / Linux GUI way" is the way of thinking here.:)
And how long has it been since a true virus was attacking windows?
Every single day. Truly. They do that in building construction and renovation all the time.
("You move to an area and you multiply and multiply... There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus.")
It's always trojans, worms or adware and has been for several years.
I don't think big wooden horses can fit through a window, although little crawling worms and poster advertisements can.
Slashdot Mirror
Also some movies.
* Firewall (2006) - technology is portrayed pretty accurately and down-to-earth; focus is on plot.
You should write more. Your posts are very informative.
I suspect it's entirely possible.
However, the card's value is also logged at a central server, in addition to being stored within the card itself.
While offline illegitimate transfers may be possible, your card may not be widely usable, due to checks being done at certain places.
Here in little Sg, a new card system is also being implemented, replacing the current two incompatible systems.
There's also a ongoing contest where we are enticed with holiday trips. All we have to do is to SMS our card's serial number, and national identity number. The contest is very, very widely promoted, with posters everywhere.
They're really just toys. They won't "destroy music" any more than karaoke destroyed singing as an art or profession.
The way other Slashdot readers scream "Oh No No No No Oh God No!", I came up with some theories:
I think the technology/products are enablers - for children to start experiment with writing their own songs. It's not about the quality of songs, it's the jump-start of children's creativity.
Once children realize how easy it is to create music, they'll have a huge bonfire lit within them.
What do you think?
Is that you, Mr Data, who remembers Unix Segfaults from 8 years ago?
Remember, don't mod the karma whore down or he'll un-inspire and un-interest you!
Deletionists would be working hard to become 'trusted users' themselves, so that once in power, they can stop other people from adding to articles.
Forgetting that it take many, many small rough additions to grow articles to a certain size. Only then will trimming the articles be feasible.
It's like making a movie. Lots and lots of takes, lots of cuts, only the will the movie contain enough material to last 1 hour.
You didn't hear the Whooooooosh!! flying past you?
I suggest buying these two products:
The open source equivalences require you to build our own databases (by reading lots and lots of Slashdot), which takes too long. These two proprietary products allows you to gain Humor and Common Sense capabilities instantly.
... Please don't feed the trolls.
I'm hungry, you insensitive clod!
Actually, most of us make jokes on the troll's expense.
You've switched off your "karma bonus" option, haven't you? You deserve a +3 in your past articles. They're pretty good and well-researched, if a bit heavy to read.
Too true. The original Internet worm had only 99 lines of source code, yet incorporated encryption, password guessing, vulnerability-injection, and so on.
Except for a bug, I think the author was a genius - a true "hacker" in the original sense of the word.
Of course, both viewpoints were presented by another guy, who included this incident in the last chapter of a book.
Today I've learned a new word. Thank you.
Anyway, we were talking about Intel's involvement in the HP's Fury At Vista Capable Downgrade discussion.
If Intel were involved, I wonder if Microsoft would advertise "Works equally well on Intel or AMD CPUs" just to piss off Intel. Wishful thinking, ah well. :)
I currently do. Just that I have strong urges to open links, only to find that I don't have patience to ...
(Mind wondering elsewhere) (I didn't write that, but it's very funny and appropriate here.)
... keeping you talking, while tracing your GeoLocation.
That's why an extra line is needed in navigation-related functions.
What, you think they can't progress from "A" to "S"?
Now you've done it, you're going to cause the site to be slashdotted!
(I find myself middle-clicking on links automatically ... like a robot ... and then close those extra tabs later without reading.)
Someone said recently that moderators work together to reward funny messages this way: one mods Informative, the next mods Funny.
I love Slashdot!
It's this sort of thinking which doesn't help.
Understood with thanks. I get your point: People don't like being associated with the "lowly" gorillas and the "stupid" fishes.
Maybe our Science Depts should also team up with the Marketing Depts. It's easier for people to identify with the strengths of gorillas (uprooting trees), the grace of fishes (gliding through water), and so on.
Indeed, NASA has strong Marketing-like Depts that do a lot of multimedia work and press conferences. They have the ability to make people feel excited about space exploration, altering people's perceptions, making them feel that the money is well-spent.
I think the original poster studies too hard. Maybe the teacher just doesn't want him to get Permanent Head Damage (PhD).
Yet for some reason Darwin's theory of evolution gets picked out so that teachers must highlight its weaknesses. Why might this be?
The TFA said the scientific community widely accepts Darwin's theory, while biblical proponents reject the theory. Thus, the state board forced teachers to teach pros and cons in the 1980s.
I guess the debate was so serious that the state board had to compromise to satisfy the creationism parties (who can be rich and powerful).
I guess evolution is a really thorny part of religion (specifically, blind belief). If students understand that humans are developed from fish and apes, then creationists have a harder time pushing their own agenda to these students.
Any idea whether churches in Texas in the 1980s actually had to report their income, pay taxes, and donate the proceedings to poor people and worthy causes?
I've been feeling for a while now that Microsoft should probably just drop everything and ...
I feel so too. In fact, I pray everyday for it to happen.
Unforturnately, the company's marketing machine is too good, from a small-business point of view.
They look really innovative.
Unless we can deliver hitmen to their business, legal and marketing departments...
CmdrTaco should put in blaring sirens (or baring sirens) as well.
And how many random people off the street could even recognize Beethoven's 5th?
Cue the Ricky Martin / Britney Spears jokes. You're thinking too much musician here.
And I can tell you right away, that if you're going to require that, I very likely won't be back to your website, even if I did know it. It's getting too annoying.
You're right.
In the meantime, those idea generators in less successful startups, indie groups, other parts of the world, or Apple, probably already had better ideas (even working prototypes), but nobody listens to them ...
"Stick to the old formula / C-F-G-E-A chords / Linux GUI way" is the way of thinking here. :)
So that's you, making my 40Gb/s connection slow!
Now I'm shelling out for 14Tb/s. Money don't grow on trees, you know.
And how long has it been since a true virus was attacking windows?
Every single day. Truly. They do that in building construction and renovation all the time.
("You move to an area and you multiply and multiply ... There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus.")
It's always trojans, worms or adware and has been for several years.
I don't think big wooden horses can fit through a window, although little crawling worms and poster advertisements can.
You both are making me feel inadequate. I've never figured out how to stop receiving spam.
Best I can think of were:
But in practice, my users were still receiving junk mail, and I couldn't seem to do anything.
Any advice?
... imagine touching a hyperlink with your finger on a page to read more about an article ... with a "more" link at the bottom of each article.
And readers can comment on each article, and rate one another's comments up or down, and label them as Interesting, Insightful, etc.
Now do you see how this could be used?
Not really. Who's going to use such features?
Darn, same thoughts exactly! The rolled-up display (with integrated "X-ray"-like scanner) was way, way, way cool.
In the movie Red Planet, they used a portable "X-ray"-like machine to see broken bones, IIRC.
They unrolled it and held it over the person directly, and a "X-ray"-like image was displayed immediately.
This was a great "wow" factor. Not even Star Trek comes close.