"I am pleased to see Orson Card get into the screen writing business."
He already has, go find Abyss. This is one case where the book and the movie compliment each other really well. They work so well together because Orson wrote the book at the same time the movie was being made. The way the movie was being made helped shape the book while the book defined the movie. (did that make any sense? read the book and it will:)
Anyway, because of Abyss, I think Ender's Game stands a good chance of coming out really well as a movie, as long as Orson can maintain a decent level of involvement and influence.
Nope. That pretty much describes my web history, with the additional note that although the total number of sites I touch is way down from a few years ago, the amount of information I glean (and use) from those sites has gone way up. Also the total number of hours has gone up - I don't have to pay long distance charges or hourly ISP fees anymore; I'm more likely to read that 10 page report.
Wish I was moderating today so I could bump this one up.:-) Very insightful.
Binary code as a means of software distribution would never have worked during the early days of Unix, when almost every single installation was so highly tweaked by its local operators as to be a flavour unto itself. If you wrote something cute, you could only spread it as source. Or keep it to yourself.
I think this hits the nail right on the head. And in a way, it kind of hurts. See, when it comes to file formats, I really despise proprietary and fragmented ones. Over the last 5 years, easily 25-30% of my time has spent massaging data from one format to another, and then rebuilding all the bits which fell out (and spending loads of money building a toolchest of translating apps for each stage).
Of course those 5 years were on a monocultural closed system where binary distribution is possible so it's not really a fair comparison.
All I can say is, I now have to reevaluate my strong stance against fragmentation just because it's fragmented. Now it is clear, not all frags are equal. What is not clear, is how to tell the difference ahead of time.;-)
Will the community factor mentioned above be enough to prevent this [de-fragmenting] from happening?
I'd like to see the age differences between the people who automatically say "So get another job asshole" and the people with more supportive responses to this guy.
That's a very insightful question. I'd like to see that too. It would also be interesting to compare the amount of development experience (and not just software, but writing or graphic arts too).
I asked the author (Thomas S. Ray) this question a few weeks ago, and this is what he told me: The network Tierra experiment continues at an R&D level, and the recent publications present results from those experiments. We have not opened it to general participation yet. We have been hindered by bandwidth issues, which should resolve themselves when broadband service becomes widely available. Now we are actively working on moving network Tierra to the Windows platform. ... For R&D, we are using sites which offer a cluster of computers. At these sites, we have our own login, so that we can freely re-install the software whenever we make changes, which we do all the time.
So while development is confined to the 'in-crowd' right now, he still intends to open it up for general participation, which I eagerly await.:)
Okay, I see where you are coming from now though I don't think I would call them one-of-a-kind phenomenon. Not-repeatable-on-demand maybe. I reject one of kind or repeatable because every religion/myth-system I know about 'repeats' at least once the phenomenon (resurrection for instance).
Right on. A thoughtful, reasonable and informational post. Thanks guy/gal whoever you are.
It's good to see there are still people who have their wits at the same time they have something worth saying. I'd almost begun to think they were mutually exclusive.;-)
Religion assumes the existence of non-repeatable phenomena.
I don't understand your assertion. Would you elaborate on this? Can you provide examples of 'non-repeatable' phenomena (which religion assumes exists)?
If someone's too friggin' lazy to get their butt to a polling place, do we want them to vote?
I think the high percentage of people who don't vote has more to do with apathy and a sense of helplessness than laziness.
I've skipped a couple of municipal elections because I simply did not like or trust any of the candidates. In regional elections when there is nobody worth voting for, I spoil the ballot.
But what is a spoiled ballot really worth? It only ommunicates dissatisfaction . It doesn't give those in power any idea what you do want them to do. (subtext= so why bother?)
Hey while we're at it, why not throw in some physics, so that when you minimize a window, the icon could bounce on the bottom or your screen as if it were made of a selected material. Or have gravity in a desired direction.
Many a time I've wished I could take that fscking hourglass and *smash* it against the edge of the display!
Sun Tzu, are you the same ST whose captain of Team/. at starshiptraders? I'm asking here because I can't get through to your home page. Anyway, email me.
What makes slashdot `management' think they should be the sole arbiters of what constitutes a good question?
Possibility #1: Because they want to use this same process for other entities who might not know how to handle thousands of duplicate and/or 'drecky' responses.
I bet it simply never occured to them to ask everybody to post their questions to/., allow the moderation scheme to float the cream to the top and then skim the cream.
Possiblity #2: Muwahahahahaha!/. rulers have gone power hungry and want to control everything.:^)
I think things will be a bit different the next time around.
One of the things this essay doesn't mention or cover is that, save for about 1 or 2 articles a week (~2%) most of the stories that/. carries are pointers to other stories on other more traditional web news sources.
Umm, take another look at section 4.2 Overcoming feeder bias:
...community forums are ultimately limited by their feeders. These feeders are not usually primary sources, except in cases where significant documents are available online. Far more common is the linking of news articles from established information filtering corporations.
I'm jumping into this conversation way too late for this to actually get read by anybody, or moderated up to a readable state. Nevertheless, I make the attempt to hear myself say wise and erudite things.:^) {/tongue-in-cheek}
Why does most everybody couch this argument in black and white terms? We can have a power and configurability OR we can have ease of use and no choices.
Or, the person who says they can co-exist as different/multiple distributions, assumes any given user has to choose one and then that's it, they're stuck with it.
A user interface, and interfaces, don't have to be static. Think dynamic. In my mind, the ideal interface is an interface which scales according to the skills and desires of the user.
When I'm learning a new progam, I appreciate 'wizards' and idiot buttons & tips. If I don't understand what the programs' goal or capabilities are, wizards can be a good way of covering ground quickly.
As competence grows, wizards become a major pain and should be banished utterly. When competence becomes mastery, godlike powers should be at my fingertips, with absolutely nothing inaccessible or unmodifiable.
So a good user interface is one which is adaptable to the individual at the console. Human beings change with time and experience. So should user interfaces. As I learn about my computer, my computer should learn about me. About how to 'interface' with me.
okay, so that's a tall order. but the principle behind it could be a guiding light. a design philosophy.
To the power-users and developers who think "Linux is for power. Newbies-who-never-aspire-to-more than newbieism need not apply".
Sorry man, it's out of your control. Linux is a reflection of it's users. There *are* more newbies, and there *are* more coming. This can't be helped. Anybody can download it. Anybody can modify it. Guess what? People will, including newbies.
But that's okay too. That's what it's all about. The freedom to modify your computing experience to suit your own needs. Nobody can take that away from you, but you can't deny that freedom to anybody else either.
That's it. End of sermon. Go back to your black and white world now.
-matt
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>True, sadly, most NT Workstations seem to be >set up with local administrative authority >for the users.
In our shop, the main reason for user as local administrator is because there is no super-user command and no multiple virtual consoles. It's a mjor pain in the ass to have to log off and close all open programs and documents in order to effect some minor tweak or configuration change.
Foolishness means acting out of ignorance. Ignorance is lack of understanding. If I don't understand, and am thus ignorant and foolish, obviously I need to learn. Are you offering to teach me?
If you want to call me fool, I'll be happy to listen to why you think so. Okay, that's a lie. I might not be happy, but I'll listen nonetheless. I might learn something.
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"I am pleased to see Orson Card get into the screen writing business."
:)
He already has, go find Abyss. This is one case where the book and the movie compliment each other really well. They work so well together because Orson wrote the book at the same time the movie was being made. The way the movie was being made helped shape the book while the book defined the movie. (did that make any sense? read the book and it will
Anyway, because of Abyss, I think Ender's Game stands a good chance of coming out really well as a movie, as long as Orson can maintain a decent level of involvement and influence.
-matt
that the quote at the bottom of the page is:
"One reason why George Washington Is held in such veneration: He never blamed his problems On the former Administration." -- George O. Ludcke
Serendipitous or nice touch?
Am I alone?
Nope. That pretty much describes my web history, with the additional note that although the total number of sites I touch is way down from a few years ago, the amount of information I glean (and use) from those sites has gone way up. Also the total number of hours has gone up - I don't have to pay long distance charges or hourly ISP fees anymore; I'm more likely to read that 10 page report.
-matt
Wish I was moderating today so I could bump this one up. :-) Very insightful.
;-)
Binary code as a means of software distribution would never have worked during the early days of Unix, when almost every single installation was so highly tweaked by its local operators as to be a flavour unto itself. If you wrote something cute, you could only spread it as source. Or keep it to yourself.
I think this hits the nail right on the head. And in a way, it kind of hurts. See, when it comes to file formats, I really despise proprietary and fragmented ones. Over the last 5 years, easily 25-30% of my time has spent massaging data from one format to another, and then rebuilding all the bits which fell out (and spending loads of money building a toolchest of translating apps for each stage).
Of course those 5 years were on a monocultural closed system where binary distribution is possible so it's not really a fair comparison.
All I can say is, I now have to reevaluate my strong stance against fragmentation just because it's fragmented. Now it is clear, not all frags are equal. What is not clear, is how to tell the difference ahead of time.
Will the community factor mentioned above be enough to prevent this [de-fragmenting] from happening?
I sincerley hope so.
cheers,
-matt
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/20/internet .theft/
We appreciate the news but...
you could have kept the message shorter, still got your message across, and not crossed the annoyance threshold.
Take it easy, news of this type will circulate very quickly.
-matt
heheh! Ain't that the truth. ;-)
(nice tag line btw)
I'd like to see the age differences between the people who automatically say "So get another job asshole" and the people with more supportive responses to this guy.
That's a very insightful question. I'd like to see that too. It would also be interesting to compare the amount of development experience (and not just software, but writing or graphic arts too).
you can try out http://www.linuxkb.com/ (not up yet, coming soon) and http://linuxkb.cheek.com/ which are two Linux Knowledge Base projects.
For more info see the Linux Documentation Project. I personally like to access the LDP through http://howto.linuxberg.com/ because I find it easier to navigate.
I asked the author (Thomas S. Ray) this question a few weeks ago, and this is what he told me:
:)
The network Tierra experiment continues at an R&D level, and the recent publications present results from those experiments. We have not opened it to general participation yet. We have been hindered by bandwidth issues, which should resolve themselves when broadband service becomes widely available. Now we are actively working on moving network Tierra to the Windows platform.
...
For R&D, we are using sites which offer a cluster of computers. At these sites, we have our own login, so that we can freely re-install the software whenever we make changes, which we do all the time.
So while development is confined to the 'in-crowd' right now, he still intends to open it up for general participation, which I eagerly await.
For one the most recent information see http://www.hip.atr.co.jp/~ray/pubs/pub s.html
Okay, I see where you are coming from now though I don't think I would call them one-of-a-kind phenomenon. Not-repeatable-on-demand maybe. I reject one of kind or repeatable because every religion/myth-system I know about 'repeats' at least once the phenomenon (resurrection for instance).
Right on. A thoughtful, reasonable and informational post. Thanks guy/gal whoever you are.
;-)
It's good to see there are still people who have their wits at the same time they have something worth saying. I'd almost begun to think they were mutually exclusive.
cheers,
-matt
Religion assumes the existence of non-repeatable phenomena.
I don't understand your assertion. Would you elaborate on this? Can you provide examples of 'non-repeatable' phenomena (which religion assumes exists)?
If someone's too friggin' lazy to get their
butt to a polling place, do we want them to vote?
I think the high percentage of people who don't
vote has more to do with apathy and a sense of
helplessness than laziness.
I've skipped a couple of municipal elections
because I simply did not like or trust any of the
candidates. In regional elections when there is
nobody worth voting for, I spoil the ballot.
But what is a spoiled ballot really worth? It only
ommunicates dissatisfaction . It doesn't give
those in power any idea what you do want them
to do. (subtext= so why bother?)
-matt
you should be writing for Segfault.org Shoeboy!
(or are you? I must admit I haven't been over
there for awhile...
-matt
Hey while we're at it, why not throw in some physics, so that when you minimize a window, the icon could bounce on the bottom or your screen as if it were made of a selected material. Or have gravity in a desired direction.
Many a time I've wished I could take that fscking hourglass and *smash* it against the edge of the display!
-matt
see the Linux Weekly News' Security page for information on Linux security projects which are already under way:
Secure Linux Projects Bastille Linux
Khaos Linux Secure Linux
Security List Archives
Bugtraq Archive
Firewall Wizards Archive
ISN Archive
Distribution-specific links
Caldera Advisories
Debian Alerts
Red Hat Errata
SuSE Announcements
Miscellaneous Resources
CERT
CIAC
Comp Sec News Daily
Crypto-GRAM
Linux Security Audit Project
OpenSEC
Security Focus
SecurityPortal
And another moderator comes along, sees an interesting post marked 'Troll', and bumps it back up to counter the "abuse"...
:)
I wonder if there's a trend which says "a comment moderated once, is more likely to moderated five times than an 'equivalent' unmoderated comment"
-matt
heh! Very nice point. However the same thing would apply to any continuing 'project'. Microsoft for instance.
-matt
Sun Tzu, are you the same ST whose captain of Team /. at starshiptraders? I'm asking here because I can't get through to your home page. Anyway, email me.
cheers,
-matt
What makes slashdot `management' think they should be the sole arbiters of what constitutes a good question?
/., allow the moderation scheme to float the cream to the top and then skim the cream.
/. rulers have gone power hungry and want to control everything. :^)
Possibility #1: Because they want to use this same process for other entities who might not know how to handle thousands of duplicate and/or 'drecky' responses.
I bet it simply never occured to them to ask everybody to post their questions to
Possiblity #2: Muwahahahahaha!
I think things will be a bit different the next time around.
-matt
...exchanges the correct "gantlet" with the witty and far more appropriate "gauntlet". Using the wrong word here...
Err, how is 'gauntlet' the wrong word?
-matt
Umm, take another look at section 4.2 Overcoming feeder bias:
-matt
I'm jumping into this conversation way too late for this to actually get read by anybody, or moderated up to a readable state. Nevertheless, I make the attempt to hear myself say wise and erudite things. :^) {/tongue-in-cheek}
Why does most everybody couch this argument in black and white terms? We can have a power and configurability OR we can have ease of use and no choices.
Or, the person who says they can co-exist as different/multiple distributions, assumes any given user has to choose one and then that's it, they're stuck with it.
A user interface, and interfaces, don't have to be static. Think dynamic. In my mind, the ideal interface is an interface which scales according to the skills and desires of the user.
When I'm learning a new progam, I appreciate 'wizards' and idiot buttons & tips. If I don't understand what the programs' goal or capabilities are, wizards can be a good way of covering ground quickly.
As competence grows, wizards become a major pain and should be banished utterly. When competence becomes mastery, godlike powers should be at my fingertips, with absolutely nothing inaccessible or unmodifiable.
So a good user interface is one which is adaptable to the individual at the console.
Human beings change with time and experience. So should user interfaces. As I learn about my computer, my computer should learn about me. About how to 'interface' with me.
okay, so that's a tall order. but the principle behind it could be a guiding light. a design philosophy.
To the power-users and developers who think "Linux is for power. Newbies-who-never-aspire-to-more than newbieism need not apply".
Sorry man, it's out of your control. Linux is a reflection of it's users. There *are* more newbies, and there *are* more coming. This can't be helped. Anybody can download it. Anybody can modify it. Guess what? People will, including newbies.
But that's okay too. That's what it's all about. The freedom to modify your computing experience to suit your own needs. Nobody can take that away from you, but you can't deny that freedom to anybody else either.
That's it. End of sermon. Go back to your black and white world now.
-matt
>True, sadly, most NT Workstations seem to be
>set up with local administrative authority
>for the users.
In our shop, the main reason for user as local administrator is because there is no super-user command and no multiple virtual consoles. It's a mjor pain in the ass to have to log off and close all open programs and documents in order to effect some minor tweak or configuration change.
-matt
Foolishness means acting out of ignorance. Ignorance is lack of understanding. If I don't understand, and am thus ignorant and foolish, obviously I need to learn. Are you offering to teach me?
If you want to call me fool, I'll be happy to listen to why you think so. Okay, that's a lie. I might not be happy, but I'll listen nonetheless. I might learn something.
-matt