I propose we get a big rubber stamp that says "I VOTED" and stamp it on everyone's forehead when they vote. It would have to be at least permanent for 24 hours. You'd have to use the forehead, because people might chop off an arm to vote twice.
It sounds like the parent post believed it. Maybe the Miami paper has Dave Barry's column in there regularly and the person didn't realize it was satire? (Dave Barry is one of the best satirical writers that is currently alive. I used one of his pieces for a speech competition a few years back, and it worked rather well for me =] )
Requiring ID is a problem. How would homeless people vote? I always liked how the voter registration cards said "if you don't have a permanent residence, please draw a map of where you usually sleep."
Slashdot = tech community != linux community. Just because there are a lot of Linux zealots that post on slashdot doesn't mean there aren't many other folks out here.
I find being geeky + able to cook can be quite a chick-magnet. Not only will you (hopefully) be able to "put food on the table" in the future, but you can actually prepare it yourself.
Are there many other geek coders/gardeners/cooks out there? I love all 3, but coding definitely comes first =]
While working at a General Motors truck plant last summer I noticed that nearly every truck we built had an air conditioner and a radio except for the ones we sent to Mexico. You would think somewhere as hot as mexico they would want A/C. At first I thought this was because nobody down there could afford it, but then I realized it's because they are more adapted to living in the heat than we are. IIRC most buildings in Mexico don't have A/C, but nobody really cares either.
Maybe all of us in the states like our A/C so much because most of us came from parts of Europe where it is a bit cooler most of the year than it is here.
Oh, so we stay inside because it's not safe? Funny, because most neighborhoods you would deem as 'not safe' also tend to not have A/C (because they can't afford it) and everybody sits outside on their porches all afternoon.
Cold itself may not make you sick, but it can make you more susceptible, and drastic changes in environment in short periods of time (hot + humid -> cold + dry) and back and forth a few times can really mess you up quick.
US != democracy. In a true democracy everyone would vote on everything, and thankfully the people that wrote the constitution knew how stupid that would be and chose a representative system instead. Even though the "majority rules" it has the obligation to protect the rights of the minority.
Most people don't hop on a plane without notifying someone in advance anyway, being identified upon bording in case of death is a silly reason.
The trick to understanding Linux is understanding how to properly misspell cmd's.
Perhaps my favorite misspelling in the tech community is the REFERER tag. Apparently the spec was out and accepted and in use before the error was caught so nothing could be done. =]
windows has had time sync support for a long time. It's now part of the GUI in XP. Just double-click on the clock and pick a server. Too bad it only does it once a week or so.
I only have to slip my Palm V into the cradle to charge it about once a month, and since I'm usually home more often than that, it gets a daily charge, and is fully charged in a few minutes. I really wish the other Palm devices had lithium ion batteries as well.
Not to mention the $60 they charge you when you move to setup service. Even though I stayed within the same area, whenever you move Ameritech charges you $60 to probably do $1 worth of labour.
Since I assume many people on/. might not have a phone bill they pay (or maybe they only have a cellular phone), here are the assorted "charges" listed on my phone bill that make no sense to me.
Federal Access Charge 5.52 Number Portability Surcharge.28 Federal Universal Service Fee.42 Telecommunications Relay System.07
And then there's this crap that was just on my bill: Effective Jul 2, 2002, your Bill reflects a decrease of $.01 in your Monthly Service charges. Effective Jul 2, 2002, your Bill reflects an increase of $.52 in your Monthly Service charges.
So, my bill went down one cent and up fifty two? And why did it do this?
Another reason words in the US are mangled is because we didn't just have British English floating around here, we had a crapload of European languages and thus adopted and melded a lot of words from the other languages into our own version of English. Thus, words adopted from other languages probably aren't in their original form, and much of the words we take from English have been modified, or brand new words added all together. IIRC the USian English Vocabulary is much larger than what is used on the other side of the Atlantic.
But it's not a BSoD in 98 because the thing isn't necessarily dead. The only time I've ever seen the term BSoD used was in reference to STOP messages in NT based OS's, very similar to a kernel panic in unix based OS's.
Although, I did just do some searching and found that many people refer to the fatal exception messages in 98 as BSoD's, I don't consider them as such, since you can often recover from them. Good luck doing anything but rebooting after a STOP message.
Everyone knows that 98 doesn't even have a BSoD, you only get the true BSoD with NT, 2k, XP, etc. (never used Me so I can't vouch for that.) In 98 you get a blue error screen when some crazy shit goes down, but it's not the famed BSoD.
I always felt that many of Orwell's novels should be required reading in school. Even his ones besides Animal Farm and 1984. Other books that should be required reading (and sometimes are, but usually only in 'accelerated' classes or 'honor' classes and what not) are Fahrenheit 451, All Quiet on the Western Front, A little Voltaire would be good for everyone, and probably several others. I can't imagine anyone objecting to having those books in schools, except maybe All Quiet on the Western Front because it's a bit violent, but it's only telling the truth about war.
Actually with the XP Pro upgrade CD I believe you needed a 2k cd, you weren't allowed to 'upgrade' from 98, or ME, and maybe not even NT 4 and less. I'd have to check to be sure about the exact rules, but it was pretty restrictive as far as where you could update from. With 2000 you could stick in a win 95 cd and 'update' to 2000.
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Metal lunch boxes are much more effective for hitting bullies in the groin with as well.
I propose we get a big rubber stamp that says "I VOTED" and stamp it on everyone's forehead when they vote. It would have to be at least permanent for 24 hours. You'd have to use the forehead, because people might chop off an arm to vote twice.
It sounds like the parent post believed it. Maybe the Miami paper has Dave Barry's column in there regularly and the person didn't realize it was satire? (Dave Barry is one of the best satirical writers that is currently alive. I used one of his pieces for a speech competition a few years back, and it worked rather well for me =] )
Requiring ID is a problem. How would homeless people vote? I always liked how the voter registration cards said "if you don't have a permanent residence, please draw a map of where you usually sleep."
Slashdot = tech community != linux community. Just because there are a lot of Linux zealots that post on slashdot doesn't mean there aren't many other folks out here.
eat meat? I love to cook, but I don't eat meat, so can anyone enlighten me to if this book is worth reading if you don't eat meat?
I find being geeky + able to cook can be quite a chick-magnet. Not only will you (hopefully) be able to "put food on the table" in the future, but you can actually prepare it yourself.
Are there many other geek coders/gardeners/cooks out there? I love all 3, but coding definitely comes first =]
While working at a General Motors truck plant last summer I noticed that nearly every truck we built had an air conditioner and a radio except for the ones we sent to Mexico. You would think somewhere as hot as mexico they would want A/C. At first I thought this was because nobody down there could afford it, but then I realized it's because they are more adapted to living in the heat than we are. IIRC most buildings in Mexico don't have A/C, but nobody really cares either.
Maybe all of us in the states like our A/C so much because most of us came from parts of Europe where it is a bit cooler most of the year than it is here.
Oh, so we stay inside because it's not safe? Funny, because most neighborhoods you would deem as 'not safe' also tend to not have A/C (because they can't afford it) and everybody sits outside on their porches all afternoon.
Cold itself may not make you sick, but it can make you more susceptible, and drastic changes in environment in short periods of time (hot + humid -> cold + dry) and back and forth a few times can really mess you up quick.
US != democracy. In a true democracy everyone would vote on everything, and thankfully the people that wrote the constitution knew how stupid that would be and chose a representative system instead. Even though the "majority rules" it has the obligation to protect the rights of the minority.
Most people don't hop on a plane without notifying someone in advance anyway, being identified upon bording in case of death is a silly reason.
which most people are in favor of, he marginalizes all
Just become most people are in favor of something doesn't mean it is okay to do.
Perhaps my favorite misspelling in the tech community is the REFERER tag. Apparently the spec was out and accepted and in use before the error was caught so nothing could be done. =]
windows has had time sync support for a long time. It's now part of the GUI in XP. Just double-click on the clock and pick a server. Too bad it only does it once a week or so.
I only have to slip my Palm V into the cradle to charge it about once a month, and since I'm usually home more often than that, it gets a daily charge, and is fully charged in a few minutes. I really wish the other Palm devices had lithium ion batteries as well.
Yeah, I meant what was available, not necessarily what is used. =]
Not to mention the $60 they charge you when you move to setup service. Even though I stayed within the same area, whenever you move Ameritech charges you $60 to probably do $1 worth of labour.
Federal Access Charge 5.52 .28 .42 .07
Number Portability Surcharge
Federal Universal Service Fee
Telecommunications Relay System
And then there's this crap that was just on my bill:
Effective Jul 2, 2002, your Bill reflects a decrease of $.01 in your Monthly Service charges.
Effective Jul 2, 2002, your Bill reflects an increase of $.52 in your Monthly Service charges.
So, my bill went down one cent and up fifty two? And why did it do this?
Phone books have been opt-out for as long as I can remember, and anyone has access to a phone book. In most cases you have to pay to opt-out as well.
Another reason words in the US are mangled is because we didn't just have British English floating around here, we had a crapload of European languages and thus adopted and melded a lot of words from the other languages into our own version of English. Thus, words adopted from other languages probably aren't in their original form, and much of the words we take from English have been modified, or brand new words added all together. IIRC the USian English Vocabulary is much larger than what is used on the other side of the Atlantic.
But it's not a BSoD in 98 because the thing isn't necessarily dead. The only time I've ever seen the term BSoD used was in reference to STOP messages in NT based OS's, very similar to a kernel panic in unix based OS's.
Although, I did just do some searching and found that many people refer to the fatal exception messages in 98 as BSoD's, I don't consider them as such, since you can often recover from them. Good luck doing anything but rebooting after a STOP message.
Everyone knows that 98 doesn't even have a BSoD, you only get the true BSoD with NT, 2k, XP, etc. (never used Me so I can't vouch for that.) In 98 you get a blue error screen when some crazy shit goes down, but it's not the famed BSoD.
I always felt that many of Orwell's novels should be required reading in school. Even his ones besides Animal Farm and 1984. Other books that should be required reading (and sometimes are, but usually only in 'accelerated' classes or 'honor' classes and what not) are Fahrenheit 451, All Quiet on the Western Front, A little Voltaire would be good for everyone, and probably several others. I can't imagine anyone objecting to having those books in schools, except maybe All Quiet on the Western Front because it's a bit violent, but it's only telling the truth about war.
Actually with the XP Pro upgrade CD I believe you needed a 2k cd, you weren't allowed to 'upgrade' from 98, or ME, and maybe not even NT 4 and less. I'd have to check to be sure about the exact rules, but it was pretty restrictive as far as where you could update from. With 2000 you could stick in a win 95 cd and 'update' to 2000.
I'd say they've probably sold more OS X workstations recently than Sun has sold Solaris workstations.