I wrote an email into Roblimo a couple of weeks ago regarding moderation (I believe). She told me this:
You might want to e-mail him about this (malda@slashdot.org) next week. Not this week, please. This is his first vacation from/. in 2.5 years and he needs it BADLY!
I''ve only seen one post from him since then... Maybe he's still on vacation.
On a related note: I've just recently been shopping for a new video card, and one of my major concerns is the quality of tv-out. I was seriously considering this card, so it was very considerate of/. to post this article for me.
I read through the review, and I am very pleased with what I read, esp about the 3d. One concern I had with going with the G400 was the quality of its 3d compared to some of the leaders in that area (although anything would be better than my old, cheap ATI with 4 MBs of RAM). But the review didn't go into anything about its tv-out quality. From what I understand, Matrox is VERY good in this area, but I was hoping this review would at least mention it.
Can anyone help me here? Is the Matrox tv-out all its cracked up to be? and if I'm looking for a card with good-to-excelent tv-out with good 3d, should I get this? Any type of help would be nice.
(Oh, btw, Matrox has lowered its price on this card from $249 to $209)
does anyone else find it interesting that/. decided to put this article up directly following that story about how Bill Joy thinks technology could be the end of us?
I don't know exactly what that means, but I'm sure it means something....
It's early and this is off the top of my head, so, if it's too stupid, be kind...
Why don't the corporations start paying these hackers who do these types of things? If you think about it, the only thing this "script kiddy" did, in the big picture, to your network was make it stronger. Sure, he made you work hard for a weekend, but, if you're network was weak enough to go down from this in the first place, it was going to happen eventually. And now, I'm sure, you got the network back up, and at sufficient enough strength to withstand the same kind of attack in the future.
Here's what I see (right now):
So the businesses start paying these types of hackers. Networks go down all over the place as hackers succeed in their job. Alright, so that's a negative for the businesses. However, it's also a plus. It's better to have your security breached by someone on your payroll than by someone whose sole purpose is malicious. Businesses then pay their sysadmins to work out these security problems. Networks get stronger everywhere. Less networks get hacked into. Security improves everywhere.
The biggest advantage I see to this, though, is not the security. By making the general hacking of a network acceptable by paying hackers to do it, it becomes easier for businesses and the government to prosecute those people who do do it for malicious purposes. And to make it encompass everybody (as in, make anyone who hacks your network susceptible to this), the hackers aren't employees of any one company. Instead, it could be more of an at large type thing.
Look at it this way: If you're paying someone to break your system, it becomes only a matter of an employee stealing company files when this person (who is getting paid to hack) hacks into something vulnerable and steals credit card numbers (or whatever). The prosecutors don't have to worry about internet law anymore; they already have all the precedent they need with normal business/employee law.
I'm sure there are a lot of problems in this, but it's an idea worth discussing further, I think.
if that's the case (which seems very likely to me) then that means that it isn't the spacing that's important, but the lines. It looks to me like some lines could fit another word or two on them, but instead they're widely spaced, letting the word go to the next line.
Of course, I could be on crack and just be seeing things wrong. I'm not positive that some lines can fit anymore words on them.
would an accomplished LITERARY genius necessarily have good spacial comprehension?
Forgive me if I read this wrong, but it sounds to me that you think Poe's spatial comprehension abilities may be lacking because he's a litereary (read: artsy) genius? If I am reading it right, I assume this is being presumed because of the whole left-brain/right-brain thing. Forgive me if I'm wrong.
I think this must be said. Poe is a literary genius, granted. But Poe was also highly intelligent when it came to logic and such (I'd be willing to bet he was very good at math). Poe is credited with having invented the modern detective story with either "Murders in the Rue Morgue" or "The Purloined Letter" (I can't remember which, but I highly recommend both--"Murders in the Rue Morgue" is actually one of my favorite stories). "The Gold Bug" is another example of Poe's highly analytical mind.
I'm not sure if you did mean to say in your post that Poe might not have had great "left-brain" skills because he was an artist, but, if you did, I think you were doing him a great disservice. Poe had an excellent analytical, "left-brained" mind. Just read "Murders in the Rue Morgue" if you don't believe me.
In fact, just read "Murders in the Rue Morgue". You'll thank me for it later.
Spiff is absolutely right. I've read every one of those strips in the last couple of days and some of them I really like. But there are some quite stupid ones in there too. A simple moderation system could work nicely.
You'd have to be able to browse through the new ones a couple of times, of course. Once you've done that, though, you should be able to move through the "Hilarious", or "Funny", or "Clever", or even the "Not Funny" or "Downright stupid" strips with ease.
Of course, this should only be implemented if it is written well enough to prevent abuse.
I've got those messages a couple of times since thebench was slashdotted, but I was able to get rid of them by just reloading the page. I don't know if this was coincidence or what, but it did work for me.
Actually, the size limit on cartoons is 80k, not 50. And if you wanna check out how lax their rules are, go here.
Since I'm already typing this, I may as well say that I rather like this site. Some of the strips are rather stupid, granted, but so are some of the posts here on/. Even my strip may be in that category, but I don't care. That's just what you get when you have a community contributing.
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But seriously, what's the deal? There have been at least 3 /. articles on the Palm today. Did Andover buy 3Com now or something?
Or maybe Hemos just bought himself a Palm VII, and he's just a tad over-excited about it...
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As I posted this, I realized that I gave out slightly incorrect information.
The G400MAX is selling for $209 now (down from $249) while the G400 (what's reviewed here) is now selling at $179 (down from $199).
Of course, this is all according to the Matrox web site....
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On a related note: I've just recently been shopping for a new video card, and one of my major concerns is the quality of tv-out. I was seriously considering this card, so it was very considerate of /. to post this article for me.
I read through the review, and I am very pleased with what I read, esp about the 3d. One concern I had with going with the G400 was the quality of its 3d compared to some of the leaders in that area (although anything would be better than my old, cheap ATI with 4 MBs of RAM). But the review didn't go into anything about its tv-out quality. From what I understand, Matrox is VERY good in this area, but I was hoping this review would at least mention it.
Can anyone help me here? Is the Matrox tv-out all its cracked up to be? and if I'm looking for a card with good-to-excelent tv-out with good 3d, should I get this? Any type of help would be nice.
(Oh, btw, Matrox has lowered its price on this card from $249 to $209)
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a comment on the articles....
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does anyone else find it interesting that /. decided to put this article up directly following that story about how Bill Joy thinks technology could be the end of us?
I don't know exactly what that means, but I'm sure it means something....
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Why don't the corporations start paying these hackers who do these types of things? If you think about it, the only thing this "script kiddy" did, in the big picture, to your network was make it stronger. Sure, he made you work hard for a weekend, but, if you're network was weak enough to go down from this in the first place, it was going to happen eventually. And now, I'm sure, you got the network back up, and at sufficient enough strength to withstand the same kind of attack in the future.
Here's what I see (right now):
So the businesses start paying these types of hackers. Networks go down all over the place as hackers succeed in their job. Alright, so that's a negative for the businesses. However, it's also a plus. It's better to have your security breached by someone on your payroll than by someone whose sole purpose is malicious. Businesses then pay their sysadmins to work out these security problems. Networks get stronger everywhere. Less networks get hacked into. Security improves everywhere.
The biggest advantage I see to this, though, is not the security. By making the general hacking of a network acceptable by paying hackers to do it, it becomes easier for businesses and the government to prosecute those people who do do it for malicious purposes. And to make it encompass everybody (as in, make anyone who hacks your network susceptible to this), the hackers aren't employees of any one company. Instead, it could be more of an at large type thing.
Look at it this way: If you're paying someone to break your system, it becomes only a matter of an employee stealing company files when this person (who is getting paid to hack) hacks into something vulnerable and steals credit card numbers (or whatever). The prosecutors don't have to worry about internet law anymore; they already have all the precedent they need with normal business/employee law.
I'm sure there are a lot of problems in this, but it's an idea worth discussing further, I think.
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Of course, I could be on crack and just be seeing things wrong. I'm not positive that some lines can fit anymore words on them.
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Forgive me if I read this wrong, but it sounds to me that you think Poe's spatial comprehension abilities may be lacking because he's a litereary (read: artsy) genius? If I am reading it right, I assume this is being presumed because of the whole left-brain/right-brain thing. Forgive me if I'm wrong.
I think this must be said. Poe is a literary genius, granted. But Poe was also highly intelligent when it came to logic and such (I'd be willing to bet he was very good at math). Poe is credited with having invented the modern detective story with either "Murders in the Rue Morgue" or "The Purloined Letter" (I can't remember which, but I highly recommend both--"Murders in the Rue Morgue" is actually one of my favorite stories). "The Gold Bug" is another example of Poe's highly analytical mind.
I'm not sure if you did mean to say in your post that Poe might not have had great "left-brain" skills because he was an artist, but, if you did, I think you were doing him a great disservice. Poe had an excellent analytical, "left-brained" mind. Just read "Murders in the Rue Morgue" if you don't believe me.
In fact, just read "Murders in the Rue Morgue". You'll thank me for it later.
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You'd have to be able to browse through the new ones a couple of times, of course. Once you've done that, though, you should be able to move through the "Hilarious", or "Funny", or "Clever", or even the "Not Funny" or "Downright stupid" strips with ease.
Of course, this should only be implemented if it is written well enough to prevent abuse.
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I've got those messages a couple of times since thebench was slashdotted, but I was able to get rid of them by just reloading the page. I don't know if this was coincidence or what, but it did work for me.
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Since I'm already typing this, I may as well say that I rather like this site. Some of the strips are rather stupid, granted, but so are some of the posts here on /. Even my strip may be in that category, but I don't care. That's just what you get when you have a community contributing.
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