I don't know, but I would expect if a crowd was made mostly of women, they would too make sexist jokes, just feminist ones.
Since FOSS is open to voluntaries is not men's fault if they are the great majority. Most sexist jokes tend to be inadequate anyways, regardless of sex, and are at least completely off-topic in a developer conference. Even so it is not an unexpected behavior.
It is possible to toggle the per-character updates, at least on the sending side so people don't see you typing. I could see some filters being added for the ADD types who get distracted by other people typing too.
That was uncalled for. Remember that several people can participate of the same wave.
It would be good if I had the option to disable the view of per-character updates, or even disable per-character updates altogether. It would require less javascript processing and maybe even bandwidth.
Talking about bandwidth and processing, how does Wave behave on slower connections/low-end hardware. Having per-character updates means it both need constant asynchronous communication with the wave federation server, which would too be very javascript intensive. For wave to succeed they cannot afford leaving people out of it, since it's the people that make a comm... Oooh! Shiny!
I make a point of not having Flash on
my main Linux box, just to see how this tool of the devil is poisoning the net.
Well, the harm is already done
I'd really like to use an alternative, but have been unable to find anything that include both a programming API and a good animation tool. JavaFX seems close to this, having vector and bitmap manipulation in its API, but I haven't seen any good animation tool yet.
I always thought it would be nice if people in IMs could see what I'm typing, to feel more like a real conversation.
Now that I think about it, it would be very disrupting to have several people with their messages appearing slowly all at once... which is not unlike a real conversation.
You know, if people are able to see what others are typing, it may lead to strange "waves" in which people may not hit submit even once.
I am a slashdotter. I live in a basement. The concept of "other people", or even "outside" is alien to me. Sexuality definitions cannot be applied to me.
"So we replaced a never-ending series of giant conflicts with a never-ending series of small but locally devastating conflicts."
I disagree. There would be exactly one giant conflict. There wouldn't be much of humanity left after that.
That would solve the superpopulation problem.
As long as some humans survive the nuclear winter, which is not that hard given the amount of humans in hard-to-reach places or with shelters available. Sadly, a great amount of knowledge could be lost in the process.
Actually I'm more concerned about other species that would be caught in the crossfire, since they don't have anything to do with our conflicts.
"Humanity invented the concept of morality just to put it aside."
It will either make the children somewhat paranoid, which is not so bad, or unconcerned about privacy, which is very bad.
If we continue as judgemental as we are, we may end up having a generation in which people will be monitored and face punishment for every petty misdeed, they might even be punished for unconformism and for "predictions" based on social and mental profiles (OMG! Terrorists!!!).Won't somebody actually think of the children?
So twenty-five of your thirty Facebook friends are gay and of the same gender as you. And they conclude you're probably gay! Wow!
Twenty-five of your thirty Facebook friends who say to be gay, who are said to be gay or which the system assumes to be gay?
In the last case, we will have lots of people being indicated as homosexuals based on distant associations. It might even end up saying everyone is gay. All the system does is speculations.
The great majority of my friends drink beer often and likes soccer. I do not.
FOSS Advocate:You are allowed to get the source code and modify the software to better fit your needs. Average Joe:Lol wut!? FOSS Advocate:...you also don't have to pay. Average Joe:You mean there are programs you have to pay for!?
...to 18-25 year-old trainees, even those who find manuals 'difficult to read and understand.'
Do these people have enough attention span to actually learn something? If they can't even read manuals, maybe they shouldn't be employed in tech related jobs...
The Summary raises an interesting question: How you can have capable professionals if their learning process is dumbed down? We have a serious cultural problem. Idiocracy has taken over.
Of course, posting witty comments in Slashdot contributes way more to humanity.
Most people think tweeters just post where they are or what they are doing. A great number of people use twitter for publishing their opinions and interesting articles. It is not very different of Slashdot, it's just not topic-oriented and has a limit of 140 characters per post, what doesn't stop anyone from from making several posts or linking to a blog where the opinion is better explained.
How irrelevant the "tweet" is depends on the person.
Several news sources and stores also have twitter accounts, so the people can subscribe to them easier than they would with a RSS news reader. While some might argue they don't need it, it groups all the information in a format which is easier to read and makes any link you might want follow readily available.
Since most of Twitter is public (if someone expects privacy about what they post, they shouldn't be there to begin with), it's a good, non-disruptive way of generating money.
If they start inserting ads, it will not go very well.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system.
If the body is GNU, but the brain is Linux, what is the identity of the creature?
Slashdot Mirror
Interviewer: Ms. Jackson, how have been your life since you was prohibited from comunicating?
Sharon Jackson: ...
I don't know, but I would expect if a crowd was made mostly of women, they would too make sexist jokes, just feminist ones.
Since FOSS is open to voluntaries is not men's fault if they are the great majority. Most sexist jokes tend to be inadequate anyways, regardless of sex, and are at least completely off-topic in a developer conference. Even so it is not an unexpected behavior.
So are you saying there are no women on FOSS?
Just kid*thump* Ow!*whack* It was a jok*POW*
Some cyber-criminal stole my 'need'!
Just wait a couple days and he will offer you 'need' back by email, as enhancement medicine.
There is nothing wrong with artists. They are almost as often involved with tech as engineers {{citation needed}}.
This is disgusting and perturbing. Not an artsy kind of perturbing. This is cheap art, not a good example of what an artist can do.
It is possible to toggle the per-character updates, at least on the sending side so people don't see you typing. I could see some filters being added for the ADD types who get distracted by other people typing too.
That was uncalled for. Remember that several people can participate of the same wave.
It would be good if I had the option to disable the view of per-character updates, or even disable per-character updates altogether. It would require less javascript processing and maybe even bandwidth.
Talking about bandwidth and processing, how does Wave behave on slower connections/low-end hardware. Having per-character updates means it both need constant asynchronous communication with the wave federation server, which would too be very javascript intensive. For wave to succeed they cannot afford leaving people out of it, since it's the people that make a comm... Oooh! Shiny!
I make a point of not having Flash on my main Linux box, just to see how this tool of the devil is poisoning the net.
Well, the harm is already done
I'd really like to use an alternative, but have been unable to find anything that include both a programming API and a good animation tool. JavaFX seems close to this, having vector and bitmap manipulation in its API, but I haven't seen any good animation tool yet.
Flash does have accessibility capabilities in its API, it's just that people don't use it.
I always thought it would be nice if people in IMs could see what I'm typing, to feel more like a real conversation.
Now that I think about it, it would be very disrupting to have several people with their messages appearing slowly all at once... which is not unlike a real conversation.
You know, if people are able to see what others are typing, it may lead to strange "waves" in which people may not hit submit even once.
That's why I say it's just speculation.
I am a slashdotter. I live in a basement. The concept of "other people", or even "outside" is alien to me. Sexuality definitions cannot be applied to me.
"So we replaced a never-ending series of giant conflicts with a never-ending series of small but locally devastating conflicts."
I disagree. There would be exactly one giant conflict. There wouldn't be much of humanity left after that.
That would solve the superpopulation problem.
As long as some humans survive the nuclear winter, which is not that hard given the amount of humans in hard-to-reach places or with shelters available. Sadly, a great amount of knowledge could be lost in the process.
Actually I'm more concerned about other species that would be caught in the crossfire, since they don't have anything to do with our conflicts.
"Humanity invented the concept of morality just to put it aside."
It will either make the children somewhat paranoid, which is not so bad, or unconcerned about privacy, which is very bad.
If we continue as judgemental as we are, we may end up having a generation in which people will be monitored and face punishment for every petty misdeed, they might even be punished for unconformism and for "predictions" based on social and mental profiles (OMG! Terrorists!!!).Won't somebody actually think of the children?
...I guess I should put my tinfoil hat now.
So twenty-five of your thirty Facebook friends are gay and of the same gender as you. And they conclude you're probably gay! Wow!
Twenty-five of your thirty Facebook friends who say to be gay, who are said to be gay or which the system assumes to be gay?
In the last case, we will have lots of people being indicated as homosexuals based on distant associations. It might even end up saying everyone is gay. All the system does is speculations.
The great majority of my friends drink beer often and likes soccer. I do not.
FOSS Advocate: You are allowed to get the source code and modify the software to better fit your needs. ...you also don't have to pay.
Average Joe: Lol wut!?
FOSS Advocate:
Average Joe: You mean there are programs you have to pay for!?
...to 18-25 year-old trainees, even those who find manuals 'difficult to read and understand.'
Do these people have enough attention span to actually learn something? If they can't even read manuals, maybe they shouldn't be employed in tech related jobs...
The Summary raises an interesting question: How you can have capable professionals if their learning process is dumbed down? We have a serious cultural problem. Idiocracy has taken over.
They seem fast when I drive pass them, but when I go check it out they stop.
Good thing at least one radar is able to get these sneaky trees.
I don't care if there's 1000 interesting things on twitter when I have to wade through 10000000 others to find them.
Well, that's how internet is.
Of course, posting witty comments in Slashdot contributes way more to humanity.
Most people think tweeters just post where they are or what they are doing. A great number of people use twitter for publishing their opinions and interesting articles. It is not very different of Slashdot, it's just not topic-oriented and has a limit of 140 characters per post, what doesn't stop anyone from from making several posts or linking to a blog where the opinion is better explained.
How irrelevant the "tweet" is depends on the person.
Several news sources and stores also have twitter accounts, so the people can subscribe to them easier than they would with a RSS news reader. While some might argue they don't need it, it groups all the information in a format which is easier to read and makes any link you might want follow readily available.
Since most of Twitter is public (if someone expects privacy about what they post, they shouldn't be there to begin with), it's a good, non-disruptive way of generating money.
If they start inserting ads, it will not go very well.
Which will hardly work in a new Windows system.
Actually, no.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system.
If the body is GNU, but the brain is Linux, what is the identity of the creature?
Other priorities, I think.
I have yet to see a Firewire device and only have seen a few PCs with Firewire ports.
If this works it will still suck outside of their area of coverage
So I guess I can't play Quake Live in it, am I right?