Slashdot retracted the "French" part after they found it wasn't, but no recognition of that.
Thanks Slashdot. We appreciate the facts that you give us. Maybe the WinCE/Linux thing wouldn't be obvious, but everything else was clear.
Re:Forget vaccuming.. how about mowing the lawn?
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Cool Personal Robots
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I remember this as well. It was essentially an electric mower (solar cells on the top, as well) without a bag (it mulched) or handles. Quite cool. I don't know how it mapped out your lawn though. Anyone have more info?
I don't think this is a publicity stunt. This is akin to a person having something, using it, and when they've gotten sick of it, offering it to everyone else. I'd much rather have them go "anyone want this?" as opposed to just trashing it (or, putting it aside and not touching it again).
They know it doesn't make money. We know it doesn't make money. But they know we want it anyway.
Thanks, id.
You know what this means...
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Quake 1 GPL'ed
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A new and better way to kill processes in your system!
I'm glad that id open sources their games when they have no "value" (read: ability to be sold) anymore.
At least these are large companies fighting over these issues. I'd much rather have Priceline take on Microsoft than Priceline taking on some small company (*cough*eToys vs. etoy*cough*).
Dell pulls in a lot of money per day (over $10M/day, definately), and in response to "Our Man In Redmond", the company doesn't necessarily have to make their $18M/day all year round -- Most websites sales go up in (*gasp*) December due to holiday shopping.
Anyway, the $18M/Day is probably gross sales, not net profits.
Actually, on occasion Slashdot is real sluggish. Not down, but painfully slow.
Re:Great. Slashdot now posts ads for spammers.
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Whether or not you spam (which you're assuring us that you don't, so I'll trust you on this one), I don't think that Slashdot should be running ads for you posed as articles.
With Slashdot as a commercial property (and publicly owned), I think that there needs to be an increase in the quality of the articles. Spelling & grammar errors in posts need to be corrected. Advertisements should be in the form of banners, not in the form of articles. Rumors shouldn't be posted as "news".
Just my rant, though, and I'll probably be flamed/moderated down for it.
Most of the discussions about moderation are a "here & now" sort of deal. What I mean by that is, it needs to be discussed in the main forum to allow moderators to fix their mistakes. It's important to discuss, but sometimes more important to discuss shortcomings when something can be done.
Just my $.02.
An even more off-topic thought: It would be nice if we could down moderate our own comments without losing karma. I know this is dreadfully off-topic, if I could knock it down to a zero or -1 without posting anonymously, I'd appreciate it.
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
The Slash Code is a bit outdated (but Rob's getting around to updatin, he swears), but you can always get PHPSlash or something, there's a bunch of clones out there.
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
I have a both an IBM 600E & a desktop computer, and what I would be interested in is a keyboard designed for the desktop that has an IBM style trackpoint built in. The trackpoint doesn't require me to move my wrists at all, and although it really blows for Quake [II | 3 Arena] it would be nice to have as an *addendum*.
I would want to have the choice of trackpoint or mouse, so when I'm reloading/. incessently I don't have to move my wrists, and when I have the urge to frag the night away I don't have to play around with cables.
Can anyone help me out?
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
Re:slashdotted already, and no one has posted yet
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You think anyone can spare that sort of SIZE?! It's 37 freaking KILOBYTES!! Thats nearly 6% of my allotted 640k (or am I messing up kilobits with kilobytes?)!!
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
How difficult would prosecuting this be? despite the watermarking, it would seem to be one huge job to simply *find* who's breaking the law, let alone do anything about it.
Is there such a thing as overinformation? this guy seems to take the possibilities too far. feel free to disagree with me, but duration of the doorbell- ringing? a tad bit excessive for me.
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a 486, not a 386.
10" B&W LCD, not a 8".
Maybe WinCE, not Linux...
Slashdot retracted the "French" part after they found it wasn't, but no recognition of that.
Thanks Slashdot. We appreciate the facts that you give us. Maybe the WinCE/Linux thing wouldn't be obvious, but everything else was clear.
I remember this as well. It was essentially an electric mower (solar cells on the top, as well) without a bag (it mulched) or handles. Quite cool. I don't know how it mapped out your lawn though. Anyone have more info?
Actually, "Person of the Year".
I'm pretty sure it was 1984, and the Cover said "Machine Of The Year."
I don't think this is a publicity stunt. This is akin to a person having something, using it, and when they've gotten sick of it, offering it to everyone else. I'd much rather have them go "anyone want this?" as opposed to just trashing it (or, putting it aside and not touching it again).
They know it doesn't make money. We know it doesn't make money. But they know we want it anyway.
Thanks, id.
A new and better way to kill processes in your system!
I'm glad that id open sources their games when they have no "value" (read: ability to be sold) anymore.
Go id!
At least these are large companies fighting over these issues. I'd much rather have Priceline take on Microsoft than Priceline taking on some small company (*cough*eToys vs. etoy*cough*).
Anyway, the $18M/Day is probably gross sales, not net profits.
Actually, on occasion Slashdot is real sluggish. Not down, but painfully slow.
Whether or not you spam (which you're assuring us that you don't, so I'll trust you on this one), I don't think that Slashdot should be running ads for you posed as articles.
With Slashdot as a commercial property (and publicly owned), I think that there needs to be an increase in the quality of the articles. Spelling & grammar errors in posts need to be corrected. Advertisements should be in the form of banners, not in the form of articles. Rumors shouldn't be posted as "news".
Just my rant, though, and I'll probably be flamed/moderated down for it.
I'll lose karma for this, but...
Most of the discussions about moderation are a "here & now" sort of deal. What I mean by that is, it needs to be discussed in the main forum to allow moderators to fix their mistakes. It's important to discuss, but sometimes more important to discuss shortcomings when something can be done.
Just my $.02.
An even more off-topic thought: It would be nice if we could down moderate our own comments without losing karma. I know this is dreadfully off-topic, if I could knock it down to a zero or -1 without posting anonymously, I'd appreciate it.
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
NT.
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
How about to "introduce their IPO"?
(score: 0, dumb)
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
The Slash Code is a bit outdated (but Rob's getting around to updatin, he swears), but you can always get PHPSlash or something, there's a bunch of clones out there.
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
How about only people with a karma level above X can post for the first few minutes?
(For more discussion, the moderation thread.)
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
You know it's just because Rob & Co. can't WAIT for the Quiet Period to be over & done with :)
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
I have a both an IBM 600E & a desktop computer, and what I would be interested in is a keyboard designed for the desktop that has an IBM style trackpoint built in. The trackpoint doesn't require me to move my wrists at all, and although it really blows for Quake [II | 3 Arena] it would be nice to have as an *addendum*.
/. incessently I don't have to move my wrists, and when I have the urge to frag the night away I don't have to play around with cables.
I would want to have the choice of trackpoint or mouse, so when I'm reloading
Can anyone help me out?
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
You think anyone can spare that sort of SIZE?! It's 37 freaking KILOBYTES!! Thats nearly 6% of my allotted 640k (or am I messing up kilobits with kilobytes?)!!
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
Dont be so jumpy for the first post.
But, before I forget, FIRST REPLY TO FIRST POST!!!!
(just kidding).
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
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How difficult would prosecuting
this be? despite the watermarking,
it would seem to be one huge job
to simply *find* who's breaking
the law, let alone do anything
about it.
Is there such a thing as
overinformation? this
guy seems to take the possibilities
too far. feel free to disagree with
me, but duration of the doorbell-
ringing? a tad bit excessive for me.
Not to deviate from the subject *too*
much, but isn't the net about erasing
political borders?
the end is nigh for the two
traditional computing superpowers...
bye bye, wintel machines.
finished watching it 1/2 an hour ago...
not that funny, except for dogbert...
the chicken-man thme was taken a bit too
far.