Hey, do you have the original cached? Even crusing at Threshhold:-5 didn't fix the problem that the original is gone. (For those youngin's amongst you, back in the day, the censors preferred method was to mod something down to -2 or below, so even those at default -1 couldn't see.)
THEORIES :
(1) Reading the title, "The Truth About CmdrTaco, VA, and Microsoft" makes me think that this was another lame "BSD is dying!" post, but now that it's been deleted, I've got to wonder. Has Taco gone mad? Has Michael screwed up yet again? Is there really a story behind Rob allegedly getting paychecks from Microsoft? Maybe this is why Slashdot has been sucking recently.
(2) It was a helluva troll. No posts were deleted, a bunch of people (or maybe the same person with multiple accounts) replied to the top level with the Re: The Truth subjects, and maybe even bothered to moderate themselves down.
If this WAS a troll, I give it high ratings. This is one of the top three multiple post trolls, right up with there with the AC who had an extensive flame war with himself (based on alleged facts!) and more recently, the Anne Tomlinson incident.
If it wasn't a troll, I suspect this will be modded down, so then if it is, I ask moderators to push me up. Not because I give a crap about my karma (If you think I do, check my posting history. AND I'll be posting with my +1 bonus), but because I think this should be addressed.
Plus,
- I have a relatively low UID,
- It's a long post.
Prove another conspiracy theory correct by modding me up!
Sir, I would like to point out the fact you are not a troll. I have been here for quite some time, and the days of dmg, spiralx, 80md, jsm, and others were quite the times. You, sir, are a candle, while they are the Olympic flame. You, sir, are a butter knife, while they are a machete. You, sir, are three dollar crack to their $10,000/month cocaine habit. You, sir, are a $2 whore to their Natalie Portman. You, sir, are waffles to their ninja pancakes. You, sir, are cold grits in your shorts to their hot grits down their pants.
Ah, but the CD one you can have MP3s on, and on the MD, you don't have any compression like that. Your 180 megs on the CD is a lot more music than the 256 megs on the MD. (correct me if i'm wrong).
Being Slashdot, I'm quite disappointed that no one saw the obvious mathematical glitch in this statement. A 3" CD should be quite a bit more than 185MB, because a 5" CD is 650MB. 3" being 60% of 5", no less than 390MB should be expected. But the pigs creating this "media" have diliberately hampered the storage capacity of this media.
Why?
Obviously, it's because this media is going to be deluged with copyright efforts that make the uncrackable SDMI codec seem to be the equivalent of the 31337 "Rot-13" encryption.
We should be wary of this media, for any media that requires over 200MB of encryption shall be dangerous to our liberty!
You haven't read enough Slashdot articles to figure it out for yourself to just change it from "www.nytimes.com" to "archive.nytimes.com"?
Re:for those that don't have a NYTimes acct..
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Constants Not Constant?
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· Score: 1, Redundant
Oh, please. C'mon. Do moderators really think they're spending their points wisely by modding up posts like these? It's the same old crap, every single time a NYTimes article is posted here. How about some "-1, Redundant"?
Well, shouldn't we be amazed that you're amazed at people being amazed? I'd have thought that countless hours of reading/. would have drilled that home into your head already.
Low power/heat relatively, that is. There are chips that run on a lot less power and emit less heat. The PowerPC is too fast for most applications, and is therefore a waste.
Telling the (negative) truth about linux/etc is only flamebait when you don't back it up. If you do back it up (i.e. a long post), then it's "insightful." And telling the negative truth about something such as MS is "insightful" when it's a long post, and when it's a short post it's "funny".
I've often been asked this question, and I hesitate to respond. Often times, people use the wrong tools for the job. A classic example is using IIS for website hosting. Dozens of exploits expose the fallacy of that. My hesitation, however, stems from the fact that once before I suggested Linux for a server, and the SysAdmin (MCSE, no doubt) couldn't handle the installation, and ended up shooting himself through the head.
I digress.
The percieved issue at hand here is running linux on your pants, or running windows on your pants. Apparently you have already closed the door on other options, and I invite you to reexamine those options. May I suggest, instead of Linux OR windows, to simply pour hot grits down your pants?
I'd like to apologize for the missing nuclear materials. See, the uranium & whatnot was piping hot, and you know how similar hot uranium and hot grits look.. So I accidentally poured hot uranium down my pants.
I use Win2000, cuz i haven't bothered to learn how to install linux/*bsd on my computers. If anyone in the RPI (i.e. Troy, NY) area is willing to help me out, drop me a mail! (I know, I could use how-to's, but I just don't want to deal with them.)
~jawad
It pains me (no, really) that no biotech firm has yet genetically engineered grits. I'd love to be able to pour hot grits down my pants without the fear of burning my genitals.
Did you see the lil' Flash demo? (If not, it's understandable, since Flash is evil & all, according to/.) The point isn't to stick it into your desktop computer, it's for a PDA or such. You'll save space carrying it. I figure, though, get one of those foldable keyboards Palm sells.
And your mind off it, which has got to suck for your reaction time. The only benefit of keeping your eyes on the road in this regard is then you see the accident happening, but you won't be quick enough to react.
Slashdot Mirror
Hey, do you have the original cached? Even crusing at Threshhold:-5 didn't fix the problem that the original is gone. (For those youngin's amongst you, back in the day, the censors preferred method was to mod something down to -2 or below, so even those at default -1 couldn't see.)
THEORIES :
(1) Reading the title, "The Truth About CmdrTaco, VA, and Microsoft" makes me think that this was another lame "BSD is dying!" post, but now that it's been deleted, I've got to wonder. Has Taco gone mad? Has Michael screwed up yet again? Is there really a story behind Rob allegedly getting paychecks from Microsoft? Maybe this is why Slashdot has been sucking recently.
(2) It was a helluva troll. No posts were deleted, a bunch of people (or maybe the same person with multiple accounts) replied to the top level with the Re: The Truth subjects, and maybe even bothered to moderate themselves down.
If this WAS a troll, I give it high ratings. This is one of the top three multiple post trolls, right up with there with the AC who had an extensive flame war with himself (based on alleged facts!) and more recently, the Anne Tomlinson incident.
If it wasn't a troll, I suspect this will be modded down, so then if it is, I ask moderators to push me up. Not because I give a crap about my karma (If you think I do, check my posting history. AND I'll be posting with my +1 bonus), but because I think this should be addressed.
Plus,
- I have a relatively low UID,
- It's a long post.
Prove another conspiracy theory correct by modding me up!
Sir, I would like to point out the fact you are not a troll. I have been here for quite some time, and the days of dmg, spiralx, 80md, jsm, and others were quite the times. You, sir, are a candle, while they are the Olympic flame. You, sir, are a butter knife, while they are a machete. You, sir, are three dollar crack to their $10,000/month cocaine habit. You, sir, are a $2 whore to their Natalie Portman. You, sir, are waffles to their ninja pancakes. You, sir, are cold grits in your shorts to their hot grits down their pants.
Thank you.
What's with the trend of moderators who agree with people who totally miss the point?
Saying something stupid, predicting you'd get modded down has been done since the beginning of moderation.
They're taking away your rights too! Ask any drunk who couldn't make it through all 12 steps.
Watch out for the AAA, next think you know, you won't be able to drive without proper identification!
Ah, but the CD one you can have MP3s on, and on the MD, you don't have any compression like that. Your 180 megs on the CD is a lot more music than the 256 megs on the MD. (correct me if i'm wrong).
It's not less dense. It's just that constant speed drives read the data on the outer rings at a faster rate. Get it?
Being Slashdot, I'm quite disappointed that no one saw the obvious mathematical glitch in this statement. A 3" CD should be quite a bit more than 185MB, because a 5" CD is 650MB. 3" being 60% of 5", no less than 390MB should be expected. But the pigs creating this "media" have diliberately hampered the storage capacity of this media.
Why?
Obviously, it's because this media is going to be deluged with copyright efforts that make the uncrackable SDMI codec seem to be the equivalent of the 31337 "Rot-13" encryption.
We should be wary of this media, for any media that requires over 200MB of encryption shall be dangerous to our liberty!
You haven't read enough Slashdot articles to figure it out for yourself to just change it from "www.nytimes.com" to "archive.nytimes.com"?
Oh, please. C'mon. Do moderators really think they're spending their points wisely by modding up posts like these? It's the same old crap, every single time a NYTimes article is posted here. How about some "-1, Redundant"?
Well, shouldn't we be amazed that you're amazed at people being amazed? I'd have thought that countless hours of reading /. would have drilled that home into your head already.
Smokin' a lil' crack. Or so I assume.
Low power/heat relatively, that is. There are chips that run on a lot less power and emit less heat. The PowerPC is too fast for most applications, and is therefore a waste.
Ogg the Conqueror?
Close. It's Oog the Caveman. But nice try.
Telling the (negative) truth about linux/etc is only flamebait when you don't back it up. If you do back it up (i.e. a long post), then it's "insightful." And telling the negative truth about something such as MS is "insightful" when it's a long post, and when it's a short post it's "funny".
I've often been asked this question, and I hesitate to respond. Often times, people use the wrong tools for the job. A classic example is using IIS for website hosting. Dozens of exploits expose the fallacy of that. My hesitation, however, stems from the fact that once before I suggested Linux for a server, and the SysAdmin (MCSE, no doubt) couldn't handle the installation, and ended up shooting himself through the head.
I digress.
The percieved issue at hand here is running linux on your pants, or running windows on your pants. Apparently you have already closed the door on other options, and I invite you to reexamine those options. May I suggest, instead of Linux OR windows, to simply pour hot grits down your pants?
Thank you.
I'd like to apologize for the missing nuclear materials. See, the uranium & whatnot was piping hot, and you know how similar hot uranium and hot grits look.. So I accidentally poured hot uranium down my pants.
Thank you.
I use Win2000, cuz i haven't bothered to learn how to install linux/*bsd on my computers. If anyone in the RPI (i.e. Troy, NY) area is willing to help me out, drop me a mail! (I know, I could use how-to's, but I just don't want to deal with them.)
~jawad
I believe that would be a RAID.
Your welcome.
*rimshot*
The only post I ever remember getting above 5 was a (Score 7 : Brilliant).. Of course, that was CmdrTaco himself.
Can't seem to find it. (Do you dare to click that link?.
It pains me (no, really) that no biotech firm has yet genetically engineered grits. I'd love to be able to pour hot grits down my pants without the fear of burning my genitals.
Thank you.
Did you see the lil' Flash demo? (If not, it's understandable, since Flash is evil & all, according to /.) The point isn't to stick it into your desktop computer, it's for a PDA or such. You'll save space carrying it. I figure, though, get one of those foldable keyboards Palm sells.
And your mind off it, which has got to suck for your reaction time. The only benefit of keeping your eyes on the road in this regard is then you see the accident happening, but you won't be quick enough to react.
Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted.
Reason: Ascii art. How creative. Not here though.
(It was lame, but not ascii art!)