A splendiferous, lean, mean interface to dj "classic" (It doesn't taste the same as the old formula, though)
He has my standard options set already: 100 per page, sort by Date.
I haven't been to the clunky dj home page in a while.
Before that, I would bookmark the results to a lame search ("qpazz" or "spimodic") that would get 1-9 hits, then scroll down use the search again form.
Local news still serves some purpose--besides the latest scandals and murder stories. It's still indispensable for announcements like inclement weather warnings, evacuations, school closings, highway closings, and other potentially inconveniencing things to pay attention to. Of course, the only reason for this is because all the officials and politicos either call or are called by WXYZ to get or give info. If they only called www.LakeWinnebagoNews.com, then there might be a surge in the web traffic, or some very pissed off audiences. It depends on what is considered a public service or utility, as TV could be considered ubiquitous, almost as much as a radio.
The FCC, for instance, puts some requirements on programming (so much educational time, some community-related stuff, etc.) Web sites and the like have no such restrictions--yet. Can you imagine? "LakeWinnebagoNews.com must feature 3 more op-ed pieces, and five more public service stories per week to maintain 'news site' status."
On a side note, I read with pleasure as Katz actually quoted *numbers* to back up his arguments. It was a refreshing change from the traditional, "A lot of people under 30 don't pay much attention to TV news." Of course, now we hope that the stats are accurate, but it makes for an exponentially meatier essay when you have a chance of backing up your statements.
Even if I don't agree with the analysis, at least I'm not left perplexed, wondering where in Hades he could have possibly drawn those conclusions. Thanks for including the numbers.
I haven't run or studied up on WINE, but how would the proposed OS react when system files and reg entries are overwritten with new dlls and nonesuch?
Like mfc, msvcrt, comctl, etc. I know some of these are runtime libraries and breakwares, but I assume it's okay for the os to intermingle with these? Are there any legal or practical difficulties with the mixture?
Would it need to be able to use MS upgrades, security fixes?
IE 4 raises a whole 'nother crapload of potential problems--active desktop and all that. A bunch of progs won't install without insisting that those components are there, and if not, gladly offering to place it for you. More potential security and instability...
Like I said, I haven't studied WINE, so I don't know how it handles these probs.
Anyway, DirectX should be a real hoot to reprogram--unless the MS version runs without mods. __
I don't know what a "Knee-Play" is, but Byrne wrote a few. Knee-Play 12 at the bottom is a pretty funny list of predictions that he rattled off, non-seriously, but somewhat thought-provokingly.
Things like "In the future there will be machines which will produce a religious experience in the user."
If you can find a recording (I've only heard that one song) it should be interesting--funky brass in the back, Bryne deadpanning in front.
That's as far as I got. GIS is a lot more rambling, and about 7% useful content, while MST3K goes for about 40%, and actually makes you want to pause it while you get more tea.
Slashdot Mirror
Or you can have User "slashdot2001" pw "slashdot2001" and we can all be 70-year-old women making between 80,000.00-89,999.00 dollars a year.
Have fun. You may also be able to find something on Cypherpunks mailing list if this one gets hijacked, or just make up another one and post it.
Wheee!
That reads like the dots next to your senior photo in your Yearbook of Slashdot High School, Trollville, Iowa.
And you can type "google.com"[enter] in 1.5 seconds, on a qwerty keyboard. Maybe faster on Dvorak.
And my favorite,
http://www.exit109.com/~jeremy/news/deja.html
A splendiferous, lean, mean interface to dj "classic" (It doesn't taste the same as the old formula, though)
He has my standard options set already: 100 per page, sort by Date.
I haven't been to the clunky dj home page in a while.
Before that, I would bookmark the results to a lame search ("qpazz" or "spimodic") that would get 1-9 hits, then scroll down use the search again form.
Local news still serves some purpose--besides the latest scandals and murder stories. It's still indispensable for announcements like inclement weather warnings, evacuations, school closings, highway closings, and other potentially inconveniencing things to pay attention to. Of course, the only reason for this is because all the officials and politicos either call or are called by WXYZ to get or give info. If they only called www.LakeWinnebagoNews.com, then there might be a surge in the web traffic, or some very pissed off audiences. It depends on what is considered a public service or utility, as TV could be considered ubiquitous, almost as much as a radio.
The FCC, for instance, puts some requirements on programming (so much educational time, some community-related stuff, etc.) Web sites and the like have no such restrictions--yet. Can you imagine? "LakeWinnebagoNews.com must feature 3 more op-ed pieces, and five more public service stories per week to maintain 'news site' status."
On a side note, I read with pleasure as Katz actually quoted *numbers* to back up his arguments. It was a refreshing change from the traditional, "A lot of people under 30 don't pay much attention to TV news." Of course, now we hope that the stats are accurate, but it makes for an exponentially meatier essay when you have a chance of backing up your statements.
Even if I don't agree with the analysis, at least I'm not left perplexed, wondering where in Hades he could have possibly drawn those conclusions. Thanks for including the numbers.
Slowly moving from the letters page to op-ed...
I haven't run or studied up on WINE, but how would the proposed OS react when system files and reg entries are overwritten with new dlls and nonesuch?
Like mfc, msvcrt, comctl, etc. I know some of these are runtime libraries and breakwares, but I assume it's okay for the os to intermingle with these? Are there any legal or practical difficulties with the mixture?
Would it need to be able to use MS upgrades, security fixes?
IE 4 raises a whole 'nother crapload of potential problems--active desktop and all that. A bunch of progs won't install without insisting that those components are there, and if not, gladly offering to place it for you. More potential security and instability...
Like I said, I haven't studied WINE, so I don't know how it handles these probs.
Anyway, DirectX should be a real hoot to reprogram--unless the MS version runs without mods.
__
I don't know what a "Knee-Play" is, but Byrne wrote a few. Knee-Play 12 at the bottom is a pretty funny list of predictions that he rattled off, non-seriously, but somewhat thought-provokingly.
Things like "In the future there will be machines which will produce a religious experience in the user."
If you can find a recording (I've only heard that one song) it should be interesting--funky brass in the back, Bryne deadpanning in front.
What it said:
Quotables: "We're excited to see the Linux market growing and we're very happy to be a part of it," said Matt Toschlog, President of Outrage.
What I read:
Quotables: "We're excited to see the Linux market growing and we're very happy to be a *port* of it," said Matt Toschlog, President of Outrage.
I couldn't help but hear similarities to MST3K.
Rob=Crow T. Robot
Pater=Tom Servo
That's as far as I got. GIS is a lot more rambling, and about 7% useful content, while MST3K goes for about 40%, and actually makes you want to pause it while you get more tea.
When lusers send the 4.7 meg "Chimp picks nose while skydiving naked.mpg" to everyone in the company.