I'm getting off the topic of sharing, but I'm less and less happy with theaters every time I go. Not only are the ticket prices going up, but they show 10 minutes (I shit you not--I timed it last time) of fucking ADS--not trailers, but fucking Coke ads*, Army ads, movietickets.com ads, a candy ad**, and I forget what else. And being a TiVo owner, my tolerance for ads has dropped dramatically as well.
Add to that the cell phones and crying babies and now, half the time I go out, I leave thinking "Fuck this, I'll just wait another year and rent it." I only go to movies now that I really, really want to see, so I'm down to about once a month, from an old average of 2-3x a month.
* not just "buy a coke in the lobby" ads, but these stupid 2-minute-long film-student "movie"/ads.
** for some new Hershey product that you couldn't even get in the lobby.
...the server which once hosted the site resembles the Death Star at the ends of Episodes IV & VI. Doesn't anyone who reads slashdot read slashdot? Who the fuck submitted and approved this story? Didn't *either* of them think this might happen, just like it did the last two times?
I mean, slashdotting any random server is one thing; slashdotting the same one three times in as many months is just plain dumb. You aren't doing anyone any favors here. You're gonna nuke his server and waste everyone's time here who tries to visit it and can't see it. What's the fucking point? Anyone could have guessed this would happen. How hard is it to contact the owner and let him know what's coming, or arrange a mirror, before submitting? (Or approving? I know caching is covered in the FAQ but c'mon eds, no one didn't know this would happen.) This is just stupid.
Yeah, but I've got Apache running on my OS X Mac at work and since I'm not using it for anything else, I made a custom 404 that prints "Another ad blocked!" in small green type. Images still just get a 'broken' icon but it brings a smile to my face every time I see it where an IFRAME ad is supposed to be. Doesn't seem to be a major performance hit on my dual-G5. And I don't think it uses too much network bandwidth, either.:-)
As of this second, it doesn't matter to me, since I watch zero sports and an equal number of PPV movies, but I hope they don't limit things further. I completely love my TiVo. Luckily, both of the current things are due to things that already have strict licensing in place. Hopefully the networks won't worry too much about who's watching ER when.
Building my own PVR just isn't practical. It costs more ($99 for a Series2 + that much more for a 120 GB drive, for example, compared to MB + fast CPU + big disks + case + tuner cards + *a remote*, for God's sake, not to mention the time to put it together) and would not work nearly as well with DirecTV. It's worth pointing out that DirecTiVos save MPEG data from the satellite *straight to disk* so the recorded shows you watch are zero-generation--just perfect digital replicas of the ones and zeroes that came into the dish.
I have a 32" tube television and can see artifacts in most programming (looks great overall but hey, I'm picky) so spending more for a clunkier box that will introduce another round of compression artifacts is not appealing. And don't tell me about slideshows, MP3s, the weather, etc.--I don't care. I just want to watch TV.
My new work machine--a 2.8 GHz P4 Dell with Win & Office XP--is slower than my PIII/933 with Win & Office 2k. Not just "hey, I think this is kind of slower" but an actual "I timed how long Excel takes to open on my new machine and my old one and the numbers are different."
Plus, he's on crack for so many different reasons. Try this on for size: if hardware is cheaper, it will be bought by people with less money who can now afford a computer due to the lower price. Explain to me again how these people are going to pay $399 for Office?
...it's probably because that's what iTunes and WMP, respectively, rip to by default.
I don't care how common WMA is, or that AAC is technically a "standard." MP3 is the only thing I know of that will play on every device and every computer, period. Hell, I bought a $79 AIWA deck for my car and it'll play MP3s from a CD. But not WMA, AAC, or anything else.
Yup, same thing for me. I middle-clicked the link (which opened a new tab in the background, in accordance with my prefs), then clicked on the CITI tab, then got yanked back to the vuln page when the box popped up. I'm on Safari 1.2.3 (v125.9) and OS X 10.3.5.
Please, let's not pedantically split hairs here. (Oops, forgot where I was.) We're talking about "What 99.5% of the buying public will walk into Circuit City, buy, turn on, and use." Jeez.
I'd also like to point out that if you're smart enough to know what Linux is, you're smart enough to keep your Windows box from getting owned as well. But, like I said, we're talking about the world a large, not slashdot readers.
Back to "pedantic", I only wish I'd though of the "PC != X86" line before our friendly neighborhood AC did. Pedant, meet your match.
"OOO/Star/Koffice/whatever just aren't good enough to prevent the person proposing the change losing their job once the end users have trouble interoperating with Windows clients. If it's Office, just blame Microsoft and keep your job."
+1 billion, insightful. That's exactly the case. As great as OOO is, it _just_isn't_perfect_, and since it comes from a 3rd party, you're the one to blame. There is an old page that compares a particular document in MSO/Win, MSO/Mac, and OOO. OOO is great, and Office/Mac isn't perfect, but so many people write stuff in MSO that needs to be printed, anything less than perfect won't do.
In the case of OOO, the imperfection is your fault, and since your job is to make things work, you obviously aren't doing your job. With MSO, just blame MS, like the parent said. Also, with Office/Mac, you don't have to explain to the high-up lusers how to save in a compatible format--just write, save as.doc, and email it around the enterprise.
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From TFA: "Linus Torvalds [pronounced LEE-nus]..."
1) wow. I never would've guessed that's how you say 'Torvalds'. Those wacky Finns...
'Perhaps this is the point entirely. It's possible that they looked at the Mac and thought, "hey, these guys are selling stuff based on nothing more than cool factor, so let's design something that looks hip and cash in on the market."'
Too bad they were too stupid to know about all the other POSs that came out and attempted to cash in on a) the iMac's success (hey! we'll make it cute!) or b) other themed crap. Rmember Mattel's barbie/hotwheels PCs? Or that little grey lump of shit Dell made a couple years back? Looked like a big half tube or something. Too lazy to dig that up.
Hell, the Gateway Profile probably has better bang for the buck and looks pretty similar, plus it's mroe established (been around for years) and comes from a company you've heard of.
And a trackpad on a desktop machine? On purpose? Please.
what budget constraints limit you from using X? I bought a PIII/800 for $75 on eBay. And not some POS, it's a Compaq Deskpro--reliable as a tank. EN SFF, so it was a bit more than a plain vanilla PIII/800, too. If I would have bought a full-size desktop, I could've gotten a 933 for the same price. And I've given away P166s. And I got a free PII/300 from work. So, what I'm saying is, X-capable boxes are there to be had for next to nothing, if not exactly nothing.
They aren't technically a monopoly, but they are huge and behave like one. Any time you want to know what they do, google for "walmart vlassic" to get here. Short version: they tell their vendors "keep bringing your prices, and therefore *your* profits down, or we'll quit selling you and the world will only know your competitor's name. Oh, you went under? Too bad." Seriously, read the article.
I think it's actually possible that even people who aren't bright enough to change IE's homepage and read MSN's news might have the thought that "Hey, maybe this prosco.com site isn't entirely impartial."
Besides, two of the top stories on MSN right now are "Save money with a soda bottle fizzy pump?" and "Icy tanning mat invention." (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
Slashdot Mirror
I'm getting off the topic of sharing, but I'm less and less happy with theaters every time I go. Not only are the ticket prices going up, but they show 10 minutes (I shit you not--I timed it last time) of fucking ADS--not trailers, but fucking Coke ads*, Army ads, movietickets.com ads, a candy ad**, and I forget what else. And being a TiVo owner, my tolerance for ads has dropped dramatically as well.
Add to that the cell phones and crying babies and now, half the time I go out, I leave thinking "Fuck this, I'll just wait another year and rent it." I only go to movies now that I really, really want to see, so I'm down to about once a month, from an old average of 2-3x a month.
* not just "buy a coke in the lobby" ads, but these stupid 2-minute-long film-student "movie"/ads.
** for some new Hershey product that you couldn't even get in the lobby.
now the guy who steals my phone can fly to australia with it on my nickel!
...the server which once hosted the site resembles the Death Star at the ends of Episodes IV & VI. Doesn't anyone who reads slashdot read slashdot? Who the fuck submitted and approved this story? Didn't *either* of them think this might happen, just like it did the last two times?
I mean, slashdotting any random server is one thing; slashdotting the same one three times in as many months is just plain dumb. You aren't doing anyone any favors here. You're gonna nuke his server and waste everyone's time here who tries to visit it and can't see it. What's the fucking point? Anyone could have guessed this would happen. How hard is it to contact the owner and let him know what's coming, or arrange a mirror, before submitting? (Or approving? I know caching is covered in the FAQ but c'mon eds, no one didn't know this would happen.) This is just stupid.
FYI, it's time to update your "donate" link:
The requested URL was not found on this server.
(we upgraded our web page in Oct-04 and search engines may still have the old URL)
Please try Search.
Aw, c'mon, post a link to the FUN pic.
now we're gonna kick it old-skool and /. a telnet server! woo hoo, just like the old days! our next target: gopher://sunsite.unc.edu
Yeah, but I've got Apache running on my OS X Mac at work and since I'm not using it for anything else, I made a custom 404 that prints "Another ad blocked!" in small green type. Images still just get a 'broken' icon but it brings a smile to my face every time I see it where an IFRAME ad is supposed to be. Doesn't seem to be a major performance hit on my dual-G5. And I don't think it uses too much network bandwidth, either. :-)
As of this second, it doesn't matter to me, since I watch zero sports and an equal number of PPV movies, but I hope they don't limit things further. I completely love my TiVo. Luckily, both of the current things are due to things that already have strict licensing in place. Hopefully the networks won't worry too much about who's watching ER when.
Building my own PVR just isn't practical. It costs more ($99 for a Series2 + that much more for a 120 GB drive, for example, compared to MB + fast CPU + big disks + case + tuner cards + *a remote*, for God's sake, not to mention the time to put it together) and would not work nearly as well with DirecTV. It's worth pointing out that DirecTiVos save MPEG data from the satellite *straight to disk* so the recorded shows you watch are zero-generation--just perfect digital replicas of the ones and zeroes that came into the dish.
I have a 32" tube television and can see artifacts in most programming (looks great overall but hey, I'm picky) so spending more for a clunkier box that will introduce another round of compression artifacts is not appealing. And don't tell me about slideshows, MP3s, the weather, etc.--I don't care. I just want to watch TV.
...here's my stats:
:-)
IE: 1%
Tabbed browsers: 25%
WinHTTrack: 9%
curl: 65%
yes, I'm kiddng.
I'd've been happy for the help. :-)
Two-part article, in fact.
I looked at most of your posts in the first page of your comment history and didn't see anything about your sig so I hope you'll reply to my question.
I don't get the last step:
1=-1
1=0
If you add one to both sides, you'd have '2=0'. How do you make the jump from '1=-1' to '1=0'?
Yup. Andy giveth, and Bill taketh away.
My new work machine--a 2.8 GHz P4 Dell with Win & Office XP--is slower than my PIII/933 with Win & Office 2k. Not just "hey, I think this is kind of slower" but an actual "I timed how long Excel takes to open on my new machine and my old one and the numbers are different."
Plus, he's on crack for so many different reasons. Try this on for size: if hardware is cheaper, it will be bought by people with less money who can now afford a computer due to the lower price. Explain to me again how these people are going to pay $399 for Office?
...it's probably because that's what iTunes and WMP, respectively, rip to by default.
I don't care how common WMA is, or that AAC is technically a "standard." MP3 is the only thing I know of that will play on every device and every computer, period. Hell, I bought a $79 AIWA deck for my car and it'll play MP3s from a CD. But not WMA, AAC, or anything else.
MP3 will die--right after Apple & BSD.
Yup, same thing for me. I middle-clicked the link (which opened a new tab in the background, in accordance with my prefs), then clicked on the CITI tab, then got yanked back to the vuln page when the box popped up. I'm on Safari 1.2.3 (v125.9) and OS X 10.3.5.
Please, let's not pedantically split hairs here. (Oops, forgot where I was.) We're talking about "What 99.5% of the buying public will walk into Circuit City, buy, turn on, and use." Jeez.
I'd also like to point out that if you're smart enough to know what Linux is, you're smart enough to keep your Windows box from getting owned as well. But, like I said, we're talking about the world a large, not slashdot readers.
Back to "pedantic", I only wish I'd though of the "PC != X86" line before our friendly neighborhood AC did. Pedant, meet your match.
Plus you won't get pwn3d in your first five minutes online. What more could you want? :-)
"OOO /Star/Koffice/whatever just aren't good enough to prevent the person proposing the change losing their job once the end users have trouble interoperating with Windows clients. If it's Office, just blame Microsoft and keep your job."
.doc, and email it around the enterprise.
+1 billion, insightful. That's exactly the case. As great as OOO is, it _just_isn't_perfect_, and since it comes from a 3rd party, you're the one to blame. There is an old page that compares a particular document in MSO/Win, MSO/Mac, and OOO. OOO is great, and Office/Mac isn't perfect, but so many people write stuff in MSO that needs to be printed, anything less than perfect won't do.
In the case of OOO, the imperfection is your fault, and since your job is to make things work, you obviously aren't doing your job. With MSO, just blame MS, like the parent said. Also, with Office/Mac, you don't have to explain to the high-up lusers how to save in a compatible format--just write, save as
From TFA: "Linus Torvalds [pronounced LEE-nus]..."
1) wow. I never would've guessed that's how you say 'Torvalds'. Those wacky Finns...
2) So that makes him "LI-nus LEE-nus"?
'Perhaps this is the point entirely. It's possible that they looked at the Mac and thought, "hey, these guys are selling stuff based on nothing more than cool factor, so let's design something that looks hip and cash in on the market."'
Too bad they were too stupid to know about all the other POSs that came out and attempted to cash in on a) the iMac's success (hey! we'll make it cute!) or b) other themed crap. Rmember Mattel's barbie/hotwheels PCs? Or that little grey lump of shit Dell made a couple years back? Looked like a big half tube or something. Too lazy to dig that up.
Hell, the Gateway Profile probably has better bang for the buck and looks pretty similar, plus it's mroe established (been around for years) and comes from a company you've heard of.
And a trackpad on a desktop machine? On purpose? Please.
what budget constraints limit you from using X? I bought a PIII/800 for $75 on eBay. And not some POS, it's a Compaq Deskpro--reliable as a tank. EN SFF, so it was a bit more than a plain vanilla PIII/800, too. If I would have bought a full-size desktop, I could've gotten a 933 for the same price. And I've given away P166s. And I got a free PII/300 from work. So, what I'm saying is, X-capable boxes are there to be had for next to nothing, if not exactly nothing.
They aren't technically a monopoly, but they are huge and behave like one. Any time you want to know what they do, google for "walmart vlassic" to get here. Short version: they tell their vendors "keep bringing your prices, and therefore *your* profits down, or we'll quit selling you and the world will only know your competitor's name. Oh, you went under? Too bad." Seriously, read the article.
Thanks for the link. I requested 'hfs+' and 'ext2'. ;-)
I think it's actually possible that even people who aren't bright enough to change IE's homepage and read MSN's news might have the thought that "Hey, maybe this prosco.com site isn't entirely impartial."
Besides, two of the top stories on MSN right now are "Save money with a soda bottle fizzy pump?" and "Icy tanning mat invention." (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
And let's not forget that super-useful 'handheld' link, the contents of which are summarized here:
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