There should be a way to create aliases for autocomplete similar to how you can make aliases for email addresses. For example if I want to email John, I can just type John in the sendto field and it will fill in his email for me assuming I have already emailed him enough for it to have memorized his name. Similarly, I have several sites that I frequent but not quite enough to remember their URLs. For example there is one site of the calories of common foods that I visit a lot which currently involves going into the bookmarks menu every time and going to the apropriate folder, which takes a while because I have lots of bookmarks and it is a bit laggy and such. Instead I should be able to assign the name "calories" to this URL so that I can just type in "calories" in the URL field and hit enter.
Looks like I screwed up your insult pretty bad? It's four sentences not three. There are no non-sequiturs. My verbs don't match. My karma whoring self is teh suck.
"I don't think Jordin Kare's NIAC article has been covered? It's about using new laser tech to build modular laser launch systems. The modular nature makes it easier to test and build. The only other launch ideas as cool are the Orion Project and the space elevator."
I think BerntB is under the impression that he's written an article? It's three non-sequitur sentences makes it hard to understand. The only other articles as bad are on k5 and teh fark.
"Myostatin blockade," Dr. McNally wrote, "will probably work its way into professional and amateur athletics, as well as into the ever-growing business of physical enhancement."
No, it won't work its way into amateur athletics because by definition people who do amateur athletics do it for the LOVE of the sport, not money, respect, or fame. No one who wakes up at 5am to get down to the boathouse to go for a row or who goes for a jog before work is going to risk mucking up their heart and body in a sport no one else cares about.
So buy Apple records, sell off the rights to distribute the beatles to another label as well as all other assets, therebye getting the rights to start your own label for almost nothing.
Many users say pirates who can't find workarounds should "reap what they sow", but their infected pirated Windows boxes impact non-pirates everywhere."
Umm except for that non-pirates can apply the patches which means they won't be infected. And if someone can't bother to take 2 minutes a month to install the updates then they probably don't care all that much whether their PC gets hosed. So what's the big deal? I'm on OS X and microsoft pirates not being able to patch hasn't hurt me any, so why should microsoft be forced to give amnesty?
The hybrid honda civic looks exactly like a normal car, and one can even get it with a manual transmission. The toyota prius isn't that bad either. The reason the all electric cars are so ugly is that if you have to wait overnight for the battery to charge then your car sure as hell better be light and aerodynamic enough to make it enough miles to get through the day.
I sure hope they are better at game design than at web design. Kids today just want some information about their future games in an efficient manner, they don't care if the webpage has pretty graphics. Why I'm sure if the games plot and features are as empty as the game is pretty, all of todays teenagers will switch over to playing Nethack and Go. I mean come on we're talking about the generation that put MTV out of business here. Oh... Wait....
You have no idea how many times I try to type in hotmail.com and my fingers slip and hotmom.com comes out. Or even worse when I try to visit whitehouse.gov and mis-spell it as goatse.cx.
Slashdot now says its political correct to call comic books graphical novels...What next, them making us call text adventures interactive fiction? Oh... Wait...
Take a look under the testimonials section...Used by the band "Paul Allen and the Microsofts"??? I'm not sure if this is a joke or not, but/.'ers believe you me, its an omen. This thing must someone be evil.
are we looking at a long term problem when the paint fails and begins soaking up noxious chemicals that could leak and cause a really nasty effect on the environment?
No. Would you rather breathe toxic chemicals or have them in wash into the ocean?
So it either causes acid rain, or it cleans the environment?:-)
It won't cause acid rain because the acid will be washed into the sewers and flow out into to the ocean, or enter the soil. The problem with acid rain is that the acid frees the aluminum into the soil, causing it to wash into lakes which kills all of the fish in the lake. However none of the acid that isn't neutralized will do much damage since this will be used in already polluted areas. Again, most of the acid will end up in the oceans.
So can we change his name to iTunes-Jon. Or better yet how about iDVD-Jon. Kinda catchy, actually.
This technology exists for humans too
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Just go to gpsports.com. The SPI 10 unit can do everything the horse unit can do, plus there is some nifty software so you can make pseudo-3D maps upon returning to your home PC after your workout, as well as altituted and barrometric pressure. Supposedly the unit averages multiple surveying techniques allowing an extremely accurate survey of speed. However, the price is quite steep. Expect to be shelling out at least 1500 bucks, plus more for software upgrades.
Just when we thought the typos and lack of editing on slashdot couldn't get any worse, we get 'Bollywood' in the title. This is a sad, sad day for slashdot. (Note I did not RTFBlurb before posting.)
Slashdot Mirror
asdf@asdf.com - 1,640.
:)
And my personal favorite:
aoeu@aoeu.com - 1. I guess the illiterate spammers living in trailer parks can't understand dvorak, making it more elitist and thus better
After only 2 comments...
from the i-can't-do-that-dave dept.
Even more mysteriously, who is Dave and what can't Taco do to him?
There should be a way to create aliases for autocomplete similar to how you can make aliases for email addresses. For example if I want to email John, I can just type John in the sendto field and it will fill in his email for me assuming I have already emailed him enough for it to have memorized his name. Similarly, I have several sites that I frequent but not quite enough to remember their URLs. For example there is one site of the calories of common foods that I visit a lot which currently involves going into the bookmarks menu every time and going to the apropriate folder, which takes a while because I have lots of bookmarks and it is a bit laggy and such. Instead I should be able to assign the name "calories" to this URL so that I can just type in "calories" in the URL field and hit enter.
Looks like I screwed up your insult pretty bad? It's four sentences not three. There are no non-sequiturs. My verbs don't match. My karma whoring self is teh suck.
"I don't think Jordin Kare's NIAC article has been covered? It's about using new laser tech to build modular laser launch systems. The modular nature makes it easier to test and build. The only other launch ideas as cool are the Orion Project and the space elevator."
I think BerntB is under the impression that he's written an article? It's three non-sequitur sentences makes it hard to understand. The only other articles as bad are on k5 and teh fark.
In other news, slashdotters spend 25 million on tinfoil.
"Myostatin blockade," Dr. McNally wrote, "will probably work its way into professional and amateur athletics, as well as into the ever-growing business of physical enhancement."
/rower
No, it won't work its way into amateur athletics because by definition people who do amateur athletics do it for the LOVE of the sport, not money, respect, or fame. No one who wakes up at 5am to get down to the boathouse to go for a row or who goes for a jog before work is going to risk mucking up their heart and body in a sport no one else cares about.
So buy Apple records, sell off the rights to distribute the beatles to another label as well as all other assets, therebye getting the rights to start your own label for almost nothing.
Many users say pirates who can't find workarounds should "reap what they sow", but their infected pirated Windows boxes impact non-pirates everywhere."
Umm except for that non-pirates can apply the patches which means they won't be infected. And if someone can't bother to take 2 minutes a month to install the updates then they probably don't care all that much whether their PC gets hosed. So what's the big deal? I'm on OS X and microsoft pirates not being able to patch hasn't hurt me any, so why should microsoft be forced to give amnesty?
Don't worry, the French don't go after terrorists so you should be perfectly safe.
/sarcasm
The hybrid honda civic looks exactly like a normal car, and one can even get it with a manual transmission. The toyota prius isn't that bad either. The reason the all electric cars are so ugly is that if you have to wait overnight for the battery to charge then your car sure as hell better be light and aerodynamic enough to make it enough miles to get through the day.
I sure hope they are better at game design than at web design. Kids today just want some information about their future games in an efficient manner, they don't care if the webpage has pretty graphics. Why I'm sure if the games plot and features are as empty as the game is pretty, all of todays teenagers will switch over to playing Nethack and Go. I mean come on we're talking about the generation that put MTV out of business here. Oh... Wait....
You have no idea how many times I try to type in hotmail.com and my fingers slip and hotmom.com comes out. Or even worse when I try to visit whitehouse.gov and mis-spell it as goatse.cx.
Slashdot now says its political correct to call comic books graphical novels...What next, them making us call text adventures interactive fiction? Oh... Wait...
Wow this has got to be true. After all, if you can't trust vague and unsubstantiated rumors what can you trust?!
Take a look under the testimonials section...Used by the band "Paul Allen and the Microsofts"??? I'm not sure if this is a joke or not, but /.'ers believe you me, its an omen. This thing must someone be evil.
Reed Hundt has a vision about building a 10 to 100 Mbps network for every household in the U.S.
Wow, this thing will really smoke POTS.
Wow after reading your comment I just snarfed [milk/coke/orangejuice] through my [nose/eyes/ears] onto my [keyboard/monitor]. Mod Parent up!
are we looking at a long term problem when the paint fails and begins soaking up noxious chemicals that could leak and cause a really nasty effect on the environment? No. Would you rather breathe toxic chemicals or have them in wash into the ocean?
:-)
It won't cause acid rain because the acid will be washed into the sewers and flow out into to the ocean, or enter the soil. The problem with acid rain is that the acid frees the aluminum into the soil, causing it to wash into lakes which kills all of the fish in the lake. However none of the acid that isn't neutralized will do much damage since this will be used in already polluted areas. Again, most of the acid will end up in the oceans.
So it either causes acid rain, or it cleans the environment?
"New Scientist is reporting..." translation = "As seen on fark yesterday..."
Let's at least make a half-assed attempt at giving credit where credit is due.
Your rover Spirit is in trouble, do you want to:
a) Ford the crater
b) Suck the poison
c) Reduce rations to meager
d) Go hunting
"Such and such beef is tainted, please check your package before eating.
Your meat was tainted with a deadly poison. -more-
The poison was deadly. -more-
Do you want your possesions identified? -more
So can we change his name to iTunes-Jon. Or better yet how about iDVD-Jon. Kinda catchy, actually.
Just go to gpsports.com. The SPI 10 unit can do everything the horse unit can do, plus there is some nifty software so you can make pseudo-3D maps upon returning to your home PC after your workout, as well as altituted and barrometric pressure. Supposedly the unit averages multiple surveying techniques allowing an extremely accurate survey of speed. However, the price is quite steep. Expect to be shelling out at least 1500 bucks, plus more for software upgrades.
Bollywood Embraces Kazaa Movie Downloads
Just when we thought the typos and lack of editing on slashdot couldn't get any worse, we get 'Bollywood' in the title. This is a sad, sad day for slashdot. (Note I did not RTFBlurb before posting.)