So whether Tron brings back fond memories, or only serves to show you what movies before your birth,
Back before you were born, computer movies were about real computer components with real terms; obviously, they had contracted computer technicians/scientists to ensure they were truely discussing computers so that the computer intelligent would not be offended... Unlike movies like "Hackers" or "The Net" where they didn't even ask a computer person anything, they just made stuff up...
What about the people from here, you know, the ones that help Slashdot the most by submitting the stories you publish. We get any bonus for that?
What about the people that put in a lot of comments, to make the stories have more depth or meaning? Do we get something besides an insult by a slashdot author to the people that indirectly line his wallet??
I've put a lot of time and effort into slashdot, is that gonna matter at all?? I try to help the site become more than a "regurgitated stories" site, but I have to pay to avoid ads?
You can't say the increase is due to piracy until you can verify the increase would not happen on the same timeperiod without piracy. This, of course, is impossible to verify.
In other words, sure it sounds good for Napster users, but in court/math/logic, it is passed off as a useless statistic.
Sorry to be a broken record about this, but people love to spout the same stuff. If that's your only argument for Napster/Music&File Sharing, then its time to research a better argument.
Partly true, but I'd like to make the point of these statistics jaime has brought to our attention mean squat!
The would only matter if you saw how much was bought with napster, and how much was bought AT THE SAME TIMEPERIOD without napster.
Of course, you can't do it, so the whole point is moot.
"The tighter your grip, the easier it is for people to slip through your fingers!"
I've found this quote is useful on all levels, including censoring (or to take a step higher, control). For example: Slashdot can delete posts all they want, and incur all types of censoring, but that just encourages people to try and break the system.
Look at the lameness filter. We've seen ASCII art pass by it, not to mention page lengthening/widening posts that get by this filter, and yet some people with perfectly legit comments get caught in it from time to time.
"Complete control" doesn't exist, we need to find a balance between "controlling" what people see and "freedom". Only then will people be content.
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How true your comments are.
I am a MUD admin, and am, currently, building a mud from scratch using Java1.4 (using all the OO goodness).
Compairing a MUD player today in a graphical game universe is like talking about someone that reads books instead of (or in addition to) watching movies. They prefer to use imagination instead of being led the route.
That'll be a helluva project. I'd love to be a part of, but it'll require a lot of time and personnelle. Might I suggest Jakarta Struts as a base framework?
Tim, I know this is OT, but honestly, after the poll "Do you like your job", I have to giggle that you typed this. Granted, Andover has changed their name a bazillion times. How does this affect your work? Are you frustrated about it? Do you look up apathetically to your parent employer? I recently saw a video of VA Software's CEO stating that "VA Software no longer in the Linux biz." What do the Slashdot authors feel about this?
When doing some research on what I wanted to run as my personal weblog, I looked at slashcode, scoop, PHPNuke, and PostNuke.
slashcode and scoop were a bear to get running, and slashcode was extremely slower. PHPNuke took me a total of 10 minutes to get running, was a simple interface, and was, generally, a "prettier" interface. Not only that, but both Nuke's were easier to modify, and add onto.
Nothing against slashdot, but I think other backends are just better for the majority (although I'd love to find a good J2EE weblog that was as "pretty" as the Nuke's).
I could have told them that comic books contain artificial societies for only $100 probably saving them thousands...
I got you beat, in honor of Open Source, I woulda done it for FREE!
You're right, though. How about putting that money into real research. Organizations like NASA get budget cuts while projects studying the Marvel Universe go on?
Think about it!
I know flames will fly, and not a lot of people believe in it, but that's what MS has a big advantage in. People watch TV. People see MS ads. People might occasionally see an apple ad. People only see IBM's Linux Server ad (and the common person has no clue what its about).
Also, maybe having some local demo's in malls. Just to let people play with it, like they do in bestbuy, etc...
See what its like so you don't need to be afraid...
If someone made a good commerical ad and had demos in public places that showed how pretty it is, how inexpensive it is (people will need to buy it for the support), and how there aren't licenses and most everything is free, then you'd have a "general layman interest."
That "general layman interest" is a catalyst Linux needs. Its powerful. That's when people "try" things. Isn't that all we're asking for? Just "try" it??
Remember, they created those anti-atoms, and conservation of energy dictates that the annihilation of said anti-atoms cannot release any more energy than was needed to create them in the first place.
To get all philosophical, how do you know?
The only reason we trust in that law is that it has never been broken, at least, not that we have noticed...
We are playing with particles we don't know a whole lot about. Who knows what may happen?
Its like creating mini-black holes in a lab. We only have theories of black holes. Is creating one a good idea? And how do you know you've created one if all you've done is observe them before?
As a disclaimer, I'm no scientist, nor am I a philosopher, just an engineer. This is just my take on it.
Slashdot Mirror
So whether Tron brings back fond memories, or only serves to show you what movies before your birth,
Back before you were born, computer movies were about real computer components with real terms; obviously, they had contracted computer technicians/scientists to ensure they were truely discussing computers so that the computer intelligent would not be offended... Unlike movies like "Hackers" or "The Net" where they didn't even ask a computer person anything, they just made stuff up...
stores it in a mobile base station, and allows for later downloading to a computer;
Wait, add a wireless network, make the plastic frame an antenna, and you don't even need the "mobile base station"!!
How does this affect the old "Brain Cancer" study for cell phones?
I heard that you want the antenna pointing out, not up, now the whole phone's the antenna.
Anyone know the dealio with this? IANAD, so please take this with a grain of salt.
Hence my post (first post at that). No moderator got the joke, though. I guess I shoulda been more descriptive... :-)
I'm turning in a paper that was blatantly plagiarised so I can get my sugar pill!
Don't forget that if the Slashdot "Customer" is wrong, simply insult them in their own journal, even though they aren't a troll and have 50 karma...
Michael never did apologize for that, so, yes, I'm still sour about it.
Or, Rip, Mix, Burn, give/sell to friend.
Whoops... I meant free 100 pages for submitting a published article.
Hope I didn't confuse.
What about changing that idea around?
Free 100 pages to a person for submitting an article?
Submitted news is the livelihood of slashdot, and it helps out some of us that have submitted a lot of published articles.
What about the people from here, you know, the ones that help Slashdot the most by submitting the stories you publish. We get any bonus for that?
What about the people that put in a lot of comments, to make the stories have more depth or meaning? Do we get something besides an insult by a slashdot author to the people that indirectly line his wallet??
I've put a lot of time and effort into slashdot, is that gonna matter at all?? I try to help the site become more than a "regurgitated stories" site, but I have to pay to avoid ads?
Whats more important?
The "look" of the website, or the "content"?
Glammer up garbage, and its still garbage. Glammer up content and you've got a blockbuster site.
Just a tidbit to think about when redesigning.
BTW - Cliff, you realize that this is a "need hits on my website" article dressed in "AskSlashdot" clothes, right?
Don't worry. Linux Video will exist for forever, now that it can play Windows Media Files!!
That statistic means bubkis!
You can't say the increase is due to piracy until you can verify the increase would not happen on the same timeperiod without piracy. This, of course, is impossible to verify.
In other words, sure it sounds good for Napster users, but in court/math/logic, it is passed off as a useless statistic.
Sorry to be a broken record about this, but people love to spout the same stuff. If that's your only argument for Napster/Music&File Sharing, then its time to research a better argument.
Partly true, but I'd like to make the point of these statistics jaime has brought to our attention mean squat!
The would only matter if you saw how much was bought with napster, and how much was bought AT THE SAME TIMEPERIOD without napster.
Of course, you can't do it, so the whole point is moot.
"The tighter your grip, the easier it is for people to slip through your fingers!"
I've found this quote is useful on all levels, including censoring (or to take a step higher, control). For example: Slashdot can delete posts all they want, and incur all types of censoring, but that just encourages people to try and break the system.
Look at the lameness filter. We've seen ASCII art pass by it, not to mention page lengthening/widening posts that get by this filter, and yet some people with perfectly legit comments get caught in it from time to time.
"Complete control" doesn't exist, we need to find a balance between "controlling" what people see and "freedom". Only then will people be content.
At the bottom of the article:
We hope you have enjoyed this article. Check back in March for our upcoming article on one of the most controversial issues in Internet gaming today: Dealing with Online Cheating.
How true your comments are.
I am a MUD admin, and am, currently, building a mud from scratch using Java1.4 (using all the OO goodness).
Compairing a MUD player today in a graphical game universe is like talking about someone that reads books instead of (or in addition to) watching movies. They prefer to use imagination instead of being led the route.
That'll be a helluva project. I'd love to be a part of, but it'll require a lot of time and personnelle. Might I suggest Jakarta Struts as a base framework?
LOL! Okie dokie!
Slashdot / AndOSDVerANLinux^h^h^h^h^h^hSoftware
Tim, I know this is OT, but honestly, after the poll "Do you like your job", I have to giggle that you typed this. Granted, Andover has changed their name a bazillion times. How does this affect your work? Are you frustrated about it? Do you look up apathetically to your parent employer? I recently saw a video of VA Software's CEO stating that "VA Software no longer in the Linux biz." What do the Slashdot authors feel about this?
This is true...
When doing some research on what I wanted to run as my personal weblog, I looked at slashcode, scoop, PHPNuke, and PostNuke.
slashcode and scoop were a bear to get running, and slashcode was extremely slower. PHPNuke took me a total of 10 minutes to get running, was a simple interface, and was, generally, a "prettier" interface. Not only that, but both Nuke's were easier to modify, and add onto.
Nothing against slashdot, but I think other backends are just better for the majority (although I'd love to find a good J2EE weblog that was as "pretty" as the Nuke's).
(For those interested, I went with PHPNuke).
IIRC, someone attempted to sell their kidney on ebay, that had past the $1million mark when ebay stopped the auction...
I could have told them that comic books contain artificial societies for only $100 probably saving them thousands...
I got you beat, in honor of Open Source, I woulda done it for FREE!
You're right, though. How about putting that money into real research. Organizations like NASA get budget cuts while projects studying the Marvel Universe go on?
Think about it!
...Marketing
I know flames will fly, and not a lot of people believe in it, but that's what MS has a big advantage in. People watch TV. People see MS ads. People might occasionally see an apple ad. People only see IBM's Linux Server ad (and the common person has no clue what its about).
Also, maybe having some local demo's in malls. Just to let people play with it, like they do in bestbuy, etc...
See what its like so you don't need to be afraid...
If someone made a good commerical ad and had demos in public places that showed how pretty it is, how inexpensive it is (people will need to buy it for the support), and how there aren't licenses and most everything is free, then you'd have a "general layman interest."
That "general layman interest" is a catalyst Linux needs. Its powerful. That's when people "try" things. Isn't that all we're asking for? Just "try" it??
Remember, they created those anti-atoms, and conservation of energy dictates that the annihilation of said anti-atoms cannot release any more energy than was needed to create them in the first place.
To get all philosophical, how do you know?
The only reason we trust in that law is that it has never been broken, at least, not that we have noticed...
We are playing with particles we don't know a whole lot about. Who knows what may happen?
Its like creating mini-black holes in a lab. We only have theories of black holes. Is creating one a good idea? And how do you know you've created one if all you've done is observe them before?
As a disclaimer, I'm no scientist, nor am I a philosopher, just an engineer. This is just my take on it.