it runs in my memory that this is not the first time it has happened. Something about a politician running for president or something earlier this year (i think Gore) got upset about antiGore websites and ordered them to be taken down. The owners of the website obliged, and everything went well. (i could be wrong about who it was, but I know something like this happened) this article reminds me of the article from yesterday about typoURLs and such...click here for details. I cannot see how guiness can get upset about this....totally retarded./me switches to heinekin (only in theory...unfortunately, the law prevents me from consuming alcoholic beverages.)
don't boycott DVD! I nkow the DVDCCA is a pain in the rear and all, but, the lower number of sales from our boycott will only feed the MPAA into thinking that the DeCSS code has made us go to piracy to get our DVD's. EIther way you end up fueling the MPAA's grasp for power. Catch 22 I guess...but I think that boycott isn't the answer in this case.
redundant? How can a third post be redundant? it wasn't particularly insightful or anything...but redundant? wth?
also....i understand the license agreement and all with opensource products, but can't that be done in some way other than actually patenting a piece of software? there should be an "antipatent" or something.
I have heard talk of mars missions for the last 5 years. THey have graced the cover of Time magazine, popular science, popular mechanics, and all sorts of websites. I have heard all sorts of people say that we will be on Mars in just a couple years now. I have yet to see ANY action towards it. Every new news story about mars gives vague promises about life on mars and people going. I don't think it is gonna happen in my lifetime. I am not at all optimistic about it. I would love to be proven wrong, but all these new developments with mars projects have never gone through. There isn't enough money in NASA's budget, and there is no way they will get more after the last couple mishaps. Someone wake me up when they actually go. But for now, I don't care to see a new news story about it every other day.
I noticed that there were only six comments..and only 2 above -1....I wonder...maybe this is because he just ANSWERED ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS! I don't expect much of a discussion now...we have the answers, and the questions, and I am satisfied. Everyone can go home now. Have a cup of tea or something...
btw...thanks for answering all the questions Mark....Nedit rules.
I started watching the video..and in the first five seconds there is a guy typing on a keyboard....is there a reason he is only typing with one hand? seems a little awkward to me.
no...life size Table Tennis is Tennis...life size pong is ping pong...Those are rules for life. (an besides..i kick butt and ping pong and i suck at tennis)
move over ps2 and nintendo cube. This is neat! Unfortunately, the site is either slashdotted or super slow and i can't see the pictures. Anyone got a mirror? I couldn't find a Google Cached copy of the page or anything....
back on topic though...I would love to play life size pong. Oh wait..there already is a life size version that is completely immmersive. It feels as if you are actually playing Pong. THe game is called "Table-Tennis" or "Ping-Pong"
i understand that. look at it from this perspective...maybe i was posting something to get a first post and I wanted to stay slightly on topic?
not that that is the case...I think it would be very cool to have large town meetings over the internet. (not saying that we should be a democracy) but it would be really neat to directly talk with the president or someone else on issues. It would be neat to have them on IRC or on/. or something like an open forum where any and all points of view could be heard. That is what is so neat about public town meetings. ANyone can go to them and anyone can get their voice heard. That is democracy, in a republic.
there are several things in our country that are done very democratically though. FOr instance, anyone can make their own law..you go down to the courthouse, get the paper, and get the required number of signatures, and submit it. you can also make state laws....and the people are the only people who decide whether an amendmant gets passed or not. I think it is called a referendum. The entire congress could pass an amendmant, but the people decide whether we use it or not. I think that there is still hope for the US, and politics could/should embrace the internet and public forums more than they embrace polls and such.
But maybe it could be...we could have massive town meetings on an online forum. THat would be sort of cool, of course...there would be problems...it would be a neat thing to consider though.
Drat...some of us are still using really old computers and we don't have EEPROM or even EPROM and we have to get a UV box and flash our chips to upgrade our bios. You ppl are way too spoiled. Gotta go...the punchcard machine is overheating.
I hope that whoever did this does have the whole source code. This can only improve Windows...if the source gets out, there is no way it will dissappear again. (decss for example) everyone will release their own windows and it will make microsoft products a million times better. I bet it was an actual M$ employee who was told to do this and to make it look like it was someone else. This is the only way that M$ could release their source without having too much egg on their face.
I was looking over some statistics the other day, in some magazine, and it said that percentage of Americans that new more than one language fluently was extrememely low, in fact, anyone with English as their native language generally doesn't learn another language very well. But, a huge percentage of people that do not speak english as their native languag end up learning it anyway. Maybe this is a clue that people that know english don't need another language, and people that did not know english originally were forced to learn it to live in the real world. I think that is proof in itself that English is definitely the global language.
What is really funny is how Great Britain and the US are seperated by a common language. I had the pleasure of spending a summer with some people from London, and a lot of the time was spent laughing at some of the things that Americans use commonly and yet are horrendous to say in England. For instance, frolicing in the meadows is innapropriate for younger audiences in England.
Why would we want a standardized language? I thought that greatest thing about the opensource movement was the diversity of programs and languages. I certainly don't want one all encompassing language to be the standard. Everyone has their own taste. It reminds me of microsoft making everything the microsoft way and everything was their way or it didn't work. I am sorry, but I like diversity in languages.
Slashdot Mirror
it runs in my memory that this is not the first time it has happened. Something about a politician running for president or something earlier this year (i think Gore) got upset about antiGore websites and ordered them to be taken down. The owners of the website obliged, and everything went well. (i could be wrong about who it was, but I know something like this happened) this article reminds me of the article from yesterday about typoURLs and such...click here for details. I cannot see how guiness can get upset about this....totally retarded. /me switches to heinekin (only in theory...unfortunately, the law prevents me from consuming alcoholic beverages.)
I can't think of any websites like that....*cough*whitehouse.com*cough*
don't boycott DVD! I nkow the DVDCCA is a pain in the rear and all, but, the lower number of sales from our boycott will only feed the MPAA into thinking that the DeCSS code has made us go to piracy to get our DVD's. EIther way you end up fueling the MPAA's grasp for power. Catch 22 I guess...but I think that boycott isn't the answer in this case.
I think the proof of DARE's ineffectiveness lies in Slashdot's Moderaters. I DARE them to stop taking crack. :)
:-P
also..my post works whether it is moderated down or up, so there.
redundant? How can a third post be redundant? it wasn't particularly insightful or anything...but redundant? wth?
also....i understand the license agreement and all with opensource products, but can't that be done in some way other than actually patenting a piece of software? there should be an "antipatent" or something.
I have heard talk of mars missions for the last 5 years. THey have graced the cover of Time magazine, popular science, popular mechanics, and all sorts of websites. I have heard all sorts of people say that we will be on Mars in just a couple years now. I have yet to see ANY action towards it. Every new news story about mars gives vague promises about life on mars and people going. I don't think it is gonna happen in my lifetime. I am not at all optimistic about it. I would love to be proven wrong, but all these new developments with mars projects have never gone through. There isn't enough money in NASA's budget, and there is no way they will get more after the last couple mishaps. Someone wake me up when they actually go. But for now, I don't care to see a new news story about it every other day.
Never say a company is doomed unless you are talking about Novell. Oh wait...
I noticed that there were only six comments..and only 2 above -1....I wonder...maybe this is because he just ANSWERED ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS! I don't expect much of a discussion now...we have the answers, and the questions, and I am satisfied. Everyone can go home now. Have a cup of tea or something...
btw...thanks for answering all the questions Mark....Nedit rules.
oh...thanks. I guess I never really understood that.
I started watching the video..and in the first five seconds there is a guy typing on a keyboard....is there a reason he is only typing with one hand? seems a little awkward to me.
erm...I don't see my name anywhere on that list...They must have made some sort of mistake...
Maybe they are going to have a complete seperate announcement just for me or something.
no...life size Table Tennis is Tennis...life size pong is ping pong...Those are rules for life. (an besides..i kick butt and ping pong and i suck at tennis)
move over ps2 and nintendo cube. This is neat! Unfortunately, the site is either slashdotted or super slow and i can't see the pictures. Anyone got a mirror? I couldn't find a Google Cached copy of the page or anything....
back on topic though...I would love to play life size pong. Oh wait..there already is a life size version that is completely immmersive. It feels as if you are actually playing Pong. THe game is called "Table-Tennis" or "Ping-Pong"
i understand that. look at it from this perspective...maybe i was posting something to get a first post and I wanted to stay slightly on topic?
/. or something like an open forum where any and all points of view could be heard. That is what is so neat about public town meetings. ANyone can go to them and anyone can get their voice heard. That is democracy, in a republic.
not that that is the case...I think it would be very cool to have large town meetings over the internet. (not saying that we should be a democracy) but it would be really neat to directly talk with the president or someone else on issues. It would be neat to have them on IRC or on
there are several things in our country that are done very democratically though. FOr instance, anyone can make their own law..you go down to the courthouse, get the paper, and get the required number of signatures, and submit it. you can also make state laws....and the people are the only people who decide whether an amendmant gets passed or not. I think it is called a referendum. The entire congress could pass an amendmant, but the people decide whether we use it or not. I think that there is still hope for the US, and politics could/should embrace the internet and public forums more than they embrace polls and such.
But maybe it could be...we could have massive town meetings on an online forum. THat would be sort of cool, of course...there would be problems...it would be a neat thing to consider though.
if its any consolation..if i had moderator points, and if i hadn't posted already, i would have modded that one up. purty funny. :)
not necessarily. Most new bios can be upgraded by downloading utilities and stuff. Only the older bios need to cook in UV for a while.
Drat...some of us are still using really old computers and we don't have EEPROM or even EPROM and we have to get a UV box and flash our chips to upgrade our bios. You ppl are way too spoiled. Gotta go...the punchcard machine is overheating.
I hope that whoever did this does have the whole source code. This can only improve Windows...if the source gets out, there is no way it will dissappear again. (decss for example) everyone will release their own windows and it will make microsoft products a million times better. I bet it was an actual M$ employee who was told to do this and to make it look like it was someone else. This is the only way that M$ could release their source without having too much egg on their face.
sorry...that post was riddled with typos. Spelling is not exactly something i do well..i have been spoiled with MS Word and spell check. :)
my bad...i think it is spelled frolicking....not frolicing...i dunno though...
I was looking over some statistics the other day, in some magazine, and it said that percentage of Americans that new more than one language fluently was extrememely low, in fact, anyone with English as their native language generally doesn't learn another language very well. But, a huge percentage of people that do not speak english as their native languag end up learning it anyway. Maybe this is a clue that people that know english don't need another language, and people that did not know english originally were forced to learn it to live in the real world. I think that is proof in itself that English is definitely the global language.
What is really funny is how Great Britain and the US are seperated by a common language. I had the pleasure of spending a summer with some people from London, and a lot of the time was spent laughing at some of the things that Americans use commonly and yet are horrendous to say in England. For instance, frolicing in the meadows is innapropriate for younger audiences in England.
c++ is my global language.
You know all those cop shows that have those HORRIBLE crashes and long and fast chases? Methinks they are about to become a lot more exciting. :)
Why would we want a standardized language? I thought that greatest thing about the opensource movement was the diversity of programs and languages. I certainly don't want one all encompassing language to be the standard. Everyone has their own taste. It reminds me of microsoft making everything the microsoft way and everything was their way or it didn't work. I am sorry, but I like diversity in languages.