Indeed. I've found that my personal productivity and satisfaction have increased tremendously since I canceled my Facebook account.
Why cancel? Are you so weak-willed such that you are unable to stop playing the games? Even without the games, a system such as Facebook is still very useful.
Because paying someone to find...and fix...bugs detracts from the bottom line. Why bother doing that when you have a huge army of Microsoft haters just vying for the chance to stick it to them?
Re:Dont stay in the past, Use Linux
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Time To Dump XP?
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Seriously this is slashdot, what kind of news reporting is this, I couldn't care less about Windows.
Why would we care what an AC cares about? And, unless you're one of the very few who only use non-Windows in a corporate environment, you're just sitting in your momma's basement anyway.
in the submitted blurb that it's because they didn't include bacteria in this study.
Yes, they removed a whole group and then the number was less..I'm shocked it tell you, Shocked!
You could have mentioned this quote from the TFA (my emphasis), which apparently you didn't read either.
The new estimate...takes into account plants and animals but, like previous studies, it excludes bacteria - a group that has been notoriously difficult to quantify.
This is a truly novel approach, but what kind of sophisticated aqua-terrorists are we genuinely preparing to encounter?
Prior to 9/11, people like you would ask the same questions about civilian aircraft. Maybe you should pull your head out of your ass and look towards all avenues of terrorism.
You sir, are absolutely right, no matter how much we people who read slashdot, we denizens of the extreme right hand tail of the user bell curve, wish it weren't so.
I have to agree. I switched from my RAZR to a Droid because I was at first more interested in the better hardware (camera, flash, screen size, etc.). Two days of using the Droid convinced me to get rid of it and switch to an iPhone (3GS, 32GB). I am much happier. The hardware is obviously not as good, but there's simply no comparison on the base software. I'm hoping that the Droid phone I got was simply defective (perhaps a memory failure) because basic apps like Contacts crashed frequently. The usability of the iPhone is also just plain better, much better.
I paid quite a bit to break my AT&T contracts, sign with Verizon, and switch back just to get to the iPhone from (in my experience) the crappy Droid. And, it was worth it. (Disclaimer, I was able to convince Verizon to drop most of the charges due to certain Florida laws, so all in all I was out about US$150 for the experience.)
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Hollow Spy Coins
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I could just as well call my wallet a "spy wallet", as it can hold mico-SD cards too.
That analogy doesn't work unless you're suggesting that you wouldn't use your wallet as a wallet. In this case, the coin is not really a coin. It's a fake, intended to deceive. On the other hand, I do agree with you that it seems like a slashvertisement.
No one here RTFA anyway, so what do we care about more articles on-line? They could charge $0 or $1000, but it's irrelevant for us! Not only do they want us to RTFA, they want to charge us, too!? STFU!
Seriously.
Actually read it.
It looks at all the options in a realistic manner.
I quote the whole parent to note that there's no summary at all. Good thing it's not posted by an AC otherwise I would think it's attempt at exploiting slashdotters. "Seriously" you should at least summarize what the hell it is you're posting.
I guess I'm a little confused about the French laws and I'm hoping someone can help. They issued an arrest warrant because "Judge Thomas Cassuto... is seeking to question Landis...." In the U.S. you don't issue an arrest warrant simply to question someone, do you? Maybe I'm just a little confused about the legal terminology, but I doubt I'm the only one. Some searches didn't really prove fruitful (they actually seem to support my view regarding the U.S.).
So, do the French actually file charges against Landis as part of the warrant or does it simply mean they plan to detain him for questioning and then let him go?
I don't know about the rest of you, but a little piece of me died inside when I read the comparison to iTunes: "It's like downloading 500,000 iTunes a day, NASA stated."
Are comparisons to iTunes downloads really needed in today's world?
Slashdot Mirror
The odds are worse in Arizona. They're doing everything possible to keep the aliens out.
Indeed. I've found that my personal productivity and satisfaction have increased tremendously since I canceled my Facebook account.
Why cancel? Are you so weak-willed such that you are unable to stop playing the games? Even without the games, a system such as Facebook is still very useful.
Do you pronounce it mett-trah? :-)
The USA and other English-speaking countries are countries separated by a common language.
The official announcement was that the exclusion area was 20 metres, not 65 feet.
I almost understood you, there, but what the fuck is a metre? Anyway, 65ft is close enough for government work.
Then why did someone else find it first?
Because paying someone to find...and fix...bugs detracts from the bottom line. Why bother doing that when you have a huge army of Microsoft haters just vying for the chance to stick it to them?
Seriously this is slashdot, what kind of news reporting is this, I couldn't care less about Windows.
Why would we care what an AC cares about? And, unless you're one of the very few who only use non-Windows in a corporate environment, you're just sitting in your momma's basement anyway.
in the submitted blurb that it's because they didn't include bacteria in this study.
Yes, they removed a whole group and then the number was less..I'm shocked it tell you, Shocked!
You could have mentioned this quote from the TFA (my emphasis), which apparently you didn't read either.
The new estimate...takes into account plants and animals but, like previous studies, it excludes bacteria - a group that has been notoriously difficult to quantify.
Good God that's funny. It's so funny, though, because it's so true.
Now I won't get any freakin' work done today.
How's today any different, AC? I see you posting on Slashdot all day long.
Would you prefer to see geekbitch?
Newsweek said so...
Holy shit, that makes it true, then!
This is a truly novel approach, but what kind of sophisticated aqua-terrorists are we genuinely preparing to encounter?
Prior to 9/11, people like you would ask the same questions about civilian aircraft. Maybe you should pull your head out of your ass and look towards all avenues of terrorism.
The first one is free. At what point is it no longer "free," monetarily or otherwise?
Are they secure wipes or can data still be gleaned?
What evidence is there that Moore's law is tapering off?
None. It's called Fear-Uncertainty-Doubt (FUD) and is a standard marketing strategy, albeit an unethical one.
No more managing passwords and user accounts and all the stuff that makes IT frustrating.
DOS?
It's a lot easier to bash something you don't like or don't understand.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Really, throw that bloated, filthy piece of shitware to hell already and go with FoxIt.
You can at least RTFS.
The exploit affects Foxit as well as Adobe Acrobat software.
You sir, are absolutely right, no matter how much we people who read slashdot, we denizens of the extreme right hand tail of the user bell curve, wish it weren't so.
I have to agree. I switched from my RAZR to a Droid because I was at first more interested in the better hardware (camera, flash, screen size, etc.). Two days of using the Droid convinced me to get rid of it and switch to an iPhone (3GS, 32GB). I am much happier. The hardware is obviously not as good, but there's simply no comparison on the base software. I'm hoping that the Droid phone I got was simply defective (perhaps a memory failure) because basic apps like Contacts crashed frequently. The usability of the iPhone is also just plain better, much better.
I paid quite a bit to break my AT&T contracts, sign with Verizon, and switch back just to get to the iPhone from (in my experience) the crappy Droid. And, it was worth it. (Disclaimer, I was able to convince Verizon to drop most of the charges due to certain Florida laws, so all in all I was out about US$150 for the experience.)
I could just as well call my wallet a "spy wallet", as it can hold mico-SD cards too.
That analogy doesn't work unless you're suggesting that you wouldn't use your wallet as a wallet. In this case, the coin is not really a coin. It's a fake, intended to deceive. On the other hand, I do agree with you that it seems like a slashvertisement.
No one here RTFA anyway, so what do we care about more articles on-line? They could charge $0 or $1000, but it's irrelevant for us! Not only do they want us to RTFA, they want to charge us, too!? STFU!
Read this. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sustainable/book/tex/sewtha.pdf
Seriously. Actually read it. It looks at all the options in a realistic manner.
I quote the whole parent to note that there's no summary at all. Good thing it's not posted by an AC otherwise I would think it's attempt at exploiting slashdotters. "Seriously" you should at least summarize what the hell it is you're posting.
I guess I'm a little confused about the French laws and I'm hoping someone can help. They issued an arrest warrant because "Judge Thomas Cassuto ... is seeking to question Landis...." In the U.S. you don't issue an arrest warrant simply to question someone, do you? Maybe I'm just a little confused about the legal terminology, but I doubt I'm the only one. Some searches didn't really prove fruitful (they actually seem to support my view regarding the U.S.).
So, do the French actually file charges against Landis as part of the warrant or does it simply mean they plan to detain him for questioning and then let him go?
I don't know about the rest of you, but a little piece of me died inside when I read the comparison to iTunes: "It's like downloading 500,000 iTunes a day, NASA stated." Are comparisons to iTunes downloads really needed in today's world?
Web pages are processed by Opera's proxy servers and stripped down for mobile viewing on underpowered devices.
If Opera reduces the bandwidth to the iPhone, then AT&T should be on the front line encouraging Apple to accept the app!