Its past midnight and I've been going for 16 hours today.
This has to be a typo, right? I pretty much do this every single day of my life, as do most of the people here. ( Except for the college students, who stay up past 4am and have been going for 36 hours.) Or maybe you've been working for 16 hours, which while it probably isn't an everyday occurance for most of us, isn't exactly uncommon either.
Complaining about 16 hours or work isn't going to impress anyone. Re-read some of JWZ's stories to recalibrate your "that was lots of work" meter.
P.S. Don't get me wrong, I do like the new features a bunch. Rock on.
I agree; I've been hit with lameness filters on several posts, and I think no reasonable human would have agreed with the filter. I'm hoping that the slashdot crew occasionally views what the filters are culling, and perhaps make adjustments in the future. ( I would not like the feature to go away, but I do think it's overly draconian right now. There is a happy medium, but it will take constant adjustment to reach it.)
I'm pretty sure that was an attempt at a joke, but if it was, it should have been "the bazaar-for-the-bizarre". Timmy!
And hey, since I'm ranting: Why is a question about local events being propelled into worldwide distribution? I mean, I guess if I ever need to travel 2000 miles to DC to pick up used computer junk, I'll be set. Timmy!
Feel free to mod me down: I accept that as a consequence of being off-topic. But since the topic is lame, I'm off-lame, which is probably the same as cool. I can live with that. Timmy!
If your decision is between a 1.33Ghz athlon and and 1.4Ghz athlon, and the price difference is only $33, then of course it's worth it to get the 1.4Ghz! Otherwise, every time your friends use the system and say, "Wow, that's really fast! What is it, a 1.4Ghz?" you have to bow your head in shame and say, "No...it's a 1.33Ghz." You might as well throw Windows ME on it! When you're getting the hot rod of systems, it's not about bean-counting, it's about style.
As a science fiction snob, I should never ever watch this show, let alone admit it, but the only episodic television show I watch is Andromeda. Even worse, it's pretty much just because Lexa Doig is so hot. (For those who don't know, she plays the avatar of a massively powerful warship, so she's not even playing someone real, and yet that's part of the appeal. Psychoanalyze me now!)
I'm going to science fiction hell for sure.
For non-episodic science fiction shorts, I try to check out Exposure . It's a mixed bag, but usually has something worth watching every show.
So it's not a huge movie, and you're going to have to go to your local art-house theater to see it, but the funniest movie of the summer is "MADE". I know, I know, that's not saying much this summer, but any movie that has Dustin Diamond in a cameo playing himself has already achieved something awesome. The movie has some flaws (Vince Vaughn's "annoying guy" act gets, well, annoying) but overall it's better than any of the big movies at your local googleplex. See it, Katz!
This variant installs a backdoor. Whenever you're attacked, your host should automatically respond by telnetting into the back door, installing the MS IIS patch, and send the sysadmin a $250 'consulting fee' for fixing their server. (This is slightly different than the oft-suggested "why not making a patching worm?")
Back on a serious note: How long will it be before someone starts suing the owners for letting their computer be a platform for an attack? Not long, I fear. I guess we'll see a huge upsurge in linux and apache installations when that day comes, though.
Ok, if they don't pop to the back, that would definitely bump them up in the suck factor.
But the scantily clad babe thing is a fringe benefit: you can now, in fact, browse any of the soft-core "E!-Network" brand of pseudo-porn and when caught, just claim "It was an X10 popunder ad!"
I'm surprised with how annoyed people are at
popunder ads. I find it quite easy to ignore them. (And I don't even use Junkbuster or Mozilla's blocking feature; I just don't read 'em.)
To me, the ads are less annoying than the busy, animated, flashing ads I see all over the place, but I managed to train myself to ignore those ads, too. (And hey, look, there's one now at the top of this page, right now!)
Am I missing something here--why are people having such trouble coping with these things?
I suspect that's how they got all those Apple II books in the first place.
I use the books I own, and if I don't, it's because they're for an obsolete and worthless technology. (Want any MS Dos 3.0 programming books?) Donating them would be a disservice. In the rare case I have a still-useful book I'm no longer using, I give it to one of my younger cousins, which I guess is sort of greedy, but I know he will use it and it won't just sit on a shelf.
I guess I have a stack of UML books I never use, my cousin has no interest in, and they aren't really obsolete. But once again, donating them to a library seems like a disservice.
For a long time, I was trying to spread the meme that Gates wrote the banana-throwing monkey QBASIC program that came with MS DOS 5.0 (I think it was 5.0) but not enough people knew what I was talking about for my lie to propagate.
No, really. As the article says, the curtain still sucks inwards during cold showers.
Slashcode needs ispell plugin! (was Re:insite?)
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Somebody needs to work on an ispell module for
slashcode; in theory it shouldn't be that difficult. Put computers to work for you. Everybody would be happier, and would look smarter to boot!
Why? Well, it's quite good; apparently the billions and billions Microsoft has spent on research has finally resulted in a payoff. And Microsoft has managed to dominate market segments with complete shit products before; now that they actually have something decent, it's going to be difficult to stop them.
I'd be more concerned about the power
consumption and decreased hardware lifetimes
Decreased hardware lifetimes? No such thing from overuse; the processor will be obsolete far before it ever dies. (I've run lots of CPUs 24/7 on lots of distributed projects; never once has a CPU died except when I dragged it to the junk heap.) And if a CPU does die, it was defective in the first place. Processors should not die from use. But perhaps the State of Georgia could go after Intel/Microsoft for obsoleting their equipment, though.;)
I said Canadians were "laid back." That's not an insult; in fact, it's almost a compliment. And I jokingly called the poster a hoser. And while I may sound like a kindergartener when I say this, he started it when he said "Here in Canada we have something called 'rights'". Such hubris almost requires a mocking response.
But then I see that your grammar
is well, typical of someone who attended an American public high
school.
Thank goodness you're able to criticize my so-called Canadian bashing (and once again, where did I bash Canada?) , since you're so clearly above American bashing. I still don't know what gross grammatical mistake I made that called for you to insult my entire country. And you're missing a comma.
satelite,withe,I can sow my flag on a backpack,caffeineated
I guess my American high-school spelling is substandard, too, since I would have spelled those words differently. (Yeah, I know, spelling flames are lame, but once again I'm going to go with the lame "He started it" excuse. I know I probably made a few spelling mistakes of my own. Damn Slashdot's lack of an "ispell post" button!)
If you ever wondered what the.cx in "goatse.cx" stood for, now you know. CX is the TLD for Christmas Island.(The link points to a somewhat broken site, but it gets the point across.)
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Actually, that still doesn't make sense. Perhaps, "While the classical byte can store any number between 0 and 255 using all of its eight bits"?
Way to have absolutely no sense of humor and miss the joke.
Its past midnight and I've been going for 16 hours today.
This has to be a typo, right? I pretty much do this every single day of my life, as do most of the people here. ( Except for the college students, who stay up past 4am and have been going for 36 hours.) Or maybe you've been working for 16 hours, which while it probably isn't an everyday occurance for most of us, isn't exactly uncommon either.
Complaining about 16 hours or work isn't going to impress anyone. Re-read some of JWZ's stories to recalibrate your "that was lots of work" meter.
P.S. Don't get me wrong, I do like the new features a bunch. Rock on.
I agree; I've been hit with lameness filters on several posts, and I think no reasonable human would have agreed with the filter. I'm hoping that the slashdot crew occasionally views what the filters are culling, and perhaps make adjustments in the future. ( I would not like the feature to go away, but I do think it's overly draconian right now. There is a happy medium, but it will take constant adjustment to reach it.)
from the the-bazaar-for-the-bazaar dept.
I'm pretty sure that was an attempt at a joke, but if it was, it should have been "the bazaar-for-the-bizarre". Timmy!
And hey, since I'm ranting: Why is a question about local events being propelled into worldwide distribution? I mean, I guess if I ever need to travel 2000 miles to DC to pick up used computer junk, I'll be set. Timmy!
Feel free to mod me down: I accept that as a consequence of being off-topic. But since the topic is lame, I'm off-lame, which is probably the same as cool. I can live with that. Timmy!
If your decision is between a 1.33Ghz athlon and and 1.4Ghz athlon, and the price difference is only $33, then of course it's worth it to get the 1.4Ghz! Otherwise, every time your friends use the system and say, "Wow, that's really fast! What is it, a 1.4Ghz?" you have to bow your head in shame and say, "No...it's a 1.33Ghz." You might as well throw Windows ME on it! When you're getting the hot rod of systems, it's not about bean-counting, it's about style.
As a science fiction snob, I should never ever watch this show, let alone admit it, but the only episodic television show I watch is Andromeda. Even worse, it's pretty much just because Lexa Doig is so hot. (For those who don't know, she plays the avatar of a massively powerful warship, so she's not even playing someone real, and yet that's part of the appeal. Psychoanalyze me now!)
I'm going to science fiction hell for sure.
For non-episodic science fiction shorts, I try to check out Exposure . It's a mixed bag, but usually has something worth watching every show.
So it's not a huge movie, and you're going to have to go to your local art-house theater to see it, but the funniest movie of the summer is "MADE". I know, I know, that's not saying much this summer, but any movie that has Dustin Diamond in a cameo playing himself has already achieved something awesome. The movie has some flaws (Vince Vaughn's "annoying guy" act gets, well, annoying) but overall it's better than any of the big movies at your local googleplex. See it, Katz!
This variant installs a backdoor. Whenever you're attacked, your host should automatically respond by telnetting into the back door, installing the MS IIS patch, and send the sysadmin a $250 'consulting fee' for fixing their server. (This is slightly different than the oft-suggested "why not making a patching worm?")
Back on a serious note: How long will it be before someone starts suing the owners for letting their computer be a platform for an attack? Not long, I fear. I guess we'll see a huge upsurge in linux and apache installations when that day comes, though.
Yes, despite what the most vocal MS critics say, NT is quite stable, third party drivers do kill it.
Here's a fix for this problem: MS requires all vendors (except for itself, of course) to open-source their drivers. THAT would be ironic.
Ok, if they don't pop to the back, that would definitely bump them up in the suck factor.
But the scantily clad babe thing is a fringe benefit: you can now, in fact, browse any of the soft-core "E!-Network" brand of pseudo-porn and when caught, just claim "It was an X10 popunder ad!"
I'm surprised with how annoyed people are at popunder ads. I find it quite easy to ignore them. (And I don't even use Junkbuster or Mozilla's blocking feature; I just don't read 'em.)
To me, the ads are less annoying than the busy, animated, flashing ads I see all over the place, but I managed to train myself to ignore those ads, too. (And hey, look, there's one now at the top of this page, right now!)
Am I missing something here--why are people having such trouble coping with these things?
Ever heard of a concept called donating?
I suspect that's how they got all those Apple II books in the first place.
I use the books I own, and if I don't, it's because they're for an obsolete and worthless technology. (Want any MS Dos 3.0 programming books?) Donating them would be a disservice. In the rare case I have a still-useful book I'm no longer using, I give it to one of my younger cousins, which I guess is sort of greedy, but I know he will use it and it won't just sit on a shelf.
I guess I have a stack of UML books I never use, my cousin has no interest in, and they aren't really obsolete. But once again, donating them to a library seems like a disservice.
...you should get lots of books on the Apple II and programming VGA graphics.
For a long time, I was trying to spread the meme that Gates wrote the banana-throwing monkey QBASIC program that came with MS DOS 5.0 (I think it was 5.0) but not enough people knew what I was talking about for my lie to propagate.
"Oh, it's a joke. I get jokes! Bwahahahahaha!" -- Homer Simpson.
You, my friend, need to take a cold shower.
No, really. As the article says, the curtain still sucks inwards during cold showers.
Somebody needs to work on an ispell module for slashcode; in theory it shouldn't be that difficult. Put computers to work for you. Everybody would be happier, and would look smarter to boot!
Why? Well, it's quite good; apparently the billions and billions Microsoft has spent on research has finally resulted in a payoff. And Microsoft has managed to dominate market segments with complete shit products before; now that they actually have something decent, it's going to be difficult to stop them.
MSFT looses $X Billion to piracy each year
Sort of a tangential point, but to fill in the $X: According to the SPA, software piracy has saved consumers worldwide over $59.2 billion in the last five years, and $12 billion last year alone. The linked document also details which regions saved the most.
I'd be more concerned about the power consumption and decreased hardware lifetimes
Decreased hardware lifetimes? No such thing from overuse; the processor will be obsolete far before it ever dies. (I've run lots of CPUs 24/7 on lots of distributed projects; never once has a CPU died except when I dragged it to the junk heap.) And if a CPU does die, it was defective in the first place. Processors should not die from use. But perhaps the State of Georgia could go after Intel/Microsoft for obsoleting their equipment, though. ;)
When they send you email about identd, send email to their ISP complaining about unauthorized use of port 25.
(You may want to read RFC 821 if you don't get the joke.)
Against SUVs, that is:
"I'm changing the climate! Ask me how!" bumper stickers.
The SUV Ticket.
The SUV Poseur Page
Whats withe the Canadian bashing?
I said Canadians were "laid back." That's not an insult; in fact, it's almost a compliment. And I jokingly called the poster a hoser. And while I may sound like a kindergartener when I say this, he started it when he said "Here in Canada we have something called 'rights'". Such hubris almost requires a mocking response.
But then I see that your grammar is well, typical of someone who attended an American public high school.
Thank goodness you're able to criticize my so-called Canadian bashing (and once again, where did I bash Canada?) , since you're so clearly above American bashing. I still don't know what gross grammatical mistake I made that called for you to insult my entire country. And you're missing a comma.
satelite,withe,I can sow my flag on a backpack,caffeineated
I guess my American high-school spelling is substandard, too, since I would have spelled those words differently. (Yeah, I know, spelling flames are lame, but once again I'm going to go with the lame "He started it" excuse. I know I probably made a few spelling mistakes of my own. Damn Slashdot's lack of an "ispell post" button!)
If you ever wondered what the .cx in "goatse.cx" stood for, now you know. CX is the TLD for Christmas Island.(The link points to a somewhat broken site, but it gets the point across.)