Ok, I went to the Reveleations Ent. site (the producers of Rama (yay!) and I was glancing throuh their other upcoming projects (including "The Day no Pigs Would Die", and EXCELLENT book I might add) and Morgan fricken Freeman is in EVERY ONE! does he own this production house? seems odd to me... Anyway, just wondering if any one knows just how involved Freeman is in the project (i.e. getting it off the ground) As for a sequel, I hope they do them all, the Rama series is a powerful commentary on (wo)man's ego.
1. Seemingly interminable wait while the redundant (albeit proximate) contextual menu loads and (finally) appears.
A long wait? Hmm... you've got some issues... (or your runing win 98/ME/2k with 32 MB of ram)try defragging, or install tweak UI and REMOVE all the usless (to you) functions from the context menu. That will speed it up tons
2. Scrolling. Also redundant and not terribly accurate either. I never use it.
This is just silly. the scroll wheel is great, especially for Web browsing. You can also set the # of lines you wish to scroll in the Control Panel. This should solve the accuracy problem.
C'mon, a 1 button mouse is not very usefull. Even most Mac Zealots will agree that Apple needs a better mouse.
This sounds alot like Intel's Processor ID scheme on the early PII's... I remember reading last week that alot of manufacturers we considering making this an *optional* feature (much the same as being able to disable Intel's ID...) Not sure where I saw that though... Anyone read similar?
I could be WAY off here, but it seems to me that governments have been hiring young hackers for quite some time... Has the US not one this? We don't here much about the Gov's security teams, but it seems to me that these kind of people are the logical choice.
Can anyone confirm any previous examples of this? Or am I an idiot?
Exactly! This is pure market research. MS wants to know EXACTLY what us slashdotters, (and you trolls;), think about Xbox. You can bet that ol' Bill himself will be perusing this thread, and, whilst ignoring the anti MS overtones, writing down everything we say about the technology. MS will do thier damnedest to produce a platform we will collectivly praise, and it's up to us to make sure they fail.
No matter what they chuck in that little box, it's still a PC built by the Devil.
The Ball dropped, we are still here, all is good.Thank 2000 is over! If I see one more Auction/"E-biz" start-up get enough VC to fund several small wars and the worlds largest coke party, I am heading to a clock tower.Now that we've weeded out the flash in the pan.com ideas, let's take what we've learned and really take over the world.
Well, gee... I can't argue that... Man, and people wonder WHY there are limited intelligent posts on this site... Look dude, instead of Trolling for karma, why don't you work on your social skills. um.. I done, you can stop reading...
One cannot deny that the rate of change is increasing, or that this increase will produce faster or "acellerated" innovation.
What this article fails to realize is that any technologies impact on society is subjective, and will change over time. While computers, or the internet are not as significant as running water, indoor plumbing, or penicillen, digital technology most certainly is.
Furthermore, we have no way of accurately predicting the impact of any given technology, untill it has been properly observed... Remember, Ebay/Amazon/Slashdot are NOT the Internet, they are simply uses of the (currently) most popular protocol.
However, an applicant with some sort of cert is always going to get my attention. People can, and will, exaggerate their experience level, and the level of responsibility they had at previous places of employment. Certification does not solve this completely, but it is an excellent reference point.
As for your comments about the environment at our office? I am not going to get into a flame war with you, but perhaps you should save those comments for Kuro5hin. We run a professional and challenging environment for all of our employees, and their loyalty proves that.
We are always looking for "Certified" Linux guys... In a sea of Kernal hackers, some sort of "Cert" will definitely put your resume at the top of the pile. A lot of hops (here in Calgary) are reluctant to deploy Linux, simply because they feel that it is easier to find M$ Network Disintegrator. If there were more certified Linux Admins, Deployments would go up, and that would make Cmdr. Taco a very happy guy.
...silly to me that companies push keyboards that are inferior to the qwerty model. Are there not keyboards out there that are superior? It makes NO sense to use a keybaord that slows your typing down, regardless of ergonomics or the "coolness" factor. I hope the dotcom meltdown gets these guys too. Besides, another genneration or two of Dragon/Viavoice, and we won't need a keyboard.
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Re:It's Napster's responsibility, but...
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Nazis on Napster
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Here we go...
First,
Napster does not "Harbour" any content. They facillitate, period. What you are proposing would lead to lawuits against any company even REMOTELY involved in the transfer of material through Napster/Gnutella/whatever.
Second,
"There are laws which prohibit hate and racist content from websites, and therefore the ISPs must keep it off their servers or else face penalties" This is a pretty interesting statement. IANAL, but, the laws you refer to are not the same from country to country, and therefore are, for the most part, un-enforceable. Even if there were a U.N., or other global organization, standard (which there may be) it would not be enough. The ONLY way to resolve this issue is through education, not regulation.
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Re:It's Napster's responsibility, but...
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Nazis on Napster
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"The same should be said for Napster. It's just a matter of finding the inappropriate content..."
Oh, that's it? No problem, Napster should be tasked with finally determining right from wrong, not too offensive, too offensive... Hell, we should have let them decide the US Election too! C'mon, your simplistic analysis of the issue is astonishing... This is not just a freedom of speech/inappropriate content issue... this is an issue that stems from a problem we have struggled with for 2000+ years!
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Oops :) read the rest of the site... Freeman is a founder of Revelations... there goes my Karma :|\
Ok, I went to the Reveleations Ent. site (the producers of Rama (yay!) and I was glancing throuh their other upcoming projects (including "The Day no Pigs Would Die", and EXCELLENT book I might add) and Morgan fricken Freeman is in EVERY ONE! does he own this production house? seems odd to me... Anyway, just wondering if any one knows just how involved Freeman is in the project (i.e. getting it off the ground) As for a sequel, I hope they do them all, the Rama series is a powerful commentary on (wo)man's ego.
6Mb = 750KB
750KB/sec x 60 sec = 45MB/min
45MB/min x 60 min = 2.7GB
Math looks ok to me...
the link to the cam is broken... after 4 posts...
/.ers are so patient...
I am hunting for a new link... Good thing us
Maybe all those .com's I'm sitting on will actually be WORTH something :)
BEOWULF!!!! :)
imagine... mobile supercomputing..
want one
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I stand corrected... For kids, a 1 button mouse is IDEAL!
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
1. Seemingly interminable wait while the redundant (albeit proximate) contextual menu loads and (finally) appears.
A long wait? Hmm... you've got some issues... (or your runing win 98/ME/2k with 32 MB of ram)try defragging, or install tweak UI and REMOVE all the usless (to you) functions from the context menu. That will speed it up tons
2. Scrolling. Also redundant and not terribly accurate either. I never use it.
This is just silly. the scroll wheel is great, especially for Web browsing. You can also set the # of lines you wish to scroll in the Control Panel. This should solve the accuracy problem.
C'mon, a 1 button mouse is not very usefull. Even most Mac Zealots will agree that Apple needs a better mouse.
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
This sounds alot like Intel's Processor ID scheme on the early PII's... I remember reading last week that alot of manufacturers we considering making this an *optional* feature (much the same as being able to disable Intel's ID...) Not sure where I saw that though... Anyone read similar?
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
A beowulf cluster of these... would still be slow. However, it would be bigger than my house!
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
kind of like an mp3...
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
I could be WAY off here, but it seems to me that governments have been hiring young hackers for quite some time... Has the US not one this? We don't here much about the Gov's security teams, but it seems to me that these kind of people are the logical choice.
Can anyone confirm any previous examples of this? Or am I an idiot?
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
Exactly! This is pure market research. MS wants to know EXACTLY what us slashdotters, (and you trolls;), think about Xbox. You can bet that ol' Bill himself will be perusing this thread, and, whilst ignoring the anti MS overtones, writing down everything we say about the technology. MS will do thier damnedest to produce a platform we will collectivly praise, and it's up to us to make sure they fail.
No matter what they chuck in that little box, it's still a PC built by the Devil.
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
Larry Elison is giving out Oracle8i Licenses?
Cool!
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
The Ball dropped, we are still here, all is good.Thank 2000 is over! If I see one more Auction/"E-biz" start-up get enough VC to fund several small wars and the worlds largest coke party, I am heading to a clock tower.Now that we've weeded out the flash in the pan .com ideas, let's take what we've learned and really take over the world.
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
Surely Linus is toying with us... there is no way that the Kernel will beet Mac OSX out of the gate...
Please Linus... Don't tease us...
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
Well, gee... I can't argue that... Man, and people wonder WHY there are limited intelligent posts on this site... Look dude, instead of Trolling for karma, why don't you work on your social skills.
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
Well, I think you should retract that "Vomit"...
One cannot deny that the rate of change is increasing, or that this increase will produce faster or "acellerated" innovation.
What this article fails to realize is that any technologies impact on society is subjective, and will change over time. While computers, or the internet are not as significant as running water, indoor plumbing, or penicillen, digital technology most certainly is.
Furthermore, we have no way of accurately predicting the impact of any given technology, untill it has been properly observed... Remember, Ebay/Amazon/Slashdot are NOT the Internet, they are simply uses of the (currently) most popular protocol.
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
Ok, so I can't spell... I concede that.
However, an applicant with some sort of cert is always going to get my attention. People can, and will, exaggerate their experience level, and the level of responsibility they had at previous places of employment. Certification does not solve this completely, but it is an excellent reference point.
As for your comments about the environment at our office? I am not going to get into a flame war with you, but perhaps you should save those comments for Kuro5hin. We run a professional and challenging environment for all of our employees, and their loyalty proves that.
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
We are always looking for "Certified" Linux guys... In a sea of Kernal hackers, some sort of "Cert" will definitely put your resume at the top of the pile. A lot of hops (here in Calgary) are reluctant to deploy Linux, simply because they feel that it is easier to find M$ Network Disintegrator. If there were more certified Linux Admins, Deployments would go up, and that would make Cmdr. Taco a very happy guy.
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
You really think he thought it was serious? C'mon man... shouldn't you be somewhere else?
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
Connections/2/3 aere all great programs, James Burke really blows my mind... I ordered one of the books from spAmazon... 4+ weeks, and no book...
There are VHS versions of 2 and 3. No DVD that I could find...
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
...silly to me that companies push keyboards that are inferior to the qwerty model. Are there not keyboards out there that are superior? It makes NO sense to use a keybaord that slows your typing down, regardless of ergonomics or the "coolness" factor. I hope the dotcom meltdown gets these guys too. Besides, another genneration or two of Dragon/Viavoice, and we won't need a keyboard.
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
Here we go...
First, Napster does not "Harbour" any content. They facillitate, period. What you are proposing would lead to lawuits against any company even REMOTELY involved in the transfer of material through Napster/Gnutella/whatever.
Second, "There are laws which prohibit hate and racist content from websites, and therefore the ISPs must keep it off their servers or else face penalties" This is a pretty interesting statement. IANAL, but, the laws you refer to are not the same from country to country, and therefore are, for the most part, un-enforceable. Even if there were a U.N., or other global organization, standard (which there may be) it would not be enough. The ONLY way to resolve this issue is through education, not regulation.
um.. I done, you can stop reading...
um.. I done, you can stop reading...