Product placement. It's advertising. I presume someone at Slashdot is smart enough to get paid for this, although that may not be a reasonable assumption.
I understand that the title "Slashdot Editor" is intended largely for comedic effect... I hope. Perhaps we could just get the place renamed to Slapstick.com...oh, that's taken. How about Slapdash.com, that seems to be up for sale.
I like the ergonomic style, pioneered by Apple (AFAIK), who abandoned it, then taken up by Microsoft, which has made ever cheaper and more bloated versions of an originally nice product.
The bottom arced keys on this thing are a complete horror-show, though. And all of the keys are the same size?
I've seen a lot of alternative keyboard designs come and go. I'm not sure this one will come before it goes./cue Blazing Saddles sketch
...and if they were good enough for my Dad, they're good enough for me.
It's always "change for the sake of upgrades" with these guys. Microsoft went from flat icons, to 3D icons tilted one way, to 3D icons tilted the other way, and now back to... flat, yes, I'm glad we're continuing to improve by revolving around in circles. Possibly they got the idea from the "busy" cursor.
Prepare to buy new copies of all your software because they have old-fashioned icons but, not sufficiently old-fashioned icons.
Not to put too fine a point on it, right? Look, you need to base a model on something before you can even guess it might possibly mean something. World of Warcraft is a lovely model, but it doesn't predict the nature of life on other planets, it's just a game.
This is not remotely news. Get back to us when it's been demonstrated to reliably predict the presence of life.
I'm on Verizon. Fark has been unreachable all day. This appears to be Verizon's problem, not Fark's, so... the fark is going on here? How does a major ISP lose connectivity to a major news-like site?
I long for the good ole days when they actually send out paper invoices in envelopes!;^)
You actually still look at your paper mail? I tend to assume it's all just spam. Then again, I tend to assume that of my email, too.
What was the last year we had a communications system that had more signal than noise? It seems to have been a while.
I could get tired of these click-bait sensationalized titles. It's clear even in the summary that the bullet is human-guided. Ok, it can redirect itself in flight, that's cool, but that's not remotely what we were told.
I really have a difficult time accepting economic advice from a man who doesn't know that the dollar sign goes before the number. Have you actually never bought or sold anything?
I told her the Automatic Updates will keep her safe.
Yeah, ummm... I tend to leave on Auto Updates for my Dad, too, and he's even got a god-awful antivirus product, but that's only because I think they might be slightly better than the alternatives, for him. I've seen more machines bricked by Automatic Updates and by McAfee/Norton products than by viruses.
Wimp working for an excessively-large company with rules that might allow "casual Fridays" with strict dress codes. He's whining about corporate culture, not programming. The "Neo" problem that first gave you the hint that he wasn't an actual hacker, just some script kiddy in a minimum-wage cubicle farm.
Can slashdot not find something better to do than repost news that we read two days ago on reddit? If I wanted another re-re-repost, reddit's already got me covered.
Or we could cut off their hands! That would work, right?...mandatory sentences, my ass. Haven't we had enough of "zero tolerance" rules already? They're much worse than the problems they purport to solve.
Not computer scientists or programmers. They wouldn't have the faintest clue how to produce regulated 120 VAC @ 60Hz.
Bub, I was taught computer science back when punched cards were barely out of fashion. I can build you a computer out of sticks and water or spheres. Granted, it wouldn't be playing HalfLife3, but it might have a few conceivable uses.
Meantime, perhaps the carpenter could use a hand.
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Product placement. It's advertising. I presume someone at Slashdot is smart enough to get paid for this, although that may not be a reasonable assumption.
Egg lig ibble? Really? Egg lig ibble?
I understand that the title "Slashdot Editor" is intended largely for comedic effect... I hope. Perhaps we could just get the place renamed to Slapstick.com ...oh, that's taken. How about Slapdash.com, that seems to be up for sale.
The U.S. Air Force, at least, is just fine with corrective eye surgery. It's been used quite a bit to improve the vision of prospective pilots.
I like the ergonomic style, pioneered by Apple (AFAIK), who abandoned it, then taken up by Microsoft, which has made ever cheaper and more bloated versions of an originally nice product.
The bottom arced keys on this thing are a complete horror-show, though. And all of the keys are the same size?
I've seen a lot of alternative keyboard designs come and go. I'm not sure this one will come before it goes. /cue Blazing Saddles sketch
...and if they were good enough for my Dad, they're good enough for me.
It's always "change for the sake of upgrades" with these guys. Microsoft went from flat icons, to 3D icons tilted one way, to 3D icons tilted the other way, and now back to... flat, yes, I'm glad we're continuing to improve by revolving around in circles. Possibly they got the idea from the "busy" cursor.
Prepare to buy new copies of all your software because they have old-fashioned icons but, not sufficiently old-fashioned icons.
Not to put too fine a point on it, right? Look, you need to base a model on something before you can even guess it might possibly mean something. World of Warcraft is a lovely model, but it doesn't predict the nature of life on other planets, it's just a game. This is not remotely news. Get back to us when it's been demonstrated to reliably predict the presence of life.
I'm on Verizon. Fark has been unreachable all day. This appears to be Verizon's problem, not Fark's, so... the fark is going on here? How does a major ISP lose connectivity to a major news-like site?
Witness the valiant (and consistently failed efforts) of our very own Slashdot editors.
Slashdot doesn't have editors. That's just some sort of weird courtesy title, apparently not intended to convey any actual meaning.
The hell is wrong with your font?
Yup. Someone sneezed, everybody panic! ...this is not news.
I long for the good ole days when they actually send out paper invoices in envelopes! ;^)
You actually still look at your paper mail? I tend to assume it's all just spam. Then again, I tend to assume that of my email, too. What was the last year we had a communications system that had more signal than noise? It seems to have been a while.
I could get tired of these click-bait sensationalized titles. It's clear even in the summary that the bullet is human-guided. Ok, it can redirect itself in flight, that's cool, but that's not remotely what we were told.
Slashdot is like a Reddit thread several days out of date. The content is fine, sort've, but it's not current.
...who would like to remind you that sunshine will kill you, so be sure to get your vitamin D by drinking four to eight glasses of milk every day.
by... anyone? Anyone? That's right, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act... Let's just destroy the global economy for the sake of the world, shall we?
http://stephanpastis.wordpress...
Of course not, you fool! I'd build a tungsten horse with diamond teeth and flaming laser eyes to terrify my... I mean, to more efficiently commute.
I really have a difficult time accepting economic advice from a man who doesn't know that the dollar sign goes before the number. Have you actually never bought or sold anything?
I told her the Automatic Updates will keep her safe.
Yeah, ummm... I tend to leave on Auto Updates for my Dad, too, and he's even got a god-awful antivirus product, but that's only because I think they might be slightly better than the alternatives, for him. I've seen more machines bricked by Automatic Updates and by McAfee/Norton products than by viruses.
Wimp working for an excessively-large company with rules that might allow "casual Fridays" with strict dress codes. He's whining about corporate culture, not programming. The "Neo" problem that first gave you the hint that he wasn't an actual hacker, just some script kiddy in a minimum-wage cubicle farm.
I smell a troll
Take a shower.
Can slashdot not find something better to do than repost news that we read two days ago on reddit? If I wanted another re-re-repost, reddit's already got me covered.
Or we could cut off their hands! That would work, right? ...mandatory sentences, my ass. Haven't we had enough of "zero tolerance" rules already? They're much worse than the problems they purport to solve.
Not computer scientists or programmers. They wouldn't have the faintest clue how to produce regulated 120 VAC @ 60Hz.
Bub, I was taught computer science back when punched cards were barely out of fashion. I can build you a computer out of sticks and water or spheres. Granted, it wouldn't be playing HalfLife3, but it might have a few conceivable uses. Meantime, perhaps the carpenter could use a hand.
Is there no button to delete your slashdot account? ...work on that.