I've noticed the problem on my home Windows XP box running Firefox, but not on my work computer (running Windows 2000). I also noticed it constantly on the pre-1.0 versions of Firefox running on Ubuntu Linux. Very curious.
I wish someone would release an RPG with the polish of warcraft, the open-endedness of fallout, and the great voice acting/script writing from KOTOR. Now there's a game I would happily pay $80 for.
This game exists; it's called Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I bought a PS2 specifically for this game.
I enjoyed the review as a change of pace from the "Holy SHIT, Halo 2 is the best game ever made!!" type of reviews that every magazine I have read decided to print.
While I agree with your point, Slashdot's not to blame here. The headline of the NYT article is "Law Barring Junk E-Mail Allows a Flood Instead". So the conclusion jumping is being done by the Times here, not Slashdot. Of course, the sensationalistic tone of the submission is what got it posted. But give credit to the right group of exaggerators.
I like how Ubuntu Linux handles the whole superuser privileges thing. Rather than having you have a root user with its password and a regular user with its password, Ubuntu disables the root account and has you sudo whenever you need to run a root command. It's a great way to do things on a desktop, since you don't find yourself needing to run as root very often anyway.
That's ridiculous. The site only gets 100 users a day. Not all of them are going to be downloading the videos. The torrent is going to be basically useless since it'll take forever to download a small video. Torrents are not meant for this. Not to mention they're enough of a hassle that casual visitors to the site won't bother watching the video.
I would like to use these things for uploading digital pictures I take(what can I say, I'm a resolution whore), but I would rather the whole world not see my friend wearing a wedding dress with a giant Bart Simpson mask on. It would be neat if you could put a user name/password on the torrents. Not incredibly secure, but still better than nothing.
Torrents work best if a lot of people are downloading/uploading. If you've got a picture that is only meant for a few people, it would make more sense to just upload the picture to the server rather than use Bit Torrent. That's probably why there isn't any access control. It wouldn't be any use to limit people when you want as many seeders as you can get.
You're doing exactly what you are complaining about. You're saying she sucks because it's popular right now to say she sucks. No, I think I can speak for the OP and myself when I say that we say she sucks because it has been proven that she can't sing without a backing track. She can't do the one thing she is paid to do. And Jewel plays guitar and writes her own songs. Ashlee has a hired crew to write for her.
From the summary, it looks like this is going to be a one-time thing, a charity event with the proceeds going to tsunami relief. Rather than spend all this time and money trying to set up a technological way to do this, why not just get three quizmasters with three PA systems? You'd have less expenses, so more money would go to charity. I'm assuming you are getting volunteers to run the quizzes, so I didn't figure in costs for paying the extra people. Another thing I worry about is, if you're only doing it once, you can count on stuff going wrong. Things always do with something this complicated. I could see if you were going to do it week after week, because after a few weeks you'd get the hang of it and you could streamline the process. But if you're just planning on doing a one-shot event, stick to the tried and true. You could rent three PA rigs for the evening and be good to go. Hope this helps.
Firstly, nobody profits from the idea of a QWERTY keyboard. The guys in Taiwan who pump out cheap keyboards can do it so cheaply because they don't pay a license to QWERTY Corp. So there'd be nobody for the DOJ to take action against. I know you were exaggerating when you suggested this, but still, it's not a valid comparison.
Secondly, it's not the fact that IE's inferior that is a sign of a monopoly. It's the fact that 90% of the computers out there run Windows, and because of this, they run IE. I wouldn't care at all if Microsoft was a monopoly if they had to remain competitive to continue being one. But they don't, there are no viable competitors to Microsoft for the mass market. Apple and Linux are niche markets, let's face it. 7/11 and Winzip have to add new features and change to remain competitive. Microsoft doesn't HAVE to change Windows at all. The only reason they really need to change Windows or Office is to get repeat sales.
I never said Microsoft should be broken up. What I'd like to see happen is for there to be either no browser included with Windows (we used to get our first browsers on a disk from our ISPs), or for there to be an option. Maybe Mozilla and IE, user decides. The "no browser" option's never going to happen because most users would be completely lost without a browser, but having a choice from the start would be nice.
See, it's comments like this that ought to make the DOJ convict Microsoft. When a company's not afraid of a far superior browser, that's ridiculous. They aren't afraid because of the legions of users who have no idea what a web browser is, and don't need to know, because they just use the browser that's built in. They equate internet with IE. I do tech support for an ISP, and I see this happen all the time. Many people have no idea that they can use other programs to get web pages. And this is because IE is bundled with Windows. It's bullshit that they can get away with this.
Actually, if you read the article, you'd know when the exact release date would be for PC.
"The company confirmed both the Xbox and PC versions of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas would carry a simultaneous release date of June 7, 2005 in North America. In Europe, the release will follow three days later, on June 10."
Well, that was sort of an off-shoot. They sold off (rebranded) their consumer product and continued to sell and support their Backup Exec program. I wouldn't say he missed one. I mourn the loss of decent tech support, myself. Symantec has never had very good tech support. I've called Veritas about Backup Exec for Netware and they've helped me troubleshoot getting the tape drive to recognize right in Netware, rather than shunt me off to Novell. Above and beyond the call of duty. You'll be missed, Veritas.
We've never HAD to pay to check our own credit scores here. It has always been possible to submit a request once a year in writing. My parents have been doing this for years. I personally haven't been that worried about my credit because I've only bought one thing on credit (my car) and things worked fine. It'll be more convenient and quicker to use this site though.
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Man, that's funny. I wish I had some mod points.
"Another content-free post by Night Goat"
I've noticed the problem on my home Windows XP box running Firefox, but not on my work computer (running Windows 2000). I also noticed it constantly on the pre-1.0 versions of Firefox running on Ubuntu Linux. Very curious.
I wish someone would release an RPG with the polish of warcraft, the open-endedness of fallout, and the great voice acting/script writing from KOTOR. Now there's a game I would happily pay $80 for.
This game exists; it's called Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I bought a PS2 specifically for this game.
I enjoyed the review as a change of pace from the "Holy SHIT, Halo 2 is the best game ever made!!" type of reviews that every magazine I have read decided to print.
While I agree with your point, Slashdot's not to blame here. The headline of the NYT article is "Law Barring Junk E-Mail Allows a Flood Instead". So the conclusion jumping is being done by the Times here, not Slashdot. Of course, the sensationalistic tone of the submission is what got it posted. But give credit to the right group of exaggerators.
Fuckin' A.
I like how Ubuntu Linux handles the whole superuser privileges thing. Rather than having you have a root user with its password and a regular user with its password, Ubuntu disables the root account and has you sudo whenever you need to run a root command. It's a great way to do things on a desktop, since you don't find yourself needing to run as root very often anyway.
What makes you think Stardock didn't copy Apple? I seem to remember when this Object Dock software came out, and it was after OSX did.
That's ridiculous. The site only gets 100 users a day. Not all of them are going to be downloading the videos. The torrent is going to be basically useless since it'll take forever to download a small video. Torrents are not meant for this. Not to mention they're enough of a hassle that casual visitors to the site won't bother watching the video.
I would like to use these things for uploading digital pictures I take(what can I say, I'm a resolution whore), but I would rather the whole world not see my friend wearing a wedding dress with a giant Bart Simpson mask on.
It would be neat if you could put a user name/password on the torrents. Not incredibly secure, but still better than nothing.
Torrents work best if a lot of people are downloading/uploading. If you've got a picture that is only meant for a few people, it would make more sense to just upload the picture to the server rather than use Bit Torrent. That's probably why there isn't any access control. It wouldn't be any use to limit people when you want as many seeders as you can get.
Bootsy, I had no idea you read Slashdot! I've been a fan for years. I love those glittery star-shaped glasses. Tres chic!
You're doing exactly what you are complaining about. You're saying she sucks because it's popular right now to say she sucks.
No, I think I can speak for the OP and myself when I say that we say she sucks because it has been proven that she can't sing without a backing track. She can't do the one thing she is paid to do.
And Jewel plays guitar and writes her own songs. Ashlee has a hired crew to write for her.
Nice Primus reference in the post title. :)
From the summary, it looks like this is going to be a one-time thing, a charity event with the proceeds going to tsunami relief. Rather than spend all this time and money trying to set up a technological way to do this, why not just get three quizmasters with three PA systems? You'd have less expenses, so more money would go to charity. I'm assuming you are getting volunteers to run the quizzes, so I didn't figure in costs for paying the extra people.
Another thing I worry about is, if you're only doing it once, you can count on stuff going wrong. Things always do with something this complicated. I could see if you were going to do it week after week, because after a few weeks you'd get the hang of it and you could streamline the process. But if you're just planning on doing a one-shot event, stick to the tried and true. You could rent three PA rigs for the evening and be good to go. Hope this helps.
Believe me, I'm angry at both! :)
Secondly, it's not the fact that IE's inferior that is a sign of a monopoly. It's the fact that 90% of the computers out there run Windows, and because of this, they run IE. I wouldn't care at all if Microsoft was a monopoly if they had to remain competitive to continue being one. But they don't, there are no viable competitors to Microsoft for the mass market. Apple and Linux are niche markets, let's face it. 7/11 and Winzip have to add new features and change to remain competitive. Microsoft doesn't HAVE to change Windows at all. The only reason they really need to change Windows or Office is to get repeat sales.
I never said Microsoft should be broken up. What I'd like to see happen is for there to be either no browser included with Windows (we used to get our first browsers on a disk from our ISPs), or for there to be an option. Maybe Mozilla and IE, user decides. The "no browser" option's never going to happen because most users would be completely lost without a browser, but having a choice from the start would be nice.
-- Night Goat, a proud Firefox/Safari user
That's not ironic at all, actually.
Actually, if you read the article, you'd know when the exact release date would be for PC.
"The company confirmed both the Xbox and PC versions of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas would carry a simultaneous release date of June 7, 2005 in North America. In Europe, the release will follow three days later, on June 10."
Well, that was sort of an off-shoot. They sold off (rebranded) their consumer product and continued to sell and support their Backup Exec program. I wouldn't say he missed one.
I mourn the loss of decent tech support, myself. Symantec has never had very good tech support. I've called Veritas about Backup Exec for Netware and they've helped me troubleshoot getting the tape drive to recognize right in Netware, rather than shunt me off to Novell. Above and beyond the call of duty. You'll be missed, Veritas.
With that money you saved, you can buy a keyboard with a working Shift key! Cool!
"...are trippy music/shooters (ala REZ) just too weird to attain mainstream success?"
As long as there is marijuana and home video game systems, these type of games have a guaranteed audience!
Very interesting article you linked to, thanks. Although, if you don't get modded "flamebait," I'll be surprised. I agree with you, though.
We've never HAD to pay to check our own credit scores here. It has always been possible to submit a request once a year in writing. My parents have been doing this for years. I personally haven't been that worried about my credit because I've only bought one thing on credit (my car) and things worked fine. It'll be more convenient and quicker to use this site though.