You can always read any story in the green format (or any other, even retired ones) by entering the url by hand. Maybe there's a way to strip out (or add) any leading foo.slashdot.org third level domain name via a proxy.
You have to compile it yourself. Screw that. Can't they come up with a simple install-me CD or.iso?! I just want to watch TV dammit, not mess around with obscure Linux configs.
Huh?? You'd prefer that your users manually change the mail relays they use in their clients (what a PITA) rather than use one central trusted SMTP server? I don't get it.
Every ISP SMTP server I have used requires that you log in to grab email BEFORE you send mail, to prevent open relay spamming. How do you (or how do the operators of these relays) prevent that from the servers that your users are sending mail from random accounts through?
OK, but you must admit it's a weird one. Next up, CNN announces newest headlines in gopher!
and a LOT quicker than bothering putting up a website.
Huh? It would be trivially simple to put up a basic html page on idsoftware.com. Just copy the text of the.plan into such a page. Of course, it wouldn't be craptacular Flash like whatever they paid their expensive web design consultants for, but it would work, and not depend on some random finger server for people to be able to read it with standard tools.
Put a Nokia TDMA phone on your CRT monitor and call the number. You'll see the screen vibrate and distort just before it starts to ring. There's definitely some interference there.
finkployd is right. I haven't run into a site on the internet that has forced me to use IE in years. (I use Mozilla on Mac and Windows.) Private network sites inside my company are a different story, but on the internet, mozilla works just fine.
It always amazes me when friends stick with IE despite all the hassles (notably popups). I haven't seen a popup in years.
until the skript-kiddies hack websites to swipe $0.10 per pageview without your permission. Hacked pages already swipe personal info from IE users - why not skip straight to the cash?
(Yet another, as if there weren't enough already, reason why micropayments won't ever catch on. Much to the chagrin of content providers.)
7) Let me type in my prompts immediately. Don't make me listen to some introduction thing - let me select prompts right away so I can get in the queue right away.
8) Have a "0" option to go straight to the general questions queue. I know this means fewer people type in their credit card number, SSN, mother's birthdate, granddad's blood type, ZIP + 4, first license plate number ever on current car, and number of times they've had sex in the last decade, but it's user-friendly, so just do it.
I remember buying a mouse pad there and even a bumper sticker (which is still on my car).... Unfortunately they closed down a couple years ago or more, for reasons unknown.
Maybe because their customers only bought bumper stickers and mousepads? Not a lot of profit in those items, ya know.
People might give security as an excuse, but it's a big fat lie. It's all about the bucks. Trade shows are simply a waste of money in this day and age.
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is slashdot now ordering bargain bin tech buzzwords from the name consultants? weird, I tell you. weird.
DRM vs. DRM. A pox on both their houses.
You can always read any story in the green format (or any other, even retired ones) by entering the url by hand. Maybe there's a way to strip out (or add) any leading foo.slashdot.org third level domain name via a proxy.
And "For All You Do, This Bud's For You."
You have to compile it yourself. Screw that. Can't they come up with a simple install-me CD or .iso?! I just want to watch TV dammit, not mess around with obscure Linux configs.
WTF is with the bizarre color scheme for IT? Was the Games section too easy on the eyes or something?
That would cause all kinds of fun at your local sports bar.
Can a comment eat itself? Because this one surely applies recursively.
Every ISP SMTP server I have used requires that you log in to grab email BEFORE you send mail, to prevent open relay spamming. How do you (or how do the operators of these relays) prevent that from the servers that your users are sending mail from random accounts through?
That's Apple's implementation of RFC 2324.
Any unsigned artist can sell his/her music however he likes. See CD Baby for but one example of indie music available for sale and purchase.
OK, but you must admit it's a weird one. Next up, CNN announces newest headlines in gopher!
and a LOT quicker than bothering putting up a website.
Huh? It would be trivially simple to put up a basic html page on idsoftware.com. Just copy the text of the .plan into such a page. Of course, it wouldn't be craptacular Flash like whatever they paid their expensive web design consultants for, but it would work, and not depend on some random finger server for people to be able to read it with standard tools.
linking to a finger server. You'd think someone could have put the text on a website or something.
The original champions of DDR!
My 11 year old VW Jetta is faster than Freenet. In 5 pm Bay Bridge traffic.
Put a Nokia TDMA phone on your CRT monitor and call the number. You'll see the screen vibrate and distort just before it starts to ring. There's definitely some interference there.
What's next, flutter?
It always amazes me when friends stick with IE despite all the hassles (notably popups). I haven't seen a popup in years.
Cross platform viruses, worms, spambots, and spyware? No thanks!
(Score: -1, Redundant)
(Yet another, as if there weren't enough already, reason why micropayments won't ever catch on. Much to the chagrin of content providers.)
You should simply never buy anything, and that way you'll never have that problem.
8) Have a "0" option to go straight to the general questions queue. I know this means fewer people type in their credit card number, SSN, mother's birthdate, granddad's blood type, ZIP + 4, first license plate number ever on current car, and number of times they've had sex in the last decade, but it's user-friendly, so just do it.
Maybe because their customers only bought bumper stickers and mousepads? Not a lot of profit in those items, ya know.
People might give security as an excuse, but it's a big fat lie. It's all about the bucks. Trade shows are simply a waste of money in this day and age.