Weather.com has a link to Tell them what you think. So go there, and tell them that if they use this new ooki yucki whatever they wanna call it crap, that you'll never visit their website again.
Chief Revenue Officer? I guess with as many crappy, gaudy ads as that website runs, they need a chief officer in charge of it....
Re:Just one simple question is all I've got....
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1) People are killing each other in the middle east
/begin rant
If I had my way, I'd give everyone in the middle east about two weeks to pack up all the worldly possessions they want to keep, and hightail it right outa Israel, because at the end of that period I'd "dispose" of several hundred or thousand nuclear bombs. And maybe a few various flavors of toxic/radioactive waste.
I may be way off here, but I think God would be happier if NO ONE got to play in the holy land, rather than so many people killing each other there. It's been thousands of years and people are still killing each other over the land and their beliefs....it's high time we put an end to it. After decades of the "peace process" (and I use that term loosely), its pretty clear to me that some imposed peace isn't going to satisfy one group or another.
What better peace can you have than the peace and quiet of an empty land, devoid of human life for hundreds of miles?
/end rant
Just one simple question is all I've got....
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How is it that real news, the "Stuff that matters", as it were, seems to completely dry up on April 1? What real, interesting stories were eschewed to bring us all this "fun" April Fools entertainment? Where is the News?
I think Slashvertisements might not be a bad idea if you could get vendors to pay for the ad space.
Of course, you'd have to modify the Slashcode to allow certain features for these articles that others don't have: - Allow for disabled A/C posting - give the vendor some kind of moderator power to suppress negative comments (you know they wouldnt buy the ad space otherwise) - throw in a few other concessions maybe.
As long as the/. readership knows these are advertisements, what's wrong with ads in this format? Magazine have been doing it for years, multi-page advertisements (appropriately labelled at the page edge). Why can't Slashdot? If it could work financially, I'd say go for it.
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Why don't we just crank out the digits base 26, read them off, and save people the tedium of posting and reading Slashdot. Perhaps we can can find the collected works of Shakespeare or the Bible Code in there as well.
Hmm....are you sure you mean base 26? Maybe you mean base 36. Cuz if you do 26, then you've got these digits: 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopq, which probably won't get you through Shakespeare or the Bible, at least not in English. Or I suppose you could do base 26 and start with 'a', going against the conventions people normally use.
And even in this case, we're not going to have any punctuation. We may have to go with a higher base, to get all the 7 bit ASCII characters, just to be sure....
The CNN article makes it sound as if this technique produces no waste whatsoever. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but won't these muscle cells be generating plenty of waste as they use up the nutrients provided to them. Granted, you won't have fecal matter to dispose of, but you're still going to need to filter the cell waste out of this serum that the muscles are grown in...
Ok, I have to take issue with the point that Sarah J. Greenwald makes here: Two girls at a gifted school play patty-cake while chanting the digits of pi: Cross my heart and hope to die Here's the digits that make pi 3.1415926535897932384...
....
This was a good starting point to discuss the irrationality of Pi and the fact that this meant that not only would the patty-cake game never end, but it would also never get boring since the decimal expansion would never repeat.
Ok, well i concede that you'll get a non-repeating string of numbers, but I take issue with the idea that it will never get boring. It will get very boring, I think, at least in base 10...you've only got 10 digits to work with! Even in hexadecimal with it's few extra digits it's gonna wear out pretty quick for kids today, what with their short attention spans. We need something that'll really captivate them. Now I know this isn't a permanent solution, but I suggest we read Pi in something like base 42....or base 500....something to keep that repetition of digits down.
"One criticism of evolutionary theory has been that, unlike other scientific theories, it offers very little in the way of prediction. Unsurprising since it's devoted to the past, but it's still a weakness."
Meteorology is a science, but damned if they cant predict how much its going to rain, or when it's going to rain any more than a day before with much accuracy. If you don't know what I'm talking about, obviously you've never lived in Wisconsin....
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"This co-op could then market it as an inexpensive payware product, available for download complete with source code for a $5 license fee."
Ok, so what license is this hypothetical corporation going to put the code under? Is it going to be some yet-to-be-concocted proprietary license? Will it be a GPL or BSD license for the source code in general, but pay the $5 for the commercial "do as you like" license? If it's a Free license, then what's to stop someone from taking the source and putting it up on sourceforge for all to download? If it's not free, then what's the incentive for people to improve or add to the code?
Its an interesting idea and all, and I like open source as much as the next guy, but I dont see a viable business plan here. Keep trying....they say something like 95% of businesses fail. 19 more tries and maybe you'll have a winner.
on further review, it looks like wmp under crossover does start to skip more and more after a while. And wmp even crashed a couple times (particularly when trying to hit the stop button).
In win4lin, playback is pretty flawless. (with wmp 6.4 at least. wmp 7.1 seems to crash w4l).
I'm no expert in all things fractal, but aren't fractals supposed to infinitely repeat? If so, then the fractal program for the Inferno plugin doesn't really generate fractals. Check it out yourself....just keep zooming in. Eventually it gets all pixellated.
If I'm wrong, set me straight and mod me down and explain fractals to me again...
Well I dont know what it was, the change to the codeweavers version of wine, or the upgrade to 2.4.18, or getting rid of the preempt patch to the kernel, but I've now got WMP playing my live stream from WJJO with very little skipping. Seems it might be time to pry open the wallet and contribute....
I've run WMP under wine a few times to try out the live streaming from WJJO in Madison, WI (www.wjjo.com), and I dont know if it's just my setup, but playback of the stream seems to stutter a lot. I'll try codeweavers and see if it works any better that way....
So you're saying that if I'm smart I'm obligated to pull the weight for stupid people out there? If you're going to get philosophical and say that I'm hurting them, or society at large because I slack off sometimes, then I'm just gonna go play some Quake or put together a puzzle....so there!
no, this was not sign language, and that man was seriously on some type of stimulant/drugs.
As for the on stage seating....it's part of the props for the play....there is audience seating behind the actors. So he was most certainly not on stage for any type of sign language reason.
Also, the person he was with got pretty pissed at him cuz he was acting like such an idiot, that they left before the end of the play.
So enjoy your ill-gotten pc-thug karma! (politically correct, that is)....
I'm quite glad I got the opportunity to see Copenhagen recently at the Wilshire theater in LA, the play kicked ass. At least I thought so. My wife was too busy being distracted by the druggie making weird gestures in the on-stage seating; plus she wasn't big on the whole science aspect and said "well couldn't they have just done that whole play in 5 minutes and be done with it?" Oh well. Definitely not for everyone, but almost definitely for the/. crowd! If you've got a chance to see it, it's cool.
Not to sound pro-Microsoft (or pro-Linux, pro-*BSD, etc), but who really cares? it's just another web popularity poll with no scientific basis or anything. So someone at Microsoft saw the poll and sent around an email telling everyone to vote for.NET, and to pass the message along. This isn't any different than if Linux users did the same thing, pass an email around and tell people to vote Linux. The poll basically means NOTHING. The same thing happened at the college I went to, there was some online battle of the Mascots or something and I'd get emails from the IS dept secretary telling us to vote for Bucky Badger. Same exact thing.
As for the automated multiple vote scripts...well, can't blame them for trying.
I think they're referring to their feet not their height. In that case Hobbits would consider extra footage a good thing.
Just how many extra feet can you have before it becomes a bad thing? Personally, I'd feel a bit clumsy with more than two...
the text of the letter to Bill Gates
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In the event the server is/.'ed, here's what it reads....
Via Fax and U.S. Mail
(425) 936-7329
Mr. Bill Gates
Chairman, Board of Directors
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
Re: Lawsuit Over Our Use of LindowsOS-Proposal for Settlement Discussions
Dear Mr. Gates:
I am writing Chairman to Chairman to discuss the lawsuit your company filed against our use of "LindowsOS" for the LINUX based operating system we are advertising and developing.
I also had the opportunity to read press accounts which state or imply that Microsoft wants to resolve the controversy "voluntarily" and out of court. I would welcome the opportunity to discuss personally a potential informal resolution of this matter. Please call me to discuss this option as soon as possible.
As I understand your lawsuit, you say purchasers will be confused because of our use of "LindowsOS" and Microsoft's use of "WINDOWS" on its "XP PROFESSIONAL" and "XP HOME" operating systems. The corresponding and quite different logos placed next to each other are set out below for your convenience.
[image] [image]
As you can see, the distinct labeling and the differences of our products compel the conclusion that there will be no consumer confusion. We can also create different labeling if necessary or appropriate.
Lindows.com does not yet sell a product-at this point all we are doing is advertising. As you also are undoubtedly aware, when our operating system is ready for distribution, we plan on selling our LINUX based operating systems over the Internet to very sophisticated and discriminating customers who would not be confused that our product was created or sponsored by Microsoft. In contrast, you are selling about 90% of your operating systems to sophisticated OEM purchasers while about 10% are sold as CDs on store shelves. I can assure you that Lindows.com has not done and will do nothing to cause consumer confusion or trade upon Microsoft's goodwill. All we are trying to do is give consumers a distinct choice.
Needless to say, the lawsuit came as a complete surprise. For months, we have been very public with regard to our plans. Detailed descriptions of our operating system have been extensively disclosed and written about in advertising and media. Yet we were given no notice whatsoever of your displeasure with our use of the "LindowsOS" mark or slogan until the lawsuit was filed one business day before Christmas, alleging it was a prohibited use of your mark or slogan "Windows."
We are additionally puzzled because there was never any contact between our companies prior to the lawsuit. I would have thought that a phone call or fax, or even a formal cease and desist letter, would be a more appropriate first step to get to a voluntary resolution. On the other hand, I am glad to read in your court papers and press accounts that you are not trying to stop or prevent our company from launching our LindowsOS product-you just want us to stop using the mark or slogan "LindowsOS". That's good to hear because, like you, we are working hard to innovate and offer consumers a choice of novel and resourceful products.
I look forward to meeting with you to discuss the outcomes which work for both sides. It is my sincere interest to focus on delivering a unique product and not to get dragged into a lengthy court battle, so there is no need for any lawyers to meet with us.
Unfortunately, because you filed your complaint one business day before Christmas and have demanded a response in the shortest possible legal time frame (hearing set for January 11, 2002), we do not have much time to discuss this matter. Therefore, I would like to request that you continue the hearing on the preliminary injunction so that we could resolve this issue before we get bogged down in a quagmire of litigation.
I look forward to speaking with you as soon as possible.
Very truly yours,
Michael Robertson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Lindows.com, Inc.
If you want to support the artist, then you should buy the cd, instead of going through another layer to "borrow" some of the profits
isn't it clear to you that people don't want to buy the 12 track cd for the 2 songs they want to hear? I'm not saying that it's a good thing that they only like the songs that are spoon-fed to them on MTV, but that's what they want. If they can get just those songs, why buy the CD? Or if it comes down to listening to just those songs that they paid for thru napster, or not buying the CD at all....which does the musician prefer? I guess we could do a full analysis of the situation, make a few estimates, plug in some formulas....
Personally, I think this whole capitalism/free market thing sucks, but it sucks a little less than the alternatives...so if a musician "goes out of business" cuz he can't afford to just make music...well its just too bad. if a musician wants to make money because he likes it and he's good at it....well there's plenty of people in the world who don't like their jobs, so the musician can go flip burgers like the rest of them, then go home at night and whine about it in a song.
I too worked for the UW about a year ago, and while the department i was in (Pathology) had mostly Dells, the hospital had IBM PC's a-plenty. The pathology dept got new office and lab space in the hospital recently, and every one of the non-Apple PCs we put in was an IBM. They're still out there...but from what I can tell, mostly only educational/govermental institutions get them.
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ummmmm, 2.4.99.2
Nah, probably 2.4.100; the kernels start at x.x.0, not x.x.00, so it seems we're using the convention of just tacking the incremental version on without any worry about leading zeros...
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Weather.com has a link to Tell them what you think. So go there, and tell them that if they use this new ooki yucki whatever they wanna call it crap, that you'll never visit their website again.
Chief Revenue Officer? I guess with as many crappy, gaudy ads as that website runs, they need a chief officer in charge of it....
1) People are killing each other in the middle east
/begin rant
If I had my way, I'd give everyone in the middle east about two weeks to pack up all the worldly possessions they want to keep, and hightail it right outa Israel, because at the end of that period I'd "dispose" of several hundred or thousand nuclear bombs. And maybe a few various flavors of toxic/radioactive waste.
I may be way off here, but I think God would be happier if NO ONE got to play in the holy land, rather than so many people killing each other there. It's been thousands of years and people are still killing each other over the land and their beliefs....it's high time we put an end to it. After decades of the "peace process" (and I use that term loosely), its pretty clear to me that some imposed peace isn't going to satisfy one group or another.
What better peace can you have than the peace and quiet of an empty land, devoid of human life for hundreds of miles?
/end rant
How is it that real news, the "Stuff that matters", as it were, seems to completely dry up on April 1? What real, interesting stories were eschewed to bring us all this "fun" April Fools entertainment? Where is the News?
I think Slashvertisements might not be a bad idea if you could get vendors to pay for the ad space.
/. readership knows these are advertisements, what's wrong with ads in this format? Magazine have been doing it for years, multi-page advertisements (appropriately labelled at the page edge). Why can't Slashdot? If it could work financially, I'd say go for it.
Of course, you'd have to modify the Slashcode to allow certain features for these articles that others don't have:
- Allow for disabled A/C posting
- give the vendor some kind of moderator power to suppress negative comments (you know they wouldnt buy the ad space otherwise)
- throw in a few other concessions maybe.
As long as the
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Why don't we just crank out the digits base 26, read them off, and save people the tedium of posting and reading Slashdot. Perhaps we can can find the collected works of Shakespeare or the Bible Code in there as well.
Hmm....are you sure you mean base 26? Maybe you mean base 36. Cuz if you do 26, then you've got these digits: 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopq, which probably won't get you through Shakespeare or the Bible, at least not in English. Or I suppose you could do base 26 and start with 'a', going against the conventions people normally use.
And even in this case, we're not going to have any punctuation. We may have to go with a higher base, to get all the 7 bit ASCII characters, just to be sure....
The CNN article makes it sound as if this technique produces no waste whatsoever. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but won't these muscle cells be generating plenty of waste as they use up the nutrients provided to them. Granted, you won't have fecal matter to dispose of, but you're still going to need to filter the cell waste out of this serum that the muscles are grown in...
Ok, I have to take issue with the point that Sarah J. Greenwald makes here:
Two girls at a gifted school play patty-cake while chanting the digits of pi:
Cross my heart and hope to die
Here's the digits that make pi
3.1415926535897932384...
....
This was a good starting point to discuss the irrationality of Pi and the fact that this meant that not only would the patty-cake game never end, but it would also never get boring since the decimal expansion would never repeat.
Ok, well i concede that you'll get a non-repeating string of numbers, but I take issue with the idea that it will never get boring. It will get very boring, I think, at least in base 10...you've only got 10 digits to work with! Even in hexadecimal with it's few extra digits it's gonna wear out pretty quick for kids today, what with their short attention spans. We need something that'll really captivate them. Now I know this isn't a permanent solution, but I suggest we read Pi in something like base 42....or base 500....something to keep that repetition of digits down.
"One criticism of evolutionary theory has been that, unlike other scientific theories, it offers very little in the way of prediction. Unsurprising since it's devoted to the past, but it's still a weakness."
Meteorology is a science, but damned if they cant predict how much its going to rain, or when it's going to rain any more than a day before with much accuracy. If you don't know what I'm talking about, obviously you've never lived in Wisconsin....
"This co-op could then market it as an inexpensive payware product, available for download complete with source code for a $5 license fee."
Ok, so what license is this hypothetical corporation going to put the code under? Is it going to be some yet-to-be-concocted proprietary license? Will it be a GPL or BSD license for the source code in general, but pay the $5 for the commercial "do as you like" license? If it's a Free license, then what's to stop someone from taking the source and putting it up on sourceforge for all to download? If it's not free, then what's the incentive for people to improve or add to the code?
Its an interesting idea and all, and I like open source as much as the next guy, but I dont see a viable business plan here. Keep trying....they say something like 95% of businesses fail. 19 more tries and maybe you'll have a winner.
on further review, it looks like wmp under crossover does start to skip more and more after a while. And wmp even crashed a couple times (particularly when trying to hit the stop button).
In win4lin, playback is pretty flawless. (with wmp 6.4 at least. wmp 7.1 seems to crash w4l).
I'm no expert in all things fractal, but aren't fractals supposed to infinitely repeat? If so, then the fractal program for the Inferno plugin doesn't really generate fractals. Check it out yourself....just keep zooming in. Eventually it gets all pixellated.
If I'm wrong, set me straight and mod me down and explain fractals to me again...
Well I dont know what it was, the change to the codeweavers version of wine, or the upgrade to 2.4.18, or getting rid of the preempt patch to the kernel, but I've now got WMP playing my live stream from WJJO with very little skipping. Seems it might be time to pry open the wallet and contribute....
I've run WMP under wine a few times to try out the live streaming from WJJO in Madison, WI (www.wjjo.com), and I dont know if it's just my setup, but playback of the stream seems to stutter a lot. I'll try codeweavers and see if it works any better that way....
"4. Smart people who don't apply themselves"
So you're saying that if I'm smart I'm obligated to pull the weight for stupid people out there? If you're going to get philosophical and say that I'm hurting them, or society at large because I slack off sometimes, then I'm just gonna go play some Quake or put together a puzzle....so there!
"Have you ever seen the back of a twenty-dollar bill...ON WEED?"
.sig isn't clear on that point....
Wait, who's on weed? You, or the twenty dollar bill? Your
no, this was not sign language, and that man was seriously on some type of stimulant/drugs.
As for the on stage seating....it's part of the props for the play....there is audience seating behind the actors. So he was most certainly not on stage for any type of sign language reason.
Also, the person he was with got pretty pissed at him cuz he was acting like such an idiot, that they left before the end of the play.
So enjoy your ill-gotten pc-thug karma! (politically correct, that is)....
I'm quite glad I got the opportunity to see Copenhagen recently at the Wilshire theater in LA, the play kicked ass. At least I thought so. My wife was too busy being distracted by the druggie making weird gestures in the on-stage seating; plus she wasn't big on the whole science aspect and said "well couldn't they have just done that whole play in 5 minutes and be done with it?" Oh well. Definitely not for everyone, but almost definitely for the /. crowd! If you've got a chance to see it, it's cool.
Not to sound pro-Microsoft (or pro-Linux, pro-*BSD, etc), but who really cares? it's just another web popularity poll with no scientific basis or anything. So someone at Microsoft saw the poll and sent around an email telling everyone to vote for .NET, and to pass the message along. This isn't any different than if Linux users did the same thing, pass an email around and tell people to vote Linux. The poll basically means NOTHING. The same thing happened at the college I went to, there was some online battle of the Mascots or something and I'd get emails from the IS dept secretary telling us to vote for Bucky Badger. Same exact thing.
As for the automated multiple vote scripts...well, can't blame them for trying.
I think they're referring to their feet not their height. In that case Hobbits would consider extra footage a good thing.
Just how many extra feet can you have before it becomes a bad thing? Personally, I'd feel a bit clumsy with more than two...
In the event the server is /.'ed, here's what it reads....
Via Fax and U.S. Mail
(425) 936-7329
Mr. Bill Gates
Chairman, Board of Directors
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
Re: Lawsuit Over Our Use of LindowsOS-Proposal for Settlement Discussions
Dear Mr. Gates:
I am writing Chairman to Chairman to discuss the lawsuit your company filed against our use of "LindowsOS" for the LINUX based operating system we are advertising and developing.
I also had the opportunity to read press accounts which state or imply that Microsoft wants to resolve the controversy "voluntarily" and out of court. I would welcome the opportunity to discuss personally a potential informal resolution of this matter. Please call me to discuss this option as soon as possible.
As I understand your lawsuit, you say purchasers will be confused because of our use of "LindowsOS" and Microsoft's use of "WINDOWS" on its "XP PROFESSIONAL" and "XP HOME" operating systems. The corresponding and quite different logos placed next to each other are set out below for your convenience.
[image] [image]
As you can see, the distinct labeling and the differences of our products compel the conclusion that there will be no consumer confusion. We can also create different labeling if necessary or appropriate.
Lindows.com does not yet sell a product-at this point all we are doing is advertising. As you also are undoubtedly aware, when our operating system is ready for distribution, we plan on selling our LINUX based operating systems over the Internet to very sophisticated and discriminating customers who would not be confused that our product was created or sponsored by Microsoft. In contrast, you are selling about 90% of your operating systems to sophisticated OEM purchasers while about 10% are sold as CDs on store shelves. I can assure you that Lindows.com has not done and will do nothing to cause consumer confusion or trade upon Microsoft's goodwill. All we are trying to do is give consumers a distinct choice.
Needless to say, the lawsuit came as a complete surprise. For months, we have been very public with regard to our plans. Detailed descriptions of our operating system have been extensively disclosed and written about in advertising and media. Yet we were given no notice whatsoever of your displeasure with our use of the "LindowsOS" mark or slogan until the lawsuit was filed one business day before Christmas, alleging it was a prohibited use of your mark or slogan "Windows."
We are additionally puzzled because there was never any contact between our companies prior to the lawsuit. I would have thought that a phone call or fax, or even a formal cease and desist letter, would be a more appropriate first step to get to a voluntary resolution. On the other hand, I am glad to read in your court papers and press accounts that you are not trying to stop or prevent our company from launching our LindowsOS product-you just want us to stop using the mark or slogan "LindowsOS". That's good to hear because, like you, we are working hard to innovate and offer consumers a choice of novel and resourceful products.
I look forward to meeting with you to discuss the outcomes which work for both sides. It is my sincere interest to focus on delivering a unique product and not to get dragged into a lengthy court battle, so there is no need for any lawyers to meet with us.
Unfortunately, because you filed your complaint one business day before Christmas and have demanded a response in the shortest possible legal time frame (hearing set for January 11, 2002), we do not have much time to discuss this matter. Therefore, I would like to request that you continue the hearing on the preliminary injunction so that we could resolve this issue before we get bogged down in a quagmire of litigation.
I look forward to speaking with you as soon as possible.
Very truly yours,
Michael Robertson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Lindows.com, Inc.
cc: Steve Ballmer, CEO
Fine, good for the last 0.946969696969696969696969696969696969696969696969 69696969696969696969696967... mile.
isn't it clear to you that people don't want to buy the 12 track cd for the 2 songs they want to hear? I'm not saying that it's a good thing that they only like the songs that are spoon-fed to them on MTV, but that's what they want. If they can get just those songs, why buy the CD? Or if it comes down to listening to just those songs that they paid for thru napster, or not buying the CD at all....which does the musician prefer? I guess we could do a full analysis of the situation, make a few estimates, plug in some formulas....
Personally, I think this whole capitalism/free market thing sucks, but it sucks a little less than the alternatives...so if a musician "goes out of business" cuz he can't afford to just make music...well its just too bad. if a musician wants to make money because he likes it and he's good at it....well there's plenty of people in the world who don't like their jobs, so the musician can go flip burgers like the rest of them, then go home at night and whine about it in a song.
ok, enough ranting.
I too worked for the UW about a year ago, and while the department i was in (Pathology) had mostly Dells, the hospital had IBM PC's a-plenty. The pathology dept got new office and lab space in the hospital recently, and every one of the non-Apple PCs we put in was an IBM. They're still out there...but from what I can tell, mostly only educational/govermental institutions get them.
Nah, probably 2.4.100; the kernels start at x.x.0, not x.x.00, so it seems we're using the convention of just tacking the incremental version on without any worry about leading zeros...