I was really bummed to see this in the first slot. *I* wanted to post that! ARgh.:)
I've been living Dilbert all my life; this article just makes it better.. Especially since I've been in a "Wally Job" for the past three months and haven't been enjoying it one bit.
..as comments instead of stories. He'd be one of those guys who gets moderated up through oblivion just for writing something different from everyone else that was so long no one read it. He's the ultimate karma whore.
I'd imagine that the Characters They Play On TV would have little to do with how they dealt with each other when stuck in a room together for a long period of time. These ARE intelligent people, after all. Sort of like politicians... sure democrats and republicans make for a great fight on the senate floor, but they're all getting trashed at the same parties.
Uhh, hello? You've never heard of ``yellow shift''?
It's the phenomenon that occurs when celestial bodies are moving away from us in w-space. When they're moving toward us, it's ``green shift.'' It's perfectly normal in most cases.
Mom and Dad live in North Carolina. I go to school in Maryland. I probably order over the Internet as often as I order pizza. This year's tax return is going to suck. Especially since I order systems for work on my CC and then get them reimbursed. Wow... the audit will be beautiful. ``Sir, you've spent over $11,000 over the 'net this year, and made $8,000 in wages. We know you've already given us 1/2 of that in income tax, but we want the other half to support our Nazi-esque sales tax laws.''
``Hi, my name is Joe Slashdotuser, and like all geeks out there who read Firingsquad, Anandtech, MaximumPC or the completely-dead-for-two-years Tom's Hardware Guide, I have to say that you should use a celeron 8Mhz and overclock it to 1.21Ghz (after all that's what I do in my system). Yes, I spent $400 on cooling supplies to get it there, and have to reinstall Windows NT every three days, but to get a CPU for $10 less than the next properly tested CPU was worth it.''
``Screw you, Joe! I'm Jane Slashdotfiend, and I think your brainwashed ways are corrupting the youth of our society as well as all the other posters here. The only REAL chips that gamerz use come from AMD. Sure, once overclocked to 1.3Ghz (which is faster than your cpu), they burn holes in the side of my case such that I have no need for a microwave, but I save $40 off a comparable Intax chip and don't support the Evil Empire.''
I don't understand WHAT is with this elitist viewpoint of overclocking and being flat out *cheap* on CPU purchases. Granted, I'll be the first one in line to say it's silly to spend double the price for 50MHz more from a PIII (according to Intel's tests, anyway), but when you dump all this money into a motherboard and six billion megahertz SDRAM, why are you skimping on the CPU?
Now, for `normal' PCs, I'd get a Celeron in a heartbeat. They're cheap. They're fast. They're from a company that's in bed with Microsoft, so it'll definately work with their operating systems for at least a few more years. (Note: I'm talking about a Mom-worthy system in this paragraph, not a geek system.) Around the office, they're perfect, too. Save a few hundred bucks... you don't need that extra 128K of cache anyway.
If you're building a box for a game system, sure, get the celeron... you can always upgrade to something else later. Or, hey, spend the $50-$100 extra to get a PIII. Those SIMD instructions are spiffy. And they're not THAT much more expensive. It's your choice. There's NOT THAT MUCH difference in performance OR price (pricewatch says ~$100... in an thousand dollar system, that's less than 10% of the price. Considering you're Internet ordering, that probably covers the sales tax you're saving; I assume, of course, you're ordering all your components from ONE vendor, right? Otherwise you'll pay more than $100 in shipping all the stuff just to save $8 on that motherboard you want).
Now, what I don't understand is the militant support of ``overclocking.'' Yeah, I've heard a billion times that the chips are the exact same core blah blah blah, but I enjoy paying extra for a chip that Intel will guarantee for that speed. I don't want to skimp and then realize ``oh, gee, it DOESN'T actually go that fast.'' Of course, I'm also the freak who actually gets the retail processors, since you get a fan and heatsink included, and oh yeah a three year almost-no-questions-asked warranty from one of the few tech companies that probably WILL be around in three years. (Them and Cisco, but that's one of my other rants.)
There's a difference between being economical and being CHEAP. And most of these gamers who are recommending hardware out there (and buying it, for that matter) are in the second category. Get over it. Stop preaching and go support the economy.
In ``Live and Let Die,'' they were trying to play down the gadgets, so they bumped him. They called him within days of the release for the next one since so many people complained.:)
...But I was absolutely certain that I had read an obituary and/or article about the death of Desmond Llewelyn (complete with his amazing military history) shortly before Tomorrow Never Dies was released. I was surprised when it came out and there was no "in memory of..." for him. Then I saw a trailer for TWINE and he was in it. I figured, "gee, either some newspaper severely fucked up, or he's CG."
The fact that he actally DOES die after TWINE is released and in the movie he "retires" seems odd. Very odd.
Did anyone else see the obituary/article two years ago? Where was it? I seem to recall it being an NYT thing.
-Chris
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Are you kidding? You've never heard of the "fortune Productivity Virus"? It's much worse than the User Friendly Productivity Virus.. and much more addictive. There's only about two years * 365 UF comics, but tens of thousands of fortune entries!:)
-Chris (It's for when you're REALLY desparate to waste time...)
Okay, so it's completely wrong on the horoscope bit, but the prediction is right. The last time I've been able to make it to the fiction section was on Amazon; I clicked on a link from IMDB and ordered the book right away (before procceeding to add two O'Reilly books to my cart). I *never* find the Real Books section of a Real Bookstore; the cute animal lithos always get me.:)
The big thing about open source is CHOICE. By forcing the open source (or closed source or any other decision on people), you're defeating it's purpose.
Go read those manifestos and cathedral essays again, boys.
-Chris
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So NASA is launching a study of behavioral issues in space in conjunction with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, a consortium of national universities and labs.
If we sign up for this project, do we make more than the $5 the psychology department is offering?
I recognize that Gnome is an important step for linux (err.. unices in general) to move towards the desktop, but it certainly isn't ``core functionality'' that I need my computers to do. I mean, there are parallel technologies which allow similar things.
TeX on the other hand, has been around for a long time and is used non-stop in the lab where I work. Without it, the reports we dump out would probably take forever to make. I can't imagine using Word (or any word processor for that matter) to create documents that change as much in revision as ours do. TeX is a much more earth-shattering development than a spiffy new interface to X.
I think the FSF awards copped out and picked based on ``current and trendy'' instead of deserving of an award. Of course, if there is a monetary award involved (since there's no article, I can't tell, but I imagine there is), then I can see the politics behind it. Gnome sure needs cash more than any TeX-related project.
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Someone needs to read QuakeFinger more often... :> UT for Linux probably will be opensourced, and Q3A will be (eventually) open sourced.
-Chris
I was really bummed to see this in the first slot. *I* wanted to post that! ARgh. :)
I've been living Dilbert all my life; this article just makes it better.. Especially since I've been in a "Wally Job" for the past three months and haven't been enjoying it one bit.
-Chris
..as comments instead of stories. He'd be one of those guys who gets moderated up through oblivion just for writing something different from everyone else that was so long no one read it. He's the ultimate karma whore.
-Chris
A kind soul emailed me with The Rest Of The Story. The man who I read about was the inspiration for the character Q, a real SAS engineer/operative.
-Chris
Yeah... careful or the FBI will be knocking on your door REAL-soon-like.
-Chris
I'd imagine that the Characters They Play On TV would have little to do with how they dealt with each other when stuck in a room together for a long period of time. These ARE intelligent people, after all. Sort of like politicians... sure democrats and republicans make for a great fight on the senate floor, but they're all getting trashed at the same parties.
-Chris
Hairiest lizard I've ever seen...
-Chris
You mean there actually is a yellow shift? Here I was being a wiseguy.
-Chris
Uhh, hello? You've never heard of ``yellow shift''?
It's the phenomenon that occurs when celestial bodies are moving away from us in w-space. When they're moving toward us, it's ``green shift.'' It's perfectly normal in most cases.
-Chris
Seems like he has shrimp cocktail quite often...
-Chris
Mom and Dad live in North Carolina. I go to school in Maryland. I probably order over the Internet as often as I order pizza. This year's tax return is going to suck. Especially since I order systems for work on my CC and then get them reimbursed. Wow... the audit will be beautiful. ``Sir, you've spent over $11,000 over the 'net this year, and made $8,000 in wages. We know you've already given us 1/2 of that in income tax, but we want the other half to support our Nazi-esque sales tax laws.''
-Chris
``Hi, my name is Joe Slashdotuser, and like all geeks out there who read Firingsquad, Anandtech, MaximumPC or the completely-dead-for-two-years Tom's Hardware Guide, I have to say that you should use a celeron 8Mhz and overclock it to 1.21Ghz (after all that's what I do in my system). Yes, I spent $400 on cooling supplies to get it there, and have to reinstall Windows NT every three days, but to get a CPU for $10 less than the next properly tested CPU was worth it.''
``Screw you, Joe! I'm Jane Slashdotfiend, and I think your brainwashed ways are corrupting the youth of our society as well as all the other posters here. The only REAL chips that gamerz use come from AMD. Sure, once overclocked to 1.3Ghz (which is faster than your cpu), they burn holes in the side of my case such that I have no need for a microwave, but I save $40 off a comparable Intax chip and don't support the Evil Empire.''
I don't understand WHAT is with this elitist viewpoint of overclocking and being flat out *cheap* on CPU purchases. Granted, I'll be the first one in line to say it's silly to spend double the price for 50MHz more from a PIII (according to Intel's tests, anyway), but when you dump all this money into a motherboard and six billion megahertz SDRAM, why are you skimping on the CPU?
Now, for `normal' PCs, I'd get a Celeron in a heartbeat. They're cheap. They're fast. They're from a company that's in bed with Microsoft, so it'll definately work with their operating systems for at least a few more years. (Note: I'm talking about a Mom-worthy system in this paragraph, not a geek system.) Around the office, they're perfect, too. Save a few hundred bucks... you don't need that extra 128K of cache anyway.
If you're building a box for a game system, sure, get the celeron... you can always upgrade to something else later. Or, hey, spend the $50-$100 extra to get a PIII. Those SIMD instructions are spiffy. And they're not THAT much more expensive. It's your choice. There's NOT THAT MUCH difference in performance OR price (pricewatch says ~$100... in an thousand dollar system, that's less than 10% of the price. Considering you're Internet ordering, that probably covers the sales tax you're saving; I assume, of course, you're ordering all your components from ONE vendor, right? Otherwise you'll pay more than $100 in shipping all the stuff just to save $8 on that motherboard you want).
Now, what I don't understand is the militant support of ``overclocking.'' Yeah, I've heard a billion times that the chips are the exact same core blah blah blah, but I enjoy paying extra for a chip that Intel will guarantee for that speed. I don't want to skimp and then realize ``oh, gee, it DOESN'T actually go that fast.'' Of course, I'm also the freak who actually gets the retail processors, since you get a fan and heatsink included, and oh yeah a three year almost-no-questions-asked warranty from one of the few tech companies that probably WILL be around in three years. (Them and Cisco, but that's one of my other rants.)
There's a difference between being economical and being CHEAP. And most of these gamers who are recommending hardware out there (and buying it, for that matter) are in the second category. Get over it. Stop preaching and go support the economy.
-Chris
In ``Live and Let Die,'' they were trying to play down the gadgets, so they bumped him. They called him within days of the release for the next one since so many people complained. :)
-Chris
Maybe he means Y2K+38?
-Chris
...But I was absolutely certain that I had read an obituary and/or article about the death of Desmond Llewelyn (complete with his amazing military history) shortly before Tomorrow Never Dies was released. I was surprised when it came out and there was no "in memory of..." for him. Then I saw a trailer for TWINE and he was in it. I figured, "gee, either some newspaper severely fucked up, or he's CG."
The fact that he actally DOES die after TWINE is released and in the movie he "retires" seems odd. Very odd.
Did anyone else see the obituary/article two years ago? Where was it? I seem to recall it being an NYT thing.
-Chris
Are you kidding? You've never heard of the "fortune Productivity Virus"? It's much worse than the User Friendly Productivity Virus.. and much more addictive. There's only about two years * 365 UF comics, but tens of thousands of fortune entries! :)
-Chris
(It's for when you're REALLY desparate to waste time...)
Yes you can. Palm VIIs are dishwasher safe. Try it some time.
-Chris
Okay, so it's completely wrong on the horoscope bit, but the prediction is right. The last time I've been able to make it to the fiction section was on Amazon; I clicked on a link from IMDB and ordered the book right away (before procceeding to add two O'Reilly books to my cart). I *never* find the Real Books section of a Real Bookstore; the cute animal lithos always get me. :)
-Chris
Worker bees can leave
Even drones can fly away
The queen is their slave
Hear hear!
The big thing about open source is CHOICE. By forcing the open source (or closed source or any other decision on people), you're defeating it's purpose.
Go read those manifestos and cathedral essays again, boys.
-Chris
If we sign up for this project, do we make more than the $5 the psychology department is offering?
-Chris
I recognize that Gnome is an important step for linux (err.. unices in general) to move towards the desktop, but it certainly isn't ``core functionality'' that I need my computers to do. I mean, there are parallel technologies which allow similar things.
TeX on the other hand, has been around for a long time and is used non-stop in the lab where I work. Without it, the reports we dump out would probably take forever to make. I can't imagine using Word (or any word processor for that matter) to create documents that change as much in revision as ours do. TeX is a much more earth-shattering development than a spiffy new interface to X.
I think the FSF awards copped out and picked based on ``current and trendy'' instead of deserving of an award. Of course, if there is a monetary award involved (since there's no article, I can't tell, but I imagine there is), then I can see the politics behind it. Gnome sure needs cash more than any TeX-related project.
Congrats to the nominees and the winner.
-Chris
No, Sue's to blame! Doesn't anyone read the credits?!
-Chris
Out of curiousity, what kind of engineer works on sewage lines? Is that a Civ E thing?
-Chris
Welcome to Slashdot, 1999: Year of the Fucked Up Moderation System.
I've posted several things on this topic.
-Chris