OK, Mr. 11, the question most of us (ok, me) want to know is: why have you acted in the way you have (enoch root, etc.)? Is it to show flaws in the slashdot system as you point out in your arguement? Were you abused as a child? Just because you can? I know I'm just a lowly >200,000'er, but since this discussion isn't totally offtopic for once, fill us in. Oh, and I believe the "Design the first system to be thrown away" is from "Mythical Man Month."
In honor of this guy and those like him, I propose a new category (Humor-Impared or Didn't-Get-The-Joke). Rate +- as you like. This would have saved the Seinfeld flamewar on Friday from happening. Countless innocent bits have been mercilessly slaughtered in these flamewars and it must end.
So could we make a keyboard that automatically bolds (or capitalizes) text when someone is typing hard? I would love this, since I always play driving games on the keyboard (mostly for independant direction control), but want the fine control of a joystick. On the other hand, now I've got to set up my keyboard (and mouse) with click pressure along with click speed and click rate?
get up off your ass!
Where do you work? Most computer management would link a butt-patch with the seat of your chair. So they would yell "Get back ON your ass!"
That's a great idea! I might actually start submitting stories again. Right now: no karma, no moderating your own stories, nothing. It would at least allow someone the power to say "Read the fscking article, you moron!" As long as we're asking for new features, I'd like to able to filter by moderation but not necessarily score. Like, filter all flamebait but not all 0's (since AC's are often quite funny).
about This guy. Seriously, anyone have an update on the soon-to-be-late Mr. Walker? Has he blown himself up yet? Bart: "So this means I'm going to be a failure, Dad?" Homer: "Yes son, a spectacular one."
That's funny. That's about the average time it takes my Java program to find the two prime factors of a 40-50 bit number. Oh, and an extra second for multiplicitive inverse. Try me. Until then, please limit your comments to a topic that you have some knowledge of. One more thing: Java CANNOT freeze anything. It will either crash the VM or throw OutOfMemory Exceptions. I've actually seen it seg fault, but that took remarkable level of stupidity.
Information just wants to be left alone. I asked it.
So is this where the finals of BattleBots/Robot Soccer league thing are going to be held?
(OT) This is a good step, even if NASA is not going to do it. With our current technology, going much past Mars is going to be difficult using basically remote control. So, as most of the Slashdrones have been screaming for, autonomous bots get a lot of the work out of our hands. It's also good to read that they are reusing ICBMS to keep costs down (and get a launch in the next 5 years or so). Question: do these guys then win the XPrize too?
Information just wants to be left alone. I asked it.
I forsee a class action lawsuit going like this:
Musicians: "We're suing them because they sued someone else."
Judge: "Hmm, no entitlement to anything like that is in your contract. So no breach of contract. So no case. Court rules for the defendant. Case dismissed."
RIAA: "Whoo-hoo!"
Musicians: "Doh!"
Although it is good to see Mrs. Cobain taking a stand. I see her as a Dennis Rodman-type. She can't stand not being in the spotlight even though she has no musical or acting talent. So she gets naked a lot.
I thought it meant Event Horizon was being released again. That movie should be sent into a black hole. Or am I thinking about Sphere again. Well, I just woke up, so that probably had something to do with it. Dustin Hoffman - IN SPACE!!!
Try coming up with 'kill -9 xsession' when fvwm crashes and locks the keyboard but not the mouse. Ironically, Tuesday's Dilbert was the kybard one. (He breaks his stress balloon over his keyboard and gets called to the boss for the memo requesting a new 'kybard')
I know it's late, but that's the funniest thing i've read on here in a long time. It's a good thing i'm not at work. I don't want to explain that to my coworkers.
I first saw that Brittney Spears page as a link from Specialized Bicycles home page. It's part of a flash animation that says "Innovate or Die." If you click on the innovate link, it takes you into their site. So of course I clicked on the Die to see where it went. I thought it was a joke that they put together. The fact that it's "real" is even funnier. God, when will this world run out of crack?
you see, the problem with the government is they don't like to fix potential problems. I saw firsthand an example of this. The bandwidth of the new system was going to overpower the network. We knew it, we told them, they said it would be fine. So we switch on, it blows up. So now we've got to rewire this kludged/patched/duct taped network all the while the users are screaming at us for breaking their system. I don't think I can say any more specifics, but this did make the news last fall at the unclassified level.
As for the famous $500 hammer, that was probably still the lowest bid.
where do you get your information? most of the computers at the unmentioned tlas (CIA, NSA, FBI) run Solaris for the stability, network control and because they've had it for a while. or stuff on custom hardware. (which is really cool, but classified)
Open World - a true United Nations
I'm kind of surprised no one has brought up this point, given the number of international internet lawsuits we've seen in the last few years. What was the original reason for Earth joining the United Federation of Planets in Star Trek?
I see a worldwide government as a solution to quite a few problems we are facing now. As the internet increasingly interconnects the world, I continue to not understand how a national government's laws can be applied to a worldwide structure like the internet. There would be many problems (not the least of which is language), especially remaining nationalistic identity during the switch. I guess the best analogy would be extending the power of the U.N. (but including every country in the world) and giving them true power of creating laws and enforcing them. Yes, I realize that this would have to be ratified by existing governments, and no government will willingly sign their own castration papers (not to mention their own pink slips). So the only time I can see this being implemented is after another world war, when we see the outdatedness of the current "nation-state" idea.
I know this is way out in left field, but all of the sci-fi I've seen deals with planets and worlds (we are earthlings, etc), rather than subcategorizations.
Amazingly, I'm not VirtualKatz, although I love that guy.
...they live? I take it you haven't seen the movie, read the book or know anything about the true story that the book is based on. And what does CGI have to do with no plot? I understand your point that CGI can be used as a replacement for a good story, but with the level of crap put out these days with and without flashy graphic effects, I don't think that's a fair comparison. A bad movie is going to be bad no matter how much money the studio throws at it (Godzilla). Oh, and "The Matrix" has relatively simple computer graphic effects. Most of the more spectacular effects are camera tricks or ropes and pulleys. I'll defend CGI and say it can bring more variety to film than without. I'm waiting for FFVII:The Movie to come out.
Sure it is. The USAF must know something about it that they're not telling us. Maybe thats' what was going on at area51: testing the flight characteristics of colors. Yeah, that's it.
Anyway, "That's not flying, it's falling, with style!" - Buzz Lightyear
Well, I took other real-world related classes like econ and poli-sci, but also took a lot of pure knowledge classes like history or music appreciation. I know this sounds like a cliche, but you really want a well rounded curriculum. That was one of my complaints about my school's (U of M - Ann Arbor) B.S. vs B.E. program and the engineering school in general was that it was too focused on the degree and not on a well balanced education.
Try to think about what you want to do once you get out of school. Business classes will almost always help, since the principles will be applicable to your job. As for specific classes, like the other poster said, try to stay well rounded and get a good idea of how the whole system works together. You may not need to be able to write a compiler, but knowing the basics of RAM vs disk I/O is quite helpful.
aww, that would have been really funny (and a real travesty of American justice). Defendant: TBA. I knew Mr. ToBeNamedLater (who's ALWAYS getting traded in American sports) would eventually turn up in a lawsuit. Anyone else ever notice Mr. ToBeNamedLater is almost always traded with Mr. Cash?
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OK, Mr. 11, the question most of us (ok, me) want to know is: why have you acted in the way you have (enoch root, etc.)? Is it to show flaws in the slashdot system as you point out in your arguement? Were you abused as a child? Just because you can? I know I'm just a lowly >200,000'er, but since this discussion isn't totally offtopic for once, fill us in. Oh, and I believe the "Design the first system to be thrown away" is from "Mythical Man Month."
In honor of this guy and those like him, I propose a new category (Humor-Impared or Didn't-Get-The-Joke). Rate +- as you like. This would have saved the Seinfeld flamewar on Friday from happening. Countless innocent bits have been mercilessly slaughtered in these flamewars and it must end.
So could we make a keyboard that automatically bolds (or capitalizes) text when someone is typing hard? I would love this, since I always play driving games on the keyboard (mostly for independant direction control), but want the fine control of a joystick. On the other hand, now I've got to set up my keyboard (and mouse) with click pressure along with click speed and click rate?
get up off your ass!
Where do you work? Most computer management would link a butt-patch with the seat of your chair. So they would yell "Get back ON your ass!"
That's a great idea! I might actually start submitting stories again. Right now: no karma, no moderating your own stories, nothing. It would at least allow someone the power to say "Read the fscking article, you moron!" As long as we're asking for new features, I'd like to able to filter by moderation but not necessarily score. Like, filter all flamebait but not all 0's (since AC's are often quite funny).
about This guy. Seriously, anyone have an update on the soon-to-be-late Mr. Walker? Has he blown himself up yet?
Bart: "So this means I'm going to be a failure, Dad?"
Homer: "Yes son, a spectacular one."
That's funny. That's about the average time it takes my Java program to find the two prime factors of a 40-50 bit number. Oh, and an extra second for multiplicitive inverse. Try me. Until then, please limit your comments to a topic that you have some knowledge of. One more thing: Java CANNOT freeze anything. It will either crash the VM or throw OutOfMemory Exceptions. I've actually seen it seg fault, but that took remarkable level of stupidity.
Information just wants to be left alone. I asked it.
So is this where the finals of BattleBots/Robot Soccer league thing are going to be held?
(OT) This is a good step, even if NASA is not going to do it. With our current technology, going much past Mars is going to be difficult using basically remote control. So, as most of the Slashdrones have been screaming for, autonomous bots get a lot of the work out of our hands. It's also good to read that they are reusing ICBMS to keep costs down (and get a launch in the next 5 years or so). Question: do these guys then win the XPrize too?
Information just wants to be left alone. I asked it.
...the FBI caught 1024 criminals... First thing I thought of: "Cool, they've caught 1k of criminals." I really need to get out more.
Information just wants to be left alone. I asked it.
I forsee a class action lawsuit going like this:
Musicians: "We're suing them because they sued someone else."
Judge: "Hmm, no entitlement to anything like that is in your contract. So no breach of contract. So no case. Court rules for the defendant. Case dismissed."
RIAA: "Whoo-hoo!"
Musicians: "Doh!"
Although it is good to see Mrs. Cobain taking a stand. I see her as a Dennis Rodman-type. She can't stand not being in the spotlight even though she has no musical or acting talent. So she gets naked a lot.
it's not called the karma mafia for nothing, you know.
I thought it meant Event Horizon was being released again. That movie should be sent into a black hole. Or am I thinking about Sphere again. Well, I just woke up, so that probably had something to do with it.
Dustin Hoffman - IN SPACE!!!
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Try coming up with 'kill -9 xsession' when fvwm crashes and locks the keyboard but not the mouse. Ironically, Tuesday's Dilbert was the kybard one. (He breaks his stress balloon over his keyboard and gets called to the boss for the memo requesting a new 'kybard')
lameness filter encountered on old subject - X
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I know it's late, but that's the funniest thing i've read on here in a long time. It's a good thing i'm not at work. I don't want to explain that to my coworkers.
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I first saw that Brittney Spears page as a link from Specialized Bicycles home page. It's part of a flash animation that says "Innovate or Die." If you click on the innovate link, it takes you into their site. So of course I clicked on the Die to see where it went. I thought it was a joke that they put together. The fact that it's "real" is even funnier. God, when will this world run out of crack?
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you see, the problem with the government is they don't like to fix potential problems. I saw firsthand an example of this. The bandwidth of the new system was going to overpower the network. We knew it, we told them, they said it would be fine. So we switch on, it blows up. So now we've got to rewire this kludged/patched/duct taped network all the while the users are screaming at us for breaking their system. I don't think I can say any more specifics, but this did make the news last fall at the unclassified level.
As for the famous $500 hammer, that was probably still the lowest bid.
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as long as no one screws up the curve, they're good.
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where do you get your information? most of the computers at the unmentioned tlas (CIA, NSA, FBI) run Solaris for the stability, network control and because they've had it for a while. or stuff on custom hardware. (which is really cool, but classified)
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Open World - a true United Nations
I'm kind of surprised no one has brought up this point, given the number of international internet lawsuits we've seen in the last few years. What was the original reason for Earth joining the United Federation of Planets in Star Trek?
I see a worldwide government as a solution to quite a few problems we are facing now. As the internet increasingly interconnects the world, I continue to not understand how a national government's laws can be applied to a worldwide structure like the internet. There would be many problems (not the least of which is language), especially remaining nationalistic identity during the switch. I guess the best analogy would be extending the power of the U.N. (but including every country in the world) and giving them true power of creating laws and enforcing them. Yes, I realize that this would have to be ratified by existing governments, and no government will willingly sign their own castration papers (not to mention their own pink slips). So the only time I can see this being implemented is after another world war, when we see the outdatedness of the current "nation-state" idea.
I know this is way out in left field, but all of the sci-fi I've seen deals with planets and worlds (we are earthlings, etc), rather than subcategorizations.
Amazingly, I'm not VirtualKatz, although I love that guy.
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so if we find out we are wrong, it can be "the particle that until recently was known as Ni!"
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yeah, those who moderated this to flame-bait. meta-moderation should let us non-moderators moderate the moderation: funny, etc.
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...they live? I take it you haven't seen the movie, read the book or know anything about the true story that the book is based on. And what does CGI have to do with no plot? I understand your point that CGI can be used as a replacement for a good story, but with the level of crap put out these days with and without flashy graphic effects, I don't think that's a fair comparison. A bad movie is going to be bad no matter how much money the studio throws at it (Godzilla). Oh, and "The Matrix" has relatively simple computer graphic effects. Most of the more spectacular effects are camera tricks or ropes and pulleys. I'll defend CGI and say it can bring more variety to film than without. I'm waiting for FFVII:The Movie to come out.
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Sure it is. The USAF must know something about it that they're not telling us. Maybe thats' what was going on at area51: testing the flight characteristics of colors. Yeah, that's it.
Anyway, "That's not flying, it's falling, with style!" - Buzz Lightyear
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Well, I took other real-world related classes like econ and poli-sci, but also took a lot of pure knowledge classes like history or music appreciation. I know this sounds like a cliche, but you really want a well rounded curriculum. That was one of my complaints about my school's (U of M - Ann Arbor) B.S. vs B.E. program and the engineering school in general was that it was too focused on the degree and not on a well balanced education.
Try to think about what you want to do once you get out of school. Business classes will almost always help, since the principles will be applicable to your job. As for specific classes, like the other poster said, try to stay well rounded and get a good idea of how the whole system works together. You may not need to be able to write a compiler, but knowing the basics of RAM vs disk I/O is quite helpful.
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aww, that would have been really funny (and a real travesty of American justice). Defendant: TBA. I knew Mr. ToBeNamedLater (who's ALWAYS getting traded in American sports) would eventually turn up in a lawsuit. Anyone else ever notice Mr. ToBeNamedLater is almost always traded with Mr. Cash?
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