Part of the problem is that many of the people who live in these regional areas can't afford to rebuild in a more 'modern' or fireproof way. A lot of them didn't even have insurance because they couldn't afford it.
It's got to be a world of suck for the QA folks. How long did it take to test XP once coding was done - now there's effectively seven different OS's to test?
You piqued my curiosity - but as it turns out none of the bright purple elephant bugs in the first page of google results are software-related. Quite disappointing really.
That's nothing - half of the online help in Windows is like this too. Tells you the basic obvious stuff you can work out but no details to be had anywhere
But if someone makes a careful and articulate post explaining the things they know for a fact, the things they suspect might be true, and the things they just don't know on... these people aren't heeded. Because on Slashdot, it's all about the certainty, not the knowledge, and especially not the knowledge that your knowledge has limits. I'd argue that this is a society-level problem and certainly not restricted to/. The media is full of interviews and news stories focussed on left-extreme vs right-extreme with no thought for the sensible middle ground where most people probably hang out
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, but Group B may find a mistake in Group A's analysis of the data. This is still useful
I'm fairly sure that 'Our Sydney Harbour bridge' isn't in London, and neither is the above poster
Part of the problem is that many of the people who live in these regional areas can't afford to rebuild in a more 'modern' or fireproof way. A lot of them didn't even have insurance because they couldn't afford it.
What comes after ultrahigh? Is the next level double dumb-ass amounts of energy?
No, obviously it would be plaid
Short out a 10 aH nicad
What the hell has an atto-Henry of inductance? You'd probably get worse out of a straight peice of wire
it's sad that the people aren't marching on Adelaide demanding the government's resignation
Um what? Why Adelaide?
Hey, my wife's thirty and she thinks farting is funny too
Go figure
You must have slept throught the free trade agreement thingy a while back. This has already happened
I remember reading something a while ago about the bionic ear was an Australian invention
Yep and Cochlear are still kicking along pretty well, partly because their main competitor in the US has been having some issues with the FDA.
There's actually a Bionic Ear Lane not far from where I work (and there's now an AC DC Lane in the city too)
Probably it should have "dehanced CD" on it
And I say your two cent titanium tax doesnt' go too far enough
Someone hand this guy some mod points
Actually it would be http://slashdot.com.au/
.co, that's the UK (and possibly NZ)
We don't use
It's got to be a world of suck for the QA folks. How long did it take to test XP once coding was done - now there's effectively seven different OS's to test?
No wonder it's taking so long to get out
That's rediculous!
So is that like ridiculous, again?
and the French surrendered after about 2 minutes of fighting.
Actually it was more like six weeks but who's counting?
Why not just catch a train?
It probably depends if you consider visits by Bubba to be conjugal
It's a joke
Laugh
It's a real shame that this command isn't available in Word.
Oh well
In that case I have some lovely waterfront property in Florida to offer you...
You piqued my curiosity - but as it turns out none of the bright purple elephant bugs in the first page of google results are software-related. Quite disappointing really.
That's nothing - half of the online help in Windows is like this too. Tells you the basic obvious stuff you can work out but no details to be had anywhere
But if someone makes a careful and articulate post explaining the things they know for a fact, the things they suspect might be true, and the things they just don't know on... these people aren't heeded. Because on Slashdot, it's all about the certainty, not the knowledge, and especially not the knowledge that your knowledge has limits. /. The media is full of interviews and news stories focussed on left-extreme vs right-extreme with no thought for the sensible middle ground where most people probably hang out
I'd argue that this is a society-level problem and certainly not restricted to
Bullshit called, they want 1980 back