"It's going to pull out of this any day. The head of the space agency told me at the annual meeting in Star City, and I believe him."
"The rescue mission has been delayed another six months. Not to worry. This is actually good news."
"Sure it's now sitting on the bottom of the Ocean in several chunks. There's no better way to store it for later use. People of today are just too small-minded to understand Mir. Wiser people generations from now will reassemble it and revere it for what it almost was."
What happened to Apple's DVD player software? From what I understand, some commercially-produced DVD's do not play properly. Some older set-top boxes do not support certain features.
How will this Linux player fare?
Wasn't that the whole point of DVD in the first place- a rock solid standard?
Mission completed, NEAR "ready for a shower, nap"
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Scientists admit that the surface of Eros was not as interesting up close as it had been from wider views. "We definitely had 'space goggles' on," explained Farquhar.
NEAR stayed on the asteroid for a few hours, made breakfast and idle chit-chat. But after a while, he could tell that it was his time to go. Firing its reverse-thrusters, NEAR left the surface never to return. NASA engineers excitedly noted that the landing and take-off have prepared the asteroid for future landings.
NASA engineers, after suffering many unsuccessful landings with much more preparation, felt more than a little vindicated when the operation concluded successfully. "I was beginning to think that I just couldn't do it. I got used to saying, 'it's not you, Mars, it's me.'"
NEAR stayed on the asteroid for a few hours, made breakfast and idle chit-chat. But after a while, he could tell that it was his time to go. Firing its reverse-thrusters, NEAR left the surface never to return. NASA engineers excitedly noted that the landing and take-off have prepared the asteroid for future landings.
NASA says that they weren't planning on placing a probe on Eros. "It just sort of happened," said NASA spokesman Bob Farquhar. "We don't normally do this kind of thing. It was the heat of the moment. NEAR had traveled about 2 billion miles, and Eros was looking so good. Please, Oh God, don't tell my wife."
As a sysadmin at a small-ish company, I get dozens of bogus virus warning e-mail messages per week. That's not the problem, though. It's when they pass the message on to the company at large because they don't think I'm taking it seriously enough. It's the "I've got a virus/get me a new computer" mentality when they've downloaded too much pr0n.
1- "Tape loop" is a term. They do not exist in the video realm.
2- ABC is a major network and they are dialing back their HD exposure. Unlike web companies, broadcasters have an aversion to going out of business.
But where did the PowerSpam- er PowerPost go?
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I clicked all over than dang screen and I can't see any way to post to usenet. We all want to post, but who wants to subscribe to the groups - that means readin'. I just want to post.
How am I going to spread my links all over usenet?
DCS
There was a factual error in this story. DCS stands for "Dork Correction System" and does not collect information from ISPs. It does translate skript kiddie speak into something the FBI can understand. It seems that most "l337 h4xx0rz" aren't smart enough to encrypt conversations, conducting all kinds of business right out in the open.
Here's a snippet from a recent chat on AOL's Br1ttn3y Sp34rz chat room.
H4xx0rB0y3210932: Phr34kz & Cr4ckz here
l337H0ney: Yo. Check my cr4ckz. Ph0t0sh0p 3.1. C0rr3l Dr4w 1.6. GIMP 1.4 H4t3: Dud3. You us3d an "e" in y0ur n4me. And G1MP is fr33.
This translates into:
Nefarious Character 1: Hello, fellows. I have many items of stolen software merchandise. Nefarious Character 2: I am elite. The software I have stolen is available on my world wide web site. Nefarious Character 3: Unintelligible.
If martial arts movies have taught me anything it is to not stand over a presumably dead guy and gloat.
[insert bad lip-sync here] "Aha, you had no honor and I had to put you down." [gloating man turns away as "dead" guy rises slowly]
Not to give the guy too much credit, Bill Gates has more business accumen (translation: "evil") in the tip of his colon than all of us have together. Katz, I presume, never went to business school. But it seems they make a big deal there about making money, marketing products to actual customers. And I know this sounds weird, but they say that giving your stuff away to a restrictive, insular market might be considered "bad for business" and might force the company to "file for bankruptcy."
Go figure.
With the recent round of Linux company layoffs (correl for one) I begin to wonder... who's pride? Who's fall?
I literally cannnot understand why people don't like it when I over-use that word. It's as though people can't literally get around the idea that I'm a user of the English language just like them.
Actually, I know why you can't "literally" put the book down. Its cover has been soaked in superglue. Beware - literally beware!
Who needs contemporary PC games ported to a stable platform like Linux?
I'm running Tic-Tac-'Doh! on a sweet linux box with the 2.4 kernel. Be careful, it learns from every game- and pretty soon, even it will be unstoppable. Watch out Gary Kasperov [sic] or your Tic-Tac-Toe equivalent! Content-O-Matic is comin' to throw down!
With such a setup you can record the HDTV broadcasts of Monday Night Football- oh, wait. That was last year. ABC discontinued HDTV simulcast in 2000. And your local affiliates have to broadcast an HD stream to maintian their FCC obligations, right? In my market, that means a tape loop- which rewinds on the air.
HD cinema may have a future. But if you assume that HDTV is the defacto future of television, go out to your local CircuitCity and check out their crappy HD demo. HD is a great technology (undersold and compromised by broadcasters hungry for free bandwidth) that may never get much of a reception due to poor business practices. To think of it that way, it sounds like an Apple product.
We protect libraries because they give information access to anyone, regardless of income level.
We deplore shoplifting because it raises prices for everyone else and puts small stores out of business.
We as/. users are a conflicted bunch. We want everything for free but want to be over-paid at the same time. We often seem to confuse free beer with free speech.
Slashdot Mirror
"The rescue mission has been delayed another six months. Not to worry. This is actually good news."
"Sure it's now sitting on the bottom of the Ocean in several chunks. There's no better way to store it for later use. People of today are just too small-minded to understand Mir. Wiser people generations from now will reassemble it and revere it for what it almost was."
My Father always said: "Never get in anything Russian made with an airlock."
Who needs news when you can wrap a non-event in the tortilla of technopolitics and pump up the hit counters.
Advertisers must be "paying money." And I believe that VA Linux investors are "happy about this."
Linux is forking and I don't Care...Linux is forking ...
yeah, i'm l337!
How will this Linux player fare?
Wasn't that the whole point of DVD in the first place- a rock solid standard?
my brain hurts.
Slashdot was down and I couldn't report it anywhere- even on slashdot!
I wonder if mirosoft.com will cover the outage. Slashdot certainly isn't yet.
Another site that experiences periodic outages
Scientists admit that the surface of Eros was not as interesting up close as it had been from wider views. "We definitely had 'space goggles' on," explained Farquhar.
NEAR stayed on the asteroid for a few hours, made breakfast and idle chit-chat. But after a while, he could tell that it was his time to go. Firing its reverse-thrusters, NEAR left the surface never to return. NASA engineers excitedly noted that the landing and take-off have prepared the asteroid for future landings.
This Won't Hurt A Bit. We're Just Going To Shove This Probe Up Your Asteroid
Zeros, Ones, and sometimes Twos.
I could kick my own ass for thinking different.
Youch.
I'm sure glad I thought different.
NEAR stayed on the asteroid for a few hours, made breakfast and idle chit-chat. But after a while, he could tell that it was his time to go. Firing its reverse-thrusters, NEAR left the surface never to return. NASA engineers excitedly noted that the landing and take-off have prepared the asteroid for future landings.
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satellite pr0n!
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As a sysadmin at a small-ish company, I get dozens of bogus virus warning e-mail messages per week. That's not the problem, though. It's when they pass the message on to the company at large because they don't think I'm taking it seriously enough. It's the "I've got a virus/get me a new computer" mentality when they've downloaded too much pr0n.
argh!
I watched that VH-1 behind the music on them and I never saw CowboyNeal once.
1- "Tape loop" is a term. They do not exist in the video realm. 2- ABC is a major network and they are dialing back their HD exposure. Unlike web companies, broadcasters have an aversion to going out of business.
How am I going to spread my links all over usenet?
Dangit!
LinkPimpz
Here's a snippet from a recent chat on AOL's Br1ttn3y Sp34rz chat room.
This translates into:
You've got to love the FBI. I really wish them well.
[insert bad lip-sync here] "Aha, you had no honor and I had to put you down." [gloating man turns away as "dead" guy rises slowly]
Not to give the guy too much credit, Bill Gates has more business accumen (translation: "evil") in the tip of his colon than all of us have together. Katz, I presume, never went to business school. But it seems they make a big deal there about making money, marketing products to actual customers. And I know this sounds weird, but they say that giving your stuff away to a restrictive, insular market might be considered "bad for business" and might force the company to "file for bankruptcy."
Go figure.
With the recent round of Linux company layoffs (correl for one) I begin to wonder ... who's pride? Who's fall?
Marc Rich Declared Clinton's "Customer of the Year"
Actually, I know why you can't "literally" put the book down. Its cover has been soaked in superglue. Beware - literally beware!
Bwahahaha!
Fab After Dark: Let's put the 'X' in DXF
I'm running Tic-Tac-'Doh! on a sweet linux box with the 2.4 kernel. Be careful, it learns from every game- and pretty soon, even it will be unstoppable. Watch out Gary Kasperov [sic] or your Tic-Tac-Toe equivalent! Content-O-Matic is comin' to throw down!
Content-O-Matic sez: "Props to my dead homiez."
s w i n g e r !
We ask our new intern to research new ways to make fun of Jon KatzL
We'll do anything for a few hits.
HD cinema may have a future. But if you assume that HDTV is the defacto future of television, go out to your local CircuitCity and check out their crappy HD demo. HD is a great technology (undersold and compromised by broadcasters hungry for free bandwidth) that may never get much of a reception due to poor business practices. To think of it that way, it sounds like an Apple product.
hack your PS2 to make a device that improves sit-come writing! (now that's a device we can all use)
We protect libraries because they give information access to anyone, regardless of income level.
We deplore shoplifting because it raises prices for everyone else and puts small stores out of business.
We as /. users are a conflicted bunch. We want everything for free but want to be over-paid at the same time. We often seem to confuse free beer with free speech.
The amazon.com honor system won't work- we singed up just to prove it
This is Microsoft's way of licensing Java without losing face.
I honestly can't remember.
Gonna make money off of this here information revolution- even if I have to step on my own beliefs to do it.