I don't think it's Google's hatred of anonymity so much as a poor seed for the autocomplete engine (you spelled/typed it wrong).
I take your point on the real names policy, but I think your comment about the web already having a social network was really hitting the nail on the head. I never understood what Google+ was, how it was different, what advantages it might have had over the market leader (Facebook) seems to me their marketing was ill-conceived or non-existent.
I thought when you installed Limewire, you were actually asked whether you planned to infringe any copyrights. I answered no, of course, so I'm not sure what happens if you answer yes, but it *felt* like they were against copyright infringement. That's more like (somewhat passively) DISCOURAGING people.
I told you, I worked for LogicaCMG, we provide manufacture Mobile Network equipment (Logica Mobile Networks). If you dont know who LogicaCMG is and the size of its involvement in Telecoms, well back in 2003, 75% of the worlds SMS all went through LogicaCMG Software. So now you know my experience, and expertise, let me continue.
No, now we know where you (claimed to have) worked. And if I knew anything about LogicaCMG I might acknowledge that there is some expertise there; whether or not any belonged to you we may never know.:)
but all I really want is a tag on every post that will skip down to the next post at that same level. The "skip all children" tag. Could those tags be generated in one pass?
Often I just want to trust the moderators--I know, I know, what am I saying--and scan all the Score:5 posts. Or skip the rest of a thread that diverged. Maybe that would kill the moderation system; no one would want to moderate anymore because the reading would be so darn good. Then Slashdot could outsource the moderating to India. Heck, outsource the "editing" and story submission duties too. Ok, so I'm a little bitter.
You know, I had to check out the link, but seriously that's a pretty cool ranking system they have for the cute picture contest (Cute Tracker, I guess they call it). Very fast way to sort through large amounts of images, especilly during high traffic periods like this one.
I think it's the lettering on the dial ("The Gimp") that ruins it. That lettering looks way too sharp and dark to fit in with the rest of the picture. The lettering at the top isn't pleasant, but it sort of fits in contrast/color/intensity.
You know, what Slashdot really needs is a link on every Nth level post to skip to the next Nth level post. That would be sweet. If I were Bezos I'd patent it. Even if it's been done before. Then if I were Microsoft I'd patent a way to do it in one pass, but only if it's been done before.
I have the ER-6i's, they're great. I never crank the volume to full, but will still listen at almost 2/3 sometimes. 20%? Wow. But you're right, the isolation can cause you to miss phone calls. It's harder to find the right time to wear them because they isolate you. I have to be careful not to miss the phone at work, for example.
Why do they put the front audio/USB/Firewire ports on the bottom of most every tower case I see? Don't most people put these on the floor? Aren't the casters on the bottom a hint that this is going to go on the floor? Why would I want to reach down to the floor to plug in my USB memory drive, headphones, camera cable, etc?
I've bought a couple Lian-Li cases, and the build quality is excellent, but I wish they'd think about the front port placement a little more. Or maybe everyone else wants a huge tower sitting on top of their desk, I don't know.
I think Antec has a case with front ports at the top. Some other manufacturers are putting them centered on the top, which seems odd.
I have DSL through a smaller carrier (TDS Metrocom, lines owned by SBC, I believe). Sounds like my service is in jeopardy. But won't this kill phone service, too? I mean, if DSL rides on your voice line, and SBC can tell TDS they can't sell me DSL, I'll have to drop TDS entirely to keep DSL. Or switch to cable for Internet access and pay another 900# gorilla. Sigh.
That screenshot looks photoshopped. Pull it into a paint program and increase the contrast, you can clearly see the same background texture copied on every line, and at the very bottom there's a horizontal line where the background doesn't match up. I'd post a link if I had the cohones (and bandwidth) to take on a slashdotting.
But then again, that's not proof that it DOESN'T exist.
That *is* odd, considering I downloaded the 3.9 iso on Wednesday night. Maybe your mirror hadn't updated yet. My local mirror (mirrors.tds.net) seemed stale
A friend of mine was taught a nifty lesson from her parents. It's in the vein of your "You can do anything..." quote, but maybe more apt, with a minor change.
The quote was "You can have anything you want--but you can't have everything you want."
No, do Parker Brothers or Mattel own any of these companies? I thought they were mostly independant, and I like that. I know there was a link to Hasbro in my post, but that was the exception.
No, I work in a different industry, I just like games, and I've been bored with the mass market choices; Clue and Monopoly are boring after 20 years.
Good discussion on this last December
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See here. To save you the time, here's a list of stuff I found from that story, games that sounded interesting or worth checking out.
First, I decided I should really get into Go. Some links from that Slashdot story: here, The Second Book of Go here, here, here, here, and here.
Other games: Apples to Apples - got this for my cousin, they liked it. Settlers of Catan - got this for myself, very nice game, try a local hobby shop or here or try Amazon.com
Others: Puerto Rico (Similar to Settlers of Catan), Lord of the Rings board game was mentioned, Kill Dr. Lucky, Deadwood, Give me the Brain, Lightspeed Games, Fluxx is fun, very random and quirky.
I thought they called their 586 the Pentium because of a ruling that they couldn't trademark a number, and of course they didn't want AMD to release an AMD 586.
That's a good point, the intent of the suit is because they're not buying what they downloaded, but it's a rather black-and-white view of the consumer, isn't it? Some of these people probably do a mix of downloading and CD purchasing. I'd still argue that, in this case, the RIAA is suing their customers.
I think there's a disconnect between what's legal and what's considered morally acceptable, and that's where the problem is, and the RIAA won't recognize it, won't budge a bit. Some people download stuff to listen before they buy. Is that (morally) wrong? Of only if they don't buy it? What if they delete the downloaded files after they decide not to buy?
What if I download an mp3 of something I already have on CD? Is that (morally) wrong? I could probably get sued for that.
Call me criminal but I don't even think it's so bad (again, morally speaking) for people to download something they'd never buy, especially if continue to purchase CD's of their favorite artists.
The RIAA has royally f*cked up their business because they can't embrace the digital age. They're desperately clinging to the high profit margins they had back when they had a lock on distribution. I wish they'd just drop the cost of the CD's so there's no incentive to download a lesser replica (compressed files, no liner notes, no hard media, etc) of the product.
My friends finally convinced me to pick up World of Warcraft. I hadn't done it because I knew I'd be addicted. I finally broke down when we were all at a party and one of them shook his head and said "Dude, why aren't you playing?"
Another reason why I wasn't playing: another mutual friend had been playing since open beta, and told me he feared for his marriage when they released the production version. (He bought instantly and has been playing constantly).
Occasionally my three-year-old sees me playing and says, "Daddy, you're playing your character game a LONG time."
My wife usually lets me know when it's time to stop by saying "I just don't understand why this game is more important than I am." Last night she said maybe I should work on accumulating some marital XP.
So what's my point? I think there is definitely a case for "too much gaming." Can you imagine sitting in the same chair for 4-5 hours at a time looking at a computer monitor that was turned off? Maybe I should at least set up an exercise bike in front of the computer, then I'd have legs of steel.
My three-year-old likes the web-based Sesame Street games. I was surprised how quickly he learned to use the mouse. He can double-click a shortcut and open the web page, select a game, and play.
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I don't think it's Google's hatred of anonymity so much as a poor seed for the autocomplete engine (you spelled/typed it wrong).
I take your point on the real names policy, but I think your comment about the web already having a social network was really hitting the nail on the head. I never understood what Google+ was, how it was different, what advantages it might have had over the market leader (Facebook) seems to me their marketing was ill-conceived or non-existent.
Judging by the ATI tech support I've been getting lately, they're worth considerably less than $113m. In my book, at least.
I thought when you installed Limewire, you were actually asked whether you planned to infringe any copyrights. I answered no, of course, so I'm not sure what happens if you answer yes, but it *felt* like they were against copyright infringement. That's more like (somewhat passively) DISCOURAGING people.
Yes.
Oh, was this not a poll?
but all I really want is a tag on every post that will skip down to the next post at that same level. The "skip all children" tag. Could those tags be generated in one pass?
Often I just want to trust the moderators--I know, I know, what am I saying--and scan all the Score:5 posts. Or skip the rest of a thread that diverged. Maybe that would kill the moderation system; no one would want to moderate anymore because the reading would be so darn good. Then Slashdot could outsource the moderating to India. Heck, outsource the "editing" and story submission duties too. Ok, so I'm a little bitter.
You know, I had to check out the link, but seriously that's a pretty cool ranking system they have for the cute picture contest (Cute Tracker, I guess they call it). Very fast way to sort through large amounts of images, especilly during high traffic periods like this one.
I think it's the lettering on the dial ("The Gimp") that ruins it. That lettering looks way too sharp and dark to fit in with the rest of the picture. The lettering at the top isn't pleasant, but it sort of fits in contrast/color/intensity.
You know, what Slashdot really needs is a link on every Nth level post to skip to the next Nth level post. That would be sweet. If I were Bezos I'd patent it. Even if it's been done before. Then if I were Microsoft I'd patent a way to do it in one pass, but only if it's been done before.
Whoa, way ot. Go Open Office!
I have the ER-6i's, they're great. I never crank the volume to full, but will still listen at almost 2/3 sometimes. 20%? Wow. But you're right, the isolation can cause you to miss phone calls. It's harder to find the right time to wear them because they isolate you. I have to be careful not to miss the phone at work, for example.
Why do they put the front audio/USB/Firewire ports on the bottom of most every tower case I see? Don't most people put these on the floor? Aren't the casters on the bottom a hint that this is going to go on the floor? Why would I want to reach down to the floor to plug in my USB memory drive, headphones, camera cable, etc?
I've bought a couple Lian-Li cases, and the build quality is excellent, but I wish they'd think about the front port placement a little more. Or maybe everyone else wants a huge tower sitting on top of their desk, I don't know.
I think Antec has a case with front ports at the top. Some other manufacturers are putting them centered on the top, which seems odd.
What does the rest of Slashdot think?
I have DSL through a smaller carrier (TDS Metrocom, lines owned by SBC, I believe). Sounds like my service is in jeopardy. But won't this kill phone service, too? I mean, if DSL rides on your voice line, and SBC can tell TDS they can't sell me DSL, I'll have to drop TDS entirely to keep DSL. Or switch to cable for Internet access and pay another 900# gorilla. Sigh.
That screenshot looks photoshopped. Pull it into a paint program and increase the contrast, you can clearly see the same background texture copied on every line, and at the very bottom there's a horizontal line where the background doesn't match up. I'd post a link if I had the cohones (and bandwidth) to take on a slashdotting.
But then again, that's not proof that it DOESN'T exist.
A friend of mine was taught a nifty lesson from her parents. It's in the vein of your "You can do anything..." quote, but maybe more apt, with a minor change.
The quote was "You can have anything you want--but you can't have everything you want."
Substitute "do" for "have" and booya!
I'll bet you win at Balderdash all the time.
Oh! Ha ha! Ha ha ha!
Sorry, I read so many troll posts on Slashdot that I didn't give you the benefit of the doubt.
No, do Parker Brothers or Mattel own any of these companies? I thought they were mostly independant, and I like that. I know there was a link to Hasbro in my post, but that was the exception.
No, I work in a different industry, I just like games, and I've been bored with the mass market choices; Clue and Monopoly are boring after 20 years.
See here. To save you the time, here's a list of stuff I found from that story, games that sounded interesting or worth checking out.
.
First, I decided I should really get into Go. Some links from that Slashdot story: here, The Second Book of Go here, here, here, here, and here.
Other games:
Apples to Apples - got this for my cousin, they liked it.
Settlers of Catan - got this for myself, very nice game, try a local hobby shop or here or try Amazon.com
Others: Puerto Rico (Similar to Settlers of Catan), Lord of the Rings board game was mentioned, Kill Dr. Lucky, Deadwood, Give me the Brain, Lightspeed Games, Fluxx is fun, very random and quirky.
There's more! Mind Trap
Munchkin , Heroscape, Ticket to Ride, Mystery of the Abbey, Memoir '44, Queen's Necklace at Days of Wonder, Bang!, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Articulate
Killer Bunnies (and Quest for the Magic Carrot), Illuminati , Acquire
Some other reviews/top game lists here:
here
here
here
Happy gaming!
I thought they called their 586 the Pentium because of a ruling that they couldn't trademark a number, and of course they didn't want AMD to release an AMD 586.
That's a good point, the intent of the suit is because they're not buying what they downloaded, but it's a rather black-and-white view of the consumer, isn't it? Some of these people probably do a mix of downloading and CD purchasing. I'd still argue that, in this case, the RIAA is suing their customers.
I think there's a disconnect between what's legal and what's considered morally acceptable, and that's where the problem is, and the RIAA won't recognize it, won't budge a bit. Some people download stuff to listen before they buy. Is that (morally) wrong? Of only if they don't buy it? What if they delete the downloaded files after they decide not to buy?
What if I download an mp3 of something I already have on CD? Is that (morally) wrong? I could probably get sued for that.
Call me criminal but I don't even think it's so bad (again, morally speaking) for people to download something they'd never buy, especially if continue to purchase CD's of their favorite artists.
The RIAA has royally f*cked up their business because they can't embrace the digital age. They're desperately clinging to the high profit margins they had back when they had a lock on distribution. I wish they'd just drop the cost of the CD's so there's no incentive to download a lesser replica (compressed files, no liner notes, no hard media, etc) of the product.
The people being sued are fans of the artists, not the RIAA. The RIAA doesn't have any fans. The RIAA is suing their customers. Good quote, though.
My friends finally convinced me to pick up World of Warcraft. I hadn't done it because I knew I'd be addicted. I finally broke down when we were all at a party and one of them shook his head and said "Dude, why aren't you playing?"
Another reason why I wasn't playing: another mutual friend had been playing since open beta, and told me he feared for his marriage when they released the production version. (He bought instantly and has been playing constantly).
Occasionally my three-year-old sees me playing and says, "Daddy, you're playing your character game a LONG time."
My wife usually lets me know when it's time to stop by saying "I just don't understand why this game is more important than I am." Last night she said maybe I should work on accumulating some marital XP.
So what's my point? I think there is definitely a case for "too much gaming." Can you imagine sitting in the same chair for 4-5 hours at a time looking at a computer monitor that was turned off? Maybe I should at least set up an exercise bike in front of the computer, then I'd have legs of steel.
My three-year-old likes the web-based Sesame Street games. I was surprised how quickly he learned to use the mouse. He can double-click a shortcut and open the web page, select a game, and play.
They don't know they're dead...