Do you have a PhD in English? Are you a certified and licensed instructor in that language in written form with many years of professional experiencing teaching it?? I doubt it. Go away troll.
I don't have a PhD in English, but I don't need one to tell you "broadened" is the wrong tense. The second sentence should read, in part,
they made an unprecedented choice by broadening the scope of the bug bounty program
instead of the way it is currently written.
This has nothing to do with language "evolving" or grammar police; they made a mistake that breaks one of the syntax rules of the language, and it should be corrected.
I've seen this type of thing in the workplace: every guy talks about how hot or "perfect" the new chick is behind her back.
wbr1 never said anything about Lady Ada being "hot," and did not use a demeaning word like "chick" to describe to her. wbr1's comment was also posted high in a thread discussing a blog post by her, on a site she likely visits, while logged in (not AC like you).
That's far from talking about her "behind her back."
Not how good she is at her job, not how admirable a human she is, but how much they want to fuck her because she's geeky.
wbr1 said "I love anything that Limor Fried does" which sounds a lot to me like admiration for her work. You're the one who brought up fucking.
Maybe it wouldn't get to you, but you're in the privileged gender, and you probably don't get this shit all the damn time.
How do you know what wbr1's gender is? Do you automatically make assumptions about people like that all the time? Or do women not express admiration for other women in that misogynistic workplace of yours?
Boo hoo, did I hurt your feeling by making fun of your favorite clown?
No, you just made yourself look like you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Your comments were ill-informed at best, and likely slanderous. I hope you hear from Mr. Simmons' attornies.
But not knowing by memory the personal lives of washed-up has-beens from the 70s means it's not "insightful" to point out that he's a douchebag?
Not knowing what the fuck you're talking about, and not making even a minimal effort to check your facts before suggesting someone who has never used drugs or alcohol "trashed" their savings by abusing cocain is pretty much the antithesis of "insightful." Oh, and those "washed-up has-beens" have been putting on wildly entertaining live performances for fans since 1973, released an album in September 2009 that sold 108,000 copies in the first week and 238,000 units by the end of that year, and supported that album with an arena tour of Europe, North America and Australia.
This isn't new and isn't exclusive to technology. It started in earnest, it seems, in the 1950s (the great age of commercialization) when certain companies wanted their trademark to be the name for a generic product.
You've actually got that completely backwards. Companies go to great pains to prevent their trademarked names from being diluted to the point that they become generic terms for a product category. In fact, companies like Xerox have taken out ads in publications like Writers Digest imploring authors to not abuse their trademark by using their trademarked name as a verb, as in "I xeroxed a copy" (note the lower case).
The reason is that trademarks, unlike copyrights and patents, must be actively defended to be maintained. That's one of the big differences between trademark and copyright. If you don't actively defend your trademark, it can ruled to have been abandoned and you will lose your exclusive right to use it in the marketplace. On the other hand, by rigorously defending your trademark, it can effectively last forever, unlike copyrights which (theoretically) expire.
Companies definately want you to think of their products first, but you will find them very hostile if you use their trademarked name generically, especially if it's to describe a similar product offered by a competitor.
which disables all the annoying balloons. Switching to Classic view, as the summary suggests, makes the UI a lot snappier.
If I'm going to be spending any amount of time working on the machine, I'll usually do some or all of the following:
set the default Explorer view to List, enable Display contents of system folders and Show hidden files and folders, disable Hide extensions and protect operating system files, set the Sound scheme to No sounds, disable Hide inactive icons in the system tray. Actually, if I'm smart, the first thing I'll do is enable RDP, add my user account or admin group and note the hostname so I can do all the above from the comfort of my own machine. Also, the above assumes the account I'm using has local admin privileges.
If the machine is on a domain and I'm logged in with my own account, when I'm finished I'll either blank the DefaultUserName and AltDefaultUserName registry keys, or set them to the regular user's account. This stops the user from repeatedly inputting their password with my account name until they lock out my account if I'm not there the next time they log in.
Of course, there are dozens of other tweaks, depending on the machine and my reason for spending time on it, and I'm sure a lot of this could be scripted, although not as easily as it could be done in bash. Going through my little routine of tweaks, as well as scanning firewall exceptions, running services and installed programs, gets me acquainted with an unfamiliar machine, and often reveals issues such as spyware etc. Being unable to change certain settings while logged in with admin privileges is a sure sign something's wrong.
Finally, you need to consider the user when deciding how many of the tweaks to leave intact when you're finished, and which to return to the default.
Yeah, it's definitely the Americans at fault here. If it weren't for the U.S. government meddling with the media in recent years, Americans would remember all of the things their Iranian friends used to do to express their love and endearment for the American people, like holding 52 hostages captive for 444 days after invading the U.S. embassy in Tehran and having those actions sanctioned by their Supreme Leader.
You're right, it's not like the US ever did anything to provoke the storming of their embassy, like orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's democratically elected prime minister, supporting the toruture and murder of thousands of Iranian citizens and installing their hand-picked despot to ensure the US and UK continued to control of Iran's oil for the next 26 years.
Turned out she had spent the last two years managing documents by opening Word, selecting Save As and using the save dialog as a file manager.
I get people freaking out from time to time thinking their documents are gone because they're trying to find a PDF in the Word open file dialog.
Another one had me stumped for a while trying to track down her "missing" files. They turned up in her Favorites folder, cause they were her "favorties."
That sounds interesting. Maybe I'll check the willing to moderate box and have a look.
I use the classic discussion system, so I'm not sure all of the features would be available to me. I seem to recall having issues with some aspects of Firehose, but it's been a long time since I used it so I may be wrong about that.
I have moderated and metamoderated many times over the years, and may possibly do so again at some point in the future. I don't always have time to read/moderate Slashdot, and rather than have points expire unused, I have unchecked the box so the points can go to others, like yourself, who are willing to give it the time and consideration it takes to do right.
Given the current system, I don't see it as a good return on the time invested. If Slashdot returns to a more direct way of dealing with moderator abuse, that would go a long way toward promoting my willingness to moderate.
I'm sorry you feel I was "complaining." At the time I and others pointed out what we believed was an abuse of the moderation system, the comment in question was two hours old, and was rated -1 Troll. Perhaps because we drew attention to the comment, others later moderated it Informative, reversing the earlier abuse.
Drawing attention to abuses of the moderation system are in a sense a more direct way of "metamoderating." It makes it possible for the inappropriate moderation to be reversed - and the comment seen by people who filter low rated comments - while the story is still fresh.
If you consider that complaining, frankly, I'll happily do that regardless of whether or not I'm currently willing to moderate. Being willing to moderate doesn't grant you special privileges; everyone is entitled to complain to their hearts content. Whether others are willing to listen to it is up to them.
See my previous comment. I don't agree that voting thumbs up or down accomplishes the same thing as the old metamoderation system does. I may not agree with or see value in a comment, but that doesn't necessarily mean it deseverves a "troll" mod, as was the case with the comment I originally responded to.
The old system asked a more direct and, IMO, more relevant question - was the moderation applied to this comment fair?
You believe the new system is just as effective as the old one, and you are entitled to that opinion, but I don't agree with it.
Are you sure? Did you actually agree or disagree with a previous moderation, or just click thumbs up or down on the comments?
I currently do not have "willing to moderate" checked, so I don't know whether or not they have returned to the old system of actually reviewing previous moderations. If they have, I stand corrected with regard to my previous comment. If they are still simply asking people to register their approval or disapproval comments, in my opinion, that's not metamoderation.
While the new system gives Slashdot a sense of what visitors of the site think of some of the comments, it does very little to identify and address bad moderations. And I think the frequent occurrence of abuse demonstrates that.
But please let me know if they've returned to the old system. I might make the time to participate in moderation again if that's the case.
They're really surprised that a U.S. government report is based on corporate whoring rather than empirical evidence and analysis? Wow, Canadians really ARE naive.
Who said Canadians are surprised? Wow, elrous0 really fails at reading comprehension.
There should be a big red PHYSICAL switch which makes the BIOS read-only, and it should only be temporarily turned off to allow updating with the manufacturer's files and NOTHING ELSE.
Um... no. Flashing the BIOS should be at the discretion of the owner of the hardware in question, and not restricted to software provided by the manufacturer. But I agree a physical switch to prevent unauthorized tampering by third parties is a good idea.
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I don't have a PhD in English, but I don't need one to tell you "broadened" is the wrong tense. The second sentence should read, in part,
instead of the way it is currently written.
This has nothing to do with language "evolving" or grammar police; they made a mistake that breaks one of the syntax rules of the language, and it should be corrected.
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It's also in one of the articles linked to in the summary:
Keep in mind the "article" was a press release on the Heartland Instutute's website.
I suppose any death is by "natural causes," unless one dies at the hands of some supernatural entity.
wbr1 never said anything about Lady Ada being "hot," and did not use a demeaning word like "chick" to describe to her. wbr1's comment was also posted high in a thread discussing a blog post by her, on a site she likely visits, while logged in (not AC like you).
That's far from talking about her "behind her back."
wbr1 said "I love anything that Limor Fried does" which sounds a lot to me like admiration for her work. You're the one who brought up fucking.
How do you know what wbr1's gender is? Do you automatically make assumptions about people like that all the time? Or do women not express admiration for other women in that misogynistic workplace of yours?
No, you just made yourself look like you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Your comments were ill-informed at best, and likely slanderous. I hope you hear from Mr. Simmons' attornies.
Not knowing what the fuck you're talking about, and not making even a minimal effort to check your facts before suggesting someone who has never used drugs or alcohol "trashed" their savings by abusing cocain is pretty much the antithesis of "insightful." Oh, and those "washed-up has-beens" have been putting on wildly entertaining live performances for fans since 1973, released an album in September 2009 that sold 108,000 copies in the first week and 238,000 units by the end of that year, and supported that album with an arena tour of Europe, North America and Australia.
You express anonymous nerd rage on Slashdot.
Yeah, those KISS guys are a bunch of losers.
Your first statement demonstrates you are anything but insightful about Gene Simmons.
You've actually got that completely backwards. Companies go to great pains to prevent their trademarked names from being diluted to the point that they become generic terms for a product category. In fact, companies like Xerox have taken out ads in publications like Writers Digest imploring authors to not abuse their trademark by using their trademarked name as a verb, as in "I xeroxed a copy" (note the lower case).
The reason is that trademarks, unlike copyrights and patents, must be actively defended to be maintained. That's one of the big differences between trademark and copyright. If you don't actively defend your trademark, it can ruled to have been abandoned and you will lose your exclusive right to use it in the marketplace. On the other hand, by rigorously defending your trademark, it can effectively last forever, unlike copyrights which (theoretically) expire.
Companies definately want you to think of their products first, but you will find them very hostile if you use their trademarked name generically, especially if it's to describe a similar product offered by a competitor.
The first thing I do on any Win XP machine is add the following to the registry:
which disables all the annoying balloons. Switching to Classic view, as the summary suggests, makes the UI a lot snappier.
If I'm going to be spending any amount of time working on the machine, I'll usually do some or all of the following:
set the default Explorer view to List, enable Display contents of system folders and Show hidden files and folders, disable Hide extensions and protect operating system files, set the Sound scheme to No sounds, disable Hide inactive icons in the system tray. Actually, if I'm smart, the first thing I'll do is enable RDP, add my user account or admin group and note the hostname so I can do all the above from the comfort of my own machine. Also, the above assumes the account I'm using has local admin privileges.
If the machine is on a domain and I'm logged in with my own account, when I'm finished I'll either blank the DefaultUserName and AltDefaultUserName registry keys, or set them to the regular user's account. This stops the user from repeatedly inputting their password with my account name until they lock out my account if I'm not there the next time they log in.
Of course, there are dozens of other tweaks, depending on the machine and my reason for spending time on it, and I'm sure a lot of this could be scripted, although not as easily as it could be done in bash. Going through my little routine of tweaks, as well as scanning firewall exceptions, running services and installed programs, gets me acquainted with an unfamiliar machine, and often reveals issues such as spyware etc. Being unable to change certain settings while logged in with admin privileges is a sure sign something's wrong.
Finally, you need to consider the user when deciding how many of the tweaks to leave intact when you're finished, and which to return to the default.
You're right, it's not like the US ever did anything to provoke the storming of their embassy, like orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's democratically elected prime minister, supporting the toruture and murder of thousands of Iranian citizens and installing their hand-picked despot to ensure the US and UK continued to control of Iran's oil for the next 26 years.
It was made by Lockheed Martin.
Maybe the Iranians will update the Wikipedia article and let us know what those pods on the top of the wings are for.
Amen. It's bad enough that people talk into cell phones like they're screaming at someone in a hurricane.
Female computer voice: Star Trek
Male computer voice = HAL 9000
Nothing good ever came from a male computer.
I get people freaking out from time to time thinking their documents are gone because they're trying to find a PDF in the Word open file dialog.
Another one had me stumped for a while trying to track down her "missing" files. They turned up in her Favorites folder, cause they were her "favorties."
It sounds like it could be an alternative to WebEx, for those who use it for remote support.
That sounds interesting. Maybe I'll check the willing to moderate box and have a look.
I use the classic discussion system, so I'm not sure all of the features would be available to me. I seem to recall having issues with some aspects of Firehose, but it's been a long time since I used it so I may be wrong about that.
Thanks for the tip on the modification modifier.
I have moderated and metamoderated many times over the years, and may possibly do so again at some point in the future. I don't always have time to read/moderate Slashdot, and rather than have points expire unused, I have unchecked the box so the points can go to others, like yourself, who are willing to give it the time and consideration it takes to do right.
Given the current system, I don't see it as a good return on the time invested. If Slashdot returns to a more direct way of dealing with moderator abuse, that would go a long way toward promoting my willingness to moderate.
I'm sorry you feel I was "complaining." At the time I and others pointed out what we believed was an abuse of the moderation system, the comment in question was two hours old, and was rated -1 Troll. Perhaps because we drew attention to the comment, others later moderated it Informative, reversing the earlier abuse.
Drawing attention to abuses of the moderation system are in a sense a more direct way of "metamoderating." It makes it possible for the inappropriate moderation to be reversed - and the comment seen by people who filter low rated comments - while the story is still fresh.
If you consider that complaining, frankly, I'll happily do that regardless of whether or not I'm currently willing to moderate. Being willing to moderate doesn't grant you special privileges; everyone is entitled to complain to their hearts content. Whether others are willing to listen to it is up to them.
See my previous comment. I don't agree that voting thumbs up or down accomplishes the same thing as the old metamoderation system does. I may not agree with or see value in a comment, but that doesn't necessarily mean it deseverves a "troll" mod, as was the case with the comment I originally responded to.
The old system asked a more direct and, IMO, more relevant question - was the moderation applied to this comment fair?
You believe the new system is just as effective as the old one, and you are entitled to that opinion, but I don't agree with it.
Are you sure? Did you actually agree or disagree with a previous moderation, or just click thumbs up or down on the comments?
I currently do not have "willing to moderate" checked, so I don't know whether or not they have returned to the old system of actually reviewing previous moderations. If they have, I stand corrected with regard to my previous comment. If they are still simply asking people to register their approval or disapproval comments, in my opinion, that's not metamoderation.
While the new system gives Slashdot a sense of what visitors of the site think of some of the comments, it does very little to identify and address bad moderations. And I think the frequent occurrence of abuse demonstrates that.
But please let me know if they've returned to the old system. I might make the time to participate in moderation again if that's the case.
The first informative post in the thread, and it gets rated -1 Troll.
It's really time Slashdot did something about its moderation system (bringing back metamod would be a great start).
Sledge hammer works well too. Hit it until it rattles like a maraca.
Carrying on the proud Slashdot tradition of not giving a whit about copy editing by mangling the very first sentence. We're gonna miss ya, Rob.
Who said Canadians are surprised? Wow, elrous0 really fails at reading comprehension.
Care to elaborate, or just trolling?
Um ... no. Flashing the BIOS should be at the discretion of the owner of the hardware in question, and not restricted to software provided by the manufacturer. But I agree a physical switch to prevent unauthorized tampering by third parties is a good idea.