they'll think that goatse.cx is now considered cool.
Which begs the observation: once poeple know the rules that determine what a "word burst" is and when it's happening, then tools will be developed to artificially inflate desired word burts
Create a few hundred shill accounts across thousands of blogs, then each accounts on each blob will make a couple posts with the pre-determined phrase, and you have a manufactured word burst.
Like a few years ago, when poeple sold the ability to seed search engines so your site is in the top of the results list based on certain keywords.
Google makes that harder now, but it's always a contest between those who develop the rules (or algorithm) and those who seek to manipulate the data or the rules of the game.
A manufactured word burst I can remember from before the 2000 election was 'gravitas'. That word came out of nowhere, and was suddenly all over the media, used to describe a quality that Dubya was lacking. There was a talking points memo somewhere that was very widely distributed -- which is the analog version of what I am describing.
couldn't one simply refuse to allow oneself to be tested
Don't count on it. If it is possible to do, the state can compel you to do it. Don't think the Bill of Rights can protect you -- that's outdated thinking. We are in a new era now.
Only a couple more steps.
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Very, very impressive.
If I may humbly suggest a few design improvements as you continue to develop the item:
1) Remove the electrical connections, and have it physically press the keys of the keyboard with a robotic arm of some sort.
2) Make it mobile, so it could, for instance, go in search of a tetris game, if it gets bored.
3) If it sees a tetris game being played, but doesn't have access to the keyboard, it can verbally (with synthesis) tell the player what to do. "left! left! rotate! rotate! drop!"
4) Trash talking. "I can't believe you dropped that there! What are you -- a carbon-based unit? go back to playing pong, you binary digit."
In what CEO Bill Gates called "an unfortunate but necessary step to protect our intellectual property from theft and exploitation by competitors," the Microsoft Corporation patented the numbers one and zero Monday.
maybe they don't want you doing one hour of work, seven of minesweeper and then billing for all eight.
Inconceivable! Unthinkable! Impossible! How dare you imply that such things ever happen! I suggest you get your facts straight before you make such sweeping generalizations!
I advise you to investigate the Market Programming development process. Although it has many applications in today's world, it is especially suited to your problem.
Well said, good sir. I say verily, that is the last thing should want from ourselves. We shant let it be known to our noble masters that freedom is a virtue and a right that we hold dear to our hearts, and desire to proclaim it loudly from deep within our souls. Would that it be known, we should be condemned as insurgent heretics, and should rightly be burned at the stake, with the witches and basphemers.
Perhaps we would better let it be known what we desire if we lay prostrate before his excellency and humbly beg for his mercy.
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they'll think that goatse.cx is now considered cool.
Which begs the observation: once poeple know the rules that determine what a "word burst" is and when it's happening, then tools will be developed to artificially inflate desired word burts
Create a few hundred shill accounts across thousands of blogs, then each accounts on each blob will make a couple posts with the pre-determined phrase, and you have a manufactured word burst.
Like a few years ago, when poeple sold the ability to seed search engines so your site is in the top of the results list based on certain keywords.
Google makes that harder now, but it's always a contest between those who develop the rules (or algorithm) and those who seek to manipulate the data or the rules of the game.
A manufactured word burst I can remember from before the 2000 election was 'gravitas'. That word came out of nowhere, and was suddenly all over the media, used to describe a quality that Dubya was lacking. There was a talking points memo somewhere that was very widely distributed -- which is the analog version of what I am describing.
Look it up.
Have you considered hosting with a non-US provider?
Core to threedegrees is the group instant messaging
Um, that's called a chat room, and it's been done. Way to build a product based on a new feature.
Other stuff sound kinda interesting, but hardly revolutionary.
Why the imposed limits, anyway? Only 10 user in a group? Only 60 songs?
How is this different from using a Gaim/Shoutcast combo?
couldn't one simply refuse to allow oneself to be tested
Don't count on it. If it is possible to do, the state can compel you to do it. Don't think the Bill of Rights can protect you -- that's outdated thinking. We are in a new era now.
I'm shocked! SHOCKED, I tell you.
In the Western World, the first image [of a robot] is Maria (Metropolis) (or maybe the Golem).
Another possibility is Frankenstien's monster. While organic, he's still a soulless creature, made in our image.
Maybe they should get rid of Rick Berman...
Shit yeah! God, Berman sucks!
Very, very impressive.
If I may humbly suggest a few design improvements as you continue to develop the item:
1) Remove the electrical connections, and have it physically press the keys of the keyboard with a robotic arm of some sort.
2) Make it mobile, so it could, for instance, go in search of a tetris game, if it gets bored.
3) If it sees a tetris game being played, but doesn't have access to the keyboard, it can verbally (with synthesis) tell the player what to do. "left! left! rotate! rotate! drop!"
4) Trash talking. "I can't believe you dropped that there! What are you -- a carbon-based unit? go back to playing pong, you binary digit."
4) Global Thermonuclear War.
Microsft Patents Ones, Zeros
In what CEO Bill Gates called "an unfortunate but necessary step to protect our intellectual property from theft and exploitation by competitors," the Microsoft Corporation patented the numbers one and zero Monday.
Producers at that level are also hella expensive,...
Hella? Did I just hear you say, "Hella"?
*Shakes head*
There's ArgoUML, but I've used it very little. Haven't used Umbrello at all. Would be interested in a head-to-head comparison.
sky.isFalling() = True
You're syntax is all wrong:
sky.Falling(true);
if (sky.isFalling())
{
this.panic();
}
Scientists have identified a gene in ripe strawberries
Woudn't this gene also be in raw -- and even rotten -- strawberries?
alan turing
larry wall
bill gates ??
steve wozniak
jay miner
SkillMarket
maybe they don't want you doing one hour of work, seven of minesweeper and then billing for all eight.
Inconceivable! Unthinkable! Impossible! How dare you imply that such things ever happen! I suggest you get your facts straight before you make such sweeping generalizations!
We read slashdot, not play minesweeper.
I read your journal entry here
Are you aware of the Free State Project?
I advise you to investigate the Market Programming development process. Although it has many applications in today's world, it is especially suited to your problem.
Well said, good sir. I say verily, that is the last thing should want from ourselves. We shant let it be known to our noble masters that freedom is a virtue and a right that we hold dear to our hearts, and desire to proclaim it loudly from deep within our souls. Would that it be known, we should be condemned as insurgent heretics, and should rightly be burned at the stake, with the witches and basphemers.
Perhaps we would better let it be known what we desire if we lay prostrate before his excellency and humbly beg for his mercy.
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On an entirely different note...
Bush revises the Bill Of Rights.
Fact or Fiction? Hard to tell, isn't it?
You get karma from slashdot everything a story you submitted gets posted.
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LOTR DESERVES its own Logo/Icon
Parent already modded up to five, but need more moderation to make the point.
Repeat! LOTR DESERVES its own Logo/Icon
If you want to sell the hardware, give the software away for free.
You hear that, Intel?
WARNING! parent is a blantant ripoff of
50 Reasons why LORD OF THE RINGS sucks
Source is much funnier.
You might also want to check out the latest development process paradigm: Market Programming
"If you need a police state to enforce your laws, then your laws are wrong."
-- dunno where I read that.