looking at the.mac homepage, it appears that the $50/first year will provide a "full mac.com email" account and that a "full mac.com account" gives you more idisk storage. it doesn't say the free accounts are going away.
looking at the.mac homepage, it appears that the $50/first year will provide a "full mac.com email" account and that a "full mac.com account" gives you more idisk storage. it doesn't say the free accounts are going away.
there is definitely an element of what you say that is true -- that businesses are self-censoring, or to put it less inflammatorily, choosing content to appeal to as many people as possible.
as for the running covers and content past walmart for approval -- bull. i've been working for 15 years in the magazine industry, and now work for a major magazine. i've never heard of that happening. in fact, given the deadlines we have, it is ridiculous to suppose that we finalize content before deadline just to let sam walton's goons sniff around the issue.
did you know that slashdot intentionally chooses what articles appear on the front page using an elaborate and secret cadre of editors? they are censoring hundreds of articles a day! march on tiannamen! </sarcasm>
reading this article really sent something of a chill up my spine. i have done nothing but play games since i was about 12, and some of those traits mentioned do apply to me.
causal fork? maybe. am i going to stop playing allied assault before i get out of that godd*mn exploding factory alive? not bloody likely.
i'm in california -- but if anyone wants to use the verbiage:
As someone who cares passionately about issues involving the separation of church and state, and a member of Americans United for Separation of Church and State (au.org), I was overjoyed to see that the 9th District Court today upheld the intentions of the Constitution in declaring the addition of 'under God' to the Pledge of Allegiance, a pledge many schools force children to say, as unconstitutional.
My joy was quickly soured when I heard reports of the reactionary and nasty resolution passed by the Senate today, chastising the District Court which made the ruling.
I don't know what your personal religious beliefs are, but I hope that you can recognize that making children declare that the United States is a nation under God is an infringement of their free exercise of religion if they are not religious, or do not believe in God. Such an infringement is inherently contrary to the letter and spirit of the First Amendment to the Constitution.
I am incredibly thankful that there exist checks and balances within our government, so that wrongs perpetrated by one branch of the government can be righted by another. As a Democratic Senator in a time of a Republican administration, I am sure you see this value everyday. It was therefore doubly distressing that the resolution passed should have been personal argumentative as well as constitutionally indefensible.
In these days of increasing governmental restriction of personal liberty at the hands of an Executive branch that dreams of a dictatorship, even the most minor victory against improper legislation and decisions should be resoundingly celebrated. That the Senate failed to celebrate this decision is saddening and a reflection that it is easier to go with the majority than to stand for what is right.
so, first of all, nice stereotype. i guess all the fat, dateless, acne-scarred men on this site need something to chuckle about between visiting sites analyzing spock's deepest thoughts and pron.
and second of all, why would you be so excited about these legions of rednecks using lindows? does nobody here see that computers today are the same as automobiles in the 50s and 60s -- that, back then, it was an elite group of youngsters that really got into the maintenance of and differences between various machines. now mechanics are a dime a dozen, and near the bottom rung of the social ladder, in most places. indeed, they are rednecks. santayana would know what warning to give.
i don't get the thrust of the article focusing on finding earth-sized planets. is there some theory that necessitates a planet be our size to foster life? if so, why?
i work for a large software company that makes, among other things, video software. (it shall remain nameless.) we started going around the world early last year, showing off how we could make video appear anywhere. the guy who does our demos pulled me aside before the first keynote we did to show me 'something new that nokia was working on.'
my reaction at the time was: um, it's a phone that opens up and has a little computer. fine.
i excitedly open the slashdot link, and see a familiar phone. my reaction now is: um, that's an old phone that opens up and has a little computer.
i've played with this thing a little, and (in case you hadn't picked up on it) it doesn't do much for me. and i love gadgets, yo. i track where i go with a gps device just to draw little maps. but as for this -- i'll stick with my ibook and cell, thanks.
in a closely watched and eagerly anticipated presidential race, embattled president / shell oil spokesman george w. bush won a landslide 99% of the vote over his honest, crime-fighting opponent eliot spitzer, who, despite his record and widespread public acclaim, was completely unable to raise any campaign funds.
bush's victory speech thanked his supporters for their efforts, and that clean, pure shell gasoline for putting in overtime at a great price.
linus should send a letter to microsoft in redmond demanding to see windows and ie code to make sure they're not illicitly using gpl'd code, and to provide documentation that they are not. that would be a funny thing.
my personal site (which is) grabs headlines and quotes from yahoo for my personal use using a perl script. solution? simple.
yahoo (like the record companies) should provide a resource for me to get this text cheaply (and quickly), and i'll pay them for it. the demand is there. basic economics dictates that people provide a supply.
now, i understand they are talking about thieves, on the whole, but it seems easy enough to track massive hits from another server and then to block it. i mean, it's 2002. let's fix these problems.
i know this will get modded, if at all, flamebait or offtopic, but i think the expression FUD has reached over-saturation. it's not really applicable in this case, beyond adding a veneer of bias to the article summary, and often is over applied in posts anyway.
i hereby offer an appeal to move away from the thick, dripping brush of FUD henceforth. let's see things as they are and not make summary pronouncements, eh? (and then we can unfreeze hell.)
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the firewire/power port on the ipod is one of the primary breakthoughs about it! who the hell wants to transfer 20G over USB?
this is the most ambitious copyright infringement scheme ever to come out of eastern asia, and that's saying something!
(and by the way, if there were ever a perfect time to use the bill-gates-as-borg icon, it's now.)
looking at the .mac homepage, it appears that the $50/first year will provide a "full mac.com email" account and that a "full mac.com account" gives you more idisk storage. it doesn't say the free accounts are going away.
am i looking in the wrong place?
looking at the .mac homepage, it appears that the $50/first year will provide a "full mac.com email" account and that a "full mac.com account" gives you more idisk storage. it doesn't say the free accounts are going away.
am i looking in the wrong place?
there is definitely an element of what you say that is true -- that businesses are self-censoring, or to put it less inflammatorily, choosing content to appeal to as many people as possible.
as for the running covers and content past walmart for approval -- bull. i've been working for 15 years in the magazine industry, and now work for a major magazine. i've never heard of that happening. in fact, given the deadlines we have, it is ridiculous to suppose that we finalize content before deadline just to let sam walton's goons sniff around the issue.
did you know that slashdot intentionally chooses what articles appear on the front page using an elaborate and secret cadre of editors? they are censoring hundreds of articles a day! march on tiannamen! </sarcasm>
it seems to me that the concorde crashed shortly after take-off a few years ago. ladies and gentleman, we have a race on our hands!
hehe i actually work at one of the four companies you mentioned, building demos for the products that i learned to use from pirated copies.
not that i still pirate of course. i stopped pirating software (x + 1 days : x = statute of limitations on piracy in days) days ago.
here's a little bsd based os that i ran across the other day -- seems pretty stable: Puma / Jaguar
that's actually the problem. i can't get that fucker behind the grating without getting smoked by the guys coming in the door or burning up first.
unless i type 'dog'.
reading this article really sent something of a chill up my spine. i have done nothing but play games since i was about 12, and some of those traits mentioned do apply to me.
causal fork? maybe. am i going to stop playing allied assault before i get out of that godd*mn exploding factory alive? not bloody likely.
i'm in california -- but if anyone wants to use the verbiage:
As someone who cares passionately about issues involving the separation of church and state, and a member of Americans United for Separation of Church and State (au.org), I was overjoyed to see that the 9th District Court today upheld the intentions of the Constitution in declaring the addition of 'under God' to the Pledge of Allegiance, a pledge many schools force children to say, as unconstitutional.
My joy was quickly soured when I heard reports of the reactionary and nasty resolution passed by the Senate today, chastising the District Court which made the ruling.
I don't know what your personal religious beliefs are, but I hope that you can recognize that making children declare that the United States is a nation under God is an infringement of their free exercise of religion if they are not religious, or do not believe in God. Such an infringement is inherently contrary to the letter and spirit of the First Amendment to the Constitution.
I am incredibly thankful that there exist checks and balances within our government, so that wrongs perpetrated by one branch of the government can be righted by another. As a Democratic Senator in a time of a Republican administration, I am sure you see this value everyday. It was therefore doubly distressing that the resolution passed should have been personal argumentative as well as constitutionally indefensible.
In these days of increasing governmental restriction of personal liberty at the hands of an Executive branch that dreams of a dictatorship, even the most minor victory against improper legislation and decisions should be resoundingly celebrated. That the Senate failed to celebrate this decision is saddening and a reflection that it is easier to go with the majority than to stand for what is right.
Hoping you can convince me that I'm wrong,
Yours, etc.
is this incoming only? if not, how the f*ck do you dial? bite down a certain number of times in a row?
Take a moment to step off your elite pedestal and try becoming informed.
no thanks!
so, first of all, nice stereotype. i guess all the fat, dateless, acne-scarred men on this site need something to chuckle about between visiting sites analyzing spock's deepest thoughts and pron.
and second of all, why would you be so excited about these legions of rednecks using lindows? does nobody here see that computers today are the same as automobiles in the 50s and 60s -- that, back then, it was an elite group of youngsters that really got into the maintenance of and differences between various machines. now mechanics are a dime a dozen, and near the bottom rung of the social ladder, in most places. indeed, they are rednecks. santayana would know what warning to give.
i don't get the thrust of the article focusing on finding earth-sized planets. is there some theory that necessitates a planet be our size to foster life? if so, why?
(here comes the (-1, Ignorant). bring it on.)
i wish i had mod points to add a +1 funny. no such luck. lol, nonetheless.
i work for a large software company that makes, among other things, video software. (it shall remain nameless.) we started going around the world early last year, showing off how we could make video appear anywhere. the guy who does our demos pulled me aside before the first keynote we did to show me 'something new that nokia was working on.'
my reaction at the time was: um, it's a phone that opens up and has a little computer. fine.
i excitedly open the slashdot link, and see a familiar phone. my reaction now is: um, that's an old phone that opens up and has a little computer.
i've played with this thing a little, and (in case you hadn't picked up on it) it doesn't do much for me. and i love gadgets, yo. i track where i go with a gps device just to draw little maps. but as for this -- i'll stick with my ibook and cell, thanks.
userland's dave winer has an image you can use to link to the animation from your own website.
(i humbly admit that i made it. i am biased.)
november 2004:
in a closely watched and eagerly anticipated presidential race, embattled president / shell oil spokesman george w. bush won a landslide 99% of the vote over his honest, crime-fighting opponent eliot spitzer, who, despite his record and widespread public acclaim, was completely unable to raise any campaign funds.
bush's victory speech thanked his supporters for their efforts, and that clean, pure shell gasoline for putting in overtime at a great price.
linus should send a letter to microsoft in redmond demanding to see windows and ie code to make sure they're not illicitly using gpl'd code, and to provide documentation that they are not. that would be a funny thing.
but that negates my whole argument! be compassionate!
note to self: is a useful tag.
at least according to the yahoo guy.
my personal site (which is) grabs headlines and quotes from yahoo for my personal use using a perl script. solution? simple.
yahoo (like the record companies) should provide a resource for me to get this text cheaply (and quickly), and i'll pay them for it. the demand is there. basic economics dictates that people provide a supply.
now, i understand they are talking about thieves, on the whole, but it seems easy enough to track massive hits from another server and then to block it. i mean, it's 2002. let's fix these problems.
no more licking my mouse when i spill soup on it. what a waste of soup.
i know this will get modded, if at all, flamebait or offtopic, but i think the expression FUD has reached over-saturation. it's not really applicable in this case, beyond adding a veneer of bias to the article summary, and often is over applied in posts anyway.
i hereby offer an appeal to move away from the thick, dripping brush of FUD henceforth. let's see things as they are and not make summary pronouncements, eh? (and then we can unfreeze hell.)