From page 2: Instead, Microsoft is focused on casting off its yolk as the industry's security whipping boy.
A little egg in the author's face perhaps? I'd rather Microsoft casting off the yoke.
Actually, "yolk" is 100% correct: he's using a literary device called a confectionary allegorasm. Notice the play-on word "whipping" at the end of the sentence, which alludes to cream. Here's another example from popular literature:
He done brang me a pretty flour, so I whipped him.
Just because you've never seen it before doesn't mean it's incorrect, young grasshopper.
The captcha concept breaks down if the user can't see the image, either through the limitations of their browser (links) or the limitations of their eyes. A US government site would have a hard time justifying captcha in light of their legal and moral responsibilities to the disabled citizenry.
Audio recognition is actually harder for computers than visual recognition, and plenty of sites do audio captchas as well as visual ones. Blogger, for one. I was actually impressed when I first saw the little wheelchair link next to the text entry box.
Though I have no idea what wheelchairs have to do with being blind. Huh.
Perfect! How about, to access content or whatever the captchas are guarding, you have to pass a conversational Turing test first? So you'd spend some time chatting with a dude in India, and if he thinks you're human, you're in!
Of course, it seems that, for most of the people I've talked to for overseas tech support, I'd have failed them if I had administered a Turing test, maybe it's not such a great idea...
I can't think of how they could possibly anger their fans by not including Blu-Ray. Developers, possibly, for changing the game disc storage capacity. The hardware division that's intent on foisting it on everybody as the new high-density DVD standard? You bet.
The word that comes to mind when I consider Sony's market presence is "lumbering" - like too many people are trying to drive the Gundam. They can only move in a straight line, or fall down.
The only real arguement is based around that; if say... VB.NET and C# perform identically, why not use C#? It (arguably) has more of a following...
Actually, I'm fairly sure you can find more VB programmers than C# programmers, and probably will be able to for the forseeable future. The problem is, a significant portion of them aren't real computer scientists, and they'll tend to write crappy stuff.
I'm not sure that line of attack would work well with the boss, though, who's a VB guy, probably not a computer scientist...
And robots. Anything to do with beer and robots always makes front-page Slashdot.
I could probably make a stupid video of robots looking at beer and it'd make the front page. Heck, I could probably just take pictures of the robots and claim they're looking at beer.
I'm highly impressed that your browser anticipated that your line was going to lose the carrier, and post JUST BEFORE it happened, complete with the NO CARRIER message and a bunch of modem-y garbage.
Is that, like, a Mozilla plugin? I want one that does that.
This is about control. As in, the State cannot control the revenue generated wherever the gambling goes on. Be certain that if WA could get "their" cut from "their" citizens gambling they wouldn't have this law.
It seems like the only states that you couldn't say this about are Utah and Hawaii. Every other state has a lottery, though - so they're raging hypocrites if they cite moral reasons for anti-gambling laws.
Not that I think anti-online-gambling laws for these places are a good idea, mind you.
The Supreme Court scaled back protections for government workers who blow the whistle on official misconduct Tuesday, a 5-4 decision in which new Justice Samuel Alito cast the deciding vote...
So did the other eight vote, and then hold off for Alito, or what? How can you definitively say that Alito cast the deciding vote?
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From page 2: Instead, Microsoft is focused on casting off its yolk as the industry's security whipping boy.
A little egg in the author's face perhaps? I'd rather Microsoft casting off the yoke.
Actually, "yolk" is 100% correct: he's using a literary device called a confectionary allegorasm. Notice the play-on word "whipping" at the end of the sentence, which alludes to cream. Here's another example from popular literature:
He done brang me a pretty flour, so I whipped him.
Just because you've never seen it before doesn't mean it's incorrect, young grasshopper.
And the oceans used to be able to filter it and make it smell more...um...pleasant.
That doesn't work for me in the bathtub, so I don't see why it should work for the Earth.
You were!
:D
Thanks for clearing that up.
Sounds like some other company that makes operating systems. Can't place my finger on their name right now though ...
You know, if everybody does it, they can all get away with it...
I been reading about software-as-a-service for months now in the trade magazines.
So have I, and I haven't yet seen any software-as-a-service that I'd be willing to pay for.
Why is everyone chasing this if nobody but the software businesses really want it?
So, their new challenger? Would it be more accurate to say their "additional" challenger?
Nah. Microsoft can't concentrate on more than one opponent at a time.
The funny thing is, I can't tell whether I'm being facetious, either.
The captcha concept breaks down if the user can't see the image, either through the limitations of their browser (links) or the limitations of their eyes. A US government site would have a hard time justifying captcha in light of their legal and moral responsibilities to the disabled citizenry.
Audio recognition is actually harder for computers than visual recognition, and plenty of sites do audio captchas as well as visual ones. Blogger, for one. I was actually impressed when I first saw the little wheelchair link next to the text entry box.
Though I have no idea what wheelchairs have to do with being blind. Huh.
I often fail those Turing tests
Perfect! How about, to access content or whatever the captchas are guarding, you have to pass a conversational Turing test first? So you'd spend some time chatting with a dude in India, and if he thinks you're human, you're in!
Of course, it seems that, for most of the people I've talked to for overseas tech support, I'd have failed them if I had administered a Turing test, maybe it's not such a great idea...
... they can't get rid of Blu-Ray...
I can't think of how they could possibly anger their fans by not including Blu-Ray. Developers, possibly, for changing the game disc storage capacity. The hardware division that's intent on foisting it on everybody as the new high-density DVD standard? You bet.
The word that comes to mind when I consider Sony's market presence is "lumbering" - like too many people are trying to drive the Gundam. They can only move in a straight line, or fall down.
Big N doesn't have these problems.
The only real arguement is based around that; if say... VB.NET and C# perform identically, why not use C#? It (arguably) has more of a following...
Actually, I'm fairly sure you can find more VB programmers than C# programmers, and probably will be able to for the forseeable future. The problem is, a significant portion of them aren't real computer scientists, and they'll tend to write crappy stuff.
I'm not sure that line of attack would work well with the boss, though, who's a VB guy, probably not a computer scientist...
Nah, it sounds like their project is much farther along than DNF.
Heck no! This project is only on its first rewrite!
Nobody ever lost their job at Slashdot for dissing Windows.
Nonsense. If that's true, what happened to JonKatz?
Oh, yeah. Post-Columbine torches and pitchforks and downloading mp3s on a Commodore 64. Sorry - carry on. We were dissing Windows or something.
Did anyone here actually click that Ubuntu link?
I did, and my University proxy blocked it for pornographic content.
They didn't bring back the Ubuntu Calendar, did they?
It's Slashdot... Slashdot is where the Linux geeks hang out. If you don't like it, maybe you should read the MSDN forums or something?
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Kind of. More like Linux pretender wanna-be geeks. Or Linux geeks who have to use Windows at work.
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Most of us here have huge interest in how Vista turns out, if only because our employers will put it on our machines.
Pouring beer into a glass! What next, eating pizza with a knife and fork?
Eating steak with chopsticks.
That anyone or anything that serves, or tries to serve me beer, is okay in my book.
I knew a guy who got his kids to do it.
Whatever makes propagating your DNA worth it, I guess...
Because... BEER!
And robots. Anything to do with beer and robots always makes front-page Slashdot.
I could probably make a stupid video of robots looking at beer and it'd make the front page. Heck, I could probably just take pictures of the robots and claim they're looking at beer.
Robots and beer, friend.
Anyone else noticed it spilled quite a bit?
It must have anticipated quaffing* and decided to join in on the fun.
* According to Terry Pratchett, quaffing is like drinking, except most of the beer ends up on the floor.
I'm highly impressed that your browser anticipated that your line was going to lose the carrier, and post JUST BEFORE it happened, complete with the NO CARRIER message and a bunch of modem-y garbage.
Is that, like, a Mozilla plugin? I want one that does that.
I'm trying to figure out exactly what you are. What comes after pedophiles and terrorists?
Wait... are you a DEMOCRAT??
I want to hug trees on my Nintendo.
I want to bomb animal experimentation labs and abortion clinics on my Nintendo.
Seriously, though, how do you hug trees on your Nintendo?
Score:1, Interesting. Huh.
I guess some moderator didn't like what this guy said. Hey, folks, clue: if you don't like what he says, reply.
To the parent: If I had mod points, I would have fixed you up.
This is about control. As in, the State cannot control the revenue generated wherever the gambling goes on. Be certain that if WA could get "their" cut from "their" citizens gambling they wouldn't have this law.
It seems like the only states that you couldn't say this about are Utah and Hawaii. Every other state has a lottery, though - so they're raging hypocrites if they cite moral reasons for anti-gambling laws.
Not that I think anti-online-gambling laws for these places are a good idea, mind you.
From TFA you didn't read...
Read the...
What the...
No way. That'd be, like, sitting down on the toilet to urinate. It's wrong on so many levels.
Can someone clarify this for me?
The Supreme Court scaled back protections for government workers who blow the whistle on official misconduct Tuesday, a 5-4 decision in which new Justice Samuel Alito cast the deciding vote...
So did the other eight vote, and then hold off for Alito, or what? How can you definitively say that Alito cast the deciding vote?
This seems like anti-Alito flamebait to me.