I thought I would also mention that VH1 is also showing behind-the-scenes stuff from the movie @ 6. Looks interesting, even know VH1 isn't exactly the hipest channel out there.:)
They get you with the 0.00 deal. Seeing 0.00 as a price gets you excited and you feel that you must have it, because it's free. But $8.79 for a single cd seems a bit steep, compared to LinuxCentral or Cheapbytes, where I believe you get 2+ and it's cheaper. Nice deal, but not quite there yet. Say 5 bucks or so for shipping, and then we'll talk.:) -- Scott Miga
"Instead of banning Doom and Quake, schools should be forming Doom and Quake clubs, presided over by teachers who actually know something about the online world.."
This is a great idea, and I would love to see it implimented, but it will never happen at my school. Our budget is so tight, there are fights sometimes in the adminstration just to buy new tape. If these clubs did exist though, count me in.
P.S. Rob, maybe a "Reply" button on the page where there are no comments, like this Jon Katz article?:) -- Scott Miga
I would have to agree(for the first time) with an anonymous coward on the issue of putting PC's on the floor or hidden out of the way. My computer could be pink and brown, and not many people would notice. Now if I had one of those clear cases, I might heft it up to the desk next to me, and fear it's loud noises'. /me goes to open a pink and brown computer case company. -- Scott Miga
Rob and others, why don't you just patch the source? The last full kernel source I downloaded was like 2.2.1 I think. Since then, I have been downloading the patches, and after a while, I tarball and gzip the full source all up and I have an exact copy as the 13+ meg file. Try it.:) -- Scott Miga
I bet there was more than 16.. Last Wednesday, there was an anthrax scare at the neighboring town's school, and also a exacuation of our school when there was a bomb threat on that day also. On thursday, there were like 4 other bomb threats around our area schools, and yesterday, there was an anthrax scare at a neighboring school. Weird stuff going on. -- Scott Miga
A kid in my school, a middle-class white male at that, is one who dons a Trenchcoat sometimes and wears black most of the time. On Wednesday, he came into school, after the Littleton incident was all over the media, wearing a black trenchcoat and acted like he was shooting people. Well, this kid got out of school suspension for a day or so. It shows how tight some people are on this issue, espically those involved with school. The next day, the whole was evacuated because of a bomb-threat, the first one in the history of the school. Aftershocks of the killing spree? -- Scott Miga
I don't think it was a horriable movie, but it could have been a bit better. My favorite part was when the video store clerk tells everyone to act normal, and then when Ed walks in, he goes "Welcome to work, Ed". I also keep thinking of the Truman show during the movie, espically at times when I felt that it was directly like the Truman show. If someone wanted my opinion on if they should go see it or not, I would recommand yes, if and only if they really think it's good, and don't want to see other lesser-quality flicks. -- Scott Miga
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I think Jon is right when he talks about ignore buttons. In my preferences, I have my threshold set at 1, so I don't have to deal with all those really absent-minded people who post garbage. Sure, some of them post thoughtful comments, which are then upgraded to a Score of 1. Slashdot allows you to only ignore some and not all of users feedback, which is good, and helpful. -- Scott Miga
I like the addition of the preferences link, which I think is new. I believe it has replaced the "user account" link. Its a quick shortcut to changing my preferences.:) -- Scott Miga
How about if which option on polls you voted for where logged and were able to be viewed on your custom page, around preferences or something? -- Scott Miga
Not all hackers are anti-social. Many use a tactic called "social engineering" to get information out of people by either phone or in person. Some hackers are actually very social, working at jobs that require social interaction and dealing with people. Although the term "hacker" is used in the cracking sense here, real hackers, programmers, are for the most part social. I liked the "Mr. Roger's" part of the article. -- Scott Miga
yet another great article from Jon. i was suprised that the two people in the article got good jobs, as they just started playing with linux and didnt really know how to program, as the article led me to believe. but its great they were successful in getting good jobs and making good money. -- Scott Miga
i think this is very excellent news! Windows going open-source would be great for both the windows and linux community. with all these rumors and press releases floating around, the ideas are sure flowing. i think that if we give it some time, we will see the source for windows appearing. -- Scott Miga
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( Read More... | 3674 bytes in body | 0 of 0 comments ) hrm, i wonder why i get this. any ideas? -- Scott Miga
on the nice comment, yes. that should be implemented, because sometimes you just want to voice your small opinion on a subject without going into any specific logic or reasoning on the comment. and there should be a AC option that allows accounted users to post as ACs, although i dont see a huge reason why any users would want to.:) -- Scott Miga
just a quick note to anyone who cares: when you type slashdot in netscape, it looks it up on the netscape find thing, then redirects to www.slashdot.org. once on www./., the latest story didnt show up and i didnt log me into my account.. is www.slashdot.org on a different system or something? just wondering. -- Scott Miga
i think youare right on track rob, with the way you are handling moderating. i was very suprised and happy to see that unused points will expire after 3 days. that was something i was going to post about very soon, but you already covered it.:) well, keep it up rob!:) -- Scott Miga
rofl.. nicely done.. english major? when i was crusing my user page, i noticed 1 reply for this comment and i had to check it out. noticing it must be an AC, i changed my filter to 0 so i can view all the lovely AC comments. your comment actually made me laugh out loud. that happens rarely. o wait, back to the point, just in case you forgot.. slashdot comments are for posting whatever the heck people want.. weather it be about sex, drugs, or rock-n-roll(woo thats a song). sorry to displace you sir(ma'm?).. but you spent more time hitting reply and typing out your well-done comment that you spent most likely reading the article. congrats!:) -- scott miga
just printed it out earlier and the 10 pages look like a good read. ill be sure to read it during the 11 full hours in the car tommorrow going to spring break.:) -- Scott Miga
he goes his testing, or some of it at least on the live slashdot server because of obvious reasons. as others mentioned the load, the slashdot load is incredible, and i cant imagine something that would emulate it. where do you think the slashdot effect name came from?:) secondly, he wants the users to test out the features, see if they like them, dont like them, want modifications. cant do this on a non-live workstation. and third, the pur e experience of it. the whole reason why Rob started Slashdot was to run a news site and to also test his web skills, i believe. so those are some easy reasons why. i dont know about you, but i dont ever really have problems with slashdot, just the occasional server-down for a few mins.:) -- Scott Miga
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I thought I would also mention that VH1 is also showing behind-the-scenes stuff from the movie @ 6. Looks interesting, even know VH1 isn't exactly the hipest channel out there. :)
They get you with the 0.00 deal. Seeing 0.00 as a price gets you excited and you feel that you must have it, because it's free. But $8.79 for a single cd seems a bit steep, compared to LinuxCentral or Cheapbytes, where I believe you get 2+ and it's cheaper. Nice deal, but not quite there yet. Say 5 bucks or so for shipping, and then we'll talk. :)
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Rob, the link to CDNOW leads to slashdot, instead of CDNOW.com I suppose.
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Scott Miga
"Instead of banning Doom and Quake, schools should be forming Doom and Quake clubs, presided over by teachers who actually know something about the online world.."
:)
This is a great idea, and I would love to see it implimented, but it will never happen at my school. Our budget is so tight, there are fights sometimes in the adminstration just to buy new tape. If these clubs did exist though, count me in.
P.S. Rob, maybe a "Reply" button on the page where there are no comments, like this Jon Katz article?
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Scott Miga
I would have to agree(for the first time) with an anonymous coward on the issue of putting PC's on the floor or hidden out of the way. My computer could be pink and brown, and not many people would notice. Now if I had one of those clear cases, I might heft it up to the desk next to me, and fear it's loud noises'.
/me goes to open a pink and brown computer case company.
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Scott Miga
Rob and others, why don't you just patch the source? The last full kernel source I downloaded was like 2.2.1 I think. Since then, I have been downloading the patches, and after a while, I tarball and gzip the full source all up and I have an exact copy as the 13+ meg file. Try it. :)
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Scott Miga
I bet there was more than 16..
Last Wednesday, there was an anthrax scare at the neighboring town's school, and also a exacuation of our school when there was a bomb threat on that day also. On thursday, there were like 4 other bomb threats around our area schools, and yesterday, there was an anthrax scare at a neighboring school. Weird stuff going on.
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Scott Miga
A kid in my school, a middle-class white male at that, is one who dons a Trenchcoat sometimes and wears black most of the time. On Wednesday, he came into school, after the Littleton incident was all over the media, wearing a black trenchcoat and acted like he was shooting people. Well, this kid got out of school suspension for a day or so. It shows how tight some people are on this issue, espically those involved with school. The next day, the whole was evacuated because of a bomb-threat, the first one in the history of the school. Aftershocks of the killing spree?
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Scott Miga
I don't think it was a horriable movie, but it could have been a bit better. My favorite part was when the video store clerk tells everyone to act normal, and then when Ed walks in, he goes "Welcome to work, Ed". I also keep thinking of the Truman show during the movie, espically at times when I felt that it was directly like the Truman show. If someone wanted my opinion on if they should go see it or not, I would recommand yes, if and only if they really think it's good, and don't want to see other lesser-quality flicks.
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Scott Miga
I think Jon is right when he talks about ignore buttons. In my preferences, I have my threshold set at 1, so I don't have to deal with all those really absent-minded people who post garbage. Sure, some of them post thoughtful comments, which are then upgraded to a Score of 1. Slashdot allows you to only ignore some and not all of users feedback, which is good, and helpful.
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Scott Miga
Were the envelopes really bloody? *smirk*
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Scott Miga
I like the addition of the preferences link, which I think is new. I believe it has replaced the "user account" link. Its a quick shortcut to changing my preferences. :)
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Scott Miga
I was suprised that 16 bit vga frame buffer support hasen't made it into linus's tree and only alans. /me compiles ac1
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Scott Miga
How about if which option on polls you voted for where logged and were able to be viewed on your custom page, around preferences or something?
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Scott Miga
Not all hackers are anti-social. Many use a tactic called "social engineering" to get information out of people by either phone or in person. Some hackers are actually very social, working at jobs that require social interaction and dealing with people. Although the term "hacker" is used in the cracking sense here, real hackers, programmers, are for the most part social. I liked the "Mr. Roger's" part of the article.
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Scott Miga
yet another great article from Jon. i was suprised that the two people in the article got good jobs, as they just started playing with linux and didnt really know how to program, as the article led me to believe. but its great they were successful in getting good jobs and making good money.
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Scott Miga
i think this is very excellent news! Windows going open-source would be great for both the windows and linux community. with all these rumors and press releases floating around, the ideas are sure flowing. i think that if we give it some time, we will see the source for windows appearing.
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on the nice comment, yes. that should be implemented, because sometimes you just want to voice your small opinion on a subject without going into any specific logic or reasoning on the comment. and there should be a AC option that allows accounted users to post as ACs, although i dont see a huge reason why any users would want to. :)
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Scott Miga
just a quick note to anyone who cares: when you type slashdot in netscape, it looks it up on the netscape find thing, then redirects to www.slashdot.org. once on www./., the latest story didnt show up and i didnt log me into my account.. is www.slashdot.org on a different system or something? just wondering.
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Scott Miga
i think youare right on track rob, with the way you are handling moderating. i was very suprised and happy to see that unused points will expire after 3 days. that was something i was going to post about very soon, but you already covered it. :) well, keep it up rob! :)
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rofl.. nicely done.. english major? when i was crusing my user page, i noticed 1 reply for this comment and i had to check it out. noticing it must be an AC, i changed my filter to 0 so i can view all the lovely AC comments. your comment actually made me laugh out loud. that happens rarely. o wait, back to the point, just in case you forgot.. slashdot comments are for posting whatever the heck people want.. weather it be about sex, drugs, or rock-n-roll(woo thats a song). sorry to displace you sir(ma'm?).. but you spent more time hitting reply and typing out your well-done comment that you spent most likely reading the article. congrats! :)
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just printed it out earlier and the 10 pages look like a good read. ill be sure to read it during the 11 full hours in the car tommorrow going to spring break. :)
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Scott Miga
curse your tounge boy! :)
/me ponders how such a "bland" AC comment got a Score:1
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he goes his testing, or some of it at least on the live slashdot server because of obvious reasons. as others mentioned the load, the slashdot load is incredible, and i cant imagine something that would emulate it. where do you think the slashdot effect name came from? :) secondly, he wants the users to test out the features, see if they like them, dont like them, want modifications. cant do this on a non-live workstation. and third, the pur e experience of it. the whole reason why Rob started Slashdot was to run a news site and to also test his web skills, i believe. so those are some easy reasons why. i dont know about you, but i dont ever really have problems with slashdot, just the occasional server-down for a few mins. :)
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