> you could simply use a Newer EtherDock (good luck finding one, you can't have mine!)
Oh! Aren't I SO COOL! You *could* have a "Newer Etherdock" if you were as cool as me. In fact, you could *simply* have a Newer Etherdock if (a) you were as cool as me and (b) you could find one or (c) if I gave you mine (which I won't so nyah).
So, let's recap:
1. If you were as cool as me, and 2. if you could find one, or 3. I gave you mine, then 4. You could *simply* use one instead of some other laptop.
> E-Mail the Alexis Park letting them know their site isn't cross-browser compatible. Not everyone uses IE and NS;)
I really do find this a bit rich.
First, their site isn't *horribly* cross-browser incompatible. Crumbs, I can Lynx it just fine.
Second, I really have to wonder where you get off asking people to do this for you. If it was such a great requirement that their site fit this criterion, surely enough people would already be complaining. This, to my mind, is like asking people to email the webmaster telling them their site isn't in Swahili, Nepali or even Spanish. "Not everyone speaks English".
> Almost all the Dr. Who villians are greedy capitalists.
Oh, rot.
What about Sutekh, Last of the Osirians? "All life is my enemy...all life will perish under the reign of Sutekh the destroyer!"
What about the giant slugs from Green Death?
What about Harrison Chase, the mad botanist from Seeds of Doom - "a beautiful new world, silent and green"?
What about Taren Capel from Robots of Death, interested only in freeing his robot brothers so they "needn't be slaves to human dross"?
What about Professor Kettlewell's robot from Robot, whose purpose was to destroy enemies of the human race but subsequently sought only to fulfil his creator's dreams of destroying humanity?
Some of my faves - and it's really stretching it to call them capitalists.
(a) Microsoft will be unhappy about this (b) This could be good for the Xbox as people will start flocking to XboxMame (c) Discussion about the modchippers.
What about thinking the *other* way. Who do you think is an easier target: the modchippers who can fly by night, or Nicola Salmoria whose name is plastered across heaps of websites?
Wouldn't it be a shame if this proved not to be a triumph over Microsoft of modchip technology, but rather the demise of MAME?
Speaking as someone who's on this guy's "opt-in" email list, I can tell you the following:
a. Most of his emails seem to be about 50k in size. Much HTML and graphics are included.
b. The most common spam items seem to be about some sort of business seminar. There are also advertisements for a business involved in telephone technology (?).
c. The only contact information in the email is a post office box and an out of state phone number. The phone number is permanently connected to an answering machine.
d. The mail list isn't opt-in at all (surprise, surprise). Thing is, it's also not 'opt-out'. One da, in desperation, I replied to his spam (I know, I know). My request to be removed did nothing.
Some days ago, users in Australia had their broadband access severely limited as the major providers changed the rules. There were many Slashdot posts effectively telling these users to 'get over it'. We were told to 'vote with our feet' and choose a provider that didn't take their bat and ball and go home when the game wasn't swinging their way. In effect, we were told to 'grow up' with regard to this apparently global technology.
Now that a major US provider is changing the rules, it'll be interesting to see how Slashdot readers take the news when it affects them a bit closer to home.
"They may say they wanna smack me in the mouth. So I tell them, 'Oh, you wanna smack me in the mouth? Would it bother you if somebody else could just smack me in the mouth too?' They're speechless after that...it takes the wind right outta their sails!"
...and in other news today, Abit has said that they will cancel production of their new MAX motherboard line due to the comments of one "Sheetsda" on slashdot.org.
"We were hoping we could please everyone with this move", said an Abit spokesman, "but it turns out we really read the market totally wrong. Sheetsda's comment, however offhand, has really shaken us".
Abit are said to be in talks with Sheetsda to work out what he wants.
> It's no different than any other contract in that sense.
Yes and No. If I write a contract to murder or defraud someone, it won't be enforceable in court just because it's a signed contract. Contracts that include illegal items are null and void.
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> you could simply use a Newer EtherDock (good luck finding one, you can't have mine!)
Oh! Aren't I SO COOL! You *could* have a "Newer Etherdock" if you were as cool as me. In fact, you could *simply* have a Newer Etherdock if (a) you were as cool as me and (b) you could find one or (c) if I gave you mine (which I won't so nyah).
So, let's recap:
1. If you were as cool as me, and
2. if you could find one, or
3. I gave you mine, then
4. You could *simply* use one instead of some other laptop.
Oh, and I am *so* popular at parties.
This sounds like a mammoth job!
They have a real tusk ahead of them!
> E-Mail the Alexis Park letting them know their site isn't cross-browser compatible. Not everyone uses IE and NS ;)
I really do find this a bit rich.
First, their site isn't *horribly* cross-browser incompatible. Crumbs, I can Lynx it just fine.
Second, I really have to wonder where you get off asking people to do this for you. If it was such a great requirement that their site fit this criterion, surely enough people would already be complaining. This, to my mind, is like asking people to email the webmaster telling them their site isn't in Swahili, Nepali or even Spanish. "Not everyone speaks English".
"Yeah? Well F--- you!"
"F--- me? F--- YOU and F--- YOU!"
"Hey! Language fellows, please!"
Ebay already has a category for this stuff!
Can you see the spelling error you made in this sentence? Did you mean to make that error?
If you can't even type error-free prose, how could you be expected to create error-free code?
People make errors. Code review helps reduce the effect of those errors.
"OK so to sum up...
'Dai' means 'big'
and 'Katana' means 'Katana'.
OK let's break for soda."
DD
Oh, rot.
What about Sutekh, Last of the Osirians? "All life is my enemy...all life will perish under the reign of Sutekh the destroyer!"
What about the giant slugs from Green Death?
What about Harrison Chase, the mad botanist from Seeds of Doom - "a beautiful new world, silent and green"?
What about Taren Capel from Robots of Death, interested only in freeing his robot brothers so they "needn't be slaves to human dross"?
What about Professor Kettlewell's robot from Robot, whose purpose was to destroy enemies of the human race but subsequently sought only to fulfil his creator's dreams of destroying humanity?
Some of my faves - and it's really stretching it to call them capitalists.
DD
When will our North American friends realise that their legal system is completely out of control?
First it was the Oath of Allegiance, now a specimen of moon rock - litigation should NOT always be the first resort.
DD
Are you sure (unsure?) if you have (don't have) that right (wrong?).
I see most posts are mentioning one of:
(a) Microsoft will be unhappy about this
(b) This could be good for the Xbox as people will start flocking to XboxMame
(c) Discussion about the modchippers.
What about thinking the *other* way. Who do you think is an easier target: the modchippers who can fly by night, or Nicola Salmoria whose name is plastered across heaps of websites?
Wouldn't it be a shame if this proved not to be a triumph over Microsoft of modchip technology, but rather the demise of MAME?
DD
Ben: Your father's lightsaber. This is the weap-
Luke: What's that red thing on the end?
Ben: Uh...that's so you don't poke someone's eye out...This is the weapon of a Jedi Kni-
Luke: What about the blade - does it retract? Huh? Does it?
Ben: Uh...NO you have to remove it when not in battle. Uh...where was I..oh yeah, THIS is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or-
Luke: And what about a sort of cool swirling noise? Does it have one of those?
"In the landgrab, I staked out a lot that suited my needs perfectly."
I agree - that sentence is completely unsuitable.
DD
I suppose I should be thankful that the story's being provided for free, but this "two paragraph per page" thing doesn't make for easy reading.
Whenever I get to the end of the second paragraph I hear a voice saying, "and we'll be back in just a moment".
Sigi
Displeased, Yoda would be, at your incorrect acronym. AOTC, I think you mean.
DD
Speaking as someone who's on this guy's "opt-in" email list, I can tell you the following:
a. Most of his emails seem to be about 50k in size. Much HTML and graphics are included.
b. The most common spam items seem to be about some sort of business seminar. There are also advertisements for a business involved in telephone technology (?).
c. The only contact information in the email is a post office box and an out of state phone number. The phone number is permanently connected to an answering machine.
d. The mail list isn't opt-in at all (surprise, surprise). Thing is, it's also not 'opt-out'. One da, in desperation, I replied to his spam (I know, I know). My request to be removed did nothing.
DD
Now that a major US provider is changing the rules, it'll be interesting to see how Slashdot readers take the news when it affects them a bit closer to home.
This is a problem that affects us all.
DD.
> I just happen to have one that was never used but missing the logic board, CD and hard drives
Sucked in! Mine's just missing the disk drive.
DD.
> People who butcher vintage computers make me sick.
Yeah - much better to let them get composted at the dump, isn't it! Then at least you know they're being used! Oh hang on...
"They may say they wanna smack me in the mouth. So I tell them, 'Oh, you wanna smack me in the mouth? Would it bother you if somebody else could just smack me in the mouth too?' They're speechless after that...it takes the wind right outta their sails!"
DD
> How would any manufaturer(sic) or store stay in business? Does this seem bad to anyone other than me?
Why would they need to stay in business? Why would anyone *want* to stay in business?
If you're in business to acquire wealth, you won't need to any more.
If you're in business to develop experience, this machine won't stop you from gathering experience.
If you're in business for the love of it, it won't stop you from working.
I think it'd be great - imagine all the people, sharing all the world. It's easy if you try...
DD.
> Sorry Abit, you lost my business right there.
...and in other news today, Abit has said that they will cancel production of their new MAX motherboard line due to the comments of one "Sheetsda" on slashdot.org.
"We were hoping we could please everyone with this move", said an Abit spokesman, "but it turns out we really read the market totally wrong. Sheetsda's comment, however offhand, has really shaken us".
Abit are said to be in talks with Sheetsda to work out what he wants.
DD
> Apple could care less whether its a niche player or not.
AARRGGHH. If you say they "could care less", it means THEY CARE.
You mean they "couldn't care less".
Geez, people.
DD
> BOYCOTT GOOGLE ADS! - They have refused ads for firearms!
Oh poor baby - so you can't see ads for guns while you surf? Aren't there enough guns in the world?
Grow up!
DD
> It's no different than any other contract in that sense.
Yes and No. If I write a contract to murder or defraud someone, it won't be enforceable in court just because it's a signed contract. Contracts that include illegal items are null and void.