After seeing this I felt that with such an important message why would this not have been simply 'given away'? Wouldn't that be in the interest of Mr. Gore who feels so passionately about getting this seen as widely as possible?
the official version of eXeem comes chock full of spy/adware -- specifically, cydoor
Can this above comment be explained? I downloaded and installed eXeem, it did not appear to include any spyware whatsoever. It certainly did not come packaged with Cydoor. What's the deal here?
Stuff that matters: Will the system be able to support a surge of spoiled equines used to a pampered lifestyle who now have no where to go? Will the medical profession be able to survive in the face of declining patients? Will they still serve tea and crumpets at Polo matches or will it now be Zima and Pop Tarts? OH THE HUMANITY!
As long as all the other views are being represented I figure it's only fair to remind everyone that there is a third option; we may have already made contact, unbeknownst to the general populace.
Yes, it's such a complicated issue that they're still thinking about it 4 years after the FAQ entry:
http://slashdot.org/faq/suggestions.shtml#su900
"So the quick answer is: "Sure, caching would be neat." It would make things a lot easier when servers go down, but it's a complicated issue that would need to be thought through in great detail before being implemented.
I don't claim to know much about this at all, but I know as a complete fact that the slower I burn Audio CDs on my 24x the less they'll skip when they're in my car. This has been true for me at least one hundred times over, and I drive the same route pretty much every day (same bumps).. How does this experience fit in to the above?
Years ago I started a site that provided a platform for up and coming DJs to share their mixes with the world as well as providing them with the resources to do live streaming.
First contact with SOCAN was my initial inquiry as to how this should be done legitimately. The response came that I was asking about a "grey area" and that the issue had come up for discussion within SOCAN and had been put aside for about a year.
A year later I contacted them again with the same query, I got the same answer along with a suggestion to document all play lists because their goal would likely be to compensate the individual artists and there would be royalties to pay (I thought this was dodgy anyhow, was SOCAN really going to hunt down Gunther who runs a tiny record label from his parents' basement in Germany? The majority of the audio being played was from tiny, obscure labels scattered throughout the world, not to mention the promotional copies and white labels)
Subsequent queries gave me the same answer every time; I kept detailed playlists and wondered what the bill would be when it came around..
This went on for a few years. Fairly recently my project switched gears and no longer streams audio through the web -- and now this!!
Perhaps this was the experience of many others, realizing the nightmare that it would be to implement the plan that SOCAN initially hinted at, this may have been seen as the easiest way to approach the issue.
At the very least my experiences with SOCAN left me with the impression that this was an incompetent bunch that didn't have a clue. At most they came off as lazy and unresponsive and ultimately played no role whatsoever in this fairly long-running project.
You non-Americans who read NewsForge can move on to the next story right now. We know you don't hold our Constitution dear and don't understand the ideals that make the United of States of America the greatest nation on earth, so there is no reason for you to read this.
Anyone know the status of the GS/Unix software? Haven't heard about it in years but the last thing I found said it went open source, problem is getting the thing networked, anyone with an Appletalk/Ethernet adapter for cheap?
Well,/. effect aside, you've got to be some kind of super freak to submit an article to/. without being able to support even the smallest trickle of traffic.. Sheesh.. This one didn't even have a chance it seems..
xpics.com was an immense success during the hey-days of porn, mostly due to implementation and Brian's hard work and shrewd business sense. It was xpics that not only set but also raised the bar as far as the online adult industry went, so you can be sure that if he builds it, it'll make money.
But it's these kinds of people that work the system for what it's worth - we all joke about pr0n pushing the industry forward, but you know as well as I do that there's fact behind this - I don't blame him for being a 'pop-up pioneer' any more than I blame someone that discovers and publishes a security backdoor/exploit to a known system. If there's any blame to place it's on the people who make his work possible. I consider this situation as a catalyst for better pop-up blocking code built in to your favourite browser and ultimately finding that delicate balance between intrusive surfing and effective advertising.
Netflix uses the number of movies you have previously rented to determine your priority in getting movies
But from the bottom of the linked article:
While the relatively small amount of data collected may not allow for a definitive conclusion, it appears that the number of movies you have in your rental plan does not influence the Netflix algorithm. So by subscribing to the 5 disc plan you will likely watch more movies and in turn lessen your chances of getting limited availability movies.
Just moment ago I finished putting together a 50 page annual report - I decided at the very beginning of the project to give Quanta a shot; I knew I was in for a lot of copy and paste, I've been working with vi for ages and had a feeling that I may be able to save time by taking this on using Quanta.
End result? There's little doubt that it saved me time; probably 8 hours in total. Not bad. There were some annoyances as with all software of this type, and most of it can probably be chalked up to my inexperience with this software package; tags being auto-closed when I didn't want them to and vice-versa, strange text colouring, etc. Then there were some quirks like when some tags auto-closed they also moved the display up a couple of lines; so if I wanted to paste with my middle button right after having a tag auto-complete it would end up somewhere else. Stuff for me to R{more of}TFM and submit bug reports, but bottom-line is that I was quite pleased, it kept me organized and saved me some time. I'll certainly use this for future [applicable] projects and provide the community-feedback these guys deserve. Well done, check it if you haven't already!
You go on about how 'nothing comes close to managing information for me the way my Newt does', but could you be so kind as to actually qualify that statement? What are all of the 'newer/smaller/faster/prettier' devices missing that the Newton has? Please give us some substance here.
I mean seriously now, we've seen how many duplicates on/.? WHY!? Is it because the editors don't read their own site? Is it because they have memory problems? Are multiple people posting under one name and simply unaware of what others are doing with that same name? Maybe the scroll functions of their mice are broken? I just don't get how this happens SO often...
Slashdot Mirror
After seeing this I felt that with such an important message why would this not have been simply 'given away'? Wouldn't that be in the interest of Mr. Gore who feels so passionately about getting this seen as widely as possible?
"Let's hit up Yahoo Maps to find the dopest route.
I prefer Mapquest!
That's a good one too.
Google Maps is the best!
True that! Double true!"
It's also nice to see how well this msnbc article renders on FireFox :)
But if it ever happens, all life on Earth would likely be destroyed.
There's one unwavering faith I have in the human race: The ability to destroy things. That evil algae doesn't stand a chance!
So, in order to circumvent:
Steering wheel version: Wear some gloves
Glove version: Don't wear gloves
the official version of eXeem comes chock full of spy/adware -- specifically, cydoor
Can this above comment be explained? I downloaded and installed eXeem, it did not appear to include any spyware whatsoever. It certainly did not come packaged with Cydoor. What's the deal here?
Stuff that matters: Will the system be able to support a surge of spoiled equines used to a pampered lifestyle who now have no where to go? Will the medical profession be able to survive in the face of declining patients? Will they still serve tea and crumpets at Polo matches or will it now be Zima and Pop Tarts? OH THE HUMANITY!
As long as all the other views are being represented I figure it's only fair to remind everyone that there is a third option; we may have already made contact, unbeknownst to the general populace.
Yes, it's such a complicated issue that they're still thinking about it 4 years after the FAQ entry:
http://slashdot.org/faq/suggestions.shtml#su900
"So the quick answer is: "Sure, caching would be neat." It would make things a lot easier when servers go down, but it's a complicated issue that would need to be thought through in great detail before being implemented.
Answered by: CmdrTaco
Last Modified: 6/14/00"
POP!
Reason: Your post looks too much like ascii art.
I don't claim to know much about this at all, but I know as a complete fact that the slower I burn Audio CDs on my 24x the less they'll skip when they're in my car. This has been true for me at least one hundred times over, and I drive the same route pretty much every day (same bumps).. How does this experience fit in to the above?
Years ago I started a site that provided a platform for up and coming DJs to share their mixes with the world as well as providing them with the resources to do live streaming.
First contact with SOCAN was my initial inquiry as to how this should be done legitimately. The response came that I was asking about a "grey area" and that the issue had come up for discussion within SOCAN and had been put aside for about a year.
A year later I contacted them again with the same query, I got the same answer along with a suggestion to document all play lists because their goal would likely be to compensate the individual artists and there would be royalties to pay (I thought this was dodgy anyhow, was SOCAN really going to hunt down Gunther who runs a tiny record label from his parents' basement in Germany? The majority of the audio being played was from tiny, obscure labels scattered throughout the world, not to mention the promotional copies and white labels)
Subsequent queries gave me the same answer every time; I kept detailed playlists and wondered what the bill would be when it came around..
This went on for a few years. Fairly recently my project switched gears and no longer streams audio through the web -- and now this!!
Perhaps this was the experience of many others, realizing the nightmare that it would be to implement the plan that SOCAN initially hinted at, this may have been seen as the easiest way to approach the issue.
At the very least my experiences with SOCAN left me with the impression that this was an incompetent bunch that didn't have a clue. At most they came off as lazy and unresponsive and ultimately played no role whatsoever in this fairly long-running project.
Makes me sick..
LOL
Y'all're freaks: This one is SO redundant..
/.: a+b=c, d=d
/. mods: +++Insightful!! +Interesting!!
someguy: This is more noteworthy because c-b=a, and d still equals d
Anyone know the status of the GS/Unix software? Haven't heard about it in years but the last thing I found said it went open source, problem is getting the thing networked, anyone with an Appletalk/Ethernet adapter for cheap?
GNO/ME 2.0 Information
Marinetti 2.0.1 TCP/IP stack for the AppleIIgs
GS/TCP TCP/IP using SLIP or macIP
Well, /. effect aside, you've got to be some kind of super freak to submit an article to /. without being able to support even the smallest trickle of traffic.. Sheesh.. This one didn't even have a chance it seems..
xpics.com was an immense success during the hey-days of porn, mostly due to implementation and Brian's hard work and shrewd business sense. It was xpics that not only set but also raised the bar as far as the online adult industry went, so you can be sure that if he builds it, it'll make money.
But it's these kinds of people that work the system for what it's worth - we all joke about pr0n pushing the industry forward, but you know as well as I do that there's fact behind this - I don't blame him for being a 'pop-up pioneer' any more than I blame someone that discovers and publishes a security backdoor/exploit to a known system. If there's any blame to place it's on the people who make his work possible. I consider this situation as a catalyst for better pop-up blocking code built in to your favourite browser and ultimately finding that delicate balance between intrusive surfing and effective advertising.
But from the bottom of the linked article:
Just moment ago I finished putting together a 50 page annual report - I decided at the very beginning of the project to give Quanta a shot; I knew I was in for a lot of copy and paste, I've been working with vi for ages and had a feeling that I may be able to save time by taking this on using Quanta.
End result? There's little doubt that it saved me time; probably 8 hours in total. Not bad. There were some annoyances as with all software of this type, and most of it can probably be chalked up to my inexperience with this software package; tags being auto-closed when I didn't want them to and vice-versa, strange text colouring, etc. Then there were some quirks like when some tags auto-closed they also moved the display up a couple of lines; so if I wanted to paste with my middle button right after having a tag auto-complete it would end up somewhere else. Stuff for me to R{more of}TFM and submit bug reports, but bottom-line is that I was quite pleased, it kept me organized and saved me some time. I'll certainly use this for future [applicable] projects and provide the community-feedback these guys deserve. Well done, check it if you haven't already!
In Soviet Russia, locks pick you!
What is the connectivity situation in Costa Rica?
You go on about how 'nothing comes close to managing information for me the way my Newt does', but could you be so kind as to actually qualify that statement? What are all of the 'newer/smaller/faster/prettier' devices missing that the Newton has? Please give us some substance here.
I mean seriously now, we've seen how many duplicates on /.? WHY!? Is it because the editors don't read their own site? Is it because they have memory problems? Are multiple people posting under one name and simply unaware of what others are doing with that same name? Maybe the scroll functions of their mice are broken? I just don't get how this happens SO often...