M2 sounds fun, I just had at it, and it does make me a bit impartial (the middle dot!) whether to mark a comment "Unfair" or "Fair", depending on context, as has been pointed out.
Regarding the moderation controls always there -- I think that's a bit discouraging, because I've only received moderator access on Slashdot three times, so it's rare that it'll happen, and I wouldn't want to moderate blindly if 1/100 it won't do any good. Of course, that'd most likely weed out abuses, but only leaves the obsessive (good or no?).
I think the moderation system works pretty well, but usually the ones that are already moderated high are the ones that stay there, leaving some other interesting ones at the bottom (or the comment limit goes into effect and discourages moderators from going through all the pages).
All and all, I like it. I'm certain it'll effectively filter out the moderation abuses.
P.S. Sometimes I have problems connecting to Slashdot ("Contacting Host...") which I thought the new server was going to fix. When it's up, it's quick though. Is it just me?
Good point. I guess there's nothing you can really do unless you're going to hire full-time moderators (but hey, what's Andover here for!) or deny AC posts.
I have to say this is a good idea, but does this apply to 'accounts' only, or does this system include ACs (based on IP)? Most of the "trolls" I've seen are ACs, and if they have dynamic IPs, this won't do any good.
I mainly use Windows to browse because it looks nicer (fonts)! After an hour or so of browsing I get sick of GUIs altogether and boot into (Debian GNU/)Linux, console-style. No fonts, no problems, not memory consuming, all good. I tweak, download new kernels, update my system, et cetera. When I feel like being in Linux and browsing, I use WindowMaker. I love the experience. And I don't drink beer.
I just downloaded it after reading all the posts. I think it works great. It sounds much better than Xing's encoder, but that might be due to "joint-stereo." (I can't seem to notice a difference between LAME/BladeEnc other than LAME is a few kilobytes larger -- both sound great.) Thanks.
No. It's just annoying because I'm in consoles all day, and when I'm switching through I have to skip by a blank console. I don't know much about programming other than Perl.
Lynx is still in active development. According to http://sol.slcc.edu/lynx/current, the last pre-release was just August 13th. My main problem with lynx is the way it handles tables -- if you use tables on your site, it's destined to look horrible (look at Slashdot! eww). My page looks decent if you want to take a look. I just make sure to do ALT tags for all the images, and everything else is fine. No lynx-specific page required.
I use Linux/Windows regularly, but if you were to ask me if Linux or Windows is easier to install (from scratch -- I've done them both many, many, many, times), I'd probably have to say Windows. I can't say I'm in love with X windows, so if I'm in Linux I'm usually in console. I boot into Windows to read Slashdot (it's horrible browsing Slashdot via lynx) and do some web browsing. With all this flamethrowing going on with X, I can't really say whether or not a replacement is what we need... But, I do have to say I _HATE_ the extra virtual terminal that X uses and doesn't close when you exit. Anyone know how to fix that or get rid of it?
So what if you broke C:\WINDOWS\TEMP instead? Set the wrong permissions in NT?
His example wasn't particularly harmful, it just prevents the temporary directory to be used, but the system wouldn't be broken, just as it wouldn't be in Windows, but it could be fixed in Linux, remotely. I'm also aware there are NT remote administration tools, and from what I read (from Slashdot), one side says they're good, the other says they suck.
I take classes at a ``Vocational Technical Center" in high school currently, and all the courses are pretty much WIN95/Mac-centric, so you're (undoubtedly) right. It beats traditional school, though -- and hey, they taught me Windows 95 no longer depends on DOS! (Hmm.)
I'm going to have to say that it'd either be Windows 2001, 2002, or they'll drop the yearly version system altogether. Windows 2005 doesn't sound very attractive to me.
Why's all the hype about Linux seem to be over keeping it up, without rebooting? Sure, that's probably attractive to the more "business-oriented" users, but for me, I like to recompile kernels and reboot. That doesn't mean it isn't stable, although I'm quick to upgrade kernels.
Sure, you got an impressive uptime -- that's just an indicator of how long your system has been out-of-date.
Hmm. I think it only reads from MP3 formats, but encodes in their own proprietary format, otherwise they wouldn't make claims that it is similar to MP3, but half the size. (I remember reading something similar to this at ``http://www.microsoft.com/asf", but there's nothing there left except for a download link to the encoder.) And, I just encoded an ASF with MP3 source, no MP3 output option. I suppose the ASF indexing is the 'wrapper' you're talking about that makes it easier (more efficient?) to stream.
I agree. Most of the songs that are played all the time usually will end up giving you a headache when you listen to it enough, anyways (same applies to MP3s).
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Regarding the moderation controls always there -- I think that's a bit discouraging, because I've only received moderator access on Slashdot three times, so it's rare that it'll happen, and I wouldn't want to moderate blindly if 1/100 it won't do any good. Of course, that'd most likely weed out abuses, but only leaves the obsessive (good or no?).
I think the moderation system works pretty well, but usually the ones that are already moderated high are the ones that stay there, leaving some other interesting ones at the bottom (or the comment limit goes into effect and discourages moderators from going through all the pages).
All and all, I like it. I'm certain it'll effectively filter out the moderation abuses.
P.S. Sometimes I have problems connecting to Slashdot ("Contacting Host...") which I thought the new server was going to fix. When it's up, it's quick though. Is it just me?
Good point. I guess there's nothing you can really do unless you're going to hire full-time moderators (but hey, what's Andover here for!) or deny AC posts.
I have to say this is a good idea, but does this apply to 'accounts' only, or does this system include ACs (based on IP)? Most of the "trolls" I've seen are ACs, and if they have dynamic IPs, this won't do any good.
Actually, "you all" is the plural of "you" in Oklahoma (well, I guess there's an obvious reason). And it's proper.
I mainly use Windows to browse because it looks nicer (fonts)! After an hour or so of browsing I get sick of GUIs altogether and boot into (Debian GNU/)Linux, console-style. No fonts, no problems, not memory consuming, all good. I tweak, download new kernels, update my system, et cetera. When I feel like being in Linux and browsing, I use WindowMaker. I love the experience. And I don't drink beer.
How much do you get paid to do this?
Read the Moderator Guidelines, silly!
Is there anything "open source" or for Linux that'll rip and encode at the same time?
I just downloaded it after reading all the posts. I think it works great. It sounds much better than Xing's encoder, but that might be due to "joint-stereo." (I can't seem to notice a difference between LAME/BladeEnc other than LAME is a few kilobytes larger -- both sound great.) Thanks.
cdparanoia seems to rip pretty well. No skips. Never really had any problems with other rippers I've tried, though.
Lynx is still in active development. According to http://sol.slcc.edu/lynx/current, the last pre-release was just August 13th. My main problem with lynx is the way it handles tables -- if you use tables on your site, it's destined to look horrible (look at Slashdot! eww). My page looks decent if you want to take a look. I just make sure to do ALT tags for all the images, and everything else is fine. No lynx-specific page required.
I use Linux/Windows regularly, but if you were to ask me if Linux or Windows is easier to install (from scratch -- I've done them both many, many, many, times), I'd probably have to say Windows. I can't say I'm in love with X windows, so if I'm in Linux I'm usually in console. I boot into Windows to read Slashdot (it's horrible browsing Slashdot via lynx) and do some web browsing. With all this flamethrowing going on with X, I can't really say whether or not a replacement is what we need... But, I do have to say I _HATE_ the extra virtual terminal that X uses and doesn't close when you exit. Anyone know how to fix that or get rid of it?
Go to http://wonko.com and vote! There's a poll! Vote for Linux!
Set the wrong permissions in NT?
His example wasn't particularly harmful, it just prevents the temporary directory to be used, but the system wouldn't be broken, just as it wouldn't be in Windows, but it could be fixed in Linux, remotely. I'm also aware there are NT remote administration tools, and from what I read (from Slashdot), one side says they're good, the other says they suck.
P.S. I know I got trolled. Oh well.
I take classes at a ``Vocational Technical Center" in high school currently, and all the courses are pretty much WIN95/Mac-centric, so you're (undoubtedly) right. It beats traditional school, though -- and hey, they taught me Windows 95 no longer depends on DOS! (Hmm.)
I'm going to have to say that it'd either be Windows 2001, 2002, or they'll drop the yearly version system altogether. Windows 2005 doesn't sound very attractive to me.
Sure, you got an impressive uptime -- that's just an indicator of how long your system has been out-of-date.
Hmm. I think it only reads from MP3 formats, but encodes in their own proprietary format, otherwise they wouldn't make claims that it is similar to MP3, but half the size. (I remember reading something similar to this at ``http://www.microsoft.com/asf", but there's nothing there left except for a download link to the encoder.) And, I just encoded an ASF with MP3 source, no MP3 output option. I suppose the ASF indexing is the 'wrapper' you're talking about that makes it easier (more efficient?) to stream.
I agree. Most of the songs that are played all the time usually will end up giving you a headache when you listen to it enough, anyways (same applies to MP3s).
ASF is also audio. I downloaded the ASF encoders and encoded an MP3 with it. The sizes were virtually the same, but I prefer MP3 and open standards.
Sources, sources ...
How much do they pay you to come up with these things?
Just tried exactly what you said. Nothing. I also have 7 other Slashdot/article windows open.
So where did you conduct your poll? (assuming you were the person who did the original post that I replied to)