The population of each of Mexico and Japan is around 100-130 million. The population of China is currently 1.3 billion. You'll get by without learning the language, sure, but it could open up some great opportunities if you were interested.
I only discovered Guitar Hero III last week and I'd like to see them release any albums they can get their hands on as playable tracks - the best Metallica albums, Pantera, Sepultura, etc. I don't mind if they don't take it to the level of the Aerosmith release (mo-cap on the talent, etc), just bring across the songs.
The default install of the printer drivers for my last HP printer meant that I had 4-5 processes running continuously for a printer that I used barely twice. Ridiculous.
Also on my shitlist:
AVG - for popping up "finished the scan" or "updated your virus definitions" messages and stealing mouse focus every day.
Acrobat - you'd think the contextual "Convert to PDF" option on right-click could just convert in the background and create a PDF in the same directory, but no, it has to open Word, then ask where to save the document (starting in a default directory each time) and then create the PDF, and then open the PDF. Batch convert and you have to deal with this manually each time. Excruciating.
Outlook 2k - can't minimise a Reminder if you don't want to Snooze or Dismiss it.
CFStudio - chokes sometimes when editing over FTP and can, unless you're careful, mean that you lose the contents of the file.
"younger viewers 'just pay attention to other media when the ads are on TV or, worse yet, perhaps the TV is just 'background music'."
My partner will generally have a show on in the background while browsing the net, etc so I think either of those possibilities mentioned could be likely.
Anyone else find the timing of the Vatican's comment on the potential of alien life interesting?
Wired reported this week: 'NASA scientists at the Chandra X-ray Observatory are holding a teleconference this morning to announce "the discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years."'
Around about the same time, Gabriel Funes was quoted in the Vatican newspaper saying that the discovery of alien life wouldn't disprove the existence of god, etc.
It's unthinkable that a story posted on/. should ever receive anything but careful, reasoned analysis. This story implies that most/. commenters are knee-jerk hypercritical dorks who don't read anything or like anything. Some people.
I read the start of your comment and was nodding my head - yes, this should be that sort of place, full of educational and interesting comments, where obvious (especially meta) jokes from people who don't read the article are nowhere to be seen. Then I read the end of your comment and I was still nodding, but just making contact with the desk each time...
Doom and Doom II both had triggers revealing monsters, just like Doom 3, but perhaps the difference was that they were revealed in a plainer way (less realistic graphics, for example) such that they were presented as a simpler challenge (kill this sprite) rather than a more realistic surprise or scare? You knew exactly how many shotgun blasts it would take to kill an imp or a pink beast.
I loved Doom and Doom II, playing both many times, but never bothered finishing Doom 3 - just lost interest. It was a lot less run-and-gun which is what I like in a first person shooter. Doom 3 seemed like more of an interactive movie than a game, at least from the bits that I played.
(Sorry, struggling to explain why I didn't like it.)
A quick google shows that's mostly a Brazilian model, but I can't seem to find any specs or anything I can understand. What makes it different than the WRT54G or WRT54GL?
Only on Slashdot will someone mention a "Brazilian model" and be talking about some sort of router. Tragic!
The Wii is the sort of shift in gaming that Apple would've liked to have brought to the landscape - the controller, the Wii Fit thingy, etc. With Nintendo having already done it, I can't quite see a significant opening for Apple to now break the mould as they like to do.
They will instead continue down the path of selling software (including games) via iTunes (or a similar mechanism) and become a gateway for other developers in the same way they sell music.
Quick fact for those who weren't aware: the platypus, along with the echidna (kinda like an Australian version of a porcupine or hedgehog?), is a 'monotreme'. Essentially, a mammal that lays eggs.
A while back, not a week would pass on Slashdot without something ridiculous being posted, me thinking "Oh dear, that's lame" and the shark-jumping comments emerging from others.
Things had been decent recently, that is, until this item.
I don't know about jumping the shark because we'll all be back tomorrow and there will be interesting stories in the future, but yes, this entry was really quite poor.
As well as IP bans, I also log post IDs in a user's cookie and then block access based on those. That way, someone can reconnect to their ISP but still be blocked unless they think to clear their cookies. A lot of troublemakers aren't that technically minded and this stops people when an IP ban won't or can't (e.g., a whole company or ISP).
Other things worth trying are suspending posts from new/anonymous contributors or sharing the moderation workload (whether you moderate by approving held posts or removing auto-live posts).
It is absolutely unbelievable that it has taken so long for action to be taken on this issue. Spineless bitches. There are also thousands of domains composed of random characters used entirely for spamming and the like. They bring no value to the internet whatsoever. Crack down on it immediately.
Tasting should never have been allowed in the first place.
Metallica: good up until Load (bought it and didn't mind it) - poor after that. Pantera: good up until Trendkill, then Steel was forced. Sepultura: I stopped listening at Against given that it was pretty average.
Metallica can try an online album, but unless word of mouth suggested it was surprisingly good, I wouldn't touch it.
I got Ghosts from NIN and there's enough value in there to make it worth getting.
And what's going to change that for the better? Content (even crappy content) brings users and eyeballs mean advertising dollars. When one of the big players (Yahoo) is taking that path and producing some of the worst content, one can't have much hope!
Newbie question - things like galaxies colliding and black holes igniting and ungulfing galaxies - what sort of time scale would be involved with these events? If very high, I'm assuming that very high speeds are involved and that a drawn out event would simply stem from the sheer size of the objects in question?
Perhaps their only chance is to loss lead with a consumer friendly rental package of content, just to get the devices in houses. However, unless they get pretty reasonable penetration, I can't see it working.
Sure (and I agree that responsibility lies with parents), but the kids taking these lessons will be parents eventually. You could mandate safety lessons for adults also, but it's not all that convenient once they've left the structured environment (fixed times and lesson plans) of a school.
Re part (b) - often the most important emails to me are from potential clients. They may have contacted a number of companies and, you are correct, could well ignore my bounce and just choose someone else.
Slashdot Mirror
"You are correct, the USA should immediately cease producing value added goods and produce iron ore and silicon."
Already enough silicone in the USA!
"You're assuming they bought it all at retail, and, in the case of the Wii, markup beyond retail. That's a fairly unlikely assumption."
Err, valued at, not what it cost them. Plus, you're quibbling over shrapnel like you've never seen a "prize valued at" promotion before.
The population of each of Mexico and Japan is around 100-130 million. The population of China is currently 1.3 billion. You'll get by without learning the language, sure, but it could open up some great opportunities if you were interested.
I only discovered Guitar Hero III last week and I'd like to see them release any albums they can get their hands on as playable tracks - the best Metallica albums, Pantera, Sepultura, etc. I don't mind if they don't take it to the level of the Aerosmith release (mo-cap on the talent, etc), just bring across the songs.
The default install of the printer drivers for my last HP printer meant that I had 4-5 processes running continuously for a printer that I used barely twice. Ridiculous.
Also on my shitlist:
AVG - for popping up "finished the scan" or "updated your virus definitions" messages and stealing mouse focus every day.
Acrobat - you'd think the contextual "Convert to PDF" option on right-click could just convert in the background and create a PDF in the same directory, but no, it has to open Word, then ask where to save the document (starting in a default directory each time) and then create the PDF, and then open the PDF. Batch convert and you have to deal with this manually each time. Excruciating.
Outlook 2k - can't minimise a Reminder if you don't want to Snooze or Dismiss it.
CFStudio - chokes sometimes when editing over FTP and can, unless you're careful, mean that you lose the contents of the file.
"younger viewers 'just pay attention to other media when the ads are on TV or, worse yet, perhaps the TV is just 'background music'."
My partner will generally have a show on in the background while browsing the net, etc so I think either of those possibilities mentioned could be likely.
Anyone else find the timing of the Vatican's comment on the potential of alien life interesting?
Wired reported this week: 'NASA scientists at the Chandra X-ray Observatory are holding a teleconference this morning to announce "the discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years."'
Around about the same time, Gabriel Funes was quoted in the Vatican newspaper saying that the discovery of alien life wouldn't disprove the existence of god, etc.
Pre-emptive damage control?
Pre-emptive damage control was my thought too.
I read the start of your comment and was nodding my head - yes, this should be that sort of place, full of educational and interesting comments, where obvious (especially meta) jokes from people who don't read the article are nowhere to be seen. Then I read the end of your comment and I was still nodding, but just making contact with the desk each time...
> Retail: http://www.buygodoggo.com/ [buygodoggo.com]
Blasphemy! God Oggo is not for sale!
Doom and Doom II both had triggers revealing monsters, just like Doom 3, but perhaps the difference was that they were revealed in a plainer way (less realistic graphics, for example) such that they were presented as a simpler challenge (kill this sprite) rather than a more realistic surprise or scare? You knew exactly how many shotgun blasts it would take to kill an imp or a pink beast.
I loved Doom and Doom II, playing both many times, but never bothered finishing Doom 3 - just lost interest. It was a lot less run-and-gun which is what I like in a first person shooter. Doom 3 seemed like more of an interactive movie than a game, at least from the bits that I played.
(Sorry, struggling to explain why I didn't like it.)
Only on Slashdot will someone mention a "Brazilian model" and be talking about some sort of router. Tragic!
The Wii is the sort of shift in gaming that Apple would've liked to have brought to the landscape - the controller, the Wii Fit thingy, etc. With Nintendo having already done it, I can't quite see a significant opening for Apple to now break the mould as they like to do.
They will instead continue down the path of selling software (including games) via iTunes (or a similar mechanism) and become a gateway for other developers in the same way they sell music.
In the same way that you're more like a pedantic version of me? ;)
Quick fact for those who weren't aware: the platypus, along with the echidna (kinda like an Australian version of a porcupine or hedgehog?), is a 'monotreme'. Essentially, a mammal that lays eggs.
A while back, not a week would pass on Slashdot without something ridiculous being posted, me thinking "Oh dear, that's lame" and the shark-jumping comments emerging from others.
Things had been decent recently, that is, until this item.
I don't know about jumping the shark because we'll all be back tomorrow and there will be interesting stories in the future, but yes, this entry was really quite poor.
I register my -1 to this story too.
As well as IP bans, I also log post IDs in a user's cookie and then block access based on those. That way, someone can reconnect to their ISP but still be blocked unless they think to clear their cookies. A lot of troublemakers aren't that technically minded and this stops people when an IP ban won't or can't (e.g., a whole company or ISP).
Other things worth trying are suspending posts from new/anonymous contributors or sharing the moderation workload (whether you moderate by approving held posts or removing auto-live posts).
Can you at least obfuscate my email address if you're going to be so rude as to post it publically? Plus the screensaver was really quite super cool.
It is absolutely unbelievable that it has taken so long for action to be taken on this issue. Spineless bitches. There are also thousands of domains composed of random characters used entirely for spamming and the like. They bring no value to the internet whatsoever. Crack down on it immediately.
Tasting should never have been allowed in the first place.
Metallica: good up until Load (bought it and didn't mind it) - poor after that.
Pantera: good up until Trendkill, then Steel was forced.
Sepultura: I stopped listening at Against given that it was pretty average.
Metallica can try an online album, but unless word of mouth suggested it was surprisingly good, I wouldn't touch it.
I got Ghosts from NIN and there's enough value in there to make it worth getting.
And what's going to change that for the better? Content (even crappy content) brings users and eyeballs mean advertising dollars. When one of the big players (Yahoo) is taking that path and producing some of the worst content, one can't have much hope!
Newbie question - things like galaxies colliding and black holes igniting and ungulfing galaxies - what sort of time scale would be involved with these events? If very high, I'm assuming that very high speeds are involved and that a drawn out event would simply stem from the sheer size of the objects in question?
Perhaps their only chance is to loss lead with a consumer friendly rental package of content, just to get the devices in houses. However, unless they get pretty reasonable penetration, I can't see it working.
"But I'd rather see mandatory parenting."
Sure (and I agree that responsibility lies with parents), but the kids taking these lessons will be parents eventually. You could mandate safety lessons for adults also, but it's not all that convenient once they've left the structured environment (fixed times and lesson plans) of a school.
Re part (b) - often the most important emails to me are from potential clients. They may have contacted a number of companies and, you are correct, could well ignore my bounce and just choose someone else.