I am really shocked that slashdotters aren't more of a "live free or die" kind of crowd.
Remember when the Internet was the last free (by which I mean uncontrolled, not without monetary cost) outlet of information, not privy to the whims of corporations, governments, or media cartels?
I know I sound like Tim Robbins, or some similar mid-life liberal, but we need to seriously look at what we're proposing when we say that (quotes not verbatim) "if a URL says it is something it damn well better be" and "it's one thing to make a fan site with a trademarked URL, but it's another to express dissent. Dissent isn't fair!"
Wake up, folks. If those of us who dig on the slashdot can't stomach a few wayward URLs, and in fact do not defend the right of computer users to do or say as they wish in cyberspace, this happy little arena will come tumbling down as fast as you can say partisan agenda.
yeah... the link without the messed up code http://www.lillianvernon.com/webapp/wcs/stor es/ser vlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalo gId=10001&categoryId=10099&productId=32281&catTree =10088,10099&clearance=0
I happened to see something like this in a catalog I found in the mail(you think spam is bad? wait and see what happens to your mailbox when you have kids). It's a similar deal, but it's made by Activision. <a href="http://www.lillianvernon.com/webapp/wcs/stor es/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1& catalogId=10001&categoryId=10099&productId=32281&c atTree=10088,10099&clearance=0">Here's a link</a>.
" It depends on how many tasks you want to keep track of in your head, too. "
I find that I do this, anyway. I'm one of those people can't work well with a lot of clutter around. A clean, sleek, minimalist desktop enviornment is an extension of this, especially if my desk has gone the way of junk (which it often has, and in fact, is at this moment).
Tons of little window bars, be they floating around or anchored or what-have-you, don't really help me get my mind in order. I'd just as soon hit a control key to switch between "windows" as I would search around my desktop for the right little bar.
Just an early word of enthusiam, as it seemed to be in an early minority.
I was the oh-so-often-abused ad hoc computer guy for a 10 station network with the same problem. After weeks and months of all kinds of efforts (autobackups, memos, luncheons, torture, etc.) I found that the only thing that worked was for me to actually backup people's systems for them.
If you're really crunched for time on a regular basis (as I was, and sometimes this didn't happen as often as it needed too), it may not work so well for you. But I simply went around to everyone's PC on regular intervals (usually once a week, the place was a weekly newspaper) and informed the user that I needed to use their workstation for backup purposes. This also gave me a chance to make sure nobody was downloading anna kournikova pictures or opening nefarious email attachments in their ignorance (and without the hassles of spyware!). Obviously, if there are a lot of users, this won't work out so well; but I found that most of the users on that network were much more receptive to my sitting at their desk for a few minutes a week than having (GASP!) another computer related responsibility.
There's always a lot of debate about what constitutes "art". Usually the discussion comes up if the "art" in question could be arguably pornographic, but I wonder what kind of reception this kind of thing will get from major American grant-providing organizations (ie, the National Endowment for the Arts, etc.). It's great to see that a venue like the Barbican is hosting it... but judging from the fact that the several of the email addresses on the Game On site are @barbican.co.uk, it looks like some infulential geeky guys at the gallery were able to get this kind of thing up and running.
I'm intrigued by the future of digital art, but judging from the overall poor critcal reception of major digital art efforts, and the clear inferiority of digital film (Ebert's previously-posted article is a good one re: AoTC)... there are certianly some major questions as to the validity of the digital medium as "art".
I actually prefer my array of communication devices. Having different numbers/email addresses/etc. makes life much easier when I'm trying to filter who I want to talk to. I only give my cell number out to a select few, so I know that if it rings, I should probably answer. My pager, though, gets a great deal of neglect... and, like most/.ers, I have a vast and complicated tree of email addresses that vary in access and importance. Although it would be nice, ideally, to have to carry only one piece of hardware, I wouldn't want to give up the privacy that several means of contact can give a guy.
I can't agree with the absolute end date, but this does bring up an interesting point. Did the Defense Department take into consideration a variable for diminishing resources? The threat of dwindling power is certainly rearing its ugly head... and that seems like it would certainly interfere with slinging satellites around. bona-fide sludgesicle man,
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...because I sho' don't believe what I is seeing.
I am really shocked that slashdotters aren't more of a "live free or die" kind of crowd.
Remember when the Internet was the last free (by which I mean uncontrolled, not without monetary cost) outlet of information, not privy to the whims of corporations, governments, or media cartels?
I know I sound like Tim Robbins, or some similar mid-life liberal, but we need to seriously look at what we're proposing when we say that (quotes not verbatim) "if a URL says it is something it damn well better be" and "it's one thing to make a fan site with a trademarked URL, but it's another to express dissent. Dissent isn't fair!"
Wake up, folks. If those of us who dig on the slashdot can't stomach a few wayward URLs, and in fact do not defend the right of computer users to do or say as they wish in cyberspace, this happy little arena will come tumbling down as fast as you can say partisan agenda.
yeah... the link without the messed up coder es/ser vlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalo gId=10001&categoryId=10099&productId=32281&catTree =10088,10099&clearance=0
http://www.lillianvernon.com/webapp/wcs/sto
I happened to see something like this in a catalog I found in the mail(you think spam is bad? wait and see what happens to your mailbox when you have kids). It's a similar deal, but it's made by Activision.r es/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1& catalogId=10001&categoryId=10099&productId=32281&c atTree=10088,10099&clearance=0">Here's a link</a>.
<a href="http://www.lillianvernon.com/webapp/wcs/sto
" It depends on how many tasks you want to keep track of in your head, too. "
I find that I do this, anyway. I'm one of those people can't work well with a lot of clutter around. A clean, sleek, minimalist desktop enviornment is an extension of this, especially if my desk has gone the way of junk (which it often has, and in fact, is at this moment).
Tons of little window bars, be they floating around or anchored or what-have-you, don't really help me get my mind in order. I'd just as soon hit a control key to switch between "windows" as I would search around my desktop for the right little bar.
Just an early word of enthusiam, as it seemed to be in an early minority.
I was the oh-so-often-abused ad hoc computer guy for a 10 station network with the same problem. After weeks and months of all kinds of efforts (autobackups, memos, luncheons, torture, etc.) I found that the only thing that worked was for me to actually backup people's systems for them.
If you're really crunched for time on a regular basis (as I was, and sometimes this didn't happen as often as it needed too), it may not work so well for you. But I simply went around to everyone's PC on regular intervals (usually once a week, the place was a weekly newspaper) and informed the user that I needed to use their workstation for backup purposes. This also gave me a chance to make sure nobody was downloading anna kournikova pictures or opening nefarious email attachments in their ignorance (and without the hassles of spyware!). Obviously, if there are a lot of users, this won't work out so well; but I found that most of the users on that network were much more receptive to my sitting at their desk for a few minutes a week than having (GASP!) another computer related responsibility.
There's always a lot of debate about what constitutes "art". Usually the discussion comes up if the "art" in question could be arguably pornographic, but I wonder what kind of reception this kind of thing will get from major American grant-providing organizations (ie, the National Endowment for the Arts, etc.). It's great to see that a venue like the Barbican is hosting it... but judging from the fact that the several of the email addresses on the Game On site are @barbican.co.uk, it looks like some infulential geeky guys at the gallery were able to get this kind of thing up and running.
I'm intrigued by the future of digital art, but judging from the overall poor critcal reception of major digital art efforts, and the clear inferiority of digital film (Ebert's previously-posted article is a good one re: AoTC)... there are certianly some major questions as to the validity of the digital medium as "art".
I actually prefer my array of communication devices. Having different numbers/email addresses/etc. makes life much easier when I'm trying to filter who I want to talk to. I only give my cell number out to a select few, so I know that if it rings, I should probably answer. My pager, though, gets a great deal of neglect... and, like most /.ers, I have a vast and complicated tree of email addresses that vary in access and importance. Although it would be nice, ideally, to have to carry only one piece of hardware, I wouldn't want to give up the privacy that several means of contact can give a guy.
I can't agree with the absolute end date, but this does bring up an interesting point. Did the Defense Department take into consideration a variable for diminishing resources? The threat of dwindling power is certainly rearing its ugly head... and that seems like it would certainly interfere with slinging satellites around.
bona-fide sludgesicle man,