"This exact comment has already been posted. Try to be more original..."
So maybe slash is down for upgrades, as I haven't heard of this before- though I think that they would have had a piece informing people of it if that were the case.
If it knows this comment existed maybe it was stored after all.
JESUS CHRIST this topic is going to have about 1000 first post claims on it! It could go down in history!
Can we beat the highest post count on a story ever? Will they let the record stand?
Am I really sad for playing slash like a game?
Am I going to lose lots of karma along with lots of other people as the mods who get up don't realize the problems slash was having with showing posts?
just test is slash is broken for the new "do not call list" story or all of them. It lets you submit comments but then doesn't show them. Of course it's a Micheal story- remember when he had it set up so only his friends could reply?
We have "do not call" lists in the UK and it is illegal to call numbers on them for marketing firms etc., but, get this, the list is maintained by an independent for-profit company who charge to gain access to the list.
So basically you have to pay up or you could be breaking the law! It's like a telephone spam tax!
I use my Yamaha AX6620 amp and Wharfedale diamond 8 5.1 setup with separate subwoofer for my PC's sound.
Using a not-designed-for-pc sound system has its disadvantages, like the speakers are supposed to be shielded but aren't completely, but it's more than made up for by the sound quality.
I used to use a creative 4.1 surround system for the pc, but it used to piss me off because it kept auto turning itself off at low sound levels and there was nowhere to plug headphones in (My main multimedia setup is separated by a thin wall from next door's bedroom so I use headphones after about 10pm).
This is classic! Notice this post managed to get +5 despite asking a question which would have been answered by RTFA, or reading the other comments since it has been already asked multiple times!
Basically Megane just read the slashdot story bit, then added a post, and got modded up to 5! Incredible!
"As you would expect a100 year old house and to hear all kinds of footsteps upstairs"
How come in America it only takes a house to be 100 years old to be very likely haunted, and in the UK you don't reach "probably haunted" levels until the house is about 300 or 400 years old?
Do Stateside ghosts get bored of the Ethereal Plane faster and come looking for trouble?
" I think you mistook subtly for absense in the case of Dr. Crusher's conflicts and dimensions.... Sometimes the best drama is protrayed without dialogue."
Or maybe you were reading more into it than was there, because you wanted to.
"To call her a "Stepford Wife" shows that you have as big of a problem with normal maternal figures as Gene Roddenberry did."
No, I don't have a problem with normal maternal figures, it's just that I can see them in real life. On TV I want something different.
And she really was boring. She didn't really have any problems, but was mainly happy, with little tiny one-episode problems (like the ghost thing).
The scenes with Picard were boring- it was more interesting seeing him with Vash because they were so different.
"She liked being a mom"- well big deal- in real life she would be a great person to know- (if she had more depth than she was portreyed as having in the series), but I don't want to watch homely times getting along just bloody swimmingly with each other- I want some dynamics, dammit!
The scripts she got allowed her almost no depth whatsoever, and even for a typical Trek stereotype she was a boring one...
"Remember that "Bones with tits" season-2 doctor? That was a direct result of Roddenberry insisting that Dr. Crusher be written out."
The reason people stupidly prefer Dr. Crusher is because she is a likeable character, whereas Pulaski could be a real bitch at times. But she was human and she was interesting. Dr. Crusher was just like a Stepford Wife, or a 50s TV "Welcome home, Jean Luc, how was your day at work?" kind of stupid thing.
I think the fortunes should be disabled on stories such as this because of the possibility of something inappropriate coming up. For example, at the bottom of this story:
"If you want an opinion or a value judgment that takes into account some unique circumstance, talk to an expert. For instance, if you want to know if it is a good idea to build a modern database management system in LISP, you should talk to a LISP expert and a database expert."
On several occasions when I have managed to give up I have been sitting there and suddenly a thought crosses my mind, and before it is quashed milliseconds later by common sense kicking in, I am thinking:
"Cool! Now that I've given up smoking, I'm not going to die!"
This is nothing new really. For decades you have been able to get "herbal tobacco" which contains no nicotine. Some dope smokers roll joints with it to avoid getting hooked on nicotine. The actual point of it is the same as the point of these "nicotine free" cigs- to get you unhooked.
I personally prefer using nicotine patches- so it's the other way around- nicotine and no smoking habit.
The reason it's better is that you get rid of the withdrawel symptoms because you are getting nicotine, you aren't breathing smoke so it's better for your lungs- and you can use public transport and walk into shops without having to have a quick cig first- which is an actual bonus to giving up.
I find people who give up by using, say, nicotine gum or lonzenges have an easier time to start with because they get a nicotine buzz, and there's a new ritual to replace the old one, but then a harder time getting from the replacement to nothing at all, as they haven't kicked the "ritual" part of smoking, or the nicotine delivered once per hour (or whatever).
The only benefit of nicotine free cigs compared to the existing "herbal tobacco" if that's the way you want to go, is that the herbal tobacco cigarettes normally smell so bad that they clear out rooms- even of people who quite happily tolerate ordinary cigarette smoke.
graspee
Secure Computing Base: The Next Generation
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Secure Computing Base The Next Generation
Cyberspace- the final frontier.
These are the voyages of the monopoly: Microsoft.
Its continuing mission- to seek out new life and new civilizations......and sell them Windows and Office.
" been watching this all night... the fun's almost over now"
I sincerely thank you, Sir or Madam. I previously thought that I was the most sad, laughable figure in the entire world, but now, having read your post, which conjures up images of someone sitting in front of their monitor, snacks in hand, gasping in amazement at the output of tail -f on their firewall log all night, I know that there is yet hope for me.
Firstly I haven't read the article, but I would like to raise an issue that has been touched on by previous posters but never properly addressed.
OK, now, if you have a chip on your MB which contains your private key, you can only decrypt stuff with that chip because it has your key in it.
So, say I encrypt naked jpgs of my girlfriend (ha ha I wish), then the MB decides that it is going to blow its caps today. I have naked jpgs on my hard drive, which I can put in another computer and read, but can't decrypt!
Doesn't it make a nonsense of backing up your data if it's encrypted in the backup? You can't backup your private key because it's hidden in the damn chip.
Someone mentioned something about "migratory keys"- I know that I could just look this up, but in the great spirit of 'Ask Slashdot' I will just say that I don't know what a 'migratory key' is here, and hope someone fills me in...
Slashdot Mirror
"This exact comment has already been posted. Try to be more original..."
So maybe slash is down for upgrades, as I haven't heard of this before- though I think that they would have had a piece informing people of it if that were the case.
If it knows this comment existed maybe it was stored after all.
JESUS CHRIST this topic is going to have about 1000 first post claims on it! It could go down in history!
Can we beat the highest post count on a story ever? Will they let the record stand?
Am I really sad for playing slash like a game?
Am I going to lose lots of karma along with lots of other people as the mods who get up don't realize the problems slash was having with showing posts?
AHHAHAHAH Historic day!
graspee
This is the ultra-difficult to secure first post on The Thread No-one Could Reply To.
graspee
Come on, congratulate me or something!
This is a cheap way to up your post count and not get modded down! New- non-corporeal posts!
graspee
I hereby claim Nth invisible post on this story!
graspee
p.s. don't mod me down, fucknutz, I am highlighting a problem with slashdot- it is accepting comments but not showing any new ones.
just test is slash is broken for the new "do not call list" story or all of them. It lets you submit comments but then doesn't show them. Of course it's a Micheal story- remember when he had it set up so only his friends could reply?
graspee
slash is broken
We have "do not call" lists in the UK and it is illegal to call numbers on them for marketing firms etc., but, get this, the list is maintained by an independent for-profit company who charge to gain access to the list.
So basically you have to pay up or you could be breaking the law! It's like a telephone spam tax!
Actually- that's a good thing, isn't it?
graspee
P.S. First post
I use my Yamaha AX6620 amp and Wharfedale diamond 8 5.1 setup with separate subwoofer for my PC's sound.
Using a not-designed-for-pc sound system has its disadvantages, like the speakers are supposed to be shielded but aren't completely, but it's more than made up for by the sound quality.
I used to use a creative 4.1 surround system for the pc, but it used to piss me off because it kept auto turning itself off at low sound levels and there was nowhere to plug headphones in (My main multimedia setup is separated by a thin wall from next door's bedroom so I use headphones after about 10pm).
graspee
This is classic! Notice this post managed to get +5 despite asking a question which would have been answered by RTFA, or reading the other comments since it has been already asked multiple times!
Basically Megane just read the slashdot story bit, then added a post, and got modded up to 5! Incredible!
graspee
Erm- the story you linked to is not a dupe- it's "Is the BSA "Grace Period" a Scam?".
graspee
" Well thankfully in the UK we haven't got this kind of thing yet."
We already have. Everything you buy online in the UK has sales tax (VAT) on it.
graspee
I would like to state for the record that I believe in Deities and Demigods.
Specifically I take as my Holy Work the book "Deities and Demigods" TSR 2013 (first printing).
This means that I am in good company in believing in Vishnu and other Hindu entities, but it also means I believe in Great Cthulhu.
Not only do I believe in Cthulhu, but I believe he has AC 2, 400 HP and 80% magic resistance.
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagh'nagl fhtagn."
graspee
"As you would expect a100 year old house and to hear all
kinds of footsteps upstairs"
How come in America it only takes a house to be 100 years old to be very likely haunted, and in the UK you don't reach "probably haunted" levels until the house is about 300 or 400 years old?
Do Stateside ghosts get bored of the Ethereal Plane faster and come looking for trouble?
graspee
" I think you mistook subtly for absense in the case of Dr. Crusher's conflicts and dimensions.... Sometimes the best drama is protrayed without dialogue."
Or maybe you were reading more into it than was there, because you wanted to.
graspee
"To call her a "Stepford Wife" shows that you have as big of a problem with normal maternal figures as Gene Roddenberry did."
No, I don't have a problem with normal maternal figures, it's just that I can see them in real life. On TV I want something different.
And she really was boring. She didn't really have any problems, but was mainly happy, with little tiny one-episode problems (like the ghost thing).
The scenes with Picard were boring- it was more interesting seeing him with Vash because they were so different.
"She liked being a mom"- well big deal- in real life she would be a great person to know- (if she had more depth than she was portreyed as having in the series), but I don't want to watch homely times getting along just bloody swimmingly with each other- I want some dynamics, dammit!
The scripts she got allowed her almost no depth whatsoever, and even for a typical Trek stereotype she was a boring one...
Affectionately disagreeing with you
graspee
"Remember that "Bones with tits" season-2 doctor? That was a direct result of Roddenberry insisting that Dr. Crusher be written out."
The reason people stupidly prefer Dr. Crusher is because she is a likeable character, whereas Pulaski could be a real bitch at times. But she was human and she was interesting. Dr. Crusher was just like a Stepford Wife, or a 50s TV "Welcome home, Jean Luc, how was your day at work?" kind of stupid thing.
graspee
I think the fortunes should be disabled on stories such as this because of the possibility of something inappropriate coming up. For example, at the bottom of this story:
"Isn't this my STOP?!"
graspee
But do they spin round so you can see them more easily in the heat of battle ?
Spin, little medkit, spin!
graspee
"If you want an opinion or a value judgment that takes into account some
unique circumstance, talk to an expert. For instance, if you want to know if
it is a good idea to build a modern database management system in LISP, you
should talk to a LISP expert and a database expert."
Or just Ask Slashdot!
graspee
On several occasions when I have managed to give up I have been sitting there and suddenly a thought crosses my mind, and before it is quashed milliseconds later by common sense kicking in, I am thinking:
"Cool! Now that I've given up smoking, I'm not going to die!"
graspee
"*cough*denial*cough*"
That's a nasty cough you've got there. Maybe you should give up ?
graspee
This is nothing new really. For decades you have been able to get "herbal tobacco" which contains no nicotine. Some dope smokers roll joints with it to avoid getting hooked on nicotine. The actual point of it is the same as the point of these "nicotine free" cigs- to get you unhooked.
I personally prefer using nicotine patches- so it's the other way around- nicotine and no smoking habit.
The reason it's better is that you get rid of the withdrawel symptoms because you are getting nicotine, you aren't breathing smoke so it's better for your lungs- and you can use public transport and walk into shops without having to have a quick cig first- which is an actual bonus to giving up.
I find people who give up by using, say, nicotine gum or lonzenges have an easier time to start with because they get a nicotine buzz, and there's a new ritual to replace the old one, but then a harder time getting from the replacement to nothing at all, as they haven't kicked the "ritual" part of smoking, or the nicotine delivered once per hour (or whatever).
The only benefit of nicotine free cigs compared to the existing "herbal tobacco" if that's the way you want to go, is that the herbal tobacco cigarettes normally smell so bad that they clear out rooms- even of people who quite happily tolerate ordinary cigarette smoke.
graspee
Secure Computing Base
...and sell them Windows and Office.
The Next Generation
Cyberspace- the final frontier.
These are the voyages of the monopoly: Microsoft.
Its continuing mission- to seek out new life and new civilizations...
graspee
" been watching this all night...
the fun's almost over now"
I sincerely thank you, Sir or Madam. I previously thought that I was the most sad, laughable figure in the entire world, but now, having read your post, which conjures up images of someone sitting in front of their monitor, snacks in hand, gasping in amazement at the output of tail -f on their firewall log all night, I know that there is yet hope for me.
graspee
Firstly I haven't read the article, but I would like to raise an issue that has been touched on by previous posters but never properly addressed.
OK, now, if you have a chip on your MB which contains your private key, you can only decrypt stuff with that chip because it has your key in it.
So, say I encrypt naked jpgs of my girlfriend (ha ha I wish), then the MB decides that it is going to blow its caps today. I have naked jpgs on my hard drive, which I can put in another computer and read, but can't decrypt!
Doesn't it make a nonsense of backing up your data if it's encrypted in the backup? You can't backup your private key because it's hidden in the damn chip.
Someone mentioned something about "migratory keys"- I know that I could just look this up, but in the great spirit of 'Ask Slashdot' I will just say that I don't know what a 'migratory key' is here, and hope someone fills me in...
graspee