I bloody well hope it wasn't Micheal who modded me -1 offtopic twice in one minute considering that I was the one/one of the ones to email him informing him of his mistake.
"an mp3 is good quality and an actual recording of what it says it is or it isn't...a binary yes/no."
And then people start modding songs they don't like as negative even if the quality is good, or modding as good white noise labelled as some band they hate, or modding as good bands they like before they've listened to the mp3, or audiphiles mark everything negative because nothing meets their high standards etc. etc.
Oh there is still much scope for moderation abuse, even without evil RIAA agents mis-modding things.
" Hmmm....moderated P2P sounds like a neat idea."...until you realize that the people doing the moderating are just joe ordinary end user, and think about/. moderation...
This is from Winamp.com... Probably not exactly what the "worm" says is there as a security flaw, but even so...
"Some people just have too much time on their hands. Looks like someone out there discovered how to make programs crash by screwing around with the id3 tags in music files. We have taken measures to block anyone from taking advantage of you by adding a few security fixes to both Winamp 2.81 and Winamp3. We would like to say that these builds have new features but in actuality they are the same versions of the programs that you already know and love. However, to be fully protected, we suggest that you download the latest versions of them from our site right away.
If you haven't downloaded Winamp since 12-17-2002 then you are vulnerable to the security exploit. "
" So will you turn your hatred towards any u.s. citizen in spite of the fact that he had nothing to do with it and regardless of whether he supports that position or not?"
No- I will not forgive the people who did it. Even if they aren't alive today that includes the military who implemented it, the government who decided it and the public who supported it.
"Where will the blame America first crowd be when the first tactical nuke detonates in the US?"
Let's not forget that America pioneered the use of Nukes on civilians. That's official government-ordered use of weapons of mass destruction on a civilian population.
And don't give me any rubbish about "fewer casualties in the long term" and all that.
America dropped nukes - WMD on Japanese civilians. On purpose. Targetting Civilians. With weapons of mass destruction.
I for one, will never forgive them and I'm not even Japanese.
Well, if you use Java you can run everywhere, but you might get really tired...
Thank you, thank you, this lame attempt at humour is my personal post number 1111, signifying a massive amount of time wasted posting stupid obvious comments to/. instead of looking for a job.
I have just tried this, and you must be either confused or deliberately trying to confuse me, because in classic mode the behaviour is as I said with click region not extending to the bottom of the screen, while in luna mode the click region as you said extends to the bottom.
"Often the only difference between +1 Funny and -1 Troll is whether the moderator was smart enough to get the joke."...And whether the same joke had already been posted multiple times above.
"Given that I'm running Windows XP right now and can duplicate clicking the very bottom to activate things, I'd bet that you're thinking of older Windows versions. Heck, in XP the start button itself extends to the bottom of the screen."
Are you talking about running XP with LOOOOOOONA rubbish UI, because I am talking about running it with "classic" as any sane man does.
" If you have a one row task bar, the task bar buttons don't extend all the way down, but the click region does. The quick launch icons also extend the click region; only the tray and clock don't."
Bollocks- the quick launch icons, start button and taskbar buttons DO NOT extend the click region to the bottom of the screen. Not even close. It's not just the bottom pixel- it's more like 4.
Firefly, Birds of Prey, Farscape, Stargate (or maybe not), Dark Angel...
Is the age of "The Series" finally over?
What crap will we get instead?
Do you think that the availability of high quality episodes on p2p (350 and 700 Meg divx or xvid with mp3 or ogg sound) has anything to do with it?
I would imagine it wouldn't because the main audience for these is bound to be people who missed shows when they aired, or can't afford/are too mean to buy the dvds or videos, or don't live in the us and want the episodes NOW before they air (though as noted elsewhere Stargate and Farscape have aired earlier in the UK than the US).
No- actually I am living on state benefits while seeking work. Yes, I will soon lose my house and have to move back in with my parents, but I do have my time for myself.
I refuse to get a job and spend 40 hours a week working just so I have a house to collapse in at the end of the day. The ends, to me, do not justify the working my ass off.
And to the other poster who said I probably have nothing to look forward to- no hopes and dreams, well I do. I'm a programmer, I'm trying to improve my go skills (shodan is a goal therefore), and I'm learning Japanese.
The point is that I have lots of fun things to do that don't cost (much) money and if I worked I would have far less time to do them.
Things like programming open source projects, learning a language and especially improving at go need more time than a working person can afford to give to them in order to be worthwhile.
So, anyway, with the open source programming, teaching people below me go skills or just the rules I believe I am making a difference in people's lives.
I think you need to look at the definition of "succeed" in this instance. I'm betting that it will come from the same kind of place as all that "having a life" and "making the most of yourself" nonsense.
E.g. if you become the head of a medium-sized business selling widgets worldwide then you have "succeeded". Big Fucking Deal.
The point of life is to have fun. That's it.
I recommend not working. Why give most of your life to an unfeeling corporation ?
I also recommend not getting married. It always ends in tears.
Forget what society expects you to be. Ignore what your parents want you to be. Be what you want to be- for yourself and no-one else.
Slashdot Mirror
"Hmm are the russians researching in this field??"
In Soviet Russia, dinosaurs dig up you!
graspee
Check out the moderation totals on this post (5143337). At time of writing they are:
"Moderations: 70% Offtopic, 40% Funny"
WTF?
Oh, fucking offtopic here I come again.
graspee
I bloody well hope it wasn't Micheal who modded me -1 offtopic twice in one minute considering that I was the one/one of the ones to email him informing him of his mistake.
graspee
He marked the story "friends only" and no-one could post to it...
graspee
"What are your thoughts about TCPA Initiative / Palladium? Do you see it as a destructive force in the computing industry?"
Oh God, please don't ask him such a boringly obvious question as I might just die of boredom reading the boringly obvious answer.
What a karma-whoring thing to post!
Heh, no offense. No, really.
graspee
"Eventually you will win and make $x."
No, eventually you will hit the house limit for bets. Next!
graspee
" I've read L.R. Hubbard's 'Battlefield Earth' over 20 times."
I think there's a support group for this.
graspee
"And while we are on the issue of speech, when you rip a quote with giving credit, its plagarism. "
No it's not.
"And it's worse when you mess up the quote"
No it's not. It's even less like plagerism since you're no longer using the same words as the original author.
graspee
Great, you see now you've given him more information than he had before- the age of your children.
/. is like- you should know that by now.
Anyway, this is slashdot- nobody could really claim that klerk's was a "threat like" comment.
I can understand how the comment he made may have upset you- but that's what
graspee
"an mp3 is good quality and an actual recording of what it says it is or it isn't...a binary yes/no."
And then people start modding songs they don't like as negative even if the quality is good, or modding as good white noise labelled as some band they hate, or modding as good bands they like before they've listened to the mp3, or audiphiles mark everything negative because nothing meets their high standards etc. etc.
Oh there is still much scope for moderation abuse, even without evil RIAA agents mis-modding things.
graspee
" Hmmm....moderated P2P sounds like a neat idea." ...until you realize that the people doing the moderating are just joe ordinary end user, and think about /. moderation...
graspee
This is from Winamp.com... Probably not exactly what the "worm" says is there as a security flaw, but even so...
"Some people just have too much time on their hands. Looks like someone out there discovered how to make programs crash by screwing around with the id3 tags in music files. We have taken measures to block anyone from taking advantage of you by adding a few security fixes to both Winamp 2.81 and Winamp3.
We would like to say that these builds have new features but in actuality they are the same versions of the programs that you already know and love. However, to be fully protected, we suggest that you download the latest versions of them from our site right away.
If you haven't downloaded Winamp since 12-17-2002 then you are vulnerable to the security exploit. "
graspee
"Over at SourceForge eMule is one of the largest downloaded clients on the list...
Change one byte of any file and the MD5 hash for said file changes"
Just FYI emule as an edonkey2000 network client uses MD4 hashes, not MD5.
graspee
" So will you turn your hatred towards any u.s. citizen in spite of the fact that he had nothing to do with it and regardless of whether he supports that position or not?"
No- I will not forgive the people who did it. Even if they aren't alive today that includes the military who implemented it, the government who decided it and the public who supported it.
graspee
"Where will the blame America first crowd be when the first tactical nuke detonates in the US?"
Let's not forget that America pioneered the use of Nukes on civilians. That's official government-ordered use of weapons of mass destruction on a civilian population.
And don't give me any rubbish about "fewer casualties in the long term" and all that.
America dropped nukes - WMD on Japanese civilians. On purpose. Targetting Civilians. With weapons of mass destruction.
I for one, will never forgive them and I'm not even Japanese.
graspee
" I want software that actually RUNS!"
/. instead of looking for a job.
Well, if you use Java you can run everywhere, but you might get really tired...
Thank you, thank you, this lame attempt at humour is my personal post number 1111, signifying a massive amount of time wasted posting stupid obvious comments to
graspee
Hello Eccles.
I have just tried this, and you must be either confused or deliberately trying to confuse me, because in classic mode the behaviour is as I said with click region not extending to the bottom of the screen, while in luna mode the click region as you said extends to the bottom.
graspee
"Often the only difference between +1 Funny and -1 Troll is whether the moderator was smart enough to get the joke." ...And whether the same joke had already been posted multiple times above.
graspee
"Given that I'm running Windows XP right now and can duplicate clicking the very bottom to activate things, I'd bet that you're thinking of older Windows versions. Heck, in XP the start button itself extends to the bottom of the screen."
Are you talking about running XP with LOOOOOOONA rubbish UI, because I am talking about running it with "classic" as any sane man does.
graspee
" If you have a one row task bar, the task bar buttons don't extend all the way down, but the click region does. The quick launch icons also extend the click region; only the tray and clock don't."
Bollocks- the quick launch icons, start button and taskbar buttons DO NOT extend the click region to the bottom of the screen. Not even close. It's not just the bottom pixel- it's more like 4.
graspee
Firefly, Birds of Prey, Farscape, Stargate (or maybe not), Dark Angel...
Is the age of "The Series" finally over?
What crap will we get instead?
Do you think that the availability of high quality episodes on p2p (350 and 700 Meg divx or xvid with mp3 or ogg sound) has anything to do with it?
I would imagine it wouldn't because the main audience for these is bound to be people who missed shows when they aired, or can't afford/are too mean to buy the dvds or videos, or don't live in the us and want the episodes NOW before they air (though as noted elsewhere Stargate and Farscape have aired earlier in the UK than the US).
graspee
"Readers can learn about the origin of the first animal covers in the time line, and read an anniversary message from Tim O'Reilly"
Readers can also try to connect the dots to reveal a business strategy and help Tux the penguin find the fish at the end of the maze.
graspee
No- actually I am living on state benefits while seeking work. Yes, I will soon lose my house and have to move back in with my parents, but I do have my time for myself.
I refuse to get a job and spend 40 hours a week working just so I have a house to collapse in at the end of the day. The ends, to me, do not justify the working my ass off.
And to the other poster who said I probably have nothing to look forward to- no hopes and dreams, well I do. I'm a programmer, I'm trying to improve my go skills (shodan is a goal therefore), and I'm learning Japanese.
The point is that I have lots of fun things to do that don't cost (much) money and if I worked I would have far less time to do them.
Things like programming open source projects, learning a language and especially improving at go need more time than a working person can afford to give to them in order to be worthwhile.
So, anyway, with the open source programming, teaching people below me go skills or just the rules I believe I am making a difference in people's lives.
Hope this clears up a few misconceptions.
graspee
I think you need to look at the definition of "succeed" in this instance. I'm betting that it will come from the same kind of place as all that "having a life" and "making the most of yourself" nonsense.
E.g. if you become the head of a medium-sized business selling widgets worldwide then you have "succeeded". Big Fucking Deal.
The point of life is to have fun. That's it.
I recommend not working. Why give most of your life to an unfeeling corporation ?
I also recommend not getting married. It always ends in tears.
Forget what society expects you to be. Ignore what your parents want you to be. Be what you want to be- for yourself and no-one else.
graspee
" It's going to go down in Acronymn history like BNC."
I think you mean: "It's going to go down in history like BJ."
graspee