Yeah, in reality TV, the overwhelming majority of the show is build up anyway...this one will just have to be a really long show. Hell, American Idol has an hour long results show, I could do it in 10 seconds. "You, you, and you, get the hell out! Show's over, tune in next week."
As many others have commented, this program will eventually come to an end. Even at that point there will be arguments that the program should not be trashed, and for one reason or another, someone will get there feelings hurt and do some quiet sobbing in the corner.
To prevent this, I think the rovers should end their time on mars with the first ever interplanetary game of battle bots. Nasa could have a global raffle to sell tickets, or an ebay auction to sell the rights to pilot the two rovers. With all the sensors and cameras between the two, I think it could be quite interesting to watch. Add in the several minute delay on control inputs, and you've got yourself quite an adventure.
Seriously, as bad as reality TV sucks, this is great idea, and you know the slashdot community would watch!
An article in the NT Daily talks about how Denton Texas has started producing bio diesel. For an investment of about $650,000 they have reduced their cost for diesel from $2.20/gal to about $1.00/gal. The plant currently produces enough to run the cities entire fleet of diesel vehicles.
All joking aside, we have long considered Micro$oft an evil corporation. Sure on the side Bill Gate$ donates a lot of money, mostly to create little Micro$oft $chools that will plaster the logo all over the place and burn it into little growing consumers heads.
With all the evil they have done, is there any way that they could do enough good for the evil to be forgotten, or at least to break even thus making them a "Corporation" not an "Evil Corporation"?
Sure this is a start, but it is done more to protect themselves and their products than it is to better the lives of consumers. Suing spammers is just a way to hopefully get hotmail back to a point where you can actually use it.
>If you really want longevity you should take your microfiche and cut the words into sheets of gold.
You went a little overboard here, but you were close to the point the line before. Modern media may not have the longevity as "antiquated" methods, but they have a much greater capacity, ie a much larger volume of data can be stored in a reasonably small amount of space. Sure some of the data may degrade, but this has always been the case. For each ancient volume of data that survived, there are countless thousands that were lost. Entire cultures have blinked out of existence, and appear never to have existed because of a lack of surviving data.
The problem we have is one that dates back to the first written record. How do I make this last forever? Inevitably the answer is we can't, and we get very caught up in this brilliant computer technology and can't grasp the concept that one we will not be here forever, and neither will the data we created.
Instead of SSN's (here in the States, as most of Americans, I'm ingorant of the rest of the world) I've always thought we should all be assigned a GUID at birth. If you can't remember it, well, you're screwed. Mine just happens to be:
{EDB6154D-43E6-4707-B453-5FAB334B968E}
With it being globally unique (theoretically), it would be nearly impossible to memorize anyone's other than yourself (I struggle to remember my wife's SSN). So when the identity thief goes to the dealership to buy a car with your id, when they can't recite the GUID assigned to you, they are instantly arrested and displayed hanging from their toenails in the town square for all to see.
It's well know that in certain fields, the only way you will ever get better is to do more. In this case, its writing more. Studies show that the more you write, even with random feedback that has nothing to do with your own writing will cause you to write better.
Do you know my boss? That seems to be her philosophy. Since I've started my current position my performance ratings have gone from bad too good, but NEVER have even remotely been concerned with the work I do here on a daily basis. Has my quality of work improved, sure, but not in relation to the meaningless feedback I've been provided over the past few years.
Programming is like writing in the sense that you'll never be worth your weight if you don't do it, and do it a lot. The best feedback our developers get is through the Fagan Inspection process. Though many of us agree that it is in itself evil, the process for the most part works.
Sorry to be so far off topic, I wanted to vote for breasts again, but the option had vanished!
I think "first offical" is a bit off the mark. The folks at SMU have been doing this for a few years down at GuildHall. It most likely will be argued that SMU is the USC of the east, but I beg to differ. Their technology programs are second to few. Of particular interest is their Engineering Department Not to mention that they have the largest Engineering Executive Master's program in the country, and specialize in distance education.
Back to the point, USC does have a program, but it is not the "first official"
Contrast that with Ceviche in which white fish is "Cooked" in lemon/lime juice. There is no actual heat applied, but rather the acid from the citrus cooks the fish.
If you think about it though, most companies readily admit that for say a 9 hour day they really only expect to get MAYBE 5 hours of productive work. And by productive this means not playing Doom or that windows pinball game (no one plays solitare anymore).
Thus though there may be 19, give or take, business days in the month, you only get about 100 hours per employee. I've even seen companies that will budget less than five productive hours per day.
From Dogma: Cardinal Glick: "Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now we all know how the majority and the media in this country view the Catholic church. They think of us as a passe, archaic institution. People find the Bible obtuse... even hokey. Now in an effort to disprove all that the church has appointed this year as a time of renewal... both of faith and of style. For example, the crucifix. While it has been a time honored symbol of our faith, Holy Mother Church has decided to retire this highly recognizable, yet wholly depressing image of our Lord crucified. Christ didn't come to Earth to give us the willies... He came to help us out. He was a booster. And it is with that take on our Lord in mind that we've come up with a new, more inspiring sigil. So it is with great pleasure that I present you with the first of many revamps the "Catholicism WOW. " campaign will unveil over the next year. I give you... The Buddy Christ. Now that's not the sanctioned term we're using for the symbol, just something we've been kicking around the office, but look at it. Doesn't it... pop? Buddy Christ..."
Always good to see the Buddy Christ getting some air time. If you'd like to order your own, click here
Click on the link for the update: Boot Chart Mirror. I can't say for sure, because I didn't see the charts before the/. effect took over, but that looks more like election propaganda than it does boot charts.
I have trouble seeing any way that John Kerry (or Bush for that matter) can help speed up Linux boot times.
Having bowled a few games in my day, I think I can safely say that if a new ball added 30 pins to your game, your old one must have been shit. Click here to see a picture of what I preceive your bowling ball must look like...the handle really hurts the accuracy. But if you're lucky it will take down a few extra pins!
>well thats nothing i've got a sister that has a brother! how odd is that?
It's YOU isn't it!!!! That's the first riddle I've gotten all week.
Here's another tough one. "What does a little ocean say when it grows up?" This showed up on My friend's sister's cousin's 5th grade homework...I'm clueless.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, in reality TV, the overwhelming majority of the show is build up anyway...this one will just have to be a really long show. Hell, American Idol has an hour long results show, I could do it in 10 seconds. "You, you, and you, get the hell out! Show's over, tune in next week."
"I have an idea so smart that my head would explode if I even began to know what I was talking about..."
-Peter Griffen
As many others have commented, this program will eventually come to an end. Even at that point there will be arguments that the program should not be trashed, and for one reason or another, someone will get there feelings hurt and do some quiet sobbing in the corner.
To prevent this, I think the rovers should end their time on mars with the first ever interplanetary game of battle bots. Nasa could have a global raffle to sell tickets, or an ebay auction to sell the rights to pilot the two rovers. With all the sensors and cameras between the two, I think it could be quite interesting to watch. Add in the several minute delay on control inputs, and you've got yourself quite an adventure.
Seriously, as bad as reality TV sucks, this is great idea, and you know the slashdot community would watch!
First Post! ..dammit I missed again!
When I decode it, I got:
"Go Puck yourself!"
I'm not sure what Puck means, but I'll see what I can do.
An article in the NT Daily talks about how Denton Texas has started producing bio diesel. For an investment of about $650,000 they have reduced their cost for diesel from $2.20/gal to about $1.00/gal. The plant currently produces enough to run the cities entire fleet of diesel vehicles.
All joking aside, we have long considered Micro$oft an evil corporation. Sure on the side Bill Gate$ donates a lot of money, mostly to create little Micro$oft $chools that will plaster the logo all over the place and burn it into little growing consumers heads.
With all the evil they have done, is there any way that they could do enough good for the evil to be forgotten, or at least to break even thus making them a "Corporation" not an "Evil Corporation"?
Sure this is a start, but it is done more to protect themselves and their products than it is to better the lives of consumers. Suing spammers is just a way to hopefully get hotmail back to a point where you can actually use it.
Fox has a news channel?
Today's April fools Jokes:
- Funny
- Unfunny
- April what?
- What do you mean Paris Hilton really isn't going to advertise for Linux!?!
This is worse than Save Toby!
Google does not own a satellite. I Do!! Bow to me as I expand my search for Waldo to a Global scale!
>If you really want longevity you should take your microfiche and cut the words into sheets of gold.
You went a little overboard here, but you were close to the point the line before. Modern media may not have the longevity as "antiquated" methods, but they have a much greater capacity, ie a much larger volume of data can be stored in a reasonably small amount of space. Sure some of the data may degrade, but this has always been the case. For each ancient volume of data that survived, there are countless thousands that were lost. Entire cultures have blinked out of existence, and appear never to have existed because of a lack of surviving data.
The problem we have is one that dates back to the first written record. How do I make this last forever? Inevitably the answer is we can't, and we get very caught up in this brilliant computer technology and can't grasp the concept that one we will not be here forever, and neither will the data we created.
Instead of SSN's (here in the States, as most of Americans, I'm ingorant of the rest of the world) I've always thought we should all be assigned a GUID at birth. If you can't remember it, well, you're screwed. Mine just happens to be:
{EDB6154D-43E6-4707-B453-5FAB334B968E}
With it being globally unique (theoretically), it would be nearly impossible to memorize anyone's other than yourself (I struggle to remember my wife's SSN). So when the identity thief goes to the dealership to buy a car with your id, when they can't recite the GUID assigned to you, they are instantly arrested and displayed hanging from their toenails in the town square for all to see.
It's well know that in certain fields, the only way you will ever get better is to do more. In this case, its writing more. Studies show that the more you write, even with random feedback that has nothing to do with your own writing will cause you to write better.
Do you know my boss? That seems to be her philosophy. Since I've started my current position my performance ratings have gone from bad too good, but NEVER have even remotely been concerned with the work I do here on a daily basis. Has my quality of work improved, sure, but not in relation to the meaningless feedback I've been provided over the past few years.
Programming is like writing in the sense that you'll never be worth your weight if you don't do it, and do it a lot. The best feedback our developers get is through the Fagan Inspection process. Though many of us agree that it is in itself evil, the process for the most part works.
Sorry to be so far off topic, I wanted to vote for breasts again, but the option had vanished!
Maybe now we can get some free adware to go with our P2P clients!
It's not going to take much to get the French to surrender!
I think "first offical" is a bit off the mark. The folks at SMU have been doing this for a few years down at GuildHall. It most likely will be argued that SMU is the USC of the east, but I beg to differ. Their technology programs are second to few. Of particular interest is their Engineering Department Not to mention that they have the largest Engineering Executive Master's program in the country, and specialize in distance education.
Back to the point, USC does have a program, but it is not the "first official"
Contrast that with Ceviche in which white fish is "Cooked" in lemon/lime juice. There is no actual heat applied, but rather the acid from the citrus cooks the fish.
If you think about it though, most companies readily admit that for say a 9 hour day they really only expect to get MAYBE 5 hours of productive work. And by productive this means not playing Doom or that windows pinball game (no one plays solitare anymore).
Thus though there may be 19, give or take, business days in the month, you only get about 100 hours per employee. I've even seen companies that will budget less than five productive hours per day.
From Dogma:
Cardinal Glick: "Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now we all know how the majority and the media in this country view the Catholic church. They think of us as a passe, archaic institution. People find the Bible obtuse... even hokey. Now in an effort to disprove all that the church has appointed this year as a time of renewal... both of faith and of style. For example, the crucifix. While it has been a time honored symbol of our faith, Holy Mother Church has decided to retire this highly recognizable, yet wholly depressing image of our Lord crucified. Christ didn't come to Earth to give us the willies... He came to help us out. He was a booster. And it is with that take on our Lord in mind that we've come up with a new, more inspiring sigil. So it is with great pleasure that I present you with the first of many revamps the "Catholicism WOW. " campaign will unveil over the next year. I give you... The Buddy Christ. Now that's not the sanctioned term we're using for the symbol, just something we've been kicking around the office, but look at it. Doesn't it... pop? Buddy Christ..."
Always good to see the Buddy Christ getting some air time. If you'd like to order your own, click here
Click on the link for the update: Boot Chart Mirror. I can't say for sure, because I didn't see the charts before the /. effect took over, but that looks more like election propaganda than it does boot charts.
I have trouble seeing any way that John Kerry (or Bush for that matter) can help speed up Linux boot times.
No, that was G-l-o-b-a-l thermo nuclear war.
Like anything Sony has ever come out on time!
Having bowled a few games in my day, I think I can safely say that if a new ball added 30 pins to your game, your old one must have been shit. Click here to see a picture of what I preceive your bowling ball must look like...the handle really hurts the accuracy. But if you're lucky it will take down a few extra pins!
>well thats nothing i've got a sister that has a brother! how odd is that?
It's YOU isn't it!!!! That's the first riddle I've gotten all week.
Here's another tough one. "What does a little ocean say when it grows up?" This showed up on My friend's sister's cousin's 5th grade homework...I'm clueless.