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The reason everything was so nice and dressed up because it was so expensive it selected out the riff-raff.
I don't see many of the near homeless riding in coach, and I daresay that while first-class is fairly quiet (or the curtain is sound-proof), anyone can be an ass. Money and/or social standing has no bearing on how much of a jerk you can be in any given situation.
Err...not the highest bid for anything...just domain names you already own. If you already owned slashdot.net, you might have a case to go up against Slashdot.org/com's owner. Highest bid would be absurd for many things, so that's where I'm hoping it gets properly sorted by seeing who has the greater claim. In the case of slashdot.net, which is just a squatter it looks like, they would not have eligibility for the slashdot TLD.
I think this was why Apple wouldn't allow programs on their iPhone. They were updating the core too often after release and they knew it would likely break most third party code. Now that their core is stable, they'll release the 2.0 version with an SDK.
Android could've gone the same route: released, but not allowed 3rd party apps until stable. But I think that would be as frustrating as it was for iPhone users.
If ICANN is selling it, it might go to the highest bidder, or we may finally get some sense and have these things sorted out as they come up. We'll finally be able to go to one named site, and not get screwed by typing in slashdot.cm or something and winding up on an evil site.
store a backup on DVD and store the main data on a raid-1 disk set. Move the raid disk set to new disks every few years.
Yes! Always have the data in more than one place, and as disks age, transfer to new data storage areas. I wouldn't trust one single media type to an attic for 20 years so you can pull it out for a laugh in 2030 the way you could with old tape-based home movies. Tech moves too fast these days.
Storage is cheap. Keep moving the data to better and better devices.
Good code could be like a good novel. Certain characteristics are shared between all good novels: compelling story, strong characters, good flow, and interesting dialogue.
Good code is more like a documentary. Purposeful, segmented for easy understanding, comprehensible to the lay person.
No spaghetti; modular; well commented.
The rest makes the difference between fair, good, and great programmers.
If Microsoft did this, everyone here would think this is a lame attempt at getting free advertising, which it is.
Firefox is, without a doubt, the pet browser of Slashdot and for good reason. It rises from the ashes of the once great Netscape. As you may recall, Netscape was pounded into smush market share-wise by the integration of IE and Windows (which in turn caused Windows to be about the most insecure operating system on the planet).
The gecko engine came about and Phoenix was created, then renamed Firebird, then onto Firefox, with a Netscape branded browser using the same engine.
Firefox remains fairly standards compliant and open source, free as in freedom. Slashdot is a huge proponent of such things, so of course Firefox gets free advertising -- as in freedom and as in beer.
alt.sci.physics was one of my favorite newgroups -- a few real scientists, but mostly armchair physicists trading crackpot ideas. Always made for an interesting read.
True, but there is a big difference from catching a German Speaking Nazi and holding him until the war is over, and catching someone who might or might not be a terrorist and you having to figure out if they are friend or foe.
Not to mention that you don't know when the "war" is going to be over. We're not fighting against anyone -- we're fighting against an ideal. I'd say it's a bit like swordfighting the ocean, but I think a better analogy might be shooting at dynamite.
Even as an atheist I still volunteer to help at the local Presbyterian church. Why? Because the church provides community services that are not offered anywhere else.
This. People like to be grouped -- it allows them to feel included while at the same time allowing them to not include others. People separate themselves based on race, religion, skin color, weight, height, intelligence, history, school, who their friends are, who their enemies are, how much they get paid, their car, their neighborhood, etc etc etc.
You can have success in doing good deeds by asking people to volunteer or contribute to a cause or an event. But religion continues to show that the community that is formed around a religious center allows people to feel included, a part of something greater. And that something can reach out in different ways, but it always has a center.
In an odd way, consider it like the Flying Spaghetti Monster. A strong central core (just stuck together pasta or is that really a giant meatball?), but with tentacles that reach out to accomplish various tasks.
What do you do? I'm helping build houses in New Orleans. What about after that? Not sure, probably go back to my old job.
What do you do? I'm with the Red Cross, building houses in New Orleans. After that, we'll be doing work overseas in China.
For people who don't have their own very strong personal sense of direction (and that is most of us), a center with leadership is key to motivation. And of course, that leadership can take you to help out at soup kitchens, volunteer at little league...it can also blow you up in the name of your God but for reasons totally unrelated to "religion".
It's a multiplayer game. Anyone who thinks compromising isn't vital to the survival of humanity is kidding themselves. You can believe strongly, but not to the detriment of others.
"I'm really upset that those people won't listen because they're going straight to Hell when they die. I guess I'll just have to accept that." -- The Way It Should Be In My Opinion
Another example:
"America needs to be strong, and stay strong. We can do that by keeping our military well-funded and well distributed, and keeping our allies close. However, we could also try to relate more to other cultures, utilize resources more efficiently, and bring everyone up, instead of staying stronger by keeping everyone down."
Which is fine with me. People can believe what they want.
Because every good science article needs a religious debate....For simplicity's sake, let's say there's evolutionists (evos) and creationists (godists). When evos make the mistake of saying "People can believe what the want" they are making the assumption that beliefs have nothing to do with actions. This, in general, is not the case.
If I'm a godist, I might believe that God cures all ills, and never take my pneumonia-ridden son to the hospital. Bummer for my son but it was God's choice if he died. If I'm a godist, I might believe that evolution is a myth meant to defeat my faith. I ignore science, I lobby to create laws that ignore science, and I preach to other people to ignore science. I believe science is wrong and I want to convince other people of this truth.
So you can have personal beliefs that very much affect your public actions. Putting your money where your mouth is, so to speak.
The answer to ignorance of science or ignorance of faith is always going to be education - school, word of mouth, whatever. We need to talk it out, show why science is useful, and why the community of religion and other aspects can also be useful, and why either can be detrimental (sure the A-bomb was neat, but geez...).
It's a GM. Without thinking too hard, I can't think of one model of GM car. Focus, Fiesta, Fusion -- all Ford. Camry, Civic, TSX...nope, Japanese. Cadillac? Who makes those?
So I forgive him for not knowing a GM mid-sized model, even if his wife does drive one. He's spot on about the hybrid differences -- there's a luxury Hybrid Audi (I think it's an Audi)...gets less MPG than its non-hybrid version, though it has quicker starts. The review also said that, other than quicker starts, it's a lesser car in every conceivable way -- handling, highway acceleration, features. But it's marked as "hybrid" so they're hoping they'll sell.
In other words, you download a few songs and they'll come along and cut off the one wire that delivers freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of assembly.
I don't mean to be critical, but isn't this just a touch over the top? I don't like the idea of people tracking downloads and cutting of Internet connections any more than you, but for the moment, downloading is still illegal. If someone managed to catch you and charge you $10,000 per song (or whatever the going rate is...I think it's rationed on the same scale as gas prices) or throw you in prison for repeat offenses, would that be any better than losing your ISP?
We need to convince the world that the recording industry is trying to bill us for not buying horseshoes even though we're driving cars. They've said it themselves: they made a mistake by not having download services sooner, and now they've lost a generation of kids who think music grows on the web for free. Let them charge the band for the original recording of the song, the videos, take a share of concert revenue for the advertising work, etc. But taking a percentage of money every time the song is played or recorded elsewhere, in the age of perfect digital copies, is archaic at best.
But don't make me want to go buy duct tape and plastic sheeting because I'm breaking the current copyright laws.
Let's say you have this guy, he's about 15 billion years old. He's been working on this code for about half that long, on and off, learning as he goes. He doesn't document, at all, no comments, and while it all compiles properly (though depending on the base OS the quality of the compilation varies), the number of separate files and custom libraries he's using is in the petabyte range.
He's not trying to obfuscate the code, he's just not trying not to. Purposeful obfuscation implies organization. Hacking together humanity's brain is just a million billion messy miracles.
Yep. Aside from the 3-D open terrain, the upgradeable personal jet packs, the ability to hijack alien ships after bypassing their security code and taking out he pilot, it's basically: "Stop the Alien Invasion."
Just like Mass Effect, Aliens vs Predator, Half Life 2...Might as well just lump those together as Space Invaders 2.;-)
8.3 million people who expected a 3G iPhone in 2008 so didn't purchase one. I'm guessing he'll make up that 8.3 million over the summer with the new iPhone.
Meh, support classes. In a game like this, I expect everyone to be able to fight and fight well. Some of those fighters will choose to pick up the ability to bandage and/or magically heal AFTER combat, but none of this health-monitoring-click-heal stuff.
It's Warhammer...a brutal world. Even the doctor doesn't like you.
Actually that ordinary looking trash bin is in fact a titanium-bonded, lead-lined, virtually indestructible tube leading down three levels to a large containment chamber wherein lies a pool of counter-reactive liquid created by top NASA scientists to nullify the catalysts for dynamic release in most explosive chemicals.
Not having used one much, let me ask how, exactly, you are supposed to deal with 'keys' that are substantially smaller than a fingertip and have no tactile feedback to boot?
Rather than the button press people seem to think they want when speaking of "tactile feedback", it would be nice to be able to feel the keys so you could text by touch. Not that any phone makes this terribly easy, but some people are quite adept at finding the right keys by touch on their normal phones. The iPhone has feedback aplenty if you're looking and listening. First time I typed an email on it, I was amazed at how I could basically type along without stopping (about as fast as I can type with two thumbs), look back at what I wrote, and find no mistakes. Not always like that, but I'm pretty surprised at how it guesses what you meant and fixes the words as you go.
In comparison, I used my wife's blackberry curve with its full keyboard. I felt like I needed to type with my fingernails the keys were so small. You don't need to push in the center of the key to get it to work, nor apply exact pressure. Try one out at your Apple or AT&T store...you'll see what I mean.
You don't need to create a product to license a patent. If anyone decides to make laptops with brushed chrome (or whatever the hell the iPhone is made of), I'd welcome anything that helps me keep a grip on the things. I swear, a cold iPhone is like trying to hold onto jello...
YRO might be because of the handprint which may, or may not, include fingerprints (to the previous poster).
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The reason everything was so nice and dressed up because it was so expensive it selected out the riff-raff.
I don't see many of the near homeless riding in coach, and I daresay that while first-class is fairly quiet (or the curtain is sound-proof), anyone can be an ass. Money and/or social standing has no bearing on how much of a jerk you can be in any given situation.
Err...not the highest bid for anything...just domain names you already own. If you already owned slashdot.net, you might have a case to go up against Slashdot.org/com's owner. Highest bid would be absurd for many things, so that's where I'm hoping it gets properly sorted by seeing who has the greater claim. In the case of slashdot.net, which is just a squatter it looks like, they would not have eligibility for the slashdot TLD.
I think this was why Apple wouldn't allow programs on their iPhone. They were updating the core too often after release and they knew it would likely break most third party code. Now that their core is stable, they'll release the 2.0 version with an SDK.
Android could've gone the same route: released, but not allowed 3rd party apps until stable. But I think that would be as frustrating as it was for iPhone users.
If ICANN is selling it, it might go to the highest bidder, or we may finally get some sense and have these things sorted out as they come up. We'll finally be able to go to one named site, and not get screwed by typing in slashdot.cm or something and winding up on an evil site.
I wouldn't be surprised if ICANN made the rule that your 2nd level name aliases the TLD. So Disney.com would also own *.disney.
TLDs would no longer be categories, they'd just be the site name. http://ilovecats http://cnn http://teslamotors
Makes sense to me.
store a backup on DVD and store the main data on a raid-1 disk set. Move the raid disk set to new disks every few years.
Yes! Always have the data in more than one place, and as disks age, transfer to new data storage areas. I wouldn't trust one single media type to an attic for 20 years so you can pull it out for a laugh in 2030 the way you could with old tape-based home movies. Tech moves too fast these days.
Storage is cheap. Keep moving the data to better and better devices.
Good code could be like a good novel. Certain characteristics are shared between all good novels: compelling story, strong characters, good flow, and interesting dialogue.
Good code is more like a documentary. Purposeful, segmented for easy understanding, comprehensible to the lay person.
No spaghetti; modular; well commented.
The rest makes the difference between fair, good, and great programmers.
If Microsoft did this, everyone here would think this is a lame attempt at getting free advertising, which it is.
Firefox is, without a doubt, the pet browser of Slashdot and for good reason. It rises from the ashes of the once great Netscape. As you may recall, Netscape was pounded into smush market share-wise by the integration of IE and Windows (which in turn caused Windows to be about the most insecure operating system on the planet).
The gecko engine came about and Phoenix was created, then renamed Firebird, then onto Firefox, with a Netscape branded browser using the same engine.
Firefox remains fairly standards compliant and open source, free as in freedom. Slashdot is a huge proponent of such things, so of course Firefox gets free advertising -- as in freedom and as in beer.
alt.sci.physics was one of my favorite newgroups -- a few real scientists, but mostly armchair physicists trading crackpot ideas. Always made for an interesting read.
True, but there is a big difference from catching a German Speaking Nazi and holding him until the war is over, and catching someone who might or might not be a terrorist and you having to figure out if they are friend or foe.
Not to mention that you don't know when the "war" is going to be over. We're not fighting against anyone -- we're fighting against an ideal. I'd say it's a bit like swordfighting the ocean, but I think a better analogy might be shooting at dynamite.
Even as an atheist I still volunteer to help at the local Presbyterian church. Why? Because the church provides community services that are not offered anywhere else.
This. People like to be grouped -- it allows them to feel included while at the same time allowing them to not include others. People separate themselves based on race, religion, skin color, weight, height, intelligence, history, school, who their friends are, who their enemies are, how much they get paid, their car, their neighborhood, etc etc etc.
You can have success in doing good deeds by asking people to volunteer or contribute to a cause or an event. But religion continues to show that the community that is formed around a religious center allows people to feel included, a part of something greater. And that something can reach out in different ways, but it always has a center.
In an odd way, consider it like the Flying Spaghetti Monster. A strong central core (just stuck together pasta or is that really a giant meatball?), but with tentacles that reach out to accomplish various tasks.
What do you do? I'm helping build houses in New Orleans. What about after that? Not sure, probably go back to my old job.
What do you do? I'm with the Red Cross, building houses in New Orleans. After that, we'll be doing work overseas in China.
For people who don't have their own very strong personal sense of direction (and that is most of us), a center with leadership is key to motivation. And of course, that leadership can take you to help out at soup kitchens, volunteer at little league...it can also blow you up in the name of your God but for reasons totally unrelated to "religion".
It's a multiplayer game. Anyone who thinks compromising isn't vital to the survival of humanity is kidding themselves. You can believe strongly, but not to the detriment of others.
"I'm really upset that those people won't listen because they're going straight to Hell when they die. I guess I'll just have to accept that." -- The Way It Should Be In My Opinion
Another example:
"America needs to be strong, and stay strong. We can do that by keeping our military well-funded and well distributed, and keeping our allies close. However, we could also try to relate more to other cultures, utilize resources more efficiently, and bring everyone up, instead of staying stronger by keeping everyone down."
Which is fine with me. People can believe what they want.
Because every good science article needs a religious debate....For simplicity's sake, let's say there's evolutionists (evos) and creationists (godists). When evos make the mistake of saying "People can believe what the want" they are making the assumption that beliefs have nothing to do with actions. This, in general, is not the case.
If I'm a godist, I might believe that God cures all ills, and never take my pneumonia-ridden son to the hospital. Bummer for my son but it was God's choice if he died. If I'm a godist, I might believe that evolution is a myth meant to defeat my faith. I ignore science, I lobby to create laws that ignore science, and I preach to other people to ignore science. I believe science is wrong and I want to convince other people of this truth.
So you can have personal beliefs that very much affect your public actions. Putting your money where your mouth is, so to speak.
The answer to ignorance of science or ignorance of faith is always going to be education - school, word of mouth, whatever. We need to talk it out, show why science is useful, and why the community of religion and other aspects can also be useful, and why either can be detrimental (sure the A-bomb was neat, but geez...).
Right! It was the Lexus LS Hybrid. Thanks.
It's a GM. Without thinking too hard, I can't think of one model of GM car. Focus, Fiesta, Fusion -- all Ford. Camry, Civic, TSX...nope, Japanese. Cadillac? Who makes those?
So I forgive him for not knowing a GM mid-sized model, even if his wife does drive one. He's spot on about the hybrid differences -- there's a luxury Hybrid Audi (I think it's an Audi)...gets less MPG than its non-hybrid version, though it has quicker starts. The review also said that, other than quicker starts, it's a lesser car in every conceivable way -- handling, highway acceleration, features. But it's marked as "hybrid" so they're hoping they'll sell.
If I'm interpreting you correctly, you're saying Lord of the Rings was a better trilogy than the original Star Wars?
In other words, you download a few songs and they'll come along and cut off the one wire that delivers freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of assembly.
I don't mean to be critical, but isn't this just a touch over the top? I don't like the idea of people tracking downloads and cutting of Internet connections any more than you, but for the moment, downloading is still illegal. If someone managed to catch you and charge you $10,000 per song (or whatever the going rate is...I think it's rationed on the same scale as gas prices) or throw you in prison for repeat offenses, would that be any better than losing your ISP?
We need to convince the world that the recording industry is trying to bill us for not buying horseshoes even though we're driving cars. They've said it themselves: they made a mistake by not having download services sooner, and now they've lost a generation of kids who think music grows on the web for free. Let them charge the band for the original recording of the song, the videos, take a share of concert revenue for the advertising work, etc. But taking a percentage of money every time the song is played or recorded elsewhere, in the age of perfect digital copies, is archaic at best.
But don't make me want to go buy duct tape and plastic sheeting because I'm breaking the current copyright laws.
Let's say you have this guy, he's about 15 billion years old. He's been working on this code for about half that long, on and off, learning as he goes. He doesn't document, at all, no comments, and while it all compiles properly (though depending on the base OS the quality of the compilation varies), the number of separate files and custom libraries he's using is in the petabyte range.
He's not trying to obfuscate the code, he's just not trying not to. Purposeful obfuscation implies organization. Hacking together humanity's brain is just a million billion messy miracles.
Yep. Aside from the 3-D open terrain, the upgradeable personal jet packs, the ability to hijack alien ships after bypassing their security code and taking out he pilot, it's basically: "Stop the Alien Invasion."
;-)
Just like Mass Effect, Aliens vs Predator, Half Life 2...Might as well just lump those together as Space Invaders 2.
Well, sass that hoopy. Bypass construction notwithstanding, should be an interesting project. Frood really seems to know where his towel is at.
(Too easy)
8.3 million people who expected a 3G iPhone in 2008 so didn't purchase one. I'm guessing he'll make up that 8.3 million over the summer with the new iPhone.
Meh, support classes. In a game like this, I expect everyone to be able to fight and fight well. Some of those fighters will choose to pick up the ability to bandage and/or magically heal AFTER combat, but none of this health-monitoring-click-heal stuff.
It's Warhammer...a brutal world. Even the doctor doesn't like you.
Actually that ordinary looking trash bin is in fact a titanium-bonded, lead-lined, virtually indestructible tube leading down three levels to a large containment chamber wherein lies a pool of counter-reactive liquid created by top NASA scientists to nullify the catalysts for dynamic release in most explosive chemicals.
Ok, no it's not.
Not having used one much, let me ask how, exactly, you are supposed to deal with 'keys' that are substantially smaller than a fingertip and have no tactile feedback to boot?
Rather than the button press people seem to think they want when speaking of "tactile feedback", it would be nice to be able to feel the keys so you could text by touch. Not that any phone makes this terribly easy, but some people are quite adept at finding the right keys by touch on their normal phones. The iPhone has feedback aplenty if you're looking and listening. First time I typed an email on it, I was amazed at how I could basically type along without stopping (about as fast as I can type with two thumbs), look back at what I wrote, and find no mistakes. Not always like that, but I'm pretty surprised at how it guesses what you meant and fixes the words as you go.
In comparison, I used my wife's blackberry curve with its full keyboard. I felt like I needed to type with my fingernails the keys were so small. You don't need to push in the center of the key to get it to work, nor apply exact pressure. Try one out at your Apple or AT&T store...you'll see what I mean.
You don't need to create a product to license a patent. If anyone decides to make laptops with brushed chrome (or whatever the hell the iPhone is made of), I'd welcome anything that helps me keep a grip on the things. I swear, a cold iPhone is like trying to hold onto jello...
YRO might be because of the handprint which may, or may not, include fingerprints (to the previous poster).