You bring up a very good point. The same jokes keep getting modded up. Thank god the "Soviet Russia" jokes have been dying off, but it seems that new "jokes" are taking its place. The "Funny" mods should have some kind of "group check" system, so that every "Funny" point is agreed on by 3 or 4 mods. It'd make the really funny stuff stand out, and the lame jokes die off. Or so I hope.
In other news, touchdowns scored during SuperBowl, Microsoft releases FUD against Linux, Anonymous Cowards seek First Post, and people complain about poll options.
From the article: "I believe we made the most beautiful thing in the world. Nobody would criticize a renowned architect's blueprint that the position of a gate is wrong. It's the same as that."
If the gate refused to open sometimes, killed a couple people, or was in an area where someone couldn't enter the gate, they sure would. And they'd have the gate fixed. Why shouldn't they fix a gaming handheld, for crying out loud?
Maybe the catchphrase needs a little work, but you're right on track. The constant Human desire to take something apart and find out how it works and why it works is driven by what is a biggest factor in life. Religion, after money, ranks up there pretty high. It probably will be next.
Note: I may be wrong. Then again, if you're trusting a Slashdot comment for your source of knowledge... I have an iPod Photo that can be all yours if you just sign up for this spam^H^H^H^H email list.
Because not everyone uses Linux. Or *BSD. You have to think of who is going to be doing the vast majority buying and listening to this music: desktop users. Linux isn't a desktop OS (not yet), BSD certainly isn't, and there are multitudes of OSes that aren't, as well. What about the poor Amiga folks who want iTunes? Plan 9? Hell, VMS users listen to tunes, too! Okay, maybe that's a bit of a stretch, but my point is still that you target the largest group.
As far as DRM goes, Apple (or any other company, for that matter) could never get the support of the major record labels if they didn't include some form of DRM. The way it is, I think Apple's DRM is probably the best you can get. And, argue all you want against the labels, they're still the biggest source of music, and, thus, essential to a music store.
As far as the iPod... "overpriced" is an opinion, and ogg isn't well-known amongst desktop users, and Apple needed something proprietary to put in some DRM code (see my rant on DRM, of course). "Authorized" also connects to DRM.
In short, it's the "holy trinity" because it makes loads of money and targest the most users.
I have a three-year-old DP/867 with a 32MB GeForce 4 MX (stock, obviously) and it plays UT2004 fairly well. I don't know what "barely" means in your world.
I refuse to support this heathen product unless it runs linux on a transmeta chipset, plays my music ONLY in Ogg and FLAC, only displays PNGs, and tells me Soviet Russia jokes all day long.
Dear Diary: Today I tried to load the AppleTalk daemon. It's so hard, but I think I can do it! All the other, faster kids were laughing at me... even the other special ed. kid in the class, Gentoo. I'll show them! After I get AppleTalk up, I'm thinking of starting a system logger, or ipfw. I think I can... I think I can...
Ratbert: THIS PIECE OF LIVER HAS AN MBA FROM HARVARD, YOU FOOL!!!
PHB: Wow, you guys are good debaters.
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Ratbert: By the way, this may LOOK like a piece of liver, but it's really an external brain pack!
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Jesus me, I thought I was the only one who remembered that series of strips. You've got my respect, man.
How many slashdot readers does it take to comment on a story? 100. Two to hold an intelligent discussion, 44 to mention Soviet Russia, and 54 to make lame jokes like this.
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Sorry, the voices in my head made me post that... I need my pills...
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Oddly enough, same thing with me. I'm legally blind in one eye, and not in the other. So I change my dominant eye quite often to get a better view of things. Unfortunately, it's disquieting to people to see my eyes move around like they do when I'm focusing on someone's face.
R.E.M. has ALWAYS done their own thing, and continue to do so. Now they're doing mostly electronic music, with the same pop undertone they've always had.
Pearl Jam has fought for artists' rights for years, eschewing TicketMaster, and other conglomerates like it. They still continue to put out great music.
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You bring up a very good point. The same jokes keep getting modded up. Thank god the "Soviet Russia" jokes have been dying off, but it seems that new "jokes" are taking its place. The "Funny" mods should have some kind of "group check" system, so that every "Funny" point is agreed on by 3 or 4 mods. It'd make the really funny stuff stand out, and the lame jokes die off. Or so I hope.
Actually, I can't give them back. I'm saving up all the seconds I steal to buy you a sense of humor.
Just very RMS. ;-)
Well, he could use diet coke. It's a caustic soda that tastes like the first two! Yum!
Affleck: OMG! N00B!
Anonymous Actor: WALLHACK!
Token Over-Sexed, Under-dressed Girl: lololol ur mom is ghey! faghomo.
Oh, you're just paranoid. The Adams family is open and welcoming, and their house is far from dangerous!
If the gate refused to open sometimes, killed a couple people, or was in an area where someone couldn't enter the gate, they sure would. And they'd have the gate fixed. Why shouldn't they fix a gaming handheld, for crying out loud?
After speaking to Neil Young, General Manager of the EA LA studio...
I wondered why he hasn't be recording lately. What's next, David Crosby taking control of Bungie?
I'll be impressed when people can run Windows viruses on QNX or Plan 9!
I think CmdrTaco meant by the time he's Billy-boy's age. I may be wrong, though. In other news... must... scrub... brain...
Note: I may be wrong. Then again, if you're trusting a Slashdot comment for your source of knowledge... I have an iPod Photo that can be all yours if you just sign up for this spam^H^H^H^H email list.
I, for one, welcome our streaky and glowing new overlords.
Oh my. I want that man's lab. Anyone want to buy a few organs from me? Great deals!
Because not everyone uses Linux. Or *BSD. You have to think of who is going to be doing the vast majority buying and listening to this music: desktop users. Linux isn't a desktop OS (not yet), BSD certainly isn't, and there are multitudes of OSes that aren't, as well. What about the poor Amiga folks who want iTunes? Plan 9? Hell, VMS users listen to tunes, too! Okay, maybe that's a bit of a stretch, but my point is still that you target the largest group.
As far as DRM goes, Apple (or any other company, for that matter) could never get the support of the major record labels if they didn't include some form of DRM. The way it is, I think Apple's DRM is probably the best you can get. And, argue all you want against the labels, they're still the biggest source of music, and, thus, essential to a music store.
As far as the iPod... "overpriced" is an opinion, and ogg isn't well-known amongst desktop users, and Apple needed something proprietary to put in some DRM code (see my rant on DRM, of course). "Authorized" also connects to DRM.
In short, it's the "holy trinity" because it makes loads of money and targest the most users.
They took your stapler, didn't they?
I have a three-year-old DP/867 with a 32MB GeForce 4 MX (stock, obviously) and it plays UT2004 fairly well. I don't know what "barely" means in your world.
I refuse to support this heathen product unless it runs linux on a transmeta chipset, plays my music ONLY in Ogg and FLAC, only displays PNGs, and tells me Soviet Russia jokes all day long.
Dear Diary: Today I tried to load the AppleTalk daemon. It's so hard, but I think I can do it! All the other, faster kids were laughing at me... even the other special ed. kid in the class, Gentoo. I'll show them! After I get AppleTalk up, I'm thinking of starting a system logger, or ipfw. I think I can... I think I can...
--The Centris That Could
Ratbert: THIS PIECE OF LIVER HAS AN MBA FROM HARVARD, YOU FOOL!!! PHB: Wow, you guys are good debaters. --- Ratbert: By the way, this may LOOK like a piece of liver, but it's really an external brain pack! --- Jesus me, I thought I was the only one who remembered that series of strips. You've got my respect, man.
How many slashdot readers does it take to comment on a story? 100. Two to hold an intelligent discussion, 44 to mention Soviet Russia, and 54 to make lame jokes like this.
No. ...
Sorry, the voices in my head made me post that... I need my pills...
Oddly enough, same thing with me. I'm legally blind in one eye, and not in the other. So I change my dominant eye quite often to get a better view of things. Unfortunately, it's disquieting to people to see my eyes move around like they do when I'm focusing on someone's face.
Oh, you mean Diet Coke? There's a "dirty bomb" if ever I drank one...
I'll toss two bands at you. R.E.M. and Pearl Jam.
R.E.M. has ALWAYS done their own thing, and continue to do so. Now they're doing mostly electronic music, with the same pop undertone they've always had.
Pearl Jam has fought for artists' rights for years, eschewing TicketMaster, and other conglomerates like it. They still continue to put out great music.
In Soviet Russia, bat beat Anonymous Cowards on the head... uh... you.
Sorry, had to be done.