Why on earth would anyone build a PC to do something a piece of hardware can do cheaper and better? There's absolutely no point. If you want to do something "hacky", for fun, at least have it be something *useful*!
A few months back, this account was bitchslapped for some reason or other. Nobody ever explained why. My precious karma went down to -5 (from 45).
Within a week, I was back posting at +2 with a karma of something like 35. I've found that, the more agreeable you are on slashdot (and the earlier you post), the more karma you get.
Tips?
Post early - this ensures people will see your post, as most people use threaded/earliest posts first.
Shorter posts are better - people hate reading really long-ass posts (this one is already starting to drag on.) The more succinct you are, the more likely people are to read your post. As long as you say one interesting thing in it, you'll get modded up.
moderators love links - always include some relevant link, if you can. People love cross-references on slashdot
Say something funny, even if you're a retard - some of the moderators on slashdot have terrible senses of humor and find anything funny. Take advantage of this! A +3 Funny is still 1 or 2 karma points.
Ride +5 posts - if someone else says something insightful, take advantage of it. Try and get people to click on your comments, because most people have their accounts set up to display the full text of high-rated comments.
Anyone else have any suggestions? This is just stuff I've experienced.
Any Palm with infrared (which is just about any Palm) should be able to do this; there's a payware universal remote control app that's been out for a while.
Actually, my normal argument is that the person should've used a search engine. In this Internet era, I am continually amazed at the complete lack of experience in this area, even on slashdot.
Why don't you just customize it yourself? Relying on a program to add "pertinent" information sounds like a great way to fuck up royally. If you truly care about the positions you're applying for, you'll spend the extra 5 or 10 minutes customizing a resume yourself (and, for God's sake, proofreading it!!) before sending it off.
- A.P.
I thought the point of Ask Slashdot...
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...was to get answers to obscure questions.
What on earth is a little bitchfest doing here? There isn't even anything to respond to in the question (besides "yes, I do quote properly" or "no, I don't quote properly.")
I have a paper to write, and I'm too damned lazy to research it. Can you guys do it for me? Please be as specific as possible, and try to include full references if you can.
Basically, what Philips wants to do is prevent you from watching something you've recorded on one device in your home in another room (presumably on another device) in your home. In the analog world, this is tantamount to shooting you if you're caught carrying a VHS tape from one VCR to another.
Once Hollywood creates something worth stealing, they should start worrying about copy protection.
When all's said and done, it's just a machine, designed to perform certain tasks efficiently. Now, perhaps Apple has user-interface design down a little better than Microsoft or anyone in the Linux/UNIX community, but, at the end of the day, if I've gotten all my work done, I couldn't care less what the machine I'm doing the work on looks like. Personally, I find OS X slow and too full of eye-candy. I find Windows XP to be the same way. Hopefully, this isn't the start of a trend.
If I want something nice to look at, I'll get a painting or an office with a window. Computers are tools.
Let's see. USB is 12 megabits per second. Let's say that's 1 megabyte per second.
Now, 20 gigabytes is 20,000 megabytes. So it'd take 20,000 seconds to fill the hard drive in the Riot. How long is 20,000 seconds? Well, let's do some math here.
There are 60 seconds in a minute, and 60 minutes in an hour. That makes 3600 seconds in an hour. 3600 goes into 20,000 roughly 5 times.
So it'd take about 5 HOURS to fill the thing, not TWO DAYS! Let's get our math straight first before we make declarative statements about the product.
Um, geez, guys, the first time you copy over ALL your mp3s, why not do it overnight? I mean, this isn't exactly rocket science. How many of you who are complaining about the USB interface on the Rio Riot still use 10 megabit ethernet?
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Why on earth would anyone build a PC to do something a piece of hardware can do cheaper and better? There's absolutely no point. If you want to do something "hacky", for fun, at least have it be something *useful*!
- A.P.
Within a week, I was back posting at +2 with a karma of something like 35. I've found that, the more agreeable you are on slashdot (and the earlier you post), the more karma you get.
Tips?
Anyone else have any suggestions? This is just stuff I've experienced.
- A.P.
... you aren't even hired if you don't fucking know how to code in the first place and got your degree by copying others' work.
Don't say such stupid shit, Rob.
- A.P.
Any Palm with infrared (which is just about any Palm) should be able to do this; there's a payware universal remote control app that's been out for a while.
- A.P.
Actually, my normal argument is that the person should've used a search engine. In this Internet era, I am continually amazed at the complete lack of experience in this area, even on slashdot.
- A.P.
... is optimistism?
Is it like a saxamophone?
- A.P.
Why don't you just customize it yourself? Relying on a program to add "pertinent" information sounds like a great way to fuck up royally. If you truly care about the positions you're applying for, you'll spend the extra 5 or 10 minutes customizing a resume yourself (and, for God's sake, proofreading it!!) before sending it off.
- A.P.
...was to get answers to obscure questions.
What on earth is a little bitchfest doing here? There isn't even anything to respond to in the question (besides "yes, I do quote properly" or "no, I don't quote properly.")
- A.P.
I have a paper to write, and I'm too damned lazy to research it. Can you guys do it for me? Please be as specific as possible, and try to include full references if you can.
Thanks for all the help!!
- A.P.
The site says that, last week, there were a little over 2700 emails total...
- A.P.
For God's sake, USE IT!
Google is your friend.
- A.P.
Basically, what Philips wants to do is prevent you from watching something you've recorded on one device in your home in another room (presumably on another device) in your home. In the analog world, this is tantamount to shooting you if you're caught carrying a VHS tape from one VCR to another.
Once Hollywood creates something worth stealing, they should start worrying about copy protection.
- A.P.
When all's said and done, it's just a machine, designed to perform certain tasks efficiently. Now, perhaps Apple has user-interface design down a little better than Microsoft or anyone in the Linux/UNIX community, but, at the end of the day, if I've gotten all my work done, I couldn't care less what the machine I'm doing the work on looks like. Personally, I find OS X slow and too full of eye-candy. I find Windows XP to be the same way. Hopefully, this isn't the start of a trend.
If I want something nice to look at, I'll get a painting or an office with a window. Computers are tools.
Let's see. USB is 12 megabits per second. Let's say that's 1 megabyte per second.
Now, 20 gigabytes is 20,000 megabytes. So it'd take 20,000 seconds to fill the hard drive in the Riot. How long is 20,000 seconds? Well, let's do some math here.
There are 60 seconds in a minute, and 60 minutes in an hour. That makes 3600 seconds in an hour. 3600 goes into 20,000 roughly 5 times.
So it'd take about 5 HOURS to fill the thing, not TWO DAYS! Let's get our math straight first before we make declarative statements about the product.
- A.P.
Um, geez, guys, the first time you copy over ALL your mp3s, why not do it overnight? I mean, this isn't exactly rocket science. How many of you who are complaining about the USB interface on the Rio Riot still use 10 megabit ethernet?
- A.P.
So, what happens when a terrorist kills 5 Americans with a gun?
- A.P.
...is what is going to happen when someone smuggles C4 onto a plane in his ass, and gets caught. Full-body-cavity searches for all passengers!
This is rapidly getting ridiculous. And I feel no safer.
- A.P.
For God's sake, USE IT!
Google is your friend.
- A.P.
For God's sake, USE IT!
Google is your friend.
- A.P.
It says, in huge letters at the top, "ADVERTISEMENT".
- A.P.
...this is also quite possibly the first .NET application!
- A.P.
No, it's because you're a fucking idiot.
Did you read the c't article? Did you then read their response? Or did you just think you could top-post and get karma for it?
- A.P.
Er, precisely what sucks about the resolution, for those of us not ``in the know''?
- A.P.
For God's sake, USE IT!
Google is your friend.
... just when you think Ask Slashdot can't get any more inane, someone raises the bar.
Kudos to you, sir!
- A.P.