Our primary advice to our kids will be: "It gets better."
That's not advice, that's just a statement.
High school will not be, and shouldn't be, "the best years of your life." People will be petty, people won't understand you.
You are well-meaning, and that's important, but don't presume to know that your kids' experiences will be at all similar to yours. Kids can really surprise you, and yours may have a wonderful high school experience.
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Right you are. Interestingly, I would never have noticed that had you not pointed it out. Google, at least, does a much better job separating the sponsored links from the results (and the sponsored links are more appropriate to the search, too, I might add).
At this stage of the game, MSN doesn't look like much of a threat to the One True Search Engine.
I'm not sure that a signed identity is the problem.
With Friendster, there is a user called "Boston" that a lot of my friends are friends of (which is fine, since I'm from Boston).
The problem is that "Boston" is friends with "Seattle," meaning that my network is full of people that have no real connection to me. The network has become too loosely tied together. I'd much rather have a smaller, more reliable network than the one that currently exists.
Actually, the constitution is flexible with regard to copyright law. I think a 75-year copyright life is egregious, but it would be very difficult to prove that it's unconstitutional.
I'm a nerd - I'm a computer professional - I was an athlete in high school and I'm still active today.
Thank you for that. I'd like to add that someone who is "smart" in high school ought to be smart enough to avoid being preyed upon, oughtn't they?
Being stuffed into a locker has nothing to do with intelligence - it has to do with being "nerdy." In school, and hung out with a lot of nerdy people who were not particularly bright.
It actually *is* supposed to be (partially) a humor piece. The submitter, and thereafter the slashdot editors, should have recognized that this article was written with tongue (perhaps not firmly, but squarely) in cheek. This story should have a foot icon next to it (not the Gnome one, the other one).
That's nothing compared to what happened to the Univeristy of One through the University of Nineteen. Let's hope they realize their mistakes with the release of the University of Twente-One
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and the major browsers only recognize Verisign (and Thawte, which is also Verisign).
That depends on what you mean by "major browser." Take a look at the list of authorities that Mozilla recognizes, for instance (in prefs > privacy and security > Certificates). It's quite a large list.
I'll bite. Because he seems to imply that there are no levels of security problem, by stating that there are none that qualify as "minor."
Is there no difference between a local and remote exploit? Is there no difference between a bug that can destroy data and one that doesn't?
While the post may not have been intended as flamebait, it surely reeks of ignorance. And here I am responding to it. I should make better use of my time.
Beware the news you hear on NPR about this sort of thing. Listening to NPR's Marketplace this evening, I heard them say that many of M$' competitors fell sharply because of the court's ruling, "including Linux, which fell 20% today."
Of course, they meant VA Linux. And there are many other reasons for LNUX's downturn.
It was odd hearing Linux referred to as a company.
I've seen too many online communities suffer and wither from the irresponsible behavior of a very small minority of posters.
I couldn't agree with you more. I publish a web zine, and I made the mistake of calling the message board Vent! I was also foolish enough to leave it unmoderated. What this means is that vent has become something of a waste of time to read. If you don't believe me, check it out.
I'm surprised that you call it a knee-jerk reaction. It seems to me that Mr. Malda has agaonized over this decision, and probably continues to agonize over it.
The "open forum" philosophy has not been damaged at/. with these changes. And I would caution others not to rush to judgment on this one. Only that would be a knee-jerk reaction.
Microsoft stories are identified with a graphic of Bill Gates mocked up as a Borg from Star Trek Generations.
And another reader already pointed out that that is a _major_ flub.
But the article was poorly done in other ways. It was, simply put, a comparison of apples and oranges: Slashdot compared to "traditional" journalism. The quotes from people from "traditional" news sites were stale and meaningless. The best part about the article was Rob's quote that he's not a journalist. Other than that it was like all of the other Slashdot stories I've read: superficial.
Another common misconception is that the Bon Bon ancestor is NOT the candy. In fact, we evolved from this very delectable ice cream treat. If you don't believe me, you should listen to Soul Coughing: "Super Bon Bon Super Bon Bon! Too fat fat you must cut Clean! You gotta take the elevator to the Mezzanine!" See the allusion to evolution? Hmm. me neither. But then, it's about as close to an accepted theory of evolution as most of the posts in here.
Privacy isn't a part of what makes the USA a 'free' country; it's not explicitly guaranteed by the Constitution (so I don't know what this "We the People" icon is all about). I say get over the privacy thing. It's gone, daddy- let's move on, shall we?
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Our primary advice to our kids will be: "It gets better."
That's not advice, that's just a statement.
High school will not be, and shouldn't be, "the best years of your life." People will be petty, people won't understand you.
You are well-meaning, and that's important, but don't presume to know that your kids' experiences will be at all similar to yours. Kids can really surprise you, and yours may have a wonderful high school experience.
Right you are. Interestingly, I would never have noticed that had you not pointed it out. Google, at least, does a much better job separating the sponsored links from the results (and the sponsored links are more appropriate to the search, too, I might add).
At this stage of the game, MSN doesn't look like much of a threat to the One True Search Engine.
I'm not sure that a signed identity is the problem.
With Friendster, there is a user called "Boston" that a lot of my friends are friends of (which is fine, since I'm from Boston).
The problem is that "Boston" is friends with "Seattle," meaning that my network is full of people that have no real connection to me. The network has become too loosely tied together. I'd much rather have a smaller, more reliable network than the one that currently exists.
Actually, the constitution is flexible with regard to copyright law. I think a 75-year copyright life is egregious, but it would be very difficult to prove that it's unconstitutional.
But now, another dupe, and CmdrTaco is so oblivious to this it's really just sad.
You want to know what's sad? Really really sad? The amount of mindshare devoted to trashing slashdot for posting duplicate stories.
This is your favorite technical web site. Admit it. It is. Mine too. Forgive the occasional dupe, k?
Your comment itself is a duplicate - it's been posted at least 10 times for every duplicate the editors post. That's what's sad.
Oh God I missed the "of" at first.
Heaven help us. I found out about Armageddon on slashdot.
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I'm a nerd - I'm a computer professional - I was an athlete in high school and I'm still active today.
Thank you for that. I'd like to add that someone who is "smart" in high school ought to be smart enough to avoid being preyed upon, oughtn't they?
Being stuffed into a locker has nothing to do with intelligence - it has to do with being "nerdy." In school, and hung out with a lot of nerdy people who were not particularly bright.
It actually *is* supposed to be (partially) a humor piece. The submitter, and thereafter the slashdot editors, should have recognized that this article was written with tongue (perhaps not firmly, but squarely) in cheek. This story should have a foot icon next to it (not the Gnome one, the other one).
That's nothing compared to what happened to the Univeristy of One through the University of Nineteen. Let's hope they realize their mistakes with the release of the University of Twente-One
From 8 - 10 to 7 - 10?
I believe we in the Linux community should return the favor, and port Wine to Windows.
and the major browsers only recognize Verisign (and Thawte, which is also Verisign).
That depends on what you mean by "major browser." Take a look at the list of authorities that Mozilla recognizes, for instance (in prefs > privacy and security > Certificates). It's quite a large list.
Speaking of digital freedom, today's Doctor Fun is quite topical.
It seems to me that the main reason for this is to deter counterfeiting, not saving foreigners from needing to squint to buy a pack of chewing gum.
I'll bite. Because he seems to imply that there are no levels of security problem, by stating that there are none that qualify as "minor."
Is there no difference between a local and remote exploit? Is there no difference between a bug that can destroy data and one that doesn't?
While the post may not have been intended as flamebait, it surely reeks of ignorance. And here I am responding to it. I should make better use of my time.
Beware the news you hear on NPR about this sort of thing. Listening to NPR's Marketplace this evening, I heard them say that many of M$' competitors fell sharply because of the court's ruling, "including Linux, which fell 20% today."
Of course, they meant VA Linux. And there are many other reasons for LNUX's downturn.
It was odd hearing Linux referred to as a company.
I just checked again under IE 5.0 and Netscape 4.04- an they haven't fixed it yet. It must be the platform.
I've seen too many online communities suffer and wither from the irresponsible behavior of a very small minority of posters.
I couldn't agree with you more. I publish a web zine, and I made the mistake of calling the message board Vent! I was also foolish enough to leave it unmoderated. What this means is that vent has become something of a waste of time to read. If you don't believe me, check it out.
I'm surprised that you call it a knee-jerk reaction. It seems to me that Mr. Malda has agaonized over this decision, and probably continues to agonize over it.
/. with these changes. And I would caution others not to rush to judgment on this one. Only that would be a knee-jerk reaction.
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Microsoft stories are identified with a graphic of Bill Gates mocked up as a Borg from Star Trek Generations.
And another reader already pointed out that that is a _major_ flub.
But the article was poorly done in other ways. It was, simply put, a comparison of apples and oranges: Slashdot compared to "traditional" journalism. The quotes from people from "traditional" news sites were stale and meaningless. The best part about the article was Rob's quote that he's not a journalist. Other than that it was like all of the other Slashdot stories I've read: superficial.
First it's a great movie....
It's a great movie, but is it worth the cover of both "Time" and "Newsweek?"
Then it isn't......
But it's not a great movie, nor even a particularly frightening one.
And finally, he seems unsure.....
If the "Blair Witch Project" isn't a great movie, it might very well be an influential one
Another common misconception is that the Bon Bon ancestor is NOT the candy. In fact, we evolved from this very delectable ice cream treat. If you don't believe me, you should listen to Soul Coughing: "Super Bon Bon Super Bon Bon! Too fat fat you must cut Clean! You gotta take the elevator to the Mezzanine!" See the allusion to evolution? Hmm. me neither. But then, it's about as close to an accepted theory of evolution as most of the posts in here.
Feed Magazine has a great column about the end of MST3K and its cultural significance. You can find it here.
Privacy isn't a part of what makes the USA a 'free' country; it's not explicitly guaranteed by the Constitution (so I don't know what this "We the People" icon is all about). I say get over the privacy thing. It's gone, daddy- let's move on, shall we?