While I don't agree with gid-foo (simply because I suck at math;-), I would love to see a section devoted to puzzles, provided they weren't all the same type of puzzles all the time. Variety is good.
(As if I need another reason to waste time online...)
Or something like the online version of Chu-Chu Rocket.:)
UGH! One of my friends just gave me the link to that game earlier and I lost nearly an hour and a half playing it through to the end, when I really should have been doing work. That link is pure evil, but now I can't wait for the game to come out in the US.:-)
Re:Roblimo's "apology" sarcastic and disrespectful
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I was curious to see what Roblimo's apology was. I was certainly not expecting a snide attack on the entire Slashdot community. Does this mean you will no longer be working on the Slashdot staff, Robin? I sincerely hope so. No one with your open disdain for the site's users should be involved with it.
I completely disagree with that entire statement. I mean, let's be real for a moment...Basically asking Robin to leave/., just because he gave as well as he got? Last time I checked, sarcasm wasn't a crime and, in this case, I feel it was 100% justified. He should not have even had to apologize for posting this story. Big deal. Feathers were ruffled...people got all worked up...someone may have actually had to THINK about what they were READING for a moment, rather than being spoonfed. ("Oh, the inhumanity!")
Yes, it's possible it could have been more thoroughly researched, but given the volume of article submissions and intricities inherent in each possible article (especially this one...are you an expert on French law? Can you tell me for sure that this so-called "GNU GPL Hole" doesn't exist in terms of their legal system? I doubt it.), it'd be unreasonable to expect every single story to be exhaustively researched before it's posted to the site. Personally, I'd rather see the news "as it's happening" than catch a follow-up summary saying "this is what you missed." That's the beauty of the web.
I think it's a pretty sad state of affairs when members of the/. community are so thin-skinned and hyper-sensitive they'd actually personally attack someone for posting anything. We're intelligent people here. There is no reason to lambaste someone for posting an article that raises questions, regardless of how "resolved" or "disproven" the thing in question happens to be. If there are any questions left to ask about something, it means it's not resolved. You can't advance without continually questioning things and exploring possibilities.
In short (ha!), ease off. The tone of Roblimo's apology should have given you a clue as to just how irrational the rest of the/. "community" was being toward him. I, for one, am ashamed that such things would ever be said to anyone on this website posting anything. (this next part is not directed specifically at invenustus, but everyone as a whole) If you can't be an objective reader and rationally talk about, and/or point out errors in, an article, what are you doing in the comments at all? If you need attention and coddling, go looking for mommy. This isn't the place for it. Let's try to keep/. (comments and all!) something worth reading, eh?
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While I don't agree with gid-foo (simply because I suck at math ;-), I would love to see a section devoted to puzzles, provided they weren't all the same type of puzzles all the time. Variety is good.
(As if I need another reason to waste time online...)
Or something like the online version of Chu-Chu Rocket. :)
:-)
UGH! One of my friends just gave me the link to that game earlier and I lost nearly an hour and a half playing it through to the end, when I really should have been doing work. That link is pure evil, but now I can't wait for the game to come out in the US.
I was curious to see what Roblimo's apology was. I was certainly not expecting a snide attack on the entire Slashdot community. Does this mean you will no longer be working on the Slashdot staff, Robin? I sincerely hope so. No one with your open disdain for the site's users should be involved with it.
I completely disagree with that entire statement. I mean, let's be real for a moment...Basically asking Robin to leave /., just because he gave as well as he got? Last time I checked, sarcasm wasn't a crime and, in this case, I feel it was 100% justified. He should not have even had to apologize for posting this story. Big deal. Feathers were ruffled...people got all worked up...someone may have actually had to THINK about what they were READING for a moment, rather than being spoonfed. ("Oh, the inhumanity!")
Yes, it's possible it could have been more thoroughly researched, but given the volume of article submissions and intricities inherent in each possible article (especially this one...are you an expert on French law? Can you tell me for sure that this so-called "GNU GPL Hole" doesn't exist in terms of their legal system? I doubt it.), it'd be unreasonable to expect every single story to be exhaustively researched before it's posted to the site. Personally, I'd rather see the news "as it's happening" than catch a follow-up summary saying "this is what you missed." That's the beauty of the web.
I think it's a pretty sad state of affairs when members of the /. community are so thin-skinned and hyper-sensitive they'd actually personally attack someone for posting anything. We're intelligent people here. There is no reason to lambaste someone for posting an article that raises questions, regardless of how "resolved" or "disproven" the thing in question happens to be. If there are any questions left to ask about something, it means it's not resolved. You can't advance without continually questioning things and exploring possibilities.
In short (ha!), ease off. The tone of Roblimo's apology should have given you a clue as to just how irrational the rest of the /. "community" was being toward him. I, for one, am ashamed that such things would ever be said to anyone on this website posting anything. (this next part is not directed specifically at invenustus, but everyone as a whole) If you can't be an objective reader and rationally talk about, and/or point out errors in, an article, what are you doing in the comments at all? If you need attention and coddling, go looking for mommy. This isn't the place for it. Let's try to keep /. (comments and all!) something worth reading, eh?