I know this is a bit nit-picky, but it feels very un-Slashdot-like to not attribute an idea to its origins, which in the case of 'precrime' would be the Philip K. Dick story on which the aforementioned movie is based.
Eventually everything worth watching will be based on a Phillp K Dick story,
"So next time roma gypsy gangs come across from the continent on the ferry to rape just about every shop in a particular city / shopping centre in the space of a few hours before heading back home again on the ferry with a boat load of stolen shit"
Oh yes. Which makes me wonder if all he wants to do is shout at man's best friend, why did he get a dog in the first place.
Because people are schmucks? Because their kids promised to take care of it (like that ever works). Because someone else guilted them into taking it off their hands? Because they're not home when the dog barks so they don't see (or rather, hear) the problem? Because the original owner died? Who knows?
I'm not saying it's an ideal solution, but people learn by example, so why not make the world a tiny bit better and hope it spreads (the whole "pay it forward" idea).
What really gets my goat is when a dog is barking and all you hear is the owner "barking back" by going "shut up" over and over again instead of getting off their fat ass and trying to calm it down.
If the dog barks once, that's a favour.
If someone is complaining on Slashdot about a dog constantly barking then looking after said dog is no longer a favour.
Nah - if a dog barks once, you just ignore it. If you think that's a big deal, hope you're never around a child when they're teething.
I'm not saying to keep the dog. It's their dog, and they have primary responsibility for it. It's just that helping by walking the dog on occasion will probably give the dog a chance to see more than just the back yard or the inside of their home.
I'm heading off to bed with my dog, and a former neighbor's dog (she died last month, and her daughter, who lives downstairs, is going to slowly introduce him to her home once things are settled down a bit). The little guy was already coming here at breakfast time and staying until bedtime, and since I started handling him, he's become a lot calmer.
The neighbor in the next apartment (there's 2 per floor) has asked me if her dog can come over until the kids get home from school (she works), and I said sure. Better than hearing him scratch their door every time I open mine to walk my dogs. Kindness is like a muscle - use it or lose it:-)
I know it isn't considered acceptable to mock republicans here on slashdot...
Why not? Even republicans are shaking their collective heads over their presidential candidates. Trump (and to a lesser extend Carson) are like untreated venereal diseases - the "gift" that keeps on giving.
Simpler solution - offer to,take the dog for a walk. It's bored and lonely, it's going to bark. You may even get to like the little yipper once he stops.
I doubt many people would willing hand their dog over "for a walk" to the neighbor who "always complains" about their precious dog and who "obviously" hates its presence and/or continued existence.
If they said that rather than everyone being annoyed with it, it's easier for them to just walk the thing once in a while to help out, they just might.
Simpler solution - offer to,take the dog for a walk. It's bored and lonely, it's going to bark. You may even get to like the little yipper once he stops.
It's not even a device - just parts of a device that, with other parts, can make a computer. Buy a laptop instead - you'll get all the missing bits, like a screen and keyboard, and portability.
Private foundations can certainly sell significant parts of themselves. Just look at how the National Geographic Society sold off a huge chunk of itself to Rupert Murdoch. In the case of Mozilla, there's no reason it couldn't have sold off the browser/team/support and then wound down their operations.
Selfish is bad. Sharing is good. Sharing without rules is better.
If you are so ADD that you cant watch what is a very informative video then we need to boil it down to the 3rd grade for you.
Videos are the web equivalent of PowerPoint presentations. If you can't put it down in writing, maybe your idea isn't fully formed yet, or you're too lazy to.
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I know this is a bit nit-picky, but it feels very un-Slashdot-like to not attribute an idea to its origins, which in the case of 'precrime' would be the Philip K. Dick story on which the aforementioned movie is based.
Eventually everything worth watching will be based on a Phillp K Dick story,
"So next time roma gypsy gangs come across from the continent on the ferry to rape just about every shop in a particular city / shopping centre in the space of a few hours before heading back home again on the ferry with a boat load of stolen shit"
Not too racist?
In the US employee theft accounts for 43% of lost revenue. That’s about $18 billion, or $2.3 billion more than the cost of five-finger discounts taken by customers .
The rest is things like spoilage, broken merchandise, returns the supplier won't respect, etc.
For the next few years the Chinese will be probing around Uranus looking for dark matter?
And all they'll find is klingons :-)
This is not the review you are looking for ...
Oh yes. Which makes me wonder if all he wants to do is shout at man's best friend, why did he get a dog in the first place.
Because people are schmucks? Because their kids promised to take care of it (like that ever works). Because someone else guilted them into taking it off their hands? Because they're not home when the dog barks so they don't see (or rather, hear) the problem? Because the original owner died? Who knows?
I'm not saying it's an ideal solution, but people learn by example, so why not make the world a tiny bit better and hope it spreads (the whole "pay it forward" idea).
What really gets my goat is when a dog is barking and all you hear is the owner "barking back" by going "shut up" over and over again instead of getting off their fat ass and trying to calm it down.
Hey, it's a nice break away from the keyboard, helps get the creative juices (and the blood) flowing better, has other long term health benefits ...
People who don't own a dog should borrow one once in a while - it'll help lower your blood pressure.
If the dog barks once, that's a favour. If someone is complaining on Slashdot about a dog constantly barking then looking after said dog is no longer a favour.
Nah - if a dog barks once, you just ignore it. If you think that's a big deal, hope you're never around a child when they're teething.
I'm not saying to keep the dog. It's their dog, and they have primary responsibility for it. It's just that helping by walking the dog on occasion will probably give the dog a chance to see more than just the back yard or the inside of their home.
I'm heading off to bed with my dog, and a former neighbor's dog (she died last month, and her daughter, who lives downstairs, is going to slowly introduce him to her home once things are settled down a bit). The little guy was already coming here at breakfast time and staying until bedtime, and since I started handling him, he's become a lot calmer.
The neighbor in the next apartment (there's 2 per floor) has asked me if her dog can come over until the kids get home from school (she works), and I said sure. Better than hearing him scratch their door every time I open mine to walk my dogs. Kindness is like a muscle - use it or lose it :-)
Why in the motherfuck would someone be enough of a dipshit to take over the responsibility of owning the dog from the owner of the dog?
Helping someone else is not being a dipshit. Only a dipshit would think that.
I doubt republicans are the majority on slashdot - just that they tend to make more noise.
Doing some simple "coding" in elementary or secondary will not get you a job, so what's your point?
I know it isn't considered acceptable to mock republicans here on slashdot ...
Why not? Even republicans are shaking their collective heads over their presidential candidates. Trump (and to a lesser extend Carson) are like untreated venereal diseases - the "gift" that keeps on giving.
Simpler solution - offer to,take the dog for a walk. It's bored and lonely, it's going to bark. You may even get to like the little yipper once he stops.
I doubt many people would willing hand their dog over "for a walk" to the neighbor who "always complains" about their precious dog and who "obviously" hates its presence and/or continued existence.
If they said that rather than everyone being annoyed with it, it's easier for them to just walk the thing once in a while to help out, they just might.
Hopefully when you need a favour, people will be more considerate.
It's what I do. Dog downstairs, dog next door ... everything's quieter that way :-)
Simpler solution - offer to,take the dog for a walk. It's bored and lonely, it's going to bark. You may even get to like the little yipper once he stops.
It's not even a device - just parts of a device that, with other parts, can make a computer. Buy a laptop instead - you'll get all the missing bits, like a screen and keyboard, and portability.
Just include some gpl code.
So I guess you're not going to watch next week as Sheldon and Amy have sex.
Oh, shut up Sheldon, or I'll call your mother again.
Any number of reasons. The most obvious being To differentiate their product in a sea of uninteresting clones.
Blackberry's experience says otherwise. Look what standardization did for the PC industry.
But why would any smartphone manufacturer do that, when they can get Android for free along with a billion apps?
Private foundations can certainly sell significant parts of themselves. Just look at how the National Geographic Society sold off a huge chunk of itself to Rupert Murdoch. In the case of Mozilla, there's no reason it couldn't have sold off the browser/team/support and then wound down their operations.
Selfish is bad. Sharing is good. Sharing without rules is better.
If you are so ADD that you cant watch what is a very informative video then we need to boil it down to the 3rd grade for you.
Videos are the web equivalent of PowerPoint presentations. If you can't put it down in writing, maybe your idea isn't fully formed yet, or you're too lazy to.