Naming it Xenu would have hurt Scientology, not helped it. Xenu is considered top secret by the Church of Scientology and its lawyers, and they sue people who post the texts--they forced Slashdot to remove a comment for the first time in its history. People wondering what Xenu is would look it up and find out about OT III. It would have been a great blow to have that out there. Thanks to Colbert and his mindless viewers who do everything he says, that won't happen, and the opportunity is gone.
Consider me biased since I'm sick of Colbert's schtick, and I'm sick of his college kiddie fans who parrot everything he says and spam his videos to Digg.
Despite it's ponderous bulk, the original Xbox was a reliable console.
It was a PC without a monitor, cobbled together from standard PC parts. That's why the form factor was so big. It's not like it was some amazing design effort to Microsoft's credit.
Because it's generally harder to upgrade/maintain (not in the standard apt repositories), I can't fix it myself, and whoever controls it can just randomly disappear or EOL it.
Oh, please, as if you're going through the source code of every app you run, fixing things. As for disappearing, that happens ALL THE TIME in the OSS world. An owner mysteriously disappears, someone new half-heartedly keeps things going for a while, but eventually the project dies out.
Because it's generally harder to upgrade/maintain (not in the standard apt repositories), I can't fix it myself, and whoever controls it can just randomly disappear or EOL it.
Oh, please, as if you're going through your/usr/src directory, browsing through source trees and "fixing" all the applications you run. As for someone EOLing a product, that happens in the OSS world all the time. Projects mysteriously die, the owner disappears and can't be contacted, and some new maintainer half-heartedly keeps it updated until the project closes completely.
Your brain is a physical part of the universe like everything else, and the choice you make is determined by the physics involved in the firing of your neurons which caused you to make the choice you made.
And yet polls suggest that Americans STILL think this is going to work somehow.
This isn't actually true. For instance, a CNN poll shows Americans believing Obama's policies will work by 22-64. A CBS poll shows that 48 percent believe the economy would improve without government intervention, opposed to the 41 who favor intervention.
The media glorified this guy in 2008, defended him from attacks by McCain (but didn't do the reverse), and sat idly by as he bought entire cable channels to campaign with using private money he had previously promised he wouldn't use. Now the luster has faded, and what we're left with is a guy who seems floundering and incapable, relying on his teleprompter scripts. I predicted last year that it would feel like another Jimmy Carter administration in the eyes of the public. You can't elect a politically inexperienced guy based on gooey hype like "hope" and "change" to solve major problems and expect things to go well.
Or maybe they just love life that much to do what they can to be with their families longer? This is a stupid article that appeals directly to the hip, anti-religious brigade on Slashdot (and I'm an agnostic).
In all seriousness, stories like this are a little scary and depressing. I hate the idea of my brain changing me against my will. I prided myself on my intelligence and mental agility. As an introvert, it's something that defined me. I don't like the idea of losing any bit of that. I always figured if I took care of myself and kept sharp, I'd stay as sharp as always even into old age, but studies like this bum me out.
What about this do you NOT GET? Not everyone wants to use iTunes, nor should they have to (inb4 DUHHHHH BUT DEY SHUDDNIT BUY DAR IPAD, I'm doing Apple a favour by buying an iPod
Then don't do them the "favour" of purchasing their hardware, you stupid moron.
Except that they didn't lose backwards compatibility. Do you even know about Universal Binaries, Rosetta, or OpenStep's legacy of hardware (and even operating system) independence?
How is this Apple's fault? The content providers insist on these restrictions when they make their deals with Apple. If Apple doesn't make these deals, the content doesn't show up in iTunes, and people like you complain about how the industry is working in an "obsolete business model" and not embracing the online world.
That is a crock of shit. I mean, I may not be special, but certain persons who helped shape the future of science (including computing) are. There is no denying the "specialness" of people like Nikola Tesla or Albert Einstein.
Ignoring the fact there is denying that those two particular people are special or came up with their most famous ideas on their own (the theory of relativity in particular), we're talking about something very basic--images and sound on a web page. It's a pretty obvious idea that was inevitable. You even argue this point in your second paragraph.
No one is contesting that the RIAA should not be going after the copyright infringers.
Are you and I reading the same Slashdot?
They are gaming the legal system, going after innocent people knowing that almost NO ONE has the means to fight back.
They're not gaming the system. They're suing those they discover to be distributing files. You're presuming that they're innocent so you can portray the RIAA as bad guys.
I'm confused. I thought the government under Obama was going to be made of rainbows and kittens glued together with hope. Are you telling me Obama's administration is as corrupt as any other but also has a one-party supermajority Congress and a cheerleading media backing it? Sweet...what a change!
It's just the usual goofy-ass Open Source versioning, where things stay sub-1.0 for years and years for no valid reason. 1.0 isn't supposed to mean "perfect." It's supposed to mean your first release.
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Naming it Xenu would have hurt Scientology, not helped it. Xenu is considered top secret by the Church of Scientology and its lawyers, and they sue people who post the texts--they forced Slashdot to remove a comment for the first time in its history. People wondering what Xenu is would look it up and find out about OT III. It would have been a great blow to have that out there. Thanks to Colbert and his mindless viewers who do everything he says, that won't happen, and the opportunity is gone.
Consider me biased since I'm sick of Colbert's schtick, and I'm sick of his college kiddie fans who parrot everything he says and spam his videos to Digg.
It was a PC without a monitor, cobbled together from standard PC parts. That's why the form factor was so big. It's not like it was some amazing design effort to Microsoft's credit.
Oh, please, as if you're going through the source code of every app you run, fixing things. As for disappearing, that happens ALL THE TIME in the OSS world. An owner mysteriously disappears, someone new half-heartedly keeps things going for a while, but eventually the project dies out.
Oh, please, as if you're going through your /usr/src directory, browsing through source trees and "fixing" all the applications you run. As for someone EOLing a product, that happens in the OSS world all the time. Projects mysteriously die, the owner disappears and can't be contacted, and some new maintainer half-heartedly keeps it updated until the project closes completely.
He's done a lot to hold it back, you mean.
Your brain is a physical part of the universe like everything else, and the choice you make is determined by the physics involved in the firing of your neurons which caused you to make the choice you made.
This isn't actually true. For instance, a CNN poll shows Americans believing Obama's policies will work by 22-64. A CBS poll shows that 48 percent believe the economy would improve without government intervention, opposed to the 41 who favor intervention.
The media glorified this guy in 2008, defended him from attacks by McCain (but didn't do the reverse), and sat idly by as he bought entire cable channels to campaign with using private money he had previously promised he wouldn't use. Now the luster has faded, and what we're left with is a guy who seems floundering and incapable, relying on his teleprompter scripts. I predicted last year that it would feel like another Jimmy Carter administration in the eyes of the public. You can't elect a politically inexperienced guy based on gooey hype like "hope" and "change" to solve major problems and expect things to go well.
Actually, Safari is the fastest.
Or maybe they just love life that much to do what they can to be with their families longer? This is a stupid article that appeals directly to the hip, anti-religious brigade on Slashdot (and I'm an agnostic).
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I hear you, brother! FUCK the developers at Epic who worked on the games to make a living! FUCK their rights! Artists are our slaves.
In all seriousness, stories like this are a little scary and depressing. I hate the idea of my brain changing me against my will. I prided myself on my intelligence and mental agility. As an introvert, it's something that defined me. I don't like the idea of losing any bit of that. I always figured if I took care of myself and kept sharp, I'd stay as sharp as always even into old age, but studies like this bum me out.
Then don't do them the "favour" of purchasing their hardware, you stupid moron.
For starters, I don't apply goofy, religious concepts like "evil" to trivial shit such as encrypted firmware which doesn't matter in life.
I'm confused, because I thought the "best" age was supposed to be 39: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/27/1630225
Except that they didn't lose backwards compatibility. Do you even know about Universal Binaries, Rosetta, or OpenStep's legacy of hardware (and even operating system) independence?
I would like iPhone OS 3.0 to remove the cancer I get in my head from using my cell phone, either as a baseline feature or in an update later on.
How is this Apple's fault? The content providers insist on these restrictions when they make their deals with Apple. If Apple doesn't make these deals, the content doesn't show up in iTunes, and people like you complain about how the industry is working in an "obsolete business model" and not embracing the online world.
Gopher!
Ignoring the fact there is denying that those two particular people are special or came up with their most famous ideas on their own (the theory of relativity in particular), we're talking about something very basic--images and sound on a web page. It's a pretty obvious idea that was inevitable. You even argue this point in your second paragraph.
I have a solution for you if you're not interested in the latest book. Don't buy the book.
You're welcome,
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This President is too busy being "overwhelmed," according to his people.
Are you and I reading the same Slashdot?
They're not gaming the system. They're suing those they discover to be distributing files. You're presuming that they're innocent so you can portray the RIAA as bad guys.
I'm confused. I thought the government under Obama was going to be made of rainbows and kittens glued together with hope. Are you telling me Obama's administration is as corrupt as any other but also has a one-party supermajority Congress and a cheerleading media backing it? Sweet...what a change!
It's just the usual goofy-ass Open Source versioning, where things stay sub-1.0 for years and years for no valid reason. 1.0 isn't supposed to mean "perfect." It's supposed to mean your first release.