i mean, come on... it wasn't like bush was randomly firing at strangers from a moving car or anything. to say he "kill[ed] something like 100 people" is like saying president clinton "killed thousands of innocent europeans" in the balkans.
idiot.
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Salon Asks for Help
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· Score: 2, Insightful
" Even if you don't agree with all of the views expressed there, you have to agree that Salon, like Slashdot, is one of the few truly independent news sources out there."
What?
Are you serious?
They're "independent" only insofar as they'll allow extreme members of both political spectra to rant and rave about... the other side of said spectra.
I cannot believe that anyone would consider Salon to be a "vital source of information"... cripes. It's the same sh*t I get on Fox News, only on the other side of the aisle.
It's not vital. It's not independent. And if it's not attracting enough people who will pay for it... goodbye, and good riddance.
i can't seem to get to customize it. even if i choose the $899 version and click "continue" it tells me that the system has changed and i have to start over.
how, exactly, did this get modded as "insightful?"
how, exactly, do slashdot "moderators" think that a comment saying that bush caused this crash shows any insight into anything but a warped, frustrated person's bizarre ramblings?
(not to mention the fact that NO PRESIDENT OPERATES IN A VACUUM -- THERE IS A CONGRESS THAT HAS TO AGREE WITH ALL OF THIS, AND LAST TIME I CHECKED, THE BUDGETS NASA HAS BEEN WORKING UNDER UP TO NOW HAVE BEEN OK'D BY A DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED SENATE. not to say it's their fault too, just pointing out the absurd logic)
jrbd sickens me. and those of you who modded this up are on the same list.
No. At this time, RHAPSODY supports Microsoft Windows. Below are the system requirements for RHAPSODY. * Windows XP, ME, 2000, 98 or NT (4.0, with Service Pack 4 or later required)
It's very evil, what they did to me. They got me hooked, and then used it against me.
"They" didn't get you hooked. You found a service you liked at a price you really liked. You used said product, paid said price... and it's not evil when Apple has to start charging for it because it's causing them to lose money. They don't like to lose money any more than you do.
With this new arrangement, Apple is saying to you "Right, let's keep this relationship going, but let's have you pay for what you're using, and in return, we'll give you some great new stuff that you didn't have before."
You can choose to agree, or disagree. If it's the former, bully for you and hurray for AAPL. If it's the latter... well, there are other free email (web-based) services. You'll have to host your site elsehwere, but iTunes, iPhoto and the other "i"Apps will continue to work just fine -- for free.
once again, we have a story -- this time, from the "gray old lady" of print journalism -- that has little, if any, basis in fact. it's based more on assumption, heresay and generalities.
i used to be a journalist, so i have some idea how the thinking works: reporter is bored with the internet. reporter commits some fallacy (forget the name) whereby what is thought to be true for one's self is therefore thought to be true for all. reporter goes out and finds quotes from "sources" to back up his assumption. reporter writes story. clueless editor (who is usually more out of touch with reality than the reporters are) runs story. readers who trust the validity of the newspaper therefore assume "if it's in the times, it must be true" and...
therefore, what is believed by one reporter is said to be true in general. and it sticks because it came from the new york times.
it's sick, how allegedly independent mainstream journalists can take their biases and make them into news that lots of people across the country just automatically believe to be correct.
in the past few years, i've burned about 20 CDs -- compilations of favorites i already own. i came into the napster thing kinda late, but i got into it right before it was "outlawed"... i downloaded about 20 songs and made a mix.
these 20 songs were (i'm not afraid to admit this) featured in various late-nite TV commercial offers.
now, i'd LOVE to pay for these songs, but right now i'd have to pay time-life music about $2,000 to get 20 songs that i really, really want.
i think i'm more like the typical music listener than the rest of slashdot readers... and i think that if i am willing, tons of other people are as well.
fedex, airborne or UPS? this is so timely because fedex ground fscked up a package delivery to me today -- a very costly fsck-up.
get this: fedex ground had my package on a truck, in chicago, sending it (the package) back to the sender in spokane. it (the package) was mistakenly refused at my local package delivery store -- not to name names, but they offer mailboxes, stamps, packaging, etc.... i don't want to unfairly slander any company, you see.
anyway. that package is refused. it's in a truck, sitting in chicago. i call fedex and they tell me they cannot touch the package until it's returned to spokane.
now, mind you, it's HERE IN CHICAGO. i'm HERE IN CHICAGO. but they can't redirect it once it's been refused.
i think the fedex managers ran al gore's recount battle in florida last year.
it's an airbus A-300 jet, according to MSNBC. or it's a flying saucer, according to Fox News...:)
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Apple releases iPod
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· Score: 1
right now is not the time to introduce an expensive MP3 player, no matter how cool it might be (looks great and is so tiny!)... the days of people having $400 burning a hole in their pockets died a few months back.
i wonder why they released this right now, of all times. i mean, it just doesn't make sense. the iMac made sense when it was released. the cube didn't, and it's dead. i worry that this will suffer the same fate.
i had a professor -- dr. steinberg, poli sci theory, denison university who gave me the best piece of advice:
after getting your undergrad degree, WORK FOR TEN YEARS outside academia. then go back. the working world teaches you far more than academia ever can, and it helps to put it all in perspective.
this is why a well-rounded education is important, at least for undergrad. you need it to get out in the world, to get a job and get some real experience. then worry about focusing those areas of education that at first seem to be irrelevant.
the FBI is reporting at least one of the two planes was hijacked -- an american airlines flight from boston to los angeles. nobody knows yet where the plane was in its travels when it was hijacked.
i must disagree. her work on planned parenthood v. casey more than justifies her good reputation. she and ginsburg settled abortion law for the next generation.
god yes... i was traveling from chicago to minneapolis this weekend. must have been a slow month for the cops in wisconsin. lord have mercy, there were cops every 200 yards.
"Tell me with a straight face that I would be able to tune into the History channel on a Sunday afternoon and wach six hours of, say, 'The Civil War' or 'Connections' or 'Cosmos'."
yeah, i think you could.
"Certainly not all at once, and certainly not without having their content shot full of holes from commercial breaks every 10 minutes"
A HA! here's your real problem. commercials.
"or, worse yet, have the producers of such programming greased by sponsors who would demand changes to the program's content."
yeah, but you see, nobody is free of bias. the producers of the show have a bias, too, you know. it's not all truth and light and beauty just because there aren't any commercials attached. if that were true, movies would be the purest form of entertainment. we all know that isn't true.
no, being a yankees fan isn't like rooting for MS... it's like appreciating a well written script. the yanks of today are an oiled machine that should be admired by fans of real baseball.
Slashdot Mirror
who the hell modded this one up?
... it wasn't like bush was randomly firing at strangers from a moving car or anything. to say he "kill[ed] something like 100 people" is like saying president clinton "killed thousands of innocent europeans" in the balkans.
i mean, come on
idiot.
" Even if you don't agree with all of the views expressed there, you have to agree that Salon, like Slashdot, is one of the few truly independent news sources out there."
... the other side of said spectra.
... cripes. It's the same sh*t I get on Fox News, only on the other side of the aisle.
... goodbye, and good riddance.
What?
Are you serious?
They're "independent" only insofar as they'll allow extreme members of both political spectra to rant and rave about
I cannot believe that anyone would consider Salon to be a "vital source of information"
It's not vital. It's not independent. And if it's not attracting enough people who will pay for it
i can't seem to get to customize it. even if i choose the $899 version and click "continue" it tells me that the system has changed and i have to start over.
/. effect?
dude, you're getting a
"brother's little helper" was, for me, all-time-funny worthy. it just hit the subject of overdoping our nation's kids right on the head.
how, exactly, did this get modded as "insightful?"
how, exactly, do slashdot "moderators" think that a comment saying that bush caused this crash shows any insight into anything but a warped, frustrated person's bizarre ramblings?
(not to mention the fact that NO PRESIDENT OPERATES IN A VACUUM -- THERE IS A CONGRESS THAT HAS TO AGREE WITH ALL OF THIS, AND LAST TIME I CHECKED, THE BUDGETS NASA HAS BEEN WORKING UNDER UP TO NOW HAVE BEEN OK'D BY A DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED SENATE. not to say it's their fault too, just pointing out the absurd logic)
jrbd sickens me. and those of you who modded this up are on the same list.
and no love for Mac users either:
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Can I install RHAPSODY on the Macintosh OS?
No. At this time, RHAPSODY supports Microsoft Windows. Below are the system requirements for RHAPSODY.
* Windows XP, ME, 2000, 98 or NT (4.0, with Service Pack 4 or later required)
blah blah blah
It's very evil, what they did to me. They got me hooked, and then used it against me.
... and it's not evil when Apple has to start charging for it because it's causing them to lose money. They don't like to lose money any more than you do.
... well, there are other free email (web-based) services. You'll have to host your site elsehwere, but iTunes, iPhoto and the other "i"Apps will continue to work just fine -- for free.
"They" didn't get you hooked. You found a service you liked at a price you really liked. You used said product, paid said price
With this new arrangement, Apple is saying to you "Right, let's keep this relationship going, but let's have you pay for what you're using, and in return, we'll give you some great new stuff that you didn't have before."
You can choose to agree, or disagree. If it's the former, bully for you and hurray for AAPL. If it's the latter
I was in the bath room and found the toilet paper not hung in the the proper "overhand fashion."
what, did my girlfriend get a slashdot account without me knowing? cripes.
once again, we have a story -- this time, from the "gray old lady" of print journalism -- that has little, if any, basis in fact. it's based more on assumption, heresay and generalities.
...
i used to be a journalist, so i have some idea how the thinking works: reporter is bored with the internet. reporter commits some fallacy (forget the name) whereby what is thought to be true for one's self is therefore thought to be true for all. reporter goes out and finds quotes from "sources" to back up his assumption. reporter writes story. clueless editor (who is usually more out of touch with reality than the reporters are) runs story. readers who trust the validity of the newspaper therefore assume "if it's in the times, it must be true" and
therefore, what is believed by one reporter is said to be true in general. and it sticks because it came from the new york times.
it's sick, how allegedly independent mainstream journalists can take their biases and make them into news that lots of people across the country just automatically believe to be correct.
in the past few years, i've burned about 20 CDs -- compilations of favorites i already own. i came into the napster thing kinda late, but i got into it right before it was "outlawed" ... i downloaded about 20 songs and made a mix.
... and i think that if i am willing, tons of other people are as well.
these 20 songs were (i'm not afraid to admit this) featured in various late-nite TV commercial offers.
now, i'd LOVE to pay for these songs, but right now i'd have to pay time-life music about $2,000 to get 20 songs that i really, really want.
i think i'm more like the typical music listener than the rest of slashdot readers
it's sad that the RIAA doesn't get it.
no they're not. what brand of crack are you smoking? they're always about the mouse. i don't think i've seen more than a handful about the trackpad.
12:00 A.M. Real Sex 18
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12:45 A.M. Erotic Confessions 01: Watching Vanessa
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1:50 A.M. Deal with sudden blindness; maybe shave hairy palms
fedex, airborne or UPS? this is so timely because fedex ground fscked up a package delivery to me today -- a very costly fsck-up.
... i don't want to unfairly slander any company, you see.
get this: fedex ground had my package on a truck, in chicago, sending it (the package) back to the sender in spokane. it (the package) was mistakenly refused at my local package delivery store -- not to name names, but they offer mailboxes, stamps, packaging, etc.
anyway. that package is refused. it's in a truck, sitting in chicago. i call fedex and they tell me they cannot touch the package until it's returned to spokane.
now, mind you, it's HERE IN CHICAGO. i'm HERE IN CHICAGO. but they can't redirect it once it's been refused.
i think the fedex managers ran al gore's recount battle in florida last year.
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it's an airbus A-300 jet, according to MSNBC. or it's a flying saucer, according to Fox News ... :)
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right now is not the time to introduce an expensive MP3 player, no matter how cool it might be (looks great and is so tiny!) ... the days of people having $400 burning a hole in their pockets died a few months back.
i wonder why they released this right now, of all times. i mean, it just doesn't make sense. the iMac made sense when it was released. the cube didn't, and it's dead. i worry that this will suffer the same fate.
i had a professor -- dr. steinberg, poli sci theory, denison university who gave me the best piece of advice:
after getting your undergrad degree, WORK FOR TEN YEARS outside academia. then go back. the working world teaches you far more than academia ever can, and it helps to put it all in perspective.
this is why a well-rounded education is important, at least for undergrad. you need it to get out in the world, to get a job and get some real experience. then worry about focusing those areas of education that at first seem to be irrelevant.
the FBI is reporting at least one of the two planes was hijacked -- an american airlines flight from boston to los angeles. nobody knows yet where the plane was in its travels when it was hijacked.
yes, but here in chicago (and i think in illinois in general) rhythms IS telocity. so i might be screwed.
from the simpsons:
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jay sherman (film critic): how do you sleep at night?
rainier wolfcastle (based on ahnold): on a lahge pile of money, wif many beautiful ladies
i must disagree. her work on planned parenthood v. casey more than justifies her good reputation. she and ginsburg settled abortion law for the next generation.
god yes ... i was traveling from chicago to minneapolis this weekend. must have been a slow month for the cops in wisconsin. lord have mercy, there were cops every 200 yards.
does cmdrtaco have a small lawnmower? and if it's a riding mower the MiniTaco would have to be able to reach the pedals, for goodness' sake ...
you should trademark that BAN thing ... hilarious!
"Tell me with a straight face that I would be able to tune into the History channel on a Sunday afternoon and wach six hours of, say, 'The Civil War' or 'Connections' or 'Cosmos'."
yeah, i think you could.
"Certainly not all at once, and certainly not without having their content shot full of holes from commercial breaks every 10 minutes"
A HA! here's your real problem. commercials.
"or, worse yet, have the producers of such programming greased by sponsors who would demand changes to the program's content."
yeah, but you see, nobody is free of bias. the producers of the show have a bias, too, you know. it's not all truth and light and beauty just because there aren't any commercials attached. if that were true, movies would be the purest form of entertainment. we all know that isn't true.
no, being a yankees fan isn't like rooting for MS ... it's like appreciating a well written script. the yanks of today are an oiled machine that should be admired by fans of real baseball.