Hmm... Columbing doesn't seem to ring a bell... I'll do a search online and get back to you on that one;-)
Now, Waco, I remember that one... just one thing... this faulty memory of mine... I don't remember anyone placing the blame for Waco on the video game industry of that time... rather than Wolfenstein, I'd say part of the violence at Waco was learned through, oh, I dunno, military/SWAT/etc. training... just a guess....;-)
/me sits back and waits for cynicism levels to subside...
Ok, sorry about that, just had to get that out of my system...:-)
but your Zero Wing refrences seem a bit forced. I've no problem with you trying to spice up your post a bit, but next time let's try and incorporate it a little better and make flow a bit more nicely, k?;-)>
Ok, I'll try to restrain myself from excessive ranting here, but I've gotta say something.
Skimming over the replies to this, I see things like "the bible is just a dusty old book, it belongs on the shelf next to winnie the pooh, etc" (not direct quotes). Now, I know that anytime you bring up anything remotely religious, you're gonna take some flak, but I thought james here worded his post rather respectfully. He presented it, not as biblical fact, but as a different perspective to be taken into account. Whether or not he believes the bible to be true, he kept that to himself, and tried to stay objective. Mostly everyone who replied, however, immediately jumped on his back and ridiculed his input. Now, I don't know for certain, but I'm willing to go out on a limb and guess that most of posters are adults. Personally, I'm not even old enough to vote yet, so I don't know if you'll pay any attention to what I have to say, but it's kinda sad to see what are supposed to be some of the smarter folks out there (the geeks/nerds/hackers/techno-savy/and so on) reacting in sucha an ingnorant fashion. If he had quoted given a quote from The Matrix or [instert Sci-Fi movie/book here] he would've been lauded. Instead, he was ridiculed. Hopefully we can one day grow up and say "You know, you make a valid point. I don't buy into your belief system, but I can accept what you have to say for its sociological context. Now, here's what I have to add..."
It sometimes happens that, by the time I've searched for a song and decided who I want to download it from, that person has all ready logged off. The internet is incredibly dynamic, it would be difficult to publish a paper newsletter that would be sufficiently up to date to be as convenient as napster is now in its current incarnation. Of course, they could host the files on dedicated servers... but then that goes into different legal jurisdiction.:-)
Well, I'm probably giving my a karma shot in the head, but oh well, making good posts never seemed to do me much good anyways, and a person needs to vent every once in a while.:-)
Basically, I don't feel like my saying what's on my mind is doing any good on this site. Now, I don't post very often, because I don't want to simply post ill-informed and/or ignorant responses. When I do take the time to write up an opinion on something, however, it seems to go largely unnoticed. Considering this post which I am replying to is apparently the first of my last ten or so posts which have been glanced at by moderators (and I'll say nothing of the fact that I got a point taken off for being off-topic, when I was simply replying to the person replying to my original post... seems withing the rules of on-topicness to me...) and I hardly, if ever, get replies to my post (even less often worthwhile replies). No one likes talking to a while. I'm sure I'm not the only person who posts to interact with the other intelligent life-forms.
Okay... I think I finished blowing off steam... if I preview this, I probably won't go throgh posting it, so forgive the typos.:-) In summary: Don't leave me hanging.:-)
Thanks for your indulgence, I'll be good from now on.:-)
I've been using it on my Windows box for over a year now, and I've not had any real problems (especially with the latest builds, the older releases did crash every now and then, but then again, so does explorer;-)). I don't know what could be the cause of your printing problem, cuz I have never had any sort of difficulty printing things. And, as for file management, well, if you don't feel like going with any sort of third-party file manager, Windows Explorer works just fine under Linux.
If it's been a while, I suggest you go back and give it another chance. The right theme can actually enhance your user-experience. I'm not real big on VWMs (don't use 'em all that much in Linux either), but I find having things like amp controls and shortcuts quickly accessible immensely convenient. If you're forced to use Windows (like I am on occasion), might as well make the most of it. Besides, it never hurts to lend support to another Open Source project.:-)
what he probably meant to convey is that you can get it cleaned it as many times as you want, but you should clean it at least 3 times a year, and it'll basically pay for itself.:-)
The smallest things can make a big difference. I for one, would be a lot more happy at work if I could get free drinks (other than what's available at the water fountain:-)). I'm sure it can't cost all that much, but, to the person getting the drink, it makes a big psychological difference. Yeah, it's a matter of convenience, but it also shows that the company is thinking about its employees. You could at least lower the price on the soda machines... Do I hear 15 a soda? Hello? Anybody?...:-)
Don't most universities off high-speed, permanent connections to the internet? I don't know what sort of policies they have concerning servers though.
If worse comes to worse, you can always just force them to buy iMacs. Sure, they'll be relatively useless, but at least they won't have floppy drives./me runs and hides:-)
Well, here's my theory: spell it like it sounds:-) The meaning thereof is simple. As with most people, I say the "e" and the "mail" separately, so therefore, it seems logical to me to spell it "e-mail". It is not pronounced ehmale, is it? So why spell it "email" as though it were one continuous word? Well, that's what I think, at least...:-)
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On second thought, let's not go to Camelot, it's a silly place.
True, but I think the issue may be more a matter of how they're doing their "research", if that's what it really is. I mean, I understand companies have to make money, and prices are a dynamic thing--supply, demand, and how much people are willing to pay are all, of course, important factors in why companies charge what they do. However, if they want to determine what consumers are willing to pay, I'd much rather take a survey, for example, than be charged $5 (and arbitrary number, I'm not claiming that's what they're charging) more for a product they're willing to sell someone else for regular price. If they're willing to take the risk of changing their prices for a while to see if people are willing to pay and possibly losing money, that's one thing, but to isolate me and say "well, he really can't tell if this is what we are actually charging, let's see if he'll get it," is just a bit more sneaky than I'd like to deal with. In a sense, they'd be charging me to do their research quietly for them. Sounds like a pretty unfair deal to me.
And another thing (slightly veering from the topic at hand), if they were simply mis-priced, is Amazon willing to refund those whose purchases were "accidentally" priced higher? If you're conducting market research and you're trying to keep it on the down-low, that's one thing, but once you're caught, you should at least be able to admit it. (I realize that saying you're changing prices interferes with the results of the "what people are willing to pay" test, but it's not like people don't know something's going on now anyways. Would it do Milli Vanilli and good to claim now that they really were singing?:-))
**DISCLAIMER: I don't actually shop Amazon, all hypothesis contained herein are based of theoretical and hypothetical conclusions.:-)**
While you certainly present a valid point, but there seems to be a difference between the way traditional "brick-and-mortar" stores change their pricing and what Amazon is doing. True, stores change their prices on a regular basis, and they often want to charge more for products that are all ready popular. However, stores generally do this based on market trends or whatever they use, they do not change the prices for individual consumers. From what I understand, and correct me if I'm wrong, that's what Amazon is doing to cause all this fuss. They change the prices on individuals based on their buying habits. I don't think anybody expects Amazon, or any other company for that matter, to always charge the exact same price, however, most people don't like the idea that they're being charged more for something than the next person. I for one would be pretty upset if I walked into McDonalds and they decided to charge me $10 for a small order of fries just because I seemed extra-hungry. True, I could, and most likely would, just walk out, but, realistically, how many people are going to do boycott Amazon because of this? Will the average consumer even notice? I'm pretty sure that Amazon has more customers than just the slashdot crowd (I'm not saying that word doesn't get around, but I'm simplifying for the sake of argument:-)). Well, my rant-fuel is starting to run out, but I guess I've made my point, so I'll stop now, cuz I have a tendency to ramble and wander once I've said my piece.:-) Basically what I'm trying to say is: This probably isn't something we should just pass off as "oh, everyone else does it too, it's no biggie."
Thanks for bothering to read my humble, and probably misinformed, opinion. Correct me as necessary (but please be gentle).:-)
Tell your boss, since the filtering software blocks a once-useful productivity tool, he/she needs to spend a small fortune in translation software to enable you and your co-workers to do their jobs. Perhaps the prospect of having to actually spend some money may make them reconsider such strict blocking policies.:-)
I mean not disrespect to your post, as you are just as entitled to your opinion as I am (probably more so, considering I am still a minor;-)), but, it seems to me like this person (regardless of whatever ulterior motives may exist) seems to be trying to do something positive for the whole community. I, for one, think it is a good thing that there are people who see something that doesn't quite sit right, and they say "We need to do something about this before the mole has time to fortify the mountain." Certainly, if unworthy patents being handed out like candy is front-page material, someone trying to stop such things from happening is just as newsworthy. Maybe there have been other patents we could've stopped. Sure, there's the possiblity that this person may stand to gain personally, but there can be positive reprecussions throught the community. (I'm probably starting to get repetitive, so I'll stop now.:-)) It may or may not be "news for nerds", but, to plagarize on of the other replies here, it is "stuff that matters." Besides, who better to ask than the multi-faceted Slashdot crowd? If there's anybody out there who know a solution to this dilemma, they probably visit Slashdot.:-)
If all he finds are non-english speaking people.:-)
I don't mean to nit-pick at other people's choice of words, but I couldn't resist this time.:-)
I'm sure, despite the volunteer's superb mastery of the tongue-click language, it's gonna be a bit hard for him to translate the page if he can't understand the language that it's all ready in... and, I imagine it'd be a bit hard for him to communicate on the benovolent non-english-speaking people who wish to bestow there translatory (I know it's not a word, so what?;-)) powers upon the document, no?
Okay, okay, I'm dumb being stupid, I just felt a compelling urge to submitt an irreverent and vain attempt to be funny, so what if I'm not actually funny? I'll be good from now on...:-)
This probably won't get noticed, with the volume of posts this story is generated, but it never hurts to throw some ideas out there, does it?:-)
Anyways, so I was going through the comments for this story, and an idea suddenly struck me from outta the greyish-pink: What if Microsoft undertook a project like this? What I mean is, suppose, as a settlement for the whole anti-trust issue perhaps, Microsoft created an open-sourced version of Windows, instead of releasing the source-code to Windows. Obviously, this presents a multitude of implementation problems: microsoft would have to devise ways to keep the software fully compatible with windows while writing it in sucha a way that "protects" whatever secrets they are wanting to preserve that is keeping them from just releasing windows source in the first place.
Of course, the chances of a project like this being undertaken by Microsoft are none to negative, but, suppose they did decide to get the government off their backs by providing their own free alternative to windows (I guess they would need to add extra "features" to get people to buy their not-nearly-free versions), would it be possible, even for microsoft? Or, do you think, Microsoft only knows one way to write Windows, so it's either the same code, or no code? Do you think consumers would still buy the not-so-cheap "Windows Deluxe"? (The average consumer doesn't care much for source code, but prices certainly get their attention) Ok, one last question.:-) I know nothing of the legal implications of this, so is it do-able from a legal standpoint? Would the DOJ ever in a million years go for it?
All right, I think I'm done for now. That was quite a mouthfull (finger-full, I guess I should say).:-) One of two things will happen after I post this: it will either get lost in the sea of other posts and no one will see it, or someone else has all ready said this and I will be lambasted for my blantant lack of creativity. Oh well, I guess that's the price you pay for being a social animal.:-) (By the way, for those of you that happened to find it, and sat through my ravings, I humbly thank you for you time.:-))
Hrm.... So, does that mean I could assign root a different UID, and give a different username UID 0? Ya know, sorta set-up a "dummy root", as a security measure? Or is this not a feasible task? i.e., would this account function fully as root, or do some tasks expect the username "root"?
--Ricky
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Everyone's given reasons how this could work (and I'm not gonna tempt a redundancy moderation:-)), I just thought I'd chime in and say that I think it could work out quite nicely. I mean, considering the diversity and pretty much infinite possibilities of characters and worlds and what haven't you. I think they'll be plenty of people with enough curiosity (and originality) to diversify the population. Maybe they'll establish some sort of Jedi Council to keep the lightsabers in check.:-)
As long as they don't make major characters from the movies and make them playable, it should be okay. It would be cool to come across a Luke Skywalker NPC, but 100,000 Luke Skywalkers in every city would get old quickly.:-)
I have to admit, though, I wouldn't _mind_ being Boba Fett (if they twisted my arm, of course).:-)
Hrm... now to convince the parental units to pay the inevitable monthly access fee....
[Disclaimer: I admit that I have not yet read the article, I'm merely responding to the actual posting and not the article, as of yet, so I may be wrong.:-)]
Okay, well, a quick glance at the the blurb, and some of the discussion posts, it seems the jist (or interpreted just, as it may be) of the article is that sleep deprivation increases brain activity in certain areas, improving memory. Well, I don't know about the validity about that, but I read a while back about a study they did in England which found that lack of sleep lowers your IQ. I believe they said a week of inadequate sleep will lower your IQ by a point. I for one don't wanna just go around getting dumber by the day, I'm sure I haven't got too many spare IQ points laying around.:-) I recall them saying something about becoming borderline retarded as a result of insufficient sleep... not good, probably.:-)
Also, as I'm sure this has been mentioned a million times already. Sleep deprivation has seriously negative side effects on the body. The body uses sleep time to recuperate. Even geeks do enough physical activity to require some sort of rest.:-) You really can't make-up lost sleep either. People die from sleep deprivation... death generally has detrimental effects on your social life, so it's just a lose-lose situation, might as well sleep.:-)
I think the large volume of posts speaks for itself. (I haven't read them all of course, so I know not what all of them actually contain, but they still have power, so that's something). I mean, if there was a total loss of functionality in an entire city and everyone had gone Lord of the Flies, I don't think most people would be sitting here posting to Slashdot.... well, maybe I would, after my refigerator stopped attacking me.:-)
I say, may the powers that be moderate this puppy up a notch or two:-)> You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people none of the time, and all of the geeks & hackers.... what do you think this is, a fantasy world?:-)>
MS commissions a small band of hackers to attack Win2K code...
Clean, stable release of released, US productivity rises 200%...
Microsoft homepage and ordering sites Slashdotted...
A small cult in easter Wyoming, known only as Penguin's Cult, commits mass suicide. 400 geeks found floating in giant bowls of cyanide-laced kool-aid. The suicide reportedly coincides with the 2000th day of uptime for their massive Linux cluster which spans the compound...
Baroque: when you are out of Monet and don't have DeGauss to make the Van Gogh
Personally, I think page is cheeser than Chuck E., but, let's face it, it does have a few points.... but I digress, my real point is posting here was to question whether or not there was any effort put into this page. I mean, I've heard these "Do's & Don't's" (too many apostrophes?:-) ) a fair number of times already, some almost word-for-word. They didn't exactly have to wear their thinking caps for too long on that part. Also, who was the "web designer" who decided to go with the ultra-cool MS PowerPoint slide motif?:-) This pages (I saw two, so I'll admit it's an unfair assesment) couldn't have taken more than 30 mins, including time for uploading, typo correction, re-uploading. Ok, ok, I'll stop ranting and raving now....:-)
Slashdot Mirror
Hmm... Columbing doesn't seem to ring a bell... I'll do a search online and get back to you on that one ;-)
;-)
:-)
Now, Waco, I remember that one... just one thing... this faulty memory of mine... I don't remember anyone placing the blame for Waco on the video game industry of that time... rather than Wolfenstein, I'd say part of the violence at Waco was learned through, oh, I dunno, military/SWAT/etc. training... just a guess....
/me sits back and waits for cynicism levels to subside...
Ok, sorry about that, just had to get that out of my system...
but your Zero Wing refrences seem a bit forced. I've no problem with you trying to spice up your post a bit, but next time let's try and incorporate it a little better and make flow a bit more nicely, k? ;-)>
:-)>
Thanx
Ok, I'll try to restrain myself from excessive ranting here, but I've gotta say something.
Skimming over the replies to this, I see things like "the bible is just a dusty old book, it belongs on the shelf next to winnie the pooh, etc" (not direct quotes). Now, I know that anytime you bring up anything remotely religious, you're gonna take some flak, but I thought james here worded his post rather respectfully. He presented it, not as biblical fact, but as a different perspective to be taken into account. Whether or not he believes the bible to be true, he kept that to himself, and tried to stay objective. Mostly everyone who replied, however, immediately jumped on his back and ridiculed his input. Now, I don't know for certain, but I'm willing to go out on a limb and guess that most of posters are adults. Personally, I'm not even old enough to vote yet, so I don't know if you'll pay any attention to what I have to say, but it's kinda sad to see what are supposed to be some of the smarter folks out there (the geeks/nerds/hackers/techno-savy/and so on) reacting in sucha an ingnorant fashion. If he had quoted given a quote from The Matrix or [instert Sci-Fi movie/book here] he would've been lauded. Instead, he was ridiculed. Hopefully we can one day grow up and say "You know, you make a valid point. I don't buy into your belief system, but I can accept what you have to say for its sociological context. Now, here's what I have to add..."
Ok, I think I'm done......
It sometimes happens that, by the time I've searched for a song and decided who I want to download it from, that person has all ready logged off. The internet is incredibly dynamic, it would be difficult to publish a paper newsletter that would be sufficiently up to date to be as convenient as napster is now in its current incarnation. Of course, they could host the files on dedicated servers... but then that goes into different legal jurisdiction. :-)
I'm sorry, I should've posted a link to the slashback article for the sake of posterity. What wasn't I thinking? :-)
just after the slashback with Two Kernel Monte comes the announcement for a new kernel threatening to obliterate uptimes around the world. :-)
Well, I'm probably giving my a karma shot in the head, but oh well, making good posts never seemed to do me much good anyways, and a person needs to vent every once in a while. :-)
:-) In summary: Don't leave me hanging. :-)
:-)
Basically, I don't feel like my saying what's on my mind is doing any good on this site. Now, I don't post very often, because I don't want to simply post ill-informed and/or ignorant responses. When I do take the time to write up an opinion on something, however, it seems to go largely unnoticed. Considering this post which I am replying to is apparently the first of my last ten or so posts which have been glanced at by moderators (and I'll say nothing of the fact that I got a point taken off for being off-topic, when I was simply replying to the person replying to my original post... seems withing the rules of on-topicness to me...) and I hardly, if ever, get replies to my post (even less often worthwhile replies). No one likes talking to a while. I'm sure I'm not the only person who posts to interact with the other intelligent life-forms.
Okay... I think I finished blowing off steam... if I preview this, I probably won't go throgh posting it, so forgive the typos.
Thanks for your indulgence, I'll be good from now on.
I've been using it on my Windows box for over a year now, and I've not had any real problems (especially with the latest builds, the older releases did crash every now and then, but then again, so does explorer ;-)). I don't know what could be the cause of your printing problem, cuz I have never had any sort of difficulty printing things. And, as for file management, well, if you don't feel like going with any sort of third-party file manager, Windows Explorer works just fine under Linux.
:-)
:-)
If it's been a while, I suggest you go back and give it another chance. The right theme can actually enhance your user-experience. I'm not real big on VWMs (don't use 'em all that much in Linux either), but I find having things like amp controls and shortcuts quickly accessible immensely convenient. If you're forced to use Windows (like I am on occasion), might as well make the most of it. Besides, it never hurts to lend support to another Open Source project.
My. 2.0*10^-2 cents
what he probably meant to convey is that you can get it cleaned it as many times as you want, but you should clean it at least 3 times a year, and it'll basically pay for itself. :-)
The smallest things can make a big difference. I for one, would be a lot more happy at work if I could get free drinks (other than what's available at the water fountain :-)). I'm sure it can't cost all that much, but, to the person getting the drink, it makes a big psychological difference. Yeah, it's a matter of convenience, but it also shows that the company is thinking about its employees. You could at least lower the price on the soda machines... Do I hear 15 a soda? Hello? Anybody?... :-)
Don't most universities off high-speed, permanent connections to the internet? I don't know what sort of policies they have concerning servers though.
/me runs and hides :-)
If worse comes to worse, you can always just force them to buy iMacs. Sure, they'll be relatively useless, but at least they won't have floppy drives.
Well, here's my theory: spell it like it sounds :-) The meaning thereof is simple. As with most people, I say the "e" and the "mail" separately, so therefore, it seems logical to me to spell it "e-mail". It is not pronounced ehmale, is it? So why spell it "email" as though it were one continuous word? Well, that's what I think, at least... :-)
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On second thought, let's not go to Camelot, it's a silly place.
True, but I think the issue may be more a matter of how they're doing their "research", if that's what it really is. I mean, I understand companies have to make money, and prices are a dynamic thing--supply, demand, and how much people are willing to pay are all, of course, important factors in why companies charge what they do. However, if they want to determine what consumers are willing to pay, I'd much rather take a survey, for example, than be charged $5 (and arbitrary number, I'm not claiming that's what they're charging) more for a product they're willing to sell someone else for regular price. If they're willing to take the risk of changing their prices for a while to see if people are willing to pay and possibly losing money, that's one thing, but to isolate me and say "well, he really can't tell if this is what we are actually charging, let's see if he'll get it," is just a bit more sneaky than I'd like to deal with. In a sense, they'd be charging me to do their research quietly for them. Sounds like a pretty unfair deal to me.
:-))
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And another thing (slightly veering from the topic at hand), if they were simply mis-priced, is Amazon willing to refund those whose purchases were "accidentally" priced higher? If you're conducting market research and you're trying to keep it on the down-low, that's one thing, but once you're caught, you should at least be able to admit it. (I realize that saying you're changing prices interferes with the results of the "what people are willing to pay" test, but it's not like people don't know something's going on now anyways. Would it do Milli Vanilli and good to claim now that they really were singing?
**DISCLAIMER: I don't actually shop Amazon, all hypothesis contained herein are based of theoretical and hypothetical conclusions.
While you certainly present a valid point, but there seems to be a difference between the way traditional "brick-and-mortar" stores change their pricing and what Amazon is doing. True, stores change their prices on a regular basis, and they often want to charge more for products that are all ready popular. However, stores generally do this based on market trends or whatever they use, they do not change the prices for individual consumers. From what I understand, and correct me if I'm wrong, that's what Amazon is doing to cause all this fuss. They change the prices on individuals based on their buying habits. I don't think anybody expects Amazon, or any other company for that matter, to always charge the exact same price, however, most people don't like the idea that they're being charged more for something than the next person. I for one would be pretty upset if I walked into McDonalds and they decided to charge me $10 for a small order of fries just because I seemed extra-hungry. True, I could, and most likely would, just walk out, but, realistically, how many people are going to do boycott Amazon because of this? Will the average consumer even notice? I'm pretty sure that Amazon has more customers than just the slashdot crowd (I'm not saying that word doesn't get around, but I'm simplifying for the sake of argument :-)). Well, my rant-fuel is starting to run out, but I guess I've made my point, so I'll stop now, cuz I have a tendency to ramble and wander once I've said my piece. :-) Basically what I'm trying to say is: This probably isn't something we should just pass off as "oh, everyone else does it too, it's no biggie."
:-)
Thanks for bothering to read my humble, and probably misinformed, opinion. Correct me as necessary (but please be gentle).
Tell your boss, since the filtering software blocks a once-useful productivity tool, he/she needs to spend a small fortune in translation software to enable you and your co-workers to do their jobs. Perhaps the prospect of having to actually spend some money may make them reconsider such strict blocking policies. :-)
I mean not disrespect to your post, as you are just as entitled to your opinion as I am (probably more so, considering I am still a minor ;-)), but, it seems to me like this person (regardless of whatever ulterior motives may exist) seems to be trying to do something positive for the whole community. I, for one, think it is a good thing that there are people who see something that doesn't quite sit right, and they say "We need to do something about this before the mole has time to fortify the mountain." Certainly, if unworthy patents being handed out like candy is front-page material, someone trying to stop such things from happening is just as newsworthy. Maybe there have been other patents we could've stopped. Sure, there's the possiblity that this person may stand to gain personally, but there can be positive reprecussions throught the community. (I'm probably starting to get repetitive, so I'll stop now. :-)) It may or may not be "news for nerds", but, to plagarize on of the other replies here, it is "stuff that matters." Besides, who better to ask than the multi-faceted Slashdot crowd? If there's anybody out there who know a solution to this dilemma, they probably visit Slashdot. :-)
--Ricky
If all he finds are non-english speaking people. :-)
:-)
;-)) powers upon the document, no?
:-)
I don't mean to nit-pick at other people's choice of words, but I couldn't resist this time.
I'm sure, despite the volunteer's superb mastery of the tongue-click language, it's gonna be a bit hard for him to translate the page if he can't understand the language that it's all ready in... and, I imagine it'd be a bit hard for him to communicate on the benovolent non-english-speaking people who wish to bestow there translatory (I know it's not a word, so what?
Okay, okay, I'm dumb being stupid, I just felt a compelling urge to submitt an irreverent and vain attempt to be funny, so what if I'm not actually funny? I'll be good from now on...
This probably won't get noticed, with the volume of posts this story is generated, but it never hurts to throw some ideas out there, does it? :-)
:-) I know nothing of the legal implications of this, so is it do-able from a legal standpoint? Would the DOJ ever in a million years go for it?
:-) One of two things will happen after I post this: it will either get lost in the sea of other posts and no one will see it, or someone else has all ready said this and I will be lambasted for my blantant lack of creativity. Oh well, I guess that's the price you pay for being a social animal. :-) :-))
Anyways, so I was going through the comments for this story, and an idea suddenly struck me from outta the greyish-pink: What if Microsoft undertook a project like this? What I mean is, suppose, as a settlement for the whole anti-trust issue perhaps, Microsoft created an open-sourced version of Windows, instead of releasing the source-code to Windows. Obviously, this presents a multitude of implementation problems: microsoft would have to devise ways to keep the software fully compatible with windows while writing it in sucha a way that "protects" whatever secrets they are wanting to preserve that is keeping them from just releasing windows source in the first place.
Of course, the chances of a project like this being undertaken by Microsoft are none to negative, but, suppose they did decide to get the government off their backs by providing their own free alternative to windows (I guess they would need to add extra "features" to get people to buy their not-nearly-free versions), would it be possible, even for microsoft? Or, do you think, Microsoft only knows one way to write Windows, so it's either the same code, or no code? Do you think consumers would still buy the not-so-cheap "Windows Deluxe"? (The average consumer doesn't care much for source code, but prices certainly get their attention) Ok, one last question.
All right, I think I'm done for now. That was quite a mouthfull (finger-full, I guess I should say).
(By the way, for those of you that happened to find it, and sat through my ravings, I humbly thank you for you time.
Take care!
--Ricky
Hrm....
So, does that mean I could assign root a different UID, and give a different username UID 0? Ya know, sorta set-up a "dummy root", as a security measure? Or is this not a feasible task? i.e., would this account function fully as root, or do some tasks expect the username "root"?
--Ricky
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My mommy told me never to take my sig out in public.
Everyone's given reasons how this could work (and I'm not gonna tempt a redundancy moderation :-)), I just thought I'd chime in and say that I think it could work out quite nicely. I mean, considering the diversity and pretty much infinite possibilities of characters and worlds and what haven't you. I think they'll be plenty of people with enough curiosity (and originality) to diversify the population. Maybe they'll establish some sort of Jedi Council to keep the lightsabers in check. :-)
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As long as they don't make major characters from the movies and make them playable, it should be okay. It would be cool to come across a Luke Skywalker NPC, but 100,000 Luke Skywalkers in every city would get old quickly.
I have to admit, though, I wouldn't _mind_ being Boba Fett (if they twisted my arm, of course).
Hrm... now to convince the parental units to pay the inevitable monthly access fee....
[Disclaimer: I admit that I have not yet read the article, I'm merely responding to the actual posting and not the article, as of yet, so I may be wrong. :-)]
:-) I recall them saying something about becoming borderline retarded as a result of insufficient sleep... not good, probably. :-)
:-) You really can't make-up lost sleep either. People die from sleep deprivation... death generally has detrimental effects on your social life, so it's just a lose-lose situation, might as well sleep. :-)
Okay, well, a quick glance at the the blurb, and some of the discussion posts, it seems the jist (or interpreted just, as it may be) of the article is that sleep deprivation increases brain activity in certain areas, improving memory. Well, I don't know about the validity about that, but I read a while back about a study they did in England which found that lack of sleep lowers your IQ. I believe they said a week of inadequate sleep will lower your IQ by a point. I for one don't wanna just go around getting dumber by the day, I'm sure I haven't got too many spare IQ points laying around.
Also, as I'm sure this has been mentioned a million times already. Sleep deprivation has seriously negative side effects on the body. The body uses sleep time to recuperate. Even geeks do enough physical activity to require some sort of rest.
--Ricky
I think the large volume of posts speaks for itself. (I haven't read them all of course, so I know not what all of them actually contain, but they still have power, so that's something). I mean, if there was a total loss of functionality in an entire city and everyone had gone Lord of the Flies, I don't think most people would be sitting here posting to Slashdot.... well, maybe I would, after my refigerator stopped attacking me. :-)
I say, may the powers that be moderate this puppy up a notch or two :-)> :-)>
You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people none of the time, and all of the geeks & hackers.... what do you think this is, a fantasy world?
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I post, therefore I'm spammed.
MS commissions a small band of hackers to attack Win2K code...
Clean, stable release of released, US productivity rises 200%...
Microsoft homepage and ordering sites Slashdotted...
A small cult in easter Wyoming, known only as Penguin's Cult, commits mass suicide. 400 geeks found floating in giant bowls of cyanide-laced kool-aid. The suicide reportedly coincides with the 2000th day of uptime for their massive Linux cluster which spans the compound...
Baroque: when you are out of Monet and don't have DeGauss to make the Van Gogh
Personally, I think page is cheeser than Chuck E., but, let's face it, it does have a few points.... but I digress, my real point is posting here was to question whether or not there was any effort put into this page. I mean, I've heard these "Do's & Don't's" (too many apostrophes? :-) ) a fair number of times already, some almost word-for-word. They didn't exactly have to wear their thinking caps for too long on that part. Also, who was the "web designer" who decided to go with the ultra-cool MS PowerPoint slide motif? :-) This pages (I saw two, so I'll admit it's an unfair assesment) couldn't have taken more than 30 mins, including time for uploading, typo correction, re-uploading. Ok, ok, I'll stop ranting and raving now.... :-)
Anyways, that's my 2E-2 of US currency...