I'm a bit miffed by his answer as well but I can understand how it went wrong. Alton is probably pretty busy (like most celebrity types) and frankly couldn't spend the time researchiing a proper answer to the poster's question.
Where he went wrong, IMHO, is that he simply dismissed the poster instead of just saying, "Wow, I have no freaking idea how that could be done and I would love to see it in action."
Ooh, looks like the zealots are out in full force today! Two Flamebaits in less than 10 minutes! Wow! What an honest and open group of people. I can feel the sense of "community" already.
Losers... Go hug your Mozilla plush toy and stop trying to squash the opposite point of view.
Touchy... Yes, you are right, I have an IQ of 70. All people who aren't Linux desktop zealots must have low IQ's right?
> There's been a lot of progress since "years ago" when you left....
Etc, etc. I'm well aware of many of these improvements. I do read Slashdot you know. I am also a Linux user, just not on the desktop. All these individual, fragmented improvements do little for someone that either:
a) Isn't capable of digesting, configuring, upgrading etc on their own
-or-
b) Doesn't have someone readily available to do it for them.
> Linux is NOT lagging in this area, nor, indeed, in any other aspect of desktop usability.
ROFL! You're kidding right? No, I forgot, you're just a zealot... Please, I'm sure you'll get little agreement on this attempt at absolution.
I just can't get over the fact that the year is 2002 and a story like this actually is a big deal for Linux desktop zealots!
Of course, because something seemingly basic and implied in a GUI, decent cross-application fonts, is nothing short of mind numbingly difficult to pull off for your average user (read Grandma)
Atrociously ugly web pages in Netscape 4 is what made me give up on Linux as a desktop years ago and I haven't looked back.
Mind you I still run my business off a Redhat server, but my desktop is, well, a desktop oriented OS.
I'm running WinXP and I've also run Win2K. They're both stable, period. I have *never* had a blue screen with XP and can count on one hand the times I had one with Win2K.
Face it you zealots, the stabilty argument went out the window (pun intended) with WinME. It's over now so quit your childish outbreaks.
Nope, the spam is pretty much indiscriminate. I get these mailings for domains I have registered through OenSRS and eNom that have never been registered with VeriSpam.
While I will agree that there are a significant number of people in these fields that meet your description, your assumption of 90% is way off base.
Perhaps the biggest mistake you make is in the assumption that anyone who teaches or manages or serves in the military (or serves others period) is somehow inferior because they could be making more on the outside. Bzzzt! Wrong!
Bear in mind that some people (thankfully enough people, and apparently not you) are interested in serving something more than themselves and are happy, yes happy to do it for less money and power than they could earn by serving themselves.
Having considered some biometric login applications in the past (yet to implement) I can say that at least in my environment, the driving force behind biometrics is not to make a system more secure but instead to make it easier to use.
Allowing thousands of users to login with a fingerprint could theoretically make life much easier for the end users as well front line client support, especially if a form of single signon is implemented alongside the biometrics.
As scary as that is and as much as I would hate it, it is thankfully not the case. Eowyn's part has already been cast and is confimred on the official website.
BTW here is the link to my review of FOTR, which details my gripes and likes nicely:
To rephrase, I am basically OK with the romantic stuff, but her replacement of Glorfindel (not to mention the general borking of the ford scene) is more than I can condone.
Slashdot Mirror
(Anyone else as frustrated by this as I am?)
Uhm no... Adult Swim rules!
What Dinosaurs? Excuse me, where are the Dinosaurs in the Bible? Well, which one is it, are we listening to the Bible or not?
Dinosuars are in the Bible.
Well, the Bible may not mention rings (that I know of) but the effects sure sound alot like this which is in the Bible.
I'm a bit miffed by his answer as well but I can understand how it went wrong. Alton is probably pretty busy (like most celebrity types) and frankly couldn't spend the time researchiing a proper answer to the poster's question.
Where he went wrong, IMHO, is that he simply dismissed the poster instead of just saying, "Wow, I have no freaking idea how that could be done and I would love to see it in action."
Ooh, looks like the zealots are out in full force today! Two Flamebaits in less than 10 minutes! Wow! What an honest and open group of people. I can feel the sense of "community" already.
Losers... Go hug your Mozilla plush toy and stop trying to squash the opposite point of view.
> OK, you're an idiot. But you knew that, right?
Touchy... Yes, you are right, I have an IQ of 70. All people who aren't Linux desktop zealots must have low IQ's right?
> There's been a lot of progress since "years ago" when you left....
Etc, etc. I'm well aware of many of these improvements. I do read Slashdot you know. I am also a Linux user, just not on the desktop. All these individual, fragmented improvements do little for someone that either:
a) Isn't capable of digesting, configuring, upgrading etc on their own
-or-
b) Doesn't have someone readily available to do it for them.
> Linux is NOT lagging in this area, nor, indeed, in any other aspect of desktop usability.
ROFL! You're kidding right? No, I forgot, you're just a zealot... Please, I'm sure you'll get little agreement on this attempt at absolution.
I just can't get over the fact that the year is 2002 and a story like this actually is a big deal for Linux desktop zealots!
Of course, because something seemingly basic and implied in a GUI, decent cross-application fonts, is nothing short of mind numbingly difficult to pull off for your average user (read Grandma)
Atrociously ugly web pages in Netscape 4 is what made me give up on Linux as a desktop years ago and I haven't looked back.
Mind you I still run my business off a Redhat server, but my desktop is, well, a desktop oriented OS.
I'm running WinXP and I've also run Win2K. They're both stable, period. I have *never* had a blue screen with XP and can count on one hand the times I had one with Win2K.
Face it you zealots, the stabilty argument went out the window (pun intended) with WinME. It's over now so quit your childish outbreaks.
"Will I ever get the bang for my MS buck?"
Duh... it's already patched. Showed up as an automatic update on my PC yesterday!
Yea, I'd say I get enough bang for my buck.
You know this gets me thinking...
PowerWheels technology has come a long way. You can now purchase one of the "New Beetles" for a mere $150!
Why aren't we using them for cheap public transportation?
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Fine, but that doesn't mean that there's a problem with .US domains, but rather with the DNS service that their registrar is providing.
Excuse me, but what do problems with your DNS have to do with the .US registry?
.US domains I registered through eNom that work fine thank you very much. I have edited the DNS that eNom provides without issue.
Once your nameserver records are in place, how well your DNS works is dependant on whoever provides your DNS, not the registry.
I have a number of
Justin
Nope, the spam is pretty much indiscriminate. I get these mailings for domains I have registered through OenSRS and eNom that have never been registered with VeriSpam.
Given the verification requirements and assuming limited resources for follow up in third world countries...
.PRO are belong to.US
All your
Hello???
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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/02/technology/02SU
Nothing special here. It's just a thin client.
Justin
While I will agree that there are a significant number of people in these fields that meet your description, your assumption of 90% is way off base.
Perhaps the biggest mistake you make is in the assumption that anyone who teaches or manages or serves in the military (or serves others period) is somehow inferior because they could be making more on the outside. Bzzzt! Wrong!
Bear in mind that some people (thankfully enough people, and apparently not you) are interested in serving something more than themselves and are happy, yes happy to do it for less money and power than they could earn by serving themselves.
Mellow out for a moment and meditate on that one.
Regards,
Justin McMichael
Having considered some biometric login applications in the past (yet to implement) I can say that at least in my environment, the driving force behind biometrics is not to make a system more secure but instead to make it easier to use.
Allowing thousands of users to login with a fingerprint could theoretically make life much easier for the end users as well front line client support, especially if a form of single signon is implemented alongside the biometrics.
Justin McMichael
I got my haircut last week. This brings my haircut to verion 8.2.3.1.7.2.5.4.312.5.6.43243.3
Oh boy!
Kudos to those involved for hosting a site that can stand up to an all out ./ so well...
Regards,
Justin McMichael
As scary as that is and as much as I would hate it, it is thankfully not the case. Eowyn's part has already been cast and is confimred on the official website.
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BTW here is the link to my review of FOTR, which details my gripes and likes nicely:
http://theonering.net/movie/reviews/review.php?id
Justin
ehh.. they could have kept the romance and introduced her at Rivendel.
To rephrase, I am basically OK with the romantic stuff, but her replacement of Glorfindel (not to mention the general borking of the ford scene) is more than I can condone.
My biggest nag is the lack of Glorfindel and his replacement/expansion by Arwen. The ford scene was totally borked in my opinion.
Justin
Perhaps they will have the option of "un" expanding Arwen's role... ech.. ;-)
Justin