It seems to me that they should just release it as a bootable floppy with an extreeeeemly pared-down linux/X configuration. Could this be done on just one or two floppies?
Forgot to mention that I really love the bit about never being denied a book. If I ever have a child, that rule will be applied in force! 'Til then, nieces beware...
Nobody really knows what Slashdot is, 'cause whatever it is, it's the first of it's kind.
It didn't pop out of no where, of course.
Slashdot is the latest and by far the MOST EFFECTIVE culmonation of a variety of net/news/chat phenomena that have grown and mutated over the past 10-15 years.
Slashdot is a break-through, much larger than the sum of its parts.
Who was it that said "People don't need computers!"...?
Who knows what applications/scenarios might arise to take advantage of a new scenario in which all computers (even lowly consumer ones) are *assumed* to have the ability to serve web-pages?
Keep in mind Microsoft's 'insider advantage' in terms of integrating new/little-known features of IE, Office and god knows whatall else with this new standard capability.
And may I express my profound gratitude and admiration for Hemos' generous promise of fiscal goodwill towards the Foreskin Institute, an institution of vital import to our future and to the future of free-thinking, technologically-oriented uncircumsized males everywhere.
Nowhere near as horrible as I expected. The messages were all quite tame. Childish and inane to be sure, but par for the course for *any* polarized subject of Internet discourse.
An interesting tactic on the part of MS / Mindcraft, to post the vitriolic replies. Futile, but interesting.
Funny bit is, by calling attention to it on Slashdot, a much larger portion of the Internet Community will now be aware of it. You know, all those media types who peruse/. to keep their fingers on the bleeding edge and all that. FUD fodder.
Nice move Mindcraft!
Still futile, though ; )
Carry on, people. Nothing to see here. That's it, keep moving. Nose to the Grindstone an' all that. Jolly good!
Use all the filtering you want, just don't call it "Public Internet Access". Call it "The Anytown Library's Computerized Information System" or whatever.
Filtering porn in Public Libraries shouldn't *have* to be legislated, it should be common sense.
The only exercise most American's get is the twice-daily trot between the front steps to the car door.
When not working, most Americans are at home watching TV. The only thing that can distract us from the sparkly moving colors on the screen is the growling of our own stomachs. These gastric tantrums can only be kept at bay by a steady stream of starch and lard-based food items. In many cases, you can substitute the TV with a computer screen and attain similar results.
Come to America! Join us!
You'll adjust in no time, and soon have your own couch creaking like a frigate on the high seas.
How 'bout a 2nd 'mouse' which is really just a small cluster of programmable keys, allowing you to perform 2-handed mouse/kybd manipulations (ala quake +mlook) without using the actual keyboard.
I know, it's yet another piece of crap to clutter up the desk. Maybe a footswitch to toggle the mouse between 2/3d?
I see memes in terms of what I believe to be their negative affects, ie; jealousy, racism, religious fervor, nationalist fervor, and such.
When one is in the grip of a 'memetic virus', the idea or concept is all-consuming. If you've ever had a 'crush' on someone you know what I mean.
Personable religious and political leaders exercise tried and true methods to spread their own ideas at the expense of others.
Signs, symbols, slogans and propaganda are all methods of spreading and reinforcing the effects of a particular meme.
What makes some memes more likely to 'catch' than others? The same things, in a sense, that make us more likely to catch a cold; weakness, fatigue, exposure and whatnot.
Armed forces, cults, religions, Alcoholics Anonymous, whatever, all focus initially on getting new recruits to break down emotionally to the point where they are convinced that they lack the ability to direct their own lives. At this point, the memetic virus enters to fill the gap. The host is given new strength in return for utter reliance upon the new virus.
This is perhaps not always a bad thing, but certainly something to watch out for.
I couldn't agree more with Brin regarding Anakin's mom. Why was she left behind to remain a slave when she could have easily boarded the ship with the rest and left? Honor? Don't make me laugh.
Yoda looked horrible and made little sense, babbling on about how much 'fear' he saw in the boy, which was of course supposed to be an ominous foreshadowing of Anakin's 'fall' in the future. Why wasn't this 'fear' somehow expressed by the actor/character? All we see is the dorky, 2-dimensional California whiz-brat, without a trace of depth or conflict to be seen.
All over, the movie suffers from a nauseating blend of mega-budget-over-production and bad script writing. No where, is the slightest risk taken or the closest boundary even approached.
"Great effects!"
So what?
Without a good story its all just pops and buzzes.
"Lighten up," you say. "It's just a movie! It's a kid's movie!" Fsck that. "The Sound of Music" was 'just a kids movie' and yet will retain an awesome depth and power for viewers of all ages for as long as a medium exists with which to view it.
Bottom Line:
With all the talent and resources Lucas had at his beck and call, he should have turned out a real gem.
Lucas got lucky (and deservedly rich) with Star Wars, but don't mistake him for a real director.
Linux is the New Java
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Linux is giving (quite literally) manufacturers and developers everything that Java promised but never delivered.
In most other countries/cultures, an actor or actress may spend an entire lifetime playing one character, or one type of character. These actors are highly respected and dearly loved.
Examples? Ain't got none. But my cousin's mother's uncle's favorite taxi-driver's beautician's saimese-twin nieces told me so.
But really, didn't Linus develop the original linux kernel because he wanted an inexpensive way to learn/hack UNIX? It's UNIX enough that you really don't HAVE to buy a Linux book, although it's different enough that it's certainly a good idea.
SETI@home should consider NOT posting ANY user/team related stats publicly. Situations like this, wherein one can get his or her "name in lights" INVITE DISASTER.
Seti@home probably posts these statistics in the hope of generating a spirit of competiton in order to get more people involved. Understandable but unnecessary. Let those who wish to contribute do so for their own reasons. Your pool of players may shrink considerably, but the quality of the players will rise dramatically.
Remove the "game" aspect of it and you'll rid yourselves of most of those who seek only to play games.
Post only the most fundamental overall statistics, to give contributors an overall idea of how much work is getting done.
When you believe that 'Contact' has actually been established, THEN you can say who processed the data in question, when, where and so on.
I think they're referring to 'cheating' in the sense of 'team slashdot' utilizing the slashdot effect to gain the lead. They shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, is what I think. They should admit "Wow! We weren't ready for that kind of response! But give us some time and we will be...". They should be grateful that this resource pool is being offered to them.
Slashdot Mirror
It seems to me that they should just release it as a bootable floppy with an extreeeeemly pared-down linux/X configuration. Could this be done on just one or two floppies?
I say head back to Wall Mount for more!
Forgot to mention that I really love the bit about never being denied a book. If I ever have a child, that rule will be applied in force! 'Til then, nieces beware...
Well said and insightful. Reads like a bio for Lara Croft (sp?)!
slashdot is an overgrown chat room
Nobody really knows what Slashdot is, 'cause whatever it is, it's the first of it's kind.
It didn't pop out of no where, of course.
Slashdot is the latest and by far the MOST EFFECTIVE culmonation of a variety of net/news/chat phenomena that have grown and mutated over the past 10-15 years.
Slashdot is a break-through, much larger than the sum of its parts.
people don't need web servers on their desktop
Potentially dangerous assumption.
Who was it that said "People don't need computers!"...?
Who knows what applications/scenarios might arise to take advantage of a new scenario in which all computers (even lowly consumer ones) are *assumed* to have the ability to serve web-pages?
Keep in mind Microsoft's 'insider advantage' in terms of integrating new/little-known features of IE, Office and god knows whatall else with this new standard capability.
A band can release mp3's as bait and then offer higher-quality recordings on the format of their choice.
CD
Vinyl
8-track
Edison Wax Cylinder
Whatever
And may I express my profound gratitude and admiration for Hemos' generous promise of fiscal goodwill towards the Foreskin Institute, an institution of vital import to our future and to the future of free-thinking, technologically-oriented uncircumsized males everywhere.
Eh? What's that?
Oh.
Oh dear.
Scratch that.
I always used to love the default color ANSI with Slackware, and was DISTRESSED upon loading RedHat to find the eye-numbing b&w text on screen.
Then I discovered the miracle of "alias ls='ls --color'" and now everything's okay.
But then again, now I'm using Suse 6.0!
I could really use a shit-driven laptop when I'm out in the field. Give me a shit-driven cel phone and I'll be one happy-ass mofo!
Nowhere near as horrible as I expected. The messages were all quite tame. Childish and inane to be sure, but par for the course for *any* polarized subject of Internet discourse.
/. to keep their fingers on the bleeding edge and all that. FUD fodder.
An interesting tactic on the part of MS / Mindcraft, to post the vitriolic replies. Futile, but interesting.
Funny bit is, by calling attention to it on Slashdot, a much larger portion of the Internet Community will now be aware of it. You know, all those media types who peruse
Nice move Mindcraft!
Still futile, though ; )
Carry on, people. Nothing to see here. That's it, keep moving. Nose to the Grindstone an' all that. Jolly good!
"W2K will BEAT Linux"
Don't forget how quickly Linux has gone from being a non-entity/media joke to being something that now has to be 'beaten' by Microsoft.
Fsking amazing!
Keep Going!
Use all the filtering you want, just don't call it "Public Internet Access". Call it "The Anytown Library's Computerized Information System" or whatever.
Filtering porn in Public Libraries shouldn't *have* to be legislated, it should be common sense.
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Cars and TV.
The only exercise most American's get is the twice-daily trot between the front steps to the car door.
When not working, most Americans are at home watching TV. The only thing that can distract us from the sparkly moving colors on the screen is the growling of our own stomachs. These gastric tantrums can only be kept at bay by a steady stream of starch and lard-based food items. In many cases, you can substitute the TV with a computer screen and attain similar results.
Come to America! Join us!
You'll adjust in no time, and soon have your own couch creaking like a frigate on the high seas.
How 'bout a 2nd 'mouse' which is really just a small cluster of programmable keys, allowing you to perform 2-handed mouse/kybd manipulations (ala quake +mlook) without using the actual keyboard.
I know, it's yet another piece of crap to clutter up the desk. Maybe a footswitch to toggle the mouse between 2/3d?
I see memes in terms of what I believe to be their negative affects, ie; jealousy, racism, religious fervor, nationalist fervor, and such.
When one is in the grip of a 'memetic virus', the idea or concept is all-consuming. If you've ever had a 'crush' on someone you know what I mean.
Personable religious and political leaders exercise tried and true methods to spread their own ideas at the expense of others.
Signs, symbols, slogans and propaganda are all methods of spreading and reinforcing the effects of a particular meme.
What makes some memes more likely to 'catch' than others? The same things, in a sense, that make us more likely to catch a cold; weakness, fatigue, exposure and whatnot.
Armed forces, cults, religions, Alcoholics Anonymous, whatever, all focus initially on getting new recruits to break down emotionally to the point where they are convinced that they lack the ability to direct their own lives. At this point, the memetic virus enters to fill the gap. The host is given new strength in return for utter reliance upon the new virus.
This is perhaps not always a bad thing, but certainly something to watch out for.
I couldn't agree more with Brin regarding Anakin's mom. Why was she left behind to remain a slave when she could have easily boarded the ship with the rest and left? Honor? Don't make me laugh.
Yoda looked horrible and made little sense, babbling on about how much 'fear' he saw in the boy, which was of course supposed to be an ominous foreshadowing of Anakin's 'fall' in the future. Why wasn't this 'fear' somehow expressed by the actor/character? All we see is the dorky, 2-dimensional California whiz-brat, without a trace of depth or conflict to be seen.
All over, the movie suffers from a nauseating blend of mega-budget-over-production and bad script writing. No where, is the slightest risk taken or the closest boundary even approached.
"Great effects!"
So what?
Without a good story its all just pops and buzzes.
"Lighten up," you say. "It's just a movie! It's a kid's movie!" Fsck that. "The Sound of Music" was 'just a kids movie' and yet will retain an awesome depth and power for viewers of all ages for as long as a medium exists with which to view it.
Bottom Line:
With all the talent and resources Lucas had at his beck and call, he should have turned out a real gem.
Lucas got lucky (and deservedly rich) with Star Wars, but don't mistake him for a real director.
Linux is giving (quite literally) manufacturers and developers everything that Java promised but never delivered.
Full-blown desk-top OS? Fine.
Thin-client workstation? Fine.
Embedded hardware/software/os combo? Fine.
It works and the price is right. This is just the beginning.
Wacky!
...is the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
In most other countries/cultures, an actor or actress may spend an entire lifetime playing one character, or one type of character. These actors are highly respected and dearly loved.
Examples? Ain't got none. But my cousin's mother's uncle's favorite taxi-driver's beautician's saimese-twin nieces told me so.
(-_-)
Sorry 'bout that. Just feeling contrarian.
But really, didn't Linus develop the original linux kernel because he wanted an inexpensive way to learn/hack UNIX? It's UNIX enough that you really don't HAVE to buy a Linux book, although it's different enough that it's certainly a good idea.
MY ADVICE: Fart Proudly.
SETI@home should consider NOT posting ANY user/team related stats publicly. Situations like this, wherein one can get his or her "name in lights" INVITE DISASTER.
Seti@home probably posts these statistics in the hope of generating a spirit of competiton in order to get more people involved. Understandable but unnecessary. Let those who wish to contribute do so for their own reasons. Your pool of players may shrink considerably, but the quality of the players will rise dramatically.
Remove the "game" aspect of it and you'll rid yourselves of most of those who seek only to play games.
Post only the most fundamental overall statistics, to give contributors an overall idea of how much work is getting done.
When you believe that 'Contact' has actually been established, THEN you can say who processed the data in question, when, where and so on.
I think they're referring to 'cheating' in the sense of 'team slashdot' utilizing the slashdot effect to gain the lead. They shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, is what I think. They should admit "Wow! We weren't ready for that kind of response! But give us some time and we will be...". They should be grateful that this resource pool is being offered to them.