But, given recent/. events, I expect to see main thread posts from you in the near future, taking four printed pages to explain an idea that could have been posted in the space of three paras initially, thus stopping us from participating in an interactive discussion. Soon you can party with Jon Katz and bore many people in person. I long for that day...
ROTFL. You don't see yourself running into a certain amount of trouble using this classification system? Ever seen an essay? At least the typical absence of dialogue will stop you mistaking it for a play, I guess...
for a magazine it's 4 to 20 columns; for online it's two to four brief paragraphs unless you are a zine.
...For online it's far too early to tell...
In answer to your questions, I was trying to boil this down to a simplistic level. My point being that online is defined by the average user's readable screen area. Although some fanatics insist on using 21 inch screens with 6 point fonts, most people basically can see 70 to 80 characters per line, for 24-32 lines of usable screen. Which means two to three paras is ideal.
I've been doing online for three decades now, and the format is much the same, although we now have some minor improvements. A writer who fails to adapt his craft to the requirments of the medium, is average at best, and mediocre more likely than not.
And essays don't pay the rent, lest one is already known for one's work and commands six figures per book. Which is less than 1 percent of all writers who have multiple publications to their credit.
Personally, I find writing database programs far more lucrative than writing, though less rewarding.
nobody in congress is gonna lose sleep over what these monkeys say.
For every voter who sends an email with name, address, zip, and phone number, a congressmember figures there are hundreds of pissed-off voters in his district. And if the people who send it mention that they are the new wave of Linux IPO geekdom, he's sweating bullets that their cash will find it's way to his opponents. Voters vote, lobbyists are only good for cash, voters with cash who will talk to their friends and write letters to the editor are people you want on your side.
It's better to send a snail mail letter, hand written, or a postcard (20 cents) you find in a coffee shop, because that's worth thousands of voters. If you picked up those free postcards in a coffee shop and got ten friends to send in postcards that just said "We think that permitting the media monopoly in DeCSS by foreign companies is so bad for the US that we'll give money to your opponent" - now that's POWER!
And I've been on the Exec Board for my District and my County, as well as many activist orgs, so I know how effective it is.
We used to fill up 100MB for hours back in 95
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Cheap Gigabit Ether
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Seriously, I've used FoxPro for Windows running with Novell and saturated a 100MB backbone with only 40 users, back in 1995.
Yes, we need more front-end piping, like full-scale DSL (1440), but an overtaxed server is no fun for anyone, especially with old apps that don't execute server-side but push all the bits across the Network.
This is good news, $99 for Gigabit Ethernet - we need more of this!
Now, what I'd like to see is Earthworm Jim cameos in the movie.
Agreed! And then we can port Earthworm Jim from Windows to Linux!
Musn't forget the catfight between American Maid and Princess Whatshername.
Sorry, but that's not American Maid's style. The Princess, maybe, but not American Maid. Now a brief aside by Jon Katz's character in The Tick about a catfight between American Maid and Princess Whatshername, that I could believe. Or maybe, Jon going on four two minutes while The Tick and Arthur doze off - that would be the best in-joke...
Now, what I'd like to see is Earthworm Jim cameos in the movie.
Agreed! And then we can port Earthworm Jim from Windows to Linux!
Musn't forget the catfight between American Maid and Princess Whatshername.
Sorry, but that's not American Maid's style. The Princess, maybe, but not American Maid. Now a brief aside by Jon Katz's character in The Tick about a catfight between American Maid and Princess Whatshername, that I could believe. Or maybe, Jon going on four two minutes while The Tick and Arthur doze off - that would be the best in-joke...
Remember that Katz wasn't always in the online media, the guy writes books for Pete's sake.
Hey, I've been a writer and I've even won awards for some things. Each medium is different - for a play, the dialogue is the thing; for a poem, a well crafted phrase; for a short story, brevity but multiple pages; for a magazine it's 4 to 20 columns; for online it's two to four brief paragraphs unless you are a zine.
Face it, everyone's just blowing off steam, but none of the posters are proposing we do anything about it.
It's time to stop whining and start winning...
So, if every/. were to email their congressmember and their senators and the VP and Pres (and equivalents in the rest of the Free World (TM)), this would change now.
Don't yell at them, do give your name and address and phone number (or the filtering software will block it as spam), and ask, politely, that they promote free trade for US musicians and people who need to have DVD for Linux systems, in other words, the real engines of the economy who are creating the real jobs in the US and the rest of the world. Tell them to ask that illegal monopolistic practices of this trade association controlled mostly by Japanese and other Asian corporations are harming your ability to donate money to their political campaigns when you IPO.
Can MS be expected to exploit these high-profile DoS attacks to promote its own products and blame its major competitors?
Yup.
To find out the truth as to whether this is a plot by Bill G, just follow the money. If most of the companies affected belong to him/MSFT, then it isn't MSFT. If most don't have large chunks owned by MSFT, then it probably isn't him/MSFT.
Unless he's willing to burn some investments to win the total war...
Face it, we are the problem. It's not Win95 or Win98 users who have the brights or the patience to plan out something like this - it's probably one of us. Not a highly trained technogeek, but one who has been exposed to the inner truths of the Net and wields it's power as a weapon, not a shield.
But, on the flip side, amongst the pool of goo that are the Win users, there will be few who can assist in stopping this, whereas it will probably be a *nix geek who tracks down the Cabal.
It was fun while it lasted, but let's track down this puppy, hang him up to dry, and publish his baby pictures on our web pages as trophies!
My question, and it's one I've read in many reply posts to various threads Jon's done, is:
Why must you tie everything to the inherent superiority of geekdom?
We really want to know. I've read posts about the WTO and Seattle (where I live, where people I know have been on both sides), and many other topics and it seems like Jon's trying to defend his way of life or something.
The other question would be:
Why do you post threads longer than one screen?
This has been a violation of one of the cardinal rules of threads and posts since back in my original Net days of the 80s. It's like a big "Flame On" sign to most posters on the Net. The nature of the medium is that a good discussion thread must be condensed down to 2-3 paragraphs. If more must be said, it is in followup posts within the thread, as a way of extending the discussion. It's not a magazine article...
This happens all the time. Usually, a good time to pick up a stock you've been wanting is a few days after an announced takeover attempt by it. The time to sell a takeover target is usually after it's been announced as a takeover.
[note - I own INPR shares]
Basically, the market is reacting to the difficulty and expense in merging a different organization into the buyer, while realizing that the buyee may be worth more than they thought.
An example would be the continual wars between American Home Products (AHP), Pfizer (PFE), Abbot Labs (ABT), and such. My shares in Pfizer and Abbot Labs keep bouncing up and down as everyone gets into this continual takeover spin.
Some companies, such as Cisco Systems (CSCO) specialize in rapid turnarounds of other companies. My shares in this don't seem to fluctuate in response to news of a takeover by Cisco as a result, since the shareholders "know" that Cisco can absorb the other company at little cost and at maximum profit.
MSFT has preferred shares in Borland/Inprise as a result of having to settle out of court for something like $100 million - they had raided Borland/Inprise for their engineers and got sued for it. This is preferred stock, so it's non-voting.
But, yes, they will make out like Bandits in the buyout. Never underestimate the ability of MSFT to make money.
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/. events, I expect to see main thread posts from you in the near future, taking four printed pages to explain an idea that could have been posted in the space of three paras initially, thus stopping us from participating in an interactive discussion. Soon you can party with Jon Katz and bore many people in person. I long for that day ...
Didn't read your post. It was too long.
But, given recent
It already runs swell under snes9x under X11.
Didn't know that. Thanks for the info. I'll try to find my Win version and see if that works.
for a short story, brevity but multiple pages;
...For online it's far too early to tell...
ROTFL. You don't see yourself running into a certain amount of trouble using this classification system? Ever seen an essay? At least the typical absence of dialogue will stop you mistaking it for a play, I guess...
for a magazine it's 4 to 20 columns; for online it's two to four brief paragraphs unless you are a zine.
In answer to your questions, I was trying to boil this down to a simplistic level. My point being that online is defined by the average user's readable screen area. Although some fanatics insist on using 21 inch screens with 6 point fonts, most people basically can see 70 to 80 characters per line, for 24-32 lines of usable screen. Which means two to three paras is ideal.
I've been doing online for three decades now, and the format is much the same, although we now have some minor improvements. A writer who fails to adapt his craft to the requirments of the medium, is average at best, and mediocre more likely than not.
And essays don't pay the rent, lest one is already known for one's work and commands six figures per book. Which is less than 1 percent of all writers who have multiple publications to their credit.
Personally, I find writing database programs far more lucrative than writing, though less rewarding.
nobody in congress is gonna lose sleep over what these monkeys say.
For every voter who sends an email with name, address, zip, and phone number, a congressmember figures there are hundreds of pissed-off voters in his district. And if the people who send it mention that they are the new wave of Linux IPO geekdom, he's sweating bullets that their cash will find it's way to his opponents. Voters vote, lobbyists are only good for cash, voters with cash who will talk to their friends and write letters to the editor are people you want on your side.
It's better to send a snail mail letter, hand written, or a postcard (20 cents) you find in a coffee shop, because that's worth thousands of voters. If you picked up those free postcards in a coffee shop and got ten friends to send in postcards that just said "We think that permitting the media monopoly in DeCSS by foreign companies is so bad for the US that we'll give money to your opponent" - now that's POWER!
And I've been on the Exec Board for my District and my County, as well as many activist orgs, so I know how effective it is.
Seriously, I've used FoxPro for Windows running with Novell and saturated a 100MB backbone with only 40 users, back in 1995.
Yes, we need more front-end piping, like full-scale DSL (1440), but an overtaxed server is no fun for anyone, especially with old apps that don't execute server-side but push all the bits across the Network.
This is good news, $99 for Gigabit Ethernet - we need more of this!
Yup, hand coding is definitely better. But the day we get a brief main post from Mr. Katz is the day I vote for Bush Jr.
... used to stop there when driving from Vancouver, BC to Seattle ...
rbf in Bellingham (about 90 miles north of Seattle)
ah, reefer town
Now, what I'd like to see is Earthworm Jim cameos in the movie.
...
Agreed! And then we can port Earthworm Jim from Windows to Linux!
Musn't forget the catfight between American Maid and Princess Whatshername.
Sorry, but that's not American Maid's style. The Princess, maybe, but not American Maid. Now a brief aside by Jon Katz's character in The Tick about a catfight between American Maid and Princess Whatshername, that I could believe. Or maybe, Jon going on four two minutes while The Tick and Arthur doze off - that would be the best in-joke
Now, what I'd like to see is Earthworm Jim cameos in the movie.
...
Agreed! And then we can port Earthworm Jim from Windows to Linux!
Musn't forget the catfight between American Maid and Princess Whatshername.
Sorry, but that's not American Maid's style. The Princess, maybe, but not American Maid. Now a brief aside by Jon Katz's character in The Tick about a catfight between American Maid and Princess Whatshername, that I could believe. Or maybe, Jon going on four two minutes while The Tick and Arthur doze off - that would be the best in-joke
Remember that Katz wasn't always in the online media, the guy writes books for Pete's sake.
Hey, I've been a writer and I've even won awards for some things. Each medium is different - for a play, the dialogue is the thing; for a poem, a well crafted phrase; for a short story, brevity but multiple pages; for a magazine it's 4 to 20 columns; for online it's two to four brief paragraphs unless you are a zine.
Katz needs to wake up and smell the coffee.
If you can't hack the format, don't write in this medium!
Face it, everyone's just blowing off steam, but none of the posters are proposing we do anything about it.
...
/. were to email their congressmember and their senators and the VP and Pres (and equivalents in the rest of the Free World (TM)), this would change now.
It's time to stop whining and start winning
So, if every
Don't yell at them, do give your name and address and phone number (or the filtering software will block it as spam), and ask, politely, that they promote free trade for US musicians and people who need to have DVD for Linux systems, in other words, the real engines of the economy who are creating the real jobs in the US and the rest of the world. Tell them to ask that illegal monopolistic practices of this trade association controlled mostly by Japanese and other Asian corporations are harming your ability to donate money to their political campaigns when you IPO.
That will get their attention.
That's the problem with using Microsoft HTML instead of hand coding it yourself.
... and shorter Katz articles.
Ah, I long for the days of XHTML compliance
1. Which Tick character will you play in the movie?
2. Have you ever posted a reply that was less than five paragraphs long in an online media where brevity is the source of wit?
Can MS be expected to exploit these high-profile DoS attacks to promote its own products and blame its major competitors?
...
Yup.
To find out the truth as to whether this is a plot by Bill G, just follow the money. If most of the companies affected belong to him/MSFT, then it isn't MSFT. If most don't have large chunks owned by MSFT, then it probably isn't him/MSFT.
Unless he's willing to burn some investments to win the total war
I think we should sue them for defaming He Who Is Well Dressed, Tux.
...
OK, well, technically that may be defamation of a cartoon character
Face it, we are the problem. It's not Win95 or Win98 users who have the brights or the patience to plan out something like this - it's probably one of us. Not a highly trained technogeek, but one who has been exposed to the inner truths of the Net and wields it's power as a weapon, not a shield.
But, on the flip side, amongst the pool of goo that are the Win users, there will be few who can assist in stopping this, whereas it will probably be a *nix geek who tracks down the Cabal.
It was fun while it lasted, but let's track down this puppy, hang him up to dry, and publish his baby pictures on our web pages as trophies!
And are they flame retardant?
My question, and it's one I've read in many reply posts to various threads Jon's done, is:
...
Why must you tie everything to the inherent superiority of geekdom?
We really want to know. I've read posts about the WTO and Seattle (where I live, where people I know have been on both sides), and many other topics and it seems like Jon's trying to defend his way of life or something.
The other question would be:
Why do you post threads longer than one screen?
This has been a violation of one of the cardinal rules of threads and posts since back in my original Net days of the 80s. It's like a big "Flame On" sign to most posters on the Net. The nature of the medium is that a good discussion thread must be condensed down to 2-3 paragraphs. If more must be said, it is in followup posts within the thread, as a way of extending the discussion. It's not a magazine article
This happens all the time. Usually, a good time to pick up a stock you've been wanting is a few days after an announced takeover attempt by it. The time to sell a takeover target is usually after it's been announced as a takeover.
[note - I own INPR shares]
Basically, the market is reacting to the difficulty and expense in merging a different organization into the buyer, while realizing that the buyee may be worth more than they thought.
An example would be the continual wars between American Home Products (AHP), Pfizer (PFE), Abbot Labs (ABT), and such. My shares in Pfizer and Abbot Labs keep bouncing up and down as everyone gets into this continual takeover spin.
Some companies, such as Cisco Systems (CSCO) specialize in rapid turnarounds of other companies. My shares in this don't seem to fluctuate in response to news of a takeover by Cisco as a result, since the shareholders "know" that Cisco can absorb the other company at little cost and at maximum profit.
MSFT has preferred shares in Borland/Inprise as a result of having to settle out of court for something like $100 million - they had raided Borland/Inprise for their engineers and got sued for it. This is preferred stock, so it's non-voting.
But, yes, they will make out like Bandits in the buyout. Never underestimate the ability of MSFT to make money.
The Data in Peter Baylies' Slashdot Posts are provided by Peter Baylies for information purposes.
Sorry, I already patented Peter Baylies (TM), it's a software algorithm used to empty bottles of Bailey's Irish Cream (TM,R,C,YNOT) in an efficient and timeley manner. You'll have to cease and desist in using that name. You can call yourself Fred Baylies, I think I left that one open for you.
Sincerely,
The Ugly American Legal System, Inc. (TM)
Yes, but noone asked him when he's going to move to the US, join a startup, and sell out for the IPO ...
Looks like multi-line collages of two different pictures.
Fix please.
We need NEW RELEASE games damnit.
... and Pokemon ...
Exactly! Which is why we need The Sims on Linux
Geesh. I'm checking my morning news and stuff about Burning Man, and I come across this story about VA Linux buying out Andover.net ...
Not that I'm complaining, mind you, it's a smart move for VA Research\\\\\\\\Linux Systems.
My, next time you're heading to Seattle, feel free to look me up in the Center of the Universe, Fremont.
... everyone from NYC keeps moving to Seattle, so you'll fit right in.
;-)
just do a directory search on my name, I'm the one with the hyphen