This is a trend that happens in any community. It continues to grow while the people that made the community in the first place grow older, expand their range of interests, and become more passive or leave altogether.
Couple this with the fact that in most online communities you have an extremely opinionated/vocal minority and before you know it, it's not the community you joined.
But usually someone from the original community has a moment of nostalgia and starts a new hive, and people slowly gravitate to it. And so the cycle begins anew.
For extreme examples of the "vocal minority complex" visit any gaming forum and observe that even in a community of 10,000 people there will be about 10% with 90% of the posts. Of that 90% of the posts, actual contributions of meaningful dialog may actually amount to 10% or less. Someone could do a thesis on this:)
SP2 still fixes things that have nothing to do with installing Firefox... so even if it was an attempt at Karma Whoring, your whore just ran short of money to pay the karma pimp:P
I hope some ad execs see the parent and take heed.
I don't mind unintrusive ads either. And some have led to purchases. But I refuse to give my time or money to those who try to ram their adverts down my throat.
If a wikipedia entry gets a slashdot link, it usually ends up locked pretty quickly. So there's probably a some vandalism happening, they're just on top of it.
One way is to hide your password in a shopping list of horrors:
G0atSphincter 0ctopusBeaks BlackAngusF0reskin
etc. etc.
Just write it out by hand, remember to leave out spaces when typing them in, and not only do you have a visible password list, no one will ever bug you to cook for them.
"The Wire" does it correctly. They plant a GPS unit with a hard drive on the target vehicle, and then retrieve the unit after a period of time and download the logs.
I haven't seen another show approach it from that angle, except for The Shield and they didn't bother explaining it so the average watcher just gets the idea that they put something on the car.
The bitching that follows is natures way of telling us other people spend a hell of a lot more time on here, and that maybe there's hope for some of us yet:)
Slashdot Mirror
Better question, do you? :)
In other news:
EA_spouse spontaneously combusts.
It looks like Maddox.
At bottom of page.
The resemblance is uncanny.
That's ridiculous! It's because if they were square it would just look too weird when the hulk throws them. Duh!
This is a trend that happens in any community. It continues to grow while the people that made the community in the first place grow older, expand their range of interests, and become more passive or leave altogether.
:)
Couple this with the fact that in most online communities you have an extremely opinionated/vocal minority and before you know it, it's not the community you joined.
But usually someone from the original community has a moment of nostalgia and starts a new hive, and people slowly gravitate to it. And so the cycle begins anew.
For extreme examples of the "vocal minority complex" visit any gaming forum and observe that even in a community of 10,000 people there will be about 10% with 90% of the posts. Of that 90% of the posts, actual contributions of meaningful dialog may actually amount to 10% or less. Someone could do a thesis on this
SP2 still fixes things that have nothing to do with installing Firefox... so even if it was an attempt at Karma Whoring, your whore just ran short of money to pay the karma pimp :P
It was also made into a mediocre movie called 'Screamers' with Peter Weller.
Not to mention that if a one copy got into the hands of a conterfeiter a week early the loss of sales could be significant.
Apparently it was a problem in some countries after previous books were released.
Aren't screwdrivers for putting in screws? :)
Because the framework of Buffy was easy to understand.
Pretty girl kills ugly monsters.
It was the interaction between characters that made it worth watching for more than a few episodes.
I hope some ad execs see the parent and take heed.
I don't mind unintrusive ads either. And some have led to purchases. But I refuse to give my time or money to those who try to ram their adverts down my throat.
If a wikipedia entry gets a slashdot link, it usually ends up locked pretty quickly. So there's probably a some vandalism happening, they're just on top of it.
All dogs can. But they guard the secret very carefully. Watch where you step, that doggy grenade might be a live one.
That would be a logistical nightmare. Especially for someone writing for the geek crowd.
"Can you add more swordfights? And sex?"
"I want a unicorn! And a really hot naked chick! and sex!"
"I want a hot chick that gets into swordfights and when she's done, has sex with a unicorn! Oh, and could you throw in a star destroyer too?"
Meanwhile your family has gone through 634 mattresses and 853 pairs of bedwetting diapers :P
forget leetspeak...
"Gentlemen, make your time."
One way is to hide your password in a shopping list of horrors:
G0atSphincter
0ctopusBeaks
BlackAngusF0reskin
etc. etc.
Just write it out by hand, remember to leave out spaces when typing them in, and not only do you have a visible password list, no one will ever bug you to cook for them.
Thanks!
My brain was finding it harder and harder to deal with dozens of random or mnemonically generated passwords in it's old age.
"the plane is going down! before i die, i just wanted to say i hate you for all the shit you've put me through!"
*click* Sent!
"um, disregard last message. it was just turbulence. I'll be a little late getting home from the airport honey."
I see your Schwarz is bigger than mine! :(
Damn. Mine sat in a desk for ages then i tossed it :(
Probably wouldn't be able to trade it in in Canada anyway.
open source, not open sores.
yikes!
If you're a tough guy, silence is street cred.
If you're a computer criminal, silence is 2 extra years in the slammer with your new boyfriend if you're convicted.
No wonder they spill the beans.
"The Wire" does it correctly. They plant a GPS unit with a hard drive on the target vehicle, and then retrieve the unit after a period of time and download the logs.
I haven't seen another show approach it from that angle, except for The Shield and they didn't bother explaining it so the average watcher just gets the idea that they put something on the car.
I don't mind dupes so much.
:)
The bitching that follows is natures way of telling us other people spend a hell of a lot more time on here, and that maybe there's hope for some of us yet