I love clicking on an article and reading the exact same words I just saw in the/. summary. When will these article writers learn to stop plagiarizing the Slashdot submitters? Can't they just write an article without stealing their material word for word from the Slashdot summary?
3D Games are hampering the laptop gaming market. Large hard drives are hampering the role of optical storage as a backup medium. Cheap laser printers are hampering sales of dot matrix.
Granted only the first example is really analogous, but come on.. any time you purchase a portable device, you're accepting some limitations on its abilities. It's not id's fault that you can't play Doom 3 on your cell phone. You can't blame one technology for the faults of another.
OTOH, I would like to see further advancements in screen quality and resolution on portable devices, so they can at least render a web page. I know that when I was in Japan, I could browse/. on my mobile, but I couldn't login since the browser didn't have cookies. Also the side menu ended up at the top, so I'd have to scroll wayyyyyy down to get to the articles. Still, I don't blame/. for not creating a page that's that doesn't work well on a mobile phone.
Just kidding, I really do blame Slashdot. DIE/., DIE! (In english: The slashdot, the!)
It's interesting that deleting files to remove something has become a "hack," and is usually the last method a Windows user (myself included) thinks of anymore.
They could have called it WordFun.com, or something else. But then, without the scrabble name, they'd have a hard time getting hits and membership, (and ad revenue) without piggybacking on Hasbro's success, wouldn't they?
It's a fan site. I agree it was foolish to use the name outright.. maybe naming the header "WordFun -- The Scrabble Alternative" would have been better, and eventually generated enough hits, but the only reason they would want hits is for fans to discover the site. There are no ads, and the site generates only the income that fans decide to donate.
I almost posted this story earlier, but guess what? There was no Google cache of the C&D page. I decided to continue playing instead. Thanks for bringing the site to it's knees though.
All this suggests the question... how many iPod-touting Slashdotters are thinking of switching?
Switching? Slashdotters don't switch hardware. We aggregate and incorporate. Why would I ever dispose of anything that could generate a couple more SETI@home points per month, while also filling in as my firewall, e-mail, and/or MAME and streaming media server? And that's just my 8088! You hipsters with your disposable hardware. Makes me sick.
That's a no brainer. Download your topics of interest and record the dialup audio. Any real nerd knows that. Naturally, that requires learning binary -- at least the printable ascii characters. You shouldn't have any problem removing the parity bits, ACK/NAKs, and other overhead data from the audio stream by hand, or with a custom algorithm of your design. Since you're a beginner, you'll probably just want to start out at the oldschool 75bps. As you improve, you can step up to faster bitrates. Since modem speeds generally double, you might want to set the playback speed variably to give yourself more of a natural progression. Once you get up to 28.8kbps, you can listen to War and Peace in under 20 minutes. I would highly suggest you don't go beyond 33.3kbps though. One fellow tried to make it to 56k, and now he's locked away. Poor guy thinks he's a tangerine. Anytime someone opens their mouth to speak to him, he tries to flee in terror to avoid being eaten. It's even worse when he gets hungry himself. Naturally they have to keep him away from mirrors.
Sure, flicker and artifacts will be reduced, but will the quality really improve? Is the resolution of digital really good enough for the cinema? Analog is conducive to projection because, well, it's not digital. I realize film has grains that are vaguely like pixels, but it's much more natural. If the tradeoff is pixelation and compression artifacts, is it really worth it? The article has little to no technical detail, so I'm just going on my experience of watching DVDs on (non-HD) projectors. Even at something like 8 feet across, the pixelation was very noticable and distracting.. for me at least.
I hate to tell you this, but the people with "access to the booth," are 16 year old kids. Theoretically, sure.. they can make near-perfect copies. But in reality, there are managers and a distinct lack of specialized equipment for transfering the film to digital.
Worked for me.. it really quintupled it. You don't have to mistreat women, just be a man and show that you're in charge and not scared of her or trying to kiss her butt. Women, like most men really, want someone else to be in control. They want other people to tell them the right way to do things, etc. That's not true all of the time, of course, but the majority of the time. Don't believe me? Post a personal ad saying how you want a woman who is beautiful, intelligent, self confident, and self sufficient but believes that it's a man's responsibility to be the leader in a relationship. You'll get tons of responses.
Teasing women shows them that you're not intimidated by them, or that if you are, you're at least not going to act like it. Unless they've got horrible self confidence, they'll see through it anyway and know you're joking.. it just makes things fun. As does playing hard to get, and teasing them that they're not your type or not good enough for you. People enjoy challenges.. don't make yourself unenjoyable.
Romance is something that was invented in a time where men were all "chauvinist," so it was rare and appreciated. Romance is greatly appreciated by women.. if you make it a rarity.
Bottom line -- don't be a wuss.
David DeAngelo is the man.
I'm sure I'll get modded down for being offtopic.. for some reason we nerds don't like to talk about how to be successful with women. Probably for the same reason most people don't like talking about technology.. because it makes them feel inadequate.
"I am an astrophysicist.. If you see me departing the planet at a high velocity, KEEP UP!"
Hmm.. maybe I should be talking to Think Geek about this.
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Innovative? The iPod was hardly innovative. Done well, perhaps, but hard drive MP3 players were already on the market. The MiniMac? iPod Flash? Both of these have been done before. Apple just added some flair which, as it turns out, people are willing to pay for. Especially non-geeks.
Unfortunately, no one wants to play it. If they did, then these cretins wouldn't need to pollute the internet to get people to play it. The same with herbal viagra, or any of the rest of the crud they are peddling.
People do want to play it, or it wouldn't be profitable. Internet gambling is believed to be second only to sex in terms of profitability.
I guess you could make any analogies you want, but unlike BSG, the characters aren't particularly religious. Even the pastor is questionable, but we never got to find out for sure.
If a person is in prison, they cannot harm other people.
That's not entirely true. They can still harm other prisoners, guards, etc. I wouldn't be surprised to see a direct correlation between time sentenced and lack of regard for the lives of others.
I guess you could lock them all up in solitary for the rest of their lives. Personally, I'd rather be dead.. it seems more humane to me.
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I love clicking on an article and reading the exact same words I just saw in the /. summary. When will these article writers learn to stop plagiarizing the Slashdot submitters? Can't they just write an article without stealing their material word for word from the Slashdot summary?
For the love..
3D Games are hampering the laptop gaming market. Large hard drives are hampering the role of optical storage as a backup medium. Cheap laser printers are hampering sales of dot matrix.
/. on my mobile, but I couldn't login since the browser didn't have cookies. Also the side menu ended up at the top, so I'd have to scroll wayyyyyy down to get to the articles. Still, I don't blame /. for not creating a page that's that doesn't work well on a mobile phone.
/., DIE! (In english: The slashdot, the!)
Granted only the first example is really analogous, but come on.. any time you purchase a portable device, you're accepting some limitations on its abilities. It's not id's fault that you can't play Doom 3 on your cell phone. You can't blame one technology for the faults of another.
OTOH, I would like to see further advancements in screen quality and resolution on portable devices, so they can at least render a web page. I know that when I was in Japan, I could browse
Just kidding, I really do blame Slashdot. DIE
It's interesting that deleting files to remove something has become a "hack," and is usually the last method a Windows user (myself included) thinks of anymore.
We might not make much sense, but boy do we love pizza!
That doesn't follow...
They could have called it WordFun.com, or something else. But then, without the scrabble name, they'd have a hard time getting hits and membership, (and ad revenue) without piggybacking on Hasbro's success, wouldn't they?
It's a fan site. I agree it was foolish to use the name outright.. maybe naming the header "WordFun -- The Scrabble Alternative" would have been better, and eventually generated enough hits, but the only reason they would want hits is for fans to discover the site. There are no ads, and the site generates only the income that fans decide to donate.
I almost posted this story earlier, but guess what? There was no Google cache of the C&D page. I decided to continue playing instead. Thanks for bringing the site to it's knees though.
All this suggests the question ... how many iPod-touting Slashdotters are thinking of switching?
Switching? Slashdotters don't switch hardware. We aggregate and incorporate. Why would I ever dispose of anything that could generate a couple more SETI@home points per month, while also filling in as my firewall, e-mail, and/or MAME and streaming media server? And that's just my 8088! You hipsters with your disposable hardware. Makes me sick.
That's a no brainer. Download your topics of interest and record the dialup audio. Any real nerd knows that. Naturally, that requires learning binary -- at least the printable ascii characters. You shouldn't have any problem removing the parity bits, ACK/NAKs, and other overhead data from the audio stream by hand, or with a custom algorithm of your design. Since you're a beginner, you'll probably just want to start out at the oldschool 75bps. As you improve, you can step up to faster bitrates. Since modem speeds generally double, you might want to set the playback speed variably to give yourself more of a natural progression. Once you get up to 28.8kbps, you can listen to War and Peace in under 20 minutes. I would highly suggest you don't go beyond 33.3kbps though. One fellow tried to make it to 56k, and now he's locked away. Poor guy thinks he's a tangerine. Anytime someone opens their mouth to speak to him, he tries to flee in terror to avoid being eaten. It's even worse when he gets hungry himself. Naturally they have to keep him away from mirrors.
But I digress. Good listening to you!
Smack the tattlers and pop the champagne corks! Woohoo!
Not Woohoo.. Yahoo. You're so not making a good first impression with the new bosses.
I won't even ask what a tattler is.
I don't think any two-word post in the history of /. has ever generated that much discussion. Well done.
Sure, flicker and artifacts will be reduced, but will the quality really improve? Is the resolution of digital really good enough for the cinema? Analog is conducive to projection because, well, it's not digital. I realize film has grains that are vaguely like pixels, but it's much more natural. If the tradeoff is pixelation and compression artifacts, is it really worth it? The article has little to no technical detail, so I'm just going on my experience of watching DVDs on (non-HD) projectors. Even at something like 8 feet across, the pixelation was very noticable and distracting.. for me at least.
I hate to tell you this, but the people with "access to the booth," are 16 year old kids. Theoretically, sure.. they can make near-perfect copies. But in reality, there are managers and a distinct lack of specialized equipment for transfering the film to digital.
Thanks for posting the IP address of the plane.
Sincerely,
Al Hackeera
Yup.. Double Your Dating..
Worked for me.. it really quintupled it. You don't have to mistreat women, just be a man and show that you're in charge and not scared of her or trying to kiss her butt. Women, like most men really, want someone else to be in control. They want other people to tell them the right way to do things, etc. That's not true all of the time, of course, but the majority of the time. Don't believe me? Post a personal ad saying how you want a woman who is beautiful, intelligent, self confident, and self sufficient but believes that it's a man's responsibility to be the leader in a relationship. You'll get tons of responses.
Teasing women shows them that you're not intimidated by them, or that if you are, you're at least not going to act like it. Unless they've got horrible self confidence, they'll see through it anyway and know you're joking.. it just makes things fun. As does playing hard to get, and teasing them that they're not your type or not good enough for you. People enjoy challenges.. don't make yourself unenjoyable.
Romance is something that was invented in a time where men were all "chauvinist," so it was rare and appreciated. Romance is greatly appreciated by women.. if you make it a rarity.
Bottom line -- don't be a wuss.
David DeAngelo is the man.
I'm sure I'll get modded down for being offtopic.. for some reason we nerds don't like to talk about how to be successful with women. Probably for the same reason most people don't like talking about technology.. because it makes them feel inadequate.
Point 1) Placebos have an effect, except when they don't, such as when a drug is replaced with another which counteracts the original's effects.
Point 4) A placebo controlled study showed that homeopathic remedies are effective.
That does not make sense.
Reminds me of the old "Bomb Squad" T-Shirts...
"I am an astrophysicist.. If you see me departing the planet at a high velocity, KEEP UP!"
Hmm.. maybe I should be talking to Think Geek about this.
Innovative? The iPod was hardly innovative. Done well, perhaps, but hard drive MP3 players were already on the market. The MiniMac? iPod Flash? Both of these have been done before. Apple just added some flair which, as it turns out, people are willing to pay for. Especially non-geeks.
As for exciting.. that's purely subjective.
(code named 'Rincon')
Of Rincon Pak fame?
Interestingly, it's an anagram for "corn in." Corn in, corn out, I always say.
They already have that.. it's called Kool Aid.
Unfortunately, no one wants to play it. If they did, then these cretins wouldn't need to pollute the internet to get people to play it. The same with herbal viagra, or any of the rest of the crud they are peddling.
People do want to play it, or it wouldn't be profitable. Internet gambling is believed to be second only to sex in terms of profitability.
At least the extradition will get him out to see the world.
Not really, he's being extradited to the US.
You must be new here.. We don't use smileys, we use pseudo-HTML closing tags consistent with the Comic Book Guy tone of voice.
No, no.. the cowboy whistled at the end for his horse..
I guess you could make any analogies you want, but unlike BSG, the characters aren't particularly religious. Even the pastor is questionable, but we never got to find out for sure.
If a person is in prison, they cannot harm other people.
That's not entirely true. They can still harm other prisoners, guards, etc. I wouldn't be surprised to see a direct correlation between time sentenced and lack of regard for the lives of others.
I guess you could lock them all up in solitary for the rest of their lives. Personally, I'd rather be dead.. it seems more humane to me.