Religious/Political/social/etc.. persuasions
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Spoonful of Quickies
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The fact that the anti-christian posts are getting moderated down makes me wonder about the demographics of the readership of slashdot.
From my own preferences I get the impression that there are a lot more reasonable people on the net than in "real life", but things like this make me wonder.
Were the posts killed for being flaimbait, or were they killed for their anti-Xtian stance?
I don't know but regardless, I am reading at -1 threshold from now on.
All in one PCs revisited?
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Cool PC Cases
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Does anyone else here remember the attempt made a couple of years ago at a PC with a form quite similar to these concept PCs? Yes, I am talking about the Monorail PC... I remember these little buggers, since I was the owner of one - thought that it would be a good, cheap way to have a PC that I could move with me without having to splash out for a laptop, and indeed it was this, but I grew to hate it. I should have known better than to get a PC whose warranty would be voided should I decide to open the case! When a damaged power supply (non-standard of course) which was not worth it to repair ended the functional life of this box, I vowed never again to buy a PC with proprietary componentry...
However, I talked to a stock broker that LOVED these things - he used them on the trading floor where space is at a premium. In instances such as this I can see that all-in-ones could be useful, but still abhor them personally...
The company took a huge hit on these as well. Their sales were sluggish, which could be due to the half-ass componentry that was used but regardless of the reason it nearly brought down the company. The question remaining is; will these PCs sell when the next push comes around? Maybe, but not to wireheads and people who LIKE the ability to take the case off their computer without becomming a thought criminal.
It may be of interest that here in Japan, where it is my impression that computers are treated more as fixed units than as configurable machines, a number of proprietary form factor (read - not user configurable) machines are selling quite well. If this trend will be followed in the US remains to be seen...
I am hoping that these "cure computers" go the way of my momorail and end up as nothing other than an unplesant memory...
I would just like to comment on the amusing way in which a good amount of posters are seeing this issue as an "us VS. them" thing. Last I checked at my college (Ohio State University) the geeks of the University ( I guess I am referring to the computer geeks and people I heve met in my Majors, Engineering and Japanese) can be every bit as eletist and exclusive as I remember the Jocks being in high school.
I have learned that it is not only the traits that were displayed by the preps etc.. in my high school that I despised, but the fact that they were not able to express themselves freely within their social structure. The same seems to apply in my University; I have found that few of my friends come from within my discipline.
A lot of the views that have been expressed here over the last few days have REALLY hit home with me, and at worst the coverage here has been a LOT more on base than the national media coverage. I dodn't need to think for more than a minute before realizing that this was going to trigger massive witch hunting in the schools of America. I am glad that I made it out and I am glad that I am no longer in since I fit a little too well into the descriptions of "suspect beharioral patterns"
BUT
Please, everyone, don't think that there is some kind of a clean duality here. It is not "us VS. them" since there is no clear us or them...
Don't mean to be a party pooper since I think that this is a great forum (I have referred a lot of non-slashdot readers to this and gotten a lot of thanks), just remember to think before you generalize things.
Slashdot Mirror
The fact that the anti-christian posts are getting moderated down makes me wonder about the demographics of the readership of slashdot.
From my own preferences I get the impression that there are a lot more reasonable people on the net than in "real life", but things like this make me wonder.
Were the posts killed for being flaimbait, or were they killed for their anti-Xtian stance?
I don't know but regardless, I am reading at -1 threshold from now on.
Does anyone else here remember the attempt made a couple of years ago at a PC with a form quite similar to these concept PCs? Yes, I am talking about the Monorail PC...
I remember these little buggers, since I was the owner of one - thought that it would be a good, cheap way to have a PC that I could move with me without having to splash out for a laptop, and indeed it was this, but I grew to hate it. I should have known better than to get a PC whose warranty would be voided should I decide to open the case! When a damaged power supply (non-standard of course) which was not worth it to repair ended the functional life of this box, I vowed never again to buy a PC with proprietary componentry...
However, I talked to a stock broker that LOVED these things - he used them on the trading floor where space is at a premium. In instances such as this I can see that all-in-ones could be useful, but still abhor them personally...
The company took a huge hit on these as well. Their sales were sluggish, which could be due to the half-ass componentry that was used but regardless of the reason it nearly brought down the company. The question remaining is; will these PCs sell when the next push comes around? Maybe, but not to wireheads and people who LIKE the ability to take the case off their computer without becomming a thought criminal.
It may be of interest that here in Japan, where it is my impression that computers are treated more as fixed units than as configurable machines, a number of proprietary form factor (read - not user configurable) machines are selling quite well. If this trend will be followed in the US remains to be seen...
I am hoping that these "cure computers" go the way of my momorail and end up as nothing other than an unplesant memory...
I would just like to comment on the amusing way in which a good amount of posters are seeing this issue as an "us VS. them" thing. Last I checked at my college (Ohio State University) the geeks of the University ( I guess I am referring to the computer geeks and people I heve met in my Majors, Engineering and Japanese) can be every bit as eletist and exclusive as I remember the Jocks being in high school.
I have learned that it is not only the traits that were displayed by the preps etc.. in my high school that I despised, but the fact that they were not able to express themselves freely within their social structure. The same seems to apply in my University; I have found that few of my friends come from within my discipline.
A lot of the views that have been expressed here over the last few days have REALLY hit home with me, and at worst the coverage here has been a LOT more on base than the national media coverage. I dodn't need to think for more than a minute before realizing that this was going to trigger massive witch hunting in the schools of America. I am glad that I made it out and I am glad that I am no longer in since I fit a little too well into the descriptions of "suspect beharioral patterns"
BUT
Please, everyone, don't think that there is some kind of a clean duality here. It is not "us VS. them" since there is no clear us or them...
Don't mean to be a party pooper since I think that this is a great forum (I have referred a lot of non-slashdot readers to this and gotten a lot of thanks), just remember to think before you generalize things.
thanks for reading...
(remove the nospam of course)