the mind shudders... I'd of course run linux across my shoulders, chest and back. Like a tattoo that I want people to see. Guess I'd run Windows across my ass.
And yet, it is coming out of our pockets. Do you think the judges, court transcribers and all the other administrative personnel who handle all these claims are simply volunteers...? They also don't make commission's for private lawsuits. (Well, some of them do, but they get arrested eventually)
Petty lawsuits generate a LOT of overhead in the system. All the more reason I'd like the judge to just dismiss this idiocracy of a lawsuit quickly.
Pardon me. But my colorblind friend says the sky is a medium gray. He can't understand blue, or what possible uses that color has on a day to day basis.
Likewise, the people out there coming up with these "notices" are technology blind.
So if we couldn't trust a colorblind person to paint your house, how can we trust technology-blind legislators and other political reps to make the right decisions or statements on our behalf...?
Recent scientific research has shown that prolonged use of the X-Box can be hazardous to your health: The newly discovered problem usually begins with slight fluttering of the eyes and unconscious twitching of muscles in the forearm and hands. In most cases, the player begins to slow down and process commands sluggishly. If left untreated the player eventually becomes totally unresponsive, and may in fact keel over dead in front of the console.
Doctors are naming this new disease BSS (Blue Screen Syndrome)
Parents are urged to have their children tested for yearly for signs of BSS, or to purchase a PS2 which does not exhibit the same health damaging characteristics as the X-Box.
Gotta applaud this for spirit though, we have to have someone on our side that can build up some clout. But it's still one more four-letter acronym, and another pile of legislative paper to file. May the gods have mercy on their souls.
My favorite statement:
Once access is solidified into the hands of a very few companies, the "bottom up" content flow model of the Internet will be put in lethal jeopardy. This small group of companies that will control the access, will also be able to control the flow of content TYPE. The Internet as we know it will cease to exist. The absurd notion that the 4 major phone companies need protection FROM the ISP business community is laughable. Near 10,000 businesses may be legislated out of existence in favor of FOUR companies. This bill is so fundamentally anti-business, anti-entrepreneur and anti-American; it is SHOCKING that it was passed by Republicans, a traditionally Pro-business party.
Shocking? Methinks not. The Republican party may be "traditionally" pro-business. But each individual representative is simply pro-money-in-my-pocket.
continued refinement and technical advances in the computing field. That's the real meat I like to see on/. I can't wait for 2030 to see where technology ends up.
I really do want to see some real information about the underlying design of the stuff.
File->Quick Preferences->Refuse Pop-up Windows. Careful though. It's ALL window.open commands. I'd prefer more granular control. Allow for disabling window.open onLoad, Exit and for entire objects, e.g. why would you need a window.open on the mousedown or mouseover of the body/document object ?
Yet another reason to browse with Mozilla or Opera with onLoad (or all) popups disabled.
Most of these advertising techniques either rely on browsers (or users) who don't or can't disable popups easily. (read: 90% of the internet explorer population.) Or they rely on Internet Explorer specific techniques, e.g. windowless flash animations (transparent backgrounds) for shoshkeles, etc.
I think it's time the antivirus companies step up to the plate for the average consumer, and add blocking/filtering to the AV clients. Maybe it's overkill, but if you could tag these popup downloads as a potential virus (or at least unauthorized use of your computer) the world would be a better place. Or, create some add-ons to mozilla which filter popups against a database (ala the defunct spamcop) popupcop?
When something is sold as "advertising" but is nothing less than an attempt to trick or confuse a person into purchasing, downloading or installing your software, that's misrepresentation and/or fraud. Regardless of any 2pt fine-print at the bottom, or "user agreement" on the page. Hard to stop them, though.
Nothing a little tweaking can't help:
on
Hospital Robots
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· Score: 2
It announces its intentions in a clear baritone voice. "I am about to move," it tells fellow passengers. "Please stand clear."
Better if it just said: "You are in my path and must move aside. You have 10 seconds to comply"
Slashdot Mirror
my good friend TheDraw !
Yes, perhaps a better line would have been:
from the and-divided-we-fall dept.
...not to speak the series of 7 imprinting words to your laptop robot.
It may become irrevocably attached to you, and begin following you around the house or office like a lost puppy dog.
let's not lonegunman the thing.
some people haven't seen it yet.
I'll just say... the ending works for me.
too bad I have this empty longing feeling. all the years having x-files by my side, and now...
... ~sniff~ alas...
Send me a check for $1195.00
Include with your check all external telnet, ftp, vnc http ports and usernames/passwords you need to use for the project.
We'll take care of ya.
the mind shudders...
I'd of course run linux across my shoulders, chest and back. Like a tattoo that I want people to see.
Guess I'd run Windows across my ass.
of when I used to have to wear that damned Chuck E. Cheese suit and prance around the party room.
Well, Nintendo is...
:)
isn't indicative of the speed of their computers.
doh! can you feel the slashdotting...?
And yet, it is coming out of our pockets.
Do you think the judges, court transcribers and all the other administrative personnel who handle all these claims are simply volunteers...?
They also don't make commission's for private lawsuits. (Well, some of them do, but they get arrested eventually)
Petty lawsuits generate a LOT of overhead in the system. All the more reason I'd like the judge to just dismiss this idiocracy of a lawsuit quickly.
Yeah, I don't think I trust myself enough with my dremel to perform a emergency ring removal.
It'd turn into a finger removal for sure.
Pardon me. But my colorblind friend says the sky is a medium gray.
He can't understand blue, or what possible uses that color has on a day to day basis.
Likewise, the people out there coming up with these "notices" are technology blind.
So if we couldn't trust a colorblind person to paint your house, how can we trust technology-blind legislators and other political reps to make the right decisions or statements on our behalf...?
Time to get out the voting stick.
I guess that really makes it "compile once, run everywhere and nowhere at the same time"
Recent scientific research has shown that prolonged use of the X-Box can be hazardous to your health:
The newly discovered problem usually begins with slight fluttering of the eyes and unconscious twitching of muscles in the forearm and hands.
In most cases, the player begins to slow down and process commands sluggishly.
If left untreated the player eventually becomes totally unresponsive, and may in fact keel over dead in front of the console.
Doctors are naming this new disease BSS (Blue Screen Syndrome)
Parents are urged to have their children tested for yearly for signs of BSS, or to purchase a PS2 which does not exhibit the same health damaging characteristics as the X-Box.
But it's still one more four-letter acronym, and another pile of legislative paper to file. May the gods have mercy on their souls.
My favorite statement:
Shocking? Methinks not. The Republican party may be "traditionally" pro-business. But each individual representative is simply pro-money-in-my-pocket.
continued refinement and technical advances in the computing field. That's the real meat I like to see on /.
I can't wait for 2030 to see where technology ends up.
I really do want to see some real information about the underlying design of the stuff.
They had their subwoofers turned off, sorry.
you are correct.
/. when it's not just 2 or 3 conflicting articles, but whole flocks of them. Now run along.
but I hit the cap long ago, so I only whore because it makes me happy.
Besides, I like to rag on
We hate Blizzard on Mondays.
ooohhh... shiny things. i like shiny things.
He only uses the word consumer for the interview.
I'm sure internally you are simply referred to as "the target"
:)
Cool. Guess it's time to play around with those for my family. (I so love being tech support around the house)
File->Quick Preferences->Refuse Pop-up Windows.
Careful though. It's ALL window.open commands.
I'd prefer more granular control.
Allow for disabling window.open onLoad, Exit and for entire objects,
e.g. why would you need a window.open on the mousedown or mouseover of the body/document object ?
Yet another reason to browse with Mozilla or Opera with onLoad (or all) popups disabled.
Most of these advertising techniques either rely on browsers (or users) who don't or can't disable popups easily. (read: 90% of the internet explorer population.) Or they rely on Internet Explorer specific techniques, e.g. windowless flash animations (transparent backgrounds) for shoshkeles, etc.
I think it's time the antivirus companies step up to the plate for the average consumer, and add blocking/filtering to the AV clients. Maybe it's overkill, but if you could tag these popup downloads as a potential virus (or at least unauthorized use of your computer) the world would be a better place. Or, create some add-ons to mozilla which filter popups against a database (ala the defunct spamcop) popupcop?
When something is sold as "advertising" but is nothing less than an attempt to trick or confuse a person into purchasing, downloading or installing your software, that's misrepresentation and/or fraud. Regardless of any 2pt fine-print at the bottom, or "user agreement" on the page. Hard to stop them, though.
It announces its intentions in a clear baritone voice.
"I am about to move," it tells fellow passengers. "Please stand clear."
Better if it just said:
"You are in my path and must move aside. You have 10 seconds to comply"
if the "department" line on it was simply:
from the imagine-a-beowulf-cluster-of
hey, at least I didn't post it with my +1