Q: Slashdot seems to be very U.S.-centric. Do you have any plans to be more international in your scope?
A: Slashdot is U.S.-centric. We readily admit this, and really don't see it as a problem. Slashdot is run by Americans, after all, and the vast majority of our readership is in the U.S. We're certainly not opposed to doing more international stories, but we don't have any formal plans for making that happen. All we can really tell you is that if you're outside the U.S. and you have news, submit it, and if it looks interesting, we'll post it.
It is worth noting that there is a Japanese Slashdot run by VA Japan. While we helped them a little in their early days, they essentially run their own content without any real involvement from us... none of us can read Kanji! There are currently no plans to do other language or nation specific Slashdot sites.
If I say "jaywalkers should be put to death", and I jaywalk, would I be executed for it? Have they actually sued anyone in Canada for outrageous damages? I think this is awesome, but I doubt that they will end up on the sharp end of this one.
That's just bizarre. The iPhone will only download or update large apps over wifi, it simply refuses anything over 10MB over 3G or GPRS. I think most people use iTunes on their PC or Mac to download apps.
The simple fact is, nearly everything you do could be seen as offensive to someone, using this as a standard for deciding what is appropriate and what is not is insane
Using what as a standard? I think "which are the biggest, most common targets of racial hatred" is a reasonably good standard for what behaviours to combat.
The picture is racially offensive because it represents a frequently used racial slur ("black people are inferior, like monkeys"). Do I really need to point that out? No, I guess I don't, that should have been obvious to you. If so, why did you choose to ignore it?
I might be in danger of setting off the QI siren here, but in the northern hemisphere the left side should be the correct side to drive, and in the southern hemisphere the right side should be correct. This is to avoid creating a cyclone when vehicles pass. At least, that's what my dad told me but he could be a bit of a joker sometimes.
That's what I was thinking - a better test would be comparing:
1. FLAC that has been transcoded to Vorbis 2. MP3 that has been transcoded to Vorbis 3. FLAC that has been transcoded to AAC 4. MP3 that has been transcoded to AAC etc. for any other formats that you might want to change to.
I'm uncomfortable with accepting that first level of loss, when MP3 might not be the format that I want to keep my music in for ever. Sure, it's good enough now, it has wide support, and power consumption is good because a lot of devices have hardware decode for MP3 as against software decode for Vorbis. But what of the future? Will MP3 be the best choice for ever? I doubt it, so for the first encode, for long term storage of a "master" copy, FLAC may be worthwhile.
If that's a specific function of the application installer, then no. If it does the same thing for file deletion, user creation, changing system settings, and everything else that is controlled by user policies, then it may be the same thing.
If you try to do something that you aren't allowed to, does sudo automatically pop up and ask you if you want to authenticate to an account that does have the privilidges that you need? That's what this patent is about.
No, I'd open it on my iPhone. I don't have this set up yet, I'm reading this article with interest as I'm after a password manager that I can use on my home and work laptops (Win) and my iPhone, and also on the Android, Crackberry, Pre, WiiPhoneDS or ZunePhone that I replace my iPhone with in a couple years time.
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Conjured items and instance loot can be traded. Not sure if that extends to white and grey trash loot, or just stuff that is rolled on.
I suppose so. I'm just trying to think like a *RIA* lawyer.
From the FAQ:
Q: Slashdot seems to be very U.S.-centric. Do you have any plans to be more international in your scope?
A: Slashdot is U.S.-centric. We readily admit this, and really don't see it as a problem. Slashdot is run by Americans, after all, and the vast majority of our readership is in the U.S. We're certainly not opposed to doing more international stories, but we don't have any formal plans for making that happen. All we can really tell you is that if you're outside the U.S. and you have news, submit it, and if it looks interesting, we'll post it.
It is worth noting that there is a Japanese Slashdot run by VA Japan. While we helped them a little in their early days, they essentially run their own content without any real involvement from us... none of us can read Kanji! There are currently no plans to do other language or nation specific Slashdot sites.
If I say "jaywalkers should be put to death", and I jaywalk, would I be executed for it? Have they actually sued anyone in Canada for outrageous damages? I think this is awesome, but I doubt that they will end up on the sharp end of this one.
Simple. Some people need to buy stuff in order that everyone can get the free content.
That's just bizarre. The iPhone will only download or update large apps over wifi, it simply refuses anything over 10MB over 3G or GPRS. I think most people use iTunes on their PC or Mac to download apps.
Offensive to you maybe.
Not to me - I'm a middle-class white guy.
The simple fact is, nearly everything you do could be seen as offensive to someone, using this as a standard for deciding what is appropriate and what is not is insane
Using what as a standard? I think "which are the biggest, most common targets of racial hatred" is a reasonably good standard for what behaviours to combat.
The picture is racially offensive because it represents a frequently used racial slur ("black people are inferior, like monkeys"). Do I really need to point that out? No, I guess I don't, that should have been obvious to you. If so, why did you choose to ignore it?
You're absolutely right. Racism is clearly not a thing of the past yet.
Well, the one that was 90 degrees away will have seen the other side of the sun as well. The video on the front page doesn't show that half though.
I might be in danger of setting off the QI siren here, but in the northern hemisphere the left side should be the correct side to drive, and in the southern hemisphere the right side should be correct. This is to avoid creating a cyclone when vehicles pass. At least, that's what my dad told me but he could be a bit of a joker sometimes.
Nope.
It'll have minimal storage, maybe just a small SSD to hold connection settings and updates.
That's what I was thinking - a better test would be comparing:
1. FLAC that has been transcoded to Vorbis
2. MP3 that has been transcoded to Vorbis
3. FLAC that has been transcoded to AAC
4. MP3 that has been transcoded to AAC
etc. for any other formats that you might want to change to.
I'm uncomfortable with accepting that first level of loss, when MP3 might not be the format that I want to keep my music in for ever. Sure, it's good enough now, it has wide support, and power consumption is good because a lot of devices have hardware decode for MP3 as against software decode for Vorbis. But what of the future? Will MP3 be the best choice for ever? I doubt it, so for the first encode, for long term storage of a "master" copy, FLAC may be worthwhile.
Fair point.
Pretty pointless if he browses with sigs turned off like I do
Too bad, the rich corpsicles already bought them out.
I read that as being $5000 for the burner and the discs.
I just stumbled across this on the Long Now web site.
http://blog.longnow.org/2009/10/22/millenniata-now-shipping/
If that's a specific function of the application installer, then no. If it does the same thing for file deletion, user creation, changing system settings, and everything else that is controlled by user policies, then it may be the same thing.
The patent mentions sudo many times.
If you try to do something that you aren't allowed to, does sudo automatically pop up and ask you if you want to authenticate to an account that does have the privilidges that you need? That's what this patent is about.
OK, badly phrased on my part, I was referring to the origin of the phrase.
The reason it's called a root kit is that it hides the fact that your box has been root ed, and what kind of O/S has a root account? Hint: Not Windows.
No, I'd open it on my iPhone. I don't have this set up yet, I'm reading this article with interest as I'm after a password manager that I can use on my home and work laptops (Win) and my iPhone, and also on the Android, Crackberry, Pre, WiiPhoneDS or ZunePhone that I replace my iPhone with in a couple years time.