As an aside, anyone who puts punctuation in their domain name deserves to have confused and misdirected customers.
You can damn well bet that if your domain is bob-wilson.com, the majority of those trying to reach your site will go to bobwilson.com. My rules when my company wants a domain: Short, simple, rolls off the tongue, no homonyms (two, too, to), always.com, and no punctuation.
is working fairly well (better than original link) as of the time of this post. It's going up and down because it's having to start caching when the original link is already fairly crippled.
Just add.nyud.net:8090 to a URL
BEFORE YOU POST IT TO SLASHDOT!!!
and it will be loaded into the cache.
The earlier you do this, the earlier it will start/finish caching, and the faster it will be for all of us.
This is what makes SlashDot better than Fark, both in the immediate, and in the long term. On Fark (which has been broken for days now), this post would be deleted and the poster banned. Here, it actually has a chance to earnestly improve the site.
For non-techie news, I really like Fark, even though I've had like 10 accounts banned because my humor/opinion differed with a mod. It would just be so much better if it were democratic instead of totalitarian.
Let's show Fark that panmoderation and metamoderation can solve problems. Fix the dupes.
When people stop equating Shakespeare's timeless epics with 7th grade, simply because it's the only time they were 'made' to 'hobble through' some of the greatest writing of all time, then I'll be excited.
BTW, yes, please judge my karma. Notice that it's maxed out. So is yours. Slashdot readers obviously likes your posts and mine. So yes, you are being a dick for going around and saying "My posts are the best, but nobody likes yours and people like you need to get spanked off this forum!" A mighty dick indeed.
Really, now. Spanked off?
There are too many people that think their humor is the best and other kinds are "bad, cheap, too British, too dry, needs more salt, etc." Stop being one of them.
Sure, but about.com for $690 million in 2000, sell for $410 million in 2005.
Well, most people who had $690 million in 2000 have about $410 million today, so doesn't that mean it's square?
0.76 to the Euro huh? It's gonna be zany mayhem if/when the US Dollar is no longer the standard of currency. Never happen? Too tough? Simpler than inventing the Euro, and, in fact, one of the goals of the Euro.
I've always made light of death. Western caucasian cultures (who are the minority of the planet) are one of the few who 'fear' death and skirt around it and pretend they never think about it.
IMHO, Yoda was saying several things in this simple sentence. The first, of course, is, "I have lived longer than you will." A simple fact. Another is, "You are mortal (which is latin for 'subject to death'), and your time to find and accomplish your purpose is running out as we speak." Finally, but only as a postscript, he makes light of an otherwise serious statement by pointing out that he looks better than you will when you are his age.
Making light of that which is otherwise scary or unknown is a human tradition. It's psychologically healthy. If we can laugh at somthing, then it loses some of its mystique; it becomes more containable. We can 'wrap our heads around it' a little easier.
Cancer is not a fact of life for everyone of our species (yet). And my dog wouldn't quite understand it. But if I live to be 125 and someone remarks about my looks, I will free to reply that they will probably not look like me when they reach 125.
If I tell them, "Hey, youngster. Your time to find and accomplish your purpose is running out," it's easier to dismiss than if I make them actually realize it themselves.
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According to one of the industry's leading insider websites, the movie has grossed almost 450 million dollars worldwide. That means...
It's number 60 on the ALL-TIME domestic takes, and number FIFTY-TWO all-time worldwide.
But you read on rotten tomatoes that it was a bomb, and you're sticking to it.
Heh. Like Pen Island's website that they eventually took down...
www.penisland.com
On a sidenote, did anyone else notice a new "No Karma Bonus" checkbox next to Post Anonymously?
Aww, that means your Karma has just hit excellent1 Congratulations and welcome to the club1 You now post at +2 unless you check that box.
As an aside, anyone who puts punctuation in their domain name deserves to have confused and misdirected customers.
.com, and no punctuation.
You can damn well bet that if your domain is bob-wilson.com, the majority of those trying to reach your site will go to bobwilson.com. My rules when my company wants a domain: Short, simple, rolls off the tongue, no homonyms (two, too, to), always
You didn't RTFA, but you got frist psot. Congrats...?
Coral Cache's copy
.nyud.net:8090 to a URL
Click Here
is working fairly well (better than original link) as of the time of this post. It's going up and down because it's having to start caching when the original link is already fairly crippled.
Just add
BEFORE YOU POST IT TO SLASHDOT!!!
and it will be loaded into the cache.
The earlier you do this, the earlier it will start/finish caching, and the faster it will be for all of us.
Online nerds knew what to do with a vagina long before our playboy-only contemporaries!
This is what makes SlashDot better than Fark, both in the immediate, and in the long term. On Fark (which has been broken for days now), this post would be deleted and the poster banned. Here, it actually has a chance to earnestly improve the site.
For non-techie news, I really like Fark, even though I've had like 10 accounts banned because my humor/opinion differed with a mod. It would just be so much better if it were democratic instead of totalitarian.
Let's show Fark that panmoderation and metamoderation can solve problems. Fix the dupes.
FOR FOR THE DUPE!
FOR FOR THE DUPE!
I can just see Mel Gibson, face painted, rallying the troops before the siege.
FOR FOR THE DUPE!
"grammar."
Oh, and everyone who uses emoticons is dumb? That must make you feel so smart! Something has to.
yawn.
Pardon my ignorance. Wtf is the vole, and why wasn't it hyperlinked?
Try replying to the parent next time. That wasn't my post.
When people stop equating Shakespeare's timeless epics with 7th grade, simply because it's the only time they were 'made' to 'hobble through' some of the greatest writing of all time, then I'll be excited.
Alas, poor Yorick...
OMGWTF, it's GRENDEL!
Your point is absurd. I make no claims to promoting my brand of humor. I merely point out that the parent's remark was banal.
:'(
Try to learn English
Your point is absurd. I make no claims to promoting my brand of humor. I merely point out that the parent's remark was banal.
Try not to prove my point when arguing with it.
Lamer
It's not the 1990's any more. Sorry.
You want to spank me off?
BTW, yes, please judge my karma. Notice that it's maxed out. So is yours. Slashdot readers obviously likes your posts and mine. So yes, you are being a dick for going around and saying "My posts are the best, but nobody likes yours and people like you need to get spanked off this forum!" A mighty dick indeed.
Really, now. Spanked off?
There are too many people that think their humor is the best and other kinds are "bad, cheap, too British, too dry, needs more salt, etc." Stop being one of them.
amightywind - How original... Queue the predictable Austin Powers quotes.
Looking at your post history, you're not normally a dick. So maybe you just need a nap?
PS: Notice the links are NOT TO POKER SITES YOU NOOB MODS.
Some of the best online poker spams have said something that made me laugh. Not often, but once in a while, they have made me think that online poker is fun, and I should probably try online poker one of these days. I like Texas Hold-em as much as anyone, and I think I could probably win money playing poker if I practice enough!
Wish me luck for playing poker!
Troll? you've got to be kidding me. The only troll involving parent is the moderator.
Good moderator rule: If it's a joke whose humor you don't understand, just move along.
I do believe you mean autofellatio, which the dictionary defines as oral stimulation of the penis. But thanks for the great sexual reminder.
Some of the best online poker spams have said something that made me laugh. Not often, but once in a while, they have made me think that online poker is fun, and I should probably try online poker one of these days. I like Texas Hold-em as much as anyone, and I think I could probably win money playing poker if I practice enough!
Wish me luck for playing poker!
I just bought the domain http://www.slashshot.org/ :)
Should have it set up in about 2 hours. What should I use it for?
Put up click-through ads like every other 'net opportunist! This could be your break!
Sure, but about.com for $690 million in 2000, sell for $410 million in 2005.
Well, most people who had $690 million in 2000 have about $410 million today, so doesn't that mean it's square?
0.76 to the Euro huh? It's gonna be zany mayhem if/when the US Dollar is no longer the standard of currency. Never happen? Too tough? Simpler than inventing the Euro, and, in fact, one of the goals of the Euro.
Single and double apostrophes are [...] not typically used in the context of time.
Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. From sheet music to recorded tracks on CDs, tapes, etc., tick marks are in extremely typical use.
If I were to make my own MP3 silent tune of exactly the same length and put it online, would I be infringing their copyright?
You don't fuck with John Fucking Cage
I've always made light of death. Western caucasian cultures (who are the minority of the planet) are one of the few who 'fear' death and skirt around it and pretend they never think about it.
IMHO, Yoda was saying several things in this simple sentence. The first, of course, is, "I have lived longer than you will." A simple fact. Another is, "You are mortal (which is latin for 'subject to death'), and your time to find and accomplish your purpose is running out as we speak." Finally, but only as a postscript, he makes light of an otherwise serious statement by pointing out that he looks better than you will when you are his age.
Making light of that which is otherwise scary or unknown is a human tradition. It's psychologically healthy. If we can laugh at somthing, then it loses some of its mystique; it becomes more containable. We can 'wrap our heads around it' a little easier.
Cancer is not a fact of life for everyone of our species (yet). And my dog wouldn't quite understand it. But if I live to be 125 and someone remarks about my looks, I will free to reply that they will probably not look like me when they reach 125.
If I tell them, "Hey, youngster. Your time to find and accomplish your purpose is running out," it's easier to dismiss than if I make them actually realize it themselves.