Another description I've heard of the P/J axis is that it indicates how the person prefers to relate to "the external world".
You and I "are" both INTP's, and the P indicates that we prefer to use our Perceiving function (N/S -- in our case iNtuition) rather than our Judging function (T/F -- in our case, Thinking) when processing the external world. Conversely, in the internal world, we prefer our Judging function (Thinking). For someone who comes up "J" in their score, the roles of the functions are reversed. So an ESFJ, for example, supposedly prefers using the Judgement function (Feeling in his/her case) in the external world.
I'm not sure if I buy this interpretation, but it's interesting.
Maybe posted articles would first go through some sort of editorial server which would assign articles to a group of editors who would do minor corrections, or consult with the author for clarification, whichever is necessary. Then the editors could pass the corrected articles back to the editorial server which would post the article, perhaps after getting an "OK" signal from the original poster. Maybe the server would automatically post articles that didn't get any editorial attention within some time threshold, in case editors are (or become) unavailable.
You could get an account and set up your preferences so that you only see those posts with high scores. There are likely (though not guaranteed) to be not quite as lame as the posts to which you are referring.
I think lame posts are inevitable in forums where normal people get to post. You can always avoid them by not visiting public forums, but that seems kind of like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Then again I have a long history with and great fondness for BBS's, which probably skews my opinions.
This is what's going to happen: The Angry Dog Brewing Company of North Podunk will register angrydog.com. Next the Angry Dog Software Company of Wikadiki City will get mad and sue the Angry Dog Brewing Company. Since the Angry Dog Software Company has more money and lawyers, and because there's now a precedent for taking away domain names from their registrants, the Angry Dog Brewing Company will lose its domain name.
Tough shit though, they should have become rich first if they wanted to do business. There's no room in this world for the little guy.
At about 11:30 am PDT today I got logged out and couldn't log back in for about five minutes or so. I also got the "reset preferences". At least some of them were - my message score threshold and sorting preference. And the SlashBoxes. My "low bandwidth" preference was still there though.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get an AdultCheck ID.
Some of us prefer to use Lynx. I am one such person. Sure, we're missing out on waiting 3 minutes while the images load, and the scrolling Javascript banners that say "You are now at my website", and our screens aren't delightfully subdivided with increasing layers of frames, and we don't have that wonderful blinking text, or text colors that are the similar to the color of the background, and maybe we don't know the excitement of having our browsers crash, and maybe we get confused by the ability to always/never/conditionally accept cookies on a per-domain basis, but I think we'll get by.
It can even be said that the web is really about text, which Lynx handles beautifully. But people who say that probably prefer reading books to watching TV, and are thus obviously crazy, and their opinions should be discounted.
(Sarcasm: OFF) I will admit that Lynx doesn't fit every situation. Online banking is one example. For these few purposes we can fire up some bloatware like Netscape. But Lynx is great for a general purpose browser.
Anyone who uses Lynx can tell you that Slashdot does a much better job of putting ALT="Whatever" in their image tags. This spoof had lots of "[IMAGE]" and "[INLINE]" which detracted from the effect a bit.
While not everyone on the net shares a common political philosophy, there are some very common tendencies, such a strong libertarian undercurrent. Do you guys think the net could be used as an important tool in bringing together freedom-loving people to form a third party to represent the interests of liberty that so often get stepped on by the two major political parties in the USA? And could such a party have a chance of winning a significant number of elections, unlike (apparently) other third parties such as the lamented Libertarian Party?
You can filter out the Jon Katz articles if you have an account. Check out the "Preferences" page. That way you can avoid his Non-news for Non-nerds and his Stuff that Doesn't Matter. As for me, I'll filter it out the old fashioned way -- by keeping it available but using my finely-tuned bullshit detectors to determine what I should spend a lot of time on reading.
As much as I hate Microsoft and would like to see it destroyed, I don't think the government should be involved. From what I have heard of Microsoft's actions, they certainly seem ethically repugnant, but I don't think that they should be illegal. I tend to think that problems such as Microsoft should be dealt with through education and activism. Supporting Linux or BSD is an excellent example of this.
Then again I am, unlike Jon Katz, a libertarian. Those who support a more activist government may likely disagree.
... but then again I use Lynx as my primary browser. You'd be amazed at how many hideous pages become decent with Lynx. But on the other hand, a lot of pages that look OK in bloatware browsers end up ugly in Lynx, so there's a trade-off. Not to mention all the fuckheads who use JavaScript for things like basic navigation (please shoot them). Overall, though, I'd have to say that using Lynx is better than not using Lynx.
My guess is that it was moderated using the classic "Randomly select a word" style of moderation, which I hear is used by an increasing number of moderators here on this most excellent Slashdot.
I think the whole point about the Kevin Mitnick protests is the crappy way the government has treated him while keeping him locked up. The main thing that sticks out in my mind is the repeated refusal of the government to grant him meaningful access to the evidence to be used against him, as well as the denial of access to even the most simple technology because of some overblown fear that he might use it in some magical way to cause trouble. If you take the time to look into some of the government's abuses of power, you might be as pissed as many of Kevin's sympathizers.
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The various governments in the US sure are getting blatant with their violations (and attempted violations) of the Constitution (especially the Bill of Rights). It's almost as if they are trying to provoke a revolution. Maybe they think that they're in a position where they can win, and impose some sort of totalitarian nightmare regime in which they don't even pretend to support the idea of individual liberty.
This shit is seriously scary.
I hope we can get rid of these fuckwads peacefully. I'd hate to have the streets run red with blood, but that sort of thing may be necessary. I'm not optimistic though. This one saying keeps coming back to me... "It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." Where's that from anyway?
In fact, I further recommend that we refrain from drinking this beer unless it is compliant with recognized standards, i.e. made only from the four basic ingredients: water, hops, yeast, and barley (or other grain I suppose). I really hate those big evil greedy corporations who "embrace and extend" the beer standard with adjuncts.
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Conscientious: 13% (Han Solo)
Extraverted: 1% (Wampas)
Agreeable: 10% (Emperor Palpatine)
Nervous: 37% (R2D2)
Myers-Briggs Type: INTP
You and I "are" both INTP's, and the P indicates that we prefer to use our Perceiving function (N/S -- in our case iNtuition) rather than our Judging function (T/F -- in our case, Thinking) when processing the external world. Conversely, in the internal world, we prefer our Judging function (Thinking). For someone who comes up "J" in their score, the roles of the functions are reversed. So an ESFJ, for example, supposedly prefers using the Judgement function (Feeling in his/her case) in the external world.
I'm not sure if I buy this interpretation, but it's interesting.
Include standard pseudo-science disclaimer here.
Give Bill Gates a kiss for me.
It will be interesting to watch this play out.
Plus it doesn't crash as much as another browser that I could name.
OK, who wants to write the server??
I think lame posts are inevitable in forums where normal people get to post. You can always avoid them by not visiting public forums, but that seems kind of like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Then again I have a long history with and great fondness for BBS's, which probably skews my opinions.
Tough shit though, they should have become rich first if they wanted to do business. There's no room in this world for the little guy.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get an AdultCheck ID.
It can even be said that the web is really about text, which Lynx handles beautifully. But people who say that probably prefer reading books to watching TV, and are thus obviously crazy, and their opinions should be discounted.
(Sarcasm: OFF) I will admit that Lynx doesn't fit every situation. Online banking is one example. For these few purposes we can fire up some bloatware like Netscape. But Lynx is great for a general purpose browser.
...not to mention the "this was posted before" posts.
Anyone who uses Lynx can tell you that Slashdot does a much better job of putting ALT="Whatever" in their image tags. This spoof had lots of "[IMAGE]" and "[INLINE]" which detracted from the effect a bit.
Quit your job and go to work for a small company where they don't waste time with crap like this.
While not everyone on the net shares a common political philosophy, there are some very common tendencies, such a strong libertarian undercurrent. Do you guys think the net could be used as an important tool in bringing together freedom-loving people to form a third party to represent the interests of liberty that so often get stepped on by the two major political parties in the USA? And could such a party have a chance of winning a significant number of elections, unlike (apparently) other third parties such as the lamented Libertarian Party?
You can filter out the Jon Katz articles if you have an account. Check out the "Preferences" page. That way you can avoid his Non-news for Non-nerds and his Stuff that Doesn't Matter. As for me, I'll filter it out the old fashioned way -- by keeping it available but using my finely-tuned bullshit detectors to determine what I should spend a lot of time on reading.
You use many fancy words but say little.
I've seen people refer to new copyright notices, but I'm still seeing the "Rob Malda" copyright.
Then again I am, unlike Jon Katz, a libertarian. Those who support a more activist government may likely disagree.
... but then again I use Lynx as my primary browser. You'd be amazed at how many hideous pages become decent with Lynx. But on the other hand, a lot of pages that look OK in bloatware browsers end up ugly in Lynx, so there's a trade-off. Not to mention all the fuckheads who use JavaScript for things like basic navigation (please shoot them). Overall, though, I'd have to say that using Lynx is better than not using Lynx.
My guess is that it was moderated using the classic "Randomly select a word" style of moderation, which I hear is used by an increasing number of moderators here on this most excellent Slashdot.
I think the whole point about the Kevin Mitnick protests is the crappy way the government has treated him while keeping him locked up. The main thing that sticks out in my mind is the repeated refusal of the government to grant him meaningful access to the evidence to be used against him, as well as the denial of access to even the most simple technology because of some overblown fear that he might use it in some magical way to cause trouble. If you take the time to look into some of the government's abuses of power, you might be as pissed as many of Kevin's sympathizers.
This shit is seriously scary.
I hope we can get rid of these fuckwads peacefully. I'd hate to have the streets run red with blood, but that sort of thing may be necessary. I'm not optimistic though. This one saying keeps coming back to me... "It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." Where's that from anyway?
In fact, I further recommend that we refrain from drinking this beer unless it is compliant with recognized standards, i.e. made only from the four basic ingredients: water, hops, yeast, and barley (or other grain I suppose). I really hate those big evil greedy corporations who "embrace and extend" the beer standard with adjuncts.