I agree. When my TV died, I figured that it was better to to get a cheap $70 TV card and watch on a high-quality monitor than to spend $250 for a crappy-quality TV that will be obsolete when HDTV hits. Besides, it's more fun to have a gadget like a capture card than a boring old TV. XawTV is pretty cool, and works real well.
A jury is made up of 12 people, right? Makes me wonder what the percentage of what OS's the jurors would use. I'm guessing at least half would be Mac users, but I don't know about the rest. At least one user each of Linux and a BSD. Maybe a Sun admin thrown in for spice.
That's what I miss most about TNG. A lot of TNG episodes were more like the old school sci-fi. Y'know, taking just one idea and working with it. Now with Voyager, it's the technobabble "particle of the week" crap. We need more TNG style writers.
True. And since the non-sticky side of Duct Tape is also reflective, if the sail itself is of the reflective type then you don't lose much in the way of propulsion.:)
Certainly not Bill. I'm guessing it was a manager in the technical division who kept hearing about "this slashdot thing" from programmers in the office. He went to check it out, and voila. Instant Manager Karma points with his superiors for reporting possible copyright violations.
>This information isn't exactly top secret. It's >not even that interesting, or mildly sought >after.
Bingo. This isn't about what the information was. It could have been a proprietary chocolate chip cookie recipe, or a plan for building a go-cart for all MS's lawyers could have cared. They just want to create a precedent. They want to jump on something unimportant *now*, so that if someone posts something *really* important later MS won't have to wait for some website operator to consult their lawyers. They want the legal ability to yank anything that they don't like immediately. In their eyes, having Slashdot (a rather well-known largely anti-MS site) as their first target is just icing on the cake.
Dude, this is an excellent idea! As a matter of fact, I'm going to add something very similiar to it to a program I'm writing. Thanks for the suggestion.
Err, I hate to say this, knowing I'll be struck down, but moderators, take a look at the above.
>Not only does this finally let us all have the >2000000000000 channels we obviously so dearly >need,
I never understood this resentment towards more TV channels. I mean, more TV channels is more choice! There actually might be interesting TV shows if we weren't limited to a few dozen channels by whatever local regulatory agency has a monopoly on the distribution of radio bandwidth. (I'm still waiting for the 24-hour science news channels. But they don't turn a profit, so we get stuck with the Outdoor Network and the Home and Gardening Channel instead.) C'mon, everyone, more is better when it comes to TV channels.
Either more channels, or enough bandwidth in the world to stream real-time audio and video so we can all have our own "TV" stations. That's what I dream of. Voltron and Transformers reruns, anyone?:)
True, true. If I had moderator points, this would go up as insightful. Did they broadcast the source on prime time, or at night? I forget which. I'm guessing late at night, because of the advertising costs involved.
Way ahead of ya. Of course, it's just a cheap-ass Hauppage WinTV card, but works fine under BeOS and Linux.
Um, is there a picture of John Carmack anywhere? No reason at all, folks. No, don't mind the printout of the screencap of Padme that I'm not hiding behind my back.
On a somewhat related note, in the province of New Brunswick in Canada a company called iMagicTV (their caps) is pioneering a revolutionary new technology that would allow someone to watch TV on their PC!WHOA!
Dragon Half is worth watching for the closing song alone. Just listening to it isn't enough, you have to see the closing credits. And if you like Dragon Half, look around for a copy of The Ultimate Teacher. Trust me on this one.
Also of note is Golden Boy: Wandering Student. Pure dumb fun, but not for kids. Study, life is study...:)
>Neon Genesis Evangelion -- yes, they talked about >it, I just thought I would voice my argeement. A >great series, though the ending is best seen >while high:) Methinks that's exactly how "End of Evangelion" was *made*.:) But still, a very odd show. A must-see for mecha fans and philosphy fans alike. And what mecha... sigh. It'd be nice to trade in my Volkswagen Golf for a nice, shiny new Unit One. Get the DVDs, though, if you can. There's been some concern over the physical quality of the VHS tapes. I've never had any problems with my copies, but some of my friends have. Besides, the DVDs are cheaper.
Offtopic, but it's nice to see North American anime companies switching over to DVD in droves. Not only is the picture and sound quality better, but they're cheaper.
Heh. Now *that's* a funny screensaver. It really freaks people out to see various fatal error messages flashing on my monitor. Does anyone know where/if a Windows 9x version of the xsceensaver BSOD mode exists?
A lot of us *have* to use Outlook, which seems to be the most heavily affected email client, in government and/or school and/or industry. A lot of us have extensive address lists, and more importantly, this worm is actually destructive, unlike Melissa. Overwriting many, many, many different files with itself is Not Nice Behaviour. Don't laugh at the victims for not using Linux. Laugh at them for being utter idiots who decide to run unknown VB scripts blindly.
My college email comes through an Outlook web server (right here, if you're interested) and I'm wondering if I've got anything to worry about. I've tried to get the bloody admins to allow POP email clients to work with the college's system, but the morons don't know how to do it.
Amen. I'm torn between Nedit and Cooledit. Everytime I use either one, I get a odd sense of guilt. Also, the astromony software XEephem uses Motif. I forget the URL, but it should be easy to find.
>but I agree. I wouldn't wish doom on anyone. The >sprite graphics, the low-res textures, the >3D-no-wait-they're-2D maps...I could go on, but >you get my point.
I dunno, a good game of 4-player Doom is great at parties for that retro-gaming experience.
>While I find your proposed policy fascinating, >the political goofballs on the left, in the US >anyhow, would complain about "tax breaks for the >rich" and how the plan is "unfair to the poor." Agreed. I never intended it to be a "build out of the box" plan, just one that could eventually be mutated into something useful. And considering that I'm one of those left-wing goofballs, I can understand that point of view. I guess the thing I'm trying to get across is that punishment doesn't really work in this sort of thing, while rewards often do. Give someone a fifty dollar reward to turn in a lost wallet containing a few hundred, and you'd be surprised how many people will take the reward.
>Framed another way, people with fewer than two >children are over-represented in the professional >(I'm using a broader definition of profession >than lawyer, doctor, and priest) arena. As such, >they'd receive additional benefits for merely >continuing their current behavior. Interesting point, and one that I'd be inclined to argue in favour of. Higher education is never a bad thing. At the very least, it might encourage a little more rational thought in everyday decisions. It probably wouldn't in reality, but one never knows. Of course, then comes the question of "How would a poor family afford the university/college tuition?" I've always thought that tuitions should slashed, but that's an entirely different issue.
>In any case, you'd probably be able to look at >China's experience with its one-child policy. >Does anyone have a rational explanation of >whether or not its worked? Not being the least bit Chinese (British descended east-coast Canadian, in my case) nor knowing anyone who lives in China, I honestly couldn't say. China's policy is vastly different both in spirit and in practise to the dollars-not-babies idea. Their system, from what I've gathered in the news, is a straightforward do-this-or-else fascist policy. Can anyone who knows more about China's one-child rule comment?
>FWIW, I understand the female infanticide problem >exists, but I consider that an unfortunate >cultural artifact more than evidence against the >policy per se. Again, you're right. Acceptance of this kind of thing would be a big problem anywhere in the world where sexism and/or a large family is an accepted part of a culture. Not just east Asia and Africa, but many parts of, well, every single country in the world, I guess.
And I just thought of another problem: this could be seen by some of the more extreme right-wingers as some sort of "attack on family values", despite the fact that the parents would have much more time to pay attention to one child. Whether that's a good or bad situation, I'll leave to the psychologists.:)
This is all *strictly* anecdotal, but here goes. I'm the oldest child of two oldest children, so I've got many young aunts and uncles with school-age children of their own. Among my extended family, I've got younger cousins in various one-child, two-child, three-child and seven-child families. I've noticed that the parents of the two-child family are the most relaxed of them all. I expect the parents of the single child will be more relaxed once my little cousin is no longer a toddler.:) The seven-child family is a special case, since five of the kids were adopted from a single family. It seemed cruel to break the kids apart, so the parents who wanted to adopt the kids (both well-paid government workers with an absolutely *huge* house) decided to take them all in. They're wonderful parents, too. The kids love them.
By the way, please adopt if you have the chance and want kids. There's some great kids out there who need good homes.
Give people massive tax breaks for not having any children, or for only having one child. It's not violating anyone's civil rights, it's not imprisoning anyone, and it's humane. It appeals to the one thing that drives most people: their wallets. This is a totally biased solution on my part, though, since I never plan to have any kids.
The big drawback is sheer time it would take to succeed, and it would probably only work in countries where taxes are fairly high to being with. Oh, well...
Slashdot Mirror
People sit in the back? Wow. I always sit fifth row, center. Now *that's* the proper way to enjoy that great lightsaber fight in TPM.
I agree. When my TV died, I figured that it was better to to get a cheap $70 TV card and watch on a high-quality monitor than to spend $250 for a crappy-quality TV that will be obsolete when HDTV hits. Besides, it's more fun to have a gadget like a capture card than a boring old TV. XawTV is pretty cool, and works real well.
A jury is made up of 12 people, right? Makes me wonder what the percentage of what OS's the jurors would use. I'm guessing at least half would be Mac users, but I don't know about the rest. At least one user each of Linux and a BSD. Maybe a Sun admin thrown in for spice.
Not if you've never seen that license in the first place. Ignorance of law might not excuse, but ignorance of fact does.
I tAkE cArE oF tHe PlAcE wHiLe ThE mAsTeR iS aWaY.
Dee doo doo dit dee doo doo dit...
(Okay, no-one but a MSTie is gonna get that...)
That's what I miss most about TNG. A lot of TNG episodes were more like the old school sci-fi. Y'know, taking just one idea and working with it. Now with Voyager, it's the technobabble "particle of the week" crap. We need more TNG style writers.
True. And since the non-sticky side of Duct Tape is also reflective, if the sail itself is of the reflective type then you don't lose much in the way of propulsion. :)
Last time I checked, Lesstif names its binaries and headers the same as Motif does. Will I be able to have both at once, should I want to?
Offtopic? Huh? This is one of the most interesting posts in the entire article. Put down the crack pipe, mister moderator.
Certainly not Bill. I'm guessing it was a manager in the technical division who kept hearing about "this slashdot thing" from programmers in the office. He went to check it out, and voila. Instant Manager Karma points with his superiors for reporting possible copyright violations.
>This information isn't exactly top secret. It's
>not even that interesting, or mildly sought
>after.
Bingo. This isn't about what the information was. It could have been a proprietary chocolate chip cookie recipe, or a plan for building a go-cart for all MS's lawyers could have cared. They just want to create a precedent. They want to jump on something unimportant *now*, so that if someone posts something *really* important later MS won't have to wait for some website operator to consult their lawyers. They want the legal ability to yank anything that they don't like immediately. In their eyes, having Slashdot (a rather well-known largely anti-MS site) as their first target is just icing on the cake.
Dude, this is an excellent idea! As a matter of fact, I'm going to add something very similiar to it to a program I'm writing. Thanks for the suggestion.
Err, I hate to say this, knowing I'll be struck down, but moderators, take a look at the above.
I agree with your whole post, except for this:
:)
>Not only does this finally let us all have the
>2000000000000 channels we obviously so dearly
>need,
I never understood this resentment towards more TV channels. I mean, more TV channels is more choice! There actually might be interesting TV shows if we weren't limited to a few dozen channels by whatever local regulatory agency has a monopoly on the distribution of radio bandwidth. (I'm still waiting for the 24-hour science news channels. But they don't turn a profit, so we get stuck with the Outdoor Network and the Home and Gardening Channel instead.) C'mon, everyone, more is better when it comes to TV channels.
Either more channels, or enough bandwidth in the world to stream real-time audio and video so we can all have our own "TV" stations. That's what I dream of. Voltron and Transformers reruns, anyone?
True, true. If I had moderator points, this would go up as insightful. Did they broadcast the source on prime time, or at night? I forget which. I'm guessing late at night, because of the advertising costs involved.
Way ahead of ya. Of course, it's just a cheap-ass Hauppage WinTV card, but works fine under BeOS and Linux.
Um, is there a picture of John Carmack anywhere? No reason at all, folks. No, don't mind the printout of the screencap of Padme that I'm not hiding behind my back.
On a somewhat related note, in the province of New Brunswick in Canada a company called iMagicTV (their caps) is pioneering a revolutionary new technology that would allow someone to watch TV on their PC! WHOA!
Idiots. Don't you just hate stupid users?
>Now our entire internet DMZ runs on linux, in
>addition to a few other misc. servers.
You run a De-Militarized Zone? Cool. Has it been ported to BSD or BeOS yet?
Dragon Half is worth watching for the closing song
:)
:) :) But still, a very odd show. A
alone. Just listening to it isn't enough, you have
to see the closing credits. And if you like Dragon
Half, look around for a copy of The Ultimate
Teacher. Trust me on this one.
Also of note is Golden Boy: Wandering Student.
Pure dumb fun, but not for kids. Study, life is
study...
>Neon Genesis Evangelion -- yes, they talked about
>it, I just thought I would voice my argeement. A
>great series, though the ending is best seen
>while high
Methinks that's exactly how "End of Evangelion"
was *made*.
must-see for mecha fans and philosphy fans alike.
And what mecha... sigh. It'd be nice to trade in
my Volkswagen Golf for a nice, shiny new Unit One.
Get the DVDs, though, if you can. There's been
some concern over the physical quality of the VHS
tapes. I've never had any problems with my copies,
but some of my friends have. Besides, the DVDs are
cheaper.
Offtopic, but it's nice to see North American
anime companies switching over to DVD in droves.
Not only is the picture and sound quality better,
but they're cheaper.
Heh. Now *that's* a funny screensaver. It really freaks people out to see various fatal error messages flashing on my monitor. Does anyone know where/if a Windows 9x version of the xsceensaver BSOD mode exists?
Dude, chill. Have some tea.
A lot of us *have* to use Outlook, which seems to be the most heavily affected email client, in government and/or school and/or industry. A lot of us have extensive address lists, and more importantly, this worm is actually destructive, unlike Melissa. Overwriting many, many, many different files with itself is Not Nice Behaviour.
Don't laugh at the victims for not using Linux. Laugh at them for being utter idiots who decide to run unknown VB scripts blindly.
My college email comes through an Outlook web server (right here, if you're interested) and I'm wondering if I've got anything to worry about. I've tried to get the bloody admins to allow POP email clients to work with the college's system, but the morons don't know how to do it.
Outlook web admins, should I be worried at all?
>Nedit
Amen. I'm torn between Nedit and Cooledit. Everytime I use either one, I get a odd sense of guilt. Also, the astromony software XEephem uses Motif. I forget the URL, but it should be easy to find.
An optimist believes we live in the best possible universe. A cynic fears that we do. What category would you say that you fall under?
>but I agree. I wouldn't wish doom on anyone. The
>sprite graphics, the low-res textures, the
>3D-no-wait-they're-2D maps...I could go on, but
>you get my point.
I dunno, a good game of 4-player Doom is great at parties for that retro-gaming experience.
>While I find your proposed policy fascinating,
:)
:) The seven-child family is a special case, since five of the kids were adopted from a single family. It seemed cruel to break the kids apart, so the parents who wanted to adopt the kids (both well-paid government workers with an absolutely *huge* house) decided to take them all in. They're wonderful parents, too. The kids love them.
>the political goofballs on the left, in the US
>anyhow, would complain about "tax breaks for the
>rich" and how the plan is "unfair to the poor."
Agreed. I never intended it to be a "build out of the box" plan, just one that could eventually be mutated into something useful. And considering that I'm one of those left-wing goofballs, I can understand that point of view. I guess the thing I'm trying to get across is that punishment doesn't really work in this sort of thing, while rewards often do. Give someone a fifty dollar reward to turn in a lost wallet containing a few hundred, and you'd be surprised how many people will take the reward.
>Framed another way, people with fewer than two
>children are over-represented in the professional
>(I'm using a broader definition of profession
>than lawyer, doctor, and priest) arena. As such,
>they'd receive additional benefits for merely
>continuing their current behavior.
Interesting point, and one that I'd be inclined to argue in favour of. Higher education is never a bad thing. At the very least, it might encourage a little more rational thought in everyday decisions. It probably wouldn't in reality, but one never knows. Of course, then comes the question of "How would a poor family afford the university/college tuition?" I've always thought that tuitions should slashed, but that's an entirely different issue.
>In any case, you'd probably be able to look at
>China's experience with its one-child policy.
>Does anyone have a rational explanation of
>whether or not its worked?
Not being the least bit Chinese (British descended east-coast Canadian, in my case) nor knowing anyone who lives in China, I honestly couldn't say. China's policy is vastly different both in spirit and in practise to the dollars-not-babies idea. Their system, from what I've gathered in the news, is a straightforward do-this-or-else fascist policy. Can anyone who knows more about China's one-child rule comment?
>FWIW, I understand the female infanticide problem
>exists, but I consider that an unfortunate
>cultural artifact more than evidence against the
>policy per se.
Again, you're right. Acceptance of this kind of thing would be a big problem anywhere in the world where sexism and/or a large family is an accepted part of a culture. Not just east Asia and Africa, but many parts of, well, every single country in the world, I guess.
And I just thought of another problem: this could be seen by some of the more extreme right-wingers as some sort of "attack on family values", despite the fact that the parents would have much more time to pay attention to one child. Whether that's a good or bad situation, I'll leave to the psychologists.
This is all *strictly* anecdotal, but here goes. I'm the oldest child of two oldest children, so I've got many young aunts and uncles with school-age children of their own. Among my extended family, I've got younger cousins in various one-child, two-child, three-child and seven-child families. I've noticed that the parents of the two-child family are the most relaxed of them all. I expect the parents of the single child will be more relaxed once my little cousin is no longer a toddler.
By the way, please adopt if you have the chance and want kids. There's some great kids out there who need good homes.
How about this:
Give people massive tax breaks for not having any children, or for only having one child. It's not violating anyone's civil rights, it's not imprisoning anyone, and it's humane. It appeals to the one thing that drives most people: their wallets. This is a totally biased solution on my part, though, since I never plan to have any kids.
The big drawback is sheer time it would take to succeed, and it would probably only work in countries where taxes are fairly high to being with. Oh, well...