Well, first you'd have to have all of two irrational numbers. My original intention was to indicate that, due to some flaw in programming that if a computer returned a rational result for a otherwise correct calculation for an irrational number..
1: The USPS isn't exactly the most profitable (simi) part of the government. Its become more and more seperated in the last few decades. By the time your average slashdot reader reaches his 25th birthday, it may not exist anymore, unless its reabsorbed into the government in entirety. Advertising is good thing in this case, i would assume. I don't think it would be long before we start seeing "banner ads" imprinted on envelopes. I'll refrain from commenting on my opinions of the apropriateness of the release of XP for this bit of slashdot satire.
2: I forsee soon a slashdot story..
"Bill Gates trying to kill journalists!"
A noticably weakened Bill Gates today sneezed at a 4 PM press conference announcing his philantrhopic extension to the public library system. Gates later was diagnosted with a potentially fatal and communicable illness "Influenza".
While covering the conference in his boxers, in his living room, Rob Malda noted that a member of the press who, at one time made a snide remark about Windows 3.1 being "Broken", was standing directly in front of and below Gates.
"I can only assume this was a pre-planned attack against the media. Gates will not stand for negative press, and, being the dark god Azmodeus himself, his vengence knows no limit of time".
When asked if this could be attributed to circumstance, or wild speculation on his part, he denied the accusation and began screaming "bitchslap dot pee ell! BITCHSLAP DOT PEE ELL!".
Hemos and Timothy could not be reached for comment.
Members of the mainstream media were not at a loss for words with this issue, mentioning:
"The things a mind can come up with, when deprived of intelligent human contact" -- Hugh Downs
"And you *LISTENED* to him?! He doesn't even have a mastery of the english language" -- Wolf Blitzer
"Jesus Christ.." -- Jesus Christ
"Taco is correct.. [What follows was a long-winded, dicursive diatribe blaming Bill Gates for Columbine. Omitted for the sake of brevity.]" -- Jon Katz
"I posted this story three minutes before he did" -- chrisd
This would have been better suited for the Gnome thread; but its offtopic, nonetheless..
But still, sun is far from fucked - The aftermarket Sun Enterprise systems are selling like hotcakes from 3rd parties - This is bad for sun, but not -all- bad. You buy that 5500? You need support for it. If you get support from Sun, you get to pay an additional premium since you didnt buy it from them or a sun VAR.
Sales of the USIII line are now above the USII line. Sun expects to be in the black by the end of 2q.
Hit Bill Bradfords great site for more details: sunhelp.org
Numbers do count, yes.. But I still believe in some facets of our republic. I think for some what you say is true - but i think numbers, as in people all writing convincing, intelligent letters about a subject, will have an impact. If nothing else but to put a little voice in the back of the congresspersons mind.
It starts with mud...
It moves to toxic waste..
But fed on the toxic waste, we now have giant protazoa.. haven't you seen any cheezy b-movies?
Next comes humans. They then take over the world. Yeah, Brilliant idea. Of course, they'll genetically engineer them where they aren't vicious. But it just takes one mad TacerrScientist. And the world ends. Do you really want it to go that far?
Say NO to protazoic fuel! Say YES to having all the exercise equipment in the world hooked up to generators! Turn excess body heat into fuel! Install waterwheels in urinals and drainspouts! Endorse the sciences! Find superconductors! Save the whales! Milk the cow! Push the piston! press the button!
I mention again.. if your going to bitch, Bitch Productively. Ranting on/. is good for one thing alone: Getting ideas up to write your congresspersons. If you don't agree with something, use due process. Don't make the call of anarchy - change using the established CCS. For god sakes, use the same (Real IT, not Open Source im-14-and-a-sysadmin-for-mynameco-industries) methodologies you would use for anything else. Structured Change. Its how it happens, folks. That and bribes. Big hoking bribes.
Anways, I feel obligated to point out:
www.house.gov
www.senate.gov
www.whitehouse.gov
also let the MPAA/RIAA know. All you do by biznitchin here is ruff up feathers, get everyone hot and bothered, and then.. do nothing else. Evaluate your goals, and take steps towards it.
Now, of course, he gets off light from the government.. but jeeze, think of the internet traffic charges he's gonna rake up from being slashdotted. YOU MEAN HEARTLESS PEOPLE! Have you no decency? Give the man a break.
Wow, i was not aware those existed either. Those are just.. not right..
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k5 is already carrying it.. If only theregister would carry it.. the "nonmainstream" media. If we can get a big enough uproar going... ah, im dreaming again.
AK, Sacrificing Karma for the sake of what I believe in.
Thats what I was thinking.. I'm too tired to research it myself.. Just a passing ponderance.
The earths magnetic field is also supposed to be degrading. THATS interesting, and if i remember correctly this is the first time that, instead of shifting, it's weakening. What are we going to do in 2,000 or so years when its gone? Wear armani lead coats to business meetings?
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Unfortunately, Slashdot won't ever move to the k5 engine.:(
Anyone posting in this thread is pretty much doomed to extinction in the slashdot world. We're seeing the editors true colors showing through - I got modded as offtopic in my own SID (I didn't even know we could create our own sids!). But the link is in my signature. Bottom line is, I can't wait till some of this stuff hits the metamod queue. If it does - the editors may have an override for -that-, too.
( could you imagine? the ancestor post would have to be metamodded hundreds of times.. )
Every year i hear "Global Warming is Occuring" and "The icecaps are melting", but then i also hear "The icecaps are expanding! another ice age is coming!"
-make up your scientific minds already-. You're worse than the local weatherperson.
(How *ELSE* am i going to get the message out besides trolling?!)
Friends, Trolls, Slashdottians, lend me your eyes.
This marks a great, sad time in the forum of slashdot. When the editors, themselves, censor the comments - not by call of Microsoft, nor the Scientologists, but of their own bruised egos, we have entered the realm of danger.
The editors ignore all calls to question slashdot - they will not change to fit the wishes of the community. They will not even provide a opportunity for us to discuss the failings and boons of the forum.
This forum exists, it seems, to cast a harsh light on all that could be considered even moderately unjust, and bad. However, it is held that a just man cannot be bad himself - yet the editors censor; that makes them bad.
In this time of uncertainty, you must think to your idols. What Would Stallman Do? (Besides hit a bong and say "bummer, dude").
It's time for Stallmanists, Tuxists, And Daemonites to band together. Even followers of the flying window can come to this calling. We shall pass out the nerf weapons of destruction and storm the exodus cage; We shall root the slashboxes and de-moderate those who would dissent, and we shall invade the homes of the editors and give them wedgies of extraordinary proportions. We shall entomb them in a mound of foam darts and rubber bands; and then install Windows 3.1 on their machines.
I call for a top-level story discussing slashdot. I call Taco, Hemos, and the other editors and decision makers to take part in this discussion. This forum is of adequate size that it should take responsibility for some of what is said and done here. I call for a review of the procedure of moderation.
Make your voices heard. Add the links above into your SIG, and make them your web page link. Draw attention to the matter and it can't be kept silent. Stop the hypocrisy.
That will [knowing this place] never, ever, ever, ever happen. In my journal, i posted an email i sent to hemos requesting a/. general forum where dissenters such as this guy could post, we could discuss/., or other things which happen to be on our minds which may or may not interest the editors (Notice that we only see stories that give the editors nubbies?); Hemos ignored it, of course.
If you put the same effort you do here, into legit politics (wow. now *THATS* an oxymoron), the least that's going to happen is you're voice will be heard. The most? The sky's the limit.
Just do yourself a favor. When writing your congressperson or representative:
1) Don't troll
2) Don't flame
3) Don't mention your/. karma. They won't care.
4) Don't start with "I didn't vote..", or, especially, "I didn't vote for you, but..."
5) Above all, write intelligently.
P.S. Inconspicuously hinting that your wealthy father could make a sizable donation to the rep's campaign wouldn't hurt.
Slashdot Mirror
this morning.. but, as i didn't make a snide, critical comment about the superiority of google, i guess the editors did not see fit..
Well, first you'd have to have all of two irrational numbers. My original intention was to indicate that, due to some flaw in programming that if a computer returned a rational result for a otherwise correct calculation for an irrational number..
oh, bloody hell. nevermind.
1: The USPS isn't exactly the most profitable (simi) part of the government. Its become more and more seperated in the last few decades. By the time your average slashdot reader reaches his 25th birthday, it may not exist anymore, unless its reabsorbed into the government in entirety. Advertising is good thing in this case, i would assume. I don't think it would be long before we start seeing "banner ads" imprinted on envelopes. I'll refrain from commenting on my opinions of the apropriateness of the release of XP for this bit of slashdot satire.
2: I forsee soon a slashdot story..
"Bill Gates trying to kill journalists!"
A noticably weakened Bill Gates today sneezed at a 4 PM press conference announcing his philantrhopic extension to the public library system. Gates later was diagnosted with a potentially fatal and communicable illness "Influenza".
While covering the conference in his boxers, in his living room, Rob Malda noted that a member of the press who, at one time made a snide remark about Windows 3.1 being "Broken", was standing directly in front of and below Gates.
"I can only assume this was a pre-planned attack against the media. Gates will not stand for negative press, and, being the dark god Azmodeus himself, his vengence knows no limit of time".
When asked if this could be attributed to circumstance, or wild speculation on his part, he denied the accusation and began screaming "bitchslap dot pee ell! BITCHSLAP DOT PEE ELL!".
Hemos and Timothy could not be reached for comment.
Members of the mainstream media were not at a loss for words with this issue, mentioning:
"The things a mind can come up with, when deprived of intelligent human contact" -- Hugh Downs
"And you *LISTENED* to him?! He doesn't even have a mastery of the english language" -- Wolf Blitzer
"Jesus Christ.." -- Jesus Christ
"Taco is correct.. [What follows was a long-winded, dicursive diatribe blaming Bill Gates for Columbine. Omitted for the sake of brevity.]" -- Jon Katz
"I posted this story three minutes before he did" -- chrisd
Calculate pi to the last digit. Do not stop until this is done.
:)
(Just in case its pentium based) When finished, calculate e to the last digit. Do not stop until this is done.
(Just in case its running linux
Now add the two. Display result.
Assume its the most insecure thing on the planet, until proven otherwise.
-- Tao of my sleep-deprived brain
IOHS Error: No space left for "google" concept. Please free up some neurons (Delete teenage_angst and bad_dates, perhaps) and try again.
Error: Insufficent Operator Head Space code number "duhdurdur"
I can see the legal problems which could pop up, just because microsoft is microsoft..
But I can also see a mccarthy-era mentality going on here.
I beg, Please demonize intelligently.
This would have been better suited for the Gnome thread; but its offtopic, nonetheless..
But still, sun is far from fucked - The aftermarket Sun Enterprise systems are selling like hotcakes from 3rd parties - This is bad for sun, but not -all- bad. You buy that 5500? You need support for it. If you get support from Sun, you get to pay an additional premium since you didnt buy it from them or a sun VAR.
Sales of the USIII line are now above the USII line. Sun expects to be in the black by the end of 2q.
Hit Bill Bradfords great site for more details: sunhelp.org
Common Sense:
do -not- install this on any machine that's remotely important.
It has some problems - It doesn't even like running on some Ultra 5's with PGX32 cards.
It has been my experience that, direct from packaging, Sun Gnome Preview isn't even remotely production quality. It's not a CDE Replacement.
Opinion Starts Here:
I like CDE. Gnome should stay away.
:)
Numbers do count, yes.. But I still believe in some facets of our republic. I think for some what you say is true - but i think numbers, as in people all writing convincing, intelligent letters about a subject, will have an impact. If nothing else but to put a little voice in the back of the congresspersons mind.
Just my opinion.
It starts with mud...
It moves to toxic waste..
But fed on the toxic waste, we now have giant protazoa.. haven't you seen any cheezy b-movies?
Next comes humans. They then take over the world. Yeah, Brilliant idea. Of course, they'll genetically engineer them where they aren't vicious. But it just takes one mad TacerrScientist. And the world ends. Do you really want it to go that far?
Say NO to protazoic fuel! Say YES to having all the exercise equipment in the world hooked up to generators! Turn excess body heat into fuel! Install waterwheels in urinals and drainspouts! Endorse the sciences! Find superconductors! Save the whales! Milk the cow! Push the piston! press the button!
::smoke continues to pour from ears::
--Mad Scientist A. Boy, Happy Worker.
I mention again.. if your going to bitch, Bitch Productively. Ranting on /. is good for one thing alone: Getting ideas up to write your congresspersons. If you don't agree with something, use due process. Don't make the call of anarchy - change using the established CCS. For god sakes, use the same (Real IT, not Open Source im-14-and-a-sysadmin-for-mynameco-industries) methodologies you would use for anything else. Structured Change. Its how it happens, folks. That and bribes. Big hoking bribes.
Anways, I feel obligated to point out:
www.house.gov
www.senate.gov
www.whitehouse.gov
also let the MPAA/RIAA know. All you do by biznitchin here is ruff up feathers, get everyone hot and bothered, and then.. do nothing else. Evaluate your goals, and take steps towards it.
Just my $0.02
Now, of course, he gets off light from the government.. but jeeze, think of the internet traffic charges he's gonna rake up from being slashdotted. YOU MEAN HEARTLESS PEOPLE! Have you no decency? Give the man a break.
Wow, i was not aware those existed either. Those are just.. not right..
k5 is already carrying it.. If only theregister would carry it.. the "nonmainstream" media. If we can get a big enough uproar going... ah, im dreaming again.
AK, Sacrificing Karma for the sake of what I believe in.
Well, they can look in the rock strata and see the domains of iron molecules.. At least thats how i *THINK* they do it.
Thats what I was thinking.. I'm too tired to research it myself.. Just a passing ponderance.
The earths magnetic field is also supposed to be degrading. THATS interesting, and if i remember correctly this is the first time that, instead of shifting, it's weakening. What are we going to do in 2,000 or so years when its gone? Wear armani lead coats to business meetings?
Unfortunately, Slashdot won't ever move to the k5 engine. :(
Anyone posting in this thread is pretty much doomed to extinction in the slashdot world. We're seeing the editors true colors showing through - I got modded as offtopic in my own SID (I didn't even know we could create our own sids!). But the link is in my signature. Bottom line is, I can't wait till some of this stuff hits the metamod queue. If it does - the editors may have an override for -that-, too.
( could you imagine? the ancestor post would have to be metamodded hundreds of times.. )
Taco needs a karma of -155.
Yeah, once i started linking to that, my karma fell. -f-a-s-t-.
50 to 25 in 2.5 minutes!
Am i the only one who thinks that taco has a little button he can push on any post and karma_fsck anyone that easily?
Maybe his interface has a little gun icon where we have "friend/foe".
I like the cold - I'd welcome an ice age or two. If only people would learn how to drive.
Is there any correlation between the ice ages and the flux of earths magnetic field?
Every year i hear "Global Warming is Occuring" and "The icecaps are melting", but then i also hear "The icecaps are expanding! another ice age is coming!"
-make up your scientific minds already-. You're worse than the local weatherperson.
Now.. do i need this fleece sweater or not?!
(How *ELSE* am i going to get the message out besides trolling?!)
Friends, Trolls, Slashdottians, lend me your eyes.
This marks a great, sad time in the forum of slashdot. When the editors, themselves, censor the comments - not by call of Microsoft, nor the Scientologists, but of their own bruised egos, we have entered the realm of danger.
The editors ignore all calls to question slashdot - they will not change to fit the wishes of the community. They will not even provide a opportunity for us to discuss the failings and boons of the forum.
This forum exists, it seems, to cast a harsh light on all that could be considered even moderately unjust, and bad. However, it is held that a just man cannot be bad himself - yet the editors censor; that makes them bad.
In this time of uncertainty, you must think to your idols. What Would Stallman Do? (Besides hit a bong and say "bummer, dude").
It's time for Stallmanists, Tuxists, And Daemonites to band together. Even followers of the flying window can come to this calling. We shall pass out the nerf weapons of destruction and storm the exodus cage; We shall root the slashboxes and de-moderate those who would dissent, and we shall invade the homes of the editors and give them wedgies of extraordinary proportions. We shall entomb them in a mound of foam darts and rubber bands; and then install Windows 3.1 on their machines.
Fellow members of the forum, and trolls: The censorship must stop. The dissenters must be given a voice if slashdot is to meet its goal of "Stuff that matters". The voices get louder and louder.
I call for a top-level story discussing slashdot. I call Taco, Hemos, and the other editors and decision makers to take part in this discussion. This forum is of adequate size that it should take responsibility for some of what is said and done here. I call for a review of the procedure of moderation.
Make your voices heard. Add the links above into your SIG, and make them your web page link. Draw attention to the matter and it can't be kept silent. Stop the hypocrisy.
Thank you for your time,
Analog Boy
Please Discuss Here, without being moderated as offtopic.
Ho-lee wow.
Where is that on the main page?! I've been here for a few years and have never seen it.. am i just completely bind?!
Thanks!
That will [knowing this place] never, ever, ever, ever happen. In my journal, i posted an email i sent to hemos requesting a /. general forum where dissenters such as this guy could post, we could discuss /., or other things which happen to be on our minds which may or may not interest the editors (Notice that we only see stories that give the editors nubbies?); Hemos ignored it, of course.
but i'll say it again..
/. karma. They won't care.
If you're going to bitch,
bitch productively!
If you put the same effort you do here, into legit politics (wow. now *THATS* an oxymoron), the least that's going to happen is you're voice will be heard. The most? The sky's the limit.
Just do yourself a favor. When writing your congressperson or representative:
1) Don't troll
2) Don't flame
3) Don't mention your
4) Don't start with "I didn't vote..", or, especially, "I didn't vote for you, but..."
5) Above all, write intelligently.
P.S. Inconspicuously hinting that your wealthy father could make a sizable donation to the rep's campaign wouldn't hurt.