are you sure about that or just assuming? I mean, if you're sure, I'll simply tell my brother to switch the perm. address, since my parents never use it...
...on that same note, my mom called to cancel it b/c (obviously) she didnt need it anymore, and the guy gave her a free 3 months...makes sense, huh?
My brother uses my parents AOL account in another city until he gets broadband there, and a popup came up when he signed on the other day telling him he was allowed only two hours of "roaming" before a $3.95 "roaming" charge kicked in, to be added to the (i guess not-so-)unlimited $19.95 plan.
I still think AOL is the best choice for newbie users (my parents have only recently gotten DSL and quit using AOL all together), but if they start screwing with people that like they are my brother, screw 'em.
this comment is a bit deeply nested, but it seems everyone is missing the point...these people that pay to put advertisements on popular webpages on the premise that someone will see and remember the product/service name...NOT so that someone will click on it and buy whatever they may be peddling.
I dont care how many adverts are on a page, personally, its the "ADVERTISING business, not the SALES business"...these people are just concerned with getting the name/reputation out there, its as simple as that. Dont overthink it and assume that they only make money off of people following an advert and buying the product, these companies make money off of the advertisements themselves. If they can tell their clients that their products' advertisements were hit by 250,000 ppl a day at slashdot.org, then thats pretty good, thats the extent of their job.
As long as/. doesnt do pop-ups, i can handle the ads.
I agree very much so...and to add a thought, if you were the devil and you were trying to get people away from God, would you try to convert them to devil-worship? or would you simply convince them that a) there is no God, or b) by pulling them just far enough away from God that you can manipulate them for your own desires?
the open-source movement should take a few notes from the devil.
who's the dumbass that mod'ed this "Insightful"? The author obviously has no friggin idea what a metaphor is...its not insightful, its idiotic(aka unrealized troll)...
could you imagine a beowulf cluster of those stargates off of SG-1? according to einstein's theory, you could travel back in time if you had multiple ones...
off-topic, sue me.
Waaay friggin' off topic, but hell, its just karma
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~ This ole porch is just a long time,
waitin' and forgettin',
Rememberin' the comin' back, not cryin' bout the leavin'
and rememberin' the fallin' down and the laughter,
and the curse of luck of all those sons'a'bitches,
who said we'd never get back up... ~
--- more REK, Jr. just funny to see another fan on/., of all places...
No, see there was this little thing about 230 years ago called the "American Revolution," which, among other things, established (eventually), a *new* government with a *new* set of laws and order. These nice people fought and died so that "ye olde" English laws didnt have to apply any more. Crazy things, those revolutions.
Your post makes me wonder, however, how effective an anti-matter weapon could be, since the conversion is so efficient and limited. In a conventional nuclear warhead, the chain-reaction is what is so key to the release of massive amounts of energy...in an antimatter weapon, there's not the same chain-reaction is there? (please correct me if i am mistaken, seriously) It seems that any antimatter weapon would need a constant supply of anti-particles to do damage, not to mention the dispersion into the atmosphere, further weakening the effect of the weapon. If i'm sort of on-target, it would seem the super-laser featured on/. the other day would be a MUCH more feasible and efficient weapon
Like you, i'm limited in my understanding of such things, but I must point out that you seem to be thinking of it in the wrong way (as are a lot of posts on this particular story). The fact that a proton has a + charge, and an anti-proton has a - charge is NOT the reason they would annihilate each other in an anti-matter/matter collision. The way I understand it is that each subatomic particle has a specific set of "attributes," as in, the particles that make up the subatomic particle itself have, say, a certain spin, and are made up of certain sub-subatomic particles. Each anti-particle is not just charged differently, but if you were to express the particles makeup mathematically, you would see they were complete opposites, down to every detail of their existence, this is why they cancel each other out when they meet...doesnt really have anything to do with charge only.
cant remember who said it, but its a quote from the American Revolutionary War:
"To secure peace is to prepare for war."
BTW, That jackass Clinton did everything he could to pussy-fy our military over the last 8 years, the reason we're seeing so much about military "build-up" is simply that Bush is smart enough to try to build our defenses up to the point that they were at
...for instance, a friend of mine works at Sheppard AFB, which is one of the biggest training bases in the country, and he's mentioned quite a few times that, due to cutbacks from Clinton's presidency, we have roughly 1/3 of the pilots needed to fly the number of planes that our military has. That's jacked up, re-read the quote above and think about it.
sadly, the way this changes warfare was shown to us on Sept. 11. You wanna know how the wars will be fought? Thats how.
...which is ironic since we have a 50 year history of trying to make weapons that dont kill civilians, yet, if we use this technology, the only way an enemy would have to fight back is via terrorism. What have we gotten ourselves into?
you ignorant, naive, idealist...its the govt that enables you to live in the society that you do. W/out them, whether we like them or not, you wouldnt have the freedoms and liberties that you DO have...quite being blind, and open your eyes to the REAL world.
how on earth do people bitch about something like M$ being forced to turn over its source when you're in forum full of GNU, GPL, FSF, Linux, FreeBSD, and Anti-M$ zealots?!
I wouldnt have thought that people would be against this in the slightest. If the govt wasnt allowed to investigate shady business practices, your kids would still be working on mines 10 hours a day, and your meat in your dinner would be god knows what! Think before you jump around screaming "GOVERNMENT INTRUSION" like a retarded monkey, because when it comes down to it, all you're doing is throwing around your meaningless shit.
I dont believe so. The way that I understand it, the source code is seen as evidence, whereas you can only pleade the 5th Amendment in personal testimony.
What's really interesting to look at is how the commercial companies and individual's handle these things.
Most music lovers are going to migrate to MP3, some to OGG for their personal use, and if you're talking video, everyone has started using divx for ease of use, and b/c everyone else is using it;) hell, we're individuals and its easier to use something that everyone else uses, too
Commercial companies are the problem here. If you go to a commercial site, they could be using any one of the formats for video, depending on what all-knowing management decided would be the best idea.
but really, think about it...all these big boys of the industry have begun to funnel ca$h and resources into linux, and from a business standpoint, thats the safer decision. smart businesses usually will go 'safe' over anything else, when they have to explain motives to shareholders...
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...on that same note, my mom called to cancel it b/c (obviously) she didnt need it anymore, and the guy gave her a free 3 months...makes sense, huh?
I still think AOL is the best choice for newbie users (my parents have only recently gotten DSL and quit using AOL all together), but if they start screwing with people that like they are my brother, screw 'em.
not trolling, just wondering
I dont care how many adverts are on a page, personally, its the "ADVERTISING business, not the SALES business"...these people are just concerned with getting the name/reputation out there, its as simple as that. Dont overthink it and assume that they only make money off of people following an advert and buying the product, these companies make money off of the advertisements themselves. If they can tell their clients that their products' advertisements were hit by 250,000 ppl a day at slashdot.org, then thats pretty good, thats the extent of their job.
As long as /. doesnt do pop-ups, i can handle the ads.
the open-source movement should take a few notes from the devil.
could you imagine a beowulf cluster of those stargates off of SG-1? according to einstein's theory, you could travel back in time if you had multiple ones...
off-topic, sue me.
waitin' and forgettin',
Rememberin' the comin' back, not cryin' bout the leavin'
and rememberin' the fallin' down and the laughter,
and the curse of luck of all those sons'a'bitches,
who said we'd never get back up... ~
--- more REK, Jr. just funny to see another fan on /., of all places...
In Texas, if someone is on your property, you can shoot them, and its self-defense. I love being a redneck-by-birth.
Oh yeah, if anyone is offended, dont flame me because your a retarded-tree-huggin-green-party-herded-lemming, its a friggin' joke.
For the record, that actually worked for a friend once...with only a slight modification...walked straight up to this girl (she was hot, too),
"Hey, I really like your shoes, wanna go back to my place?" Response: smile, "yeah, OK.."
He said she was down to her panties in about 3 minutes in the apt.
i know its more fun to mod as offtopic or redundant, but, cmon.
...i like to hlep.
hope that helps
That's the best quote i've seen on /. in a while, it may well become my new sig...that's great! :)
There's am mpeg of Britney topless?!
j/k, ...I've already got it.
"To secure peace is to prepare for war."
BTW, That jackass Clinton did everything he could to pussy-fy our military over the last 8 years, the reason we're seeing so much about military "build-up" is simply that Bush is smart enough to try to build our defenses up to the point that they were at
...for instance, a friend of mine works at Sheppard AFB, which is one of the biggest training bases in the country, and he's mentioned quite a few times that, due to cutbacks from Clinton's presidency, we have roughly 1/3 of the pilots needed to fly the number of planes that our military has. That's jacked up, re-read the quote above and think about it.
...which is ironic since we have a 50 year history of trying to make weapons that dont kill civilians, yet, if we use this technology, the only way an enemy would have to fight back is via terrorism. What have we gotten ourselves into?
Raise your cup to these gents, boys, SALUTE!
you ignorant, naive, idealist...its the govt that enables you to live in the society that you do. W/out them, whether we like them or not, you wouldnt have the freedoms and liberties that you DO have...quite being blind, and open your eyes to the REAL world.
I wouldnt have thought that people would be against this in the slightest. If the govt wasnt allowed to investigate shady business practices, your kids would still be working on mines 10 hours a day, and your meat in your dinner would be god knows what! Think before you jump around screaming "GOVERNMENT INTRUSION" like a retarded monkey, because when it comes down to it, all you're doing is throwing around your meaningless shit.
Most music lovers are going to migrate to MP3, some to OGG for their personal use, and if you're talking video, everyone has started using divx for ease of use, and b/c everyone else is using it ;) hell, we're individuals and its easier to use something that everyone else uses, too
Commercial companies are the problem here. If you go to a commercial site, they could be using any one of the formats for video, depending on what all-knowing management decided would be the best idea.
If you ask me, there's the rub.
but really, think about it...all these big boys of the industry have begun to funnel ca$h and resources into linux, and from a business standpoint, thats the safer decision. smart businesses usually will go 'safe' over anything else, when they have to explain motives to shareholders...
business, business, business....mmmmmMMMMMmmmm